The document describes a proposed design for a movie cinema complex located in Cararra Park in Newtown. The design aims to enrich the experience of existing park users while attracting new visitors, with a focus on safety, community integration, and family-friendly spaces. Key aspects of the design include three cinema rooms, a cafe/bar area, gallery, and office, with considerations for acoustics, thermal performance, lighting, and crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) principles.

1. LIAM BAINES
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ARCI212 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN INTEGRATION 2013
NEWTOWN MOVIES - DEVELOPED DESIGN 35%
FORM, FUNCTION AND AESTHETTICS DIRECTLY DER-
RIVED FROM THE EXSISTING PARKAND ITS FEATURES,
“NEWTOWN CINEMA” AIMSTO ENRICH EXSISTING PARK
USERS WHILE ATTRACTING WIDER-NEWTOWN PEDES-
TRIAN ATTENTION.
SAFETY, COMMUNITY INTEGRATION AND FAMILY ORI-
ENTATION ARE KEY CONCEPTS. THE CPTED SYSTEM
IS EMPLOYED TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM PUBLIC BENEFIT.

2. SITE CONTEXT_
THE PURPOSE OF THIS NEWTOWN CIN-
EMA COMPLEX, LOCATED IN CARARRA
PARK, IS TO ENVELOPE THE COMMUNI-
TYANDPROVIDEASAFESPACEFORTHE
EXISTING USERS. FOCUSING ON PE-
DESTRIAN OCCUPANTS, THE COMPLEX
AIMS TO PROVIDE A SAFER PARK AREA
THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
CPTED (CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN) MEASURES.
CARARRA PARK, LOVED BY LOCAL
RESIDENTS, HAS A HIGH VARIATION IN
USES; FROM FAMILIES PLAYING TO OC-
CUPANTS WALKING, FROM CRICKET
PLAYING TO RELAXING, EVEN SMALL
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE EVENTS.
THIS CINEMA IS AIMED TO ASSIST ALL
THESEUSESBYBLOCKINGOFFTHEDAN-
GEROUS CURRENTLYEMPTYDEADEND
SPACE, AND PROVIDING MANY MEAS-
URESOFSUPPORTTOTHECOMMUNITY.
AXIS COMMUNITY MATERIALITY LINEARITY PROTECTION
LEFT ARE THE FIVE DESIGN PRINCIPALS USED TO CONSTRUCT THIS PROPOSI-
TION.FORMULATEDTHROUGHTHEEXSISTINGSITEANDCPTEDPRINCIPALS,THE
DESIGNISINTENDEDTOSAFELYINTERVENEWITHTHECOMMUNITIESDAILYLIFE.
AXIS, DERRIVED FROM THE STRONG EXSISTING LINK BETWEEN DAN-
IEL ST AND REGENT ST IS PULLED THE LAYOUT OF THE DESIGN.
CUMMUNITY AND INTEGRATION ARE CENTRAL CONCEPTS IN THE INTENDED
USAGE, AND HAS BEEN CATERED FOR ACCORDINGLY. ALL THE MATERIALS
HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM EXSISTING SITE CONSTRUCTION. LINEARASPECTS
WERERECOGNISEDTHROUGHOUTTHEPARK,ANDCARRIEDINTOAESTHETICS,
FINALLY, PROTECTION OF THE COMMUNITY IS ES-
SENTIAL FOR THIS TO BE A SUCCESFUL PROJECT.
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w e l l i n g t o n
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3. THE CINEMACOMPLEX HOUSES THREE CINEMAS, ONE WITH MULTIFUNCTION
CAPABILITYANDVANITYAREAS.THEREISANOPENLOBBYLINKEDTOANINTER-
NALCOURTYARD,ACAFE/BARAREAWITHPLAYGROUNDVIEW,AGALLERYFOR
ARTVIEWANDPURCHASE,ANDANOFFICE.MULTIPLETOILETAREASALSOEXIST.
AREAS EXPLAINED
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4. THE MULTI-FUNCTION
CINEMA IS PROVIDED
WITH ACOUSTIC PAN-
ELS, WHICH ARE RE-
MOVABLE AND INTER-
CHANGEABLE.
THISALLOWS OPTIMUMACOUSTICS TO BEATTAINED
IN ANY SITUATION. MATERIAL LINES THE WALLS TO
SPREAD SOUND COMFORTABLYAND REDUCE ECHO.
THE FORM OF THE CINEMA MAXIMISES ACOUSTIC
VOLUME AND CLARITY TOWARD THE AUDIENCE.
THERMAL PERFOR-
MANCE OF THE COM-
PLEX IS ACHIEVED
THROUGH LARGE WIN-
DOWS AND HIGH THER-
MAL CAPACITY MATERI-
AL (BRICK).
THE BRICK ABSORBS THE SUNS HEAT, ALLOWING IT
TO RADIATE THROUGHOUT THE COOLER PERIODS
OF THE DAY, WHILE COLLECTING AND COOLING
THROUGH THE HOTTER.
LOUVRES ARE USED
S U B S T A N T I A L L Y
THROUGHOUT MY DE-
SIGN TO MITIGATE
GLARE. THESEARE SPE-
CIFICALLY IMPORTANT
IN THE GALLERY.
THE GALLERY HOUSESADIFFUSE SOLAR LIGHTAND
MALLS OF LOUVRES, WITH WINDOWS HEAVILY TINT-
ED. THIS REDUCES THE DIRECT LIGHT GREATLY, AL-
LOWING A FANTASTIC SMOOTH SPREAD OF LIGHT.
THE INTERNAL COURT-
YARD PROTECTS OC-
CUPANTS FROM THE
HARSH WELLINGTON
WINDS. LOUVRES OVER
THE LOBBY ENTRANCE
REDUCE THE SPEED
OF WIND FLOWING INTO THE SPACE. WIDE OPEN IN-
TERNAL AREAS - SUCH AS THE GALLERY AND CAFE/
BAR REDUCE WIND CHILL BY SPILLING HEAT INTO
THE SPACE, WHICH IS HEAVILY LINED WITH BRICK -
RADIATING HEAT.
C A F E / B A R
C O U R T Y A R D
E N T R A N C E
O F F I C E
G A L E R Y
F O Y E R
S N A C K B A R
D I S A B L E D A C C E S S
U P P E R C I N E M A S
T O I L E T S
T I C K E T B O O T H
B A T H R O O M S
M U L T I - F U N C T I O N
C I N E M A
V A N I T Y R O O M S
AREAS EXPLAINED
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5. CPTED
LIGHTING IS AN IMPOR-
TANT CONCEPT IN CPTED,
DRASTICALLY REDUCING
THE POTENTIAL FOR CRIME
BY INCREASING VISIBILITY
PATH DESIGN IS IMPORTANT,
ENSURING SAFE LENGTHS
AND HEIGHTS OF SUR-
ROUNDINGS TO ALLOW BOTH
ESCAPE AND VISIBILITY.
SUCCESFUL NAVIGATION OF A
SITE CAN SAVE A POTENTIAL
VICTIM - IF THE TARGET BE-
COMES LOST AND CONFUSED,
THEY ARE MORE VULNERABLE.
INASUBURBAN ENVIRONMENT,
PASSIVE SURVALENCE CAN BE
ATTAINEDTHROUGHLOWFENC-
ESANDHOUSEHOLDWINDOWS.
FINALLY, ACTIVE SURVAILANCE
SUCH AS CCTV CAMERAS,
SECURITY GUARDS AND EM-
PLOYEES HAVE BEEN IMPLI-
MENTED TO REDUCE CRIME.
THE CARARRA PARK COMPLEX SEALS
OFF A DANGEROUS AND MISUSED POR-
TION OF THE PARK, PROVIDING MASSIVE
PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE (BAR WINDOW).
WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHTING, REDESIGN
OF THE EXISTING ALLEY TO ALLOW PAS-
SIVE SURVEILLANCE, PUBLIC ART ADD-
ED AND A CRICKET PITCH IMPLEMENTED,
THE NEW PARK IS FAR SUPERIOR TO THE
EXISTING AND MORE SAFE TO OCCUPY.
LEFT, PASSIVE SURVAILENCE
AND LIGHTING PROVIDED BY
THE NEW DESIGN CREATES A
MORE COMFORTABLE EXPERI-
ENCE - EVEN FOR THOSE SIMPLY
PASSING THROUGH. TO THE LEFT
(WEST) LIES THE CRICKET PITCH
RIGHT, THE 30m LONG ALLEY ACT-
ING AS THE MAIN ACCESS HAS
BEEN IMPROVED. THE FENCES
ARE DROPPED, PARK LIGHTS IN-
STALLEDANDLOWSHRUBSPLANT-
ED - PROVIDING PASSIVE SURVAI-
LENCE, LIGHTING AND VISIBILITY.
RIGHT, THE FLAT FACADE OF
THE COMPLEX BLOCKS OFF THE
CURRENT VACANT AREA, CUR-
RENTLY MISUSED BY DRUNK-
ARDS AND ADOLESCENT YOUTH.
THEENTRANCE-WHILEOPEN,CAN
BE SEALED OFF AND ALLOWS FOR
PARENTS TO WATCH THEIR CHIL-
DREN PLAY IN THE CAFE PATIO.
THEOFFICE,RIGHTOFENTRANCE,
PROVIDES NIGHT SURVEILLANCE.
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6. ONE OF THE MAIN STRENGTHS IN BOTH CARARRA
PARK AND THE CARARRA COMPLEX IS THE AXIS. RUN-
NING AT AN ANGLE OF 600
FROM SOUTH, THE PATH-
WAY PROVIDES GREAT ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
THE MAIN ENTRANCE RUNS DIRECTLY PERPENDICULAR TO
THIS PATH, KEEPING IN LINE WITH THE EXISTING SITE’S IDE-
ALS. THE ENTRANCE IS ESSENTIALLY A BRIDGE BETWEEN
TWO SEPARATE YET INTEGRATED BUILDINGS; BOTH OPEN
AND CLOSED ACCESS TO THE GALLERY AND BAR IS AVAIL-
ABLE THROUGH THIS HALL. IT IS POSSIBLE TO PERFECTLY
SEAL OFF THIS ENTRANCE THROUGHOUT UNUSED HOURS.
BOTH LIGHT AND WIND FILTER THROUGH THE LOU-
VRES OVERHEAD IN THIS ENTRANCE, THEIR NEGA-
TIVE EFFECTS MITIGATED INTO COMFORTABLE RANGES.
TEMPERATUREISMAINTAINEDTHROUGHEFFECTIVENESSUSEOFSUN,
VENTILATIONAND RADIATION VIAHEAT PRESERVED IN THE BRICK.
THE AESTHETICS AND MATERIALS ARE DERIVED FROM
THE SITE - WITH LINEAR REFERENCES TO THE PLAY-
GROUND, PARK BENCHES AND EXISTING FLORA.
THIS AXIS MAINTAINS A SAFE ENTRANCE FOR COMMU-
NAL GATHERINGS AND PARENTAL SUPERVISION, GIVES
A SIGNIFICANT REFERENCE POINT FOR NAVIGATION.
LIAM BAINES