Warnkurr Social Club Annabelle Roper, 699112 Studio E, Bower Studio 2020
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Storytelling The Warnkurr Social club is a place of stories, where stories are heard, stories are told and future stories are created. The narrative of this experience is rarely linear and curates a unique experience with each visit. There are many different types of story telling that can occur through yarn, reading of artefacts or symbolism in architecture. This design for the social club focuses on creating spaces for each of these types of storytelling.
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Storytelling There are many stories held in the landscape surrounding Kalkaringi. In this context plan I have mapped the stories around Kalkaringi that I am aware of. This plan shows the rich and complex landscape of stories from various times that are throughout Kalkaringi. This mapping of experience of stories can be done at any scale by any individual or group as each mapping with be unique to the specific significances in each person’s experience.
Storyline Plan In this design I have embedded the stories of the surrounding landscape into the Warnkurr Social Club. Each of these paths through out the social club point to locations of significance that hold many stories. Each of the paths have a marker at the end of them indicating which story they are pointing to. These markers are identical to a visual storyline that is at the entry of the club. Each of these stories can be read in brief on the story line or a visitor may ask a local in the club what they mean creating a connection between people.
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Warnkurr Social Club BMX Track and Climbing walls
The design of the social club centres around moments of storytelling. It is divided with the fenced off drinking area that encloses the existing club. To the North West is the active area separating the loud children from the main gathering space of the club to the South East.
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The new pool and games room offers more opportunities for members of the community such as the women to enjoy social games while also watching and listening to the footy.
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To the east there are new cook fires that can be used to BBQ your own dinner with food purchased at the club. Offering a more engaged and on country dining experience that was desired in consultations.
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The main gathering space for both the drinking and non drinking sides of the club centres around the stage and mob fires, making it feel like one social club.
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ENTRY STORY WALL The entry to the social club is marked by a large visual story line along the fence. This story line shows a general overview of the history of Kalkaringi from Vincent Lingiari through to the present freedom day festival and Kalkaringi basketball team. In between the images there is opportunity to write short descriptions about each moment in the story for people to read as they enter.
FAMILY EATING AND PLAY AREA Opposite the new servery window in the north of the kitchen is a shaded dining area. This is placed to have a clear view of the basketball court, climbing wall and BMX track. This is a place of family gatherings large or small. To the right there is also direct views into the games and projector room past the large door panels with local artwork laser cut into them.
STORY EMBEDDED IN THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE GAMES ROOM The exterior of the games room has large sliding door panels that are carved with artwork of three local artists. On the ground there are paths of stories heading in many directions. The most significant story is shown in the light red path that is parallel to the building running just past the columns. This matches the direction of the Walk Off Track. To the south (right) past the cook fires is Jinparrak and to the north (left) is the hand off site. The wavy perforated metal reflect the landscape around Kalkaringi that inspired the station to be named Wave Hill Station. In the sunshine the shadows made by the wavy perforated metal are beautiful.
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GAMES AND SCREEN ROOM SECTION A The interior of the games room has many opportunities to display artwork, images and trophies that can be updated as new events and art is created. The open air building contains insulation and a ceiling lining that keeps the radiant heat from entering the space through the corrugated metal roof. This view looks to the hand off site in the distance.
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HEART OF THE SOCIAL CLUB - COOK FIRE, MOB FIRE AND STAGE The central gathering space of the club includes a mob fire with fixed seating, a small stage with secure store for equipment and cook fires. In the cook fire area it provides the opportunity to cook, teach kids to cook and, to cook using traditional bush tucker.
CENTRAL STAGE CONNECTS BOTH SIDES The stage can be viewed from both the drinking and non drinking sides of the club. A fence near the stage can be lowered during a performance and then raised again for security. The experience is communal and brings the whole club together in celebration of the music.
QUIET REFLECTION AREA The existing social club building has been opened up with extra doors to the pool room wall to reveal a quiet outdoor space. With the story line fence on one corner of the space the front of the club contains a few seats including the private yarn seat. This end of the club has the best view of the sunset and with the new large doors the sunset can now be seen through from the pool area and main outdoor space near the stage.