2012
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
CRAIG ROBILLIARD
CRAIG ROBILLIARD | ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO | 2012
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Architectural Design | Studio | "Death to the City"
1. Brief
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2. Theory and 24 hour Site Diagram
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3. Connectivity to surrounding areas 4. Connectivity Diagram 5. Design integration and form resolution 6. Sunlight Access 7. Main Amenity (views) 8. Programmatic Arrangement 9. Site Section 10. Suspense 11. George Street Floor Plan 12. Typical office Plan / Field Plan .13 Typical Hotel Level / Club Level 14. Section 1 15. Section 2 16. Atmospheric Rendering 17. Site Rendering 18. End
BREIF Does CBD mean death to the city? Can a constant regeneration of city centre blocks re-invent a negative culture of city by day, suburb by night? The studio proposes a complex commercial CBD site currently under design excellence competition and questions whether the white collar workforce generation of the 21st century is no longer scared of subculture and wants life around the office. Create a design that breathes life into a sadly under utilized central block in one of the best areas of the city centre, using building design, adaptation, interpretation of the regulations and a research driven approach into intelligent combination of uses to establish the 24hr city. The design shall encompass the urban design of Underwood Street from Pitt to Dalley Street, including a through site link to George Street as currently exists. This extends into dealing with current and/or adaptive reuse, or the possible replacement of adjacent buildings, the treatment of the street/lane way to building interfaces, landscaping, vehicular & public access. In addition each student work shall develop a detailed design concept for either or both 190- 200 George Street (which shall have a minimum of 20,000sqm office space) and the former Telephone exchange building in Dalley Street.
Current Theory and Design Integration Two current theorists have influenced the design basis for this 24hour activated CBD building. Jan Gehl and Michael Sorkin speak of the desperate need for interaction on a public level and a dispersed program to make use of the spaces in between spaces. Ie, Areas for adaptable use, or a catering towards multiple activities within the same building envelope.
Jan Gehl Life between Buildings - Using Public Space. Life between buildings offers an opportunity to be with others in a relaxed and undemanding way. Opportunities for meetings and daily activities in the public spaces of a city or residential area enable one to be among, to see, and to hear others, to experience other people functioning in various situations. If activity between buildings is missing, the lower end of the contact scale also disappears. The varied transitional forms between being alone and being together have disappeared. The boundaries between isolation and contact become sharper people are either alone or else with others on a relatively demanding and exacting level.
ACTIVATION IN THE CITY OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD | MULTIPLE USES WEEKDAY
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WEEKEND
Parks
Parks
Commercial
Commercial
Residential
Residential
Clubs
Clubs
Pubs
Pubs
Overall Activation Weekday
Overall Activation Weekend
Michael Sorkin Variations on a Theme Park - The New American City and the end of Public Space City is not a matter of any particular building or place; it’s the spaces in between the connections that make sense of forms. The new city is little more than a swarm of urban bits jettisoning a physical view of the whole, sacrificing the idea of the city as the site of community and human connection.
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PROGRAM and its PUBLIC/ PRIVATE relationship Public Spaces Streets
Pavement
Parks
Town Squares
Running Track Natural Vegetation
Semi-Public Spaces Privately operated Sporting Venues
Shopping Centre
Movie Theatre Amusement
Cafe/restaurant
Government operated Public Transport Station
Art Galleries
Public Libraries
Public Leisure Centre
Residential Single Detached
Townhouse
Apartments
Commercial Office Building
Retail
Corporate
Notable Clubs and Pubs within walking distances to site
Parks and Walking distances to site
CONNECTIVITY DIAGRAM
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Linear Connection
Circular connection
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D Multiple activators giving rise to secondary interaction
Secondary interaction intensifies the more diverse the main activators are
Horizontal and Vertical connection within building envelope
Private
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Public
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Private
Skyscraper
Podium
Conventional Tower
Public
Human-able Scale vs. Tower
Integration
Proposed Tower
Public Circulation
Tower Resolution
SUNLIGHT ACCESS Ground Floor and 75m
Summer Solstice 9am-3pm
Spring Equinox 9am-3pm
Winter Solstice 9am-3pm
Summer Solstice 9am-12pm / 12pm-3pm
Spring Equinox 9am-12pm / 12pm-3pm
Winter Solstice 9am-12pm / 12pm-3pm
Resulting sun study form finding
MAIN VIEWS Amenity Access - Ocean and parkland found in Northern direction. 191m
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Site and surrounding important buildings
Site projected to 210m to reach over 191m Northern Building
Green fill gains amenity views to Sydney Opera House
Green fill gains amenity views to Sydney Harbour Bridge
Green fill gains amenity views to Sydney Opera House
Programmatic Arrangement
Office Space
Hotel Space
Semi-Private Areas (Retail/Soccer Field/Library Etc
Club
Sectional Sydney
George Street Floor Plan 1:500
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Typical Office Plan - Level 15 1:500
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Field Level - Level 22 1:500
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Typical Hotel Level - Level 40 1:500
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Club Level- Level 51 1:500
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