PORTFOLIO | CYNTHIA SENANGSYAH
csenangsyah@gmail.com Melbourne, VIC
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCES
EXHIBITIONS
Current
Master of Architecture Melbourne School of Design
2021
Volunteer at Australian Institute of Architect [AIA]’s Award Presentation Day
2020
Studio 44 MSDx Winter
2021
Venice Studio with Bolles+Wilson
2020
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2020
Architectural Association Visiting School Melbourne –– Domestic Animal
Guest Crit at Melbourne Polytechnic’s Final Studio Presentation: Public Building in Context
Studio 47 MSDx Summer
2020
2019
Bachelor of Design [Architecture] Melbourne School of Design
Urban Nomadic AAVS New Paper
2019
Studio Epsilon MSDx Summer
2018
Studio Gamma MSDx Summer
2018
Architectural Association Visiting School Bandung –– Bamboo
2016
Victorian Certificate of Education Methodist Ladies’ College [MLC]
INTERESTS Architecture, Furniture Design, Analog Photography
2016
Global Committee at MLC
SKILLS Rhinoceros Lumion V-Ray for Rhino Grasshopper AutoCAD Revit SketchUp
Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Premiere Adobe Lightroom Model Making Wood Working
LANGUAGES English Bahasa Indonesia
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LEARNING FROM CONTRADICTIONS Studio Leader[s] Year Site
: Studio 22 –– Capriccio, Folly, City : Kim Vo & Richen Jin : Year 2, Semester 1 [M.Arch] : North Philadelphia East, Pennsylvania
Arcade Entrance
W E N
Y T I C
Through the paradoxical ideas, particularly from the three important figures in Philadelphia; Edmund Bacon, Louis Khan and Robert Venturi –– this project aims to confront the current city centre of Philadelphia, and acknowledges that there is no one right way of planning a city. Instead, it generates a city through the desire to exploit possibilities of Philadelphia’s rich context and history. The New City is the area perpendicular to what currently is Philadelphia’s city centre, as a gesture of confrontation to the current city planning. 5
Through Street Pedestrian Arcade
Arcade Plan + Section
Site Plan
As an intervention formed based on Bacon’s, Kahn’s and Venturi’s contradictions on city planning, two street types runs perpendicular to each other; Through Street and Pedestrian Arcade –– creating tension on every intersections. 6
Another point to this exploration of conflicts in Philadelphia is the idealised image vs banal reality.
Framed View
In Learning from Las Vegas, Venturi saw banality as a quality to learn from. Thus, unlike the common arcades that displays highly decorated shop fronts, this arcade acts to frame its surrounding context of ordinary Philadelphia. Furthermore, as Philadelphia had the first ever greek revival architecture in the United States, this intervention took its cue from it. Each column is constructed from circular steel sections instead of the usual masonry, to represent the act of ‘trying to be’. This juxtaposition between the picturesque structure and the banal background, serves to provoke an exploration that would hopefully end as an acceptance of this reality we fail to notice. 7
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ABBOTSFORD SENSES Studio : Studio 44 –– Ultimate Spinach Leaders : Danielle Peck & Samuel Hunter Year : Year 1, Semester 1 [M.Arch] Site : Lulie Street, Abbotsford, Victoria Partner : Kimberly Aussie
My Dish
Started from a combined dish by me and my partner, that is then translated into the Abbotsford’s rich history –– the institute is deconstructed into small-scale scent laboratories on a long site, with voids that act as reliefs to reignite and accentuate the memories of Abbotsford. 9
The landscape sculpted a meandering journey through scent, while the building forms are optimised to generate and have scent travel, by tapering and forming a bottleneck towards the roof, with the additions of vessels and chimneys that aid in extraction of scents into a separate pavilion for ‘display’. “Cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and star anise, to name a few — the mixture of spices becomes the soul of the broth, and its ability to perfume and distinguish its flavour profile before tasting began to serve as inspiration to our project. These are the scents strongly tied to memories we call home.” Project Panel
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Scent Pavilion Section
View from the Train
Corner of Lulie Street
The Industrial memories and character can be seen from the train. While being non-olfactory from inside the train, the visibility of the thick smoke rising from factorie serves as a visual reminiscent to the site’s history. Scents from around the site are collected in the scent pavillion, where scents are ‘displayed’ to hopefully stimulate memory from one’s own olfactory system. 11
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URBAN NOMADIC Studio Leader(s) Year Site
: AAVS Melbourne –– Domestic Animal : James Kwang Ho Chung : Year 1, Winter Semester [M.Arch] : Melbourne, Victoria
Observation
The easy access to my daily necessities such as plugs and electronics, as well as the longing to nurture nature, all encapsulated in one small space, facilitate me to stay in this small corner of my bedroom for many hours.
Personal Necessities
Speculative Mapping
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Reyner Banham’s “A Home is Not a House”, a possibility of portable standard living containing all the necessities of modern life, has informed this project. Contentment within the limited space made me realised –– while my way of living might seem very static, it opens up the great possibility of nomadic living from its all condensed quality. 13
Final Proposal –– Park Test
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Taking a segment of a park, and with respect the existing layout, distribution of different spatial settings are placed to test out a public facility that would help enable nomadic living within the city. Each element is also informed by a precedent, emphasising the notion of collectivity. All of us have different personal necessities that define the different forms of living. Therefore, this proposal of ‘a city as a big giant house’, allows these different forms and even scale to emerge. And as we should continue to test our forms of living, this could possibly be a way to provide support to the nomadic livers who may have or may not have a choice but to be nomads.
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1 - Cushicle, Archigram Personalised Nomadic Kit 2 - IVAN Pavilion, SANAA Grids of Electricity Sockets 3 - Parc de la Villette, OMA Shared Bathroom 5
4 - Field Party, Sejima Communal Kitchen / BBQ Pit 5 - IBM Pavilion, Renzo Piano Entertainment Space with Movable Screens
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NOOKS AND CRANNIES Studio Leader(s) Year Site Group
: Studio 47 –– In Heaven Everything is Fine : Djordje Stojanovic : Year 1, Semester 2 [M.Arch] : Melbourne, Victoria : Leonardo Vincent, Joyce Lai 15
Elevation –– Soft Edge to the Neighbourhood
In an attempt to create a new typology that unites with the suburbs’ fabric, while densifying the neighbourhood, the brief required a system that could easily be replicated around Melbourne’s subrubs. Acknowledgement of further localisation and isolation likely happening in the future, this project aims to create a sense of community by introducing human-scaled interfaces to Melbourne’s middle ring. 16
Ground Floor Plan A
BIKE PARKING
PLAYGROUND
STORAGE
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LAUNDRY
MINI LIBRARY
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Shifting of the masses allows more multilevel interactions across the neigbourhood and a dynamic physical form that leads to human scale interventions through out the site. As a result, passive surveilance are made possible, while overlooking issue is being dealt with. Moreover, a balance of enclosure and openness also means that it does not overpower the suburban fabric of the surrounding neighbourhood.
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Section A North sun distributed equally to all units, by having less level on the north volume.
Multi-level interactions as the opennes encourage relationship between levels
Central axis with shared amenities
Private backyards to keep the suburban formal tradition
Layout of each unit is arranged specifically to let activities spill outside of the individual units –– activating communal spaces as well as accentuateing familiarity to the neighbourhood community. Section B Private nooks and crannies open up to the central axis, stimulate familiarity within the community. Public amenities are located infront of the site, to enable mingle-ing activities with the rest of the neighbourhood community
Subtraction of volume on the edges of the site, to avoid harsh posture towards its neighbouring context
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SOLEMN DELIGHT Type Year Site Lot
: Renovation : 2020 : Jakarta, Indonesia : 6 x 20 m
Facade
Solemn Delight is a house renovation project that is currently on build in Jakarta, Indonesia. The brief from the client is to design a house that is extra private and closed off from the streets - as this house is located on a T-junction. However, they also wanted to make do with the breeze from the fact that it is located in a T-junction. As a young family with two active boys, despite wanting to be very exclusive, they are inwardly very affectionate and exuberant. Thus, Solemn Delight tries to capture these qualities of an introvert, yet playful young family in its intervention.
Foyer
Living Area
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The existing structure is a two storeys house with no openings internally, except for a small light well in the middle west side of the house. The new design kept the house’s staircase to minimise cost, at the same time acting as an extra layer of privacy from outside. The more private programs are located further inside the site, with living areas located on the first floor. A small backyard is also opened up on the ground floor and an outdoor terrace on the first floor to enable for cross ventilation from the facade.
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1F
SEMI OUTDOOR GYM
2F
STUDY NOOK
TERRACE
PLAY & OFFICE
MASTER BEDROOM
LIVING AREA
As per clients’ need, a new level is also added - however the overall height is kept similar to its neighbouring houses by having a flat roof.
LAUNDRY
SAND PIT STORAGE
WIR DINING
FOYER
ENSUITE
MASTER BEDROOM
CHILDRENS’ BEDROOM
ENTRANCE
CHILDRENS BEDROOM MAID’S BEDROOM
KITCHEN
BALCONY LIVING AREA
GYM
PLAY & OFFICE
PANTRY
BALCONY
KITCHEN
FOYER
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Play + Office
Sand Pit
Childrens’ Bedroom
Hints of quirkiness is found through out Solemn Delight, despite the limited tone of colours used. An open lliving area is designed to allow children roam around the house freely, with rounded corners to ensure their safety. Childrens’ play area that is one with the Home Office provides the contrast it requires for division, without having to have a physicall wall - this enable parents for passive surveillance. 22
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TAWA CHAIR Studio Leader(s) Year
: Ex-Lab Timber Furniture : Joshua Stevens & Christina Bricknell : Year 2, Summer Semester [M.Arch]
‘Tawa’ means laughter in Indonesia –– and this is a chair that encourages people to do so. Tawa chair requires two people to sit, converse, and hopefully laugh together, while they try to figure out how to balance each other out on this rocking chair. Most of the pieces were CNC-ed, dowels were turned with a lathe machine, and upholsteries are done manually. All Joineries are precisely measured, with nails and screw covered with smaller dowels.
Photo Credit: Charlie White
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ANALOG PHOTOGRAPHY Japan, 2020
ILLUSTRATION Architectural Precedents
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