Second Design Proposal for Coogee

“The new community centre will be a tribute to the PIER of Coogee beach. The pier and the beach were a large part of the community and I’d like to remind them by capturing the entire site within a historical moment of significance. The moment when Coogee began to lose the pier.”

This idea will influence the form of the buildings as they will consist of wave-like form,in section, placed in certain areas to symbolically represent the waves that contributed to the destruction of the pier. There is also an added mini-pier, built into a grassy hill in front of the grandstand. This is to represent the idea that the pier is being brought back to life through the grand stand and its involvement in the new community centre.



The pier had an interesting shape and the sketch below shows the shape of the pier in plan. This was incorporated in plan and can be seen in the stairs in front of the entrance, the mini-pier and the ramp. The buildings surrounding them are meant to look abstractly like the waves engulfing the pier, the grandstand already looks like the wave and is the major historical building on the site therefore the link between this new pier is important.



PLAN



Isometric view of Grandstand



NEW ENTRANCE - Birds Eye View



ELEVATION