Site Analysis

understanding pirrama

harsh west facade control daylight ideal picnic region maintain open access, activate the area open circulation funnel movement through the scheme

harbour views frame with architecture level changes utilise to deliniate spaces and zones swimmable harbour take inspiratoin from Clover Moore’s plan

Pirrama Park presents many challenges and opportunities for intervention. In particular the well designed and manicured landscape scheme by Hill Thalis does not immidiately invite a massive and intrusive pool to it. However through careful analysis of the site’s other challenges, opportunities begin to present themselves. The large western facade, for example, requires an intense controlling of daylight. Or, as I have seen, it presents an opportunity for a self contained space. Though this will limit the harbour views from inside, it then mandates circulation outside of and around the self contained area. This external circulation then in turn affords connection to Clover Moore’s swimmable harbour plan. My scheme aims to ‘join the dots’ between the above site analyses.

1:1000 massing axonometric from the north west

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