Studio 23
DISCO INFERNO
Brett Duke and Gunes Erok
Studio Description
A constant increase of population and a global economy is creating an exponential influx of density in financial centres across the world. This sudden growth causes many problems in our cities that we as architects must face. New methodologies and ideas need to be experimented with and tested to define new social and urban norms. The integration of public, private and civic spaces become increasingly more critical in defining our urban fabric and social identity.
DISCO INFERNO is a studio that will use existing typologies and investigate their coexistence to create something new, something exciting, something Melbourne. The brief is to design a building to house an urban fire station, a hotel and a public function of your choice. We will dissect what each of these typologies are and it will be your challenge to reassemble them however you like. Your challenge is to create individual proposals that express divergent thinking, that bravely address social issues and inspire progress.
Studio Outcomes
OUTCOMES
Your proposal will be a medium through which you test:
- The architectural typologies.
- Social sustainability & public engagement.
- Urban mass & harmony with the human scale.
- Structural systems, composition, form & materiality.
- Urban context & identity.
METHOD
The following design techniques will be exhaustively explored in studio sessions:
- Diagramming
- Drawing & Sketching
- Physical Model making
- Presentation & Casual Critiques
Studio Leaders
Brett is an Associate at Plus Architecture skilled in concept design, architectural area planning, master planning and project management. With over 20 years industry experience he has extensive skills in single and multi-residential dwellings, mixed use and commercial projects, with a focus on designs which complement and enhance their location.
He is an experienced Design Leader focused on how a concept is connected to site and context, and how the public realm is inhabited. He has a strong belief great design is borne from deep and broad thinking influenced by all design disciplines and that process driven work will result in connected and meaningful architecture.
Gunes has been a part of Plus Architecture for over two years in a design focused role. He has worked on numerous town planning applications and competition entries for jobs of various scale and program.
He is attracted by the human scale and intimacy and is fascinated by innovative structural systems and materials. He has a strong focus on presentation and loves to explore new drawing techniques.
Gunes perceives teaching as a learning opportunity on his own journey as a designer. Previously he has taught subjects at the department of Management & Marketing and ran a studio at the MSD.
Reading & Reference
Demo:polis : the democratization of public space - Barbara Hoidn
Life Between Buildings - Jahn Gehl
An analysis of mixed-use buildings - a+t research group
Such Places as Memory - John Hejduk
ST1/23 Monday 6:15-9:15PM, MSD Room 237
ST2/23 Thursday 6:15-9:15PM, MSD Room 240