Urbanism of Walls Master of Architecture Architecture MADA Now 2022

Lauren Meintjes

The exploration of temporality through flood aid, allowing for a pre-fabricated circular economy to design for relief as well as permanent residency.

YAKI_SUGI : the implementation of an external pod that is transferable into a permanent skin. Sustainability at its core this design explores a full timber mass construction. Learning from japan, charred timber is complimented by terracotta breeze-blocks.

A Mass Timber Moment

A Perspective: Showcasing the Charred timber materiality with the overall buildings terracotta veins.

Structural Progression

Through the establishment of a prefabricated wall system this temporal scape begins to explore the construction methodology for post flooding emergency housing. this construction methodology leads to the full design of an emergency pod, that is also designed to be situated within a permanent skin.

Bathroom Pod Axonometric

A detail of the prefabricated pod system has service integration that can be both used throughout the temporary dwelling as well as a placement within the multi res building system. utilising the same material this pod system allows for central services integration throughout the main building design.

Pod Integration into a Permanent Skin

The pods placement within a permanent integration floorplans system is inspired through the design of the sky house Movenettes. It begins to establish a non-traditional form of internal framework allowing the use of joinery cupboards and wardrobes to dictate the internal functionality between private and communal.

An Illustration of the Pod

An illustration of the Temporary pod system.

A Perspective of the new Duckett Street Multi-residential Homestead.

Multi-residential Project: Mass timber construction.

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