DAB510 Architectural Design 5: 03.11

30.3.11

With and Around Icon

BRIEF:

Design for WMA site – MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. With proposal challenge Brisbane City Council plane requirements. Project should include: commercial areas (possible shops, offices etc.), entertaining activities, public spaces (open and covered),new ferry terminal, and architectural hard landscaping must be part of overall design. Site area is as indicated through initial brief. Further Brief development is encouraged and proposal can be negotiated.

OBJECTIVES AND THEME FOCUS:

•The goal of this theme group is to explore possible future vision for HSW site. Unique position as integral part of Brisbane's Icon - Story Bridge, it creates a fantastic challenge and opportunity to come up with a vision that will reflect the life of town and its citizens in 21st century, as proposed MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
•The focus will be on "working with different scales", through constantly creating and organizing spaces, and "human being". Complex activities on very tricky site, particularly the orientation, make this project quite challenging, but in same time inspirational and unique.
•Through Design studio environment explore variety of ideas
•Translate ideas through different presentation tools & technique, including free hand sketches, scale models, computer models and drawings, photo montages, movies etc.
•Create futuristic, provocative, responsible and multifunctional outcome.
•Push boundaries of stereotype and create innovative and unique design.
•Come up with design which address wider urban context.
•Final design must demonstrate ability to present idea from wider urban context, as architectural composition which submerges form and function through to finest detail.