PORTFOLIO 2017

ANTIGONE GOUGOUSSIS ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2014 - 2016 BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTS / ARCHITECTURE MAJOR MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN / UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION

p.2 SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY & VOLUNTEER PROJECTS

p.3 01 REVERIE

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO: FIRE

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (2016)

LOCATION: 391 SPENCER ST, WEST MELBOURNE

p.9 02 LACE MORPHOLOGY

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO: AIR UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (2015) LOCATION: GENARCIST HAIR SALON, VICTORIA ST, NORTH MELBOURNE

p.13 03 CONSTRUCTION DESIGN

CONSTRUCTION DESIGN

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (2015)

LOCATION: IVANHOE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, IVANHOE, VICTORIA

A N T I G O N E

AWARDS

VOLUNTEER PLACEMENTS

AWARD FOR AN ‘OUTSTANDING PROJECT’ PRODUCED IN 2016

SCULPTURAL LIGHTING INSTALLATION FOR GENARCIST HAIR SALON

Grimshaw Architects and University of Melbourne (2016)

University of Melbourne (2016)

Awarded at ‘Automated Thinking’ Exhibition hosted by Grimshaw Architects for

Involved in project management of design team producing a parametric design

excellent project produced through parametric and computational design.

installation for client. Role involved project management, calculating project

GOUGOUSSIS

costs and expenses to remain within allocated monetary budget, parametric

Student of Architecture MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

design thinking, laser cutting methods and fabrication techniques.

ALUMNI OF THE YEAR Oakleigh Grammar (2015)

PARADISE 4 KIDS CHARITY ORGANISATION

Nominated and awarded by staff and committee f¬or contributions

Melbourne (2010 - present)

to Oakleigh Grammar and having attributes that are aligned with

Participating in annual fundraising events, dinners and auctions to collect funds

the educational institution’s “vision, mission and values”.

in order to help communities raise themselves out of poverty by building medical

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centres, schools, and orphanages. The not-for-profit charity also concentrates on community projects to improve hygiene, food and accommodation for the poor in countries such as Sierra Leone, Kenya, Uganda and India to name a few.

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English

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BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTS – MAJOR IN ARCHITECTURE

University of Melbourne (March 2013 – November 2016)

Graduated with major in Architecture including subjects in Construction,

Urban Planning and Landscape Design.

PUBLICATIONS

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ARCHITECTURE JOURNAL ‘AIR’ – UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Architecture Design Studio: Air Academic Publication no.1 (October 2016), 128 p.

Digital design journal publication featuring an analysis of parametric

SKILLS

design and documenting the design process undertaken in the initial, development and refinement stages of the biomimetic design installation ‘Lace Morphology’. The journal evaluates and reflects upon stages of

VICTORIAN CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (VCE)

AutoCAD

Google Sketchup

Oakleigh Grammar, Oakleigh (completed November 2012)

experimentation and exploration of minimal surface geometries using parametric and computational design through Grasshopper 3D software.

Rhinoceros 3D ArchiCAD

WORK EXPERIENCE SALES ASSISTANT AND TEAM MEMBER

Sussan Corporation (November 2015 – present)

Architecture Design Studio: Air

Adobe Photoshop

Academic Publication no.2 (May 2016), 50 p.

Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator

INTERIOR DESIGN ASSISTANT AND TECHNICAL STAFF MEMBER

Riviera Fabrics & Cosmopolitan Curtains (November 2011 – October 2015)

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT / OFFICE CLERK

Maroulis and Co Chartered Accountants (February 2011 – August 2011)

ALGORITHMIC JOURNAL ‘STUDIO AIR SKETCHBOOK’ – UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

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V-Ray

The Algorithmic Sketchbook publication documents all experimental tasks and explorations of geometric surfaces through parametric and computational software program, Grasshopper 3D.

Grasshopper Model-Making Digital Fabrication

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EXPOSED...

PUBLIC...

CHAOS...

DISTRACTIONS...

STRESS...

ANXIETY...

LEVEL 6: OUTDOOR ROOFTOP GARDEN

01 R E V E R I E

LEVEL 5: SPECIAL CONTEMPLATIVE SPACE (FINAL STEP TOWARDS ENLIGHTENMENT)

...OF A WORKER'S CITY & TRANSITIONING TO A PLACE OF...

INTIMACY..

EMOTION...

REFLECTION...

CONTEMPLATION...

SELF-AWARENESS...

PEACE...

SERENITY...

LEVEL 4: PRIVATE MOTEL

PUBLIC SEMI-PRIVATE

"REVERIE", A DREAMLIKE STATE, REMOVED FROM EARTHLY STRESSES & INFLUENCES SERENITY, ILLUMINATION, SELF-AWARENESS, INNER PEACE & CALM

LEVEL 3: DSIG & SECRETARIATS

PRIVATE

LEVEL 2: THERAPEUTIC & WELLBEING CENTRE

MEDITATIVE HEALING GARDENS & ISOLATION ZONES

INTIMATE, PERSONAL, INTERNAL RELECTION & CONTEMPLATION, TRANSITORY STATE OF MIND & FOCUS ON INNER PEACE

LEVEL 1: RETAIL BOUTIQUE

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO: FIRE (2016)

GROUND: RESTAURANT/BAR & LOBBY OPEN, CHAOTIC, VULNERABLE TO EXTERNAL STRESSES & DISTRACTIONS

LOCATION: 391 SPENCER STREET, WEST MELBOURNE

B2 & B1: CAR PARK & MECHNICAL PLANT

CONCEPT / ‘REVERIE’ STATE OF MIND / PROGRAMME RESPONSE

REFLECTION, CONTEMPLATION, ILLUMINATION

‘Reverie’ encourages the self-awareness of its inner-city users, to reflect upon one’s internal thoughts and intuition to achieve a higher state of contemplation, reflection, and individual awareness.

The site provides a contrast to the chaos of the Melbourne CBD, allowing users to not only escape this busy district to the nearby “calmer” territory of West Melbourne, but to assist in transporting the inidividual’s mind to a

SQUARE FROM SITE BOUNDARY

EXTRUDE SQUARE UPWARDS

SUBTRACT MASS FROM OVERSHADOWED CORNER

RESULT OF SUBTRACTION (CORNER CUTOUT)

MAIN ATRIUM & PRIVATE VOID SUBTRACTION

FINAL MASSING RESULT

MAXIMISE SITE AREA & RAISE THE MASSING

RAISING THE MASS TO MAXIMISE AREA

ALLOW SUNLIGHT IN THIS AREA OF THE BUILDING SITE

OPPORTUNITY TO BRING PUBLIC STREETSCAPE ONTO SITE

TO ALLOW FOR BOTH COMMUNAL AND INTIMATE CONTEMPLATION SPACES FOR REFLECTION & MEDITATION

SUBTRACTING MASS FOR INTIMATE REFLECTION ZONING

MASSING STRATEGY / “ISOLATION” ZONES FOR REFLECTION, CONTEMPLATION, MEDITATION

realm of tranquility and peacefulness. The simplicity of the recurring motif throughout spaces provides a focus object or “mandala”, guiding viewers towards a meditative state of mind, gently becoming absorbed by the

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30MM CONCRETE PANEL (FACADE OUTER 2ND SKIN)

REINFORCED 400MM CONCRETE COLUMN

subconscious and removing mental burdens imposed by external influences.

Similarly, the perforated fabric of the structure conceals the streetscape 50MM THICK ROD & STEEL FIXED CLEAT CONNECTION

from the dynamic program and intimate spaces within, allowing visitors within the body to becoming absorbed in a higher level of consciousness.

CENTRAL CORE / ELEVATOR AND FIREPROOF STAIRCASE TO ENCOURAGE RADIAL CIRCULATION AROUND CORE OF FACILITY FOR CONTEMPLATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH BUILDING AND EASE OF MIND THROUGH SPACES

PRESTRESSED & REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOOR SLAB DOWEL BAR CONNECTION (COLUMN-TO-SLAB)

SUSPENDED CEILING

Reverie allows one to focus on their mental and spiritual wellbeing, learning to surrender human anxieties instilled through a modern-day working society.

STRUCTURAL & FACADE SKIN DETAIL / 1 : 50 400X400MM REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMNS (FLOOR SLAB PERIMETER)

“The chaotic mind is eased, the creative mind runs free.”

DOUBLE-SKIN CURTAIN WALL FACADE SYSTEM INNER SKIN - CONCRETE INFILL PANELS & GLAZING OUTER SKIN - PERFORATED CONCRETE PANELS

400MM THICK RETAINING WALLS

STRUCTURE & CENTRAL CIRCULATION

DOUBLE SKIN FACADE DESIGN

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LVL 05

FLEXIBLE GALLERY EXHIBITION ROOM & MEDITATION SPACE FOR ENLIGHTENMENT

GROUND LEVEL

LVL 04

BAR & RESTAURANT

ISOLATED CONTEMPLATION & REFLECTION ROOM

LEVEL 01

NAVA ART GALLERY & BOUTIQUE

LVL 06

ROOFTOP GARDEN

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SPENCER STREET ELEVATION / 1 : 400

STAFF PARKING

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FURNITURE & PROPS STORAGE

DISABLED PARKING

BICYCLE PARKING BICYCLE PARKING

GUEST PARKING

MECHANICAL PLANT

BASEMENT 02 / 1 : 400 STAFF CAR PARK & MECHANICAL PLANT

BASEMENT 01 / 1 : 400 GUEST CAR PARK

INTERNAL MEDITATIVE & 'MINDFUL' HEALING GARDEN NAVA SECRETARIAT

YOGA SECRETARIAT

BEDROOM SUITE

BEDROOM SUITE

DSIG LOUNGE

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UP

WAITING AREA

BEDROOM SUITE

NAVA STUDIO SEMINAR ROOM 1 SEMINAR ROOM 2 (FLEXIBLE SPACE)

YOGA SEMINAR ROOM 3

BEDROOM SUITE

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2X BEDROOM MANAGER'S SUITE

INTERNAL REFLECTION & HEALING GARDEN

BEDROOM SUITE

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LEVEL 03 / 1 : 400 DSIG SECRETARIATS & SEMINAR ROOMS

BEDROOM SUITE

LEVEL 04 / 1 : 400 MOTEL (PRIVATE CONTEMPLATIVE & ISOLATION ZONES FOR MEDITATION)

BINS STORAGE

KITCHEN

BATMAN STREET

BATMAN STREET ELEVATION / 1 : 400

LOADING BAY

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STAFF ROOM & LOCKERS

DROP-OFF AREA

ART SPECIALTY STORE (MEDIA)

LOUNGE

LOUNGE RECEPTION CONSULTING SUITE

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CLOAKS STORE

WAITING AREA CONSULTING SUITE

CONSULTING SUITE

ATRIUM

CONSULTING SUITE

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ACTIVEWEAR & YOGA EQUIPMENT

"CALM WITHIN THE STORM"

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NAVA ARTWORK & BOOKSTORE (MENTAL HEALTH & ART)

SECTION A

MULTIPURPOSE ROOM (ART THERAPY & YOGA GROUP SESSIONS)

MANAGER'S OFFICE

INTERNAL CONTEMPLATION & HEALING GARDEN WAITING AREA

BAR

LEVEL 01 / 1 : 400 RETAIL BOUTIQUE

RESTAURANT LOBBY & RECEPTION

LEVEL 02 / 1 : 400 THERAPEUTIC HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE (ART THERAPY & ‘MINDFULNESS’ CENTRE) REFLECTION GARDEN

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ROOFTOP GARDEN

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SPENCER STREET

INWARD-LOOKING CONTEMPLATIVE GARDEN

SPECIAL GALLERY EXHIBITION ROOM & 'ENLIGHTENMENT' SPACE

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LEVEL 05 / 1 : 400 FLEXIBLE GALLERY EXHIBITION ROOM & MEDITATION SPACE FOR ENLIGHTENMENT

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LEVEL 06 / 1 : 400 ROOFTOP GARDEN (PUBLIC & PRIVATE ‘REFLECTIVE’ ZONING)

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:200 RESTAURANT, BAR & ATRIUM SPACE

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02 L A C E M O R P H O L O G Y ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO: AIR (2015) LOCATION: GENARCIST HAIR SALON, 362 VICTORIA STREET, NORTH MELBOURNE

Lace Morphology is a work that investigates the relation between aesthetic impact and a simple structural logic. Following a biomimetic approach, the sculptural lighting installation receives inpiration for its pattern and structure through the layered composition of the butterfly wing; intricate details viewed at a microscopic scale within nature.

As such, the form (derived from a tessellated assembly of the Gyroid minimal surface) results in a complex interweaving surface arrangement, allowing two layers to alternate their positions throughout the design. Through the use of parametric techniques and laser-cutting fabrication methods, the production and assembly process of over 600 individual parts was made feasible over a matter of weeks.

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BIOMIMETIC INSPIRATION: LOOKING TOWARDS NATURE Looking towards biomimicry for design inpiration, the complex beauty of the butterfly species and their transitory nature.

TRIPLY PERIODIC SURFACES: THE GYROID A technique involving the repetition of the Gyroid (triply periodic minimal surface) within a three-dimensional grid has been utilised along with trimming methods to generate unique forms using clever angles.

Viewing the micro-structure of the butterfly wings, the relationship between this and the chilarity of the Gyroid minimal surface becomes recognisable.

Microscopic images of the butterfly wing further demonstrate a double-layer structure (macro and micro layer) and cell pattern; similar traits to the composition of the Gyroid.

This technique allows the beautiful curvatures and interweaving spatial qualities of the Gyroid surface to be accentuated in new ways through the assistance of parametric tools (Grasshopper 3D) to generate unique, functional and aesthetic qualities.

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The Gyroid (above); a triply periodic surface that is infinitely curved. The complex curvatures and interweaving qualities of the Gyroid minimal surface allow for its unique quality to be repeated in a grid and “grow�, enabling its construction at built at various scales to suit various design briefs.

‘SWARM’ LOGIC Looking towards a biomimetic concept, the overall form development is based upon the collective behaviour of self-organised systems within nature.

Using this idea, various asymmetrical forms have been inspired by the transitional and emergent behaviour of biological systems evident through swarm intelligence.

Trimming a box grid of Gyroid surfaces has allowed for a more natural and transitional effect throughout the design.

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03 C O N S T R U C T I O N

DESIGN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN (2016) CASE STUDY: IVANHOE GRAMMAR SCHOOL (MCBRIDE CHARLES RYAN ARCHITECTS)

Used as a case study, the Ivanhoe Grammar School by McBride Charles Ryan Architects (2015) demonstrates the use of various construction processes and detailing within the architecture and building industry.

Utilising knowledge and understanding of construction design, an axonometric drawing and 1:20 scale model of a pre-existing section of the Ivanhoe Grammar School was created in order to gain a deeper understanding on ways in which construction theory is put into practice. Importantly, this task highlighted the need for architects, builders and project managers to work together and evaluate a building through stages of the construction process in order make technical choices and implement alternatives when necessary.

Time-management skills and teamwork were major factors in completing the project successfully within the allocated time-frame.

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