Week Thirteen : Architectural Entity Physical Context

Paddington Exchange is intended to knit together the diverse threads of Paddington in such a way that encourages both individuals and local groups to organise themselves into a collaborative community. As such its spatial relation to the physical environment is designed in a way that slots the entity within Paddington's existing urban fabric. The entity purposefully activates the street edges and through an open gesture invites further exploration deep into the site. At the Northern boundary it is intended that access will be provided to an urban agricultural corridor (as can be seen in an earlier master plan for the future precinct of Paddington) and the existing parking structure be converted to a storage and distribution centre. The rooftop of this infrastructure will additional be converted to an urban garden, so to create a rich experiential progression from the Latrobe Terrace streetscape to the animated marketplace and lastly to an urban oasis. Also on the Western side of the site Paddington Exchange engages a recycle/up cycle centre owned and operated by community residents.