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Stephanie Choy

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CONTENTS

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a city within 04Challenging the White-Wall Museum

DWELL 12Oxford St Residence

palais de cine 18St Kilda Cinema and Media Museum

DOCUMENT 26Construction Documentation Set

CONTENTS

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01 a city within

master of architecture studio c: gift to the city IVtutor: scott woodssemester I 2015

This studio thinks past the dominant ‘white-

wall’ art museum model to consider what art

museums can be. The museum typology is

challenged in three distinct phases of experi-

mental architectural gestures.

Phase A: Four galleries are designed to house

four specific artworks based on a quote by the

artist.

Phase B: Each gallery is housed within four ex-

isting art museums.

Phase C: A single research theme is investi-

gated through the design of a fictional site, in

which the four art museums come together.

phase a galleries

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“your experience of this ob-ject in this moment is based on your previous experience and this new context that it’s been placed within.

daniel arsham

“this is what the show is about - big ben is like the symbol of resistance

eli sudbrack (avaf)

“those kinds of distortions are something that i’m interested in.

emily floyd “i’m only interested in my own existence.

ben quilty

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phase bavaf gallery at the tate modern

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The City Within explores the disjunction be-

tween architectural forms and programming

by proposing the regulated juxtaposition of

programs within typologically neutral archi-

tecture. A ‘meaningless’ architecture is devel-

oped through the deconstruction of museum

into smaller masses. Stripped of symbolism,

architectural style and materiality, these

masses are reconstructed according to a set

of predetermined rules to form a homogene-

ous array of assemblages. The imposition of

programs within these typologically neutral

assemblages suggests an inherent opposition

between program and architecture. Devoid of

any meaning and allusions to programming,

the architecture conceals a programmatic

madness.

phase c

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02 dwell

self-directed2014

Dwell is a self-directed project that best re-

flects my own aesthetic ambition combining

my love for urban and street art.

A long and narrow inner-city South Yarra site

presented both challenges and opportunities.

The 6m north-facing street frontage was ad-

dressed with a setback to the first floor, allow-

ing light to culminate in the central courtyard.

Engagement and interaction with the street

is promoted with the provision of a large ter-

race visible from Oxford St, with aluminium

battens integral in giving the house a sense of

intimacy.

The architecture employs a language of sim-

ple geometry and contrasting materiality. Ex-

ternally, the facade is clad in timber battens.

This continues internally with the introduc-

tion of exposed brickwork and polished con-

crete flooring, creating depth and complexity

in the spaces.

Oxford St Residence

kitchen and dining

site plan

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house exterior

ground floor first floor

1 living room2 courtyard3 kitchen/dining4 bathroom5 bedroom6 courtyard7 garage8 terrace9 library10 study11 laundry

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living room

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elevation a section b section c

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03 palais de cine

masters of architecture studio d: screenismtutor: toby reeds

The architecture of Palais de Cine explores

filmic devices and visual cues that craft

scenes and manipulate perception. Inspired

by Op Art, illusory elements of anamorphism,

gestalt principles and forced perspectives

manifest within the cinema complex and are

materialised in novel forms of supergraphics.

The cinema addresses St Kilda’s Esplanade

frontage linke the adjacent Palais Theatre and

former Palais de Danse, paying homage to the

site’s entertainment history.

The supergraphic facade of Palais de Danse is

conceptualised as the opening title sequence

of a film. The double skin timber facade pays

homage to Saul Bass’ title sequence of Alfred

Hitchcok’s Psycho (1960) with its geometric

patterning and gestalt-insp[red typography.

Cascading in scale from behind the Palais The-

atre to the northern tip of the triangle site, the

cinema maintains key views from the Espla-

nade to the foreshore. The internal program of

cinemas, a media museum, mediatheque, of-

fices and a restaurant are articulated through

the form as interrelated but differentiated

programs. The landscape expresses a similar

language and materiality of the cinema, blur-

ring the distinction of landscape and building

with trafficable roofs and terraced seating.

St Kilda Cinema and Media Museum

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design process

1. maintain views2. allocate programs3. cascade forms4. slope forms and integrate landscape

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interior view of cinema lobby

section aa

palais de cine program

1. cinema2. media museum & shop3. mediatheque4. offices5. restaurant

6. multiple access7. outdoor screens

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ground floor plan

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first floor plan

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second floor plan

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approach from the esplanade

main entrance from jacka boulevard

outdoor cinema space

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04 documentation

construction designsemester i 2013

A set of construction documentation drawings

were produced in response to an architects’

series of sketch designs.

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THANK YOU

0432 194 682

stephhchoy@gmail.com