Hello! My name is Marnie and I am a recent architectural graduate from the Melbourne School of Design’s 300-point Master’s program.
The 300-point program allows for entry into the Master of Architecture for those of us with a non-architectural undergraduate degree. My passion pre-architecture was creative arts, namely creative writing and acting. I believe my experience in these fields gives me unique advantages in the architectural industry; making me particularly skilled in collaboration, creativity and communication.
My primary area of focus within my architectural studies has been environmental sustainability. One of the reasons I am drawn to a career in architecture is the potential for creating built environments that benefit humans and non-humans alike.
Architecture has the ability to shape lives and perspectives. A well-designed building can help people live more comfortably, happily, and in-tune with the natural world. I hope to one day design thoughtful buildings that enrich their users’ lives while actively benefitting the natural environment.
MARNIE
HENDERSON
She/Her
Architectural Graduate
Melbourne School of Design
The University of Melbourne
henderson.marnie@gmail.com 0412 062 128
PO Box 214
Gisborne VIC, 3437
REFERENCES
Brooke Parsons
Owner | Lisa’s Staffing Solutions
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Kate Donaldson
Part II Architectural Assistant | Anomaly Architecture
University Collegue +44 7503 682 501 donaldsonkrd@gmail.com
Morna Hu
Graduate of Architecture | ARM
University Collegue 0435 354 992 morna.hu89@gmail.com
Sarah Purnell
Family Dispute Resolution
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EDUCATION
2023
Master of Architecture
University of Melbourne
Melbourne School of Design
2018
Bachelor of Arts with Honours La Trobe University
Double Major: Drama & Theatre; Creative & Professional Writing
2017
Bachelor of Arts La Trobe University
SKILLS
Adobe Creative Illustrator InDesign
Photoshop Rush
Autodesk AutoCAD Navisworks Revit
Google Apps
Lumion
Microsoft Office
Excel
PowerPoint Teams Word
Miro
OpenBIM
Rhino 7
TRAITS
Collaboration
Creativity
Curiosity
Honesty
Organisation
Passion
Written & Verbal Communication
AREAS OF STUDY
Environmental Sustainability
Environmental Systems
Design Studios (A; B; C; D; E; Thesis)
Human Environment Relations
Sustainable Building
ZEMCH Sustainable Design Workshop
Practical Applications
Applied Architectural Technology
Architectural Practice
Building Information Modelling
Construction Methods
Principles of Heritage & Conservation
Research
Architectural Cultures
Design Studios (A; B; C; D; E; Thesis)
Foundations of Design: Representation
Global Foundations of Design
21st Century Architecture
HOBBIES
Arts & Crafts
Embroidery
Painting
Quilting
Nature
Bushwalking
Camping
Gardening
Hiking
Photography
Theatre & Drama
Travel
Asia: Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
Europe: France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
Oceania: Australia, New Zealand
Writing
Poetry
Short Stories
Songs
01
The Wombat’s Welcome
2023
MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN | MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
EMILIO FUSCALDO | THESIS STUDIO | PUB+
Brief:
Design a creative adaptation of an existing or entirely new pub whose principal function is to help create and maintain communities, and consider how social cohesion might be fostered during persistent social change and climate crisis.
Focus Areas:
• Biophilia
• Connection to Place
• Environmental & Social Sustainability
• Passive Design
• Social Infrastructure
• Third Place Theory
• Universal Accessibility
Skills:
• Illustrator
• InDesign
• Lumion
• Photoshop
• PowerPoint
• Premiere Rush
• Rhino
DESIGN STATEMENT:
This project proposes a pub + community hub in the rural locality of Bullengarook, in the Macedon Ranges. The site of this project is the Bullengarook recreation reserve, which currently serves as the community’s last remaining piece of social infrastructure. The site’s existing buildings are well used but not well loved. They are uncomfortable, and they lack both architectural/aesthetic merit and a sense of connection to place.
This project seeks to reestablish Bullengarook’s lost social infrastructure, by providing spaces that encourage the community to gather and feel at home. The design of these spaces will be influenced by the sociology theory of the ‘third place’, and the architectural principles of biophilic and passive design. The built forms will be self-sufficient and environmentally sustainable, with consideration of local climate conditions, material life cycles, and onsite resource collection.
The project’s connection to place is nurtured by a physical link to the nearby Pyrite Track, with opportunities for educational interventions providing information about the site’s ecological typologies, local history, and environmental concerns.
Hopefully the vernacular forms, biophilic design, and consideration of local and historical contexts will help this project feel at home within its environment, and become a home away from home for the people of Bullengarook
SEASONS OF THE KULIN NATION & CLIMATE MAP
NORTH-EAST ARIEL RENDER
PUB SHORT SECTION
PUB INTERIOR RENDER
MARNIE
HALL LONG SECTION
HALL & CHANGE ROOMS SHORT SECTION
MEETING ROOM INTERIOR RENDER
HALL INTERIOR RENDER
02 Birrarung Banksia
MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN | MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
NORMAN DAY | STUDIO D | BIRRARUNG CAMPS
BRIEF:
Design a contemporary gathering place, or ‘camp’, along the Birrarung. Listen and learn with the traditional owners in order to design with understanding and respect.
FOCUS AREAS:
• Biophilia
• Connection to Place
• Designing on Country
• Environmental & Social Sustainability
• Passive Design
• Universal Accessibility
SKILLS:
• AutoCAD
• Illustrator
• InDesign
• Lumion
• Photoshop
• PowerPoint
• Revit
• Rhino
DESIGN STATEMENT:
How do we (as non-indigenous designers) work respectfully on sacred indigenous land, especially when designing for Indigenous use?
Aunty Margaret Gardiner, a Wurundjeri Elder, lobbied the government in the late 80s to try to secure land for a cultural village. Birrarung Banksia was inspired by this idea – a meeting place for education and connection on the banks of the Birrarung.
Prior to European colonisation the Wurundjeri moved with the seasons. As this project would be stationary, it would need to be designed to be comfortable in all of the 7 seasons of the Kulin people. Indigenous design and passive design go hand in hand when designing for climatic comfort.
This project is an experiment in architecture echoing place. There are 7 small buildings, each one representing a different season, laid out in seasonal order. The five linking passageways between the buildings follow the shape of the river and represent the five language groups of the Kulin Nation.
Everything I have designed should be thought of as merely a placeholder. As stated in the Indigenous Design Charter, any project being designed for Indigenous clients should be Indigenous led. This is merely an exercise in respectful design on Country - this is Birrarung Banksia.
BUATH GARRU HOUSE
THE SEVEN SEASONS OF THE KULIN NATION
BUATH GURRU HOUSE
BUATH GURRU HOUSE
BUATH GARRU SECTION & PASSIVE DIAGRAM
BUATH GARRU NORTH ELEVATION
IUK INTERIOR RENDER
IUK EAST ELEVATION
POORNEET
03
The Burrow
MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN | MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
ROCHUS URBAN HINKEL | STUDIO E | THE FIELD: CARETAKERS OF COUNTRY
Brief:
Respond architecturally to Country and questions of climate change, biodiversity, indigenous knowledge and/ or cultural production.
Focus Areas:
• Biophilia
• Connection to Place
• Environmental Sustainability
• Field Research
• Passive Design
• Universal Accessibility
Skills:
• AutoCAD
• Fologram
• Hololens
• Illustrator
• InDesign
• Rhino
DESIGN STATEMENT:
“More than half of Victoria’s land has been cleared - the most of any Australian state - and many of our native species rely on the public land that remains.”
(VEAC, June 2019)
Sailors Falls, on the land of the Dja Dja Wurrung, has been devastated by nearly 200 years of mining, farming and mismanagement, making this “upside-down” Country one of the “most profoundly altered landscapes in Victoria” (Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation, 2017). Our site shows the scars of this recent history, but with hope for the future as the Wombat Forest slowly starts to reclaim the field.
This is where The Burrow comes in - an immersive bush experience that educates and reconnects people with Country, while actively helping to heal the land.
No longer a field, but an extension of the forest. Winding pathways block views of cars, buildings, or anything except for the trees and their inhabitants. In small clearings, earthsheltered buildings peek out of the hillside; kangaroos and wallabies grazing on their roofs. Embraced by the earth, inside is warm and bright; full of natural light, fresh air, and the sounds of the forest above. These burrows gaze out over a sea of rising trees, a safe haven for cold and tired nature lovers, watching the forest around them come to life.
WIRRAP&GIRANUL
SEASONS OF THE DJA DJA WURRUNG
GREAT DIVIDINGTRAIL
DAYLESFORD
MARNIE
AMENITIES HUT PLAN
DAYLESFORD
04 130 HOME
MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN | MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
A. MURRAY, K. SKILLINGTON & J. STEWART | STUDIO C | WHAT’S NEXT?
Brief:
Contemplate ‘what’s next’ for Melbourne’s future in the context of the environmental challenges facing our world, by developing a Mega Hybrid project.
Focus Areas:
• Biophilia
• Environmental & Social Sustainability
• Passive Design
• Universal Accessibility
Skills:
• Illustrator
• InDesign
• Lumion
• Photoshop
• Rhino
• The Sims 4
DESIGN STATEMENT:
Melbourne is growing, sprawling, Crawling its way into the wedges Once set aside for nature.
For habitats, not houses, But thousands upon thousands Prefer the suburbs to the city,
With its icky, ugly flats, Full of stigma, see them settle, Settle just outside the city,
In pretty places with space; Or estates that waste the land That could have been used for trees
Or bees, but better would be If we find the deciding Factors for their decision.
We must envision, we plan, To put those pieces in place Together in the city.
Privacy. Community. Greenery. Security. And space - the kind you find
In the suburbs and surrounds. Good qualities abound in Melbourne city too:
Diversity - univers-ally acknowledged as a Benefit that best befits
A city such as Melbourne, With culture cultivated Through its music, arts and eats.
And even areas that Eras past pinned only Possible in the country:
With habitat for native plants, And plants for food production,
Habitat for birds and bees, And homes for pets and possums;
Possible, in present-day, A home among the gum trees,
Up somewhere high, with life nearby, A home among high-density.
INFILL CLADDING
RAW BARESTONE PLANEL CLADDING
RESIDENTIAL CLADDING
CUSTOMISABLE RECYCLED BRICK, BLUESTONE, OR CORRUGATED STEEL
ENVELOPE
GREENERY
GREEN ROOFS, NATIVE ‘STREET’ PLANTING, PRIVATE & PUBLIC GARDENS
