Studio BAM

Tag: Public Space

  • ABC Opened

    ABC Opened

    The “ABC Opened” project was a collaboration with William Cooper and reimagined Sydney’s ABC building. The proposal responded to the security measures that led to the public closure of the ABC foyer. We questioned the building’s performance and created an “ABC Opened” building plan that aligned with the “ABC Open” marketing slogan. Our design reopened the entire ground level to the public, providing new recreational areas and opportunities for media engagement, while also ensuring secure access for ABC employees from underneath. The adapted building created two new public domains in Sydney, one at ground level connecting parts of Ultimo, and a community loop on the third floor housing archives, studios, a library, and a café. The scheme proposed a future where audiences could intimately engage with news and broadcasting, fostering a sense of participation in both media content and its production.

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  • Bondi Station

    Bondi Station

    The Hex Building is a speculative project, envisioning the architectural potential of a new train station in Bondi, Australia. The design, developed in collaboration with Nicholas Malyon, Leonardo Quinones, and Oliver Petrie, explores the impacts of rail infrastructure on the urban context and future beach suburbs in Sydney. It introduces coastal densification strategies to mitigate environmental, public health, and food access issues associated with population growth and low-density urban planning. The proposed station is a hub for work and life, blending retail, market, and civic functions to cater to both transient and permanent activities. The design focuses on creating new public spaces, enhancing pedestrian routes and providing a balance between the beach attraction and the densified suburb. This project promotes a future where residents can live and work next to the beautiful Bondi beach.

    Looking into the public square and station.
    Corner of the Market.
    Desire Line Deformation Grid
    Key Organisation Moves
    Short section through the public square.
    Ground floor plan.
  • The Museum of Dangerous Ideas

    The Museum of Dangerous Ideas

    Sydney’s Museums are inherently conservative; both in the way they exhibit artefacts and the architectural devices used to control experience. When you enter any museum you step into a highly curated world where architectural form and artifacts complicity work to modify behaviour. This studio searched for ways to generate more progressive architectural outcomes by first understanding the conservative ideas and tactics that currently delimit the experience museum. Contentious ideas were encouraged and students were required you take a position on how to subvert the museum type. Students mapped museum precedents and visualised them as field conditions of institutional forces and spatial experience. The studio introduced computational theory and techniques, and students learned to rapidly generate and evaluate design outcomes.

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  • Water Table

    Water Table

    The ‘Water Table’ project envisioned an aquatic centre at Sydney’s Green Square’s Guyama Park. It sported a rooftop Olympic pool and smaller therapeutic pools, linked visually to the park. The building featured a ‘water skirt’ for climate and aesthetic purposes, aligning with the competition’s water recycling brief. Instead of the usual central placement, our design lifted the pools for easier park access. The park’s design encouraged 24/7 use, with a landscape promoting various activities. It included spaces for water play, greenery, and sports. The design, transitioning from natural to purpose-built landscapes, catered for all ages and activities through surface angle and material diversity.

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