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NSW FIRST DEGREE
DESIGN AWARD
SPONSORED BY MIRVAC DESIGN
NSW DESIGN
MEDAL
and base walls and enclosure,
all covered by a translucent
veil that result in an open and
approachable public building.
The siting and entry to the
building along the Ultimo Goods
Line enhances the public nature
of the new museum and would
provide a positive influence to the
development of this significant
urban renewal project.
The jury was impressed that
this team of Jennifer McMaster
and Jonathan Donnelly, through
working together, have produced
a work with great clarity that
is more than just a conceptual
framework. It is an impressive
work which avoids a simplistic
approach that just uses a collage
of Utzon’s motifs, but rather
generates a building that has its
own unique identity.
The Museum of Architecture and
Utzon Archive is an accomplished
response to a complex
architectural brief that presents
architecture as both content
and artefact. It is a project that
engages with the public through
its urban responsiveness and
through the clarity of organisation
and idea.
Conceptually, the new gallery
spaces present a clear diagram
of organisation that allows the
visitor to appreciate the work of
Jørn Utzon through the collection
and display of the archive
material held in separate NSW
archives, and through the physical
representation of his ideas in the
building itself.
The concept expresses powerful
architectural ideas of podium
This project proposes an
inhabited bridge at South
West Rocks back beach. Its
primary function as a local
pedestrian link is enhanced by
the addition of carefully selected
supplementary uses including a
café, pool and amenities.
The scheme is conceived as a
series of distinct programmatic
moments along an architectural
promenade. In a careful
exploration of the experiential
qualities of architecture, the
project goes beyond the status
quo to develop a series of
unique spaces which can be
occupied in different ways. Each
space explores different levels
of enclosure, offering spaces of
refuge and others of complete
exposure to wind and sun.
Museum Of Architecture|Utzon Archive
Jennifer McMaster & Jonathon Donnelly
University of Sydney
Tidal
Alexander Galego
University of New South Wales
A beautifully crafted sectional
timber model demonstrates
an understanding of timber
construction detailing
and of Juhani Pallasmaa’s
ecological functionalist view
of architecture. The project is
clearly designed to respond to
the local environment and to
enhance the human experience.
The jury was particularly
impressed to see a complex
sequence of architectural spaces
integrated into such a seemingly
simple structure. The project
demonstrates an understanding
of architecture which is greater
than the sum of its parts.
Structure, form, program and
spatial experience have been
integrated into a proposal of
subtle elegance.
2015 NEW SOUTH WALES GRADUATE & STUDENT AWARDS
SPONSORED BY BATES SMART
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