2025 USyd BDES Architecture Student Portfolio

PORTFOLIO 2022 - 2024

University of Sydney Bachelor of Design in Architecture

Lily Zixin Zhu

lilyzhuzx@gmail.com 0424 227 422

Table of Contents

Development Application

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BDES3025 Professional Practices

Design Process 14

BDES3027 Architecture Studio 3B

Technical Drawings 24

BDES2013 Architectural Technologies

Tone & Value Study AWSS1001 Sketching & Drawing

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Development Application BDES3025 - Professional Practices The brief required partial demolition of an existing dwelling house at 6 Chester Street, Petersham to make alterations and 2-storey additions. All necessary DA forms were filed, ensuring the design adheres to the National Construction Code and local planning controls.

Designed in collaboration with Isla Liu, my work included creating the Rhino model, the base outlines of the design in all drawings, and filling out written documentation including DA forms, BASIX report, NCC summary, and Statement of Environmental Effects. Isla’s work included adding texture/hatch, details, dimensions, and annotations on all drawings, visualisations.

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Context Plan 1:1000 Public Recreation General Residential PROJECT ADDRESS Local Centre High Density 6 Chester Street Neighbourhood Centre Petersham, NSW, 2049 6 STUDIO

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NOTES Ground floor area 36.5 m First floor area 72.5 m2 Total floor area 109 m2 FSR 0.35:1

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Proposed Design PROJECT Long Sections 1:100 6 Chester Street, Petersham, NSW, 2049

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PROJECT Seale Street,1:100 Proposed Design Short19Sections

Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010

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Skylight designed to offer adequate daylight for the living space and the voids above

Voids and windows above the living room provides a more relatively open ambience for the public space

Glass Sliding door for accessing the courtyard from the living space allows visual access to the greenery

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Terrace for the bedroom on the upper level offers resident a semi-open space with the street view

FERNERY Fernery with plants nestled between bedroom; study space and bathroom provides privacy with tranquility

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Design Process BDES3027 - Architecture Studio 3B

- Final Studio This project is located on the traditional lands of the Cammeraygal people.

Building off the rich industrial and maritime history at Balls Head, as well as its sustainability and biodiversity centre, the proposed open-air arena theatre design extends existing architectural and industrial language on the site while incorporating the natural landscape to form unique interactions with the water.

The structure provides a public space, with small gardens and benches interspersed along the path, that runs alongside and wraps around historical structures, namely the Balls Head Coal Loader Wharf and MV Cape Don historical ship. This provides greater views of the history and value of the site while minimising contact to avoid disrupting and damaging the site.

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Taking inspiration from the existing structure, Balls Head Coal Loader Wharf, which utilises a rhythm of repeated portal frames (above), helps create a space with rigid structure juxtaposed by multiple meandering pathways, either shaded or uncovered, (right, above) and framed views through the design or of the surrounding natural landscape and historical sites (right, below).

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Technical Drawings BDES2013 - Architectural Technologies Through designing a functional, multipurpose, public space, I learned basic construction techniques and gained an understanding of how structures are built.

Necessary details such as material, finish, and fixing are noted on diagrams from roof to foundation to ensure accurate assembly.

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glass sliding door for external access and sunlight access to bathrooms provided through external timber deck walkway

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Bathroom 4.2m2

Bathroom 4.2m2

Main Functio 128.52m

entry and external walkway ramps at 1:20 slope for accessibility, extend to nearby path

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Entry Room 7.02m2

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D Storage Room 8.5m2

internal ramp at 1:20 slope for accessbility connects entry room to main function room

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E Kitchen 15.48m2

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large double glazed glass windows in aluminium powdercoat finished frame lug fixed to walls and stainless steel posts on north east and south east sides to provide access to sunlight and view across water to Harbour Bridge

120mm wide interior timber tongue and groove floorboards with hard wax oil finish

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External Deck 74.15m2

2m wide ramp with hard wax oil finished exterior timber decking screw fixed to floor hinge to allow it to rise to floor level or fall below water level as needed, providing water access during outdoor functions 140mm wide exterior solid hardwood timber decking with hard wax oil finish screw fixed to stainless steel joists doubled glazed glass window in rotatable aluminium powdercoat finished frame bolt fixed to steel posts to allow window to be lifted open

BDES2013

Architectural Technologies 2 Site

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JingYing Liu520497254 Lily Zhu 520455759

Clarke’s Point Reserve, Woolwich

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1mm thick COLORBOND steel flatlock roof panels, Manor Red paint finish, fixed using concealed sliding clip fasteners to plywood sheet 18mm thick plywood sheet with hard wax oil finish screw fixed to stainless steel battens 40x40mm stainless steel U-beam battens bolt fixed through breather membrane to stainless steel rafters 100mm thick ventilating airgap 300x160mm stainless steel I-beam rafters bolt fixed through 18mm thick plywood ceiling sheet to stainless steel beams 300mm thick cellulose insulation stainless steel monopitch cantilever truss welded to stainless steel posts COLORBOND drip edge flashing screw fixed to plywood sheet 120mm wide aluminium eaves gutter bracket fixed to plywood sheet stainless steel rain chain hung from anchor stake in eaves gutter 12mm thick plywood wall cladding with paint finish nail fixed to timber studs 90mm thick stud wall filled with cellulose insulation between timber studs nailed fixed to floor 25mm thick airgap DPC wall base flashing 76x110x230mm common brick veneer wall fixed through weather resistant membrane and gypsum board to timber studs with metal wall ties and mortar fixed to stone retaining wall 120mm wide interior timber tongue and groove floorboards with hard wax oil finish screw fixed to stainless steel joists 200x100mm stainless steel I-beam joists welded to stainless steel floor beams 200x50mm stainless steel C-channel floor beams bolt fixed to stainless steel posts 152mm stainless steel square hollow section posts J-bolt fixed through base plate to concrete pad footings underwater concrete strip and pad footings with pozzolana cement

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COLORBOND peak roof cap flashing screw fixed through flatlock panels to plywood sheet 28mm thick aluminium frame with powdercoat finish lug fixed to walls and stainless steel posts double glazed glass windows with 12mm thick thermal argon filled air gap, 4mm thick interior glass, and 6.38mm thick exterior glass in aluminium frame window flashing tape self adhered to aluminium window frame 76x110x230mm common brick veneer wall fixed through weather resistant membrane and gypsum board to timber studs with metal wall ties and mortar fixed to concrete strip footing 140mm wide exterior solid hardwood timber decking with hard wax oil finish screw fixed to stainless steel joists 80 mm diameter PVC perforated drainpipe stone retaining wall with waterproofing membrane gravel backfill and tamped gravel base kept in place with geotextile filter

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Exploded Structural Analysis Diagram

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1mm thick Manor Red COLORBOND steel flatlock roof panels 18mm thick plywood sheet 40x40mm stainless steel battens breather membrane 300mm thick cellulose insulation 300x160mm stainless steel rafters 18mm thick plywood ceiling sheet 76x110x230mm common brick veneer wall weather resistant membrane 12mm thick gypsum board 40x90mm timber studs 90mm thick cellulose insulation 12mm thick plywood wall cladding underwater concrete strip footings with pozzolana cement 120mm wide interior ironbark hardwood timber tongue and groove floorboards 140mm wide exterior solid ironbark hardwood timber decking Exploded Construction Analysis Diagram

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Tone & Value Study AWSS1001 - Sketching & Drawing The class focused on improving technical drawing skills such as hatching, shading, and composition, as well as observational skills to aide in architectural design processes and nourish an understanding of how 3D forms appear and interact with each other in space.

Focusing on tone and value, I learned to capture nuanced shadows in pencil and draw more confident lines in pen.

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