Monday, October 29, 2012

BUILDING CIRCULATION DEVELOPMENT


Updated floor plans: Access from Latrobe Terrace to Lower ground level has been increased. Openings are shown at either corners of the site adjacent to Latrobe Terrace. This is designed to invite the public in from the Street Level so they can visually access the activities on the lower ground level. It also creates a new building circulation pattern and allows for a considerate pedestrian flow. The sloping ground allows for disabled and pram access as apposed to the use of stairs. The opening allow for natural light to flow into the building. 



Thursday, October 25, 2012

WEEK THIRTEEN: DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENT


DEVELOPMENT FEEDBACK


The strength of common land for all demographics

Playful installation throughout the design to strengthen circulation and tie it together

Open up the corner of Warmington St & Latrobe Terrace; create more visual accessibility from the street to invite people into the marketplace.

Change the physical form of the building more

WEEK THIRTEEN: DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

Spatial Exemplars

Children's Playground Installations







Common Land


Market Place





Monday, October 22, 2012

WEEK THIRTEEN: DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

Overall Plan: Strengthening Community Interaction

Focus of Design: To achieve a sustainable design solution and builds on strengthening the current community of Paddington central by providing opportunities for social interation

Improve the current building program without disregarding it

Maintain the existing character of Paddington Central

Create a design alternative to the potential for online shopping to replace the ‘physical store’

Maintain and improve on community interaction

Create a sustainable design solution that improves on the existing design that works with the existing structure and doesn’t replace it

Maintain current stores located on the site (The current shop program works well), and aim to not increase store space rental prices by making drastic structural changes

Incorporate some ‘common land’ for social interaction and cross-demographic exposure

Support local businesses; provide a spatial opportunity for many individuals to buy and sell locally and not from a single chain store (Woolworths)

Relax the separation of pedestrian and vehicle pathways. Create open space shared zones.




Lower Ground Floor Plan

Replace Woolworths with an open market space. This will support the local community and encourage social interaction that is lost through online shopping. 

Design market stall fit outs the unifies the shops, but allows oppurtunities for users to create individuality

Create ‘common land’ open space with suggestive design spaces to allow for individuals to interact or be in the presence of others. This allows exposure of different demographics to each other (eg: Elderly people exposed to young children playing)

Relax the separation of pedestrians and vehicles. Create shared zones “activities occur where cars and pedestrians meet”- A Pattern Language




Latrobe Terrace Level Floor Plan

Provide a new access opportunity from Latrobe Terrace to the new proposed market place

Provide natural lighting opportunities and visual accessibility between the floors

Alter the current circulation patterns into the site