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ARCI212 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN INTEGRATION 2013NEWTOWN MOVIES - DEVELOPED DESIGN 35%

FORM, FUNCTION AND AESTHETTICS DIRECTLY DER-RIVED FROM THE EXSISTING PARK AND ITS FEATURES, “NEWTOWN CINEMA” AIMS TO ENRICH EXSISTING PARK USERS WHILE ATTRACTING WIDER-NEWTOWN PEDES-TRIAN ATTENTION.

SAFETY, COMMUNITY INTEGRATION AND FAMILY ORI-ENTATION ARE KEY CONCEPTS. THE CPTED SYSTEM IS EMPLOYED TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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THE PURPOSE OF THIS NEWTOWN CIN-EMA COMPLEX, LOCATED IN CARARRA PARK, IS TO ENVELOPE THE COMMUNI-TY AND PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE FOR THE EXISTING USERS. FOCUSING ON PE-DESTRIAN OCCUPANTS, THE COMPLEX AIMS TO PROVIDE A SAFER PARK AREA THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CPTED (CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN) MEASURES.

CARARRA PARK, LOVED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS, HAS A HIGH VARIATION IN USES; FROM FAMILIES PLAYING TO OC-CUPANTS WALKING, FROM CRICKET PLAYING TO RELAXING, EVEN SMALL MUSICAL PERFORMANCE EVENTS.

THIS CINEMA IS AIMED TO ASSIST ALL THESE USES BY BLOCKING OFF THE DAN-GEROUS CURRENTLY EMPTY DEAD END SPACE, AND PROVIDING MANY MEAS-URES OF SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AXIS COMMUNITY MATERIALITY LINEARITY PROTECTION

LEFT ARE THE FIVE DESIGN PRINCIPALS USED TO CONSTRUCT THIS PROPOSI-TION. FORMULATED THROUGH THE EXSISTING SITE AND CPTED PRINCIPALS, THE DESIGN IS INTENDED TO SAFELY INTERVENE WITH THE COMMUNITIES DAILY LIFE.

AXIS, DERRIVED FROM THE STRONG EXSISTING LINK BETWEEN DAN-IEL ST AND REGENT ST IS PULLED THE LAYOUT OF THE DESIGN.CUMMUNITY AND INTEGRATION ARE CENTRAL CONCEPTS IN THE INTENDED USAGE, AND HAS BEEN CATERED FOR ACCORDINGLY. ALL THE MATERIALS HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM EXSISTING SITE CONSTRUCTION. LINEAR ASPECTS WERE RECOGNISED THROUGHOUT THE PARK, AND CARRIED INTO AESTHETICS,FINALLY, PROTECTION OF THE COMMUNITY IS ES-SENTIAL FOR THIS TO BE A SUCCESFUL PROJECT.

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THE CINEMA COMPLEX HOUSES THREE CINEMAS, ONE WITH MULTIFUNCTION CAPABILITY AND VANITY AREAS. THERE IS AN OPEN LOBBY LINKED TO AN INTER-NAL COURTYARD, A CAFE/BAR AREA WITH PLAYGROUND VIEW, A GALLERY FOR ART VIEW AND PURCHASE, AND AN OFFICE. MULTIPLE TOILET AREAS ALSO EXIST.

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THE MULTI-FUNCTION CINEMA IS PROVIDED WITH ACOUSTIC PAN-ELS, WHICH ARE RE-MOVABLE AND INTER-CHANGEABLE.

THIS ALLOWS OPTIMUM ACOUSTICS TO BE ATTAINED IN ANY SITUATION. MATERIAL LINES THE WALLS TO SPREAD SOUND COMFORTABLY AND REDUCE ECHO. THE FORM OF THE CINEMA MAXIMISES ACOUSTIC VOLUME AND CLARITY TOWARD THE AUDIENCE.

THERMAL PERFOR-MANCE OF THE COM-PLEX IS ACHIEVED THROUGH LARGE WIN-DOWS AND HIGH THER-MAL CAPACITY MATERI-AL (BRICK).

THE BRICK ABSORBS THE SUNS HEAT, ALLOWING IT TO RADIATE THROUGHOUT THE COOLER PERIODS OF THE DAY, WHILE COLLECTING AND COOLING THROUGH THE HOTTER.

LOUVRES ARE USED S U B S T A N T I A L L Y THROUGHOUT MY DE-SIGN TO MITIGATE GLARE. THESE ARE SPE-CIFICALLY IMPORTANT IN THE GALLERY.

THE GALLERY HOUSES A DIFFUSE SOLAR LIGHT AND MALLS OF LOUVRES, WITH WINDOWS HEAVILY TINT-ED. THIS REDUCES THE DIRECT LIGHT GREATLY, AL-LOWING A FANTASTIC SMOOTH SPREAD OF LIGHT.

THE INTERNAL COURT-YARD PROTECTS OC-CUPANTS FROM THE HARSH WELLINGTON WINDS. LOUVRES OVER THE LOBBY ENTRANCE REDUCE THE SPEED

OF WIND FLOWING INTO THE SPACE. WIDE OPEN IN-TERNAL AREAS - SUCH AS THE GALLERY AND CAFE/BAR REDUCE WIND CHILL BY SPILLING HEAT INTO THE SPACE, WHICH IS HEAVILY LINED WITH BRICK - RADIATING HEAT.

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LIGHTING IS AN IMPOR-TANT CONCEPT IN CPTED, DRASTICALLY REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR CRIME BY INCREASING VISIBILITY

PATH DESIGN IS IMPORTANT, ENSURING SAFE LENGTHS AND HEIGHTS OF SUR-ROUNDINGS TO ALLOW BOTH ESCAPE AND VISIBILITY.

SUCCESFUL NAVIGATION OF A SITE CAN SAVE A POTENTIAL VICTIM - IF THE TARGET BE-COMES LOST AND CONFUSED, THEY ARE MORE VULNERABLE.

IN A SUBURBAN ENVIRONMENT, PASSIVE SURVALENCE CAN BE ATTAINED THROUGH LOW FENC-ES AND HOUSEHOLD WINDOWS.

FINALLY, ACTIVE SURVAILANCE SUCH AS CCTV CAMERAS, SECURITY GUARDS AND EM-PLOYEES HAVE BEEN IMPLI-MENTED TO REDUCE CRIME.

THE CARARRA PARK COMPLEX SEALS OFF A DANGEROUS AND MISUSED POR-TION OF THE PARK, PROVIDING MASSIVE PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE (BAR WINDOW).

WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHTING, REDESIGN OF THE EXISTING ALLEY TO ALLOW PAS-SIVE SURVEILLANCE, PUBLIC ART ADD-ED AND A CRICKET PITCH IMPLEMENTED, THE NEW PARK IS FAR SUPERIOR TO THE EXISTING AND MORE SAFE TO OCCUPY.

LEFT, PASSIVE SURVAILENCE AND LIGHTING PROVIDED BY THE NEW DESIGN CREATES A MORE COMFORTABLE EXPERI-ENCE - EVEN FOR THOSE SIMPLY PASSING THROUGH. TO THE LEFT (WEST) LIES THE CRICKET PITCH

RIGHT, THE 30m LONG ALLEY ACT-ING AS THE MAIN ACCESS HAS BEEN IMPROVED. THE FENCES ARE DROPPED, PARK LIGHTS IN-STALLED AND LOW SHRUBS PLANT-ED - PROVIDING PASSIVE SURVAI-LENCE, LIGHTING AND VISIBILITY.

RIGHT, THE FLAT FACADE OF THE COMPLEX BLOCKS OFF THE CURRENT VACANT AREA, CUR-RENTLY MISUSED BY DRUNK-ARDS AND ADOLESCENT YOUTH.

THE ENTRANCE - WHILE OPEN, CAN BE SEALED OFF AND ALLOWS FOR PARENTS TO WATCH THEIR CHIL-DREN PLAY IN THE CAFE PATIO.

THE OFFICE, RIGHT OF ENTRANCE, PROVIDES NIGHT SURVEILLANCE.

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ONE OF THE MAIN STRENGTHS IN BOTH CARARRA PARK AND THE CARARRA COMPLEX IS THE AXIS. RUN-NING AT AN ANGLE OF 600 FROM SOUTH, THE PATH-WAY PROVIDES GREAT ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE SITE.

THE MAIN ENTRANCE RUNS DIRECTLY PERPENDICULAR TO THIS PATH, KEEPING IN LINE WITH THE EXISTING SITE’S IDE-ALS. THE ENTRANCE IS ESSENTIALLY A BRIDGE BETWEEN TWO SEPARATE YET INTEGRATED BUILDINGS; BOTH OPEN AND CLOSED ACCESS TO THE GALLERY AND BAR IS AVAIL-ABLE THROUGH THIS HALL. IT IS POSSIBLE TO PERFECTLY SEAL OFF THIS ENTRANCE THROUGHOUT UNUSED HOURS.

BOTH LIGHT AND WIND FILTER THROUGH THE LOU-VRES OVERHEAD IN THIS ENTRANCE, THEIR NEGA-TIVE EFFECTS MITIGATED INTO COMFORTABLE RANGES.TEMPERATURE IS MAINTAINED THROUGH EFFECTIVENESS USE OF SUN, VENTILATION AND RADIATION VIA HEAT PRESERVED IN THE BRICK.

THE AESTHETICS AND MATERIALS ARE DERIVED FROM THE SITE - WITH LINEAR REFERENCES TO THE PLAY-GROUND, PARK BENCHES AND EXISTING FLORA.

THIS AXIS MAINTAINS A SAFE ENTRANCE FOR COMMU-NAL GATHERINGS AND PARENTAL SUPERVISION, GIVES A SIGNIFICANT REFERENCE POINT FOR NAVIGATION.

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