Masters Graduation Studio - USYD Design Hub
Masters Graduation Studio - USYD Design Hub from Bogdan Nacu
Masters Graduation Studio - USYD Design Hub

Conversion of the Biochemistry building at the University of Sydney into a Design Hub, where Architecture, Engineering and Art students work together on design and build projects. Part of a research project on brutalism, the brief was to interact with an existing brutalist building which has an uncertain future.

The main moves are opening the ground plane through a thoroughfare exhibition space, connecting a previous fortressthe surrounding university and residential context, linking the vertical and horizontal circulation through a dynamic central atrium, and punching through the existing skin of the building with workshop pods which express their internal use and the building's new life.

Existing Building - East view
East Entry - cutting through existing steps, connecting existing public space and pedestrian throughfare, street art by students
Atrium - connecting vertical and horizontal circulation, existing concrete structure exposed
North Entry - new cantilevered volumes shaped by existing trees, expressing internal use
Site Plan - New ground plane connects the faculties of Architecture, Arts & Engineering and Darlington residential area
Ground Level Plan - Thoroughfare Exhibition Spaces, Cafe, Auditoriums
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Level 2 Plan - Specific and General Workshops, connection to new Community Centre
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Level 5 Plan - Specific and General Workshops
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North Elevation, New volumes punching through existing facade
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North-South Section, existing carpark moved underground, new community centre on top
West Elevation
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Existing Building Analysis, existing structure used as primary structure
Circulation, Atrium, New Volumes
Physical Model
Physical Model Detail
Existing Building - Sketch
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Masters Graduation Studio - USYD Design Hub

Conversion of the Biochemistry building at the University of Sydney into a Design Hub, where Architecture, Engineering and Art students work together on design and build projects. Part of a research project on brutalism, the brief was to interact with an existing brutalist building which has an uncertain future.

The main moves are opening the ground plane through a thoroughfare exhibition space, connecting a previous fortressthe surrounding university and residential context, linking the vertical and horizontal circulation through a dynamic central atrium, and punching through the existing skin of the building with workshop pods which express their internal use and the building's new life.

Bogdan Nacu
M. Arch Sydney, Australia