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LIGHT | HEAVY BURNETT LANE, BRISBANE
2013
FIRST YEAR
GROUP PROJECT
Given the theme of light and heavy then the constraints of the material qualities of paper, Light | Heavy makes use of paper as a structural material to create a lantern as a decorative fixture within the Burnett Laneway Precinct in the Brisbane CBD. The group project was headed by myself in a group of three. The lantern uses the dense, crisp and sculptural qualities of paper to give a more solid and heavy appearance whilst the geometric pattern and lighting contradict this with a sense of lightness.
M O D U L E A S S E M B LY P R O C E S S
SECOND SKIN UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE
2013
FIRST YEAR
GROUP PROJECT
In an exploration of personal space and social interactions, Second Skin explores the tectonics and materiality behind the system of panel and fold. The group project was headed by myself in a group of three. Thousands of folded paper pieces join together to create a permeable fabric like membrane, that is both organic and synthetic in appearance. In times of fear and uncertain response, the membrane expands from underneath to shield the user away from those around them.
PONCHO OVERVIEW
PAPER MEMBRANE DETAIL
A PLACE FOR KEEPING SECRETS HERRING ISL AND, MELBOURNE
2014
SECOND YEAR
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
Situated on Herring Island - an island that was borne of trash - ‘A Place for Keeping Secrets’ proposes a relationship between architecture and the earth. Additionally, the consideration of existential issues and chronology are part of the brief. Consequently, rather than thinking what can be added, the subtraction of mass is paramount in the expression of time within the project. Materials that convey layers of geology and the removal of the landscape in turn become a playful reminder of what was once there, or more appropriately, what it used to be. C
A B
SITE PL AN 1:500
SECTION A 1:200
SECTION B 1:200
SECTION C 1:200
N O R T H E L E VAT I O N 1:2 5 0
YARRA RIVER
M A L E T O I L E T J E T T Y F E M A L E T O I L E T
S T O R A G E
O F F I C E
W O R K S H O P
GROUND FLOOR PL AN 1:250
H I R E C O U N T E R
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BOATHAUS STUDLEY PARK, MELBOURNE
2014
SECOND YEAR
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
The Boathaus sits along the Yarra River as a replacement to the existing boathouse on site. The project proposes a large cantilevered glass box that faces true north, almost cutting into the site of the park in half. The lower half of the structure - clad completely in bluestone as a solid foundation to the glass box above sits neatly into the earth to hide its visual mass and presence. The circulation within the building encourages visitors to take a moment to see each view offered at every turn based on the floor plates which merge into and out of each other.
SITE PL AN 1:500
VIEW FROM NORTHERN BANK
VIEW AT RIVER LEVEL
VIEW FROM SOUTHERN BANK
GENETIC BRIDGE MERRI CREEK, MELBOURNE
2015
THIRD YEAR
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
Sited on Merri Creek, the bridge seeks to reconnect three layers of the area - the hill, the park and the river into a seamless network. The bridge in itself is a stark visual expression of metaheuristics and structure. Although appearing erratic and somewhat arbitrary at times, each beam, truss and column is positioned in such a way using a genetic algorithm to use the least amount of steel such that no two structural members are the same length nor position.
EXTERIOR VIEW
INFLECTION | REFLECTION 391 SPENCER STREET, MELBOURNE
2015
THIRD YEAR
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
Set in 2045 wherein consolidation of sites is rife and big is built for the sake of big, Inflection | Reflection proposes a smaller typology of architecture that takes advantage of small grain spaces and the human scale - dualities that are an expression of Melbourne. Typically in this fashion, what we first see does not reveal everything and more lies beneath. The moire pattern facade seeks to do the same to conceal the facade in a blur from a distance, with the compact and dynamic program only becoming more apparent upon closer inspection.
STORAGE SUITES
SUITES
SUITES
SUITES
UTILITIES
UTILITIES
UTILITIES
LIFT
COATROOM AND RECEPTION
RESTAURANT
LOBBY
WC
VOID
LOBBY
BELOW VOID
CAFE
BELOW
STORE POP UP STORE WC
MALE RESTROOM
ADMINISTRATION
FEMALE RESTROOM
POP UP STORE
CAR LIFT MOTOR ROOM
GROUND FLOOR PL AN 1:250
ARCHIVE
FIRST FLOOR PL AN 1:250
SUITES
SUITES
SUITES
SUITES
SUITES
SUITES
VOID
BELOW
VOID
BELOW
VOID
BELOW
UTILITIES
BELOW
OUTDOOR TERRACE
FEMALE RESTROOM
VOID VOID
SUITES
UTILITIES
BELOW
WC
SECOND FLOOR PL AN 1:250
UTILITIES
VOID
CARETAKER SUITE
MALE RESTROOM
SUITES
ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
KITCHEN
VOID
BELOW
BAR AND LOUNGE
BELOW
MALE RESTROOM
MALE RESTROOM BELOW
THIRD FLOOR PL AN 1:250
BELOW
CARETAKER SUITE
CATERING
VOID
SEMINAR ROOM
SEMINAR ROOM
FIF TH FLOOR PL AN 1:250
SEMINAR ROOM
FEMALE RESTROOM
CATERING
VOID
ANTEROOM HALL
SIX TH FLOOR PL AN 1:250
FEMALE RESTROOM
INTERIOR OBLIQUE PERSPECTIVE
T H E A R C H I T E C T U R A L A S S E M B LY UNSPECIFIED
2016
FOURTH YEAR
GROUP PROJECT
What does it mean to be a template? What does it mean to create an assembly? Through precedent explorations, the Architectural Assembly explores the role of the grid as an organizational element within architecture over a range of projects. The Architectural Assembly makes use of the grid as the basis and template for composing architecture, using a rigorous multi-step logic to drive a composition within space. This compositional generation in turn drives circulation, implying the richness and traces of intervention imposed onto the grid.
CONTEXT X MAP
ARCHIVE FOR FILMIC FOLDS
THE TERRITORY
INTERSTITIAL N AT U R E
INTERSTITIAL N AT U R E
INTERSTITIAL N AT U R E
NEW HIERARCHY
INTERSTITIAL N AT U R E
T H E A R C H I T E C T U R A L A S S E M B LY
INTERSTITIAL N AT U R E
RECIEVING C R E AT I O N S
ARCHIVE STORAGE READING ROOM
SEAGRAM BUILDING ARCHIVE
SENDAI MEDIATHEQUE ARCHIVE
HOUSE X ARCHIVE
VILL A SAVOYE ARCHIVE HOUSE VI ARCHIVE
INFORMATION POINT BARCELONA PAVILION ARCHIVE
INFORMATION POINT
ARRIVAL POINT
PLAN OBLIQUE OF PIER
DEPARTURE POINT
KAIT WORKSHOP ARCHIVE
TICKETING COUNTER
RETAIL SPACE
PARC DE L A VILLET TE ARCHIVE
RETAIL SPACE INFORMATION POINT
RETAIL SPACE
READING ROOM
JUSSIEU LIBRARY ARCHIVE
MAISON DOMINO ARCHIVE
MELBOURNE METRO NORTHWEST MELBOURNE
2017
FIFTH YEAR
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
Melbourne’s population is projected to rise to 10 million in 2050 with the western suburbs are projected to bear the majority of this growth. Existing provisions for public transport infrastructure has not been able to keep up with the pace of both population and economic growth. Melbourne Metro Northwest is a 30km mass rapid transit corridor proposed to connect emerging activity centers, Melbourne Airport and the central business district in the northwestern region; offering an unprecedented quality of public transport in a traditionally capacity constrained and underserved area.
DOCKLANDS
TOWN HALL
SOUTHERN CROSS
SEGMENT FIVE MELBOURNE
SEGMENT FIVE MELBOURNE CBD TRANSPORT
STAGE FIVE 21.5KM MELBOURNE AIRPORT TO SUNBURY
S MELBOURN
- 3.6KM TUNNELLED - 1 7. 9 K M E L E V A T E D - CONNECTION WITH THE SUNBURY LINE AND VLINE
- 3KM OF TRACK ON T -CONNECTI
SUNBURY
BULLA
MELBOURNE AIRPORT MELBOURNE AIRPORT JETPORT
TULLAMARINE
AIRPORT WEST
AVO N DA HEIGH
SUNBURY LINE
INDICATIVE ALIGNMENT 1:5000
STAGE T WO 5.3KM KENSINGTON TO CBD
STAGE THREE 3.4KM CBD TO ABBOTSFORD
STAGE FOUR 10.7KM ABBOTSFORD TO DONCASTER
- 4 STATIONS - 5.3KM TUNNELLED - CONNECTION WITH CITY LOOP LINES AND MELBOURNE METRO 1+2
- 2 STATIONS - 3.4KM TUNNELLED - CONNECTION WITH THE HURSTBRIDGE LINE
- 6 STATIONS - 10.7KM TUNNELLED
STAGE ONE 21.5KM NE AIRPORT TO KENSINGTON
- 14 STATIONS - 13KM TUNNELLED - 5. 5 K M E L E VAT E D CONVERTED TO METRO STANDARD THE FLEMINGTON LINE ION WITH CRAIGIEBURN LINE
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DONCASTER HILL
DONCASTER
NORTH BALW YN MERNDA LINE
EAST KEW
UPFIELD LINE
HURSTBRIDGE LINE
HARP JUNCTION CRAIGIEBURN LINE
ESSENDON AIRPORT ESSENDON FIELDS KEW JUNCTION BELGRAVE AND L I LY D A L E L I N E S
NIDDRIE VICTORIA GARDENS MELBOURNE METRO 2
ABBOTSFORD NORTH RICHMOND
ABERFELDIE
ALE HTS
MELBOURNE METRO 1
NEWMARKET
SHOWGROUNDS MARIBYRNONG DEFENCE SITE
G L E N WAV E R LY L I N E
FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE KENSINGTON
FLEMINGTON
MARIBYRNONG
A R D E N - M AC A U L AY AREA
N O R T H F O O T S C R AY
MELBOURNE CBD
TOWN HALL
DANDENONG AND FRANKSTON LINES
SOUTHERN CROSS
HIGHPOINT F O OT S C R AY CBD
PARLIAMENT
DOCKLANDS
VICTORIA HARBOUR
SANDRINGHAM LINE
EXTERIOR VIEW
DESIGNING FOR 24 HOURS FISHERMANS BEND
2017
FIFTH YEAR
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
Fishermans Bend is Australia’s largest brown fields urban redevelopment site, offering an unprecedented scope of opportunity within an inner city area. The future Melbourne Metro II project offers not only possibilities of social equity and transit oriented development, but also to see the implications of extending the Melbourne CBD beyond the traditional Hoddle Grid. This project explores the opportunities of agglomeration offered by positioning train stations as not only points of transit, but also community hubs.
LIBRARY CENTER AXONOMETRIC SECTION
LEARNING CENTER AXONOMETRIC SECTION
STATION PRECINCT A XONOMETRIC SECTION
MARKETPLACE AXONOMETRIC SECTION
CONSTRUCTION DESIGN DETAIL MODEL 2015
THIRD YEAR
GROUP PROJECT
MIXED MEDIA 2012
HIGH SCHOOL
IND. PROJECT
PHOTOGRAPHY 2012-2015
VARIOUS LEVELS
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
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