Emerson Butt - Design and Architecture Portfolio

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a selection of architecture and design works from the Bachelor of Design (Architecture)

The University of Melbourne 2019-2021

Emerson Butt

EMERSON BUTT I am a Design & Architecture graduate based in Melbourne.

With the experience and expertise acquired, I approach the design process with both an open yet grounded mindset and often set off to showcase a unique perspective. After graudating in 2021, I have explored a variety of creative pursuits and travelled internationally to study foreign forms of design and broaden my repertoire. With this, I have revisited my works from my undergraduate degree with a new lens.

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Email: Student ID:

emersontbutt@gmail.com 1082643

Previous Qualification:

Bachelor of Design (Architecture) The University of Melbourne 2019-2021

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Lumen House

The Library of Systematic Disruption

A Sensorial Sanctuary

Other Works

Dual-Occupancy Terrace House

Public Library

Multi-Residential Complex

LUMEN HOUSE Typology: Dual-Occupancy Terrace House Location: Carlton, Victoria Light is the cornerstone of interaction, connection and enrichment in all things living. Lumen House is an infusion of light and modernity in the context of an often dark and rigid typology, while holding sentiment to the heritage foundations.

The dual-occupancy dwelling sees light not only in the physical, measurable sense, but also by way of permeability, flexible thresholds and textural diffusion.

It is designed for a multigenerational client, and aims to adapt to the post-pandemic needs of the family. Lumen House brings atmospheric enhancement in all spaces, fosters indoor and outdoor ecology and creates moments of connection at the individual and communal level and passive supervision within. project axonometric nts

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THE LIBRARY OF SYSTEMATIC DISRUPTION Typology: Public Library Location: Chinatown, Melbourne CBD In this public library, the rigidity of the urban fabrics of the city are disputed and intentionally disrupted. The individual experience in Melbourne is restricted by the horizontal and vertical and there is lack of play between the two. Both are distinct in their form and program, with the horizontal fabric being the most frequented; hosting culture, cuisine, illumination and linearity. The vertical is marked mostly by privacy and habitat and is much less experienced by the average city-goer.

The library acts as a commentary on this rigidity, and aims to systematically disrupt and interweave these fabrics to foster a unique user experience. The project deals with a continuous manipulation of the ground plane as a building form and the program opposes hierarchical expectations of the typology. Architecturally, ground becomes wall, and wall becomes ceiling. Chinatown is brought up into the vertical and the library sinks down, all the while embracing the existing urban fabrics from neighbouring buildings. An embedded and contained “disruption”, the library creates a new public domain without formal boundaries.

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A SENSORIAL SANCTUARY Typology: Multi-Residential Complex Location: Brunswick North, Victoria The current age has often confined life to four walls and diminished our primal necessity to engage our senses in the living world. In a high-density living context, this project aims to reinvigorate the individual and collective psyche through visual, auditory, gustatory, olfactory and tactile stimulants. The sanctuary not only looks to enhance these five standard senses, but also the less acknowledged metaphysical senses: chronoception (perception of time), kinaesthesia (sense of movement) and equilibrioception (the sense of balance).

The design intent is actualised in a multitude of ways catering to the senses: Vision scatterings of light, framed external stimuli, continutiy and shifting eye level.

Olfaction perfumed flowers, cafe aromas, passive communal interactions of cooking Audition attraction of wildlife, rain sounds brought into the home Gustation accessible veggie and herb gardens Somatosensation materiality, grass beneath feet, reflexology pavement Chronoception sky hue changes, birds flocking, building illumination, deciduous flora Kinaesthesia swaying canopies, wildlife, visual rhythm of built forms Equilibrioception building heights, balacning of textures and vegetation

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1:400 Two+ Bedroom Apartment Comes with semi-private decking area, or outdoor garden/balcony space. Often, these typologies will be the most flexible by means of space conversions and expansions.

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1:750 Site Plan There is no repetition to the units, giving rise to a more personalised experience for each resident and establishing a stronger ground for a home rather than a house. With the tetrising of blocks, the dwellings capitalise on all cardinal directions to enhance the sensorial experiences.

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OTHER WORKS

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MODELLING AND UNDERSTANDING CONSTRUCTION This 3D model is a curation and demonstration of construction knowledge and representation, founded in analyses of plans, drawings and photographs of H2O Architects’ McKinnon Secondary College Senior Centre.

It is the result of evaluating, selecting and implementing design solutions to a variety of architectural ideas. isometric views of complete model

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DESIGN VISUALISATION TECHNIQUES This project focuses on constructing a narrative using industry-level software - 3DS Max and V-Ray - through detailed modelling and rendering. Through compositional techniques, the narrative is based around the dichotomy of an online influencer’s daily life, where aestheticism and functionalism clash.

dichotomous vignettes

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