a portfolio of selected projects
employment Research Assistant awards and exhibitions
Deakin University
Beverlea Low
Assisting Associate Professor (Ph.D.) of architecture
in
documentation
and
beverlealow@gmail.com
2018 A+Bout Journal
conceptual drawings for Venice Biennale
Student catalogue
“Vacant Geelong” exhibition. Responsible for
Publication of Urban Context (4th year)
collation and archival of research data.
design project
08.2019 - current
Publication of Masterclass (5th year) design
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education
project Bachelor Degree in Architecture
Casual Academic Deakin University
2017 Arthur Collins Award
Deakin University, Australia
Tutoring undergraduate level design studio
Awarded for best 4th year Architecture
2012 - 2015
and contemporary architecture theory unit,
student project (Architectural Design in
providing
Urban Context)
guidance
alongside
the
Deakin University, Australia
university's principles of teaching, learning and the student experience.
2017 PaperSpace Exhibition
03.2019 - current
Public exhibition of Masterclass (5th year) design project at Federation Square, Melbourne
Full-time Internship ALLTHATISSOLID, Malaysia Involvement in design conceptualisation for
2017 Exquisite Corpse Exhibition
commercial
Public exhibition of 4th year design project at
and
residential
projects.
Assistance in drafting, 3D program rendering
TAUT Architecture, Melbourne
and research. 11.2015 – 05.2016
2014 Super Studio Victoria Participant
Full-time Internship KECH Design Studio, Malaysia
Master Degree in Architecture 2016 - 2018
curatorial work 2017 PaperSpace Team School of Architecture & Built Environment, Deakin University Involvement
in
curation
and
conceptualisation of annual exhibition showcasing selected student works 2018 A+Bout Journal Team
skills
Involvement in project design, drafting and
School of Architecture & Built Environment, Deakin University
3D program rendering. Image curating and
AutoCAD
Involvement in curation of student works for
copywriting for company online publications.
Sketchup Pro
digital publication
11.2013 – 02.2014
Revit Rhino
academic referees Dr Akari Nakai Kidd Lecturer in Architecture, Deakin University
language skills
Full-time Internship
Illustrator
Perunding Alam Bina Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Photoshop
Providing asssistance in drafting preliminary
Indesign
plans for hospital and retail projects.
Solid model making
Academic Tutor, Monash University
01.2013 - 02.2013
Concept diagramming
ciromarquez@gmail.com
English
Bahasa Malaysia
akari.nakaikidd@deakin.edu.au Mandarin
Mr Ciro Márquez
emotional architecture. Inside out The term proposed by Mathias Goeritz: architecture must confront us and communicate with us on psychic and emotional levels, as well as visual and intellectual. And it does, but we often overlook it. Every architecture, every infrastructure, yields before us and vice versa. All architecture should be, and is, Emotional Architecture. This is the premise of the design thesis. “Just as every construction evokes interlinings and nervous states, emotions confer architectural spaces and high and low walls. Solitude is a sitting room and happiness is a garden. There is no emotion in us without a place, just as there is no place that does not generate somatic commotions, as mild as they may be. The infrastructure of our emotions are our emotions, they contain a habitable space and are contained by a habitable space.” “The habitable inorganic is the most organic of all since it is smeared with our symptoms: it yields to psychic and emotional ghosts, and its walls become humid with sensitive dampness.” (Aleph, F 2014)
INSIDE OUT Beverlea
Low
Collage + frottage of surface textures : Superimposition of tactile surfaces that develop tactile sensibility, intimacy and through memory, evoke domesticity and comfort for users.
Design exploration (diagrammatic drawings) : Overlays of grid, object mapping and spatial composition to create program of needs (exploration, therapy, education, social skills, living skills) (top) Development of design intentions
(top) Soft periphery, outward facing,
(wayfinding, control, transparency and
intermittent spaces
security)
(middle) Irregular edges, inward orientation,
(middle) Openings frame views of outside
courtyard model
which gives children a sense of belonging and
(bottom) Irregular edges, inward orientation,
centredness.
courtyard model
(bottom) Fragmentation of spatial masses to articulate relationship on ground and movement throughout.
Folly I - Caring Space (listening room)
Folly II - Individual Space (treehouse)
Associating care and healing to a particular space or object enables children to feel like their needs are being cared for. From a child’s perspective, their connection to a safe space lies in their ability to feel protected through their interpretation of the space. Their discomfort may be alleviated when given the freedom and control to reside and remain in a space where they can be given the attention or treatment they seek.
Among the personal spaces available to the children is the treehouse. It was established that the availability of private spaces for a child was crucial in allowing them the space to establish a ‘distinct self’ while being supported by their interaction with real objects, spaces and places (Proshanky and Fabian).
Folly III - Imaginary Space (fountain)
Folly IV - Social Space (sensory room)
Among the follies, children create imaginary spaces. These spaces give children the freedom to weave imaginary narratives around stationary objects. These stories help children find a sense of belonging to the place which is crucial in serving their healing process.
The multi-sensory room is intended to be one of the more social indoor spaces in which the children are free to explore their sense of movement, tactile memory and mobility that may help in restoring their strength and control over their environment. The connection of the space to the outdoors through multiple openings provide the occupants with clear visuals of not only their internal environment but the external as well.
Developed design and physical model : Folly objects with varying characteristics to generate spatiality and structure within an open field.
Diagrammatic study: Object mapping : Objects within an enclosed space dematerialised and dispersed. Evolving relationships and pathways.
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Ground floor plan of proposed design : Developed scheme in plan showing organisation of functional and formal spaces (against left bounding perimeter of site) flowing into rooms and courtyards within the more flexbile and informal spaces of the children’s centre.
1. Reception area
8. Listening Room
2. Dining hall
9. Children Washroom
3. Kitchen
10. Wet Room
4. Laundry
11. Sensory Room
5. Washroom
12. Sleeping Alcove
6. Clinic
13. Treehouse
7. Staff Room
14. Reading Room
ephemeral connections. an exquisite corpse Part one of the Exquisite Corpse project was an exercise in design thinking through sections, collages and literature. Imposed onto the existing built fabric of the Melbourne CBD, this project sought for a consideration on the city’s increasing diversity and density, while delicately balancing the forces between the public and private realm. The literary component draws from the tales of Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities, which sit on the premise that cities – apart from their physical constructs – hold tangible forces beyond our visual discernment that guide us through them, hence their ‘invisibility’ amidst daily familiarity. Though unseen, these forces gain momentum through the imagination of its residents, fuelling a city’s stimulative potential. The intrigue of its tales is found in the elusive aspects that slip from our immediate perceptions. From the mystical physical forms of a city to the unseen human ties within a fantastical society, the book covers a multitude of cityscapes that capture a sense of the real and unreal all at once.
Austere : extreme plainness and simplicity of expression/style People/Buildings as objects of austerity.
Ephemeral : transient, fleeting, passing, impermanent Phantom people in search for a gaze that connects only to disconnect the next second, which forms isolation amidst density. Shelter : transparent barriers that both separate/restrict and consummate/complete Physical vs implied boundary, parallels between the true and invented reality.
Housing development Exploration of portable and attachable housing units, taking shape as parasitic units that take occupancy over private as well as public building to create forms and surfaces that balance between isolation and contact, intimacy and solidarity.
Urban intervention proposal (Sectional representation): Developed interventions inserted into overall urban context, illustrated in a Section drawing.
Urban intervention proposal (Masterplan): Developed interventions inserted into overall urban context.
urban intervention. cyclescape Cyclescape is a design proposal for a mixed use inner city accommodation that seeks to have streets to facilitate the movement of pedestrians and the cyclists and to popularise cycling as a means of transport. It looks to cultivate cycling a symbol of modern lifestyle and sustainable urban development as has been done in cities like Copenhagen and Amsterdam. The design is configured around a continuous terrain of pedestrian and cyclist lanes, moving from the periphery inwards, with a gradual incline which leads occupants from the ground up towards a height overlooking the eastern views. The scheme is intended to evoke a sense of constant movement at a dynamic pace - a notion of ‘grab-and-go’ providing an in-transit hub for visitors and residents alike. Cyclists and pedestrians take precedence here, with designated entrances for bike storage and rentals. There are no allocated car parking. This project seeks to improve the urban environment through the promotion of more sustainable modes of transport (improved bike trails & pedestrian routes), and accessible commercial infrastructures.
Conceptual collage Visualising arterial circulation acting as a platform for activity.
Bridge
+
street
+
shops
elevation
Proliferation of single hybrid unit (sectional) Multi level “streets�
plan thickened edges, central circulation
setback from boundary for designated bicycle lanes
void excavated for daylighting
housing level (private) lifted mass for market space on ground level market level (public)
tensegrity transformer. exhibitor / exhibition Taking cues from the schematic plan by Kerstin Thompson Architects in the refurbishment of the Level 4 gallery space, the positioning of the ‘transformer’ structure came from the desire to integrate and facilitate movement through the space. This concept of ‘breaking’ the predominant axial movement also instigated the angularity in the structure. Making use of the retained structural elements (columns) and the new elements (open gallery walkway), the transformer is designed as a set of long poles in compression through a network of wires in tension. The flexible and lightweight principle can be transformed into a complex structure. The result is a play on light and shadow; a manipulation and sculpting of space with different perspectives, an experience in perception. Fragmenting the surrounding space, it creates different moments of observation giving off the impression of floating in space - dynamic rather than in static compression. The versatile shape of the structure can be used according the users’ imagination. The balanced tension of compression results in a module that is structural and flexible at the same time - through which transformation occurs.
venetian blinds paper geometries As part of “Terrazzo� – an exhibition in Melbourne 2019 (Antony di Mase Architect Gallery) that explores the visual power and presence of migrant houses of Italians and others in the Australian landscape. Paper geometries developed into visual devices showcase their aesthetics and preconceived imagery while inviting the viewer to look at migrant houses through a reorganised visual representation, experimenting with how visual strategies may affect our perception. Apertures through the viewing devices frame Venice, bringing in other layers in its aesthetics and beauty. Through this, the viewer looks into its murky canal waters, and dark alleys. The folding of the paper devices create new geometries and dimensionality from flat surfaces, that then operate as telescopic devices.
ALLTHATISSOLID. multi residential project This multi-residential project in Auckland, New Zealand was conceptualised to a scale of a multi-residential complex. Preparation for this project included research into the language of residential architecture - single family houses, multiresidential, social housing, mixed use residential buildings, etc. The form and planning of the scheme manifested from the study of detached and semi-detached townhouses, showcasing an interpretation of the archetypal housing roofline, with anamorphic perspectives from within and around the housing complex.
ALLTHATISSOLID. socrates folly Led by Alex Chew, Max Kuo, and Danielle Wagner In Collaboration with Annie Schneider and Fatin Rosly Proposal for the Socrates Sculpture Garden Competition organised by The Architectural League and Socrates Sculpture Park. Collaboration in the design of the plan and post-production drawings.
Plan, section and elevation drawings by Beverlea Low
Renderings by Annie Schneider
ALLTHATISSOLID. manilla mall Led by Alex Chew, Max Kuo, and Danielle Wagner In Collaboration with Annie Schneider and Fatin Rosly
Renderings by Annie Schneider
Renderings by Annie Schneider
PaperSpace 2017. The exhibition was designed to engage visitors in contemplating the nature of our being in the world. Five reference attitudes were taken in relation to ‘being’, and arranged relative to:
HOW WE STAND - technology and technique WHERE WE STAND - context and environment FOR WHOM WE STAND - the social dimension of place and space FOR WHAT WE STAND - the political responsibilities HOW WE UNDERSTAND - places built from experience and for sensibilities