Coogee Community Centre Design Studio 4 2008 - Assessment 3 Design Development

This presentation demonstrates the development and refinement of the Community Centre design from the previous assessment. I have attempted to create a more modulated building form (less 'blocky') that responds more to the site whilst still reflecting the planning solution created in the previous assessment. I have altered the design so that natural sunlight is now brought into the building from a series of clerestory windows, not through the corridor along the Brook St. facade that is now enclosed. The two halves of the building form are now linked by a covered walkway which serves as a viewing platform over Coogee and Coogee Oval.


Issues to be addressed are:

1. The layout of the walls to the toilets/changeroom - reconsider the entry to these areas through a possible airlock that echoes the design of the walls to the other side of the central axis.
2. Vehicle entry to be from the centre to the oval. New pedestrian access from Brook St. to the southern end of the building that responds to the landscape of the site and the building.
3. Address how the building links to the existing grand stand.
4. Landscape to the front of the grandstand - this area seems unresolved



The elevations and cross-sections above illustrate the re-designed roof form. I am somewhat happier with the eastern facade but may attempt to refine the composition of the glazing mullions further. The external louvres to the facade provide sun control to the east and also create a sense of dynamacy to the facade as they change as the various areas are used/unused.



Issues to be addressed are:


1. The western facade needs further refinement - explore the possibility of it not being rectilinear in shape and not as one dimensional. Could it follow the new roof form?
2. How the western boundary fence addresses the grandstand and site.
3. Develop the idea of glass insertion to the western facade.





1:500 Study Model and Site Model - Plan
This illustrates that I need to consider how the design address access approach to the site from Brook St. from both the north and south. This can possibly be improved from a new access point to the southern end of the building.



1:500 Study Model - Aerial View South
The new tiered seating following the form of the eastern facade and emphasises the connection through the site to the oval and beachfront.



1:500 Study Model - North West Elevation



1:500 Study Model - South West Elevation
Approach and access from this area to be improved.




1:500 Study Model - East Elevation
The negative space to the cafe successfully breaks up the bulk of the building and utilises the orientation of this area in relation to its use.