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Chapel Road Frontage: Not simply a commercial centre, but a civic house - public in intention, responsive in function. Constrained spaces as sites of communication (Venturi, 1966).

Chapel Road Frontage: Not simply a commercial centre, but a civic house - public in intention, responsive in function. Constrained spaces as sites of communication (Venturi, 1966).

Building programatic diagram: Mixed-use development has been widely promoted as a solution for urban vibrancy, supporting 24-hour activation and what Jane Jacobs (1961) famously called “eyes on the street.”

Building programatic diagram: Mixed-use development has been widely promoted as a solution for urban vibrancy, supporting 24-hour activation and what Jane Jacobs (1961) famously called “eyes on the street.”

Bankstown in Sydney basin. Showing heat vulnerability and development zones: A disproportional experience of heat exacerbates the inequality of Sydney. Source - UHGC heat vulnerability index (2016)

Bankstown in Sydney basin. Showing heat vulnerability and development zones: A disproportional experience of heat exacerbates the inequality of Sydney. Source - UHGC heat vulnerability index (2016)

Facade Section: ground level, kitchen - arcade blurs the street, small-scale economies flourish under an open ceiling. Above, a vertical backyard, recreation spaces refuge from both heat and social isolation.

Facade Section: ground level, kitchen - arcade blurs the street, small-scale economies flourish under an open ceiling. Above, a vertical backyard, recreation spaces refuge from both heat and social isolation.

Existing object mapping; Study of Bankstown Chapel Rd, use of the street. Finding strength in community and small scale economies. Seeing a gap in public recreation spaces.

Existing object mapping; Study of Bankstown Chapel Rd, use of the street. Finding strength in community and small scale economies. Seeing a gap in public recreation spaces.

Secondary Frontage 1:200 Model: Adapting the existing facade for the new programs blending to the street whilst increasing passive climate strategies, with a second skin facade to the west.

Secondary Frontage 1:200 Model: Adapting the existing facade for the new programs blending to the street whilst increasing passive climate strategies, with a second skin facade to the west.