Monika Krncevic Architectural Portfolio

Architectural Portfolio

Monika Krncevic Master of Architecture student at the University of Technology Sydney

STUDIO 6 CAPSTONE PROJECT

The Social Condensor - Redesign of the Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo

The Capstone project sought to redesign the Powerhouse Museums for the ‘Creative Workplace Social Condenser.’ This includes full systems integration and technical/material articulation that is applied at multiple scales. This design aims to connect past and present workplace rituals through a composition of architectural and urban strategies, proposing new social networks and working rituals within and around the site. Partner work is not included.

Studio Director: Michael Ford

Tutor: Dr Kevin Bradley

Software Used: Rhinoceros3d, Photoshop, Archicad, Enscape, InDesign, Lightroom

Selected for End of Year Showcase

Precinct Analysis (map pg.5)

This map introduces the social condenser as a spatial network that can be identified at multiple scales. At the scale of the precinct, this network is composed of spaces that contribute education, arts, craftsmanship, small-scale manufacturing and communal gathering to the city. Identifying this network in Ultimo revealed an overlap with the early-colonisation network (yellow). This included spaces such as woolstores, sandstone quarries and shared housing for quarry workers. Connected is Blackwattle Creek which directed a topology of fishing and camping spots, mapped from pre-colonisation. This partly invisible network proposes the idea of the social condenser as something that remains relatively constant. While the architecture itself may be redeveloped and reimagined, the way in which these spaces form relationships with each other and their users stays the same. This precinct analysis is centred at the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo, becoming an intersection of past and present work rituals.

Kit of Parts - Precedent Study

Heritage Tudela-Culip, Girona

Exhibition & Event

MEET Toulouse Exhibition and Convention Centre

Public Domain Park ‘n’ Play, Copenhagen

Heritage - heritage to contemporary strategy (partial demolition and rebuild on top)

Exhibition Space - relationship to public realm (grid arranged by linear promenade that connects to public)

Public Domain - Urban Strategy (meandering path connected to linear entry and exist)

Combined Kit of Parts - Precedent Study

Combined Strategy

Heritage + Exhibition & Event + Public Domain

Anatomical Axonometrics

I Envelope & Surfaces Articulation

Copper mesh facade, heritage brick, white corrugated steel + white mesh facade, copper cladded ramp

II Envelope & Surfaces Articulation

III Structural Systems

I-Beams, SHS beams, prefabricated steel truss on existing heritage walls, steel truss (heritage)

IV Fire Compartmentation Curtains & Fire Supression Systems

V Mechanical & Passive Ventilation

STUDIO 5 RESCALING THE SCHOOL

Negotiating the Learning Space - design of school, Edmonson Park

This project is a design proposal for a primary school in Edmonson Park. The design started at the scale of the city and goes right through to a 1:10 construction detail. The multiscalar thinking was integrated with an investigation into the facets of a learning environment today and how it can be improved. The studio also tested sustainable design principles where possible, considering embodied energy of construction materials, passive design, water sensitive design and social sustainability. This project was completed independently.

Studio Director: Nathan Etherington

Tutor: Thomas Trudeau

Software Used: Rhinoceros3d, Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom

Modular Classroom (perspectival section pg.26-27)

Each model in the school is designed with a variation of mobile, multi-use surfaces that encourage student agency. Children learn to negotiate the shared spaces by participating in the architecture, taking control of their learning - the hierarchy of a traditional classroom between teacher and student is broken by the grid layout of this floorplan that can be negotiated with mobile desks and chairs. This allows for various individual and collaborative learning arrangements.

STUDIO 4 STUDENT HOUSING

A Seat at the Table - Recipes for shared living

The Student Housing design proposal looks to give students autonomy in their living spaces by mobilizing walls and furniture. Allowing for continuous change in thresholds, space size, privacy levels and access gives students a new opportunity to negotiate their living spaces according to their needs. This design sees a stack of three varying floor plates that attempt to ‘puncture’ the stereotypical living conditions of students in housing. Partner work not included. Refer to page 40 for design ‘Recipe.’

Selected for End of Year Showcase

Studio Director: Endriana Audisho

Tutor: Thomas Tova Lubinsky

Software Used: Rhinoceros3d, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator

Spaghetti Napolitana ft. 2 Cherry Tomatoes

1.Open kitchen pivot wall by 1/2 spin

2.Open bedroom pivot wall by 45o

3.Roll bookshelf-on-wheels into kitchen

4.Place one chair in the living room

5.Place one chair in the kitchen

6.Take out one large bowl of pasta from booksehlf

7.Mix with bottle of napolitana sauce & 2 cherry tomatoes

8.Place two forks in bowl

9.Take one book from pantry & read

10.Call your friend to eat

11.Place dirty dish back in bookshelf

12.Move 1 book and 1 chair into bedroom

13.Place 1 lamp on your chair

14.Study for 2 hours

15.Close bedroom pivot wall by 1 whole

16.Turn off lamp

17.Sleep for a recommended 8-10 hours

Ingredients

1 kitchen wall

1 bedroom wall

2 forks

2 cherry tomatoes

1 bookshelf-on-wheels

1 bowl of pasta

100ml of napolitana sauce

2 chairs

1 book

1 pantry shelf

1 lamp

1 friend

2 hrs of study

8-10hrs of sleep

SPATIAL COMMUNICATIONS II

Thermal Design & Environmental Control - UTS Building 6

This project is a spatial analysis of the UTS Building 6 cafeteria and courtyard. The work includes site, lighting, thermal, acoustic and wind studies, considering site and material context. Partner work is included.

Studio Director: Samantha Donnelly

Tutor: Linda Matthews

Partner: Samuel Otton

Software Used: Rhinoceros3d, Photoshop, InDesign, ClimateStudio, DecibelX, FlirPro

Harrison Street Bridge Entry

Harrison Street Entry 1

Goods-line & Train Station Tunnel Entry

Sunlight Hours

Entry points for wind paths are highlighted, showing where the venturi effect occurs. Orange swells mark high intensity points along these wind channels that move through the site from Harris street to the Goods-line

The data recorded at 3pm distinguishes itself from the 9am data by its notably higher intensity in wind-speed range creeping above 40km/h. At 9am however, there is a slightly higher percentage of recorded calms, with average windspeeds sitting at 10-30km/h. During summer, and winter afternoons, the Southerly wind increases in intensity, directed through Harris-Street entry points. The North-West and Westerly winds, running parallel to the Goodsline and Harris Street, are also disticntly stronger during the winter.

% of Calms

>= 40

>= 30 & < 40

>= 20 & < 30

>= 10 & < 20

>= 0 & < 10

4 3

2

1. Reverse air flow in courtyard caused by wind hitting tall building

2. Aerodynamic roof allows for the wind to glide over it along SE-NE channels

3. Deflected airflow spirals into wind tunnel within courtyard

MONIKA KRNCEVIC/13551522/LINDA SAMUEL OTTON/13580586/LINDA

Acoustic

ACOUSTIC

ACOUSTIC

The orange fans below mark the sound sources & spans that surround paths 1-4. These paths were followed for acoustic data colelction, shown below in waveform and synchronised frequencies. The more distinct shifts in acoustic environments were marked at transition/entry points of the space (paths 2 & 4). Considering the marked sound barriers and comapring them to the waveform-data, the varyfing intensities of sound sources through the site become more apparent.

The orange fans below mark the sound sources & spans that surround paths 1-4. These paths were followed for acoustic data colelction, shown below in waveform and synchronised frequencies. The more distinct shifts in acoustic environments were marked at transition/entry points of the space (paths 2 & 4). Considering the marked sound barriers and comapring them to the waveform-data, the varyfing intensities of sound sources through the site become more apparent.

Escelators, Bridg & Goodsline

Bridg & Goodsline

2. ESCALATORS TO BRIDGE

1. GOOD BOWL TO VENDING MACHINE

4. CENTRE TO BOTTOM OF STAIRS

3. STAIRS TO GOOD BOWL

4. CENTRE TO BOTTOM OF STAIRS

2. ESCALATORS TO BRIDGE

SPATIAL COMMUNICATIONS I

Architectural Design & Construction Systems

This project explores fundamental construction details and material studies (salt and resin cast objects). Every iteration of these hand-drawn studies have been done in accordance with the NCC. Final hand drawings and sketches were selected for this portfolio. This project was completed independently.

Studio Director: Joanne Kinniburgh

Tutor: Clare Johnston

Software Used: Photoshop

MISCELLANEOUS Independent Studies

This chapter includes one material and one precedent study. The third project is a mind map from semester IV History & Theory.

1 Material Study - Urban Edges (pg. 61)

These are a series of concrete casts that explore variations of spatial composition, thresholds and connections to the urban setting. This was the first model made in my Bachelors degree.

2 Precedent Study - Graphic Explorations (pg. 62-63)

This project is a self-led precedent study completed with peer Phoebe Witney. Graphic techniques are used to extract and highlight significant architectural themes in both precedents. Coordinating a consistent use of techniques allows for the two sets of analysis to be contrasted and compared.

3 Mind Map - TEAM 10 (pg. 64-65)

The TEAM 10 mind map organises the groups significant meetings and projects chronologically, alongside locations, cultural setting and participating members at the time. Each event is inter connected by a network of ideas that a presented throughout the groups practice. These include, post-war redevelopment/urban planning, manifestos, streets in the sky, art & poetry, transport, play and imagination.

TEAM 10 Link to full document: https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/ track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:b4175de3-5e61-42a7-bb402ea5f257a65c

Monika Krncevic Master of Architecture student at the University of Technology