Week 11 Project Direction

Existing Site

George Street

Elizabeth Street

Existing Site

Project aim

Optimism - As Brisbane city becomes bigger and busier, it takes on the characterises and appearances of cities elsewhere. This tendency to acquire the identity and features of others by osmosis accelerates change and results principally from development of low-grade fashion and rapid construction. It is globallisation's great virtue....and vice. The result are cities in a state of dynamic flux with short-term memory, yet always with an air of deja vu.

Type of architecture

Garden with man made landscape, open and enclosed, gallery, canopy cover pathway.

A pavilion in an unambiguously public structure - large, open, transparent and easily accessible.

Leaf-structured Canopy by SAM Architekten und Partner in Switzerland

Grand Rapids Art Museum: LEED Gold Certified by wHY Architecture in Michigan, USA

Scale

Small to medium. Contains rooms and spaces in different scale. Transition space between areas as an interval section within the entity.

Target users

City-dwellers/users

Function – sports centre, multi media library, café, garden, relaxation
Place for people to reflect  ( space for solitary reflection ), somewhere to relax, to gain knowledge, get connected, space to reflect, to reconnect/not lost connect with the earth. A space to get away from the city but you don’t have to leave the city to get away from the city. Because the place will get you the space to reflect. 

Possible scenarios

2020

Central Park NYC, 

The park contains several natural-looking lakes and ponds that have been created artificially

The Garden of Solitude 

To create a stage for city-dwellers. An escape hatch/relaxation zone within the extreme urban contexts. The man-made landscape represents the land on the Earth; the reflection pool represents the water element; and the canopy represents the sky. The façade of the building is made of glass, it is clear and can reflect the sunlight. It represents crystal which means wisdom and a clear mind. This connection is conceived as a "progression towards solitude."