PORTFOLIO
Shelley Mao
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WORK EXPERIENCE
maomao - Founder
2021-Present Founded a small business; curating handmade clothing using recycled and deadstock fabrics. Sold 200 pieces to date.
SKILLS
SHELLEY MAO ARCHITECTURE GRADUATE
- Initiative and organisation; managing finances, creating own daily schedules and business plans - Customer service and communication skills; avg. 5-star rating with over 100 reviews - Innovative; recognising contemporary trends and creating unique and bespoke designs
Humanitarian Design Internship - Student
2018 university intensive November subject Undertook a 2-week intensive program based in India. Proposed and designed a drainage system in a school site whilst considering the economical, cultural, environmental and client context.
shelley.mao.7@gmail.com
SKILLS
0422 236 825 161 Graham Road, Viewbank VIC 3084
- Cooperative; understood and improved the communication skills required for a group design project - Problem solving; designed against various constraints - Worked under time pressure; proposed a full design project in 2 weeks - Open; developed a widened scope of various methodologies and design approaches within unfamiliar contexts
Kumon - Teaching Assistant
2015 - 2021 Worked as an assistant at an education centre teaching maths and English to primary and secondary students.
PROFILE
SKILLS
I am a graduate of a Master of Architecture from the University of Melbourne. Fresh into the professional industry, I am excited to learn and broaden my perspectives around the architectural scene. I would also like to further develop the versatility of my skillset by being open to different experiences, work and challenges.
- Adaptation; required to cater towards different students’ needs - Teamwork; offered help for coworkers when they had heavier workloads - Versatile communication; interacted with both children and adults
EDUCATION The University of Melbourne (2020-2021) | Master of Architecture
I am ambitious and passionate in the field of architecture.
The University of Melbourne (2017-2019) | Bachelor of Design - Major in Architecture The Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School (2013-2016) | VCE
EXTERNAL INTERESTS EXHIBITION / SCHOLARSHIPS
Tennis, running and swimming Piano and guitar Sewing Travelling
2018-21
MSDx Exhibition | University program
2018
New Colombo Plan Scholarship | Grant assigned towards Humanitarian Design Internship | University program
2017
FOD:R Exhibition | Univeristy program
SOFTWARES
3D MODELLING
RENDERING
ADOBE SUITE
Rhino
Enscape
Photoshop
Grasshopper
Lumion
Illustrator
Revit
Unreal Engine
Indesign
Autocad
Vray
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Rabbit Hole
The University of Melbourne, M.Arch, Studio Thesis, Semester 2 2021
The Library and the Cube
The University of Melbourne, B.Design, Design Studio Delta, Semester 1 2019
Tree-house
The University of Melbourne, B.Design, Design Studio Gamma, Semester 2 2018
Breathe
The University of Melbourne, B.Design, Design Studio Epsilon, Semester 2 2019
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Rabbit Hole
Studio Thesis, Studio 7 | Semester 2, 2021
Rabbit Hole offers a contemporary retail experience. It represents a moment in time; encapsulating the culture of the street and its link to human culture, a fluid and constantly evolving phenomenon. It seeks to provide for the prevailing and ever-changing social attitudes and lifestyle ideologies of its context. An apparent influence towards the current way of life has been the ongoing pandemic. Significant restrictions were placed across the region, notably depriving autonomy and outdoor activity to the people. These affected both the mental and physical health of many and naturally, healthy activity was craved for. Thus, Rabbit Hole looks to reclaim the healthy needs of the human that were prompted from the current pandemic. The site is located along Melbourne’s historical Chapel Street. Like many of the other heritage-listed buildings nearby, our site must retain its heritage facades. In congruence, ‘Rabbit Hole’ aims to retain its original column grid and ceiling ornaments. Another notable feature is it being situated next to Cato Square, an urban parkland, but lacks other nearby open civic spaces. Thus, a connection to the square and open spaces within itself is important.
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CONCEPT The ambiguity of the collage unveils opportunities. Collages became the main medium in conceptualisation, and theme-making. Collages 1, 2 and 3 are the trilogies representing the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ concept. ‘4’ is a composition of all themes in Rabbit Hole. ‘5’ is a reminder of the changed ways to shopping. ‘6’ utilises shopping as a way to develop a sense of independence. ‘7’ addresses the contemporary priority whilst ‘8’ encapsulates the memorable and historical character of the site, which is to be continued in Rabbit Hole.
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1. Ideagram
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2. Down We Go
3. The Beginning
4. Capriccio
5. Shopping
6. Autonomy
7. Health
8. Memories
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FORM Form-making revolved around the central oculus, in the position of the original lightwell. Rabbit Hole is a semi-open architecture that allows the natural elements in, as a response to the contemporary shopping policies and priorities derived from Covid-19. Furthermore, the internal layout comprises of shifting flooring for a ‘Wonderland’ experience.
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The Libra the Cube
Design Studio Delta | Semester 1, 2019
The library and the cube revoles around des
a 3x3x3m cube space. This cube of a librar
thresholds to neighbouring library cubes of o
personal and caters towards my image of a libr
multi-functional spaces and devices. I was also spaces and circulation.
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ary & e
signing a library for an individual (me) within
ry comprises of 2 fixed portals that are direct
other individuals. The design language is rather
rary. Therefore, I focussed on space efficiency in
o attentive towards separating private and public
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WOOD CLEAN
WOVEN BLUE COMFORT
WOVEN GREEN EARTHY
WOVEN RED WARM
CUBE ALLOCATION : B3 COLLECTION OF DEVICES
Network Position Diagram CONSTRAINT: - Your design cannot touch the faces of the cube, except for the ground plane and portal frame - Stairs and public circulation need to be BCA compliant
PUBLIC CIRCULATION / INTERFACE
SITE: - 3x3x3m cube - 2 2x1m portals within cube - No gravity, time or weather - No sun, but there is ambient light
BOOK STORAGE
PERSONAL AREA
Organisation of Space The organisation of space within such a confined site is crucial to ensure efficient space is allocated for the requirements of the brief. Brief: 1. Reading space 2. Working space 3. Public circulation between portals 4. Book lending interface 5. Book storage (min. 900 books) WORKING AREA
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Application of Design After organising the spaces into correlating devices, the archi-
- Clean and organised
tectural language can be developed and defined. My goal for
- Minimalist to a degree to prevent over-cluttering
this library includes:
already limited space - Design and material should elongate space - Provide a warm architectural tone
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Treehous
Design Studio Gamma | Semester 2, 2018
The treehouse is a residential project that aims
integrating new technologies and strategies to c
mainly includes the implementation of biophil between humans and non-humans, and giving SITE: 4 Macathur Place N, Carlton VIC 3053
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comply with the urban Australian context. This
lic design for occupant well-being, cohabitation back to the environment
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SITE Brief: Reconstruction of the exising, compact Victorian terrace house for a young family expecting the changing dynamics of getting older together. The site situates in the inner north Melbourne suburb of Carlton, a place with historical significance demonstrated in the many victorian terrace houses it contains. The front facades of these heritage-listed buildings must retained. Carlton is a self-containing suburb with many lifestyle and entertainment amenities within close distances. It also offers pockets of greenery and open spaces. Therefore, the aim for the Treehouse is to offer a living space that is just as exciting as its surroundings.
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LEGEND Site area
CARLTON 3053
Greenery Health - Gym Health - Medical Centre Childcare / Nursery Utility Supermarket Transportation
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FORM-MAKING
FORM-MAKING 1 Spatial allocation + positive and negative space relationship
FORM-MAKING 2 Breaking up form into shapes
FORM-MAKING 3 Rationalising form
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Treehouse - Renders & Line Drawings
OPERABLE LIVING SPACE The windows of the kitchen and dining area are operable to open up the space to the patio. This allows a connection to the outdoors, bringing the natural elements into the house whilst opening up the living space.
PATIO The patio comprises of a wooden decking, providing a warm material in accordance to the concept of the Treehouse. A key point is a tree that grows in a cutout within the decking that sits within the bend of the house.
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LOURVE CORRIDOR A moment of movement within the Treehouse. A pattern of wooden panels and thin windows frame the dripping greenery from the roof, and provides protection from the afternoon sun.
INTERSPACE A gap between the lower and upper floors provides a place of habitat and rest for non-humans; flora and fauna. Allowing for both humans and non-humans to cohabirate somewhat returns what architecture has taken from the land.
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Breathe
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Design Studio Epsilon | Semester 2, 2019
Breathe is a proposal for a community health centre (CHC) located at 461-549 Lygon St, Carlton, Melbourne. The triangular site resides alongside Princes and Lygon Street, two vehilcular-heavy streets. The surrounding buildings are mainly multi-residential high-rise buildings, however towards its North is a large, open, flat cemetary ground. Only 20% of the total site area was allowed for the building footprint, whilst the rest was left for landscaping. There is a decent amount of exisitng greenery that should be retained and expanded upon where possible. This would improve privacy to the building and its occupants, and would filter acoustics and smells coming from the busy streets. The main concept of Breathe was to provide a space for the occupants of the CHC to ‘breathe’ and resultingly take a step back from their prevailing stresses. Breathe is a project that focusses on steadying human mental and physical health through the calmness of the natural environment. Thus, humbling the architecture to make it assimilate within the site environment was important.
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Sketches
A series of sketches to address the aspects of the site to construct a ‘breathable’ piece of architecture 1 Environmental 2 Physicality + Transport 3 Touch + Sight 4 Acoustics + Smell 5 Private + Public + Greenery 6 Block Massing outcome 7 Northern perspective sketch
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Form Making Urban street interface Public realms, points of entry and views Meeting point; courtyard Direction from all public realms to meeting point
STEP 1 Extrusion of established building area regarding site diagrams. Large surface area to volume ratio to minimise distance from occupant to the environment
Direction of undulations Spots of nature in courtyard area
STEP 2 Undulations implemented to literally and figuratively ground the architecture. Also considers biophilic and healing architectural principles
Cut-ins for terraces Slope down into carpark Slope up for berms into terraces
STEP 3 Issues of the form addressed; cut-ins and berms implemented
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LEVEL 4
ROOF
External
SCHEDULE
Render
1 Outdoor
Waterproof membrane
2 Physical Health
Insulation Internal
3 Mental Health
Balcony-integrated planter 4 Amenities
Reinforced concrete Suspended ceiling
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Glazing Fixing Glazing
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1.1 Central courtyard 1.2 Rest space 2.1 Gym 2.2 Multipurpose / workshop room 2.3 Changing rooms / toilets 2.4 Physiotherapy consultation room 2.5 Rehabilitation room 3.1 Consultation rooms 3.2 Meeting rooms 3.3 Space 4.1 Cafeteria 4.2 Multipurpose / workshop room 4.3 Theatre 4.4 Study / work space 5.1 Reception 5.2 Storage room 5.3 Function room 5.4 Toilets
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