Design Proposal

My design proposal is to create a building for the community to gather and use the facilities, but also and more importantly to provide the local community with historical background of the site in Coogee. My intension for the community centre is to create more beach awareness with different initiatives that community members can get involved in such as surf life saving causes. It is the idea to bring back the beach culture of Coogee. This will be achieved through a monumental building for the community, which reflects the surfing life style.
Over the years with the changing demographics the culture and meaning of living in the community of Coogee has been lost. So the community centre is to provide historical in site and meaning for the current residents. Bring the local community closer together as they understand the long history of the beach culture. The main attraction is the courses or classes that will be held to teach people to make surf boards from scratch and then put them into use on the beach. This is an interactive activity that will be held and displayed in the lower level of the community centre along with other local material, such as Aboriginal art works which reflect the first inhabitants of the area.
The café is more of a playful form of architecture, but is based on the metaphorical idea of a space that responds to changing conditions which is reflected in the ocean and surfers looking for the ultimate conditions.