Graduation Projects 2014 - Bachelor of Interior Architecture

Graduation Projects 2014

Bachelor of Interior Architecture

Never Stand Still

Built Environment

D E S I G N B Y : Equilibrium Design equilibriumdesign.com.au

UNSW Built Environment Bachelor of Interior Architecture graduates over the past twenty years have redefined the interior landscapes of Sydney. The 2014 graduands have proven to be expansive thinkers, extremely determined and impassioned designers and ready to be leaders of the global design community.

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PROJECT INDEX

Natarsha Tezcan

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Jun Huang

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Olivia Jane Green

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Bianca Karcher

69

Beatrice Tung

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Rawail Khan

71

Christiane Partl

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Christopher Lane

73

Tracy Huang

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Jenice Lee

75

Fiona Ho

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Grace Lu

77

Alyssa Suyko

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Joseph Ka Ming Lui

79

Krista Mavrantonis

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Anna Pang

81

Monica Bowerman

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Sarah Scheuermair

83 85

Marie Haykal

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Vinella Septania Soewondo

Anastasia Nicolaou

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Taylor Somerville

87

Rand Al-Saeekh

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Jenita Stoloff

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Filbert Benedictus

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Tongyuan Sun

91

Matheuss Bintoro

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Annabelle Tanuwidjojo

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Nikki Boroumand

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Mitchell Tran

Sandra Bottros

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Savita Tunyalukmara

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Hong Chang

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Alyssa Ventura

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Tian Chen

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Sean Virili

101

Ankana Chrisanti

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Radmila Vokic

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Matilda Forbes

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Kate Wallace

James Griffin

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Clare Jixiang Wang

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Joanna Hammami

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Anna Wheeler

109

Sanaa Hammoud

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Febe Wibawa

111

Justinus Yogie Hartany

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Vivyan Wu

113

Thierry Hilt

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Brittney York

115

Belinda Kim Hoang

63

Lirong Zang

117

Tianchi Hua

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CONTENTS

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

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SUPPORTERS

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STUDIO TEAM

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MESSAGE FROM THE DISCIPLINE DIRECTOR

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MESSAGE FROM THE STUDIO LEADER

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BACHELOR OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE: 2014 PROJECTS 10

PROFESSOR ALEC TZANNES AM DEAN UNSW B U I LT ENVIRONMENT

Congratulations to the students who have completed their degree at UNSW Built Environment and now join our alumni community.

This catalogue provides a glimpse into some of the many study themes and projects you have undertaken as part of your academic experience and serves as a record of your graduation class.

We have designed your program of study to reflect advanced contemporary professional practice emphasising the development of leadership skills and innovation, ensuring that as a graduating student you have the best opportunity to be at the forefront of your chosen field of endeavour.

Register to join the alumni community at www.alumni.unsw.edu.au

Share your news and updates BEalumni@unsw.edu.au Support future students

Go further at the UNSW Built Environment Graduate School of Urbanism (AGSU)

Join our LinkedIn group (UNSW Built Environment) and network with your peers

Now that you have graduated, our relationship evolves from student to alumnus, continuing a lifelong engagement of support and involvement (register to join the alumni community at www.alumni.unsw.edu.au). As you travel the world through your career, you will meet many alumni who have become global leaders through their innovative thinking, acting as catalysts for change in all facets of the built environment professions as well as in other fields of work. As an alumnus we encourage you to keep in touch with UNSW Built Environment. We are always keen to support our graduates and publish their successes throughout our alumni network.

Please email us your news and updates at BEalumni@unsw. edu.au.

We are also always grateful to our alumni who support our future students with scholarships, prizes, internships and mentoring programmes.

Should you wish to further your education, qualifications and knowledge, UNSW Built Environment Graduate School of Urbanism (AGSU) offers an extensive suite of post professional degrees. AGSU focuses on advanced qualifications in specialised interdisciplinary areas of professional practice and a suite of highly relevant research orientated programs of study. Our commitment to being the leading educators in the design and delivery of more liveable, sustainable cities has underpinned the creation of the AGSU. As a professional, I also invite you to join our LinkedIn group (UNSW Built Environment) where you will be able to keep in touch and network with your peers, other professionals and UNSW Built Environment.

I wish you a successful and rewarding career.

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STUDIO TEAM

STUDIO LEADER: Dr Sing d’Arcy (UNSW Built Environment)

STUDIO TEAM: Ms Emma Evans (DS17) Mr Luis Gito (Geyer) Mr Chee Lam (Chee Lam Design) Ms Jade Nottage (Tom Mark and Henry) Ms Sarah Roach (Entrance Hall) Dr Donna Wheatley (Warren and Mahoney) Ms Liza Zamberlan (FBE)

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BRUCE W AT S O N DISCIPLINE DIRECTOR, INTERIOR DESIGN Now in its twentieth year, the UNSW Built Environment Bachelor of Interior Architecture (BIA) degree and our alumni have together elevated the benchmark of interior graduates in our region and globally. UNSW Built Environment BIA graduates over the past twenty years have redefined the interior landscapes of Sydney. The 2014 graduands have proven by their dedication across the four years of the BIA degree to be expansive thinkers, extremely determined and impassioned designers ready to advance the BIA alumni career pathways and to be leaders of the global design community.

The graduation design work exhibited in its comprehensiveness and vision represents only a slice of the breadth of the graduands capabilities with their greatest design contributions in the world in front of them. The 2014 graduands are equipped and ready through their studies at UNSW Built Environment for the complexities and challenges of an ever evolving world. I am confident their contributory spirit will endure throughout their designing careers.

UNSW and The Faculty of Built Environment is extremely proud of all the graduands and their achievements and wish them all the very best. They have set the design standard high and I look forward with excitement to seeing the fruit of their efforts in the designing world.

DR SING D ’A R C Y STUDIO LEADER Located on the northern edge of Botany Bay is the La Perouse headland precinct formed by Bare Island and its fort, the Macquarie Watch Tower and the Cable Station. These structures and the landscapes that surround them – namely the Kamay Botany Bay National Park – are important elements of the natural and built environment of our city as well as that of our national identity. However, despite the enormous symbolic and spatial significance of the La Perouse precinct it has been under-appreciated and under-utilised.

The fourth year of the Bachelor of Interior Architecture at UNSW Built Environment has as its central premise the exploration and promotion of the interior as an agent for positive change within our future cities, be it social, economic, environmental or spatial.

Given the significance of the La Perouse site and Kamay Botany Bay National Park, and the urgent need for its revitalisation, this project challenged students to envision a new future for the interior of the island fort and the Cable Station within the contexts of 21st-century Sydney as a mass destination for tourism, leisure and pleasure, whilst simultaneously addressing the needs of local community and heritage.

The development of the project was structured in a two-fold manner: research and resolution. The first semester involved a research project which asked students to develop appropriate methods in order to gain an understanding of the site, its contexts, communities and conflicts, and formats to communicate these to stakeholders. From the research findings each student put forward their response to the provocation in the form of a brief and a spatial proposition. As can be seen from the work presented in this catalogue the visions for the La Perouse precinct were varied and exciting. These range from celebrations of Sydney’s physical, outdoor and leisure culture, others sought transform the interior to showcase the significance and creativity of indigenous Australian cultures, whilst some were inspired by the uniqueness and privilege of the site, their propositions evolving from the conditions of water, light, stone and sun.

The second semester saw students take the initial research-based ideas and resolve them through a spatial and material exploration of the interior. Beyond the large-scale architectonic gesture each student has, at the room-scale, created and designed items of joinery, furniture and lighting. Always referring back to the research undertaken in the initial phase of the project, the detailed design of the interiors forms an integral component and eloquent expression of their education and achievement as designers, and as members of a global creative community.

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N ATA R S H A TEZCAN

P O LITI CA L A RT S PAC E

C O N TA C T

natarshatezcan.com 0431 194 461 PICTURED

1. (Left) cable station plan showing new incisions and (right) approach to cable station through incision 2. (Left) storyspace insertion and (right) political art gallery 3. (Left) retail space for local artists

Situated in the tense socio-cultural climate of La Perouse, the proposition responds to diverse community needs by offering a Political Art Space. Functioning as an independent gallery, the project utilises art as a medium to document the significance of La Perouse’s place within the context of Australia’s political history.

The project began by slicing a large incision through the existing building, running parallel to and separating the façade from the structure. This maintained the integrity of the fabric’s heritage characteristics, whilst also bringing light into the basement level and creating disabled access. The next move was to insert a series of porous structures into the existing voids which spatialise the political themes pertaining to the site’s history. The new structures reflected the proportion and volume of their existing spaces, whilst their porous nature allowed them to maintain a visual connection to the heritage features of the interiors. The existing axis of symmetry was aggressively maintained, symbolising the desire to fairly represent ‘both’ sides of a political debate in a balanced, egalitarian way. However, it was important to also acknowledge the inherent differences and biases that constitute our individuality.

This led to the introduction of asymmetrical details, drawn from the existing building, which only become evident upon a secondary reading of the space.

and (right) spatial response: excavate, insert, divide

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OLIVIA JANE GREEN

BULU: Australian native flora conservation precinct

C O N TA C T

oliviajgreen@hotmail.com 0400 660 928 PICTURED

1. Perspective of the Seed Gallery at Bare Island 2. Perspective of the Café Atrium in the Cable Station

BULU, meaning ‘in the shadow of the tree’, is the name given to the Australian Native Flora Conservation Precinct, with a program that promotes a dialogue between scientific study and cultural interactivity. The vision for the redevelopment of the La Perouse and Bare Island region facilitates a dialogue pertaining to the appreciation and protection of our unique, yet fragile natural environment. The scheme ensures a sensitive and sympathetic approach to the site and brief, evident in its preservation of existing structures and careful consideration of new insertions.

The imagined design draws inspiration from the intricate characteristics of the leaf, and more specifically the intrinsic process of decay. Borrowing from the leaf structure, the design features a series of steel leaf veins that cut their way across the site and grow up from the land around the interior spaces. The severity and mechanical-like manner of the additions provide a dynamic contrast to the organic nature of the environment, whilst also maintaining a strong sense of regeneration that reflects the aged and overgrown state of the existing site. The concept of time and season is imperative to the scheme, influencing changes in light, materiality and vegetation.

3. Sectional drawing of public greenhouses at Bare Island

BULU includes in its program a seed gallery and vault storing over 20,000 native vascular species, a series of living laboratories including a tissue culture lab for the cultivation of new native flora species, public greenhouses, an organic vegan café offering a menu of fresh, raw food grown locally plus a banksia pavilion.

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B E AT R I C E TUNG

L A+ PA C R E AT I V E PRECINCT

C O N TA C T

beatrice.tung@gmail.com PICTURED

1. 12 months at Bare Island 2. Bare Island entry

LA+PA (Local Artist and Performing Arts) Creative Precinct has been developed in response to the social, political and historical context of La Perouse as an intervention which will revitalise the area and enable the local community and the general public to come together in unity and mutual understanding by means of storytelling through art, dance and drama.

The background research undertaken indicated strong desires within sections of the community to protect and advocate their presence and history within La Perouse, including the local Indigenous Bidjigal tribe. Thus, the typologies of an artist studio and performing arts centre aim to allow the artistic traditions of the Bidjigal tribe to be passed down and preserved, but also for contemporary exploration of art forms, Aboriginal or otherwise. In this manner, history, heritage, new talent and diversity are showcased and celebrated.

3. Cable Station Atrium CafĂŠ

Bare Island will become the new site for the performing arts centre, with a large portion of the existing barracks completely transformed into an amphitheatre space which doubles as a general meeting area when not in use. The Cable Station will house the artist studios and gallery, with an atrium space connecting to a new underground museum annex, which will also provide a sheltered access path to the Watchtower. These new elements create a bold dialogue with existing structures while blending seamlessly with their surroundings in order to preserve the original character of the site.

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CHRISTIANE PA R T L

FUSE: Future urban social environments

Fuse (future urban social environments) explores the integration of art, science, technology and sustainability. Transforming the site of La Perouse and Bare Island into a dynamic realm, a place for collaboration, open discussions and spontaneous meetings – a sort of living room for the city. The underlying research based agenda, aims to encourage the exploration of new ideas, experimentation, and ultimately the creation of forward-thinking visions. Fuse challenges how people relate to cities and public spaces, as well as natural and digital environments of today.

C O N TA C T

chrissy.e@hotmail.co.uk 0407 816 047 PICTURED

1. Algae Canopy 2. Study Hub 3. Creative Studio

The project combines a variety of different programs that all work together creating a hybrid environment. The cable station houses a digital library with interactive data storage elements and various social gathering spaces, along with a cafĂŠ. The Bare Island Fort is transformed into a synergy of creative spaces including studios and a public gallery walkway, together with ecological research facilities and a biomorphic architectural algae canopy, which acts as an air filter to its largely industrial surrounds.

Understanding the effects of cross-disciplinary human interaction and technology networking and how this can subsequently improve the capacity of relationships between people and their environment locally and globally played a critical role in the overall development of my scheme.

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TR ACY HUANG

LA PEROUSE ECO ARTS DISTRICT

C O N TA C T

La Perouse Eco Arts District aims to promote sustainability of the significant natural values at La Perouse and Bare Island. By exploring the relationship between humanity and nature within the framework of ecophenomonelogy, the various spaces attempt to elevate the consciousness of and promote individuals to reflect on their relationship and position within nature. Thus the Eco Arts District comprises of typologies that provide platforms to experience various facets and states of nature.

Supporting this is the underlying concept of time and change embedded into the choices and treatments of materiality.

traceh91@gmail.com thinterior.wordpress.com 0404 255 922 PICTURED

1. Underground Eco Arts Gallery 2. Cable Station retail space 3. Bare Island Bar

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FIONA HO Bossiaea Night Gardens, La Perouse 33.9921° S, 151.2312° E

BOSSIAEA NIGHT GARDENS

C O N TA C T

Bossiaea Night Gardens is the insertion of a vibrant civic interiorscape on Bare Island that celebrates the scientific conservation of La Perouse’s native flora and marine life. “Bossiaea” is named after botanist Joseph Hugues Boissieu La Martinière on La Perouse’s expedition to Botany Bay, which also became the name for a plant species on the Eastern Suburbs Banksia Shrubs list under conservation by the client, National Parks and Wildlife Services.

fiona.ho@live.com.au 0426 233 988 PICTURED

1. Artist studio

This scheme aims to foster interactions between people and spaces, while offering a commercial return. This philosophy is applied by breathing life into the lungs of the fort through a community garden, herbarium, wine bar and multi-use spaces that generate interaction between user-to-user and user experience in a semi-open plan.

2. Micro-eco B 3. Entry approach

This public experience is contained in the heart of the island and contrasts against the surrounding water, where private artist studios sit quietly hidden in La Perouse’ still landscape. Respectful of the fort’s initial purpose as a self-maintaining protective shelter for soldiers, the artist studios reinterpret this in a contemporary way by being a self-sustainable stand-alone object, aligned on the axis of the gun emplacements.

The island actively engages the community to play, learn and be invested in horticulture and marine education. Tourists and locals enjoy cultivating in the “en plein air” community garden during the day and closer to dusk, visitors stroll through the illuminated night garden while listening to a cello’s reverberations through the fort, holding a glass of red in one hand.

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A LY S S A SUYKO

LA PEROUSE ART DISTRICT

C O N TA C T

alyssasuyko@gmail.com 0478 166 978 PICTURED

1. Approach to the ArtFACTORY

An escape away from the ordinary, a place where the extraordinary is celebrated.

The La Perouse Art District aims to define what a ‘21st Century creative and culture hub’ is. It will be a place where all forms of art and design (i.e. visual or performance) is produced, displayed and sold. The aim is to create a self- sustaining ‘art-making ecosystem.’

Branding is a critical design and marketing strategy with this proposal, to create an experience and atmosphere that is unique to La Perouse. Especially in today’s society and the boom of social media, this obsession to document (i.e. “tag”) and post where we are, what we’re eating , what we see... fuels this proposal. Imagine yourself strolling through the dynamic #artscapes, appreciate the picturesque view of Bare Island onboard the floating #artpavilions. Then as the sun sets, experience how Bare Island transforms, have a latte at the #artfactory perhaps?

2. Interior of the ArtFACTORY 3. ArtPavilions at night

Inspired by the industrial nature of the Bare Island Fortress and the crazy/limitless/fun/ bizarre/colourful mind of an artist. The District experience could only be describes as a mix between Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Fight Club and a hint of Alice in Wonderland.

Designing a supposedly “empty space” for artists and the community to realise their creative visions, proved to be the greatest challenge for this scheme. However this was resolved through this notion of a wireframe. The aim was to design a unique threedimensional canvas for the community.

A wireframe, theoretically is meant to just provide support and structure, but this scheme also aims to add an aesthetic dimension to this simple concept.

Therefore, one can say that La Perouse Art District is a piece of art within itself.

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K R I S TA M AV R A N TO N I S

C O A S TA L S E N S O R I U M

C O N TA C T

krista.02@hotmail.com kristamav.portfoliobox.me 0433 828 717

The ‘Coastal Sensorium’ is a discovery precinct that celebrates Australian coastal culture and our connection to natural environments. The civic precinct accentuates the significance of Bare Island’s rare marine environment and Sydney coastline’s unique features through experience, as a form of conservation; capturing the sensation of being immersed amongst the coastline.

The underpinning research investigates the psychological and physiological experience of coastal environments. Research defined three main spatial realms; spaces for reflection, revitalisation and recreation. A coastal museum, sensory walkways, organic café and scenery pavilions collaborate to reveal an aquatic inspired evocative experience.

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1. Sensory Walkway; space for reflection 2. Coastal Museum; space for recreation 3. Scenery Pavilion; space for reflection

The dramatic and serene atmosphere of the natural coastline is expressed throughout the design at Bare Island. Dark strong spaces contrast against lighter fluid spaces whilst mimicking the mood and experience of being immersed by the coast at Bare Island. The central element, the Coastal Museum is a darker space that encourages discovery beneath a canopy of light castings from the surrounding coast embedded in the centre with a large sculptural stair. Dispersing outwards are the soft Sensory Walkways, a quiet organic space for contemplation. The Scenery Pavilions promote and amplify the aquatic features of Bare Island through reflective and soft materiality. Beneath is the organic café, a relaxing social space that takes advantage of its location and panoramic views out towards the Coast.

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MONICA BOWERMAN

SYNESTHESIA

C O N TA C T

Synesthesia is the multi-dimensional blurring of the senses and is the ideology behind the La Perouse sensory appreciation precinct. After experiencing the unique sound qualities of the Bare Island fort and the history of its defensive layout design in order to confuse potential attacking forces, the universal approach of appealing to the senses of visitors emerged. By stimulating all five senses (individually or in combinations), visitors have countless new means of experiencing typologies they have previously encountered, now with a deeper appreciation of their ingrained abilities.

monica.bowerman@hotmail.com 0425 200 495 PICTURED

1. Reception space 2. Sensory Aboriginal Art Museum 3. Anechoic Restaurant

Synesthesia, as a precinct, involves a new approach to an Aboriginal art museum, anechoic restaurant, bar lounge, artist in residence and overall civic space whilst exploring the power of sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. By experimenting with, and subsequently employing the capabilities of materiality, geometry, spatial relationships, circulation, ergonomics and natural human instinct, powerful emotions and reactions to these everyday typologies are achieved as visitors move through this sensory landscape. The concept of a community coming together within a precinct to bond over a shared aspect of life using the methodologies of sensory design have driven this project and will continue to drive my schemes in the future.

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MARIE H AY K A L

LA PEROUSE ARTS PRECINCT

C O N TA C T

m.haykal@hotmail.com

The true ancestor of this site is the land, the natural and the untouched. So much history embedded in such a site – it would be a shame to let it part. The rise in conflict has pushed away the true beauty this land possesses. But the fact is – the natural untouched elements have never posed conflict with one another and naturally resolve themselves – if ever any complications arise.

Today’s La Perouse suffers from high rates of vandalism and crime –driving the proposal of a sustainable community. I invite you into a world where conflict from the past and present learn from its true ancestors – where the past attempts to synchronise with its present and future.

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1. Museum stair entry 2. Museum Tunnel insertion 3. Museum detailing

Bare Island will be transformed into various art galleries where talent within the community will be displayed from public to intimate spaces. The Artist in residence program starts off this intimate cultural exploration. The Cable Station will invite a new insertion into the building that harmonises with the existing interior, housing both the existing permanent museum and temporary museum exhibitions.

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A N A S TA S I A NICOL AOU

WOV EN S PAC E: Architecture and the natural world

C O N TA C T

anastasia_nicolaou@live.com.au 0421 951 822

Research behind the social demographics of Bare Island has informed the re-design of the Bare Island Precinct. From the results, it was evident that there was a lack of activity on the site and that the existing buildings had been left dormant. To revitalise the site a culinary arts school and a recreational facility specialising in fishing, shell making, sightseeing and scuba diving has been proposed. The concept behind this design explores weaving external activities into an engaging interior space with multiple active uses. Specific activities have been linked with particular buildings based on the location on the site. For example the cable station was specifically chosen as the cooking school based on access and egress, its proximity the main road and its views.

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1. Restaurant bar area 2. Cooking theatre 3. Food museum 4. Restaurant dining area

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RAND AL- SAEEKH

SENSE: Landscape to cure the mind

C O N TA C T

rand1991_6@hotmail.com 0415 965 186 PICTURED:

1. Rock pool entry 2. Art gallery 3. Sweat bath

The vision for La Perouse is a multi use civic space articulated for maximised gathering and leisure for both locals and tourists. La Perouse is an isolated location and has a rich historical background that yearns to be showcased on both local and global platforms. The proposal explores the synthesis of museum, art gallery, rock pool, and bath house; a place where knowledge, learning, and healing recreates the path of La Perouse’s history across the land. The visitor is led through the existing cable station museum, and then toward the open art gallery which is conceived as series of platforms and slopping floors, varying in depth. This leads to the excavated passage way where numerous routes and viewing points encourage the visitor to understand the history of La Perouse as a comprehensive whole. The visitor is taken on a journey of different relaxation stimulation points, through a serious of rock pools and bath house, where a combination of light and shade, open and enclosed spaces and linear elements create a sensuous and restorative experience. This proposal recreates a theatrical layering of past and present, and a contemporary reading of scale, and light used in a dramatic effect to create compelling spaces that encourage curiosity and the wonder of discovery.

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FILBERT BENEDICTUS

BUISSON

C O N TA C T

au.linkedin.com/in/filbertb 0451 148 877 PICTURED

My brief for this project is to create a succesful civic space which understands and respects the site of La Perouse and Bare Island. This brief calls the need for an innovative concept which is tailor made to attract locals as well as tourists to try and experience La Perouse.

This project will be a new dining experience, giving people the rich indigenous and French culture, creating awareness of the history of the site. ‘Buisson’, meaning: bush (from French translation), is a food hall and market space which offers a rich mixture of Aboriginal, French and Australian cuisine. The market space is also created by digging into the landscape to symbolise the beauty of the site as to be ‘mined’ inside the land itself.

1. Market space 2. Main entrance of restaurant 3. Watchtower café

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M AT H E U S S BINTORO

LA PEROUSE’S YOUTH CENTRE

My take on The La Perouse and Bare Island project is focused on introducing new typology that essential in revitalising the whole area. Through elaborate research and thinking process, the new typology will focused on providing an “escape” for youth generation in La Perouse as well as being an iconic youth space in Sydney. I believe that by giving the young generation a proper place that can help developed their creativity and personality, it can solved the problems that La Perouse has been experiencing through generations.

C O N TA C T

matheuss_bintoro@hotmail.com 0445 565 5 PICTURED

1. Entrance 2. Atrium space 3. Group study space

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NIKKI BOROUMAND The purpose of the AC3A (Australian Cross Cultural Centre of the Arts) is to unite and educate visitors of any culture through the arts. Visitors are able to connect and understand each other through emotional and traditional art expressions.

AUSTR ALIAN CROSS C U LT U R A L C E N T R E OF THE ARTS

In order to connect and educate people of various cultural backgrounds, a central social hub is located in the heart of the site from which pathways lead to the other buildings within the site. Visitors can walk through embedded pathways that connect them to each individual building within the site, learning and experiencing different cultures throughout each.

The site provides space for various forms of displaying and selling art – The Gunya Art Centre provides a temporary exhibition space for emerging artists to display and sell their work, an underground digital exhibition space and a museum for visitors to learn about La Perouse’s history. The cable station library provides space for visitors to read of the theories behind traditional arts forms and the history of the English, French and Aboriginal cultures of La Perouse.

The embedded nature of the art centre is inspired by the natural rock forms protruding from the landscape. Materiality and geometric form has been derived by the rock pools, nature and culture heritage of the site as it provides a creative space for lively exhibitions. The new form of the architectural insertion acts to attract people to the site and activate a once forgotten La Perouse.

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SANDRA BOTTROS

C.E.C

C O N TA C T

bsandra_1991@hotmail.com

Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people. It is defined by the language, religion, social behaviour, traditions and cuisine customs. People with similar characteristics become a community, allowing for an individual’s sense of belonging and value within a society.

Research has proven that civic spaces act as a connecting bridge between society and cultural heritage. The civic precinct proposed allocates space to allow for various programs to encourage a sense of community and shared identity.

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1. C.E.C cooking school

The design strictly shadows the geometry of the extant site. Spaces form through excavations into the buildings, extensions of floor plans or by simply following the symmetry of the structure.

2. C.E.C exhibition space 3. C.E.C light and seating details

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HONG CHANG

LA PEROUSE E D U C AT I O N C E N T R E

My design proposal for the redevelopment of La Perouse headland and the Bare Island is to create an education centre in La Perouse. The key idea is allowing the visitors came to the area, learn something from their own experience in the education centre. The watch tower as a 360 degree viewing deck let the visitors enjoy the overview of the site, and the underground tunnel connects the watch tower and the La Perouse Theme Library. The library in the heritage of cable station also encourage the visitors read and experience the history.

C O N TA C T

chloechang28@hotmail.com PICTURED

1. Watch Tower viewing deck 2. La Perouse Living Museum 3. Reception area

The most important part is the fort in the bare island, the La Perouse Living Museum will give a wonderful trip to the visitors, and tell the story of La Perouse. Different gallery spaces will have various topics, the mood and lights, the way of “telling” the stories will also be different. The interior and exterior spaces both giving the tourists strong feelings, and I believe the visitors from young kids to adults will learn dissimilar things through the trip. Meanwhile, the aboriginal art gallery and workshop provides classes and activities to the visitors as well, not only “watch” art, but also “make” art in Bare Island. The lower level diving centre can directly serve the divers at the closest location with convenience. The restaurant locates at the top point of the fort with wide and open views to provide a good dining environment.

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TIAN CHEN

MARITIME EXPERIENCE CENTER

The mission of the Maritime Experience Centre (MEC) is to explore Australia’s links with the sea, consider how maritime history, activities and issues have shaped the lives of people in Australia and ask for a greater recognition and awareness of the oceans and marine resources, and their importance to humankind. The MEC provides various activities to encourage visitor’s learning and entertainment, such as different themes of simulated exhibition spaces, an underground diving cave, and living libraries.

C O N TA C T

vivian659@gmail.com 0415 888 043 PICTURED

1. Underground cave space 2. Reception space 3. Circulation space

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ANKANA CHRISANTI

LA PEROUSE ARTISTIC COMPOUND

La Perouse Artistic Compound is proposed to promote art education This artistic ‘compound’ is made up of three separate programs that facilitate the process of art production; art-learning, art-making and art-broadcasting. La Perouse Artistic Compound aims to cultivate art within society and promote La Perouse as a creative hub.

C O N TA C T

ankana.chrisanti@gmail.com 0450 447 392 PICTURED

1. Gallery foyer 2. Art Learning Centre Reception 3. Hospitality at Bare Island

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E LY S I U M

C O N TA C T

tillykforbes@gmail.com 0450 447 392 PICTURED

1. Aquarium concept image

Through my research I became enamoured with the idea of creating spaces which interact with its visitors on a more sensory level. Juhani Pallasmaa states that, ‘Architecture is the art of reconciliation between ourselves and the world, and this mediation takes place through the senses.’ This research lead me to creating a design which is a sanctuary for people, plants and marine life.

Elysium is a place that, at its core, is about allowing people the freedom to transcend from reality. Visitors are able to fully immerse themselves in their surroundings in terms of their connection with sight, smell, touch and taste. The majority of my design takes place on Bare Island, as the landscape and the unique architecture of the fort create a pre-existing sense of detachment from the real world. ‘Elysium’, by definition means ‘a place or condition of ideal happiness.’

2. Bar concept image 3. Stair concept image

My design houses a bar, Indigenous crafts store, restaurant, areas for markets or impromptu performances, a scuba centre, aquarium and spaces where you are able to retreat individually or in a group.

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JAMES GRIFFIN

N E VA

C O N TA C T

midnightspace@live.com 0424 170 843

NEVA attempts to bridge the divide between art and science by acting as both a national size seed vault whilst also serving as an artistic district. On the one hand the precinct houses three major scientific components; a seed vault, 13 greenhouses and supporting laboratory facilities. Sitting between these three major works is a network of small civil gallery spaces that explore and transcend the grey area between these three primary faculties. Central to this interpretation of the site was the study of Indigenous cave paintings alongside Australia’s growing contemporary street art scene. Whilst differing greatly in style, context and expression it would appear that the two share some common ground. One celebrates a way of life that has since been stripped away in the wake of Australia’s European settlement, the other derides the society that has taken its place, fighting against the social frameworks within which it permeates. By sitting the gallery spaces between, in the shadow of and below the precincts major scientific proponents, the civil spaces are given the predisposition to both celebrate and\or ridicule the scientific faculty within which they are imbued and the culture they serve.

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JOANNA HAMMAMI Harvest (hahr-vist) : to collect, gather, produce Indigene (in-di-jen) : native, homegrown, local.

HARVEST INDIGENE

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joanna.hammami@gmail.com 0413 870 362 PICTURED

1. Cable Station kitchen

Inspired by the intertwining stories of the French and the Aboriginal people connected to La Perouse, Harvest Indigene aims to enhance and signify the culture and history shared by the French and Aboriginal people while also maintaining their stories that are meant to be told. The experience of La Perouse is welcome to all – therefore, by creating programs that reach the wider community, allows visitors to be engaged and educated in an innovative and contemporary way.

By linking together a seed bank, community store and a restaurant, a holistic cycle is created in which the programs become dependent on each other.

2. Cable Station restaurant 3. Cable Station community store

1. P lant Harvest: allows the community to engage in the education and practice of collecting local Australian seeds. As seed DNA degrades with time, the seeds need to be periodically replaces and fresh seeds collected for another round of long-term storage. Plants are able to be grown within the labs and some, especially grown for the restaurant’s use.

2. B uy Harvest: the community store would then provide locally sourced fresh goods – promoting sustainability and supporting local suppliers – as well as selling traditional Aboriginal foods.

3. E at Harvest: the restaurant would specialise in molecular gastronomy – combining the experiences of food and science

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SANAA HAMMOUD Bare Island is characterised with its multi-faceted identity. Its intrinsic qualities are formed by the natural ageing process that has brought out the beauty of its material.

The island’ s natural surroundings are slowing eroding the building, leaving traces of C I V I C S C A P E : past memories that shouldn’t be ignored or replaced. Through the neglect and age “All that glitters…”

“All that glitters, is not what’s gold” of the building fabric, the building materials have become the driving force behind the design. The Civic Scape consists of three main C O N T A C T areas that bring life to the fort. A Performing Arts Theatre, Bar and Café. Visitors lebnaneyeh_889@hotmail.com escape the chaos of reality into an unfamiliar world, immersing themselves with the 0410 914 305 subtle insertions that form isolation from the normalities of their way of life.

A sensitive approach was taken for this project. The idea was to reinterpret and enhance the ignored qualities that the Island had and reform and alter different 2. Underground bar perspective variations to create new forms to highlight each space with its own approach. Civic 3. Detail Scape “All that glitters, is not what’s gold” reinforces the idea that beauty lies within, to take what is existing and enrich its beauty without overpowering it with contrast.

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1. Approach to Bare Island perspective

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JUSTINUS YOG I E H A R TA N Y

BARANI HYBRID ART RESIDENCIES

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justinushartany@gmail.com theloop.com.au/justinus 0433 521 143

The project, Barani (Yesterday) Hybrid Art Residencies, is an art precinct dedicated for both local and international artists to educate the general public about the indigenous culture and the on-going environmental issues surrounding La Perouse.

Exhibiting the idea of destruction (decaying process), fragmentation and restoration, the design, dispersed into sequential contemplative spaces, explores the play of natural lights and human scale while becoming an epitaph for the indigenous culture.

Collected data, research and analyses suggests a continued decline of preEuropean flora and fauna in the area – data which is tangential with the decline of indigenous population and culture. This information reflects on the future deterioration of the overall geology of the site, creating an equitable proposal for the client and the primary stakeholders.

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1. Serpent Tunnel: Entry to Art Gallery 2. Main Multi-Purpose Space: Art Gallery 3. Sectional perspective: Library/ Resource Space

Analyses on site revealed the surrounding hidden, heritage listed sandstones.

Sandstones are seen as an important link to indigenous spiritual beliefs, cultures and the native flora. The key elements to the scheme were then conceived by framing the hidden sandstone, while creating spaces through the voids.

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THIERRY H I LT

THE BARE ISLAND P R O J E C T: [marketplace]

C O N TA C T

trhilt@gmail.com 0405 314 306

For me personally, juxtaposition in design has always stolen my intrigue and when on our very first site visit to La Perouse and Bare Island, our guide said the words “the cannons were only ever fired in training and the fort was never actually used for a defensive purpose.” This sentence wouldn’t escape my head, I had to bring some element of war and conflict to my design.

I then had to tackle the brief: “Civic typology of the twenty-first century”. Civic spaces act as a forum for social activity and a focal point for a community. Trying to discover forums for social activity that haven’t been repossessed by our pocket computers and the world wide web proved to be a difficult task, but as I found myself visiting weekly markets such as Paddington and Everleigh, I had stumbled across a civic space that had stood the test of time and technology.

On looking and the typology and scale of the site, I decided to integrate a permanent marketplace in which people could socialise whilst eating/buying/browsing various different produce and products. The fort itself would allow for a restaurant and bar (each with smaller stalls within the marketplace) for a different dining experience.

Additionally, the inclusion of a cooking school and chef’s residence within the fort allows for another level of engaging with produce.

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BELINDA KIM HOANG

T H E V. O . I . C . E O F B A R E ISL AND, L A PEROUSE: The venture and observation of Indigenous clarity and expression

C O N TA C T

belindakimhoang@gmail.com belindakimhoang.portfoliobox.me 0413 579 969 PICTURED

1. Venture Soundscape bridge

Botany Bay has been interpreted as a place of discovery rather than settlement due to many historical links to its national birthplace. La Perouse is a landscape filled with hidden stories, where life had existed during pre-colonisation. This project aims to raise the indigenous heritage to surface and provide a ‘voice’ for them amongst Australian culture.

The V.O.I.C.E of Bare Island is a project that aims to propose spaces that explore soundscapes as an architectural instrument to enhance storytelling.

The spaces are designed to redefine a place for discovery not through physical monuments, but through intangible storytelling of performing arts as a way to reconnect with the landscape. Senses are isolated and entwined to create an immersive environment as a reflection of the Indigenous culture. This aims to create an identity that reflects the native landscape, create platforms for expressing spirituality, resources for communication, cross cultural learning and exchange to embrace creativity through creative arts.

2. Clarity Soundscape: underground private performance and storytelling space 3. Auditorium rotating acoustic baffle ceiling

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TIANCHI HUA

LA PEROUSE: Glamping Island

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huatianchi@gmail.com 0434 349 500 PICTURED

1. Glamping room 2. Common kitchen

La Perouse used to be a refugee campsite in the late 1920s during the Great Depression. Now, La Perouse should stage a comeback, a totally new style of camping which is called “Glamping”. No more hunger, not crude but a wonderful and comfortable island.

Glamping can be described as glamorous camping; it is a growing global phenomenon that combines camping with the luxury and amenities of living. The inspiration of glamping is Cockatoo Island, a heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour. Retaining all of its character and heritage from decades of human endeavour by convicts and shipbuilders alike, Cockatoo Island has undergone a renaissance in every sense of the word and opened its doors to all. Bare Island also had a long history such as military fortification, retirement home for war veterans, a museum and tourist attraction. The Bare Island fort has now been declared a historic site.

3. Lounge bar

The most important thing is try to isolate the island from urban life, no office work or day-to-day issue but relaxing and enjoying. The theme of the design is “Five Elements”: Fire, Water, Sand, Wood and Wind, each gun casement represents one element through the material design. The camp room faces the ocean and includes public, semi-public and private areas, which depend on the flexible structures. This campsite also includes a big common kitchen area and a Lounge Bar on the ground level. All the style of design connects the natural elements; try to bring the outside nature into the house.

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JUN HUANG BARE ISLAND: The Native Restaurant and Bar in the upper floor, and The Local Species Research Centre in the lower floor.

THE LUMINOUS ISLAND

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CABLE STATION: The La Perouse Museum and Gallery in the upper floor (rearrange the space), and The Local History and Culture Research Centre in the lower floor.

WATCH TOWER: The Display Centre for Research Outcomes.

junh.1117@gmail.com 0410 112 135 PICTURED

1. The main entry 2. The species display port 3. The species lab exterior

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BIANCA K ARCHER Bare Island has a physical sandstone platform surrounding it. This proposal creates ‘a place or a ‘platform’ for the learning about the local marine environment and unique marine life.

P L AT F O R M

C O N TA C T

bianca_karcher_@hotmail.com 0481 348 333 PICTURED

The La Perouse and Bare Island area offers a unique marine ecosystem. The introduction of a Marine Education Center and Dive Entry Point will allow for new divers to visit the site, as well as the general public to experience the native marine life in the Marine Education Center, with a hotel and café to assist in providing facilities at Bare Island to encourage visitors to stay and spend more time in the area.

The new works will help to facilitate a greater understanding and create more interest in the natural marine environment around Bare Island.

1. Bare Island: hotel entry concept

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R AWAIL KHAN

MUDJIN INDIGENOUS C U LT U R A L H U B

C O N TA C T

rawk107@hotmail.com 0415 330 367

Based on research of the La Perouse area, the project selected is the ‘Mudjin’ indigenous cultural hub. ‘Mudjin’ translates to ‘Family’ in the dharug language of the indigenous community of Sydney. The project is housed in the three existing structures situated on the La Perouse headland and Bare Island. This project celebrates the tradition of communal activity and self-sustainability, deep-rooted in Aboriginal culture.

Research was focused on the historical development of relationships between the local indigenous community and the European settlers who arrived in the 18th century. In the initial years, there was much segregation between the two communities.

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1. Cooking school 2. Dining room 3. Main corridor

Eventually, the exchange of cultural values brought the two communities together.

The spark that initiated this relationship was when European missionaries taught the local indigenous people how to turn their main method of livelihood, shell fish diving, into a marketing tool that would improve their life style. Particularly, they were taught how to make and sell shell art. In return, the indigenous community showcased their culture and traditional skills by selling artefacts to European tourists.

It was decided the lifecycle of shellfish within the Aboriginal lifestyle would be the main driver to form the project programs to bring together the communities of La Perouse and celebrate the ideology of a close knit community. Primary programs, based on the functions of growth, preparation, consumption and creative learning, include an oyster farm, a cooking school, an oyster restaurant situated on Bare Island, and a shell art workshop situated on the headland.

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CHRISTOPHER LANE The La Perouse and Bare Island site will become the La Perouse Museum district.

LA PEROUSE MUSEUM DISTRICT

The aim of the project is to attract mass amounts of people to the site, which will ultimately evoke an urban regeneration in the La Perouse area and surrounding areas just like many modern art museums have done so including the Tate Modern Gallery in London, The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Pompidou Centre in Paris.

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chris_111@optusnet.com.au 0411 710 565 PICTURED

1. Aquatic Museum in Bare Island 2. Aboriginal Museum of Modern

The La Perouse Museum District will consist of varying museums including an Aboriginal Museum of Modern Art which will be embedded within the land, a La Perouse museum situated in the cable house and a Kamay-Botany Bay National Park Museum which will be located in Bare Island, which will be accompanied by a ferry terminal to link the two national parks. A bar, a French Restaurant, and a cafĂŠ will also accompany these museums.

Art circulation space 3. Cable House Bar

Research proved that museums that invested in a high spectacle were the best in attracting people to place. Therefore it was decided that the land would be taken advantage of in order to do this. The design approach is to create dramatic events in order to achieve this spectacle and accompany the aggressive approach taken.

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JENICE LEE “Food is a sign of communion, food shared and eaten with others is a fundamental social link.” ‘ B A D A LYA ’ : Centre and Museum

The ‘Badalya’ Gastronomy Centre was inspired by the history of La Perouse during the 1920s and how different communities interacted and formed EuropeanAboriginal relationships by trading food. The scheme for my project includes two typologies: a gastronomy centre and museum.

C O N TA C T

jenice_is@hotmail.com behance.net/JenHL 0433 779 928 PICTURED

The Badalya Centre is a space aimed to gather diverse communities; to interact and connect through the act of sharing of food. The Centre will have a “seed-toplate” approach where the community will grow, sell, cook and eat food together.

The Centre, located in the Cable Station, will have a community garden, market and dining space.

1. Lookout Tower, Macquarie Tower 2. Art Gallery for La Perouse Museum 3. Garden Atrium for ‘Badalya’ Gastronomy Centre

The La Perouse Museum is a space for exhibiting both the heritage and contemporary items of the cultures within La Perouse. The museum will have a gallery for contemporary Indigenous artworks as well as the original La Perouse museum for the French and indigenous artefacts. Diverse cultures can gather and present their artworks and heritage items.

Lightweight skeletal frameworks are inserted into the buildings to provide new spaces for my proposed scheme. The form of these new insertions corresponds to the existing forms of the heritage buildings and are built from welded iron, a material found on original site structure of Bare Island Fort.

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ITCH

C O N TA C T

lume.materiale@gmail.com thuangdesign.blogspot.com.au 0433 798 021 PICTURED

1. Macquarie Tower approach 2. Cable House Sanctuary approach

The identity of the proposal is an Information, Technology and Creative Hub (ITCH): where anyone can satisfy their creative and spiritual agitations, compare technologies and discuss bonds they have with native flora. Behind the scenes, native flora has been the subconscious activator for developing the identity of Australian craft and design. This project is to make the subconscious, conscious.

ITCH has 3 subsystems: Bare Island Fort, Cable House and Macquarie Tower.

Macquarie tower consists of a communal artist/designer residence and office. It is behind the Cable House which is the new location of Receveur’s monument that is integrated into the La Perouse Museum. A community horticulture garden is also embedded into the site as a symbolic and educative program to connect the local, spiritual and creative community. Their skills, products and collaborations can be showcased on Bare Island Fort that consists of a showroom, workshop spaces, and a bush food cafÊ.

3. Bare Island Fort approach

Revealing beauty through destruction and reflection promotes unity as the key concept used to make design decisions for philosophical consistency throughout the project. This was derived from experiments and research where the most influential information considered were values of stakeholders, their losses and fears, and their relationship with Australian flora.

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JOSEPH K A MING LUI

LA PEROUSE LEARNING CAMPUS

C O N TA C T

l.josephkm@gmail.com 0406 784 552

The proposal is to create a Learning Campus within La Perouse and Bare Island. The aim is to educate and encourage appreciation of different cultural activities through experiencing, learning and making from programs such as, Aboriginal Art Workshop, Artist in Residence, Cultural Tension Exhibition, Art Gallery, Welcoming Information Centre and Experiential tunnel with Ceremonial praying spaces.

The main typology in Bare Island Fort is a Learning Centre which is a place of experiential and playful spaces. Aboriginal Art Workshops and Artist Studios are the main programs within the Learning Centre, to highlight the traditional activities of indigenous people.

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1. Aboriginal dot-painting art workshop 2. Artist-in-residence 3. Aboriginal rock-carving art workshop

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ANNA PA N G

EBDC: Ethnobotanical Bath House and Discovery Centre

C O N TA C T

annaa.pang@gmail.com

EBDC dedicates its entirety to presenting visitors with a holistic experience and insight into the timeless avenue of traditional herbalism. The intention; to create an opportunity for Indigenous Australians to pass down their knowledge of native bush medicine, both organically and spiritually. Re-focused through the lens of modern science and sensual experiences, this multi-faceted space not only aspires to bring recognition to the fading custom of an age old practice, but also aims to inspire the minds and well-being of each guest. To make a mark in a world that is slow to remember the repercussions of an unhealthy lifestyle, this space reminds us that the root of most problems is dependent on the state of individual health, whether it be of the body, spirit or the mind.

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1. Internal spa with open air garden 2. Open air eucalyptus essence spa 3. Spa entry with botany display stairway

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SARAH SCHEUERMAIR

LPRS: La Perouse rejuvenation scheme

This project aims to rejuvenate the local La Perouse community by integrating a youth centre, café, museum and art gallery into the existing site. The increased tourism from the museum and art gallery will provide a good economic support system for the local community yet also provide them with a deeper cultural knowledge and acceptance. With time, the currently ignored heritage of the site will become more deservingly acknowledged and the introduction of an art gallery is sure to spark a cultural trend in the area.

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sarah_scheuermair@live.com.au PICTURED

1. Café

The youth centre promotes a promising future as it is empowering the prospective influential leaders and citizens with the skills, knowledge and attributes necessary to build and maintain a strong, multifaceted sustainable community. The inclusion of a café within the youth centre aims to encourage the wider community to be included in the activities undertaken by the youth. This is intended to create a more integrated community as the general public are invited to not only enjoy the unique café experience yet also view the works showcased by the youth.

This project aims to achieve a sophisticated yet appropriately whimsical design which inspires youthful curiosity and amazement in the general public. I envision my spaces to have quirky qualities which have a refined and subtle nature unlike the bubbly and colourful aesthetic of typical youth spaces. I aim to do this through employing a strong architectural presence while still being sympathetic to the existing structures.

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VINELLA S E P TA N I A SOEWONDO For my graduation project, I am proposing a civic space ‘Blended Quarter;’ as an extension of the City of Sydney 2030 Vision ‘Eora Journey’. The intention is to provide space and facilities for local emerging artists..

L A PERO US E CI V I C S PAC E: Blended Quarter

C O N TA C T

vinellaseptania@gmail.com issuu.com/vinella/docs/vinellasoewondo_portfolio 0449 921 609

The Blended Quarter aims to balance the three needs of people; mental, physical, and social (to relax, to adventure, and to dine) by combining them with one central element that connects them all together: Art. As a result, the Blended Quarter proposes three typologies such as Digital Platform (relax + art) consisting of digital performance space and resting area, Artventure Tower (adventure + art) consisting of rock climbing wall and art display, and Exhibition Restaurant (social + art) as a dining place with an art exhibition/market.

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1. Outdoor courtyard 2. Gift shop 3. Exhibition restaurant

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TAY L O R SOMERVILLE

BANGAWARR A: Recreational Hub and National Park

C O N TA C T

taylorsomerville@live.com.au prspktvs.be.unsw.edu.au/profile/ taylor-somerville 0405 177 499

Bangawarra, meaning ‘to make or do’ is an Urban Oyster Farm. The name derived from the Dharug language – the spoken language of the Cadigal people and local tribe of the La Perouse region – essentially, promoting the notion of doing – to accomplish and to achieve. The proposal offers an inimitable experience through the proposing of various typologies that aim to engage the wider community with the unique and natural environment of Bare Island. Through this exposure, it raises the platform of public awareness, giving insight into the extensive history of traditional Aboriginal culture that resonates at La Perouse, in turn promoting understanding and acknowledgment. The native culture is exposed by the immersion in the culinary heritage, the life cycle of the oysters and the gems that derive from them.

Understanding the importance of indigenous history and its strong connections to the site, will continue the legacy of the Cadigal people.

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1. Entry near existing guardhouse at Bare Island Fort 2. Oyster bar near existing barracks at Bare Island Fort 3. Scuba training near existing barracks at Bare Island Fort

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J E N I TA STOLOFF

OCULUS REFR ACTIONS: Bare Island Cultural Museum

C O N TA C T

Bare Island Cultural Museum is a dedication to Australia’s rich and diverse heritage.

Inspiration was taken from Aboriginal dot painting and the French inspired pointillist movement. Culminating from these distinct styles, the idea of capturing and manipulating coloured light to transform spaces was born. The concept of refracting coloured light has been repeated throughout the building, specifically in the arrival space. The visitor is transported from a sparse exterior landscape into a bright colourful interior which has been carefully designed to playfully cast coloured light onto the surfaces of the space whilst subtly moving with the sun throughout the day.

jenita.stoloff@unswalumni.com 0458 570 243 PICTURED

1. Bare Island site plan 2. Approach to Bare Island Cultural Museum 3. Gallery space arrival area

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TONGYUAN SUN

SKY AND SEA EXPERIENCE CENTRE

My design intent for La Perouse and Bare Island is to create an educational space for visitors to experience and be educated about the sky and sea. Through the research and study of the site experience, my proposal to La Perouse and Bare Island is inspired by the existing landform.

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ccsun0509@gmail.com 0424 903 666 PICTURED

1. Approach to Bare Island 2. Entry of Bare Island 3. Circulation of interior space

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ANNABELLE TA N U W I D J O J O

NGANGKARI SPRINGS DOMAIN

C O N TA C T

annabelle.avt@gmail.com

Ngangkari Springs Domain voices the core connection of purity and sensitivity when conserving the heritage buildings, environment and cultural history of La Perouse. The precinct is named after the traditional healers of the Indigenous people, the Ngangkari, who dedicate their lives to nurturing the physical, emotional and social well-being of their people. Located within the remote western desert of the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Lands, the Ngangkari have recently forged a rare partnership with mainstream health professionals and practitioners of Western medicine in 2013. By bringing this new collaboration to La Perouse, the wider community will be able to experience the world of the Ngangkari.

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1. Hydration Bar, Macquarie Watchtower 2. Artist studio, Cable Station 3. Adaptive reuse of heritage elements

This vision has been answered through the celebration and revealing of the heritage architectural elements of the original La Perouse buildings to correlate with the celebration of the Ngangkari’s many years of natural healing knowledge and cultural history. The historic fabric has been sensitively redesigned with the focus of modern reinterpretation and functionality. The design philosophy of the precinct is to create an architectural fusion of modern and traditional features within interior spaces, as a response to heritage becoming a major aspect to the future of design.

Ngangkari Springs Domain envisions a place of positive well-being through the arts, health and hospitality, creating an Indigenous focused precinct, answering to the future plans of the City of Sydney.

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MITCHELL TRAN

MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND IDENTITY + R E : C R E AT I O N A L R E T R E AT

C O N TA C T

mitchell.tran23@gmail.com prspktvs.be.unsw.edu.au/profile/mitchell-tran 0450 538 143 PICTURED

1. Reception lobby

The proposed Museum of History and Identity seeks to reinvigorate the existing history exhibition while also enriching its contents with themes of identity. By providing a level platform for the voices of La Perouse’s various ethnic communities, the Museum explores the multifaceted nature of its history from a variety of perspectives. The notion of ‘identity’ and its constituents are investigated, enabling a deeper understanding of the local community, its visitors, and ultimately, of the self.

Drawn from an understanding of the tensions between community members and stakeholders, the design celebrates the diversity of individuality, as well as the intrinsic characteristics that unite us as members of the human race. Spaces are interconnected, ensuring that visitors become part of a cohesive narrative and are aware of the presence of others, irrespective of their choices in navigation.

Delicate threads and cables of the design define spaces, converse with the existing architecture and choreograph personal experiences on an intimate human scale.

2. Circulation space 3. Identity exhibition

The proposed Re:creational Retreat complements the themes of the Museum to encourage further personal journeys within Bare Island Fort. Serving as a place for respite, the spaces create a therapeutic environment which aims to engage the human senses. Particularly, the use of water and its physical, psychological and spiritual benefits are harnessed to cleanse its visitors within a secure subterranean space, while also strengthening their relationships with the site’s inherent qualities.

This project represents a pivotal stage in my growth as a designer. Rigorous research, risk and perseverance have underpinned this year-long journey.

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S AV I TA T U N YA L U K M A R A The Cardigal Spirited Garden’ was inspired by Indigenous eating culture (bush tucker) and dreamtime stories. The typologies of this proposal aim to celebrate the history and the eating culture of the Cadigal people.

THE CARDIGAL SPIRITED GARDEN

The ‘Food Bazaar’ is located at the existing museum. Visitors will be selecting their own fresh ingredients given to the chefs and made into their individual dishes. The Gallery is located at Bare Island where the visitors will experience a variety of spaces and gain an intimate experience of the artworks.

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A LY S S A VENTURA ‘Damara’ (D • mä • rä), the Indigenous Dharawal term for hands reflects the history and culture of the French and Aboriginal people who interacted on the site.

DAMAR A

C O N TA C T

alyssamventura@gmail.com

My vision of La Perouse is to establish an interest and create an experience that promotes, celebrates and educates the public through the combination of food, culture and science. By creating such programs which involve cultural consumption, this provides an innovative level of engagement and interaction amongst the extant buildings with the wider community.

alyssaventura.wix.com/design 0433 588 997 PICTURED

1. Communal garden 2. Plant laboratory 3. Restaurant kitchen garden and circulation

Therefore my project proposes a Seed Bank, Molecular Gastronomy Restaurant and Communal Garden. The design approach is to play with the notion of theatre between spectacle and spectator; whether witnessing the workers in the labs, the chefs preparing and cooking the food or the public participating in the communal garden. Implementing the garden motif tying all of my spaces together, I envision the proposal to evoke a unique experience which is light, sensorial and explorative.

Overall, I aim to foster a sense of belonging amongst those involved, creating a greater connection to the environment for the community of La Perouse. This is realised by maintaining and signifying the stories from the site, demonstrating a narrative from produce to plate.

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SEAN VIRILI

M EM O RY PA L AC E

The mise en scene of La Perouse makes the site no facile precedent for a prospective civic precinct. Its environment, history and heritage – much of which is controversial – convoluted with layers of governing bodies, has proven difficult to arrange for a brief and design yielding a non-bias approach for the client and stakeholders. Neutral ground was found in researching the darker history that is specific to the site.

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sean@intravenous-dl.com intravenous-dl.com 0402 694 337 PICTURED

Memory Palace is a mnemonic device aimed at the education of post traumatic stress disorder through an expanse of spatial experiences. Constituted by a series of permanent installations, the design will both quell and evoke the human sensory system. The installations are contextualised by drawing attention to refugees and asylum seekers of Australia and their traumatic experiences.

1. Descent: A passage to the subterranean fortification 2. Reflection Chamber: An expanse of remembrance 3. Drowning Chamber: Trauma administration

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RADMILA VOKIC

THE URBAN CABBAGA

C O N TA C T

rada.vokic@hotmail.com prspktvs.be.unsw.edu.au/profile/ radmila-vokic 0420 224 020 PICTURED

1. Bare Island Fort remodelling

‘The Urban Cabbaga’ is a hybrid of wild organisms and sustainable practicality.

It is the direct response to issues brought forward by National Parks and Wildlife Service, primarily focusing on the need to create a civic space, the conflicting ideas between all involved, and the fundamental ties we have with the environment. It is a place for people to recall when discussing childhood memories; it is a way for small businesses to thrive; it is a hub for educational understanding, on primary, secondary and tertiary levels; it is a career opportunity provider, for both local residents and academics in the field; it is a centre for wildlife preservation; it helps us pay our respects to the aboriginal way of life and understanding; it honours the French Community and their contribution to the iconic location; and finally it is a place for celebration, for personal growth, for peace, and for happiness. The Urban Cabbaga is the realisation of Biophilia – “the passionate love of life and of all that is alive.”

2. Watchtower reception suggestion 3. Plant research laboratory proposal

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K AT E WALL ACE

EXPOSURE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE

C O N TA C T

z3331532@zmail.unsw.edu.au PICTURED

1. Entry 2. Theatre 3. Approach

To see, but not be seen. The central idea of approach. The fort on Bare Island enabled protection behind concealed barriers. The fort walls provided a sense of security to one’s self. Between stage and theatre, a metaphorical wall erects between performer and audience. Performers hide behind their character, whilst the audience hides behind darkness to immerse themselves in another world. Both are hidden to one another empowering self-security towards emancipation.

Exposure is a performing arts center focused around the main typology of theatre. Theatre was chosen as a response to a developed issue with crime in La Perouse. An introduction of arts and high culture has proven to inspire communities throughout history. The aim of the project is to create a civic center to represent such a culturally diverse site. Theatre transcends gender, race and religion, it does not discriminate. An exploration through form and materials connecting its past to the present was integral to the design. A sanctuary where the visitor becomes unseen, but their vision is heightened was the key. The supporting typologies of a restaurant and bars provide transient space for contemplation and reflection. Enter as one person, re-emerge another.

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CLARE JIXIANG WANG

ETHNOGRAPHY LEARNING CENTRE: La Perouse and Bare Island

My project is the Ethnography Learning Centre on Bare Island and La Perouse, which was inspired by the research of tension between different cultural groups who live on this site. The research also focused on the life of Aboriginal people, early European, Australian and Chinese in La Perouse.

In this proposal, the fort is developed as a public library and Ethnography Research Centre, the cable station is a museum and the watchtower is redefined as a tourist information centre and underground religious space..

C O N TA C T

clare@clarewang.com clarewang.com 0488 722 066

The design of Ethnography Research Centre and public library was based on the research of libraries in Sydney, Aboriginal education issues and libraries in 21st century. The design of Underground Religion Space was inspired by the research of cultural tension and communication and the historic events and ceremonies in La Perouse.

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ANNA WHEELER

PEROUSE PLACE

C O N TA C T

anna_wheeler@me.com anna-wheeler-interiors.squarespace.com 0449 592 641 PICTURED

1. Platforms Seafood Restaurant main dining room 2. La Perouse Heritage Museum transition corridor

Perouse Place is the new civic precinct which occupies La Perouse Headland and Bare Island Fortification. Perouse Place offers a wide variety of activities to visitors of all ages. The headland boasts the new, buried, Perouse Place Heritage Museum, Plunge Dive Centre, Evolve Boutique Hotel, and a Scenic view point on the roof of the re-purposed Macquarie Watchtower. Bare Island has been given new life through the new organic food and cultural Marketplace within the fort, and the new Platforms Seafood Restaurant beneath it. The divers, who currently frequent the site, are now accommodated with the new facilities proposed for Perouse Place.

These facilities allow for learning on site, gear storage, overnight stays, and eating between dives. They also draw many new users to the site: tourists visiting Australia for the first time who wish to stay at an intimate hotel away from the CBD, an intrigued visitor who wishes to learn more about La Perouse through the Museum and the Cultural Marketplace, a couple planning their wedding in the new Platforms Seafood Restaurant, or a curious resident of La Perouse who visits the site for a day of family activity. The new civic precinct, Perouse Place, is a place of learning, loving, and adventure for all.

3. Evolve Boutique Hotel main bedroom

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FEBE WIBAWA

LA PEROUSE OF S P E C TA C L E

The proposed La Perouse of Spectacle is a public place that promotes the Australian heritage and modern culture through its visual experience. This place accommodates two main areas: the Cable Station Gallery and Bare Island Digitalscape. Cable Station Gallery offers a tangible visual experience by exploring the heritage and cultural products of the ancestral community while Bare Island Digitalscape explores modern Australian cultural products in digital form.

C O N TA C T

febe.wibawa@gmail.com PICTURED

1. Foyer Cable Station Gallery 2. Retail Bare Island Digitalscape 3. CafĂŠ Cable Station Gallery

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V I V YA N WU

NGANGKARI ISLAND

C O N TA C T

vivyan.w@gmail.com

Reconnecting with your health through cultural and spiritual aspects; culturally through consumption of raw foods amongst a community environment; spiritually through practicing the sacred traditional healing techniques of Indigenous Australians.

In the name of this project, Ngangkari, is the Aboriginal term for ‘healing’, ‘traditional Indigenous healer’. The Ngangkari have the ability to reconnect any person to the positive vibrations of their spirit and lead them to the path of healing, rid of negativity.

vivyanwu.portfoliobox.me 0408 695 338 PICTURED

Ngangkari Island predominantly rests over Bare Island Fort, where I applied a sensitive approach – in keeping with the values of Indigenous people – to reinvigorate the spaces of a historic military fort.

1. Ngangkari Café visualisation 2. Dreamtime Garden technical documentation 3. Spinal Path progress visualisation

The main circulation space, the Spinal Path, runs through the core axis of the site, imitating the prominent existing bridge at the entrance of the island. It leads you through the open organic restaurant, and into the Dreamtime Garden, where native plants grow tall, overhanging the serene seating space.

The material palette in my scheme reflects the uniquely industrial details of the existing structure, playing on scale and micro-pattern.

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BRITTNEY YO RK

ART WALK

C O N TA C T

brittneyyork@hotmail.com 0432 158 451

The proposal for the urban redevelopment of La Perouse evolved from the crucial need to forge a connection between the sites detached buildings. Through creating a visual link, comprising of physical pathways and light posts, a defined and accessible circulation path is created. The re-purposing of existing structures, and introduction of new typologies, accommodates for a variety of multifaceted civic spaces to reshape the existing social landscape. The inclusion of cultural, commercial and ephemeral spaces aims to stimulate social exchange, improve nightlife, reduce crime, increase tourism, and to enable appropriate access to Bare Island. The proposed typologies include; Indigenous art gallery, French gallery, markets, bar, French memorial and cafĂŠ.

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1. Bridge markets 2. French Memorial 3. Indigenous Gallery

Programmes and planning have been strategically employed to reconcile conflict between the sites stakeholders, namely the French community and Local Indigenous Council, whilst also respecting the National Parks and Wildlife Service and Randwick Council. The separation of an Aboriginal gallery and French precinct allows each representative to have a unique space tailored to their specific needs, whilst maintaining a degree of connection through paths and lighting instillations.

Essentially the project takes a sensitive approach towards the revitalisation of the sites heritage listed buildings. A subtle, yet detailed, architectural language has ultimately allowed for an appropriate restoration of the site whilst still respecting and celebrating the historical buildings unique forms, materials and representation of the past.

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LIRONG ZANG As Bare Island is so rich in social and cultural history, the proposal aims to protect and revive the heritage site and attract the public to these important aspects.

BARE ISLAND ADAPT REUSE PROJECT

C O N TA C T

lirongzang@gmail.com lirongzang.com 0452 079 520 PICTURED

1. Proposed Modern Australian cuisine restaurant 2. Aboriginal arts and crafts gallery

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UNSW and The Faculty of Built Environment is extremely proud of all the graduands and their achievements and wish them all the very best. They have set the design standard high and I look forward with excitement to seeing the fruit of their efforts in the designing world.

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