Building FORM

The form is reduced to a simple extension of the existing land cut and pushed up. It provides a gently gradient for the public to walk up and interact. The building does not interfere with existing views.
The form of the building is a respectful language responding to the existing commonwealth design.

Parliamentary AXIS

Distribution of the people and parliamentary functions are drawn along the EXISTING parliamentary axis, which strengthens the connection between public and parliament.

Practice Render

this semester i want to push myself and learn vray for sketchup rendering software. so far its interesting - but i dont think ill have the effect im affter for this assignment so will prob go back to photoshopping method.

People DISTRIBUTION

people are restricted from walking onto the green of parliament house due to security reasons. Parliament is becoming more and more of a bunker - hiding from the public and loosing transparency.

I propose to distribute the people and the image of parliament down to the waters edge illustrating the "aussie backyard"

Rendering Frustrations

Looks like ill be photoshopping........................................................................

model development

Speakers Corner - BE SEEN AND HEARD

This photo of Speakers' Corner is courtesy of TripAdvisor

Site Context with Massing Model

sketches of the final form

After reflecting on existing buildings in the commonwealth area ive decided to do the form sketched below.

its like a finger reaching out to the public from the land. i like how it is low and will respect the existing language. Panoramic views will become optimal in this form. HAPPY!

Team Meeting Doodles.

At work today we had a team meeting which allowed me to doodle up some ideas of the next assignment. I was focusing on

1. Public

2. Media

3. Parliament

I want to express how we can place public before parliament and not wash everything with a media story.

I like the idea that Parliament is the land, public is the water, and media is the bridge between.

Existing Anaylsis

The Blue line shows the waters edge and the importance of it as people walk along there

The Red line indicates Parliament Line of sight - symbol

The Green Line indicates where the worlds flags line the waters edge

The Purple Circle shows where the design muesum is

The Yellow Circle shows where the water front restaurant is

The Yellow Triangle shows where the PROPOSED site it.

distribute services

did sketch this morning and thought about distributing each service area of parliament, and coming up with lil images to reflect this. Like the Olympics and how they have images for each sport. Just an idea.

Reflection of water

I want to show off the reflections of water in the building and how that provides transparency into political activities but the building seems to go into the water like a bunker - which parliament house already is.

Stuck on Triangles

Need to talk to cameron because im super stuck with still doing triangles and i dont think it works with the context around the commonwealth place site.

Triangle Framed Sketches

I am really stuck on the idea of using a triangle as it represents:

each point of the triangle is either public, media, parliament

the triangle re-states the power of the parliamentary triangle.

Problems thou are that a Triangle doesnt frame the view as i want it too

and the existing triangle is super powerful so do i really need to put a triangle in a triangle???

Oslo Opera House

The roof leads straight into the water and people can freely access, swim, boat straight into the building forecourrt.
Im going to use this idea of leading straight into the water on the flipside of the frame and projector area of the soap box.

The Actual Triangle

The triangle is broken down in department of uses in the below image.
The SOAP Box will bridge between the parliament group and the recreational group - a place for Activist to 'bridge the gap' as well.

Image from Canberra in the 21st C

the POWER of the TRIANGLE

Canberra has the omipresent triangle representing the power of parliament projected across aspects of the city.
its interesting to overlay the same triangle in the parliament city of London which Australia's system is based from. And they too have a view over WATER.


these diagrames are from the book Canberra the nations Capital in the 21s C

Canberra does draw a Crowd....

...when the queen comes to town
opposing this is the same view, one month earlier...

The problem is how do we activate Canberra's water life on any day when the Queen isnt in town.
How do we make it a place of interest, a place of action, a place reflecting Parliaments pressence in the city.

Lake Burley Griffen FRAMED