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Hydrology

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Hydrology

For thousands of years, the First Nations people lived by the rhythms of the water bodies. They gathered, mated, hunted for food around the wetland from generations to generations. Come the industrialization period, water provided transportation route for the coal to be distributed to the rest of the world. As of now, the coal loader serve as a historic landmark, and a place for the community to gather and lead a sustainable way of living

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Hydrology

The coal loader prides itself as a sustainable place Rainwater is collected throughout the site and is used for toilet disposal water and to water the plants. 50 5000L modaline tanks are scattered throughout the site and are used to collect water. For each building, conventional water collection roof and gutter structure are installed. Disposal of water is done into the harbour.

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Building around water perimeter, taking notes of the lows and and the highs tide is important. Looking at the graph, the site appears to have a rather calm, stable and relatively low tide. The maximum tide at Balls head is below the maximum 2m tide height at 1.7m.

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Using materials sourced directly from the site, I am able to replicate and reproduce textures are familiar to the Coal Loader. Stone Pine Cone Tree Branch Clay

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After investigating the site, I noticed the strong verticality present throughout and around the site the site This prompted me to investigate ways this element of the site could be further developed

What complements verticality?

Looking closer to the geometries of landscape, I found curved, organic forms have the power to evoke familiarity with nature. Therefore, I experimented with plaster in attempt to create this affect. While trying to find the complement verticality and curves, I challenged the characteristics of plaster by through this model

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Textured Strong Fragile Dense Thin

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This experiment pushed me to use unconventional material to resolve my design intent I utilized a black plastic bag as the backdrop to capture my idea It successfully creates the effect of ripples of water through the photograph.

The trial and error in working with plaster for the first time allowed me to experience the art of mixing, finding a suitable mold, and photographing the model to get the essence of the the concept This process sparked one important question in mind that led the direction for my further analysis of the site.

How to integrate water as material, volume, inhabitant and participant of the site design?

In the past, indigenous people of the area used water as their source of life During industrialization, people transported coal through the water.

Currently, the body of water, site design, and the visitors are separated by barriers.

In the future, the relationship between human and water could be challenged due to the rise of global warming. It is increasingly becomes mutually a precious and also a threat to each other.

In the next experiment, I explored ways the barriers between the water and the site, could be minimised, to effectively mend the relationship between human and water

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A site that renews the atmosphere of North Sydney’s foreshore. The role of water is reintroduced as not only panoramic material and volume, but also an active inhabitant and participant. The site invites the public by maximizing access links, and spatial management. The illusion and dissolution of height throughout the site are used to demolish the existing barriers scattered around the different landscape of the site.

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The circulation is divided into three main parts. The first access is dedicated for visitors passage from the street level, into the platform The second one is intended for visitors who wish to walk through the first gate, from the upper site, into the building. The third one is dedicated for scientists and researches to access the building via coastwalk.