RMIT Major Project Sem1, 2015

GROUND FLOOR ENTRY MACKENZIE ST. VIEW FROM RUSSELL ST. ELEVATED “OPEN SPACE”

I N V E R T I N G

P h a l l i c e n t r i c

A r c h i t e c t u r e

WOMEN’S WELLNESS N E I G H B O U R H O O D

W O M E N ’ S W E L L N E S S NEIGHBOURHOOD

OUTDOOR SPORTS HALL

INDOOR SPORTS HALL

WOMEN are 2 times more likely to die from heart disease than men.

Heart disease is preventable through healthy and active lifestyle.

ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO BE HEALTHY Women value social aspects, mental wellbeing, personal fulfilment, flexibility and balance in participating in physical activities.

inside-outside

-The

Architect

-

by

Erik

Johansson

-

FEMININE SPACES is both the condition and effect.

It is a lived sense of social locatedness, mobility and visibility.

The Women’s Wellness Neighbourhood explores the social relations of seeing and being seen through architecture.

Projection of the city is used in generating spaces that are contained, uncontained and overlapping spaces encouraging mobility and interaction throughout the building.

DESIGN IDEA: PROJECTING THE CITY

SITE PLAN

GROUND FLOOR PLAN Scale 1:500

STRATEGIES

4th FLOOR PLAN Scale 1:500

CONTAINED AND CONTAINER

7th FLOOR PLAN Scale 1:500

19th FLOOR PLAN Scale 1:500

VIEW ALONG LA TROBE ST.

SECTION A-A

SCALE 1:250

FRONT FACADE FACING MACKENZIE ST.

ACTIVITY SPACE ABOVE EXISTING SEFTON APARTMENTS.

SECTION A-A SCALE 1:250

OVERLOOKING DRUMMOND ST. FROM 17TH FLOOR.