2023 USYD graduation project_Group A: The Great Repair
The Haymarket suburb, once a thriving trading centre that played a pivotal role in the city's historical tapestry, now stands as a relic of its former glory, nestled within the dynamic urban fabric of the Tech Central precinct. This project is a response to the idea of a City Museum that Colin Rowe and Fred Koetter mentioned in their book Collage City. The Collage Museum explores Haymarket's history through the lens of retro-futurism, leveraging the concept of replaceable facades as a catalyst for a transformative city museum. The facades are considered a whole out of thrown-away objects, creating new uses. The idea of replaceable facades, akin to the Russian history of the Potemkin village, becomes a pivotal architectural motif in this project. Within this conceptual framework, a sophisticated interplay between architectural elements drawn from the past and the future are woven together—architecture, streets, shops, and urban arrangements converge.
