Week Three

Concept Models

1. Exploration of the relationship of surrounding context and the site






















2. Exploration of relationships within the site





















3. Exploration of transition and filtration of the site

Week Two

Maps and Traces

Week One

Between architecture and landscape

Reciprocity

Contrast in density between the surrounding multi-residential apartments and the openness of the site

Community centre/complex
- clusters of activity bubbles arranged within the site

Commmunity centre takes on the form of the beach
- the meeting place












Materiality

Characteristics of water evoke movement
- rhythmic and cyclic nature

Water does not take on these characteristics unless a force acts upon it
- the wind and the moon

Need to be contained










Threshold

These boundaries/barriers contribut to the carving out of the site into the town
- an extension of the beach and the coastline

Two "thresholds" surrounding the site
- static barrier
- dynamic barrier

The junctions contribute to the procession into the site










Insertion

Maintain the existing relationship of the ocean and the community
- views through the site towards the ocean

Communication between the centre and the community that it was built for
-transparency

Levels of involvement
- at ground level = strongest connection
- from elevated level = somewhat detatched, awareness of CBCC












Infrastructure

Clusters of activity bubbles
- separate entties within the site

Layering of movement between the clusters of activity bubbles
- fluctuates according to season and use

Gentle pace within the community complex
- long winding paths between activity bubbles evoke the leisurely pace

Horray for the first post!