SOFT THRESHOLD ABPL90074 Virginia Overell 211446
SIDNEY MYER ASIA CENTRE Building by Nation Fender Katsalidis completed in 2001 The building houses: Asialink, a centre for creative engagement with Asia hosted by the University of Melbourne. Asia Institute, the centre for studies in Asian languages, cultures and societies. Spirit Wall, an artwork by sculptor Akio Makigawa rendered in Corten wraps around the NorthEast corner of the building.
linear cantilever heavy/ light interplay
The building itself is a stark, with linear motifs continued throughout. The material palette includes concrete, steel and ceramic tiles.
LOCATING PLAN Faraday St
Monash Rd
Swanston
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Unimelb
Nearmap, Melbourne University, 2020
Site photos: Virginia Overell, 2020
SITE ANALYSIS
NEW STUDENT PRECINCT
Legend Construction Pit Corymbia maculata Exceptional Tree Melaleuca styphelioides
Ulmus procera Brachychiton acerifolius Brachychiton rupestris Ulmus procera juvenile
https://students.unimelb.edu.au/student-precinct/project-updates/ construction-begins-on-the-new-student-precinct
Master plan document key phrases Passive and active landscape spaces Sustainable Moving between internal and external spaces
Rooftop meadow planting
EXISTING VEGETATION
Self sown grasses on roof
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ANTICIPATED MOVEMENT The new student precinct opens up a major new entry way to the south of the Sidney Myer Asia Building this will split the concentration of students across the multiple paths. The new pathway allows for multi directional/ diagonal shortcuts through the university. This, along with introduction of landscape details will likely draw people towards this option diffusing the traffic more evenly across our site. Legend Anticipated new pedestrian movement Existing & continuing pedestrian movement
ANTICIPATED MOVEMENT
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EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS
MONASH RD
NEW STUDENT PRECINCT
SIDNEY MYER ASIA CENTRE
BIKE PATH
SWANSTON ST TRAM STOP
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LEGEND
SIDNEY MYER ASIA CENTRE CONCRETE
INLAID GRANITE TACTILE PAVING
YELLOW BRICK PAVING
BIKE PATH CITY OF MELBOURNE STANDARD BIKE RACKS TREE PITS CITY OF MELBOURNE STANDARD RUBBISH BIN TRAFFIC LIGHTS
SIGN POSTS
DRAINAGE DIRECTION DRAINAGE GRATE PROPOSED SITE
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PRECEDENTS
PAVING: Carlo Scarpa, Olivetti Showroom, Venice
GATEWAY: Steel Channel trellis structure, Fizroy Gardens, photograph: Virginia Overell, 2020
threshold, entrance, internal to external
TRANSLUCENCY: Edoardo Tresoldi at Arte Sella, Italy Lightness, blurring, partially obscuring
THRESHOLD: Moon Gate, The Humble Administrators Garden Suzhou, China https://live.staticflickr.com/761/20843100000_72f305627a_b.jpg framing views, creating threshold
DESIGN DRIVERS
framing views
organic vs linear
long morning shadows
INITIAL SKETCHES
MATERIAL PALETTE
Colour m atc h
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tiles ade c a f
Melbourne Uni Standard yellow brick
Hardenbergia violaceae
Trachelospermum jasminoides
Powdercoated Steel
Jakob Systems 4mm Stainless Steel Wire Cable
Jakob Systems Swaged Clevis End Fixing
Jakob Systems Internal Thread Sleeve Attachment
Recycled hardwood sleepers
PHYSICAL MODEL 1:20 soft, linear mapping of time diffusion of sunlight and play of shadows
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