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Artichoke Magazine Prize

Awarded annually, the Artichoke Magazine Prize for design communication is presented to interior design/interior architecture students who demonstrate excellence in the visual and written presentation of an interior design proposition.

(1) Theodore Maddigan of Swinburne University of TechnologyThe project was conceived as a retail pop-up for fashion retailer American Apparel to increase its brand awareness upon the opening of a new Melbourne CBD store. This controversial building, called “What is it?,” intends to attract foot traffic through its inquisitive appearance. The block structure is clad in a highly reflective one-way-vision glazing that reflects the surrounding environment. When visitors enter the pop-up store they are handed a bag of free American Apparel underwear to change into in a one- way-vision change room. The user can see out but passers-by cannot see in, intensifying the retail experience.

(2) Tessa Gravestock of University of South AustraliaTrio is a fusion of three vessels as one. When stacked together, Trio stands as a single form and when deconstructed, it becomes a series of functional objects. Inspired by the works of Italian architect

Carlo Scarpa, Trio is a play on his use of clean lines and simple geometric shapes in a harmonious composition. The idea behind this object is that the form is not dictated by function, but rather the function is dictated by the form. It is through user interaction that Trio changes from being simply sculptural to also functional.

(3) Harriet Beex of Auckland University of TechnologyFood is a vital part of our lives – without it we simply would not survive. Food is the fundamental material behind the design of The Degustation of Harry + Matt, and the performance of eating is essential to activating the space. The kitchen is the primary tool, used to investigate the act of eating, sharing and preparing food, while choreographed events engage the user’s whole sensory system. The events highlight invisible labours and expose the processes of food production. This allows an intimate connection between food and its consumption.

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adopting the architecture theory of designing without context as a design driver to achieve interesting and innovative responses.

(7) Lucy Williams of University of New South WalesEarth-en Oceanic reuses White Bay Power Station in New South Wales as an interactive earth and ocean observatory and tracking facility, as part of the revival of Sydney’s industrial harbour. The proposal is partly liberated from the heritage parameters of the existing site due to the large-scale excavations in sections beneath the site, including the demolished Boiler House 2. Excavation allows the architecture to connect to the earth and draw upon the project’s purpose as an observatory.

(8) Jessica Kennedy of Curtin UniversityForgotten Spaces aims to develop an understanding of how and if the physical forces within a forgotten site can help to establish an expressive dialogue with the public. Through the key theories of episodic memory, aesthetic experience and the state of ephemerality, a convoluted theoretical network was designed using untold narratives from the abandoned South Fremantle Power Station. Kennedy’s design of a temporary insertion aims to heighten the observer’s awareness of the space of abjection, thus creating new connections that live on through the observer’s memory. Even when the event has dissipated and the building has been repurposed, the story and connection live on.

(9) Alana Fahey of RMIT UniversityIn Display is concerned with creating situations of display and positing subsequent encounters as an event. Following a departure from the gallery as site, how might display continue to facilitate a platform for experimentation and conversation? Exploring the relationship between contemporary art and design, the project aims to test the role of the manifesto as provocation for design and dialogue. In Display is an exploration in concurrently designing structure and program, and proposes a series of talks in declaring strategies toward a manifesto. These ideas manifest via a physical, changeable platform that is influenced by the dialogue occurring within. The project intends to explore structure as a frame for situation.

(10) Jack Stephenson of Massey UniversityDedicated to education, value and the trans-parency of production of garments, Fashion

(4) Camilla White of Monash UniversitySoma is a speculative design project that explores how developing medical technologies could impact the space of the clinic, dispensary and surgery. The project is an automated health clinic designed specifically for non-emergency patients. Open twenty- four hours a day, it provides diagnosis, medication dispensation, healing of external injuries and on-site robotic surgeries. Soma also includes the Soma System, an imagined nationwide health initiative that installs personal health monitors into people at birth. This device tracks the individual’s health throughout their lifetime and communicates directly with the clinic. Soma enables individuals to become agents of their own medical interactions.

(5) Skye Peterson of Queensland University of TechnologySituated adjacent to the coastal town of Mooloolaba on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, this project is a public intervention, responding to the immediate context and aiming to communicate awareness of sustainability in the changing global climate. The design recycles elements of the existing infra-structure, allowing the tide to enter into a series of pools within the project. From this, the user gains a strong connection with the site. The pools fill, overflow and empty in flux with the semidiurnal changing tide. The main interior volumes, an auditorium and stacked gallery spaces, are embedded into the landscape, creating a submersive journey for experiential learning. Users circulate the bodies of water, considering the vital relationship between humans and nature. Glimpses into the pools reveal an unfolding narrative that depicts the changing tide over time, communicating the impact of climate change and rising sea levels.

(6) Kristin Kilgour of Victoria University of WellingtonElevation is an exploration of interior instal-lations designed for multiple sites while disregarding site context. Society should not outlive the architecture surrounding it currently; this project proposes an alter-native solution to the demolition of empty, existing architecture that could prolong the lifespan of buildings. To achieve this, the existing architecture must be given support in areas where it is lacking. An empty building shell often lacks a use for the space. The intent is to create a method for repurposing these historic buildings by

Untitled is a direct critique of current fashion industry practices. Located in the heart of major fashion district Paris, this conceptual work is also a universally translatable concept. The project focuses on the production and consumption of fashion to challenge and question current consumer behaviour. Spatial concepts are driven directly by the practices of each individual level, drawing directly from historical elements in locations known for their quality of materials. Fashion Untitled asks the questions: What happens when we localize production to a single structure? And what happens when the production line is transparent?

(11) Erin Pearce of University of TasmaniaThe Dispersed Hotel project aims to rehabilitate the interiors of idle buildings in the Launceston CBD in Tasmania by using reclaimed materials and furniture. The Majestic Hotel, once a grand theatre, has been refitted into hotel suites, a hotel management area and social hub. The Majestic pays homage to the building’s history, while exploring the concept of theatre. A world of fantasy unfolds with something unexpected in every corner. The spaces enlighten the guest’s senses, immersing them in a unique experience like no other the city has to offer.

(12) Kate Campbell of University of Technology, SydneyThis project proposes a new comprehensive public high school for two thousand students in the centre of Sydney’s CBD. The design exploits the existing public transport infrastructure and network, embedding a high school into Wynyard Station, a key transport node and civic gateway to the city. In doing so, the scheme redefines the perceptual boundaries of learning spaces, challenging twentieth-century education models and formal learning spatial typologies. A compre-hensive high school as a secondary program to the third-busiest train station in the city agitates Sydney’s CBD as an adult space and an economic and commercial space. Wynyard Station High School brings the school into the wider world and the world into the school.

The Artichoke Magazine Prize for design communication is awarded to one graduating student from each of the institutions in Australia and New Zealand that offer interior design/interior architecture degree courses, and which are members of the Interior Design/Interior Architecture Educators Association (IDEA). Each institution’s prize-winning student is selected by its school head. idea-edu.com

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