Penguin Parade Visitor Centre

Som sine ledere er Philip Island Nature Parks (en nonprofit-organisation) en fremtrædende myndighed inden for pleje af pingviner og deres levesteder, så dette besøgscenter skal afveje de to ambitioner med øko-turisme og bevarelse.

Centret danner en forbindelse mellem klitterne, forager og vådområde, der forbinder alle tre sarte landskaber, mens de reagerer specifikt på hver, både formelt og erfaringsmæssigt. Udvendigt klædt i zink vil vejrstyrken på denne barske kyst med tiden ætse sig ind i centrets abstrakte form. Spillet i forskellige retninger mod strand, pandebånd og vådområde, er den hårde, selvfinérende ydre skal matchet indeni af udsatte strukturelt træ foret med krydsfiner.

TYPE Public
LOCATION Philip Island | AU
YEAR 2019
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Peter Bennetts (primary) Micheal Ford John Gollings

Terroir’s design of the building has enriched the visitor experience in multiple ways, enabling Nature Parks to go a long way to realising its vision through the design of the new Penguin Parade Visitor Centre.

Catherine BasterfieldCEO, Phillip Island Nature Parks

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"Tredje rum" -diagram

Cirkulation Rygsøjlen

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This project provides the opportunity to house a group of visitors with expanded agendas and interests, while simultaneously addressing the disjunction between the logistical pressures of a high-volume event space and the intimacy of encountering a small penguin in its natural habitat. Circulation is the primary element upon which a larger spatial system is developed. Here, the system extends from the carpark, through the building and down a boardwalk (also being redeveloped) to the beach where the penguins come ashore. The path is supported by other programs at various points along its length and, as it passes through the building, is elaborated via a series of seats, desks and thresholds into other parts of the building. These elaborations form the third space – a suite of elements that, in their thickening of the circulation experience, also serve to slow it down, focus it, and ultimately prepare visitors for their encounter with the little penguins of Phillip Island.

Penguin Parade Visitor Centre

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