THE NIGHTINGALE HOUSE 
-Student Accommodation

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The Nightingale. The bird has its creative and spontaneous song. Symbolic of muse, nature’s purity, and goodness during Romantic rea.

The Nightingale house is a place to inspire students to presume “creativity”, “passion” and “love” in their uni lives. This student accommodation is not only a place that provides a bed for students to rest but also a place to shape their spiritual lives. The project is going to provide 500 homes for students of the university of Sydney. The project is located in North Eveleigh which has rich industrial history and is ready for change. Our approach to this project is to create a combination of focusing and relaxing space for students to balance their daily lives. Offering natural space that encourages students to maintain their mental health. The project is inspired by the House of Brazil and the University of Limerick Medical School.

The facade of the building is also taking the design language of the house of Brazil designed by Le Corbusier and the University of Limerick medical school designed by Grafton architects. Both projects use heavy and solid materials, larger scale building components bring out the brutal but elegant feeling of architecture. The brick facade of the huge house is inherited from the formal industrial site. The pattern of the window states the different lifestyles of the two buildings. Big windows crossed two floors on the front building representing the togetherness of life inside of the building. The orderly windows of the rear building represent a more conscientious lifestyle. But there are also different elements planted in the rhythm of rooms bringing small delight moments. 
Each unit of the project has a bed sitting above the floor, giving more storage space under the bed. The desk and the bed are both close to the window which maximizes the lighting condition and encourages students to enjoy the view of Sydney. 

 

Master Induction Studio 2022

Team: Joey Zhu, Hang Sun

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