On Country: Framlingham, Sem 1, 2021: Zeke Zhang by RMIT Architecture

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ZHANG S3721460

TUTOR : CHRISTINE PHILLIPS STATSINOS MANTZIS

O N C O U N T RY: FRAMLINHAM 3.0

CONTENTS Final Crit

Mid Semester Crit

Esquisse 01

Esquisse 02

Esquisse 03

Esquisse 04-05

Esquisse 06

Esquisse 07

Esquisse 08

Esquisse 09-10

Esquisse 11

Reflection The studio provides a rare opportunity for me to work with a real client on an actual site, as well as with the local indigenous community. Thanks to uncle Lenny Clarke, I’ve gained extraordinary knowledge and experiences working with the Kirrae Wurrung community over the last 13 weeks. The studio taught me the value of designing with and for the land, as well as the importance of knowing the land’s history. The studio constantly pushes me to come up with new ideas every week for the first seven weeks, while switching to a different teammate every week. The effectiveness of this is that it forces me to work with someone who has different thoughts every week, adapt and come up with new ideas, and influence each other’s thoughts. During this time, I investigated the majority of my understanding of land. By the end of week seven, I’ve already got a lot of ideas and designs to work on. The most difficult aspect of the studio is team management, and this studio allows me to practice this skill. The field trip to the site was extremely beneficial because it allowed us to physically experience the site, weather, tradition, stories, wildlife, and people. Such an experience cannot be described simply by looking at a map or photos on Google. As a result, the field trip provided me with a plethora of ideas for our mid-semester and final project.

I would like to acknowledge the Woiwurrung and Boonwurrung  language groups of the Kulin nation where we live and studies. I respectfully acknowledges their ancestors and elders, past and present.  I am grateful to have the opportunity to work with Uncle Lenny and the Kirrae Wurroung community. I would also like to thank Uncle Leonard Clark, Brett Clarke, Aunty Pat, Kirrae and Lurpeen for share all of the amazing stories and inspiring knowledges of the land.

The Shara Clarke Aboriginal Cultural & Education Center Rebrith-Dreaming By Zeke Zhang & Chukang Liang

FINAL P R E S E N T A T I O N

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Leonard Clarke Our client, Leonard Clark, wants us to design an international standard music and performance centre along with a cultural education centre. The goal of our design is to achieve his vision of share the acknowledge of the land, of the aboriginal society to young generations and the world. His vision also asks us to provide opportunities of education programmes as an alternate to incarceration. ve

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Our design also inspired by the experiences of deep listening. Deep listening was a traditional way of building connection with that nature in aboriginal society. It is based on respect of the nature and includes individual inner awareness of the site features.

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A million years ago, the molten lava formed the chanel of Hopkins River. The Hopkins Falls marked the boundary of three clans - the Kirrae Whurung, Gundidj-mara and Tjap Whurrung

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We engaged with the landscape history in mainly two aspects. The first one is the concept of an explosive landscape. The explosive landscape means the wavy terrains that casted by the ancient volcanic activities. Another aspect is the formation of the Hopkins River. Its river channel was formed by molten lava during the volcanic activities. The Hopkins river is also important in the Aboriginal history as it is both the resources of water and foods.

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Our main intention is to build a direct connection to the nature by reflecting the landscape history and the experiences of deep listening during the site visit.

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Intention

Location Map

Mt Leaura Site Plan JARIJARI LADJILADJIL DADI DADI WADIWADI

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Mt Leura Crater Rim Crater Scoria Cone

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WERGAIA

YORTA YORTA WAVEROO JARDWADJALI

DJA DJA WURRUNG

NGURAIILAM WURRUNG

DAUNG WURRUNG

The Grampians

DJAB WURRUNG

BINDJALI

Budj Bim/Lake Condah

BUANDIG GUNDITJAMARA Warrnambool

JAITMATANG

WATHA WURRUNG

Framlingham Proposed Site

BIDWELL

WOI WURRUNG Melbourne

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GULIDJAN Mount Leura DJAGURD Geelong Framlingham WURRUNG Proposed Site

NGARIGO

BOON WURRUNG

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GIRAI WURRUNG GADUBANUD

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Warrnambool

Point Ritchie

Hopkins River

Tree fences/ boundaries

Existing shed and camping Site

Water dent Uncle Lenny’s house

Banjo Education Facilities

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Multipurpose Rooms/Studios

Archie Rochie Music Hall

Restaurant

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Cemetry

Existing Site Context

Step 01: - Deconstruct existing site characters - Exaggerate boundaries in natural behaviours

Step 02: - Create connection between each site characters - Divide entrances and paths into public and private

Step 03: - Positioning facilities according to the public and private paths.

Design Process The design process started from the awareness of the site features. We deconstruct the existing site characters and exaggerate their boundaries in a natural behaviour. This process aimed for enrich the site experiences and allow opportunities for the future expansions. The second step is to connect the exaggerated characters together with divided public and private paths. We considered that public will enter the site from larger Framlingham Forest Road, whereas private guest will enter from the smaller Kirrae Ave. The facilities are then distributed along these paths and based on the functional requirements.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m0n3p4oGuM

Enterprise Map

Volunteering Shop

Job Shop

Community Aboriginal Painting

Traditional Dancing & Singing

Culture

Mat Rush Planting

Traditional Site Management

Didgeridoo Workshop Screen Print Studio

Weaving Workshop

Bomeran Workshop Furniture Workshop

Aboriginal Languages

Education Cooperation with Universities Medicine Research

Beekeeping Tree Planting

Bio-Products Website/Social Media

Commercial

Fishing

The Shara Clarke Aboriginal Cultural & Education Centre

Gallery & Exhibition Camping

Tourist 2 years

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Animation Montage

Animation

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Multipurpos Rooms/Studi

Board Room

Small Teaching Room

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Restaurant

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Archie-Roach Music Hall

Archi Roach Music Hall

Fly System

Dressing Room

Archie Roach Music Hall Archie Roach Music Hall

Components FloorFloor Components Trap/Resembly Rooms Trap/Resembly Rooms

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12 - Foryer - Waiting Lobby - Toilets

- Side Gallery

- Crossovers - Stores - Comms

- Fly Gallery

2nd Floor

Archi Roach - Foyer - Box Office - Box Office Manager - Cloakroom - Toilets - Disabled Toilets - Artwork Store - Bars - Sick room

Stage - Reginal Saunders outdoor performance space

- Dressing Rooms - Studios - Green Rooms - Resembly Rooms - Stores - Toilets

1st Floor

- General Office - Manager Office - Office Store and tea area

- Reception - Loading - Stores - Workshops - Repairs - Techincals - Comms - Toilets

- Trap Room - Stores - Resembly Room

Ground Floor

The Archi-Roach concert hall is primarily divided into three levels. The ground level has entrances for staff and performers, as well as a loading zone. The general public will enter this building through the main entrance on the first floor, which houses the front of house facilities. Inside the Music Hall, operable floor components were designed to maximise the music hall’s flexibility for various types of performances. Mount Leura inspired the formality of Archi-Roach Music Hall. The exterior tiled skin inspired by Gaudi’s work, records all the things we expeirenced during the field trip and implementing the technique of deep listening. The skin also allows for local artist and community to contribute in the creation of the building.

Dynamic Device The operable floor components are fully programable and can be elevated to different levels to form various types of performance spaces and event modes. The diagrams showed some of the examples that the space could be programmed into. - Scissors Lift - Elevated to suit different mode of performances - Retractable Panels to be installed by staffs to enclosed the volume

Banjo Clark Academy

Roof system collect rainwater

Waterlines

Multipurpose rooms

-Garden -Kitchen -Restaurant -Toilet

Store

Small Teaching rooms

-Board Room -Radio Room Store

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Banjo Clarke The Banjo Clarke consist of a restaurant with a garden, small teaching rooms and multipurpose rooms. The multipurpose rooms are inspired by possum skin cloak. The furry external roof can collect rain water, and the internal ceiling is drawn with what we feel during the deep Listening, as well as everything we have experienced with the site. The decorative tiled ceiling inspired by Gaudi’s work also allows for collaboration with local artists and the incorporation of Kirrae Wurroung culture into the architecture.

Insperation-Multipurpose Room A collage of several native plant species was developed and invested to shape the multipurpose room. Every roof patch represents patches of the possum skin, while the glass frame becomes the threaded frame that stitches out the possum skin cloak. The interior ceiling paintings are inspired by possum skin cloak drawings on the smooth side. The function of collecting rain water is inspired by the waterproof side of the skin.

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Insperation-Small Teaching Rooms The form and mechanism for the small teaching rooms came from the Correa Reflexa. The curtains can be drawn to react to different weathers, while the load-bearing columns are able to collect rainwater and funnel sunlight into the rooms. The form for the storage on the other hand came from the possum skin cloak sculpture at RMIT.

Esquisse 2

Correa Reflexa

MID-SEM

P R E S E N T A T I O N

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ON COUNTRY: FRAMLINGHAM 3.0

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Framlingham Forest Road

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Possum Skin

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Mountain Warrnambool

- Seating Balcony - Side Galleries

- Control Rooms - Projection - Viewing Room

Front of the House 1st Floor - Multipurpose Room/Studios

- Teaching

- Board Room - Communication Rooms

Back of the House 1st Floor

- Dressing - Makeup - Studios

- Restaurants - Retails - Outdoor Eating - Productive Garden

- Loading - Sores - Workshops - Greenrooms - Luandry Archie Roach Music Hall - General Office - Manager Office - Office Store and tea area - Sick room

Ground Floor

Main Entrance

- Foyer - Box Office - Box Office Manager - Cloakroom - Toilets - Disabled Toilets - Artwork Store - Bars

Multipurpose Room Event Mode - One Large Volume - Studios/performance/event

Multipurpose Room Education Mode - Retractable Components - Convert to volumes with different scales - Multipurpose aboriginal art & Culture rooms/acting/modelling/ music rehearsals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7cyumsKYZ8 The mian intention for the mid semester design is to build a direct connection with the nature. This connection has traditionally been communicated through narratives in indigenous society. We learnt the way of passing narratives from uncle Lenny, which is not linear and smaller narratives would grow from the main storyline frame. The stories might sound misleading sometimes, but there is always a link back to its original narrative. The animated diagram demonstrate the logic and process of narrative distribution. We then use this diagram to distribute the path to the building.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQFng-Qbx5k Using a DLA system, we also experiment with how plants grow. We use this technique to divide spaces and to contribute to developing our plan. This technique was also used for simulating natural structures on the column.

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Multipurposed Studio Multipurpose/Studios

Foryer

Dressing

Reginald Saunders

Stores

Archie Roach Music Hall

Foyer

ESQUISSE

This week, I focoused on getting a basic understanding of first nation people, their way of life, and what they’ve been through. The trip to the NGV exhibition was extremely beneficial in this regard. During the trip, I was particularly taken with the eel trap, possum skin cloak, and Kelly Koumalatsos’ art work of possum fur printing. I then created a physical model by combining all of the elements that piqued my interest.

INDIVISUAL

ESQUISSE

This esquisse was primarily focused on native plants, specifically Allocasuarina verticillata, also known as Drooping Sheoak. We were intrigued by the shape of its seeds and the way the leaf extends out from the old leaf. We then each created a drawing that illustrated what we discovered during our research as well as our understanding of the plant.

Group With Lin Jingchen

ESQUISSE

For this esquisse, we utilised what we learned from the previous esquisse to build a canopy model by combining research on a few precedents and their kentic mechanisms. We wanted the canopy to be modular and adaptable to different situations, so we made the frame hexagonal. For its modularity, the hexagon is initially inspired by seeds. Although the hexagon is unsuccessful because it has little visual resemblance to our plant. The expandable space is inspired by how the plant grows and also by the space buster, allowing it to accommodate more people depending on the situation. The essence of the space buster, however, is its mobility and flexibility, as such a structure can be deployed anywhere. Because our design does not reflect such essentials, it is also not very successful in that regard.

Group With Lin Jingchen

58 Frame

Leaf

ESQUISSE

04 - 5

We have our first thoughts on space arrangement this week. To investigate the relationship of space, a very simple massing was first developed. The simple digital massing allows for free movement while visualising the area and height of each space. We then developed a form based on the massing and native plants we had previously researched and drawn, specifically running post man and Silver Banksia.

Group With Phoebe Galileos

Seats (Open&Covered)

Front House Teaching Rooms

Multipurpose Board Room Seating (700 seats)

Flexible

Teaching rooms Radio Studios Storage

Back of House

Flexible

Back of House

Fixed

Board Room

Seating (Cov & Open)

Flexible Stage

Archie Roach Hall

Radio Studios Fixed

Banjo Clarke Academy cultural & education facility

Storage Fixed

Reginald Saunders

Multipurposed Flexible

PUBLIC

PRIVATE

Front of House Flexible

Seats 700 Flexible

Stage Flexible

Sketches of ideas which led to our final

Inspired botanical drawings – Running Postman and Silver Banksia

ESQUISSE

In this esquisse, a physical model was created, with the slope of the roof inspired by Snohetta’s Oslo Opera House in Norway, where it gradually submerges to the ground to establish a connection to the land. The vortex-like form with two different textures was inspired by Gordon Bennett’s and Mojo Juju’s ‘Native Tougue,’ in which both of these artists constantly battle their identity as they are mixed with white blood. Gordon’s installation art ‘Blood Line’ inspired the rope mechanism. However, we later found out this design is inappropriate because the rope in ‘Blood Line’ represents white people’s hanging rope back when they execute aboriginal people. Making it a design feature will only serve to remind people of the painful past.

Group With Yao Xiao

ESQUISSE

In this esquisse, we created a collage in which the Hopkins River delivers the audience on a journey through history. The stories in this collage are taken from the book ‘Wisdom Man,’ which discusses eel traps and the Hopkins River extensively. The river is divided into two paths, one of which is about the Toi o Tamaki Acukland Art Gallery, which serves as our precedent. Despite the fact that we found it extremely difficult to relate the content of our books.

Group With Beatrice Cairns

ESQUISSE

We were experimenting with designing from the inside out while being inspired by previous esquisses for this esquisse. Initially, we intend to implement the Hopkins River concept as a linear passage. However, because the order in which people will visit is pre-determined, this does not provide enough fluidity. We were then inspired by the fact that Jermey Salter’s group discussing Aboriginal people does not tell stories in a linear manner, so we designed a non-linear, cirular passage for Archi Roach and Reginald Saunder. The Hopkins River serves as a transitional space between the interior and the exterior. We took inspiration from the Traditional Japanese cloister known as ‘Engawa,’ Toyo Ito’s ‘U-House,’ and Griffins’ Newman College Cloister, specifically how they deal with the exterior and interior environment, and the effect it has. We then took inspiration from ancient Rome’s Colosseum, specifically how it handles a circular stage and seating, as well as whether or not it is functional. The column and canopy mechanism are inspired by the Toi o Tamaki Auckland Art Gallery, in which it mimics tree formation and incorporates nearby trees into the architecture. The rotatable wall in the centre and the surrounding sliding door are intended to separate/open space as needed to provide adequate fluidity.

Group With Beatrice Cairns

ESQUISSE

09 - 10

We focused on Chapter 3 of Nourishing Terrains and Maya Lin’s Water line installation this week. We were especially curious about how Aboriginal people passed on their knowledge. A set of rules was developed, which in short was ‘Input -> Process -> Output.’ One’s output would then become the input of others, who would then add their own stories, creating an ever-expanding loop. As a result, the overall stories/knowledge grow. The rules were then used to create a physical model. The rule method is extremely useful in framing/shaping the design, though the rules we developed are far too rudimentary at this point.

Group With Jeremy Salter

ESQUISSE

This week, we went to the site and experience the land of Framlingham. We conduct deep listening and recorded everything we see and feel on a pychogeography map.

Group With Byron Watson