the ILLICIT CAMPUS:NEWTOWN CYCLING HUB

Tim Greer & Tamara FrangelliCarl Anthony GUEVARRA

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO OF:

Carl Anthony GUEVARRA11205147

Ph: 02 9793 1718M: 0428 276 248E: carl.guevarra@gmail.com

Design Studio 02MA. ArchitectureUniversity of Sydney Technology (UTS)

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

pg. 4-9RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

pg. 10-13CONCEPT AND STRATEGY

pg. 14-25SITE PLAN/AXO. PLANS/MONTAGES

pg. 26-29SECTIONS

pg. 30-33MODEL PHOTOGRAPHS

CULTURAL USE 01:CYCLING HUB

INITIAL SITE ANALYSIS:SECTOR 05

SITE ANALYSIS

Initial research involved sector restricted investigation of Sector 05, situated between the railway line and King Street. Early

findings identified immediate relationships between planning and circulations, however there was a third later to be further

discovered.

Upon selecting cycling as a first cultural use for the project, issues in parking, paths and safety were identified through site

investigations. Such investigations brought upon the consideration of missing links within Newtown, revealed as a consequence of

the two local government areas, Marrickville Council and the City of Sydney.

The project immediately became concerned with cycling as a rich cutlural aspect of Newtown that was to be protected, conserved

and in the design, enhanced.

MARRICKVILLECOUNCIL

CITYOF

SYDNEY

POINT OF INVESTIGATION:CIRCULATION VS. PLANNING

CULTURAL USE 01 | CYCLING:THE MISSING LINK

MAIN ROADS

BIKE PATHS

CULTURAL USE 02:WORKERS HOUSING

SITE ANALYSIS

Physical site investigations began to revealed Newtown’s ability to use other spaces, such as laneways, frontyards, backyards,

rooftops, possible as a result of its position between the city and suburbia and more importantly, its rich cultural capital.

Further investigation identified issues within household types in relation to density, thus resulting in a design which brought

program together with medium-high density housing in attempts to address density issues while focussing on opportunity for

communal environments within the design.

With Newtowns high volume of heritage buildings, it was important to select a site in which a design could be added

without taking buildings away, resulting in the selection of the Newtown Tramsheds as the project site.

*MEDIUM DENSITY:

54.4%

*HIGH DENSITY:

40.7%

*MEDIUM DENSITY:

24.5%

*HIGH DENSITY:

70.2%

SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS

34%

COUPLEHOUSEHOLDS

24.6%

NEWTOWN DWELLING TYPE:

SEPARATE HOUSE:97

MEDIUM DENSITY:1,902

HIGH DENSITY:1,423

TOTAL DWELLINGS:3,494

SYDNEY DWELLING TYPE:

SEPARATE HOUSE:3,547

MEDIUM DENSITY:23,070

HIGH DENSITY:66,249

TOTAL DWELLINGS:94,346

COUPLES WITH CHILDREN

COUPLES WITHOUT CHILDREN

ONE PARENT FAMILIES

OTHER FAMILIES

GROUP HOUSEHOLD

LONE PERSON

OTHER + VISITOR HOUSEHOLD

CULTURAL USE 02 | ‘OTHER’ HOUSING:‘OTHER’ USES OF THE ‘HOUSE’

HOUSEHOLD DENSITY

NEWTOWN HOUSEHOLD TYPES

POINT OF INVESTIGATION:BUILDING HEIGHTS

SITE CONSERVATION:HERITAGE ITEMS

ONE STOREY

TWO STOREY

THREE STOREY

FOUR STOREY

FIVE STOREY

SIX STOREY

CONSERVATION AREA

HERITAGE ITEMS

SITE SELECTION:NEWTOWN TRAMSHED

SELECTING THE SITE

The Newtown Tramsheds contain historical value, in its use and in its architecture. This existing brick masonry building was a large

volume which allowed for the aforementioned concept of adding to the site without taking existing buildings away.

The site location in itself was essential in creating a cycling hub, with its proximity to Newtown Train Station. As the existing

building was once a ‘hub’ for trams, the design now maintains the buildings use as a hub, however for that of bicycles.

The topography of the site also allowed for dynamism of movement around and into the building, with heights

conveniently following room height standards. In relation to cycliing, investigations identified current movement around the building, and sought to extend the circulation into and up the

building.

SITE TOPOGRAPHY:BEHIND THE HIGH STREET

SELECTED SITE:NEWTOWN TRAMSHED

PREMISE: CIRCULATION VS. TOPOGRAPHYEXTENDING CURRENT PATHS

+0m

+4m+6m

NEWTOWNSTATION

+4m

+0m

+6m+4m

?

CYCLING SYSTEMS: RAMP DIFFICULTIES

CYCLING RAMPS: SPATIAL HEIRARCHY

RESULT:SECTIONAL ORGANISATION

OUTCOME:PRODUCTION OF SPACES

EASY RAMP: 5% GRADIENT

MEDIUM RAMP: 10% GRADIENT

HARD RAMP: 13% GRADIENT

+800mm

+1525mm

+2060mm

01 02 03 04 05

OFFSETTING RAMPS:PATH/PROGRAM/LINKS

01. 17m - LEARNING02. 16m - MAKING03. 30m - WORKSOP04. 16m - MAKING05. 21m - LEARNING

Diameter + Initial Program Allocation

PROJECT STRATEGY:CYCLING SYSTEMS AS

KEY GENERATORS

UTILISING BICYCLE MOVEMENT SYSTEMS AS THE GENERATORS OF ARCHITECTURE

The project further emphasises the notion of inverting heirarchies by moving away from the standard form and circulation within buildings,

with stairs for example, and using aspects of cycling to produce a systematised strategy to design.

RAMPSDifficulty intervals of cyclists were utilised not only to create a learning environment for learning cyclists to improve, but more importantly to

establish spatial heirarchy amongst storeys in the buildings.

GEOMETRY + MOVEMENTThe notion of the circular gear of the bike and the way in which

movement occurs around it lead to an interest in the geometry of a circle, with spokes leading to the manipulation of the radial grid, which

systematically responded to paths, programmatic relationships and visibility. The circular form also allowed for the dynamism of spaces and

movement, breaking up the large rectilinear volume.

TURNS + WIDTHSDifficulty intervals were also considered in the sharpness of turns, thus

resulting in the transformation of the bicycle path as it winds up the building.

Path widths were considered as an economic system, which played with notions of heirarchy between cyclists on one side, and pedestrians on the

other.

CYCLING SYSTEMS: BICYCLE GEOMETRY AND MOVEMENT

CYCLING SYSTEMS: TURNS/SPEED/DIFFICULTY

CYCLING SYSTEMS: PATH WIDTHS

EXISTING BUILDING:STRUCTURAL GRID - MASONRY

CYCLING GEOMETRY:BREAKING THE GRID

THE RESULT:NEW FORMS WITHIN EXISTING

* 4m GRID * CIRCLES + 2m GRID *NEW SPACES WITHIN

CONTINUOUS+ FAST

TURN+ SLOW

BROKENMOVEMENT

ONE WAY:2-4M

TWO WAY:2.5-4.2M

MEDIAN STRIP:4-5.5M

CURBED LANE:2.5-3M

PROGRAMMATIC ORGANISATION:USERS AND RELATIONSHIPS

USERS

Initial investigations of the sites users considered the flow of specific users into and out of the building, utilising categories to identify

relationships. Further considerations integrated users with movement speed, program types, as well as user destinations in order to identify different forms of

movement.

PROGRAMMATIC RELATIONSHIPSThe two uses of cycling and housing were divided into all possible

programs in attempts to further identify the complex relationships which would occur the continuous path within the building.

Consistent diagrams were made to be able to compare the two program types, integrating information such as

- Times of Use

- Program Types

- Program Characteristics

- Spatial requirements

- Ratios of Spaces

SITE+PROGRAM

USERS:IN

USERS:OUT

CYCLISTS

PEDESTRIANS

BUS TO TRAIN

LOCALS

COMMUTERS

WORKERS

STUDENTS

VISITORS

RETAIL

PUBLIC

CYCLING

EDUCATION

SERVICES

STUDENTS

VISITORS

WORKERS

PROPOSED SITE

NEWTOWN

FURTHER DESTINATION

USER TYPE PROGRAMSPEED END-SITE

REFRESH

THROUGH

WORKSHOP

MEETING FORMAL

MEETING PLACE

PARKING

LEARN

MEDIUM

FAST

SLOW

SLOW

FAST

FAST

MEDIUM

THE CYCLIST

THE COMMUTER

THE STUDENT

THE WORKER

THE VISITOR

PROGRAM BREAKDOWN: HOUSING

PROGRAM BREAKDOWN: CYCLING

1. BATHING

2. CHANGING

3. COOKING

4. EATING

5. ENTERTAINING

6. EXERCISING

7. LOBBY

8. PARKING

9. PORCH/BALCONY

10. SLEEPING

11. STORAGE

12. STUDYING

13. WASHING

14. WORKING - BIKE

15. WORKING - HANDMAKING

16. YARD

A. LIVE

B. WORK

C. PLAY

HUB WORKER HOUSES

PRIVATE

PUBLIC

SHARED

PROGRAMMATIC SPACESPROGRAM SCHEDULE

SPA

TIA

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UIR

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EN

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PROGRAM TYPES REALM RESULT

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

SM

MD

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PUBLIC20%

PRIVATE30%

SHARED50% MEDIUM

35%

LARGE20%

SMALL45%

1. CLASSES

2. ENERGY PRODUCTION

3. EVENTS (PICNICS AND FESTIVALS)

4. EXERCISE CLASSES

5. INSURANCE OFFICE

6. LOCKERS

7. MARKETPLACE (INFORMAL RETAIL)

8. MEETING PLACE - BIKE TOURS

9. MEETING ROOM - B.U.G.’S

10. ON-THE-GO BREAKFAST / CAFE

11. PARKING

12. PERFORMANCE

13. RECYCLE CENTRE

14. RENTAL

15. REST STOP

16. RETAIL

17. SHOWERS AND CHANGE ROOMS

18. TRACKS

19. WORKSHOP - CUSTOMISE AND BUILD

20. WORKSHOP - REPAIR

A. ADVOCACY

B. EDUCATION

C. PUBLIC

D. RETAIL

E. SERVICES

F. SUSTAINABILITY

NEWTOWN LIFE HUB

INFRASTRUCTURE

INSTITUTION

PUBLIC REALM

CYCLING-RELATED PROGRAMSPROGRAM SCHEDULE

SPA

TIA

L R

EQ

UIR

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EN

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PROGRAM TYPES CATEGORIES RESULT

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0900

MID

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1700

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

SM

MD

LG

INFRASTRUCTURE35%

INSTITUTION20%

PUBLIC REALM45%

MEDIUM50%

LARGE25%

SMALL25%

THE PROJECT:NEWTOWN CYCLING HUB

BUILDING ENTRY:IMMEDIATE GLIMPSES OF PROGRAM

P.01 GROUND FLOOR(+0.0m to +2.4m)

01. Bicycle Rental

a. Rental window b. Reception c. Induction space d. Staff kitchen e. Bathrooms f. Rental parking

02. Handmaking Studios A a. Rentable market space b. Handmaking space c. Communal living space d. Sleeping space e. Bathing space

03. Bicycle Workshops: Easy a. Bicycle parking lot b. Bicycle workshop c. Living Space d. Sleeping space e. Bathing Space f. Open workshop space

04. Handmaking Studios B a. Handmaking space b. Living space c. Sleeping space d. Bathing space e. Parking spaces

05. Bicycle Safety Classrooms: Easy

a. Communal living space b. Learning space: small c. Learning space: medium d. Practical learning space e. Sleeping space f. Bathing space g. Parking space

06. Market Places a. Rentable market space

01.a

01.b

01.c

01.e

01.d

01.f

02.a02.b

02.b

02.c

02.c

02.d

02.d

02.e

02.e

03.a03.b

03.b

03.e

03.e

03.d

03.c

03.c

03.f

04.a

04.b

04.c

04.c

04.d

04.e05.a

05.b

05.b

05.c

05.e

05.e

05.e

05.f

05.g

05.d

06.a

06.a

06.a

06.a

06.a

06.a06.a

06.a

06.a

06.a

RENTALENTRY

PEDESTRIANENTRY

PEDESTRIANENTRY

03.d

DIFFICULTY: EASYPEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS

COURTYARD/MARKETPLACE:FROM SPECTATOR TO PARTICIPANT

DIFFICULTY: EASYPEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS

P.02 FIRST FLOOR(+2.4m to +4.0m)

01. Cycling Classrooms: Medium a. Parking space b. Learning spaces c. Sleeping spaces d. Bathing space e. Communal living space

02. Handmaking Studios B a. Parking space b. Handmaking space c. Communal living space d. Sleeping space e. Bathing space

03. Bicycle Workshops: Medium a. Open workshop spaces b. Parking space c. Living Space d. Sleeping space e. Bathing Space f. Bicycle workshops

04. Dining Circle a. Food stalls b. Seating/Dining spaces c. Exit to outdoor seating

05. Commuter Bicycle Parking Lot a. Reception b. Parking space c. Ramp to second level parking space d. Stairs down from second level e. Exit to train station f. Stairs to bath house

06. Market Places a. Rentable market space

01.a

01.e

01.b

01.b

01.b

01.c

01.c

01.c

01.d

02.a

02.b

02.c

02.d

02.d

02.d

02.e

03.a

03.b

03.c

03.c

03.e

03.e

03.d

03.d

03.d

03.f

03.f

04.a

05.b

05.d

05.c

05.f

05.e

05.a

04.b

04.c

06.a

06.a

06.a

06.a

06.a

06.a

06.a

CYCLISTENTRY

STATIONACCESS

THE DINING CIRCLE:VISIBILITY FROM BELOW

DIFFICULTY: MEDIUMCYCLISTS ONLY

P.03 SECOND FLOOR(+4.0m to +11.6m)

01. Commuter Parking + Bathing (2 storey) a. Commuter parking space b. Stairs up from parking c. Shower rooms d. Lockers e. Changing rooms f. Stairs down to station access

02. Commuter Café a. Parking space b. Pedestrian counter c. Pedestrian dining/seating d. Cyclist counter e. Cyclist coffee pick up f. Cyclist access to commuter parking +bathing

03. Cyclist Advocacy Offices (2 storey) a. Parking space b. Meeting space c. Dining space d. Offices (same below) e. WC (same below) f. Viewing point

01.a

01.b

01.f 01.g

01.c

01.d

01.e

01.e

02.b

02.c

02.d02.e

02.f

02.a03.a

03.b

03.c

03.d

03.d

03.d

03.e

03.d

03.d

03.d03.f

COMMUTER PARKING:BICYCLES ONLY

P.04 THIRD FLOOR(+11.6m)

01. Housing for Cyclists A a. Parking b. Kitchen c. Living room d. Bedrooms e. Bathroom f. Void to dining circle below

02. Park+Cycle a. Exercise space b. Rooftop pool above

03. Housing for Cyclists B a. Parking b. Kitchen c. Living room d. Bedrooms e. Bathroom

04. Expert Ramps a. 15% ramp up b. Landing above commuter

café c. 15% ramp up to roof level

01.a

01.b

01.d

01.d

01.e

01.c

01.f

02.a

02.b

03.a

03.b

03.c

03.d03.d

03.d

03.e

04.a

04.b

04.c

DIFFICULTY: HARDCYCLISTS ONLY

ADVOCACY OFFICE:VIEWS OF MOVEMENT

DIFFICULTY: EXPERTCYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS

P.05 ROOF LEVEL

01. Rooftop Courtyard a. Ramp up to roof level b. Green space

02. Housing for Expert Cyclists A a. Guest parking b. Resident parking c. Kitchen d. Living room e. Bedrooms f. Bathroom

03. Rooftop Pool a. Parking and tanning space b. Poolside deck c. Swimming pool

04. Housing for Expert Cyclists B a. Parking b. Kitchen c. Living room d. Bedrooms e.Bathroom

05. Rooftop Circle a. Turning circle b. Rooftop BBQ space

01.a

01.b

02.a

02.b

02.c

02.d

02.e

02.e

02.f

03.a

02.b

02.c

04.a

04.b

04.c

04.d04.d

04.d

04.e

05.a

05.b

ADVOCACY OFFICE:VIEWS OF MOVEMENT

THE CLIMAX:THE RELIEF

NEWTOWN TRAIN STATION

LONGITUDINAL SECTION A@ 1:200

TO NEWTOWN TRAIN STATION

LONGITUDINAL SECTION B@ 1:200

ANGEL STREET

DIAGRAMMATIC MODEL:NEW FORM WITHIN THE EXISTING@ 1:200

DIAGRAMMATIC MODEL:THE RESULTANT FORM@ 1:200

FIN.