WEEK 8 - SITE SELECTION

 This site is located on Elizabeth street just off the corner of George street in the CBD. The site currently consists of a heritage listed facade which is situated between the Myer Centre to the right of the images and an old pub on the left.
The site is a completely vacant block hidden behind this facade, which does present greater opportunities opposed to a renovation fit out of an existing building. The existing facade will be interesting to develop in relation to historic and future representation in a singular building, this contrast may help develop an ‘identity’ for the newly proposed site.

Pub on the corner of Elizabeth and George St. 

Myer Centre Building facade on Elizabeth st. 

This simplistic diagram illustrates the site in relation to its surrounding context and what architectural opportunities this presents. Highlighted in blue shows an existing retail store function located on Queen street that backs onto the proposed site; it may be proposed that by 2020 this retail space may be repositioned or be conducted virtually, in which case the space could be linked to the usable space for this project. This presents a major accessibility advantage as the development could be accessed via two of the busiest pedestrian streets in the CBD (being Elizabeth st and Queen st). 

As this diagram also shows, highlighted in pink are two lanes ways that link George street to the mid section of the site. In relation to the multi-use architecture I am considering developing for this project, this accessibility advantage will be the key for the successful circulation and user experience of the architecture; this may also contribute to the overall sustainability of the architecture for decades to come. 

Highlighted in green represents the currently un-used roof top space of the pub directly next to the site; having the potential to be developed into a roof top garden space with function facilities and as well as integration of individual (separated within the space) study pods that link to development for project one. In previous lectures Yasu has stated, to clearly identify how these types of roof top spaces will be maintained as they are very costly if neglected. If the public from the Myer centre have access to this roof top space, then the maintenance fee may be covered by the centre management as the space would be apart of an overall user experience for their clientel as well as general public and those who have residency within the site. 

Lane way photograph - entry off George st aligning with the existing pub.  

Second lane way photograph - off George street aligning with WestPac bank