Contents1. Site analysis..............1 10x10x10 Interaction Map

2. Concept....................5 Concept sculpture Concept sketches Draft concept

3. Pavilion....................11

Perth’s narrows bridge sits over the Swan river, connecting the northern and southern suburbs of Perth through the Kwinana free-way. The bridge itself offers little more to the public other than passage over the river.

The area beneath the bridge does pres-ent itself as something of a hidden nook just out of reach from the city, something about the location gives a sense of pro-tection but at the same time anticipation.

With the sounds of traffic passing overhead, birds and of course the river itself, the site did of-fer several ‘poetic moments’. The images to the right are my attempt to capture these moments.

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I wanted to observe the way in which peo-ple utilize the site, what made people want to go there. The primary uses of the bridge were fairly canon with that of bridges and jetties all along the river, transport, fishing and athletics.

From my observation the bridge offers little of social or cultural value. The Narrows bridge is simply a pas-sage for the freeway which happens to sit on what potentially could have been one of, if not the nicest area of Perth. With views of both Kings Park and the City, the bridge and by extension the freeway really do seem like a waste of potential for the location.

the above graph details the primary uses of the site and the comparable ‘peak hours’of each. The loca-tions of each activity can be seen on the map to the left.

The concept for my pavilion to sit under the Nar-rows Bridge stems from the divide the bridge, and be extension freeway cause in Perth as a whole. I should start by saying that I am not particularly fond of the Narrows Bridge as it sits on what potentially could have been one of the nicest areas of Perth with an incredible view. Primarily the focus of my design is the divide between the city centre and Kings Park. Al-though side by side the two are connected by only a few points wound around the freeway. .

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Although a bridge pavilion cannot physically connect the two I want-ed to bring the essence of Kings park and the city to the site. To achieve this I displaced an otherwise linear structure along two prima-ry divides, one running perpendicular from the city and the other from kings Park, or more specifically the war memorial adorning Kings Park. These two divides form a cloister-esque exterior space in the form of a triangle captured by the surrounding pavilion. Although kings Park and the city centre are divided by the bridge and free-way I had hoped to unite them within the site through my pavilion.

The decking follows these same divisions with the walkways point-ing towards both the city centre and kings park however the eastern most deck is angled in such a way that it aligns with the north eastern point of the Swan River before it breaks down into smaller streams.

The western wall of the pavilion aligns with Fremantle Harbour. I found this to be a point worth noting in my design because it is marks a full division from the east Swan, City, Kings Park and finally Fre-mantle harbour, where the Swan eventually opens up to the ocean. The roof of the pavilion is shaped to follow the contour of the bridge while the primarily open design is shaped so that it will open up the vast view of the city and Kings Park, both of which can be seen from beneath the bridge.

The final design point is the sculpture on the western elevation, not only does this further enforce the concept of division by physically dividing your view of kings park from within the pavilion but to the best of my ability its form follows the organic shape of a treeline, indicative of Kings Park.

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