Change of Countours 2

I realised that changing the contours especially for the main bike/pedestrian path that runs across my site, meant that it blocked access to the stage except from either sides of the stage. I however want the users to see and be able to access the stage directly from the bike/ped path as well as the ferry terminal or any other spot in the area easily and more so - directly. This lead me to designing a tunnel-like feature allowing users to access the stage under the bike/ped. path directly to the stage area. This also meant that careful use of heights is very important to keep in mind, and to name a few that I worked with such as:

• min. 2400mm ceiling height (usually habitable areas) but complies to my idea
• 1:14 min gradient of ramp (bike path up and back down)

To keep the path from the terminal to the stage more uniform and directional, I decided to have minimal changes using contours with this path, that way directly leading one to the stage area, however I have looked at other areas that can be transformed for a more experiental journey.

Due to the fact that the main bike/ped. path had a downward motion (contours) infront of the heritage listed building shown below, I still did not want to lose the relevance and importance of this building on HSW therefore added a bridge above the path leading directly to the building. That way, when this building one day gets renovated (hopefully for art purposes as the design of the HSW currently is proposed to be) it would have a direct path leading to it showing it's important and elegance on the proposed site.

I STILL was not satisfied with the contours by this point therefore played around with them some more until I came up with a satisfying idea. Adding a little hill-like structure, on one side of the site meant that:

• Children can play/roll on the grassy hill
• During functions/celebrations, one can sit on it and still view performances on the stage
• The hill can be used for numerous ideas such as art works etc limited to your imagination

I therefore placed it strategically on the site focusing on angles and heights, that will allow the user (if they wanted) with the angle of it's location in comparison to that of the stage to still be able to view performances without the need to be right in the centre of it, careful choice of heights so that the contours (bike path) do not block any views.

3d sketch of introduced hill (left) and direct view to stage from afar

Another use for hill - arts