The Common Place sits within the campus of Princes Hill Secondary College. The addition to the school serves as a learning commons, providing the school with a central meeting place, new main entrance, various learning typologies, an events space and wellbeing spaces - all dotted throughout the new precinct. With thought to adaptive reuse, sustainability and materiality, The Common Place is designed to celebrate the site’s heritage brutalist building, conforming to its rigid features, and enhancing the details with this new intervention.
MATERIAL MAP: TYRES + RUBBER
Analysing the story of bike tyres in their material form of rubber identifies an industrial waste stream difficult to rid of in any convincing, sustainable method.
BAA BAA BIKE TYRE HAVE YOU ANY USE…
Using 3 old bike tyres destined for the tip, a play object is created. The skeletal structure made of rough bike tyres are constructed to form a ribbed dome shape. This is upholstered in a contrasting soft material. The object can be spun, bounced, worn, thrown, rolled, kicked, hid under, sat on, leaned on, pat…
THE COMMON PLACE ELEVATION
An elevation of The Common place shows the celebration of the strong brutalist features- an elevation carefully designed to not hide the existing beauty.
THE COMMON PLACE AXO
An exploded Axo of The Common Place to show the 3 floors of the building, attached to the existing building on site.
EXTERIOR VIEW
A snapshot of the strong materials creating the exterior of the building. Showcasing the recycled concrete linear language and transparency of glazing to not hide the interior and peeks of the school behind.
In the spirit of reconciliation Monash University acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
