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THE SITE The trail at Merri Creek provides the community with a means of connecting with the natural environment as they use the site. These connections however, are fickle and loose as they span only for short instances as people pass through the site whilst running, walking or riding bikes. During my visits to the trail at Merri Creek I found that remaining stationary and studying the area provided me with a far stronger understanding and value of the natural environment. As I left the path and travelled between the various forms of vegetation in order to minimize the distance between the creek and myself, the voyeuristic relationship that I had with the environment had changed to a far deeper and more intimate one. I found myself inside the environment looking out at Merri Creek rather than outside of it looking in. As I remained stagnant, each individual element of the site began engulfing my senses, causing the realization that other users of the site needed to be in this serene situation rather than just pass it by on their morning jog. This realisation caused me to think about the natural beauty and intricacy of the site and how my installation would effect it.
THE DESIGN I wanted my design to complement to natural environment rather than draw attention away from it, the scheme would have to gradually reveal itself and permeate into its location, visible yet incorporated in what people perceived the natural environment to be. In order to facilitate a connection with the flora and fauna of the Creek, I decided to create a resting station that would see the users of the site utilising the design to re-energise during their exercise periods as well as build their own personal connection with the contouring environment around them. I chose to incorporate parametric sectioning into my scheme in order to take advantage of efficient material use due to negative space that would camouflage the structure into its surroundings. The design itself needed to progressively manifest out of the environment itself so as to minimise visual disruption. I also wanted to create something that would be accepted not only on a personal sense by the human users of the trail but also by the natural environment on a vegetative level.
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MATERIALITY & COLOUR It would be hypocritical to design a structure that is so tapered around the concept of conservation of the environment that surrounds it only to be constructed out of unsustainable materials that embodied high amounts of energy. It was due to this reasoning that I chose to use a material called “Ecological Panel”, a component manufactured entirely out of recycled building materials from Sydney, Brisbane & Melbourne. Ecological Panels are non toxic, boast the lowest formaldehyde-emission for their category worldwide, do not contain any volatile organic compounds and have a negative carbon footprint. The material would be sealed with a 100% VOC-Free finish from the “Everest” line of paints by Dunn Edwards in a neutral tone that is reflective of the particular hues present in the area in which it is installed
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