site plan 1:5000

A site plan of 1:5000 is necessary for assessment 2 as well as later on for assessment 3

Week 8 - Defining the Space within the Performing Art Building & Reflecting on the design

One of the important step before tackling the design of the building is first to define all the different space within the building.

- Performance Stage/Auditorium
- Rehearsal Room
- Dressing/Changing Room
- Foyer (with a Box Office in it)
- Loading Dock
- Sound control room
- lighting control room
- recording studio (not sure)
- green room
- Toilets Male/Female/Disabled (for public & staff)
- Security room
- First Aid room
- Restaurant
- Kitchen
- Bar
- VIP room
- parking spaces

One of the proposal I made in week 6 was about providing this raised platform of green turf for people to go sit and enjoy the views with having the building at the back embedded into the cliff. it seemed to be an interesting approach until further analysis of the element of the site and a better understanding of psychological human behaviors.

the site on itself is really noisy due to the constant traffic of the story bridge which after a few minute can become uncomfortable for some people (it does for me & other student I've asked), also the issue of public and semi-public spaces and views between the building and the green space at such close proximity will certainly impact on the decision not to engage with the green space. Knowing that a lot of my spaces will need natural lights as well as being opened to the views (such as the restaurant & bar), I am pretty sure people will not feel comfortable if exposed to them.

Having said that I do intend to keep some aspects of this idea. One of the adantages of having this raised platform was about maximising the views towards the city and East Brisbane which I do intend to take. The other benefit was about hiding existing car parks and use them because they are necessary for my design.
So as a matter of fact, I do intend to have a raised platform but just smaller and not offering spaces to sit and stay.

Week 7 - Defining the type of the building from inspirational exemplars

Oslo Opera House Norway - ErikBerg

Sydney Opera House

Tenerife Concert Hall

Three of the most inspirational buildings affecting my direction on the design. Also following the original function of the FOLIE DESIGN, my view on the type of building for Howard Wharves Smith is focused on a "Performing Art Centre".

I intend to have a a small-medium drama theater holding between 150-200 people for a show. At this point I'm also thinking of making it flexible to other uses such as small scale musical performance and/or conference.

The 3 pictures up there are really important in my take toward the design mainly because of their approach towards modern design and forms, in which I truly believe my building to reflecgt in order to contrast the messy industrial look of the story bridge but also because those buildings share up to a point the tectonics and colors I which my building to possess.

Week 6 - Proposed Ideas...

This is the first week that I started to tackle the design of this project.
Before working on the design of the building, I came up with this space which I considered to be
necessary through my site analysis.

Ground Floor

Upper Floor



The idea here was that the views of the site should not be blocked of by the 2 heritage sheds buildings as well as keeping what is there, the parkings.

I am offering this idea of a raised 'Green Space', for people to sit and enjoy the views, in front of my building which will be halfway through the cliff and also offering a barrier view to the cars park on site.

This is just an example of my idea so far, the shape and forms of the space is basic and not explored yet to further benefits of the overall design...

Week 5 - Group analysis

This is some few of the site analysis we came up with in week 5 in order to start the final design

This diagram mainly analyse the main natural element affecting the site

This diagram analyses the opportunities and nuisance of the site

(what the site is offering to people)

This diagram analyses the circulation path to the site

A1 Folie Design Poster

Uhhm yea so, this is my (badly) laidout A1 poster for the folie design...
Somehow it didn't let me upload as A1 so the size here is A3

300 words description of Folie Design

Howard Smith Wharves is a site of cultural and historical importance for Brisbane not only because it used to be the central wharves but also because of the story bridge situated above it. On the edge of the Howard Smith Wharves and also at the bottom of the Story Bridge reinforced concrete support stand a heroic space with a linear perspective of the Story Bridge.

The white Structure which sits on the water in front of it provide visitors the chance to step into a floating space opening on to the views passed beyond the same arched structural column whose offering a seat. The arched of the structure, gradually becoming smaller, is also a representation of the linear perspective disappearing in the horizon. Although the structure provides this experience of no physical boundaries to the river, its main function serves as a performing space which can be seen from both track of the river path to the site Brisbane CBD and New Farm.

The clean, white, concrete structure is very simple. It contrast the dark industrial look of the messy metallic bridge while copying to an extent the solid and massive reinforced concrete support of the Story Bridge. The structure only works with compression, the arched spreads the load of the materials along to its edge than down the column to the ground. The skeleton of the structure is made up of grids of steel throughout the concrete which are all inter-connected.

By implementing a public performing space, the structure offers a step closer in activating the site to social gathering and events while its surrounding is developing and could eventually benefit from it if several commercial building is being implemented such as restaurants and coffee shops.

Folie Design - Bits here and there...

Some 3D renderings

Some drawings

My physical model

Walk-Shop

first task in DAB 510 was to walk from QUT to Howard Smith Wharves while stopping and sketching interesting features of the city views, landscape and buildings.