Onder Ozverenoglu

Bachelor of Design (Architecture)

Hi, I am a graduating student in my final year of the Bachelor of design (Architecture) after previously completing the Advanced Diploma of Building design which led me into this pathway. Both courses along the 4 years of my time at Swinburne University of Technology has enabled me to gain a range of skills within construction, design, documentation and industry experience. I aim to further develop my career in design and architecture by pursuing myself into the work environment starting from next year on a journey to become an architect. This final studio project has enabled me to develop my critical thinking skills and tackle design challenges faced within the urban environment to form a successful and effective narrative for the design. I look forward to whats to come in the near future, if you have any enquiries feel free to contact me or check out my work.

The Hybrid

Our multifunctional midrise courtyard typology aims to invite the connection between infrastructure and architecture, while providing a time travel theme museum containing the rich heritage of Newport alongside a war heritage for all generations to attend. Furthermore, our Hybrid offers a commercial sector following the journey of the museum where the design promotes the open connection between individuals through open spaces and activities for all audiences. The open circulative design allows for the succession of easy and flowing access to light and ventilation while standing as a significant landmark on the revitalised site of Newport.

Programs & Circulation for The Hybrid

This exploded axonometric shows that the design presents a free-flowing courtyard typology approach, with central spaces and green areas to invite people and promote connection.

Pyra Harbour

Pyra Harbour is a student accommodation with additional programs situated at North Wharf in Docklands. Its intention is to revitalise the unused site, which has many potential. Designing an engaging and inviting building with activities that seek others was pivotal for this project and using the water to pursue that connection was important.

Pyra Harbour Prototype

A physical model that showcases the important aspects and details of the project at a close scale which the audience can interact with and visualise.

Forever Active Centre

This project located in Vere Street, Abbotsford, presents a senior housing development that promotes physical activity and social engagement for all generations. This was achieved by catering to the requirements and desires surrounding elderly people while also accounting for the youth. Implementing programs such as a gym, an engaging swimming pool visible from the highway, an arcade and socialising areas invites the elderly to take part in these programs and forms a multi-generational connection.

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.