Site Analysis

Suburb Analysis:
Newtown is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Newtown is located approximately 4 kilometers south-west of the Sydney central business district and lies across the local government areas of the City of Sydney and Marrickville Council.

Since the 1840s, when the Newtown area began to change from a rural to a commercial and residential landscape, it has been home to a very diverse community, which is evidenced by the styles of domestic architecture. The few remaining houses of the 1830s and 1940s range from "Golden Grove" on Forbes Street to tiny and austere "working-men's" cottages in Hordern Street. This trend of class diversity was to continue and expanded into cultural diversity in the mid 20th century with post-war migration bringing hundreds of European migrants to the area.

King Street is the main street of Newtown and centre of commercial and entertainment activity. It is the main shopping strip of Newtown; also it is the longest and most complete commercial precinct of the late Victorian and Federation period in Australia. King Street is often referred to as "Eat Street" in the media due to the large number of cafés, pubs and restaurants.

Key words: Cultural Diversity.

Facade Analysis: The facade of this block (Starts from Brown St to Whateley St) has an arts deco manner, that is, flat surfaces with rich classical ornaments. It mainly consists of three storey heritage buildings and a few two storey buildings, interweaving with one another, with a constant change in height. Even the overhangs reflect this change. It is lower at the Brown St end, then become higher in the middle, and then lowers at Whateley St End. Also in the middle part of this facade, it is noticeable that there are two relatively low buildings surround by a few high buildings. Even the vivid colours of each building let them to be distinguishing between each other, also preserve a bohemian ambience.

Address: No. 214 – 216, King St, Newtown, 2042, NSW.

Nearest Parking Place: On Church St, behind Westpac Bank.

Nearest Bus Stop: 10m

Nearest park: Camperdown Memorial Rest Park.

Orientation Analysis: My site is on the east side of King St, generally facing north, approximately 45 degree northwest. The front façade will get natural lighting from approximately 10am-11am in the morning till 5pm-6pm in the afternoon.

Surrounding buildings: At the corner where Brown St intercepts with King St, there is a takeaway restaurant and a Vodafone retailer. On the other side, there is a Watershed shop and a restaurant named Twelve.