COURBE
Achol, James, Seda, Nisakya
Swinburne Hawthorn Main Site
Wakefie ld
Street
Lane
William S
treet
John Stre
et
A
Serpells
McLeod L
ane
Burwood
5m
Road
George
Street
Context Of Building - External
Front facade
Front enterance
Back enterance
Site Analysis
1. 1
2.
2 3
3.
Context Of Building - Internal
Main entry
Ground floor hallway
First floor hallway
First floor seating area
Water Flow Concept
Existing walls
Inspired by water flow
Recreating passage flow
Overall Site
Renovation Process
Area of renovation
Proposed structure
B
A
Proposed form
Precedent studies
Materials
Main materials
Terrocotta brick
Glass
Perforated Aluminium
Concrete
Steel
Timber
Construction materials
Digital production process
1. Create point grid
2. Create profile curves
4. Mapping brick geometry onto surface
3. Resulting curved surface
5. Resulting brick wall
Tectonic wall structure diagram
Final tectonic design outcome
Areas of renovation
Final proposed structure
Final tectonic design outcome
Areas of renovation
Proposed first floor
Existing Ground Floor Plan
0
1
5m
Proposed Ground Floor Plan
B
A
0
1
5m
Existing First Floor Plan
0
1
5m
Proposed First Floor Plan
B
A
0
1
5m
Sections
B
A
0
1
5m
Section A
Sections
B
A
0
1
5m
Section B
Elevations
East Elevation
West Elevation
Roof plan
Exploded axonometric
Qualities
Materials - Exploring brick colours
Structural experiment 1 and 2 - Steel frame arrangement
Existing wall
Steel frames
Tectonic wall
First steel frame arrangement - Steel frames
Second steel frame arrangement
Potential construction system
Existing wall connected to steel frames, joined to brick wall.
- Steel frames
Close structural detail of L plates
Dividing walls into prefabricated panels
1.
2.
3.
Final construction system Existing wall
Section B
Chosen system - panel frame
Final chosen construction system: Front view
Square hollow section
L steel plate Construction joints
Final chosen construction method: Back view
Flat L bracket
Brick panel
Back connection to existing wall
Manufacturing process of prefabricated brick panels
1. Timber formwork
2. Timber blocks
3. Brick layer
4. Concrete layer
Overall process
External walls construction
A
1
A
2
B
1.
2.
External wall construction process
1.
2.
Concrete strip footing
4.
3.
Concrete retaining wall layer
5.
Reinforced bars
Initial brick courses
6.
Reinforced bars supporting structure
Finished structure