ARC20001_2020_Courbe

COURBE

Achol, James, Seda, Nisakya

Swinburne Hawthorn Main Site

Wakefie ld

Street

Lane

William S

treet

John Stre

et

A

Serpells

McLeod L

ane

Burwood

5m

Road

George

Street

Context Of Building - External

Front facade

Front enterance

Back enterance

Site Analysis

1.

1

2.

2 3

3.

Context Of Building - Internal

Main entry

Ground floor hallway

First floor hallway

First floor seating area

Water Flow Concept

Existing walls

Inspired by water flow

Recreating passage flow

Overall Site

Renovation Process

Area of renovation

Proposed structure

B

A

Proposed form

Precedent studies

Materials

Main materials

Terrocotta brick

Glass

Perforated Aluminium

Concrete

Steel

Timber

Construction materials

Digital production process

1. Create point grid

2. Create profile curves

4. Mapping brick geometry onto surface

3. Resulting curved surface

5. Resulting brick wall

Tectonic wall structure diagram

Final tectonic design outcome

Areas of renovation

Final proposed structure

Final tectonic design outcome

Areas of renovation

Proposed first floor

Existing Ground Floor Plan

0

1

5m

Proposed Ground Floor Plan

B

A

0

1

5m

Existing First Floor Plan

0

1

5m

Proposed First Floor Plan

B

A

0

1

5m

Sections

B

A

0

1

5m

Section A

Sections

B

A

0

1

5m

Section B

Elevations

East Elevation

West Elevation

Roof plan

Exploded axonometric

Qualities

Materials - Exploring brick colours

Structural experiment 1 and 2 - Steel frame arrangement

Existing wall

Steel frames

Tectonic wall

First steel frame arrangement - Steel frames

Second steel frame arrangement

Potential construction system

Existing wall connected to steel frames, joined to brick wall.

- Steel frames

Close structural detail of L plates

Dividing walls into prefabricated panels

1.

2.

3.

Final construction system Existing wall

Section B

Chosen system - panel frame

Final chosen construction system: Front view

Square hollow section

L steel plate Construction joints

Final chosen construction method: Back view

Flat L bracket

Brick panel

Back connection to existing wall

Manufacturing process of prefabricated brick panels

1. Timber formwork

2. Timber blocks

3. Brick layer

4. Concrete layer

Overall process

External walls construction

A

1

A

2

B

1.

2.

External wall construction process

1.

2.

Concrete strip footing

4.

3.

Concrete retaining wall layer

5.

Reinforced bars

Initial brick courses

6.

Reinforced bars supporting structure

Finished structure