A Huge House II

LocationMaster Induction Studio, University of Sydney
Year2023
StatusCompleted

A Huge House II is a USYD Master Induction Studio taught with Guillermo Fernandez-Abascal, GFA2 Architects. The studio considers fundamentally how we live as a collective, a student housing hosting 500 students on the campus of USYD. Student housing is a site of experimentation, where the public ground is crossed over with the private.

FIG.1Non-Type, Iris Guo, Haitian Jin
FIG.2Non-Type, Interior Model, Iris Guo, Haitian Jin
FIG.3Non-Type, Unit Plan, Iris Guo, Haitian Jin

A house is to be redefined to the contemporary needs of students to sleep, work, play, love and live. The studio experiments with the possibilities of collective living by thinking big and small, it puts emphasis on the 1/100 and the 1/20 with typical plan, big models and spatial images.

FIG.4Non-Type, Typical Floor Plan, Iris Guo, Haitian Jin
FIG.5Non-Type, Typical Floor Plan, Iris Guo, Haitian Jin

On the basis of the studio, Common Wonder is interested to work with students in exploration of the ‘deep plan’ in the typical tower design, and the fun alternatives to resolve the issue.

FIG.6Non-Type, Render, Iris Guo, Haitian Jin

Credits

Univeristy School of Architecture, Design and Planning
CourseMasters Induction Studio
Course Coordinator Guillermo Fernandez-Abascal
Design Tutor Nettie Ni