Laura Parengkuan

Project :: Coogee Multi-Residential / Mixed Use Building

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Theoretical and Conceptual Approach

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My theoretical and conceptual approach was framed by two main observations of Coogee:
- the figure ground shows orgnisation of buildings that create negative/left over space
- infrastructure is based on the grid and dominates the organic landscape

My approach was not to oppose the grid by using organic shapes but to use the grid to create new geometry lines. The geometry lines relate to surrounding buildings, street corners and site boundaries - highlighting certain views and aspects of the building.

Also, by using different levels of openess in structure the boundaries between interior and exterior spaces are blurred. This has been done by making outdoor spaces feel indoor and indoor spaces feel outdoor.

Final Drawings

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Floor Plans Sections and Elevations

Construction Model

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Foyer and Landing Above

Final Model

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East Elevation

West Elevation

North Elevation

South Elevation

Final Presentation Drawings

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Floor Plans

Sections and Elevations

Exercise 3

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New Mapping and Site Plan Floor Plans

Elevations and Sections

Massing Model on Site

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Exercise 2

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Site Plan

Elevation

Sections

Interior Perspective

Mapping Exercise

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Threshold : By Landscape.

Built fabric is bounded by the organic form of landscape, but at the same time ignores it by domination through the grid.

Threshold : On Site

Insertion : Figure Ground

Insertion : Void as Space

Reciprocity : A move from Architecture > Landscape
to Architecture = Landscape

Reciprocity : A move from negative outdoor space to a defined positive outdoor space

Project :: Coogee Beach Community Centre

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Final Model

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Building in its site - front facade

Section model

East Section

West Section

Interior - looking into the void and gallery

Final Drawings

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Figure Ground

Site Geometry and Site Plan

Plans

Sections

Room Detail - East Gallery

Interior Perspectives

Model Progression

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Stairs rise to an elevated platform in the double height East gallery. This will help visitors view large artworks on the tall gallery wall.

The stairs then continue to to the next level.

Program

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Precent Examples: Framed Glass

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To frame a building...

To frame a void...

Will use this idea to highlight the courtyard void of the building. From the street, the vertical elements will be seen rising two floors - accentuating the void.

Facade - concept and ideas

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The facade will use horizontal geometry lines (in the vertical plane) to align with openings in the adjacent buildings

Precedent Example - Glass facade between older buildings

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Claus en Kaan - Housing Haarlemmerbuurt

Geometry of the Building and Courtyard

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To create a form that relates to the site I have taken key points from the site: the back corner of the two adjacent buildings, the front corner of the two buildings behind as well as the four corners of the chosen site.

From these points I constructed geometry lines. I then experimented by highlighting parts of these lines to create a form that creates a focus in the center of the site, then projects outwards to the view at the back of the site.

The room geometry has been determined by equally spaced horizontal geometry lines of the site. This has created a sense of order through the space.

Artist - Cesar

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Compression - Compressed Bicycle

Cesar creates sculpture compositions made of everyday discarded materials found from junkyards and the street - ranging from crushed cars to wearable jewellery.

Artist - Mimmo Rotella

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Collage of some Rotella works

Mimmo Rotella is known for his collages of posters literally torn from the streets and pasted onto canvas, revealing what look like layers of other posters beneath. He called these 'Decollages'. Later he partially tore the canvas again naming the technique 'Double Decollage'.

Rotella used the debris of urban life to comment directly on the society in which they lived.

*Reminds me of the graffiti near the site

The Client:

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A young couple intersted in collecting and selling art inspired by urban life and the streets.

Reasons for choosing this site:

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located between two early 19th Century buildings - Newton characteristic
interesting view from back of site into back alley
graffiti on neighbouring building and in street influenced my choice of artists
appropriate size
South facing - opportunity for glass front facade without any direct sunlight which could damage artworks

Art Gallery Site - 161-163 King St Newtown

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Aerial View

Front View - Site with Surrounding Buildings

The site is currently split into two commercial shops. Total site measuring: 9.5m x 33m

Back of Site

View from back of site

* Opportunity here to use its deep back view to houses and trees as an extension to the site

Other interesting feature

Graffiti on neighbouring building

:: Project 3 - Art Gallery - Newtown

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Newtown - Sydney's Bohemian Centrepiece

The heartland of Sydney's vibrant bohemian culture, the Newtown Precinct is an eclectic mix of alternative cultures, ethnicity, sexuality and lifestyles. The precinct provides a fascinating haven for the great diversity of its inhabitants: from academic professionals and students of the neighboring colleges and universities to the punks, poets and artists, alongside original post war European immigrants. The precinct's spirit of acceptance and tolerance has produced a unique culture in Sydney and created a diverse street life of these myriad cultures. This unique atmosphere has become a magnet for visitors, tourists and other Sydney-siders.

The Newtown precinct is centered on famous King Street, part of a thoroughfare which stretches from Broadway to St Peters. This streetscape, listed on the Register of the National Estate is perhaps Sydney's largest and best example of 19th century commercial street architecture and includes a vast array of styles from high Victorian gothic, Queen Anne revival and Italianate. This colonnade of buildings now houses Newtown's restaurants, cafes, bars, hotels, retail stores, fashion designers, bookshops and food shops. The St Peters end of King St is renowned for its quirky specialist shops.

Final Model

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Building in its site

Section View

Room for Prospect

Room for Refuge

Final Drawings

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Plans

Section

Axonometric

Idea Progression - Rooms

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Concept: Prospect and Refuge

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Portray prospect + refuge theory through spacial configuration and manipulation of light.

Prospect (ability to see into the distance)
- brightness in view
- visual distance
- ability to get to a point for a better view
- horizon + sky imagery
- strategic viewing locations
- view corridors

Refuge (sense of enclosure or shelter)
- canopy effects (lowered ceilings, screening)
- variation in light effects (darker suggests refuge)
- enclosing surfaces
- penetrable barriers and surfaces for views out

Heerwagen and Hase - Characteristics of Biophilic Buildings

First Ideas

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Site: barren, isolated, a lookout?

Rooms: Room above ground - a room for the girl to read her letters - her connection to the outside world, a place for fresh air and daylight.

Room below ground - a room no one sees, like the emotion she hides from the world.

Narrative

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A lookout for a lonely woman awaiting news of her husband to return home.

Painting - Vermeer

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Vermeer - A Girl Reading A Letter By An Open Window

Mood: Sad. Alone.

Space: Small. Confined.

:: Project 2 - Room and Narrative

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Final Poche Drawings

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Ground Floor

First Floor

Section

Final Parti Drawings

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Geometry

Enclosure

Circulation

Program

Structure

Final Model

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Final Model on Exhibit

Ramp Detail

Spiral Stair Case Detail
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Model Progression

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Ground Floor

Ground/First Floor Section

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Section with the ramp in place
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Beginning to put walls and skylights on first floor
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Beginnings of the Model

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Ground Floor

First Parti Diagrams

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Geometry

Enclosure

Circulation

Program

Structure

:: Project 1 - Artifice - A Villa Study

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Le Corbusier - Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, 1928-1929

A "machine for living".

By Laura Parengkuan and Feifei Feng