Portfolio by lydia.alford

Lydia Alford

Lydia Alford Bachelor of Design (Architecture) The University of Melbourne

Architecture Portfolio

about About me I have just completed my undergraduate degree in Design majoring in Architecture at the University of Melbourne. I am hardworking, passionate and committed. My work is largely driven by social theory and economics and its intersection with art, urban and architectural practice. I am

Employment Graphic Designer ITC Publications 2019-present

Sales Associate

Personal Data Current City:

Melbourne

Date of Birth:

12/08/1999

Phone:

0498544656

Email:

lydia.alford@gmail.com

Myer Melbourne 2019-present

Graphic Designer and Marketing Director Kushie+CO 2018-2020

Cafe All-Rounder Baretto Cafe 2018-2019

Education

Waitress Arrivederci Pizzeria 2017-2018

Melbourne University Bachelor of Design 2018-2021

Cafe All-Rounder

Florence University of the Arts

Bellissimo Coffee 2015-2017

2019 Summer Architecture History Course in Italy

Brisbane State High School 2013-2017 Secondary Education

Industry Experience

passionate about social politics in the context of the physical environment as well as sustainable, climate-responsive design. My experience travelling and studying both domestically in Australia and overseas

Interests

Internship at Conservation Studio

2021

Travelling

Internship at Valley Workshop

2021

Photography and graphic design work at

2018-

Fiona McCabe Architects

2019

Running Soccer

has exposed me to a wealth of different

Hiking

cultures, urban planning and architecture

Skiing

which has ultimately shaped my identity as

Photography

production.

Platforms

https://lydiaalford.wixsite.com/lastudio

Feature in MSDx 2019 Exhibition

Photoshop

Feature in MSDx 2018 Exhibition

InDesign

Awarded Bachelor of Design Pathways Scholarship 2018

Lightroom

Winner of West Village Architecture Prize 2017

Instagram

SONA Superstudio Competition Participant

@alf_archi

Lumion Unreal 2020

throughout my bachelor of design studies. the traditional boundaries of architecture

After Affects

Involvement

Philosophy, Politics and Economics This knowledge has allowed me to challenge

Photography

Feature in MSDx Winter 2020 Virtual Exhibition

construction subjects as well as indigenous Environmental Heritage), Feminism and

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Illustrator

Selected to present at 2020 Superstudio event

urban planning, architecture history, and studies (art and culture and Indigenous

Grasshopper

Physical model making

Recognition

Website I have completed several design studios,

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a designer, catalysing new interpretations of architecture as intellectual and cultural

Software skills

Student Ambassador of the University of Melbourne

2019-

Design and Environments Student Society (DESS)

2020

Member of the Student Organised Network for

2020

ISSUU

and architectural thinking and explore new

Architects (SONA) Australian Institute of Architects

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Sketching QGIS 3Ds Max FirstRate Vectorworks

territories. Member of ARCHITEXX

Microsoft Suite

2020

Enscape

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EXTENSION OF THE LANDSCAPE

CURTAIN WALL

BLACK BOX

CONSTRUCTION DESIGN

LAKE WENDOUREE HOUSE

CANYON PAVILION

DWELLING TYPE SINGLE DWELLING DOUBLE DWELLING TRIPLE DWELLING APARTMENT 1 - 10 UNITS APARTMENT 2 - 20 UNITS NG

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TYPES OF OUTDOOR SPACE

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SEMI-PRIVATE PUBLIC SUMMER GARDEN WINTER GARDEN

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An extension of nature - Re-Inviting the Australian landscape back into Preston

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SHARED SPACES

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LAUNDRY

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Design Studio Epsilon

KITCHEN / DINING BIKE STORAGE

Wurundjeri Country The project aims to bring the landscape back into Preston and using architecture as a mean of facilitating this dialogue between humans and nature. Acknowledging the indigenous history of the site, the project aims to rejuvenate the landscape, reconnect humans back to nature, reinstate this ecological responsibility we as human have to take care of the land we share. The project draws on inspiration from native plantings from Merri Creek its surroundings on Wurundjeri country, the Australian wool shed, Australian vernacular architecture in particular the

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stone huts on Gundijimara country and the design principles which underpin

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their design as well as Australian architects such as Glenn Murcutt, Gabriel and

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Elizabeth Pool, Richard Leplastrier, Brit Andresen, Peter Stutchbury and Lindsay Johnston. The project takes a Country-focused design approach, as opposed to a purely human-centred approach - that is, considering ecological systems that

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include people, animals, resources and plant equally.

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There were eight principles of design which guided the design prodess- 1. external circulation between rooms 2. semi-external shower, 3. adjuestable skins - summer and winter house, 4. morning sun bedrooms face east, 5. natural ventilation, 6. living areas face north, 7. each room has a view or relationship with nature and 8. occupants need to

SUN ACCESS

CROSS VENTILATION

RETENTION OF EXISTING VEGETATION

INDOOR-OUTDOOR

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

hear the rain.

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Section AA

Ground Floor Plan

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20 Section AA

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Two-story Dwellings

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Apartment Dwellings

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‘Tree-tops’

Apartment Dwellings

Two-story Dwellings

View from Apartment Dwellings

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Apartment Dwellings

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Curtain Wall Design Studio Delta Wurundjeri Country The Curtain Wall Library represents a dynamic contribution to the ever-emerging possibilities of a site within this city context. Humanist architecture was espoused in the work and teachings of Eileen Gray and inspired the underlying themes of this design with references to dehierarchising space, hyperoperability, flexibility, sociopetal design and composity of space through the use of curved geometric forms created by diaphanous screening. Supplementary themes of fluidity in space and form, cognisant of works by artist Louise Bourgeois contribute to the ever-morphing possibilities of the spatial forms within this community space which are reflected externally and craft a living structure, inclusively reacting and adapting to the aspirations of its diverse and heterogenous populace. Library Facade

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Cafe

Ground Floor Isometric

Large Lecture

Lecture Events

First Floor Isometric

Open

Closed

Three large spaces

Ground Floor Plan Variations A

Flexible staff desks

Lifts

Hpyer Operable Design Spaces adapt to the needs of users through curtains Third Floor Isometric

Socio petal

Penopticon design -

Non-Hierarchical Organisation

Hierarchical Organisation

Network based system

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Collection storage The In-Between Spaces

Concept Sketch

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Ground Floor

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Kids Reading Room

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Townhouses Activated Laneway

Communal Courtyard Multigenerational House

Black Box Design Studio Gamma

Communal Laundry

Wurundjeri Country The Black Box Project models viable urban development with environmental sustainability, community engagement and architectural heritage. The projects offers a critique on 19th century building typologies through the reference of Kazimir Malevics controversial Black Square painting of 1915, challenging peoples perceptions of urban environments by causing them to stop, think and question. Human interaction and environmental considerations at the core of the design of the Black Box Project contemporary global and domestic design influences, are widely employed.

Black square Kazimir Malevich

Black box Existing house Maintain front part of house

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Split houes into two - family house and studio house with joining courtyard Large Monolithic Form

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Lightwell and Skylight

Dynamic roof form to capture northern light into bedrooms and vertical shading whilst still keeping box form

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BEDROOM

LIVING ROOM

DINING

BATHROOM

KITCHEN

CARDIGAN STREET

COURTYARD

LIVING ROOM

NETTING

BEDROOM

KITCHEN

DINING

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BATHROOM

W/C

LIGHT WELL

BEDROOM

STUDY

ENTRY

BALCONY

VERANDAH

MACARTHUR PLACE NORTH

Ground Floor Plan

MACARTHUR PLACE NORTH

First Floor Plan

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8 metres

Section AA

Native Plantings

danthonia caespitosa

Ptilotus macrocephalus

themeda triandra

poa labillardieri

Calocephalus citreus

Burchardia umbellata

Acacia myrtifolia

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kangaroo grass

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Eryngium ovinum

Murnong Yam Daisy

Gonocarpus tetragynus

Lophostemon confertus

Three Corned Leak

Tristaniopsis Laurina

Western Elevation

Section BB

Eastern Elevation Circulation

Circulation courtyard

extension

existing front

studio house

1 Outdoor Living

Divide buildings in two to maximise courtyard space between

courtyard

extension

existing front

extension

existing front

studio house

courtyard

green roof

studio house

green roof

light well

2 Cross Breeze Ventilation

Buildings allows Summer PM winds to cool down the living areas at night through cross breeze ventilation and stack ventilation

3 Greenery

Removal of cast iron fence and replace with public seat to engage community Greenery in site continues from MacArthur pl Native plantings Landscaping to capture water runoff

skylight

light well

Visual Living

Visual Circulation

Living

Circulation existing front

existing front

extension

courtyard

4 Existing Entrance and Front Porch

extension

courtyard

studio house

existing front

extension

courtyard

studio house

Retainment of the existing Edwardian house Split floor plan into boxes - concept Visual connection through the houses

5 Passive Solar Energy

Living spaces orientated north to gain passive solar energy and thermal mass Light well allows light into front of house Skylight in studio allows light into living spaces

6 Spines

Allows for storage, sitting and program space, maximising functionality and living spaces in between

Northern Elevation

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Street View

Community Courtyard

Community Laneway

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Eastern Elevation

Southern Elevation

Construction Design Wadawurrung Country The project was an analysis of the internal mechanics and construction systems employed in a section of Six Degrees Architects Western Bace building in Melton, Melbourne.

Northern Elevation

Western Elevation

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Isometric

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Precast concrete first flooring system

Bacing, precast column,, flooring and wall systems

Primary structure footings system

Footings and Foundations

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Footings and footing failures

Construction Analysis Wadawurrung Country The project was an analysis of the construction systems employed in a section of Lake Wendouree House in Ballarat by John Wardle.

Footings and Foundations

Primary Structure

Internal Partitions

Roofing, Insulation, Window Systems

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Ceiling Structure, Rough-In Services

Finishing Trades, Joinery, Appliences

13mm Plasterboard

Timber Battens 190x45 MGP10 Pine at 450 cts

Breathable sarking

Metal connection plate

Timber roof truss at 600cts

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42x90 Spotted gum timber battens at 120 centres (alternating)

138x19 Spotted gum shiplapped timber cladding

Metal connection plates

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250 Universal Beam Timber roof truss at 600cts

19mm marine plywood (280 cts)

Bradford sound screen plus R2.5 internal wall insulation

VMZINC Flat Lock Panel Zinc Cladding

42x24 Spotted gum timber battens at 120 centres (alternating)

120 x 45 MGP10 Timber studs at 600 CTS

Gutterbox

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4 8 metres

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North Elevation

Canyon Pavilion Digital Design

South Elevation

Wurundjeri Country The Canyon Pavilion explores the idea of movement and dynamism through its form and circulation paths. The inspiration for the design was derived from the different forms and openings created through the rock surface in canyons. The interplay between light and shadow through the sharp pyramid forms further adds to this idea of movement. The pavilion is design to accommodate the lunchtime seminar and the evening quartet around through the use of seating East Elevation

integrated into the landscape in the design.

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