Cutting off Myer

To ensure that the route over the myer centre does not take longer then walking around, several areas of the centre need to be removed. The first step is to remove a few levels on the southern end of the myer centre. This allows for a gradual incline to be created. This can be seen in the image below.

The original intention was to have no change to the northern end of the myer centre. However I found that this would result in getting down from the myer centre needing a ramp that stretched past Adelaide street. This is too long to be practical, would interfere with existing pedestrian traffic on the streets, and would be visually unappealing. due to this I changed the idea to cutting a path into the northern end of the myer centre, leaving the rest as is.

Why not just knock it all down? Well the reasons behind the decision to keep as much of the existing as possible were; 1 - why knock something down when with just a little more effort it can be retained and the design can work with it and 2 - I don't know what is going to be there in the year 2028 (Final year allowable for this project). To me it seems naive to assume that it is all going to be the same and no-one will mind if it taken away. For all I know there could be a world class building put onto the site in 2025, and my design would need to work with that. Although it is not a part of the assignment, I feel that consideration for this sort of thing is important. Also in a world that is rapidly changing to a metropolitan based society, architecture based on an empty lot where anything can be done is something that will become more and more rare. So I wish to treat this assignment as a way of preparing for this type of design.