CONCEPTUAL MASSING - BLOCK EXPERIMENTING

In the early process of design the multi-functional theatre/convention centre some conceptual massing experiments were conducted to explore some of the opportunities between the varying ways to build the structure.

the three areas of interest....

opening up the area to allow for visual connection from old parliament house.....

the outer ring of massing

the middle set of massing...

the areas were split up to separate blocks to determine if there was any advantage from a visual perspective......

out of the three the middle group of masses was the preferred option and therefore visual connections across the other direction were considered.

as these spaces were being sub-divided i then started to explore the option of staring to mass below the surface enabling parts of the design to form beneath the surface.

finally the last exploration with the massing was to place part of the design above ground level as a floating element.