NIGHTINGALE NIGHT SCHOOL | HOME AWAY FROM HOME | 2017
Home Away From Home was a project developed as part of the Master of Architecture Thesis Studio 'Nightingale Night School' with Jeremy Macleod. The thesis explored the traditional Nightingale Housing model in a contextualised framework to demonstrate how the economic, environmental and social outcomes benefit the chosen area of research.
The Thesis 'Home Away From Home' explored Victoria's developing foster care housing crisis of too many children requiring care and not enough carers. The project proposes a single building for a community of foster children and carers to live in with spaces to facilitate carers supporting each other and caring for vulnerable children. The aim of the project is to provide an environment where individuals feel encouraged to become foster carers and the children are the ultimate beneficiaries.
The concept for the building was influenced by the family holiday, particularly taking inspiration from the caravan. The caravan's function as a temporary or permanent structure mirrors the flexible residency status of foster children. The caravan is also an iconic symbol associated with positive family experiences which is often missing from many foster children's lives. The building's physical structure took inspiration from the caravan and provides playful spaces and structures that expand and contract for temporary foster children placements. For the foster children that stay in this building, it is their positive family holiday or their home away from home.
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This project was created at the University of Melbourne using Revit Architecture, Photoshop, InDesign and Excel for feasibility calculations.
BROADMEADOWS COMMUNITY HOUSING | 2015
The Broadmeadows Community Housing project was developed in Master of Arcitecture Studio E at the University of Melbourne in collaboration with Hume City Council and members of the local community. The project explored implementing a new housing typology in Broadmeadows to provide a solution to the social, economic and environmental issues of its people. Through research based design and community consultation, the project took the form of a traditional co-housing typology blended with existing housing typologies of Broadmeadows.
The project is based around a distinguishable common house which contains shared kitchen, dining, living and study spaces and a communal courtyard which form the community cooperative. Around the community spaces are private units with direct street frontages, pitched roofs and materiality to blend with the existing local context. The cooperative lifestyle solves many of the issues of safety, amenity and affordability whilst the private units continue a sense of cultural identity through familiarity and pride in land ownership.
This project was created at the University of Melbourne using Revit Architecture, laser cutter, card cutter, Photoshop and InDesign.
FITZROY SPORTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE | 2015
he Fitzroy Sports and Community Centre project was created in Master of Archutecture Studio D at the University of Melbourne. The project brief was to create additional recreational and community infrastructure for the growing population of Fitzroy. The project is located on public land and on the existing Fitzroy swimming pool site either side of Alexandra Parade. Alexandra Parade is a busy eight lane road which creates a physical and cultural divide in Fitzroy. The centre is designed as a bridge to allow the community to exist above, through and unimpeded by Alexandra Parade. The program of the centre includes an indoor 50m swimming pool, 25m outdoor swimming pool, two multipurpose courts, multipurpose hall, community rooms, music rooms, cafe, child and maternal health care facilities.
This project was created at the University of Melbourne using Revit Architecture, Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
THE IMPRESSIONIST LAB | 2014
The Impressionist Lab was designed in Master of Architecture Studio C at the University of Melbourne. The impressionist lab is an art gallery/museum in Yarra Flats, Heidelberg dedication to the Heidelberg School artists and the Australian Impressionism style which they created. The project explores changing impressions much like how the Heidelberg School artists altered the perception of the Australian landscape through their paintings. The Impressionist Lab is comprised of weaving ramps which facilitate the movement of the users through and into exhibition spaces. The exhibition areas have different experiential qualities created through varied spatial thresholds. These thresholds which exist next to, within and overlap spaces bring a sense of ambiguity to the environment, heightening the atmospheric experience of the viewer. It is within this environment that the viewer can connect with the artwork and contemplate and reflect on the impressions of their surroundings.
This project was created at the University of Melbourne using Revit Architecture, AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
555 BOURKE STREET BUILDING | 2014
The 555 Bourke Street Project was conducted with two other students at the University of Melbourne as part of the subject ‘Applied Construction’. The project was to produce a high rise office building on the corner of Bourke and William Street in Melbourne’s CBD. The project was conducted in three stages at the group level (stacking, structure and envelope) with detailing of the building parapet and maintenance conducted at the individual level. The design is based on a square floor plate with curves cut out of two sides to create two adjoining sweeping surfaces. The building’s structure is concrete tube in tube with a post tension floor plate system. The facade integrates photovoltaics into the solar sun shades which enhance the passive solar properties of the building.
This project was created at the University of Melbourne using Revit Architecture, AutoCAD, and InDesign.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE MYSTERY THEATRE | 2013
The Arthur Conan Doyle Mystery Theatre project was designed in Studio: Fire at the University of Melbourne as a dedication to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Conan Doyle was the author of the famous crime mystery series ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and the theatre’s design was to reflect the theme of crime and mystery. The theatre’s form was generated through the same deductive method used by Sherlock Holmes when solving a crime which creates positive and negative spaces. The colours of the theatre were influenced by the red and black silhouette Sherlock Holmes book covers and the writing and black lines refer to the iconic signage of the theatre identifying the purpose of the building and shrouding its mystery.
This project was created at the University of Melbourneusing Rhino, AutoCAD, Photoshop and InDesign.
WYNDHAM CITY FREEWAY SCULPTURE | 2013
The Wyndham City Freeway Sculpture was designed in Studio: Air with two other students at the University of Melbourne. The project brief was to create a roadside sculpture to sit at the entrance to the city of Wyndham from the freeway. The design was created using a Grasshopper definition, a Rhino plug-in, based on a tessellated pattern and fabricated using the University of Melbourne’s FabLab. The sculpture needed to be reflective of Wyndham’s appreciation for art and design and act as a gateway to the city. The sculpture’s tessellated pattern reflects the change in density of the landscape which travelers will be experiencing whilst moving from Wyndham to Melbourne and Wyndham to Geelong as they pass the sculpture.
This project was created at The University of Melbourne using Rhino, Grasshopper, FabLab Printing, Photoshop and InDesign.
STUDLEY PARK BOATHOUSE | 2012
The Studley Park Boathouse Project was created in Studio: Earth at the University of Melbourne. The project brief was to redesign the existing Studely Park Boathouse using the same design technique as a master architect, Tadao Ando. The Studley Park Boathouse was designed using the proportional and rotational design strategies of Ando whilst maintaining the exiting boathouse’s function as a kiosk, restaurant and boat hire. The design takes advantage of the river views from the upper level restaurant and connects the boathouse directly with the river environment at the lower level.
This project was created at the University of Melbourne using Photoshop and InDesign.
BLOWN AWAY | 2011
‘Blown Away’ was created in the Virtual Environments studio at the University of Melbourne in 2011. The projects brief was to create a lantern for the body that represents a natural process. The body lantern’s design explored the natural process of wind erosion and its impact on the body. The design was created through a series of drawings and physical models which were then transfered into Rhino. In Rhino paneling tools were used to create the surface pattern of the lantern for digital printing and fabrication.
This project was created at the University of Melbourne using Models, Rhino, Laser Cutting and InDesign.
GP THE MUSICAL | 2011 & 2013
‘GP the Musical' was created by doctors for doctors and they required fun and fresh designs to promote the musical to other medical professionals and interested parties. Logos, posters and programs were designed incorporating medical humor through the use of the stethoscope and a medical script to reference the humor of the production. 'GP the Musical' premiered at a medical conferance for General Practitioners in 2011 and was performed again at the Melborne Comedy Festival in 2013.
