Warehouse Plans

These little beasts are a set of drawings to go off to tender for a warehouse in Craigiburn. Pretty simple sort of deal but it certainly gives you an idea of how much detail they go into...

Master Builders Association of Victoria Excellence in Construction Awards 2006

Here are a series of short articles with descriptions of the constructions that won awards last year. I find the Evironmentally Sustainable Design by Lyons architects to be particularly useful as it is always great to see that ESD doesnt have to come at the cost of bad aethetics.

In terms of the construction process, the widening of the Melbourne Airports runway is interesting in terms of them developing a heavy machine that both spreads the concrete as well as vibrates it. This eliviating manual labour and imperfections.

I also was lucky enough to do a little work experience with a guy called Steve Davies who works for ARM. This was at the time when Melbourne Central was at the beginnings of the demolition/construction stage. He spoke a lot about the process that they took to get the building up and running and the ideas that they were trying to achieve. The massive overhangs that you see in the picture was based on a box opening and closing. Simple idea but very effective.

Great Article

I found this article last year and wasnt really sure where i could use it but i thought id put it up especially for the archi guys and gals just as a kind of motivater.

It talks about the importance of architecture in our society and how we need to appreciate it as we live with it our whole lives. It speaks about how its the most underappreicated artform but it is the most expressive. The most poignant line in it is where is talks about how we should be taught from a young age about architecture and how to recognise it and appreciate it.

Hope you enjoy it...

Final Posters!

Here are the final posters.

The assignment turned out as i wanted it to. The posters look great and represent everything i wanted them too. Albeit that the model took me soooooo many hours! wow! how do i make it easier to do next time? any suggestions?

final model

Here is a copy of the final warehouse and showroom. I think it is quite sucessful at capturing the approach the renzo piano would take in the similar situation. He is a very hard person to study becuase he does not have a particular style or lean towards a particular building material. But what is evident is his response to the function and client. This dictates the form and the construction methods and materials.

my favourite of the details

batten detail with its lighting effect