Studio - Emergency Response - Reflective Journal

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EMERGENCY RESPONSE STUDIO 7 MIKI UEDA 779237

1/ PRECEDENT

Dixon Water Foundation

Operable walls

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Timber structure

JOSEY PAVILION

Lake Flato Architects

MATERIALITY The project was designed

by Lake Flato Architects.

The client for this project was the Dixon Water Foundation. The goal was to create a community centre which can operate as an educational space, to deliver the message of proper water management.

Salvaged sinker pine was harvested from a nearby river. The logs are the remnants of timber that had been logged in the late

19th century that had sunk to the bottom of the river during transit.

What is particularly interesting, is that the need for significant heating and tight thermal insulation has been completed negated in this project. The idea is that this space is used during the day time, and it provides a basic level of comfort. It might be nice to use these principles moving forward with our AV project, as a case study for an unconditioned outdoor space.

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1/ PRECEDENT

Water treatment system

Passive comfort strategy

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ESD SYSTEMS The project operates a closed circular water and waste water management system.

The system sources its water from rainwater and an underground well.

Greywater and blackwater is then rigorously filtered to then be returned to the underground well in the form of potable water.

A passive comfort strategy used in this project is the operable cupola windows.

In essence it uses the stack ventilation principle to draw out hot air from the building and suck in cool air. This also functions as a skylight.

Louvers are designed to block out high summer sun from heating up the floors and allow in low winter sun to penetrate into the space and store its radiant heat in the concrete which acts as a thermal mass.

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1/ SPEAKER SERIES

Aboriginal artwork ceiling

Rooftop agricultural garden

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Lemon tree facade

BURWOOD BRICKWORK PRESENTED BY RATHYANA RENTHAWA Burwood Brickwork was the first shopping centre in Victoria certified with the Living Building Challenge.

Aboriginal design is incorporated into the ceiling artwork, by Mandy Nicholson, who is a resident of the Dandenong area. There is a level of agency represented in this architectural work, as a place to showcase local Balarinji empowerment through this art. The artwork is made of vinyl strips mounted on plasterboard.

20% of the building was dedicated as agricultural sapce, and is used as a teaching aid fo schools.

The rooftop farm is used by the cafe and restaurant on site. The facade is lined with citrus trees, and the construction of this facade enables ease of access for staff members to water the pots, and replace them over time.

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1/ SITE

Site plan - Satellite

Site plan - Planning Overlay

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SITE INVESTIGATION PLANNING OVERLAYS 69 Matterhorn Drive is located in a developing suburb, where rigorous urban planning schemes are being set in place. This used to be farmland, and only recently in 2016 did development for the new suburb begin.

Currently, the site is heavily stripped of any nature.

The Casey precinct incorporates greening initiatives into the future development of this suburb.

To the right of the site is a residential zone, and to the left appears to be a commercial and industrial area.

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1/ SITE

Grassy eco corridor

Site plan - Planning Overlay

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ECO CORRIDOR Something notable with this scheme is this curious green strip. This is an open space reserved for electrical towers, and this grassy green reserve extends out to the west and east, each end being bookended by a river. Perhaps this will behave as an eco corridor and something that our site can benefit from, and it also appears that a sport field will be located very close to our site. Also, just below grassy open space, there are other communal schemes proposed like a local town centres.

of 50 years, it is integral that the design is future proof for the developing urban environment such as if we are to propose a public space, this should be located generally to the south-west of site to respond to the future communal green zones/ town centers. Some key points from my findings was that the traffic noise level to site will not be a massive issue. There is opportunity to benefit from the potential biodiversity corridor fostered by the green grassy space of the electrical towers.

This area is a fast developing suburb, given that Ambulance branches have an estimated lifespan

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INTERVIEW FINDINGS AND POTENTIAL DESIGN DIRECTION Summarising the various research activities that was held with Ambulance Victoria into a single board overlaid with the potentials that were deduced from the site analysis research brings to light several potential design directions.

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SITE PLAN - ZONING DIAGRAM

SITE PLAN

COMMON AREAS

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1m 2m

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SITE PLAN FOR MIDSEMESTER The functions of the building have been plotted to respond to to three zones, high efficiency functional zone to the west, communal living space in the center of the building, and the furthest point houses the quiet zone for rest.

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INTERNAL MATERIAL FLOOR FINISHES SELECTION The design will have timber floor construction in all spaces, other than the garage which will be concrete for reasons which are outlined in the design AV branch design manual.

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/ TRAINING ROOM / COURTYARD - ERGONOMIC STUDY

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200mm

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COMMON SPACE DESIGN FOR MIDSEMESTER REVIEW The courtyard situated north of living space captures the low winter sun.

Low to high openings allow cool air change to occur in summer.

The living room, training room and lightwell pebble zen garden have a largely open plan, however this will have some issues as the building should limit the amount of doors which need to be closed manually, so it is worthwhile to think about how the design will work with self closing sliding glass doors.

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ITERATION 1 (MIDSEMESTER)

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PHPP ANALYSIS OF MIDSEMESTER DESIGN The results from the Passive Haus Performance Analysis was particularly useful to see the practical application of what has so far been a theoretical understanding of environmental design.

There are significant heat losses in the south which will be further resolved by clustering the building further.

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OVERHANG AND SOLAR STUDY The sketches to the left were made to understand the depth that an eave needs to be in order to sufficiently block out direct solar radiation in the summer to inform the design of the eave overhang to the northern windows to input into the PHPP analysis.

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3/ OPERATIONAL ENERGY

Dixon Water Foundation

Cupola Window - Stack ventilation strategy

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JOSEY PAVILION

Lake Flato Architects

MATERIALITY The project was designed

by Lake Flato Architects.

The client for this project was the Dixon Water Foundation. The goal was to create a community centre which can operate as an educational space, to deliver the message of proper water management.

Salvaged sinker pine was harvested from a nearby river. The logs are the remnants of timber that had been logged in the late 19th century that had sunk

to the bottom of the river during transit.

What is particularly interesting, is that the need for significant heating and tight thermal insulation has been completed negated in this project. The idea is that this space is used during the day time, and it provides a basic level of comfort. It might be nice to use these principles moving forward with our AV project, as a case study for an unconditioned outdoor space.

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There was a general comment at midsemester review asking the students to take their concept and push it and go more extreme with their projects.

The brainstorming activity was useful to unleash various ideas for the projects.

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Locker

Wet Room

Garage

Medical Supply Drop Off

SITE PLAN ITERATION 30 : Studio 7 _ E.R.

Man. Office

Resting quarters

Silent semi outdoor space accesible from resting spaces. Pebble ground with green brise soleil enveloping system Courtyard with roof rain water run off capture.

Deciduous tree located here to shade in summer and allow light in winter.

Pebble ground surrounding perimeter of building, continues to walking path South entry, now only 1 driveway to site instead of 2. Decrease paved ground cover.

Staff Carpark

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Garage roof

SITE PLAN ITERATION - LEVEL 1 SECONDARY USER - GREEN ROOF 32 : Studio 7 _ E.R.

Building nestled into the ground has thermal regulation benefits.

PV panel window eave

Green Roof

Upper level functions can be a park, market area, temporary cafe, urban farm.

Further exploratin: set building into the ground by approx. 0.5-1.5m.

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Outdoor Planters

Garage roof

Potential to propose vertical urban farm scheme.

Precedent: Studio NAB Superfarm

SITE PLAN ITERATION - LEVEL 1 SECONDARY USER - URBAN FARM 34 : Studio 7 _ E.R.

PV panels overhang over windows like eaves

Rooftop urban farm uses polycultural farming technique - support resilience in biodiversity

Greenhouse

Potential to use greenhouse as heating strategy in winter and close off during summer? Challenge is to consider ability to keep both functions (AV and farm) private.

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6000

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4500

VERANDAH

3000

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LOCKERS

6000

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ADMIN

KITCHEN

REST

WET ROOM

CHARGING STATION

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LOUNGE

6000

REST

COURTYARD REST

3000

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GARAGE

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STRUCTURAL SETOUT The structural grid setout of the columns, beams, and structural walls are standardised with regular spacing.

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GREENHOUSE

GARAGE REST

HALL

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ENTRY

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COURTYARD

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GREENHOUSE

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Section 2 1 : 100

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BE HAL YO L ND

PV EAVE

STUDY / TRAINING

LOUNGE / KITCHEN

VERANDAH

WORKING IN SECTION Up until this point the design has been largely considered in plan. Spacial planning can be efficient in plan, however, Ed Ewers offers insight that it is integral to be designing in section at the same time as in plan.

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WORKING IN SECTION The sketches to the left demonstrate the feasibility of the amalgamation of the two systems that are being explored in the project, natural ventilation, low air opening.

What is yet to be resolved is the method to which the heat that is harvested in the greenhouse can be utilised in tto the level below.

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4/ DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

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Site 1 : 200

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SITE ROOF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT The roof plan now is a continuous slope orientating north and east.

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4/ DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

Overall Section - Through and Rest 1 Garage 1 : 100

Through

Overall Section - Through and Study 2 Lounge 1 : 100

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OVERALL SECTIONS SECTION DEVELOPMENT The general sections have now been updated with a roof sloping scheme which orients itself north and east.

The program on the level above has been developed to operate as a hydroponic greenhouse and cafe.

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4/ DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

EAVE: PV

GREENHO POLYCAR THATCHE

WALLS: R FRAME

LEVEL 1 F RECYCLE

LEVEL 1 F

GROUND

ROOF: SH ASPHALT

GARAGE SCORCH

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MATERIALS

V PANELS

OUSE ENVELOPE: SEMI TRANSPARENT RBONATE WITH OPERABLE INSULATING ED GRASS BLANKET

RECYCLED BRICK WITH TIMBER

FLOOR: BONDEK CONCRETE WITH ED AGGREGATE

FLOOR: TIMBER FLOOR

D COVER: PEBBLES

HINGLED RECYCLED

E WALLS: HED TIMBER PANELS EAVE: PV PANELS GREENHOUSE ENVELOPE: SEMI TRANSPARENT POLYCARBONATE WITH OPERABLE INSULATING THATCHED GRASS BLANKET

WALLS: RECYCLED BRICK WITH TIMBER FRAME LEVEL 1 FLOOR: BONDEK CONCRETE WITH RECYCLED AGGREGATE LEVEL 1 FLOOR: TIMBER FLOOR GROUND COVER: PEBBLES ROOF: SHINGLED RECYCLED ASPHALT

GARAGE WALLS: SCORCHED TIMBER PANELS

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PHPP STUDY The results of the PHPP of the developed design vs. the PHPP results of the design from midsemester shows that the current design suffers slightly less heat losses, and this is as a result of clustering the building more. Given that there is a greenhouse on the level above, the branch itself does not suffer terrible heat gains in the summer as there is sufficient insulation in the floor separating the greenhouse from the branch below, however there is a need to consider the temperature control of the greenhouse for the cafe users’ purpose.

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ENTRY/COURTYARD EXPERIENCE presents a humble selection of materials which are paired back to nestle into the North Clyde context in an inobtrusive way.

The courtyard also functions as the entry to the branch, and this is an important part of this design concept.

The paramedics enter the building through this social space with connections to inside and outside. The Courtyard is designed in symmetry with a feature tree in its centre, the Jacarandah. The beautiful blossoms with their violet/ blue tones loosely reflect the branding colors of Ambulance Victoria, but more imporantly its seasonal interest is what

makes this tree significant.

The paramedics can spend their time on the clock, while being able to feel connected to nature and appreciate its transient beauty, taking the anxious paramedic mind off of their stressful job and become receptive to what is happening around them, which is the act of mindfulness.

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FREE CIRCULATION AND COMMUNAL SPACE The jacarandah tree also is a functional element to the design, as it shades the direct northern sun and afternoon western sun from entering in the building, while allowing in this light during winter as it sheds its leaves.

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CAFE AND ORGANIC URBAN FARMING PRACTICES AS A COMMUNITY OFFERING The program on the level above the branch features a space for the community, functioning as a cafe which also produces their own organic food within this productive hydroponic greenhouse.

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