Megan Rodgers Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio by Megan Rodgers

MEGAN RODGERS UNDERGRADUATE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

TABLE OF CONTENTS CV OUTRE GALLERY U.M.ARCHIVES STUDLEY PARK BOATHOUSE CONSTRUCTION DESIGN LAND ART GENERATOR INITIATIVE RICHARD MEIER STUDY VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS CONSTRUCTION ANALYSIS WORK EXPERIENCE

CV Education 2012 - 2014

The University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Environments majoring in Architecture

2006 - 2011

St John’s Regional College Dandenong, Victorian Certificate of Education, ATAR score 84.65

Prfessional Experience July 2013

April 2008- July 2012, July 2012 -Present

Work Experience for Peter Brown Architects Pty Ltd Baker’s delight – Endeavour Hills & Carlton, Senior customer service sales member

Skills and Qualifications AutoCAD . Sketchup . VRay . InDesign . Photoshop . Rhino . Model Making . Hand drawing . Management/Leadership skills . Communication Skills . Dedicated Worker . Team Player . Excellent Time Management .

References

Mr. Peter Brown BA Arch(Melb) FRAIA, pb@pbarch.com.au Further references available upon request

OUTRE GALLERY

This is my design for the Outre Gallery in Brunswick that houses a gallery space, bookshop, cafe, office and apartment. The design plays with the integration of the public spaces making a cohesive flow. It works with the concept of tensegrity which has been applied as a sculptural feature drawing the viewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye into the building as it forms from the exterior through the glass facade and over the internal ceiling. The design takes full advantage of its presence on a street corner and possess unique, comfortable and inviting interior spaces.

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This is my design for a new University of Melbourne Archives building located in Brunswick, Melbourne. The design is based on the concept of revealing and transparency as well as working heavily with interesting circulation. It captures a new essence for its location in Brunswick and provides visitors with a unique and impactful experience.

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STUDLEY PARK BOATHOUSE The brief for this design exercise was focused on designing a boathouse from the core architectural language of the assigned master Richard Meier. This design used Meierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic modernist principles of pure geometry, openess and an emphasis on light combined with my own design intent. The design houses a cafe, kiosk, boat storage, restaurant and bar and office space. It is ingrained in its context, the designated site being in Kew on the Yarra river; this design emphasises views and connection with its natural surroundings. Used were the skills of sketching, autoCAD, sketchup, photoshop, InDesign and model-making.

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Using the case study of the Dandenong Education Precinct by Hayball Architects, an in depth study of the full construction process in regards to a 6x6m section was undertaken with a full building axometric drawing, detail axonometrics and a 1:20 scale model being produced.

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CONSTRUCTION DESIGN

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LAND ART GENERATOR INITIATIVE Using computational (algorithmic) design techniques this design was collaboratively created for the competition design brief for the Land Art Generator Initiative. Using the program Rhino with the algorithmic tool Grasshopper this installation was designed for a site in Copenhagen, Denmark. Ingrained in its context with a focus on creating a site about movement, this design incorporates renewable energy technology in the form of kinetic energy pavers which generators energy from the steps of visitors and kinetic wind generators harvesting energy from wind. Titled â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Stepping Stonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, this design uses an extruded hexagonal grid as a base plane for visitors to climb over and a hexagonal frame structure to walk through and become emerged in. This design has the potential of creating approximately 4000kWh of energy every day.

RICHARD MEIER STUDY I conducted an in depth study of the architectural master Richard Meier, specifically focusing on the two case studies of Douglas House and Shamberg House. Detailed free hand drawings using no other instruments were produced of the plans and elevations to gain an understanding of the architectural language of Meier down to the smallest details. A physical model was also produced to gain an overall understanding of Meierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desired aesthetics.

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MEGAN RODGERS

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MEGAN RODGERS

Apartment

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- Prevailing Winds

- Churches

Offices

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- Heritage Listed Buildings

Public Events Spaces

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- Factories/Work Places - Residential

Storage

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- Noise

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- Traffic

- Public

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- Schools

- Retail

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SECTION A - A SCALE 1:200 Following my site analysis I wished for my design to truly connect with its unique Brunswick surroundings. The diverse nature of this suburb was an aspect that I could not ignore. From my site analysis I was aware of the vast range of building styles, while predominantly heritage, Victorian style buildings along Sydney Road, I saw a place for a more modern style of building to match the developing and progressing nature of Brunswick. Also with its unique and bold style for the area, my design would be more successful in attracting visitors. I wished to create a space within my design that gave back to the community and connected with its culture. I believe I have created this with my rooftop garden space.

It incorporates an extruded box from the space of the storage core below, and on one wall holds a community green wall, and on two others are legalised graffiti walls. With graffiti being such a huge part of the culture of Brunswick, to ignore the fact that there would be none on a new building in this location would be naive. Instead I choose to promote the art form and support the act of graffiti as artistic expression and not as illegal defecation. I believe the rooftop garden is a welcoming space for many in the community. From street level the tops of some trees and plants can just be seen, which will attract visitors up to the space and then into the building. The internal ramps of the northern side of the core have been extended up to the roof for direct access from within the building, as well as a small spiral staircase in the South-East corner for staff access.

READING ROOM

NORTH ELEVATION Storage Car Park

EVENTS AREA

Storage

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Publice Learning Spaces

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In order to achieve my concept of ‘revealing’, my design works dominantly with internal transparent glazing. All the major spaces of my design are faced internally with glass allowing all the functions within both the public and staff spaces to be revealed. I believe this brings an honest and pure nature to my design.

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To aid further in my concept of ‘revealing’ I have adopted a strong emphasis on circulation through my design of a system of ramps. I have designed a storage core which is surrounded on all sides by ramps to create a processional journey around the building and be revealed to all the spaces. For this aspect of my design I have been strongly influenced by the work of Richard Meier, the purity that he creates with his ramp designs is something I wished to emulate. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

Richard Meier: Museum for the Decorative Arts, Germany

Richard Meier: Barcelona Museum for Contemporary Art, Spain

Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Museum of Image and Sound, Rio De Janeiro

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For my design of a new archives building for the University of Melbourne I began with the concept of changing the current hidden nature of processes within an archives building and instead have a revealing nature as a point of interest and intrigue for visitors. The general public do not know of the workings of an archives building, but my design will reveal this to them; the vastness of the archives storage, the process of receiving and quarantine, the exhibiting of precious archives, the studying by scholars.

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REVEALING TRANSPARENCY -

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New York City High Line

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Graffiti inspiration.

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RECEPTION

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DOMINANT PUBLIC CIRCULATION PATH ISOLATED STAFF CIRCULATION

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

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fire.

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Rodgers.

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The piece uses the idea of tensegrity, a term coined by Buckminister Fuller, which is a structural principle based on the use of isolated components in compression inside a net of continuous tension. I believe the application of this element to this building as a gallery is highly appropriate as it acts as an art piece in itself while not taking away from the pieces on display. The extension of the roof and the floor plate from the second/mezzanine floor, further enhances my concept of bridging between interior and exterior. The bi-fold doors on both Sydney Rd and Albert St give the potential to blur the line between interior and exterior when the weather is permitting in Melbourne. My furniture design and layout reflects my concept of a fusion of spaces. I wished to have the use of pieces that could be multipurpose, and I have achieved this through the design of a module bookcase. It functions to hold books, art sculpture, section off smaller internal spaces, create a visual connection between ground floor, ramp and mezzanine floor, and be adaptable. I have created a mixture of spaces from the large communal tables, open lounge seating, semi-private lounges, curved bench seating around the ramp, light frames for displaying artwork and array of bookcases for display.

The aim of this interior design was to create something inviting and intriguing in order to draw visitors in from the street. It is designed as an eclectic fusion of gallery, bookshop and cafe. The mezzanine area is predominately for gallery display but also has some large couches for lounging. The artwork display system I have adopted for this area is a series of thin frames on which to hang art. This allows relatively unblocked views throughout the space and is not limited by the boundaries of using traditional walls. I have arranged my design such that the three necessary counter spaces for the cafe, bookshop and gallery are located in one line along the Western side of the building. Therefore I wished to design them all in the same style to create unison among this space. They consist of a standard rectangular box faced with glass and shelving inside. Each counter will be represented by the display placed behind this glass; art BY work for the gallery, books for the bookshop and food and products for the cafe. The striking PRODUCED AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT and attracting feature of these counters are their application of the sculptural tensegrity elements around the edges of the glass. This creates a good visual tie between the main sculptural feature over the ceiling in the Eastern portion of the building with these counters in the Western portion of the building. I believe these counters work well in their design in the way that they are adaptable for their display and continue to emphasis my concept.

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The initial concept for my design of the Outre Gallery was a merging of spaces and a bridging between interior and exterior. I wished to create a melding of spaces for the gallery, bookshop and cafe in order to not have users confined by boundaries throughout the open ground floor and mezzanine areas I have designed. A user upon entry will find themselves experiencing all the spaces without having to circulate between defined rooms. This creates a dynamic and unique experience for my design. In terms of the design within the streetscape it is very opposing to the existing vernacular of Sydney Road. I have chosen to make this rejection of the existing historic forms surrounding to create an attention-grabbing design that makes no attempt PRODUCED BY ANhighlight AUTODESK of EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT to try and superficially replicate any neighbouring buildings. The key my design is the sculptural feature of tensegrity that bridges from the exterior facade through across the internal ceiling. It creates a strong visual connection between the interior and exterior as a viewer’s eye travels from the glass surface into the building, creating an intriguing and inviting feature.

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Above are some of my final design presentation boards for various architectural designs.

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visual communications

The ramps on my north facade have been designed to connect perfectly with the context at street level. The ramp starts facing towards Sydney Road as this is where the dominant flow of traffic is coming from. The ramp also cantilevers out over this North-Eastern corner at roof level as a point of attraction towards Sydney Road. Coming from the Western side along Albert St, the glass enclosed portion of the ramp with graffiti on glass and a tree growing up through the ramp act as the attracting elements. The strip windows used on all elevations of my design work to provide the limited lighting required within the building. I have incorporated the black strips along the three elevations to create a cohesive whole of this large building. They work to emphasis the angels of my ramps and give a greater dynamic quality to my facades.

The material elements of my facade, concrete, timber, glass and vegetation, has together created a harmonious and welcoming entrance. The internal ramps upon entrance and viewed from the events area create an artistic framing for the vast storage spaces behind and are like a sculptural piece of circulation. Within the internal space of the reading room I have designed a circular system of desks to juxtapose against the otherwise complete linearity of my design. This liner quality benefits my design for both functionality and constructability. The internal spaces are all highly adaptable and my grid of structural columns was easily laid out. I believe my design works well to attract visitors to this building and create an influential experience of spaces.

CONSTRUCTION ANALYSIS Using the case study Ballarat House by Inarc Architects, detailed construction drawings were produced in order to grasp all the elements of construction involved as well as the technical drawing skills. Drawn are plans and details of; joist layout and connections, stair connections, footings and slab, roofing layout and guttering.

WORK EXPERIENCE Some of the work I completed during my time at Peter Brown Architects. I was dictated with the task of 3D model making for a building project in regards to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

Thankyou for your consideration MEGAN RODGERS UNIT 3 88-92 VICTORIA RD HAWTHORN EAST 3123 0411601615 megan-rodgers@live.com.au