JANICE TENG | PORTFOLIO

THE BRIEF:

 

Considering Juhani Pallasmaa's ecological functionalist view of Architecture, and the existing historical relationship between the Marie Short House and his Crescent Head property, Glenn Murcutt's regional design studio offered students an opportunity to design an education facility and additional farming enterprises, with accommodation, studios and supporting spaces. This project required the production of a set of drawings and models that clearly articulated and demonstrated each student's scheme. 

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THE PROGRAMME:

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- Marie Short House

- Studio/s

- Accommodation - men and women

- Dining

- Services

- Farming Enterprises:

          - Apiary

          - Orchard

          - Goats

          - Chicken Coop

          - Vegetable Garden and Glasshouse

          - Cool Room/ Room for Food Preservation

          - Microbats

          - Machinery Shed

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THE SITE:

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Situated in Crescent Head, NSW, Glenn Murcutt's 250ha, cattle-farming property is bound by two rivers - Connection Creek and Maria River. The site was previously owned by Murcutt's clients, William and Marie Short, who were the original clients of the acclaimed Marie Short House. The property has been gazetted in 1985 by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service as the 'Crescent Head Wildlife Refuge'. 

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THE DESIGN:

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The Maria Farm and Education Centre is a mixed-use scheme, involving a residential, educational and agricultural programme. The main intention for this project is to create an intertwining of heritage and the contemporary. This aim is realised through the rich symbiosis of history, built form and the natural surroundings, in composing a facility for community, the cultivation of design ideas, and the functioning of a working farm. 

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SOFTWARE USED:

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- Hand Drawing

- AutoCAD

- Adobe Photoshop

- Adobe InDesign

- Physical Model Making