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CONTENT A. INTRO B. PRECEDENTS C. SKETCHES D. MONTAGES E. DRAWINGS F. THESIS G. DESIGN H. OUTRO
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{“play is based on the manipulation of certain images, on a certain “imagination” of reality.”} -Johan Huizinga
This is a visual curation of inspirations, feelings, ideas and thoughts developed over the semester that informed the proposal of the thesis. Precedents were used from a huge range of chronological timeline. They were investigated based on their function, typology, specificity, interventions, scale, process, massing and the atmosphere and feeling the spaces were trying to create. Apart from architectural, urban and landscape precedents, art and art installations and movement were also studied. The sketches are hard evidence of “data” collected of our very subjective impression and feelings of Fed east, our site. Each sketch tries to capture moments present in the reality or imagined. The montages explore my thoughts which is almost a commentary on the past, present and future of Melbourne and sprinkled with my “sage” worldly views. They are layered with very serious content with a hint of satire. This lead to the conceptualising and development of the design.
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JEAN ARP
GRIS- NOIR| 1966
CONFIGURATION| 1926
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ELLSWORTH KELLY
RED RELIEF OVER WHITE | 2012
WHITE ANGLE OVER BLACK| 2015
GREEN BLUE | 2015
CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE
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THE FLOATING PIERS | LAKE ISEO, ITALY| 2016
LOUISE BOURGEOIS
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MAMAN |1999
GURUKULA |INDIA
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POMPEII PALAESTRA | POMPEII, ITALY|1-100 AD
BODHI TREE|
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GREAT HALL, TRINITY COLLEGE LIBRARY| DUBLIN, IRELAND | THOMAS BURGH | 1712
THE LYCEUM | ATHENS, GREECE | UNKNOWN |335 B.C
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ENKOJI TEMPLE| KYOTO, JAPAN| TOKUGAWA IEYASU| 1601
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ROBERTO BURLE MARX
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MINERAL ROOF GARDEN| BANCO SAFRA HEADQUARTERS, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL| 1983
BIZEN POTTERY COMPLEX |BIZEN, JAPAN | 16th Century
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DHAMMAGIRI FOUNDATION |MAEHONGSON ,THAILAND |2009 | NG SEKSAN
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D.S NURSERY |IBARAKI,JAPAN |2014| HIBINOSEKKEI & YOUJI NO SHIRO
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EAST SYDNEY EARLY LEARNING CENTRE|SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA |2016 | ANDREW BURGES ARCHITECTS
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SAUNALAHTI SCHOOL |ESPOO, FINLAND |2012| VERSTAS ARCHITECTS
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CHILDREN’S PARK |NETHERLANDS & FRANCE| GROUP LUDIC |1970
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BERLIN WALL| BERLIN, GERMANY| GDR, EAST GERMANY|1961
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PARC DE LA VILLETTE PROPOSAL |PARIS, FRANCE|OMA | 1982
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AGADIR CONVENTION CENTRE PROPOSAL | 1990| OMA
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ROLEX LEARNING CENTRE| LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND| 2010| SANAA
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THE AUSTRALIAN GARDEN |CRANBOURNE, AUSTRALIA|TAYLOR CULITY LETHLEAN |2012
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ROYAL PARK PLAYGROUND| MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA | CITY DESIGN STUDIO
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SKETCHES
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FIRST GLIMPSE OF FED EAST
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FED SQ PINWHEEL PATTERN FACADE
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HISTORY: PRINCESS GATE TOWERS
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YARRA :400 YEARS AGO
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TREES FOR BUILDING.
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PINWHEEL PATTERN V.2
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EMPTY ROLLING HILLS BESIDE BUSY CBD
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EMPTY ROLLING HILLS BESIDE BUSY CBD II
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SERIES OF PLASCAPES ON ROLLING TOWARDS YARRA
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PRINCESS BRIDGE VIEW
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SACRED ROCKS
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PROCESSION INTO BIRRARUNG MARR
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MOOMBA ROLLER RIDES
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THE SACRED ROCKS V.2
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THE PROCESSION V.2
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SECOND VIEW OF FED EAST
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COLD AND DARK
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LOVE FOR LINES
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ONE HUNGRY DAY DREAM
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POST HUNGER DAY DREAM
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NOW STOPPING AT GEELONG
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WHERE IS WALLY
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THE WINDOW WE CHOOSE TO SEE
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BIRRARUNG ANGEL’S FRIENDS AND FAMILY VISITS
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FEDERATION BELLS
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THROUGH VINCENT’S EYES
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TRANQUIL AT YARRA
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KING OF THE HILL
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NEW FED EAST AND BATMAN AVE. BRIDGE
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IT ONLY RAINS IN MELBOURNE
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MONATAGES
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VICTORY, LIBERATION AND DEATH.
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THE ART OF MAKING FREINDS.
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BLOOD, TEARS AND GOLD.
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DAY OUT TO MELBOURNE
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THREE BOYS DREAMING
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DIRT ON OUR CLOTHES
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LOOK THERE’S A FLOWER
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MUSIC
MUSIC
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MUSIC
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KINDER (3-5) OLD AGE\ NEST
Sleep pods Sleep pods SENSORIAL:Exploring senses,TouchSmellsoundsighttaste
MATH
ART
LANGUAGE
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WAITING\PLAY
LIBRARY PE
ADMIN OFFICE
MUSIC
DANCE
ART CRAFT THEATRE MUSIC
THEATRE PERFORMANCE KITCHEN
PE
TECHNOLOGY
DANCE
ACTIVITY MATH LANGUAGE MATH KITCHEN
HISTORY
ART PLAY
CRAFT
LANGUAGE GEOGRAPHY MATH
LANGUAGE
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ADMIN OFFICE
MUSIC PHYSICS
GEOLOGY PE
ASTRONOMY
KITCHEN
DANCE
THEATRE PERFORMANCE
ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY MATH LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE
ART
MATH ART
PLAY
PLAY CRAFT
CRAFT
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MUSIC
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Sleep pods SENSORIAL:Exploring senses,TouchSmellsoundsighttaste ADMIN
ADMIN PLAY
DINING KITCHEN PLAY CI
LANGUAGE
CII
GARDEN
ROCK GARDEN
CULTURE:BotanyZoologyGeographyScience
ART Sleep pods
PRACTICAL LIFE:Food preppolishingCleaningWatering plansMini tools/Kid size toolsCare for self, Care for environment
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This thesis argues that play is essential to the learning and growth of the child. Play that not only pertains and caters to the physiological development but also that nurtures the mind and builds character of the child. In this overprotective and ever-growing parasitic technological world, we’re losing our children partaking in the greatest experience of their lives, which is to be playful. This proposal aims, in its highest ideals, to encourage children not be idle and afraid but to run, fall, get hurt, take risks, make friends, daydream, learn about themselves and grow up to be a human being in the process. Apart from lack of schools for children, there exist a considerable lack of spaces for play in the Melbourne CBD which reflects the overtly serious nature of the city and its culture. However, this is an opportunity to introduce an element of playfulness, in spirit and in form, as implied by Steven Holl (2009) to balance an odd with the opposite. Johan Huizinga (1942) describes play as not real life or ordinary but to be rather stepping into a temporary world with disposition of its own. Play is to be free and in fact freedom. And to me, to be playful is be curious, inventive and willing. My approach is to fulfil these criteria by creating spaces that caters to it whilst also maintaining the spirit of play in the manifestation of the architecture. Johan Huizinga mentions play is based on manipulation of reality or the image of reality. For an instance, I use the playful neighbor Federation square which forms the basis of my reality which I intentionally take moments and spaces from it that I playfully manipulate to mould my design from. This method is employed throughout the design process using broad varieties of precedents when needed to fulfil a criterion or achieve an ideal.
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This is a tribute to the child inside all of us. We live in a solemn world, playfulness, if not all, most is lost. The balance of “living� is disturbed. We need to find the child inside of us. To be a child is to be a mini-atomic bomb running around, fuelled by sugar, curious, careless and reckless taking on whatever is on its path. To be a child is to be playful, to be fearless, to take risks and to make mistakes. It is to be less serious, to find and enjoy the frivolity of life. In solemness we must find levity. To create an environment that fosters a child to be a child. A nest to nurture the younglings. A bubble protected from the harshness of the world outside. It is to prepare the young ones to fend for themselves before they come out of age. Only to be taught by seasoned dwellers of this planet with all their knowledge, wisdom and care. The goal is not to be solely playful by condoning seriousness but to find the balance to the stern nature of life. It is for the child to grow to be always curious, relentless, questioning, making mistakes and learning from the greatest teacher of life. We need to learn to be children again. Be playful, be a child.
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