Friday, October 24, 2008

ARCH1202 - Coogee Community Centre - (Proposed/Working) Theme

My theme refers to the idea of 'transition':

- Transition as a general idea, intended to symbolise the change and flux that is occurring within the Coogee community regarding the effects the new Community Centre may be having upon it.

- Flux from the built environment (residential area, etc) to the natural environment (starting with the oval, heading towards the beach). This point encompasses this idea about a 'view', thus developing a connection with that natural environment.

- The idea is interlinked with this 'bridge' idea (symbolic of a means to allow a transition, move from one place to another).

- Transition as a means of bringing the community together (through the program - distinct private and public spaces).

- The transition from the built environment to the natural environment is closely linked to the transition from 'rigidity' to the 'organic' nature of the natural environment.

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