Growing Community-- Community Centre for Inner Most Gardens Proposal

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Innermost Gardens (I.G) is a communitygarden group whose core task functionis to grow organic produce.Initially,thiswas meant as a way of bringing togetherthe marginalised members of society,es-pecially those in lower socio-economicgroups,to empower them and blessthem with food.However,at their newMt.Cook site,wh ich is set in fairly afflu-ent and educated neighbourhood,thecore focus shifts instead to fostering athriving community.The produce-grow-ing task becomes more of a vehicle thatbrings this forwards.

Community is about bringing people to-gether.A thriving community is one thatbecomes self-perpetuating in doing that.Thus the role of Innermost Gardens atMt Cook is one of a facilitator,a com-mon platform that provides opportunity

for the community to grow.And at thesame time bring in values of organic andsocial sustainability.As with any kind of growth,the community at I.G.Mt Cook will go through a series of different lifestages,each with their own focus.Thus,the architectural program will need todevelop and adapt along with it as a re-sponse.

These life stages are broken down intothree main phases.Phase one is aboutcreating the connections that make up acommunity.Here,the role of the archi-tecture is to choreograph those small,informal interactions that build relation-ships,while at the same time brandingitself as a physical and emotional focalpoint where these new connections andopportunities can take place.Conse-quently,as more people are drawn to

I.G.Mt Cook,it will naturally build a vi-brancy and momentum;propelling I.G.MtCook to the status of becoming the natu-ral centre of the district.Thus achieving le-gitimacy in the neighbourhood.

Phase two is about expansion into thewider community.With I.G.Mt Cook nowestablished as the lively and spirited core,the momentum built here will allow theprogram of I.G to progress out into satel-lite gardens.As smaller satellite gardens in-filtrate into pockets in the neighbourhood,and subsequently into the every day livesof Wellingtonians,the role I.G.Mt Cook will become more that of a home base.Itwill be a provider of resources to enableusers to create their own satellite gardens,while maintaining its role as the focal coreof the region.

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Site A:The entry space,feels more transitional,greater sense of an entry feel.This is em-phasized by framing the entry withsmaller trees at a human scale.Site it self is very sheltered.In phase 1,this is where all the growing and plantingwork would occur.

Site B:This space feels more like a destination,a

sense of arrival is felt once traversed theentire site to reach this area.Cu rrently,the this land is under remediation,thus nogrowing could be done here for the next30 years.In Phase 1,this will be the main eventsarea.

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In Phase three,the social sustainable lifestylewill by now become intrinsic to Mt Cook andneighbouring regions.The energy and momen-tum of the community will be so strong that itis no longer localised to just the I.G.Mt Cook site but exist in all the everyday interactionsof living in the Mt Cook region.As a re-spected and established community centre,I.G.Mt Cook will also become a stop off pointto visitors new to the region.With the wide-spread interest and involvement in the com-munity that sprung from here,the role of I.G.Mt Cook now is to play host facilities tolarger self-organised events by the membersof the community.This would be the final con-servative stage for the facilities of I.G.MtCook.

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Because of the long overhangs of the veranda,daylighting into the spaces will be bought in via

clerestory.The optimum amount for a goodworking condition is one at 9degrees facing

north.This was tested and modelled for the officespace,which could easily be implemented for the

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TheEntry wayis an important thresh-old,fortheuserit marks the momentbetween I.G,wherethe users sharethebond of volunteering,and the realworld,wherethe users each havesepa-rate lives.Thethreshold designed hereis faded out,into a longer,less definedspacemarked bysmaller, human scaledtrees.This allows theuser todragoutthe interaction,to talk,make plans tonext meet up,before goingtheir sepa-rateways.

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Users walk pass the main office when at the end of thevolunteering day,casual wave good bye builds a familiarityand friendliness;thereby breaking down the hierarchy.When the user feel more engagement with the manage-rial staff,they would take a greater ownership of I.G.andexpand the the sites potential.

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The concept of the structure is essentially a series of beamand column supports that carries the load to the ground.However,what is different here is that the force diagram takeis not exactly the most economical route.However,it is exactly because of these bends that create in-teresting forms that also turn into useful objects such asseats.When layered it,it also creates an in teresting volumethat could be seen framing the hall space.Some highlighted structural lines also adds moments of sur-prise and while others gives the space a direction .

TheverandafacingsiteA,provides themoments of rest at volunteerevent 6.This spaceisalsoonethattheuser is frequentlydi-rected topass through.Makinga keyareaforinter-action.Theseats that growsout formthe structurein-vites an informalrest.


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High school OutreachSatellite Gardens proliferate Map of entry points

With the implementation of satellite farms,initially at the local high school level.The new p rogram of I.G.becomes about equiping itsusers on how-to satellite farm and also as collection point for produce collection before delivery to the food banks and such.The builtarchitecture now expands to include a delivery truck storage,food storage,and a workshop area to allow users to create their ownequipment such as planting boxes etc.

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Garage and Food Storage are lo-cated on Site A because mostaccess to the I.G are from thisend of the site.Thus the natureof Site A becomes even more of a public space,wh ere a lot of people would access to deliverfood or to use the work shop.The garage is located inside thehill so as to have the best accessto the road without blockingpedestrian.access on to the site.


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