Pure Typology Study

RESEARCH BRIEF

Over the next week, you will become a subject expert in your allocated area of research. Start to collect examples of your research building type and save them to the google drive. Initially start by searching for examples within your superblock, then extend your review to the wider Melbourne area. Particularly search out plans and save them to scale. The examples can be historical examples or contemporary local (Australian) ones however they should be exemplary. You can include international examples but only if they are extraordinary and fit with the narrative you are developing. You should be able to explain what is outstanding and worthy of each example you propose. Each person should find at least 9 examples: For example 3 local examples, 4 Australian examples and 2 international examples.

research intension

   • Vertical Education development & new teaching methods affect classroom arrangements
   • The contamination conflicts in adding an addition to the existing school building
   • Interesting internal circulation/communal space within the examplar

The representation of characteristic & the identity of a community/culture through school design

Bentleigh Secondary College

Meditation & indigenous Cultural Centre

Small scale, 109 m^2, built BydwpIsuters, 2013
Conceived to educate students about the importance of sustainable design as well as the indigenous culture of Moorooboon, where it stands on (wetland & forest landscape)
Purpose as a place to sit in, where students engage with natural surrounds and a curriculum focused on the environment, indigenous culture and mindfulness meditation.
Entirely made of timber, incorporate passive heating and cooling design, carbon sequestration design, a wind turbine to provide power, a geothermal exchange unit for heating and cooling
Contrast between the texture of golden smooth internal plywood (more youthful look)/ external will develop and age (natural change to the timber)

Ruyton Girls'School, kews

Big Scale, Designed by Woods Bagot, Kew VIC, 2015
a move away from traditional classroom planning framework where desks are in line rows
Flexible furniture and technology-enabled teaching and learning spaces for task-based student-centred flexible learning: collaboration, creativity and critical thinking are essential components
a variety of zones offering the ability to be used as a secondary learning space and enabling students to spill out of classrooms
fluid plan and organic form, located in the middle, subtly responds to heritage Henty house built in 1872
more open space for students at ground floor; enhance circulation through the middle curtain wall to the main courtyard, as well as a link to the tennis court
Working with a simple palette of neutrally-toned base materials, the girls’ blue uniform brings the space to life

RMIT Building 80, melbourne

BIg scale, Designed by Lyon Architect
pixelated facade, 10 storeys vertical education building
a key objective is to reinforce RMIT position and character as an urban campus
a connect student 'portal' depicted with colourful geometrics
the wide use of natural lighting through the tinted glass panel
a place for informal learning, social interaction access to technology

RMIT Building 100, melbourne

Big scale, Design by Seagoal
the cladding panels on the external facade rotates as sun change locations
enhance the use of natural lighting

OMLc, Parramatta, NSW

Big Scale, designed by Tzannes Associates
a refreshment on an over century-old school with the latest technology
The library occupies the entire middle floor with large continuous window open onto a two-storey steel columned arcade with mesh covered with jasmine and bower
Eastern part, columned pavilion provide more recreation spaces as well as shading
upper floor locates six science labs
naturally ventilated with a supported solar panel for how water and electricity
brick walls on the west side with shaded openings for lights (but prevent harsh sunlight & maintaining privacy) against the noise from the external roads

Mary Place, All Hallows' School, qld

Big Scale, Wilson Architect, Brisbane, QLD (2014)
incorporate 15 new classrooms to facilitate the year 7
an addition of 5 storeys at very close proximity to one of the oldest school building in Brisbane
encourage student flexible and open attitude with plenty of windows and whiteboards
unique courtyard space, encourage outside classroom interaction & communication (personally a design language to embrace the old school building)
a new contemporary front entry for the school
reducing the apparent size of the building using a vine screen and coloured sunshade
maximise covered circulation into and through the school, and increase outside spaces for student interaction
western facade responds to the scale of the 1940 University Wing and composes an elevation of aluminium screening lightly suspended like the famous Queensland Thurlow Veranda Blind

Ambrose Treacy College

Middle School, qld

Ambrose Treacy College Middle School 2.j

Ambrose Treacy College Middle School_Kil

Big Scale, Fulton Trotter Architects, 2016
a response to the school continued transition from junior school (4-7) to Ambrose Treacy College (4-12)
designed maximize connection & views to Brisbane river while maximizing natural lights & ventilation
building sensitively woven around a number of significant trees on site, embrace it as a focal point, with developed leaf litter collect system on the roof
external facades feature 'box' & 'arc', acknowledging the Edmund Rice building (heritage)
unashamed use of colour to excite the exterior facade (bold playful learning environment, palette matures with the transition from junior to senior)

Roy and Diana Vagelos

Education Centre，new york

Research Centre, for medical students
11000 (big scale, vertical developed) by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York (2016)
14-story glass, concrete, and steel structure encompasses advanced medical facilities
a network of social and study spaces distributed along an exposed, interconnected vertical staircase that extends the height of the building, aka “Study Cascade”
Alcove interiors designed to be conducive to collaborative, team-based learning and teaching, open onto south-facing outdoor spaces and terraces
incredible view of the Hudson River and the Palisades
integrates a range of sustainable features: locally sourced materials, green roof technologies, and an innovative mechanical system that minimizes energy and water use—and the façade feature ceramic “frit” patterns that are baked onto the exterior glass to diffuse sunlight. (goal of minimizing CUMC’s carbon footprint and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2025)
Initiatives:
revitalize the campus with more green space (vertically)
a new gateway to the medical school & consolidating student services
renovating the existing and constructing new spaces
new home for the Columbia School of Nursing.
Define the northern edge of the campus and provide a bridge to the surrounding Washington Heights community. (the idea of standing out, parasite outrun the host)

CADG Innovation & Scientific Research Demonstration Centre, Beijing, 2018

CADG Innovation Centre Diagram form chan

Big scale, 41434 m^2, vertically developed by CADG
locate in Chaoyang district, relatively high-density population area
planned as a multifunction prototype of enclosed compound providing dweller work & live
Built under the demanding for more office space and living space for the staff member
The facade was specially designed in a stair-like form, to reduce the sunlight impact on the surrounding residential neighbourhood (harmonious contamination in the community)
Sustainability: supporting facilities of the project locates at the west to prevent harsh afternoon sun from office.
a variety of green spaces on the terraces provide an adequate amount of space for staff recreational use, as well the basketball field at the front, blending in with the border of the neighbourhood.

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