ambivalence.In architecture, Optimisation and Transparency have been explored extensively. In our approach to the Wyndham City Gateway Project we studied both dis-courses in parallel which have become mutually dependant in our exploration.

Our technique expresses transparency through framing, hiding, progressive reveal and conceal, directional views and filtering,; which were optimised through aper-ture size, layering and density to create strategic hiding and designed sightlines.

Our final design also achieved the conceptual aim to explore the rela-tionship between the natural and manmade, with a particular focus on the enhancement of natural features using manmade design. The innova-tion of our approach reconceptualises the use of opitimisation and trans-parency. We approached the challenge using “Phenomenal Transparen-cy” as opposed to “Literal Transparency” (Rowe and Slutzky, Transparency, 1997) exploring how it can create multiple perceptions. The natural en-vironment and manmade environment become two interpenetrating worlds which are represented by the process of looking through the layers of weathering steel towards a natural backdrop. This result is illustrative of the “intensive relationship between the natural environments and the ac-tivities of human settlement,” which is embedded in Wyndham’s History.

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