GARRYL KALONJI: Academic Architecture Portfolio Y1 & Y2 2024 by Garryl.Kalonji

HELLO!

I am Garryl Kalonji, a semester one third-year student pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture Science at Curtin University. I believe that architecture goes beyond what pleases the eye. Instead, it must have a relationship with people and provoke attention while pushing a self-reflection.

Besides that, I am respectful and eager to contribute to team success through hard work. Pay attention to detail and have excellent organisational skills, a clear understanding of tasks, and training with a strong creative mind. Express a high interest in art and design. I am motivated to learn and excel in all industries. I am efficient, highly reliable and have great customer interaction. I am determined to provide prompt, friendly, and professional service.

HONOURS AND ACTIVITIES

• Was a key speaker at the Perth Design Week hosted by OMA and Unifor in March 2024.

• Recipient of the Head of School Commendation Letter awarded to students who have maintained an established high academic standard.

• My work for Method 1A, 1B and 2B, and Design 1B and 2B was selected among the best students’ work and exposed at Curtin University’s End of Year Exhibition

• Wrote scripts and recorded voiceover for commercial videos.

• Model for local clothing brands such as Mastodonte.

• Successfully achieved online studies from 2 am to 12 pm for more than six months at Canning College while being overseas

Scan me to see Garryl’s artwork

EDUCATION

Maadini Secondary School – Lubumbashi, CD Congo

• Graduated in Commercial and Management the 31 July 2019

Canning College – Perth, WA

• Graduated in Western Australia University Foundation Program (WAUFP) the 18 May 2022

CURTIN UNIVERSITY - Perth, WA

• Ongoing undergraduate degree in Architectural Science: I started on 18 July 2022 and have just completed the second year.

EXPERIENCE

The Boatshed Restaurant - South Perth WA

Waitsaff Supervisor| November 2022 – ongoing

•Taking and organising bookings.

•Supervising while working on the floor with the team to provide customers an excellent fine dining experience.

•Offering each customer appropriate care and courteous service to boost customer trust and satisfaction.

•Taking customers’ orders and ensuring they receive exactly what they ordered.

•Serving food, non-alcoholic as well as alcoholic beverages, and I can carry up to four plates at the same time.

Curtin University UniPass - Bentley WA

Peer Learning Facilitator| January 2024 – ongoing

•Leading study groups of a high-risk unit that I successfully completed with outstanding achievement and success.

•Preparing weekly session plans that would be used as a reference for future years.

•Guiding students with core concepts learned in the unit.

•Providing personal experiences, tips, and knowledge to help students improve their skills.

•Helping students to develop their architectural skills and core concepts relevant to their studies

VOLUNTEER

CASA (Curtin Archi Student Association) – Bentley, WA

Networking (Volunteering Position) | November 2023 – ongoing

•Collaborating with team members to enhance student engagement in architectural activities.

•Developing and implementing networking strategies to connect students with industry professionals.

•Creating and managing programs that inspire and drive passion among students in architecture.

Extra Volountary activities

•Coordinated food, clothing and household items in orphanages for SMILE Association in DR Congo.

•Designed and edited digital content for volunteer activities

•Helped my former education provider (Canning College) with a video sharing my experience of online night studies for marketing purposes.

SKILLS

•French- Native

•English- Professional

•Swahili- Native

•Lingala- Native

•Spanish- Elementary

•Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator).

•Drafting, Modelling and Rendering Software (Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, Sketchup and Twinmotion).

•Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook…)

•Draw realistic portraits using a ballpoint pen, pencil or procreate.

•Excellent verbal communication.

•Ability to accept criticism and work well under pressure.

•Active listening with good memory.

•Ability to work well with others.

•Customer Service.

Page 11 THE OCEANSIDE CAFE

Rhino | Autocad | Photoshop | Model Making| Hand-sketches

Revit| Photoshop| Hand-sketches

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THE ALIENEMO CHAMBER

Page 25 COURTYARD HOUSE

Revit | Twinmotion | Model Making| Hand-sketches

MONUMENT HOUSE

DESIGN 2A

This project involves designing a house for a selected client in Subiaco based on a self-asserting client brief regarding the client’s taste and ideologies. The subject client for this project is Antony Gormley, a prize-winner British sculptor and a member of the Royal Academy of Arts. He is well known for his artwork, which mainly represents human statues in different postures made of steel, concrete, or clay, and his design refers to expanding or breaking apart, as shown on the collage on the right page, usually using boxes on top of each other while sculpting darkness. Hence, Antony’s artwork ideologies, related to his questioning of the human body’s relationship to a place, will shape the serial progression typology design proposal inspired by one of his artworks.

Panoramic view over the subject site with residential buildings, the Subiaco Hotel, Hay St and the carpark behind the cafe

Site boundary with all the existing buildings and structures that must be demolished

VISUAL THINKING

Shops

Allotment

Site Boundary

Heritage Buildings

Residential buildings

Cafe | Pubs | Restaurant

The subject site is in Subiaco, Perth, and the allocated boundary is within a heritage precinct, as shown in the plan. Surrounded by heritage buildings such as the Subiaco Hotel and the Regal Theatre highlighted in yellow in the site plan, the subject boundary is divided into eight rectangular lot boundaries measuring each about 50sqm, and the orange highlighted lot is the assigned area where the design proposal inspired by the spatial typologies outlined in by Purves will be built.

Some ideas and precedents from the client’s artwork catalogue and site restrictions will help respond to the abovementioned matters. The serial typology response will have strategic natural light sources and void spaces because the client sees abundant light as a threat to creativity, and minimalistic applications such as pixelated features with missing or void pieces to create a self-reflection will be considered. Moreover, the living space will be joyful while keeping shadows in most private spaces, such as the workshop and the bedroom. Moreover, space separation can be noticed in the human body, where each element has a function. This contrasts with the client’s childhood story. Other than that, the design response will act like a large-scale sculpture on the site to push its inhabitants to reflect on the building site occupation. These elements based on Antony‘s Visions, as well as the site restriction, will influence the design proposal for this project.

https://www.antonygormley.com/works/sculpture/overview

‘Ground’, 2021 Stop III, 2021 Body and Light, 1990-1996 Mansion, 1982

SECOND FLOOR

ELEVATIONS

SECTIONS

This external perspective collage represents the general idea behind the Monument House design proposal. The boxy form, concrete and steel materials contrast with the client’s artwork, and the intention was to design an imposing house that mimics the client’s idea. Moreover, the green roof contrasts with the Subiaco Hotel green wall facade opposite the proposed building. Hence, this is a natural touch to the site while providing passive cooling indoors.

The internal perspective collage shows the client in the bedroom meditating just after having his meal. The design aims to scalp darkness by reproducing his childhood story through a dark, small upstairs bedroom to help boost his inspiration. This is because the client believes that when being in the darkness, the dark becomes an endless canvas that helps to see beyond the horizon.

Exterior Perspective Collage

Interior Perspective Collage

SUBIACO SITE MODEL

MONUMENT HOUSE MODEL

THE OCEANSIDE CAFE

METHOD 2B

In this method unit project, students were asked to design a cafe, yoga room, or toilet using Revit. The challenge was to create a functional building that meets visitors’ needs and offers a breathtaking view over the ocean on Leighton Beach in Cottesloe. Through this project, students gained hands-on experience using Revit to design and model architectural spaces, considering layout, materials, lighting, aesthetics, and documentation. Therefore, this helped me develop valuable architectural design and documentation skills using Revit to tackle practical challenges in the field.

CONCEPT

The main concept behind the cafe is to provide a panoramic view of the ocean, and the sketches show the floor plan concept ideas.

COSTUMED REVIT FAMILY

ELEVATIONS EXPLODED AXO

Despite spreading a pleasant scent of coffee and croissants, the cafe is designed to offer a panoramic view of the ocean while mimicking the curve of the waves with its impressive design. An appealing threshold that pushes people to glance at the spacial interior promoted by the roof design. The Oceanside Cafe offers a modern design, allowing people to interact with the historical site.

Short Section Long Section

SECTIONS

MULLIONS - CURTAIN WALL GLAZING WINDOWS WITH TIMBER FRAME - 25.4MM GLAZING THICKNESS - 20MM EXTERIOR PLASTER FINISH - 100MM COMMON BRICK AS CORE BOUNDARY - 50MM THERMAL

SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

ALIENEMO CHAMBER

METHOD 2A

Inspired by natural patterns, this project involves learning Rhino while developing an architectural proposal. The four main concepts developed are Restriction, Alive, Shield, and Disgust, which aim to provide a sensory experience. Moreover, the project has been taken further by proposing a building form concept called the “Alienemo Chamber” that allows aliens from the planet “Zerzex” to learn about human emotions. Hence, those elements combined demonstrate the sequence of my design proposal from the conceptual approach to the concrete aspect. Therefore, the four main concepts helped to shape the Alienemo Chamber.

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RESTRICTION

CONCEPT

KEYWORDS

•Broken

•Spine

•Enveloped

•Core

•Thorn

•Separation

•Peak

•Virus

•Pain feel

ALIVE CONCEPT

KEYWORDS

•Interwoven

•Detailed

•Interlocking

•Branching

•Interconnected

•Networked

•Movement

•Delicate

•Soft feel

DISGUST

CONCEPT

KEYWORDS

•Pealing

•Multiple layers

•Irregular

•Goosebumps

•Visual feel

•Separation

•Rough

•Hand feel

SHIELD

CONCEPT

KEYWORDS

•Protection

•Connection

•Privacy

•Guarding

•Security

•Concealment

•Defense

•Camouflage

•Hidden

THE ALIENEMO CHAMBER (Scenario)

In 2079, 3 Zerzex aliens visited Earth to learn about human emotions. They observed humans secretly, studying their ways of living and sensory experiences. The aliens were fascinated by Earth’s intricate patterns, inspiring them to build the “Alienemo Chamber”. With the help of an architecture student named Urielart, they recreated human emotions using materials from their planet. The chamber had three main areas replicating feelings of being alive, restricted, and disgusted. It became popular on Zerzex, serving as a bridge between species and fostering understanding of human emotions. The aliens and Urielart successfully created a sanctuary that brought two worlds together

This alien spaceship, generated by AI, helped me direct my ideas in the general form of my design proposal. The landscape represents the feel I wanted to convey to my renders. Hence, these aspects inspired the design proposal’s shape and atmosphere.

The National Urban Agriculture Park, designed by Z-one Tech, inspired elements of my proposal. The central chamber is the main focus, featuring an interactive tree that can allow the aliens to play with the spheres from the shield concept. This addition enhances the direction of my design.

FRONT ELEVATION

LEFT ELEVATION

ROOF PLAN

GROUND FLOOR

SHORT SECTION

Generated AI image Exploration

Nantong Urban Agricultural Park | Z-one Tech

COURTYARD HOUSE

This project involves designing a typical Australian courtyard house with two distinct levels while providing good thermal resistance and structural envelope. Hence, this required detailing every aspect of the house, from the layout and structural elements to the interior design. By tackling this project, students gained valuable experience creating a cohesive and functional living space while incorporating traditional Australian architectural elements and design principles using a drafting software of their choice.