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ST JOHNS ART CENTRE This thesis project argues that an “assemblage of parts” creates a meaningful place, which is an essential part of community formation and engagement. This idea is expressed in St John’s College through a new art facility, which connects the school to key assemblages within the wider Preston community. The focus of the project was to convert an adjacent park into the front door for the communities “vege garden” community. This amenity works in tandem with the natural state of the park to create a sense of spirituality and place through the blending of art, architecture and nature. These wider relationships connect to a personal scale creating meaningful relationships between individuals who have strong ties with St John’s and those drawn to the college through its new community amenity. The power of “place” creation is the cornerstone of this project, as the assemblage of parts allows for different people and groups to relate to the spaces created. The spaces created encourage the development of the individual’s craft whilst providing spaces for work to be exhibited on a grand scale, facilitating the on-going learning process between fellow artists.
DOCKLANDS SPORTS CENTRE The Docklands Sports Centre aims to address the rising issues occurring within the Melbourne Docklands, by providing a key community sports facility. The concept behind the design was to bring a sense of nature and natural environments to the Docklands which consists mostly of cold materials and the eerie feeling of “newness� within its local architecture. This project aims to bring the key demographic the area is lacking, children and young families. The design evokes the concept of play by creating undulating hills and ravines for children and adults to play amongst, whilst providing a series of native plants to bring a sense of vibrancy and life to the docklands. The inclusion of greenery works together with the projects narrative of creating nature environments within the urban built form, whilst counteracting against the Urban heat island effect. The form of the architecture aims to be iconic in nature, mimicking the flows of water as it responds to the Yarra River.
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CORAL TOWERS The construction method created for The Coral Towers from the natural formation of coral reefs. the reef grows via accretion, as corals grow around each other over a long period of time. this construction method challenges the current practices of construction, where entire buildings are created as a whole, then later demolished and moved off completely. Accretive building techniques allows companies to build over existing spaces and expand their spaces in an adaptive way over time. The method involves the inclusion cranes in the super structures that will facilitate the assembly of parts that form the towers. With light weight timber flooring plates to allow for ease in assembly and transportation and a steel framework structure, the system allows the building owners to design their spaces over time. The steel frame facade system with adaptive glass, emulates the vibrant colours of corals, whilst allowing light to penetrate the building at desired areas. an advanced glazing system blocks and allows sunlight in at optimal times and intervals.
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The project aims to infuse nature within its formwork, by including greenery at vertical levels of the tower. This feature not only nods to the benefits of biophilia within the workplace but works additionally to reduce the heat load enacted on the building.
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Docklads Vertical School The Docklands High Vertical School project aims to address the growing demand for primary education within the Docklands precinct which has caused the lack of movement to the area. Despite its prime real estate, the area has struggled to develop strong community bonds within itself to the lack of amenity provided for children and young families. With every primary school within the CBD filled beyond capacity, the project aimed to explore the potentials of vertical schooling. Evoking the concept of the left and right brain, the project expresses pedagogy through its formal expression, creating logic based form in response to left brain activity and fluid form in response to the creative subjects. The design of the project focuses on bringing “green� into the school whilst playing with the vertical elements of the school. A playful usage of climbing frames allows students to climb between levels, creating interaction between the different levels within the project. A key element of the design is the ESD considerations that have gone into the design. With each facade aimed at maximising effective sunlight into the learning spaces on the north and east facades, whilst blocking out the direct heat from the western sun with green walls. The project consists of a series of voids, allowing natural light to filter into recreation and learning spaces.
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ROLE: MODEL MAKING WITH TEAM DRAFTSMAN COMPLETED MODEL IN 1 WEEK
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