Graduation Projects 2014 - Master of Architecture

Graduation Projects 2014

Master of Architecture Never Stand Still

Built Environment

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

The Graduation Studio in the Master of Architecture program at UNSW Built Environment represents the culmination of an architectural education in one of the most influential programs in the region. From its early antecedents in the Sydney Technical College, the architecture program at UNSW Built Environment has produced many of Australia’s leading practitioners of the last half century.

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PROJECT INDEX

Aleze Aiza Abbasi

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Philippa Marston

James Bennett

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Maria Mavrolefteros

85 87

Sharryn Bowman

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Katherine Mccourt

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Candice Burg

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Daniel Mihalovich

91

Kathryn Burrough

25

Jan Mikhail

93 95

Benjamin Chan

27

T J Mundy

Jet Hao Chan

29

Daniel Navarrete

97

Veronica Chan

31

Ashleigh Ng

99

Alex Xinyun Cheng

33

Barnabie Ngo

101

Ho Wai (Howard)Cheung

35

Khiem Vu Nguyen

103

Anthony Choi

37

Peter Olive

105

Lee Yee Choi

39

Hei Cheng Ong

107

Michael Dernee

41

Anna Paton

109

Robertt Furey

43

Katerina Plastiras

111

Eleni Garoufalis

45

Ismail Rasheed

113 115

Derek Georgeson

47

Plini Roessler-Holgate

Jason Goh

49

Demas Rusli

117

Hai Tao Gu

51

Bassel Saroufim

119

Jonathan Henley

53

Leslie Xueshen Shen

121

Jabez Ho

55

Kristina Todik

123 125

Phat Huynh

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Sean Tran

Simin Jamili

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Sebastian Tsang

127

Kieran Kartun

61

Sisi Wang

129

Morteza Khorsand Poor

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Jason Widjaja

131

Eugene Kirkwood

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Jess Wong

133 135

Chun Ho (Tim) Lam

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Hao Yan

Chih-Yun Lee (Belle)

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Jing Yao

137

Michelle Lee

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Esmonde Shiwen Yap

139

Priscilla Lee

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Andrew Yunnaraga

141

Sha Li

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Liyi Zhang

143 145

Andrew (Xun Jia) Liu

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Benny Zheng

Tristan Lorquet

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Qixiong Zheng

147

Lara Low

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May (Noir) Zhong

149

Min Ma

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CONTENTS

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

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MESSAGE FROM THE DISCIPLINE DIRECTOR

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MESSAGE FROM THE COURSE CONVENOR

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SUPPORTERS 2014

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TUTOR GROUPS

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MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE: 2014 PROJECTS

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PROFESSOR ALEC TZANNES AM DEAN U N S W 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

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.

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

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.

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

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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PROFESSOR XING RUAN, PHD DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURE DISCIPLINE FORUM SPIRIT Architecture Discipline is the overarching umbrella under which there are three degrees: Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Architectural Computing.

The graduation catalogue for each degree, needless to say, is a celebration of students’ hard labour throughout the course and the fruit born from this endurance. I would like to congratulate all of you on having accomplished your study as represented by your graduation work included in this catalogue.

In addition to the celebration of students’ accomplishment, there is also an important purpose behind the publication of a catalogue of all graduation work, on which I feel it necessary to say a few words here. There are, as far as I can see, two types of publications of students’ work: one is highly selected and polished, whilst the other is about the process, which exposes not only strength, but also weakness. The great twentieth-century American architect Louis Kahn once criticised a good many fashionable architectural schools that were only concerned with displaying works that looked good on the gallery walls, but lacked what Kahn called ‘the spirit of conversation under a big tree’, his analogy for a good architectural school. I would like to think that the kind of catalogue publication that we publish belongs to the latter, which in essence is a forum for discussion. The fact that we have named the publication in a neutral way as a catalogue is to encourage robust discourses on architecture and design, and reflection on what we do.

Incidentally, this ‘forum’ spirit has a neat alignment with the foundation of academic education of an architect in the French Académie Royale in the late seventeenth century, which later became the École des Beaux-Arts. Louis Kahn’s French Professor Paul Philippe Cret called this spirit a ‘complete liberalism’. This, I must caution the reader here, is not about ‘everything goes’, but is rather ‘a method of work’ in Cret’s words. Instead of promulgating any specific theory or idea, this ‘forum’ spirit encourages each individual to identify their potential, and to put in lasting effort and aspiration to strengthen it. This, I am inclined to think, is the point of distinction of UNSW Architecture.

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A S S O C I AT E PROFESSOR HARRY M A R G A L I T, PHD COURSE CONVENOR

The Graduation Studio in the Master of Architecture program at UNSW Built Environment represents the culmination of an architectural education in one of the most influential programs in the region. From its early antecedents in the Sydney Technical College, the architecture program at UNSW Built Environment has produced many of Australia’s leading practitioners of the last half century.

One of the hallmarks of the current program is the year-long final design project, which commences in semester 1 with a thorough investigation of the specific chosen site and project type.

This in turn informs the design projects themselves, which form the substance of the exhibition. The intention is to provide a wide choice of projects to suit specific interests that students cultivate throughout their education. The range this year has been particularly broad, from a literary inquiry through to proposals that investigate urban renewal. The suite of studios on exhibition are:

T U T O R : Ted Quinton P R O J E C T : The Dilemma of Density and the

Issue of Housing T U T O R : Harry Margalit P R O J E C T : Suburban Potential:

Redevelopment of Belrose Shopping Precinct T U T O R : Olivia Hyde P R O J E C T : Peripheral Vision:

The hidden potential of suburbia T U T O R : Peter Murray (with Christian

Grennan and Xing Ruan) P R O J E C T : Architecture of Timber

The studios pursue their own programs within a single course structure.

Some have a single site, while others encourage students to select their own site as part of developing a singular approach. All encourage depth and breadth of inquiry, and expect a level of commitment commensurate with a graduating studio. This makes for an intense but rewarding experience for both tutors and students, and we trust the work reflects this dynamic.

T U T O R : Robertt Barnstone P R O J E C T : Writer’s Centre, Callan Park

T U T O R : Mark Szczerbicki P R O J E C T : Divergent Footprints:

Exploring new approaches to urban infill

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P L AT I N U M S P O N S O R S

GOLD SPONSOR

S I LV E R S P O N S O R S

BRONZE SPONSORS

TUTOR GROUPS

HARRY MARGALIT’S GROUP

ROBERT BARNSTONE’S GROUP

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MARK SZCZERBICKI’S GROUP

TED QUINTON’S GROUP

P E T E R M U R R AY & CHRISTIAN GRENNAN’S GROUP

OLIVIA HYDE’S GROUP

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MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE: 2 014 PRO J ECT S

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ALEZE AIZA ABBASI “To sleep well we do not need to sleep in a large room, and to work well we do not have to work in a den. But to dream of a poem, then write it, we need both.”

Gaston Bachelard WRITERS’ CENTRE CA LL A N PA R K C O N TA C T

alezeabbasi@gmail.com 0420 343 102 TUTOR

Robertt Barnstone PICTURED

1. View of classroom 2. Site plan of Callan park 3. Model: view of auditorium

Poetics refers to the theory of literary forms and discourse, specifically the theory of poetry. It looks at how different elements of a text come together and how they affect the reader. Words are perceived as ideas or thoughts and evoke a meaning beyond the imagery that the poetry literally describes. In a more general sense poetics can be the theory of making; the making of space, the making of music the making of art, the making of poetry and the making of architecture. As words are the building blocks of literary poetics materials are the building blocks of poetic architectural space.

The project was generated using a section of the sculpture that was distorted and used to produce blade walls and define form on the site. These blade walls frame views, delineate space and change in materiality over the site, defining spaces and the transitions between buildings.

4. Model: classroom view across pond

The major hub consists of smaller units, such as the reading room, classrooms, gallery, auditorium, common room and cafeteria that are connected through an elevated walk way suspended from the steel frame. This elevation and light touching of the ground and materials that patina beautifully suggests the ephemerality of buildings and life.

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JAMES BENNETT

THE USINE C O N TA C T

james.bennett.ba@hotmail.co.uk 0402 257 217 TUTOR

My project is located in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville, which is rapidly being developed due to its proximity to the inner city and rising housing prices. Marrickville maintains its historical background as an industrial suburb with a unique typology of residential housing mixed in and amongst factories.

But behind its industrial facades and dusty windows, it is bubbling with possibility.

It is one of the most culturally diverse suburbs in Sydney, with a rich mix of cultures and languages, and it sustains an undercurrent of vibrant entrepreneurs who flock to inhabit its empty factories. At the same time, its sense of community is embodied by a significant family demographic.

Mark Szczerbicki PICTURED:

1. New streets 2. The hub 3. Facades

My project intends to create a much-needed social hub that provides a place for people to meet, interact and exchange ideas. A new pocket park is proposed to give local residents and workers an opportunity to escape the busy roads and concrete.

The design provides new housing for a variety of demographics, and provide new rental offices for short-term use to incorporate local businesses into the site.

4. Sections

The suburb has played a role in helping refugees through a number of social and cultural initiatives, and the project contributes to this through a bakery/ cafĂŠ that will employ & train refugees as well as providing them with accommodation. Small market stalls will allow residents to grow and sell their own produce, allowing the project to promote social connections and community spirit, while providing an intimate and relaxing retreat for all.

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SHARRYN BOWMAN

B AY S T R E E T VILLAGE, GLEBE C O N TA C T

sharrynbowman@bigpond.com

Glebe is a vibrant neighbourhood with a distinct social and architectural character diverse socio-economy. Glebe residents have a strong local pride and active interest in preservation and sustainability. Glebe’s architectural preservation is a result of resident’s action. The 19th century industrial buildings are being re-purposed for commercial and residential use. Glebe is a walking suburb. Walking to work is greater than 4 times that of the New South Wales average and car ownership is less than ½ the average. The area is well serviced by public transport. Therefore, it is important to conceive a design that dovetails into the existing fabric and at the same time provides scaled opportunities for social interaction.

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Ted Quinton

Global and local precedent neighbourhoods demonstrate that: Footprint Density + Narrow Housing + Retail Do Not Hinder Desirability

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1. Pedestrian permeability + active spaces 2. Street connection to community hub

The design site is a former social housing block: now vacant with desirable attributes: neighbourhood, walkability, solar access + views.

3. Community hub 4. Active pedestrian streets

The design has been informed by disassembling: Glebe conditions spatial and massing elements of successful precedents the concept of cohousing, how built form can combat social isolation.

The solution is a village puzzle piece integrating into the greater neighbourhood.

A housing model of relative scale is permeated by communal areas, large and small, within a pedestrian precinct. A village square with communal gardens and community hall links to the neighbourhood. Every small space has seating and mini veggie patches to encourage passive or active connections.

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CANDICE BURG The inhabitants of Belrose respect its unique suburban landscape but also yearn to be involved in the excitement and opportunity of its prospering neighbours. This work is a step towards Belrose achieving this delicate balance.

PERMEABLE MOVEMENT | PER M A N EN T S PAC ES C O N TA C T

urgcandice@gmail.com candiceburg.webs.com 0405 002 897 TUTOR

Harry Margalit PICTURED:

A FLEXIBLE PHYSICAL INFR ASTRUCTURE ASSISTS THE COMMUNIT Y TO IDENTIF Y WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS. The Belrose Town Centre is designed so that its inhabitants, wherever they are, are not isolated and at all times feel connected to the external dynamics. My design is a dialogue between independent operable entities, which coexist and communicate through the spaces that are formed in-between. This flexibility of form is further marked by the oscillation of two opposites- permeable movement and permanent spaces. The buildings mass is based on the strong contrast of materials and highlighted by the duality of opaque and transparent. Solid exterior walls define the spaces with vertical window elements that illuminate the spaces beyond. Timber fins line the facades presenting a play on the views and the interior spaces.

1. Reinventing the town center, site model 2. Perspective of the proposed cultural hub 3. Perspective sectional model of theatre design 4. Design integrated into the existing landscape

I N T E G R AT I O N O F O L D A N D N E W I N S P I R E S O P P O R T U N I T I E S .

The connection of the building to the landscape presents two contrasting conditions.

Where the existing landscape has been removed stonewalls connect the new building to the site to provide a visual foundation to what is above. Where the natural topography falls, a new landscape is formed allowing the insertion of the underground to be activated as part of the retail corridor. This implies more than the organisation of space. It incorporates the opportunity for new uses on the site by reintegrating the building into the pre-existing landscape and creating a cultural hub.

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K AT H R Y N BURROUGH

C A N O P Y: Hunters Hill Sailing Club C O N TA C T

k.burrough@unswalumni.com +614 0217 8292 TUTOR

Peter Murray PICTURED:

1. Section from South-West side 2. Southern perspective from boat ramp

The Hunters Hill Sailing Club project called for a series of beautiful spaces with a flexible, simple planning solution. The building had to respect the appearance of the Woolwich foreshore and respond to the environmental values of a suburb that famously rallied to save Kelly’s Bush (only a few hundred metres from our site), whilst capturing the magnificent views of Sydney Harbour across Parramatta River.

My design for the Hunters Hill Sailing Club is an organic form with natural inspirations that utilises recycled materials and untreated timbers. The design is founded on a holistic approach to sustainability that addresses the ‘six logics’ incorporating technical, medical, cultural, aesthetic, environmental and social factors. Many of these factors are satisfied in the structural system of the design which mimics that of a tree, creating an organic form composed of natural whole logs that appeals to our sense of sight, touch and smell and positively influences our psychological as well as physiological wellbeing. The tree form extends into the planning of the building where a central congregating space acts as a trunk to the major spaces which further branch into ancillary uses.

3. Wedding reception under the canopy 4. Floor plans

The design draws on traditional and locational methods for climate response and durability. The traditional Chinese roof structure with large over-hanging eaves supported by kung-ang brackets forms inspiration for protecting untreated timber from weathering. Materiality is influenced by regional Australian architecture which further provides the framework for protection from summer sun and wind resistance and a cultural foundation from which the design flourishes.

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BENJAMIN CHAN

THE ANTIG E N T R I F I C AT I O N OF REDFERN C O N TA C T

chanbenjamin@hotmail.com TUTOR

This project aims to combat the encroaching gentrification of Redfern. The superficial beautification of the decrepit is at the jeopardy of the intemperate individuality that makes Redfern unique. The proliferating existential crisis affecting the spirit of place, the displacement of the proletariat, and the very nature of urban preservation can be critically interrogated.

Presently, there exists a dogmatic approach to preservation, where heritage structures are superficially beautified and regressed to simple ornamentation. In contrast, the decades of neglect and decay endured by the physical fabric of the Rachel Forster Hospital, a heritage listed and historically significant building, are ebulliently preserved in their authentic state.

Mark Szczerbicki PICTURED:

1. East Plaza from Pitt Street 2. North to South section

Bands of preservation, engendered from the urban fabric of the surrounding context, dictate where portions of the hospital building are to be retained. The intricacies of the labyrinthine crevices of the existing hospital juxtapose against the proposed programs, producing an abstruse yet beguiling experience.

3. South elevation of Redfern Living Diaries 4. Redfern Living Diaries entrance foyer

The proposed Redfern Living Diary exists only as the community wills it so exist. It records and exhibits the ethos, the emotions, and the zeitgeist of Redfern’s residents, old and new. It facilitates and disseminates the amalgamate of cultures in Redfern through a perpetual engagement with the community via art, theatre, exhibitions, and education.

The proposed terraces challenge the traditional terrace typology. By capitalising on disused airspace and positioning a vertical courtyard in the centre, they draw light, air, and green amenities to the entire dwelling. The vertical cores coalesce each individual space, promoting relationships between occupants, nature, sun, and sky.

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JET HAO CHAN

C A M P B E L LT O W N H I G H SPEED TERMINAL ALPHA

Campbelltown is a historic satellite city of Sydney, and one that for many years has experienced extensive social challenges such as unemployment, an ageing population and poverty. This project is set in the future following implementation of the high speed train system in 2060. Following the governments planning blueprints, the new train line will link Campbelltown with Canberra in 40 minutes and Sydney in 10 minutes.

C O N TA C T

jet217@hotmail.com www.jethaochan.com 0424 083 843 TUTOR

Olivia Hyde

Intensive population growth and the confrontation of differing demographic groups will challenge conventional urban development with its hierarchical tower models.

The design proposes a horizontal mega-structure that takes as it’s starting point the arcade architecture of old Campbelltown. The building becomes the incubator of many possible programmes, including the new station, bringing together multiple people and activities in time. It will be the catalyst for a new Campbelltown and constantly evolve with it.

PICTURED:

1. The horizon 2. Massing matrix 3. Condensed city : conference vs protest 4. The program mix : bath-house vs library

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VERONICA CHAN

B AY S T R E E T D E P O T S K AT E + PA R K C O N TA C T

veronicaschan@gmail.com

The project focuses on the development of a skate park, culinary school and youth residences in accord with the government’s redevelopment program within the Ultimo area. As a major educational hub, Ultimo attracts large numbers of local and international students, resulting in a predominantly young and affluent population.

However, this part of Sydney also has high crime rates, with above average reports of theft and assault. This high level of criminal activity, mixed in with a high percentage of youth within the population, could be detrimental to the livelihood of young people in Ultimo.

0405 024 708 TUTOR

Mark Szczerbicki PICTURED:

1. View of central community facilities 2. Conceptual diagrams for programmatic approach 3. View through to residential aspect 4. Detail section of skateboarding facilities

The proposal makes provision for facilities catering to the existing youth demographic, such as emergency youth housing, multimedia spaces and counselling programs. The project focuses on providing living and mediation spaces for the youth-based community, while allowing greater interaction with a wider demographic. By physically and graphically including skateboarding subculture into the surrounding everyday activities, the scheme aims to remove the existing negative perceptions related to the skateboarding. A new public space facilitates a safe and interactive environment to live, recreate and learn. Employment, recreational and educational programs have been designed to help increase social interactions between the youth and the wider community.

The new Ultimo Bay Depot Skate + Park aims to revitalise the cultural significance of the suburb by encouraging public use as well as increasing social interaction between youth subcultures and the general population.

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ALEX XINYUN CHENG

WA L K I N G H A B I TAT C O N TA C T

H A B I TAT Urbanism generates new socio-economic housing stimulating increasing density while sacrificing individual space, blurring the boundary between public and private domains. In response, a three dimensional habitat model emerges as an integrated network of public, commercial and residential domains with pedestrian access where the building become a connector that supports communal life.

xinyuncheng@gmail.com TUTOR

Ted Quinton PICTURED:

1. Various walking experiences 2. Massing strategy

WALKING The act of walk, the most basic form of primitive human behavior, distinguishes itself from other modes of transportation. It is a physical experience, through the slackness in time, of instinctively measuring and sensing the surrounding world while connecting urban spaces and creating possibilities for basic social interactions.

With the medium of walk, isolated dwells are merged with the context, extending individual domains into a dynamic living community.

3. Perspective of central staircase 4. Perspective from South entrance

WA L K I N G + H A B I TAT To explore and experiment on the notion of walking in a dense urban dwelling setting, the project took walking as the factor to define the concepts of private houses, semiprivate units and public communities. Thus housing is no longer what holds it up, but a building compound playing with the ambiguity between public and private, a dynamic network connected by walkways. The project site confronts the challenge of massive level change along an edge, which results in the disconnection of walkability from the upper living community to the lower public facilities in the surrounding area. The proposal aims to achieve a reconnection with a dense mix-used building compound integrated with walkways and public spaces in between, providing an appealing walking experience encompassing interactions and visual variety.

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HO WAI (HOWARD) CHEUNG

I • P O R T: Bankstown airport passenger terminal redevelopment

The chosen project required the design of a new and expanded airport terminal building for Bankstown airport. The program was written to allow three topics to be explored: i) the planning of an airport terminal building; ii) the potential to use timber to provide a powerful and engaging architectural character through it use as the major material for the structure and construction of such a building; and iii) the potential to provide a resource that could serve as both a commercial airport, and community facility for the local residential population.

C O N TA C T

howard_8h@hotmail.com TUTOR

Peter Murray, Christian Grenaus, Xing Ruan

To determine the scale of the building extensive research was undertaken to establish a realistic assessment of aircraft type likely to use the facility and frequency of movements. In developing the structural system for the building a number of options were reviewed in consultation with an engineer and the use of a range of structural analysis packages.

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1. Indoor garden with departure hall 2. Terminal gate waiting area 3. Model of Bankstown passenger terminal 4. Gate parking apron

The flat adjacent landscape drives the building form to reshape the site into knoll like architecture. Based on folded plates and the open gesture of the plan allows the terminal to achieve this concept and provide shaded areas for terminal gates and aircraft parking.

To engage the local community the program incorporates communal gardens in the building and site complex. The inclusion of extensive internal plantings in conjunction with the extensive use of timber will establish an engaging architectural environment that is eco-friendly and beneficial to both locals and travelers. They also contribute to the airport’s sustainability systems both physically and financially.

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ANTHONY CHOI

A MOMENT TO REMEMBER

My grandmother is in the mid-stages of dementia. When I go to visit her at her nursing home, her eyes will sometimes light up and she will be ecstatic to see me.

Other times, she doesn’t recognise me and looks at me blankly, wondering who this strange person is. Some days, she remembers things from almost 60 years ago, while other days, she does not remember what had happened 60 seconds ago.

C O N TA C T

antoniochoi88@hotmail.com PICTURED:

This disease that grips almost 36 million people worldwide affects one’s memory, and sufferers talk about feelings of loss, isolation, loneliness, sadness, confusion, anxiety, frustration, paranoia and anger.

1. Patchwork memory quilt landscape 2. Section @ 1:200 3. 1:50 Section of “cityscape tower” 4. 1:50 Section of “Flowerbed House”

Although there have been many innovations in dementia ward design and major improvements to the care system for people with dementia, the fact still stands that these environments do not allow for the liberties that people with this disease should have.

This project, which is located on the suburban/urban outskirts in a pastoral suburb called Arcadia, is a project that allows for sensory exploration and a play between reality and imagination.

The landscape acts as a mise-en-scene for those whose memories are failing them – a site that is littered with poetic clichés, delicate absurdities and fragments of memories, both past and present. Within this patchwork landscape of memory ‘moments’, the architecture creates bridges between the realms of public and private living for those who suffer from dementia. The sense of community is heightened to allow for constructive interaction among residents while the program and forms of the spaces are kept playful to encourage exploration.

The artefacts of this landscape serve as both containers for the memories of those living within it and as stimulatory devices that can perhaps bring comfort to dementia sufferers by creating recognisable environments or even triggering memory lapses.

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LEE YEE CHOI

OPEN: An urban writers retreat C O N TA C T

This project aims to “translate” literature into architecture through an insight of writers’ daily routine. A thorough study of writers’ daily routine leads to an ultimate idea of “OPEN”. Openings define the relationship of people with their surroundings and hence greatly affect our overall impression of a building design, particularly the exterior form and interior atmosphere. The quality of space is defined by exploration on architectural elements translated from literature, namely atmosphere, space, view, filter, place and time.

choileeyee@gmail.com TUTOR

Robertt Barnstone PICTURED:

1. Writers’ daily routine 2. OPEN

An integration of openings and spatial function brings up the concept of “habitable” openings where writers’ daily routine has been thoughtfully considered. Zoning of public and private space allows interplay between all sorts of openings including threshold. Transition spaces between two are carefully planned where people can gather and interact. Unlike bedroom (the “first” place) and work (the “second” place such as studio), third place (transition space) allows people to put aside their concerns and simply enjoy the conversation around them.

3. Internal experience 4. Habitable openings

It is one of the intentions to trigger curiosity and create a mysterious atmosphere through layers of openings. All the senses are engaged to encourage creation.

Disclosure of views gives inspiration where ideas of permeability and robustness are emphasised. In other words, openings are revealed in varied functions throughout the design to give a rich spatial experience.

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MICHAEL DERNEE

M I C R O - H Y B R I D I S AT I O N : A tower responding to Sydney demands C O N TA C T

michael.dernee@live.com dernee.hostnamez.net

The following design produces a responsive building which would adjust to the character of an ever changing city, with the aim of an adaptable modular building to be re-used and utilised for future use. Called micro-hybridisation, the tower above Wynyard has been designed with integrated modular panels for the instant adaption of rooms, units, floor types and facades.

Situated in the centre of the city, the site incorporates Wynyard Station, Wynyard Park, Shell House, Menzies Hotel (to be demolished) and Thakral House (to be demolished).

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Harry Margalit

A high proportion of Brookfield’s investment will be in the public domain to drive retail value of the concourse and hunter connection. This in turn will increase the value of the tower above with prestigious and active egress. As the train station is open twenty four hours the design utilises the activity of the station by being highly permeable connecting to the tower above.

The proposal of the tower above takes advantage of the dual facing frontages. It incorporates two lobbies on the ground floor with the potential of one dedicated frontage for a larger company and a highly efficient lift design to activate the Southern site. The express lift to the second lobby creates activity encapsulating the canopy around Wynyard Park, further strengthening the urban room.

The building design minimises the core footprint to create a highly efficient floor plate, which can be configured to suit a variety of layouts. These layouts can integrate or segment the two towers with the possibility of interconnecting floors in between.

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ROBERTT FUREY

PEOPLE, CARS, ARCHITECTURE AND THE TOPOGR APHY C O N TA C T

robertt.furey3@gmail.com +61 417 076 385 TUTOR

Can an architectural strategy of reconfiguring the parking garage within the topography while integrating a building program with the access to the parking garage create a new urban environment that encourages human interaction and activates the space between parking and living into something more than simply a place of access and egress for vehicle storage?

The urban parking garage is architecture of utility only. Its one major function is the storage of the car. This study proposes that it is possible to consider the parking garage not only as a space inhabited by cars, but as a space utilised by cars and people. The strategy of integrating the garage, the topography and the building program can create architectural spaces that encourage human interaction where normally they are devoid of human activity.

Ted Quinton

One design strategy considers that the parking areas and new programmatic areas maintain their traditional forms and layouts but are both accessed from the same space. Another design strategy proposes that the parking garage be detached from the building programme altogether as a result of the topography with overlapping new architecture creating new spaces that allow for not only access and egress and storage of the vehicle but human interaction.

The results of the studies done in this thesis demonstrate the possibility of new parking configurations that can bring cars and people together in a variety of ways.

These new architectural scenarios are the result of the topography and urban density while providing places for human interaction and activity that vastly improve the environment of the contemporary parking garage.

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NEXUS C O N TA C T

eleni.garoufalis@gmail.com

Formal and informal architecture. Located at the University of New South Wales West Mall, the scheme proposes a building that will attend to the social and cultural needs of the individual and the community. The integration of formal and informal architecture focused on a set of tools, these included circulation for engagement, flexibility, variation and transformative change. At the heart of this scheme is a circulation system that will allow one to meander and thus accidentally discover spaces and functions. With flexibility and transformative change, activities will sprout out, transforming the structure into highly layered spaces of engagement.

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Olivia Hyde PICTURED:

1. Model of design 2. Ground floor plan with circulation points 3. Sectional model

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IMAGINING ARCHITECTURE

To design a place for people to create, to write, to imagine, it is essential to understand imagination first. Over the course of the year, a series of experiments explored design through certain mediums and criteria. Each experiment sought to evoke a response that challenged the way the architect was hardwired to design.

The culmination of this research presents itself in a Writers Retreat in Callan Park, Lilyfield.

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derek.georgeson@hotmail.com 0423 505 022 TUTOR

Robertt Barnstone PICTURED:

1. Classrooms hidden amongst the trees 2. Play of section throughout the accommodation 3. A corten structure encompasses the units 4. Light filtering through the screen above

Set against the backdrop of the former Rozelle Mental Asylum, the Writers Retreat aimed to create a series of spaces which inspire through dynamic sections and unexpected moments. Informed by the complex history of the hospital, the buildings are integrated with the landscape. The houses are buried, the learning spaces are scattered along the contours, and the library creates and then divides the axis.

Less about architecture and more about the experience, no building seeks to dominate the site. Each visitor is encouraged to wander, explore and meander.

As they explore they begin to discover that throughout the project nature and the elements interact with the architecture: the learning spaces are lost in the forest, hidden courtyards populate the landscape, and strange forms shift and move between the trees. Each space encourages the writer or reader to experience their world again.

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JASON GOH

HOMELESS HOMED C O N TA C T

jasongohcs@gmail.com 0410 112 610

It was on my walk back to the train station in the gathering darkness that I chanced upon the sight of a girl laying a bundle of clothes in a corner, preparing to spend the night on King Street. The situation struck me as ironic – a homeless person having to sleep rough in the bitter cold within sight of a fenced-up vacant building‌ Homeless Homed is a proposal that adaptively re-purposes the former tram shed of Newtown to address the pressing issue of homelessness in the area by bringing together long-term affordable housing and a range of integrated support services under one roof.

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Mark Szczerbicki PICTURED:

1. View of public thoroughfare 2. View of public plaza from support centre 3. View of residential common space

The project recognises that the mere provision of such facilities will not ameliorate the relentless injustices to which many victims are subject without social acceptance.

Social integration is key, and can be attained through urban gestures. The lower section of the shed is first made permeable, followed by the insertion of transparent volumes housing educational, recreational and contextually relevant employment programs (a bike centre, eatery and reuse shop). Useful negative spaces in between these volumes relate to the fine-grained urban characteristic of Newtown and offer opportunities for activity spillage and casual interactions. Above, a city-like level creates a neighbourhood for 21 homes, supporting a range of tenants until they are ready for independent living.

Ultimately, Homeless Homed is a reintegration project: one that seeks to reintegrate a forgotten building and unseen victims of homelessness back into the urban and social fabric of the city.

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H A I TA O GU

LI N K I N G PA R K : Living close, living green C O N TA C T

ronan7610@hotmail.com 0433 601 888 TUTOR

This project transforms former industrial warehouses and garages into a new green urban community hub with mixed-use developments. This “oasis” combines affordable housing, workspaces, street shops, restaurants and cafés with sports, educational and cultural facilities such as a gym, open studio, exhibition centre, art gallery, and new digital library. The architecture of each part of the project has been designed to produce a high level of diversity. The various building layouts optimise the urban density of the site, while allowing each part to relate to the various scales of surrounding landscapes and streetscapes. The creation of a generous central park and open green spaces serve as the green lungs of the city of Sydney.

Consequently, buildings and nature are balanced with urbanity to create a safe public realm and uplifting environment conducive to sustainable future living.

Mark Szczerbicki PICTURED:

1. Perspective view of Central Park 2. Masterplan 3. Perspective view of residential developments 4. Perspective view of commercial

Modern cities are often split by heavy traffic and busy transport, so connecting city blocks pleasantly should be given careful consideration. This project aims to connect isolated streets to the city and to inter-connect isolated floors for the occupants. The making of new public spaces and pocket parks is the key idea holding together the entire “Linking Park”. A sequence of new public spaces such as plazas, gardens, sidewalks and laneways is created, and provides spaces for people that edge and define the new central area.

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Inspired by the surrounding natural environment, an organic green platform has been added to the proposed residences. This unique green space evolved as a result of building up the perimeter street frontages, and offers connections from the perimeter through to the centre of the ‘Linking Park’.

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JABEZ HO

S E N S I N G A R T, ARCHITECTURE REIMAGINED C O N TA C T

jabez_hck@hotmail.com TUTOR

Mark Szczerbicki PICTURED:

1. Wide view from Newtown train station 2. Public art demonstration for collaborative learning

The new art production precinct is envisaged to complement the artistically creative quality of Newtown. Situated in proximity to Newtown train station, the site takes an active and prominent role in the existing social fabric by making meaningful connections between the busier King Street and the quieter Angel Street.

The revitalisation includes art production as the centre stage program, flanked by commercial and art related services, and topped by dwellings. While uniformity is created through programmatic layout, a variety of internal spatial superimpositions and serendipitous circulation through different atmospheric spaces create a sense of ambiguity. These in between spaces help to create an emergence of unexpected phenomenon and new forms of programmatic uses, thus creating a space that is both stable and open to experiments.

The proposal retains the existing brick faรงade and corrugated metal and steel structures, with the industrial quality of the building softened by the lightweight timber faรงade of residential spaces. The central space is covered by a louvered glass roof which further adds to the drama of the encounter of the precinct.

3. Section showing public-private transition 4. Openness to other programmatic experiments

In a curated art production space, the ideal is to avoid having the story of regeneration, with its poetic connotations, ending up reduced to real estate. Social cohesion and local collective identity are placed at a greater emphasis by enabling residents to be active contributors to the creative milieu, and in turn artists contribute to the dynamics of the place in a reciprocal relationship, whereby an all-inclusive society is cultivated.

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P H AT HUYNH

YO R K R D S TAT I O N

The Waverley community contains a mixed variety of age groups from various ethnic backgrounds and family types. The main outdoor activities in the area are walking and cycling in the local parks. The existing Waverley Bus Depot once served as an electric tram service yard, but was converted to a bus depot when trams in Sydney were decommissioned.

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phat.x.h@gmail.com 0406 894 814 TUTOR

Mark Szczerbicki PICTURED:

1. Perspective of main public space 2. Perspective of Aquatic Centre

The term transformation is defined as a ‘Genesis of a New Realm’. It begins with an origin and generates a new domain, area, sphere or region. The intent of this project is to transform the existing Waverley Bus Depot into a desirable destination. This project works in parallel with the ‘Sydney Light Rail Future’ project, which aims to expand Sydney’s public transport system through communal light rail. A proposed additional line will connect Randwick to Waverley, making the York Rd Station a key node in the system. Arriving at the station, a central public space acts as a node which connect all existing and new functions. The existing bus depot is transformed into fitness studios, and its bus service pits are transformed into an aquatic centre.

3. Masterplan 4. Section

Adjacent to the public domain, new terraced and duplex houses act as a reinterpretation of existing housing typologies. This new housing offers an improved social and communal connection to the site.

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SIMIN JAMILI Surrounded by Frenchs Forest to the South and Garigal national park to the North, Glenrose shopping centre is located in leafy and quiet vicinity. At a smaller scale, the site is surrounded by some sport and cultural facilities.

A NEW VISION FOR GLENROSE SHOPPING CENTRE

Analyzing the site suggests that there is not much opportunity to create a major shopping mall due to limited public transport and access. However, my aim is to develop a scheme that incorporates other unique qualities of the site.

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siminjamili@hotmail.com +61 4 00 99 3330

My proposal is to create a scene on which locals are gathered together, interact, and create memories. I wanted to make a place for sport, artistic, spiritual and political life of the community, as well as shopping.

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Harry Margalit PICTURED:

1. General site plan and arrangements 2. The site perspective looking

Some of the community facilities such as the library, theatre, football ground and tennis court already exist in the site’s proximity. The design proposal is to organise them around an open plaza that acts as a modern version of ancient Roman Forums and Agoras. Another design consideration is to preserve the locality and softness and harmony of the neighborhood.

from South East 3. North elevation 4. The site perspective standing in the plaza looking South

To achieve this, I applied the following design strategies: Landscape: is integrated with built form, and without one the other is meaningless.

Material palette: components are limited to concrete, timber and sandstone to avoid a high-tech industrial atmosphere.

Massing and Scale: is in harmony with the surrounding built-form grain and is not excessively large Facades: are emphasising on horizontality and horizon lines Programme: includes the gardens, small retail, cafĂŠs, gym, pool and community centre Grid and form: is aligned with major buildings around the site such as the library and theatre, rather than Glen Street.

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KIERAN KARTUN

THE SYDNEY S O U N D D E P O T: Exploring urban architectural soundscapes C O N TA C T

The Sydney Sound Depot examines the concept of an architectural ‘soundscape’.

The project asserts that effective urban architectural landscapes should not just form the silent backdrops to our lives but interactively enrich, inspire and awaken our senses. A large component of the design thesis was to employ the use of video animation to map out a ‘soundscape’ of experiences for a day in the life of a local family exploring the site. Through my design presentation I wanted to reinforce the assertion that architectural design should go far beyond mere 2D and 3D representation and explore the much less tangible potential for emotive and sensory experiences within built environments.

kieran.kartun@hotmail.com 0404 692 197 TUTOR

Mark Szczerbicki PICTURED:

The proposed scheme includes a portion of merit based subsidised housing for Newtown’s vibrant community of aspiring musicians and their families. This medium density collaborative housing project; interwoven within the fabric of the Newtown’s historic 1899 Tram Depot, provides a diverse auditory masterplan considerate of both its inhabitants needs, whilst reverberating through and inspiring the communities rich tapestry of cultures and demographics.

1. 1:100 Public section 2. Internal concourse render 3. Short term ‘travelling musician’s’ tram accommodation 4. 1:200 Masterplan

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MORTEZA KHORSAND POOR

C O N TA C T

khorsand_morteza@yahoo.com 0402 400 055 TUTOR

Ted Quinton PICTURED:

1. In the courtyard looking to the playground area 2. Ground masterplan 3. Sections and elevations 4. Perspective from Blackwall Point Road

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EUGENE KIRKWOOD

RECLAIMING TEMPE C O N TA C T

yuey_@hotmail.com

Tempe Bus Depot, South-West of the Sydney CBD, is the site for an investigation into the reclamation of transport infrastructure for cultural and residential purposes.

This project explores a number of unusual programs juxtaposed against what is an otherwise commonplace suburban condition in Sydney. A new mega-structure containing regenerative wetlands, medium and high density housing, as well as numerous cultural functions, contrasts with the unique history and vernacular of transport infrastructure in Australian suburbia.

0448 348 986 TUTOR

Mark Szczerbicki PICTURED:

1. Tempe Cultural Centre Kite Festival 2. Perspective from Tramway Street 3. House modules 4. Masterplan

The site sits within the Local Government Area of Marrickville, in close proximity to many local cultural clubs, which act as curious insertions of rich cultural diversity into Tempe and adjoining suburbs. The main existing tram shed structure, a heritage listed building currently housing a bus workshop, will include a new Cultural Centre incorporating a multi-purpose event space for cinema, opera, drama and ballroom use, with associated meeting spaces and administrative offices. The Southern half of the tram shed will house a market and restaurants. Adjoining this retail component is a series of semi-detached houses, mediating the boundary between the Southern faรงade of the tram shed and neighbouring childcare centre and pedestrian and vehicular entries from Gannon Street. In place of a nondescript joinery factory is a series of duplex houses, proposing a rethinking of suburban subdivision. The megastructure encloses car parking facilities over the previous bus parking areas, and houses a vast park on its roof, re-creating the nearby grass and wetland environment of the Cooks River.

The power of this project is in the juxtaposition of unique architectural elements and programs against a typical suburban backdrop.

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CHUN HO (TIM) LAM

N E X T S TAT I O N : Bondi Bath C O N TA C T

clevertim2003@yahoo.com.hk www.chunholam.com 0450 997 650 TUTOR

The project site is the Former Waverley Tram Shed, locates at the Western edge of Bondi Junction bordering Centennial Park. Started with questioning the character of the site in its immediate setting and considering the future role of light rail, The key intervention includes a bath and spa facility, a light rail storage facility and a pavilion.

Meanwhile, 34 terrace houses and some apartment units, bike hub and shops are also proposed as responses to its context. The seemingly unrelated bath facility and light rail storage are imagined to be connected by water reuse system, by which water from bath and spa facility is to be reused to wash light rail. This system of water reuse allows spatial exploration of landscape elements such as reed bed, water channel, water reserve and metal chain for rainwater collection. To celebrate this system, the daily operation of light rail facility is made visible. This is done by re-routing the entrance and level of light depot.

Mark Szczerbicki PICTURED:

1. Exterior perspective from York Road 2. Interior perspective of the bath house 3. Southern entrance of the bath house 4. Interior perspective of a terrace house

From construction point of view, the inserted functions in the bath facility will be structurally independent from the existing shed. The majority of the former tram shed facade is retained and interpreted where necessary. Material-wise, the response to the existing grey corrugated metal roof and red brick are black corrugated metal and glass brick of standard brick dimension, giving the whole project an aesthetic union.

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C H I H -Y U N LEE (BELLE) Writer’s Retreat: Writer vs. Work: Private vs. Common/Public: Individual vs.

Community/Society CHOICE: Alone among the crowd C O N TA C T

bellaoi801@hotmail.com TUTOR

Robertt Barnstone

The planning of this writer’s retreat predominately revolves around the relationship between private and common spaces – a relationship which is playful and organic by nature. The ground floor is characterised by clear, distinct spaces; separated for the privacy of individuals. As both tenants and their visitors move to the first floor, the layout opens up to reveal more playful shared spaces, reflected in the architecture.

The concept of communal space has been inserted all the way through even the apartment block, a constant reminder that there should be moments of leisure outside the writers’ private lives. The boundary between private and public have been blurred to encourage the sense of a holistic community.

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1. Individuality vs. sociality in plan 2. Individuality vs. sociality in section 3. Play of void in daily life 4. Inside, outside, and in-between

Ultimately it is the voids that best represents the relationship between private and common. The orthogonal voids on the ground floor reflect a structured and private mode of living that soften into curved, organic voids on the 1st floor as residents and visitors alike frequently circulate around these forms. The relationship in section between the voids of the two levels creates an interesting dialogue of visual connection and lighting conditions. Like the cover of a novel, the roof and the entry facade retain a clean and blank face, only hinting at the dynamic activity that occurs within.

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MAROUBRA LIVING C O N TA C T

priscilla_lee20@hotmail.com TUTOR

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SHA LI

A TOURISTS VILL AGE I N A PA R K C O N TA C T

The Rozelle Tram Depot is located in Harold Park, next to Glebe’s foreshore parks and 4km from the Sydney CBD. It is culturally significant and has a strong connection to Sydney’s former tramway system. With new development nearby, there will be 2,200 new residents in Harold Park within 5 years. To celebrate the historical significance of the tram depot and rehabilitate it, a ‘Tourist village in a park’ is proposed for the depot. This village will become a destination for tourists in Sydney and provide facilities for local residents in Glebe, Forest Lodge and Annandale.

lisashali@hotmail.com 0425 433 288 TUTOR

Mark Szczerbicki PICTURED:

1. West entrance 2. Central plaza 3. Tram hostel 4. Recreation precinct

To embrace its long history of being part of Sydney’s tramway system and more recent use as a graffiti heaven, a tram hostel with rooms within existing trams has been proposed for the depot. The suspended graffiti-covered trams and the new and existing steel structure will create an industrial atmosphere which will become a unique aspect of the hostel. A cycling club with a shop and bicycle rental provides facilities and services for tourists and cyclists in the area. In the park in front of depot, a recreation precinct with family BBQ area, kids’ playground and bicycle tracks allows local residents and tourists to utilise the park. The new stair in the tram depot allows residents in Glebe direct access to Harold Park and softens the 6m cliff barrier on the East facade.

This new village will fulfil both tourists’ and local residents’ needs and bring them together.

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ANDREW (XUN JIA) LIU

A WALK ABLE TOWN CENTRE C O N TA C T

andrew_liu_1983@hotmail.com 0422 564 556 TUTOR

Mark Szczerbicki PICTURED:

1. Tramshed West elevation photo-montage 2. Tramshed East elevation

The suburb of Tempe is in an isolated and disadvantaged location bounded by Sydney Airport and divided by the Princes Highway. Existing commercial facilities are situated along the highway, but many are in a dilapidated state offering the bare minimum of services to the local community. This situation is worsened by other developing and existing retail and commercial centres in adjoining suburbs, such as Wolli Creek and Marrickville, drawing residents outward for basic services and amenities. This situation has a negative impact on a sense of township, and does not afford opportunities for communal interactions which would usually take place at a local cafe, bakery or park.

This project proposes to adaptively reuse the existing tram shed as a new town centre to revitalise the suburb by offering daily essential services and amenity for the community – right at their door step. In addition, new townhouses and shop-tophousing is proposed within the tram shed to densify the centre, as well as to deal with the imposing scale of the tram shed within the neighbouring single dwelling typology.

photo-montage in context 3. Tramshed internal park photo-montage

Around the public domain, new duplexes and smaller single dwellings are proposed to offer better quality housing with greater variety. These new housing typologies will provide a social mix and better social engagement between the dwellings and the public domain to encourage more interaction and to strengthen bonds within the community. A new ANZAC memorial park and childcare centre are also proposed adjacent to the new town centre. These public services will provide an excellent backdrop for communal interaction and recreation, and help in the process of reestablishing a better sense of township.

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T R I S TA N LORQUET

CA LL A N PA R K C O N TA C T

tristan.lorquet@gmail.com 0400 982 020 TUTOR

The project brief is to create a Writers Centre in Callan Park NSW. The project not only includes the facilities required for a Writers Centre but also incorporates a multifunctional use of spaces that can operate both during the day and night. A variety of outdoor spaces allow for opportunity of integration between the public and private users. One overall idea was to generate spaces for users to be able to sit, relax or write. The skylights placed along the ground next to the classrooms and seminar rooms provided two purposes firstly, to provide ample light for the underground auditorium. Secondly it is designed in a way for writers, readers, any users to come out and sit or lay on to read a book. This idea applies to a few other key areas around the site.

Robertt Barnstone PICTURED:

1. CafĂŠ, classrooms, auditorium 2. Library 3. Greywater pond 4. Residents courtyard

The material palate was kept to a minimum which helps keep the consistency of the overall design, including the small scale buildings. Majority of the buildings are single story except for the classroom/seminar building. The use of glass was made to give an overall feeling of lightness and being allowed for the park to be captured indoors especially the Library. The glass façade that wraps around the majority of the between is to create a visual connection between the exterior and interior spaces.

The glass is also made to look like it structurally holds the roof for the residents.

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LARA LOW

LL ANDILO TREEHOUSE CHILDREN’S R E H A B I L I TAT I O N C E N T R E C O N TA C T

laralow@gmail.com 0419 430 838

Situated in Sydney’s far North West, the Llandilo Treehouse Children’s Rehabilitation Centre provides health services to children that require long-term or intensive, daily physical therapy. It is a speculative alternative that challenges the often clinical spaces prescribed by the current health system by replacing it with a forest and treehouse adventure.

On the forest floor, rooms for rehabilitation services are located in small pockets of forest openings, while the perimeter walls wind between old-growth eucalypts in a rectilinear manner, contrasting with the natural pattern of tree growth. It claims some trees within its walls for its protected children’s forest, while natural thick growth vegetation imposes limits on the extents of the building.

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Olivia Hyde PICTURED:

1. Playroom above the canopy 2. Residences in the canopy 3. Section: entrance and

In the canopy, the residences are conceived as a treehouse made of a series of rooms, progressively twisting up amongst the 20 metre tall trees. In contrast to the low-lying form of the rehabilitation services, the vertical form of the treehouses place the everyday experience of the child above that of their physical therapy. The treehouse culminates in a recreational play room, breaking free and above the forest canopy.

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For the children at the Llandilo Treehouse, the significance of the physical path to healing becomes secondary to their childhood experience and the adventure of living within the forest canopy.

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MIN MA

BELROSE SHOPPING CENTRE C O N TA C T

molly.min.ma@gmail.com

The main concept of my Belrose Shopping Centre is continuous green land, to blend in with the surrounding environment. This plays a role of mediation to link the soccer playground in the South with landscape strips and a large forest area in the North-West.

This centre aims to create a community space and provide surrounding residents with various functions to satisfy their daily needs, through apartments, shops, green houses, supermarkets and an open plaza.

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Harry Margalit

Apartments consist of two main sections, one designed as a zig-zag form servicing small scale space, and the other with a “V” form servicing a large space. Because of the form of apartments, a number of triangle roof gardens are naturally formed and create better view angles for inhabitants.

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1. Perspective view 2. Long elevation on Glen Street 3. Short section

In addition, shops and greenhouses are connected by staircases on the facade in order to enhance spatial relationship. People’s movement on the facade activates the vertical connection of different levels.

4. Basic form of apartment

Furthermore, owing to the 6 to 8 metre level difference, grand steps near the greenhouse facade are a necessary pathway to reach the open public plaza. When one is standing on the plaza, and looking through to the North-West direction, one can appreciate beautiful views of houses, landscape strips and the forest areas.

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P H I L I P PA MARSTON

WAV ER LE Y BUS D EP OT C O N TA C T

pipmarston@hotmail.com

The NSW State Government has set the guidelines for a strategic direction for the city, which includes housing provision targets. According to the Metropolitan Development Program, Sydney’s populations is forecast to grow a further 40% in the next 25 years. This population growth will see the city grow to a total of nearly 6 million people. Furthermore, it is expected that by 2036, one in six people will be aged over 65 compared to the current proportion of one in eight. (Source: NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure, 2008/09)

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Ted Quinton

To cater for a growing population of smaller and older households and a desire to restrain urban sprawl, higher density attached dwellings is the future for urban housing. The reclaiming and revitalisation of existing central city zones can cater for projected population growth while providing great living, working, recreation, education, health, trade and commerce balance. One of the principal goals of these efforts has been the rezoning of industrial areas to residential development, allowing industry to move out and people to move in. Sites currently zoned as Infrastructure, however, are not as easy to displace as the growth of the city relies on having access to transport in close proximity. Totaling more than 150,000 square metres and scattered within 20km of Sydney’s CBD are 7 sites that may hold the key to increasing Sydney’s density while maintaining accessible infrastructure.

The answer is Sydney’s bus depot sites.

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MARIA M AV RO LEF TEROS

CA LL A N PA R K W R I T E R ’ S R E T R E AT C O N TA C T

This design for Callan Park Writer’s Retreat encapsulates moments of the mental health narrative of Callan Park, exposing footprints of the site’s history and proof of its development. It touches on issues of the human imagination, with evidence of the past creating memory of the fantasy of the mentally unstable, which inspires and triggers the imagination of the writer. The Masterplan creates parallels between the institution of a mental health facility and a writer’s retreat, dividing the spaces with sculptural courtyards, bridges and landscape features.

mariamavro@hotmail.com 0433 888 558 TUTOR

Robertt Barnstone PICTURED:

1. Figure ground plan

A T boardwalk which dictates the circulation through the y axis and the central crossing which dictates movement along the x axis defines the plan layout and reveals images of the narrative and figures who once occupied the spaces. In these spaces sculpture, seating, elements of spatial division, structure and shelter are intertwined and folded to create an unraveling, away from the traditional or expected distinctions between architectural features and enriching the experience and the telling of the past.

2. Sectional perspective of library 3. Section of apartments 4. Detail sectional model

The layering of the plan from more public amphitheatres and classrooms to the private residential apartments allows a connection to be made with the existing Writer’s Centre, while not losing the intimacy required for living spaces. The articulation of architectural elements within these spaces further distinguishes the difference between the public and private.

A study on pockets of space, developed from the breaking away of traditional elements, such as the bookcase rooms and pockets of seating, to the transformative elements, such as the hinged walls, encourage an exploration of imagination from the writer.

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K AT H E R I N E MCCOURT

THE TENSION IN TRANQUILITY C O N TA C T

katherine.e.mccourt@gmail.com 0403 928 821 TUTOR

Robertt Barnstone

The NSW Writers Centre, located in the former Rozelle Hospital grounds at Callan Park, exists to foster a culture of writing in NSW and promote a sense of community among writers throughout the state. The proposal for the expansion of the Writers Centre facilities to incorporate ‘An Urban Writers Retreat’ is in cohesion with the objectives and core value statement of the organisation. Central to the design theory for the retreat were Tado Ando’s writings in ‘Towards New Horizons in Architecture.’

He poetically highlights the relationship between people and nature and how architecture’s abstraction of nature creates tension, thus the title of the project ‘The Tension in Tranquility.’ The aim in the design was to create pleasant places for writers to interact with each other and their craft. The large scale of Callan Park presented the challenge of selecting an appropriate location and form for the program which interacts with the existing historical site whilst having a distinct identity. The identification of the key axes of the historic building strongly informed my design. The density of the built form around the existing NSW Writers centre aimed to both unite the new and existing and also to form varied scales of outdoor space and in which to interact with the natural environment. By selecting materials in keeping with the existing site and forms which reference but are distinct from the Kirkbride Block The Writers Retreat assumes a distinct identity interwoven with the expansive vegetated grounds of Callan Park.

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DANIEL MIHALOVICH

MEDIUM DENSITY HOUSING ROSEBERY SITE SYDNEY C O N TA C T

danielmihalovich@yahoo.com.au 0410 684 378 TUTOR

Ted Quinton PICTURED:

The Residential blocks that make up the urban fabric of the Rosebery Site have been designed for 35mx12m footprints to sit side by side facing the street. Pedestrian movement in this current urban fabric forces pedestrians to walk the full length of the 194mx80m blocks to get around. The design proposal suggests that a more permeable pedestrian movement on the ground plan is appropriate here, to open up the urban fabric and make the pedestrian experience lively and open, filled with natural light. Footpaths through the site design proposal allows pedestrian movement to travel from one side of the site to the other, giving open access to Turruwul Park that is a central leisure spot and community hub with tennis courts, a children’s playground, a sports field and mature trees.

A new commercial program at the North end of the site offers park patrons and residents to purchase a drink and a pastry from the bakery and then take the stairs to the roof terrace to relax and enjoy the view of the park. Also included is a pharmacy, fruit and veg store, hairdresser, shoe shop, dress shop and laundromat.

1. The screens and the commercial terrace 2. Apartment façade and pedestrian movement 3. The pool and roof terraces 4. Footpaths that open up the site

The residential program offers one, two and three bedroom apartments each with its own roof terrace and garage, and screens on the façades add to the design environment. Included in the design is a public swimming pool on the Northern end of the site that compliments the outdoor activities of the park and its healthy fit lifestyle. An underground carpark facility allows residents visitors and pool patrons to park their car with convenience.

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JAN MIKHAIL

RE:WORK: Create + live + work C O N TA C T

Re:work explores new working and living typologies. The project is based in St Peters, which is 6km from Sydney CBD and 4km from Sydney Airport. In the past few years, it has transitioned from its industrial past to a mixed-use area. The site is close to public transport, green amenities, major roads, shopping, as well as its idiosyncratic atmosphere, making it very suitable to be considered for rezoning for the development of medium density housing. Historically, up until the industrial Revolution, live/work houses were everyone’s type of residence.

jandark_mikhail@hotmail.com 0435 326 606

Therefore, the project focuses on creative working and living situations and addresses whether people and light industry can work and live together.

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Ted Quinton PICTURED:

1. Render of housing typology one 2. East elevation of Appleby St 3. North-West elevation of Hutchinson St

Re:work is made up of 4 housing typologies, creating 110 dwellings that are modeled around the terrace form, with each dwelling having a designated area for work. The triangular site is split into two, separating the existing terraces from the new typologies; allowing for buildings to address the streetscape. Commercial spaces for the use of creative industries occupy the ground floor, elevated modules allow for more permeability into the centre of the site, providing for a multipurpose area for the use of exhibition or market space.

Re:work reuses, and recycles materials that are true to St Peters characteristics; Steel trusses appear sporadically representing the industrial buildings that once took up the site. Brick appreciating St Peters history as a major brick making area and finally timber as a means of connecting the green amenity to the site

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T J MUNDY

BELROSE TOWN CENTRE

The current town centre of Belrose incorporates many of the vital facilities that cater for the surrounding residents, but its lack of connectivity has resulted in a destination without identity. To address this problem this scheme strives to connect all these elements via a series of retail streets and public spaces which mirror the current usage of the site in a more cohesive approach.

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tj_mundy@hotmail.com 0420 906 347 TUTOR

Harry Margalit

By introducing a series of townhouses, lowrise and highrise buildings onto the site, the growing population will have a choice between a mix of generous housing types of which cater to the young family demographic attracted to the area. Through careful consideration of building orientation and the manipulation of the internal spaces in section, all apartments and housing across the site have extensive access to natural sunlight despite the denser conditions.

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1. North perspective 2. Retail street perspective 3. Site section 4. South perspective

This new residential precinct has a level of separation from the lively public spaces on the lower portion of the site and incorporates a series of semi-private outdoor spaces between the buildings. The contrasting levels of privacy across the site create a variety of spaces that cater for the different needs of everyone who accesses the precinct.

Thorough analysis of the context has allowed the forms to respond to the surrounding conditions of the site without having a negative impact on them. By referencing some of the existing materials and styles of the surrounding context, the development helps to define the identity of the suburb as a whole and provide it with much needed life.

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DANIEL N AVA R R E T E My graduation design is for a sailing club in Hunter’s Hill and is to account for two main spaces, boat storage and a function space. Integration between building and site is a key element due to the conservation nature of the area and its locality.

HUNTER’S HILL SAILING CLUB C O N TA C T

The design is focused around the exploration of timber building. This parameter will influence the designs architectural character and with that in mind will aim to take advantage. Additionally, sustainability with be a significant factor.

danielnav4@hotmail.com 0415 336 499 TUTOR

Peter Murray PICTURED:

1. Render of the South-West elevation

The concept driver for the design was a sailing boat. The key elements that were taken and incorporated into the design include the strength and stability created by the ribbing of the hull, the lightweight nature of boat framing and the precision and functionality that is inherent with a sailing boat.

The building was also design with consideration towards pre-fabrication and sourcing of local timbers.

2. Entry view captured from model 3. View captured from model 4. Floor plan

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ASHLEIGH NG The average Australian consumes 44kg of chicken meat a year.

THE URBAN P O U LT R Y FA R M : A new hybrid model of poultry production for a suburban context C O N TA C T

Urban growth on the fringes of Sydney transforms farmland into residential and commercial developments.

The project describes a new model of poultry production, rescaled to suit the suburban context of Maroubra Junction. It seeks to challenge the conventional restraints of the current model of meat production, and redefines the fundamental hierarchies in the relationship between humans and animals.

ashling_88@hotmail.com 0406 272 200 TUTOR

Olivia Hyde

This method of poultry production condenses the current model of production into a single entity, a strategy that can be inserted into the existing urban grid across Sydney to provide poultry meat and community facilities for the local population.

The Maroubra site is positioned within the interstitial space within Anzac Parade, providing an urban connector that bridges across road through intensity of program.

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1. Montage of study areas and broiler farms 2. Montage of children and hatchery 3. Section through main broiler farm structure 4. Section through hatchery

The programs included in the main structure, such as retail, market gardens and community facilities, are fluid and integrated with the habitats allocated to chickens.

Programmatic boundaries are porous, and remove the hierarchy between chickens and people to produce a heightened awareness of the other. Specific situations emerging from this newly created field are shaped through a re-imagining of the chickens’ natural habitat – the rainforest – through the placement of columns and ramping of the ground plane.

Through the rescaling of the process and intensification of program, the project allows for the intimate coexistence of humans and chickens; one that challenges the conventional construct of the meat production process, creates awareness of the chickens and provides an urban strategy for food production.

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BARNABIE NGO

AN URBAN WRITERS’ R E T R E AT

This is not to be simply as an issue of regionalism but the finding of the true purpose of built form in relation to the land, creating a holistic human experience. In Peter Zumthor’s Thinking Architecture, he made the analogy of a building akin to a stone dropped into a riverbed. Sand is stirred up around it in a frantic chaos before the stone is nestled-in then subsequently become part of the riverbed. The Writers’ Centre will, like the stone, become part of this land, nestled-in and belonging.

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barnabie.ngo@gmail.com 0423 335 048 TUTOR

Robertt Barnstone

While it is true that a well-built structure can perform to its fullest extent in satisfying the functional requirements, it does not necessarily fulfil the human experience in creating ‘wholeness’. Four walls and a roof can create a house, but not a home. This centre will be designed with the intention of (even with temporary residence) having a homely feel, utilised through topographic manipulation and form which invokes an experiential response.

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1. Massing model 2. Aerial perspective of campus 3. Section through library and accommodation

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KHIEM VU NGUYEN

BELROSE CENTER: Living village and shopping village C O N TA C T

vukhiemnguyen1988@gmail.com 0433 345 140 TUTOR

Harry Margalit PICTURED:

1. Belrose apartment at night 2. Belrose Center 3. Belrose shopping village 4. Belrose Masterplan

Belrose is one of Sydney’s middle ring suburbs, about 18 km from the city centre.

It is facing similar issues to other suburban areas. These include low density that results in a poor sense of socially connected places, sprawl that increases the cost for infrastructural development and leads to housing affordability issues, and increasing costs for services, health care and transportation.

The project to design a new sustainable community for Belrose began by developing two key ideas: “living village and shopping village” that address the issues through: Producing better public transport in order to shorten distances and save time to access services and entertainment.

Developing a better system that encourages independence from the car, and increases the enjoyment of walking and bicycle riding.

Increasing density through a combination of high rise and low rise buildings.

Serving the community by creating a shopping village and living village lifestyle, activate and link these to public buildings, public spaces, and connect to greenery, landscapes and community gardens.

Design community spaces and buildings catering for gender, age, purpose and times.

Encouraging people to activate space by connecting to the sequence of activities: shopping, playing sport, walking, riding bikes, art performance and reading.

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PETER OLIVE Located in Enmore Park the Aquatic Centre project delivers a dynamic, multipurpose community facility with sustainability at its heart. Timber has been used to reduce the building’s carbon footprint. Douglas Fir Glulam trusses provide the main structure. The trusses are architectonic, adding elegance to structure as well as the warmth of timber.

Consideration of the surrounding park’s heritage was important. The program and structure needed to minimise the impact on the park but also give pool users a sense of being within a park. The pitch of the trusses varies and together with the program they maximise visual attachment to the park. The trusses rotate on a series of fulcra.

This delivers a twist to the roof which focuses attention to the park specifically rather than the outdoors generally.

The Centre is entered from the North. There the program divides: access to the gymnasium on the top floor is to the right, the pool hall below by stairs or elevator to the left. In the pool hall the program again divides into public, administrative and mechanical functions.

While timber is the major construction material, concrete forms the pool deck, ground floor plant rooms and first floor slab. Pre-cast concrete panels are used in the plant room walls. Human use areas such as the crèche, change rooms, café and administration areas are differentiated by plywood panel infill. In the administration building and café, a combination of structural, recycled hardwoods and plywood infill are used.

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HEI CHENG ONG

SADNESS AND JOY C O N TA C T

ongheicheng@hotmail.com +852 9109 4390

This architectural proposal, located at the existing Penrith Cemetery, brings together the functions of a cemetery, a public park and a seed library. Intertwining the functions of the cemetery (a library of death), with those of the seed library (a library of life) brings a new purpose to the cemetery, allowing sadness and contemplation to coexist with joy and delight. In addition to addressing the emerging crisis in burial space, the project and allows for a new connection with the surrounding community, augmented by additional programs such as a flower shop, a community garden and a cafĂŠ. The site will be a perfect place for a family to spend a day, for local commuters and workers to rest or eat lunch, and for kids to learn.

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Olivia Hyde PICTURED:

1. Sadness and joy 2. Seed library and grave wall sectional perspective 3. Plan 4. Long section from entry

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ANNA PAT O N Re-entering the community after spending time in an acute mental health facility can be a daunting experience. The Hamlet is a step down facility providing rehabilitation and support for young people, aged 18–24 making this challenging transition.

THE HAMLET C O N TA C T

anna.j.paton@gmail.com TUTOR

Peter Murray PICTURED:

Located on the existing community nursery of the Genia McCaffrey Sustainability Centre at Balls Head, Waverton, the site is close to a number of major medical facilities and is part of an overall masterplan for the area.

Humans have needed to feel protected but also free. When seeking shelter, these have been the preferred survival conditions for thousands of years.

A cave like quality with a solid back and an open view out to the world.

1. Sectional detail 2. Sectional detail 3. The Hamlet 4. The Hamlet

This facility aims to recreate this quality for the benefit of patients leaving a more formal institution. Medical research suggests that biophilia, contact with nature and natural products like timber, decreases blood pressure, arrests heart rates and stress responses, whilst increasing surgery recovery rates and feelings of well-being.

Consistent with the medical research the facility is entirely made from engineered timber products. Creating an environment that is warm, safe and plays with quality of light is the driving idea behind the facility. Light is controlled and sculpted. Access to views and nature is constant.

The building, broken up into apparently autonomous pavilions, allows the landscape to infiltrate the site. The pavilions shift with the geometry of the site contours, opening and closing views out to Balls Head Bay.

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K AT E R I N A PLASTIR AS

H YGIEI A C O N TA C T

katerina.plastiras@gmail.com TUTOR

Ted Quinton PICTURED:

1. Corridors between buildings 2. Internal courtyards 3. Masterplan

Housing in Sydney has illustrated the dilemma of density and the need for creating and designing pleasant places for people to live in. Within the healthcare system there has been a lack of residential living facilities for people undergoing a range of health related treatments.

The site is situated on Cowper Street Glebe, with its location being in close proximity to hospitals.

The project focuses on the need to provide housing for patients, families and staff within the healthcare system as there are minimal facilities currently available.

In addition to providing medium density housing on the site, there are programs implemented on the site that are also accessible to the community and the public.

The health facility, rehabilitation clinic and research centre promote health, well being and recovery. It will provide patients with an environment to heal and relax.

4. Cross section

The design of the housing emulates the Mediterranean aesthetic, creating a sense of community and visual permeability across the site. In addition the housing on the site is influenced and designed according to the programs, which surround it.

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ISMAIL RASHEED

INTERDEPENDENCE OF STRUCTURE, S PAC E A N D FO R M: Timber Studio C O N TA C T

isserasheed@hotmail.com 0412 625 922 TUTOR

Peter Murray, Christian Grennan, Xing Ruan PICTURED:

1. The building as sailing club 2. The building as wedding reception 3. The building as a restaurant 4. Floor plans

Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, the project required the design of a new clubhouse for the Hunters Hill Sailing Club and a number of public facilities. The architecture and structure evolved as an interdependent design process. Three criteria formed the basis for the design development; the site, the functional spaces, and the timber structure. Of these, the structure led the processes, the materiality and structure being the basis and focus of research into the qualities of timber and the ‘lever works’ system of mutuality, self-supporting and interdependence of framing elements. The site offers spectacular views of the harbour. Recognising this, the building is situated against a tree line, facing out towards the open surroundings, making the best of the available views. The building accommodates three main functions; the sailing club, a restaurant, and wedding reception facility. All functions can operate independently or together. The spaces are arranged so that both aspects may be utilised as requirements dictate, at all times embracing the freedom and beauty of sailing and the views. The structure consists of a series of platforms, a main platform linking the two portions of the building together; its extension to a lower smaller platform, which in-turn leads to a floating platform on the Parramatta river. The major features of the structure are predominant on the upper floors being the main focus of public activity. The roof structure is mainly exposed providing an aesthetically exciting view of the symmetrical and asymmetrical patterns formed by the structural framing members.

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PLINI ROESSLERH O L G AT E

THE GNOMON C O N TA C T

plinirh@gmail.com 0423 713 096 TUTOR

Olivia Hyde

On Fairey Road in South Windsor lies an idyllic pasture: a grassy field where cows and strange concrete footprints intermingle. Surrounded by industrial estates and recent suburban developments, this curious remnant landscape becomes home to the currently transient New South Wales UFO Research group. In addition to facilities for observation and the recording of their activities, the research group will inhabit the site through an architecture that is both open-ended and finelytuned to their unique interests and lifestyle. The proposal draws on ideas from the ancient and modern worlds to explore a model for an alternative, sustainable community – a new way of approaching mixed-use medium-density development.

The new architecture stands as a counterpoint to, and critique of, the standard models of suburbia.

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1. The Life of the Gnomon 2. Over the Gnomon 3. The baths 4. 82 Fairey Road

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DEMAS RUSLI

T H E LO N D O N D E R RY: Drive-in cinema and motel C O N TA C T

demas.rusli@gmail.com

There were 17.2 million motor vehicles registered in Australia in 2013 (75% of the Australian population). This figure was an increase of 12.3% since 2008 and indicates today’s society’s dependence on motor vehicles. This architectural proposal in Londonderry juxtaposes a working car junk yard (The Northern Auto Wreckers) with a drive-in cinema and motel through the addition of a new landscape that reference the existing site below. This contrast of programs is not only a critical commentary on society’s use of cars, but is also a celebration of the life cycle of a car from beginning to end, showcasing the potential life and afterlife of an automobile.

www.demasrusli.com 0414 138 345 TUTOR

Olivia Hyde PICTURED:

1. Aerial 2. Entry 3. Journey 4. Sub-surface

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BASSEL SAROUFIM “It exists in both the world of the real and the world of the idea … architecture operates as both a condition of presence and a condition of absence.”

Peter Eisenman, ‘Blue line text’.

BET WEENNESS: Callan Park Writer’s Centre C O N TA C T

bass_9_0@hotmail.com 0414 270 617

How can architecture be both present and absent? What exists between these points? A place such as Callan Park is an appropriate canvas to contemplate these questions, since it has grown from so many conflicting threads and approaches. Its former use an insane asylum certainly influences questions of reality and existence, and the Sydney University College of the Arts and the existing New South Wales Writers Centre introduce other small worlds of thought and experience.

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Robertt Barnstone

The project for a new writer’s centre positions itself as a search for an architecture of ‘betweenness’. Drawing upon the sensibilities of atopias and heterotopias as places of otherness, the new centre seeks absences and opposites and proposes places of tension and fractured experience. The main public building is physically stretched, with cuts and voids running through it, and spaces of absence exist as zones of ‘the between.’ Cuts through the landscape then descend into underground performance spaces and housing, where movement and habitation are explorations of the above and below. Lacerations through the landscape and the architecture are surgical experiments where elements are removed or inserted, tensions and fragments are unearthed and absences test what exactly the experience of ‘betweeness’ can be.and below. Lacerations through the landscape and the architecture are surgical experiments where elements are removed or inserted, tensions and fragments are unearthed and absences test what exactly the experience of ‘betweeness’ can be.

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LESLIE XUESHEN SHEN

THE VOLCANO: Bondi Junction bus depot adaptive reuse project (residential + communal hub)

City living is an important element of urbanism. Our studio project targets this specific issue by individually selecting a medium density site within the city of Sydney, then turn it into a residential hub. In my case, the currently Bondi Junction bus depot. The challenge of this site includes a long narrow site shape, having to accommodate its original use, and its location in-between high density and low density residential area. However, it is a site full of potential at the same time which includes the adjacent Centennial Park and Bondi Junction.

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leslieshen@ymail.com 0433 726 355

Taking from the precedent study of Bark Ingels’ ‘Mountain Dwelling’ and his line of works, my design is aiming to create a residential complex with easy access to carpark, maximum view and sunlight to the Centennial Park and the city.

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Ted Quinton PICTURED:

1. Aerial view 2. Masterplan 3. Long section 4. View from pool deck

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KRISTINA TODIK Sydney is a city with an intense underground network of corridors, allowing people to move through it continuously.

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1. Wynyard towers

The density of the city, presented with the endless urban blocks, stops the circulation of people and creates barriers in their directions of movement.

2. Sections / ground floor 3. Working models 1:500; 1:200 4. Final model 1:500

With the vision for Sydney 2030, pedestrian movement is gaining back it’s initial importance, and the spine of Sydney CBD, George Street is it’s major contributor.

The humanised vision of having slow streets with only light rail and free pedestrian movement opens up possibilities for creation of new open public spaces, where the synergy between the economic and social spheres can develop.

The location of this project is at the very heart of the CBD, shaped by George Street on the East and Wynyard Park on the West.

The planned program represents a hybrid of functions that creates a possible 24 hour cycle, offering the concept of work near home, with its residential and business towers rising out of a podium composed of public, commercial and educational elements.

In respect to the characters of the place both main faces of the towers resemble the atmosphere of its surrounding. The main gesture of opening George Street to Wynyard Park with a spacious void, is creating accessibility for free pedestrian movement. At the same time allowing a change in the use of Wynyard Lane from a drive-through service street, to a place were people can stay and interact, sheltered from the busy city life.

The open view from the calmness of Wynyard Park to the busy commercial George Street creates urban space that suites the dynamic of the city living, balancing both social and business needs of the people that enjoy living in it. The elevated gardens on the eleventh and twenty-second floor are another contribution to the green lungs of Sydney opening new views and creating communal spaces for the users of the building.

The project represents a vision of possible change in the city living, offering the potential of the hybrid program as an alternative to the existing monochrome programme life of Sydney CBD.

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SEAN TRAN This project is a series of rooms which serve the specific demographic of Devils Hole – trail bikers, an astronomical society, the local fire service and hikers.

FIVE ROOMS FOR DEVILS HOLE C O N TA C T

sean@shhorn.com 0432 625 820 TUTOR

Olivia Hyde PICTURED

Devils Hole is 75 kilometres from Sydney’s CBD. Its isolation makes the site an ideal theatre to explore the potential for another world to exist.

Five rooms for Devils Hole is an investigation of its walking trail on site, and the possible crossing of the different demographics groups. Their activities constantly retrace the line of the trail by abrasion, and cross at the tangents of use + time.

The project is discovered through a process of precisely drawing and redrawing (by hand) what already exists. The revealed fragments initiate a story for possible scenarios of the characters’ imagined lives. Five rooms emerge from studying their actions – a tunnel, a cabinet, an amplifier, a ramp and a tower.

1. Five rooms at 1:20 2. Site model 3. Location Plan 4. A device to measure whispering trees

Key points on the site are selected where the dramatic condition of landscape forces the trail user to slow down, accelerate, pause or change direction. They become nodes where the five rooms are uncovered to edit, enhance and amplify the experience of crossing at that point.

The strategy of Five Rooms for Devils Hole is for the architecture, in bringing together the functions of the separate demographic groups, to intensify and develop more complex relationships between them over time.

The project continues as a study of how this dream for another world is made into real, tactile constructions.

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SEBASTIAN TSANG

DYS TO PI A’ S A R K C O N TA C T

My project, Dystopia’s Ark, brings together the often fraught realities of contemporary suburban development and architectural imagination as a manifestation of an explorative drawing process. My interest in the site in Hassall Grove, 50km West of Sydney’s CBD, lies in its poor local planning evidenced by the ubiquity of the suburban fence, marginalised demographic groups and a lack public infrastructure.

sebastian.fh.tsang@gmail.com sebastiantsang.com TUTOR

Olivia Hyde PICTURED

1. Section 2. Site plan 3. Twisting programs 4. Unfolding the Vessel of Landscape

The project’s first move resurfaces the waterway that was forced underground in the 1980s through a sequence of pumping stations. The resurgence of flowing water enables the emergence of various architectural programs, all linked in some way with the medium of water. These programs occupy not only the squandered landscape between residential housing and the revived waterway but also the new infrastructure of the pumping stations. Communal facilities nestle between residential houses as a form of “programmed-fence”. The community engages with markets, the nursery of aquatic plants and produce, sailboat workshops, or skate through the now-redundant waterway pipes. As lovers hideaway in the mist farm, others take refuge by the wishing well or pool.

As the medium of water is the enabler for architectural program; drawing is the medium of exploration and expression. Each drawing “set” addresses a different facet of the project, but collectively the drawings fantasise about the convergence between conventional contemporary suburban development and the creative possibilities incited by imagination.

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SISI WANG

BELROSE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE R E V I TA L I S AT I O N C O N TA C T

siisii.w@gmail.com TUTOR

Harry Margalit PICTURED

The objective of this scheme is to explore and bring to the surface the underlying qualities that Belrose so desperately needs to have showcased. The issue here has not been the search for a clear identity for this suburb, but rather a longing for an identity that does not doom Belrose to remain a place which lacks vitality.

Our site is well situated amid a total of four high schools, including Davidson High which pride themselves in performing art and dance. These schools benefit from the facilities of both Glen Street theatre and the large sporting field adjacent to the site.

The opportunity was then clear.

My solution is to give back the site of the existing Glen Street theatre to the sporting field and move the theatre precinct across Glen Street in a way which will involve not only its immediate community but also give Belrose the prominence to become a destination with ‘plenty of life’.

1. Performance Centre lobby 2. View towards apartments 3. Site plan 4. A retail and apartment section

The programme includes an expansive below-ground performance centre for both public and private use; varied ‘street stages’ to generate ambiance and energy on the ground plane; a small scale retail centre is set back from the street front while apartments are lifted from the ground plane to take advantage of the high topographical position and the panoramic view of the national park tree tops in the distance.

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JASON WIDJAJA

INTERSECTION C O N TA C T

jason.wdjaja@gmail.com 0425 658 865 TUTOR

Olivia Hyde PICTURED

Yarra Bay, located on the shores of Botany Bay, is a vast open space that houses a diverse range of programs and activities. In addition to a cemetery, market gardens, and the Phillip Bay Youth Group, the area plays host to amateur fishing, dinghy sailing, beach activities, and remote control plane flying. The proposed intervention is conceived as a series of gathering spaces that will facilitate the needs of these different groups whilst exploring the tension and cross relationships that exist between them. It responds to the current crisis in burial spaces, to market garden restoration and amplification and to the need for an upgraded community centre in the area. The project investigates the potential of their coexistence through the exploration of texture, ground surface, grain and pattern. Spatially, the project creates intersections between existing programs to maximise connection.

Through ambiguity and multi-functionality, an architecture emerges that is flexible and open to possibilities for interaction.

1. Mausoleums and market garden storage 2. Community centre 3. Ashes releasing 4. Small gathering

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JESS WONG

THE BARR ACKS C O N TA C T

jessicamareewong@gmail.com 0424 096 605 TUTOR

Ted Quinton PICTURED

1. North-East elevation 2. Ground floor plan

Housing for the future needs to be designed better not bigger, tailored to changing needs and guaranteeing a utility value as society changes. This project is focused on creating a quality of place, using density as a tool to strengthen the neighbourhood and create a sustainable community.

Terrace housing, becomes the medium to capitalise on space, doubling the amount of housing which could be achieved with single plot housing. Each dwelling has the flexibility and privacy of a single dwelling home, allowing them to be tailored to the individual family, however providing greater amenity when compare to a single lot. Common play spaces, shared micro farms, walking tracks, community gardens and outdoor entertainment spaces proliferate through the site creating a network of green spaces. The wetland becomes a marker for locating yourself within the site.

The green and water spaces allow for closing the local resource loop, allowing for local water sourcing and treating as well as local low input food production, whilst also providing opportunities for ecologically responsible investment, business and employment.

A variety of buildings are designed to house a mix of family types and age groups.

Designed for future flexibility, the terrace can be adapted from large single homes, to subdivided offices, studios and apartments. Portions have the ability to be inhabited separately, allowing for supplementary incomes. Throughout the site there is a consistency in the size of the terrace, however each terrace is individually designed to fit the family needs, budget and aesthetic.

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HAO YA N

F L O AT I N G S H E LT E R C O N TA C T

hao.y0413@gmail.com

The project is located in Waverton, North Sydney on a site overlooking Sydney Harbour that includes the significant historical feature – the now derelict Balls Head coal loader and adjoining Genia McCaffrey Sustainability Centre. This design is to be built using the existing steel structure of the wharf as its main supporting skeleton.

Consistent with the character of traditional wharfs and sailing ships the architectural quality of the design will be expressed through the use of timber as the major structural and construction material.

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Peter Murray PICTURED

1. Shelter in the rain 2. 1:500 model 3. Bird view 4. Main pathway

The project includes a floating museum for the heritage Cape Don light ship, 20 studios for artists, communal spaces such as a cafe and lounge, and a ferry terminal, designed to revitalise this historic area of Balls Head.

The initial design idea is simple: to provide a safe and comfortable place for people working and visiting the various site facilities. The twisting wave form timber shell extending the length of the wharf protects people both physically and psychologically. The timber shell, the curve internal layout and the pontoon museum all create a sense of movement throughout the design to reflect and respect the dynamic natural surroundings. The museum design, set on a pontoon is a dynamic space with ceiling heights changing in response to the wake of passing ships and the cycle of the tides. It is a design generated from and living in harmony with the natural environment.

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JING YA O

MV CAPE DON MUSEUM + BALLS HEAD COAL LOADER REDEVELOPMENT C O N TA C T

jing.yao0831@gmail.com 0405 199 080 TUTOR

Peter Murray PICTURED

1. View from the entrance 2. Interior of MV Cape Don Museum

The project, located in Waverton, is a redevelopment of the Balls Head coal loader wharf that operated from the 1920s, formally closing in the early 1990s. The redevelopment includes a museum for the heritage MV Cape Don built in 1963 to service navigational aids, a ferry terminal serving harbor transport, a restaurant, and 20 leasable workshops for local artist, designers and architects.

The project aims is to maximise the re-utilisation of existing structures, specifically the steel frame of the wharf and parts of the abandoned tunnels of the coal bunker along the adjacent foreshore. Starting with the idea of inhabitable spaces in-between the existing skeleton of steel frames of the wharf, a new relation is developed between the old and new. The new structure as the “organs” is infilled into the old structure, celebrating the “skeleton” and bring it back to life. The abandoned tunnel is re-occupied by a multimedia gallery using its darkness and sense of mystery. Inspired by the concept of promenade architecture, a ramp links the 7.6 meter level change between the ferry terminal and the foreshore providing not only marvelous views to the harbour but an intriguing experience with a rhythm of spatial transparency.

3. Plans

Reminiscent of traditional wharfs and sailing ships, timber is used as the major structural and construction material also setting the architectural quality and character of the design. Wherever possible, new work has been prefabricated for shipping to site by barge, increasing construction efficiency, future flexibility, and reducing on-site construction costs.

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ESMONDE S H I W E N YA P

ENVISAGE: Writers’ retreat

Over the years, the fast-paced development of civilization had affected and disintegrated core values of society, which has led to disenfranchised populations, collapsing cultures and broken families. This, in turn, had detrimental impact on an individual’s state of mind, resulting in the disturbance and delineating of thoughts.

This loosening of associations in an individual’s thought process has often been considered to be mental illness, which is linked to emotional and physical pain.

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esmondeshiwen@hotmail.com 0433 078 699 TUTOR

Robertt Barnstone

The scheme proposes an urban writer’s retreat, an expansion of the Writers Centre in Callan Park to host a new residency and retreat for writers and by emerging writers.

This design intends to consider the place of literature in the history of the city and its potential role vis-a-via architecture in the contemporary city. The fragmented context of the past, present and future will be explored, interpreted and subsequently constructed in pursuit of an ideal architectural language.

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1. Conceptual image 2. Learning space section 3. Main perspective 4. Dorm perspective

Addition, this project would also investigate the relationship between inner, mental space and the physical built space. The tension and conflict between these two will provide the platform to re-establish the meaning of making and to associate the space of imagination to physical form manifestation.

By re-merging these fragments of discords, the project aspires to mediate the distinctive differences between writing and design; virtual space of the text and the architectural project; the phenomenological experiences of the reader and the observer; in order to redefine the thinking of the relationship between literature and architecture.

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ANDREW YUNNAR AGA

GLEBE HOUSING PROJECT C O N TA C T

andrew_yun@hotmail.com 0414 089 401 TUTOR

Ted Quinton PICTURED

1. Main perspective on East 2. Internal courtyard perspective 3. Public view perspective 4. Ground floor plan

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LIYI ZHANG This proposal unfolds the theme of the City Farm within the 19th century Tram Depot building in Glebe. The concept aims to change a consuming city into a producing city.

CIT Y FA R M: The revitalisation of Glebe’s tram shed C O N TA C T

dadazly@hotmail.com TUTOR

Mark Szczerbicki PICTURED

Glebe can be seen as a small town within the bustling metropolis of Sydney. The tram depot is bounded by existing parklands and located close to the Rozelle Bay. The public can easily access the site by light rail or buses from surrounding suburbs.

The nearby grandstands and racetrack have been demolished to make way for the Harold Park development, including 1,250 new apartments and terraces. Most of the residential buildings in Glebe and Annandale are 2 or 3 level houses or terraced houses. In this new suburban environment, people are likely to desire something that relates to their day-to-day life. Based on the development control documents, 35% of the Harold Park will be developed as parkland. This becomes a great opportunity for the City Farm concept to come true.

1. Central landscape 2. Masterplan 3. Longitudinal section 4. Spaces and access

In this project, the residential component is designed to fulfil either long term or short term accommodation. People are encouraged to grow their own food and study the process. A restaurant and community gardens provide public services and amenity. Modular units are proposed on top of classrooms and labs for researchers and students and also help to increase the housing density and variety. A fresh food market is included to complete the ecosystem lifecycle. Natural sources like solar power and rainwater are collected to enhance sustainable living.

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BENNY ZHENG

FA C I L I TAT E T H E S U B U R B I A C O N TA C T

benny.s.zheng@hotmail.com TUTOR

The redevelopment aims to revitalise Belrose by focusing on three major aspects – to investigate the underlying needs for Belrose; to address the missing demographic of young families; and to enhance the experience of the existing high proportion of senior age groups.

The scheme first searches deep within the fabric of a suburb’s ‘essential programs’ which are lacking in Belrose, including a newsagency, bakery, post office, cafe and gym. In addition, retail spaces facing the main street, Glen Street, would be dedicated to these ‘essential programs’ so they would engage with the street.

Harry Margalit PICTURED

1. Ground floor plan 2. Shopping centre entrance

Behind the street front retail are boutique shops on both sides of a pedestrian path, creating a fashion ‘strip’. This strip can be used for events like fashion shows where it can be transformed into a runway or an outdoor display open to public participation, especially by each of the boutique stores.

sectional perspective 3. Childcare centre 4. Glen St ‘Suburb Essential’ retail shopfront

A senior community centre which can be used to host events and functions, i.e. bingo nights, dancing class, yoga class, seminars, meetings, is allocated adjacent to the library, so that the centre becomes an extension of the existing library when it is not being used for events. Hence, the space will be fully utilised by the library.

Because younger families are one of the targeted demographics of this redevelopment, a majority of the apartments have 2 bedrooms. A child day care centre has also been proposed as part of the redevelopment – it faces Wingara Reserve where there are existing playground facilities; the volumes form a semienclosed courtyard for intimate outdoor play. Children’s play which integrates with natural environments is crucial for children’s social and cognitive development.

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- The revolution against wrong and injustice in society - Defending the urban space, which for them is transformed into a private space for themselves and their art ex hibition.

- Giving a value to the urban space through art.

- Interacting with the population and observing the daily life of residents and passers-by even in working times.

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Figure 3 View of the artists’ house and the street art centre

Figure 4 View of artists’s house and group household

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Figure 3 View of the artists’ house and the residential area

5 Figure 5 View of the interior of the street art centre

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QIXIONG ZHENG

STREET ART CENTRE C O N TA C T

The proposal is the reuse of the formerly industrial building while preserving the specificity of ‘street art’: Reaching out to the public, of all ages and backgrounds Interesting and entertaining urban space for people to hang around Initiating gatherings focusing on art and culture Participating in the democratisation of culture

ach07013Daniel@gmail.com 0451 671 109 TUTOR

This street art centre combines housing and workspace for street artist, restaurants and cafés, exhibition hall. By combining impact, the tram shed will turn into a vibrant urban art centre.

Mark Szczerbick PICTURED

1. View from the main entrance 2. View of the artists’ house and the street art centre 3. View of the artists’ house and the residential area 4. View of artist’s house and group household 5. View of the interior of the street art centre

The concept of the proposal is: Creating a better connection between the Jubilee park light rail station to the Harold Park and the residents alike.

The revolution against wrong and injustice in society Defending the urban space, which for them is transformed into a private space for themselves and their art exhibition.

Giving a value to the urban space through art.

Interacting with the population and observing the daily life of residents and passers-by even in working times.

6. View of the interior of the street art centre

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M AY ( N O I R ) ZHONG

Q UA R RY/ L A N D FI LL I N T E G R AT E I N T O E A S T E R N C R E E K E N T E R TA I N M E N T C O N TA C T

dreammay0806@hotmail.com 0449 040 399

The site is located in Eastern Creek, contained a large quarry created in 1950 and transformed into recycling/landfill facilities by Genesis Xero Waste facilities from Diala-Dump company. The quarry is 150m deep and included 12,500,000m3 void space, the company was designed to be collecting constructional waste, in order to recycle and reuse of the constructional materials, for those cannot be recycled materials will be directly into the quarry/landfill.

Eastern Creek is featured of the motorcycle activities, there are many motorcycle training experience, Karting to play and the most important event of motorcycle racing championship are all held in Eastern Creek, therefore there is a high potential in tourism and as holiday activities in Eastern Creek.

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Olivia Hyde PICTURED:

1. The quarry

Moreover, the quarry/landfill would like to integrate into Eastern Creek motorsport activities, as an entertainment itself, merge into the surrounding activities. The active landfill held at the morning, while the car racing event, demolition derby and car exhibition will be held at night.

2. Demolition derby in quarry at night 3. Rooftop circulation perspective 4. Hotel room level: dig into the rock

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