Design Studio Gamma - S2 2020 - MSDx Panels

Design Studio Gamma + Studio Water Semester 2, 2020

Accademic Team Coordinator Dr. Amanda Achmadi

Accademic Collaborators Prof. Alex Felson - Chair of Landscape Architecture Program Assoc. Prof. Rochus Hinkel – Architecture and Design

Senior Tutors Joel Benichou and Brendan Josey

Tutors Mark Casey-Losewitz Kate Corke Grant Divall Faith Freeman Sarah Kahn

Lucas Koleits Dhanika Kumaheri Andrew Murray Anneke Prins Yui Uchimura

Studio Introduction Studio Gamma explores the relationship between the dynamics of dwelling and urban landscape, between cohabitation, density, and integration of systems in an urban setting. We explore and speculate on the “missing middle” of Melbourne by proposing strategies of incremental densification and intensification of an urban neighbourhood with a strong heritage characteristic. This was approached by interrogating the existing urban morphology, civic and ecological system and forming landscape and architectural responses to them.

The MacArthur Place precinct in Carlton is the urban site of the studio. Students work on three neighbouring house plots and their associated backyards, laneways access routes, adjacent greenways and other interstitial spaces. The design outcome consists of a schematic spatial and massing configuration of an interconnected multi-unit residences of up to 3 levels and associated landscapes tied to the public realm, and the development one of these residences into a compact and adaptable multigenerational dwelling. Integration of landscape and architecture are explored at the scale of the urban precinct, neighbourhood, and through inside-outside spaces of the dwelling unit. Ultimately, students are challenged to respond to the following design agenda of Studio Gamma: “Plan for a future in which people have witnessed the impacts of sea level rise and daily temperature increases, as well as droughts and instances of heavy precipitation. A future in which the COVID-19 pandemic led to global rethinking of how we should live in terms of population density and green space access.”

Part 1.

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

In the ďŹ rst stage of the design project, students were asked to map and analyse two neighbourhood segments of the MacArthur Place precinct in Carlton. They were required to consider the areas as a conďŹ guration of three interrelated systems: built system, ecological system and civic system.

Students used online resources and 3D digital data of the sites. They were required to prepare a series of multiscalar maps, SWOT analyses and precedent studies.

They were also requireed to prepare a preliminary design framework to help inform the subsequent design schemes of Living Neighbourhood and Living House.

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Jingqi Zhou - Jamie Zhuang - Shing Shing Ho - Feng Yang

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Jingqi Zhou - Jamie Zhuang - Shing Shing Ho - Feng Yang

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Jingqi Zhou - Jamie Zhuang - Shing Shing Ho - Feng Yang

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Wendy Lin - Keyun Yan - Tanya Dadlani

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Changyu Wang - Chenxi Wang - Sandra Fu

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Changyu Wang - Chenxi Wang - Sandra Fu

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Changyu Wang - Chenxi Wang - Sandra Fu

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Jordan Knox - Thierry Fong - Yun Hao

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Chuyin Qi - Keyun Sheng - Shruti Raman

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Chuyin Qi - Keyun Sheng - Shruti Raman

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Madeleine Granland - Storm Bell

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Thomas Daniger - Hyunwoo Bae - Dorothea Yannoulidis - Yip-Lam Forrest Lai

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Genevieve Cassidy - Magdeline De Witt - Michaella Majdan - Li Zhou

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Genevieve Cassidy - Magdeline De Witt - Michaella Majdan - Li Zhou

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Zonglei Mao - Zeqi Lu - Winslet Dsouza - Zhiyan Sun

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Zonglei Mao - Zeqi Lu - Winslet Dsouza - Zhiyan Sun

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Zonglei Mao - Zeqi Lu - Winslet Dsouza - Zhiyan Sun

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Daina Minchenko - April Lachal - Tara Durkin

Mapping + Analysis: Urban Ecology, Landscape, Place, Dwelling

Daina Minchenko - April Lachal - Tara Durkin

Part 2.

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

In the second stage of the semester, students were required to reďŹ ne and implement their design framework for the MacArthur Place Precinct in densifying and intensifying the three properties, 2, 4, 6-10 MacArthur Place North, turning them into an integrated Living Neighbourhood.

Students were asked to densify and intensify the three neighbouring property plots and develop conceptual massing strategies for the site. Careful consideration of how to add 1 to 2 dwelling units into each plot was required. In intensifying the three plots, they were to design shared amenities, productive outdoor green spaces, a better integration between building and landscape, ecological enhancement strategies, and activation of laneway interface. The original single occupancy residential dwelling was to be transformed into an interconnected 1-3-storey dual (or triple) occupancy (courtyard compound/townhouse/duplex typology); Dweling size, massing composition, site plan and dwelling conďŹ guration were critical in the development of the three plots.

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Chenxi Wang

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Emma Prowse

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

James Goldby

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Kleo Guthrie

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Li Xie

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Li Xie

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Evan Jape

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Evan Jape

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Evan Jape

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Evan Jape

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Evan Jape

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Ripley Callahan

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Ripley Callahan

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Stephanie Wills

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Stephanie Wills

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Storm Bell

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Storm Bell

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Sunny Brearley

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Sunny Brearley

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Sunny Brearley

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Tara Durkin

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Tara Durkin

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Tara Durkin

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Wendy Lin

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Xuan Lu

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Xuan Lu

Living Neighbourhood: Densify + Intensify

Xuan Lu

Part 3.

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

In the third stage or their projects, students were asked to refine and further detail their ideas for the Living Neighbourhood by developing a design for the property at 2 MacArthur Place North. Building upon the schematic massing/composition and site plan of the living Neighbourhood, they were required to develop their ideas in greater detail by moving from the neighbourhood scale to the human, residential scale.

They were required to design a programmatic, spatial and massing configuration of a compact and adaptable dual occupancy residence.

The ‘Client’ for this project was a multi-generational household. The household consisted of a working couple with 1 young child and the grandparents from one side of the family. The scenario presented the grandparents as downsizers who have retired and would like to live closer to their children and grandchild, as well as to Carlton’s abundant urban amenities.

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Chuyin Qi

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Chuyin Qi

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Chuyin Qi

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Chuyin Qi

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Chuyin Qi

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Tara Durkin

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Tara Durkin

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Kleo Guthrie

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Kleo Guthrie

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Storm Bell

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Storm Bell

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Katherine Thomas

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Emma Prowse

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Crystal Zhu

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Xuan Lu

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Varatchaya Thumnithikul

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Varatchaya Thumnithikul

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Yip Lam Forrest Lai

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Yip Lam Forrest Lai

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Zonglei Mao

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Zonglei Mao

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Sarah Lau

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Wendy Lin

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Wendy Lin

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Wendy Lin

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Wendy Lin

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Wendy Lin

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Sunny Brearley

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Sunny Brearley

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Sunny Brearley

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Sunny Brearley

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Maya Welsch

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Maya Welsch

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Maya Welsch

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Maya Welsch

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Maya Welsch

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Jingqi Zhou

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Jingqi Zhou

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Jingqi Zhou

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Thin Myat Noe

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Thin Myat Noe

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Thin Myat Noe

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Thin Myat Noe

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Adrian Mikus

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Tahli Hogberg

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Tahli Hogberg

Living House: Adaptive Dual Occupancy

Tahli Hogberg

Part 4.

Design Journal

Sketching, diagramming, and drawing were crucial in the development of the projects in Studio Gamma.

Throughout the semester, students were required to sketch, diagram and draw to analyse design problems, to observe, map and discuss site conditions, to learn about precedent, to explore and experiment with ways of solving design problems and address the studio brief.

Thoughtful ideas and good design are outcomes of a rigorous process of iteration unfolding through cycle of sketching, diagramming, modelling and drawing. The Studio Gamma Design journal shows documentation of the weekly exercises and their design-in- progress.

Design Journal

Cayley Chan

Design Journal

Cayley Chan

Design Journal

Cayley Chan

Design Journal

Cayley Chan

Design Journal

Cayley Chan

Design Journal

Cayley Chan

Design Journal

Cayley Chan

Design Journal

Dorothea Yannoulidis

Design Journal

Dorothea Yannoulidis

Design Journal

Dorothea Yannoulidis

Design Journal

Dorothea Yannoulidis

Design Journal

Dorothea Yannoulidis

Design Journal

Dorothea Yannoulidis

Design Journal

Dorothea Yannoulidis

Design Journal

Dorothea Yannoulidis

Design Journal

Jingqi Zhou

Design Journal

Jingqi Zhou

Design Journal

Li Zhou

Design Journal

Li Zhou

Design Journal

Li Zhou

Design Journal

Li Zhou

Design Journal

Li Zhou

Design Journal

Li Zhou

Design Journal

Li Zhou

Design Journal

Steph Wills

Design Journal

Steph Wills

Design Journal

Steph Wills

Design Journal

Steph Wills

Design Journal

Steph Wills

Design Journal

Maya Welsch

Design Journal

Maya Welsch

Design Journal

Maya Welsch

Design Journal

Maya Welsch

Design Journal

Maya Welsch

Design Journal

Storm Bell

Design Journal

Storm Bell

Design Journal

Storm Bell

Design Journal

Storm Bell

Design Journal

Storm Bell

Design Journal

Storm Bell

Design Journal

Storm Bell

Design Journal

Sunny Brearley

Design Journal

Sunny Brearley

Design Journal

Sunny Brearley

Design Journal

Sunny Brearley

Design Journal

Sunny Brearley

Design Journal

Sunny Brearley

Design Journal

Thierry Fong

Design Journal

Thierry Fong

Design Journal

Thierry Fong

Design Journal

Ziyuan Cui