Ryan Cameron Moroney Architecture Portfolio

Design Studios: The Design Studios at RMIT are the most important of the subjects for each semester. Their purpose is for me to explore and develop my design skills through applying my new skills learnt from other ancillary subjects such as Technology, Communications, and History. I have completed 5 design studios, which cover a range of scaled projects from small, medium and large. This portfolio is a small digest of my design work and also has examples of my work in Technology.

Ryan Cameron Moroney Architecture Portfolio

Reciprocity: Semester 2, first year, Design Studio 2 2008

Damien Thackray & Anna Johnson

This is a Medium Scale design studio which design outcome was a student and homeless accommodation and a river side caf. The site is based at The Abbottsford Convent a former Christian Nunnery which has been abandoned for the last 30 years and under threat from Private Investment Development. It is now a popular and rapidly developing Arts Precinct, which has permanent

and temporary residents such as practicing health professionals, artists, musicians, and actors. It holds many activities such as fresh food and artists markets, a Childrens farm, Art classes, and is also a popular backdrop for independent films.My design proposal and approach was one that was enchanted by the richness of the sight through its history, landscape, urban context and its architectural language. Consciously I designed a building that explored the vernacular gothic architecture existing on the sight, however its placement in the sight was to retain the sights open pastured landscape and remove the architecture by sliding

the building like a draw under the prevailing field slope towards the river. At 1 : 20 scale the building embodies that thick massing of the block walls from the original buildings through the use of cast concrete showcasing the distinctive gothic window shape. This response is also shown through the large pivoting concrete doors, which open the accommodation spaces to the open fields. However, when closed the building changes into a flat seamless concrete wall tucked underneath grass and engulfed by the existing trees; a mere incision in the large open landscape.

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17 Stanley GroveCanterburyCalifornian Bungalow

19 Greeves StreetFitzroyWorkers Cottage

Architectural Knowledge: Semester 1, second year, Design Studio 3 2009

Louise Wright

The Architectural Knowledge Studio is a small scale studio which design outcome was a redevelopment of an existing 1950 brick veneer home in the South Eastern suburb of Melbourne, Box Hill. Throughtout the semester we have completed three different design tasks all entailing the redevelopment of a period home ranging from a Workers Cottage, Californian Bungalow, and finally a post-war Brick Veneer. The Studios purpose was to help me learn, apply and adapt a basic set of skills such window and door size and placement, in order to re-create the home space in a better way. It is in this studio that I was first introduced to some beautiful Japanese architecture.My Design Proposal and approach was driven by this introduction to the clarity in simple spatial arrangement and a careful

use of materials. The existing post-war home encompassed a very typical L-shaped floor plan however this L was not addressing anything to the exterior garden. Thus, my overall design gesture was to open the whole back of the house up to the landscape, and in the final design the whole interior at some point has a connection to the surrounding landscape. This is heightened by the whole back extension being made from timber frame construction and double layered polycarbonate to allow natural light into the open plan kitchen, meals, and two adjacent bedrooms. The house is essentially designed to be split in two at any stage, whereby the front of the existing brick house and the translucent polycarbonate section can be separated by bi-fold eco-ply panels. It was also part of the brief to include a separate studio / office and I addressed this with a close relationship to the existing swimming pool and new landscape ponds and native garden.

Kazuo ShinoharaTanikawa Residence 1974

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Again focusing on contrast, however on the on the cot-tage itself. The poly carbinate cladding may have been chosen as a result of the dense and dark nature of the existing material. There is a potential play between: solid & hollow, new & old, light & dark, black & white.

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Again focusing on contrast, however on the on the cot-tage itself. The poly carbinate cladding may have been chosen as a result of the dense and dark nature of the existing material. There is a potential play between: solid & hollow, new & old, light & dark, black & white.

The Moth enclosure offers a new circulation space, that of-fers new points of entry and passage. Acting as a hallway and a room, occupants can now travel in and out of the existing cottage by circulating around the south feature wall via openings at either end. The large rom encompass-LQJWKHNLWHFKHQPRGXOHFDQQRZEHIUHHRIWUDIFRZLQJfrom the back entrance to the front tea room.

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18 Piedmont StreetBox Hill South

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Post WWII

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Original Floor-plan 1 : 200

18 Piedmont StreetBox Hill SouthPost WWII

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18 Piedmont StreetBox Hill SouthPost WWII

Hardwood timber panelling on both walls and ceilings. Corregated to allow water absorbtion.

Removable shower plat-form which folds down to make the shower base and water ows through the corrgigated hardwood into the bath.

Natural plywood bi-fold door. Entrance to the kitchen and polycarbonate enclosure space.

Local quarry slate paved throughout the house and outdoor space.

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Tucking Bi-fold door detail

Track driven aluminium pivot hinge.

Natural plywood pivot hindged bi-fold door.

Pivot hingeend.

The kitchen module which opens and closes through pivot hinge bi-fold doors. Natural Birch Plywood.

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Describes the junctions between the pond and polycarbonate enclosure, the ventilation hatches, bathroom surfaces, con-nection between the poly-carbonate enclosure and the existing house.

Ventilation hatches. Manu-nally lifting with self sup-porting hingesPolycarbonate box gutter trimming

Double glazed 10mm glass for added insulation. Sliding opening feature.

Double glazed layered sqaure cored 40mm thermoclick polycarbonate panels.

Rienforced concrete slab

Pond, wrapping around the east enclosure wing.

Narrative Circulation and Programmatic Diagrams

Additional Industry

Additional Retail

Accommodation

Existing Sheds

Student Accommodation and relationship to proposed green space.

Additional Industry - inltration based on current land use or diss-use.

Retail Arcade and Port Arlington Road truck drive-in. - new slip lane

Trade Schools - specically positioned based on surrounding Business and land use.

Detailed Site Plan revealing Floor-Plans in context ( relationship with each other, the water and existing roadways). 1:200

Trade School Allocation

Site plan Illistrating gurative ground surface, existing building density and the allocation of new scheme. 1:2000

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Retail Arcade and Port Arlington Road truck drive-in. - new slip lane

Trade Schools - specically positioned based on surrounding Business and land use.

Detailed Site Plan revealing Floor-Plans in context ( relationship with each other, the water and existing roadways). 1:200

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Bigger (and better) than BunningsMoolap Industrial Estate


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b. Once entered through the Public Eatery, this is the East elevation revealed ,cutting through the canal. Moon Street Bridge 1:100

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etro-Fit Lecture Theatre in un-used sandblasting shed,antilevered over Moolap Water Canal and Reservior.

Triple Layer consisting of lightwieght concrete, UB beam and concrete foundations for cantelever strength.

Heavy Duty steel tracks for corrugated sun shading sliding panels.

70 SHS frame Corrugated sliding panels.

Double Glazing for protection against warm afternoon sun.

Conventional Moolap steel shed construction.

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Accommodation Module Sample Floor-Plan 1:100 - central core with living and ammenity spaces form are ajoined.

Accommodation Module Detail - Insulated Glass Louvres (manually operated) 1:10

Private Mezzanine Ofce Space and Lower public and private bi-fold seminar rooms.Angled Glazed facade encourages the outdoor activity and natural environment to enhance the interior working space and offer opportunities for a more cross disciplinary social interaction within the landscape

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Repeatable Accommodation Module for Single Person/Student - Canal

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Bigger(and Better) than Bunnings: Semester 2, second year, Design Studio 4 2009

Sand Helsel & Fraser Paxton

This is classified as a medium to large scale Design Studio, however the final outcome covers all three scales small, medium and large equally. In Australia Bunnings is the leading hardware, home ware and garden superstore. Each store is housed in enormous 15,000 20,000 m2. This Design Studio is based in the Moolap industrial estate, situated East of the bayside Regional city of Geelong. The Moolap Industrial estate is a precursive

model or alternative to Bunnings. I found that there are systems within this place that can be exploited to better connect some of the parts so that the whole might be more efficient or perhaps better. The Brief was to densify Moolap, with added retail sheds, industry sheds, administration offices, student accommodation and the implementation of a trade school.Moolap is about the shed. Thus, my design proposal for a central hub of my overall scheme entailed four worked up building / building types that all embraced the shed typology. Again, the architectural vernacular of the site sang out as the counterpoint for the architecture. I felt, and still do, that Moolap embodies a sense of history that is embedded within the thin, rusticated

corrugated walls of the existing sheds. I transformed the central storm water canal into a hydroelectric water canal and reservoir thats purpose is to act as a social glue. The four buildings all have a direct relationship with the water and thus do the users. This stems from the strong relationship with the water that all the Barwon Region embodies. The Lecture Theatre Building is a retro-fit of a half used sand blasting shed that now cantilevers 10 metres over the water. The Retail Shed, Accommodation sheds and Administration Shed are all connected by a recycled train log boardwalk that again cross over the water.

















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Tokyo 2010: Semester 1, third year, Design Studio 5 - 2010

Christine Phillips & Stasinos Mantzis

This is a large scale design Studio. The brief is to design the 20th Century Fashion Museum on Omotosando Street in Tokyo. The detailed brief is derived from the recent global competition for this particular project. I was lucky enough to travel to Japan on an architectural tour and visit the sight much to the delight of my fellow classmates. The site is a vacant 400m2 corner lot, opposite Herzog and de Meurons famous Prada Building. The key point of the brief is that it is to be an icon of Omotesando Street and Tokyo, thus the 100 metre height was established. This studio offered a unique challenge in that it is an international project and also one that is asking for a monumental building in one of the most dense urban environments in the world. It was also unique Studio because the final outcome was completed in partners and

so it was a great pleasure and challenge as the more senior and experienced student to go through the design process and teach and learn with my partner Sarah.The Design concept for the Museum was heavily underpinned by myself and Sarahs fascination and respect for Japan. Thus, this translated to us researching heavily into the significance of Fashion in Japan during the 20th century and how this then translates to the architectures purpose. Moreover, it was the Avant-Garde pioneers of Miyake, Kawakubo, and Yamamoto that embodied the attitude of sartorial modernity that we were enchanted by when making our design moves. The constant re-appraisal and thirst for change but with a nostalgic view of tradition, the foundation of our design approach was set. Analysing the program brief, we dislocated the typical stacked tower type through plotting the program according to public vs private and stable vs unstable activity. We then used the programmed mass model to plot a single organic line that, in effect, distorts the typical extruded square block. Our careful use

of material, implementation of media facades and exposed steel structure all stem from a direct translation to Japanese Fashion in the 20th Century. The Internal spaces are governed by the Tatami mat geometry, however we cheographed the shoji panels and extruded exhibition boxes to give a familiar yet fresh adaptation of the geometry. In fact, overall the building is governed by this geometry from the steel structural grid right down to the shoes and accessory cabinets. The exterior of the building is designed to act as the public face of fashion; the anodized aluminum streck metal faade reflects and changes with the weather conditions eg. Dull and grey on an overcast day and bright white on a sunny day. The media facades are their to promote the spirit of the times through fashion ie. Live feed from the runway, or clothing and exhibition advertisements.

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