ARCH1202 - Coogee Community Centre - Final Model Drawings

ARCH1202 - Coogee Community Centre - Final Model Images

Community Centre Model on Site Model



























Overall View:
Above - Facade facing oval
Below - Entrance; Facade facing streets and residential area



























Entrance



























Walkway















Ground Floor















First Floor

ARCH1202 - Coogee Community Centre - Assessment 3 - Drawings

ARCH1202 - Coogee Community Centre - Assessment 3 - Physical Model Images

Overall Model














Plan (showing roof): Contrast of the 'solid' back edge of the building with the 'softness' of the curved front edge of the community centre. This denotes the transition from the built environment to the more natural environment (oval and beach).














Plan - Ground Floor (above): The main walkway in the middle allows individuals to move from one space to another (more specifically, from the streets onto the oval); the transition is translated into this shape to indicate the 'smooth' transition that is undertaken (the enclosure of residential buildings to the openness of the oval and beach).

Plan - First Floor (below): The curve is intended to mimic the natural coastline of the beach. This shape also allows individuals to have a pleasant view of the oval and beyond that point.


























View of interest: Looking through the walkway, from the streets to the oval.

ARCH1202 - Coogee Community Centre - Assessment 3 - SketchUp Model Images

Overall view of the Community Centre; facade facing oval

ARCH1202 - Coogee Community Centre - Assessment 3 - Model Sketches

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.