An elective taken in November 2018 called Construction on Site aimed to provide practical design experience to us architecture students to gain familiarity with the client briefings and site analysis as part of a real-world consultation and design process. These experiences were intended to complement our theoretical understanding of design and construction and provide the foundation for understanding the early stages of a design process which we will be required to do once a professional architect.

 

We visited the Andamooka Observatory,
At the end of the bitumen, beyond Roxby Towns, lies the quiet opal mining town of Andamooka. Capitalising on the clear skies, Conan Fahey runs night sky tours and is planning to build an astronomy observatory, education centre and viewing platform. The first site we visited was Wardang Island in the Yorke Peninsula.

Next stop was Wardang Island, Yorke Peninsula, classified as an IPA (Indigenous Protected Area) and is managed by the Point Pearce Community. To design a Eco-visitor accommodation where asbestos ridden accommodation on the island was being demolished and the community was keen to explore options of bringing visitors to the island.

Below is my proposal for the Eco Tourism Pods on Wardang Island…