Week 09 // Identifying Possible Spaces & Services

Sketch Development Drawings

 

01 // Ground Level area breakdown and inital planning

 

 

 

02 // Thoughts regarding site access options

 



 

03 // Lower Level functional relationships and possible uses

 

 

 04 // Upper Level area breakdown and possible uses

  

 

05 // Warmington St Site Elevation scale and breakdown

 



 

 

06 // Possible Main Entry scale and vernacular

Week 08 // Research Exemplar 02 - Kalundewa Retreat

 

 

 

 

 

image source: http://www.kalundewaretreat.com/

 

 

Kalundewa Retreat by Sri Lankan architect Sanath Liyanage embraces the natural conditions of its site with sensitivity and simplicity.  A series of transparent pavilions that takes advantage of the breathtaking views and natural beauty of its location to enhance relaxation and leisure, a modern tribute to Geoffrey Bawa.

Week 08 // Research Exemplar 01 - Tseshaht Health Centre

 

image source: http://www.architecturenewsplus.com/projects/1418

 

Lubor Trubka Associates' design of a community health facility utilising the healing properties of wood is a relevant exemplar of how a health focused scheme can embrace its natural surroundings. A strong connection to nature is evident with open and transparent pavilions. 



Week 07 // Project Direction

 

Identifying site conditions & possible schedule of accommodation

Sketch of Paddington Central - existing retail tenancy layout

 

 

 

 

Sketch of Paddington Central - existing semi-enclosed walkways

 



Considering the scale and contextual relationship of Paddington Central with its location it was identified that there are a number of characteristics of the development that are very positive and would continue to be relevant in any future development of the site.

The layout of the facilities seem to consist of spaces that are linked with a series of verandahs and semi-enclosed walkways that allow for breeze and diffused natural light.  There is an abundance of vegetation that surrounds the development which screens the current carparking facilities from adjacent residential properties.

I envisage that in developing a scheme for a holistic health focused scheme that further embracing and enhancing these characteristics would allow for a more engaging development, namely by activating the Morris Street and Warmington Street facades with spaces which allow for circulation, activity and greater transparency.

Week 07 Project Direction - Scale & Context

 

 

Morris Street - adjacent architectural typology

 

 

 

Corner of Morris St and Latrobe Tce - street scale

 

 

 

 

Warmington Street - vegetation at lower corner of site adjacent to carpark

 

 

 

Week 07 // Project Direction - Research Focus

 

 

CSIRO global trends report from which two trends have been identified for further focus and as a basis from which to develop a scheme surrounding the concept of a sub-urban health retreat -

Megatrend No. 6 // Great Expectations

A consumer, societal, demographic and cultural megatrend –

* the rising demand for experiences over products and the rising importance of social relationships.

Retail turnover is growing in the experience oriented sectors and contracting in the products oriented sectors.

* expectation for personalised services meeting unique needs whilst being delivered better and faster en masse.

* Social relationships will hold increased importance given the potential for

social media and digital communication burnout and the desire for face-to-face interaction.

Megatrend No. 4 // Forever Young

* Lifestyle related illnesses is on the rise. Deaths from non-communicable diseases, including diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases, will increase from 59 percent of total deaths in 2002 to 69 percent of total deaths in2030 (Mathers and Loncar, 2006).

* The diabetes and obesity trend is being countered by a fitness trend. People are more aware of health issues and are investing more in fitness. For example, there has been a significant growth in the number of fitness centres (24 percent increase) and their income (131 percent increase)in Australia during 2001-01 to 2004-05.



Week 06 // Individual Project One Statement

Handcrafted / Intimate / Colourful / Heart
image: Helen Ma

 

 

Setting the Scene

Leading in to 2040, population growth in the inner Brisbane city suburbs has lead to intense pressure on urban infrastructure, housing, and fuel supply. Continual expansion of suburbia in a sprawling, shapeless pattern is no longer a viable option to address housing shortage.  Fuel shortage also means cars are no longer an efficient mode of transport.  The city plan has been reinvented to encourage the flourishing of concentrated intense town centres connected via transport corridors intermingled with land conservation and agricultural fingers. Dense urban nodes with strategic location of varying economic and community activity within the node have become the model for sustainable growth.

An aging population coupled with longer life expectancy has lead to an older workforce.  Active and healthier lifestyles due to medical breakthroughs and an enlightened understanding of the importance of maintaining optimum health has led to the decrease in lifestyle diseases and the increase in therapeutic procedures for enhancing health. An older workforce remaining in employment for longer requires continual professional development and upskilling to maintain knowledge in rapidly changing technology and systems.

Technology is integral to every part of the daily lives of the population. Virtual reality has become firmly enmeshed with physical reality as an overlay of interconnected data systems and networks allowing smart technology to automate, predict and coordinate many of our daily actions.

Paddington Central

Paddington transformed into a dense suburban town centre is connected to a number of similarly dense civic nodes strategically located throughout the Brisbane area. Paddington Central has been adapted and reinvented as a vital place of transition, coordination, communication and open knowledge sharing vital to maintaining the area's link with the greater network of intense civic nodes. It is a place where the community can gather, where individuals can collaborate with others, a place for discovering and sharing ways to enhance and enrich life in the community, a place that embodies heart, humility, conversation, discovery and detail. Community facilitators assist in the process of knowledge sharing and information dissemination using advanced data networks to coordinate customised and individually tailored information.

 

The adaptation of existing built form coupled with new interventions, strategic subtractions and additions aim to add loosely integrated layers to the built environment in order for ease of manipulation of rapidly changing elements. Paddington Central is an open, permeable, yet intimate and experiential space consisting of layers of meaning and giving additional colour to the lives of the community.

 

Facetted dome folded to represent activity intensive civic nodes