ALEXANDRE LAW MIN WORKS
Alexandre Law Min Architectural Post-graduate / Professional Portfolio 2014-2016
ALEXANDRE LAW MIN
Architectural Graduate, Freelance Graphic Designer, Visual Artist, Blogger alawmin29@gmail.com alexandrelawmin.wordpress.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
DESIGN SKILLS
Ming Architects Ltd, Mauritius
Architectural Design Construction drawings & detailing 3D Modelling & visualisation Graphic Design Critical thinking
Architectural intern / Aug 2014 - Dec 2014
Circus Advertising Co. Ltd, Mauritius Intern / Feb 2014
Architects Studio Ltd, Mauritius
Summer Intern / Dec 2013 - Jan 2014 www.architectsstudioltd.com
EDUCATION Master of Architecture
The University of Melbourne School of Design 2015-2016
Bachelor of Environments (major in Architecture) The University of Melbourne 2011-2014
ACHIEVEMENTS & VOLUNTEERING ‘Highest Award for Achievement’ from the Dale Carnegie Course: Effective Communivations & Human Relations/ Skills for Success Head of design in various committees at the International House, subsidiary of the University of Melbourne. Patrol Leader and active member of the Mauritian Scout Association
SKILLS
REFERENCES
Photoshop Illustrator InDesign SketchUp Rhinoceros3D AutoCAD Sketching Grasshopper Vray
Jean Pierre Liu Director - Ming Architects Ltd jpierreliu@intnet.mu +230 427 2729
CONTENTS Selected works
01 Erdaojingzi Museum Interchange Heritage / Conservation / Cultural
02 Burwood Central
Regenerative Design / Living Building Challenge / Commercial / Master Planning
03 The Sacred Institute Commercial / Conceptual
04 Construction | Proposal for Melbourne Office Building Construction details / Drawings/ Commercial
05 Danielle House | Bali Residential / Drawings
06 Okeanos Villa Complex | Maurtitius Residential / Drawings / Modelling
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02 Melbourne School of Design APPLIED CONSTRUCTION Coordinator: Giorgio Marfella Senior Tutor: Mark Lam
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04 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL WITH KEY ENVELOPE DETAILS FOR A TALL OFFICE BUILDING LOCATED IN MELBOURNE CBD ABPL90118 Applied Construction, Semester 1, 2015 – Final Assignment
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Mengdan LIU
Sze Lok CHAN
Anthony Blazquez
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT REPORT
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19 June 2015
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01 ERDAOJINGZI MUSEUM INTERCHANGE Design Thesis Tutor: Prof. Qinghua Guo The University of Melbourne School of Design 2016
CONTEXT Erdaojingzi is an archeological site in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia dating back to the Lower Xiajiadian culture around 2000 BC. The excavation was discovered in 2009 during the construction of a freeway. Therefore, a tunnel was built beneath the site and a temporary structure erected over the ruins. The brief was to design an archeological museum with research spaces to exhibit and protect the ruins, taking into consideration structural issues caused by the tunnel.
THESIS PROPOSAL The paradox of archaeology is that discovery consists of destruction and investigation entails intrusion. This thesis argues that the archaeological finds at Erdaojingzi needs to be investigated as it provides crucial resources for understanding the past beyond written history, and therefore derive lessons for the future. Equally, it needs to be preserved, displayed and treated with dignity. My interest lies in the architecture of minimum intervention, but maximum experiential enrichment. Hence, any addition to the site should enrich its heritage rather than overwhelming it, complement the existing excavation rather than intensifying it. I proposes a specialized small-scale archaeological museum, aimed at visitors with an interest in archaeology and research spaces dedicated for the advancement and understanding of the Xiajiadian culture. This is achieved by firstly; providing free access to both the visitor and research centres, thus creating an interchange between third-parties (who would typically be separated) and secondly; Translating characteristics of the old settlement into the new architecture. A strong emphasis is also put on how the museum connects to its surroundings, particularly how to unify the heritage, landscape and architecture into a coherent expression of spaces. For the preservation site, one main criteria were to implement the idea of reversibility, whereby the site could be returned to its original state.
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PROTECTION, CONSERVATION & EXHIBITION 1 / The archaeological ruins needs to be protected from weather conditions. 2/ The visitor centre is attached to the heritage and takes into account the visitors’ approach from the north. 3/ The research centre is in proximity to both the ruins and the other parts of the archaeological ruins (located south).
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ACCESS & VIEWS TO LANDSCAPE
INTERCHANGE
The highway passing underneath the heritage leads to structural limitations, as well as the heritage boundary, which means that intervention within this zone must be minimised. The museum blocks are offsetted to tackle those issues.
Visitors and researchers are provided with a seperate access, therefore the forms are rotated. This creates a potential zone of interaction between the two blocks. Views are provided into the landscape.
To create the desired environment for interchange between the visitors and the researchers, the forms are merged and opened up to landscape and the heritage. The protection building is pushed back to create a public plaza and a dialogue with the opposite forms.
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01 Cafe 02 Museum 03 Public Plaza 04 Archeological Exhibition 05 Exhibition space 06 Underground Tunnel
OPTIMISATION The form of the protection building is optimised to enclose the heritage and respect the existing road and views provided to the river. The interchange zone is opened to the public plaza to blur the boundary between exterior and interior.
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01 Visitors Parking 02 Seating 03 Reception 04 Office and administration 05 Introductory gallery 06 Artefacts gallery 07 Seasonal gallery 08 Discovery Centre 09 Cafe 10 Storage 11 Research library 12 Conservation 13 Research spaces 14 Staff Parking 15 Public plaza 16 Heritage lobby 17 Exhibition spaces 18 Interpretation space
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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Archeological Exhibition
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Museum
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Public Plaza
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Archaeological Exhibition
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02 BURWOOD CENTRAL Tutor: Andrew Milward-Bason, David Ritter, Dominique Hes The University of Melbourne School of Design 2016
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Concept Sketch
A series of interconnected programs accessible by foot or bike. A sense of life re-integrated into the community.
BURWOOD CENTRAL is a proposed community development for the suburb of Burwood, Victoria. The site is part of a larger Master plan with residential buildings and offices. The primary focus of the project was to promote a sense of community and integrate natural ecosystems back into people’s daily lives. A big part of the design consisted of designing comforatble spaces for people to walk/bike. The Market acts as a civic centre and connects people through a network of streets and laneways. The Living Building Challenge greatly informed the environmental systems of the project, namely the use of passive solutions for on-site energy production and water treatment. The challenge was to integrate these systems seamlessly into the architecture and creating a learning opportunity for visitors.
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Increasing mobility on the macro scale to provide access to local and regional transport to the site and connecting missing bike and pedestrian circulation.
Improving mobility on the micro scale and creating bike and pedestrian access through the site.
Ease of movement to different residential and green areas surrounding the site and identifying main public transport nodes.
Identifying the walking radius from each transport node in relation to the site using a 10 minutes walk radius to access different facilities.
Creation of several routes through the site and a central civic plaza to connect the different infrastructure.
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Geothermal heat pump
Passive ventilation Supermarket
Integration of passive cooling and heating systems (Cross ventilation, stack ventilation, Geothermal heat pumps). The supermarket on the other hand uses indoor farming to reconnect consumers to the process of food.
Water collection and treatment integrated into the architecture. The diagram above shows how the system of the Living Machine and its relationship to the infrastructure.
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Restaurants and shops activating the edges of the street, creating various spaces for different activities. Thus, implementing levels of privacy and interaction.
Shops and view over the civic market, doubling as a plaza for community activities.
Market and food stalls, with adjacent supermarket. To promote a sense of community, infrastructure is kept at human proportions and visual continuity integrates every part of the development.
Interior of restaurant, showing indoor farming systems and green walls, as well as passive lighting.
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03 THE SACRED INSTITUTE Tutor: Byron Kinnaird The University of Melbourne School of Design 2015
SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
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The site is the current Australian Institute of Architects’ Melbourne Headquarters at 41 Exhibition Street. The studio focused on understanding the institute as an organisation and advocacy community, its potential political and contextual problems. I have decided to satirise the institute as a spiritual and sectarian organisation, which remains a mystery to the general public but at the same time, impresses with its architectural infrastructure. Therefore, in re-designing the institute, I argue that the experience of architecture should be a transcendental one.
APPROACH
INSPIRATION
TEMPORAL & SPATIAL THRESHOLD
REFLECTION
RITUAL OF A SACRED SPACE
The project started with a question: How to make architecture more engaging and how to make people more mindful of the spaces they experience? Although a very broad and open-ended question, this led me to explore the fundamental and primitive aspect of architecture, and which subsequently led me to spiritual architecture. I was interested in how sacred spaces can elevate and transcend the human spirit and how they connect us to something that is greater than ourselves. I looked at Louis Kahn and his Salk Institute and although it is not a spiritual space, it contains some sacred elements of monumentality and timelessness. As a result, I noticed and formulated a pattern (ritual) that describes one’s experiential journey throughout such spaces. The core principle of this project is to create a space with meditative qualities for people to reflect. A tranquil and serene space for people to escape the busy and hectic urban environment and getting lost in their own thoughts and reflection on life. The interior is composed of spaces of intimate and vast scales. The design of the building is informed by elements of geometry, harmony, centrality and light. Those elements, I believe, are the core principles of sacred architecture. The program is composed of a café at street level, a main atrium, a gallery space on the lower ground and library and office spaces.
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The ritual is broken down into several key experiences...
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THE MEDIATOR (APPROACH) – facilitates transition between the bustling, hectic and noisy urban environment to the more reflective and serene atmosphere of the interior spaces. The entrance is hidden from the main street and is accessed through a ramp. This creates a threshold that dampens the senses as the user goes through the space. The subsequent spaces are slowly revealed as he/she walks through, and the light at the end guides the users forward.
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THE HEART (INSPIRATION) – The heart of the building is driven by ideas of light, centrality and axis. The purpose of the primary space is to awaken the senses and gives the feeling of being centred and elevated. The light at the end then guides users to a secondary space driven by axis, symmetry and harmony of forms.
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THE PASSAGE (THRESHOLD) – These spaces are defined around the idea of drifting between two different spaces, providing an effortless and quiet transition. It connects the inspiration space to the reflection space. The ritual of the space is not to linger but to be transported to the next one, therefore, they are characterized by fleeting moments, meandering paths and framed views.
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THE GALLERY (REFLECTION) – The library, office and gallery are spaces where one can reminisce and reflect on his journey. At this stage, the user engages with his/her thoughts on a deeper and more intimate level.
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03 APPLIED CONSTRUCTION Tutor: Anthony Blazquez The University of Melbourne School of Design 2015
Melbourne School of Design APPLIED CONSTRUCTION Coordinator: Giorgio Marfella Senior Tutor: Mark Lam
The project is a 297m proposed highrise office PROPOSAL space building for the City of Melbourne. The module required the development of the stacking strategy, the strucDESIGN DEVELOPMENT tural WITH concept, the enveloppe and finally, detail drawings. KEY ENVELOPE DETAILS
FOR A TALL OFFICE BUILDING LOCATED IN MELBOURNE CBD ABPL90118 Applied Construction, Semester 1, 2015 – Final Assignment
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT REPORT
Team Member
Team Member
Team Member
Tutor
Tutorial N.
Jean Alexandre LAW MIN
Mengdan LIU
Sze Lok CHAN
Anthony Blazquez
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544028
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704280
Due Date
706954
19 June 2015
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Group B Tutorial 15 Tutor: Anthony Blazquez
ASSIGNMENT 1: STACKING STRATEGY
STACKING STRATEGY DIAGRAM
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DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR 292 EXHIBITION STREET, MELBOURNE
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STRUCTURAL CONCEPT SECTION NTS
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EXPLODED FACADE
FACADE VENTILATION
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PARAPET @ 2.5 DEGREES SLOPE ANTI-CONDENSATION INSULATION
5MM ALUCOBOND CAPPING PARAPET @ 2.5&DEGREES SLOPE M8 HEX HEAD BOLT NUT 5MM ANGLE FIXING 3MM 200X100 STEEL RECTANGULAR HOLLOW SECTION
5MM ALUCOBOND CAPPING M8 HEX HEAD BOLT & NUT 5MM ANGLE FIXING 3MM 200X100 STEEL RECTANGULAR HOLLOW SECTION
6MM ANGLE FIXING TOP-HAT TOP-HAT CREST FIXING ONTO TOP-HAT
LYSAGHT SPANDEK 6MM ANGLE FIXING TOP-HAT TOP-HAT 5MM ALUCOBOND CAPPING CREST FIXING ONTO TOP-HAT
M8 HEX HEAD BOLT & NUT 5MM ANGLE FIXING 3MM 200X100 STEEL RECTANGULAR HOLLOW SECTION
INSULATION
CONCRETE SLAB SCREED @ 1:100
CONCRETE SLAB
SILICONE SEALANT AND BACKER ROD
PARAPET @ 2.5 DEGREES SLOPE
DRAIN OUTLET WITH FUNCTION DISC
SILICONE SEALANT DRAIN OUTLET WITH AND BACKER DISC ROD FUNCTION
FLASHING SEALANT
ANTI-CONDENSATION INSULATION WEATHERPROOF MEMBRANE ANTI-CONDENSATION INSULATION DRAIN OUTLET WITH FUNCTION DISC
FLASHING SEALANT
INSULATED SPANDREL PANEL
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LYSAGHT SPANDEK
INSULATED SPANDREL PANEL
5MM STEEL FIXING PLATE
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ANTI-CONDENSATION INSULATION
5MM STEEL FIXING PLATE ANTI-CONDENSATION INSULATION FLASHING ANTI-CONDENSATION SEALANT INSULATION
CONCRETE SLAB
SILICONE SEALANT AND BACKER ROD
6MM ANGLE FIXING TOP-HAT TOP-HAT CREST FIXING ONTO TOP-HAT
SCREED @ 1:100 WEATHERPROOF MEMBRANE
ANGLE FIXING
150 PFC PRE-FABRICATED C SECTION
150 PFC PRE-FABRICATED C SECTION
INSULATION
ANGLE FIXING
INSULATED SPANDREL PANEL
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6MM ANGLE FIXING 150 PFC PRE-FABRICATED C SECTION
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SCALE 1:5 @ A210MM RUBBER BACKER TO ALLOW FOR DIFFERENTIAL MOVEMENT OF SCREED
10MM RUBBER BACKER TO ALLOW FOR DIFFERENTIAL STEEL ANGLE MOVEMENT OF SCREED FIXING FOR BMU TRACKS
STEEL ANGLE FIXING FOR BMU TRACKS
BRACKET FOR CURTAIN WALL FIXING
WEATHERPROOF MEMBRANE SHEET
M12 HEX HEAD BOLT & NUT 6MM ANGLE FIXING
BRACKET FOR CURTAIN WALL FIXING
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REBATE TO BE BACKFILLED AFTER ADJUSTMENT OFCONCRETE UPSTAND CURTAIN WALL BRACKET JORDAHL JB M16 T-BOLT
10MM RUBBER BACKER TO ALLOW FOR DIFFERENTIAL MOVEMENT OF SCREED
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BMU TRACK DETAIL SCALE 1:5 @ A2
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4000 MM CLEAR FROM INTERNAL
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05 DANIELLE HOUSE | BALI Ming Architects Ltd, Mauritius 2014
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05 OKEANOS VILLA COMPLEX | MAURITIUS Ming Architects Ltd, Mauritius 2014
Okeanos Villa Complex Master plan
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Okeanos Villa B View from pool deck
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