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With an existing art deco building on site that has seen many lives, inspiration was taken from both its façade and its communal history.

With an existing art deco building on site that has seen many lives, inspiration was taken from both its façade and its communal history.

The site is sandwiched between 2 main travel corridors. It became important to act as a connect to both pedestrians to the south and residents to the north.

The site is sandwiched between 2 main travel corridors. It became important to act as a connect to both pedestrians to the south and residents to the north.

Layered uses are necessary for the cooling centre to be in use when not during a heat event. Room for children, repair/DIY, and prayer (amongst others) are provided.

Layered uses are necessary for the cooling centre to be in use when not during a heat event. Room for children, repair/DIY, and prayer (amongst others) are provided.

[Left]A stage for performing but also a community kitchen and dining room. [Right]Interactive textile elements encourage visitors to have agency in their own thermal comfort. Digressing from contemporary comfort preferences.

[Left]A stage for performing but also a community kitchen and dining room. [Right]Interactive textile elements encourage visitors to have agency in their own thermal comfort. Digressing from contemporary comfort preferences.

The transition from unstructured communal activities to structured, programmed communal activities is demarcated by the transition and abstraction of timber and the textile hung between it. Tree, unmilled trunks, CLT.

The transition from unstructured communal activities to structured, programmed communal activities is demarcated by the transition and abstraction of timber and the textile hung between it. Tree, unmilled trunks, CLT.

This image manifesto was the result of the initial investigation into the Australian shade house. Its connections throughout time, place, labour, cultures, and materiality.

This image manifesto was the result of the initial investigation into the Australian shade house. Its connections throughout time, place, labour, cultures, and materiality.