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susannah farrugia

photography


  1. il-ġebla 
  2. somewhere in the mediterranean
  3. backpacking south east asia: coming soon
  4. ongoing travelogue
  5. commissions


projects


  1. the architecture of inhabitation
  2. a living city: co-creating our human habitat
  3. the magic of temporality & fleetingness
  4. the network of resources
  5. the garden as therapy
  6. rituals in rock & clay
  7. the school beneath the hills
  8. contemporary boathouse 
  9. valletta power station
  10. lab / prototype
  11. matter make
  12. playscape


workshops


  1. eros in transgression @ re:easa
  2. cairn @ easa tourist
  3. day night day night day
  4. skalda

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susannah is a maltese architectural designer & photographer who graduated from the university of malta with a special interest in social architecture, spatial agency & inhabitation.

in her photography, she shoots a mix of 35mm film & digital.
etrenally inspired by the maltese islands & their geographical landscape, her work expresses the language of ancient rock, cystal waters, crusty sea salt tracing constellations on one’s skin & the warmth of the sun. the architectural compositions these elements naturally form & people’s interaction with this environment become moments of presence & wonder. she seeks to tell the story of the sense of home this little floating rock encapsulates within the wider themes of mediterranean-ness & culture.

a collector of rocks, seashells, books & records, her other interests include beach-exploring, hiking, travelling & cooking (but more so eating).

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© 2020-2024 susannah farrugia
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7. the school beneath the hills



view from within solar well


2019
b.sc. y3 s2


            the idea of creating a new topography, of raising the existing green open landscape to wrap around and over the school, gradually morphed into the vision of creating a safe haven beneath the hills. this was coupled with the need for protection and introversion on the western face (with negative space / void as the tool) versus reaction and extroversion on the eastern face (with positive space as the tool).

the forms which developed from this concept were organic and derived from this imagined topography, while always seeking to create a quasi-biological meshwork of physical and visual links to foster a sense of community within the school.


school masterplan




initial sketches & development



cluster ground floor plan

cluster first floor plan

cluster second floor plan






section & detail




western elevation facing central  playspace

eastern elevation facing central  playspace

 eastern ‘front’ elevation facing street

central outdoor playspace

terrace spaces

classroom interior

classroom detail






physical model


final presentation
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