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16ParametricParramattaParramaaRoadisacongestedchannelsurroundedbyopportunity.ForthelastseveralyearsweatLAVAhavebeenusingparametricmodelstochallengetheconvenonaldesignapproachtoarchitecture.Forusnatureholdsalltheanswers.Thephysicsthatrulenaturegowaybeyondthequadrangulargrid.Ouraimistoemulatetheintelligenceandadaptabilityofnaturalsystems.Thinkofacoralreefthathoststhousandsofspeciesthatthriveincoexistenceofeachotherandtheelements-airwaterandsun.LAVAx19sproposalthereforeinterpretsParramaaRoadasaneuralsystemthatconnectsSydneyandParramaainax11uidmannerwhileinsgangchangeinthesurroundingsuburbs.OurvisionforParramaaRoadisahighlyacvesustainabledecentralisedcitynetwork.Ourplanistogenerateax11uidribbonofmixedusethatdilutesthetransportaondensityandfavourslocalconnecvity.Byidenfyingaractorpolesthatareeitheraneco-zoneoraninfrastructuralnodetheconceptcreatesanetworkofvalueenergyzonesforamerit-basedscaleofdensity.Sustainabilityisthecricalwordx13socialenvironmentalofcourseandalsoimportantlycommercial.Thisx11exibleapproachbringsParramaaRoadintothe21stcenturybytransformingamajorhighwayintoanexperience.WehavetakenavisionaryapproachtorenewingtheParramax18a-Sydneycorridorandusedourparametricmodellingskillstoenvisageanewfuture.hx18pl-a-v-a.netChrisBosseLAVA