1. South Datum
THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL SHROUD AND RURAL LIFE THE EXISTING SANITARIUM HEALTH FOODS FACTORY FORMS THE DATUM AT THE STREET/TOWN/RURAL END OF THE TRANSEPT, HOUSING PROGRAMS RELATING TO CIVIC AND COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS AND HOUSING THE COLLECTION TO THE MUSEUM AS WELL AS... THE BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY.
2. Transept bridge
JOURNEY OF THE MUSEUM AND CONNECTIVITY Programs _Museum entry _The collection, open and housed in the basement _Front of house and information _Restaurant and amenities _Community _Function rooms _Workspaces _Research and management of the collection
THE JOURNEY OF THE MUSEUM TRACK A PROGRESSION ALONG THE TRANSEPT, A MOVE FROM STREET TO RIVER, OR, FROM RIVER TO STREET. THIS IS A LINEAR PATH IN TWO DIRECTIONS. THE LANDSCAPE IS VIEWED FROM A DECONTEXTUALISING BRIDGE WHICH FRAMES THETYPOLOGIES OF THE TOWN AND ITS OCCUPANTS, FRAMED AND CAPTURED AS... PART OF THE COLLECTION.
3. North Datum
Programs _Museum journey _Sequence of connected enfilade exhibition rooms _Outdoor covered spaces as relief
THE RIVER, SETTLEMENT AND POWER THE REVERSE END OF THE TRANSEPT, THE DATUM RELATING TO THE YARRA RIVER, AGRICULTURE, THE LAND AND NATURE. ITS MANNER IS THAT OF THE MEANDER, EVOLVING WITH THE TIDE AND EBB OF THE RIVER, RESPONDING TO THE WINDING PATH IT HAS CUT AND MAKING CONTACT WITH THE WATER FOR... HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION.
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