In the last semester of my undergraduate architecture course, I thought about how the ecological environment of Grassland coexists with the large-scale infrastructure response of human beings. It further explored shared land, focusing on protecting biodiversity and alerting mankind. It tracks the developing relationship between organisms living in Grassland and human beings, and speculates on the future environment and biological life style.
Royal Park - Wooly Path
Overall planning of Native Grassland Circle(Wooly path) -The shortest and optimal path of the crossing site is calculated through the wooly path to observe the site and reduce site damage.
Royal Park - Concept
Glassland has less than 5% land left in Melbourne, mainly due to human intervention. In order to cope with the loss of biodiversity, the project protects the original native plants and organisms in the site through earth covered buildings and green roof structures. And attract more people to understand the importance of grassland, and create sites suitable for living creatures to attract different creatures.
Royal Park - Plans & Section
Through the different height difference inside the building, people can intuitively observe the plants and creatures in the site. All buildings are open as a whole to ensure that the creatures living in the site can freely shuttle through the site. The surface of the building is equipped with caves of different sizes and covered with stones and haystacks to attract creatures and enhance the interaction between people and creatures.
Royal Park - Building C
The internal grid structure creates new habitats for birds. The intersection of the exterior site and the interior of the building creates a height difference of 1m, while creatures can crawl into the interior of the building from the grass. The interior ground is made of stone, creating a habitat suitable for reptiles. At the same time, different heights of seats are used to create different horizons for human beings.
Royal Park - Detailing
By building with renewable and Australian native materials. Deeply explore and protect the adaptability of Australian native plants and organisms, and more importantly, build more economically. The integration of different elevation difference, skin, materials, seasons, sunshine and other elements in the building can enable people and creatures to explore, tolerate and understand each other more deeply in the building.
In the spirit of reconciliation Monash University acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
