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T h e c u r r e n t W e s t E n d S a i l i n g c l u b i s i n n e e d o f a s e r i o u s r e n o v a t i o n a f t e r s u r v i v i n g t w o f l o o d s . T h e c o n c e p t o f o l d a n d n e w w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e h i s t o r y o f s a i l i n g a n d t h e s u b u r b o f W e s t E n d h a s b e e n i m p l e m e n t e d i n t o t h i s d e s i g n . T h e b u i l d i n g d e r i v e s f r o m t h e l a n d s c a p e a n d i t s c u r r e n t e n v i r o n m e n t a n d m o v e m e n t f l o w s . T h e s i t e h a s b e e n t r a n s f o r m e d i n t o a d e s t i n a t i o n a l o n g s i d e t h e B r i s b a n e R i v e r r a t h e r t h a n a p l a c e t h a t j u s t e x i s t s w i t h m o r e a c t i v i t i e s a n d r e s t s p o t s i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t o t h e s i t e .

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AURAL ARCHITECTUREOUT OF THE AUD ITORYO u t o f t h e A u d i t o r y i s a n e x h i b i t i o n o f d e s i g n w o r k i n v e s t i g a t i n g t h e s o n i c p r o p e r t i e s o f a r c h i t e c t u r e . T h i s t e m p o r a r y i n s t a l l a t i o n a i m s t o c r e a t e a w a r e n e s s o f b a c k g r o u n d s o u n d s i n o u r e v e r y d a y e n v i r o n m e n t . T h e j u x t a p o s i t i o n b e t w e e n t h e e x t e r i o r a n d i n t e r i o r s o u n d e n v i r o n m e n t s p r o v e s g r e a t d i f f i c u l t y w i t h g r a d u a l t r a n s i t i o n o f s o u n d b e t w e e n t w o e x t r e m e s p a c e s . T h i s i n s t a l l a t i o n a i m s t o m a k e p e o p l e c o n s c i o u s o f s o u n d i n t h e i r e n v i r o n m e n t s f o r b e t t e r d e s i g n i n t r a n s i t i o n s o f s p a c e s i n t o t h e f u t u r e .

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2 G r o u p w o r k w a s u n d e r t a k e n i n t h e c r e a t i o n o f t h i s s e c t i o n .

FASHION STUDIO TA STUDIO FIT FOR FASHIONT h e c l i e n t w a s a f a s h i o n d e s i g n e r w h o w i s h e d t o m a k e a s t a t e m e n t w i t h h e r s t u d i o t h a t r e f l e c t e d h e r f a s h i o n . I t w a s c u s t o m i s e d f o r h e r t o c r e a t e w i t h i n a n d b e i n s p i r e d b y .

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LIGHTING DESIGNBRINGING PERSONALITY HOMEThe same c l i ent Tess Al loway , a fash ion des igner asked for a l i ght wh i ch ref lected the character of her fash ion des ign work from her stud io . Co lours & geometr i cs from her work were used to create a decorat ive wa l l l i ght wh i ch ref lects geometr i cs throughout the room .

LIGHTING DESIGNREFLECTION

L o o k i n g b a c k o n t h e p r o j e c s d e s i g n e d f o r T e s s A l l o w a y I r e a l i s e t h e y w e r e t h e f i r s t p r o j e c t s w e a r I b e g a n t o p u s h t h e b o u n d a r i e s o f d e s i g n a n d c o n s t r u c t i o n . W i t h e x p e r i e n c e I r e a l i s e I c o u l d h a v e p u s h e d b o u n d a r i e s a n d e x p e r i m e n t e d f u r t h e r . I b e l i e v e a s u c c e s s f u l r e s u l t w a s p r o d u c e d a n d i t w a s s u c c e s s f u l i n o p e n i n g m y m i n d u p t o d e s i g n i n g a n d c o n s t r u c t i n g o u t s i d e o f t h e b o x . N o w w o r k i n g w i t h g e o m e t r i c s i s e v i d e n t i n s e v e r a l p a r t s o f m y d e s i g n s a n d h a s b e c o m e p a r t o f m y s i g n a t u r e s t y l e .

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THE NETWORKING CAFEPROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR DESIGNERS TO COLLABORATE AND SHOWCASE WORKT h e o p p o r t u n i t y e x i s t s f o r a p l a c e w h e r e a l l a s p e c t s o f t h e d e s i g n c o m m u n i t y c a n c o m e t o g e t h e r a n d m a k e c o n n e c t i o n s a n d s h o w c a s e w o r k . H e r e t h e e m p l o y e r s h a v e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o s c o u t o u t s t u d e n t s a n d r i s i n g d e s i g n e r s i n a r e l a x e d c a t e r e d e n v i r o n m e n t , p a r t i c u l a r l y a i m e d a t t h e f a s h i o n w o r l d . T h i s m e a n s p h o t o g r a p h e r s , m o d e l s , h a i r a n d m a k e u p a r t i s t s c a n a l s o m a k e v a l u a b l e c o n n e c t i o n s

REFLECTION

W i t h t h i s a s s i g n m e n t m y l e a r n i n g e x p e r i e n c e b r o u g h t t o g e t h e r m u l t i p l e d i s c i p l i n e s i n w h i c h I h a v e l e a r n e d a n d e x p e r i e n c e d .C o m b i n i n g k n o w l e d g e f r o m a p r e v i o u s l y u n d e r t a k e n f a s h i o n d e s i g n c o u r s e c o m b i n e d w i t h m y s k i l l s l e a r n t f r o m m y a r c h i t e c t u r e d e g r e e I w a s a b l e t o p r o v i d e a n o p p o r t u n i t y w h e r e d e s i g n e r s a n d m e m b e r s o f t h e c o m m u n i t y c a n c o m e t o g e t h e r t o n e t w o r k a n d s h o w c a s e w o r k . 5

REFLECTION

F r o m p e r s o n a l e x p e r i e n c e t h e r e ’ i s a r e a l d e m a n d f o r n e t w o r k i n g i n t h e d e s i g n w o r l d , p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t h e f a s h i o n i n d u s t r y . W i t h t h i s k n o w l e d g e I w a s a b l e t o c o m b i n e m y s k i l l s f r o m b o t h a r e a s t o p r o d u c e s o m e t h i n g t h a t i s r e a l l y e x c i t i n g a n d s u c c e s s f u l f o r b o t h s i d e s o f t h e d e s i g n w o r l d . T h i s g a v e m e t h e c o n f i d e n c e t o u s e m y e x p e r i e n c e s a n d k n o w l e d g e f r o m m y o t h e r e x p e r i e n c e s n o t s p e c i f i c a l l y r e l a t e d t o a r c h i t e c t u r e , w h i c h g a v e m e t h e a b i l i t y t o t r a n s f o r m a n d a p p l y t h e s e s k i l l s i n t o a t m o s p h e r i c d e s i g n s f o r a s s i g n m e n t s .

LEVELSLEVELS INFLUENCE THE SENSEST h i s p r o j e c t a i m s t o i n c o r p o r a t e a s o c i a l h u b w i t h i n B r i s b a n e ' s S o u t h B a n k c a t e r i n g f o r a c o m m e r c i a l a n d e d u c a t i o n p r e c i n c t f o r m u s i c a n d t h e u p r i s i n g c o n c e p t o f f o o d o p e r a .

M y c o n c e p t f o r t h e d e s i g n w a s u t i l i s i n g a n d e n h a n c i n g e x i s t i n g c o n t o u r s t o f o r m l e v e l s . T h e s e l e v e l s c r e a t e d a n a t m o s p h e r e i n f l u e n c i n g t h e h u m a n s e n s e s s p e c i f i a l l y r e l a t e d t o t h e i n d i v i d u a l f u n c t i o n s r e q u i r e d o f t h e b u i l d i n g .

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T h i s a s s i g n m e n t c e m e n t e d m y a p p r o a c h t o a r c h i t e c t u r a l d e s i g n c o m b i n i n g l a n d s c a p e a n d b u i l d i n g . I b e l i e v e t h a t i t ' s e x t r e m e l y i m p o r t a n t t o i n c o r p o r a t e a n d r e s p e c t t h e l a n d s c a p e o f t h e s i t e a n d i n c o r p o r a t e t h a t i n t o t h e c o n c e p t a n d a t m o s p h e r e o f a b u i l d i n g . R e f l e c t i n g o n t h i s a s s i g n m e n t a s w e l l a s o t h e r s , I h a v e u s e d t h e s a m e a p p r o a c h . E a c h h a s s h o w n h o w I h a v e g r o w n a n d a d a p t e d t o d i f f e r e n t l a n d s c a p e s t o b e b e n e f i c i a l t o t h e b u i l d i n g , i t s f u n c t i o n a n d i t s o c c u p a n t s . T h i s i s h o w m y a r c h i t e c t u r a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g h a s f o r m e d a n d t h e w a y i n w h i c h I d e s i g n h a s f o r m e d f r o m t h e l a n d s c a p e .

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WAHROONGA HOUSE REPLICATION USING 3DS MAX SOFTWARET h i s p r o j e c t i n v o l v e d t h e r e p l i c a t i o n o f a n e x i s t i n g h o u s e t o l e a r n t h e s o f t w a r e p r o g r a m 3 D s M a x . T h e h o u s e I c h o s e w a s t h e W a h r o o n g a H o u s e b y C h a t e a u A r c h i t e c t s .

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T h i s a s s i g n m e n t g a v e m e t h e s k i l l s t o c r e a t e r e a l i s t i c r e n d e r s a n d t h e s k i l l s t o w o r k i n a d i f f e r e n t d i m e n s i o n i n f o r m i n g 3 D s p a c e s a n d b u i l d i n g s . I b e l i e v e t h i s g a v e m e w i d e r s c o p e t o e x p e r i e m e n t w i t h m y d e s i g n s a d v a n c i n g f r o m r e v i t s o f t w a r e . I t g a v e m e a n e x t r a a b i l i t y t o t h i n k d i f f e r e n t l y a b o u t t h e f o r m a t i o n o f s t r u c t u r e s a n d h o w t h e y w o u l d b e b u i l t t h r o u g h t h i s p r o g r a m .

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A u t o c a d w a s u s e d t o c r e a t e p l a n s a n d e l e v a t i o n s f o r t h e W a h r o o n g a H o u s e f o r u s e i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e 3 D S M a x s o f t w a r e f o r 3 D M o d e l l i n g a n d r e n d e r s . I h a v e p r o f i c i e n t s k i l l s w i t h A u t o c a d u s i n g i t t h r o u g h o u t h i g h s c h o o l a n d m y d e g r e e .

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T e c h n i c a l d r a w i n g s s k i l l s w e r e l e a r n t a s p a r t o f t h e B a c h e l o r o f E n v i r o n m e n t a l D e s i g n ( A r c h i t e c t u r e ) i n t h e a r e a s p e c i f i c o f r e s i d e n t i a l c o n s t r u c t i o n .

REFLECTIONR e f l e c t i n g o n t h i s c o u r s e , d r a w i n g o u t t e c h n i c a l d e t a i l s o f c o n s t r u c t i o n w a s c h a l l e n g i n g a t f i r s t b u t i t g a v e m e r e a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f h o w h o m e s a r e c o n s t r u c t e d a n d t h e m a n y w a y s i n w h i c h t h e y c a n b e c o n s t r u c t e d . T h i s c o u r s e w a s h e l p f u l i n t e r m s o f d e s i g n i n g h o m e s f o r p r a c t i c a l i t y o f b o t h t h e b u i l d i n g a n d d e s i g n p r o c e s s e s .

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TECHNICAL DRAWINGS

Throughout my work exper ience and stud ies at un ivers i ty I have deve loped severa l important transferab le , employab i l i ty sk i l ls . F i rst ly I have deve loped customer serv i ce sk i l ls through work ing at Stanthorpe Newsagency and at the Westpac In-store . I a lso deve loped leve ls of d iscress ion w i th c l i ents through work ing at the bank wh i ch can be transferred and app l ied to many work env i ronments .

From my exper iences at un ivers i ty I have def in i te ly deve loped research sk i l ls . Part of the learn ing process is research ing projects , concepts and learn ing software programs and Austra l ian standards . Th is a lso app l ies to prob lem so lv ing sk i l ls learnt through un ivers i ty ass ignments both app ly ing to i nd iv idua l and team work s i tuat ions . Team work is another important sk i l l deve loped from my Bache lor of Env i ronmenta l Des ign (Arch i tecture ) . I l earnt i ts important to take in i t i at ive and respect and incorporate everyone ’s i deas . Another major sk i l l der iv ing from both of these are t ime management sk i l ls . Espec ia l ly work ing from home i ts very important to be mot ivated and keep to a schedu le p lan in order to complete tasks . An integra l part of the degree is presentat ion and commun icat ion sk i l ls . W ith the added advantage of tak ing graph i c des ign as an e lect ive as part of my degree , I have produced the sk i l ls to better commun icate present des igns in my ass ignments wh i ch can be app l ied to c l i ente l .

Through my interest i n graph i c des ign I have become adaptab le and f lex ib le i n my interest and sk i l ls to exper ience many des ign f ie lds rang ing from graph i c and inter ior des ign wh i ch I chose as e lect ives at un ivers i ty r ight through to the f ie ld of arch i tecture .

A f ina l sk i l l wh i ch I th ink i s very important w i th todays age and the des ign profess ion is a respect and apprec iat ion for other cu ltures . Th is comes from my trave l l i ng exper iences in I ta ly , Duba i , New Zea land and Vanuatu . A lso grow ing up on a farm I have made many internat iona l fr iends where backpackers have passed through and I be l i eve th is i s va luab le l i fe exper ience as far as commun icat ion and va lues go .

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