Divergent Footprints by Uncharted Paradigms

DIVERGENT FOOTPRINTS UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE GRADUATION PROJECTS 2015

UNCHARTEDPARADIGMS

uncharted paradigms

CONTENTS 5

INTRODUCTION

GROUP PHOTO

PROJECTS

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SUPPORTERS

CREDITS

MARK SZCZERBICKI

WEN CHEN new centre in kensington CHAD DAO past forward YI DING glebe affordable housing and community centre CHAO DONG the new kensington green communal centre PATRICK LEAL the working depot ZHENG LI artists in residence SUEKYI (SUE) LIM newtown reclaimed: new peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s place WINJING LIM the pyrmont live-make hub KATE PALMER the farm RENA WANG st peters triangle MING ZHE WOO mind the gap

divergent footprints

INTRODUCTION

â&#x20AC;&#x153;DIVERGENT FOOTPRINTS - EXPLORING NEW APPROACHING TO URBAN INFILLâ&#x20AC;? MARK SZCZERBICKI

This studio explored unusual and unexpected solutions to reversing suburban spread through investigating architectural interventions in difficult, left-over and dis-used spaces in the city. Students researched possible approaches to densifying and invigorating their chosen sites. The resultant mappings and analysis, demographic and cultural explorations, and final master plans from the first semester were then articulated into detailed proposals, with the ambition to challenge the accepted norms and stereotypes of minimal dimensions, housing codes and building regulations, leading to an understanding of how increased density can be balanced with a sense of space, beauty and timelessness in architecture. Each project includes two major components. The first comprises of a dense series of varied and innovative dwelling types ranging from micro-apartments through to boarding houses and re-worked townhouse or terrace house typologies. The second component is a largescale public intervention, which often includes the adaptive re-use of existing structures, and proposes new programs and uses relevant to each contextual situation. The resulting projects collated in this publication are a varied mix of spatially and programmatically complex designs, which respond both at an urban planning as well as micro architectural scale. The students in our studio are to be commended for their ability to look beyond architectural problem-solving and for ambitiously responding to wider-ranging issues, which they personally felt passionate about. Their great work ethic combined with a sense of curiosity and exploration will serve them well in their future professional endeavours.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The students in our studio are to be commended for their ability to look beyond architectural problemsolving and for ambitiously responding to widerranging issues, which they personally felt passionate about. â&#x20AC;?

WEN CHEN New Centre in Kensington

2B Barker St

chenwen900614@sina.com +61 421507470

Green Communal & Educational The site is integrated into the park with sense of green and nature. The design intention is to create an cultural and communal centre i n K e n s i n g t o n i n t e ra c t e d w i t h t h e Kensington Park, in order to provide amenities to the neighborhood. The site can be divided into three parts according to the function use: communal, educational and residential. The buildings on the site are rotated to an angle in order to provide both park view and norther sun to each apartment.

The new Randwick nursery will combine educational use. It will offer space for plant science and landscape technology program of college school, which requires students to study in the nursery and do the design works as internship experience. Except the greenhouse and space for plants, it will include a mixed use of nursery administration and education building and a student apartment building. The nursery will also be open to the public, providing commercial functions.

WEN CHEN

College school street elevation

Library section

Long section

WEN CHEN

The centre is a mixed used building, which includes a community centre, a cafe and a book shop on the ground floor and a library on the first floor. Transparency is a vital architectural theme in this building, allowing an inviting and welcoming building that is accessible and open to public view. All the different activities of the centre are visible and displayed which encourages participation. For the ground floor, the wall of the community hall can be fullyt opened due to the support of the columns. There is a landscape in the courtyard extend to the park which provides sitting spaces for the visitors. The west facade also towards a playground in the park. Parents can sit on the landscape or have events in the hall and watch their kids.

CHAD DAO PAST FORWARD

the uncertain future of homebush theatre chaddao@outlook.com +61 413 282 170

Sited prominently on Parramatta Road, the abandoned Homebush Theatre is a reflection of the derelict condition of its undesirable surroundings. Its long history of uses - ranging from a respected cinema in the 1920s to an unsuccessful ice-skating rink in the 1980s – exhibits its dependence on the state of Parramatta Road. With an understanding of numerous proposed developments of Parramatta Road, ‘‘Past Forward’ responds to a state of flux and provides a catalyst for change. Through embracing Parramatta Road for what it is, the proposal creates both adaptable public and permanent resident spaces that animates current conditions and welcomes an uncertain future. The program is divided into two – permanent affordable housing and transient public use. With an understanding of the growing need for affordable housing and easy access to Sydney’s CBDs, the majority of the site is dedicated to housing key workers and the working poor. The frontage of the existing façade is continued across the site with a living ‘wall’, creating a private open space detached from Parramatta Road. The cinema is split internally, serving both as a communal space for the residents in the back and publicly accessible space on Parramatta Road. The public portion of the cinema is repurposed for its current context - a private rooftop day care, a secret brothel and a live music venue. As the future of Parramatta Road is under much contention, Past Forward seeks to reactivate Parramatta Road through the creation of uses that embrace the current conditions and acknowledges future change.

CHAD DAO

embracing parramatta road in its current state

an unlikely future

CHAD DAO

parramatta road elevation

YI DING Glebe Affordable Housing and Community Centre

85 Bay Street, Glebe, 2037, NSW yiding04@gmail.com +61 449 526 288

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea of the masterplan is to return the site back to the residents.â&#x20AC;? Glebe is an important area which is undergoing significant changes. However, this fast-pace development continues to receive negative feedbacks from local community. The concept and aim of this masterplan is to reinforce the foundation of the development, by returning the land back to the residents. The height and massing of this master plan responds to its surrounding context and developments, showing respond to the low-rise neighbours. The master plan also continued the Bay Street commercial frontage on ground floor. Every apartmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s living room receives at least 3 houers Northern sun in mid-winter from 9am to 3pm. Adequate open space has been provided to the residents, ensuring good living quality The tenants need to be socially connected to a diverse and supportive community to support their health and wellbeing, as well as opportunities to better their circumstances. According to demographic analysis (23% of people on the public housing waiting list are single parents with children, 60% pf public housing tenants are over 60), A child care center (which compromise daycare, after school care weekend care), a therapy center, and a community center with a library are proposed to support the significant growth of population of this area in the near future.

Masterplan

YI DING

Ground floor plan

Community centre night view

Childcare centre view

Therapy pool view

YI DING

Apartment view

Community library section

Cowper street elevation

Street elevation

Street view

CHAO DONG THE NEW KENSINGTON GREEN COMMUNAL CENTER

1 DAY LANE, KENSINGTON NSW 2033 dennycdong@hotmail.com +61 433 221 028

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CHAO DONG

Perspective view from Kensington park

Long elevation 1 showing apartments

Long elevation 2 showing offices and cafe

Short section cutting through cafe and library

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Perspective view showing the outdoor dining space

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PATRICK LEAL The Working Depot

745 Princes Highway, Tempe 2044, NSW p.leal@live.com.au 041 226 2980 issuu.com/patrickleal/docs/portfolio/1 www.linkedin.com/in/lealpatrick

Can we reinvigorate a suburb, heritage building and perhaps a whole educational pathway? This project attempts to repurpose the Tempe Tram Shed into an architectural model for higher education. Tying into the industrial traditions of Marrickville and the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history as a lynchpin of the community, the proposed institution would link the practical nature of vocational education to the loftier goals and features of the university campus. The recent deterioration of the worth of a university degree has been matched by a fall of standards in vocational education. While attending university is obviously a worthy goal, surely attention must also be paid to the vocational training sector. The project aims to elevate vocational education by creating an active, integrated campus. This formalisation would primarily be achieved through an ordering of public space and through celebrating the architecture of industry. New buildings are formed in a deferential manner around the heritage structures. A sequence of attractive and activated urban spaces are provided to create a viable town centre for Tempe, and encourage inter- and intracommunity relationships. Residential buildings provide varied housing options for students, teachers and locals.

Tempe Context Plan

The tram shed itself is given over to the heart of the scheme, the actual training and attainment of practical skills. The general aesthetic and form of the new buildings follow the industrial foundation of the existing architecture. However, slight deviations have been made to both accommodate specialist functions and give each residential and commercial district its own identity. By elevating the unique requirements of a vocational institution, can we reinvigorate a heritage building, a suburb, and perhaps a whole educational pathway?

Axonometric of the central pedestrian street

PATRICK LEAL

Gannon Street Elevation

Pedestrian Street Elevation

Tram Shed Interior Section

Pedestrian Street

Apartment Green Space

Tram Shed Interior

PATRICK LEAL

Upper Floor Plan

Angela Zheng Li Artists in Residence

10/12 Botany Street Randwick 2031, NSW angela.lz@live.cn +61 423667414

The aim of this project is to transform the former vacant Griffith Teas warehouse building to a mixed use residential apartment. Its significance as an historical heritage building, to some extent, causes the remaining of the pale face brick wall. Timber post & beam system it incorporated determines the main structure. Height limit of the building regulated by the local council has posed difficulties to build additional part on top.

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To reflect on its former use, as its name stated: Coffee & Tea warehouse building, a specifically- themed museum of coffee and tea culture is being proposed. The museum occupied two floor levels plus a platform and included commercial segments like cafes, open dining space, as well as exhibition hall for promoting coffee and tea culture. According to local geographic statistics, single dwellings and two-bedroom apartments are the major dwelling types for typical floors. In the scheme, there are five apartment living floors accommodating 35 units in total. One additional penthouse located on the roof is to maximize its commercial value as much as possible. Since in the designed program, the gallery can also be accessible by people who would be present their work either from the studios, home offices or workshops. The roof top also has the potential to be treated for entertainment, such as a bar or a lookout spot.

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Structure & Material diagram

Long Section

Angela Zheng Li

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Typical Floor Plan

Perspective towards the gallery

Perspective towards the restaurant

Angela Zheng Li

Tasting Corner in transitional space

Perspective from the rooftop bar

SUEKYI (SUE) LIM Newtown Reclaimed: New Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Place

Newtown Former Tram Shed: 4 Angel Street, 2042 Newtown, Sydney NSW sueyi77@gmail.com +61 416884267 http://issuu.com/sueyilim/docs/sueyilim_portfolio www. sueyilim.weebly.com

“...the space should be an open and public one, aspires to provide and extend the layers of interactions between the inhabitants, visitors and their surroundings” Newtown New People’s Place is fundamentally a community centre proposal which seeks to architecturally reactivate the vacant and abandoned former tram shed building in Newtown, by simply adaptively regenerate a new identity as well as new architectural programs, that address the programmatic and cultural needs to an extend that the building is perceived as an reection of Newtown’s vibrant community.

“First life, then spaces, then buildings – the other way around never works” by, Jan Gehl Existing Space vs. Public Space concept diagram

The project is an opportunity to formulate an architectural approach to design and public space intervention in the urban context of Newtown, by developing the fundamental understanding of the context, in terms of the background history, urban built environment, people, culture, lifestyle. Major part of the project is to be undertaken by applying the Jan Gehl’s formulated framework in the theoretical structure for the design of public spaces, urban spaces, as well as helping the process of analysing the type of urban space, public space and its relationship to spatial formation in this project.

Geometrical drive from existing pedestrian footprint, main drive to proposed pedestrian link

SUEK YI (SUE) LIM

Pedestrian Laneway and social space in front of library

Primary Public Domain Plan

Cross Section of the Proposed Scheme

Outdoor Cinema / Amphitheatre Space

Existing Pedestrian Circulation

Introducing New Pedestrian Link

The architectural goal was to make architecture of the tram shed redevelopment become part of the existing industrial building as well as part of the existing landscape without drawing attention to itself, or even feeling like a building, with the hope that those who are on the property will have a greater enjoyment of the public-ness and the openness of urban space. The design vision considers the widercommunity and an immediate relationship with surrounding neighbourhood, the design vision the space to be an open and public one. In essence our design vision, aspires to provide layers of interactions between the inhabitants, visitors and their surroundings.

Residential Laneway with Laneway Bar at the end

SUEK YI (SUE) LIM

Detailing of New Pedestrian Link with green spaces, Enhance Flexible Pedestrian Circulation in Levels

Building Programs and Forms Responses

Adaptation of Building Forms to Existing Structures

Axonometric View of Proposed Scheme

WINJING LIM The Pyrmont Live-Make Hub

82-86 Harris Street, 2009, NSW wjing_91@hotmail.com +61 470 645 344

“The primary feature will be its MAKE component with spaces allocated for pop-up programs whose variety and dynamism are expected to be what it takes to activate the area & draw people in” The Pyrmont Live-Make Hub covers two areas separated by Pyrmont Street, namely a three-storey Federation style warehouse building, as well as an existing open-air carpark opposite the warehouse on 82-86 Harris Street. The proposal for a live-make hub on the carpark site as the main component of this masterplan and a media school on the warehouse site as a subsidiary program is based on the rapid blossoming of medis & entertainment related industries in the area and more importantly, Pyrmont’s potential to be rejuvenated with activities to bring in more liveliness to it given its strategic location as an inner city suburb.

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The masterplan hence aims to activate a part, if not the whole of Pyrmont through the introduction of new functions and programs on the selected site, with particular focus on its public character. The primary feature will be its MAKE component where spaces are allocated for pop-up/temporary programs whose variety and dynamism are expected to be what it takes to activate the area and draw people in. public

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central courtyard

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landscaped link connecting both sites

ground floor plan

WINJING LIM

night view towards the Hub from Pyrmont Street

Not only will the proposed main Hub on Harris Street add to Pyrmontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residential density, it will also house workshop spaces that encourage communal activities to address Pyrmontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shortfall in community infrastructures. Meanwhile the subsidiary program of the masterplan, which is the Pyrmont Media School proposed on the opposite warehouse site will house a series of innovative spaces for media-related researches, learning, recording, screening etc. which not only serve its staffs and students but also serves as an open resource for mediaenthusiasts out there, encouraging an active engagement with the public.

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KATE PALMER THE FARM

BOWDEN STREET ALEXANDRIA

kate.palmer91@hotmail.com +61 405 250 046

â&#x20AC;&#x153;inspired by the patchwork landscape of agriculture and the untamed nature of landscape taking over architecture â&#x20AC;? The farm is an urban intervention on an industrial site. It is a proposal for an urban farm with a variety of residential components. The expression of the architecture is inspired by the patchwork landscape of agricultural farming and the untamed nature of landscape taking over architecture. The urban farm consists of a research and education facility. The research facility includes a lecture theatre, offices, meeting rooms as well was two large greenhouses, four rooftop growing areas and vertical garden facilities. An amphitheatre is also provided for the use of this research centre as well as the public. Permanent markets stalls are provided so the produce can be sold to locals, and impromptu markets spaces are also provided.

Aquaponic Greenhouse

The residential component is made up of two different housing typologies; terrace houses and market apartments. There are 16 terrace houses with a variety of 3 and 4 bedroms. There are 120 apartments with a mix of studios, 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms.

Existing roof structure

KATE PALMER

Site Entry

Street Elevation

Aquaponic Greenhouse Section

KATE PALMER

Section through apartments

RENA WANG St Peters Triangle

Cnr Hutchinson St & Applebee St, St Peters NSW 2044 rena-wang@live.com +61 410 608 588

The masterplan proposes adaptive reuse of a large industrial site as a lively community hub. With much of the inner west currently undergoing gentrification it is important to take measures to retain the rich art culture and social diversity of the area. The project aims to provide a suburban centre by generating activity through the integration of creative community programs and a new market square. A collection of fine grain live/work artist studios, gallery spaces, retail and public halls define the edges of the public realm. The community focused ground plane is supported by high-density residential dwellings above, designed to maximise efficiency, providing market apartments as well as affordable housing. The proposal is anchored on two main axes intersecting at the centre of the site, stitching the triangle into the existing urban fabric and creating much needed through site links. The axes divide the site into four key quadrants that are supported by a rich network of secondary laneways. Key buildings along Hutchinson Street are retained to preserve the industrial character and thriving street art culture of the area.

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1 community halls 2 child care 3 aged care + shared courtyard 4 sculpture garden 5 live | work artist studios 6 gallery 7 public square | marketplace 8 E to W link 9 residents courtyard 10 apartments 11 N to S link 12 pop up shops

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MING ZHE WOO MIND THE GAP

NEW SOCIAL + AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR WOOLLOOMOOLOO mingzhewoo@hotmail.com +61 401 326 169

MIND THE GAP is an urban renewal and affordable housing scheme based in Woolloomooloo. The project uses a fragmented, insertion-based approach to reinstil identity and dignity back into a broken urban fabric. The main constraints of the site are a number of gaps, of physical, social and programmatic nature. The prominent viaduct which runs from Circular Quay to Kings Cross cuts the precinct diagonally in its entirety, creating a string of undesirable ‘leftover spaces’. The precinct is well known for its high concentration of rough-sleepers, embodying a self-perpetuating kind of stigma that is difficult to shake off. Finally, seemingly every surrounding suburb has a thriving commercial and urban livelihood that is apparently lacking for the area. Using a pragmatic approach, this project eschews top-down masterplanning ideals by broadening ideas of what infill development and public space can be. There is a conceptual openness that is still grounded in the unique context of the site, facilitating multiple interconnections in an area ‘left behind’ – a gap in the Sydney city. The project also challenges stereotypes of conditions typical to housing projects, and accommodates the necessary density without compromising spatial qualities and urban livelihood.

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This project embodies a deep acceptance of uncertainty by being a series of loose elements that can be adapted over time. The existing habits and uses of the urban landscape are celebrated, and the infill is not always immediately visible in an architectural way. The main focus is to provide programmatic enrichment through modest urban interventions, rather than tokenistic built forms, and looks at accommodating particular activities which can, in turn, hopefully create a symbiotic relationship between the parts and the whole.

apartments on a podium densify the area with minimal interference to the ground plane.

the interventions are woven through its urban landscape, including crossings and undercrofts. new terrace houses double the de

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a new community garden and centre, basketball court, and police station is housed by the viaduct

a layered park draws in pedestrians through the dark undercroft and reinforces its existing uses. at its heart, a dappled plaza, open to all

ensity without introducing more imposing structures into the urban fabric.