Nico Andiko

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Hi! My name is Nico.

I’ve recently completed my Bachelor of Design, majoring in Architecture.

Before studying architecture, I completed a Diploma of Design with a focus on graphic design, while also working on various graphic and photography projects. My approach to design is driven by the goal of creating meaningful impact not just spaces that look good, but spaces that respond to how people live and interact.

Throughout my studies, I’ve developed a strong attention to detail and a focus on designing projects that are both visually refined while also practically buildable. Understanding construction details and how design translates into real-world outcomes has always been something I strive for.

Studio 5: Nex Museum

Exterior Render

Located in Newport, Nex Museum is a collaborative learning and exhibition space inspired by our personal journeys in architecture. Coming from different educational pathways, TAFE for my group member and a Diploma of Design for myself, we each developed unique skills and perspectives.

Studio 5: Nex Museum

Interior Render

Nex Museum unites these different pathways into one collaborative space by creating a place where students from different disciplines can come together to exchange ideas, learn from one another, and foster creativity through collaboration.

Studio 5: Nex Museum

Hero Render and Sectional Perspective

The materials used for the museum combine elements of Newport’s history and its surroundings, such as The Substation building, with a touch of modern design. Brick and polycarbonate are used together to reflect the area’s past while bringing in a lighter, more contemporary look.

BIM: AMDC Retrofit

Workshop: Interior Render, Existing Condition, Program Axonometric, and Elevation

This subject focuses on professional practice, exploring cloud collaboration and workflows using Revit and Autodesk Cloud. Our task was to retrofit the AMDC building, and I was allocated Level 05. My proposal introduces a workshop area beside the studio classrooms to improve model storage, provide same-building workshop access, and activate the underutilised workshop space, including the rarely used laser cutter.

Studio 3: Dorcas Street Residential Retrofit

Urban Context Axonometric, Interior Key Moment and Wall Feature Assembly

Studio 3 focused on retrofitting an existing building through construction detail and computational design approaches, implementing changes to its facade and program while utilising Grasshopper for parametric exploration and performance analysis.

Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.