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Thick Wall + Hard Edge

The new building strength-ens the urban geometry of the triangle and Town Hall by reinstating the previous-ly eroded street edge and reinforcing the corners

Fremantle is a city built of thick walls, hard to the street edge, resulting in dense, urban settings.

The hard edge is demonstrated in the formed streets of Fremantle in its deeply recessed windows and arcades.

Glimpses and partial views are created in the scheme. Oblique views prioritise the one key vista of Fremantle; High Street

Fremantle’s grid is misaligned, roads just miss one another at oblique intersections – views are terminated by buildings and hard edges

Kinetic Unity - a study of local conditions, we pursue the re-emer-gence of local forms and architec-tural references, obvious and obscure

The urban room is formed by the program tension and relationship of the library and civic functions with the room’s ambition of incorpo-rating home comforts and familiar experiences

The hard street edge, heavy with building program provides hidden worlds of connecting space, ripe for rejuvenation

Fremantle’s inner world – ambiguous, approximate and imprecise, lightweight, additive and bricolage. No hedgehogs...

Skewed Geometry + Kinetic Unity

Inner Worlds + Bricolage

Square becomes Trianglec. 1860-90

City building to the streetThe Church in a village green

City Triangle as fabric c. 1930

A hard edge is built to High StAn inner world as residue to Newman Ct. The built form respects the propriety of the City

City Triangle prioritises carsc. 1970 -

The city builds an object, marooned from Fremantle.Further buildings and landscape remove any vestigal traces of the street.

City Triangle recast

the cast roof

the contingent inner world

the hard edge

the cast roof

the contingent inner world

the hard edge

Recasting the Triangle

Urban StrategiesLearning from Fremantle

Location Plan

Fabric not Objecta project that celebrates the fabric of the city and does not repeat the mistakes of the recent past

Multiple not Singulara project that allows multiple readings, multiple uses, multiple cities to co-exist and collide.

Ambiguous not Precisethe building should have rooms, spaces, places, nooks, streets, lanes, arcades that are ambigous of use, meaning and form.

Mat Buildingfrom Allison Smithson essay...

...we read the City Fabric as a priori, fluid and ever adapatable.

Event and Programfrom OMA’s Parc de Villette...

...we see the city as event based and programmatic, time based spatial and multi-layered.

Kinetic Unityfrom Gordon Cullen’s Townscape...

...we see Fremantle and it’s multiplicity, kinetic unity, complexity and intricacy, a townscape of multiple, overlapping precincts.

Ground Plan Legend1. Town Hall2. Atrium Space3. Seniors Centre + Tea Rooms4. Commercial Kitchen5. Stage Loading6. Corner Bar7. FOUND Gallery Shop8. Urban Room Function Space9. Urban Terrace10. Town Hall Foyer11. Speakers Stage12. St Johns Trace13. The Urban Room (lucky for some)

14. Mackenzie Mall15. City Desk16. Library Activity17. Community Activity18. Reading + Meeting Space19.Visitors Centre20. Outdoor Reading Room21. Loading + Staff Entry

22. St John’s Village Green23. St John’s Village Rest24. Church Parking25. Playground26. Toilets + Services27. Future Sunday School Site28. High Street Shared Street29. Gino’s Annexe30. Gino’s Coffee Pass31. Town Hall TCKTS32. Foyer Bar Pop Up33. Pettitt Lane34. Town Hall Balcony ‘shadow’35.Upgraded St John’s entry36. St Johns Village Garden37. Wind Farm Sculpture

Kings Squarean active heart for Fremantle

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Multi Use Meeting SpacesMeet council staff, meet your PhD supervisor, meet your mum before book club.

Freo Hubupstairs at the historic Town Hall, Australia’s latest public office hub is now open for business. Budding creatives rub shoulders with financial angels who may take that solar powered gizmo all the way...

Town Hall Terracethe Town Hall terrace serves drinks at intermis-sion, and its a great view over the Square and Urban Room.

Function SpaceA fully equipped function room is available for council briefings, community workshops, citizen’s juries, electors meetings and City functions. After hours a Citizenship Ceremony takes place, while the family members gather on the terrace.

ChambersThe double height Council Chambers is accessed from the Terrace, and opens onto an outdoor balcony space as well as a large foyer/function area.

Town Hall Balconythe balcony reinterprets the original balcony of the town hall - a place to make announcements, raise the Grand Final trophy high and shout “Go Freo!”The chamfered blade wall also acts as a backdrop for sunset films in the Square.

Civic ForecourtCleared of the ad-hoc vegetation, the civic fore court expands the space of Kings Square across William, High and Adelaide Streets to form a memorable backdrop to markets, skate demonstrations, and the start of the Freman-tle Festival Parade. Taco Truck? muchos gracias senor...

Atrium SpaceAvailable for hire, an amazing contingent inner world of Fremantle. Now that we have a new Town Hall Foyer, you can hire the Atrium seperately! That’s right, your own glazed function space, available anytime.

Seniors CentreDrop in amid the bustle of the High Street Markets and enjoy High Tea served in the sunny front rooms, or the Atrium Space.

St John’s Greenthere’s a fete on this Sunday, just before Sunday School. Bring a cake. Buy some flowers for Gran.It’s sunny and protected from the wind.

St Johns Squareread a book, eat lunch from the markets, meet a friend from way back.

Main Library LevelResources, books, journals, online access, wi-fi, reading spaces, bookish places.

Activity CornerBest view up High Street, a place to hear poetry, or Tim Winton’s latest yarn...

City DeskOpen to the street, the urban room and the library foyer, City Desk is your portal to all the City of Fremantle can offer. ‘Freo Geniuses’ can help connect you with services, pay bills, talk planning, parking tickets, witness a contract, or call some-one you want to meet...City Desk is your one stop shop for the City of Freo, available 18 hours a day, seven days a week, with touchscreens 24/7

More than a Visitor’s Centrelike its cousin in Fed Square this place turns up the volume after dark. Grab a brochure by day, grab a drink by night. Who said tourism was dull..?

More than a Wind TurbineKings Square has ESD literally built into its very core. A subterranean labyrinth system brings cooled air into the offfice and public spaces. Other elements proposed for the 800mm thick double wall that wraps the buildings include, double pocketed and operable glazed panels, smart shading louvres that can track the sun, water harvesting and re-use, solar arrays, wind turbines, community gardens, bike shares, electric bike charging stations, night purging and alfalfa sprouts...

The TerraceA public terrace extends Civic Func-tions into Kings Square. The stepped platform allow casual seating, lunch-time lectures, mayoral debates and access to the upper civic spaces of the Town Centre.

Fronting High Street, two small booths operate as a bar when functions require, or simply ticketing and infor-mation gateways at other times.

When the Terrace is closed, the bar can operate solely into the Urban Room and High St Mall.

The Urban RoomKings Square has at its heart the Urban Room, a place that buzzes with life 7 days a week, 18 hours a day. Listen to San Cisco play an acoustic set, join in with a Book Week activity at the library, dabble in a Freo Arts Centre Photography Course, meet with friends, eat lunch, or join the throngs for the Buskers Festival HQ.

The urban room expands and contracts to function spaces and hospitality places on every corner and edge, allowing multiple uses, simultaneous action and the abilty to host up to 2000 people for large events, undercover and protected. Laneway Festival 2014 is set to rock Kings Square, with bands playing across three stages in the Urban Room, Newman Court and the Civic Square to the High Street shared street.

Grumpy Soldieropen from early morning until late, the Grumpy Soldier pumps out Freo’s best coffee and bagels.

art class

playgroundinventive play space

alternative mode

markets

makers markets

connection to queensgate

town hall

laneway

community meetings

flexiblemeetingspace

just married

office levels on 2 and 3

sunday school

flower market

shared street

shared street

Freo Corner Baropen from lunch until late, the bar serves mem-bers of the public and elected members alike. Activating the lane and William Street corner, and providing catering and beverages for the FOUND gallery openings, and parties in the Urban Room.

FOUND from the FACFOUND provides it’s unique blend of Fremantle giftware, artistic prints and jewellery and expands the retail presence of the FAC micro store. FOUND allows artist in residence makers from FAC the opportunity to exhibit, sell and run art classes in the Urban Room.

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alternative modeFOUND Art OpeningFreo Forever RallyDocumentary Film Night on the TerraceCocktail Function on Town Hall terrace

Kings Squarean active heart for Fremantle

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1a. Compact building shape, urban room acting as buffer zone 2a. Waste heat recovery2b+3a. Pre-heating of winter supply air through geothermal heat exchange system, pre-cooling of fresh air via earth canals3b. Triple glazing3c. Effective interior shading in the urban room3d. Thermal cooling4a. Screened sun protection to perimeter glazing4c. PV system4d. Underground labrynth6b. Optimised level of glazing7c. Tree planting to act as wind break, shade and microclimate

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First Floor 1:500 @A1

Second Floor 1:500 @A1

Third Floor 1:500 @A1

Legend1. Town Hall2. Public Office: HUB3. Town Hall Balcony4. The Terrace5. The Lounge6. Council Balcony Deck7. Chambers8. Kitchen + Bar9. Entry + Waiting10. Council Briefing Room11. Mayor’s Parlour12. Mayor’s TerraceLibrary13. Library Staff + Resources14. Reading Terrace15. Childrens Area16. Grown Ups Area17. Community Meeting Rooms18. Activity Space

Legend19. Public Office: HUB stores20. Office Space 360m221. Office Space 300 m222. void over chambers23. City Workshop24. Office Space. 950m2

Legend25. Staff Terrace26. City Workshop27. Staff Wellness + Gym28. City Lunch Room29. Staff Deck30. Office Space 1800m2

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