Blacktown Sanctuary

Blacktown is a welcoming home for a significant number of refugees, with many more arriving regularly. The Blacktown Sanctuary will serve as a hub where they can acquire farming skills, enabling them to integrate into Australian society and contribute positively. This will also help them earn additional income as they embark on their new lives.The secondary objective of this building is to create a structure that functions passively, requiring minimal mechanical ventilation and maintaining a very low carbon footprint during operation. The examples provided illustrate passive building strategies that will be integrated into the design to achieve this goal.

This section shows room organization for optimal passive ventilation, applying the air/space/air principle to enhance airflow, reduce mechanical cooling reliance, and maintain a comfortable, sustainable indoor environment.

The exploded axonometric diagram and ground floor plan highlight the central farming spaces, optimized for efficiency, alongside a farmers market with selling pods to provide residents with income opportunities.

Axonometric diagrams showcase photovoltaic glass panels that function as both shading and energy sources, with a communal kitchen and farm where residents can cook together to support the farmers market.

Axonometric diagrams highlight rainwater harvesting functionality for private residential vertical gardens and demonstrate how the sawtooth roof's dual openings on two faces maximize cross ventilation throughout the spaces.

Renders showcase close-ups of the private residential vertical gardens and the main entrance, designed to shield private spaces from public view, ensuring the public primarily sees the entrance and farmers market.