As we progressed from group assignment 2, I had the opportunity to branch out and explore specific themes from the previously collaborative assignment and explore them further and in-depth for my final assignment. Being keen on making the landscape of our site, the main feature of my housing community, I decided to build upon it with the themes that resonated most with me over my past three years in the design course. The temporalities in design were explored through the use of durable, but weathering materials, a landscape that engulfs the structure and becomes one with it as it evolves, and flexible multigenerational floor plans that have the ability to shrink and expand as time passes by. The sense of belonging was explored by including a reference to Country and its traditional practices across the major elements of the design, especially in the community through designed shared spaces that engage with locals and a landscape that emulates the flora and fauna of Australia to some extent. Architectural tectonics were explored by paying close attention to the smallest structural details, by going through iteration after iteration of how the walls meet each other, how the roof sits on the structure, and how the floor plates connect with one another. 

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Initially, with assignment A3i: the climax, an attempt to provide an in-depth inclusion of these themes was made, and the main criticism received was that the concept needed to be strengthened by the drawings. The floor plans needed resolution and the main element of the design: the landscape had to be demonstrated in a more organic manner with more research on what it actually entailed to be demonstrated. 

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Working based on the feedback in A3f: the resolution, I found a new way to demonstrate the landscape, strengthened the concept by providing more information on the vegetation over the landscape, and more drawings on how the community will engage with Country and its First Nations people. I also worked on resolving the floor plans based on advice from my tutor, and going back to look at the needs of the YIRPs I had chosen, and worked on my line weights for a clearer representation. The facade systems also developed significantly from the interim structure, along with a new roof profile to suit the new changes made to the design. All in all, my design proved to be a lot of hard work but a highly rewarding finished product for my capstone subject.