Architecture

Designing Through Making is a project which explores the role of making within architectural design and production through the construction of two wine-tasting pavilions at Tarrahill Winery.

Making, as a mode of designing, allows for creative exploration of the sensorial and structural capacities of different materials. It goes beyond visual concerns and engages all of the senses. In this project making was emphasized in a tactile and experimental design process, where small and large-scale model making, prototyping and material experimentation were the dominant mediums for design generation.

Design flexibility allowed the metamorphosis of the building to continue throughout the construction, prompted by encounters with clients, engineers, tradespeople, site, council permit restrictions and volunteers; by mistakes made and opportunities seized. The resultant buildings are an accumulation of the efforts of many. They are an expression of the history of their making, and will develop a history of their occupation.