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CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
[ CoERT ]
BURRA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Drawing inspiration from the temporary structures such as scaffolding, aqueducts, and mining tipples which once dominated the landscape of Burra, the unique vantages and natural trails of Hampton Village can be leveraged against existing site typography, using raised paths and buildings contrasting the built form of surviving ruins. Providing curated vignettes within the specialty program within the site as well as the surrounding context of Burra, the building channels the public through the site in order to forge connections between past and future, weaving between new manmade pathways and existing informal trails. By creating a variety of diverging direct and indirect entry points, users are confronted and able to choose between the diverging ramping steel paths of contemporary origin beside the existing natural ‘goat track’ formations. Contrasting the grounded elements of existing masonry on site, the use of contemporary lighter built forms and structural scaffolding provide the medium through which a heritage artisan program of a blacksmith metalwork’s can generate and expand upon the building form. Forged using distinctive metal patinas across commonplace industrial materials including Rusted Corrigated iron, metal offcuts industrial mesh, and scraps, artisans can be enable to co ntribute to the building construction using insulated wall panels and filtering screens.
The use of augmented reality as an attraction and tool in the communication of past environments can be integral in the understanding of what little remains of Hampton Village. Although current augmented reality technologies are limited in portability and field of view, the Multi_Axis Augmented Reality Theatre [MART] can be used as an achievable and versatile case study on site. Bringing to light the past lives of numerous built structures, a generous viewing screen can be interacted with and manoeuvred to unearth a variety of past spaces.
FIGURE GROUND DIAGRAM
NORTH ELEVATION
EAST SECTION A
NORTH SECTION B
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