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SARAH FRARACCIO (BEnvs)
Melbourne School of Design | Master of Architecture Student
CONTENT 4-7
PROJECT 1 : Master of Architecture Studio 12 Futureproof: Fitzroy
8-11
PROJECT 2 : Applied Construction Tall Office Building, Melbourne
12-15
PROJECT 3 : Architecture Design Studio: Air Land Art Generator Initiative, Copenhagen
16-19
PROJECT 4 : Architecture Design Studio: Fire: Studio B Outre Gallery
20-23
PROJECT 5 : Architecture Design Studio Fire: Studio A The University of Melbourne Archives
24-27
PROJECT 6 : Construction Design
28-29
PROJECT 7 : Community Development Trip Kalkarindji and Lajamanu NT
PROJECT 1: master of architecture studio 12 SEMESTER 1, 2015
futureproof: fitzroy robyn pollock Intensification in Melbourne’s inner suburbs has lead to a scarcity of public open space. The City of Yarra have expressed a need for various community and sporting facilities to service residents of the suburb and its surrounding region. The pocket of land sprawling across Alexandra Parade has been utilised to connect and extend the civic spine along Napier Street up to St. Georges Road. With a lack of open public space, the most dominant space and scale at which place is made is the street. The new precinct manipulates the ground plane to allow pedestrians and cyclists to move freely from north to south. The arrangement of program activates the new ‘street’ level and encourages future purpose for the large median strip which was once inaccessible. A large portion of the site is left, ‘futureproofing’ the precinct for prospective community needs.
ABOVE: Section through new pedestrian street Rhino / Adobe Photoshop
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TOP LEFT: The new street level and experience beneath the road, emulating the enclosure of an urban street. TOP RIGHT: The open urban space to the north west. The internal and external program is blurred with the openable facades and multipurpose facilities. Rhino render / Abobe Photoshop
The Problem
The Solution
Elements of the street: The domestic street canopy
Elements of the street: Enclosure of the commercial street
Elements of the street: Shop fronts as a punctured solid
Elements of the street: Timber screen emulates the punctured solid
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LEFT: 1:500 Site Model RIGHT: View of multipurpose courts Rhino / Adobe Photoshop
Experience within the timber skin
Dynamic facade imitates street signage protrusions and allows for varied privacy according to use
Wall Dialogues: Highway architecture makes reference to the iconic ‘Aqua Profonda’ wall at the Fitzroy Pool as well as the prevalence of the wall as canvas for cultural dialogue Below Ground
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Link Street Level
ABOVE: View from existing park, southeast site Rhino / Adobe Photoshop
Ground Level
Level One
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PROJECT 2: APPLIED CONSTRUCTION SEMESTER 1, 2015
design development TALL OFFICE BUILDINg melbourne, vic A culmination of a semester’s coursework, the Tall Office Building project lead students through the design development and construction practices for a tall building. The stacking strategy and overall project feasibility was initially explored with requirement for betweeen 65,000-80,000 sqm net letable area. Along with restrictions on building height, leasing depth, floor plate efficiency and floor-to-ceiling heights. The second phase explored structural concepts, as the stacking phase had produced shifting floor plates, a concrete -encased steel diagrid and composite floor was selected as the most suited structural system. The envelope was then detailed featuring a double facade to facilitate natural ventilation, thermal properties, shading and renewable energy harvesting. A3.2 (right) demonstrates the two different shading treatements for the North and West facing facades. The north-facing shading elements feature triangular photovoltaic panels and perforated shading screens to improve the internal environment. A4.2 and A5.2 pictured on pages 10 and 11 depict the treatment of the facade interface at the intermediate mechanical floor. The strategy and curtain wall system is further detailed in A5.2. This assignment was completed in pairs though A4.2 and A5.2 represent the independent contributions to the assignment.
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TOP: View of office building from LaTrobe Street x Exhibition Street Rhino Render / Photography / Adobe Photoshop
PROJECT 3: ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO: AIR SEMESTER 1, 2014
LAGI: LAND ART GENERATOR INITIATIVE COPENHAGEN, DN A landscape investigation into renewable energy and the creation of a cultural landmark on a reclaimed site in Copehagen’s harbour. WINDSCAPE explored the link between the human act of land-making and it’s consequential environmental impact. An artificial landscape, the land art generator becomes a cultural monument to the cities commitment to a green future. The large scale park positions thirteen contoured wall structures with rotating fixtures that generate peizoelectricity through wind movement.
Aerial of site: Copenhagen, Denmark Image sourced from landartgenerator.org
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TOP: View from across the harbour at night ABOVE: View of the site from south east corner, land access. Rhino render / Abobe Photoshop
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Curves to contours, the algorithmic process Rhino with Grasshopper plugin
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Top: Section of selected wall panel. Above: Model and kinetic prototype Rhino Capture / Photoshop post production Photograph
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PROJECT 4: ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO: FIRE / STUDIO B SEMESTER 2, 2014
THE PALIMPSEST AND THE CULTURAL TRACE: A NEW GALLERY FOR OUTRÉ A gallery for contemporary art and objects, the design observed its Sydney Road context and the idea of surface and additive markings . The double-skin exterior facade acts as a blank marking canvas, comprised of a translucent polymer material, it allows changable internal installations or light projections to adorn the facade, mimicking the transitory nature of graffiti on surface. The Outre logo horizontally projects from the building facade, causing changing shadow branding to pass over the building and street surface, linking surface and the passing of time.
View from Sydney Road. Revit render / Adobe Photoshop post production
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Top: View from corner Albert St and Sydney Rd. Above: Internal view of gallery space Revit render / Abobe Photoshop post production.
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Level 2 and Roof
Level 1 and Mezzanine Gallery
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Ground Floor Revit views
North Elevation
Equinox
Winter Solstice
Summer Solstice
East Elevation
Signage Shading Studies
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PROJECT 5: ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO: FIRE / STUDIO A SEMESTER 2, 2014
ARCHITECTURE AS TEXTILE / THE EMBODIED HISTORY OF THE PALIMPSEST: THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE ARCHIVES The new location for the University of Melbourne Archives, the project explores the theme of surface and cultural identity through an investigation into the complex histories of context and archival content. Adopting the precedents of Japanese textile and weaving, as well as the monastic cloister, the building aims to depict process. The surface is encrusted with traces of weaving patterns and layering is evident in the creation of the street facade.The central cloister which connects the building functions emulates the weaving loom from which process is performed. The process of gradual manipulation and markings are shown upon the building surface, referencing the contrasting histories of the isolated item from the archival collection. View from Sydney Road. Revit render / Adobe Photoshop post production
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Top: View of central cloister area Left: Massing model 1:500 Revit render / Abobe Photoshop post production.
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SECTION A-A Revit / Photoshop B
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FIRST FLOOR Revit
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GROUND FLOOR Revit
SECTION B-B Revit / Photoshop
BELOW GROUND 1 AutoCAD
BELOW GROUND 2 AutoCAD
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PROJECT 4: CONSTRUCTION DESIGN / DANDENONG EDUCATION PRECINCT / HAYBALL ARCHITECTS SEMESTER 1, 2014
DOCUMENATION AND MODELLING OF A 20X20M BUILDING SECTION OF AN EXISTING BUILT PROJECT. Using only the Architectural Drawings as supplied by the Architect, students were grouped and assigned a building section to both physically model and individually represent in an axonometric view along with two building details.
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF COMPLETED BUILDING MODEL
PROJECT 5: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRIP / LAJAMANU AND KALKARINDJI, NORTHERN TERRITORY JULY 2014
COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND INTEGRATION THROUGH ART, MUSIC AND PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE. Over 3 weeks, a small group of volunteers lived amongst two remote indigenous communities 10 hours south of Katherine with the aim to build connection and community, learn across cultures, empower and train leaders and engage through music, art and practical assistance. Video footage of this journey can be viewed here http://vimeo.com/100785271
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All photographs and footage taken by Sarah Fraraccio 2014
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