Club Analogic

By using the idea of the club, this project inquiries into the subversion of place and explores how architecture and imagination can act as instruments of access. A club, as defined in 1838, is “an assembly of good fellows meeting under certain conditions”. From squattocracies’ to bureaucracy, the idea of the gentlemen's club no longer fits into the city as it once did.

The unknown acts as the basis of the inquiry. Most people know of 36 Collins Street for its exclusivity - its identity is in its mystery. By using play as the tool that would subvert the site, and through harnessing the power of play and curiosity, the Melbourne Club is accessed through a shift in perspective - or a childlike perception of the unknown.

The kindergarten is where young children learn language, social skills, and the values of their culture - all while engaging and developing their senses. Friederich Froebel’s Gifts are used as analogue devices that provide a pedagogy to the physical manipulation of architecture and space within.