Week 1: Area Collages (Individual)

Context Collage Mk 1 (Page 4)

For our first exercise, we were tasked in creating a mixed media collage depicting the urban, architectural and cultural character of the local area, as well as combining diferent architectural styles that we like in order to form a visual depiction of how we speculate future living within the Richmond area. For my collage, I included architectural styles and projects that resonate with me, which include Melbourne Modernism and Postmodernism intertwined with Architectural styles found within the local area. In addition to this and in keeping with the Fabric and Drapery retail industries that once called this area home, numerous material scraps numerous material scraps are depicited, with the most notable being leather to symbolise the leather tanneries that once occupied the south side of Richmond and Fabric to reperent the main item the Dimmeys store once sold.

Context Collage Mk 2 (Page 5)

The Second Collage took a more logical and ordered apprach as opposed to the first, fousing on a visual thesis of potentially providing shared accomodation for the Sporting and Music industries that are located within close proximity to the site. In terms of Architecture, I envisinged the design as providing a form of urban amenity through Atrium access (Depicted by the Bordeaux Housing complex by ANMA Architects) as the site lies within a contiunous access path into the Richmond Area from the Melbourne CBD.

By Alex Daicos (102977805)