I am driven to develop architecture which emphasises an awareness of broad and immediate contexts and integrates seamlessly with planned and natural landscapes. I also believe in increased focus on the economic, social and environmental sustainability of our ceaselessly evolving Australian cities and towns. I am passionate about the creation of architecture for the urban realm, the suburban environment and the individual, and it is my aim that architecture facilitate an experience that enhances our perception of the built environment and garden spaces alike.
14 borden street sherwood qld 4075
aidan weir
0413 314 245 aidanjweir54@gmail.com
WORK EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ST PETERS LUTHERAN COLLEGE, INDOOROOPILLY 2011 - Assistant Swimming Coach
EDUCATION AND SKILLS
Dec.
ST PETERS LUTHERAN COLLEGE
Jan 2007 - December 201
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LANDSCAPING PROJECT
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HANWORTH HOUSE LANDSCAPING PROJECT
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2013 - Flindersia Crescent, Seventeen Mile Rocks
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PRIVATE ARCHITECTURAL /LANDSCAPE CONSULTANCY Jul. 2014
Feb 2012 - Curren
Bachelor of Design (Architectural Design) Minors in Landscape Architecture and Graphic Design
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
Ironside Street, St Lucia
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR ADOBE INDESIGN AUTODESK REVIT ARCHITECTURE
ST. PIUS X PRIMARY SCHOOL BUSH TUCKER GARDEN
GOOGLE SKETCHUP
Mar. 2014
SKETCHING & IDEATION
SONA SUPERSTUDIO QUEENSLAND 2014
Bond University
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Situated in Cuenca, Ecuador, this negotiated project compares three intersections within the district of El Centro. It examines the recurrence of colours, morphology of buildings and street form, as well as patterns of landmark and boundary across eras. The inaccessible location served to preserve the architecture, with Cuenca isolated from much of Ecuador until the early 1960s. However, recent decades have seen a number of important infrastructure and transportation projects come to fruition.
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TOP and ABOVE Comparing the Mobility Analysis (top) with the Historical Analysis (above) demonstrates the expansion of Cuenca along original Incan routes, with the Spanish grid imposed onto this form. As the town expanded, these trails were absorbed into the urban fabric as major arterial connections. The confines of the valley impeded further expansion during the Colonial Period. While the Laws of the Indies grid enabled efficient cart and pedestrian traffic movement during this time, the narrow cobblestones were never designed for high volume vehicular traffic.
ORIGINAL MOORISH SETTLEMENT (1600’S) SECONDARY EXPANSION (1700’S) EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT (1800’S) ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT ROADS CURRENT FORMA URBIS BODIES OF WATER NEW TRANVIA (TRAM) LINE, 2014 MAJOR BUS ROUTES
OPPOSITE The first diagram in each series of three is purely illustrative of building colour. The second uses common colours to distinguish Colonial, Art Deco and modern structures. The third diagrams represent the crossroads found throughout the town. Here. the ubiquitous central plaza of Spanish grids manifests in the Parque Abdon Calderon, seen in the green intersection. The bottom three circles represent micro studies within the larger research, distinguishing the current morphological state of the intersections. (see opposite key)
THIS PAGE A macro study of the town’s current morphology demonstrates the clear role El Centro plays in administration, culture and religious practice within Cuenca. (see opposite key)
SPANISH COLONIAL (1557-1820) ART DECO (1920-40s) NEO -CLASSICAL OR NEO GOTHIC CATHEDRAL DE LA IMMACULADA CONCEPTION GREENSPACE
CATHEDRALS
GARDEN SPACES
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
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RETAIL / COMMERCIAL RETAIL LOWER / RESIDENTIAL UPPER RESIDENTIAL
Our project proposed a representation of the domestic program. The follies were an interpretation of the behavioural activities found in an average suburban home, and these otherwise mundane activities were brought into the public realm. Consequently, users would subconsciously enact a number of these gestures and redefine their line of domesticity. This could be achieved through the mere opening of a window, the manipulation of a brick facade to screen or engage with immediate context, or the stowing of shoes as territorial act of occupation.
SONA SUPERSTUDIO 2014
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Our long-term vision was for each individual folly to create the atmosphere of a neighbourhood, with communities and designers invited on the journey of creating and occupying a deconstructed domestic realm.
This project challenged us to embody the ethos of an exemplary house within a piece of wearable architecture.
Donovan Hill’s C House is unique in its imitation of a natural landscape, with each of its overlapping levels seemingly hewn from the hillside. Additionally, it is defined by spatial manipulation, cascading levels and an intricate control of light, intimacy and materiality. The sliding front panels exemplify these characteristics, encompassing the user’s legs and dynamically drifting past each in a highly tectonic manner. Open sides juxtaposed to comparatively enclosed front and rear panels represent the monumental external perception of the house as opposed to the internal volume’s expansion and soft tactile qualities. Untreated laser-cut MDF was used to celebrate the precise timber craftsmanship seen throughout, which is often overwhelmed in literature by the revolutionary concrete.
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By reprogramming the government axes along George and William Streets, this proposal aims to facilitate a greater public investment in white paper reforms, the most crucial link between people and their representatives. Through the invitation of community stakeholder groups to actively participate in open discussions, the bureaucratic process would be streamlined in order that public opinion may become a quantity known first hand rather than an irregularly surveyed opinion. Positioned at the junction of Alice and George Streets, the forum and surrounding galleries function as a lens, through which each component of our democratic process is viewed. A series of colonnades and stepped forms give precedence to the historical context of Parliament House and the Mansions. A parliamentary library allows for greater self education and provides opportunities for ongoing community engagement, while smaller meeting rooms and collaborative workspaces create occupiable edges, a respite from the city beyond.
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Wander: a collection of my photographs
2015 - 2016