Ava Ng
2019-2024 Selected Works
Email: ngpanchi7@gmail.com
Phone Number: +61 493167205
Linkedin :www.linkedin.com/in/ava-ng-guest
Educational Background
Master Of Architecture
Melbourne Of University | Melbourne
Bachelor Of Architecture
Monash University | Melbourne
Higher Diploma In Architecture
HKUSPACE | Hong Kong
Project Experiences
Columbarium Of Memorials Competition WOWWOWWOW | Bee Breeders
The Hanger Ticinum Competition TerraViva Competitions
The Living Museum Competition TerraViva Competitions
The Ger Innovation Hub / Rural Urban Framework
The University of Hong Kong
Work Experiences
Architectural Internship WOWWOWWOW | Singapore
Monash Critic
Monash University | Melbounre
Honor & Awards
Branding Asistant @hkrenov| Hong Kong
MADA NOW 2022 - Overall Best In Studio
MADA NOW 2022 - Best In Studio : On A Collision Course
Monash Art , Design & Architecture | Melbourne
Certificate of Merit - Outstanding Leadership Award Canossa College | Hong Kong
Certificate of Merit - “Guangong-HongKong-Macao Marine Life Drawing” Agriculture,Fisheries and Conservation Department | Hong Kong
Personal Skills
Rhinoceros 7.0
Advanced
Autocad 2024
Adaptive Reuse /Design Retrofit Gallery / Mixed-use building
Adoptive Reuse / Material
Community Hub / Housing
KOMBUCHA FLAB COLLISION COURSE
Community Hub COLLISION COURSE
Revitalisation
Of An Apocalyptic Shipyard,Hong Kong, Shum Wan
Thesis Project
Winter 2024
Retrofit , Cultural Revitalistion, Master Planning Instructor: Emilio Fuscaldo
Contact:emilio@nestarchitects.com.
Site Location: Shum Wan Industrial District,Southen Hong Kong
What if “architecture collides with music as a connector to revitalize an underutilized district in Shum Wan Temporary Industrial Hong Kong?”
An experimental project challenges capitalist-driven urbanization. by reimagining Shum Wan as a harmonious space where architecture, music, and cultural heritage connect generations and enrich community life.
Temporary Shum Wan Industrial District .Once a vibrant center for fishermen and industrial workers, the district now faces numerous challenges, including unregulated settlements, unlicensed food establishments, inadequate sanitation, and a lack of waste management. Despite its current state, the site holds valuable remnants of Hong Kong’s history, with deep-rooted ties to traditional fishing villages and the legacy of its industrial working class, both of which are at risk of being lost amid a declining craftsman industry. Simultaneously, Hong Kong’s underground music scene faces significant challenges, struggling to secure affordable venues and cultivate connections within the local community.
This project proposes an adaptive reuse approach, repurposing existing materials and structures on-site to establish spaces for collaborative workshops, music festivals, pop-up events, and cultural programming. By transforming Shum Wan into a dynamic cultural hub, the project seeks to foster social cohesion, preserve the district’s historical identity, and draw public attention to the endangered craftsman trades. Through this reimagined use of space, the project aspires to reveal the site's overlooked cultural significance, promoting awareness and active engagement with Hong Kong’s heritage.
Shum Wan Industrial District
This project envisions Shum Wan Temporary Industrial District as a dynamic cultural center, where music, craftsmanship, and communal activities foster intergenerational connection and cultural preservation. By revitalizing Shum Wan’s industrial landscape with spaces that cater to both artistic expression and traditional crafts, the design prevents isolation and ensures that Shum Wan remains an inclusive, supportive space for generations to come. Through the adaptive reuse of bamboo, affordable creative spaces, and innovative community programming, Shum Wan transforms from a neglected site into a thriving community where young and old find meaning, connection, and shared purpose. Ultimately, this project preserves Shum Wan’s historical identity while allowing the district to grow as a place of continued cultural exchange. By fostering a space where each generation can connect and contribute, the design ensures that Shum Wan becomes an active part of Hong Kong’s community fabric, where cultural legacy and community bonds strengthen, enriching the city’s heritage for years to come.
‘THE RAIN LINE’ THE WONDERLAND IN THE CITY
Acadamic Project
Fall 2023
Urban Planning , Museum
Instructor: Virginia Mannering
Contact:virginia.mannering@unimelb.edu.au
Site Location: Koondrook , Barham , VIC
The elevated pathway provides visual connectivity, opportunities to explore the Murray, experience the humidity ,ventilation,and optimize the circulation. This bridge offer a sensory moment , acting as a bridge between the Koondrook and Barham, allowing visitors to stand and immerse themselves in the surrounding.
This project strives for highlighting the climate concern , enlightens the social, and cultural value of these two towns with resilient strategies.The rain line museum is a 270m ramped bridge . It located on the eastern side of the Koondrook Brahma bridge with 6-10M wide ,with meshed cycling and walking track on the two sides respectively, the theater is twisted 20 degree facing the state forest , people can looking at the Koondrook state forest while having lecture or workshop here.
The bridge also reoriented the rain water to three rain gardens , and Murray river in which aims to control with uncontrolled water circulation by to effectively capture stormwater runoff from the bridge to the two rain gardens located upstream of the bridge.
Its sustainable addition to the local community, while also promoting awareness of environmental issues. The rain museum elevated 6.2m above the Murray river , to prevent flooding , since the highest flood level in Koondrook is 6.16m
The rain line bridge museum is an twin of Koondrook Brahma bridge, they are the activators of the states , the Koondrook Braham bridge supports for Regional traffic also contributes to the local economy. witnessed the ups and downs of this town. the rain line bridges museum arise the awareness of the cilmate and experience the people of the town , highlighting the needs of caring the country and the history , culture of the town.
THE MURRAY RIVER
Koondrook-Barham Bridge
‘THE
LIMITLESS’
Acadamic Project
Summer 2023
Group Work :Museum , Academy School , Makerspace
Instructor: Samuel Hunter
Contact :samuel.hunter@unimelb.edu.au
Site Location: Clifton Hill Shot Tower , Clifton Hill , VIC
The Limitless delicately brings in nature to provide a fresh and healing environment for the local artists, so as to increase the inhabitants quality of life. Furthermore , it was obligated to awaken the value of craftsmanship in this advanced world by integrating the exhibition spaces , business opportunities in the site. The master plan is formed with an apartment , fashion academy and pottery manufacturing. These buildings surround the inverted exhibition factory .
The artists are working and living with this heritage - the forgotten site. To emphasize on the unremembered, the buildings are structured with avant-garde tectonics (the extravagant roof canopy and truss facade ) as a principle - “ Creativity should be bold and limitless.” The architectural reference to the Dutch pavilion. The scheme arranges the natural in between the main working spaces. At ground level it allows for visibility and accessibility, whilst the third level, the “nature” and cultural events populate in between the fashion academy and pottery manufacturing, fabric dying workshops .It exists as a monumental multi-level park that takes on the character of a happening. You can see this in the long section.
‘THE
FUTURE FAST FASHION TYPOLOGY’ KOMBUCHA FLAB
Acadamic Project
Fall 2024
Material , Makespace, Retrofit
Instructor: Nancy Ji
Contact:yao.ji@unimelb.edu.au
Site Location: The District Shopping Mall, Docklands , VIC
The evolving technique makes the fast fashion industry grow. Fast Fashion forms a toxic system of overproduction and consumption, and it has made fashion one of the world’s largest polluters. Fast fashion’s negative impact includes using cheap, toxic textile dyes—making the fashion industry one of the largest polluters of clean water globally, right up there with agriculture. But even “natural” fabrics can be a problem at the scale fast fashion demands. Conventional cotton requires enormous amounts of water and pesticides in India and China. This results in drought risks and creates extreme stress on water basins and competition for resources between companies and local communities.
Introducing Kombucha Flab, a unique concept that combines a Kombucha Brewery Factory and Sewing Cafe. At Kombucha Flab, we utilize the waste produced during the Kombucha fermentation process, known as SCOBY, to create fashion products through sewing with old clothes donated by the community in the District Docklands. The clothes off cut will send to textile brick maker space to turn the off cuts to bricks , or insulation in the building.See This initiative serves as an activism to promote biodegradable fashion and address the excessive local fast fashion industry.
By repurposing materials and encouraging sustainable practices, Kombucha Flab contributes to reducing textile waste and fostering a culture of environmental consciousness within the community. Join us in our mission to promote eco-friendly fashion and make a positive impact on our environment.
Back To Nature
The Biodegradable “Fast Fashion”
Kombucha SCOBYs primarily consist of cellulose, a carbohydrate that is indigestible for humans. Nevertheless, they contain minute quantities of essential nutrients, including vitamins, minerals, and organic acids, which are produced during the fermentation process. These nutrients comprise vitamin C, various B vitamins, acetic acid, lactic acid, and gluconic acid. Furthermore, it is pertinent to highlight that once discarded, SCOBY leather undergoes natural decomposition, ultimately enriching the soil with valuable nutrients. This biodegradable attribute distinguishes it from materials like cotton, which may persist in landfills indefinitely without undergoing decomposition.
The retractable Clipping System
The End Of life Of Scoby Ceiling
Users can detach the ceiling SCOBY after 1-5 years, once it begins to partially dissolve. They can then remove degraded portions and replace them with new sections using the folding double shaft module system.
Combining biodegradable expanded cork board and recycled textile bricks and increase the wall thickness to 300mm between the vertical garden and the sewing workshop to reduce the hot and cold transmission. S02 Insulation
‘N5 Cargo Shed Dockland Heritage 1991’
Acadamic Project
Winter 2022
Urban Planning , Housing , Museum
Contact Email : Inat.pornvarojanabun@monash.edu
Site Location: N5 Cargo Shed , Dockands , VIC
The role of architecture is important in affecting the human perception of a site and society. This architecture is corporate with the idea of ``Psychogeography’’ -The intersection of psychology and geography. It is an act of Activism and revelation of historical narrative and social ideology. It directs people to Walk purposelessly and reveals the unrevealed parts.
Inspired by the precedent Amsterdam orphanage, and given the site’s mission of seafarers church has cooperative charity work in the long history, This architecture heavily focuses on the use of landscaping, colour therapy and the psychological impact of shapes on humans. For instance, the use of a Circle implies community, and wholeness.
In a nutshell . This architecture is obliged to slow down the passengers and provoke them to discover the unrevealed areas of this site. Let them walk unconditionally, explore, and realise the beauty of the ordinary according to (WHO) Healing gardens or walks in nature can also serve as prevention against diseases; it’s a benefit to humans mentally and physically.
However, this architecture targets the homeless since they are a group of minorities who need to be healed and helped. Additionally, giving concern about the increasing number of homeless and housing expenses, this architecture offers affordable 8-sharing lofts, in total 64 rooms, a charity community centre, a praying room for the homeless or people who suffer from financial issues or depression in Melbourne, to offer them job opportunities and benefit the society.
The architecture was performed with subtraction intervention. Without adding ornament to show the most ordinary part of history. The Ramps and tunnels interfere with the site to strengthen the perception of the historical moment of the site- the Mission of Seafarer church, Seafarers bridge, the site Cargo Shed N5(The crane was built in 1948 by Malcolm Moore Limited and is acknowledged to be part of
‘THE
INFINITO’
Acadamic Project
Summer 2022 Museum , Urban Planning
Contact Email : Isabel.Lasala-Hernandez@monash.edu
Site Location: The Princess Pier , Port Melbourne , VIC
The Infinite Community Centre symbolises boundless, infinity and expression of hope in port Melbourne. Referencing the Yokohama terminal and Tea community Centre waterfront in China. The architecture has turned the sense of monumentality into a symbolic form. Yet, It highlights the historical moments and features of princes pier from the immigration wave and industrialisation period from 1912-to 2011. The design is merged with the city harbour and serves as a public space for passengers.
The site princess pier has originally designed with Gatehouse, shipping facilities, Bollards, drainages, benches weathering steel kiosk houses and installation art.In this proposal Only the gatehouse and shipping faculties have been preserved from the site, The architecture is formed by a ramp. It is structured with the extension of existing piles. . to surround the gatehouse as it is a presentation of in industrial period that was used to monitor the cargo and traffic on to and off of the pier. The ramp has merged with the site and connects people from level -3.0 to + 5.0. It guides visitors to discover the unrevealed vanishing points in Prince Pier. Furthermore, the ramp and spaces were angled to create a mysterious feeling and dynamic light access.
/ Melbourne Australia / High-Rise Building / Construction / / Summer Course / Elective University Of Melbounre / Instructed by Yohan Abhayaratne
/ Melbounre Australia / NHS Performance Hub / Sustainability / / Summer Course / Elective Monash University / Instructed by Haris
/ Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia / Community Center / Construction / / Summer Course / Work Under Rural Urban Framework & Ger Hub / Instructed by Joshua Bolchover
High Performance NHS Performance Hub Design
UX Web Design | CNC Milling
Columbarium Of Memorials