Placed next to an early Australian mass planting of
eucalyptus trees, the proposed built form consists of
a series of five connected pods in a ‘pyriform’ floor
plan. The sinous form enclosing an open ended
courtyard space with a north facing aspect that
links the pedestrian flow from the adjoining campus
student accommodation.
The site was previously occupied by the Fenner School Field
Services Building and the 1952 Lindsay Pryor Eucalyptus
plantings. The 120 eucalypts, which originally stretched
over two miles are the only remnant left of the original
plantings and are the most significant amenity asset on
the site. The project provides 500 beds in a college format
with individual student bedrooms and shared amenities
including bathrooms, cooking, dining, lounging, study
and other recreational facilities. The residence includes
facilities that are shared with the whole university which
includes a library / study, a gathering hall, reception and
associated landscaped areas. The project gross floor area
is approximately 15,000m2 over 7 storeys. The Pods are
connected by hinges and loosely form a ‘U-Shape’ with
a principle north facing college green towards Burton &
Garran Hall.
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The built space has interesting facets that all tie together to exhibit an amalgam of tropical sensibilities with a modern approach. As one comes close to the house built on a corner plot, it is the modulation in scale and massing of built space that has an immediate appeal.
The design explores its relationship between a person and place.
This place is an episodic memory of a broken bridge from the past, where natural phenomenon of wind, water and the land tune in and become an orchestra of our experience.
The project seeks to integrate this episodic memory on its poetic Australian landscape through the idea of a perceived home; the broken bridge of the memory is reinterpreted as a pier of Portland in Victoria.