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Oral History Library . Sydney, Australia Academic Work : Individual project, University of Sydney, Year 3, Semester 2, 2021 Instructor: Matthew Mindrup Project Type: Public building
- PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The design concepts are inspired by the city Despina from Italo Calvino’s book, Invisible Cities. It is a city between the ocean and desert, he described the city as being perceived as a ship when approaching from the desert, and a camel when approaching from the sea. The aim of the project is to create a bridge between the land and water as a metaphor of oral history being the bridge between past and present. The site on the cockatoo island is a slipway that sits between land and water. The building consists of a timber frame structure and a series of opening precast concrete boxes sitting within the ‘frame’ space. The boxes transit from front to the rear, above to below as visitors get closer to the water, engaging the visitors with a series of rotated vessels with a haptic emphasis of light.
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