My design started to evolve after my trip to Melbourne mid-semester. The recent building boom in Melbourne has ignited the resurgence of public space in urban design. I find public space very important especially in community design, as it allows people to stop, sit down and interact with one another in a relaxed environment.

Federation Square was probably the most important precedent in my design as it helped me to determine the character of my building. It integrates every aspect of which I consider to be vital in community design:

- public space

- transparency allowing interaction between people

- transparency allowing people to animate the building

- reflective materials creating an everchanging character to the building, almost giving it life.

Other buildings which inspired my design process were Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye and Daniel Libeskind’s Jewish Museum in Berlin.
After studying these buildings the importance of circulation became a dominant component of my design. Similar in Villa Savoye, the ramp became the focal point of my design. I wanted the ramps to be central to all spaces… the role of the ramp was to connect the different cultural institutions which were all to be designed as singular buildings. The ramp will allow spectators to view into the different space such as the café, gym hall etc until they finally reach the roof top lookout signalling the end of the interactive journey.

Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier

Jewish Museum of Berlin by Daniel Libeskind