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finn warnockGRADUATE DESIGN PORTFOLIO
About
Architectural responses to the complexities that compose everyday our existence. Most recently that interest has lead me towards parametric design techniques that provide an effective means to process the huge amounts of information that architecture must consider. The same workfl ow allows physical manifestations of these architectures to be rapidly fabricated at full
scale.
Above all else I want in every way possible to engage with the contemporary discourse by continually interpreting the cultural, historical, political, economic and technical developments
that shape architectural practise.
Contents
Per[form] in Place
Past City Future
Structure of the
FORM
[less] City
Foot
scra
y Id
eas S
tore
One Station CigarsHarmony Fields Pavilion
Films/Filters
Rhino
1-6
7-1011-14
15-
19-22
29-32
33-34
35-36
Teaching
Photography
Stud
ent W
ork
23-28
Per[form] in PlaceDesign Th esis
2011Supervisor: Stanislav Roudavski
University of Melbourne
Argument: Geometrically complex architecture can be produce locally, without excessive resources if an opportunistic or ‘optioneering’ approach is implemented. The potential to produce such architecture in Melbourne is accessed by testing the capacity of the local construction industry. A hypothetical project is used to provoke critical response from with a wide array of specialist involved in design, fabrication and construction and by this establish what constraints and opportunities exist. By understanding the various skills and technologies that are locally available, an architect is able to explore the benefi ts that parametric design offers and move towards the production of performative architectural solutions. The hypothetical project (Ripple) tested the potential of the articulated ribbon to respond sensitively to
contextual stimuli and produce engaging, program oriented affects.
Th is thesis is an investigation into the real world production of context specifi c, performative architecture.
Culteral Overlay
Tuneable System
Articulation Through Internal Program and Defl ection
Planes formed corresponding to fl oor heights.
Aligned to stairs Anchor points are set. Defl ection is simulated. Additional fi xing points are set.
Ribbons panels are interpolated.
Attractor Point
[Grasshopper, Kangaroo]
[Grasshopper, Attractor Points]
[Organic ornamentation]
Scale1:2000
1st Floor 2nd Floor 3rd Floor 4th Floor
5th Floor 6th Floor 7th Floor 8th Floor
North Elevation West Elevation South Elevation East Elevation
+31 600mmRoof Top Bar
+27 800mmExhibition Space
+24 800mmTheatre
+20 100mmNight Club
+15 300mmBar
+11 600mmRestaurant
+8 400mmNetwork Space
+4 700mmSushi Bar
+0mmRetail
North/South SectionScale1:2000
Ground Plan Scale1:200
Structural optimization through bunching of vertical members, dependent upon ribbon angle.
Ribbon under tension, stretched between structural frame.
Segmentation of facade into panels for modular prefabrication.
Natural curvature produced by fl exibility of polypropylene.
Highly adjustable by altering angle of ribbons.
Framing and infi lling ribbon types.
Little Collins Street
Presgrave Place
How
ey L
ane
Structural beamTensile ribbons
Frame
Infi ll
Ver
tical
Rod
s Ribbons
Anchor Point
Load
Natural Curve
Concrete core
Polypropylene frame ribbons400 x 6mm
Polypropylene infi ll ribbons250 x 6mm
Structural frameRHS 125 x 75 x 5mm
Existing building
Glass curtain wall
Primary vertical access
Morphing
Spira
lling
Linear
Cur
ving
Stat
ic
Expa
ndin
g
Ribbon Articulation Affects[Catalogue]
Swan
ston
Stre
etGround Floor Plan
Major Axis
Non-commercial Public Space
Public Toilets
Homeless Services
Site Analysis
Entertainment Districts
Swanston St
Little Collions St
Offi cePublicEntertainmentRetailResidentialSurrounding Land Use
CH2
Melbourne Town Hall
Century BuildingCapital Theatre
David Jones
Presgrave Building267 Little Collins
Scale
1:20 000
Little Collions Street
Swanston Straeet
Howey Place
Swanston Street
Presgrave Building
Union Lane
Capital Theatre
Manchester Unit
Counsel House Two
Melbourne Town Hall
Little Collins Street
Site model
Site model
Study model four
Study model one
Study model two
Study model three
Past City FutureFift h Year Studio
2011Argument: When speculating on how the next century will unfold stoicism and escapism can be considered the extreme stand points for the business-as-usual vs planned resilience paths. This project illustrates how these divergent futures could potentially play out in two adjacent buildings. Initially it considers how key historical events have delivered the buildings in their present state then shows how the site might change at six different times over the next 100 years given events such as the end of oil, climatic and political instability, a third world war and the loss of the internet. The building fabric records
the physical response of the changing needs of its inhabitants.
Buildings can help us understand our pasts; could they possibly allows us to predict the future?
Supervisor: Ian WoodcockUniversity of Melbourne
EAST-WEST SECTION
RESIDENTIAL & SMALL BUSINESS
EXPOSEDCROPS
SHELTERED CROPS
ARTEFACT
REPOSITORY
COMMERCIAL
OPEN DECK
DORMITORY
EAST-WEST SECTION
THE WELL
APARTMENT
RENDEZVOUS ROMANTIC
BOOKS
ADMINISTRATION
MEDIA SCHOOL
RETAIL
STORAGE
EAST-WEST SECTION
HERITAGE
SPACE
THE WELL
COMMERCIAL
Bookshop
Reading room
Lab
Maze
Machines
STORAGE
EAST-WEST SECTION
SMALL BUSINESS
RESIDENTIAL SHELTERED CROPS
THE WELL
COMMERCIAL
OPEN DECK
BAKERY
FOOD
CROPS
Stack ventilation
Solar access
Materials
Water tank
Solar collectors
STORAGE
2028“The morning breeze used to bring us the smell of baking bread from below”
Building materials are diffi cult to obtain
Roads are removed, space is used for food
Peter adds six levels of mixed
use space above 357
Oil begins to run out
STOIC RESILIENCE2022
“The Well is a success. For some, a detachment is bliss... addictive. For others, diffi cult reality fuels a lust for life”.
THE WELL
The well is continously over booked
‘Stay in’ services are introduced
Stage two of the well is built
Carly and many others
become addicted
New machines are added2015 Carly takes over Rendezous Romantic Books
Construction of the Well begins
Fuel prices reach $8 per litre
Melbourne receives winter snow
Food prices double
BUILDING ESCAPISM
“I sold escapism and constructed detachment; alternative reality was my business”
EAST-WEST SECTION
RESIDENTIAL & SMALL BUSINESS
EXPOSED
CROPS
SHELTERED CROPS
ARTEFACT
REPOSITORY
COMMERCIAL
OPEN DECK
DORMITORY
RESIDENTIAL & SMALL BUSINESS
EXPOSED
CROPS
SHELTERED CROPS
VACANT
COMMERCIAL
EAST-WEST SECTION
OPEN DECK
DORMITORY
RESIDENTIAL & SMALL BUSINESS
EXPOSED
CROPS
SHELTERED CROPS
THE WELL
COMMERCIAL
OPEN DECK
Cabbages
Mushrooms
Crop rotation
Lettuce
Apples
Soy beans
EAST-WEST SECTION
MUSHROOM
CROPS
2072The Well is opened to the outside
Carly’s grandson is born,
Peter Michael the second.
A single child policy
is introduced RE-REMEMBERING
“I welcomed everyone to display their mementoes, to show where they came from. The Well became a repository for identity, gradually rebuilding our collective memories”.
2055POST-DIGITAL
“Who is someone with no memory, no historical reference by which to understand themselves?”
World War 3 begins
The internet crashes
‘The wellers’ are cast back into reality
Social, political and economic systems fail
2039MAKING SPACE
“The need for space forced us to innovate”
Structures are built on the outer walls to
provide more space for food production
Timber becomes the most commonly
used building material
A 5 level section is built above 269
Structure of the FORM[less] CityFourth Year Studio
2010Supervisor: Ooi Wei Yap + Rutger Pasman
University of Melbourne
Argument: Boundaries are not experienced as exact delineations between adjacent domains as a map makers stark lines would suggest, rather they are as uneven gradients of intensity that provide places with an understandable structure. These gradients of intensity or presence are establish by the gestalt characteristics of certain objects in the landscape. FORM[less] addressed the undefi ned, spilling North West edge of Melbourne CBD, exploring the potential of an adaptable, dynamic icon at the cities periphery to strengthen the sense
of entry into the city beyond.
Particular objects structure our understand of the city through their unique presence.
STRU
CTUR
E of
the FO
RM[le
ss] CIT
Y
2050
2020
of th
eSociety since the inception of the renaissance, society has experienced a rapidly accelerating rate of development and change. New technologies perpetuate this growing complexity. As a result cities are becoming more fl uid; constantly in a state of dynamic growth they seep through historical boundaries, growing in presence. Social insecurities, political power struggles and above all the omnipotent economy devour the ‘old’ medium of a the city at a every greater rate; a builds expected life drops to below 10 years. The drive for constant renewal necessitates a new architectural paradigm, iconic, complex and shifting.
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2020202220000
2010
Etihad OBELISK
Train TracksOPEN SPACE
EdgeUNDEFINED
DocksSUBURBAN
FringeENTRY
Second BlockCITY PROPERENTRYY
1:1000SITE PLAN
0 5 10 20 40m
1:500NORTH
1:500WEST
1:500SOUTH
1:500EAST
Density Increase2010 2030 2050
ElementsVEIL UNITS COMMUNITY SERVICE CORES STRUCTURE
Void Scale Form Silhouette Facade Publicaity Surprise
Gateway to the city
1:200GROUND PLAN
G 01 02 03 04 05
1:200GROUND PLAN
1 2
3
4
5
6
6
7
A
A
Entry
Tram stop
+20m
+40m
+50m
Gloss paint
Concrete
Aluminium
Polycarbonate
Fall net
EntrEntrEntrEntrEntryyyyy
+20m
+40m
+50m
Gloss paint
Concrete
Aluminium
Polycarbonate
Fall net
1:50SECTION ATYPICAL LEVEL
1:200
0 1 2 4 8m
Footscray Ideas StoreFourth Year Studio
2010Argument: The use of irregular formal massing can provide a variety of heterogeneous internal and external spaces that satisfy the unique requirements of the functions in a mixed use development more effectively than orthogonal massing. When considering solar access, overlooking, edge condition, pedestrian access and the need for multiple apartment typologies more faceted, non linear arrangements yielded a greater range of characteristics, reduced the perceived grain size, maximised effective density and provided a more diverse array of spaces. Through this a human scale was maintained, idiosyncratic characteristics allowed a greater user connection to place and a unique
identity is created.
In complex, demanding situations impure responses and discontinuous reactions thrive.
Supervisor: William Orr + Serge BiguzasUniversity of Melbourne
Ground Floor PlanScale 1:1000
DNUP
DNUP
DN
DN
DN
UP
UP
UP
DN UP
DN
DN
EAST/WEST FACADE SECTION
1_250mm insulated conc. wall.2_100x40mm timber outrigger.3_120mm wide timber louvre fi xed inside vertcal support.4_Recessed timber frame window.5_Operable glass louver.6_150mm conc. slab.7_Peer insulated suspended ceiling.8_2300mm high glazed curtain wall.9_90x40mm timber top plate.10_100x40mm timbre vertical louver.11_50mm furring channel.12_Plywood external cladding.13_Steel T section
6
13
10
SOUTH/EAST/WEST LOUVER DETAIL
Second Floor PlanScale 1:1000
First Floor PlanScale 1:1000
South ElevationScale 1:1000
East ElevationScale 1:1000
Binningup Master PlanTh ird Year Studio
2008Argument: Patterns offer an effective means for dealing with complex arrangements and are particularly useful as organisational tools at a large scale. This master planning exercise for a small, coastal town tests how a single formula can simultaneously respond to existing landscape topography as well are the varying needs of tenant for variation in lot size, proximity to town centre, street, neighbourhood and community size. The radiating green belts defi ne neighbourhoods and provide direct pedestrian/cycle access to the town centre. Where possible they run across the tops of the coast dunes, keeping the crests free from housing developments in order to maintain a vegetated skyline. The size of the lattice
refl ects the increase in housing density as the belts converge at the central point.
Patterns can be applied as a type of rule that allow us to eff ectively cope with complexity.
Supervisor: Carly BarrettUniversity of Western Australia
MASTER PLAN
SCALE 1:10 000
RETAINED LAND
EXISTING TOWN
PUBLIC FACILITIES
LAKES
COMMUNITY PARKS
GOLF GREENS
PROPOSED RESIDENTIALGREEN RAYS
TOWN CENTRE IS WITHIN 250m OF BEACH
CENTRAL TO NEW DEVELOPMENT
BUILT ON FLAT LAND
RESIDENTIAL DENSITY RADIATES FROM TOWN CENTRE
HIGH DENSITY - 350m2 (537)MEDIUM DENSITY - 600m2 (360)LOW DENSITY - 950m2 (311)
TOTAL - 1208 LOTS
RELOCATION OF GOLF COURSE TO REMOVE BOTTLE-NECK BETWEEN OLD AND NEW TOWN
GREEN RAYS INCORPORATE 95% OF TUART AREAS AND 100% OF COASTAL RESERVE
ROAD NETWORK
RED - TWO WAY, OBSCURED IN GREEN RAYS
CUL DE SACS USED FOR PRIVACY
RENEWABLE ENERGY
FOUR WIND TURBINES IN SW CORNER
FOUR SOLAR PANEL FIELDS ON NORTHERN SLOPES WITHIN GREEN RAYS
PUBLIC FACILITIES: -PUB -PRIMARY SCHOOL -CONFERENCE CENTRE -SPORTING OVAL
OPEN SPACE
COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE DISTRIBUTED EVENLY
TWO WAY ROADSSINGLE LANE ROADS
SOLAR FIELDSWIND TURBINES
RETAIL/PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMUNITY OPEN SPACEMODELS EXAMINE
CONFIGURATION OF
GREEN RAYS
FEATURES
SCALE 1:1000
HIGH DENSITY
MEDIUM DENSITY
LOW DENSITY
DOUBLE LANE ROAD
SINGLE LANE ROAD
SEALED TRACK
VERGE
FOOT PATH
SETBACKFOOT PATH
VERGE
LOTS
LOT SETBACK
SETBACKLOT
LOTLOT
TOWN CENTRE ROAD HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL GREEN RAY OVER DUNE CRESTMEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
EXAMINATION OF SPATIAL QUALITIES WITH RESIDENTIAL ZONES
GREEN RAYS ACROSS CRESTS OF DUNESMAIN ROADS RUN THROUGH GREEN RAYSDECREASING RESIDENTIAL DENSITY TOWARDS PERIPHERY
SCALE 1:10 000
One Station CigarsTh ird Year Documentation Studio
2008Argument: Careful meditation between internal and external environments is vital to ensure that both internal functions are invigorated by street life and that the public urban space is activated by the private functions that surround it. 101 Station Street seeks to explore this relationship and in doing so invigorate at previously underutilized street corner. To achieve this, a series of folded lourved screens are used to sensitively control different level of visual and acoustic permeability as required by the projects
different functions.
Internal/external overlap provided by various types of fi lters.
Supervisor: Kate HeslopUniversity of Western Australia
Harmony Fields PavilionTh ird Year Studio
2007Argument: In a vast site that is devoid of personality, cultural mimetics can inform a radical architectural statement to compose a project that is referential of its historical context, its physical surround and in doing so solidify a distinct local identity. The aim is not to reproduce the material or rhetorical characteristics but rather to reinterpret both in a contemporary manor. Formal references to the aboriginal rainbow serpent are fused with material references to the cracked suburban sidewalks by the pavers used to clad the main pavilion. Rippling retaining walls defi ne a series of interconnected open air encampments and provide a surface for memorial plaques that commemorate the elders and
leaders of the area.
Architecture through mimetic, narrative and nuanced understanding of place.
Supervisor: Amanda DavisUniversity of Western Australia
Films/FlitersPhotographic Exhibition
2012Argument: Our everyday lives are oversaturated by digitally enhanced photography. We are suspicious of every image - and rightly so - photographic honesty is rare, if it exists at all. Through photography the author physically and/or digitally describes a reality of their own making. Films/Filters challenges the perceived dominance of digital techniques in subject positioning by using mechanical/analogue
devices to achieve the same results.
Digital vs analogue subject positioning.
Visual CommunicationsTutoring at Melbourne University
2011Argument: Digital modelling tools are often criticized as merely providing the means for formal enquiry response without engaging with the human experience of space. In this class students were asked to choose a word that could describe a special experience, then use digital tools to illustrate that special sensation. The formal outcomes were a product of the each student’s individual interpretation of a
spatial experience.
Conscious, experience informed digital design processes - emotive spaces.
Supervisor: Lindy JouberUniversity of Melbourne
Anastasia Sklavakis
Emily Flint
Matthew Harkin
James Woolway