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STUDIO RENOVATIO Masters Thesis | Sem2, 2010| High-distinction score
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MESS. EVERYDAY BABYLON Urban planning & Residential | Master Studio D, Sem1 2009 | High-distinction score | Special Mention, AA Prize for Unbuilt Works
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MELBOURNE HALL OF MUSIC Music theatre | Master Studio C, Sem2 2009 | High-distinction score
+ PLAY 4 LIVING Hamburg Residential Project | TUDelft exchange, sem1, 2010
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A NEW DATUM Chicago Union Station 2020 | Sem2, 2008 | Burnham Prize Competition
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DIGITAL DESIGN APPLICATIONS Exploration of Parametric Software, Grasshopper| Master of Architecture Elective, Sem2, 2010
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Project: Design response: Melbourne has a rich history of art and design. In the 70-80s, the city fringes were filled with cheap rentals, drug afficts and also artists, who GARDEN/ PATIO brought life and vibrancy to these areas. However, they were gradually GALLERY seen as an annoyance, which resulted in artist studios and warehouse RETAIL spaces being sold off as development sites and the artists, the trail blasers, being pushed out, forcing them to find somewhere new, CAFE/ LOUNGE somewhere affordable. existing street-level condition
GARDEN/ PATIO GALLERY
RESIDENTIAL STUDIOS
RETAIL CAFE/ LOUNGE
STUDIOS
1_STUDIO RENOVATIO
STUDIOS
This thesis studio has worked alongside Creative Spaces and selected artists to ‘turn the tide’ on the exodus of the urban artist. Inspired by Melbourne’s hidden gem and secret laneways culture, the proposed arts studio and gallery space utilises an existing building to activate this quieter block of the city, by introducing weaving passages, hidden rooms and interactive interface throughout the building. Recycled timber slats are used in the facade, while main studio spaces are fit out entirely with recycled cardboard furniture and partitions, to maintain a raw, artistic environment.
what if these were...
...FLIPPED? GARDEN/ PATIO GALLERY
RESIDENTIAL STUDIOS
RETAIL
STUDIOS STUDIOS
...with connections from one program to the other... PUBLIC PUBLIC PRIVATE PRIVATERESIDENTIAL STUDIOS
PUBLIC PRIVATE
GALLERY RETAIL
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...and distributed throughout an unused building?...
GARDEN/ PATIO
CAFE/ LOUNGE
...while mainting privacy between the public and artists?... GARDEN/ PATIO GALLERY RETAIL
STUDIOS STUDIOS
View from Little Bourke Street
North-South section
CAFE/ LOUNGE
East Elevation from Rose Lane
South Elevation
Physical model of artists’ gallery, intricate details done with the laser-cutter
Computer rendering: refurbished artists’ studio, made of recycled cardboard for partitions, furniture and shelving unit disaster recovery centre
lock corner interactive boxes
studio 1
gallery
studio 2
studio 3 basement gallery
studio 4
bicycle parking lane
side entrance
art shop
reception
studio 5 5 studio
cafe
Plan: Organisation and design of artists’ studio
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storage entrance
First floor plan: Typical floor layout
Ground floor plan
Massing response:
Rendered Impressions:
Existing building
Circulation response:
artist community
Material response:
Remove eastern part of building
This forms a courtyard space while allowing light to penetrate through the narrow, dark building interiors
public circulation (direct)
public circulation (via artist community)
rooftop bar and garden
rooftop
fenestration (both new and existing)
fenestra (both ne
public 'growth' spaces (proposed)
public 'gr (propose
Artist studio space Timber decking
Planters
Green glazing
Roof-top garden
artist studios (proposed)
artist st (propos
facade (existing)
facade
structure (existing)
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Black aluminium frame
Perforated metal
Polished concrete
Timber
Artist corridor
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site: 602 little bourke st 25 x 45 m
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Special Mention, AA Prize for Unbuilt Works, architecturemedia.com/unbuilt/results
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“GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBOURS” ~ Robert Frost
Analysis of suburban block:
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The typical suburban plot Place: Rowville, a Victorian suburb, is chosen as a place to explore how a community may live in a sustainable way post peak oil. The existing condition of Rowville involves large detached suburban houses on large quarter acre blocks. The site chosen for this project is 10661067 Wellington Road, which consists of two ‘MacMansions’ sitting on two blocks of land.
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Point of inspiration: Robert Frost once said that “good fences make good neighbours”. As the future is expected to see densed cities and communities living closer to each other, the project questions the roles of fences and explores the possibilities that come with re-inventing the fence that we know today. Fences that divide the current suburban plot usually alienate neighbours while creating an often unused and wasted space. If these fences could be utilised sustainably, wasted space can be reduced and this in turn could bond the community together.
Fences alienate neighbours. It is an awkward, often unused space.
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Scenario: Kate decides to move in with an ‘incubator’ containing 3 families and a couple at 1066-1067 Wellington Road, Rowville. She likes its affordability, and how its within short walking distance to shops, parks, and her college. She also like how it has a cafe and pool within her own incubator. Although Kate was initially unsure about how she would adapt to this new way of living, she soon finds herself impressed with how her community is so closely-knitted with the scheme involving shared fences. Instead of a typical fence that alienates and divides neighbours, it is replaced with spaces that bond the neighbours, allowing them to share spaces between them, while allowing them to mainCONTEXT PLAN 1:10 000 tain their own private spaces. These shared spaces includeSCALE offices, storage areas, bike sheds, entertainment areas and gardens.
Frontyard - most recognisable image of suburban block.
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Future scenario: Even though many initially doubted the scheme, the suburban landscape around the area is spotted with similar projects. The size and form of each incubator changes according to the needs of the occupants, or when new occupants come in to stay. Properties are sub-divided by the sharing fence, which in time shows the history 2032: DENSIFIED CORRIDORS and age of each incubator. AND INCUBATOR
WELLINGTON ROAD
GROUND FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:100
Backyard - exclusive and private, no interaction with community.
Incubator strategy :
1. Two existing plots
2. Divide plots
3. Families occupy space according to size of family and desired privacy
4. “sharing spaces” to replace typical fence
5. A central courtyard is created. This recreates the characters of backyards and front yards
perspective #2: shared flexible office/dining space
perspective #3: shared storage/walkway/patio
perspective #4: shared swimming pool and patio
perspective #5: shared community garden courtyard
3_MELBOURNE HALL OF MUSIC
1_ MELBOURNE HALL OF MUSIC PROJECT: The existing Festival Hall of Melbourne is but an old shed where music events are held. This project proposes a new music hall on the site. It is located at the end of the city of Melbourne, and the start of the new Dockland developments. DESIGN CONCEPT: I drew inspiration from the formation of a string quartet in this project. I was interested in how four different instruments came together to form harmony in music, and similarly in my project, my demonstrated how four different programmes or parts of the buildings could come together at certain points, that carried noise or music. The flow of people represent musical notes; the number of people represented the amount of sound or noise there is at certain parts of the building. The design of this building also gives priority to views and responses to site analysis.
DUDLEY STREET
DOTS DENOTE CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE
A REPRESENTATION OF CHORDS IN THE BUILDING
SITE PLAN SCALE 1:2000
STRING QUARTET COMPRISES OF 4 STING INSTUMENTS...
SIZES OF STRIPS ARE DETERMINED BY CONTEXTUAL RESPONSE
STRIPS ARE PUNCTUATED BY ‘CHORDS’, WHICH RESEMBLE THE THEATRES OR SPACES WERE SOUNDS AND PEOPLE COME TOGETHER
‘CHORDS’ ARE ORIENTATED TO BEST VIEWS
‘CHORDS’ ARE CUT AT ANGLES TO MAXIMISE VIEWS
SECOND FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:200
CONCERT HALL CAFE
HOTEL
PRODUCTION ROOMS
HOTEL
OFFICES FOR STATIONS
THIRD FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:200
SMALL CONCERT HALL
CONFERENCE HALL
MAIN THEATRE HALL
MAIN THEATRE HALL
SMALL CONCERT HALL
SECOND FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:200
HOTEL
HOTEL
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REINFORCED CONCRETE ROOF BASALT CHIPPING, INSULATION, ROOF SLAB FACADE RAIL ALUMINIUM ROD TIMBER BOARDING, CONCRETE FLOOR SLAB
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MAIN THEATRE HALL
CONFERENCE HALL
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THIRD FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:200
SMALL CONCERT HALL
CORTEN SHEETING THERMAL INSULATION STEEL IBEAM CONCRETE FLOOR STEEL ISECTION
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DETAIL SECTION A SCALE 1:20
DETAIL SECTION B SCALE 1:20
MELBOURNE HALL OF MUSIC
GROUND PLAN SCALE 1:200
MAIN MUSIC THEATRE CAFE
CAFE
CLASS ROOM
FOYER
RECORDING STUDIOS
PRACTICE ROOMS
REHEARSAL STUDIO
CAFE
BROADCASTING STUDIOS
REHEARSAL STUDIO
FIRST FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:200
RETAIL
GALLERY
MAIN MUSIC THEATRE
SMALL LECTURE HALL
GROUND PLAN SCALE 1:200
MAIN MUSIC THEATRE CAFE
RECORDING STUDIOS
REHEARSAL STUDIO
BROADCASTING STUDIOS
REHEARSAL STUDIO MAIN MUSIC THEATRE
SOUTH ELEVATION
FIRST FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:200
PERSPECTIVE APPROACHING SITE
EAST ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION
MELBOURNE HALL OF MUSIC
SECTION B-B SCALE 1:200
PERSPECTIVE INTO GALLERY
DETAIL SECTION B
DETAIL SECTION A
ELEVATION FROM ROSLYN STREET SCALE 1:200
SECTION A-A SCALE 1:200
MELBOURNE HALL OF MUSIC
PROJECT: How do you incorporate the concept of ‘PLAY’ into living quarters, such as apartment blocks of Hafencity, Hamburg, Germany? During my time as an exchange student in the Netherlands, my class visited sites in Hafencity to further understand the site and conditions of the project.
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DESIGN RESPONSE: The theory of PLAY focuses on the relationship between gamers, which fosters relationships because trust is involved: play members trust that each other will play by the same rule, value the same achievements, and respect the time spent on play. The proposed residential blocks in Hafencity appear to be neatly organised, private apartment blocks that seem to segregate street-life and the community within the residential blocks. The playful collage/pixel-like facade invites passerbys to witness the way of life of the residents living in the LIVING+PLAY apartment block. The facade shows the different coloured units represent different teams (red, blue, green) . Each team become a community, and they come together to compete with other teams in different categories, such as recycling, and taking steps vs taking the lift. Each team is also exclusively connected to one another through stairs and passageways. With forms of architectural design that incorporates the theory of Play, the apartment block will stand out as an iconic, unique design in Hafencity. Residents will find it easier to trust each other, and distinguish strangers from others through the _PLAYSTATION_3 increase in interaction and understanding.
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LIVING+AMUSEMENT
GROUND FLOOR
GroundSCALE Floor 1:200 Plan
SECOND FLOOR
SecondSCALE Floor 1:200 Plan
Fourth Floor Plan
Sixth Floor Plan
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_PLAYSTATION_3 LIVING+AMUSEMENT CLIMATE CONTROL: (not to scale)
AIR EXHAUST THROUGH ATRIUM AND WINDOW PANELS
OPEN ATRIUM ALLOWS HEAT AND LIGHT TO WARM UP BUILDING AND VENTILATES INTERNAL SPACE
CENTRAL ATRIUM TO PROVIDE NATURAL LIGHT & DISCHARGE EXHAUSTED AIR THROUGH CONVECTIVE EFFECT
CONSTRUCTION METHOD:
LIGHT COLOURED FINISH TO SOFFIT AND CEILING ASSISTS LIGHT REFLECTANCE
BALCONY FLOORS PROVIDE HORIZONTAL SHADING FROM ACCESIVE GLARE FRESH AIR INTAKE
PUBLIC STREET FLOORS TO USE FULL HEIGHT CLEAR GLASS AS GLAZING TO INTRODUCT MORE NATURAL LIGHT TO ENTER INTERNAL SPACES
EXISTING MECHANICAL SYSTEM OPERABLE ONLY WHEN PASSIVE SYSTEMS ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE THERMAL COMFORT
DAYLIGHT DISTRIBUTION & GLARE
CONCRETE FLOOR SLAB
GRID COLUMNS 500x500mm SPACING 8000mm
BRACING LOCATED ALONG SELECTED INTERIOR WALLS AND FACADE
THERMAL CONTROL DETAIL 1
DETAIL 2
DETAIL 3
DETAIL 4
DETAIL 5
DETAIL 6
I-BEAM CORTEN STEEL
GLAZING
FRAME
PAINTED CONCRETE SLAB
TURF ROOFING WITH ARTIFICIAL GRASS STEEL FRAME
GLAZING INSPECTION HATCH
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RED IRONBARK TIMBER FLOORING
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SWT BEAM
TIMBER OAK FLOORBOARD WITH UNDERFLOOR HEATING
FRAME
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TIMBER GLADDING GUTTER SUSPENDED TIMBER CEILING
PAINTED CONCRETE SLAB
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SWT BEAM
DETAIL 4
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ALUMINIUM PANELS
GLAZING
9 GLASS RAILINGS
FRAME
SECTION THROUGH RED,GREEN,BLUE TYPOLOGIES SCALE 1:20
PAINTED CONCRETE SLAB
DETAILED SECTION SCALE 1:5
DETAIL 5
DETAIL 6
_PLAYSTATION_3 LIVING+AMUSEMENT
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ASSUMPTIONS For the purposes of this competition we assume the creation by 2020 of a high-speed rail network for the Midwest, with Chicago as its hub. This system, similar to the high-speed system being developed in California, or those already established in Japan and in many parts of Europe, would reach speeds of roughly 225 mph (360 km/h) and would connect Chicago to St. Louis or Detroit in about 90 minutes, to Cleveland in 2 hours, and to Milwaukee in 45 minutes. Gary, Indiana and Joliet would be only 15 minutes from Union Station. A diagram of this hypothetical network is available for download on the competition website. This network would eventually tie into other regional networks, creating a national high speed rail system, connecting Chicago to New York City in roughly 6 hours.
RECONFIGURATION passengers per year, for a total of 50-65 million passengers per year, roughly twice the number of passengers using Chicago Midway Airport annually. New York's JFK Airport, or Amsterdan's Schiphol Aiport handle roughly the same number of passengers per year as we would expect to use the reconfigured Union Station.
Based on similar estimates made for traffic in the California system, we estimate that with a significant amount of short-haul air travel now being made via train, Chicago Union Station would handle an additional 30-45 million Chicago Architectural Club Burnham Prize Competition: Union Station 2020
North-South Section
Hafencity Site Plan East-West Section
East Elevation
West Elevation
South Elevation
North Elevation
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This competition is, in part, about looking for new ways of conceiving the mixed use complex. How can we seize on programmatic complexity to go beyond the strategy of plinths and towers as we know it today?
Chicago Architectural Club Burnham Prize Competition: Union Station 2020
A proposal exists for a mixed-use tower atop Union Station (link: http://www. chicagounionstation.com/future_plans.html). Proposals like this one conceive of the mixing of programs and uses primarily as a question of lamination, or of designing a tower and attaching it to a base of program. We encourage solutions that challenge this model, and that transcend the g of a tower or train shed atop a skillful design plinth off infrastructure.
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passengers per year, for a total of 50-65 million passengers per year, roughly twice the number of passengers using Chicago Midway Airport annually. New York's JFK Airport, or Amsterdan's Schiphol Aiport handle roughly the same number of passengers per year as we would expect to use the reconfigured Union Station.
Based on similar estimates made for traffic in the California system, we estimate that with a significant amount of short-haul air travel now being made via train, Chicago Union Station would handle an additional 30-45 million
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For the purposes of this competition we assume the creation by 2020 of a high-speed rail network for the Midwest, with Chicago as its hub. This system, similar to the high-speed system being developed in California, or those already established in Japan and in many parts of Europe, would reach speeds of roughly 225 mph (360 km/h) and would connect Chicago to St. Louis or Detroit in about 90 minutes, to Cleveland in 2 hours, and to Milwaukee in 45 minutes. Gary, Indiana and Joliet would be only 15 minutes from Union Station. A diagram of this hypothetical network is available for download on the competition website. This network would eventually tie into other regional networks, creating a national high speed rail system, connecting Chicago to New York City in roughly 6 hours.
Project: A high-speed rail network fir the Midwest, with Chicago as the hub, is assumed to have been created by 2020. The Chicago Union Station would handle an extra 30-45 million passengers per year for a total of 50-65 million per year. The project chanllenges on programmatic complexity to go beyond the strategy of a tower or train shed atop a plinth of infrastructure. Design concept: The project invents a new datum: an architectural plane is struck across the site, and termed the ‘cultural datum’. It collides with the old station building, lifts the lid on the subway. It defines time, a divider between the old and new. The plane initiates an infrastructure for the future - folding to reveal the station below, bridging the river, a circular cut-out allowing light, and a public gathering plaza.
In its current configuration, Union Station is not, in fact, a station at all. That is, trains can not pass through it on their way to somewhere else. Union Station is a terminal, both from the north and from the south. In order to serve as a high speed rail hub, the current rail configuration will change -- tracks will run directly through Union Station, and the program currently separating northbound and southbound trains will be relocated. A diagram of the rail re-configuration is available on this site. Competitors are not responsible for the design of this element, but should take into account connections to and from the newly configured tracks. The City of Chicago is also currently planning the West Loop Transportation Center, which will connect Union Station to the Ogilvie Transportation Center and to new bus and subway lines. Diagrams of this link are available for download on the competition website. Competitors should take into account the connection of this element with Union Station.
This competition is, in part, about looking for new ways of conceiving the mixed use complex. How can we seize on programmatic complexity to go beyond the strategy of plinths and towers as we know it today? A proposal exists for a mixed-use tower atop Union Station (link: http://www. chicagounionstation.com/future_plans.html). Proposals like this one conceive of the mixing of programs and uses primarily as a question of lamination, or of designing a tower and attaching it to a base of program. We encourage solutions that challenge this model, and that transcend the g of a tower or train shed atop a skillful design plinth off infrastructure.
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TOILETS
OFFICE
CAFE/RETAIL
RESERVATIONS
TICKETS SALES
CLINTON ST
SECTION
COMMUTER RAIL SECURE WAITING + PUBLIC PLAZA / DEMONSTRATION AREA
LIFTS TO CONFERENCE CENTRE +CARPARK
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MAIN LOBBY
HIGH SPEED RAIL SECURE WAITING
VIP LOUNGE
L4
MARKET BELOW TICKETS SALES
L0
L1
BOOKINGS LIFTS TO CONFERENCE CENTRE +CARPARK
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LOCKERS
PLANT/MECHANICAL
CAR RENTAL OFFICES
TOILETS
STREET LEVEL PLAN
JACKSON BLVD
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OFFICES
OFFICES
OFFICES
OFFICES
LIFTS TO CONFERENCE CENTRE +CARPARK
RAILWAY PLATFORMS
TOILETS
L2
UP TO TRANSPORT CONCOURSE
REGIONAL MARKET PLANE
ENTRY FOYER OFF CLINTON STREET
TOILETS
L0
CHICAGO RIVER
L1
UP TO TRANSPORT CONCOURSE
L4
LIFTS TO CONFERENCE CENTRE +CARPARK
L3
PLANT/MECHANICAL
CONCOURSE LEVEL PLAN
VIEW FROM JACKSON BOULEVARD
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DIAGRAMMATIC SECTION
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6_DIGITAL DESIGN APPLICATIONS
Overview: I took ‘Digital Design Applications’ as an elective during my final semester, to expand my knowledge on the field of digital architecture. I learned about creating complex geometry and parametric design with a Rhinoceros plug-in called Grasshopper, which explores the alternative possibilities that emerge from the extensive use of the computer, from design to manufacturing it with the laser-cutter.
Parametric installation created for gallery space
Parametric light module
Creating parametric objects with ‘Grasshopper’
Physical model of parametric gallery space and installation, by using the laser-cutter
Computer rendering of parametric gallery space and installation
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