MASTER'S THESIS - Dam to be Damned : Dialogues of Hope, by Joel Polychronopoulos

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With the complacency that we share regarding drought, especially given the recent wet conditions, Bendigo is a city that is destined to sew its current mistakes into the future. Insert Ibis Island. The spotlight that illuminates Bendigo’s poor treatment of water, history and country. You would be surprised to discover that where this project is situated is the former Municipal Baths. Discarded and fenced off for your own ease of mind. There is a current proposal to simply improve the provision of amenity through a boardwalk, however this fails to analyse the condition that exists. In the temporal nature of climatic shifts and the drastic variances that regional contexts endure, I insert a new design for the dam as a critique to the persistent muddy pit in the ground. A speculation, that when water levels fall throughout a 10 year drought, it reveals potential for new program and occupancy within the unveiling public offering. An affordance otherwise not possible to a context that continues to seek the easiest possible outcome. The introduction of a sustainable ecology that expands through time opening outward in connection to its adjacencies that equally expand into it. This reveals opportunities otherwise unseen where the value of public architecture is reinstated through new and radically shifted insertions of the Public Bathroom, Public Dining, Public Kitchen, and the Public Backyard.

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Victorians face water restrictions

Dan Oakes Geoff Strong and Mathew Murphy August 29, 2006 — 10.00am

AS MELBURNIANS brace for tougher water restrictions from Friday, they should spare a thought for people in central and western parts of Victoria, where the driest winter in years has left major storages almost empty and many towns facing a water crisis.

LakeEppalock,whichsuppliesBendigoandnearbytowns,lookslikeapuddleamidaseaofcrackedmud,havingdroppedtojust 4percentofcapacity.

WithcombinedstoragesfortheBendigoregiondowntojust13.6percentofcapacity,residentsarefacingtoughstagefour restrictions.Thismeansacompletebanonwateringgardens, fi llingortoppinguppoolsandwashingofvehiclesorwindows.

OthertownsintheregionfacingstagefourcurbsincludeCastlemaine,KynetonandHeathcote,alongwithLeongathainSouth Gippsland.

StoragesfortheGrampiansandWimmera-Malleeareasarealsoatcriticallylowlevels.Theregionalauthority,GWMWater,will beginaround-the-clockwatercartingoperationfromthestartofOctober,supplyingabout2300farmswithwaterfor householduse.

Elsewhere,Ballarathasbeenmovedontostagethreewaterrestrictions,whileGeelongandothertownsareatstageone.

Melbourne'snewrestrictions,tobeginthisFridayandlastatleastthroughoutsummer,havealreadycomeunderattackfrom criticswhosaytheydonotgofarenough.Understageonerestrictions,Melburnianswillberestrictedtowateringgardensfor limitedhoursonalternatedays.Manualwateringsystemscanbeusedfrom6amto8am,and8pmto10pm,whileautomatic

Underthe"oddsandevens"system,even-numberedhouseswillbeabletowatertheirgardensonevendatesandodd-

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FORMER PUBLIC INTERFACE

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PRIVATE (DOMESTIC) ENTRY

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FENCE AS POTENTIAL

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