Design Studio VI: Studio AusOcean

Under The Wave: AusOcean Research Facility

AusOcean is an ocean research organisation. Adelaide University students were commissioned by AusOcean’s executive, Alan Noble, to design an upgraded headquarters to be constructed in 2022. The space had to feature a workshop, storage area, office space and a learning centre. The brief called for a design that was inspired by the sea in some capacity.

Under the Wave is a design directly inspired from the surrounding environment. To create the initial concept, rocks, sand and the sea waves were taken from the site, literally and metophorically, borriwng from their form to create usable space to fit the needs of AusOcean. The rocks on site were digitised, and then contoured and extruded, to create the majority of the form, the space in which AusOcean employees and visitors will inhabit. A nearby sand dune was contoured, creating a form reminicesnt of a wave, leading to a crashing wave form being created, taking inspiration from the sea and the sand.

Individual assignment, year 3

Studio Leader: Dr. David Kroll

Contact: (08) 8313 2821

Tutor: Henry Williams

Contact: henry.williams@adelaide.edu.au

Recieved a grade of 82%