Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life. Nelson Mandela.
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Commonly, social housing has been perceived as synonymous with disadvantage and social segregation. The large social housing projects scattered around metropolitan Sydney are remnants of times gone by and reminders of the need for the government and the community to work together in mediating social disparities. Today, the government is trying to incorporate many of its large housing estates into urban fabric and ensure that they are integral in building sustainable and liveable cities. The NSW State Government’s current plans aim to transform the social housing system from one dominated by public sector ownership and provision of services, to one built on collaboration between government, non-government public and private sectors. The approach that aims to encourage tenants to increase their independence, and builds upon the communities dynamic and diverse neighbourhoods. This design studio project explores the potential of large housing estates to contribute to the creation of integrated communities. The studio project uses the site of the Kooloora Community Centre (KCC), located within a large social housing estate in Malabar, to test the possibilities of designing a community building that serves and advances the social and cultural life in the area. The project builds on the real life needs of the KCC to redevelop the site and expand the services they provide. Currently, the KCC serves its diverse community by running a series of programs that include playgroups and children’s vocational care as well as seniors and community gardening programs. Services include the Kingsford Legal Centre outreach program and public health assistance amongst others. This project will be expanding the services of the already successful community centre by creating additional spaces and a dedicated early learning centre. In doing so the project will try preserve valued aspects of the existing building while opening up the threshold space surrounding the building to further address the various social spaces in the immediate context. The new family and community center will be accessible and engage in reciprocity with the community and landscape.
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Precolonisation, Birrabirragal people people of of the the Eora Eora nation nation inhabited inhabited the the land land and and used used itit as as a a -- Precolonisation, healing place. place.Birrabirragal healing healing place. place. of healing healing place. place. 1909, opening of what what would would later later be be known known as as the the Long Long Bay Bay Penitentiary Penitentiary --healing opening healing place. healing place. -- 1909, 1909, opening of what would later be known as the Long Bay Penitentiary 1909, opening of what would later be known as the Long Bay Penitentiary 1909, 1909, opening opening of what what of what would would later later be known beas known as the the asaccomodation Long the Long Long Bay Penitentiary Penitentiary Bay near Penitentiary -- 1909, ---- 1909, opening opening of of what would would later later be known be known as as Long the Bay Bay Penitentiary 1910-20, Tents and huts were used as holiday accomodation near the beach. As well as more 1910-20, Tents and huts were used holiday As well as more 1909, openingTents of what what would later be known as the the accomodation Long Bay Bay Penitentiary Penitentiary -- 1909, opening of would known as Long 1910-20, Tents and huts later werebe used as holiday holiday accomodation near the the beach. beach. As As well well as as more more -- 1910-20, and huts were used as near the beach. 1910-20, -permanent 1910-20, TentsTents Tents and huts and huts were were used used as holiday as holiday accomodation accomodation near near the beach. the beach. As well As as well more as more -- 1910-20, -permanent 1910-20, Tents and huts and huts were were used used as holiday as holiday accomodation accomodation near near the beach. the beach. As well As as well more as more shacks in the the sand dunes behindaccomodation Long Bay. Bay. A A result result of a abeach. housing shortage in inner inner in sand dunes behind Long of housing in 1910-20, Tentsshacks and huts huts were used as holiday holiday accomodation near the the beach. Asshortage well as as more more -- 1910-20, Tents and were used as near As well permanent shacks in the sand dunes behind Long Bay. A result of a housing shortage in inner permanent shacks in the sand dunes behind Long Bay. A result of a housing shortage in inner permanent permanent shacks shacks in the in sand the sand dunes dunes behind behind Long Long Bay. Bay. A result A result of a housing of a housing shortage shortage in inner in inner permanent permanent shacks shacks in the in sand the sand dunes dunes behind behind Long Long Bay. Bay. A result A result of a housing of a housing shortage shortage in inner in inner Sydney. Sydney. permanent shacks in in the the sand sand dunes dunes behind behind Long Long Bay. Bay. A A result result of of a a housing housing shortage shortage in in inner inner permanent shacks Sydney. Sydney. Sydney. Sydney. Sydney. Sydney. 1933, Malabar was previously known as Long Bay or Brand, however local residents 1933, Malabar was previously known as Long Bay or Brand, however local residents Sydney. Sydney. 1933, Malabar Malabar was was previously previously known known as as Long Long Bay Bay or or Brand, Brand, however however local local residents residents -- 1933, 1933, -petitioned 1933, Malabar Malabar was previously was previously previously known known as the Long asname Long Bay to or Bay Brand, or Brand, Brand, however however local local residents residents -- 1933, -petitioned 1933, Malabar Malabar was previously was known known as Long as Long Bay or Bay Brand, or however however local residents the government to change the name to avoid association withlocal Longresidents Bay Correctional Correctional government change with Long Bay 1933, Malabarthe was previously to known as the Long Bay to or avoid Brand,association however local local residents -- 1933, Malabar was previously known as Long Bay or Brand, however residents petitioned the government to change the name to avoid association with Long Bay Correctional petitioned the government to change name avoid association with Long Bay Correctional petitioned petitioned the government the government to change to change the name the name to avoid to avoid association association with Long with Long Bay Correctional Bay Correctional Correctional petitioned petitioned the government the government to change to change the name the name to avoid to avoid association association with Long with Long Bay Correctional Bay Centre. Centre. petitioned the government government to to change change the the name name to to avoid avoid association association with with Long Long Bay Bay Correctional Correctional petitioned the Centre. Centre. Centre. Centre. Centre. 1939-45, used used as as a a defensive defensive position position in in WWII WWII known known as as Boora Boora Point Point Battery. Battery. --Centre. Centre. Centre. -- 1939-45, 1939-45, used as a defensive position in WWII known as Boora Point Battery. 1939-45, used as a defensive position in WWII known as Boora Point Battery. 1939-45, 1939-45, usedused used as a a as as defensive a defensive defensive position position in WWII WWII in WWII WWII known known as Boora Boora as Boora Boora PointPoint Point Battery. Battery. -- 1939-45, -- 1939-45, used as defensive a position position in in known as as Point Battery. 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design approach
design approach The project design is dominated by themes of social agency, architectural thresholds and reciprocity.
Social Agency One’s agency is one’s independent capability or ability to act on one’s will. This ability is affected by the cognitive belief structure which one has formed through one’s experiences, and the perceptions held by the society and the individual, of the structures and circumstances of the environment one is in and the position they are born into. Social agency in architecture is the ability to address broader socio-economic issues including alienation or displacement that are often driven by societal perceptions or structures surrounding the hardships faced by communities.
Threshold
Educational Pedagogy
Thresholds sit on the spatial ambivalence between opening and closing and at the same time create an expectation of what is to come. A prelude, an intermediate space, a barrier. both inside and outside. These threshold spaces both receive and bid farewell.
Educational pegagogies were explored in the creation of spaces for the project. Key tenants of the Reggio Emilia approach as well as forest schools are employed in the spatial design.
Reciprocity
Reggio Emilia is an approach to learning that centres around the natural development of children and their relationship with their environments. The child is is viewed not as a target of instruction, but as an apprentice or researcher. Children learn through the undertaking of projects.
“Reciprocity often depends on architecture that is made up of, or broken down into, multiple elements elements. This combination of fragmentation and multiplicity serves to open the architectural work in such a way as to be able to engage the landscape not as opposite but as elements of connection and use, similar in kind to elements of architecture.” Anita Berrizbetita & Linda Pollak, Inside and Outside: Between Landscape and Architecture.
Reciprocity is an exploration of the interdependent relations between a building and its context that a configured architecture facilitates.
Reggio Emilia
Key tenants considered: Use of open common space or ‘piazza’ connecting learning spaces and social spaces; Children are capable of constructing their own learning; Children form an understanding of themselves and their place in the world through their interactions with others; The environment is the third teacher; Children have a relationship with other children and with material items in the world that they must be allowed to explore.
Forest Schools Forest schools are learning environments where children are encourages to learn and explore in a natural environment to support the development of a relationship between the learner and the natural world. Key tenants include: Utilise a range of learner-centred processes to create a community for being, development and learning; Aim to promote the holistic development of all those involved, fostering resilient, confident, independent and creative learners; Offer learners the opportunity to take supported risks appropriate to the environment and to themselves.
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domestic scale that is familiar domestic scale that is familiar
precedent Co-ap, camperdown childcare precedent Co-ap, camperdown childcare
kanga’s house adaptive re-use of semi-detached houses, retaining closed rooms and scale of built elements design implementation kanga’s house implementation of commonhouses, residential materials, kooloora adaptive re-use of semi-detached retaining closed rooms community and scale ofcenter built elements
- rooms with a scale that is not daunting - comforting connection to home - openings and joinery that are accessible to kids - rooms with a scale that is not daunting - retain acknowledgement that this smaller scale still exists within a larger world - comforting connection to home - openings and joinery that are accessible to kids - retain acknowledgement that this smaller scale still exists within a larger world
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pedagogy - reggio emilia a connection between home, school and community is to be fostered pedagogy pedagogy - reggio emilia 16 reggio emilia, facilitatingbetween connections between homeisand community a connection home, school education, and community to be fostered spaces
hands-on architecture hands-on
architecture
precedent MVRDV + ADEPT, ku be house of culture and movement precedent MVRDV + ADEPT, ku be house of culture and movement
kanga’s house variation in texture of mud pit design implementation kanga’s house exposed architectural features that double asintactile surfaces variation texture of mudor pitfurniture, kooloora community centre
- engages multiple senses - textures and material explored through touch - opportunities to climb - engages multiple senses -vertical workspaces for motor skills - textures and material explored through touch - self exploration - opportunities to climb - manipulation of the environment -vertical workspaces for motor skills - self exploration - manipulation of the environment 21
pedagogy - reggio emilia the role of the environment as the “third teacher” architectural model pedagogy - reggio emilia 22 tactile materials, architectural features form part of the ‘room’, kooloora community center the role of the environment as the “third teacher”
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interaction with varying landscapes interaction with varying landscapes
precedent aisaka architects’ atelier, amanenomori nursery school
precedent aisaka architects’ atelier, amanenomori nursery school
kanga’s house constructed landscapes from softfall and sand, mud kitchens
kanga’s house constructed landscapes from softfall and sand, mud kitchens design implementation level changes to facilitate play and risk taking, kooloora community center kooloora current landscape lacks any higher engagement with kids; simply turf - hills and mounds that become playscapes - working with existing land patterns - tactile and touchable qualities in nature - a garden space that may be shared by kids and adults - hidden spaces that may facilitate hide and seek - hills and mounds that become playscapes
kooloora current landscape lacks any higher engagement with kids; simply turf
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- hidden spaces that may facilitate hide and seek 12
pedagogy - forest schools emphasises peoples architectural modelrelationship to nature 28 level changes throughout the building, kooloora community center
outdoor areas that respond to that weather outdoor areas
respond to weather
precedent neeson murcutt, prince alfred park pool precedent neeson murcutt, prince alfred park pool
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kanga’s house shade cloth across most outdoor areas, can be removed however requires lots of effort design implementation kanga’s house covered play areas, community center shade cloth across most outdoor areas, kooloora can be removed however requires lots of effort SECTION 2
- operable - sheltered transition between indoors and completely exposed garden - expansive even when covered - operable - variety of shade and light when sunny - sheltered transition between indoors and completely exposed garden - water proof when raining - expansive even when covered - allow sun light to enter building in winter - variety of shade and light when sunny - shade building in summer - water proof when raining - allow sun light to enter building in winter - shade building in summer 13
kooloora on a sunny day 70% of kids play outside, yet currently only a small area of concrete is sheltered architectural koolooramodel 14 covered areas, on a sunny day 70% of kids play play outside, yetkooloora currentlycommunity only a smallcenter area of concrete is sheltered 13
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materiality The materials for the project were carefully selected in order to help create a sense of familiarity with the building for the surrounding community. The selected materials were curated to achieve a distinctly ‘australian’ palette without imposing an international style upon the building. Inspiration for the project has been taken from precedent projects such as Peter Stutchbury’s Tourmaline Pavilion, ‘Riversdale’ by Glen Murcutt and the recently completed Troppo Architects project ‘Tropology for DHA’. These precedents showcase elements of the selected material palette across a variety of building uses. A shift in materiality occurs between public areas of the family and community centre and the semi-private early learning center to provide the latter with a more residential feel, whilst maintaining an approachable public building aesthetic that avoids common cost-saving materials associated with institutionalisation. The building elements should remain identifiable as elements of the same complex, however changes in materiality such as timber or steel structure will distinguish seperate operational zones.
tourmaline pavilion, peter stutchbury architecture
tropology for DHA, troppo architects
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australian hardwoods
face brick
fibre cement sheet
bronze hardware
in-situ concrete
painted steel
‘rivesdale’ arthur and yvonne boyd education centre, glen murcutt
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