Sarah Fearn-Wannan

How we view time and how we choose to use it reveals us as people and as a society. The commodification of time and resulting class-based divisions are symptoms of a Modern Capitalist Society, where time is believed to be absolutely quantifiable.

Founded at an intersection between the theories of Cornelius Castoriadis, Erik Olin Wright, and the architectural methodologies of Shigeru Ban, this thesis explores the connection between architecture and the more-than-rational remainder of time, through a co-built and co-owned project model. As a model for co-building, the thesis also involved the creation of a “how-to guide” is a physical manifestation of this thesis research. Its purpose is to provide a practical framework for the proposed project typology to be pursued in wider society. The collective nature of this approach strives to be an initiator of community.

As a proposed model for co-building, this thesis:

1. Investigates how tectonics and materiality can encourage diverse contributions, collaboration and community reciprocity.
2. Re-evaluates the role of a single designer entity and argues for architecture’s value as a collective effort. Those who construct it and use it are critically important to the project formation and evolution.
3. Challenges the form-image of a persisting, static architecture designed by a singular architectural author.

These themes are to be investigated through the design of a pavilion triptych, proliferating across three Melbourne locations.