Back to the drawing board...
I have been otherwise occupied for so long now that the weight has gone back on... I got down to 114.4 kg but alas I am now back to 144.6kg. I've been flat out at uni this past 4 months and didn't make time to stay on track with my eating or my exercise. Hopefully now that uni is over for the year I will be able to get back into the swing of things.The picture below is the design I've been working on at uni... The brief was to develop a design for a 1600 sq m library complex for the UTAS Inversek Campus in Launceston. The perspective drawing could be better but I ran out of time before my hand-in this morning so I had to submit the draft copy... oh well, them's the breaks. LOL.
For those of you who are interested the cylindrical section is 24m in diameter and is clad with VM Zinc Plus SLSS in Autumn Red fastened vertically and the rectilinear section is cast-insitu, off-form concrete with TX Active cement additive which makes the concrete white and by photocatalytic action reacts with airborne pollutants to maintain its white appearance.The site is a heritage precinct that used to be the Launceston Railway Workshops. The concrete building on the right in the photo below is now the UTAS Academy of the Arts and also the QVMAG Inveresk site. The corrugated iron building is the Drama School. My site is the carpark shown in the photo.
My design draws on the materials used for the construction of the existing buildings and the shapes of some of the other structures on the site that have been demolished. I have used Mario Botta's use of primary solids, symmetry, and concept of "light from above" as design inpirations. It is only a 2nd year effort but I am pleased with the results. Now I have to wait to see how the examiners assess it.
The ground floor consists mainly of building services, a branch of the uni printery and a learning commons incorporating formal and informal learning spaces and a kiosk. The floor is polished concrete and the ceiling features the underside of the waffle slab that supports the first floor.
The first floor contains the art, architecture and design library collection, ICT facilities and staff areas. Carpet tiles are used for the floor and joinery features myrtle timber. Stainless steel and glass balustrading surrounds the 6m x 6m opening that gives visual connection to the ground floor. The ceiling again features the underside of a waffle slab.
The second floor contains a 110 seater multi purpose hall, kitchen, bar, lobbies and roof decks. The multi purpose hall design includes high quality accoustic treatments and can cater for voice and instrument performance as well as movies. Operable walls open on either side of the multi purpose hall to make the floor one space. The ceiling is vaulted and a glazed skylight is central to the floor. Visual connection is provided down through the entire building.
This cross section shows the visual interconnectivity between the floors that is intended to maximise the feeling of being in a beautiful space. Glazing between spaces on the same floor is provided to enhance the light quality within the building and also to increase visual interest in the building. Views to the outside are provided by the 2 storey high glazed curtain wall above the main entry and by the regular positioning of windows throughout the building.
These elevations show the building in its context. The 1927 Stone Building on one side and the Hawks Tassie base Aurora Stadium on the other.
Well thats what has kept me on the drawing board for 500+ hours over the last 4 months... now its back to the drawing board for weight loss.
posted by Neil @ 4:48 pm
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