TIMES CONNECTION LIBRARY

to re:connect

To reconnect, share and learn intergenerational knowledge and their world. Connect past, present and future, to enhance individuals’ mental fulfillment and wellbeing. Multi-media and technology-based spaces offer an innovative experience while learning.

Interlace Past Present And Future

Using books and multimedia device to educate visitors / Exchange thinkings and different knowledge / Place to bridge the gap

The existing coal hoppers were merged within the design of the space, where a custom rotatable book engine is designed to mimic the changing nature of sustainability and social issues. Pressure sensors are embedded for interactive and heritage activation purposes, which creates a sense of participation feeling. A metaphoric meaning for the importance of each person during the past development of Sydney.

Self-serve digital devices for borrowing books, creating incidence for visitors to come back to the place again.

Activated with two people siting on it.

The custom book engine automatically rotates in one direction at a slow pace, representing the motion of how electricity is produced as well as reflecting on the proposed with a dynamic movement through space.

Not fully activated.

Retain existing elements and add new insertions beyond, play with transparency to retain heritage view.

App access diagram to suit the mass society of using phone scan to remote the machine.

Hydro Cafe

to re:flect

The concluding space for the intergenerational heritage journey, the journey does not end here, it leads you to the next level of mental wellbeing, triggering visitor’s reflection on the past and present ideology of sustainability aiming to plan for a close bonded, rich cultured and healthy future.

Reflect And Move Forward

Using present ideology of ‘sustainability’ to reflect the past situation and raise awareness for future use of energy. / Reflect and raise awareness of energy usage for the future / Place to nourish and reflect

Covid-19 response of having 0 contacts with staff. No seating area, to control the interaction with people in the space.

Visitors are to DIY their own coffee fully self-served by the newly designed coffee and milk dispensers. Concluding with the recycling and sustainable concept through this space, with the recycled coffee ground feature as a symbol of the green future. It allows us to reflect on recycling everyday objects like the coffee ground which can be used to wash and for other purposes that can really make a change to the future. This is also using the space to educate present and future generations in a more playful manner.

Hybrid x Future Work Space

Project Form: Individual Project Date of Completion: 27.10.2022

The Covid-19 Pandemic has led me to reflect extensively on the learning and working environment around us. The past pandemic has led to a series of challenges in the social realm for both employers and social workers. New measures of the workspace have been brought out to the public eye, which in some instances has affected our work mode. However, due to this being a recent global issue, considering the longevity of my design, I want to explore some new possibilities for the workspace. Not only for the Covid-19 pandemic but also for the future concerns of the new virus or any other social concerns that may occur.

The pandemic changes the traditional working mode and the worker’s need for different functions in a space. It at the same time generates spatial critiques that allow designers to reflect and have a deeper thought into whether the traditional mode of work of having fixed working stations and clear boundaries of functionalities of spatial needs is required. To use an Avant grade eye to derive the working mode and spatial needs in the post-pandemic era. Where the workspace will be hybrid and more flexible to suit different situations in the future, forming a more comfortable, secure, healthy and highly cohesive work environment.

The School of Built Environment have an excess of space within the Red Centre West Wing which they want to convert into an experimental Research Incubator to attract high profile Industry partnerships and project themselves as leaders in transdisciplinary Futures research.

IDEO will be taking up residence in the new Incubator space.

CLIENT ANALYSIS & OUR AIM USER ANALYSIS SITE LOCATION

4 main category of users has been considered for this project, the functional needs and the main work mode of each user group varies.

Collaborate

Work Nourish Learn

Academics

The site is located at Kingsford within the University of New South Wales, surrounded by education facilities in campus, and also has a ease of access towards the cafe and eatery. The building is located along the university main walk path, which is convenient to approach.

The

Work Mode Analysis A Day Of Life Translation Of Needs Past Present Future

Of Concept

Existing Plan Spacial Form Briefing

For the future workspace, “FLEXIBLE“ & “HYBRID“ work mode is critical to consider with a foresee global vision. Workspaces shall be able to suit the future social issue of the post-pandemic era in a longevity vision. Work trends and environments for hybrid workers shall also be innovative and healthy from a global perspective. There will be a CONCEPTUAL COLLISION of information transparency and employee work environment privacy, achieving a equal and collaborative work setting.

Proposed Track In Plan

Represents different spatial functions

Clear defined space

Clear spatial boundary

In this perpetually undefined future workspace of IDEO, both physical and internet tracks will be used to create a novel work mode and work system that will naturally bring flexibility and hybrid into the space. The spatial forms will be kaleidoscopic, referring to the constantly altering spaces. Using basic curved shapes and squishing, rotating, intersecting, and overlapping techniques to create positive and negative space.

Varied routes for a flexible layout.

The workers can form the space to their needs. The flexible and hybrid work environment aims to ’survive’ and perform better under social circumstances in the future.

Work mode Flexibility

Utilizing the positive and negative spaces as a natural boundary that separates but also merges and blurs different spacial functions according to the users needs.

Spacial flexibility

Forth Spaces are created with the overlaps of the positive and negative space. It acts as a Grey space where each of the positive and negative space all have some connection with it.

Formal Meeting Space

Main Work Station Formal Meeting Space

With the influence of COVID-19 the work force has changed in a manner where people are more aware of the hygiene and social distancing as well as the ventilation in a space. The main work space introduce a possible future work setting with tracks embedded into the floor system, allowing a more flexible seating plan in the office space. While still remaining the open seating.

Hybrid Work Zone

A multi-functional space for flexible work settings and space to nourish. The spatial experience of this zone is an interpretation of a work as from home, where individual ‘bed and couch‘ areas are provided for staff members to use when they need rest. This demonstrates the work condition when employees are working at home.

The formal meeting space are designed for both staff members and clients to have formal meetings. Located away from the main work station decreases the acoustic level, in a semi open setting.. Under a COVID setting, mesh curtains allows air flow in the whole interior which ventilates fresh air.