This 'Concept Box' is a way of representing the 5 categories as how they can be explored in my design and provides a conceptual framework for my concept model. Hopefully it can also be a reference point for me further along the design process too. All in one easy-to-transport package!
Materiality - This model is made from rubbings of textures from the site - timber, sandstone, bitumen, concrete.
It shows how the different materials can inform the design - such as brick forming an arch and timber a post/frame construction.
Also, I will like to explore creating a more formal entrance to the site.
Threshold - This investigates different ways I can treat the edges of my building where the threshold lies between the building and the landscape. Also, I would like to create a building that moves/transforms somehow when used by different groups of people at different times. Methods may include pivoting doors, louvres, screens. Also, I want areas to be transparent to encourage interaction between groups of people to benefit the community - currently the site and its users are somewhat segregated.
Reciprocity - I may choose to challenge the traditional architecture/landscape relationship by creating part of my building under the landscape or creating a path through it, rather than over it. This is beginning to touch on the idea of creating the metaphorical 'river' that passes through the site as a connection from the wider context of the site, through the site and down to the ocean. Also, rivers (or water sources) are often the focal points for the development of urban areas and the coming together of people.
Insertion - The form may not be 'monumental' but can insert itself in the landscape and reveal layers of the past. It may create a trace of the past across the site.
Infrastructure - I have used the Tramways Map from 1892 to map the old links into Coogee and contrast them to the existing site and it's reliance on the car. My design could possibly consider access in and out of the site and around Coogee Oval rather than just accepting/ignoring the site's current situation eg. by making Brook Street a pedestrian way? Also, Coogee is a public transport hub (as well as a social hub for travellers, entertaiment etc.) so this idea should be explored further as it is also encouraged by Randwick Council's City Plan.
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