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Due to the impending incursion of Varroa mites into Australia and the inevitable decline of bee populatons as a result, and with our growing concerns round climate change, food security and protectng the environment, the tme is ripe for a uniquely Australian concept such as The Tocal Apiary to address such issues.
The potential of architecture..
The project however is not absolute, but rather should show the potental of architecture to be adaptve and respond to its environment. Like nature itself, The Tocal Apiary should be organic, growing and developing over tme, answering and responding to the needs of the client, project and wider community.
Prepared by Cameron White To satsfy the requirements for a Masters in Design (Architecture) at the University of Newcastle. Architectural Management and Practce (ARBE6201 and ARBE6202)
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Tocal College, the site of my very frst feld excursion on day 1 of my degree...
Life is cyclical and as the lyrics of the song ‘Corner of the Sky’ say, ‘everything has its season, everything has its tme’… and so it is ftng that I fnd myself back to where I started when I frst envisaged this project.
The project has been a challenge and extended me in ways I would never have expected when I started. What a journey...
So as the year comes to a close, I would like to thank all my tutors and visitng lecturers for their guidence, wisdom, encouragement and generosity over the years. Without them this journey would not have been possible.
It is with a tnge of relief and great exictment that I submit my fnal Design Report in completon of my Masters in Design (Architecture), for the University of Newcastle, ready to commence my professional career.
As the chorus contnes: ‘Rivers belong where they can ramble; Eagles belong where they can fy. I’ve got to be where my spirit can run free, Got to fnd my corner of the sky.’
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226 | PART 8 REFERENCES com/goal-setng-evaluaton/goals-kpis/defne-smart- Image 28: Arrows represent what the beekeeper does and space within and between the walls. marketng-objectves/ Accessed 13 October 2015 how he moves through the building Image 51: Beekeeper at work. The Apiary maintains a Image 29: Aerial view of the facility with access to roads visual connecton back to Tocal College and parking. Images, Tables, Diagrams & Figures Image 52: Inspiraton drawn from Peter Stutchbury’s Images 17 & 18: Philip Cox and Ian McKay original hand Images 30 & 31: Tocal Apicultural Centre Perspectve ‘Deepwater Woolsheds’ drawings of Tocal College. Images 32: Tocal Apicultural Centre Secton Image 53: Tocal Apiary Diagrams Images 19: Rammed Earth- the beautful colours of Image 33: Observatonal hives within the walls. Image 54: Tocal Apiary Site Plan compacted soils that form the wall Image 34: Pouring honey onto industrial objects – Image 55: Tocal Apiary Secton Image 20: Tocal College, the view looking back to the could bees and honey repair what globalizaton and Tocal Homestead. Tocal Apiary will maintain a visual Image 56: Tocal Apiary Close Up Secton industrializaton has done to the planet? connecton with existng buildings. Image 57: The Tocal Apiary Wall Image 35 Site Map Table 22: Post Occupancy Evaluaton Image 58: The Honey Shed Image 36: Sectons Table 23: The Marketng Plan Image 59:The Tocal Apiary Wall & Viewing Platorm Image 37: Site Map Ground Floor (with access to subfoor) Image 60: Tocal Apiary from the feld Image 38: Site Map - Subfoor PART 6 THE DESIGN PROCESS Image 61: Model Constructon Image 39: Secton Image 62: The Tocal Apiary Model Images Images 40 & 42: Perspectve All fnal designs within Chapter 6, The Design Process, Image 21: Tocal’s distnctve chapel spire in the main Image 43: The typical Aussie ‘farm shed’ quadrangle, design by Ian McKay and Philip Cox in 1965. have been hand drawn by Cameron White, 2015. Image 44: Extension of the grid lines of Tocal – keeping Image 22: Tocal Apiculture Centre concept sketch - rising the visual connecton out of the land as part of the visual rural landscape. Images 45 & 46: Models exploring light and shade around Image 23 & 24: Building access to the facility. primitve walls (as site is devoid of stmuli) Image 25: Floor Plan Image 47: Rammed Earth wall in situ on site. Image 26: Green arrows show entry to the building and Image 48: Bees inhabit the wall formwork, in the same public space was as bees inhabit and build their hives, (based on the Image 27: Green arrows show entry to the building Langstroth ‘box’ method) to public spaces / Yellow arrow is to the Quarantned Image 49: Exploring the materiality of rammed earth, its (restricted access). Actvity of the beekeeper shown at the colour, form and functon, using wax. botom of the image. Image 50: Researcher in an intersttal space – working
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