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Co-living

Housing Expectation

New mode of living

People Relationship

Encounters

Shared-living

Cultural Integration

Urban & Architectural Intervention

Community Engagement

Social Assistance

Adaptive Reuse

People-Centred Design

Care for Land and People

Regional Area Community, Creativity and Connection

Indigenous Flora & Faun

Sustainability

Materiality

Adaptive Reuse

Urban Intervention

Community-based Design

Master Planning

Housing Standards Rules and Regulations

Housing Purpose Emotions

Anomaly

Sustainability

Education

Rules & Regulations

Architectural Details

I’d

Sustainability

Education

Architectural

Housing

Rules

Housing

Emotions

Anomaly

A new co-living experience for home and lover finders

With

you can search for rooms that match the lifestyle you want, explore the facilities and programs designed just for singles.

Now is time to move in to aPartMate !

Here is the place that spark encounters, encourage communications and interactions, the project takes a more active stand in providing a unique setting for our single people

aPartMate

Hayball Architecture Practice Studio:Cohabit

Work /Themes/ Co-living

mode of

Rhino,

Are you ready to meet your new friends?

The project re-imagines how building enhances people's wellbeing and the way they live and communicate while providing unique architectural response towards social problem and relationship. By integrating interactive applications, the design ensures an adaptive and dynamic relationship between the building and its users, creating an environment where new connections can flourish.

The building is designed with public and collective programs, shared living experience and versatile interventions that encourage conversations and interactions. They are designed to help to make the first step of finding your loved one, and fulfill different roles like sitting, dining, playing, washing clothes, taking a bath, working cooking and reading.

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Angled Facade --- Industrial Background(Mix-Use Zone) and More Northern Sunlight
Collages

Major Project

Supervised by Prof.

Individual Work

/Themes/

The process of “making heimat” tests a new urban and architectural typology that goes beyond the physical place of home, fostering deeper social and cultural connections within the arrival place.

This typology forms a community-based service loop and incorporates a variety of architectural interventions and agencies, offering arrival assistance, engagement with the host community, opportunities, integration, joy, and much more. The architectural scheme incorporates an universal design solution that has potential for further application.

Making ___ , ___, ___, home & HEIMAT

A new urban and architectural typology for newcomers that goes beyond the physical place of home

“Heimat”—a term with no direct English equivalent. It most closely translates to “home,” yet it carries a deeper emotional resonance and reflects who we are and what we value:

The necessities of life;

Our identities;

Our ways of communicating;

The things we are emotionally connected to...

So, it comes to the questions how can newcomers, who have left their familiar environments, settle with these needs? What role can architecture and urban development play in supporting this transition?

Pre*Form Hastings

The Slope --- A New Performing Arts Centre on Western Port

“A tall forest of eucalyptus (mostly stringy barks) with thick swards of native grasses and wildflowers would have clothed the slopes as they descended to the coast. Small creeks, with thickets of paperbarks, blackwoods and dense swathes of sedge, dissected these forests and drained towards the sea, resting in small estuaries, or spilling over with heavy rains. In some areas the gullies formed, damp and cool under canopies of large trees, and supported ferns and small rain forest climates. Near the coast in sandier soils, tall white Manna Gums formed open forests, with grass trees below, giving way to banksias and sheoaks on the more exposed bluffs. Down the tussock grass bound escarpment, banksia, beard-heath, and boobialla braced against the wind, and below, more banksia forests and low woodlands of ti-tree and wattle reached out to the open beach, where binding plants and grasses like the layering spinifex held the shifting sands.”

Mr Bass’s Western Port The Whaleboat Voyage, 1997

The new Performing Arts Centre is designed to bolster Hastings's history, local arts and culture scene.

The development incorporates responses to the brief, site, cultural context, and precedents. Located centrally in Hastings amidst bustling streets and historical sites, the centre aims to activate the main roads and accommodate versatile programs along the coast.

The design preserves local indigenous flora, including sheoak trees, and incorporates a publicly accessible sloping roof landscaped with indigenous plants, offering panoramic views and serving as a multi-functional space.

/Scenarios & Findings/

Starting

/Scenarios & Findings/

The design process responds to the strategies by analyzing the "black and white" spaces, this idea is further realized through the mapping of the program timetable(Time Diagram). By defining the uses of formal activities, informal activities can occur between spaces at the appropriate times.

The project aims to use local materials that mirror the relationship between the site and Hastings (Material Diagram) The use of material not only form the place for people but also the home for various fauna and insects. Some of the grid on the breeze brick facade become the boxes for local bird and small mammals. The stone seatings around the sheoaks offer great communal spaces and homes to insects. These habitats celebrate the unseen workers of nature, ensuring their vital roles continue to enrich Hastings ecological system.

East Side-Entrance to Auditorium And The Kiosk West Side-Entrance to Auditorium & Seating Around A Sheoak

Work set:

01 DOCUMENTATION SET

1.0 AXO

1.1 PLANS

1.2 ELEVATIONS

1.4 SECTIONS

1.4 DETAILS

02 SCHEDULES AND LEGENDS

2.0 DOOR AND FLOOR SCHEDULES

2.1 MATERIAL SCHEDULES

03 NCC REPORT

04 RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

4.0 SITE ANALYSIS

4.1 MASS STUDY

4.2 FACADE RESEARCH

4.3 DETAIL RESEARCH

4.4 NCC RESEARCH

05 MATERIAL & SYSTEM RESEARCH

5.0 CURTAIN WALL RESEARCH

5.1 CEILING SYSTEM RESEARCH

5.2 PRECAST PANEL RESEARCH

5.3 ROOF SYSTEM RESEARCH

5.4 PROGRAM RESEARCH

06 CONCEPT SKETCH AND FEEDBACK

6.0 SKETCHES

6.1 FEEDBACK

RMIT Art center is situated in Carlton. We have chosen to focus on the use of precast concrete panels and curtain wall system as our main source of facade material. Being an Art center, which requires large volumes for programs such as theatres and studios, the design is carefully thought out to achieve maximum space for the efficiency and versatility of programs.

Individual Work with selected sites

Extremely Small and Very Loud

This is a studio that will tackle two clichés of urban thinking directly – the very big scale and the guiding master plan. In the place of super scale, we will explore how economical and small-scale moves can change the behaviour of large territories. In the place of the staged master plan, we’ll explore the agency of catalysts and the consequences of connection over a long time.

Mark Jacques (Studio Leader), Brief for this Studio

For the new district, the goal is:

1. Activate Street Condition

---> A Small Opportunist Part that requires care

2. Maintain Continuity

---> Elements from Adjacent Sites that keep the Brunswick Language

3. Create/Make Depth

---> As the New Spatial Qualities

The design process is deeply attuned to the existing urban fabric, its surroundings, and the prevailing architectural language. The new structures, materials, and functions are thoughtfully integrated, adapting to and activating the existing elements to create dynamic opportunities for engagement by students and the public. These subtle yet deliberate interventions collectively weave a new "skin" over the broader Brunswick area, resulting in a distinctive and harmonious response.

Bachelor Studio

Tutor: Allan Burrows

Part 1 Group work with Sienna Ectoros

CONSPIRACY

With the continuous expansion and development of cities, peoples definition of a house is not just a self-contained residence. A house needs to be equipped with more facilities, meet different standards such as res code and planning scheme, and even rely on a gorgeous appearance to become a status symbol of their owner.

Therefore, under the influence of a high-pressure environment, an object/person’s physical form, external structure, ideology, and internal organ will be stimulated, transformed, and distorted.

In exploring this idea throughout the semester, I have witnessed how neighborhood responsibility caused the ruin of a house, how a piece of joinery was designed to fulfill multiple uses, and even how home became a camouflage of commercial and illegal activities. For other objects in the world, this theory also works. Like the folding chair, it was created due to dissatisfaction with the large space that it originally occupied.

These symptoms finally distort the house into an unfamiliar status where different variations may obstruct you. The underfloor coil will emit heat from the sides. Windows provide multiple

suit the needs.

Part 2 Individual Work /Themes/

EXPLOSIVE ENMITY

The occupant of 212 Blyth Street is quite content with his small home. Or he was. Mr Ryckfield, an odd and private man, has many irritations, some of which border on insanity. But one thing that enrages him beyond all means people. The way they talk, the noise they create, just their general presence is enough to ruin his day. Some would say it might have been a disorder of the brain, however, Mr Ryckfield saw it as a crime to be so annoying.

Lot 212 first piqued Mr Ryckfield’s interest because of its somewhat isolated location. Positioned on a corner block amongst scattered industrial facilities and caught between a neighbouring alleyway and a dead-end street, he was distanced from the typical nuisances that accompany the inhabited residential dwelling. And because of this, he purchased the house outright. No overbearing neighbours. No fake smile to hide his true disgust. No hospitable expectations whatsoever. He was undisturbed and it was the privacy he so dearly craved. For someone as easily vexed by the human species as Mr Ryckfield, one could even say that this was absolute bliss. Until disaster struck and Mr Ryckfield’s world exploded into pieces. Literally. His dreams and plans for a secluded lifestyle with no prying eyes blown away like dust in the wind.

A truly horrifying revelation had been exposed. Mr Ryckfield would have a neighbour. In fact, not just one, but three. The Chatman’s he would unfortunately soon come to learn. A family of three Mr and Mrs Chatman and their son. He didn’t care. He ignored them at all costs. In the coming year, Mr Ryckfield would further learn the nature of their habitancy. The Chatman’s had taken up residence in the adjacent alleyway. Was that even possible It was utter delusion. Mr Ryckfield hadn’t realised that vacant lots had become so dire that one now had to result to inhabiting laneways. And the sickening surprises didn’t end there. The Chatman’s had constructed a monolith for a house. A genuinely excessive waste of space. They had managed to squeeze it onto the site, but being four storeys high, it towered over Mr Ryckfield’s dwelling. Watching him. Enveloping him. A constant shadow he couldn’t escape. Gone was his privacy, the peace and quiet that he desired. It infuriated him to no end. And the noise. They didn’t shut up. The Chatman’s were constantly making sound, so much so that his ears were on the verge of bleeding. Hosting parties, arriving home late at night, a shout from outside to convey they’ve forgotten the car keys in the house. Mr Ryckfield heard it all. And didn’t like it one bit.

Mr Ryckfield came to the conclusion that this was a problem that needed to be fixed. Permanently. He had put up with it for several months and could not go on like this for much longer. As he couldn’t stand to involve another in the issue, Mr Ryckfield took matters into his own hands. The Chatman’s had taken his long-term solitude and obliterated it irregular fragments. And now he would do the same. He would obliterate his enemy with dynamite. An explosion that would be sure to scare them so that they leave and never come back. And he could return to the way things were. How they should be. And so, Mr Ryckfield did just that. He targeted the Chatman’s house, right in its centre, so that there would be no way for them to inhabit it after he was through. And in his wake, a ringing explosion, leaving nothing but ruin, a gaping wound, a house cleaved in two. Satisfied, Mr Ryckfield returned to his own home next door and was welcomed by a long-awaited silence.

Annex of "Patients"

/Part 1 The Ruin --- Explosive Enmity/ /Scenarios & Findings/

We mapped sound, foot and vehicle movement and the arrangement of windows and how they can revoke one’s sense of privacy.

This process looks at the surrounding neighbourhood and chose to implement nearby sites that are often loud and imposing, such as the adjacent pub, tram stop, local shops and the Brunswick east primary school to highlight a buildup of annoyance that would ultimately provoke the ruin to occur through an act of retaliation.

We aim to reveal Mr Rickfield’s enmity by forming comparative views between the ruined house and its neighbour(Mr Rickfield’s house). After the bomb, the structures on the site were splited into pieces, leaving a chaotic scene on the street. However, Mr Rickfield’s house was showing a calm and peaceful scene where food lying on the bench. Probably he was preparing his victory dinner.

/Part 2 Diagnosis/ /Scenarios & Findings/ The causes of anxiety disorders remain unclear, often arising from a complex interplay of social, psychological, and neurological factors.

In this work, I re-imagine an unexpected patient: a suburban house in Melbourne, diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. This phenomenon stems from the excessive expectations placed on houses by rapid urban development.

Houses are burdened with responsibilities beyond their function—providing security, symbolizing status through luxury, and integrating seamlessly into communities. These external pressures relentlessly shape the house, leaving it uncertain of its identity. This imagined diagnosis explores the consequences of these

demands,

light on the fragility of spaces under the

Part 1 Axo --- Neighbourhood Survival & Victory Dinner
Part 1 Axo --- Explosion
Facade --- Camouflage
The Surgery
Part 2 Section
Entrance --- Paranoia
Roof --- Contradiction

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