Portfolio
Calvin Chan 2006 - 2012
2006 - 2009
Bachelor of Arts (Architectural Studies). University of Hong Kong
2010 - 2012
Master of Architecture, University of Hong Kong
2006-2009
2009-
Fall 2010
Spring 2011
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Undergraduate
Professional Experience
Urban Ecologies
Fate of FORM
Shell Game
Re-Grounding +105.0 m
Ke Hopewell Office
+56.0 m
+43.0 m
+20.4 m
Hop Shoppin ewell g Mal l
+25.0 m +13.0 m
+10.4 m
opewell ntre ffices
“Re-G ro Multip unding” le Datu m
Original Propos Single Da al tum 220 m
105
+105.0 m
Kennedy Road Stat Sing us Quo le D atum
Hopewell Office
+56.0 m
0 +43.0 m
+20.4 m
Ho Shoppinpewell g Mall
Mu Interv ltip enti le D on atu m
+25.0 m +13.0 m
Sau Wa
Fong
+10.4 m Exis ting Lot 02 Plin th
Sho p
pin
g M Lo all t 01 Acc ess Ken n
Lot edy 03 Roa d
Exist
L ing ot 04 Plin th
Lot 05 Nei Histo ghbo ric rhoo d
Lot 06 Loc borh al ood
Nei gh
Site Subdivision Multiple Ground
Qu ee
n’s Ro ad
Eas
t
B.L.
B.L.
B.L.
B.L.
B.L.
B.L.
Kennedy Road
Ship Street Office
Serviced Apratment
Residential
Sau Wa Fong
Hotel
Key Plan
Dining Sports Ground
Roof Garden
Swimming Pool
Nam Koo Terrace
Gallery
Viewing Deck
Hostel
Lay-by
Plaza Park
Studio
pewell ntre
Back of House
opping Mall Front of House
Retail Car Park
Lot 1 Commercial Shopping
Auditorium
Lot 2 + 3 Commerical Condominium Art and Culture
Lot 4 Art and Culture Sports
Lot 5 Art and Culture
Unfolded Journey 0
10
20
Lot 6 Park/ Hotel 50 m
Re-Grounding
M.Arch. II Spring (thesis)
2002 The Belcher’s
A Critique: Ground Thickening as an economic agenda
1990 Hilltop Gardens
1977 Broadview Terrace
1963 Hillview Gardens
Thickened Ground
-17.9 m
0.0 m
0.0 m
8.3 m +7.0 m
+35.4 m 24.7 m
Buil 1955 ding Setb Ordinan ack Line ce
Principa +56.4 m
Buil 1 19 P.D. ding Pla 980 B Plot uildin 66 n +15 m n ning R Rati g Ord on d e o an inan ome gulation d Sit ce stic eC pod s overa ium ge Sino 1 -B Lim ritish 984 it la Jo nd sa int D les < eclara 50 H tion a/ye ar
l Datum
1997 repla List Po li ces a nnu cy al la nd sa
les
“Thickened Ground” // Datum Shift // Building Code
Research: Thickened Ground
Over the time the artificial ground has been “thickened” by means of code and injecting optional program. There is a shift from applying building code for practical concern to manipulation to achieve a building mass which shows more economic greed than architectural concern. The ever-shifting datum continuously disengages itself from the idea of “ground”. Programs are interiorized. Open spaces are rendered as leftover spaces. A thickened ground has proven to have economic value in current manifestation. Yet is it possible to re-imagine an alternate scenario: by re-interpreting datum, “thickened ground” is also a device to induce intimate spatial relationship between ground and building mass?
500 500
500 500
Building Code Reinterpretation
Mass Customized Mould
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheared Spacesâ&#x20AC;?
Shell Game
M.Arch. II Fall
Exploring Variation and Integration in Pre-Fabricated Facades The studio will consider how building codes might be reworked to improve performance and aesthetics through strategic variation. Base on an existing tower study, choose certain aspects of the relevant code to “bend” to make the building perform better in some way. APP-19 should be the focus of this exercise. To create Sheared Spaces which incorporate in-between spaces for users’ intervention as well as to exaggerate differences/variety of units by standardized panel units.
VARIANT
REVERSAL
TYPE-1
ARMED-STOOL
COMPONENT - 2
COMPONENT - 3
MINIMAL STOOL
SUSPENDED TRAY
VARIANT
TYPE-2-A
ORIGINAL
COMPONENT - 4
REVERSAL
VARIANT
INVERTION
VARIANT
UR
CANTILEVER SUPPORT
EXTENSION
AMPUTATION INVERTION
INSERT
EXTENSION
SHIFT
OFESSIONAL
COFFEE TABLE
4-LEG-STOOL
VARIANT
TYPE-3 HANGER
REVERSAL
COMPONENT - 5 EXTENDED LEG
IKEA stool family tree
(
1*
$ ;&+
(
PRO/PRO/ EDITING MODELING
INSERT
REVERSAL
PRO/ MAKEUP PRO/STUDIO
FLIP
AMR/ SHOP AMR/ CAFE
AMPUTATION
AMR / ‘STUDIO’ AMR/ FITNESS
AGGREGATION
Obsolete factory building transformation: Service Core
PRO/ EDITING PRO/ MODELING
ROTATION
LEIS LEISURE L EISU AMR / ‘STUDIO’ AMR/ FITNESS
RE-DISTRIBUTION
HOTOGRPAHY PRO/ MAKEUP PRO/STUDIO
Obsolete factory building transformation: Structure ENTERTA TE ESHOP RTAAMR/ IN NMENT N AMR/ CAFE
Project 1: IKEA object transformation
Fate of FORM
M.Arch. I Spring
With its uninterrupted large floor plate and heavy loading capacity, the factory as a building type is filled with potentials. Most of Hong Kongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s industrial buildings are relatively young (over 90% are less than 50 years old) and they are built to vigilant building requirements. Challenge the stereotypical redevelopment concept for obsolete building type. Design a Mixed-used project on a constrained site with a given formal and tectonic language. Project 2: RE-deďŹ nition of a Fashion Photography/Modeling HUB
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010 Commercial Housing Affordable Housing Industrial Historic Commercial City Wall Ring and Radial Roads
City boundary & Infrastructure 2nd Ring Road was built for Industrialization
The City Wall marked the urban edge of Imperial Beijing
The First subway line was built to connect suburb to the city
The 3rd Ring Road and more Ring Roads were planned to deal with increasing congestion
Relocation of heavy Industries from city core
5th ring road extends the highway network to the suburb
More extensive subway was built with the push of the Olympics
Satellite Towns in inner suburb
. Housing development
FAR ~0.9
r Wate
Facing the challege of population increase, Siheyuan were used as housing complexes housing multiple families
FAR ~2
FAR ~1.5
Monotonous housing typology was built across the city under a centralized housing production system
Height Limit imposed to preserve historic skyline at city centre put pressure to development
Siheyuan community in old city faced severe Urban Renewal
a gradual change in the urban housing from a social welfare undertaking toward an individual familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s venture. The vast medium rise housing constructions at city periphery had barely enabled the city to keep pace with the ever-growing urban population.
Siheyuans were gradually transformed for commercial use such as hotels and bars.
Real estate companies are developing residential complexes of luxury high-rises in the city
Real Estate Boom
Economic reform opens Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s market to foreign countries 1987:
25.5% of annual GDP 2005
Transaction of Land Use Right Become Legal
Economy Modes There were mainly trading and light industries (e.g. handicrafts) in the city. Trading is also an important economic activity of Peking. Agriculture activities were outside city walls.
Centralized Economy of China collected resources from citizen
A consumer-oriented industry was developed
According to the First Five-Year Plan (1953-1957) for the development of the national economy, industrialization of the city took place. Existing light industries expanded and new heavy industries developed.
Foreign Direct Investment and Rapid Sales of Government land heated up the Real Estate Market JUHDWO\ 'HYHORSPHQWV LQFOLQHG WR KLJK SURÂżW RQHV
The Financial Street is the ÂżUVW PDMRU GHYHORSPHQW IRU tertiary industry in Beijing. Financial headquarters gathered there to kick off economic growth
Zhongguancun Science Park is the research headquarters for many IT companies
ref: eBeijing Statistics
New housing developed in city centre is usually only affordable to the higher income community
Large suburb housing launched to appeal to middle class community
Beijingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total population exceeds 22m, with non-permanent residents standing at eight to nine million
13.5m:8.5m
SOCIAL
Population
residents in 1949
residents in 1980
4.1m
8.5m ONE-CHILD-POLICY: RQO\ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW FKLOG LQ WKH IDPLO\ LV HQWLWOHG
Economy developed rapidly and the peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life and health VWDWXV LPSURYHG WKH ELUWK UDWH ZHQW XS VLJQLÂżFDQWO\
Governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy on control migrants ingress and the tertiary industry development favours younger professional and business workers. Original citizens in central area who were mostly in low-end and labor-intensive industries lose their jobs and move out of the central city
ref: eBeijing Statistics
ref: The Bejing News, 3/8/2010 ONE HISTORIC URBAN BLOCK
CONCERT @ WORKER STADIUM
SOCIAL
400 M
Way of Living and Working
SHOP OFFICE @ JIANWAI SOHO
Community and social happenings take place along narrow alleyways. Urban life contained in one block, activities are within walking distance
NATURAL
Relaxing of HUKOU system: rural residents can obtain work permit and hence residence in the city more easily, leading to increase of migrants and split of extended families
v
Citizens work and live in different districts and go to work by public transport
3HRSOH PRYH LQWR VHOI VXIÂżcient work units of factories in near suburb.
60s - 80s: 0.12 RMB/m3
Water consumption
Urban life usually involve much movement, while the extended subway netwrok does not support very well
Residents living in urban and suburb area depend heavily on transport on ground and underground to travel to the work places, eg CBD, construction project sites
1999: 1.60 RMB/m3
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
2009: 4.00 RMB/m3
ref: eBeijing Statistics
Annual water consumption exceeded the available supply of water source of Beijing City. Serious pollution of surface water worsen the water shortage. The city was facing water crisis.
Rapid raise in water consumption due to increase in population, farmland area and the manufactoring industry development. Low price of water also resulted in waste.
>80% of water is consumed in agricultural farmlands outside city wall.
Frequent adjustment of water price since 90s to reduce wastage of water.
Sewage charge and water resource fee introduced.
Education and publication on public awareness on water saving. The city is also recycling more water.
Air pollution Coal burning for warmth and electricity, development of heavy industries became the main source of air pollutant dating from 60s.
Vehicular public transport was not popular. Bicycle and walking were still the most common transport.
Vehicle transportation grew rapidly. Pollutants from vehicles worsen the air quality in the city.
1949 - 2010 Urban Ecologies Beijing
A Hybrid Car Wash/ Water Treatment Plant in Central Beijing
Arise of coal mining and industries of the provinces close to Beijing brought about air pollutants to Beijing
The city is growing fast. Nearly 50 percent of the air pollution in Beijing at some points is due to construction.
Local factories were forced to be shut down or moved out of the central area.
Government to force drivers from the road: Cars with license plates ending in odd numbers could drive one day; cars with even numbers the next. new EURO IV vehicle emissions standard adopted.
The current urbanization process cannot keep up with development
n
ptio
sum
Con
FAR ~7 A grid-pattern Urban structure formed by tightly organised Siheyuans
ECONOMICAL
Pop
nership v
Vehicle Ow
CONSTRUCTED
ula
tion
Ur ba GD n Ar ea P/ ca pit a
Subway Lines
’)
R
D
(2
E AT W
TE EA
TR
E
G
A W
SE
27,000,000m3 3,000,000m3
30,000m3
¥ 61.68/m
H S A W R A C
3
“¥ 1/m3”
¥ 4.2/m3
+TRANSPORTATION FEE!!
’)
R
D
(2
E AT W
TE EA
TR
CAR WASH WATER
RECLAIMED WATER
DRINKING WATER E
G
A W
SE
Reclaimed water can be a potential cheap replacement to precious drinking water
SLUD
’)
R
WAT ER T ANK
WET
ED
GE
(2
E AT W
LAN
T EA
D
TR
2’ SE
DIME
NTA TION
AER
ATIO N
1’ SE
DIME
NTA TION REE DBE D
Urban Ecologies 1:100 THE HYBRID SYSTEM
M.Arch. I Fall Urban sprawl has become an issue for urban living. What are the causes and effects? Could we understand urban transformation as an “ecological” process? In recent years, Beijing Government has been promoting public use of reclaimed water by susidizing a portion of its cost. Hovever, it is not as effective as it is predicted. For instance, the price for carwashing water has been raised substantially by the governemnt to force the public using reclaim water instead. The result is the illegal use of drinking water for carwashing for its price even cheaper than reclaim water. The difference comes mainly from the transportation cost of reclaim water into the city. There is a need for a local source of reclaim water to alter the current urban ecology of water.
Spring 2008
Spring 2010
Fall 2010
Mediated Labour, eskyiu, HK/SZ Biennale 2008
SD stage, Chu Hai College, OMA
Kwun Tong Promenade Study, HKU Community Project Workshop
Fall 2009
Summer 2011
Cultural District Waterfront, Abu Dhabi, RMJM
Rock Carving Viewing Platform, HKU Community Project Workshop
Fall 2010
Art ALive@ Park. HKU Community Project Workshop
Professional Experience Fall 2011
Site Model, Curatorial Team, HK/SZ Biennale 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Dragon Skin Pavilion, LEAD, HK/SZ Biennale 2012 Contractor team, artlab, HK/SZ Biennale 2012
Cube, Year 1
House, Shek O, Year 1
Hostel, Shekou, Infrastructural Urbanism, Year 2
THE FORMAL STRATEGY STARTS FROM AN EFFICIENT COOPERATION BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION AND PRODUCTION; IT THEN UNFOLDS TO ACCOMODATE LEISURE PROGRAM FOR WORKERS. IT IS A ‘HABITABLE’ FACTORY.
LOG
C al l S i x p t s Sub Sixpts
ISTIC OFF S ICE
IMPO R DRO T P OF F
Dim s tr p ts 3 d p t( 5 ) Dim clo s ecur vep ts ( 6 ) strpts = rhino.GetObjects(“pick 6 pts ”, 1)
QUA CON LITY TRO L MAN A OFF GEMEN ICE T
‘ 1,4 Fo r i = 0 To 1 9
RES EAR CH QUA L CON ITY TRO L
If i = 0 T h en xx= strpt s(1) y y = s t r p t s (4 ) zz = strpt s
LOG IS OFF TICS ICE
ADM
INIS
TRA TIO
SOR
N
TING
E ls e
CUT
TING
xx = n ewst rpt s(1) yy = n e w s t r p t s (4 ) zz = n ewst rpt s
EXP
ORT
LOA
DING
STO
RAG
E
E nd If
FUR NAC E FAB R
ICAT
‘s tr p ts ( 1 ) = rh in o.Mov eObject (xx, array (0,0,0),array ( (-1) , 0, 0) ) s tr p ts (4 ) = rh in o.Mov eObject ( y y, array (0,0,0),arr ay ( 100+5 0*i , 0, 0) )
ION
STO
E
PRO
ION
LEIS
RAG
DUC
TIO
If i<>0 Then zz(1)= aa
N LI NE
E nd If Fo r j = 0 To 5 s t r p t s 3 d p t ( j ) = r h i n o . P o i n t C o o r d i n a t e s ( z z ( j ))
TO P ARK
Next Fo r intI = 0 To 5 closecu r v ept s( in tI)=
CAN TEE N
st rpt s3dpt ( in tI) LIBR ARY
Next clo s ecur vept s(6)=st rpt s3dpt (0) Rhino.AddPolyline (closecur vepts) n e w s t r p t s = r h i n o .C o p y O b j e c t s ( z z , s t r p t s 3 d p t ( 0 ) , s t r p t s 3 d p t (4 ) ) aa =zz(3)
EXH
IBIT
URE
Undergraduate Works
Next End Sub
Analog to Digital, Facade design, Year 3
Factory City, Year 3