Portfolio 2017

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INDIVIDUAL MODULE

MODULE SEGMENT OVERVIEW

MODULE SEGMENT PROFILE

FULL STRUCTURE

LIGHT | HEAVY BURNETT LANE, BRISBANE

2013

FIRST YEAR

GROUP PROJECT

Given the theme of light and heavy then the constraints of the material qualities of paper, Light | Heavy makes use of paper as a structural material to create a lantern as a decorative fixture within the Burnett Laneway Precinct in the Brisbane CBD. The group project was headed by myself in a group of three. The lantern uses the dense, crisp and sculptural qualities of paper to give a more solid and heavy appearance whilst the geometric pattern and lighting contradict this with a sense of lightness.

M O D U L E A S S E M B LY P R O C E S S

SECOND SKIN UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE

2013

FIRST YEAR

GROUP PROJECT

In an exploration of personal space and social interactions, Second Skin explores the tectonics and materiality behind the system of panel and fold. The group project was headed by myself in a group of three. Thousands of folded paper pieces join together to create a permeable fabric like membrane, that is both organic and synthetic in appearance. In times of fear and uncertain response, the membrane expands from underneath to shield the user away from those around them.

PONCHO OVERVIEW

PAPER MEMBRANE DETAIL

A PLACE FOR KEEPING SECRETS HERRING ISL AND, MELBOURNE

2014

SECOND YEAR

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

Situated on Herring Island - an island that was borne of trash - ‘A Place for Keeping Secrets’ proposes a relationship between architecture and the earth. Additionally, the consideration of existential issues and chronology are part of the brief. Consequently, rather than thinking what can be added, the subtraction of mass is paramount in the expression of time within the project. Materials that convey layers of geology and the removal of the landscape in turn become a playful reminder of what was once there, or more appropriately, what it used to be.

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A B

SITE PL AN 1:500

SECTION A 1:200

SECTION B 1:200

SECTION C 1:200

N O R T H E L E VAT I O N 1:2 5 0

YARRA RIVER

M A L E T O I L E T J E T T Y F E M A L E T O I L E T

S T O R A G E

O F F I C E

W O R K S H O P

GROUND FLOOR PL AN 1:250

H I R E C O U N T E R

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BOATHAUS STUDLEY PARK, MELBOURNE

2014

SECOND YEAR

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

The Boathaus sits along the Yarra River as a replacement to the existing boathouse on site. The project proposes a large cantilevered glass box that faces true north, almost cutting into the site of the park in half. The lower half of the structure - clad completely in bluestone as a solid foundation to the glass box above sits neatly into the earth to hide its visual mass and presence. The circulation within the building encourages visitors to take a moment to see each view offered at every turn based on the floor plates which merge into and out of each other.

SITE PL AN 1:500

VIEW FROM NORTHERN BANK

VIEW AT RIVER LEVEL

VIEW FROM SOUTHERN BANK

GENETIC BRIDGE MERRI CREEK, MELBOURNE

2015

THIRD YEAR

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

Sited on Merri Creek, the bridge seeks to reconnect three layers of the area - the hill, the park and the river into a seamless network. The bridge in itself is a stark visual expression of metaheuristics and structure. Although appearing erratic and somewhat arbitrary at times, each beam, truss and column is positioned in such a way using a genetic algorithm to use the least amount of steel such that no two structural members are the same length nor position.

EXTERIOR VIEW

INFLECTION | REFLECTION 391 SPENCER STREET, MELBOURNE

2015

THIRD YEAR

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

Set in 2045 wherein consolidation of sites is rife and big is built for the sake of big, Inflection | Reflection proposes a smaller typology of architecture that takes advantage of small grain spaces and the human scale - dualities that are an expression of Melbourne. Typically in this fashion, what we first see does not reveal everything and more lies beneath. The moire pattern facade seeks to do the same to conceal the facade in a blur from a distance, with the compact and dynamic program only becoming more apparent upon closer inspection.

STORAGE SUITES

SUITES

SUITES

SUITES

UTILITIES

UTILITIES

UTILITIES

LIFT

COATROOM AND RECEPTION

RESTAURANT

LOBBY

WC

VOID

LOBBY

BELOW VOID

CAFE

BELOW

STORE POP UP STORE WC

MALE RESTROOM

ADMINISTRATION

FEMALE RESTROOM

POP UP STORE

CAR LIFT MOTOR ROOM

GROUND FLOOR PL AN 1:250

ARCHIVE

FIRST FLOOR PL AN 1:250

SUITES

SUITES

SUITES

SUITES

SUITES

SUITES

VOID

BELOW

VOID

BELOW

VOID

BELOW

UTILITIES

BELOW

OUTDOOR TERRACE

FEMALE RESTROOM

VOID VOID

SUITES

UTILITIES

BELOW

WC

SECOND FLOOR PL AN 1:250

UTILITIES

VOID

CARETAKER SUITE

MALE RESTROOM

SUITES

ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE

KITCHEN

VOID

BELOW

BAR AND LOUNGE

BELOW

MALE RESTROOM

MALE RESTROOM BELOW

THIRD FLOOR PL AN 1:250

BELOW

CARETAKER SUITE

CATERING

VOID

SEMINAR ROOM

SEMINAR ROOM

FIF TH FLOOR PL AN 1:250

SEMINAR ROOM

FEMALE RESTROOM

CATERING

VOID

ANTEROOM HALL

SIX TH FLOOR PL AN 1:250

FEMALE RESTROOM

INTERIOR OBLIQUE PERSPECTIVE

T H E A R C H I T E C T U R A L A S S E M B LY UNSPECIFIED

2016

FOURTH YEAR

GROUP PROJECT

What does it mean to be a template? What does it mean to create an assembly? Through precedent explorations, the Architectural Assembly explores the role of the grid as an organizational element within architecture over a range of projects. The Architectural Assembly makes use of the grid as the basis and template for composing architecture, using a rigorous multi-step logic to drive a composition within space. This compositional generation in turn drives circulation, implying the richness and traces of intervention imposed onto the grid.

CONTEXT X MAP

ARCHIVE FOR FILMIC FOLDS

THE TERRITORY

INTERSTITIAL N AT U R E

INTERSTITIAL N AT U R E

INTERSTITIAL N AT U R E

NEW HIERARCHY

INTERSTITIAL N AT U R E

T H E A R C H I T E C T U R A L A S S E M B LY

INTERSTITIAL N AT U R E

RECIEVING C R E AT I O N S

ARCHIVE STORAGE READING ROOM

SEAGRAM BUILDING ARCHIVE

SENDAI MEDIATHEQUE ARCHIVE

HOUSE X ARCHIVE

VILL A SAVOYE ARCHIVE HOUSE VI ARCHIVE

INFORMATION POINT BARCELONA PAVILION ARCHIVE

INFORMATION POINT

ARRIVAL POINT

PLAN OBLIQUE OF PIER

DEPARTURE POINT

KAIT WORKSHOP ARCHIVE

TICKETING COUNTER

RETAIL SPACE

PARC DE L A VILLET TE ARCHIVE

RETAIL SPACE INFORMATION POINT

RETAIL SPACE

READING ROOM

JUSSIEU LIBRARY ARCHIVE

MAISON DOMINO ARCHIVE

MELBOURNE METRO NORTHWEST MELBOURNE

2017

FIFTH YEAR

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

Melbourne’s population is projected to rise to 10 million in 2050 with the western suburbs are projected to bear the majority of this growth. Existing provisions for public transport infrastructure has not been able to keep up with the pace of both population and economic growth. Melbourne Metro Northwest is a 30km mass rapid transit corridor proposed to connect emerging activity centers, Melbourne Airport and the central business district in the northwestern region; offering an unprecedented quality of public transport in a traditionally capacity constrained and underserved area.

DOCKLANDS

TOWN HALL

SOUTHERN CROSS

SEGMENT FIVE MELBOURNE

SEGMENT FIVE MELBOURNE CBD TRANSPORT

STAGE FIVE 21.5KM MELBOURNE AIRPORT TO SUNBURY

S MELBOURN

- 3.6KM TUNNELLED - 1 7. 9 K M E L E V A T E D - CONNECTION WITH THE SUNBURY LINE AND VLINE

- 3KM OF TRACK ON T -CONNECTI

SUNBURY

BULLA

MELBOURNE AIRPORT MELBOURNE AIRPORT JETPORT

TULLAMARINE

AIRPORT WEST

AVO N DA HEIGH

SUNBURY LINE

INDICATIVE ALIGNMENT 1:5000

STAGE T WO 5.3KM KENSINGTON TO CBD

STAGE THREE 3.4KM CBD TO ABBOTSFORD

STAGE FOUR 10.7KM ABBOTSFORD TO DONCASTER

- 4 STATIONS - 5.3KM TUNNELLED - CONNECTION WITH CITY LOOP LINES AND MELBOURNE METRO 1+2

- 2 STATIONS - 3.4KM TUNNELLED - CONNECTION WITH THE HURSTBRIDGE LINE

- 6 STATIONS - 10.7KM TUNNELLED

STAGE ONE 21.5KM NE AIRPORT TO KENSINGTON

- 14 STATIONS - 13KM TUNNELLED - 5. 5 K M E L E VAT E D CONVERTED TO METRO STANDARD THE FLEMINGTON LINE ION WITH CRAIGIEBURN LINE

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DONCASTER HILL

DONCASTER

NORTH BALW YN MERNDA LINE

EAST KEW

UPFIELD LINE

HURSTBRIDGE LINE

HARP JUNCTION CRAIGIEBURN LINE

ESSENDON AIRPORT ESSENDON FIELDS KEW JUNCTION BELGRAVE AND L I LY D A L E L I N E S

NIDDRIE VICTORIA GARDENS MELBOURNE METRO 2

ABBOTSFORD NORTH RICHMOND

ABERFELDIE

ALE HTS

MELBOURNE METRO 1

NEWMARKET

SHOWGROUNDS MARIBYRNONG DEFENCE SITE

G L E N WAV E R LY L I N E

FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE KENSINGTON

FLEMINGTON

MARIBYRNONG

A R D E N - M AC A U L AY AREA

N O R T H F O O T S C R AY

MELBOURNE CBD

TOWN HALL

DANDENONG AND FRANKSTON LINES

SOUTHERN CROSS

HIGHPOINT F O OT S C R AY CBD

PARLIAMENT

DOCKLANDS

VICTORIA HARBOUR

SANDRINGHAM LINE

EXTERIOR VIEW

DESIGNING FOR 24 HOURS FISHERMANS BEND

2017

FIFTH YEAR

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

Fishermans Bend is Australia’s largest brown fields urban redevelopment site, offering an unprecedented scope of opportunity within an inner city area. The future Melbourne Metro II project offers not only possibilities of social equity and transit oriented development, but also to see the implications of extending the Melbourne CBD beyond the traditional Hoddle Grid. This project explores the opportunities of agglomeration offered by positioning train stations as not only points of transit, but also community hubs.

LIBRARY CENTER AXONOMETRIC SECTION

LEARNING CENTER AXONOMETRIC SECTION

STATION PRECINCT A XONOMETRIC SECTION

MARKETPLACE AXONOMETRIC SECTION

CONSTRUCTION DESIGN DETAIL MODEL 2015

THIRD YEAR

GROUP PROJECT

MIXED MEDIA 2012

HIGH SCHOOL

IND. PROJECT

PHOTOGRAPHY 2012-2015

VARIOUS LEVELS

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

THIRD EDITION. JUNE 2018.

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