The Tocal Apiary
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The Tocal Apiary The Tocal Apiary Project Design Report was submited to the School of Architecture and the Build Environment on Friday 20 November 2015, in partal fulfllment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture Design Program at the University of Newcastle. The report includes a visual descripton of the design process and key phases of the project and should be read in conjuncton with the Architectural Management and Practce Report contained within. Lecturer: Ramsey Awad Student: Cameron White C3166569 PART 1 PROJECT SUMMARY Preface The purpose of this book is to chronicle the evoluton of a singular project over the course of a year, however the nature of the creatve process is such that nothing happens in isolaton - ideas and concepts develop and change over tme. Having acknowledged this, the following pages form a journey of discovery, including my successes and failures, which have led to the fnal design. Hearing about the plight of bees originally piqued my interest in the project topic. With the collapse of bee populatons globally due to climate change, disease, parasites and insectcides and my growing interest in growing urban populatons, sustainable building, eco tourism and food producton security, I decided to explore further. Our agricultural industries depend on the work of bees, so it is in all our interest to protect bees from extncton. I drew my inspiraton from the bees and their hives, who are master architects themselves, using hexagons to build honeycomb hives that create the maximum amount of space while utlizing the minimal amount of material. The Tocal Apiary is inspired to help bees thrive in the open. A man-made structure, designed to atract and preserve these delicate and threatened creatures. There is certain wholeness to the choice of my site and the project itself. As an architectural student, Tocal College was the site of my very frst feld excursion on day 1 of my degree. Now with the completon of my Masters, The Tocal Apiary has taken me full circle. Life, like architecture, with all its ups and downs, is a journey. So let the jounrney begin ... PART 1 PROJECT SUMMARY Table of Contents PART 1 PROJECT SUMMARY 3 PART 3 PROJECT PLANNING 39 PART 5 PROJECT CLOSURE 105 1.1 Introducton 4 3.1 Stakeholder Management & 5.2 Project Evaluaton 106 PART 2 PROJECT INITIATION 7 Communicatons 40 5.3 Post Occupancy Evaluaton 108 2.1 Project Analysis 8 3.2 Economic Analysis 54 5.5 Business Planning & Marketng 122 2.2 Client Analysis 8 3.3 Project Programming 55 PART 6 THE DESIGN PROCESS 131 2.3 User Group Analysis 11 3.3 Project Schedule Summary 59 6.1 Site Orientaton 132 2.4 Market Analysis 16 PART 4 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION 63 6.2 Site Analysis 134 2.5 Precedence Analysis 23 6.3 Concept Design 142 4.1 Resource Establishment & 2.6 Key Project Success Factors 26 6.4 Schematc Design 163 Management 64 2.7 PROJECT BRIEF 28 6.5 Compliance with Regulaton 174 4.2 Project Procurement 78 2.8 Site Analysis 30 6.6 Developed Design 187 4.3 Project Contract Systems 86 2.9 Design & Functonal Analysis 32 6.6 Technical Drawings 200 4.4 Tendering 90 6.7 Final Design 4.5 Cash Flow Analysis 92 207 4.6 Risk Management 96 PART 7 CONCLUSION 211 PART 8 REFERENCES 214 2 | 1.0 Project Summary PART 1 PROJECT SUMMARY | 3 1.1 Introduction As recommended to the Commonwealth Government important challenges facing governments around the program required to minimise these risk. in a 2008 House of Representatves Standing Commitee world (threatening the stability of our food supply). As The most immediate danger facing the apiculture industry on Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry inquiry report into noted by the Prime Minister’s Science Engineering and is from the Varroa mite that has spread to all contnents, Rural Skills, Training and Research: Innovaton Council in 2010, ‘if our populaton grows except Australia. Experts believe it is only a mater of tme to 35–40 million and climate change constrains food before an incursion becomes established in Australia. ‘the contributon of the beekeeping industry producton, we can expect to see years where we will When that happens, the frst efect will be the loss of feral to Australian agriculture and hortculture import more food than we export.’ must be recognised by funding an entty hives that currently provide the majority of pollinaton such as a Cooperatve Research Centre, and Honey bees play an essental role in agriculture, not to hortcultural industries, forcing these industries to guarantee the long term future of the honey only producing honey and beeswax but also because become reliant on the commercial beekeeping industry bee quarantne facility currently housed in they pollinate a vast number of food crops. This is the for pollinaton services. main way bees contribute to food security, via feral and the Eastern Creek Quarantne Facility, or make As the issue of disease control is a State-based managed bees that either intentonally or coincidently alternatve arrangements for a permanent responsibility, and as recommended by a 2008 report, 1 pollinate crops and plants. The producton value of one site.’ NSW needs a purpose-built, bee specifc facility as tonne of pollinated crops is approximately fve tmes an essental component of our food and biosecurity This report presents that ‘alternatve’; the establishment higher than those crop categories that do not depend arrangements. The main aim of the Apiculture Facility of a new bee-centric facility and holistc approach to on insects. The Food and Agriculture Organisaton of the would be to provide bee quarantne services and support RD&E (research, development and extension) that will United Natons (FAO), estmates that ‘out of some 100 RD&E (Research Development & Extension) in apiculture, ensure the future of Australia’s Apiculture and Pollinaton crop species which provide 90% of food worldwide, 71 of that will ensure the long term economic viability, security industries as productve and sustainable. these are bee-pollinated’. and prosperity of the Australian Honey Bee industry so The future of our Apiculture and Pollinaton industries From a food and biosecurity perspectve, the apiculture that it can contnue to pollinate Australia’s hortcultural are in danger. Many of the recommendatons from the or honey bee industry, plays a vital role in keeping and agricultural crops. 2008 report made to the House of Representatves have Australia free of endemic pests and minimising disease. The report into the proposed facility’s development not been or were only partally implemented. As a result, Quarantne and incursion management remain important presents a number of key strategies to increase expected improvements and benefts have not been issues to safeguard the Australian honey bee industry, productvity and proftability within the apicultural delivered to Australia’s beekeeping and pollinaton service as disease and pests have the potental to severely and industry. That is: industries. adversely afect the honey bee industry, as well as many other agriculture and hortcultural industries. Diagnostc • Provide a new home for NSW’s honey bee Food and biosecurity are topics that have become quarantne services (currently housed at Eastern increasingly relevant over the past decade, as populatons services such as investgatve, surveillance, quarantne and reportng capabilites, are all part of a rigorous RD&E Creek) increase, climate change and border security all become • Undertake priority research development and 4 | PART 1 PROJECT SUMMARY extension which meets specifc industry needs such as: Д Improving the Surveillance Program to stop the possible incursion of harmful pests such as the Varroa mite into the Australian beekeeping industry Д Development of a policy framework and code of best practce disease and pest management; Д Investgaton and assistance to re-open export markets for live bees; • Assist industry promoton and awareness via allowing general public access to the facility as part of the region’s tourism initatves. • The facility to provide industry training and educatonal programs Д To expand industry resources and training about technical informaton to do with the honey industry, including educaton about pests such as the Varroa mite, for use by beekeepers and pollinator-reliant industries, to improve the overall delivery and content of knowledge to beekeepers and farmers Д To ensure the public and decision makers contnue to be aware of the importance of the apiculture industry not only as producer of high quality apiary products but a major contributor to ensuring the pollinaton of food and pasture crops. PART 1 PROJECT SUMMARY | 5 6 | Image 1: Building secton cut into the landscape 2.0 Project Initiation PART 2 PROJECT INITIATION | 7 2.0 Project Initiation 2.1 PROJECT ANALYSIS that includes rolling hills, picturesque creeks, rainforests, skills and experience in general agriculture, beef catle, wetlands, dry sclerophyll forests and good grazing land dairying, rural business management, sheep producton, and river fats suitable for cropping. cropping and conservaton and land management. This project analysis includes a critcal and detailed analysis of the Tocal Apiculture Centre’s clients, user groups, market conditons and relevant design 2.2.2 Mission Statement 2.2.4 Cultural Environment precedents. The analysis identfes the key drivers for success and Tocal College aims to be the leader in agricultural and As part of the Tocal Agricultural Centre, and Centre of issues that might inhibit establishing a new approach and conservaton land management educaton, ofering a Excellence within NSW Department of Primary Indus- distnctve architecturally designed quarantne, research, range of agricultural training and practcal experience for tries, the College practces what it preaches. Tocal farm is training and educatonal facility to meet the needs of school leavers and other people interested in agricultural managed under the same conditons as other commercial both the industry, government and general public more careers.