M.ARCH PORFOLIO_____JIAJUN XIAO

P O R T F O L I O

Session 2016 - 2019

JIAJU N XIAO University of New South Wales - M. Architecture

Opera House 2017, Sydney, Australia

My second hometown, Sydney, is an inclusive and multi-cultural city.

I am familiar with diversity, and I like diversity.

XIAO JIAJUN Hello, my name is Jiajun Xiao. I was borned and raised in China.

I have finished both Master and Bachelor degree of architecture in the Univeristy of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. This experience taught me how to respect and enjoy cultural differences and diversity. It was an amazing journey to widden my horizon, which gave me a rare opportunity to know about architecture and design in a perfect system. This period helped me to improve and refine my critical thinking, theoretical knowledges and design skills in a solid way. I believe the passion for the architecture will drive me to significantly focus on works and finish it to the best of my ability.

About my personal interests, I am a passionate about photography and the power of visual arts, as much as in architecture and design. Moreover, I have strong curiosity in different local cultures and lifestyles. It helps me to open my mind to absorb new knowledges. This is the reason that traveling is an indivisible part of my life, which is the combination of my two main interests, photography and architecture. I believed that my persistance sense of "beauty", and the pursuit of perfection and detail will keep me improving.

The following is a created collection of architectural, design and personal work which reflects my passion of creation and ambition to convert that passion into meaningful contents. As my lecturer Glenn Murcutt said 'You must put your work first effort, sencond love, and third of suffering'.

Sincerely

PHOTO: Hyde Park Sydney Summer 2017

EDUCATION March, 2017 - December, 2018

University of New South Wales / Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Master of Architecture / M.Arch.

March, 2014 - December, 2016

University of New South Wales / Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Bachelor of Architecture / B.Arch.

March, 2013 - November, 2013

University of New South Wales / Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Foundation Studies of Design Stream,

September, 2010 - November, 2012

Foshan No'1 High School / Foshan, Guangdong, China.

Senior High school Curriculum,

September, 2007 - September, 2009

Foshan Huaying School / Foshan, Guangdong, China.

Junior Secondary Curriculum,

WORK EXPERIENCE December, 2018 - August, 2019

Heyday Wedding Photography / Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Graphic Designer, Photographer, Colorist

December, 2017 - March, 2018

Huibo Construction Engineering / Foshan, Guangdong. China.

Assistant Urban Planner

COMPUTER SKILLS

SkethUp V-ray AutoCad Lumion 3D Photoshop MS Office Indesign Revit Premiere Pro Rhinoceros

Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Good Good Good Beginner

LANGUAGES

Cantonese Madarin English

Native Native Fluent

DRAWING: Sydney Opera House, Summer 2017

"Life is not about maximizing everything, it's about giving something back like light, space, form, serenity, joy. You have to give something back."

- Glenn Murcutt

ETHIC

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summer 2018

ARCHITECTURE pg.1-14

BAMBOO

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summer 2017

MUSEUM

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autumn 2017

ARCHITECTURE pg. 29-40

HORIZON

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summer 2016

STRUCTURE

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summer 2017

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summer 2017

BRIDGE winter 2019

ARCHITECTURE pg.41-54

STRUCTURE pg. 55-60

SPATIALISATION

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ARCHITECTURE pg.15-28

SKETCHING pg. 61-64

PHOTOGRAPHY pg. 65-66

CONTENTS

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SUPERVISOR

David Sanderson

COURSE

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Social Agency Studio

YEAR

Summer 2018

ETHIC WORKSHOP CENTER

' How can the Ethic Workshop Centre help to solve the public mental health issues in the Bondi local community? ' New forms of the vision ' Love over hate' by Wayside will be in troduced.

Sharing reflects inclusiveness and respects human dign ity. Therefore, sharing skills and producing affordable hand-made everyday items for community are the main approaches to help with local mental health issues. It can improve the social connection of Bondi local community and also offer opportunities to learn skills whichcanhelppeoplewhoneedh elpstoreintegrateintothesocietyquicker. Itaims to create the virtuous cycle to share and helps in the next 50 years.skills which can help people to reintegrate into the society and find jobs. Thus, it can create the virtuous cycle to share and help each other in the next 50 years plan.

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[ exterior perspective ]

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Wayside Church View

Childcare Area

Office Lobby

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[ ground floor plan ]

4. Showroom / Exhibition Area 1. Wayside Cafe 2. Kitchen / Restroom 5. Market / Garden 3. Reception/ Entrancre

The Ethic Workshop Center locates nearby the famous Bondi Beach. The ground floor plan was designed to attract tourists on the main street which is Roscot Street. Thus, building was pushed back to set the market and garden area to welcome the people flow. Reception and the elevator lobby were located in the middle of the building, so that it can offer two clear seperated volumns for different functions.

[ site plan ]

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[ cycle of mental health ]

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1 Thought Beliefs

2 Feeling Emotions

as our source

3 Behaviours Actions

act as the driver of

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[ building space strategies ]

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4 Consequence given by others behaviours will generate

[ building form strategies ]

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Create Push back to attract visitors on the street

3 Interact Interact vistors by merging two volumns.

2 Seperate Seperate the center into two parts according to activities

4 Strengthen

Applying the commual part to strengthen interaction

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[ diagrammatic process ]

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[ longitudinal section perspective ]

[ longitudinal section perspective ]

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6 5 CHILDREN SPACE

RESTAURANT

4 GREEN GARDEN

3 WAYSIDE CHURCH

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FURNITURE WORKSHOP

1 SHOWROOM

G WAYSIDE CAFE

[ program axonometric ] Different floors of the building are set for different functions, such as public, workshop, relaxing, education,childcares level. This gesture aims to offer various experiences for specific groups of people, so that it can maximize the influences among the Bondi commnity. Furthermore, these levels are intersected which can help the communications between diffenent groups of people.

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1. Showroom / Exhibition Area

4. Weaving workshop

7. Floral workshop

2. Workshop / Studio

5. Childcare space

8. Lounge

3. Wayside Chapel

6. Reading area

9. Restaurant

[ short sectional perspective ]

[ weaving workshop perspective ]

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[sectional model]

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[section perspective]

[front perspective]

[detail perspective]

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SUPERVISOR

Rob Brown & Carly Martin

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COURSE

Social Agency Studio

YEAR

Summer 2017

BAMBOO CENTER FOR RAW IMPACT

' How to assist the poorest rural communities by hands on building projects including schools, community buildings, housing as well as providing education for teachers, agricultural projects health, sanitation and water resources ' The Chalnea workshop design bases on the Khmer Village lifestyle, nature environment and climate system in Combodia. The main concept is designing a community service centre like a “home” in the village. It not only improves the passion of workers, but also provide opportunities to educate and entertain.

The inItial idea is to build simple open structure and space, which can create relationships between the local environment and humankind culture. Furthermore, curvy bamboo structure represent the material life meanings. It create the sense of walking in the forest. In conclusion, the workshop represent a “home” of the village, not only for works, but for live.

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[ exterior perspective ]

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SITE

PH NOM PE N H

30 MINS

[ phonm penh cargo shipping route ]

BAMBOO CENTER The site located on the EPM land which is owned by RAW IMPACT. It is near the capital city of Cambodia, Phonom Penth. The main transport on Cambodia are ships and car.Bamboo produced by the factory will shipped to Thailand and Vietnam by trucks Furthermore, if take the bamboo to Phom Penh,it will takearound 20 minutes car and 30 minutes ships.

Rest area perspective

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01 Respect

Material Curvy bamboo structure represents the ‘life’ meaning of bamboo. Building should respect material itself. Moreover, it makes the sense of walking in the bamboo forest.

Shading system

Platform

Long eave roof and corridor system can get rid of harmful sunlight from the north side. On the other hand, trees in the west and east offers protection from the sun as well. Open structure ensure the air flow in the building. It shows that the building respects local climate.

Cambodia is Buddhism country. The gesture of ascending platform respects the temple culture in Cambodia.

Platform also can offer different sense of viewing angle.

02 Nature connection

Sturcture connection

Low wall

Entrance

Repeating bamboo structure emphasis the connection between dam, courtyard and the forest. It can make workers and visitors feel the site through this direct approach easily.

Low corrugated stone walls offer the connection between exterior and interior.

Beautiful surrounding environment can be fused with the visiting experience.

Entrance is blocked by trees. It can minimise the impact of the factory to the local environment in the visual way. It tries to blend buildings into the forest.

03 Human connection on

ati uc

ed education

co n po nec int tin g

courtyard

courtyard factory

restarea workshop

y tor

fac

Corridor

Connecting point

U shape plan creates country yard space which can offer the transition area through workers and public. This can definitely improve the passion of workers like

Connecting point is the place for public resting. It shows connection through courtyard, factory and education spaces at the same time.

Corridor system Corridor system direct the workers and visitors clearly. Simple walkway with different experiences is enough for working and visiting function.

[ concepts diagram ]

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[ site plan ]

forest

housing area

education

office

road for pedestrian

dam rest area

factory

workshop

road for car

[ ground floor plan ]

B

C

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C'

1 A

2

1. Entrance 2. Factory 3. Rest area 4. Workshop / Studio 5. Education / Classroom 6. Office 7. Decking

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B'

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A'

01 Manufacture procress

Shorten

Splitting

Boiling

Carbonizing

Polishing

Drying

Slicing Pressing

Soaking Quality check Glueing

02 Bamboo construction joint Square lashing 1

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Shear lashing 1

Wall

Pinth

woven mat of split banboo cement mortar cresote coating sand packing

Truss

Double and quadruple beams 1

j-joint purlin bamboo beam

2

bamboo post rope

3

4

Diagonal bracing

Roof column

bamboo post rope

pin

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entrance

cutting

splitting

treating

pres

[ long section

[ long elevat

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ssing

courtyard

workshop

n AA' drawing ]

tion drawing ]

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forest

education

courtyard

factory

[ short section BB' drawing ]

rest area

education

[ long section CC' drawing ]

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office

dam

A. footing

B. column

C. truss from column

D. column & beam

E. truss

F. connection

G. roof

[ construction drawing ]

[ structure detail ]

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[model photo]

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[front perspective]

[front perspective]

[structure perspective]

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SUPERVISOR

Paola Favaro

COURSE

03.

Urban Condition Studio

YEAR

Autumn 2017

MARTIN PLACE MUSEUM

' How to integrate the concept of "shifting and engagement" in the Martin palce museum to create a brand new stage for diverse encounters within the Sydney urban.

Sydney is a multi-cultural city, which contains numbers of people of different races.It showsthe inclusiveness and variability of the local culture. Therefore, “shifting” and “engagement” can be the key worlds to represent Sydney. The martin place musuem plaza engages in multiple ways with the physical and cultural context, to create a stage for diverse encounters within the Sdyeny urban.

This new icon will exhibit local urban history, offer education oppurtunities, and combine entertainments at the same time for the Sydney urban audiences.

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[ exterior perspective ]

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Rest Area View

This proposal revitalises the historic role of Martin Place and ensures its distinctive character is con­served with all new work designed to improve the public domain. An important transport node is the Martin Place station and associated development that delivers a new urban environment for Sydney re­ferred to in this report as the Martin Place Station precinct. With the transforn1ation of George Street as a pedestrian orientated experience integrating light rail public transport, the role of Martin Place as a spe­cial pedestrian experience is also enhanced.

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[ transport analysis ]

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[ distribution analysis ]

MARTIN PLACE STATION

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ELIZABETH STREET

CASTLEREAGH STREET

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2 3

4

[ ground floor plan ] 1. Entrance foyer 2. Reception/ Entrancre 3. Elevator lobby

4. Gallery / Exhibition Area 5. Retail / Bookshop

Oversea Union Bank

50 Martin place MLC center

[ site plan ]

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[ interior perspective ]

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1. Shifting shapes

2. Related to the site

3. Staircase facade

Lift CELEBRATION

Stairs

GALLERY EDUCATION

Elevator

4. Circulation Diagram

5. Entrance

[ concepts diagram ]

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6. Space arrangement

02

Steel envelope

Glass panel

Sandstone wall

Timber stair

Transparent elevator

Concrete floor slab

[ structure diagram ]

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Envelope

Third Floor

Second Floor

First Floor

Ground Floor

[ axonometric diagram ] The Martin place musuem locates nearby the Martin place tran station. Shifting shapes reprensents as a welcoming gate and the muilti-culture icon to attract vistors to get into the building. Staircase facade also strengthen the communication between the site and the building. It becomes a new stage for the urban audiences to know about the city history and culture.

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B

A

D

C

E

F

[ long sectiion drawing ]

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6

THIRD FLOOR

5

SECOND FLOOR

2

FIRST FLOOR

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3

GROUND FLOOR

1

LOWERGROUND FLOOR

TRAIN STATION

1. Martin place station 3. Reception 5. Relaxing area 7. Grimshaw tower 4. Urban gallery 6. Restaurant 2. Entrancre foyer [ short sectiion drawing ]

THIRD FLOOR

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SECOND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

5

4

3

2

GROUND FLOOR

LOWERGROUND FLOOR

1 TRAIN STATION

7. Relaxing area 5. Elevator lobby 1. Martin place station 3. Library 3. Library Elevator lobby 7. Relaxing Area 4. Entrance 5.foyer 6. Entertainment area

1. Martin place station 2. Lecture room 2. Theater / Lecture room

4. Entrance foyer 6. Entertainment Area

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[ model photo ]

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[ interior perspective ]

[ facade perspective ]

[ stair perspective ]

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SUPERVISOR

Glenn Murcutt

COURSE

04.

Regional Studio

YEAR

Summer 2016

THE HORIZON

' How to use cultural, environmental and technological factors to impact on the complex site, Lightning Ridge? " Lightning Ridge located 760km from Sydney and near the Queensland border, which elevated above sea level varies from 132 to 195 metres, which was close to the active opal-mining fields. Moreover, it is an important paleontological site with fossils that date to the Cretaceous period 110 million years ago. The design will focus on the exploration of landscape and the natural and constructed environment. For example, how to use the water of 1.5 metres below ground , which the temperature remains at about 22 degrees C to solve the issues of summers are hot and winters cool to cold. In the end, the building would offer a system of solutions that respond to the landscape, informed by a knowledge and appreciation of the cultural history of this particular place, for the astronomy researchers and local residents.

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[ exterior perspective ]

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Entran

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[accomodation perspective]

Accomodation

THE HORIZON The Horizon is a sustainable and ecological building which is designed to meet the human needs in the hot arid region, Lighting Ridge. The building is set below the ground level to keep the comfortable temperature in the internal spaces. Moreover, it has been minimize the destruction to the original natural environment. It only can be seen as a line on the endless dessert. Moreover, sustainble architectural devices are important parts of the building, which is a passive energy system to maintain basic human needs and thermal comfort in the building, such as water tank, malqaf, and the solar energy pannel system.

[canteen perspective]

[canteen perspective]

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[model photo]

[model photo]

[model photo]

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[ ground floor plan ]

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1. Entrance 2. Gallery 3. Library 4. Restroom 5. Rest area 6. Canteen / kitchen 7. Decking 8. Tunnel corridor

9. Living room 10. Bedroom 11. Restroom 12. Balcony 13. Communal space 14. Malqaf

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Communal garden

Accomodation

[ long elevatio

Malqaf Malqaf

Entrance Entrance

[ long elevatio

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Decking

Canteen

Garden

on A drawing ]

on B drawing ]

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Communal garden

Accomo

[ detail section

Accomodation

Corridor

[ detail section BB' drawing ]

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Canteen

[ detail section

Malqaf

odation

Canteen

Garden

n AA' drawing ]

Gallery

n CC' drawing ]

Malqaf

Office

[ detail section DD' drawing ]

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MALQAF The Malqaf can be defined as an architectural solution for the hot dry local climate. This wind-catcher device is ecological and sustainable to create natural ventilation and passive cooling in internal spaces. The basic principle can be described as a shaft rising over the building which faced to the prevailing wind to capture the cooling air flow into the building to offer thermal comfort for the human needs.

This device is truly shaped to create comfortable conditions according to the avaliable natural sources and other environmental conditions.

[ malqaf detail drawing ]

[ interior perspective ]

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[ detail section drawing ]

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SUPERVISOR

Mano Ponnambalam

05.

COURSE

Construction and Structures

YEAR

Summer 2017

STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION

' How to draw a set of standard and formal construction drawings with relevant quality, performance standards and communication of relevant construction information? ' The course extends the study of architectural materials, construction and structures through in-depth case studies where students investigate and apply knowledge of reinforced concrete and steel construction integrated with architectural design.

The course explores the role of the architect and the relevance of building codes, standards and regulations applicable to medium-scale buildings. The integration of materials, structure and construction technologies with architectural design is developed through a focus on detail design and material specification.

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[ TENANTS LAYOUT PLAN ]

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[ WINDOW TO CEILING JOINT ]

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[ CORE PLAN ]

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[ TRANSOME DETAIL DRAWING ]

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[ GROUND FLOOR PLAN ]

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[ SECTION DRAWING ]

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[ WALL SECTION DETAIL DRAWING ]

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[ BALCONY DRAINAGE DETAIL ]

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SUPERVISOR

Ainslie Murray

COURSE

06.

Architectural Spatialisation

YEAR

Summer 2017

ARCHITECTURAL SPATIALISATION

' The study of spatiality of the built environment will go through interpretive sketching and live architectural drawing. Theories of visual art and architecture inform an extended sequence of field studios at various sites around Sydney Harbour. ' The elective course of Architectural Spatialisation focuses on interpretive sketching and live architectual drawings. Sketching different building around Sydney Harbour helped us to know more the details of famous architectures, for example, Opera House. It can not be denied that sketching can train the brain and the skill of expression at the same time. Sketching is the basic skill to learn about and memorise the spatiality in a fast way. Enjoying learning sketching and memorising the loving home Sydneny give a lots of joy in this journey.

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[ opera house detail drawing ]

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[ opera house detail drawing ]

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Harbour Bridge 2017, Sydney, Australia

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Thanks to the people who have helped me.

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UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Thank you for your time

JIAJU N XIAO fs_kenshaw@hotmail.com