KEY WORDS & NARRATIVES

VERTICAL GROWTH

INSPIRED BY THE GROWTH OF VINES UP A VERTICAL SURFACE I AIM TO ADAPT THIS TO THE CONCEPT OF THE BUILDING.  VINES GROW VERTICALLY AND SPREAD THEIR LOAD ON ANOTHER SURFACE IN A PARASITIC MANNER SO AS TO FULLY ENHANCE THE AMOUNT OF NATURAL LIGHT WITH MINIMUM ENERGY EXPENDITURE.  THIS WOULD MEAN THE BUILDING WOULD LITERALLY RISE OUT OF THE SHADOWS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CLIFFS, INCREASING VIEWS FROM AND TO THE SITE.  BUILDING VERTICALLY ALSO CLEARS THE BUILDING FROM THE GROUND FLOOD LEVEL.

[vines attaching & spiralling to a post]

LIGHT ACTIVATION

A PART OF MY FOLIE CONCEPT WAS ACTIVATING THE SPACE BY MAKING IT CLEARLY VISIBLE AS AN INTERACTIVE AREA.  THIS WAS ACHIEVED THROUGH COLOUR AND LIGHT SO THAT THE HOWARD SMITH WHARVES PRECINCT WAS CLEARLY NOTICEABLE FROM THE CITY, NEW FARM AND KANGAROO POINT.  THE BUILDING WILL MAINTAIN THIS CONCEPT BY LIGHTING UP EFFECTIVELY IN SOME MANNER SO AS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE BUILDING, AND HENCE FURTHER ACTIVATING THE SITE.

[Glowing Material Sustained by Solar In-take]

[Light activation in Folie project]

INTEGRATION (INCREASED CONNECTIVITY)

THE BUILDING AIMS TO INTEGRATE SUCCESSFULLY INTO THE SITE BY BEING A PHYSICALLY UNOBTRUSIVE STRUCTURE THAT ENHANCES THE FLOW OF CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE SURROUNDING SUBURBS.  BY LINKING THE HOWARD SMITH WHARVES SITE AND THE TOP OF THE CLIFFS, WHILST INCREASING PASSAGE FROM THE FLOATING BOARDWALK THE BUILDING SHOULD ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY.

NODES

NODES WILL BE A PART OF THE CONCEPT SO AS TO MAINTAIN A FEELING OF PLACE AND HUMAN SCALE IN A RELATIVELY TALL BUILDING.  THESE NODES WILL SEPARATE SPECIFIC SPACES SUCH AS THE RESEARCH LAB AWAY FROM THE FOYER.  RUNNING WITH THE VINE CONCEPT THIS WILL ALSO BE A MANNER IN WHICH THE 'VINE' SPREADS ITSELF ACROSS THE SUPPORTING ELEMENT.

[Conceptual sketch displaying nodes & vertical

parasitic form]