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CHIU PATRICK CHUN KIT
Architectural Designer | From Hong Kong (HK)
Education
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Master of Architecture
The Chinese University of Hong Kong | 2017-2019 (HKIA / RIBA Part II) (GPA:3.4/4)
• MArch Thesis: The Mnemonic Urbanscape
Bachelor of Social Science in Architectural Studies
The Chinese University of Hong Kong | 2012-2016 (HKIA / RIBA Part I)
Work Experience
Burton Hamfelt Urban Architecture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Junior Architect (NL) | 2022-2023
• Mixed-Use Housing Design | Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 'Optopper' - Modular Prefab Housing Prototype Design | Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Transformation of Old Factory Area | Urban Design | Hanover, Germany
Architecture Design and Research Group (AD+RG), Hong Kong
Senior Architectural Executive | 2019-2021
Patrick is a young architectural designer from Hong Kong. He received his Master and Bachelor degrees from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has extensive design and projectmanagement experience in The Netherlands, Hong Kong and China with international collaborators such as UNStudio and WilkinsonEyre. He enjoys working in different stages, from conceptual to detailed design and to construction coordination. He is interested in history and sociology and believed they are the basis of good architecural design.
About Skills
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign
3D: Rhinoceros, SketchUp
2D: AutoCAD
BIM: Revit
Rendering: Enscape/ V-ray
Project Statutory Submission
Contract Administration
Client/ Consultants Coordination
Tender Preparation
Language
English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Elementary German & Dutch
• Lyric Theatre Complex, collab with UNStudio | Hong Kong
• New Operating Theatre for Tuen Mun Hospital | Hong Kong
• New Extension to Hong Kong Science Museum, collab with WilkinsonEyre | Hong Kong
The Oval Partnership, Hong Kong
Architectural Assistant | 2016-2017
• TaikooLi Chengdu (Alteration & Addition) | Chengdu, China
• ONE Hotel Haitang Bay - Sustainable Hotel Design | Sanya, China
AWARDS & QUALIFICATIONS
Graduate Member | Oct 2020-now
Hong Kong Institute of Architects
Professional Assessment: Passed Paper 1-8, pending Paper 9 at March 2023
Shortlisted | Mar 2021
Via North Point | Creative Community Space Open Call
Hong Kong Arts Centre
2nd Runner up | Apr 2018
QianHai Design Competition (Student Category)
Hong Kong Institute of Architects
Exhibition And Publication
2021
Connectere Art Show
Exhibition Design at Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2017
Vitality in Hyper-Density
UABBHK - Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Hong Kong)
Exhibition Design at Hysan Place Hong Kong
2016
Selected Competition Entry Exhibition
Biennale of The Central Academy of Fine Art Museum
Beijing, China
Hoogoorddreef - Mixed Use Housing Design, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Role Design Architect (Burton Hamfelt)
Location Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Year 2022-present
Project Type Mixed Use | Housing | Commercial |
Public Space
Size 40000 sq.m
Status Detail Design Associates Paul de Ruiter Architects, Inbo (NL)
Responsibility
-3D Design (Exterior Façades & Interior) in Revit & Rhino
-Coordination between collaborating architects
-Presentation Package for collaborators/ Municipality
This residential housing project is located in Amsterdamse Poort, which has become the city’s second centre with almost 16 million visitors per year. The building responds with different housing typologies to different urban conditions. One part contains the middle sector and the living and working units, which generate the smaller scale urbanity of the new residential street. The other part, containing social and free sector dwellings, becomes the urban facade to the two main busy roads. This facade is comprised of an urban, lively and sturdy plinth that serves as a visual base for a lighter top, which becomes the most expressive part of the building.
Collective Courtyard
Green Roof + Solar Panels
Active Plinth Programs
Nature-Inclusive Facades
Bouwenvelop
Bouwenvelop
afzonderlijke architectonische eenheid korrel dat er een afzonderlijke eenheid korrel dat er een variatie in afzonderlijke daaromheen bouwenvelop maakt aan het woonerf uit een
Flierbosdreefblok hebben uitstraling. Beide reeds bestaande Hoekblok (Blok Blok 3 heeft woonblokken binnentuin. Deze Tussen de Woonerf. Het binnenstraat.
Flierbosdreefblok hebben uitstraling. Beide bestaande Hoekblok (Blok 3 heeft woonblokken binnentuin. Deze Tussen de Woonerf. Het binnenstraat. in afzonderlijke daaromheen maakt het woonerf een blokken hebben een binnentuin met daaromheen bebouwing in de randen. Deze bouwenvelop maakt onderscheid in 3 verschillende type randen:
- Dreefrand
- Woonerfrand
- Winkelcentrumrand blokken hebben een binnentuin met daaromheen bebouwing in de randen. Deze bouwenvelop maakt onderscheid in 3 verschillende type randen: - Dreefrand - Woonerfrand - Winkelcentrumrand
Axonometric Diagram - Sustainability Strategy & Programmatic Strategy
Opbouw cluster 7 bestaat uit een dreefrand, woonerfrand, winkelcentrumrand en shopperhal bouwenvelop blok 3
De dreefranden zijn hoger dan de randen aan het woonerf en het winkelcentrum. Alle randen bestaan uit een basisvolume, voorzien van een optopping.
De dreefranden zijn hoger dan de randen aan het woonerf en het winkelcentrum. Alle randen bestaan uit een basisvolume, voorzien van een optopping.
Opbouw cluster 7 bestaat uit een dreefrand, woonerfrand, winkelcentrumrand en shopperhal
Opbouw cluster 7 bestaat uit een dreefrand, woonerfrand, winkelcentrumrand en shopperhal blok 3 bouwenvelop blok 3
Samenstelling van blokken met eigen collectieve binnentuin
Natuurinclusief, gemeenschappelijk groen en energiedaken blauwhoed blok - cluster 7 amsterdamse poort blok - cluster 7 amsterdamse poort
Rendering - Bicycle infrastructure of the housing complex is connected to the neighbourhood, facilitating urban circulation verglaasde loggia's (geluidsreductie 13 dB), volgens opgave Cauberg Huygen
1. Inwendig volume loggia tenminste 11,7 m3
2. Bij voorkeur een breedte van de loggia van tenminste 1,3 m (voorwaarde geluidbeleid Amsterdam).
3. Buitenschil loggia geheel te verglazen, behoudens de permanente openingen (zie punt 5).
4. De verglazing in de buitenschil mag tot 50% van het geveloppervlak te openen, te schuiven, weg te vouwen enz. zijn.
5. In de buitenschil als ook in de balkonpui (tussen slaapkamer en loggia) moeten voldoende spuivoorzieningen zijn.
De openingen zijn afgestemd op de slaapkamergrootte van 11,5 m2
- De opening in de buitenschil moet permanent open zijn, de spuivoorzieningen in de balkonpui uitgevoerd als twee deuren.
Opbouw loggia tbv akoestiek - houten latten 60x15 mm - firetdoek - regelwerk - steenwol isolatie 50 mm
Frans balkon
VMG versteeg, type PA270, alleen boven en onderregel aluminium waterslag geanodiseerd in kleur kozijn (C34)
HWA onzichtbaar: achter opbouw acoustiek
Loggiavloer - prefab betonvloer (ca. 250-300 mm, volgens opgave constructeur) - bevestigd middels doorkoppelsysteem (isokorf) te openen deel: kiepraam
Voor een goede werking van natuurlijke spuiventilatie speeld de hoogte van de opening in de buitenschil als ook de hoogte van de deuren in de balkonpui een rol. Hoe hoger de openingen/deuren, hoe groter de spuiventilatiecapaciteit, en des te minder de oppervlakten van de openingen/balkondeuren kunnen worden.
De permanente opening in de buitenschil bedraagt 0,30 - 0,34 m verdeeld in de buitenschil over een hoogte van 2,0-2,4 m.
- In de balkonpui zijn twee deuren met een breedte van tenminste 0,85 m en een hoogte van tenminste 2,30 m (per deur).
6. In de loggia komt een geluidabsorberende afwerking tegen het plafond en tegen de wand. Het gezamenlijke oppervlakte van de
Technical Drawings from Revit
Façade Design
Ontwerpvoorwaarden verglaasde loggia's (geluidsreductie 13 dB), volgens opgave Cauberg Huygen
Kozijnen - geanodiseerd aluminium C34
Wandopbouw
- metselwerk, baksteen: Wienerberger Nero Zwart Mangaan WF, halfsteensverband, voeg in kleur baksteen
- luchtspouw
- waterkerende laag
- HSB element plaatmateriaal isolatie dampremmende laag plaatmateriaal - gipsplaat
Bloemkozijn (bijvoorbeeld Reynaers) - geanodiseerd aluminium kozijn met verlengde lip (C34) - vast glas - afwerking binnenkant multiplex
Kozijnen - geanodiseerd aluminium C34
1. Inwendig volume loggia tenminste 11,7 m3
2. Bij voorkeur een breedte van de loggia van tenminste 1,3 m (voorwaarde geluidbeleid Amsterdam).
Each blocks have its own façade design, expressing different unit typologies and residential sectors. Nature-inclusiveness is considered in the façade - with bird nests embedded into the design, the housing complex not only houses residents of different sectors, but also residents of the mother nature.
3. Buitenschil loggia geheel te verglazen, behoudens de permanente openingen (zie punt 5).
4. De verglazing in de buitenschil mag tot 50% van het geveloppervlak te openen, te schuiven, weg te vouwen enz. zijn.
5. In de buitenschil als ook in de balkonpui (tussen slaapkamer en loggia) moeten voldoende spuivoorzieningen zijn.
De openingen zijn afgestemd op de slaapkamergrootte van 11,5 m2
- De opening in de buitenschil moet permanent open zijn, de spuivoorzieningen in de balkonpui uitgevoerd als twee deuren.
- Voor een goede werking van natuurlijke spuiventilatie speeld de hoogte van de opening in de buitenschil als ook de hoogte van de deuren in de balkonpui een rol. Hoe hoger de openingen/deuren, hoe groter de spuiventilatiecapaciteit, en des te minder de oppervlakten van de openingen/balkondeuren kunnen worden.
- De permanente opening in de buitenschil bedraagt 0,30 - 0,34 m2, verdeeld in de buitenschil over een hoogte van 2,0-2,4 m.
- In de balkonpui zijn twee deuren met een breedte van tenminste 0,85 m en een hoogte van tenminste 2,30 m (per deur).
6. In de loggia komt een geluidabsorberende afwerking tegen het plafond en tegen de wand. Het gezamenlijke oppervlakte van de afwerking bedraagt tenminste 9,5 m2
Optopper - Wooden Modular Housing Prototype in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Role Design & Project Architect (Burton Hamfelt)
Location Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Year 2022
Project Type Prototype Design | Housing
Size Flexible
Status Built
Client BuurtBoost/ VORM
Responsibility
-3D Design Studies in Rhino/ Enscape
-Production and Management of Presentation Package to collaborators and clients
The Design of 'Optopper' begins with the question: 'Why build new communities when you can sustainably build on top of them?'
The ‘Optopper’ is a circular, prefab, “all wood” - biobased, modular, fully equipped residential apartment that can be placed on top of almost any (post-war) flat. It is an innovative solution for the densification of our city centres and a concrete step towards a better more social neighbourhood.
The Project improves post-war residential areas with the aim of accelerating construction of affordable housing. The Optopper is a designed solution for the densification task and a concrete step towards a better neighbourhood.
The Optopper is available in different variants. The prefab residential units are available as studios and apartments with two to four rooms. A perfect home for starters, students, one and two-person households and small families, but also seniors, who need a different home but want to stay in their familiar neighbourhood and even in their own flat.
Future-proof Consideration - lifespan of each parts of the module is part of the design
Wasserstadt-Limmer - Mixed Use Urban Design, in Hanover, Germany
Role Design Architect (Burton Hamfelt)
Location Hanover, Germany
Year 2022
Project Type Mixed Use | Housing | Commercial | Public Space | Education
Size 35000 sq.m
Status Schematic Design Associates LOLA Landscape Architects (NL), UP+ (DE)
Responsibility
-3D Design Studies in Rhino
-Managing Presentation Package Production to collaborators and municipal officials
The Municipality of Hanover and WasserstadtLimmer GmbH & Co. KG initiated an international competition for the largest and most forward-looking urban development project in Hanover. Can we imagine a new type of urban neighbourhood that could be an example of a car-free, healthy, sustainable, climate adaptive and innovative community? And can we create a master plan for new urban living concepts that stimulate the local economy and new mobility concepts whilst integrating the surrounding areas?
The design approach is inspired by the near-natural setting of Wasserstadt Limmer surrounded by two waterways and the historical identity of the place once the home of the old Continental tire factory. These starting points form the basis for both the urban design concept and landscape planning strategy.
By using the historical footprint of the former Continental Tire factory, we create three unique neighbourhoods connected through landscape: the Urban Quarter, the Green Quarter and the Docklands. Each neighbourhood has their own distinct spatial characteristics and housing types. Along the northern banks, a special place is reserved for tiny house neighbourhood
Our overall ambition is to enhance the qualities of walking, cycling and public transport and create a car-free neighbourhood by excluding traffic and underground garage entrances to the northern edges of the plan in three separate zones.
GEOX Flagship Store Design in Milan, Italy
Role Design Architect (7478 Architects Rotterdam)
Location Milian, Italy
Year 2021-present
Project Type Retail | Retail Interior Design
Size 343 sq.m
Status Under Construction
Responsibility
-Detail Design Development
-3D Modelling (with Rhino) & Physical Model
-Renderings (with Enscape)
-Presentation Package Coordination & Preparation
GEOX, a renowned brand for designing breathable shoes is having a flagship store in Milan. The design reversed the typical retail store model of minimum display space with selected items shown on the shopfront by maximising display space. The wall/ circulation space all became display area of GEOX products. The mix of materiality created a modern approach to energizing the brand. Different systems, e.g. Niches system and vitrine system are designed to enhance customers' retail experience in an unprecedented setting.
Rendering - Main Entrance from Street Level
Rendering - Basement - Menswear Section
Rendering - 'Island' of Menswear Section
Physical Model Studies
Cashier
Vitrine Area
Physical Model Studies - 'Niches' System
Role Project Architect (AD+RG)
With UNStudio (Joint Venture)
Location West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
Year 2019-present
Client West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
Project Type Theatre | Cultural Institution
Size 40000 sq.m
Status Under Construction (Expected Completion:2023)
Responsibility
-Construction Planning & Administration
-Detailed Design Drawings Coordination & Preparation
-Statutory (Government) Submission & Liaison
-Reply RFI (Request For Information) from Contractor
The Lyric Theatre Complex is a mixed-used building housing 3 theatres (Lyric Theatre, Medium Theatre and Studio Theatre), rehearsal rooms, F&B, performers office etc. Each theatre has its own distinct color which relates to its function. The color is not only applied in the auditoriums, but also in the correlating foyers, serving also as means of wayfinding. The circulation in the building is driven by a "Central Spine". The spine forms two curving, stacked ramps weaving around the theatre volumes. Along the "Spine", the view of the habrour will be revealed gradually, creating an aperture effect.
The West Kowloon Cultural District is a reclaimed land designed specifically for arts and cultural facilities in Hong Kong. The Master Plan was designed by Foster + Partners. The LTC is located next to the M+ Museum designed by Herzog de Meuron. It will connect to the "Artist Square" and promenade. forming a new urban connection between the city and the Victoria Harbour.
Lyric Theatre Detail Design
Detail Drawing Coordination - Section | Ceiling Detail | Rendering
Full BIM was adopted in this complex project to allow better coordination between architectural, structural and MEP designs. The BIM model is constantly updated and developed based on design meetings. Discrepancies between different disciplines can be minimized before construction.
MEP: Air Ducts
MEP: Fire Services Water Pipes
On-site CoordinationStage: Excavation of Basement
NEW EXTENSION TO HONG KONG SCIENCE MUSEUM & HONG KONG MUSEUM OF HISTORY
Role Architectural Designer (AD+RG)
With WilkinsonEyre
Location Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Year 2020
Client Architectural Services Department
Project Type Museum | Cultural Institution
Size 33537 sq.m
Status Invited Entry
Responsibility
-Study & Comprehend Consultancy Brief
-Conceptual Design Development -
Tools: Sketch/ 3D Modelling/ Graphic Representation
-Consultants Coordination Meeting
-Preparation of Technical Proposal to Client
Hong Kong Science Museum (HKScM) & Hong Kong Museum of History (HKMN) were built in the 1990s and they were built in adjacent to each other. In need of a new expansion for both museums, the proposed design connected the two museums with an elevated courtyard which serves as a new exhibition space as well as new public open space which enhanced urban connectivity around the site. The design also introduce sustainable exhibition devices and interactive facades which will allow the museums to cater the needs of future technological development in the coming decades.
Pre-fab Local Timber Structure Sustainable
Kunming Story
RETAIL STREET URBAN & ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Role Architectural Designer (Oval Partnership)
Location Kunming, China
Year 2016-2017
Client World Horti-Expo Garden
Project Type Commercial | Urban Design
Size 47307 sq.m
Status Detailed Design
Responsibility
-Conceptual->Schematic->Detail Design Development -
Tools: Sketch/ 3D Modelling/ Graphic Representation/ Revit
-Consultants Coordination Meeting
-Preparation of Presentation to Client
-Preparation of Technical Drawings to Local Design Institute (LDI)
"Kunming Story" is a retail street design project situated in the World Horti-Expo Garden in Kunming, China. The site is heavily vegetated with both natural and manmade landscape. The whole project adopted "storytelling design", from site analysis to detail design, we studied and designed every moments based on the experience of the past and narration of the future (i.e. proposed design scenario). The result is a calm, low-rose retail development with respect to the history of the city and the existing landscape.
The design begins with a detail site analysis, looking at the history of architecture and streetscape of the site in Kunming. The Chinese Tenent House with a pitched roof and a gable wall are the typical architectural features that formed the streetscape of Kunming. We studied the scale and spatial arrangement of these houses, and derived our design based on the site context - a horticultural garden full of landscape.
After careful site and spatial studies, different typologies of design were developed. As this is a retail street design, retail store requirement and experience were considered in the design process. The design resulted in a modern-day retail atmosphere with respect to the architectural and urban streetscape experience of the past.
Cluster Study and Design
Different typologies were mixed together to create a more vibrant, diverse retail experience. It formed different clusters, linked with link bridges, wide staircases and extended balconies to further enhance the streetscape.
Storytelling Design
Narrative Design has been adopted in the whole design development. During the design process, we imagined from the perspective of different visitors/ users to the site. Different spatial journeys and qualities were explored along the development. Storyboards, physical models were great tools to inspire the master layout plan.
One Hotel Haitang Bay
SUSTAINABLE HOTEL DESIGN
Role Architectural Designer (Oval Partnership)
Location Sanya, China
Year 2016-2017
Client Starwood Capital Group
Project Type Hotel & Landscape Design
Size 38348 sq.m
Status Completed (in 2020)
Responsibility
Detail Design Development
Tools: Sketch/ 3D Modelling/ Graphic Representation
-Preparation of Presentation to Client
-Preparation of Technical Drawings to Local Design Institute (LDI)
Local vernacular architecture and passive environmental design guided the overall approach and aesthetics of the development. This is emphasized by a series of external shading devices and green landscaping, presenting a spatial experience that is both rich in texture and mesmerizing in detail, heightened by the interplay of light and shadow. Elevations are not bereft of planting either — ‘green’ walls extensively planted with local vegetation complement the staggered roof terraces and semi-open courtyards to amplify the integrated quality of the architecture with its natural surroundings. Warm timbers and weather resistant metals form a harmonious composition alongside locally sourced lava stones, celebrating the beauty of humble, natural materials.
Locally sourced timber is one of the major facade material in the hotel. It gives life to vegetations and plants by letting them to grow freely on it.
"WHEELS OF SOUNDS" DANNING SOUND INSTALLATION
Role Architectural Designer (AaaM Architects)
Location Shanghai, China
Year 2018
Client Danning Plaza
Project Type Sustainable Installation
Status Completed
Responsibility
-Conceptual Design Development -
Tools: Sketch/ 3D Modelling/ Graphic Representation
-Preparation of Technical Proposal to Client
-Preparation of Full Set Technical Drawings for Manufacturer
Daning Sound Installation is a sustainable installation designed as the Christmas Installation at the main entrance of Daning Plaza in Shanghai, China. It is made of hundreds of recycled glass bottles collected in Recycling Centre. The "Wheels" are motorised and rotated slowly against one another, producing symphonies of Christmas generated by the glass bottles which are filled with different volume of water.
镀制半透明金属色 回收玻璃瓶 (塑胶喷雾 保护膜包裹)
镀制半透明金属色 回收玻璃瓶(塑胶喷雾 保护膜包裹)
镀制半透明金属色 回收玻璃瓶 (塑胶喷雾 保护膜包裹)
灯膜灯箱
敲击棒 LED射灯 电动马达
镀制半透明金属色 回收玻璃瓶(塑胶喷雾 保护膜包裹)
钢枝条端头固定
镀制半透明金属色 回收玻璃瓶 (塑胶喷雾 保护膜包裹)
镀制半透明金属色 回收玻璃瓶(塑胶喷雾 保护膜包裹)
LED射灯
电动马达
灯膜灯箱 镀制半透明金属色回收 玻璃瓶(塑胶喷雾保护膜包 裹)
钢枝条端头固定
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Rainbow Land Rehabilitation Community Hall For Abused Children
MArch Studio Project
Location Fanling, Hong Kong
Year 2017
Type Community Hall
Size 230sq.m
Client Precious Blood Learning Centre
In Bible, Rainbow has a special meaning, that it symbolises a dialogue about a promise made between the God and human. The idea of the project is to bring the sisters and children together under the big colorful shelter, and to recall their relationship with the God.
The dynamic shift of the project creates a certain degree of openness to the outside, and through the colorful openings on the roof, sunlight as the creation of god is being drawn in and reinterpreted into different colors, and the color of light changes in the course of a day, a season and a year.
The interactive play of sunlight, interior and exterior space hopes to provide a stable yet everchanging atmosphere of environment to the sisters and children, establishing dialogues between the god and his creation - the Nature.
The final design was commented by the users - the children and the sisters from the church. The physical model became a toy to the children for their free imagination.
"VIEWING THROUGH THE EYES OF TENENTS" VIA NORTH POINT COMMUNITY SPACE DESIGN PROPOSAL
Location Norht Point, Hong Kong
Year 2021
Project Type Installation | Urban Space
Status Shortlisted
North Point Estate, used to be the backbone of the North Point community, deserved to be honoured and respected once again. We believe only by understanding the past can we better design for the future.
“Viewing Through the Eyes of Tenants” is an interactive installation that brings the stories of the past (North Point Estate) to now (the existing pavilion) and hopefully passes on to the future generation.
The concept of the installation work originated from the history of the siteNorth Point Estate. It was built in 1957 and revolutionized Public Housing Design at that time, with a private balcony for each flat, facing the Victoria Harbour. There was also public open space in between the blocks and a public transport interchange in front of the North Point Pier. The whole community formed a strong bond with each other, serving as a backbone of the North Point neighbourhood. In 2002, the site was demolished, and no traces of the past can no longer be found on the site today.
Pulling Up-and-Down!
The “balconies” are installed by a safety pulley system, allowing kids of lower height to pull them down and read the old stories written on it or as an interactive device.
Storytelling Workshop
Storytelling workshops will be organised by local groups and former North Point estate residents (by invite) to verbally share their good old days. The “balconies” will become a storytelling media.
Writing to Share
The “balconies” are installed with transparent/ colored acrylic pieces, welcoming all the former North Point estate residents or public to share their interesting stories back in the old days.
Rolling Lens Ragale Ring Installation Design
Location Illinois, USA
Year 2020
Project Type Installation | Exhibition Design
Status Competition Entry
The original plan of Ragdale Ring was a symmetrical and static 2-D ring on a paved lawn surrounded by a low limestone wall. We retraced such important historic reference and modified them in two ways - one by pushing down the original ring in the plan and develop it into a visual rail on the ground and one by rotating the ring 90 degrees into a new “Lens”. By superimposing the components, a new interactive Ragdale Ring in 3-dimension is created. The horizontality (the rail) and verticality (the Lens) are concerted design as a new take of Ragdale Ring in 2020. With its intrinsic mobility, the Rolling Lens is a metaphor to the lens of a camera, framing different views on the site following the footsteps of the users on the campus.
QIANHAI NEW URBAN HUB
HKIA QIANHAI DESIGN COMPETITION
Location Qianhai, Shenzhen, China
Organiser Hong Kong Institute of Architects
Year 2018
Project Type Competition
Status Second Runner Up | Student Category
Qianhai is a new development area in Shenzhen, China. The design competition called for entry to adaptively reuse an existing fire services pump room into a small art & cultural venue. The proposed design responded to the future masterplan of the site by adding a new curvature to the roof, giving the building a new visual identity. It also changed the materiality of the existing building so as to enhance the architectural transparency. Landscape elements, such as vertical greening and water features were deisgned to cohere with the future masterplan of the site as a urban park in Qianhai.
