DA 01 115 Bathurst Street
CA 3051
Rev: A
SITE PLAN
MASSING ENVELOPE
Cad File No: C:\Users\ scale As indicated @A1
SOUTH PERSPECTIVE
The Lodge Our proposal explores the inherent contradiction of a democratic system of governance – the relationship between the people and the state. We do this through the notion of representation. By drawing on sublimated cultural and historical aesthetic notions of power and state we can begin to mediate the tension in this relationship between the state and its constituents made manifest: the lodge. The fundamental idea of democracy is in the inherent notion that the government, the state, is a representation of the will of the people. It is in this idea that we vote for our elected officials as they serve and carry out the consensus of their constituency. Historically, this relationship has been inverted. We now find ourselves with the relationship in constant conflict, the spirit of the times indicating a split between the priorities of the people and of those in power, whose allegiance is not to the will of the majority but of a few selective and privileged interests. The Lodge is a unique typology as it is both a representation and a representative, the Home and the State. At once, the Lodge is an intensely private space, the other, a hyper public representation of a fluctuating ideal, a function of the state. The proposal seeks to negotiate conflicting programs through its internal spatial logic and by introducing a unifying a language, a language that at various scales can have multiple meanings. We begin with the image of the home. The image of the home is constantly in flux, a collection of cultural and historical references drawn by the spectator, giving it meaning. Our proposal uses this notion of representation to negotiate an identity for the Lodge. By reinterpreting the column, we provide an immediate aesthetic reference to public and cultural institutions, including those notions of power and incorruptibility associated. However, given this status of a public institution the predominant tenets of the Lodge’s function - privacy of the home and the public nature of the state - come in conflict. We attempt to mediate this tension through representation by separating its function. Through the split of the home’s internal spatial logic from the façade we can unify its identity as a function of the State whilst prioritizing an ideal programmatic hierarchy. The hierarchy of spaces of the home offers a critique on the wider implications of the Lodge. The domestic image of the home is protected, hidden and literally placed atop the promontory above the official function spaces, its public image. The two axes, at a larger scale, a reading of our unique position between the city and our environment. The dominant axis intimates a procession of purpose as guest or inhabitant, always moving through the private territory before descending into the purpose of State. As spaces within the Lodge are inhabited, the spatial relationship between the functions provide a constant reminder of their intended position in our society.
SITE PLAN 1: 750
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Classical Order The classical order denotes specific proportions and style in the architectural element of the column. At once both functional and ornamental, the varying scale and proportion of each type of column gives meaning to the building the language to which it is applied. The language of the column becomes incredibly useful for us in a specific way. By appropriating the notion of proportion, we can draw on historical and cultural aesthetics of the column to signify varying meanings for the Lodge
State Columns We understand that the doric column, of thicker and stouter proportions, is used on state and public institutions and provide meaning of power, incorruptibility and seriousness of purpose. We apply columns of thicker proportions to programs related to official state use and as a public front.
Private Columns Columns of more slender proportions are applied to more private programs, drawing on the feminine and academic connotations of the corinthian and ionic orders. A gradient is applied for the column to read at multiple scales through a unified space.
SECTION BB 1:250
DA 01 scale As indicated @A1
115 Bathurst Street
CA 3051
Rev: A
SITE PLAN
MASSING ENVELOPE
Cad File No: C:\Users\ SECTION AA 1:250
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GREENLAND HOLDING GROUP OVERSEAS INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
Client:
Ground 1. Security office 2. Garage 3. Guest accommodation 4. Prime Minister Accommodation 5. Prime Minister study 6. Library study 7. Library Lower Ground 8. Foyer 9. Pre-function 10. Gallery 11. In house meeting room 12. In house office 13. Female toilets 14. Male toilets 15. Formal dining hall 16. Outdoor dining / entertainment 17. Boat house 18. Commercial kitchen 19. Laundry & Toilets 20. Wine cellar 21. In house accommodation GROUND PLAN 1: 250
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Contextual Axis
We identify the main participants at stake.
The state and the private person come into conflict as an idealised notion becomes contradictory in practice.
We begin to see multiple conflicts at various scales as interests grow or dissipate in allegiance.
We identify key icons within the context from our site - the city of Canberra (the people) and thethe mountain (our environment).
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Programmatic heirarchy on site
Site context
Division of programmatic function
Programmatic gradient applied to unifying language
We place the private persons on the podium and the state below to reflect our ideal representative heirarchy.
Sun path and axis views are identified, programs gravitate toward optimum views and northern sun. We also want to unify the two bodies within a boundary as they become separated on site.
Within the boundary we push the public and private functions away from each other to provide separation within the border of a contested space.
We implement the column. This allows us to do two things. One is to provide a rational structure and unifying facade for a contested and contradictory space. Secondly the scale and gradient of the column can then help to delineate difference in program.
scale As indicated @A1
115 Bathurst Street
CA 3051
Rev: A
SITE PLAN
MASSING ENVELOPE
Cad File No: C:\Users\ State
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GREENLAND HOLDING GROUP OVERSEAS INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
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LOWER GROUND PLAN 1: 250
NORTH PERSPECTIVE
SECYION CC 1: 250
INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE