Bachelor of Architectural Studies Final Year Studio 2011 Never Stand Still
Faculty of Built Environment
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UNEARTH // ELEVATE 18-25 November Gallery, Faculty of Built Environment, Red Centre Building (west wing), UNSW Front cover: “Hidden plan in the ladnscape” by Xinchi Zhang
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INTRODUCTION
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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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ALUMNI PROFILE
MESSAGE FROM THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES The UNEARTH // ELEVATE exhibition and this accompanying catalogue celebrates the distinctive graduation projects of the 2011 final year students in the Bachelor of Architectural Studies degree. In this graduation studio course students had the choice of two projects, set in either an urban or regional context, to consolidate and advance their architectural design capabilities. Esteemed Professor Glenn Murcutt with Catherine Lassen assisted by a team of six tutors led the Artist in Residence Facility located at Three Mile Opal Field Lightning Ridge, NSW; while Mark Szczerbicki with Ann Quinlan, assisted by a team of six tutors led the Boutique Hostel, George Street, Haymarket Sydney project. Together, the conveners, studio tutors and invited guests brought their professional expertise to the studio experience and guided our students architectural design education with their focus, insight, passion and patience. A distinguishing feature of the Architectural Studies graduation projects presented in this catalogue is attention to the detailed and sustainable design of places and spaces of vitality for living, working and display. Guiding this attentive interplay is thoughtful consideration to the interaction of a public building and its context, whether in a regional or urban environment. The Architectural Studies degree program, with the Bachelor of Architectural Computing and Master of Architecture forms the Architecture Program community at UNSW. The graduation projects represented in this catalogue affirms our distinctive Built Environment Design studio approach. An approach that celebrates the mutuality of student’s creative vitality and technical capability in concert with demonstrating the qualities of academic excellence, commitment and community identified with UNSW graduating students of Architecture. Congratulations to the 2011 Architectural Studies Graduand Students on their achievements and best wishes for their future Architectural postgraduate study and contributions to the thoughtful and creative making of our Built Environment.
Ann Quinlan Architecture Program Director
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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN FACULTY OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT UNSW Built Environment (BE) is focused on research and education relevant to the design, delivery and management of the 21st century city and the elements within it. This catalogue presents selected projects from our final year students in Architectural Studies. The unprecedented level of urban growth and associated urban issues of critical significance provides the global context and distinctive knowledge framework of the UNSW BE curriculum. A distinguishing feature of our student experiences comes from our capability to focus on design, research, teaching and learning from perspectives that place emphasis on the stewardship of the built environment and the interdisciplinary dimensions from which it is formed. The strategic direction of UNSW BE is based on a Faculty commitment to deliver high impact research and graduates equipped with the knowledge and practical skills required to realise sustainable urban environments of enduring cultural value. New research initiatives undertaken in the last twelve months build on the faculty’s strengths concentrating on themes that include sustainable design and development, urban typologies, people and places and emergent digital technologies. Each degree program integrates relevant research methods and outcomes to ensure our students understand and value lifelong learning and possess intellectual skills to enable successful future careers in a global context. The design studio is central to the curriculum of many of our degree programs. Our academics collaborate with leading design professionals to create learning experiences around issues of local and international relevance, Our students work is often presented or exhibited to the public, enhancing the connection of our teaching and learning programs with real world experiences. These experiences contribute to the highly developed professional skills of our graduates and help to foster future career opportunities. International relations are of great importance at UNSW BE. We provide opportunity for international engagement in our teaching, learning and research through established collaborative relationships with leading universities around the world. Our students often choose to undertake part of their degree program in another country through our established network of international relationships. Our worldwide alumni play an important role, providing points of contact for our graduates. We continue to foster our relationships with them through regular alumni events both at home and abroad. Your student experiences, hard work and skills are in many ways reflected in summary form by the quality of work contained within this catalogue. On behalf of the faculty I congratulate all the students who have completed their degree program and now become our alumni. We wish you every success in your chosen field of endeavour. In many respects, our relationship is just beginning as we look forward to your ongoing participation in the life of our university through the many events and activities that we undertake to support research and the education of future generations of built environment graduates. 6
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ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE AND RESEARCH FACILITY THREE MILE OPAL FIELD, LIGHTNING RIDGE NSW “ After decades of affluence and abundance, architecture is likely to return to the aesthetics of necessity in which elements of metaphorical expression and practical craft can fuse into each other again; utility and beauty again united.” Juhani Pallasmaa Architectural Review 1993 Students who selected this project had the unusual opportunity to collectively visit a remote and unique landscape in Australia, a still active opal mine in Lightning Ridge; and invited to consider a specific architectural response to this place. In the hot dusty landscape the physical conditions are severe and unfamiliar and temperatures are extreme. The landscape is very powerful, both in its capacity to evoke an emotional response as well as in its relationship to the economic and social structure of the mining town. The place is full of stories and the ground layered with traces of its rich history; extraordinary physically and for its cultural associations. Constraints such as very limited rainfall and almost unbearable summer heat helped form strict criteria for framing the success of students’ architectural thoughts. They each designed an Artist in Residence Facility with a small Art Gallery and Research Centre. The project was required to generate and store its own power and water as well as manage waste on site. Technology and its capacity to inform both an architectural conception together with material details was an important consideration and students were asked to develop their projects to a substantial level of structural and material resolution. Students’ research in conjunction with a direct experience of this place is used in the studio to encourage an attitude of individual responsibility, critical understanding and argued architectural response. Emphasis is placed on drawing as a mode of thinking, to promote thoughtful representation and architecturally embodied content. Course Conveners:
Final Design Jury Invited Guests
›› Professor Glenn Murcutt, AO ›› Catherine Lassen
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Wendy Lewin Ashley Dunn Ian Martin Fergus Scott Jonathon Temple Shaowen Wang
Andrew Burges Peter John Cantrill John Carrick Anna Ciliberto Laura Harding Olivia Hyde Andrew Metcalf Paul Pholeros Mano Ponnambalam Xing Ruan Roderick Simpson Elena Vanz Oliver Watts 9
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ANGELITHIN JAHAN PETER FAEGHI KATE IRWIN FAULKS ALICE FURBER JIN CHEN LEE MARTIN STANISIC LOGAR EMILIANO MIRANDA Y MIRANDA PASCALE ROBERTS REBECCA LOUISE SMITH NICHOLAS SOUKSAMRANE
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Angelithin Email angelithin@yahoo.com.au Phone 0425 888 018
Where nature is usually taken for granted, this project allows people to experience a changing journey to be more intimate with nature.
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Jahan Peter Faeghi Email jahan_f9@hotmail.com Phone 0422 970 299
A. Plan B. Entry through landscape C. Western elevation: Integration of building form and topography
Lightning Ridge is an experience of its vastness and unique enclosures.
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Kate Irwin Faulks Email kate_if@hotmail.com
Embedded into the slope, the artist residence is designed using a modular system of construction. The studios and gallery are a series of rooms and courtyards that can be used or shared as needed.
A. Ground floor plan B. Exploded studio axonometric C. Perspective
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Alice Furber Email alicefurber@gmail.com Phone 0413 648 666
Materiality, Light and patterns of living inspired by Lightning Ridge, ‘Oasis’ in the desert exploring internalised living while celebrating views.
A. Longditudinal sections B. Plan C. Perspective of open gallery
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Jin Chen Lee Email jinchen_ljc@hotmail.com URL www.jchenlee.blogspot.com Phone 0430 370 394
Lightning Ridge artist in residence project. The project celebrates the landscape and attempts to bring in light through careful detailing.
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Martin Stanisic Logar Email mlogar@stanisic.com.au Phone 0413 945 591
Architecture is a means of expression, both spatial and emotional. It is an escape, which enables you to find yourself and get lost in your imagination.
A. Ridge Interior+Imaginer B. Ridge Exterior C. Internal Perspectives Vignettes
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Emiliano Miranda y Miranda Email emilianomirandaym@gmail.com Phone 0421 812 168
Understanding climatic conditions, social and economical activities, my aim was to design a complex that captures the essence of Lightning Ridge.
A. Semi-underground series of courtyards shape the complex B. Entrance to the complex through a ramped path C. Detail model, showing structural composition
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Pascale Roberts Email pascale_roberts@hotmail.com Phone 0423 265 973
A design that nestles within the landscape responding to and accentuating the natural beauty of the semi-arid environment.
A. Site sketches B. Artist’s resident section 1:200 C. Photo of ‘the ridge’
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Rebecca Louise Smith Email bec_smith8190@hotmail.com rebecca_l_smith8190@blogspot.com Phone 0421 652 696
A “village� where collaboration of ideas, teaching and learning is paramount; where artists and craftsmen share their work with other artists and the community.
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NICHOLAS SOUKSAMRANE Email n.souksamrane@gmail.com URL www.nsouk.tumblr.com Phone 0433 449 979
The journey on the pathway to the gallery is an exhibition in itself, where one will learn about the personality of the setting.
A. Corridor leading to residence B. Path leading to gallery and studios C. Cafe and studio spaces from below the cliff
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RYAN DHARMANSYAH MAX HU CHIH-YUN LEE JUSTIN LO SEAN MENGYUE NIU JIANZHENG XU
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Ryan Dharmansyah Email ree_yant@hotmail.com Phone 0434 391 202
The design is developt from simple rectengular geometry, maximizing the use of straight thick wall to guide the access throughout the design as well as it is used as the core of the service and storage area. The shaded court yard in the middle of two mass is used to be a natural ventilation and cooling devices for the building.
A. Perspective view from cafe area B. Perspective view from the residential courtyard
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Max HU Email salvatore.h@live.com Phone 0410 332 858
Lightning Ridge artist in residence is a poetic complex lies between the earth and heaven. The horizontality that defines a datum line for the interpretation of the undulations and patterns of the landscape.
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Chih-Yun Lee Email bellaoi801@hotmail.com Phone 0430 616 840
The building connects and balances the two main features of the site (the cliff and the monuments) and uses its courtyards as ‘lungs’ of the building to breath and ventilate in this harsh environment. Simple layout of the programs and compact services provide both economical and comfortable spatial experience for the tenants.
Topography of the building and the site.
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Justin Lo Email l.justin07@gmail.com URL www.justin-lo.tumblr.com Phone 0433 197 651
The unique landscape of the Three Mile Opal Fields in Lightning Ridge is what influences and drives the design scheme of this project. Specifically the contour of the area, the aim was to develop a journey that reveals this aspect of the site and also allowing a transition through the layers whilst still being modest to the land.
A. North Elevation B. Conceptual perspective C. Conceptual perspective
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Sean Mengyue Niu Email sean_nmy@hotmail.com Phone 0425 188 821
While nature is taken for granted, the design is to guide the journey into the wildness. Be Fat, be Flat, be Float.
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Jianzheng Xu Email z3284186@student.unsw.edu.au Phone 0401 371 190
‘Minimize Circulation, Maximize View’ is the concept, half buried, heavy insulated, and shaded courtyard are addressed to suit this extreme climate condition.
A. Detail construction cut through the courtyard. B. Overview of whole site. C. Perspective view from three hills.
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IAN MARTIN
JOHN STUART CALDWELL PAULA IDUN XIMING LIANG JAMES MAROUN JOSHUA MAULE ANNA PATON XIAONAN QUAN OGNJEN RAKIC LIYI ZHANG YI ZHANG
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john stuart caldwell Email js.caldwell@hotmail.com URL www.johnstuartcaldwell.blogspot.com Phone 0434 094 989
Allowing complete creative freedom the artist in trailer is not confined by walls, the site becomes the studio… an infinite program.
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Paula Idun Email paula.idun@hotmail.com Phone 0451 023 632
The design explores how to create interesting spaces derived from a linear and simple plan.
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XIMING LIANG Email ericmean@hotmail.com Phone 0433 806 600
The lightning ridge artist retreat explores the idea of creating the connection between the undulating landscapes with the horizon beyond by a carefully organized of light sections in the gallery space. The interplay of light and shadow build up a smooth transition to the stunning views of the horizon.
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JAMES MAROUN Email james.maroun@gmail.com Phone 0401 761 177
Amidst the wild, cracked and unbalanced earth, there exists a calming line. The horizon.
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Joshua Maule Email josh__maule@hotmail.com Phone 0408 920 997
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Anna Paton Email annapaton01@gmail.com Phone 0421 024 744
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XIAONAN QUAN Email nonoco@live.cn URL xiaonanquan.blogspot.com Phone 0430 656 777
Rather than an object, building was set as a field of atmosphere and a micro friendly environment.
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OGNJEN RAKIC Email ogi_r@hotmail.com URL www.ogi-arch1201.blogspot.com Phone 0422 525 143
My scheme provides both an escape; into the cool underground, and enlightenment; on the sculptural surface, enhancing the historical notions that abound Lightning Ridge.
A. Plans and Sections of the underground scheme B. Detail through Cafe and Gallery, showing the underground vaults with courtyards exposed to the scultpural surface, with rusting remnants of a mining past, native trees and covered walkways C. Surface sketch, showing the exploratory nature of the surface and the link between courtyards, and other surface elements.
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LIYI ZHANG Email dadazly@hotmail.com Phone 0433 274 521
An artist in residence combines with an exhibition gallery and constructed under the old opal mine rock cliff.
A. Grey Card Site Model Full Shot B. Sketch of Exhibition Space with Pathway C. Detail Model Showing Light Gallery Space C
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Yi Zhang Email angelzhangyi@gmail.com Phone 0432 243 642
This project thinks constantly about the dialogue between landscape, building and people, seeking for elements of resonance.
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LEYLA BEIGLARI ZHEN XUN CHIN JIANHUI JIANG MICHELLE LEE WENYU LIANG PING LIU MARIA MAVROLEFTEROS HEEN SAE NOH HYOJIN YOO ERIC YUEN
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LEYLA BEIGLARI Email leyla.beiglari@gmail.com Phone 0405 470 992
The scheme explores the inhabitation of the basin as a canopy and water collection point nestled between two pavilions.
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Zhen Xun Chin Email czx312098@hotmail.com URL www.zhenxunchin.blogspot.com Phone 0433 478 933
The Artist’s in residence project is designed to emphasize the interplay of light – an essential quality that mining workers long for.
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Jianhui Jiang
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MICHELLE LEE Email z3293395@student.unsw.edu.au Phone 0423 056 917
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Wenyu Liang Email joey.wenyu.liang@gmail.com Phone 0430 104 098
An architectural promenade interwining through the undulated landscape.
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PING Liu Email Lw_lly@hotmail.cin om Phone 0430 567 766
This project is located in Lighting Ridge, a famous mining town. The concept of this design is introducing people into a gallery space with a tunnel entry, and exploring the underground space along with the tunnel.
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MARIA MAVROLEFTEROS Email mariamavro@hotmail.com Phone 0433 888 558
This Artist in Residence Facility consists of a central spine in which the spaces are branched off. As a response to the extreme climate and conditions of Lightning Ridge the mass is predominantly underground.
A. Render of large courtyard B. Plan on the Ridge C. Render of entrance
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Heen Sae NOH Email siroetori@hotmail.com Phone 0430 405 666
An architecture created by the intersection of the horizontality and verticality nature of the landscape.
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HYOJIN YOO Email hyojinjamieyoo@hotmail.com Phone 0452 229 277
A. 1:200 model; final destination reaches to cafĂŠ with viewpoint B. Idea sketch C. Vine courtyard between gallery and studio
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Project short description: Gallery, studio and residence are arranged upslope to lead movement towards the extreme landscape while each space is connected across the contours. Grid system with thick walls provides secure space for visitors and residence to enjoy staying in the site.
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ERIC YUEN Email ericyuen813@hotmail.com Phone 0450 461 062
The wall, a bridge to connect the natural and artificial landscape, to scale the folding of the land.
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JONATHON TEMPLE
HELEN WING WA CHAN VERONICA CHAN YINA CHEN ART DEJMANEETHORNCHAI KELVIN LAU FRANCES PRZYBYLSKI SI-SI WANG PEILI YE
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Helen Wing Wa Chan Email h.c@live.com
This scheme follows the concept of isolation, which in reality works together to form a whole, similar to the Lightning Ridge landscape.
A. East elevation B. Site plan and plan C. Perspective of studio and hallway to gallery
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Veronica Chan Email veronicaschan@gmail.com Phone 0405 024 708
Building to Context – The designed forms were based on the site’s natural and man-made contouring in relation to spatial requirements.
A. Design conception and progression B. Modelled gallery space in relation to the context C. Perspective of gallery passageway
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Yina Chen Email lenachen89@gmail.com
My aim was to create separate gallery, working, and living spaces, situated on the site to take advantage of views.
A. Looking over site from North East B. Artists’ living quarters protruding out of the ridge C. Internal spatial arrangement of gallery, studio and artists’ living quarters
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Art Dejmaneethornchai Email z3253289@zmail.unsw.edu.au Phone 0402 409 121
Lightning Ridge Artist’s Residence and Gallery; an approach that echoes the extremes of its landscape through a strong communal emphasis and a heightened sense of prospect.
A. Section through gallery B. Artist’s residence C. The gallery embedded within the site
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Kelvin Lau Email kelvin.lau.ky@gmail.com Phone 0406 337 688
A rammed earth structure guides you on the journey towards the ridge, with a constant relationship to the horizon.
A. Perspective of artists’ studios B. Overview of site C. Overall plan
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FRANCES PRZYBYLSKI Email francieprz@hotmail.com Phone 0419 441 091
The rammed earth walls, undulating ceilings and saltbush sheltered roofs work in harmony with the unique, semi-arid and culturally rich site at Three Mile in Lightning Ridge.
A. Section through gallery and workshop spaces B. Sketch of artists residences
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SI-SI WANG Email sisi.wang171@gmail.com Phone 0414 591 288
The site requires us to respond vigorously to changing levels. This then gives hint on intuitive ways in address this climate.
A. Gallery Plan B. Short Cross Sections showing progressive level change C. Site Model
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Peili Ye Email renata_ypl@hotmail.com Phone 0430 865 928
My scheme for Lightening Ridge Project is to use the wall as a guiding to a journal. The change of material and function of those walls creates different feelings of the space inside or in-between the walls and it also plays the role connecting building and landscape.
A. On-site Sketch, used mining machine as a sculpture B. The start point of journey C. 3D perspective drawing of building
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SHAOWEN WANG
KARL BUCK WEI HENG CHIN JULIA CIANO GISELLE MOORE BAHAREH SAKHAEIFAR EMILY SANDSTROM XINCHI ZHANG
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Karl Buck Email karl.buck@colorado.edu Phone 0412 555 666
Transparency, Underground, Passive Cooling, Courtyard, Inspiration, Experience.
A. 1:20 Section perspective B. Site plan C. Perspective
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Julia Ciano Email julia.ciano@hotmail.com Phone 0412 555 666
“An architecture of place, not imposition� Glenn Murcutt
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Giselle Moore Email gisellem@live.com.au Phone 0412 555 666
Nestled into the rocky ridge, this scheme’s focus is to create a shielded oasis for residents and visitors against the harsh environments associated with semi-arid Australia, while also ensuring it is selfsustainable and an inspirational place in which to live, work, create and learn.
A. Rendered view inside gallery space overlooking courtyard and view B. Rendered view of entrance courtyard to gallery, library and cafĂŠ C. Construction section through cafĂŠ and courtyard
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Bahareh Sakhaeifar Email bahareh.sakhaeifar@gmail.com Phone 0413 835 869
Responsive architecture. Solutions for living in a semi arid climate, represented as an art work.
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EMILY SANDSTROM Email emily.j.sandstrom@gmail.com Phone 0430 144 994
A tapestry of light and dark, and public and private space.
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Xinchi Zhang Email safka12@hotmail.com URL www.3283674.blogspot.com Phone 0425 857 009
The undulating topography and mild climate gave us potentials to hide the building in the landscape. Climatic response,building with nature,the idea of green shelter are the keys of the scheme.
A. Design idea sktech showing fabric roof B. Hidden plan in the landscape C. Perspective featuring the malqafs
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BOUTIQUE HOSTEL GEORGE STREET, HAYMARKET: SYDNEY “ If our lives are dominated by a search for happiness, then perhaps few activities reveal as much about the dynamics of this quest – in all its ardour and paradoxes – than our travels. They express, however inarticulately, an understanding about what life might be about, outside the constraints of work and the struggle for survival. ” Alain de Botton, The Art of Travel, 2002 The Urban Studio provided opportunity for students to engage with the contemporary needs of backpacking travellers. Increasingly, travellers prefer a more individual, distinctive accommodation and social setting that responds to the personality of the traveller, particularities of the city, its location and local culture. In this project students engaged with the City of Sydney to become familiar with the issues facing Sydney now and into the future. In particular, students investigated, interpreted and activated their architectural design ideas in relation to the urban fabric in George Street, Haymarket, a city location ripe for renewal and revitalisation at the nexus of Railway Square, Chinatown and Darling Harbour. The project brief included a boutique hostel with a series of commercial and recreational spaces. The students were required to ask a number of complex questions throughout the project: ›› How to interpret a program made up of seemingly straight-forward but disparate elements into a cohesive and spatially poetic form; ›› How to express a tall building that will act as a transitional form between the lowrise architecture around the site and the skyscrapers of World Square and beyond; ›› How to challenge the stereotypes of grungy hostel accommodation and create a memorable ‘designer’ experience for travellers visiting Sydney; ›› How to create a successful urban space in the form of a new laneway activated with an ‘urban lounge’ space, and including a
small bar, bookshop, bike rental space, and the ‘vertical landscape’ of a green wall; ›› How to respond to the culturally rich location at the doorstep to Chinatown, while remaining relevant to the rest of the city. The projects presented in this catalogue and the accompanying exhibition, demonstrate students’ distinctive responses to how they engaged with and challenged the brief. Students in the Urban Year Three Graduation Studio are to be commended on their dynamic exploration of architectural potential within a very complex envelope of urban, programmatic and spatial constraints.
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Jason Border Lisa Merkesteyn Suzannah Potts Ted Quinton Brent Trousdale Bruce Yaxley
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Shaun Carter Benjamin Green Miriam Green John Hepworth Angelo Korsanos Andrew Lamond Flora Ma Harry Margalit Imogene Potter Sam Rigoli Steven Sheridan James Stockwell Sheila Tawalo Ksenia Totoeva David Welsh 75
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XIAOWEI FU Janushlin Govender KIM MYUNG HOON Dmitri Iassenev Youlyee Jun Kelvin Si Hoa Ng Dwiyasa Nugraha Putra Rojis angie segal EI SHWE SIN WIN
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Hostel: To provide higher quality outdoor environment. (ie, light, air, view quality). Voids: Vertical Zig zac void space forms the activity stage. Visual Connection: Neighbours are able to view the gardens on the opposite of the stage. All “stages� are open to the streets and the laneway. Green connection: Green spaces are connected through the voids to the green wall.
Janushlin Govender Email janushlin.govender@gmail.com Phone 0431 308 085
A global connection to the city of Sydney.
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KIM MYUNG HOON Email yuntanart@hotmail.com Phone 0430 365 432
GRID + FRAME ‘Grid’ composes the structure and form of the building by consolidating or splitting up. ‘Frames’ have been created according to the function of the space to enable interaction between hostel with the city as well as tourists with locals.
A. Concept diagrams: 1. Grid 2. Frame 3. Form 4. Splitting up 5. Verticality and Horizontality B. View from George Street
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Dmitri Iassenev Email dmitri_89@hotmail.com Phone 0401 344 077
Engaging and emphasising the physical and visual connection between roads, footpaths, buildings and spaces.
A. Perspective of the ‘urban room’ B. Progress models of the scheme C. Aerial view from George street – physical model.
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Youlyee Jun Email funky_bunky123@hotmail.com Phone 0425 692 963
The relationship between the Sydney city to this design of Hostel was to have the movement of people and the different activities moving out from the central point of the hostel building.
A. Laneway and Front view of the Hostel B. Back view of Hostel Rooms facing North C. Top Perspective view of Central Movement of Hostel
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Kelvin Si Hoa Ng Email kelvin1988@gmail.com Phone 0413 196 323
A symposium of tranquility and dynamism, a play of the threshold of the street yet draws people into transitional space.
A. George St Elevation B. George St Elevation Perspective C. A Space of tranquility and views
A B
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Dwiyasa Nugraha Putra Rojis Email p_rojis@yahoo.com.sg Phone 0404 135 854
Exploring open spaces. Encouraging interaction through physical and visual connections.
A. Concept Model B. Entry from George Street “Urban Room” C. Overview of George Street
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angie segal Email angos16@hotmail.com Phone 0410 189 092
A. Front perspective, George Street B. Back perspective, Thomas Street C. North elevation
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Located on George Street, this Sydney hostel has been characterised by the Australian outback and has been governed by 5 main sustainable practices. Through the use of corrugated iron as the main cladding material, the building represents the quintessential ‘outback shed’, whilst still maintaining its connection to the urban environment.
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EI SHWE SIN WIN Email Ashleywin@hotmail.com Phone 0422 790 165
By maintaining the essence of the city yet creating the purity among its busy environment, the hostel is designed to fresh up the visits of the tourists with its adventurous space. Different transitions through the space give visitors a great experience just by being inside the building. Exaggerated space of the gym, exposed elevator, the continuous movement through out the whole building and the great relationship between spaces through voids create exciting journey within a building.
A. Perspective from George St B. Close up toward lanway C. Section cut through voids
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MICHAEL BANOVIC NICHOLAS BOLIANITIS CHRISTINE CAI SARAH KANAGARATNAM SHA LISA LI HONG QIU MENGXUAN QU
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Michael Banovic Email micbano@gmail.com Phone 0402 364 775
Designed with the inspiration of “motion” and precedence’s from Louis Kahn’s buildings.
A. Elevation of Eastern Orientation B. George Street Building Frontage Render C. Short Section Of The Building
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NICHOLAS BOLIANITIS Email nicholasboli@optusnet.com.au Phone 0402 996 787
Boutique hotel for backpackers derived from the concept of birds coming to nest as a traveller would.
A. Ground Floor Plan Backpackers Boutique hotel, cafe, bookstore B. Roof top bar C. Looking through to Ground Floor lobby and laneway
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CHRISTINE cAI Email christinecai.design@yahoo.com Phone 0412 400 280 +65 9336 7018 A. B. C. D. E. F.
Chinatown is strategically located at the south of the Sydney city. Defining a gateway building between Chinatown and city central, the concept is to symbolize unity by the pushing & twisting of the individual pod accommodations towards the city network lines and grids.
Front Perspective Urban Entry The Laneway Sydney city plan Viewing Gallery/Bar Concept Diagram
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Sarah Kanagaratnam Email sarah.v.kan@gmail.com
A boutique hostel that embraces Australian living, designed to reflect the ‘threshold’ nature of the site. Culture. Transportation. Urban architecture.
A. George St perspective B. Initial Massing Model C. Concept Diagrams: Shifting Triangles
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sha lisa li Email lisashali@hotmail.com Phone 0425 433 288
This boutique hostel near Chinatown focuses on maximum views and make customers enjoy the view towards George Street.
A. Front View B. Thomas Street View C. Transition of urban morphology
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Hong Qiu Email qhpotti@Hotmail.com Phone 0405 846 823
The idea is to combine the concept of high rise hotel and resort’s villa, and create some nice outdoor spaces for people to hangout.
A. Street perspective B. Conceptual diagram C. Longitudinal section
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Mengxuan Qu Email jenny629_jolin@hotmail.com
This project is a backpacker hostel on George Street. The design is focusing on the fully enjoy of sunlight by using the terrace structure.
A. View of the terrace B. Facade on George Street C. View of the corridor
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DEREK GEORGESON JONATHAN HENLEY MIN-CHUN HUANG CHIA JUN JIE WILSON KUOK BADHON MAKSUD Tasin Najwa Ashleigh Miu Ling Ng Jiang Wei Siang Loong Christopher Wong
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Derek Georgeson Email tanneg@msn.com Phone 0423 505 022
Dynamic lines create movement and varying spaces of light and dark to create an array of social possibilities
A. George St elevation B. Twisting floor slabs under construction C. Perspective of Facade
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Jonathan Henley Email jhenley0@gmail.com Phone 0404 293 109
This project plays with the ideas of chaos and order within cities, and how buildings can be part of this dialogue. The faรงade generates visual excitement, while the layout provides underlying order.
A. Road level perspective from George Street B. Eastern elevation
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MIN-CHUN HUANG Email sunny110099@hotmail.com Phone 0468 767 090
This is a hostel tower on top of a podium with public areas. The idea is allowing nature lights into the building.
A. Ground Floor Plan B. Double Room Floor Plan C. 3D Modelling
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Chia Jun Jie Email Gonmar15@hotmail.com
The building, derived from tranquillity, based on a structure of a tree seeks to introduce solace into the busy urban.
A. View from George Street B. Entrance from footpath of George Street C. View of cafĂŠ from footpath of George Street
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Wilson Kuok Email Wilson.kuok@gmail.com Phone 0411 041 044
Engaging and absorbing spatial conditions to heighten the experience of Sydney, City living. Absorbing the travellers, engaging the city.
A. Conceptual Model, Concept Basis B. 3D render view from George St. C. George St. Elevation
B C
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BADHON MAKSUD Email badhon22@hotmail.com Phone 0430 995 124
A. Section through the core B. View of the urban room
Somewhere along the course of his ever changing journey, the traveller finds continuity.
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Tasin Najwa Email najwa.tasin@yahoo.com
A simple building that carves itself on the inside with multiple layers of void, flooding the spaces with light and consequently, people.
A. George Street Perspective B. Sectional perspective through lobby C. Laneway perspective
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Ashleigh Miu Ling Ng Email ashling_88@hotmail.com Phone 0406 272 200
My project explores idea of visual, aural and physical connections between individuals, the public, and residents of the hostel. My aim was to create a vibrant, highly textural environment that ranges from the “urban room” of the laneway and the hostel foyer, to the intimate “nest” of the hostel rooms.
A. Early massing model showing building form and relationship to adjacent buildings B. Final elevation from George Street C. Section showing spatial articulation and room arrangement
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Jiang Wei Email georgeamei@gmail.com Phone 0425 409 727
City Oasis Hostel is a place let guests relex themselves.
A. High Perspective from George St. B. Perspective on the George St. C. Section cross George street.
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Siang Loong Christopher Wong Email Christopher.wong.sl@gmail.com Phone 0404 108 926
The concept was derived from the interpretation of social dynamics. Intricate spaces transform the site into an arcade of activities.
A. Elevation from George Street B. Urban Entry C. Laneway
B C
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TED QUINTON
BERLEN GARCIA XIAOQIAN LIU YU QI Ai-Lin Lynette Neo LIU XIN JUNMIM ZHANG CHLOE ZHENG
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BERLEN GARCIA Email info@berlengarcia.com URL www.berlengarcia.com Phone 0404 000 292
A spatially aware boutique hostel on George Street designed with the conceptual ideas of fluidity, harmony and elegance.
A. Sweeping entry plaza through to the markets B. Key perspective of entry from George Street C. Conceptual CG massing model
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XIAOQIAN LIU Email z3254998@student.unsw.edu.au Phone 0420 528 869
Rotated floor plates naturally form small balconies. The series of movements create architectural rhythm of spaces.
A. Perspective view from George St B. View of the entry C. Physical model
B C
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yu qi Email qiyu188@live.cn Phone 0425 600 514
Hostel project in Sydeny Central,use angles to create opportunities of communications, also space tension.
A. Accommodation floors plan B. Cross section C. North elevation
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Ai-Lin Lynette Neo Email Neoailinlynette@gmail.com Phone 0425 551 727
A breakaway from regularity of its context, the play of verticality in all aspects are explored.
A. ‘Treetop Bedrooms’ B. Urban Foyer and Entry C. Elevation from George Street
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LIU XIN Email liuxinbln@hotmail.com Phone 0431 409 718
As the aim design is an urban hostel, I will emphasise a feeling of “urban” for travelers. A “small city” and “a group of building” concept will beside my design.
A. East Elevation of George Street B. Far away street view from city C. Laney way and entrance foyer Perspective
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B. Physical Model Shot C. Perspective of hostel entrance
The hostel is located on George St. The concept of proportion is applied on the faรงade, which is to create a different vision to distinguish the other two adjacent buildings.
Junmin Zhang
Email zjm_christina@hotmail.com Phone 0432 368 876
The hostel is located on George St. The concept of proportion is applied on the faรงade, Junmin Zhang which is to create a different vision to distinguish the other two adjacent buildings. Email zjm_christina@hotmail.com Phone 0432368876
The hostel is located on George St. The concept of proportion is applied on the faรงade, which is to create a different vision to distinguish the other two adjacent buildings.
A. Elevation of hostel B. Physical Model Shot C. Perspective of hostel entrance
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A. Perspective of hostel entrance B. Elevation of hostel C. Physical Model Shot
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Chloe Zheng Email schloe_0790@live.com.au Phone 0422 921 233
A building of networks and connections, an idea inspired by the location of the site in the heart of Sydney.
A. Elevation of George St Facade B. Communal open area facing George St C. Laneway from Thomas St
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ALEZE AIZA ABBASI ZHIHAO CHEN YVETTE JASMINE FENECH ANDREW IEONG PHIL NGUYEN FELIX SAW YUMENG ZHANG
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Aleze Aiza Abbasi Email alezeabbasi@gmail.com URL alezeabbasi.blogspot.com Phone 0420 343 102
Individual organism coming together to perform a singular function while still maintaining individual integrity.
A. Facade sketch: exploration of materiality B. Overview of building mass C. Back view of accommodation units
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ZHIHAO CHEN Email maltybeer@hotmail.com Phone 0405 307 167
With shops, foodcourt, gym and courtyards along a 3-storey high arcade, the hostel transforms into an important connection between George Street and Thomas Street. and gives people the experience of a urban livingroom.
A. view from Grorge Street B. arcade entance and hostel entrance C. hostel room plan
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Yvette Jasmine Fenech Email Yetta_226@hotmail.com Phone 0405 293 882
A lively integration of solid and void in an attempt to eradicate the division found within Haymarket’s context and Architecture.
A. Elevation of George Street B. Section through three towers C. View into the ‘Urban Room’ A
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Andrew Ieong Email Andrew_ieong@hotmail.com Phone 0424 136 386
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The site Haymarket Sydney is well known for the preserved nature of architecture over the many decades, for a new Boutique Hostel to make a significant stand it must be able to blend into the existing atmosphere. In order to achieve this, the new Boutique Hostel should hold qualities such as being subtle from the outside, yet complex and mysterious on the inside. This became possible by opening the various public functions i.e. restaurant, gym, bike shop etc. to engage with the main street, George st. An architectural language of creating a relationship between 2 levels became a clear solution in order to maintain a relationship of the ground floor to the floors above, evident in the sections below. Given that the majority of the functions towards this Boutique hostel are public access, it was necessary to give an open and inviting atmosphere from the main entry points. By activating the southern Facade as a vertical garden, protecting the interior voids through a repetition of solid then void horizontally, acting as the “rib cage� to the overall building, became the obvious choice to create a unique and secure feeling for a laneway on the ground floor linking George st to Thomas st for the public. The vertical garden also creates a relationship to the overall building as all levels are exposed tho this unique garden.
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Phil Nguyen Email philnguyen@live.com Phone 0421 090 083
This Boutique Hostel aims to facilitate the exchange or cultures and life experiences between Back Packers and Locals within the heart of Sydney.
A. George Street Perspective from the North B. Longitudinal Sectional of Hostel Design C. Handcrafted Balsa Model at 1:200 Scale
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Felix Saw Email felis89@gmail.com Phone 0426 454 554
Re-form: to improve the condition of the Chinatown public domain, while introducing a new architecture typology to the site.
A. Perspective on George Street B. Conceptual model C. Play of spatial arrangement along the laneway
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YUMENG ZHANG Email ilymfe@hotmail.com
The model conveys the ideas of Separation and connection two separated “blocks form�; the space transition from transparent to solid.
A. Building perspective from george street B. The physical model of site and hostel C. The digital model of the site
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REZWANA BASHIR ERICA CHEN YU ZHENG CHIEW WILSON KA HEI CHUNG QIONG HE LINH NGUYEN VANESSA YU YING ZHANG
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Rezwana Bashir Email midnight_pearl_21@hotmail.com Phone 0437 699 575
This scheme focuses on a unique form of staggered blocks in an E shaped plan which aims to maximise the eco response presented within the site. The climatic response in the scheme is also furthered by both the facade design and materiality of building. This hostel is an accumulation of unique massing, spatiality and eco response.
A. Perspective of the Scheme from George Street B. Perspective of the Scheme from Thomas Street C. Section through the Naturally Ventilated Corrodor
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erica chen Email erica_c14@hotmail.com Phone 0433 521 255
A. B. C. D.
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Haymarket Hostel Concept. This design is inspired by the round circle motif popular in chinese customs. The chinese believe the circle represents harmony, peace and equality.
George St perspective of building facades Laneway perspective Hostel entry perspective Urban living room perspective
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Yu Zheng Chiew Email yz1stcoy@hotmail.com
To build a contemporary building where increasing height and density affect the spatial quality and social dynamics of the residents.
A. Overall view from street level B. Entry View C. Courtyard View A
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Wilson Ka Hei Chung Email wilsonkhchung@hotmail.com Phone 450 239 088
A
A built form that articulates the laneway providing an engaging urban retreat within the inner city
A. Perspective of Hostel on George Street B. Perspective of urban space from George Street C. Perspective of Laneway from George Street
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Qiong He Email romejohn@hotmail.com Phone 0433 839 153
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View from opposite street Entry/Urban living room Hotel room Night-time view of hotel
The site is located in the urban environment, but with a lot nearby buildings built on the 1920th century. It is lack of vivid characteristics of modern 21st century’s trend. So a boutique hotel with a high level of design quality is needed to provide a lively and welcoming venue to attract visitors. Hotel is potentially to be an urban connector, both a destination and a link that permits one to pass into and through the building, weaving the city to the hotel.
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LINH NGUYEN Email linh.nguyen28@hotmail.com Phone 0422 886 343
Meeting places are key, shaping the building through the central circulation core overlapping and interlocking with the movements of the laneway.
A. Elevation of Boutique Hostel, George Street B. Boutique Hostel Building Perspective, George Street C. Conceptual Model
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Vanessa Yu Email vanessayu@live.com.au Phone 0433 791 869
Influenced by distinct Chinese features resembling the fan and the YinYang elements, this boutique hostel emphatically revives Chinese culture.
A. Laneway view B. Aerial view C. Perspective from Thomas St & Ultimo Road
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YING ZHANG Email zhangying_90@hotmail.com Phone 0432 656 602
The idea of merging traditional chinese element into modern urban environemnt has reflected back to the function of site, and is represented by building form and facade.
A. Section thru building B. Elevation of George st front C. Lounge space perspective
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ALUMNI PROFILE JULIET BYRNES Graduation year 1999
Degree Bachelor of Architecture
Juliet is a Development Manager, working with the NSW State Government’s Barangaroo Delivery Authority I chose the Architecture Program at UNSW because of its leading reputation and high-calibre graduates. There was a genuine buzz of excitement and learning around the Faculty. Within weeks of starting the program, I knew that I’d made the right choice. There was fantastic diversity and a healthy tension of ideas amongst the lecturers. The environment stimulated intense discussion and output, leading us in entirely new directions. My advice to anyone considering studying architecture is to select a university with good networks in industry and academia. Have a look at the guest lecturers they are attracting. The teaching culture at UNSW balanced the value of both practical and academic experience and, in my opinion, equipped us for the realities of working in industry. Also have a look at the ‘extra-curricular’ activities available (and I don’t just mean the Roundhouse!). A highlight of my time at UNSW was taking part in an architectural survey to Udaipur, India and in my final years I was employed by UNSW’s SOLARCH research group, to help represent Australia on an international solar energy research task led by the International Energy Agency (IEA). During this time, I also contributed to developing the first sustainability policy of the Australian Institute of Architects NSW and was on the board of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) and Chair of its Education Committee. My research work and first class honours degree from UNSW gave me the edge over hundreds of other people applying for a graduate trainee programe with Lend Lease. The interviewers were impressed that I had already been published in academia and presented at conferences. Since graduating from the Architecture Program at UNSW Faculty of Built Environment in 1999, I‘ve held senior management roles in developing and delivering $2.8 billion dollars worth of award-winning property development in Australia and the United Kingdom. I’ve worked directly with leading advocates of design excellence such as Jean Nouvel, Sir Richard MacCormac, Sir Terry Farrell, Simon Allford, Mark Whitby and Peter Rogers, former chair of the UK’s ‘Constructing Excellence’. Between 2002 and 2007 I played a key role in delivering the London portfolio of the UK’s largest developer Land Securities. In collaboration with different sections of the industry, I fostered new practices and legal agreements whereby multiple parties could share cost and time risks whilst maintaining a common and overarching approach to design excellence. These initiatives involved changing attitudes towards the responsibilities for design quality. Several of the projects received awards including the RIBA Regional Architecture Award 2011; Winner International Property Awards 2010, Best Mixed-Use; RIBA National Architecture Award 2008; Civic Trust Award 2008; and the RIBA National Architecture Award,2004. 144
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