The University of Melbourne has posted a new time-lapse video about the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning project.
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VIDEO: THE NEW FABP
Posted on November 7th, 2014 by Nicole Sakr
Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design
Melbourne FABP in ‘The Saturday Paper’
Posted on November 1st, 2014 by Nicole Sakr
Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Press
Laura Harding writes about “a theatrical new building to inspire students with its thoughtful labyrinth of architectural worlds” in ‘The Saturday Paper‘.
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NADAAA WINS HOLCIM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PRIZE
Posted on September 19th, 2014 by tberesford
Posted under: _Daniels Building, Awards
NADAAA wins a 2014 Holcim Acknowledgement award for the University of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design. Congratulations to the entire project team! Text from the Holcim website:
The proposed building provides a new home for the John H Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design on the site of a culturally significant nineteenth century structure.
The project’s basic objectives are to rehabilitate existing urban, landscape, and architectural elements – and, to demonstrate the university’s aim to foreground sustainability as part of its pedagogic program via state-of-the-art construction materials and energy systems.
Presenting an Acknowledgement prize for “Heritage Reframed: University building renovation and extension” (l-r): Baudoin Nizet, CEO Holcim Canada; prize winners Katherine Faulkner and Nader Tehrani, NADAAA architects, Boston; Richard Sommer, Dean of John H Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design (DFALD), University of Toronto; and jury member Lola Sheppard, Partner, Lateral Office, Toronto, Canada.
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NIGHT AND DAY
Posted on September 16th, 2014 by tberesford
Posted under: _Daniels Building, construction
The results of vine removal and ongoing masonry cleaning at 1 Spadina Crescent, as part of the Phase I Renovations for the University of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape + Design. (In collaboration with Adamson Associates and ERA Architects).
AFTER: 1 Spadina Crescent, west wing pictured after vine removal and masonry cleaning (August 2014)
BEFORE: 1 Spadina Crescent, west wing pictured (December 2012)
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Open Day 2014 at the University of Melbourne
Posted on August 24th, 2014 by Lisa LaCharité
Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Events, Press, Things We Like
In a letter summarizing Open Day 2014 the Vice Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, Glyn Davis, wrote:
“A word of heartfelt thanks if I may to all staff for a superb Open Day at Parkville and Southbank yesterday. This annual event is a vital point of connection between the University and future students, families and the broader community. As ever, the professionalism and commitment of staff in making Open Day a great experience for visitors was outstanding.
This year, the University received an estimated 60,000 Open Day visitors. Many report a notable increase, yet again, in the number of interstate and international visitors. This year, particularly strong numbers were in evidence at the VCA, with a great atmosphere obvious among music theatre students in the new Lionel’s Lounge.
Among highlights was the first public airing of the stunning new Melbourne School of Design building. All day crowds moved and milled, in, out and around all sides of the building, engaged by extraordinary student displays, gazing up at Harry Potter-esque stairways and taking selfies on the concrete globes at the Swanston Street end. Despite large crowds in the new building’s atrium space, conversation was easy because of its outstanding acoustic qualities. Noted Melbourne architects were seen sneaking on to campus, seizing the chance for a quiet look!”
“Above all, our visitors engaged intensively in conversation, dialogue and friendly interrogation with generous staff members from across the faculties and schools.
It is this face-to-face contact which makes Open Day so vital to all this University achieves. For the water tight event planning, which made the day work so well (and even precluded rain!), I sincerely thank all involved: especially Kim Howells, Jacqueline Nguyen, Marcia Lewis, Taryn Groom and the Open Day team.
You may enjoy this wrap-up of Open Day 2014, which includes links to pre-recorded course information sessions from yesterday, and help for students and families wanting to take next steps to engage with Melbourne. It also includes an inspiring video of a memorable day on campus.”
If you’re interested in keeping up with media coverage on the University of Melbourne click on this link : Melbourne School of Design New Building Media Coverage
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Nader lectures at UCLA
Posted on August 11th, 2014 by Lisa LaCharité
Posted under: _Daniels Building, construction, Lectures
Nader gives his lecture ‘Pedagogical Constructs’ at UCLA Architecture & Urban Design on October 27, 2014 at 6:30pm.
The above image is a rendering and mock-up for the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design. See our NADLAB post on the mock-up for further details.
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Almost done……..
Posted on August 7th, 2014 by achang
Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, construction
In the summer of 2009 John Wardle Architects invited us (then office dA) to collaborate on a open design competition for University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning. Through the competition the University’s mission was to select a design team rather than a completed design. So our trans-global collaboration extended through an extensive re-evaluation of program and budget, complete redesign, documentation and construction. Today, 5 short years later, delivered by Brookfield Multiplex 6 months ahead of schedule and with a 6 star Greenstar rating, the building is nearly complete.
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SLAB XRAY: NERVOUS SYSTEM
Posted on July 19th, 2014 by tberesford
Posted under: _Daniels Building, construction
All slab-bourne conduit serving level 03/level 02 ceiling electrical, IT and A/V devices. (courtesy Mulvey Banani Intl Inc.)
These are images of the electrical nervous system to be embedded in the concrete slabs supporting the graduate design studios at the new U of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture. Lines shown in cool/blue tones indicate conduit that will serve devices mounted to or embedded within the exposed concrete ceilings below. Lines shown in warm tones indicate conduit that will serve floorboxes at the top of the floor slab. If we are lucky, we will be able to embed/conceal all of these conduits within the congested 12 inch thickness of concrete also containing hydronics for radiant cooling/heating, reinforcing bar, and voids that will reduce the slab’s dead load self weight.
There are two major bottlenecks that correspond roughly with the locations of the “spinal cord/brain”: the electrical and IT closets located at the the northeast and northwest stair cores, respectively. From these locations, conduit fan out in all directions. However, the local bottlenecks are exasperated by a large, floor-through penetration right at the center of the plan, which corresponds with a large amphitheater sunken to the level below. We will try to mitigate the need for additional slab thickness at areas of congestion by omitting slab voids in those locations.
Detail of data (orange) and electrical (yellow) conduits serving cast-in floor boxes at the graduate design studio level. (courtesy Mulvey Banani Intl Inc.)
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Joseph Reed Gets a Face Lift
Posted on July 15th, 2014 by achang
Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, construction
The Historic Facade of the Bank of New South Wales is an essential element of, what is lovingly called, The Concrete Lawn. In the competition stage teams struggled with whether to relocate it or to integrated it into the new FABP building. We chose the latter.
JOSEPH REED’S BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES FACADE PRE-DEMOLITION
APRIL 2013 – HISTORIC FACADE BRACED
JULY 2013 – EVERYTHING BUT JOSEPH REED IS DEMOLISHED
DEC 2013 – PRIMARY STRUCTURE ERECTED
JUNE 2014 – DRYWALL FRAMING
JULY 2014 – DRYWALL ALMOST COMPLETE….
JULY 2014 – FIRST COAT
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Construction Update in 5 Minutes
Posted on June 20th, 2014 by Sia Herr
Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, construction
Check out the time-lapse construction video of University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning from January 2013 – April 2014. Only a couple more months until we get to see the completed building.
Additional videos from different cameras on-site are also available on the university’s website.
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