ACADEMIC PROFOLIO •
Master of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, 2011
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Bachelor of Built Environment (AS), Queensland University of Technology, 2008
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Higher Diploma in Architectural Studies, City University of Hong Kong, 2002
COMPETITION •
REPEAT Digital Fabrication Competition, 2011 Organised by TEX-FAB http://tex-fab.net/category/compete/ Rendering only, collaborate with Mr. Gao Yan, Assistant Professor, HKU [HONORABLE MENTIONS]
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Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom, 2009 Organised by Architecture for Humanity http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/competitions/challenge/2009 [Entry]
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Designing in Teheran, 2008 Organised by United Colors of Benetton http://www.benettongroup.com/designinginteheran/ [SELECTED PROJECTS]
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HKIA Kadoorie Pier Design Competition 2001 Organised by The Hong Kong Institute of Architects & Architectural Service Dept. HKSAR collaborate with Mr. Joseph Wong, Assistant Professor, CityU [WINNER, project get built]
ACADEMIC MArch, THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, 2011 •
Thesis “Reworking Reclamation” Supervisor: Mr. David Erdman
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Design Studio III “Forgetting Macau” Tutor: Mr. Tom Verebes Groupmates for Masterplanning: Tony Yam and William Lai
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Design Studio II “Dense Mass” Tutor: Mr. David Erdman & Ms. Clover Lee Groupmates: Tony Yam and William Lai
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Design Studio I “Paramat” Tutor: Mr. Jonathan D. Solomon Groupmates for Analysis: Stanley Chan and Jeff Gao
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Elective “Environmental Thickness” Tutor: Mr. David Erdman
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Elective “Digital Technique: Digital Project” Tutor: Mr. Gao Yan Groupmate: Choi Kit Wang
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Elective “Building Structure and Systems” Tutor: R. Garcia
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Elective “ReBuilding Utopia: Visions of architecture in the post-war world” Tutor: Ms. Eunice Seng
BBE (Architectural Studies), QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, 2008 •
Design Studio II “Big Screen Live: Mong Kok Studios” Tutor: Mr. John Cheng
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Deisgn Studio I “Integrating the Scapes of Community Culture, Commerce & City Circulation: An Urban Insertion along the Mid-levels Escalator” Tutor: Anthony Cheung
HD (Architectural Studies), CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, 2002 •
Final Year Project “Dance Studio for CCDC (City Contemporary Dance Company)” Tutor: Derek Yuen
MArch, HKU, 2011 •
Thesis “Reworking Reclamation” Supervisor: Mr. David Erdman Statment This project is to challenge the traditional practice of urban growth by reworking the concept of expanding land into water. The aim could be achieved by investigating a sustainable model of topological transformation and development of reclamation.
The direction and allocation of the network of islands is affected by the water current. The study is proposing a trajectory of change for individual island or its multiple configuration such as they gathered as a cluster to grow.
Inspired by modern reinterpretation of archipelago, the technological experiment will be on concerns such as retention techniques, and man-made island construction, along with creating landmass, the study will also focusing on rejuvenating existing reclaimed area.
The proposed typologies of islands are varied in size and the pre-determined choice of hard or edge which control its future expansion. It provides flexibility in turns of architectural planning of either taking the advantage of solid and controlled structure of the hard edge part or using the soft edge part which provides more possibility in terms of water interfaces to create kind of mat building typology.
Housing will be the architectural program to be studied; the site is aiming to carry a high population load as projected by government’s future planning and the design will be a flexible solution by providing variety in terms of living conditions. PRECEDENTS Plan for Tokyo Bay, Kenzo Tange This hypothetical urban scheme being proposed by Tange was trying to solve the overcrowding urban condition and the limitation in expanding its infrastructure under an enormous un population of the Tokyo city during 1950-60s. He tried to promote the society should be developed as a more advance network by taking a reference to the nervous system of human being. Therefore his plan for Tokyo is a progressive pattern of growth that bases on a five-year interval, it started to growth as an independent floating mega structure that is supported by a ring of transportation network which serving the building structure in between. As time goes by the network would growth and extend to connect with the inline, merging with the urban context. This elevated “lattices” do not only provide physical structure but more importantly it provides a web of communication network that allows infrastructures to plugins, extend and inter-connect, this is what made this scheme being sustainable hypothetically, compares that what used to happen in a traditional urban grid. Artificial Archipelago Archipelago is an interesting natural geography, their gather as a group of small islands where they existence are seems to be random, but each of these islands do enjoy the embrace of water edges. Recently, a trend in some of the richest Arabic cities tried to man-made this kind of natural geographical phenomenon. But their presence is almost exclusively for rick people, which they can occupy the seafront privately and treat it as their private heaven. The fanatical projection of using archipelago as a model of land growth by reclamation is one of the major aspect in this study. The aim is to create a typology of artificial archipelago which is able to cater the massive infrastructure and logistical requirement for modern metropolis living condition. PROJECT DEFINITION: TYPOLOGICAL MORPHOLOGY The project is a combination of two operations in land mass; one is to “CUT” away some existing land mass by connecting existing riverine system which was being blocked or hided away from its connection with the ocean. This operation tries to revitalize the natural water bodies’ dynamics and during the process, the effect of breaking down existing large, solid land mass into pieces is desired to introducing water edges into the inland and creating different form of land mass. Secondly, the operation “FILL” is a system of creating artificial island as a model of land growth. The design and construction of island is guided by a principle of hard and soft edges. The hard edge part of an island will be protected by a stiff and linear seawall, which provides maximum structural and hydraulic protection; on the soft edge part, the island will have no structural protection on its edge and subject to sediment deposition, during the process the perimeter and shape of the island is projected to change.
In the largest island there will be a tidal zone in between the link to two sides of the island. The zone is situated in the middle of the island and the typography of this part of the land will be created by natural sediment, it will be covered by the wave of tide during the daily 2.5m of tidal change in the region. It will be an ideal amphibious environment in experimental living condition. INFRASTRUCTURAL MULTI-LAYERING Providing any planning on the sea would face one issue is how to connect them in an efficient way to suit the modern, urban style of living. Consider the huge amount of people to accommodate in such area, a pure transportation network by ferry is not feasible. Therefore in the proposal, in the site of the link bridge as proposed by the government, the idea of the vehicular link is to accepted, and serving the same intended function of linking the new tunnel from Lam Tin, which connects the site with the majority of Kowloon side; and also linking up the existing TKO town center and also the relatively un-developed TKO East. Furthermore, a transportation hub is created in the middle of the site, linked with the vehicular bridge. It will be served as a multi-function base for residents and visitors to park, to take ferry and act as a public square on its surface. The ferry will be designated to travel along different routes that running across different parts of the archipelago. A potential MTR link is possible and the hub could be the outlet for such line. HOUSING According to government’s planning, the whole Tseung Kwan O area will house 450000 of people, in an expansion of 90000 more than current condition. In an average household size of about three persons per family, it means in the area, about 30000 more units of housing is required to accommodate such growth in population. Solving such needs a high density planning of housing is unavoidable, therefore by extending the landmass into the ocean is one way to promote a better living standard in such living condition. Therefore by taking the advantage of the network of archipelago, the allocation of such high-rise can be planned with hierarchy and also combined with lower building typology which can be built over the “soft” part of the island. This entire high tower will be planned as vertical community in which communal spaces are allocated in the midst of the tower, and the traditional concept of podium space will be housed within the first few floors of the tower structure.
MArch, HKU, 2011 •
Design Studio III “Forgetting Macau” Tutor: Mr. Tom Verebes Groupmates for Masterplanning: Tony Yam and William Lai
MArch, HKU, 2011 •
Design Studio II “Dense Mass” Tutor: Mr. David Erdman & Ms. Clover Lee Groupmates: Tony Yam and William Lai
MArch, HKU, 2011 •
Design Studio I “Paramat” Tutor: Mr. Jonathan D. Solomon Groupmates for Analysis: Stanley Chan and Jeff Gao
MArch, HKU, 2011 •
Elective “Environmental Thickness” Tutor: Mr. David Erdman Case Studies of two projects in different era to understand its cause of “Thickness” and the environmental foundation behind the concept. The course works include extensive digital and physical modelling works for an elective and also digramtic analysis
MArch, HKU, 2011 •
Elective “Digital Technique: Digital Project” Tutor: Mr. Gao Yan The aim of course is to learn the powerful parametric design software “Digital Project (CATIA)”. This execise is to apply the skill by drawing up a building project and apply all those parametric techinque such as the dimension of each staircase components are parametric relationship to the others, or the building envelope are composed by different layers of walls in which their set-out is related to another layer.
MArch, HKU, 2011 •
Elective “Building Structure and Systems” Tutor: R. Garcia Tree Structure - Designing a parametric structural system which takes the tree trunk biological typology as an inspiration. Self-developed grasshopper script to allow variation in the system by adjusting parameter. The System is modular and flexible.
MArch, HKU, 2011 •
Elective “ReBuilding Utopia: Visions of architecture in the post-war world” Tutor: Ms. Eunice Seng Project 1 The Master of Solitude - Study of Luis Barragan lift and design and case study his project “Gardens of El Pedregal” of its revolutionary vision in modelling and marketing maybe the world first project as marketed as life-style intregrated sub-urban masterplanning. Project 2 Re-Branding Hong Kong - Reinverting Hong Kong’s stubbornly faceless marketing strategy by introducing a “Kung-Fu” city concept which take Hong Kong’s unique urban charactersitcs into a gigatanic action playground.
BBE (AS), QUT, 2008 •
Design Studio II “Big Screen Live: Mong Kok Studios” Tutor: Mr. John Cheng Mixed-use studio for community and artist, apartment for youth.
BBE (AS), QUT, 2008 •
Deisgn Studio I “Integrating the Scapes of Community Culture, Commerce & City Circulation: An Urban Insertion along the Mid-levels Escalator” Tutor: Anthony Cheung Communal Art Center at an sloping site.
HD (AS), CityU, 2002 •
Final Year Project “Dance Studio for CCDC (City Contemporary Dance Company)” Tutor: Derek Yuen
THE END Professional practice works please refer to another seperate portfolio