DESIGN PORTFOLIO by Au Tsz Ling
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Au Tsz Ling Aubrey 區芷綾 Telephone: 6 7 3 5 3 7 4 9 / 2 7 9 2 5 7 1 6 Address: 26A/F BLK A, TAI WAN VILLAGE SAI KUNG, N.T., HONG KONG Email:
joanautszling@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2015 - 2017
BA (Hons) in Environment and Interior Design Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design
2013 - 2015
Higher Diploma in Interior Design Hong Kong Design Institute
2009 - 2013
Form 1 to Form 6 Pooi To Middle School
2014
HKDSE CHINESE LANGUAGE
2013
3
HKDSE CHINESE LANGUAGE
2
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
3
MATHEMATICS
3
LIBERAL STUDIES
3
GEOGRAPHY
3
VISUAL ARTS
3
WORK
2013 2015 2015
November Seventh ( Graphic Design House )
Designer Assistant
YArt Workshop ( Art Gallery )
Teacher Assistant
Tiron Interior Architecture Limited
Designer Assistant
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
2013
“A6” Pooi To Middle School Visual Art Graduation Exhibition
Organizer, Participant
2013
WYNG Masters Award Student Works Exhibition
Participant
2013
Hong Kong School Drama Festival Award
2011
Anti-480 Opening Ceremony and Illustrated Exhibition
2010
Hong Kong Award for Young People
LANGUAGE Fluent in Cantonese, English and Putonghua Fluent in written Chinese
COMPUTER SKILLS Microsoft Office ( Word, Excel, PowerPoint ) Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro AutoCAD, Sketch Up, 3ds max design
TYPING English ( 30wpm ), Chinese ( 40wpm )
EXPECTED SALARY Negotiable
Outstanding Actress Participant Bronze Award
If you are not prepared to fail, you will never create anything original. I ‘m prepared to fail, that’s why I will success.
Au Tsz Ling
CONTENTS SPACE
1 Residential Project -- Tree House
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2 Commercial Design -- Hong Kong Film Archive
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3 Recreational -- BOND-community space
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4 Graduation Project -- MOVE ON Cowork Centre
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The balcony and the sky window allow the sunshine come into the interior of tree house.
This is the bedroom which connected to the balcony.
TREE HOUSE
A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE DESIGN FOR SINGLE FAMILY LIVING
SITE
Yim Tin Tsai Village, Sai Kung, Hong Kong
BREIF To shape a 343 cubic meter experimental house for single-family living
RESIDENTIAL PROJECT
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FORM STUDY
Many residential house in Europe has pitched roof. Its design can allow more sunlight to get into the interior. Also, it has many ability to create unique shape. TRAPEZIUM SHAPE
Trapezium shape is special and full of ability. Its geometric shape inspried me a lot.
I am trying to shape a house by using trapezium element, such as slanting roof and wall. As my housing type is tree house, it is more unique and natural comparing to those in Hong Kong. That’s why I want to allow more natural lighting go into the interior by using glass material and slanting roof. People can feel more closely to and live with the nature. -8-
TESTING MODEL First, I try to make the roof more slanted, so it can allow more sunlight to get in. However, the lower angle of the slanting roof can save more useful spaces, therefore, higher the spatial quality.
1 No outdoor space
2 Transition outdoor area
Tree House has more advantages over the other country houses in getting touch with nature. I reckon I should make good use of this point and give out more outdoor space. The outdoor platfrom is not only use for transition but also a place to relax and gathering. The lifestyle of the user may affect by the spactial planning, more outdoor area allow user to walk outside of her at and stay close to nature. It is a great idea to those who are under pressure and stress -- take a time to be calm and enjoy living at the moment!
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outdoor area
YIM TIN TSAI
take 15mins boat from Sai KungTown. walk 5 mins from pier
SITE STUDY
St. Joseph’s Chapel
School & Heritage Cemetery
Pier Village Community Office
Residential area (neglected)
Salt Farm
Floor area =87sq. m
I draw some sketches of the site to let me understand more about the surrounding. The tree house is facing to North, the sunrise on the left hand side of it. There will be quite hot as it always has sunlight get inside. In addition, the house is facing the salf fram and trees. It is a good view to build a balcony facing to North. Also, it can use to block the sunlight get into the house directly.
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Love nature, sunshine and green living Love art and friends
USER Aubrey
USER & SPACE
As I love living with nature, more windows can allow nature lighting to get in. Also, using wooden materials can create a harmony atmosphere, such like being in nature. Moreover, having a balcony allow me to go outside and enjoy fresh air. In addition, I love art and design so that I would like to have a studio at home. Also, I love being with friends, so the outdoor area and the open kitchen can allow me to gather with friends.
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PLAN, ISOMETRIC
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FINAL OUTCOME
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GRAND LOBBY
MORSE CODE REPLICATION A GRAND LOBBY DESIGN FOR HONG KONG FILM ARCHIVE
SITE
50 Lei King Road, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong
BREIF To identify the existing conditions of HKFA lobby and make a design proposal with a sustainable focus
COMMERCIAL DESIGN PROJECT
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PROBLEM DEFINITION
This project is to identify research and survey the existing conditions of the HKFA project area and make a design proposal with a sustainable focus. In this regard, the project based on this three focus points: SPACIAL PROBLEM Improve the spacial arrangement in the ground lobby
PROVIDE SERVICES Provide services for industry people and general public
ATTRACT TEENS Encourage teens to learn more about Hong Kong movie
BECOME WORLD-CLASS To be a world-class film archive to conserve local film heritage
First of all, the exisit problem of HKFA is the site location. As Sai Wan Ho is an old district which surrounded by residential building, and most of the resident are olderly. It is not a common district that general public will come arross. Moreover, the spacial planning is so messy. There has no circulation to lead way for visitors. Also, the information counter has combined with the security and it is too pack. On the top of that, there is a problem of the unclear signage. They are hidden behind the information counter, too small for read and not eye catching enough. Lastly, the program of the film archive are not balance. The service and archive parts are like 30% and 70%, and the arrangement of program cause the spacial problems. exsiting plan
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Therefore, to solve the spacial problems, the design should have clear zoning and structured circulation.It should integrate different functions in a zone to create cohesion. In order to make a circulation, signage is very important. So, the signage in lobby should be eye catching and able to lead the route.Besides, the program should balance the service and research parts. Therefore, they can be order into both 50% service and 50% archive.
Box ofďŹ ce
Reception Entry
Transitional Area
Info. Cafe
Lift
Info.
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PROBLEM SOLVING
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
Features of Hong Kong
WHAT IS MOVIE? In my point of view, movie is the copy of our daily life, more exactly; it reflects the culture of the place we are living in.Of couse, movie has many categories and it transmit different messages. However, it always contains hidden messages to educate or inform the audience. The main category of Hong Kong movie is action film, which includes Crime films, Kung Fu movies, Gangster films and Superhero. The features of these movie are the overlayed identities in movie and the repeated stories layout. Also, they have many copies of season based on one film. Moreover, the movie poster designs of Hong Kong Crime film just like copy and paste.
The movie production style
DAILY LIFE
Density Repeated pattens Replication Dots and Lines
CRIME FILMS
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DESIGN ELEMENTS
CONCEPT SKETCHES
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Density
Lines
Dots
CONCEPT APPLICATION
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MORSE CODE REPLICATION The lines and dots with replication create density and rthythm, which are like morse code. As I have mentioned, movie carries out hidden messages that morse code does. Therefore, i use morse code as my design concept. I apply the design elements like density, repeated patterns , replication, dots and lines into my design. Here are the different combination of using dots and lines, I use these features to create a oor pattern in the cafe.
ALIGN
VERTICAL
FALL APART
ALIGN
DIFFERENT LENGTH
RANDOM
There is a hidden signate in the cafe. - 20 -
ALIGN
DIFFERENT LENGTH
Book Storage
RANDOM with RTHYTHM
A book storage wall run through the cafe. It allows people to read books and get information from digtal sceen. - 21 -
AXONOMETRIC
Book Storage
Information Cafe
waiting seat Entrance
Reception
FIANL MODEL
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Box office
Leaflet
Lift
FINAL OUTCOME
This render shows the information cafe.
This render shows the book storage and the seating of the cafe.
This render shows the seating and the oor pattten of the cafe. - 23 -
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RAW FOOD SHARE MOOD HEALTHY FAST FOOD COURT FOR SHEK KIP MEI’S RESIDENTS
SITE
7/F, Shek Kip Mei Estate Ancillary Facilities Block, 100 Woh Chai Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon
BREIF To create a bonding communal space by understanding the social matters and relevant design implications
RECREATIONAL PROJECT
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PROJECT BACKGROUND
Playground
Gallary
FoodCourt
2F 1F PAUSE
Smart Farm Passive Enjoyable Active Recreational Area This is a four in one recreational space, we hope to provide a platform for different kinds of residents in Shek Kip Mei. It serprated into Active and Passive zone. And I am going to design for the Food Court part.
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WHAT WE AIMS? Create communal space Gather every generations
Elderly Family
Teenager Middle -aged
Create stronger bonding
A new functional communal space are to be proposed in order to enhance the neighbourhood relationship in the public estate that have been left out and also to create its community. By understanding the social matters and identifying relevant design implications, the communal space is to be a place where the bond is born. My design is the active part, which provided an dininging area for people to share happiness and relax. I want to promote Healthy Eat and Art in Food. And I designed for the people to choose whether they want to dine in or take away. I designed a system, people can choose their mood and make an Emoji Artwork. After choosing their food in the ordering area, they can make their own food art and sharing it the the viusalizing area. Eating is happy and also art can make people happy too. I want them to eat healthy and gain happiness from art.
Strengthen the relationship
Shek Kip Mei Estate
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HEALTHY FOOD HEALTHY LIFE First of all , this food court aims to promote healthy life, healthy food to Shek Kip Mei residents. As everyone wants to have a healthy body, if i use this as a gimmick, I am sure it can attract different kinds of people in Shek Kip Mei.
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
Besides, I use the human body structure to be my design elements. I want to let people know more about how amazing of their bodies and the importance of having a healthy life with healthy food. Also, I use bones, cell, muscle and circulatory as the main design elements. I try to transform them into a space and let people to feel it. Lastly, I design the take away or dine in circulation for slow and fast eat clients. It is similar like the artery and vein in our bodies. I hope people can enjoy in this healthy lifestyle food court and feel comfortable to share this space with their neighborhood.
Colour Fill in Book Music Media Drawing
Colour
Mood
Eating Area
Automatic design Autonomous
Slow eat Fast food relax
Sharing
Emoji
Art&Food independent life
Art Happiness
patten with food
Clothing
Eating
Shopping
Fruits
Living
Raw food Environmentally friendly
Housewife Retired
Healthy
Residents
Passive
Slow
connection
Relationship
Sex Age Female Male
Systemic
Health
Job Classification
Cell Human Body Structure
Connection Elderly
Easy made
Particle Flow Bonding
Public Housing Shek Kip Mei
Students Workers
Humanity
Flow
Historical Building Old Social Network
衣食住行
vegetarian Food
Speed
Social Network
Elderly Middle-aged Teenagers Kids
neighborhood isolated
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Elements
Circulation System Cell Bones Muscle Circulatory
Spacital Circulation
FORM TRANSFORMATION
STERNUM
vertical line
vertical plane
horizontal
This is a Feature Frame in dining area, inspired by human bones -- sternum. I try to tranfrom its shape from vertical to horizontal. Also, I draw and make some frames with their own characters. However, I choose to use the simple structure frame to develop. - 29 -
BONE STRUCTURE
This is another big feature in corridor nearby dining area, inspired by the structure of bones. It is created a feeling of the shelter, like what bones protect our organs.
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TESTING MODEL
ORDERING SYSTEM RUNDOWN
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1
L
M
S
PROGRAM
Choose a size fit for your container get a print out emoji
Choose your mood
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4
Use different color of slow food to fill in your emoji
Share your artwork and enjoy the food!
Entrance
Entrance
Ordering Area
Ordering Area
Reception
Addiction counter
Dining Area
Reception
Staff Room
Kitchen
Addiction counter
Staff Room
Dining Area
Cashier
Cashier
Visualizing Area
PUBLIC PRIVATE
Visualizing Area
Kitchen
MOST ADJACENCY
TAKE AWAY CUSTOMER
LESS ADJACENCY
DINE IN CUSTOMER
FAR
STAFF
BUBBLE DIAGRAM
CIRCULATION
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FLOORPLAN
ENTRANCE RECEPTION
ADDICTION COUNTER
ORDERING AREA
STAFF ROOM DINING AREA CASHIER VISUALIZING AREA
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KITCHEN
Addiction Counter
Entrance Ordering Area Reception Kitchen
Staff Room
Dining Area Cashier Visualizing Area
Public
Private
Pathway
ENTRANCE
ADDICTION COUNTER
TRANSITION AREA
STAFF AREA
DINING AREA
ORDERING AREA
BLOCK DIAGRAM
KITCHEN
VISUALIZING AREA
ENTRANCE
STAFF AREA
ORDERING AREA
Reception
KITCHEN
Cashier
Staff Room
VISUALIZING AREA ADDICTION COUNTER DINING AREA
ZONING
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TRANSITION AREA
FIANL MODEL
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FINAL OUTCOME
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NORTH SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
SOUTH SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
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RENDERING
People can choose their mood and food in the ordering area.
People enjoy their food in the dining area.
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The big feature created the private between the corridor and dining area.
The visualizing area is closed to the cashier.
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This render show how people use the space in library.
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MOVE-ON COWORK CENTRE A LIFESTYLE STUDIO FOR TEENAGERS
MOVE-ON
SITE
The Jockey Club Environmental Bldg, 77 Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
BREIF To create a cooperative studio for young people, especially for students and young freelancers
GRADUATION PROJECT
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MOVE- ON is a 24 hours co-work centre for students and freelancers. Nowadays, co-work centre in Hong Kong is not common at all. Although, there are some co-work studio for entrepreneurs and businessman; in fact, plenty of them are for college and university students.
BACKGROUND
Therefore, in cooperation with Cocoon and with supprt of CREATEHK, the idea of MOVE-ON co-work centre has appeared.
WHAT IS COWORKING?
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Coworking is a style of work that involves a shared working environment, it oers community and workspace to solo workers.
VISION Through this centre, we hope to promote co-work culture in Hong Kong. To let people understand and accept the difference types of job, by having connection with different people in this centre.
OBJECTIVE MOVE-ON is a creative and innovative co-work centre. We hope to bring new inspiration in the district and create a community by gathering a group of young people.
CLIENT
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Surrounding Building
SITE INFORMATION 100M
200M
300M
Address: The Jockey Club Environmental Bldg, 77 Tat Chee Ave, Hong Kong
Academic Exchange Bldg Hong Kong Productivity Council Parc Oasis Innocentre Heung to Middle School City University of Hong Kong Academic 1
Festival Walk Yew Chung International School City University of Hong Kong Education Bureau Kowloon Tong Education Resource
Yung Wo Nursing Home
Site Advantages and disadvantages The site is located in a cultured area and very close to City University, which have schools, design centre, education resource, shopping mall and residential area surrounded by. It has fufiled my client and the atmosphere I hope my centre to be. Moreover, it has high accessibility, which is nearby the transport interchange and MTR station.
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However, it is not close to the general public. As it is surrounded by the higher social class area and the higher level of consumption.
USER & THEIR NEEDS MOVE-ON cowork centre is mainly design for young people, including local and oversea students, freelancers and designers. We hope to fuямБl each of their needs. Also, to create a platfrom for them to know each others, share new ideas and views.
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Students
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Freelancers
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PROJECTS
GROUP WORK
RELAX MOOD
LOCAL CULTURE
SOCIAL CONNECT
STUDIO
NEW FRIENDS
ACCESSIBILITY
VIEWS
EVENTS
MEET FRIENDS
INSPRATION
QUITE
INTEREST
BOOK TYPES
FOOD
Designers
4
Readers
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BUSINESS FLOW
USER INFO FIRST FLOOR
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DESIGN CONCEPT
TETRIS
MIND MAP GATHER QUIET
WORK
represent different activities and zoning FUN
After drawing the mindmap, I can highlight the four keywords. I found these fours words are very important in the co-working space. I decide to use the four words to make the zoning of the MOVE-ON cowork centre. - 46 -
THE ZONING Gather Quiet Fun Work
CONCEPT EXPLANATION Coworking is a combination of different people and actities, its also a place to think, a place for fun. Tetris is a mind training game, also, each tetris represent an Engligh letter, which is meaningful and unique. Its just like different kinds of people cooprating together and ďŹ nishing the task.
This diagram shows where the stairs connecting the building.
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ZONING DIAGRAM
BUBBLE DIAGRAM LEGEND
STORAGE
neutral
desirable
negative
PROS
CAFE
INFO COUNTER
CAFE INFO COUNTER
People can choose their ways to cafe or go into the public area, sitting stair.
TOILET
TOILET
Sitting landscape and sitting area are next to library, people can sit there and enjoy their reading time.
ENTRANCE
READING AREA
mandatory
ENTRANCE
G/F LIBRARY
CONS LIFT
READING STAIR
LIFT
Storage is not close to the library, staff has to carry heavy books to walk for some few ways.
SITTING LANDSCAPE
LEGEND
LIBRARY
PUBLIC AREA
PUBLIC SPACE
SEMI-PRIVATE SPACE
PRIVATE SPACE
OPEN SPACE
Library should be the pathway in connection between reading stair to cafe, that placing book storage may block people’s way. GROUND FLOOR
GROUND FLOOR
RECEPTION DOWN TO 1/F RECEPTION
UP TO 2/F
PROS RESTING AREA
RESTING AREA
TOILET
Lockers are good to place next to the studio, so that people can put or take their belongings conveniently.
TOILET
STUDIO
Reception is directly placed in the way people walk in from the stair.
STUDIO
There are public space that people can get in and use the facility even they are not the members.
1/F CONS LOCKERS
LIFT
READING STAIR
LIFT
LOCKER
Lockers are far from resting area, people has to walk through the studio to get their belongings.
SITTING AREA
PROS As it is a cowork centre, it is good to have many semi-private space, which may allow people to walk around the space freedomly.
PUBLIC AREA
Reception is far away from reading stair, where people can not seek help from staffs directly.
CONS FIRST FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
There are so few private space, it may cause some saftey problems. Also, people may feel insecurity when there are too many public area. There are not enough space for the staff, they own plenty of space in this centre.
DOWN TO 1/F
PROS
RESTING AREA
UP TO 3/F
WORKSHOP EVENT AREA
RESTING AREA
People can directly get into the project room by taking the lift.
TOILET
2/F
TOILET
Event area is far away from workshop, so people may not distract by the noise from some actitivties.
EVENT AREA
WORKSHOP
CONS PROJECT ROOM
LIFT
LIFT
People needs to pass through the resting area to get in the workshop, may cause inconvenient.
PROJECT ROOM
Project room is close to event area, it may bring noise to the people inside. SECOND FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
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Ground Floor
Second Floor
FLOORPLAN Some people may think a round shape plan will always lead to one circluration. However, I make good use of this feature, create a new ow to the user. I create some void space between the building. After making the void space, there have some changes on the human ow. People can have their ways to get in the centre and using services.
First Floor
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SECTION
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ISOMETRIC
The isometric shows the void space in between the building. There are relationships for each floors, its zoning is vertical and according to the activities.
CONCEPT APPLICATION
FURNITURE SYSTEM RELAXING WORKING AREA seating design Relax seating for causal work and gathering
SITTING AREA (1/F) Chair and desk can have different combination
--> flexible furniture -->move around easily
READING AREA ceiling design
bookstorage
seating design --> moveable seating
READING AREA seating design Relaxing seat for reading, studying
CAFE can contain more people ---> for gathering, dicussion
seating design
can contain more people ---> for gathering, dicussion
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RENDERING
This render shows the entrance and the void between ground and first floor.
This render shows how people using the public space in sitting landscape and reading stair.
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This render shows how students and designers using the workshop.
This render shows the void space in between the first floor and ground floor.
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PERSPECTIVE
Ground Floor - CAFE
First Floor - STUDIO
Ground Floor - READING AREA
First Floor - STUDIO
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OUTCOME
Second Floor - CINEMATHEQUE
First Floor - SITTING AREA
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