LANEWAY BREAKTHROUGH

Melbourne already has a laneway culture scattered in the city.

Laneways are great examples of hosting a culture. They are home to activities like restaurants, cafes, bars, and street arts attracting people to experience the culture.

The proposal is to have seperate buildings and the gaps between them to act as laneways. The proposed project is a contemporary civic centre to reflect immigrant cultures in the city of Melbourne. To reflect and honour this, the building is designed to be open, inviting and transparent.

PUBLIC CENTERED

The proposed building aims to bring people together in the laneways to promote social interaction among migrants and all the people in the city

PROGRAM ORGANISATION

Lower floor is a public space- with retail, cafe, restaurants. These programs are wrapped on the outer edges of each block. This allows for a blend of formal and informal settings.

Building 2

SEMI PUBLIC

PUBLIC Informal setting Formal setting

Upper floor Formal setting

The created laneways provide an opportunity for singers and musicians from different backgrounds to come together and to performs GIG’s & performances

The drawing illustrates life in the proposed laneways. People from different backgrounds come together to shop, dine and enjoy live performances, irrespective of their intention to visit the civic building

Rental space for music

GIG performers, who cannot afford to buy instruments can rent this space. The space holds instruments, flexible furniture and movable stage for flexibility and adaptability. The space allows performers from different backgrounds to come together

Tech room

Rehearsal space

Space with foldable partitions for flexibility and adaptability to occupy more people. Full height mirrors in space with appropriate lighting

Green Room

Performance space

The seating is arranged in a semi-circular grid to provide views to all audiences. The space has flexible ceiling to be adjusted according to the performance

The performance stage has skylight, which can be open or shut as per performance requirement.

Dressing room

Circulation

Cafe Exhibition space

Self owned business- employment for local businesses

The space has movable walls to host different exhibitions throughout the year

Restaurant

Self owned businessemployment for local businesses

Hempcrete walls