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Model 1:200

Model 1:200

Render of Public Ceremony Ground

Render of Public Ceremony Ground

First Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

Sectional Perspective

Sectional Perspective

Render of Street View

Render of Street View

Absence & Presence

Winner of the Government Architect NSW, Bachelor of Design in ArchitectureAward

Slow down and listen to the wind, it is Country breathing. Absence & Presence invites life back onto Country to reconnect with and rebuild the ecosystem. It challenges the dominant presence of architecture in our surrounding urban environment. What happens if the building acts as the background instead of the foreground, and allows the presence of life to flourish organically? The building's gentle presence as a grandmother tree support life around and inside, providing space for ceremony, connection, and collaboration. In return receiving care from the life it supports, for we are part of Country.

Cindy Wang

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Absence & Presence

Winner of the Government Architect NSW, Bachelor of Design in ArchitectureAward

Slow down and listen to the wind, it is Country breathing. Absence & Presence invites life back onto Country to reconnect with and rebuild the ecosystem. It challenges the dominant presence of architecture in our surrounding urban environment. What happens if the building acts as the background instead of the foreground, and allows the presence of life to flourish organically? The building's gentle presence as a grandmother tree support life around and inside, providing space for ceremony, connection, and collaboration. In return receiving care from the life it supports, for we are part of Country.

Cindy Wang

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