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M. ARCH: VERTICAL HIGH SCHO OL
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M. ARCH: “WITCH HUNT” STUDIO
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B. AE: CAPSTONE
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B. AE: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
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B. AE: URBAN DESIGN STUDIO
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B. AE: HAPTIC DESIGN
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B. AE: RESIDENTIAL DESIGN STUDIO
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EDUCATION: EDUCATION: Secondary Secondary HigherSchool SchoolCertificate Certificate (2016) Higher (2016) Stella Maris College Manly, NSW Stella Maris College, Manly, NSW Atar:84.9 84.9 Atar:
Tertiary Tertiary Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Architecture and Environments Environments (BAE) (2017-2020) (BAE) (2017-2020) University ofof Sydney University Sydney WAM: 75.6 WAM: 75.6 Master of Architecture (M.Arch) 2021 1 Master of Architecture (M.Arch) 2021 Semester University ofTechnology, Technologies, Sydney University of Sydney Master of Architecture (M.Arch)2021 Semester 2-2023 AWARDS: University of Sydney (CURRENT) Mosman Youth Art Prize Selection (2015) Awards MosmanARCHITECTURE Youth Art Prize EXPERIENCE: Selection (2015)
Pinnacle Plus (Architectural Practice) ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE: 2019-2020 Architectural Intern Pinnacle Plus (work included DA preparation, concept design, (2019-2020) sketchup modelling, legal relations) Architectural Intern section a-a 1:200
m. arch: vertical /urban scho ol
Skillset used: Rhino, Visual ARQ, Enscape, Photoshop, Illustrator Desgined in collaboration with Sophie Durham and Guri Boparai
Inner Sydney Vertical High School 2021 (usyd marc5000 induction studio) The Inner Sydney High School project was an introductory studio for the Masters of Architecture at the University of Sydney that briefed students to explore the currently evolving vertical school typology for Australia. The brief wished to explore a better alternative to the current addition designed by FJMT completed in late 2020. Interested in the layered history of the Heritage Listed brick school buildings, we discovered not only the significant and ever changing school form, but the disconnect from country that had occured in the central station area. Ecological mismanagement and dissolving of history around and on the site, alongside unclear urban legibility throughout the school lead to our focus on designing a high school that touched earth lightly, but still enabled full requirements defined by the EFSG. This stream 7 high school utilises the full function of the Heritage buildings while restoring an open and publicically accessible groundplane that seamlessly bleeds into the park. The challenge of maximising the openess of the groundplane meant the projecting of the school above and cutting to some extend below. Mimicking a forest of trees, the Performance hub structure features 5 storeys of STEM and arts based programming housed in CLT and GLT based structural systems. To allow fluid accesibility, a secondary facade structure containing perforated platforms allows varying muted and open visual thresholds towards the city and Surry Hills.
m. arch: Witch hunt
Skillset used: Rhino, V-ray, Photoshop, Theory and Research
Witch Hunt studio: UN monument scheme 2021 (experimental design studio) A traditional monument or memorial over the history of their construction has delved closer to a touristic gain that is typically distilled down to a generalised symbol. A perfect example of which sits on Edinburgh castle, with a tiny water trough and plaque commemorating the thousands of witches executed in and around castle rock for over 300 years. Our allegorical study of Silvia Fredericis work, Caliban and the Witch interrogated the effects of the enclosure or land privatisation through the growth of capitalism on the expropriation of women from their bodies; as well as the dissemination of fear in the public sphere. The architecture of the enclosure in European castles definitively sets about class difference in a visible and impenetrable form, with this being highly present at Edinburgh castle. The tourist push of the military museums inside the walls of the castle buildings continues to be complicit in this violence, and overshadows the executions of women and heretics. Our proposal looks at those persecuted and outcast from the central resources of a city in a contemporary lens, and brings them to the very symbolic centre of archaic authority. The occupied boundary will offer a holistic and self-sufficient community for asylum seekers to the UK that are waiting to be granted Refugee status. Restructuring - or creating an exception - to the current urban condition of refugee camps that are pushed off shore to avoid being a point of conflict. The structure obstructs the touristic profits of the tour and allows a central anchor for the community. The habitable boundary hosts an array of programmatic functions or leisure focussed centres for growing communal bonds. Built in consideration of sustainable design, low carbon impact, and the compromise to the bastion solidity, the structure is entirely extra large mass CLT and GLT beams and columns with locally sourced hardwood for secondary structures. Anchored by concrete piers, the placement is arrayed across a large variation in surfaces as a result of following the rock face. The boundary shape itself was generated from response to a set of conditions made to reappropriate the Bastion/trace italienne fort structure, with areas structured for intense attack now exaggerated in scale to host residential habitation.
b a e : c a psto n e
Skillset used: Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator, Theory and Research
vestige: oral history library 2020 (theoretical capstone project)
The Bachelor of Architecture and Environments concluded withthe completion of a capstone project that allowed students to select a specific brief under different tutors to provide a path for future career interests. Under the guidance of Thomas Stromberg, Vestige was the final proposal for an Oral History Library on Cockatoo Island under the discipline of Historical and Theoretical study. This required students to uniquely study Cockatoo Island in terms of the concept “the map is not the territory” which constantly compared site mapping study and narrative in a site specific constraint, revealing the inherent disconnect of modern architectural practice in diagrammatic site mapping. Vestige is a proposal for an Oral History Library located on Wareamah/Cockatoo Island which explores the constant erasure of indigenous history and natural histories on the overall site. The project is based off the theoretical parameters of absence versus presence using a combination of exploring Italo Calvino’s Hidden Cities chapter of “Olinda” in the book “Invisible Cities”, in conjunction with Jacques Derrida’s “Notion of Trace”. This in turn seeked to restore the absences of history and identity by traversing the physical and metaphorical layers of Wareamah’s rich sandstone base. Formed by the ever changing addition and subtraction in the island, the land creates pockets of absence in it’s path. The library discretely seeks to connect the upper and lower levels of the island via a historically significant indigenous site on the southern face of the island by replenishing with an embedded and unimpeding structure pressed deep into the cliff. Revealed only by a small facade, the building simultaneously fills the space with an abundance of knowledge and connection to country, whilst navigating the absent
b a e : P r o f ess i o n a l P r a ct i c e
DA-001 Skillset used: Revit, Illustrator, Theory and Research Designed in collaboration with Nada Lulic
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alterations and additions: Council street, st peters 2020
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In this professional practice unit, students were given the opportunity to create a mock DA application for an alterations and additions to a Victorian terrace in St Peters. With the property’s history as part of the Goodsell Estate Heritage Conservation Area under the Inner West LGA, close inspection and respect to Heritage preservation was essential whilst balancing the mock clients desire to expand the narrow home for working and living. Working in a pair, my partner and I closely studied the existing property and surrounds to formulate a design that retained the integrity of the heritage facade of the two storey frontage, whilst demolishing the delapidated 1930s extension on the rear. The mock clients requirement of WFH studio and a light filled space helped us develop several key objectives. Firstly, COUNCIL ST, the recentring of layout and activity around the sun19STby PETERS 2044 placing the living spaces open to the north facing lane way, focussed around an elongated courtyard. Another focus was our attitude to Heritage, whilst many groups felt inhibited by the Facade restrictions as per the Inner West DCP, my personal values in relation to minimal impact on historical design were a main value. Preserving the original chimney, introducing a period appropriate Dormer with timber sash consistent with existing window framing, and the recycling of brick from the demolition of the 1930’s extension to build the new rear of the property are some of many details we included. Whilst this was a fictional DA application, the experience based closely in reality developed a strong passion for residential design and built on my personal experience at Pinnacle Plus in professional practice and Revit drafting.-
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b a e : u r b a n d es i g n st u d i o
Skillset used: Illustrator, Photoshop, Rhino, Research
HOLT STREET, NEWTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT 2020 (urban design studio) Under the guidance of Christiane Whiteley of Architectus, this Urban Design studio focussed on an intensive suburb wide social, cultural and planning analysis of Newtown. After a combination of in person analysis and research on the suburb profile, we concluded that a lack of focus was present on walkability andPromote the back streets of Newtown through means of art and culture that have been preconceived to be exclusive to King Street This project aimed to select a specific public site that needed change or renewal based on thorough social, cultural and spatial analysis of the suburb as a whole. Once the site was selected based on this analysis, our analysis aimed to prove the need and reasons change, refurbishment or renewal would be necessary, and then further propose justified means of carrying that change out. Following closely the ideas of Kevin Lynch in the Image of the City, we sort to optimise existing Edges, Paths and Nodes of Holt street and deliver a combination of a landmark and node pedestrian space. Our primary aim was to “Make Holt Street a creative pocket for artistic expression within Newtown, and transform it into a shared space with an emphasis on pedestrian activity and comfort” ● Highlighting street art that is concentrated in close proximity to the site, and using it as an attraction ● Improving existing streetscape for better vehicle and pedestrian movement ● Introducing changes such as urban installations and interactive elements that will further increase the appeal of the site The concluding intervention made was to introduce a subtle permeable pavement surface that was read as both a consistent pathway and a slow local car based streetscape. Introducing native planting patches and interactive public amenities to the centre crossroad. Edges available were utilised with eye catching public art, blending into the character of the greater suburb surroundings.
b a e : m at e r i a ls s t u d i o
Skillset used: Revit, Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop
the spline: learning centre for the visually impaired 2019 (Haptic Design) The learning centre for the blind is about providing an opportunity and space for the visually impaired to navigate and explore with confidence. It is important, when designing a centre for the blind, to base the design upon the principle of accessibility. Therefore, the question of “How can visitors move purposefully through space without seeing the configuration?’ became central to the design process. The desifn also needed to provide a space to which users can connect and develop a sense of belonging. Buildings are designed around the physical needs of users. Applying this idea to a learning centre for the blind, infers that the learning centre must be easily usable without a sense of sight. Because most humans primarily use their sight to understand the makeup of a space (how big it is, organisation of space, etc), navigation is more difficult for the blind than the well-sighted. It is therefore, vital that a learning centre for the blind not rely on visual prompts to navigate the space. The Spline utilises a winding pathway with waist-high walls to guide the visually impaired through the centre. Every aspect is easily accessible to the blind except for the large staircase retaining wall. In addition, it can also be argued that architecture should also service the mind. Therefore, it is important to provide a specific aspect of the design that creates a feeling of ownership and belonging for the blind in the form of a haptic experience. Touch is encouraged within the Spline through the inclusion of a haptic experience of poems, phrases, quotes and stories written in braille within holes, both along the walkway outside and within the reception, meeting room and seminar room. Education and advocacy is particularly important for buildings catering to a minority group. Advocacy can be achieved through form and/or programming. In the case of The Spline, both of these factors play a key role in educating the sighted about blind experiences.
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Skillset used: Revit, Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop
coogee house 2018 (Residential design studio) In our first ever studio project , students were briefed to design a small residential home with a maximum floorspace of 100sqm. Starting with a small cartoon like gable envelope, students were tasked to manpulate the form within a set of parameters reality to precedent selection and poetic site characteristics. Focussing on the natural ridge line progression and layout of the Villa Maireah that almost enclosed a metabolic system within the main living quarters of the home, this notion was the key focus for the Coogee house. Following a rotating line of sight across the western suburban hill slowly down to the sandstone cliffs of the adjacent Neptune street dog park, the internal circulation allows inhabitants to wind creatively through the 2 bedroom home. Perforated brick structuure on the ground level allowing the building to breathe and capture the seabreezes, also extends into a slanted funnel of bricks that sharply breaks the concrete structure and adds a monumental regiment to the internal living spaces in a light and breathabke manner.