KUMERA DREAMING 2020 GLOBAL FUTURES ECOLAB
REPORT + RETURN BRIEF MAN HUNG KU, KARL N9590528 DAN 201 MASTER STUDIO A GROUP: ECO ADVENTURES TUTOR: PETER WOLFF & STEPH ZANNAKIS
ECO ADVENTURE
NATURE RECONNECTION, SELF DISCOVERY
TEAM MEMBERS MAN HUNG KU CHI WAI TSUI
Credit by Jacob Zhou
This report and the design work will be presented would not be possible without the inspiritional members of the ECO ADVENTURE. Our manifesto is “Nature reconnection, self discovery�, and our aim is to give the chance for metropolitan who live in concrete jungle to be around nature and find put their life back together. Our group memebers met different people in Willow vale and understanded what is their expectations and potentials of Willow vale. Our aim is to inherit and proclaim the spirit of aboriginal through architecture and fulfill the faith: honor the past, celebrate the present, embrace the future.
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400 Ruffles Road, Willowvale is located approximately halfway between Brisbane City and Gold Coast in South East Queensland, Australia. Willowvale is nearby Upper Coomera and Coomera which have long been the main centre of urban development on the Gold Coast. Willowvale is mainly a rural residential and recreational area which has several kinds of mountain resort for eco-tourism purposes.
Willow vale
LOCATION CONTEXT
The name of Wongawallen is came from the Aboriginal word, wonga, meaning pigeon and wallan, meaning water
Coomera
Willow Vale Wongawallen
Upper Coomera
Coomera River
The name orginated from Kumera Kumera - the aboriginal word for a native species of wattle and this dialect word also related to blood.
Aboriginal People of the Gold Coast states that Coomera means blood or vein and refers to the flowing river which means the life source of the surrounding lands
Source: http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/coomera-history
Timeline - Gold Coast History
The home of the Yugambeh people Before European settlement
The ďŹ rst township The ďŹ rst Europeans visit
Fashionable resort 1885
Become the Town of the Gold Coast 1885
A major holiday destination 1960s
HISTORY
KEY FINDINGS
HEALING RESORT
POTENTIAL IN ECO TOURISM
SPIRITUAL TREES
BIODIVERSITY
24 March 2016
24 June 2016 Temperature Hottest: Coldest: Average
33.0° -6.3° 19.9° 3.3°
Rainfall Average rainfall Average rainfall day
24 September 2016
24 December 2016
24.08.2009 04.08.1995 (Hot) (Cold) 26.1mm 5.5 days
Willowvale is located at subtropical region which has warm to hot summers and cool to mild winters with infrequent frost. The highest average temperature is 19.9° and the lowest average temperature is 3.3°. The average rainfall is 26.1mm.
Source: http://weather.mla.com.au http://suncalc.net
SOLAR STUDY
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
The site is located at biodiversity area with different kinds of flora & fauna and it is situated in enviornmental significane with priority species. Furthermore, the site has high priority in vegetation. However, there is a high potential in bushfire and landslide hazard.
GREEN SPACE
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
BIODIVERSITY
Species of tree nearby the site
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS Weeping bottlebrush
Umbrella cheese tree
Gum lapped ironbark
Climbing asparagus
Grey ironbark
HIGH DEMAND MARKET FOR POVERTY
WILLOW VALE POPULATION: 1015
397 Visits per property
Male
520
Female
495
Median age
39
Family
285
Average children per family
1.9
All private dwellings
342
Average people per household
Willow Vale
245 Visits per property
Average of QLD
TOP 3 OF THE LIFESTYLES AND PEOPLE
3.2
Median weekly household income
$1,700
Median weeky rent
$2,084
According to the 2011 census, Willow Vale had a population of 1015 people which 520 males and 495 females and the median age of the Willow Vale population was 39 years. There are 67.7% of population were born in Australia and the other top responses for country of birth were England 7.8%, New Zealand 6.0%, South Africa 2.6%, Netherlands 0.8% and Philippines 0.8%. Willow Vale had a high demand market for poverty which compared with the average of Queensland. The top 3 of lifestyles and people in Willow Vale are older couples 25.6%, established couples 25.2% and elderly families 13.2%
DEMOGRAPHIC
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) https://www.realestate.com.au
SOCIAL ANALYSIS
High percentage of teenagers and middle age person
High percentage of couple family with children
Age
Age
Willow Vale
15-19 years
10.7%
Queensland 6.8%
45-49 years 50-54 years
10.3% 8.6%
7.0% 6.7%
Willow Vale
Couple family with children
57.2% Queensland 42.8%
High percentage of occupation in managers and administrative workers
High percentage of aboriginal and torres strait islander househoulds had higher median household income than average of Queensland
Occupation
Dwelling characteristics
Willow Vale
Managers
17.8%
Queensland 12.0%
Administrative Workers
17.2%
14.7%
Willow Vale people have higher median weekly income than average of Queensland Median weekly income
Willow Vale
Queensland
Personal
604
587
Family Household
1715 1700
1453 1235
There are 99% of population in Willow Vale were living in seperate house Dwelling structure Seperate house
Willow Vale 99.0%
Queensland 78.5%
Willow Vale
Median household income
2250 Queensland 1066
SUMMARY
According to ABS 2011, Willow Vale compared to Queensland. We can conclude Willow Vale has higher percentage of teenagers and middle age person, high percentage of occupation in managers and administrative workers with higher median weekly income. Furthermore, there is 99% of population were living in seperate house with high percentage of couple family with children. Lastly, there is high percentage of aboriginal households with higher median household income than average of Queensland.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
WILLOW VALE vs QLD
SOCIAL ANALYSIS
Employment Status
Compared to Gold Coast, Willow Vale had lower rate in employment and higher rate in unemployment. Weekly household income in Willow Vale is higher than Gold Coast. For aboriginal employment rate in Willow Vale was higher than Gold Coast but week household income was lower.
Aboriginal Employment Status
Weekly Household Income
Aboriginal Weekly Household Income
Source: http://profile.id.com.au/gold-coast
WILLOW VALE vs GOLD COAST
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
TOURISM DESTINATION
Commonwealth Games in 2018
Resort
Theme Park
Surfing paradise
BIODIVERSITY
Lamington National Park
Gold Coast Hinterland
Australian Fauna
Tree Top Walk
HERITAGE / ART / PERFORMANCE
Guanaba Indigenous Protected Area in Tamborine Mountain
Public Art
Source: http://www.moregoldcoast.com.au/
Heritage Walk
Live Music Concert
GOLD COAST CITY
CULTURAL ANALYSIS
Aunty Mary Graham (Indigenous community leaders) She has influenced many Indigenous and non-Indigenous staff and students of QUT as well as the wider community.
Ancient tree in Six Sense Resort The trees can use for healing process in aboriginal community.
bananam People are connect, or reconnected with Indigenous cultural principals
We don't own the land, the land owns us. The land is my mother, my mother is the land. Land is the starting point to where it all began. It's like picking up a piece of dirt and saying this is where I started and this is where I'll go. The land is our food, our culture, our spirit and identity S. Knight
ANCIENT SPIRIT
SPIRITUAL ANALYSIS
Key Plan Site
Tourism
Residential
River
Rural
Main traffic flow
Industrial
The site is situated in rural landscape and environment precinct. The neighbour zones are mainly residential with few of industrial and tourism areas. There is a Coomera river which passes through Upper Commera and Wongawallan. Furthermore, there is a main traffic flow from Brisbane City to Gold Coast.
ZONING
MAPPING ANALYSIS
Environmental
Cultural
Environmental -Recycle materials and waste systems -Minimize waste production -Passive / active design -Energy efficiency -Health and safty enviornment -DO NO HARM (Preserve trees, animals)
Economy
Cultural -Share Knowlegde & Story telling (Yarning) -Ceremony (art/music/performance) -Aboriginal’s kinship structure -Ecological restoration
Social
Economy -Provide more employment opportunities -Provide training and development -Sponorship & NGO -Equality -Provide positive economic growth in long term
Social -Develop trust and respect to each other -Learn how to cooperate with other through teamwork learning -Learn the skills that how to survive in the nature -Know your own responsibility > Contribute gift > Talent -Create a non competitive, non hierarchy environment -Find Group / Family happiness & joyful
Spiritual Spiritual -Reconnect to the land -Finding yourself back -Be in nature -To be a fully human -Honours the past, celebrates the present, cocreates the future
SOLUTIONS FOR 2020 GLOBAL FUTURE
5 POINT SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS
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The 21st century, human living is satisfied with high technology which bring us convenience and improve our living standards. However, Urbanization, internationalization, industrialization form a thick “Concrete Jungle”. Metropolians are over consume materials and nature resources and generate many wastes and pollutions which is continuously harming our Earth, our Land. Everyone are one of the components in the city and their lifestyle and behaviour are guided by main stream of society. They recieve brainwashed education and system of values when to be born. Their behaviour and mind are duplicated and look like a robot, they eat, work and sleep everyday, repeat and repeat...........In their deep heart, they are unhappy and unsatisfy, they do not know why they to be born and what is their gifts, their values....... Our group manifesto is “Nature Reconnection, Self Discovery”. Our design purpose is give the chance for metropolitan who is unsatified in current situation and weary of their robot’s life through architecture. Through different kinds of programmes, people can reconnect back with nature and learn how to treat with nature from aboriginal spirit. Every people after visit this place can find their self actualization, their own gifts, their talents. And they can respect each others and create a non-hierarchical, harmony society in the future.
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2020
FUTURE VISION FOR KUMERA
Research were conducted by our group and create a proposal for 2020 Kumera future. Our research process are based on U theory concept. We collected all the informations by open sense. Open our eyes to experience the site, open our ears to listen different perspectives, open our mouth to communicate with the locals. After collected all informations through open sense, we were able to open our mind and brainstorm different feasibility concepts for future Kumera and finally open our heart to develop the best option for Kumera future.
Open Will Open Sense
Open Mind
Open Heart
Create sustainable 2020 Kumera future
GROUP APPROACH
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Kumera Vision 2020 - Eco Adventure
Nature Reconnection, Self Discovery
Our goal is providing the platform for metropolitan who unsatisfies with current situation and live in concrete jungle and hungry to live with nature.We are promoting a master plan of Eco Adventure including survival learning center and cultural learning center. our group promote different programme to achieve three main aspects: Reconnect with nature, Respect and Self actualization.
RECONNECT WITH NATURE
Allow people who live in “Concrete Jungle� and hungry to live in harmony with nature. The design strategies for architecture should be sustainable and environmentially friendly, such as eco-materials, eco system, passive design.
RESPECT
Respectation is developed between users. They respect each other, our environment, our nature and develop a harmony, non-hierarchy community in the future.
SELF ACTUALIZATION
Discovery your talents, your personal gifts. People respect, listen and gather together and embrace our better future.
STATEMENT OF INTENT
Existing Healing Centre
Bush Tucker Trail
The selection of site is located at the middle part of the site. The site has high potential for create a bush tucker trail which connect to the entrance point. Furthermore, there is a small portion of flat land and it is a desirable area to create a “Yarning Circle�
Existing Gym Centre
SELECTION OF SITE
THE 6 ELEMENTS OF FULLY HUMAN
IMAGINATION
-Creativity -The capacity for abstract thought
HUMOR
RELATIONSHIP
-Family -Friendship -Love
-The ability to laugh -Happiness -Find life funny & entertaining
SPIRITUALITY
REBELLIOUSNESS
-A belief and faith -Allow us to live without fear
AESTHETIC
-Breakthrough -Self expression -Exploration
-Perceive beauty - the perfection of the universe -Capable of creating and experiencing beauty
FULLY HUMAN
MLP CONCEPT
Yarning is an informal conversation thay is culturaly friendly and recognised by Aboriginal people. It is a part of Indigenous pedagogy and sharing information through the telling of stories. AIR: Reflect on the learning journey
CONCEPT FROM ABORIGINAL SYMBOLS
Water: Allow us to put into practice our faith, ethics, wisdoms and skills
Fire: Make things fertile and ready for new growth
Earth: Search for new ways to responding to community challenges Source: The Yarning Circle Lifework of Aunty Debra Bennet
All the programmes are located around the yarning circle
All the programmes are spreaded out from the yarning circle and provide many bushtracker trails
YARNING
MLP CONCEPT
“Many people are isolated by modern living. They are hungry for community. They are hungry to live in harmony with natural.� This model will be demonstration of how to achieve.............
Act
Self-discovery, Self-actualization, Reconnect with nature Open mind
Sensing through Bush Trucker Trails Hear, Smell, Touch, Feel, Taste
Open heart
Open will
Reflect through programmes
Yarning, Healing, Sharing knowledge, Learning
U THEORY
MLP CONCEPT
FIRST SCHEME - BUBBBLE DIAGRAM
MLP CONCEPT
Two buildings serve for different purposes, one is outdoor survivial learning and one is cultural learning. Two buildings cooperate together and form a Yarning plaza and share with veggie farm and combat zone
FIRST SCHEME - MLP
MLP CONCEPT
SECOND - BUBBBLE DIAGRAM
MLP CONCEPT
Two buildings split into different small pieces and spread out the site. More open space can be created which can bring out our theme “Eco Adventure�. Part of architectures can be tree houses and primary architectures try to connect with mother trees.
SECOND SCHEME - MLP
MLP CONCEPT
Camping
Veggie Farm Eco Adventure
Yarning Circle Cultural workshop
SECOND SCHEME - PROGRAMME
MLP CONCEPT
All programmes are distributed into different areas of the mountain and create bush trucker trails. The arrangement of programmes are based on Maslow's hierarchy which starts from physiological needs (Veggie farm, cooking area) to self actualization (Gathering point, yarning plaza).
FINAL SCHEME - SPATIAL MATRIX & BUBBLE DIAGRAM
MLP CONCEPT
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Bushfire Truckertrail
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Yarning Plaza
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Visitor Info
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Rest Space
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Terrace with Waste Recycle Point Below
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Cooking Station
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Accommodation Space
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Veggie Farm
9
Exhibition & Meeting Hall
10
Workshop Station
11
Combat Zone
12
Gallary
13
Live Learning Center
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Workshop Station
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Multi-use Classroom
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Camping Zone
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Gathering Point
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ECO-ADVENTURE
MASTER PLAN 2020
Aboriginal’s Concept
Aboriginal divided the world into 3 phrase: physical, human and sacred which is a triangle framework. Triangle is one of the most stable geometry.
Mother Tree inside the building
Mother Tree’s Concept
“The big trees were subsidizing the young ones through the fungal networks. Without this helping hand, most of the seedlings wouldn’t make it”
Tree House
CONCEPT
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
Exhibition centre perspective
Exhibition centre section
CONCEPT SKETCH
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
Sketch of hexagonal column structure
Conceptual Model (Photo montage)
CONCEPT-MODEL TESTING
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
Sketch of continuous folding structure
Conceptual Model (Photo montage)
CONCEPT-MODEL TESTING
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
Water Collection Roof System Recycled Tyre
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Recycled Ply
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Water collection Roof
2
Water Pipe
3
Water tank
4
For water features
5
For veggie farm
1
Black water
2
Septic tank
3
Sand filter
4
For veggie farm
3
Bamboo
Black Water Recycling System 1
4
Thatch 2
Recycled Hardwood
3
ECO MATERIALS & SYSTEMS
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
Module Unit
Mother Tree
Hexagon Column
Tree Column
Tree Column + Roof = 1 module unit
Component of exhibition hall
1 module unit
1 module unit
1 smaller module unit
Exhibition Hall
Overlapping
CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAMS
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
BAMBOO JOINT DESIGN
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
Mother Tree creates gathering point Section
Natural Shelter Rainwater collection design
DESIGN SKETCH
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
RENDER
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
RENDER
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
RENDER
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
Meeting Hall
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Back of House Water landscape
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Roof Plan
Gathering Platform 5
Exhibition Area
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First Floor Plan
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FLOOR PLAN
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
ELEVATION & SECTION
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
Section AA
Section BB
ELEVATION & SECTION
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
RENDER-WORKSHOP AREA
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
RENDER-WORKSHOP AREA
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
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Workshop Area
2
Outdoor Workshop Area
1
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WORKSHOP AREA PLAN
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
RENDER-MULTI-USE CLASSROOM
INTERVENTION PROPOSAL
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). (2016). Census of Population and Housing, 2011 . Retrieved from http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/ census/2011/quickstat/SSC31770 City of Gold Coast. (2015). Gold Coast City Community Profile. Retrieved from http://profile.id.com.au/gold-coast Council of the City of Gold Coast. (2016). Coomera History. Retrieved from http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/coomera-history-2717.html Dylan Chown. (2015). Yarning Circle. Retrieved from http://www.achperqld.org.au/__files/d/225320/ S9-Incoporting%20Indigenous%20perspectives-Dylan%20Chown.pdf Meat & Livestock Australia. (2016). Forecast Willow Vale. Retrieved from http://weather.mla.com.au/local-forecast/qld/willow-vale Moregoldcoast. (2016). Retrieved from http://weather.mla.com.au/local-forecast/qld/willow-vale Realestate.com.au. (2016). Retrieved from http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/ 2011/quickstat/SSC31770 Vladimir Agafonkin. (2009). Sun Path Diagram. Retrieved from http://suncalc.net/
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WEEK 1
In week 1, we form a circle and share our feeling, ideas. We share what is our gift? (e.g talents and skills). It is because talent is a real key for learning. Secondly, Peter mentioned design is divided into 4 different levels. First level is raw materials, second level is society and system, third level is ecological with sustainability and fourth level is weakness, thought, emotion and emphasis. We should open our sense, our minds and our heart. Finally, we can open our views to the world. (by U theory – Otto Scharmer) Peter divided four elements from the nature which are Earth, Water, Air and Fire. All of the elements are related to each other. And I decided to focus on Water element.
WEEK 2
Credit by Peter Wolff
In week 2, Studio held in Six Senses Mountain Resort. Firstly, Mary Graham shared a lot about this space and kumera dreaming. The relationship between land and human is very important because the land made people, animals, landscape and everything. ‘World is a jungle and makes everything in relationship. Mary said gender should be balance and no hierarchy. We all are controlled by ethic which is understanding ourselves and no competition. The four elements: Identity, ethnic, balance, anatomy Multiple dreaming is came from different stories. “Law” is social order and universal order. “Truth” is not only one place but happening in several places.
Credit by Peter Wolff
After Mary sharing, the company Banann raise a question for us, for aboriginal. “Who are we?” After 200 years, is aboriginal people still themselves or become Australian. They mentioned land is very important for them. Land is not only for ownership but related to Law, Language, Relationship and Ceremony. They fought for land because of respect, honour, identity. Everything has language, even land and animal which is including verbal and body language. Song is visible but honour and respect is invisible in ceremony. Ceremony is relationship to the space. Put yourself to nature and explore yourself. Not only for material but relationship. Aboriginal has a sustainable concept because they not only think about their generation but also consider their next generation, their future. For architect, we need to design for myself, for family. Context is myself, don’t separate from myself. After sharing, we walked around the site and saw a big tree. It gave me a hope, peaceful, family feeling. After that, we built a big tent together by using bamboo. It inspired me to use bamboo for design.
WEEK 1 & 2
REFLECTIONS
WEEK 3
Role Play: Each of the student has their own views on the site, has different opportunities on master layout planning.
Initial idea of building function: Tree (Growth, balance, nature)
Master layout planning (bubble diagram): Eco-adventure: Survival learning center, community center, tree house‌‌
WEEK 4 In week 4, 2 days studio held in Six Senses Mountain Resort again. The first day, we communicated with different people and understanded their expectations and perspective in Willow Vale. They concerned happiness, unchanged environment and building should be natural setting, open area and more natural organic, spread and freedom. The second day, Norm brought us to walk around the site and felt the wind and listened the bird sound. After walkthrough, there are 7 questions held by Steph: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
Who are you? What did you do? How your building can teach people? Who do you do it for? What do they need for your building? How did they transfer results that you give them? How to make people happy?
WEEK 3 & 4
REFLECTIONS
WEEK 5 In week 5, our group “Eco adventure” had a formal desk crit with Peter and Steph. Peter mentioned the meaning of “Fully human” and brainstormed us how to relate with “Fully human” in our master layout plan design concept. Architecture is not only a building but everything. We need to give the meaning and provide the spiritual values to our design. Steph gave us some advise that we can focus on two aims: Reconnect with nature and discover yourself. How much we can connect? How to reflection yourself? Those suggestions are very useful for our master layout plan further developments.
WEEK 6
The spatial matrix of Eco Adventure MLP, it shown the relationship between different programmes. Our programme layout are based on Maslow’s Heirarchy’s needs. We promote veggie farm, outdoor cooking area for bottom needs, and then provide shelter accommodation for safety needs, they can achieve friendship, respect and esteem through different kinds of workshops and eco adventure’s programme. Finally, they can discovery their own values, gifts and achieve self actualization
WEEK 5 & 6
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