Philippa Williams Portfolio by Philippa Williams

W PHILIPPA WILLIAMS

Contact// n: m: e: ad:

Philippa Williams 0424155170 philippa.williams@hotmail.com 2/96-98 Buckland Street Alexandria 2015

THE INK SYDNEY OL YM PIC

INK’ EL ‘TH //

SECTION ONE @ 1:100 1M 2M 3M

BRIEF A COMPETITION RUN BY THE SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK SPORTS ASSOCIATION (SOPA) TO PROVIDE A SPORTS HIGHSCHOOL IN THE SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK PRECINCT.THE SCHOOL MUST CATER FOR 800 STUDENTS WITH A STRONG FOCUS ON CONTEXT AND WHAT THE ARCHITECTURE BRINGS TO THE NSW SYSTEM OF LEARNING + EDUCATION, THE SCHOOL IS TO BE USED AFTER HOURS BY THE PUBLIC WHO UTILISE SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK CURRENTLY.

SITE LOCATED ON THE CURRENT AQUATIC CENTER CARPARK ACCESSED FROM OLYPIC BLVD. THE CAR PARK IS TO BE MOVED BUT NOT NEGLECTED, AND THE SCHOOL MUST REPLACE THE EXISTING 500 PARKING SPACES. THE SITE INTERFERES WITH THE TRAIN LINE AND HAS A NUMBER OF VARYING CONTOUR MOVEMENTS. PROJECT: ‘THE LINK’ EMBODIES THE TRADITIONAL METHOD OF TEACHING IN AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS. AXIAL ORGANISATION HAS BEEN GROUND FLOOR PLAN @ 1:1000 EMPLOYED TO SEPARATE DIFFERENT FACULTIES, RESULTING IN THREE MAIN STRATEGIC BLOCKS: CORE, ELECTIVE + SHARED. THE COMBINATION OF SUCH, SPATIALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY PERTAINS TO THE TRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL MODEL.

PROJECT THE AXES, (WHICH HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY THE THREE MAIN ENTRANCE POINTS ONTO THE SITE) MEET AT THE LIBRARY, WHICH BEHAVES AS THE CENTRAL HUB - THE MEETING POINT WITHIN THE SCHOOL. “THE LINK” HAS BEEN DEVISED AS A SOCIAL CIRCULATION STRATEGY IN ORDER TO CONNECT THE THREE BLOCKS. THE ARCHITECTURE IS FLUID IN CONTRAST TO THE SHARP GEOMETRY OF THE BODY OF THE SCHOOL. IT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO EASILY CIRCULATE FIRST FLOOR PLAN QUICKLY ACROSS THE PARAMETERS OF THE SITE, WHILST ALSO PROVIDING BREAKOUT GREEN SPACES FOR STUDY AND SOCIALISATION.

Integration//

SYD OLYMPIC PARK SITE MAPPING

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AXIAL DIVISION

380

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THE HUB

260m

DRAMA +THEATRE

355m

50 0m

ART+TECH

SCIENCE

PHYS ED.

AN EDUCATION PRECINCT 1:100 1M 2M 3M 4M

10M

CONCEPT SECTION

GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:1000

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

THE LINK

Stage two// ORGANISATIONAL AXO

BLOCK A

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ELECTIVE

SUBJECTS

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ELECTIVE SUBJECTS: VISUAL ARTS TECHNOLOGY MUSIC DRAMA PHYSICAL EDUCATION COMPUTATIONAL MEDIA [INC. LIBRARY ACCESS]

PUBLIC ACCESS AT SCHOOL BOUNDARY: AUDITORIUM SCHOOL HALL GYMNASIUM

CORE SUBJECTS: ENGLISH MATHEMATICS SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCES [INC. LIBRARY ACCESS]

SHARED LEARNING: LIBRARY COMPUTER LABS SUPPORT LEARNING STUDENT SEMINAR ROOMS

Exterior Render Circulation via ‘The Link’

SHANE GOULD AVENUE

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SARA

CLIENT:

THE SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK AUTHORITY

ADDRESS:

CORNER OF OLYMPIC BOULEVARD AND SARAH DURACK AVENUE, HOMEBUSH, SYDNEY, 2140

1:500 SCALE:

PROJECT:

SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK HIGH SCHOOL THE LINK: THE EDUCATIONAL PRECINCT

TITLE:

SITE PLAN

10M 15M

20M

Exterior Renders Roof shelter + axial opening breakout

Interior Render Classroom view onto courtyard

CLIENT:

SECTION B

THE SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK AUTHORITY

ADDRESS:

CORNER OF OLYMPIC BOULEVARD AND SARAH DURACK AVENUE, HOMEBUSH, SYDNEY, 2140

1:100

NOTES: BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

SCALE: 0 PROJECT:

SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK HIGH SCHOOL THE LINK: THE EDUCATIONAL PRECINCT

TITLE:

SECTION B

FLOOR CONSTRUCTION (SEE DETAIL A): CONCRETE PAD FOOTING + 300MM SLAB ON GRADE FLOOR LINING: TIMBER//CARPET WALL CONSTRUCTION (SEE DETAIL B, D AND E) : 300MM CONCRETE LOAD BEARING WALL THERMAL INSULATION INTERIOR: PLASTERBOARD LINING EXTERIOR: ZINC CLADDING

20.3M

40.4M

23.6M

41.1M

25.6M

8.4M

CLIENT:

THE SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK AUTHORITY

ADDRESS:

CORNER OF OLYMPIC BOULEVARD AND SARAH DURACK AVENUE, HOMEBUSH, SYDNEY, 2140

1:100

NOTES: BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

SCALE: 0 PROJECT:

SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK HIGH SCHOOL THE LINK: THE EDUCATIONAL PRECINCT

TITLE:

GROUND FLOOR BLOCK B

FLOOR CONSTRUCTION: CONCRETE PAD FOOTING FLOOR LINING: TIMBER//CARPET WALL CONSTRUCTION: 300MM CONCRETE LOAD BEARING WALL THERMAL INSULATION PLASTERBOARD LINING

12.6M

11.6M

23.6M

26.3M

27.4M

40.4M

CLIENT:

THE SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK AUTHORITY

ADDRESS:

CORNER OF OLYMPIC BOULEVARD AND SARAH DURACK AVENUE, HOMEBUSH, SYDNEY, 2140

1:100 SCALE: 0

PROJECT:

SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK HIGH SCHOOL THE LINK: THE EDUCATIONAL PRECINCT

TITLE:

FIRST FLOOR BLOCK B

11.6M

35M

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UTS TOW ER/ /S TU D

ING US HO

BRIEF AN INDEPTH STUDY OF DENSITY IN ORDER TO CREATE 100 STUDENT APARTMENTS WITHIN THE UTS TOWER BUILDING. NO INTERRUPTIONS TO THE CORE STRUCTURE, BUT ALLOWING MOVEMENT OF FLOOR PLATES AND EXTERNAL AESTHETIC. THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT MUST EMBODY DENSITY THROUGH INDIVIDUALITY AND COLLECTIVITY BOTH PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY FOR STUDENTS. USING A CUBIC MEASURING SYSTEM WE CAN MEASURE DENSITY BY THE FOLLOWING: - FLOOR AREA RATIO - HEIGHT - SITE COVERAGE - POPULATION

SITE THIS PROJECT PROPOSES THAT FOUR FLOOR PLATES WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CURRENT TOWER BUILDING. OFFICE USERS IN THE TOWER BUILDING ARE BEING RELOCATED TO NEWER UTS BUILDINGS. THE ACCOMMODATION IS ELEVATED FOR ACOUSTIC CONTROL, VIEW ADVANTAGE AND PRIVACY. THE SITE IS A UNIVERSITY LANDMARK: THUS REMOVING FOUR FLOORS IS BOLD, HOWEVER SUCCESSFUL IN CREATING AN OPEN, OUTDOOR SCENARIO FOR STUDENTS WANTING TO LIVE IN A MORE PRIVATE, PERSONALISED ENVIRONMENT IN AN OTHERWISE VERY DENSE AREA OF THE CITY. THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES THAT OF A TREE-HOUSE OR AS THE PROJECT IS CALLED - SKY KASBAH.

PROJECT EVERY STUDENT RECEIVES A HIERARCHY OF PROGRAMRESULTING IN THE BEDROOMS AS AN ALWAYS ELEVATED SPACE. THUS, EACH STUDENT HAS EQUALITY IN THE FORM OF FLOOR AREA, VIEWS (NOT ONE STUDENT LOOKS DIRECTLY INTO ANOTHER STUDENT’S SPACE), SOCIAL INTERACTION AND ABILITY TO DEVELOP IN UNIVERSITY LIFE. THE DESIGN ENSURES IMMENSE PRIVACY WHEN SLEEPING/STUDYING/RELAXING, HOWEVER ENCOURAGES COLLECTIVITY WHEN COOKING. THE DESIGN IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS - EACH HOUSING 5O STUDENTS. THE PROJECT REQUIRES LIGHTWEIGHT CLT CONSTRUCTION AND ZINC CLADDING. LARGE WINDOWS OPERATE WITH LOUVRES.

OUTLOOK SOCIAL CIRCULATION

block//

DENSITY = 50

EQUALITY SMALL SCALE LARGE SCALE +

INDIVIDUALITY

= INFORMAL EQUALITY

+ COLLECTIVITY

FAR. COV. HEI. POP.

FOOD LEISURE HYGIENE

PUBLIC

PRIVATE

SKY KASBAH

= = = =

3.1:1 70% 24m 816 P.HA

REST STUDY LEUSURE

14 D

POTENTIAL LEVEL OCCUPATION

STUDENT UNIT

LEVEL TWO

LEVEL ONE

INDIVIDUALITY + COLLECTIVITY

CIRCUL

Field//

SECTION THROUGH TOWER

14 D

SLEEP

COOK

STUDY/RELAX

13 A

CIRCULATE

Exterior Render Student units overtaking the ďŹ&#x201A;oorplates of the UTS tower

Exterior Render Relationship between individual units and shared space seen below

PIER FO UR // M US E

N SIG DE

BRIEF EXPERIMENTAL MAPING AND DIAGRAMING OF NATURAL SYSTEMS AND EXISTING MUSEUM DESIGN WAS TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE URBAN CONTEXT OF WALSH BAY. THE RESULT WOULD REQUIRE THE HOUSING OF ARTEFACTS FROM TWO SEPARATE AND CONFLICTING MUSEUM COLLECTIONS. EMPHASIS IS HELD ON THE MOVEMENT THROUGH SPACE, AND HOW THE ORGANISATION OF SUCH CAN ALTER ONE’S EXPERIENCE, REACTION AND OPINION.

SITE WITH A POP-UP FOCUS ON ACTIVATING SMALL AREAS OF SYDNEY, ALL MUSUEMS ARE PLACED IN A GRID ACROSS THE CBD. THIS MUSUEM LOCATES ITSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF PIER 4 AT WALSH BAY. ITS RADIUS PUNCTURES THE SIDE OF THE WHARF WHILST PROJECTING OUT OVER THE HARBOUR. THE MUSEUM FINDS ITSELF IN THE WAY OF PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION AT THE SITE, THUS ENCOURAGING ATTENTION AND USAGE. THE MUSEUM IS RESTRICTED BY A 10X10X10 METER PERIMETER, LIMITING THE SPACE PROVIDED FOR ARTEFACTS.

PROJECT THIS PROJECT CHALLENGES THE TRADITIONAL NOTION OF MUSUEM DESIGN AND AIMS TO CONFRONT ITS AUDIENCE BY JUXTAPOSING TWO VERY DIFFERENT COLLECTIONS; 1. MENAGERIE AT AUS MUSEUM 2. PRESERVED HUMAN ABNORMALTIES AT KUNSTKAMERA IN RUSSIA THE MAPPING OF SPIDER WEB SPANS IN A ROCK WALL INSPIRED A ‘PUSH-PULL’ GRID DIAGRAM THAT WAS TRANSLATED INTO THE VIEWING SYSTEM IN THE MUSEUM. THE MUSUEM WAS THUS DESIGNED IN RELATION TO THE INTENSITY OF OBJECTS AND THEIR REQUIRED VIEWING SPAN. THE FINAL FORM EMBODIES THIS GRID SYSTEM ALLOWING OBJECTS TO BE NEAR OR FAR, UP OR DOWN.

Strategy//

ALTERING VIEWING SPAN + DEPTH MAP / DIAGRAM

web depth + span variations aus museum viewing depth + sight lines

INTERPRETATION OF GRID as viewing conditions for museum diagram interpretation

surface deformation

perspective outcome connection + length + depth

perspective plan The secondary museum, in this case the Kunstkamera museum of human abnormalties preserved in jars from the 15th century, was able to be diagrammed in the same way using the span and depth surface grids of the spider webs and primary museum. Consequently, the design of this museum relied on housing both skeletons, menagerie and the numerous jars held in Kunstkamera. The juxtaposition between the intensity of viewing objects from the two museums allowed for the museum to be designed through the understanding of viewing spans in relation to an object, as seen

person height + distance to object + depth of object

how that can shape an experience inside a museum. Thus, new grid surface diagrams evolved with the notion of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;pushical surfaces, changing in materiality dependant of site conditions, visability and the intensity of the objects within.

artefact applied

SECTIONAL OUTCOMES VS. GRID

SIGHT LINE + GRID LOACTION shallow + not confronting deep span + confronting (choice not to view)

01//exterior render 02//interior grid + aus museum artefact 03//interior grid + jars of human deformities from 15th century 04//interiror grid + circulation 05//section through museum + wharf

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EDDY AVE NU E/ /P UB

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SHORT SECTION 1:50 / 15M / LIBRARY

BRIEF THE CITY OF SYDNEY DOES NOT CATER FOR THOSE WHO ARE “OUT OF TIME”... WHOSE DAILY ROUTINE DOES NOT OPERATE WITHIN NORMAL OFFICE HOURS. THUS THIS PROJECT AIMS TO USE STRUCTURE AS A FLEXIBLE SHELTER FOR RITUALS THAT CAN AND WILL CHANGE WITH TIME. THE DESIGN OF BATHS, LIBRARY AND GARDEN ON THE SITE AS A GENERIC STRUCTURE ALLOWS MULTI-PURPOSE USE FOR ALL. LIBRARY: 40SQM WITH 6 STUDY AREAS BATHS: 500 CUBIC M OF WATER GARDEN: KITCHEN/PREP/GROWTH

SITE THE CORNER OF EDDY AVENUE AND ELIZIABETH STREET IS CURRENTLY A 222 METER WALKWAY WITH A LARGE TREE CANOPY AND A HIGH AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY. WITH A RANGE OF 2 TO 15 METERS IN WIDITH, THE DESIGN FACES MANY CONSTRAINTS. THE PROPOSAL AIMS TO SPAN THE WHOLE DISTANCE OF THE SITE ALLOWING ITS NARROW APPEARANCE. THE BUILDING IS FRAGMENTED AND THE PEDESTRIAN PATH IS ELEVATED TO THE ROOF STRUCTURE. THE CURVED STEEL RIBBING STRUCTURE ALLOWS SHELETER FOR PROGRAM. THE SITE EXPERIENCES LOUD TRAFFIC NOISE AND STRONG WIND TUNNELS.

PROJECT THE USE OF CONCRETE, STEEL AND GLASS FOR THIS PROJECT ALLOWS FOR AESTHETICAL ACCURACY AS WELL AS GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS SUCH AS NATURAL DAY-LIGHTING AND EFFECTIVE VENTILATION. THE BUILDING BLENDS NATURALLY INTO THE EXISITING SITE DUE TO THE FLOWING NATURE OF THE CONCRETE ‘SAILS’ AND DELICATE RIBBING STRUCTURE. USERS EXPERIENCE A LINEAR CIRCULATION WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO STOP AND USE ANY RIBBED STRUCTURE - FOR SHELTER, READING, BATHING, EXERCISING, SOCIALISING OR PLANTING. THE PROJECT ACTIVATES A SMALL PATCH OF SYDNEY THAT IS CURRENTLY IGNORED.

Performance//

04 HORIZONTAL SECTION 1:100

01: ROOF PERSPECTIVE PEDESTRIANS CIRCULATEDOWN ELIZABETH STREET VIA ROOF STRUCTURE 02: GARDEN SPACE PEOPLE USING THE GARDEN SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE SHALLOW BATHING AREA. PROTECTION BY CONCRETE SAIL ABOVE HOWEVER OPEN TO THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE SIDE 03. GARDEN KITCHEN UNLIKE A REGULAR KITCHEN THIS ONE IS SET UP TO PREPARE PRODUCTS PRODUCED IN THE GARDEN OF THE SITE. 04. ENTRANCE THE ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING ON BOTH SIDES INVOLVES A CHOICE OF WALKING UP AND TRAVERSING OVER ALL ACTIVITY OR STAYING ON GROUND LEVEL AND EXPERIENCING WHAT THE SITE HAS TO OFFER.

RE G S

LIBRARY

05. READING ROOMS EXAMPLE OF THE PUBLIC USING A PRIVATE READING ROOM WHILST LOOKING ONTO THE GARDEN SPACE. SAILS USED AS SHELTER HOWEVER ALSO RESTING SPOTS WHERE THEY PUNCTURE THE EXISTING GROUND PLAIN.

LONGITUDINAL SECTIONS 1:100

HORIZONTAL SECTION 1:100

LIBRARY

SHORT SECTION 1:50 / 9M / KITCHEN

LONGITUDINAL SECTIONS 1:100

Graphic Sections/final design 1:50/ short sections showing different activity happening at different widths of the site/design. SHORT SECTION 1:50 /

LIBRARY

CARETAKER

READ

ING

ROOM

H AT

Graphic Sections/final design 1:50/ the form of the concrete sails are mimicked below through a rib structure + glass enclosure. Indoor/outdoor qualities expressed.

Plan//

1:100 FLOOR PLAN ORIGINALLY DRAWN AT 1:50 1. GLAZING: 2X6MM FLOATING GLASS, EXTRA WHITE 2. STEEL RODS 3. STRUCTURAL CORE WALL 4. GLASS SHINGLE SUPPORT BRACKET: CHROME CAST STEEL, BEAD BLASTED 5. GLASS SLIDING DOORS 6. STEEL CONSTRUCTION: SHAPED PIPES MSH 100/60 / WIND ASSOCIATION OF HIGH STRENGTH STAINLESS STEEL 7. GLASS SHINGLES: VSG CONSISTENT FILM LAYERS OF FLOAT GLASS 2X10MM 8. FROSTED GLASS WALLS

Section// 3 1

10 8 6 2

19 20 16

9 13 14

AXO ORIGINALLY DRAWN @1:25 CONSTRUCTION DETAILS:

1. 150mm CONCRETE FLOOR SLAB 2. BOLTED STEEL PLATE (FRAME SLAB CONNECTION) 3. WATER FILLED HEATING/COOLING PIPES 4. VAPOUR BARRIER 5. ETCHED LAMINATED GLASS (2X0.375MM PVB + 2X10MM FLOAT GLASS) 6.CHROME STEEL GLASS CEILING SUPPORTS 7. TUBULAR FLUORESCENT ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING 8. ADJUSTABLE GLASS CEILING SUSPENSION RODS (6MM CHROME STEEL) 9. PRIVATE BALCONY 10. INSULATION 11. 15MM PLASTERBOARD CEILING 12.GLASS SLIDING DOORS 13. STONE PAVERS

14. WATER PROOF MEMBRANE 15. HIGH STRENGTH STAINLESS STEEL FRAME 16. GLASS BALUSTRADE (VSG CONSISTING FILM LAYERS OF 10MM FLOAT) 17. FROSTED GLASS PANELS (10MM) 18. CHROME STEEL GLASS PANEL HINGES 19. STAINLESS STEEL CONTRACTING RODS 20. STAINLESS STEEL WIRE FRAME SUPPORT 21. NEOPRENE 22. EXPANSION BOLT 23. STEEL PLATE