

Consultation With Engineer
We have engaged a structural engineer to help us on solving issues of the structures for the Portal. The students and the lecturers are...


Class Engagments
Each student has actively involved in the portal design process under the guidance of Mark Bagguley. Everyone of us contributes our...


Progress 5 | Digital Modelling
Our digital fabrication team members are working hard on modelling out the digital structural grids of the Portal Design for the...


Progress 4 | Internal Membrane
We are supposed to explore the possibilities of using different types of internal membranes to be attached with the main structure of the...


Progress 3 | Weaving
With the initial components created last week for the exploration of "Weaving", we are able to develop further on the forms of the...


Progress 2 | Weaving
One of the Original ideas initiated from the "Souvenir" task is weaving, thus the design team also did some studies on the weaving...


Progress 1 | Main Structure
Using physical models to interpret the structural tension between each wooden strips as well as testing out the materiality of various...


Portal Aspirations From Souvenirs
While the "Souvenir" task are being completed and further explorations are already taken place. each "Souvenir" group have come out an...


Task : Souvenir
The task of "Souvenir" making acts as the starting point of explorations on the shape-forming and structural grids of the final portal...


Craft Fair Portal Brief
The Tasmanian Craft Fair has more than 200 exhibiting artists and artisans and 20,000 visitors. The event takes places annually in...