Ahdha Moosa
Top 10 Shortlisted, 2016
+ Selected Detail Model, 2016
The Lost Footprint
F06 new School of Built Environment embodies the intrinsic vision point of “values of land and the people”. The design acknowledges the “lost footprint”; it is not only just a physical embodiment of the loss of visual connectivity through the fabrication of built form but an allegory of the loss of untouched land and the absence of its native people. The building opens at key corners and points of activation determined by the Master Plan and F06-project definition plan, creating access and egress in congruence with the natural circulation within the site. Identifying a distinct correlation between Architectural and Aboriginal pedagogy, the building incorporates these indigenous ways of learning through spatial programming. Accounting for the unique nature of SoBE’s pedagogy, the design acts to interact with and engage the rest of the campus, through ground floor activation and collaborative spaces throughout the building. The diagonal bisection of the building exposes the exhibition space within, creating a thoroughfare from the main streets through to the Medical Building courtyard and a means of visual interaction to internal activity: Story Telling, central to aboriginal learning. The architectural representation of the building considers this concept of story sharing and engagement through visual connectivity, in its ‘boomerang’ form: a direct reactive design response to site circulation and a metaphoric representation of the aboriginal symbol for “learning through narrative”.
Modular shading facade
Not only does access to the outdoors harbour a healthier learning environment but also furnishes for wider range of possibilities within the creative realm (i.e. prototyping of full scale models for various testing). Operable shading face offers direct engagement with the building itself, and aids in the understanding of solar studies. Shading can be reconfigured as required for various occasions and purposes.
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