NTERIOR

ARCHI- Graduation Projects

TECTURE
Interior Architecture

Never Stand Still Built Environment

The graduation design
work exhibited in its
comprehensiveness and vision
represents only a slice of the
breadth of the graduands
capabilities with their greatest
design contributions in the
world in front of them. The 2015
graduands are equipped and
ready through their studies at
UNSW Built Environment for the
complexities and challenges
of an ever evolving world. I
am confident their contributory
spirit will endure throughout
their designing careers.

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Project Index Contents

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Bachelor of Interior Architecture

Kathryn Aldover 13 Nidia Martins 67

Hyun Jung Bang 15 Daniel Mattjik 69
Ashleigh Bennett 17 Lucille McCall 71
Ashleigh Broady 19 Brenan McCloughan 73
Lisa Cohen 21 Thomas Muzikants 75 Message from the Dean
Simone Daly-Sorokowski 23 Ahmad Tameem Naqshbandi 77

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Diana De Borja 25 Anita Noeng 79
Chen Fan 27 Joanna Pan 81
Julia Farleigh 29 Su-Jin Poh 83
Shiya Feng 31 Simone Rego 85
Jordan Ferguson 33 Emma Rosewarne 87
Yuhan Fu 35 Julie Seong 89
Amber Gallen 37 Pei Jun Tan 91
Tiana Giacomazzi 39 Victoria Tan 93
Erinn Li-Sha Goh 41 Lyndall Taylor 95 Message from the Discipline Director
Wei Guo 43 Caroline Elaine Terianto 97

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Alan Han 45 Jade Giang Tran 99
Changnan Huang 47 Benedicta Untariady 101
Eun Hae Kim 49 Annie Vu 103
Samantha Lay 51 Lucy Williams 105
Chilam Le 53 Vanessa Wood 107
Cathrine Lee 55 Beatrice Wu 109
Jackie Lee 57 Mandy (Xiaoya) Wang 111
Yifu Li 59 Tristan Xu 113
Yvonne Li 61 Angus Yong 115
Julie Lien 63 Ye Zheng 117 Message from the Graduation Studio Leader
Amanda Ly 65

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Final Year Projects

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 Congratulations to the students who have
completed their degree at UNSW Built
Environment and now join our alumni community.

This catalogue provides a glimpse into some of

the many study themes and projects you have
undertaken as part of your academic experience
and serves as a record of your graduation class.

We have designed your program of study to

reflect advanced contemporary professional
practice emphasising the development of
leadership skills and innovation, ensuring that
as a graduating student you have the best
opportunity to be at the forefront of your chosen We are also always grateful to our alumni who
field of endeavour. support our future students with scholarships,
prizes, internships and mentoring programmes.
Now that you have graduated, our relationship
evolves from student to alumnus, continuing a Should you wish to further your education,
lifelong engagement of support and involvement qualifications and knowledge, UNSW Built
(register to join the alumni community at www. Environment Graduate School of Urbanism (AGSU)
alumni.unsw.edu.au). As you travel the world offers an extensive suite of post professional
through your career, you will meet many alumni degrees. AGSU focuses on advanced qualifications
who have become global leaders through their in specialised interdisciplinary areas of professional
innovative thinking, acting as catalysts for practice and a suite of highly relevant research
change in all facets of the built environment orientated programs of study. Our commitment
professions as well as in other fields of work. As to being the leading educators in the design and

PROFESSOR
an alumnus we encourage you to keep in touch delivery of more liveable, sustainable cities has
with UNSW Built Environment. We are always underpinned the creation of the AGSU.
keen to support our graduates and publish
their successes throughout our alumni network. As a professional, I also invite you to join our
Please email us your news and updates at LinkedIn group (UNSW Built Environment) where

ALEC TZANNES AM
[email protected]. you will be able to keep in touch and network
with your peers, other professionals and UNSW
Built Environment.

I wish you a successful and rewarding career.

Professor Alec Tzannes AM

Dean, UNSW Built Environment

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 Now in its twentieth first year, the UNSW Built
Environment Bachelor of Interior Architecture
(BIA) degree and our alumni have together
elevated the benchmark of interior graduates in
our region and globally. UNSW Built Environment
BIA graduates over the past twenty one years
have redefined the interior landscapes of
Sydney. The 2015 graduands have proven by
their dedication across the four years of the The graduation design work exhibited in its
BIA degree to be expansive thinkers, extremely comprehensiveness and vision represents only a
determined and impassioned designers ready to slice of the breadth of the graduands capabilities
advance the BIA alumni career pathways and to with their greatest design contributions in the

BRUCE WATSON
be leaders of the global design community. world in front of them. The 2015 graduands are
equipped and ready through their studies at
UNSW Built Environment for the complexities
and challenges of an ever evolving world. I am
confident their contributory spirit will endure

DISCIPLINE DIRECTOR
throughout their designing careers.

UNSW and the Faculty of Built Environment are

extremely proud of all the graduands and their
achievements and wish them all the very best.
They have set the design standard high and I
look forward with excitement to seeing the fruit
of their efforts in the designing world.

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 Located on the Western fringe of Sydney’s
CBD is the Bays Precinct with the White Bay
Power Station at its heart. This structure and
the landscapes that surround it are important
elements of the natural and built environment of
our city as well as that of our national identity. and formats to communicate these to
However, despite the enormous symbolic and stakeholders. This stage saw the involvement
spatial significance of the Bays precinct, it has with the actual client of the project Urban
been underappreciated and underutilised. Growth NSW. From the research findings
each student put forward their response to
The fourth year of the Bachelor of Interior the provocation in the form of a brief and a
Architecture at UNSW has as its central premise spatial proposition. As can be seen from the
the exploration and promotion of the interior as work presented in this catalogue the visions
an agent for positive change within our future for the White Bay Power Station were varied
cities, be it social, economic, environmental and exciting. These range from celebrations of
or spatial. Given the significance of the White Sydney’s physical, outdoor and leisure culture,
Bay Power Station and the urgent need for its others sought transform the interior to showcase
revitalisation, this project challenged students the significance and potential of clean and
to envision a new future for the interior of the renewable energy generation, whilst some
Power Station within the contexts of 21st Century were inspired by the uniqueness and privilege
Sydney as a mass destination for tourism, leisure of the site, their propositions evolving from the
and pleasure, whilst simultaneously addressing conditions of the industrial heritage found in
the needs of local community and heritage. every space of the interior.

The development of the project was structured The second semester saw students take the initial
in a two-fold manner: research and resolution. research-based ideas and resolve them through
The first semester involved a research project a spatial and material exploration of the interior.
which asked students to develop appropriate Beyond the large-scale architectonic gesture
methods in order to gain an understanding of each student has, at the room-scale, created
the site, its contexts, communities and conflicts, and designed items of joinery, furniture and

DR SING D’ARCY
lighting. Always referring back to the research
undertaken in the initial phase of the project, the
detailed design of the interiors forms an integral
component and eloquent expression of their
education and achievement as designers, and

GRADUATION STUDIO LEADER

as members of a global creative community.

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 BACHELOR OF
INTERIOR
ARCHITECTURE
FINALYEAR
PROJECTS
 KATHRYN ALDOVER
Aeolian

Wind energy research centre

The proposal Aeolian as a wind energy research centre attempts

to embrace the positive advancements in technology for renewable
energy resources to benefit society, whilst simultaneously evokes and
references the undesirable past of coal-fired energy production. White
Bay Power Station is a remnant of Sydney’s industrial past and is a site
that accommodated the previously acknowledged great feat of energy
production. Although the issue of global warming may always be lingering
in the minds and declarations of society, it is not always perceived as an
issue that may generate a built space that interests the majority of the
community. One way to intrigue a local and global audience is to highlight
the theatricality in the anatomy of machines that may eventually lead to
sustainable living. Spatially, the proposal attempts to engage people within
exhibition spaces – internally and externally – that work in collaboration
with the researchers that are creating wind turbine prototypes. Each space
is envisaged to emphasise the wonders of engineering advancements by
highlighting distinctly mechanical design opportunities, such as: hands
on public workshop areas, machinery archives and reading spaces, and
pneumatic cylinder mechanised lifts. The proposal will also attempt to
reference the potential of wind energy and the site itself through materiality.
1 The use of recycled copper in multiple spaces references how wind has the
potential to create natural erosion, whilst referencing the machinery that the
copper was stripped from within the White Bay Power Station.

Contact
[email protected]
0425 274 734

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. Machine prototype gallery
2. Reception cage lift

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 HYUN JUNG BANG
Rebirth in BRC (Bio Research Centre)

Bioenergy Research Centre is a project that explores the current

environmental problems by stepping away from coal powered energy and
researching into renewable energy sources for our future generations. The
redevelopment of this heritage site is given a rebirth as the new landmark
will offer clean renewable energy source as well as provide a better living
environment for the surrounding communities. By integrating with the
surrounding landscape, the existing building form will be incorporated
with the natural resources. This is achieved by using organic and curvy
shapes as the interior in contrast to the right-angled boxes to evoke the
idea of nature. The collaboration of natural sources and landscape provide
relaxation as a public space for visitors whilst the research centre will be a
place of innovation and intellectual inspiration for the researchers. The site
is intended to engage strongly with the locals, where half of space is open
to the public and other half is for private use. Those spaces that are open to
public will be used for educational promotions and through site visits under
public exhibition, an inter-relationship will be created between the research
lab and the community.

The three key characteristics of this project is to ‘recognise’ our past, blend
with ‘nature’ and focus on ‘materiality-texture’ to deliver the innovative ideas
through bioenergy with our senses (touch/smell/sight).
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Contact
[email protected]
0430 142 113

Studio Tutor: Cushla McFadden

Pictured
1. Research laboratory
2. Staff room with entry space

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 ASHLEIGH BENNETT
Kardia

Innovation hub

The proposed facility, Kardia, from Greek Kapδio meaning ‘heart’, reflects
the pioneering process of innovation as it sustains and reinvigorates
society in a continual renewing process, signifying innovation as the
heartbeat of society.

The vision for Kardia aims to pioneer future directions in innovation

and technology, nationally and internationally, with the facility being
the central civic hub for inspired collations of the mind. This Innovation
precinct engages various parts of the creative mind – to think, to create
and to engage.

The heartbeat of the hub is the central atrium that connects the hub of
creative zones and collaborative paths. The architectural atrium, offers an
imaginative space to think and imagine; providing a laptop charging ‘plug
1 in’ zone, meeting spaces, and café. Vibrant studio spaces, technology labs
and architecturally striking presentation facilities provide the means
to create, engage and present new developments.

With such innovative programs going on within this creative hub, the
architecture should be equally as innovative. Adaptive architecture is
architecture that physically responds to the natural environment, providing
an ideal and flexible internal environment. The undulating adaptive
architecture wraps and interacts with the existing built environment,
shading and allowing natural sunlight. The modular pattern reflects
the shape of the neuron within the brain, condensing and releasing in
connection to one another.

The second main intention of Kardia is to engage the general community

2 and generations through interactive exhibition spaces. A ‘Sensory Coffee
Lab’, feature escalator and suspended fine dining restaurant, combine
student learning opportunities with professionals in creative industries.

Contact
ashleigh.megan @gmail.com
0422 945 723

Studio Tutors: Chee Lam, Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. Innovation hub: heart of inventiveness and collaboration
2. Presentation facilities: ideas generator
3 3. Kardia: adaptive architecture is innovation itself
 ASHLEIGH BROADY
Cure

My proposition for the White Bay Power Station is Cure – a holistic Cancer
Centre that coexists amongst cultural facilities. Whilst these spaces
typically would not exist together, I believe that through vigorous planning
and design the WBPS shift the hospital typology into a significant civic
building, that becomes integral to the community and the wider public.

The Cancer Centre was designed in a holistic fashion where research,

clinical treatment and education co-exist harmoniously. The environment
nurtures the innovation of doctors and scientists, allowing a much more
rapid transition between clinical research and treatment processes.

Adjoining the Cancer Centre are private housing facilities that will allow
cancer patients and family members to remain on site during periods of
intensive treatment. In addition leading international doctors, researchers
and professors will be invited to stay on site while delivering seminars and
contributing to the cancer research and treatment programs.
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The WBPS also aims to deliver the much-needed hub for creative events that
will be both permanent and adaptable with neighbouring hospitality facilities.

The integration of the Cancer and Cultural Centre facilities will help promote
Cancer awareness, associated treatment types and prevention measures
through free onsite cancer screenings tests. The Cultural Centre will also
benefit patients who will be given unlimited access to performances and
linked alternative therapy such as dance and humour therapy, encouraging
patients to maintain treatment and boosts their mental wellbeing, which in
turn improve medical outcomes.

Cure reinvigorates the process of medical treatment and creates a space

where both patients and the wider public can feed off one another and
2 benefit from the unification of two vastly different typologies.

Contact
[email protected]
0409 688 315

Studio Tutor: Chee Lam

Pictured
1. Cancer Centre reception
2. Cancer Centre circulation
3. Wine bar

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 LISA COHEN
Demiurge

The renaissance of a terrain vague

Demiurge brings to life a creative centre for the White Bay Power Station,
inspired by the existing and driven by a creative force. Recognising the
uniquely colourful and driven community in the area, the centre will evolve
to become a place to immerse in culture and develop skills within a relaxed
and inspiring forum.

The attempt is to create architecture imbued with an experience of creativity

and innovation whilst maintaining a delicate and complimentary relationship
with the existing interior. The design facilitates creative expression through
the composition of spaces where heritage is celebrated through the
aesthetic and temporal qualities of each interior. An understanding of the
psychology behind creativity has led me to introduce elements of biophilia
throughout, allowing for an all encompassing experience of vitality in artistry.

Contact
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design @lisacoheninteriors.com.au
0400 441 118

Studio Tutor: Cushla McFadden

Pictured
1. Interior gardens – a contemplative space
2. Open studios – produce and explore
3. Entry – transitional

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 DALY-SOROKOWSKI
SIMONE
The Living Lab

The Living Lab focuses on the creative mind and offers an opportunity
for the community and greater Sydney to congregate and work or study
among a diverse group of people. This centre is a dynamic, people
focused learning space, that allows for open and interdisciplinary
discussion. My design negotiates with the existing language of
space and reconnects disjointed aspects of site and proposes a new,
engaging, flexible and inspiring place for people to work and learn.
The accommodating facilities resemble that of traditional learning
environments, like libraries and studio spaces, however The Living
Lab endeavours to promote a new way of thinking, idea making and
engaging through architecture and form.

Contact
[email protected]

Studio Tutor: Dr Russell Rodrigo

Pictured
1. Roof top library forum
2. Library circulation space
3. Collaborative studio space

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 DIANA DE BORJA
White Bay Botanica

The epicentre of Sydney’s sustainable future, White Bay Botanica.

Sydney and the world are recognising the necessity for long-term solutions
to the loss of natural resources and deterioration of lifestyle. White Bay
Botanica provides an answer for these ever-present issues through
its interactive and educational program for all demographics, and the
reinvigoration of the existing structures.

The overarching design approach of creating an interactive public

place is achieved by design that aims to speak with the visitors. Moving
components, hands on activities, and micro and macro design encourage
a connection between the people and place.

The White Bay Power Station’s industrial past is redefined by the green
reincarnation of its interior, and incorporation of dense and fragile materials
as a play on the new and old. A simple palette of white and gold also
expresses this concept of revival in a beautifully aesthetic manner.

White Bay Botanica: redefine, regenerate, revive.

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Contact
diana.deborja @gmail.com
0468 897 657

Studio Tutor: John Gournios, Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. Green workshop, interactive space
2. Bar Botane, underground sustainable bar
3. Central walkway and sky bridges

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 CHEN FAN
Museum of History and Identity, Reconciliation Space
and Library

The proposal Museum of History and Identity, Reconciliation Space

and Library would provide a new avenue to the community towards
understanding its collective history. It would entail a serial representation
of personal stories reflecting the changes, struggles and associated
achievements. Visitors to the facility would be provided an ambience
for personal reflection towards resonating their individual identities,
and in how they perceive themselves within the comity of nations. The
Reconciliation space would be arranged to enable visitors to release
stress and also resonate with the physical site.

Contact
[email protected]
0451 659 876

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

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Pictured
1. Identity exhibition space
2. Reconciliation space
3. Library book collection

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 JULIA FARLEIGH
White Bay Spectrum

White Bay Spectrum attempts to bridge the gap between art and science
to promote a higher innovative culture in Sydney. With a focus on digital
and experimental art simultaneously with environmental and sustainable
sciences, Spectrum transforms the White Bay Power Station into a dynamic
environment. Its transformation reinvents civic engagement in the arts and
sciences, by creating a new dialogue between the natural and digital, for a
21st Century Sydney.

The integration of these programs was driven by research into Sydney’s

cultural and political context today, as well as the social trends and concerns
of the Australian public. Further research highlighted that combining these
issues creates more opportunity for innovation and global contribution.

The envisaged design attempts to transform the Power Station into a

cohesive and interlocking precinct. Rather than treating each building
as separate, the overall gesture uses the existing pattern of the site to
create new connections. It introduces an Experimental Art Gallery and
an Environmental Research Centre, with open spaces for collaboration
between artists and scientists. Simultaneously, public galleries, gardens
and eateries architecturally connect with the research components of the
precinct – introducing more opportunities for civic engagement.
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Spectrum enhances an innovative culture, whilst inventing unique settings
for understanding and appreciation of the world we live in and its future.

Contact
julia.farleigh @gmail.com
0434 630 395

Studio Tutor: Chee Lam

Pictured
1. Edu house
2. Micro-biology and experimental art, collaborative labs
3. Living laboratory

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 SHIYA FENG
White Bay Discovery Campus

The proposal for the White Bay Power Station is to create a discovery
campus that allows visitors to explore this heritage site. The key idea for
this proposal is to produce a platform for visitors to experience the natural
(the sub-graded materials of this site) and man-made shapes of White
Bay. Through this experience, it is hoped to create a contrasting feeling
throughout the entire discovery campus, which will allow visitors to learn
to treasure the natural environment. Through pathways and caverns, this
design aims to capture and create natural (the sub-grade materials of this
site) man-made shapes and materials. Similar to a natural stone space,
where a contrast with steel frame elements formed, the use of a naturally
curved shape is also another main element of this design. The curved
space aims to guide visitors from one space to another, yet not at the same
time. It is designed to create a playful experience as visitors look in one
direction at a time. While exploring the space, visitors will learn more about
the design and its elements, including the details about the space itself
and the entire discovery experience. According to research, the sub-grade
of this site is a combination of uncontrolled fill, quaternary sediments and
1 Hawkesbury Sandstone. These natural materials are the best elements for
creating spaces that draws visitors’ attention. The spatial organisation of
this project will represent the concept of discovering the past and bringing
it into the present.

Contact
ca2shiya @gmail.com
0403 251 884

Studio Tutor: John Gounios

Pictured
1. Man-made – natural – encircle
2
2. Partition
3. Discovery – experience – man-made – natural

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 JORDAN FERGUSON
CREATE

After the decommissioning of the White Bay Power Station in 1983, we have
seen an evolution of natural growth and deterioration in the site. To many
this is perceived as an eyesore, however finding the beauty underneath is
what has inspired my design. I have embraced this underlying beauty of
the site and used it as a platform for the design of a space where anyone
can create their own version of beauty expressed through creative
outlets. As Sydney is lacking in cultural performance hubs for buskers,
I believe by creating this space and adding food stalls, growers markets
and specialised bar spaces, the White Bay Power Station can become
an inviting cultural hub for people of various skill levels and ages, where
common interests can be shared. Evidence of the evolution of the site
can be seen in the rusting of metal, decay of wood and the invasion of
vegetation and I have used this as a stepping stone to expose and express.
By allowing ivy to meander through the space on the proposed structure an
ongoing evolution of the site is encouraged allowing it to eventually become
one with nature and its environment once again.

1 Contact
jordanferguson @ outlook.com
0405 085 155

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. C R E A T E circulation space
2. C R E A T E busking performance space
3. C R E A T E exterior walkway

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 YUHAN FU
Parallax Art Centre @WBPS

A vibrant and sustainable place that combines culture and heritage,

providing creative spaces, and encourages investment, collaboration
and innovation. Art Castalia is for artists creating art works, and also for
the general public to communicate with art. Parallax Art Centre (WBPS)
will focus on light as an inspiration for creating art. The whole design
will devote light to space, both natural light and artificial light, which
through its innovation and design shows the interest in the poetics of
space, colour, and materiality. The pressure of light allows the design to
create spaces with uniformly distributed light, by adjusting the method
in which daylight comes in and the way light is directed. The whole site
is divided into five parts: control space-information centre, learning and
communicating space – public lecture theatre, experiencing space – the
intermediary building, creating space – artist studio and working area,
and the central space – exhibition hall. By taking into consideration the
space for communication, the functions for exhibiting, working, and the
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relationship with the surrounding environment, the creation of diversity and
richness in the building was intended by controlling the concept of Parallax
by using light, and is represented by different materials (innovation and
sustainability). The other design context is using bold and brilliant colours
to highlight different functions of a space. The main colours used are red
and white, the former symbolising energy, passion and drive, and the latter
representing partitions, furniture and seating areas, which can be moved
around to create and change the space.

Contact
lily223le @hotmail.com
0420 237 115

Studio Tutor: John Guonios

Pictured
3 4 1. Deconstruction – entry
2. Palimpsest – foyer
3. Parallax – light experience
4. Collaboration – gallery

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 AMBER GALLEN
Pump House

The Pump House proposal aims to encapsulate the wonder and monumental
nature of the White Bay Power Station’s history and identity as the ‘heart beat’
of Sydney.

The co-working, co-creating and co-living programs of The Pump House

bring together the electrification and socialisation of the 1920’s to create
an inspiring collaborative environment unique to Sydney and subsequently
creates a destination for other nationalities.

Materials and method experimentation was used to explore the concept

of networks and establish a strong understanding of connections. A
parametric approach has been taken from the macro form to the micro
details of the site to create an organic journey through a series of spaces
with very different uses.

In order to be sympathetic to the site whilst taking a monumental stance,

a subtle palette of natural materials and finishes have been used in
conjunction with the existing buildings of White Bay Power Station.

Contact
[email protected]
0478 677 411

Studio Tutor: Cushla Mcfadden

Pictured
1. Pump House co-working hub, circulation stairway
1
2. Restaurant precinct dining pod
3. Co-living apartment reception

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 TIANA GIACOMAZZI
DINE

This project proposes a cultural hub that celebrates the basic human
necessity to eat. Food and beverage remains a common interest for all
people throughout Australia and worldwide. DINE is a project designed to
celebrate the huge culture for dining that we have in Australia, and draw
attention to many wonderful homemade products we have to offer.

The design explores a juxtaposition of organic forms to very straight, rigid

structures. The organic forms represent the natural growth of vegetation,
where the harsh straight forms interrupting the flow of the organic represent
human intervention in food production. We add excessive amounts of
chemicals in order to preserve our food that it can become unhealthy to
eat, particularly in the long term. This project aims to highlight this issue
as well as promote clean eating. The organic forms are typically clad in
organic materials such as marble and timber, whereas the rigid forms are
constructed from engineered materials such as Corian, glass and steel.

In scattered areas throughout the site, there are proposed organic herb
and vegetable gardens which are used by the chefs in the production of
1 the food, as well as forming an environment full of fragrant greenery which
patrons can immerse themselves within.

Contact
tianamazzi @gmail.com
0408 496 653

Studio Tutor: Chee Lam

Pictured
1. Open kitchen and sushi bar
2. Rooftop cocktail bar
2
3. Open studio

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 ERINN LI-SHA GOH
H2O

With the aim of making Sydney a more vibrant, connected and healthy
city, H2O seeks to transform the White Bay Power Station into a joint water
recreational and allied health services facility. An amalgamation of these
two typologies aims to encourage a healthier way of life while promoting the
importance of work-life balance for the community.

I hope that the space will create a relevant and revitalised response
to the rising awareness of healthy work life balance. Research into the
chemical make up of water has revealed many health benefits on all five of
our senses in each of its chemical states. As a result, I chose to base all
activities undertaken within the White Bay Power Station on the gaseous,
liquid and solid states of water. In doing so, Sydney will be able to grow in
the direction of becoming the next unique and vibrant city.

Contact
erinn.goh @gmail.com
0424 221 709

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

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 WEI GUO
COEXIST

Sydney Community Art Centre

After thirty years of human absence, the native flora began to reclaim the
iconic industrial landmark. This conflicting yet harmonious scenery inspired
the idea behind COEXIST. As a multicultural city, Sydney has always been
a place of ‘coexisting’. People from various background come together
and have conversation. I decided to introduce ‘Art’ into this industrial site
because art has ability to cultivate expression between different culture
regardless of barriers. Sydney Community Art Centre is proposed to
provide a place for local artists and residents to meet, communicate,
create, see, contemplate, linger and stay. Architecturally, a new modern
structural system is proposed to be installed throughout the industrial site,
to celebrate a form of coexisting and interacting.

1 The Sydney Community Art Centre will be a combination of art galleries,

exhibition venues, studio/workshops, community spaces and dining/retail
spaces. It homes to a wide variety of local artists and residents. The Art
Centre is a meeting place where people from all walks of life can come
together to experience and enjoy the art. A large open creative space is
included at the exterior of the site, to provide views for artists and visitors
to get inspiration and contemplate in order to create. In term of material,
contrasting materials are widely used such as bright and dark, natural and
industrial, to celebrate the idea, COEXIST.

Contact
weiguo19930329 @gmail.com
0469 556 645

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

2 Pictured
1. Open creative space and workshop
2. Contemplative space and restaurant
3. Man-made vs. nature

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 ALAN HAN
Project Ruin

As the city of Sydney transforms itself into the modern city of the world, new
structures are constructed while existing ones are refurbished. Project Ruin
aims to promote the White Bay power station into a cultural learning space
that utilises knowledge, inspiration and application leading to the invoking
of risk taking.

It is aimed towards young adults and other individuals that allow them to
explore one of Sydney's historic buildings whilst also providing an urban
exploration ground that aims to educate and enlighten their understanding
of the ruin environment. The space aims to evoke curiosity within the
audience as they explore and expand their sense of risk perception and
appreciation of such rare structures that are still accessible.

The user is able to grasp the entity of the space through discovery and
learning of what the space has to offer. What better way of learning than
through experience.

Contact
a.h_chu @hotmail.com
0432 174 424

Studio Tutor: Chee Lam

1

Pictured
1. Outside perspective
2. Museum circulation
3. Visual environment space

2 3

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 CHANGNAN HUANG
R.E.

White Bay Power Station redevelopment project

White Bay Power Station (WBPS) has served the city of Sydney well in the
past decades. It made great contributions to Sydney, however its previous
technology also contributed to the large environmental issues associated
with the production of power through the burning of coal. Therefore, I
propose in the next 30 years WBPS should be reborn as the ‘R.E. Centre’ –
the R.E. Centre represents a rebirth for the WBPS. The main function of the
site will be a library and vertical gym.

Taking advantage of the scale of the existing buildings’ high ceilings, the
gym will house a dramatic indoor rock climbing and running facility. The
library and indoor climbing facilities are woven together through the R.E.
Centre utilising an indoor bridge system to connect the reading spaces
and gymnasium and climbing facilities.

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Contact
garryhuangchangnan @gmail.com
0424 180 932

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. Early morning at R.E. Boiler House
2. Activities in R.E. Boiler House

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 EUN HAE KIM
Creative Clusters

Creative Hub for WBPS

Today, cities around the world are distinguishing themselves through the
development of its creative culture. However, the city lacks a large space,
in which to facilitate and sustain creative growth. What the city lacks is a
network of art and film production spaces, gallery spaces and creative
business offices; an iconic Creative Hub. This Creative Hub is to promote
cutting edge and experimental art and film to celebrate contemporary art
in order to further develop the city’s creative culture.

Creative Clusters is a Creative Hub which houses a collaboration of studios

for the production of cutting edge and experimental art, gallery spaces,
cinemas and creative business office spaces. The design intent for this
project was initiated by looking at the existing site in detail. In such a
large site, it was easy to see how clusters were formed throughout the site
evident in clusters of machinery and condensed spaces.

Spatially, the clusters of spaces emerge out of the rustic existing site
1 creating a provoking contrast with the old and the new. The clustering
effect of spaces within large walkways incites a journey driven by curiosity
and wanderlust, where the visitor discovers each new space.

The materiality is the locus in this design. Here, the colour scheme was
derived from the inverse of the existing materiality of the site. Juxtaposing
the old to the new, the design palette has flair, yet respects the materiality
of the existing site. Also, there is an exploration of colour and light in how it
creates atmospheres and demarcates spaces.

Contact
gracie85kim @gmail.com
2

Studio Tutor: Chee Lam

Pictured
1. Reception entry space
2. Gallery space
3. Open cinema space

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 SAMANTHA LAY
HOCA (House of the Creative Arts)

The proposal to revitalise the abandoned White Bay Power Station into
the House of the Creative Arts (HOCA), provides Sydney with the ability
to elevate its global reputation, enhancing the educational, cultural and
communal elements within the city. HOCA attempts to stimulate Sydney’s
innovative and cultural reputation through the creative arts, housing a
variety of programs from private educational and art-making facilities, to
engaging social civic spaces. It will become the new platform for artists,
creators, and all manners of creative people, providing them with an
opportunity and place to cultivate their creativity. HOCA will act as a hub
for the public to be completely engulfed in the creative arts and transform
the bay’s precinct into a dynamic arts district. Collaborative studio spaces,
private and public workshops, art exhibition spaces, an outdoor theatre, art
markets, and innovative dining experiences are just some of the exciting
programs HOCA has to offer to the people and tourists of Sydney.

Contact
[email protected]
0478 018 019

Studio Tutor: Chee Lam

Pictured
1 1. Art exhibition space
2. Reception
3. Artist hall

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 CHILAM LE
Reconnect

The name of my project is Reconnect. I am proposing a social hub, which

includes museum, hospitality, retails, community garden and theatre.
My future vision is to create a connection and collaboration between
the community and the White Bay Power Station, creating a diverse and
exciting space with an extensive access in order to benefit the community.
The aim of the museum is to document the history of White Bay Power
Station – how its typology transforms throughout the year. The community
garden will allow a more active and healthy living style for a rapid growth
of population within a dense area like Rozelle. The communal function of
the museums and community garden will provide different activities and
increase the living condition of the residents mentally and physically.

Studio Tutor: Chee Lam

Pictured
1. Staircase
2. Museum interior
3. Handrail detail
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 CATHRINE LEE
White Bay Arts District

Drawn from the research and understanding of the site, this project aims
to restore its history, and providing a place of learning and creativity for
social and cultural interaction. The proposed White Bay Arts District aims
to rejuvenate the local Rozelle community by integrating an art museum,
theatre, bar and restaurant into the existing site. The project vision for the
White Bay Arts District is to create a sustainable and activated creative
arts precinct that supports and nurtures Australia’s home-grown talent,
culture and creativity. It will be a platform for Australian artists, performers,
and creative workers to come together in unity. It will be a setting where
audiences meet the magic of history, creation, art, music, dance, theatre,
and food. The alterations have been designed to be sympathetic to the
existing structures and the heritage value of the site. The reading of the
surrounding envelope of the existing building has directly influenced the
remodeling of the power station. The new insertions were placed within
the space that conformed to the rhythm. An important aspect of the White
Bay Power Station is an ‘assemblage of parts’, all industrial and utilitarian.
In order to retain the sense of industrial layering of the site, a collection
of objects were arranged in a series and strategically placed within the
building, creating a series of different experiences and providing a sense
of balance and strength. The orderly positioned elements encourage
visitors to move from one room to the next, to circulate in a composed
manner while appreciating the quality and character of the power station.

Contact
kattleedesign @gmail.com
0435 946 026

Studio Tutor: Cushla Mcfadden

Pictured
1
1. Corridor
2. Bar and restaurant

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 JACKIE LEE
Symbiose

White Bay Horticultural Complex

The Symbiose project transforms the site of White Bay Power Station
into a horticultural complex that is vibrant, active and barrier-free. This
horticultural based rejuvenation of White Bay incorporates unique
strategies to improve the quality of life for people in an urban context,
dedicated to benefitting the physical, mental and social wellbeing of all
visitors. The revitalisation has been founded on the research surrounding
loneliness and mental health as key concerns of the local community, as
well as big cities globally. Spaces proposed in this project utilise the
beneficial qualities of horticulture, combined with creative expression, to
create positive environments that will stimulate and improve the wellbeing of
people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. The main spaces proposed
in this scheme utilise landscape features, combined with the contrast of
large open voids and small, intimate spaces in order to take the mind and
body to new sensory realms. Each space has been designed to explore
multi-sensory experiences in a different way, where sight, smell, hearing,
taste and touch have been integrated to create unique spaces rich in
atmospheric quality. On a local scale, Symbiose will bring about a renewed
sense of community and cohesion between people and their relationship to
place. On a global scale, this substantial public health intervention strategy
1
will attract visitors from all over the world, not only bringing the local
community closer together but also bringing the world closer to White Bay.

Contact
design.jackielee @gmail.com
0430 098 328

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. Tropical glasshouse interior
2. Landscape gallery exhibition

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 YIFU LI
White Bay Vertical Green Centre

The design of White Bay Vertical Green Centre explores the relationship
between industrial remains and the natural environment. The new design
proposal consists a cooking school, a fine restaurant and a series of fresh
food market spaces. Natural elements were introduced into these spaces
and integrated with existing concrete and rusted metals. The existing
transforming alley space was manipulated into a semi-open space and
dramatically illuminate the interior space with natural light.

Contact
[email protected]
0403 261 752

Studio Tutor: John Gounios

Pictured
1 1. Exterior entry
2. Cooking school operation room
3. Cooking school lobby courtyard

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 YVONNE LI
Wh te Sp ce

The White Bay Power Station has sat derelict for over 30 years as a
statement of built form against the continual advancement of modern
society becoming an introvert within a connecting communities of art,
design and history. Its formidable yet fragile form creates the perfect
opportunity become bridge between its imposing purposeful introverted
past as a power station and connecting to the present fluidity and flexibility
of contemporary society. White Space reactivates the Power Station,
balancing between its fragile heritage within and its solid form through the
design of a creative commune.

2
White Space delves into the notion of permanency and stability by
challenging the existing imposing presence of the White Bay Power Station.
Its interior purposefully juxtaposes the solidity of the existing through
allusion of spatial and sensual ambiguity. The dialogue formed between the
forms of the existing and new insertions evoke and highlight the creativity is
produced within. The play on transparency and lightness of space through
fabrics against the towering machinery scattered throughout the building
creates a sense of mystery and curiosity as one would have towards art
and design. The delicacy of linen, cheesecloth and voile used to frame
spaces defy the sense of permanency which are often connoted to power
stations and galleries. Large voids throughout the circulation areas and
gallery spaces invites natural light to flow into previously dark spaces
diffusing the distinction between interior and exterior creating a serene
calming atmosphere into the creative spaces.
3

Contact
yli7119 @gmail.com
0415 802 417

Studio Tutor: John Gounios

Pictured
1. The Prelude: entry into WBPS
2. Reception and contemplation
3. Creative collective: a temporal gallery space
4. Creative workshop

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 JULIE LIEN
Aura Centre of Experimental Music

Aura Centre of Experimental Music is a convergence of the past and

present aura and sounds which the White Bay Power Station has embodied
in its lifetime. The original aura of the power station is maintained, but
emphasised by delicate insertions which shape themselves around the
existing structure and machinery. The existing building was interpreted as
a machine for machines, as dictated by the existing floor plans.

This proposal seeks to revitalise the building into a musical instrument

within itself, where the spatial forms and atmospheric sounds are
produced by human interaction. The proposed journey is shaped for an
individual experience, where ones self-awareness in the space is vital.
The manipulation of vertical and horizontal planes inform the musical
journey, from staggered sound-producing floor plates, to manipulation
of rotating walls, and a breathing concert hall.

A 280-seat floating concert hall occupies the Boiler House, with a flexible
hydraulic lift and breathing acoustic wall. A musical workshop space,
appropriately named ‘musicians deployed in space’, is exactly as the name
suggests. This is located at the end of the existing Turbine Hall, and is
shaped by the existing structural layout of the space, and dangling over
existing machinery. A heavily copper-cladded bar is located in the Switch
House adjacent to the musical workshop spaces.

The selection of materials is a re-interpretation of past and current music

conservatorium. The materials and finishes are gathered from the site with a
contemporary twist, or coupled with a contrasting but complimentary material.

1 Contact
[email protected]
0430 951 999

Studio Tutor: Cushla McFadden

Pictured
1. Main circulation space, multi-functional staircase
2. Entrance, gathering of natural sounds

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 AMANDA LY
RENEW

RENEW is an urban wellness hub focusing on the improvement of mental and

physical wellbeing. The proposed hub is opened to the public, with a variety
of typologies available to promote a healthy mental and physical state. These
include a market hall, indoor aquatic centre and contemplative spaces.

With health and wellness as the theme of this project, a bicycle route has
thus been proposed. This circulates within and around the hub, providing
a different view of the hub as well as encouraging exercise.

In hope to present a calm and refreshing environment, RENEW has used a

neutral material palette. While the materials have been repeated throughout
the proposed typologies, its treatment and finish has been carefully thought
out to differentiate spaces and assist with direction.

Contact
[email protected]
0401 585 014

Studio Tutor: Cushla McFadden

1 Pictured
1. Main reception
2. Bicycle circulation route
3. Market hall

2 3

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 NIDIA MARTINS
Gantry Performance Centre

Gantry Performance Centre is designed to become the artistic core of

Sydney in light of the fact that the Inner West is culturally driven by art and
performance. The proposal responds to the diverse community needs by
offering a centre for the combination of arts and offering a place for the
community to explore their creative side. The project aims to bring energy
back into the neglected power station of White Bay. Functioning as a
combination of galleries, theatres and hospitality, the theatrics of scale of
the spaces add drama to White Bay Power Station. Referencing the existing
materials and machinery as the name Gantry suggests, the theatrical
nature of spaces are emphasised by pushing the scale of ceiling heights
and the proportion of elements within spaces. The existing pump house
forms a new entry at the centre of the site and the location of the proposed
art gallery. White Bay Power Station will be completely regenerated, with
theatres inhabiting the majority of the existing Turbine Hall and Boiler
House, and a restaurant and bar in the coal handling shed at water’s edge
inviting visitors to stay and take in the location of a Sydney icon.

Contact
nidiamartins@ outlook.com
0421 671 138

1 Studio Tutor: Chee Lam

Pictured
1. Approach to gantry performance centre
2. Turbine concert hall
3. Coal handling shed restaurant and bar

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 DANIEL MATTJIK
Forstelys

White Bay Power Station, as one of the first electricity generator in Sydney,
brought light into the live of Sydneysiders. Regardless of the pollution it had
produced in the past, it is an inevitable fact that it brought new lifestyle and
innovation. It seems appropriate if in its rebirth phase, the building itself be
bathed in light, and by light, it means both traditional and contemporary
interpretation of light.

The title of the project, Forstelys, is a Danish word, which means ‘first
light’. The use of foreign language has been chosen as an analogy how
the term ‘light’ has shifted from natural sunlight into artificial light. Current
society spend their time living their life in the digital world and forgetting the
importance of interaction with the real world. This project aims to invite the
1
visitors to contemplate this concern for modern lifestyle and also to offer
inspiration for great ideas through interaction with the real world.

Forstelys will contain historical development of lights. The Aboriginal use of

fire to cook food and the industrial nature of the site will be interpreted as
a Japanese sushi train restaurant. Light of the night sky is translated into
planetarium. Books, as a symbol of enlightenment, are translated into
a library dedicated to keep record of literature related to energy production
and recent sustainable development, and also classic literature and
storybooks that has becoming outdated. The other form of contemplation
is through the gallery space, showcasing artworks such as paintings
and sculptures.

Contact
[email protected]
2 0406 694 112

Studio Tutor: John Gounios

Pictured
1. Turbine Hall library, ground floor
2. Sushi restaurant bar area, ground floor
3. Gallery exhibition space, Boiler House

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 LUCILLE MCCALL
Artist Turbine

The Artist Turbine serves to revitalise the now abandoned White Bay
Power Station. The proposed precinct is a unique arts hub that works to
foster creative thinking and link artists within the community. Symmetrical
and balanced forms have been used to encompass the deep and narrow
spaces that occupy the WBPS. The Artist Turbine is generating and
promoting the visitation and recognition of local and international artists
through the residency program. Its aim is to mark itself as one of the top
artists’ institutions internationally, due to its unique communal interaction
between the creative arts and reliance on community involvement.

An environment to learn, create and inspire, the Artists Turbine key

programs consist of creative studios, art and design library, gallery, wine
bar, artist residence and sculpture garden. The key programmatic space of
the creative studios located in the Turbine Hall is unique in nature due to its
planning. Artists are allocated individually designed studios according to
medium (sculpture studio, painter studio) which are alternated throughout
the three floors. Speciality open creative spaces adjoin between these
studios. The scattered placement encourages artists to be inspired by
other artists and mediums. The private studios are encouraged to be
opened up to create a more open productive environment. Oiled pine
trusses frame the space to segment the private and communal. The public
is encouraged to interact within these communal facilities.

Contact
lucillemccall @y7mail.com
0405 934 102

Studio Tutor: Cushla McFadden

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 BRENAN MCCLOUGHAN
Centre of Agricultural Sustainability

The Centre of Agricultural Sustainability was developed through investigating

the important role that agriculture plays in the environmental, economical,
and social aspects of Australia. The centre educates the community in
sustainable living, promoting a greater understanding of farming in Australia,
enabling people to make conscious decisions about the food they purchase
and consume. Making consumers more aware of agriculture not only benefits
the consumer’s health but has flow on effects that support farmers and
Australia’s future.

The centre creates a community hub which allows visitors to experience

and learn about sustainable agriculture in a hands on manner. At the heart
of the hub is an exhibition centre which provides learning opportunities for
all ages. In support of this, the centre offers other programs that benefit the
community through involvement, as well as a new hospitality sector.

Following the new international movement towards ‘food design’, the centre
will also work closely with a university to offer new and innovative courses
providing students with a world class education in the food industry, and
other related sectors. The students involved, as well as established artists,
help to keep the exhibitions up to date and forever changing by providing
1
works for the centre.

Contact
b_mccloughan @hotmail.com
0403 496 286

Studio Tutor: Chee Lam

Pictured
1. Courtyard gallery
2. Gallery circulation

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 THOMAS MUZIKANTS
CUSA (Centre for Urban and Street Arts)

CUSA: Centre for Urban and Street Arts is a multiuse arts precinct that
celebrates the heritage of the listed White Bay Power Station. The site
modernises and adapts the 1920s structures to house various arts related
facilities such as public art and dance studios, gallery/exhibition spaces,
artist in residence accommodation, youth and wellbeing services and
large outdoor recreation spaces which include an outdoor cinema and
paintballing.

Upon arrival to White Bay Power Station via Robert Street, visitors are
led to the main entry located on the northern façade of the Turbine Hall.
Bypassing reception and street food stalls, visitors are transported into
the beating heart of CUSA; the art and dance studios with surrounding
chill out spaces. The verticality of the freestanding black and orange
steel structures and mezzanine levels within the cavernous existing 70m
tall building with new translucent roof are offset by vibrant coloured neon
signage evoking a city scape and skyline.

The aesthetics of the CUSA proposal is inspired by the industrial nature of

the site and inner city urban styling; through the insertion of new buildings
within the existing, a small city is created with streets and laneways
encouraging exploration.

1 The CUSA proposal is intended to be a sympathetic adaption of the history

and usage of the site; it’s of utmost importance that the historical features
are maintained and highlighted for the preservation of its character.

Contact
[email protected]
0410 262 363

Studio Tutor: John Gounios

Pictured
1. Gallery/exhibition space
2 3
2. Dance studio
 AHMAD TAMEEM
NAQSHBANDI
White Bay Uniting Precinct

White Bay Uniting Precinct is a redevelopment proposal for the white

bay power station. WBUP serves as a gathering place which helps
promote and celebrate Sydney’s cultural diversity in order to promote
tolerance, understanding, harmonious relations and mutual esteem
among the different cultural groups and ethnic communities in Australia.

Research suggests diversity spurs economic development and

homogeneity slows it down. Geographical openness and cultural
diversity and tolerance are not by-products but key drivers of
economic progress.

Subsequently, the three main areas include a food precinct, religious

centre and an art gallery. All three typologies are a vital part of a
community’s strength. The design approach is governed by symmetrical
geometries that have been asserted into the present fabric of each
1 space. As a result, the characteristic of each space has been
respectfully conserved to bond with the new work. This methodology
helped give order, harmony, balance and an emotionally humbling
experience to the scheme.

Studio Tutor: John Gounios

Pictured
1. Gallery podium
2 3 2. Circulation
3. Religious centre
4. Restaurant pod

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 ANITA NOENG
RECHARGE

White Bay Centre for Creative Learning

The White Bay Centre for Creative Learning is a proposition that responds
to the site’s industrial heritage, White Bay’s community needs, and the
cultural interests of Sydney-siders and global visitors. The centre offers a
dynamic range of mixed-use programs to tend to such needs of different
groups of people, of which are anchored in technology and experimental
learning. The major programs include a biomass power station, public and
specialised research facilities, a contemporary and new media arts hub,
combined indigenous and community gardens, and an organic café.

The centre’s core focus on creative and experimental thinking,

technological exploration, and social inclusivity, have been the main
drivers for the designs of each key space. The design of each space is
expressive of contemporary design and building processes, however, the
existing architectural characteristics of the site and its buildings have
been dealt with sympathetically, in order to maintain the site’s significant
historical qualities. Each individual space intends to convey a different
story that combines an expression of the distinct program, a part of the
individual building’s history, and a relationship between new and existing
work. Each interior offers a different tone and spatial experience for the
visitor, and aims to express the dynamism and diversity of the programs
offered at the Centre for Creative Learning.

Contact
anita.noeng @gmail.com
0422 767 728

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. Biomass power station

1 2. Organic café
3. Contemporary and new media art gallery

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 JOANNA PAN
Motion

Motion is the name given to the Performing Arts Centre for the revitalisation
of the White Bay Power Station. It is a centre that focuses on an identity for
performing arts that provides programs and entertainment for all members
of the Sydney community to enjoy. Motion focuses on providing a series
of studio, rehearsal, dining and theatre spaces that houses all essential
elements required for performing arts. The redevelopment of the Bays
Precinct is aimed to generate a new appreciation for the heritage-listed
site whilst still giving it a purpose that is significantly high in demand for
Sydney’s 21st Century community.

Motion is an integral part of performing arts. The elements of movement are

viewed through a prolonged period of time. Without time, movement does
not exist, it is merely a snapshot or stagnant point in time. My approach was
aimed to underpin the essence of performing arts and how the elements
can be broken down and interpreted through architecture. The exploration
of motion was conducted through capturing movement through camera lens
with a slow shutter speed. The result consisted of delicate, uninterrupted
and unsteady images. Through the use of repetition and manipulation of
form an interpretation of motion is created where the boundaries of stillness
and balance are challenged.

Contact
[email protected]
0408 883 836

Studio Tutor: Chee Lam

Pictured
1. Retail/merchandise space
2. Performing arts theatre
3. Foyer/seating space

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 SU-JIN POH
Urban Wellness Sanctuary

The revitalisation of the White Power Station sees the site transform into
a dynamic urban hub focusing on all aspects of wellbeing. The Urban
Wellness Sanctuary is the response to social issues relating to the growing
global population. This health precinct focuses on local and international
community participation both physically and mentally to foster healthier
lifestyles and hence increases the overall quality of life. A well-considered
approach has been taken to ensure the conversion of this historical site into
contemporary context reinforces Sydney’s identity as a model healthy city.

White Bay Power Station is envisioned to be a sanctuary of holistic living

with easier access to healthier and sustainable choices. The site transforms
into a green sanctuary that reflects Sydney’s unique harbour foreshore
landscape and vegetation in its compression and release spaces. The
concept of water and vegetation is critical in this scheme, influencing
materiality and light to give subtle nuance to the spaces.

The Wellness Sanctuary consist of programs to stimulate different

areas of physical and mental wellbeing. A dynamic sporting complex
with the capacity to hold recreational dance and gym facilities as well
as competitive water and rock climbing sporting events. Short term
accommodation is catered to travelling sporting groups and weekend
getaways with an organic café restaurant-bar to match. A community
learning hub and market hall will facilitate opportunities to develop
artistic and culinary skills through available workshops and collaborative
consumption conveniences and trading of creations.

Contact
sujin.poh @gmail.com
0421 525 041

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. Turbine Hall transformation into sporting complex
2. Circulation experience
3. Entry into Turbine Hall

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 SIMONE REGO
re:collect

The White Bay Power Station located in Rozelle has stood as a landmark to
Sydney’s developing city since its commission in 1917. Still standing after
the World Wars, 21st Century advancements and the rapid growth of the
city, the White Bay Power Station is now one of the last coal-power stations
remaining within Sydney.

My proposal, titled re:collect, has been conceptualised through research

into history, culture and the local community, which envisions museum,
gallery, studio and dining spaces to activate the site. re:collect will focus
on an artist in residence program that promotes indigenous practices as
a vital role in education and cultural identity that will now be accessible to
the local community. Through the introduction of lost archives of Sydney
the Lost Histories Museum bridges the gap through the recollection (and
reconnection) of the past while in the present.

1 With the site currently dormant with natural processes activating its surfaces,
primary focus was placed on vegetation to bring life back into the site, this
seen in the Remedial Alley – an alley which promotes indigenous remedies
from original native flora. The site is centralised through human occupancy,
and the way the interior environment can shape perception, creating a new
parallel between site and community through the juxtaposition of languages,
maximising site views, and encouraging visitors to learn from the past and be
aware of their presence.

Contact
simzrego @gmail.com
0433 888 067

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
2
1. Excavated main approach from Robert Street
2. Coal Handling Shed reception foyer
3. Remedial Alley in the Transformation Alley
4. Museum of Lost Histories diary exhibit

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 EMMA ROSEWARNE
CYMATICS

Centre for Sound and Music Therapy

‘Music is too much fun to be left to the talented few’ – Chris Belshaw

The Centre for Sound and Music Therapy focuses on inspiring and
educating the community by engaging people of all ages to create sound
and music through the various architectural interactions on site. White Bay
Power Station brought life to Sydney for most of the 20th century through
electricity and has the potential to provide a new vibrancy to the community.
This proposal uses sound as a medium for promoting human connection
and healing, reinterpreting the sites former character and use into a Centre
for Sound and Music Therapy, offering a sound and cymatics gallery, music
therapy and education spaces

Cymatics, from Greek: κῦμα, meaning ‘wave’ – ‘the study of sound waves,
and their visual representations’.

The interactive sound art gallery inspires the community through new,
different, and possibly unconventional sounds being discovered in the
exhibitions. With this, it not only influences the students in the music
1
education centre on site, but also presents intrigue to visitors with little
musical background, giving them the opportunity to participate and
create music and sounds through the interactive sound art. The proposal
intends to bring people together of all ages and abilities to experience the
mesmerising qualities that cymatic exhibits have that is unique against
traditional exhibitions. With new hospitality spaces on the site, White Bay
Power Station is activated by way of interaction during both day and night
facilitating opportunities for breathing new life into Sydney.

Contact
emmarosewarne @hotmail.com
0450 505 538

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. Cymatics gallery exhibition
2. Brewery entrance

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 JULIE SEONG
The ‘AU’

The White Bay Power Station has remained as a prominent icon and
historical relic for the community of Balmain and the City of Sydney. As the
area and city has developed and gentrified over the last few decades, the
status of the power station began to decline, allowing decay to grow and
memory to fade. This project was to not only revive the power station's
grandeur presence but to reinstall its purpose and function into one that
assimilates to the needs of the community, now and in the future. My
proposal for the power station is to reinstate it into a sports and recreation
centre. The proposal was an answer to the gentrification of young families
and couples within the Leichhardt/Balmain area. Due to the overgrowth of
people, a domino like effect has triggered issues on the health and welfare
of the surrounding communities. With a severe decline in open spaces, the
existing parks and sporting fields have become ‘over-used’ too quickly,
making the maintenance of them a financial burden for local council and
city. By allowing the power station to transform itself into a sports centre, it
will become a landmark for healthy living and social equality, not only for
the current generation but the future as well.

Contact
[email protected]
1 0420 350 200

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. Reception space
2. Bike locker space
3. Walkway to swimming pool

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 PEI JUN TAN
brE.A.The

The project name, brE.A.The, stems from the central green and sustainable
theme incorporated within the design of the different programs as well as the
major food component located at the heart of the White Bay Power Station.

The aim of the project is to attract mass amounts of people to the site
which will ultimately be a gathering hub for social interaction and a place
that promotes physical activity and wellbeing. This response addresses
the need for more places that encourage healthy living as there is a
growing concern for deteriorating mental and physical health in developed
countries. This civic space will act as an urban ‘green escape’ that will
contrast against the rapidly expanding Sydney CBD and allow residents
to take a step back from the fast pace of city life. The proposed scheme
synthesises scientific research of renewable energy and the social
programs to not only develop a proposal that benefits the immediate public
but also contribute to the development of sustainable energy globally.

Contact
[email protected]
0429 774 767

1 Studio Tutor: Chee Lam

Pictured
1. Aquatic centre
2. Reception
3. Indoor garden lookout dome

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 VICTORIA TAN
VIBRANCITY

With the aim of making Sydney a more vibrant, connected and healthy city,
the White Bay Power Station will be transformed into a 24-hour accessible
Urban Playscape and Knowledge Centre – the first of its kind on the shores
of Sydney.

The Urban Playscape incorporates indoor and outdoor play facilities

catering to all ages, seeking to engage all the senses. A wide spectrum
of play outlets – from virtual reality rooms all the way to gross-motor
stimulations – provides engagement to the large variety of interests within
the community. Through this, the collaborative nature of play is encouraged,
providing a platform on which the locals and visitors alike may come
together to enjoy.

Likewise, the Knowledge Centre is designed to appeal to both young and

old, bringing the community together in collaborative learning within its
extensive library. The Knowledge Centre is also designed to service all
members of society through a wide variety of facilities, including conference
and study rooms as well as studios and creative spaces.

Through these carefully designed outlets, VIBRANCITY seeks to respond to

1 the local community, Sydney City, and the existing site in a manner that will
encourage a healthier lifestyle and a greater focus on work-life balance, as
well as to facilitate Sydney’s growing night-time economy.

Contact
vicki.t93 @gmail.com
0466 486 168

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. The Turbine Hall as an indoor playscape
2. Massive trampoline rooms provide fun for all ages

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 LYNDALL TAYLOR
code: creative

code: creative, aims to revitalise the once abandoned power station

through the constant production of renewed creative energy. Derived
from the study into todays push towards ‘STEM’ education (Science,
Technology, Engineering and Maths) identified that the lack in Arts
education is ‘schooling’ people out of creative thinking and the problem-
solving associated with such skills.

My proposal elevates the notion of creativity to an important significance,

using vaulted ceilings and detailed codes, as a motif for a precious,
preserved environment. The station will be transformed into a creative
domain where numerous creative learning workshop spaces (ranging
from culinary skills to performance), performance viewing spaces and
hospitality facilities will all be interconnected through a performers and
chefs in-residency program. These creative professionals from all over the
world can take over the space, be it the performances or restaurants, while
simultaneously teaching the classes on offer. This structure establishes
a presence of impermanence, encouraging new creative energy to be
constantly generated.

The visitor is the heart of the project, whose creative experience is

activated from entry to exit. Although creative engagement is intrinsic to
1 learning spaces, it is absent within a typical performance watching or
dining situation. These two typologies traditionally limits visitors to the
role of receivers where they either sit passively in their seat viewing a
performance or choose an item off a menu and then wait for it to appear
in front of them. My proposal explores how the interior environments of
these typologies can be re-thought to have greater impact on the visitors
creative engagement.

Contact
[email protected]
0404 745 465

2 3
Studio Tutor: Cushla McFadden

Pictured
1. Approach to code: creative
2. Culinary school
3. Circulation space

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 CAROLINE
TERIANTO
ECO-SYD

ECO-SYD (Eco-friendly Sydney) was developed to tackle the most

alarming issue facing the 21st century: climate change. White Bay Power
Station is seen as ideal because of its considerable size and close
proximity to the city. The sustainable centre aims to educate, inspire and
celebrate sustainable living through its various programs including an
exhibition space, collaboration space, conference hall and community
garden. The design seeks to apply the most sustainable design
solutions and spark the sense that sustainable living is exciting and fun.
The design intervention includes the insertion of new structures that
enhances the original character of each building, whilst creating a new
story to the site. The rustic and dark power station will be transformed
to be an exciting and vibrant space, allowing it to become a prominent
educational institution in Sydney.

Contact
caroline.terianto @gmail.com
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0431 377 763

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. Sustainable collaboration space
2. Organic raw vegan restaurant and bar
3. Information centre

2 3

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 JADE GIANG TRAN
REVIVAL

Over the years as a matter of operation, WBPS went through a process of

building and tearing down. The construction of large new structures in turn
triggered a parallel growth of corridors and alleys forming in-between. This
systematic and purely functional evolution gives room for an organic co-
existence that seems to thrive on its own long after operations have ceased.

What could an interior designer bring to the table for a development site
of 90ha which could potentially act as a pivotal point for Sydney city? How
does one answer the need for a modern interior-scape while responding to
the site’s nature, filled to the brim with artefacts and history at every narrow
stairwells and every column? How could a building once used to house
machinery be adapted for people?

Gradually the answer began to emerge, as simple as the problem was

complex: the quiet negative space would be overlaid onto all six buildings,
creating new paths and openings to existing roads for public access.
Where these paths lie, greenery crawl up new concrete structures that
follow the formation of existing columns and beams like a dialogue. This
would go on to serve as the planning strategy that guided the series of
creative interior spaces, working towards a vibrant and sustainable 21st
century city.
1

Guided by the form of a negative space corridor and the complex internal
structures, this is a project about bringing life back into WBPS through an
injection of life that has always existed.

Contact
jade.giangtran @gmail.com
0488 066 768

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. Hanging pavilion space
2 3
2. Schematic plan: new columns and entrances
3. Interior dwelling space/main entrance

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 BENEDICTA
UNTARIADY
Lifespace

A precinct for health and wellbeing

The issue of sustainability has been very popular, yet human

sustainability is often not being the top priority when being compared to
environmental sustainability. Lifespace seeks to offer urban population a
recreation facility where they can escape from their daily lives while also
restoring their health and wellness by improving their lifestyle habits.
This is supported by the programs offered, which encourage healthy
eating, physical activity and relaxation. As WBPS has previously caused
numerous health issues for the community, it is time for the site to give
back and restore the damage it has caused. Furthermore, Lifespace
seeks to offer WBPS the opportunity to become the new symbol of
Sydney, a city that is future-oriented and sustainable.

In order to encourage visitors to improve their lifestyle habits, it is

essential to first make them aware of its importance. Therefore, the
1 2
project is driven by the idea of creating awareness, providing education
in relation to health and wellbeing and finally applying the healthy
lifestyle habits. A visit to the site can be seen as a journey from being
in an inhumane, unhealthy space to the one that is very humane
and supports healthy lifestyle. This idea is supported by the design
language, especially scale and form, choice of materials, and the type
of programs available. The new insertion also draws reference back to
the previous use of the site as power station by amplifying the original
characteristic of the buildings.

Contact
[email protected]
0404 627 190

Studio Tutor: John Gounios

Pictured
1. Main entrance located in Turbine Hall
2. Native plant herbarium display and garden
3. Mediterranean café (left) and bath house (right)
3

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 ANNIE VU
BLUELAND

B L U E L A N D of the White Bay Power Station is the first vision to the

Australian new marine energy research and art village. Future-oriented and
technology-driven, it marks the beginning of ocean energy research and
developments in New South Wales. This scheme aims to foster new ideas
and develop a sustainable community by exposing the public to scientific
and artistic works. B L U E L A N D provides an open dialogue between
the scientist, the artist and the community. The project explores the realm
of communal versus individual through open planning, structural lightness
and material transparency. The design draws inspiration from the flowing
nature of water. Water, as a theme, breathes new life into the building,
actively encourages the community to play, to learn and to be inspired. The
interior is choreographed so that one through a universe of wonders where
science and arts collide. The programs include a regenerative sun-field,
1 performative science labs, artist studios and a holographic bar/gallery.

Contact
annieee.vu @gmail.com
0422 422 113

Studio Tutor: John Gounious

Pictured
1. Arrival at Artist Village
2. Holographic bar and gallery

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 LUCY WILLIAMS
Earth-en Oceanic

Earth-en Oceanic adaptively reuses White Bay Power Station as an

interactive earth and ocean observatory and tracking facility. The proposal
can be viewed as partly liberated from the heritage parameters of the
existing site. This occurs through the architectural approach of large scale
excavations in sections beneath the existing site, including at the site of
the demolished Boiler House 2. Excavation is the most significant device
adapted within the scheme in order to connect the architecture to the earth
and draw upon its purpose as an observatory. Ample filtering of light and
water into the regions below ground level via the roof structure, waterfall
features and open voids allows for introductions of landscape features
including tree plantations, in order to create an atmosphere of serenity and
mystery. This separates the visitors from the cityscape and transports them
into a tranquil retreat posing similarities to a rainforest.

Live camera footage and visitor controlled tracking systems exploring the
depths of oceans throughout the world and some of the most untouched
earth Australia and the world has to offer allows for non-threatening
and educational viewing and monitoring of remote environments and
earth processes. Streaming of satellite imagery and earth tracking from
space through projections, in addition to dive tanks with marine life
promotes interaction. Discoveries and imagery collected from the onsite
observatories, in addition to data from satellites, The Great Barrier Reef and
the flora and fauna will be assessed onsite by the public and professionals.

Contact
[email protected]
0402 738 416

Studio Tutors: Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. Excavation zone gathering space
2. Bridge circulation, window leading to exterior
3. Circulation and observatory tracking zone, excavation

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 VANESSA WOOD
Hello

The White Bay Centre for Traditional and New Media Arts

Although White Bay Power Station was once a place that produced
electrical energy, I wish for the power station to be a place for the
production of creative energy. This place takes the form of the White Bay
Centre for Traditional and New Media Arts, also known as Hello.

Hello is a place that facilitates social interaction and a sense of belonging

to all members of the community, regardless of age, gender or culture. Both
traditional and new media art classes appeal to the local community, while
the discovery centre is to be enjoyed by international guests. There is also a
creator space that can be embraced by both national and international new
media content creators, helping to establish the centre as an internationally
regarded and respected place. Importantly, the centre exists for people to
collaborate, learn, play and form friendships through interactive art lessons,
exhibitions and displays. It is to challenge how people communicate with
each other through encouraging creativity and providing opportunities for
play. Foremost, Hello should be a place of fun and adventure that appeals to
a 21st century audience through allowing visitors to escape from reality, meet
new friends and embrace their creativity.
1

Contact
vwood @live.co.uk
0432 925 753

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. Reception space
2. Traditional art gallery

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 BEATRICE WU
White Bay Cultural Centre

The White Bay Cultural Centre (WBCC) aims to create a space to preserve
the cultural facilities that Sydney, or the entire nation is currently lacking
or would have great contributions towards the society. After researching
and analysing, three main typologies are decided for WBCC: Aboriginal
Historical Museum, which is extremely lacking comparing to other types
of historical museums throughout Australia; digital library, a new way to
access and exchange information both digitally and through physical
resources, which could highly likely become on trend in the next 10 to 20
years; and performance theatre, a popular place for people to receive
and share knowledge. Each of these typologies relatively represents past,
future and present, celebrating the rapid development of Sydney since
last century.
1
Before going into the main building which is located in the existing Turbine
Hall, visitors would pass through a White Bay Tunnel, transformed from the
original Coal Handling Shed, to gain a brief understanding of WBPS and the
newly proposed WBCC. An open exterior multifunctional venue is located
in front of the new entrance towards the building which can be used for
outdoor performance and exhibitions.

The design of the WBCC aims to capture the existing symmetrical interior
structures, as well as celebrating the change between the past, present,
and future through different choices of materials.

Contact
beez_1193 @hotmail.com
0420 735 381
2
Studio Tutor: John Gounios

Pictured
1. Exhibition space of Aboriginal Historical Museum
2. Circulation
3. The Control Room restaurant

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 MANDY (XIAOYA)
WANG
White Bay Algae Research Centre (WBAC)

The main aim for White Bay Algae research centre is to develop the
sustainable future with algae renewable energy through the use of
science, innovation and technology. Aquaculture in Australia has a
high growth potential due to its strategic geographical location, climate,
increase in domestic and international demand, and new challenges
faced in responding to the sustainable use of ecosystems. Algae are
an important ecological, social and economic resource. Worldwide, the
growing competition between companies and the market challenges

algae energy

wbac
of the future require the incorporation of new technologies to deliver
added value to this resource. In this context, the Centre for Research

white bay
and Technological Development in Algae (WBAC) is proposed as a

wbac
specialised technical infrastructure within White Bay Power Station for
research, technology and education transfer aimed for the study of
algae. And as the same time, providing a new hub of interest for the city
of Sydney and the community.

Contact
wxiaoya118 @gmail.com
0411 081 831
1
Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. Entry reception
2. Algae therapy bath

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 TRISTAN XU
CREO

Creative Arts Precinct

The arts is a large part of Sydney Culture and it is important for the arts to
be recognised and cultivated in order to maintain its significance. The arts
is something that evokes emotions, triggers memories and really transport
ones imagination to another dimension.

White Bay Power Station holds a significant place in Sydney, with it being
located so close to both Western and Eastern Sydney and is linked by the
ANZAC Bridge, connecting these two sides of the city. By using this site
as a bridge between the two sides of Sydney, it will allow for the whole of
Sydney to experience the proposal.

The proposal is to create a collaborative learning environment that

offers education and cultivation of the arts and also the display and
exposure of various artists, hopefully elevating the Sydney arts culture
to the international level. The precinct works in a way in which during
the day, people are able to come in to utilise the classrooms provided to
and through collaborative learning, able to acquire new skills in various
art forms. However, during the night, the precinct transforms into an
entertainment space, in which the space is used for various artists to
showcase their work and those who worked on their craft during the day
1 are given the opportunity to display their work as well.

Contact
tristan.xu1993 @gmail.com
0431 782 132

Studio Tutor: Dr Sing d’Arcy

Pictured
1. Market space during the day
2. Outdoor entertainment area
3. Market space during the night
2 3

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 ANGUS YONG
Regenerate

Sydney New Media Arts and Technology Centre

My proposal of a New Media Arts and Technology Centre aims to fill the
void in Sydney’s cultural and arts sectors. Despite being quite highly
regarded, through research it can be seen that Sydney’s cultural and arts
institutions lack a focus on contemporary and future arts and technological
practices. They also lack links with international artists and organisations
involved in new media and contemporary practices and technology, to
raise Sydney to the standard of top benchmark cities worldwide.

Contact
[email protected]

Studio Tutor: John Gounios

Pictured
1. Exhibit space exterior
2. Reception/retail space

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 YE ZHENG
WBPS Culture Hub

This project is about to redevelop White Bay Power Station to a Culture

Hub. The main objective of my proposal is to maximise both cultural and
historical values of the site, and enhance its connection with Sydney,
Australia and the whole world. The proposal consist of five typologies –
historical museum of New South Wales, Art gallery of Indigenous culture,
dance theatre, digital library and hospitality facilities, such as restaurant
and bar.

The site is abandoned for a long time and is gradually losing the attention
of people, to highlight and renew its value, my proposal is to use new
architecture language to redefine this industrial site. Instead of demolishing
the whole site, a way of adding new architecture form to the old site is
adopted through design. The new form and function of WBPS will provide a
vital public space for people to have cultural and social life. The remained
structure and form of old site reminds people to respect the historical value
of WBPS when having culture activities.

1
Contact
guanyanghua1109 @gmail.com
0450 874 788

Studio Tutor: John Gounios

Pictured
1. WBPS Culture Hub 1
2. WBPS Culture Hub 2
3. WBPS Culture Hub 3

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the design standard high and I
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seeing the fruit of their efforts
in the designing world.

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