Week Twelve : Architectural Entity Configuration

Refining my design this week; the defining concept of Paddington Exchange is as a visible manifestation of the emergent culture and language of its citizen. The sight of action is often incentive for action. Thus where people can see into spaces from the street their world is enlarged and made richer, there is more understanding and a greater possibility for communication and exchange. In this sense through glimpses of contained activity the building will act to enlarge Paddington. It will throw open the space as an offer and invitation to the community for delight and participation.

The organisation of space and the objects occupying it I anticipate will allow for a flow of space and time, in which passive and active engagement is provoked. The expendable nature of spaces within the entity on the one hand challenges participants dexterity and on the allow for a continual re-imagination of the physical setting. Capturing an infinite spectrum of community use and introducing an ever changing performance Paddington Exchange therefore through its configuration is intended to stimulate cycles of interaction and spark events. In exploring how these aniticipations will find physical root, the below strategies are design intentions that I feel will support such philosophy.