Finial Design - Presentation

This is my final proposal it shows in detail the administration building as well as giving a quick over look at the student recreation building and the technology building this showing the flow through the site.

Here is some photos of our finial modal.

Administration Building

Overall design looking north

Overall design looking north

Vegtation Research

White Cedar

poa

Leucophyta browni

Lepidosperma gladiatum

knobby club-rush

Crape myrtle

Coast Saltbush

Carpobrotus rossii

Black Anther-lily

Administration Building Development

After Master Plan Development 2

After producing form diagrams and basic scaled drawings the group can together with the designs and built a form modal here we could experiment with site flow and the integration of landscape and architecture which was a key aspect of our master plan. This is done through the application of clay demonstrating the organic flow show through the architecture around the site connecting buildings on and off the site. The following photos demonstrate this.

After Master Plan Development 1

After the master plan presentation we went to work developing our concepts. We solved the traffic problems by adding car access to be place off the developments in construction to the east of the site. We then moved towards our third project which is to individually develop the an aspect of the site. I chose the site entry through to the administration building and how that building connects to the rest of the site.

My design followed a few basic principles:

• Organic structure
• Integration of landscape and architecture
• Sustainable materials
  
• Passive cooling
  
• Thermal heating and cooling
• Comfortable working areas

These principles followed through and developed my concept.

• A thermal wall blocking south west winds.
• Thermal mass pods containing different areas of the building, with light northern walls
• Landscaping connecting the areas
• Landscaping containing outdoor spaces
  
• Flowing plan resembling the ripple effect of the ocean which is evident in many buildings in the Torquay region and allows for ease in transition between campuses.
  
• And vegetation to control wind flow

The following shoe some of me earlier sketches:

Master Plan

Our next assignment was to design a master plan for an extension campus to the existing primary school in Torquay. At the moment there in a primary school with years 7 to 9 being constituted next door. Our task was to design an adjacent campus facilitating years 10-12. We focused our master plan on the integration of landscape and architecture creating outdoor spaces flowing into and from rooms. We also wanted to have a smooth transition from the existing campuses to our campus. Also protecting adjacent buildings through the meas of blocking out noise without disrupting there nor then light, this is proposed to be done through landscaping and selective vegetation. Through our design we wanted to try to block out cold winter winds from the south west and filtering northern summer winds. We did extensive research into the sub-climate of the site and into indigenous planting and what uses certain vegetation can have on a design. The following photos are from our presentation.

From our presentation we realised that further development of traffic control was needed to solve the traffic congestion problem along the access road to the schools. But overall we had a solid concept that would be suited to Torquay.

Mod 5 - Portable Classroom - Final Product

This is was our finial design.

This is Our Physical modal in the process of construction.


Click here to view the presentation video.

Mod 5 - Portable Classroom - Material Research

We researched some sustainable materials the would be suited for a class room.

Mod 5 - Portable Classroom - Form Development

Our next assignment is the re-design and develop the existing Mod-5 Classroom into a portable sustainable and practice classroom. We researched examples of portable sustainable buildings. Which some are displayed here.

From looking at examples we came up with a concept that allows a building the size of a truck to be driven into a school and fold out to a practical working space with minimum on site construction. The following drawing describes the concept.