engagement centre
The primary circulation movement within the building flows between the entry reception, gallery ramp and exhibition space. Secondary circulation routes accommodate service access, staff areas and an alternative path to the workshops.
The workshop and exhibition areas spaces have operable walls to enable the spaces to be scaled for different activities.
Each of the main massing volumes in the Engagement Centre has a different privacy response, transitioning from the public entry and gallery/exhibition spaces to semi-private workshop spaces. The private amenities and back of house area sits as a secondary volume behind the gallery ramp’s heavy blade wall.
The arrangement of the Engagement Centre volumes maps the learning transition from awareness in the entry, curiosity moving though the main gallery ramp, and into a state of engagement in the workshop spaces.
spatial arrangement
privacy
area
595.5m2
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space description
The engagement centre pulls together all other aspects of the design response. It works as a place of arrival and departure and provides a view through to the re-vegetated area and ‘seed’ connections to the experience nodes to encourage people to explore the rest of the site.
This building has three workshops to share and pass on knowledge. It also has an interactive gallery wall which provides directional circulation while being playful.