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Mapping : Revisited + Restructured
A deeper analysis from the previous threshold analysis, both ends of the oval, on Brook Street and Arden Street, was now studied. The end facing Arden Street is seen as an area which filters the transition from natural to oval, such as the sea, the beach, and the breeze; while the end facing Brook Street becomes the filter for the transition from built to oval, which are primarily the residential and commercial premises. Before, the study was mainly focused on the transition from main road to community centre, where Brook Street becomes the threshold between Coogee Bay Road to the site. Here, the study looked at the transition from a broader scope of influences to the oval itself. This means that the proposal should respond by not only being a structure which terminates within itself, but serves to filter movement from the broad surrounding, through itself into the oval, to allow continuation.
Restructured to show a sequence of investigations.
On the theme of insertion, sectional views were used to focus the analysis on the site. Any form of intervention to the existing site is a form of insertion. The analysis is then focused on the size of the insertion, specifically the height of the proposal. Taking cues from the existing structures, building and vegetation, the heights of each element were taken into account, and it was decided that the appropriate insertion should be based on vegetation heights, to blend in with the landscape of the adjacent playground, rather than to compete against the surrounding buildings. In essence, the proposal can be seen as taking one of the surrounding buildings, and pressing it into the ground, until it is the same height as the lowest tree in the adjacent playground.
From the earlier study of materiality, where just the surface materials of buildings surrounding the oval were studied and identified, a deeper analysis was carried out. Each surface material is linked together based on their category, where each building acts as an anchor point, or a node, on which a network is set up. The network lines formed from the connections then form this web, which has a quality of depth to it, when seen from above. The pockets of space created, is then further categorized into respective categories, based on the lines which bound the space. This changes the orientation of surface materials, from a vertical position (surrounding buildings), to a horizontal orientation across the oval. The resultant layering effect which is formed, informs the approach to the material selection for the proposal, where, existing materials of concrete and timber are used as expressed surfaces. Brickwork is not used as a surface precedence, but as a constructional method, where pre-cast concrete panels are placed against one another to form the shell structure.
For reciprocity, the study looked at the functions of each existing building within the surrounding site. Each building was given a height, which in no way relates to their existing physical height, but is a measure of the number of functions occurring within a single plot of land. The more functions occurring within a plot of land, the higher it is. In a way, this changed the topography of the environment surrounding the oval, with Coogee Bay Road now being higher than the residential plots of land. Alongside the list of required programs for the proposal, a random mass was created as the proposal, onto which a series of programs with their corresponding heights were imposed onto the mass, based on random divisions of plots of land. This study suggests the multiplicity and complexity of various elements coming together onto a single piece of land.
A deeper analysis from the previous threshold analysis, both ends of the oval, on Brook Street and Arden Street, was now studied. The end facing Arden Street is seen as an area which filters the transition from natural to oval, such as the sea, the beach, and the breeze; while the end facing Brook Street becomes the filter for the transition from built to oval, which are primarily the residential and commercial premises. Before, the study was mainly focused on the transition from main road to community centre, where Brook Street becomes the threshold between Coogee Bay Road to the site. Here, the study looked at the transition from a broader scope of influences to the oval itself. This means that the proposal should respond by not only being a structure which terminates within itself, but serves to filter movement from the broad surrounding, through itself into the oval, to allow continuation.
Restructured to show a sequence of investigations.
On the theme of insertion, sectional views were used to focus the analysis on the site. Any form of intervention to the existing site is a form of insertion. The analysis is then focused on the size of the insertion, specifically the height of the proposal. Taking cues from the existing structures, building and vegetation, the heights of each element were taken into account, and it was decided that the appropriate insertion should be based on vegetation heights, to blend in with the landscape of the adjacent playground, rather than to compete against the surrounding buildings. In essence, the proposal can be seen as taking one of the surrounding buildings, and pressing it into the ground, until it is the same height as the lowest tree in the adjacent playground.
From the earlier study of materiality, where just the surface materials of buildings surrounding the oval were studied and identified, a deeper analysis was carried out. Each surface material is linked together based on their category, where each building acts as an anchor point, or a node, on which a network is set up. The network lines formed from the connections then form this web, which has a quality of depth to it, when seen from above. The pockets of space created, is then further categorized into respective categories, based on the lines which bound the space. This changes the orientation of surface materials, from a vertical position (surrounding buildings), to a horizontal orientation across the oval. The resultant layering effect which is formed, informs the approach to the material selection for the proposal, where, existing materials of concrete and timber are used as expressed surfaces. Brickwork is not used as a surface precedence, but as a constructional method, where pre-cast concrete panels are placed against one another to form the shell structure.
For reciprocity, the study looked at the functions of each existing building within the surrounding site. Each building was given a height, which in no way relates to their existing physical height, but is a measure of the number of functions occurring within a single plot of land. The more functions occurring within a plot of land, the higher it is. In a way, this changed the topography of the environment surrounding the oval, with Coogee Bay Road now being higher than the residential plots of land. Alongside the list of required programs for the proposal, a random mass was created as the proposal, onto which a series of programs with their corresponding heights were imposed onto the mass, based on random divisions of plots of land. This study suggests the multiplicity and complexity of various elements coming together onto a single piece of land.
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