Melbourne, Nowhere, Babylon

Melbourne

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Nowhere

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Babylon

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The Tesseract in the City

Wither to Bloom

Your Memory Will Carry On

Rania Sidanta

Foundations Design & Communication Studio

Melbourne

Cycle 1

Rania Sidanta

Vicky Lam Hannah Zhu

Table of Contents

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Time, Space, Us, and the Tissue...

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The Strange Box on the Pier

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The Tesseract in the City

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Reflection

Time, Space, and the Tissue...

Site Visit

45 Collins Street VCA End of Trip Facilities RMIT Building 8

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David Hockney,

Gregory Reading In Kyoto

David Hockney,

Untitled

The Strange Box on the Pier

Precedents

Tanaman Restaurant, Potato Head Bali Mark Rothko, Untitled Red

The Strange Box on the Pier

Saint Kilda Pier, Saint Kilda Beach

study of the loooooooong section

In The Making: Sections & Plans

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Notes from Hannah

study of the short section

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In The Making: Sections & Plans

Perspective Drawing I

Perspective Drawing II

see you on the other side

Rania Sidanta

Caitlyn Parry Jean Viljoen

Wither to Bloom

Cycle 2

Table of Contents

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Emergent 3D Puzzle

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Life and Flowers; Death and Bones

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Puzzles 1, 2, 3

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Growth Algorithm

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Wither to Bloom

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Reflection

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Puzzle 1, 2, 3

Puzzle 1

Puzzle 1, 2, 3

Puzzle 2

Growth Algorithm

Rule

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Growth Algorithm

Rule

Insert conditional piece when:

puzzle pieces intersect with another piece and or the design hub building

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at the end of every open puzzle piece to close off the notch.

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Wither to Bloom

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To get closer to the truth, one needs to prove the previously false.

Wither to bloom explores the life after death; the bloom after decayment, invoking the idea of death as a resurrection rather than an end.

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It is a limitless journey …

Rania Sidanta

Michael Spooner Jack Murray

Babylon

Cycle 3

Table of Contents

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46 Impressions 0n Babylon

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Chapter I On Resurrection: Rice Crust and Earthly Delights

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Chapter II Uncanny Melancholia

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Chapter III Homage to Evocative Ruins

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Chapter IV Viva la Vida

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Chapter V Your Memory Will Carry On

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Epilogue

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Reflection

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Reflection on Major Project Presentation

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Drafts of Sections and Plans

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Brain Vomits

Chapter I On Resurrection: Rice Crust and Earthly Delights

en of Earthly Delights,

Gard Hieronymous Bosch,

1490-1500

Chapter I

On Resurrection: Rice Crust and Earthly Delights

Pin up of Bosch remake, exploring the colors that make up Bosch’s painting.

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Chapter I

On Resurrection: Rice Crust and Earthly Delights

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Chapter I

On Resurrection: Rice Crust and Earthly Delights

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Chapter II Uncanny Melancholia

Uncanny Melancholia

Melbourne General Cemetery, North Carlton

Chapter III Homage to Evocative Ruins

Chapter III

Homage to Evocative Ruins

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Chapter III

Homage to Evocative Ruins

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Chapter IV

Viva la Vida

Chapter V Your Memory Will Carry On

Chapter V

Your Memory Will Carry On

RANIA SIDANTA

This project is an architectural library in the city of Melbourne for the benefit of collective public knowledge.

Embodying the monumentality of the colosseum and the spectacle of the church, the staircase that led to the former office of Edmond and Corrigan and the library contained within remains a triumphant pillar that heralds the entry to the new civic space beneath. This project imagines an architecture that perpetuates a loving memory with a chance to offer a promising future.

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Epilogue

In Loving Memory of

09/05/2022 — 09/09/2022