Portfolio Ol iver Hessia n
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g r a d u at i o n - s y d n e y B r utalist Se e d My final project at the University of Sydney was largely self written brief. Our only restriction was that the chosen site had to in some way respond to an existing Brutalist building. My chosen site was the Oxley Business Centre, Crows Nest, previously the CBC bank. My proposal suggests a development that would sit within the future density of Crows Nest as the business district densified along the Global Economic Corridor proposed in the Sydney 2050 plan. Over 22 storeys this included a cinema complex, car parking, cafe, grocers, retail units, office space, restaurants, a bar and a large multi residential contingent including swimming pool, shared gardens and gym facilities.
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Program These diagrams illustrate the organisation of the rough massing of volumes through the development, to help describe how the program is distributed as the project was multi-use and quite large.
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My intention for the proposal was to take the timeless sculptural qualities of the original building as a template and using these influences grow the new development sections each with their own character. I attempted to communicate the atmosphere of what i felt were the key areas of the proposal in the same way a built development might be marketed using photo realistic images. These also allowed me to express an aesthetic and quality of space I imagined for the interiors of the spaces.
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P R e s e n tat i o n I felt the project was treading a line between the past and the future and wanted to express that in the way I presented the project as well as communicate the amount of thought I had put into the quality of space intenally.
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g r a d u at i o n - s y d n e y B r utalist Se e d The Residential component of the development totals 153 Apartments consisting of: • • • •
56 x 1 Bedroom Apartments 81 x 2 Bedroom Apartments 14 x 3 Bedroom Apartments 2 4 x Bedroom Apartments
This is achieved by repeating the layout from the Fifth Floor up to the Twelfth then repeating this layout on the Thirteenth with Penthouse apartments filling the Fourteenth Floor. The First Floor restaurant seats 106 with it’s own kitchen while the Second Floor restaurant seats 154 with 2 x function rooms that seat up to 10 each. The Bar seats 100 and has a capacity for roughly 250 additional standing including the balcony space. The lettable office space totals 2529 sqm and the Cinema auditoria seat 400 each. Ground Floor Plan
Development A clear concept was required to give order to the large development and many iterations were considered through sketches, rhino and rough renders before the final proposal emerged.
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This project was run as a competition for Sydney Festival 2012, to design a venue in one of 3 locations in Sydney with the winner receiving funding for the design to be built. We approached the project brief with the understanding that the realm of the architect should be in preparing the audience for the performance and leave the director as much freedom internally as possible. This manifested as a staged transition around and beneath the venue slowly removing the audience from their surroundings through the use of the cylinders and their eroded internally shifting lengths. The studio’s focus was on Digital Architecture as a result the whole proposal was developed parametrically in Grasshopper.
tra ns i t i o n & t ransparency The proposal was a balance between these themes, by eroding the volume we were controlling the openings and transparency to manipulate the atmosphere at different stages of the transition through to the seating area.
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urban studio T he H ub This development was proposed as part of a hypothetical masterplan for the Carlton Breweries site. As a tightly confined site with potential for views back towards the original brewery building and Victoria Park the design was driven by the site conditions with views, daylight and program eroding away at the original maximum volume. The student accommodation contingent became the focus of the planning with 3 room types: Singles, Doubles and Twins. With the intention for the rooms to serve as a landing pad for arriving international students in the centre of a student oriented masterplan, encouraging a social environment.
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Ma s s i n g These diagrams illustrate the steps taken in forming the overiding form of the building. The photos show the physical model emphasiszing the concept of a solid skin giving way to a polished and transparent interior.
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For my graduation project on my undergraduate course at the University of Bath I developed my own brief for a site of my own choosing.
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My chosen brief was an Arts Centre proposed as a new location for an established Art Gallery in Bristol, the Arnolfini. This was to be located on a bend in the river running through Bath and would provide a key pedestrian link across the river from a largely residential area of Bath into the town centre.
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The building’s plan was a response to the river’s bend as well as the orientation of the site providing a sheltered courtyard between the existing buildings and the new. The section was developed with natural lighting the galleries as the main driver, allowing north light to filter down through the galleries.
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sequencing We were required to develop a strong understanding of how construction sequencing would manifest on site as well as how site management would organise itself as the project progressed.
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As the most detailed project I have developed during my studies, we were rewuired to produce full construction sections with 1:5 details. I also developed lighting strategies with drawings explaining how these might manifest in different parts of the building. I developed this project through various mediums; from sketches to rough phuyssical models, digital models in 3ds Max and rendered images.
After visiting the De Young Museum I decided to adopt the same artificial lighting strategy in my building. At this stage the Structure was steel framed with termodeck slabs, however as the structural/environmental and acoustic strategy developed so did the lighting. However i have decided to retain this strategy for the top floor on the slanted roof where hot air can be vented through the skylight.
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My initial proposal was to follow the De Young precedent for the lighting LIGHTING+ACOUSTIC across my building. However G A Lwith L E R Ythe DETAIL initial proposal was to follow the development of theMyenvironmental De Young precedent for the lighting strategy I wanted to thewith the across expose my building. However 20mm polished scree development of the environmental 300m Omnideck concrete floor soffit to allow strategy I the wanted heat to expose the 100mm glass mineral wool insulationconcrete concrete soffit to allow the heat Duct from occupants andfromlighting to lighting be to be Glulam beam occupants and 20mm plasterboard ceiling absorbed into the thermal mass. absorbed into the thermal mass. Erco Track
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Development These images show some of the additional final renders as well as some of the developmental work including card models and sketches.
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additional acoustic surfaces The added benefit of recessing thethat are provided. I continued to develop the acoustic and ambient lighting with lighting the strategy trackwith is the environmental considerations until additional acoustic surfaces that are timber i settled on this suspended screen proposal. provided. I continued to develop the lighting strategy with acoustic and environmental considerations until iH settled timber E S S I A N :on S T U this D I O suspended 4. 2 54 screen proposal.
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I began exploring the section more through modelling to try and enrich the relationship between the floors especially above and below the foyer. By reorganising the lower ground level and opening the floor slab the public realm is reinforced and enlivened.
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I considered different options including taking the bridge through the building, however this would prove impractical. I also considered extending sections of the radius to cater for the movement. I think with more time i would develop this approach as it provides a series of viewing platforms the bridge punches through. The engineering of the cantilevers would provide a challenge however I’m sure this could be resolved. NORTH
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Although the north elevation has undergone a large amount of development it is an area I would like to refine further. I still believe the gallery section is too monotonous to be as beautiful as it should be for the riverside elevation.
I also began considering the roof and north light options, as well as the potential change in order where the buildings use shifts from exhibition to social and more extravert.
Something I explored the possibility of earlier in the project was running a balcony at First floor level across the elevation so visitors could exit the galleries to look over the river towards Bath’s centre.
I enjoyed exploring breaking down the repetitive order of the section over the bar area however I was unable to find a suitable logic for changing the EARLY STUDY WITH RAMP AND formatB A inLthese C O N studies. Y
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As part of my third year at Bath I was lucky enough to work with Joseph Robson at AVR London. It was here that I was introduced to high end visualisation and schooled in the software and processes involved in this industry. I was fortunate to work on some landmark projects in London, aiding in developing marketing images for The Shard, Bankside 4, Fielden Clegg Bradley, Llewelyn Davis Yeang among others. This working process was mainly within 3DS Max and Photoshop, however I have gone on to incorporate Rhino, Grasshopper and Revit into possible workflows.
The Shard - Renzo Piano
C o m m u n i c at i o n This placement had a huge impact on my University studies, suddenly able to communicate and test the ideas I had in my head clearly enabled me to work more efficiently while providing seducing images for presentations!
Bankside 4 - Richard Rogers
Battle of Britain Museum - Fielden Clegg Bradley
v i s u a l i s at i o n Freelan ce
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Competition images for the Australia House competition 2011, commisioned by Reinhardt Jung Architects.
Design, drafting and visualisation commission for a recently completed private residential project in Wimbledon, UK.
V i s u a l i s at i o n Freelan ce & St u dent
Birnbeck Island competition University competition to develop a proposal for a multi-purpose venue and ferry terminal on Brinbeck Island, Weston Super-Mare, UK.
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Private residential project for marketing images designed by Lisa Fathella.
Parametrically designed chandelier proposal designed as part of the Sydney Festival Venue proposal.
G r ap h i c d e s i g n Freelan ce
Logo De sign Over the past 5 years I have worked on many graphic design projects ranging from full branding proposals to packaging design for varied clients, including Whiffaway Ltd, Wattbike, Optrix HD, Junglefowl and Freehand Music.
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G r ap h i c D e s i g n Freelan ce
P a c k ag i n g Packaging designs for Freehand Music, Quakesafe and Optrix HD.