MATTER
SARAH LUCAS s3491750 Supervised by Dr Graham Crist
THE PINK BASIN
FAMILIAR MATTER, STRANGE ASSEMBLY is a collection of material and spatial design
Inspired by the artwork of Rosalie Gascoigne, the pink basin experiment tests the recontextualisation of found material, as architectural matter. The familiar, pedestal basin form is segmented into small pieces, then exploded and re-collaged.
experiments, developed through an exploration of re-contextualising found material as architectural matter.
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Methods used within these design experiments have been inspired by the sculptural gesture of re-assembling found material, an approach to design famously mastered by artists Marcel Duchamp and Rosalie Gascoigne. All material used in these experiments has been digitally sourced from local demolition sites and online marketplace.
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The form created by this new assembly is scaled up and tested in context as spatial condition and enclosure.
Findings from these design experiments have been used to produce a proposal for a future reoccupation of James Birrell’s Wickham Terrace Car Park.
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FOUND SPACE
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Inspired by the methods of artist Marcel Duchamp, architecture has been distilled down into its necessrary elements. This includes structural and functional elements. These elements have been represented in the 600 x 600mm grid.
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BASIN SEGMENTS SCALED UP AND TESTED AS SPATIAL CONDITION AND ENCLOSURE
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ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE
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A single, standard car park space (5400 x 2400) is divided into an evenly distributed grid measuring 600 x 600mm. The grid becomes a repeated design condition throughout the project and allows for outcomes to fit within existing car parks.
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With developments in car and transport technology car park use will decline in the near future. This provides a major opportunity for re occupation through adaptive reuse of existing buildings and infrastructures.
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FOUND MATERIAL AS ELEMENT This process combines the collection of found material and re assemblage to produce new elements. The material is removed from its original context and applied in an unconventional manner. Some materials are segmented and then re collaged, while others are assembled using multiple items of the same material. 1
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1. Breezeblock + Column 2. Balustrade + Wall 3. Corrugated iron + Table 4. Roof sheeting + Wall 5. Downpipe + Door 6 . Steel I Beam + Wall 7. Breezeblock + Column 8. Balustrade & Glass + Table 9. Steel I Beam + Column 10. Steel I Beam + Table 11. Steel Hollow Section + Seat 12. Breezeblock + Bed 13. Brick + Seat 14. Roof Tile + Door 15. Balustrade + Column 16. Roof Sheeting + Seat 17. Downpipe + Wall 18. Roof Tile + Door
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MODULES FOR LIVING
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Left: Using a scripted algorithm, combinations of elements have been randomly arranged within the grid, forming a series of unusual spatial arrangements. Right: Ten of these assemblies have been selected to interrogate further. These ten assemblies have been chosen for their varied combinations and arrangements. Individual modules have been planned according to the elements contained within each, for example a module that contains a bed becomes a bedroom and so on. Modules that contain elements such as tables and chairs remain open ended and allow for the user to define how the space is used. Below: The 10 selected modules have been developed further with individual elements being replaced with new material assemblies. Planning of these modules remains the same. Modules 5 & 6 are repeated but their materials vary. These assemblies are designed to function individually or as a collection. Combinations of different modules produce different plan layouts and ultimately inform different types of occupation. A series may become a dwelling, temporary accommodation or a high turnover co-
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Downpipe + Wall Steel Hollow Section + Seat Brick + Wall Corrugated Iron +Wall Glass + Column Steel Hollow Section + Door
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WICKHAM TERRACE ASSEMBLY
24 Modules have been arranged to form four separate dwellings. The dwellings, occupy the external car parks on each floor plate, taking advantage of natural light and ventilation. Individual modules within the dwellings are separated by internal courtyard gardens and are enclosed with soft curtains for privacy.
The Wickham Terrace Car Park, designed by James Birrell in 1960, located in Brisbane, QLD, has been used as a testing ground for the series of experimental assemblies.
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Occupying the existing, the intervention takes an adaptive reuse approach, re-purposing the car park without the need for demolition and generation of additional waste material.
Hard enclosure surrounds each dwelling as well as each module within. This hard enclosure, constructed from recycled translucent panels is designed to give the occupant authorship over thresholds between the modules, accommodating private or open occupation and changing weather conditions. Internal car parks have less access to natural light and ventilation so are utilised as storage areas. SITE PLAN
A PLACE TO DINE, WORK, RELAX AND SLEEP
A PLACE TO WORK AND RELAX
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THE STRANGELY FAMILIAR Layered assemblies of material and form produce strange combinations of texture and colour. Occupation of individual modules is sometimes unclear due to a diversion from typical material conventions, adding to the strangeness of the architecture. However, on closer inspection, combinations of elements hint at how the space might be occupied, such as the combination of table and seat, occupied as a space for dining or working.
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The pink basin re-appears in its whole form, as a final nod to the process. A PLACE TO COOK, DINE AND SLEEP
A PLACE TO WORK AND RELAX
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