M.Arch Student Portfolio 2022

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about

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project contents

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project 01 / psodwa

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project 02 / THE BEACON

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project 03 / Kununnura Retreat

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project 04 / Cannington Apartments

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project 05 / 62 Matlock Street

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project 06 / UKIYO 2040

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ELAINE ONG Elaine is a creative, aspiring design student. From a young age, Elaine has always been creative and had an artistic flair. She is interested in all elements of design, particularly interior design and architecture.

She is currently a final year student in Master of Architecture at the University of Western Australia. She completed a Bachelor of Design degree in Architecture and Integrated Design in 2020.

Elaine is a dedicated, passionate and hardworking individual. She is always seeking new opportunities in the design industry to learn new skills and gain professional experience to further her career.

In 2022, Elaine completed an internship placement at Cameron Chisholm Nicol. Her experience working at Cameron Chisholm Nicol has given her a clearer understanding of the industry, valuable skills and knowlegde to prepare for her future as an architect.

Elaine is interested in all kinds of architecture, particularly residential architecture and housing. She is always looking to grow her knowledge and approach to residential architecture, styles and interior. In addition to attaining her degree and masters in architecture, she is looking to study interior design in the future.

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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

EDUCATION UWA Foundation Program Taylors College Perth April 2016 - December 2016 Bachelor of Design Architecture and Integrated Design The Univerasity of Western Australia July 2017 - July 2020

REFERENCES

Master of Architecture The University of Western Australia July 2020 - present

Kirill Jedenov UWA Lecturer kirill.delancastrejedenov@uwa.edu.au Gemma Hohnen UWA Lecturer gemma.hohnen@uwa.edu.au Kristen DiGregorio Senior Architect, Woods Bagot kristen.digregorio@woodsbagot.com Rachel Tallon Architect, Cameron Chisholm Nicol racheltallon@ccnwa.com.au CONTACT EMAIL elaineo.work@outlook.com PHONE 0450513212

WORK EXPERIENCE Architecture Intern Cameron Chisholm Nicol February 2022 - April 2022

SKILLS SketchUp 3D AutoCAD 2D Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Revit 3Ds Max Microsoft

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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS

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PSODWA

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THE BEACON

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KUNUNNURA RETREAT

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CARRINGTON APARTMENTS

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62 MATLOCK STREET

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UKIYO 2040

Perth School of Design / Perth CBD, WA

Community Centre / Beaconsfield, WA

Cabin Retreat / Kununnura, WA

Residential Apartment / Nedlands, WA

Residential House / Mount Hawthorn, WA

Reseach and Proposal of Future Asakusa / Asakusa, Japan

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ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS

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PSODWA

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THE BEACON

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KUNUNNURA RETREAT

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CARRINGTON APARTMENTS

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62 MATLOCK STREET

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UKIYO 2040

Perth School of Design / Perth CBD, WA

Community Centre / Beaconsfield, WA

Cabin Retreat / Kununnura, WA

Residential Apartment / Nedlands, WA

Residential House / Mount Hawthorn, WA

Reseach and Proposal of Future Asakusa / Asakusa, Japan

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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT EDUCATION

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PSODWA UNIT: ARCT5101 TYPE: Design Studio

PROJECT 01 / PSODWA

Semester 2, 2020

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01 psodwa Perth School of Design, WA The Perth School of Design (PSODWA) is a proposal which aims to integrate separate functions to house under one roof. Located in a central area close to Perth CBD and on the edge of the Swan River across fronm Elizabeth Quay , the site has both its strengths and limitations.

The project is to be seen as a catalyst for the continued reinvigoration of Perth, creating a new, vibrant, connected city campus precinct, where students actively contribute to the future of living, breathing, and free thinking ecosystem of learning. The campus will be a getaway to community and industry, a global attractor which will showcase the School of Design’s values and vision to the world.

The three main components which are integrated in the design school is connection, collaboration, and urban revitalisation. The building is well integrated in its site, using the site boundaries to shape its potential. The building looks out into many views, including Swan River and Elizabeth Quay as well as into the Perth CBD.

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The building intends to house multi-functional spaces, collaborative spaces, private spaces and shared areas. Student collaboration among the different design deparatments as well as research and educational groups is highly integrated in this space.

The design school also aims to allow two separate functions to co-exist under one roof. This is done by integrating the general public or non-users of the building to interact and have a place in the building as part of a large urban dwelling.The roof of the building block is design in such a way that allows non-users or the public to interact with the building and be a part of it.

Retail shops, cafes and lounge areas are also part of the design to allow the general public to use these spaces.

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psodwa Perth School of Design, WA

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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

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floor plan + sections.

THIRD FLOOR PLAN 1:1000

INDOOR EXHIBITION SPACE An indoor exhibition space is a multi-purpose space which is housed to feature student’s works to the public.

The exhibition space can be used as a function space to hold seminars throughout the year outside of academic dates. These functions allow the public to engage with the space and be a part of the building.

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COLLABORATIVE HUB The collaborative hub is a space where students gather to exchange information, share innovative ideas and collaborate. The hub is located in the central part of the building and spans up 3 levels. A green garden space is located on the 3rd level which rises up through the void and into the 5th level.

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

SECTION AA 1:1000

SECTION BB 1:1000

STUDENT WORKSHOP SPACE A functional workshop is integrated into the design school.

The workshop space dominates the ground floor of the building, housing an open workshop plan, collaboration hub, flexible teaching spaces, model-making workshop spaces and multi-functional spaces.

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PSODWA

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THE BEACON

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KUNUNNURA RETREAT

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CARRINGTON APARTMENTS

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62 MATLOCK STREET

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UKIYO 2040

Perth School of Design / Perth CBD, WA

Community Centre / Beaconsfield, WA

Cabin Retreat / Kununnura, WA

Residential Apartment / Nedlands, WA

Residential House / Mount Hawthorn, WA

Reseach and Proposal of Future Asakusa / Asakusa, Japan

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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT RESIDENTIAL + COMMERCIAL

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THE BEACON UNIT: ARCT5102 TYPE: Design Studio

PROJECT 02 / THE BEACON

Semester 2, 2021

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02 THE BEACON BEACONSFIELD COMMUNITY CENTRE Seismic political and climatic events continue to underscore the need for urgent action on tackling the climate crisis.Crisis comes in many forms such as natural disasters, global warming,bushfire heat waves, flooding and more.

Today,the crisis we now face is the COVID-19 pandemic which has struck our generation and has influenced our everyday lives.As architects, we are responsible to design for climate change, and the future that is now, the global crisis in which we live.

Community buildings host a range of uses and often accommodate need for shelter at a time of crisis.The Beaconsfield Community Centre is a proposal which aims to introduce long life loose fit architecture, whilst integrating a design for climate change. It is designed to adapt to the changing needs, both determined and unpredictable, while accommodating to current and existing needs for the community.

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The project comprises of various approaches that are deemed to be ‘long life loose fit’. These approaches are adaptive reuse, upcycling structure,using recycled materials,design for disassembly and designing for adaptability. The introduction of cross-laminated timber (CLT) is an approach proposed in the project as a more ‘sustainable’ material choice.

The community block is an adaptive reuse project of the existing TAFE U-block.It is designed for adaptive reuse, structure upcycle and retrofit.

The block comprises of various functions both public and private use.

Meanwhile,the community hall is designed to be a multi-purpose hall which can be occupied for various functions throughout the year. It is designed to be ‘lightweight’ and easily dissambled as part of the long life loose fit programme.

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LONG LIFE LOOSE FIT CIRCULAR ECONOMY

GENERAL

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general public families students public servants community

MANUFACTURE

CRISIS MODE

TARGET USER DEMOGRAPHIC

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women in crisis family/ domestic violence re-homing vulnerable groups homelessness

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WOMEN AT RISK

single block

core services on West

design for adaptability

free circulation and movement

1 in 6 women experience family/ domestic abuse in WA

CONCEPT DIAGRAMS

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More than 400, 000 women in Australia over 45 are at risk of homelessness 12% of women are single mothers with young children in Australia are at risk AT RISK VULNERABLE GROUPS Homelessness increased by 15% since the COVID-19 pandemic

wind direction and air ventilation

flexible floor plan

On average, 75000 households across Australia are in rental debt and many faced eviction

1. mineral wool insulation

MATERIALS

PROJECT 02 / THE BEACON

More than 700 people on average become homeless due to bushfire incidents

2. cross-laminated timber

3. concrete

4. steel

5. plywood

6. translucent fibreglass sheeting

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EAST ELEVATION 1:500

SOUTH ELEVATION 1:500

SECTION AA 1:500

SECTION BB 1:500

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FREE FLOOR PLAN 27 000 mm 0

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INSULATION glasswool insulation thickness:200mm @ 14kg/m3 FLOORING LVL timber floor plywood subfloor STRUCTURE CLT structural beams and columns LVL timber frame WALL SYSTEM LVL external wall cladding CLT internal wall panels interior timber stud system FACADE translucent fibreglass exterior facade double-glazing glass r-value:1.3 SHGC: 0.26 STRUCTURE CLT structural beams and columns LVL timber frame FOOTING reinforced concrete pile ROOF colorbond metal capping and flashing colorbond metal roof painted with surmist solar absorbancy: 0.32 SOLAR PANELS 8kW solar system providing renewable energy

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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Construction Type: C Building: Community Hall Building class: 9B (Assembly) Timber structures AS1720, Concrete AS3600, Steel structure AS4100,Glazed assemblies AS2407.

All structural columns are load-bearing and are made for disassembly. Load-bearing wall structure are pre-fabricated cross lamited timber (CLT).

Internal walls are LVL timber and gypsum plasterboard.

Flooring is LVL timber and the subflooring is structural plywood.

Structural frame and panels are pre-fabricated and assembled on site.Exterior cladding is LVL timber and the sheer envelope of the building is translucent corrugated fibreglass sheeting.

Windows and doors are doubleglazed.

Thermal insulation in the walls, floor and roof are glasswool.

Roofing structure galvanised span and roof sheeting is colorbond steel.

Solar panels are integrated to generate renewable energy.

Solar absorpancy is not greater than 0.45 to comply with the NCC. Thermal insulation is greater than 3.7 to comply with the NCC.

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PSODWA

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THE BEACON

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KUNUNNURA RETREAT

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CARRINGTON APARTMENTS

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62 MATLOCK STREET

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UKIYO 2040

Perth School of Design / Perth CBD, WA

Community Centre / Beaconsfield, WA

Cabin Retreat / Kununnura, WA

Residential Apartment / Nedlands, WA

Residential House / Mount Hawthorn, WA

Reseach and Proposal of Future Asakusa / Asakusa, Japan

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ARCHITECTURE PROJECT RESIDENTIAL

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KUNUNNURA RETREAT UNIT: ARCT5536 TYPE: 3D Modelling + Rendering

PROJECT 03 / KUNUNNURA RETREAT

Semester 2, 2021

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Kununnura Retreat The cabin intends to offer a secluded escape into nature, big on design and small in footprint. The cabin provides for guests to stay throughout the varying seasons of the year as an Airbnb. It is designed ideally for a couple who are looking for a short-term retreat into the bush.

The chosen site is secluded and on an elevated ground, nestled among tall trees and looking out into a river.

The cabin offer guests a sense of freedom to engage with their natural surroundings. An outdoor shower is integrated into the design to provide guests a chance to shower outdoors whilst connected to nature and grasping onto spectacular panoramicviews around them.

The concept of passive design for an energy efficient home, relying on natural sources to provide elements such as sunlight, air ventilation, cooling and heating. The cabin is to be completely off the grid and selfsufficient, providing its own power and water supply. The materials chosen for the cabin are natural, muted and earthy tones which reflects the natural landscape it is nestled in.

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The cabin is located approximately 32km North of Kununurra town. The cabin sits on an elevated site facing North that looks down into the Ethel River. The cabin is accessible through a narrow dirt road which leads into the East side of the site. Black Rock Falls, a scenic waterhole, is only a short distance away from the site and is a perfect spot to go for a dip in the summer.

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Site

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Kununnura

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1. Access 2. Entrance 10. Rainwater tank

3. Kitchen

4. Dining area

5. Living room

6. Bedroom

7. Bathroom

8. Outdoor shower

9. Northern deck

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materials + renders.

The materials chosen for the cabin are natural, muted and earthy tones which reflects the natural landscape it is nestled in.

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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

PROJECT 03 / KUNUNNURA RETREAT

1. Living room 2. Bathroom vignette 3. Bathroom 4. Outdoor shower

03 / INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR RENDERS

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PSODWA

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THE BEACON

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KUNUNNURA RETREAT

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CARRINGTON APARTMENTS

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62 MATLOCK STREET

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UKIYO 2040

Perth School of Design / Perth CBD, WA

Community Centre / Beaconsfield, WA

Cabin Retreat / Kununnura, WA

Residential Apartment / Nedlands, WA

Residential House / Mount Hawthorn, WA

Reseach and Proposal of Future Asakusa / Asakusa, Japan

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

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ARCHITECTURE PROJECT RESIDENTIAL

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CARRINGTON APARTMENTS An Urban Ecology

UNIT: ARCT3000 TYPE: Design Studio

PROJECT 04 / CARRINGTON APARTMENTS

Semester 1, 2020

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04 CARRINGTON APARTMENTS An Urban Ecology With an ageing population, a housing affordability crisis and demand by the younger generation for a higher quality of living, we are at a point where housing and development models will have a huge impact on how we manage and interact with our urbam spaces moving forward.

Whilst the need for affordable, sustainable and well-designed housing is forever prevalent, often little consideration is given to the way in which the built form engages and responds to its surrounding urban space. As architects, it is important we understand urban space as the basis for the generation of liveable neighbourhoods through a careful approach to the social and spatial structures embedded within.

Thrpugh an exploration of medium density infill housing, the studio will look to test various models for developments that work to respond to their inherent ‘space syntax’.

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The Carrington Apartments is a proposal for low rise, high density residential housing in a subarban context.

Located along Carrington street in Nedlands, the 4-storey apartment block aims to develop a relationship between the built form and the natural environment, as a response to its urban surroundings. The proposal seeks to improve the livability of apartments in a high density, low-rise footprint.

The project targets a mixed group of occupants from different ages, occupancy, values and backgrounds to live in a common block. The proposal challenges the concept of shared open spaces in a constraint footprint whilst allowing for privacy and welcoming the natural environment into the space.

The residential block comprises of studio apartments, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments for a mixed occupancy.

On the top level of the building consists of shared amenities such as an indoor gym, a productive garden, and an outdoor winter deck.

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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

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Building Type: Residential Apartment Number of SOU: 10 Building Class: Residential: Class 2 Basement carpark: Class 7a Storeys: 4 Total Embodied Carbon Energy Co2 181074 Fire source features on all sides of building.

D1.7 - Fire isolated exits discharge directly to open space/road.

Construction Type: A Importance Level: 3 Climate zone: 5 (Perth) R60 NOTE: All brick-work masonry construction is load-bearing structure.

Construction: External walls: Double-brick Course Masonry FRL 90/60/30 CSR 5420 Internal walls: Rondo Steel stud Frame System FRL 90/90/90 CSR 3062, 2 x 13mm both sides Gyprock EC08 Floors/Ceilings: Reinforced concrete slab 300mm FRL 180/180/180 CSR 6473 Glazing: Viridian PerformaTech Double-glazing PH11 (60), U-value: 1.3, SHGC: 0.26 Solar absorbancy is not greater than 0.45 to comply with the NCC. Thermal insulation is greater than 3.7 to comply with the NCC. Information not covered in drawing: All storeys required to be accesible, accessways must be provided to building.

There are two exits on each storey of the building. Basement carpark has one exit to Ground Level.

Building is not fitted with a sprinkler system.

C1.1 - All Gyprock plasterboard products achieve a Group 1 Fire Hazard rating and a Smoke Rate Index of 0.

D1.5 Distance between alternative exits not less than 9m in a Class 2 building.

Stormwater value: 5600 L Required underground tank: 6000L Number of soakwells: 3 Dimensions: 1500 x 1200mm

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Concrete Timber Recycled brick Vegetation Corrugated metal

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PSODWA

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THE BEACON

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KUNUNNURA RETREAT

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CARRINGTON APARTMENTS

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62 MATLOCK STREET

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UKIYO 2040

Perth School of Design / Perth CBD, WA

Community Centre / Beaconsfield, WA

Cabin Retreat / Kununnura, WA

Residential Apartment / Nedlands, WA

Residential House / Mount Hawthorn, WA

Reseach and Proposal of Future Asakusa / Asakusa, Japan

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ARCHITECTURE PROJECT RESIDENTIAL

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62 MATLOCK STREET Mount Hawthorn

UNIT: ARCT4440 TYPE: Project Implementation + Documentation

PROJECT 05 / 62 MATLOCK STREET

Semester 2, 2020

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RESIDENTIAL ALTERATIONS + ADDITIONS

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62 Matlock Street is a residential alteration and addition project on an existing suburban residence. The design of the residence is aimed to overcome the limitations of the current interwar bungalow and provide a suitable home for future years to come.

The final outcome should contain the following program:

The clients of this project is a young couple who are planning to grow their family. The key design considerations are : provision for inspiring and compelling living spaces. The use of site orientation to allow natural lighting and passive design principles. Forming a relationship and response to the existing structure.

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maser suite - bedroom, bathroom and robe 2 bedrooms bathroom - shower, vanity and toilet combined kitchen, dining and living area connected to external areas lounge laundry powder room alfresco area outdoor area for kids clothesline storage shed access to R.O.W.

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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:200

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SECTION CC 1:100

SECTION BB 1:100

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DETAIL 1 - A32 1:20 DETAIL 3- A32 1:20 DETAIL 2- A32 WINDOW SILL 1:20

DETAIL 4- A32 THRESHOLD 1:20

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PSODWA

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THE BEACON

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KUNUNNURA RETREAT

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CARRINGTON APARTMENTS

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62 MATLOCK STREET

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UKIYO 2040

Perth School of Design / Perth CBD, WA

Community Centre / Beaconsfield, WA

Cabin Retreat / Kununnura, WA

Residential Apartment / Nedlands, WA

Residential House / Mount Hawthorn, WA

Reseach and Proposal of Future Asakusa / Asakusa, Japan

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

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ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

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‘UKIYO 2040’ UNIT: ARCT5520 TYPE: Research / Advanced Thinking

PROJECT 06 / UKIYO 2040

Semester 1, 2022

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ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS

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PSODWA

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THE BEACON

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KUNUNNURA RETREAT

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CARRINGTON APARTMENTS

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62 MATLOCK STREET

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UKIYO 2040

Perth School of Design / Perth CBD, WA

Community Centre / Beaconsfield, WA

Cabin Retreat / Kununnura, WA

Residential Apartment / Nedlands, WA

Residential House / Mount Hawthorn, WA

Reseach and Proposal of Future Asakusa / Asakusa, Japan

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06 UKIYO 2040 Reimagining Asakusa

Our world is finite, overpopulated and with growing consumption levels. The built environment faces unprecented challenges of increasing complexity and uncertainty. Cities, buildings and objects are not isolated entities. In our interconnected world, they are a part of larger complex systems. The built environment faces old and new challenges: climate change, natural catastrophes, mass migrations, pollution, water storage, unemployment, food supply constraints, inefficient infrastructures, empty investment properties, cyber security and random violence.

Some cities and regions now accept crisis not as an anomally but as an endless posing different questions we intend to improve these systems making them adaptable., creating strategies for different ecological and social explorations, collages and diagrams.

In Japan, a radical experiment has been going on for more than one thousand years: wooden structures are built and dismantled every twentry years in an ongoing renewal process without a known beginning or end. Its permanence is determined by a cynical ephemerality. The concept of Ma is fundamental to Japanese culture being present in Noh Theatre, tea ceremonies, origami, Ikebana, Budo, painting, cinema, architecture and everyday behaviour. Ma as an empty place/ time where situations.

They ask for a contemporary interpretation of the Ma concept. Voids or intervals that are charged. Experienced but never fully understood.

In a highly technological and developed country like Japan, one might think that the nation is progressive and fair. In a highly patriarchal society, Japanese women still face discrimination, sex exploitation and gender inequality in today’s modern world.

Can we imagine a world without these social issues? A world without discrimination, gender inequality, sex exploitation, sexism and the like?

A world without suffering for women?

Can we reverse this stigma? Can we remove this suffering? Or can we enter a place where we momentarily feel peace, hope and happiness, forgetting about the harsh and horrible realities of life. Much like ‘Ukiyo - The Floating World’, which we understand as a lifestyle of living in the moment, detached from the difficulties of life; can we replicate this ‘world’ or experience in today’s world or future?

Imagine a system that is ‘perfect’ for social reformation in Japan. A new system to costruct the ‘perfect’ society. A new world without suffering.

A new ukiyo.

What will that look like in Asakusa? In the year 2040, set in Asakusa, the triptychs will portray speculative scenes of a ‘model’ city, a society free from present-day social issues. Imagine a working ‘system’ designed to reform Japanese society. A new ukiyo, a speculative city in the future Asakusa representing women empowerment and gender equality. Maybe Ma can be found in these moments of hope, peace and resilience.

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REFERENCES Kirill Jedenov UWA Lecturer kirill.delancastrejedenov@uwa.edu.au Gemma Hohnen UWA Lecturer gemma.hohnen@uwa.edu.au Kristen DiGregorio Senior Architect, Woods Bagot kristen.digregorio@woodsbagot.com Rachel Tallon Architect, Cameron Chisholm Nicol racheltallon@ccnwa.com.au CONTACT EMAIL elaineo.work@outlook.com PHONE 0450513212

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