Week 8 - Project Program

To Reiterate
Users : Primary school children, public, tourists
(Local, National and Global users)

• 1500 sq m minimum development, 3000 sq m maximum development.

Proposed Program

Entry Plaza 10m x 10m

Lunch Area 10m x 10m

                   Utilizing the site to its potential, the lunch area will be on the second level facing the Story Bridge.

Presentation Space 20m x 20m
"Cinematic Montage"

• Interior screening space
• Dramatised cinematic montage of Brisbane, it's culture, main historical events
• Animated montage for the kids.

Exhibition Hall (1) 10m x 20m
"Survival of the Fittest "

• Existing site reflects heavily on the restoration (land) and preservation (buildings), recent events highlights an awareness of "water" from drought to flooding rains. 
• Survial comes hand in hand with life. This program explores the different types of marine animals on local and global scales. Users are made aware of the relationships (predator/prey) and are able to interact with life animals in the "touch and tell" tank (sea cucumber, sea star, stingrays). 

Exhibition Hall (2) 10m x 25m
"The Sky At Night"

• Standing at the site, one cannot miss the Story Bridge, it is inevitable that one will look toward the sky. Taking inspiration from this (sky as a space), exhibition hall 2 aims to focus on astronomy. 

Outdoor Exhibition Space 10m x 20m
"Rooftop Garden"

• Rejuvenation of the Howard Smith Wharves. Rejuvenation of what? -> life
• Something that symbolises life perfectly are plants. 
• Multi-faceted and multi-functional exhibition space
• Space acts as a rooftop garden, and an alternate method of access to the learning center.
• Passageway through to the rooftop garden is a walk through exhibition
• Holistically the learning center is part the reconstruction and rejuvination of Howard Smith Wharves, in a way the users are directly involved in participating. 

Historical Learning Space 10m x 20m
"Railway to Fun" 

Culturally the development of railroads and trains played a significant part in Brisbane's history. A big step in alternate transport and stimulating The centerpiece will be a miniature moving train where children can board. De-boarding can occur at several checkpoints, each checkpoint will have specific theme, the learning center, such as:

• An exercise where the aim is to engage in children's creativity to assemble their own railways. (Self-building exercise)
• A walled semi-enclosed area where children can play with 'wall stickers' and create their own underwater or land picture. 
• A coloring in section.