Discussion: Final

Flat green lawns should not be the only type of space deemed acceptable in the public domain. While there is certainly beauty in the vast expanse of parks, the bare, often flat grassy spaces only truly work as winding gathering spaces due to their sheer size. On the smaller scale, such as in educational institutions, … Continue reading Discussion: Final →

Final Crit Presentation

First Floor Plan First Floor PlanDownload Ground Floor Plan ground-floor-planDownload Exploded Axo of Project showing different 'layers' and componentsThe Learning Spaces follow an overall gradient of privacy to exposure, aiming to encourage 'optimal anxiety' in users as they progress. These spaces have each also been assigned an emotion as per our 'Anxiety Scale' Entrance view … Continue reading Final Crit Presentation →

Designing the Theatre

Architects are widely despised in the theatre community due to their propensity toward designing completely nonfunctional theatre spaces and buildings. This is largely due to cutting corners (sometimes literally) when fitting the building to site, and in other times the architects' artistic vision is often prioritised over the practical reality of theatre-making. My aim when … Continue reading Designing the Theatre →

Research: ‘Optimal Anxiety’ and Boredom in Science and in Theatre

I realised that we had never actually properly researched 'optimal anxiety', nor had we integrated any early reading we had done about boredom properly into our design. The following is a summary of my findings, and what architectural moves I suggested could use it effectively for affecting user experience. 'Optimal Anxiety' Resources used: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/a-little-anxiety-will-help-you-perform-optimally-but-too-much-is-debilitating-2012-6?r=US&IR=T https://medium.com/@uncomfortableisok/what-is-optimal-anxiety-and-how-can-we-use-it-maximise-performance-73a37441e60a … Continue reading Research: ‘Optimal Anxiety’ and Boredom in Science and in Theatre →

Exploring Parkour and Storage Elements

Our tutor advised us to begin looking at our project as a large system, where elements perform more than one singular function. Daven and I decided to transform the amphitheatre into a more multifunctional space architecturally by developing it using one of my 'excitement' moment ideas: parkour elements bringing physical excitation and livening the entire … Continue reading Exploring Parkour and Storage Elements →

Masterplan 2: Peer Feedback and Cross-Crit

We now needed to, in some way, combine our moment work with the programs of each room, as well as identify how these will all sit onsite. We discussed whether we should continue with obeying the current circulation path, or whether we should use our buildings to change this and interweave passerbys through the Performing … Continue reading Masterplan 2: Peer Feedback and Cross-Crit →

New Approach, New Moments, New Direction [Part 2]

This post documents the various ways we tried to process our moment work. This is a chart made by my other group members - the different moments were placed randomly in positions that mimic the map we drew (see in Part 1 post), and then noted down general characteristics that seemed to appear throughout clusters … Continue reading New Approach, New Moments, New Direction [Part 2] →

New Approach, New Moments, New Direction [Part 1]

After the rigidity of our previous scheme, we decided to try a more explosive scheme with more variation and atmospheric focus. The following explorations are in reaction to the lack of character in the first Masterplan - in order to explore 'anxiety' and 'boredom' in a more nuanced way, we decided to place these on … Continue reading New Approach, New Moments, New Direction [Part 1] →

Discussion Forum: In what style should we build?

This discussion is centered around architectural style. Throughout history there have been various stylistic evolutions and movements that have arisen from the technological We were asked to respond to the following questions (adapted by my tutor from my classmates D.C. and D. H.), as well as read Patrick Schumacher's In Which Style Should We Build? … Continue reading Discussion Forum: In what style should we build? →

Masterplan 1 -> First 1:50 Plan + Section; Feedback From Tutor

The next step was to draw up our massing model as a 1:50 plan and section to show the our tutor spaces we have in mind within the greater structure. The act of observation is our main way of inducing 'anxiety' in students rehearsing, and we contrast this with more 'boring' spaces with less stimulus … Continue reading Masterplan 1 -> First 1:50 Plan + Section; Feedback From Tutor →