MADA Now

22–30 November 2019
Mon-Fri: 10am – 5pm
Saturday: 12–5pm

Monash University
Art Design & Architecture
900 Dandenong Road
Caulfield East, Victoria

mada@monash.edu
monash.edu/mada

babylon

The idea of Melbourne’s laneways has become an export product. It exports an image of a culture that could be considered unique to this city and the life within it. Both grungy and highly stylised, demographically young and inclusive, the laneways mostly seem to re ect a streetlife around fashion, trinkets and coffee. This image of the city is exported to its own suburbs, interstate and overseas. But is it reality?

The studio will investigate the cbd through the lens of a growing city. Can the image of the city be contained, preserved or altered if its population is expected to double? Should it?

babylon, The Image of the City

“The Image of the City” seeks to uncover the causations, motivations and agents that constituted the city. Through the process of drawing, Babylon proposes an ongoing process of imagining and re-imagining spaces and events preoccupying the city of Melbourne.

babylon, Laneway Narrative(s)

A series of tectonic architectural positions responding to Melbourne’s urban conditions formulate the reconceptualization of the city and the laneway. These conceptualisations are visualised through drawings and images acting as a prompt to explore the laneways function and meaning within the context of the urban network.

babylon, Tower Project Axo

The New Chancery Laneway Market explores new opportunities created by the vertical separation of service areas and public space.

babylon, Tower Project, Pod Structure

The modular, prefabricated and adaptable structure allows for a highly adaptable system. The pods mover vertically through the structure and can be customised to specific functions.

babylon, Tower Project Section

The System is extruded vertically along the elevator cores of the existing cores which provide access to the structure. Thus, the social interaction abandoned by the skyscraper is restored. The platforms can fold down to create larger spaces within the system