Joshua Muldeary

Bachelor of Design (Architecture)

I’m Joshua Muldeary, a graduating BA student of architecture at Swinburne University. Since 2020 I've embarked on a journey that has enabled me to visually communicate architectural design and methodologies; while developing an understanding of the importance of maintaining both a combination of vision and adaptability.

My own practice is motivated by the way architecture influences memory. My academic pursuit has unveiled the profound connection between the built environment and our recollections. I am fuelled by a deep fascination and an unwavering eagerness to explore historical architecture through a modern lens. I hope to continue to progress in my professional career by uniting modern functionality and rationality with the meaningful and lasting connections historical architecture aimed to form with its surrounding environment and inhabitants. Through my studies, I've learned to appreciate the intricate stories etched into the walls of ancient structures, and I'm passionate about preserving their legacy while reimagining them for the contemporary world. With an innovative perspective, I aim to bridge the past and present, creating spaces that resonate with history while embracing the future.

ARC30002 Architecture Design Studio 5

Inspired by Newport's historic industrial importance and heritage, 'The Platform' aims to reunify residential Newport while upholding and respecting the architectural values of the area.

Form Narrative

These eight diagrams illustrates the progression of our design, showcasing how we responded to site constraints, accessibility, and environmental conditions. This analysis informed the buildings structure and character.

Environmental Response

The following environmental studies were produced post form finalisation to provide an understanding of how the structure creates and responds to the environmental conditions. They convey sun-pathing, wind-pathways, points of access and vegetative acoustic reduction.

Construction Systems

The materiality and structure were heavily influenced by late nineteenth century industrial and classical architecture. We have then reimagined the traditional materials and construction methodologies to connect 'The Platform' to modern infrastructures.

Connecting Bridge

Designed to fulfil the project aim to reunify Newport, the adjacent bridge stretches over the remaining industrial parts of Newport, reconnecting the previously disconnected northern residential area to the southern.

Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.