By George! Laneways competition 2009-09-07

Laneway - Hunter Lane

Solution

The proposal was to create an urban lounge, reinterpreting the laneway as a place to inhabit rather than traverse. Street banners, building surfaces and other literal fabrics from the city would be reused to articulate the urban lounge, creating a new meaning for street furniture. The urban lounge would also provide a space in which to listen to experimental audio soundscapes, providing a unique city context to sample urban sounds. The lounge would be absorbed by its context by wrapping the thresholds of the laneway, creating an inviting space in which to stop and engage with a unique urban experience.