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Architectural Tectonics was the final subject in a sequence of construction-focused units within my architecture degree. The project brief was highly prescribed, requiring a three-storey building with a roof garden, a window-wall façade system, and conventional post-and-beam construction. The site, footprint, and program were all predetermined, shifting the focus away from conceptual design and towards technical resolution, documentation, and buildability.
Although the resulting building is not representative of the kind of architecture I aspire to design, the project provided a valuable opportunity to develop practical skills in Revit, construction documentation, and technical detailing. I particularly enjoyed gaining a deeper understanding of Australian construction systems, building codes, and the realities of translating a design into something that could actually be built.
The project was made more challenging by an untimely computer failure during production, but it ultimately became an exercise in persistence as much as technical proficiency. The subject concluded with a First Class Honours result, which I am especially proud of given its reputation for rigorous marking. While this project is included primarily as an example of technical documentation rather than design exploration, it represents an important stage in my architectural education.
