Architecture Job Portfolio by IRENE IRENE

Irene Irene is a fresh gradute architecture student of University of Sydney with the degree of Bachelor of Design in Architecture. As a fresh graduate, finding a suitbale job is her main goal and therefore, not wanting to waste anymore time, Irene decided to take a freelance job and scored her first project to design the interior of a boutique. For her, this is a great achievement since sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not much experience in interior design. Irene loves challenges and is not easily give up when sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assigned to finish up a project. She also has a strong passion about design in architecture as well as appreciate all forms of art such as graphic design and installations. Irene is also acknowledged throughout the academic to have the ability to absorb information and well organized. Last but not least, she is keen to refine creative ingenuity and technical craftsmanship in preparation for professional career.

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Biography.............................................................................3 STUDIO DESIGN PROCESS the city sphere...............................................................6 melbourne tracing..............................................10 urban strategies..................................................12 masterplanning...................................................14 initial ideas.........................................................20 conceptual/technical development.....................22 conceptual/technical resolution.........................30 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE the macdonald house..................................................38 the proposal........................................................40 site analysis.........................................................42 drawings.............................................................44 DIGITAL FABRICATION enclosure | exposure....................................................56 introduction........................................................58 construction details............................................60 design process......................................................61 FREELANCE.......................................................................62 Bibliography.......................................................................67

studio design process

the city sphere Flinderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Street Station//Melbourne

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This project is called The City Sphere which based on the topic of Flinders Street Station: Macro / Micro. The aim of this project is to produce a bold and viable vision for the redevelopment of the Flinders Street Station precinct in Melbourne; at both urban and architectura scales. The scheme is to create a shopping mall within the masonry fabric of the Eastern Concourse. The clock (entrance to the station) and some of the facade on the Eastern Concourse will be maintained while at the same time creating a contemporary interior to provide a timeless experience. The main concept of this project is FRICTION, in which can be categorized into two different types; kinetic and static. Addressing the issue of heavy traffic flow on the Swanston Street (the street adjacent to the Eastern Concourse) in which friction between the kinetic (moving ojects such as pedestrian, vehicles and public transport) and static (buildings surrounding) is occurring, friction need to be either pare back to solve the problem or it needs to be dramatised and embrace the existing friction. Later one was chosen. By embracing the already existing friction, more friction is added.

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The idea of friction does not necessarily mean physical friction, it can be something invisible. Through a number of analysis and diagrammatic approach, friction of perception of view was adapted to further develop the idea. This is done by cladding the facade affected by the “line of view” with reflective material and thus reflecting the opposite building which allow the activity of voyeurism to occur. Voyeurism is then applied into the scheme of the interior of the building.

1. MELBOURNE TRACING The collage shows one of the busiest laneways in Melbourne, Delgrave Street. It is a short, narrow laneway, running north from Flinders Street to Flinders Lane in the central business district of Melbourne. The lane features bars, cafes, and restaurants and many of the taller old buildings that had been converted into loft style apartments in the 1990s.

Undertaking a trip to Melbourne for the weekends is an opportunity to become familiar with the Flinders Street Station precinct as well as the rich urban life of Melbourne. By doing tracing, it helps to interprete the experience of Melbourne city in an unique way. Tracing involves macro and micro. Macro; the experience of drifting through every corner of the precinct; encounters; deviation. Micro; locating a single place somewhere or adjacent to the station; setting for a small moments of life to occur.

Southercross Station, linked to Flinders Street Station, has a very innovative design that features undulating roof. The design features include a wave-shaped roof, a new entrance and concourse on Collins Street, a new bus interchange, a new food court, a bar/restaurant, separate retail outlets inside the station and a separate shopping complex between Bourke and La Trobe Streets.

Figure 1. The sceneries surrounding the Flinder Street Station

In one of the platforms of Flinders Street Station, there is a railway thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not functioning anymore. This platform is located directly north of Yarra River, Looking out from this platform, the outline of the high buildings across the river can be seen clearly and adds up to the beauty of the Melbourne skyline.

Figure 2. A collection of collages of the surrounding

2. URBAN STRATEGIES

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Queen Victoria Market Russell Street Police Headquarter 3. Royal Exhibition Building 4. Wesley church 5. State Library of Victoria 6. Orica House 7. St. Patrick’s Cathedral 8. Parliament House 9. Windsor Hotel 10. Princess Theatre 11. General Post Office 12. Royal Arcade

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Block Arcade Old Treasury Building Capitol Theatre Regent Theatre St. Paul’s Cathedral Flinder St Station National Gallery of Victoria 20. Shrine of Remembrance 21. Melbourne Grammar School 22. Melbourne High School

3. MASTERPLANNING

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WESTERN CONCOURSE + RIVER LOOKOUT

HERITAGE AND CULTURAL Tangents

WESTERN CONCOURSE + RIVER LOOKOUT

HERITAGE AND CULTURAL Tangents

Heritage and cultural tangents

ART PRECINT EXTENSION PRECINCT TANGENTS

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ART PRECINT EXTENSION PRECINCT TANGENTS

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WESTERN CONCOURSE + RIVER LOOKOUT

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Structure feature

ART PRECINT EXTENSION

Plantation Filtration System

The idea of the masterplanning is to extend the grid lines to the southbank of the Flinders Station. By addressing different aspect of the city such as heritage spot, subculture distribution and PRECINCT TANGENTS art precincts; tangents are drawn across the station. These tangents will result in friction and thus create a subdivision within the station itself. The scheme is to create a plaza within the station and having a plantation filtration system on the yarra river linking it to the promenade. GRID EXTENSION

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The diagram addresses the issue on the eastern concourse and taken into account the three significant buidling at this junction, which are the easter concourse of Flinders station, St. Paul’s Cathedral and Federation Square. The idea of friction

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is adapted for further development. As a result of this friction between vehicles, pedestrian and public transport; heavy traffic on Swanston street (adjacent to the eastern concourse) is unavoidable especially during peak hour. It is very dangerous for

Figure 3. Issue raised on the junction of eastern concourse

pedestrian to cross from the eastern concourse to the Federation Square and St Paul’s Cathedral (vice versa) during this hour due to the heavily populated road.

Figure 4. Initial proposal addressing issue raised

In order to solve the installation that reflect         problem addressed on on the Melbourne’s   the previous diagram, culture. the initial idea is to provide a pathway for pedestrian to cross from the eastern concourse to the Federation Square and St. Paul’s Cathedral. The pathway will involve

5. conceptual/Technical development Ideas are further developed to achieve a more conceptual and technical result. More analysis on the site are made and the idea of friction is pushed further to dramatise the concept. In this phase, friction is acknowledged in two types; kinetic and static. Kinetic friction presented by the moving objects (vehicles, public transport, and pedestrian); static friction presented by the three buildings at the junction of Swanston Street and Flinders Steet, which are the eastern concourse of the Flinders Station, St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cathedral, and Federation Square.

Figure 5. Frictional diagram

Focusing on the static friction, lines are drawn from each of these building. These lines represent the perception of view from each spot (Eastern concourse, Fed square and St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cathedral). The lines are drawn as such that when one stands in the building, they can view the opposite building unobstructed. Although these lines create invisible friction, it is actually there.

After lines are drawn, those frictioned lines tthat touch the facade of the eastern concourse result in the substraction of this facade in the form of curves. The reason is because this curved facade will be cladded with reflective material. Therefore, not only this substraction provide bigger circulation for the pedestrian, it also allow people to view the opposite building

through the reflective facade without having to cross the the street. The reflection represent a dynamic urban facade and thus it reflects a distorted view of the buildings surrounding. As a result of this, the idea of voyeurism is adapted where one can see the people on the opposite through the reflective facade without being known. 23

// VOYEURISM

Voyeurism is caused by design that sometimes not intended. It is a situation where person vulnerability is greater than other’s & offer them the opportunity to be caught up in the act of voyeurism. Generally in the act of voyeurism, there’s a “screen of anonymity” that allows the voyee being seen withouth them feeling threatened. 1. Voyeurs - voyee. This type is the most common type of voyeurism where the voyeurs can observe the voyee without being known.

2. Voypas Voypas is the situation where the role of voyeurs and voyee is ambiguous. In this kind of situation, normally both has an equal vulnerability.

3. Voyeur - voyeur This happens when a voyeur looks at another voyeurs who is observing a voyee.

// REFLECTION

The diagram model interpretes the curved facade reflecting the opposite buildings.

The reflected view is distorted reflecting the dynamic urban facade.

Chinese precinct

Spanish precinct

Italian precinct

Greek precinct

// INTERIOR SCHEME The initial scheme for the interior will be a shopping centre of different subcultures. These subdivision is adapted from the subculture division mapping and through the tangents that drawn across the station are used as the guidelines for the subdivision of the space within the eastern concourse.

// INDEFINITE FLOOR To allow the voyeurism to occur, floor is made indefinite and random. The diagram shows the vertical walls made of reflective material, glass, and wire mesh. These vertical planes symbolise the screen of anonymity.

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5. conceptual/Technical resolution

The diagram model showing the skewers that represent the perception of view. The lines of perception is existing although they are visually invisible.

The diagram model showing the substraction of the facade in the form of a sphere. The space substracted creates an accidental shelter and the curves resulted an unique outdoor/indoor space.

Improvise and develop the ideas further. Finalising the function of the building by dismissing the scheme of having subdivided cultural space within the shopping mall. The curved facade is devised to work well with the dome on the clocktower (above the eastern concourse). Studying the work of Alvaro Siza also helps in getting a deeper understanding in the ideas.

Studying the work of Alvaro Siza . This diagram shows the extension of view from one of Sizaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s building.

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substraction & addition

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*drawings are not to scale

6. rendering + collages

professional practice

"The Macdonald House" 43 Macdonald Street, Illawara // Sydney

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The project took place on the southern side of MacDonald Street between Illawara Railways and Flora Streets Erskineville, identified with lot number 43 and plan number 1110472. The allotment has a total site area of 196 metre sq with a 10.6 metre frontage to MacDonald Street and approximately 20 metre side boundary. To the north and south of the site is mostly single storey, residential terrace housing; to the east is the Bankstown/Illawarra railway lines and mixed residential development; to the south is light industrial premises. The site currently contains a double storey Victorian weatherboard terrace house. The empty slot next to it has the extension from the terrace house that contains kitchen and bathroom on the ground level and bedroom and bathroom on the first level. To the north of this extension facing the MacDonald Street is a 25.9 sq metre (approximately) slot used for parking spot.

Fig 1. Front view of the existing house

Fig 2. Site location on a map

Fig 3. The extension of the terrace house

Fig 4. The parh from the laundry to the storage

Fig 5. The neighbours to the east

Fig 6. The neighbours to the west

According to the LEP 1998 (as amended; amendment no. 3 in regards to heritage conservation), the site is part of the heritage conservation areas (CA22) within the Former MacDonaldtown. It is also listed in the DCP 2010 as Contributory Building in the South Sydney Weatherboad Building Survey.

The area contains mixture of 19th century terraces and new development. The housing surrounding is mostly limited to single and two storey semi-detached dwellings with height approximate height of 6 metres the maximum. The site is also listed in the medium density residential (zone number 2b) on the LEP 1998 (as amended). There is no predominant or unified architectural style or genre of development in the area or consistency in terms of the siting of buildings and setbacks.

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As far as one concerns, the terrace house has been vacant for quite a while and not suitable for habitation yet. There has not been adequately maintained in terms of the exterior and interior. This terrace had just been bought and renovations are required for habitation.

1. site analysis

Summer Solstice December 21 3 pm (-87°/50°)

Summer Solstice December 21 9 am (87°/50°)

43 MacDonalds Street

Equinox March 20 3 pm (-62°/37°)

Winter Solstice June 22 3 pm (-43°/18°)

Equinox March 20 9 am (62°/37°)

Winter Solstice June 22 9 am (43°/18°)

2. drawings

SE2

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Existing

prevailing summer breeze

prevailing winter wind RP1

ROOFTOP PLAN

Digital Fabrication

Enclosure Exposure Campbellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cove, The Rocks // Sydney

ENCLOSUREEXPOSURE saro karadanian | irene

reconciling the primitive method of weaving with modern digital fabrication SITE: CambELL’S COvE, ThE ROCkS, SydNEy maTERIaLS: PLywOOd STRUCTURaL fRamE, wOvEN SISaL TwINE, STEEL bRaCkETS ChaLLENGING ThE NOTION Of ENCLOSURE, wE OPTEd TO dESIGN a TEmPORaL, LIGhTwEIGhT STRUCTURE ON a hEavy maSONRy SITE, addRESSING ThE hISTORICaL SURROUNdINGS by abSTRaCTING ThEIR fORmaL ELEmENTS. aN abSTRaCTEd fORm Of ThE CambELL’S COvE waREhOUSE, ThE ENCLOSURE|EXPOSURE PavILION fEaTURES a LIGhT wOvEN CLaddING SUSPENdEd ON a dIGITaLLy fabRICaTEd fRamE. ThE UNdULaTING STRUCTURaL fRamE CREaTES OPENINGS whICh GESTURE TO ThE OPERa hOUSE ON ThE EaST aNd ThE CambELL’S COvE waREhOUSE ON ThE wEST. ULTImaTELy, ThE PavILION IS a PLaCE Of PaUSE aNd REfLECTION IN a bUSy TOURISTIC SITE

DESIGN PROCESS

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

saro karadanian | irene

DESIGN PROCESS 1 exploring form and basic weaving methods

exploded axonometric

14 000mm

3100mm

1074mm

2800mm

750mm

DESIGN PROCESS 2 extrapolating triangular elements to abstract warehouse form

extrapolating triangular elements of roof_saro karadanian and irene

joint detail

base panel detail

steel bolts

50 x 100mm steel bolts x4

5mm sisal braid weaving

steel joints

10° 60mm plywood panel

60mm plywood panel

10°

layer 2 - plywood panels

layer 3 - plywood panels

5mm steel joint

steel nuts

60mm plywood panel

90°

layer 1 - plywood panels

* click here http://youtu.be/CtXdsY73W1c for model making process

50mm steel hexagonal nuts x4

50mm steel hexagonal nuts x4 joint detail

joint detail exploded axonometric

FREELANCE

FERENSSA BOUTIQUE Batam, Indonesia.

FREELANCE

Methodist CHURCH Batam, Indonesia.

bibliogrpahy.

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