"The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World"

I just wanted to share with you an excerpt from Elaine Scarry's book, "The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World". It's a passage which has stayed with me since I first read it, and one that I have revisited many times when in need of understanding and inspiration - it's a beautiful, if not superfluous, image which does well to encapsulate the true relationship of the body to architecture.

Manifesto; Scotch College Redevelopment

This proposal involves the adaptive reuse of a heritage school building at Scotch College, which was previously renowned for its poor condition - particularly with respect to lighting, ventilation, circulation and functionality.


This design, more specifically, explores sustainable learning spaces and the goals of holistic education which were to be achieved within the despite its prior condition. It was the intent of the proposal to maintain the majority of the existing built fabric, findings solutions to close material and energy loops where possible. The resulting strategies chosen have informed the treatment of interior in an effort to celebrate learning; that each classroom may operate under equitable conditions.