Site Context & Enviomental Analysis

from Master of Architecture Design Research Studio D, Semester 1 2023 - Folio

by alexdee96

Design Trajectory...

By Alex Daicos (102977805) & Austin Stanley (102119568)

Above: Site context plan and Environmental Analysis (Partner’s Contribution)

Program Section

B.

Programs

Design Concept 2.0

A. Concept Section 2.0 - Programs (My Contribution)

B. Concept Model 2.0 (Partner’s Contribution)

User Programs Area Analyses

A. Site Analysis: User Group Activities - Creatives and Art Galleries (My Contribution)

B. Site Analysis: User Group Activities - Musicians, Pubs, Clubs and Bars (My Contribution)

C. Site Analysis: User Group Activities - Families & Playgrounds My Contribution)

Program Requirements

Collage/Diagram

A. Diagram Mk 1 - With Musicians user group, later removed (Partner’s Contribution )

B. Diagram Mk 2 - Without Musicians user group (Partner’s Contribution)

Design Concept 3.0

B. Floorplan Concept Development Mk3 (My Contribution)

1.The Dunmoochin Foundation Cottles Bridge, Melbourne Victoria

•Located on Melbourne’s North-East Fringe surrounded by Natural bushland and within a 10 minute drive from Hurstbridge Train Station.

•One of the first artists colonies established in Australia during the 1950’s, with the aim of promoting and preserving a lasting vision of appreciation, inspiration and understanding of Australia’s nautral surroundings and cultural heritage.

•Administered by a voluntary board.

•User Groups include emerging and established Australian and International Artists and researchers within educational, artistic and Environmental Fields.

•Private communal residences can be let for up to two years though an applicaion or invitation with costs provided less than substiance levels, while public access to the Gated community is by appointment.

•Programs include Six individual self-contained units, Three Studios supplimented by communal printmaking facilities and access to the Foundation’s private art collection (held at LaTrobe University under an affiliation agreement). Recreation Facilities are also provided and consist of an Inground Pool, Croquet Court and acres of private natural bushland.

References & Biblography

• FOUNDATION, T. D. 2023. About Dunmoochin [Online]. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia The Dunmoochin Foundation. Available: https://dunmoochin.org/ [Accessed 1/04 2023].

• Hudson, S. (2014). “Dunmoochin Exterior “ Artist Clifton Pugh started Dunmoochin as an artist commune, now run by son Shane as a retreat. Retrieved 03/04, 2023, from https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/country-living/ artist-clifton-pugh-started-dunmoochin-as-an-artist-commune-now-run-by-son-shane-as-a-retreat/news-story/76592a811a2f28ee8cf1603f13811aee.

Artist Communities Precedent Study

3. Yaddo

•Located on a 400-acre estate in Saratoga springs, New York. Two hours north of Manhattan and Three hours North West of Boston.

• Established in 1900 on the country estate of Spencer and Katrina Trask, with the aim of providing a fostering and inclusive environment for creative user groups, such as choreography, Film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, sculpture and video.

• Yaddo provides private live-in and studio residences for invidiauals or collabrative teams of up to three persons, done via an application or inviatation, particualry to artists deisplaying a high level of merit.

•Public and event access is avaliable to the terrace gardens on-site.

2.Collingwood Yards Collingwood, Melbourne Victoria

•Located within 5 Minutes from the Melbourne CBD and close to all three modes of Public Transport (Tram, Train and Bus).

• Operates as a not for profit with the aim of providing affordable creative spaces for those who are not able to afford to purchase or rent a space within a gentrifing area as well as providing a further understnding and awarness of the arts throgh events and social participation.

•Athough avaliability is through an expression of Interest, Collingwood yards is avaliable to anyone in the creative fields, unlike the other three which are only accessible to practising artists, particulary of a high merit.

• User groups include a broad range of creative practitioners, such as Architects, Artists, Musicians, Software developers, Radio/TV Stations and Publishers.

• Programs include indoor and outdoor conference/event/performance spaces, Media Studios for TV Music and Radio Production, Letterable Office and Studio Spaces & Retail, Food, and Beverage including Bar and Restauruant.

Artist Communities Precedent Study

4.Nida Art Colony Neringa, Lithuania

•Located in the Lithuanian resort town of Nida on the Curonian Spit Peninsula, just near the Litunania-Kalibingrad Oblast (Russian Federation) Boarder.

•Established in 2011 as a subdivision of the Vilinius Academy of of arts, with the aim of up to providing 700 people a creative confluence of academic and non-academic education, artistic and scientific practice, hard work and leisure.

• Academy consists of two programs; A residency Program of up two to six months, and an intensive one-week PHD Program, which provide the opportunity to exchange and gain insight into creative ideas.

• Users consist of visual artists and researchers who focus on history, ecology, politics, visual culture and interdisciplinary fields. As well as Designers, Architects, curators, craft performing and motion Arts practitioners.

• Public are welcome to visit the various exhibitions, seminars and events held throughout the year, as well as rent one of the many facilities for a private event.

•Programs are spread across two buildings with 23 residences with either communal or self-contained kitchen, bathroom and Toilets. Further backed up by professional spaces including a Library with research collection, Fabrication Workshop and photo, video and sound studios. Public Programs include Meeting/Conference Facilities,

References & Biblography

• MORFIN, M. 2023. Fascinating Artist Colonies Around The World [Online]. The Culture Trip Available: https://theculturetrip.com/europe/germany/articles/10-fascinating-artist-colonies-around-the-world/ [Accessed 1/04 2023].

• YADDO, C. O. 2023. Yaddo A Retreat for Artists in Saratoga Springs, NY [Online]. Saratoga Springs, New York Corporation of Yaddo Available: https://www.yaddo.org/ [Accessed 1/04 2023].

•DINGLER, J. (2019). “Yaddo Mansion To Reopen After A Two-Year, $10 Million Restoration Project.” Retrieved 3/04, 2023, from https://saratogaliving.com/yaddo-mansion-reopen-restoration-project/.

Artist Communities Precedent Study

Area Statistics....

Revised Research B.

(as of 2021 - 15-40 years old: new owners/renters market)

B. Research; Area Statistics - Population, Finances , Employment & Housing (My Contribution)

C. Updated Design Trajectory Collage (My Contribution)

Week 6: Mid Semester

Presentation (Groups)

For our Mid Semester presentations, I was tasked with further developing and revising the following drawings and analyses. these included developing floorplans highlighting our Apartment layouts for our two user groups of Families (single apartments) and Artists (shared apartments). Compliementing these were program diagrams highlighting, apartment types, communal spaces, external spaces and circulation, along with apartments types belonging to our two user groups.

The Area analysis highlighting user group activties was revised and combined to account our two chosen groups of families and artists and their activities of playgrounds and galleries. While a new design trajectory collage was created to account for these changes with the inclusion of our new user groups, plus an external render of the building within context of the area.