Design Studio Delta asks students to design a library on the banks of the Yarra River. My interpretation of the library led me to design a type of archival library which houses possessions of the dead as a form of tangible commemoration and memorialisation which celebrates the life the person lived, rather than housing their remains, which represent their death.
The shape of my building leads its inhabitants through a journey from one end to the other. The shape first ascends into the main atrium space, and then descends down to the end, symbolising the passage from life into death.
The structure functions similarly to a suspension bridge, with steel cables and beams holding the building both in tension and compression.
My work for Design Studio Delta is the only architecture work I have included from my architecture degree because it was the only project I was happy with and was representative of my style. I felt like the stylistic ethos of architecture studios and the ego of tutors who wanted to impart a cohesive design style on their studio limited my expression in my degree and didn't allow me to explore my own style and interests through my work.
For this project I developed 40 drawings, 8 models (including models of the boxes from my project), full renders (internal and external), and a manifesto. I received the top mark from my cohort, finishing with a 96 for this subject.
