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SYDENHAM 2020
JUNC.FACTORY
CONTENT
BACKGROUND
SITE LOCATION SITE PHOTOS SITE HISTORY EARLY INDUSTRIES REINSTATING IDENTITY
DESIGN STRATEGY
ACCESS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME STRUCTURE & SUSTAINABILITY
SITE LOCATION
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT A CRITICAL JUNCTION AT THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF SYDENHAM WHERE BUSY TRAFFIC FROM THE CHRISTCHURCH CBD AREA INTERSECTS WITH THE INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR OF CHRISTCHURCH. THE VAST NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAVELLING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION EVERYDAY ALLOWS THE SITE TO POTENTIALLY BECOME A LANDMARK FOR THE WHOLE SYDENHAM.
RAIL
AVON RIVER
BEALEY AVE
RICCARTON RD
CBD
FITZGERALD AVE
WALTHAM ROAD
SITE
MOORHOUSE AVE
WALTHAM RD
BROUGHAM ST
RAIL
COLOMBO ST
EAST SYDENHAM
SITE PHOTOS
STREET PANORAMA I
PLUMBING WORLD
PLUMBING WORLD
NORTH ELEVATION
BRISBANE STREET
STREET PANORAMA II
EAST ELEVATION
BRISBANE STREET
BRISBANE STREET
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SITE HISTORY
IT WAS THE RAILWAY THAT COMPLETELY CHANGED THE CHARACTER OF THE ELEVEN HUNDRED ACRES SOUTH OF THE TOWN BELT. POOR ACCESS BETWEEN PORT AND PLAINS HAD ALWAYS BEEN A POLITICAL ISSUE. IN 1857 WILLIAM MOORHOUSE UNDERTOOK THE CONSTRUCTION OF CHRISTCHURCHS FIRST RAILWAY STATION. FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF THE RAILWAY COMPLETED IN 1863, BEGINS A FLOOD OF IMMIGRANTS FROM THE U.K. BY 1877 IT HAD A POPULATION OF 6500- HALF THE SIZE OF CHRISTCHURCH CITY, AND EQUAL TO ALL OTHER SUBURBS COMBINED. WITH A LARGE RISE IN POPULATION, BEGINS A DEMAND OF WORK. DUE TO THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING CLOSE TO THE RAILWAY, THE SUBURB SLOWLY DEVELOPS INTO CHRISTCHURCHS INDUSTRIAL CENTER.
RAIL
SITE
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EARLY INDUSTRIES
TODAY SYDENHAM STANDS PRE-EMINENT AMIDST THE LARGE NUMBER OF PROGRESSIVE AND SUCCESSFUL DISTRICTS IN A MOST PROGRESSIVE AND SUCCESSFUL COLONY...NUMEROUS INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED, CHIEF WHO IS BOOTH MACDONALD & COMPANY, ONE OF THE COLONYS PRINCIPAL MANUFACTURERS OF AGRICULTURAL AND MACHINERY AND FARMING IMPLEMENTS. THESE ARE ALSO A ROLLER FLOUR MILL, A LARGE FURNITURE FACTORY, A STOCKING AND KNITTING MILL, WHOLESALE BOOT MANUFACTURER, A CYCLE AND CARRIAGE WORKS, A SOAP FACTORY AND MANY OTHER MINOR INDUSTRIES. -CHRONICLERS 1904
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY MANUFACTURING KNITTING INDUSTRY AND BIKE WORKSHOP
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REINSTATING IDENTITY
WITH THE RELOCATION OF THE MAIN RAILWAY TERMINAL IN 1942, SYDENHAMS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SLOWLY DIMINISHED LIKELY DUE TO THE LOSS OF LOCOMOTIVE TRANSPORTATION. ALBEIT A RAIL STATION WITH A TALL CLOCK TOWER WAS CONSTRUCTED IN SYDENHAM, IT WAS NEVER PUT INTO ITS INTENDED USE DUE TO THE RISE OF PRIVATE CAR USE. NEVERTHELESS, THE TRAIN STATION FILLED OTHER FUNCTIONS AND STILL STOOD AS AN ICON IN THE DISTRICT UNTIL IT WAS DAMAGED AND LATER DEMOLISHED DUE TO THE CANTEBURY EARTHQUAKE IN 2011. JUNC.FACTORYS FORM AND PROPORTION WAS DESIGNED WITH REFERENCE TO REINSTATE SYDENHAMS HISTORIC LANDMARK. IT HAS NO INTENTION TO IMITATE THE PAST BUT RATHER AIMED AT TRANSFORMING THE MEANING OF SYDENHAMS LANDMARK BY INTEGRATING A RANGE OF PROGRAMMES INTO THE TOWER.
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ALTHOUGH SITUATED AT A CRITICAL TRAFFIC JUNCTION, THE OVERBRIDGE AND RAIL DIVIDES THE SITE, MAKING IT INACCESSIBLE AND HIDDEN. IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE CURRENT ACCESS CONDITION, TERRACES ARE DESIGNED AS PART OF THE PROJECT TO CONNECT THE EXITING BRIDGE WHICH SPANS ACROSS THE RAILWAY. THIS FORMS A MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, MORE DIRECT CONNECTION AMONGST THE EXISTING SKATE PARK, THE BRIDGE AND THE SITE. THE DYNAMIC CIRCULATION OF THE TERRACES EXTEND INTO THE COMPLEX OF JUNC.FACTORY.
18.5m 1m 1.5m 18.5m 1m 1.5m 20m 20m 20m
ACCESS IMPROVEMENT
20m
IMPROVEMENT 2: CONNECTING BOTH SIDES OF THE BRIDGE TO FORM DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE SITE
BY RO NS TR EE
EXISTING BRIDGE
OFFICE TOWER
H LT WA
TERRACE
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AD
FACTORY WORKSHOP
EXHIBITION
IMPROVEMENT 3: EXTENDING EXISTING SKATE-PARK, ADDING MORE GREENERY TO THE SITE
E AN B T IS BR TREE S
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THE MAIN IDEA OF THE PROJECT IS CREATING AN ICONIC BUILDING, THEREFORE THE PROGRAMMES THAT ARE PROPOSED ALL RELATE TO SYDENHAMS INDUSTRIAL CULTURE. THE BUILDING CONSISTS OF A SHARED MACHINERY WORKSHOP, AN EXHIBITION SPACE WHICH DISPLAYS INDUSTRIAL ARTEFACTS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT TO THE AREA, SHARED COMMUNITY SPACES AND SHARED ARTS WORKSHOPS, LECTURE HALLS ETC. THE TOWER CONSISTS OF SEVEN FLOORS, AND STUDIO AND LIVE/WORK OFFICES OF DIFFERENT SIZES LOCATED ON EACH FLOOR. THE TOP LEVEL HAS AN OBSERVATION DECK FOR PEOPLE TO VIEW THE WHOLE OF THE SYDENHAM AREA AND BEYOND.
PROGRAMME
Viewing Tower
Bar/Restaurant
The rooftop is specially dedicated for showcasing different types of solar panels, wind turbines, solar tubes, thermal panels etc
Workshops/Rooms: Smaller workshops generally for arts and crafts (smaller scale DIY including pottery, arts, and smaller groups of community gathering.
2/F
ROOF
1/F
METAL WORKSHOP
Exhibition Hall: Display historical industrial machinery, DIY products, items etc.
COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE
G/F
IDEA EXCHANGE
Factory Workshop: Large open space where people share tools and machinery to make/ fix/DIY their own items.
2M 4M
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10M
20M
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20M
50M
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10M
20M
50M
KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
INFORMATION
ENTRANCE EXHIBITION
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FACADE DETAILS
A COLLECTION OF SOLAR PANELS AND WIND TURBINES ARE PLACED ON TOP OF THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY.
30%
50%
RAIN WATER IS COLLECTED FROM THE ROOF AND TERRACES AND USED FOR NEARBY LANDSCAPING.
70%
LOUVERS AND ARE TO DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO BE ADJUSTED (BI-FOLD) FOR BEST LIGHTING CONDITION.
1m 2m 10m 20m
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