Red Team

The red team focussed on the library space as a key community hub for the people of Stones Corner.

They considered the diversity in the people they observed visiting the centre which included many from different ethnic backgrounds and age groups.

The team's design intent was to create an inviting and vibrant civic facility at the existing library that would reflect the diversity of the community and its visitors. This manifested itself in their design through colourful ceramic in pavements, furniture and other elements. Colourful pavement was proposed to extend out from the site to the kerb in order to invite people using the street into the space.

They also considered the night-time experience of the site, encouraging use at night, as well as during the day. Lanterns suspended over the primary communal space were intended to add a colourful 'ceiling' to the space during the day and a cheerful and inviting character for use at night.

The team also included functional elements such as barbecues and furnishings outside of the main communal space so that the site could attract more use and a diversity of use.

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  red-presentation

   

  Team presentation used plan, sketch, notes and model to convey rationale, intent and design ideas.

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  detailed ideas

   

  Some of the teams notes listed detailed treatments for the library space, including furniture and surfaces.

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  plan

   

  Plans were used to explore spatial layout. The final plan has a large communal space and smaller ones for relaxation.

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  intent and detail

   

  There was a clear intent to acknowledge the cultural and demographic diversity of the area in this community hub.

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  thinking of the night

   

  Lanterns were proposed to enliven the space at night and create a 'ceiling' for users of the space during the day.

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  dressing the walls

   

  Connections to the busway from the sides and rear of the library were considered with 'friendly' and inviting wall treatments.

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  model

   

  A model was used to look at the courtyard space and its surfaces.

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  model again

   

  The model was also used to see how elements might be placed within the courtyard and in relation to the building.

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  detail through sketch

   

  Some of the ceramic surfacing proposed for pavement would extend up low walls associated with structures and furniture.

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  detail through model

   

  Potential entrance scultpure to the library space at Logan Road to flag it as a community hub.

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