The Melbourne School of Design is featured in Issue no.80 of The Plan. Available here.
– conrad-bercah
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John de Manincor reviews the Melbourne School of Design in this issue of Architectural Review Asia Pacific on newsstands now or subsribe here.
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Another dispatch from the 1 Spadina jobsite in Toronto: structural demolition work is now complete along the original north wall of the Knox College heritage structure (constructed 1875). At the time of our site visit, a few existing openings remain to be infilled with masonry; attachment of weather protection (see in bright orange) at recent Phase 1 concrete and block walls around the central stair block was ongoing. The site is now ready for shoring and excavation activities in preparation for Phase 2 construction.
Panoramic view of the north side of 1 Spadina: all additions to the original heritage building have been demolished.
View of the central stair block in the foreground, and heritage masonry work occuring in the background. The removal of existing additions has revealed original ruble foundations, as well as new concrete foundation walls completed as part of the Phase 1 renovation work.
Openings that will connect to the new Phase 2 addition have been hoarded with sheathing; existing openings have been infilled with block and occasionally support lintels for new openings, as seen at left. The dark exposed masonry at far left is the remaining wall of a former airwell that was formed by the demolished Connaught laboratory addition.
Sawcut rubble foundations and 2 to 3 wythe masonry walls have been exposed at the location of the demolished military hospital wing. Holes in the existing fabric will be filled at the time that access is enabled by the Phase 2 addition concrete slabs.
Formwork was being released at the Phase 1 concrete foundations formed to support new janitor, electrical and IT closets surrounding the central heritage stair block.
Existing interior finishes are now exposed on the exterior in several locations.
Weather protection has been installed along the roofline, in anticipation of the Phase 2 addition roof tie-in.
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The Melbourne School of Design is building of the week on american-architects.com as part of their look at American architects working on projects abroad.
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The Melbourne School of Design is featured on Broadsheet.
Photography: Tim O’Connor
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The Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design project is featured on Azure.
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Dispatches from 1 Spadina: ongoing demolition work has almost completely exposed the original north wall of Knox College (constructed 1875), which has revealed the layers of nearly 150 years of alterations and retrofits to serve uses as varied as academic, hospital, military, research, and mechanical plant space.
West face of the 1 Spadina east heritage wing, after demolition of 20th century additions.
East face of the 1 Spadina west heritage wing, after demolition of 19th and 20th century additions.
A view of the central tower block, looking south-east from the third floor level of a 20th century addition in the process of being demolished. Existing gothic arches are evident in the right foreground, which were originally expressed on the exterior. The larger relieving arch had been truncated by the installation of a concrete slab, which is now visible as a saw-cut section (with some reinforcing steel remaining to be cut). The new DFALD addition will lap over this slab edge onto the heritage roof beyond. New concrete blocks are visible at left, which enclose a retrofitted elevator shaft. Beyond, new buff replacement brick are visible at the gable of the central block.
View of the west wall of the original east wing. A palimpsest of previous interior wall finishes and various cut slabs and masonry construction has appeared between new and existing opening hoarded temporarily with sheathing.
View of 20th century addition at the southeast corner of the original 1 Spadina courtyard. Over the course of demolition, access has become restricted; here, ongoing structural separation work beyond the masonry wall in the foreground is accessible only via ladder through an existing portal. A slab-chipping machine is visible beyond at upper left.
Brick wythes are visible at a section of wall to host an enlarged opening for a doorway. Outer wythes are often infilled with rubble in the original construction. A section of former wood lintel is evident.
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Sandra Kaji-O’Grady, Dean of Architecture and Head of School at the University of Queensland writes on the new MSD.
“a layered new school rich in ideas and meticulous in detail”
– AA
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The Raemian Model Home Gallery in Seoul has been shortlisted for the WAN Mixed Use Award. The Model Home Gallery is part of an emerging building typology that showcases model apartments for sale while also offering public amenities including auditoria, spaces for community gatherings, art galleries, and café space.
-Brian Honda, juror
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