TASK 1 HISTORY, Rudi Saniga

TIMELINE: HISTORY OF THE CONCRETE LAWN

TASK 2 ACTION, Zilan Lu

TASK 3 CLIMATE, Peijie Cai

AUTUMN MARCH 9 AM

AUTUMN MARCH 12 PM

AUTUMN MARCH 5 PM

WINTER JUNE 9 AM

WINTER JUNE 12 PM

WINTER JUNE 5 PM

SPRING SEPTEMBER 9 AM

SPRING SEPTEMBER 12 PM

SPRING SEPTEMBER 5 PM

SUMMER DECEMBER 9 AM

SUMMER DECEMBER 12 PM

SUMMER DECEMBER 5 PM

TEMPERATURE DIAGRAM

TASK 4 MOVEMENT, Rui Xu

TASK ANALYSES

Task 1: History, Rudi Saniga I explored the history of the concrete lawn through a superimposition, as well as a timeline. Both are self-explanatory, however I’d like to note two things.

Firstly, I decided to include two superimpositions (one which isolated the Concrete Lawn, and one which included the Concrete Lawn’s immediate surroundings) in order to explore the concept of reintroducing an older or outdated

element of previous Concrete Lawn designs.ime is a critical factor in analyzing people’s actions. Secondly, I chose to follow the social aspect of the Concrete Lawn and its involvement in the University’s history. I did so because I believe

social interaction is a key and defining aspect of the Concrete Lawn design.

Task 2: Action, Zilan Lu Time is a critical factor in analyzing people’s actions. Thus I placed a heavy emphasis on trying to understand the cognitive paths of people who spent time on or walked through the Concrete Lawn. The intensity map shows a spatial

distribution of the flow of people in relation to both immediate and cognitive purposes on the Concrete Lawn.

At 9am, most people pass through the Concrete Lawn to class, with a select few on the grass. At 12pm, the Concrete lawn becomes a place to have lunch and rest. The number people increases, with a high density of people on the grass

and seating areas (the scale of which depends largely on the weather).

The temporal diagram demonstrates different uses of the site during hourly intervals. Activity during both weekdays and weekends are shown on the diagram. I will now conduct a short summary of each activity:

-Eating/Drinking: depending on the weather, eating and drinking is fairly consistent due to the inclusion of ‘snacks’ in our definition of eating, and constant circulation of coffee drinkers across the Concrete Lawn. An obvious spike during

the breakfast, lunch and dinner times.

-Bicycling: the number of cyclists is largely steady between sunrise and sunset.

-Walking: is the most common method of moving through the University and spikes between sunrise and sunset. In addition, the presence of security guards throughout the night is recorded.

-Resting: the landscape is used both practically and as a space for relaxation. Vegetation and seating areas are key drawing points.

-Reading: experiences a short spike before classes begin (last minute reading!), before maintaining a steady frequency through to loss of light.

-Parking: relatively straight forward, parking hits its peak during arrival to and departure from the University.

Task 3: Climate, Peijie Cai To generate the shadow diagrams for the buildings around the Concrete Lawn, I used Sketch Up. It is an excellent technique for developing a 3D view of construction. To develop the plans, I pulled out the related planes for each building

off the Concrete Lawn Site Map, which our group had developed digitally. For the heights of the buildings I used Google Earth, while I estimated the heights of the trees from the building heights.

For the shadows, I used the Sketch Up shadow settings for 9am, 12pm and 5pm. I then calculated variations of these times for all four seasons.

My temperature map depicts an average temperature on the Concrete Lawn over a 12-month period. Firstly, I noticed the temperature by walking around Concrete Lawn, recording on paper hotter areas in a red colour and colder areas

in a blue colour. Secondly, I investigated several artificial heat and wind sources around the Concrete Lawn. These sources included air outlets, air conditioners, and central heating from the Raymond Priestly, MSD, Union House, and

Baldwin Spencer buildings. Thirdly, I looked at the impact of materials and ground matter, such as concrete paving versus grass, and the shade and relative coolness provided by trees and other vegetation.

I then finalised my temperature diagram by taking into account the general wind directions which flow through the University Campus. The Concrete Lawn is directly affected by the wind tunnel since the wind flows across the Lawn from

south of the Raymond Priestly building.

Task 4: Movement, Rui Xu At 9am, most students start the first class of the day so at that time students are mostly entering the Raymond Priestly, MSD, Union House, and Baldwin Spencer buildings.

At 12pm, Union House and the new cafe in the MSD which faces the Concrete Lawn become the most popular destinations. This is because students need to eat their lunch, or decide to drink a coffee.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SUPERIMPOSITION

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TIMELINE:

Goad, Phillip and George Tibbits. 2003. Architecture on Campus: a guide to the buildings of the University of Melbourne and its colleges. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2439056?lookfor=Philip%20Goad%20and%20George%20Tibbits&offset=1&max=177779

General knowledge: ‘Billibellary’s Walk’, Murrup Barak, viewed 18.03.2016, http://www.murrupbarak.unimelb.edu.au/content/pages/billibellarys-walk

Wurundjeri early 18th Century: “INTRODUCTION”, viewed 19.03.2016 http://aboriginalhistoryofyarra.com.au/1-introduction/

Wurundjeri Collins Street: “Wurundjeri”, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wurundjeri

1862 – National Museum: ‘Title: The National Museum with lake in foreground, University of Melbourne, circa 1862-1899.’, Historic-Tour, viewed 20.03.2016, http://www.unimelb.edu.au/campustour/pdf/historic-tour.pdf

1888 – Biology Building: The Biology Building after completion of the West Wing circa 1887. Source: University of Melbourne Archives.

1888 – Students getting wet: ‘Title: Students in the lake, 1936, where sculpture now sits.’, Historic-Tour, viewed 20.03.2016, http://www.unimelb.edu.au/campustour/pdf/historic-tour.pdf

1896 – University of Melbourne Masterplan: Layout of the University Campus in 1896. Source: MMBW plan, University of Melbourne Archives.

1910 – Union House: ‘Title: The National Museum with lake in foreground, University of Melbourne, circa 1862-1899’, Historic-Tour, viewed 20.03.2016, http://www.unimelb.edu.au/campustour/pdf/historic-tour.pdf

1967-1970 – Raymond Priestly: “Key 94: Vice-Principal 1965 / Raymond Priestly Building 1969”, University of Melbourne Library, viewed 20.03.2016, http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/archives/exhibitions/keys/web/289.html

1980: Inge King’s Sun Ribbon: “Tag Archives: Inge King”, Mark Holsworth, ‘Black Mark: Melbourne Art and Culture Critic, last modified 14.07.2014, http://melbourneartcritic.com/tag/inge-king/

2007 – Night Market: ‘Diversity Week: March 19-23, 2007’, Cultural Diversity, posted March 2007, http://www.unimelb.edu.au/diversity/celebrating/diversityweek.html

2014 – MSD begins construction: “Master of Construction Management”, Melbourne School of Design, last modified 2016, https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/master-construction-management

2015 – Farmers Market: “Melbourne University Farmers Market, Food Co-op, Shuki and Louisa Felafel”, Veganopoulous, ‘Veganopoulous’, last modified 12.08.2015, http://www.veganopoulous.com/2015/08/12/melbourne-university-farmers-market-food-co-op-shuki-and-louisa-felafel/

2016 – view of MSD from the Concrete Lawn: “A Stack of Studios”, Samuel Medina, ‘METROPOLIS’, last modified September 2015, http://www.metropolismag.com/September-2015/A-Stack-of-Studios/

ACTION

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CLIMATE

‘UTC – The World’s Time Standard’, timeanddate.com, viewed 20.03.2016, http://www.timeanddate.com/time/aboututc.html

‘Sketchup: Light and Shadows|SketchUp Show #42 (Tutorial)’, SketchUp School, Youtube, posted 26 Jan 2008, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLK1zuxR9KY

MOVEMENT

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