Architecture Portfolio by Stuart Yeap

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO STUART YEAP Graduate of Architecture Selected Works 2018 — 2020

CONTENTS

A Place for Belonging 2020

The Treehouse 2018

Forage Forest 2020

Applied Architectural Technology 2018

Bower Studio — Suanum 2018

Church Hall Adaptive Reuse 2019

A PLACE FOR BELONGING 2020 Location Collingwood Town Hall Precinct, Victoria Project Type Mixed-use Urban Precinct Multi-Residential Scope Research Urban Design Architectural Design Completed in partnership with The City of Yarra

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Despite their density, cities often prove to be places in which people are unable to find a sense of belonging. Australian renters experience loneliness more so than people with other tenure types due to the standard of their living environments. Under the profit driven development model predominantly seen in Australia, apartments are typically designed to produce maximum investment returns, with little thought given to the resident community at large and their need for interaction.

This project was undertaken through Opportunistic Urbanism, a thesis studio with an urban focus as well as an architectural one. The studio dealt with redeveloping the Collingwood Town Hall Precinct, a block of public land within the City of Yarra into a mixed-use precinct, with an emphasis on exploring alternative models of rental housing. Within the structure of this brief, my research topic focuses on urban loneliness and exploring how this issue might be addressed through neighbourhood masterplanning and housing design.

Collingwood Town Hall Precinct Masterplan

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Public Realm Gathering Exercising / Playing

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Learning Gardening

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Intimate Group (12 Individuals)

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Intimate Group (9-18 Individuals) Cooking

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Narkomfin House 1930

Unite d’Habitation 1957

Tietgen Dormitory 2006

Spreefeld 2014

Location: Moscow Architect: Mosei Ginzburg

Location: Marseille Architect: Le Corbusier

Location: Copenhagen Architects: Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects

Location: Berlin Architects: Carpaneto Architekten, Fatkoehl Architekten and BARarchitekten

Activities at different scales of social intimacy — overview of four examples of collective housing and proposed thesis framework Image sources from left to right: Unknown, c. 1930. https://failedarchitecture.com/moscows-narkomfin-building/. Stani, Ivo, 2018. https://divisare.com/projects/392177-le-corbusier-ivo-stani-unite-d-habitation-marseille. Jens, M. Lindhe, 2014. https://www.archdaily.com/474237/tietgen-dormitory-lundgaard-and-tranberg-architects. Tschernow, Eric, 2015. https://www.archdaily.com/587590/coop-housing-project-at-the-river-spreefeld-carpaneto-architekten-fatkoehl-architekten-bararchitekten.

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Precinct Residents (140 + Individuals) Exercising / Playing

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Washing Clothes Building (1600 + Individuals)

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Building (100 + Individuals)

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Proposed Framework 2020

Neighbourhood Scale Interactions

Urban Principles

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Building Scale Interactions

Diverse Open Spaces for Gathering

Social Spaces in Buildings

Spaces for Intimate Gathering

Spaces for Chance Encounters

Architectural Principles

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Project Design Principles

Active Ground Plane

Social Spaces

Coworking

Childcare

Arts Centre

Scale of Intimacy: Public Realm

Activity: Working

Activity: Caring

Activity: Teaching / Learning

Public Plaza

Community Garden

Raingarden

Scale of Intimacy: Public Realm

Scale of Intimacy: Intimate Group (in Public Realm)

Activities: Gathering, Shopping

Activity: Gardening

Activities: Gathering, Working

Landscaping

Urban Elements

Overall axonometric

In an effort to address urban loneliness in Collingwood, this project explores how we can create a living environment for renters that provides them with a sense of community. The proposed Collingwood Town Hall Precinct provides multiple opportunities for both residents and non-residents to interact and form social ties at different scales - from the scale of the masterplanned precinct to that of an intimate group within a further developed housing community. Key masterplan moves include connecting the precinct to the nearby park, using landscape and open space to accommodate a variety of social activities and activating the site with a mix of community focused uses. The focus building which has been developed in further detail is situated to the north of the site between the raingarden and the railway embankment. The buildings’ massing starts at 5 stories high at Vere Street in response to the lower density housing on that street. The height then increases to a maximum of 8 stories and tapers back down to 5 stories towards the precinct plaza. The buildings have a total of 37 units, housing up to 112 individuals and will cater to a range of demographics including families, couples and young singles who may be sharing units in a group. In order to foster a sense of social cohesion and community amongst residents and to allow for tenure security and affordability, the buildings will be developed and governed by a housing cooperative which will lease the land from the City of Yarra.

Top: Arrival to the external stairs through an active ground plane Bottom: View to the precinct from Gahan Reserve through an underpass

Section Through Underpass Scale 1:100 @ A3

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Along with the gym and coworking space in the podiums of the focus buildings, the ground floors also contain a laundry and a bike workshop, communal spaces that create opportunities for chance encounters between residents living in either of the two buildings. The workshop and coworking space wrap around the embankment and push beneath the underpasses, visually connecting occupants to the reserve, activating the tunnels and creating beacons to the precinct from the east. The coworking space and gym will occupy mezzanine levels within the podiums. The high proportion of shared space compared to private units within the building encourages residents to spend more time and share activities in common spaces and also creates opportunities for interactions through the ways in which residents negotiate how these spaces are used. Although all of the units are relatively small, each still has its own kitchen, dining space, living area and bathroom, giving residents the option to live more privately if they chose. In order to create a sense of privacy, the arrival to each unit and the views out into the corridor are buffered either by gardens, seating areas or voids in the floorplate, which also provide spaces for neighbours to dwell and interact in an intimate setting. Each building will have a rooftop greenhouse in which residents can grow a wider variety of plants than they would be able to in the community garden. These greenhouses might initially be spaces for chance encounters but could over time grow into social spaces for gardening enthusiasts. Co-located with the greenhouses are rooftop dining rooms, which will encourage use of the rooftop. Borrowing the concept of the barbeque and picnic area in Gahan Reserve, these rooms would be spaces for more intimate groups of residents to gather and celebrate special occasions. Top: Wintergarden corridor Bottom: Rooftop dining room

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Ground Floor Mezzanine Plan Scale 1:500 @ A3

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GAHAN RESERVE

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Ground Floor Plan Scale 1:500 @ A3

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Building A Typical Floor Plan Scale 1:200 @ A3

Building A Level 3 Floor Plan Scale 1:200 @ A3

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In order to create a sense of intimacy within shared spaces, there are several smaller communal rooms as opposed to one large one, which are each located near the lift cores on each floor. Each room will have a different use and they will be dispersed vertically throughout the building to encourage vertical circulation and as a result, create more opportunities for chance encounters between residents. On the first level is the reading room. This space could function as a sort of book exchange in which residents could leave a book and take a book from the library, creating an exchange of knowledge between residents as a form of interaction. This room could also function as a breakout for casual work or study. The second communal space will be geared towards recreational activities. The space could be used as a toy library or play room for children but it could equally be used by teenagers or adults as a games room or a movie room. The idea is that all of the clutter that would be used for different activities can be stored neatly away to allow different groups of people to use the same space for various uses. In light of COVID-19, more people will be working from home in the future. This will be catered for through a flexible shared project room. Movable tables can be arranged to accommodate a variety of work types, whether collaborative or more individual. The room will be lined with acoustic panels so that musicians and performers could also use the space as a noise insulated rehearsal room.

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Guest rooms on the highest floors of each building will provide temporary accommodation to friends and family of residents who might be visiting.

Left: A variety of communal room types

2 Bedroom Loft Scale 1:100 @ A3

3 Bedroom Unit Scale 1:100 @ A3

Concept design sketches

Concept design sketch

THE TREEHOUSE 2018 Location Kensington, Victoria Project Type Multi-Residential Scope Architectural Design

“The Treehouse” is a design project that was undertaken through Fieldstudies, a studio led by Fieldwork. With the studio’s emphasis on collective living, my project seeks to explore how high density housing could accommodate family life. Kensington is home to 2200 families and has the largest concentration of couples with children in the City of Melbourne. My project aims to build a build to rent community in Kensington in response to the suburb’s growing popularity as an area for families. According to the 2016 census, 35% of nuclear families living in Kensington had both parents working full time, suggesting that parents have very little time for themselves and family. The census also indicated that of the unpaid workers in Kensington, 75% are engaged in unpaid domestic work and 21% care for children.

Conceptual illustration

Conceptual model

My project aims to address these issues faced by parents by creating a supportive network of families in which housework and childcare can be distributed amongst parents, enabling each individual to have more time for themselves.

A connected community Communal spaces for cooking, dining and studying build connections and create a network of support between families.

Project Principles

Spaces for play Shared play areas provide safe spaces for children to create, imagine and have fun.

Sharing is Caring Housework and childcare can be distributed amongst adults, enabling parents to have more time for themselves.

Nurtured by nature

Abundant natural light and greenery bring the positive qualities of the nearby Moonee Ponds Creek into the building, creating a pleasant, healthy, environment.

Harvest to table

An affordable alternative

The food garden on the rooftop provides families with healthy and affordable food and a space for recreation.

Because of the utility and functions provided by communal spaces, individual apartment units are smaller and thus provide families with a more affordable alternative.

Overall axonometric

Communal cooking, dining, study and recreation areas on each floor to help the residents build connections with their neighbours. Large shared play areas including a playground, a rooftop cinema and a landscaped courtyard in which children can play safely and in close proximity to supervising adults. The greenery of the nearby Moonee Ponds Creek is brought into the building’s courtyard, with the trees in the garden providing aesthetic and health benefits. The play area on the south side of the ground level enlivens what is currently a rather dark and unwelcoming laneway while the publicly accessible tenancies and courtyard garden on the ground level extend the building’s benefits to the rest of Kensington, activating the space. The perforated mesh which envelops the building, inspired by the patterned brick course of a nearby building along Macaulay Road provides shading and privacy to the private balconies and references the extensive presence of brick in the neighbourhood.

Top left: North facade Top right: Little Hardiman Street Bottom: Communal courtyard

Top right: Corridor Bottom right: Communal terrace

Section B Scale 1:200 @ A3

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Communal Room

Ground Floor Plan Scale 1:250 @ A3

Typical Floor Plan Scale 1:250 @ A3

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Concept design sketches

FORAGE FOREST 2020 Location Bedford Street Reserve, North Melbourne, Victoria Project Type Community Garden Scope Research Landscape Design Architectural Design This project was undertaken through a design elective at the University of Melbourne called Design Strategies of Asian Gardens. This subject required students to work in groups of three to firstly study the design principles of an Asian garden tradition, and then to design a small garden incorporating the design principles of the researched tradition. My project group decided to research the pekarangan, a traditional productive home garden found in rural areas in Indonesia that employs elements of agroforestry, animal care and additionally contains spaces for social and cultural uses. The design principles of the pekarangan were analysed and employed in our vision to transform Bedford Street Reserve into a community garden that would provide residents of the North Melbourne neighbourhood an opportunity to experience growing their own food. Reflecting the spatial and programmatic layout of the traditional pekarangan, the site is divided into three zones — an area for play and gathering, a space that accommodates the activities of cooking and eating and an area for intensive agricultural production. The garden is anchored by a central pond that serves as a water catchment for irrigation and supports the use of aquaponics. The traditional pekarangan is typically surrounded by a biodiverse forest boundary. In order to soften the hard edge condition along the perimeter of the site, a series of landscaped terraces are used, creating an undulating and varied topography reminiscent of a forest edge. Overall axonometric

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Organic circulation & planting

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Use of aquaponics

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Gumbi Gumbi

Pittosporum angustifolium

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Drink

Full sun / part shade

All states except TAS

Birds, Insects & Lizards

Lemon Myrtle

Backhousia myrtifolia

Tree / Shrub 2-4m

Herb

Full sun

NSW, QLD

Birds & Insects

Mountain Pepper

Tasmannia lanceolata

Shrub

Herb

Part shade

NSW, TAS, VIC

Birds & Insects

Red-eyed Wattle

Acacia cyclops

Tree / Shrub 3m

Herb / Drink

Full sun / part shade

NSW, SA, VIC, WA

Birds & Insects

Saltbush

Atriplex nummularia

Shrub

2-3m

Herb

Full sun / part shade

All states except TAS

Insects

Native Thyme

Prostanthera incisa

Shrub

Herb / Drink

Full sun / part shade

NSW, QLD, TAS, VIC

Birds & Insects

Native Lemongrass

Cymbopogon ambiguus

Grass

0.5-1m

Herb

Full sun / part shade

All states

Lizards

Seablite

Suaeda australis

Shrub

30-50cm

Vegetable

Full sun / part shade

NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA

Insects & Lizards

WA Samphire

Tecticornia lepidosperma

Shrub

30-50cm

Vegetable

Full sun / part shade

Birds & Lizards

Karkalla

Carpobrotus rossii

Groundcover 30cm

Herb / Fruit

Full sun / part shade

SA, VIC, WA

Birds, Insects & Lizards

Bush Mint

Mentha satureioides

Groundcover 20cm

Herb

Full sun full shade

NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA

Insects

Warrigal Greens

Tetragonia tetragonioides

Groundcover 20cm

Vegetable

Full sun / part shade

All states except NT

Lizards

Groundcover 2-30cm

Herb

Full sun / part shade

Birds, Insects NSW, NT, & Lizards QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA

Round Baby Pigface Disphyma crassifolium

Ornamental

Full sun / part shade

All states

Insects

Tassel Cord Rush

Baloskion tetraphyllum

Grass

50160cm

Raingarden

Full sun - heavy shade

NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC

Birds & Insects

Slender Knotweed

Persicaria decipiens

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Raingarden

Full sun / part shade

All states

Insects

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Plant images and information from “Edible Australian Tucker Bush”, Tuckerbush, 15 September 2020, https://tuckerbush.com.au/.

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After creating a garden masterplan and agreeing on common design elements as a group, each member of the group was made responsible for individually designing one of the three portions of the garden. I became responsible for further developing the cooking and eating zone modeled on the Kebik or side yard, which in the traditional pekarangan, is a semi-public zone used for outdoor cooking and growing herbs and vegetables for everyday cooking. Borrowing these aspects of the traditional kebik, the contemporary kebik in the Forage Forest was imagined as a place for foraging, cooking, and enjoying food. This section of the garden features terraced planting beds with edible Australian natives, a wash basin for cleaning ingredients, an outdoor kitchen and seating areas of various scales and types.

Top: Perspective of Courtney Street and Bedford Street corner entrance Bottom: View of outdoor kitchen from lawn

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Considering that many of the plants found in traditional kebiks were used for everyday cooking, I selected plants that could likewise be used as garnishes or supplementary ingredients, focusing on those that would require little effort to grow and maintain in Melbourne’s climate and which would reflect the aesthetic of an Australian forest landscape. As pekarangans are known for their ability to support biodiversity, I also took into account how the planting scheme would be able to attract and provide habitat for animals. Rammed earth is used throughout the garden to create walls and integrated benches, representing the clay soils and rugged aesthetic of the site’s historical hilly forest landscape.

Top: Perspective of terraced edge along Bedford Street Bottom: View of Kebik from production zone

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Concept design sketches

APPLIED ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY 2018 Location Melbourne, Victoria Project Type Commercial Tower Scope Schematic Design Design Documentation

This Master of Architecture subject involved the schematic design and design development of a tall office building, with particular attention given to the design of key envelope details. In this group project, I was primarily involved in the design of the building’s facade and developing the details for the double skin envelope system which would be incorporated to minimise heat emission. Through this subject, I learned how unitised curtain walls are typically applied to tall buildings, developed design detailing skills using AutoCAD and familiarised myself with drafting conventions.

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BOWER STUDIO — SUANUM 2018 Location Suanum, Papua New Guinea Project Type School Facilities Scope Design Documentation On-site Construction Status Built Completed in partnership with the Suanum Community The Bower Studios, which have been running from the University of Melbourne since 2008 are a series of projects which involve students working alongside rural communities in Australia, Thailand and Papua New Guinea to improve their built environments. In November 2018, I had the privilege of being part of the Suanum Bower Studio, which took place in the rural village of Suanum in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. With guidance from 3 teaching staff from the University of Melbourne and a community elder from Suanum, 12 students (myself included) collaborated to design, document and lead the construction of a classroom pavilion and a row of toilets for an elementary school in Suanum.

Top: Completed classroom pavilion, photo by Stephanie Clark Bottom left: Classroom construction site, photo by Stephanie Clark Bottom right: 1:10 scale model on site, photo by Heather Mitcheltree

My contributions to the project included creating drawings for construction manuals which would be used on site, as well as the construction of a 1:10 scale balsa wood model of the toilet block which was also brought to site to receive feedback from the community. Additionally, I was involved in the construction of the classroom and toilets, mostly being involved in painting and fabricating the timber stud wall units and engaging the community in these tasks. This was my first time doing on site construction work and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Above: Classroom pavilion axonometric Right: Construction process axonometric

CHURCH HALL ADAPTIVE REUSE 2019 Location Warracknabeal, Victoria Project Type Tourist Accommodation Adaptive Reuse Scope Research Concept Design Status Construction in progress

In 2019, I was commissioned by a couple to produce schematic design ideas for an adaptive reuse project in Warracknabeal, Victoria. Aiming to contribute to the revitalisation of the rural community, their vision involved transforming an abandoned church hall on their property into a guesthouse that would be able to accommodate couples visiting Warracknabeal or stopping to rest as they travel along the Silo Art Trail. Other than suggesting the functional requirements of the project and expressing their desire to retain the open volume of the hall, my clients were open to my thoughts and ideas. The desire to retain single open volume of the hall presented a design challenge: how can we create separation between the sleeping and living areas without the use of walls? My design response involved the addition of a new plywood clad platform that would extend from the existing stage to create an elevated “room” for sleeping. This level change serves to demarcate this private area from the more public spaces. The sense of privacy is further enhanced by the addition of a display shelf that serves as a porous divider between the platform and the living area. Looking to celebrate the building’s history as a spiritual place, I put forward a suggestion to convert the existing baptismal at the rear of the hall into a sunken spa — a space for relaxation and reflection. Disused church hall in Warracknabeal

Axonometric showing adaptive reuse of church hall interior

Section showing adaptive reuse of church hall interior