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DESIGN IN SCALE

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Introduction Philosophy Problem solving can be done on different levels. In the final academic year, I have stretched my approach across 3 levels of scaling to test how different type of research and studies can achieve different level of results in the respective scale.

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Scale: Small Project: Choice Title: Potato Head Farm Joo Chiat is one of the earlier settlements established in Singapore, whilst designing the restaurant in that area, I focused on making sure the shop is capable of bringing a modern lifestyle with a hint of the old and rich historical culture

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Scale: Medium Project: Manifesto Title: Wheeler’s Yard In the busy days of our monotonous lives, we are so accustomed to the daily routine. This project re-evaluate this lifestyle of ours and ultimately aim to introduce dynamism into a space that we come across often but yet not pay much attention to.

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Scale: Large Project: Personal Title: Roof Hub With the improvements of technology, we have found ourself living in a contemporary exodus with our neighbours and friends. This project aim to enhanced an underused space into a communal space for more residence to gather and exchange.



INTRODUCTION PHILOSOPHY: DESIGN IN SCALE

Scale: Small Project: Choice Title: Potato Head Farm

Scale: Medium Project: Manifesto Title: Wheeler’s Yard

Scale: Large Project: Personal Title: Roof Hub

This project focus on enriching one specific site. The approach of this project is to bring back the rich history of Joo Chiat. By doing so, the restaurant can be a place not only for customers to consume food but also consume knowledge of their historical roots. The result could be a culturally strengthen society.

The site sits in between two major housing district, Balestier and Toa Payoh. While designing the space, it is important to note that majority of the necessary amenities are at the central of their respective region, hence the activity has to be unique enough to lure the visitors out Wheeler’s Yard.

The proposed design aim to be distributed to the different housing district in Singapore. In order to achieve the result, it is necessary to find a site that is commonly found across the island. When designing the space, modularity should be included so the replication can achieve a corresponding result.

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Scale: Small Project: Choice Title: Potato Head Farm


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SITE The site is located in 71 Carpmael road. A shophouse that is surrounded by many private housing and condominiums. These shophouses in Joo Chiat are built in the early 1900s British colonial era which were then populated mostly by rich English expatriates and local peranakans.

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Client PTT family is a hospitality and lifestyle company in the business of making genuine quality products, charming experiences and lasting memories. The core of the company is a group of art enthusiast that appreciates the value of design. The two projects on the above are both by the Potato Head group. The Bali resort is constructed with window panels gathered all across the Indonesia Archipelago. Similarly the Potato Head Folk in Singapore is design with the 1950s ornaments commonly seen then.

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Left to Right: Potato Head Beach Club Potato Head Folk

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In relation to the Potato Head beach clubs “Element manipulation” design method, I see a resemblance in Kengo Kuma’s Dazaifu Starbucks.

This is another attempt at using Peranakan elements such as embroideries, materials and colours to reconnect the new design to the history of the site.

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In his design, he aimed to reintroduce the locals as well as tourist to the rich history of the site. In this small place, he used a combination of forms to represent the sensitivity of true Japanese materiality as well as craftsmanship. The subtle representations allows visitors to engage in the act of discovering the intent of the design.


Steel facades that are common in western farm barns.

Brick walls that are left untreated for its sole strength utility.

Concrete industrial finish that are very common in today’s practice.

Evolution of technology allows us to plant vegetables through hydroponics.

Zinc finishes provides an aging rustic look for the interior.

Vertical farming instead of the traditional ground farming.

From Kengo Kuma’s Dazaifu Starbucks, I have learn that messages can be translated through materials. In the collage exercise above, I explored the use of materials that relates well with the cotton plantation that were predominant in the early Joo Chiat.

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Joo Chiat used to be a cotton plantation owned by the rich English and peranakans settlers in the early 1900s.

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Experiment on manipulating the grid pattern of the plantations.

Due to the advancement in technology, we can now grow vegetables vertically as opposed to the traditional flat surface.


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With the idea of farming as the main concept, a linear approach to the layout planning is used to achieve the visual familiarity for the consumer.

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The plans below shows the circulation within the space. Consumers are encouraged to move around and select the wide range of vegetables and spices to go with their food.

Traffic Flow

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The special feature of this restaurant is that the vegetables used for the food are mostly grown within the store. Customers can freely access those vegetables and select base on their own preferences.

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The featured wall is equipped with hydroponic equipments which allows the plants to grow up to 24 hours a day. Diners can then select specific type of greens they want to consume. The bar also serves unique vegetables juices made from the vegetables grown within. This experience redefine the usual restaurants as they bring the consumer back to their original food source.

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SERIAL

When visiting Potato Head Farm, the consumers will be first greeted by a traditional horizontal farming area, this space act as an filter that slowly introduce them the concept of the restaurant. As they move further into

the air condition area, the vegetable farm will be transformed to those of hydroponics as to express the idea of industrial improvements and how the vegetables could be grown now and in the near future.


The restaurant offers a unique experience where diners can have their spices freshly plucked from the individual pots. They can select up to a wide variety of spices to add flavour to their dish. This spices are grown through hydroponic pots that are designed to ensure the plants grow at the most efficient rate with reference to the electrical energy consumed.

The restaurant main concept is “Farm to Table�, it delivers fresh vegetables that are harvested only when requested. By having an ad hoc farm, it eliminates the usual shipping of vegetables which deteriorate

the quality of the ingredient, not only does it affect the freshness, the transporting are also often accompanied with unwanted bacterias and germs. With the combination of technological advancement and design

methods, the restaurant is able to transform the usual horizontal farming methods to an improved vertical approach. Expanding vertically for the farms helped in overcoming the site’s narrow limitation.

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Conclusion Potato Head Farm is a combination of the past and present which brings historical values to our modern lifestyle. Through this design methodology, I hope people can enjoy a fresh dining experience while improving their historical understanding of Joo Chiat.

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Scale: Medium Project: Manifesto Title: Wheeler’s Yard


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The exhibition “Constructing the Third International� showcases artistic projects that are carefully crafted using geometry. It aims to allow visitors to explore the Soviet Union historical politics with the help of geometrical experimentation through three

major mediums; Architecture, Paintings and Visual Communication. The design of the exhibition will consist of temporary and permanent installation, some structures are specifically catered to the current exhibition and others are designed with flexibility intent

for future possibilities. Hopefully, through this new design, residence within the vicinity may find themselves a space where they can find endless new thrills and knowledge growth to their regular architectural landscape.

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Site The site is situated in the center of the heartlands between Toa Payoh and Balestier. With Wheeler’s Yard conveniently placed between the two big domestic districts, we could foresee it as a central point where there will be large traffic flow.

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Context The site will be a temporary exhibition ground that holds many different exhibits, to simulate the possibilities, I will focus on 1 specific exhibition titled “ Constructing the Third International� which showcases artwork from the soviet union.

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Zoning Development Art exhibitions can be very difficult for the mass to understand and it is important that I have strategies that is able to help the visitors appreciate the exhibits. Simultaneously, I am also planning to utilise dual entrance to create another opportunity for visitors to venture into the unknown that is art thus allowing them to attempt at understanding the exhibits.

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Park connectors that cyclist and running enthusiast often uses.

Bridge that allows Toa Payoh residence to commute to the site.

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Centerpiece of the entire exhibition. Tatlin’s “Monument to the third international”.

Entrance 1 where visitors will be greeted with a large panel with necessary background information.

Entrance 2 where visitors can create their own narrative or perception of the exhibition. The cafe is shifted to the upper level so that the visitors can have another perspective of the exhibits while enjoying their food.

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The visual comm exhibits can be easily seen and due to the nature of the artworks, it is self explanatory and easily perceived by the visitors or passersby. The space is also connected through the double volume to the cafe which can peek the visitor’s smell interest. The space ultimately aims to draw as much crowd as possible.

The bicycle workshop is located at the exterior perimeter so that cyclist can have a drive through experience if they wish to.

Both businesses sectors are connected so that while bicycle enthusiast are waiting for their bicycle services, they can explore another space that they are unfamiliar with.

The architecture sector can be found in the mezzanine area, overlooking the centerpiece, Tatlin’s Tower. It is also attached with a structural filter that enables visitors to focus on the exhibits.

The paintings sector is allocated at the rear corner and partially hidden so that the passerby would not get intimidated by the abstractness of the exhibits.

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The materials chosen were mostly from the existing site so that it can remain flexible for future events and usage.

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Collage demonstrating the possible outcome of the design.

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Experiment In order to attract people to look into the space, I studied “Moire Effect� which is a visual perception that occurs when a set differs in relative size, angle, or spacing.

Following the research of Moire techniques, a featured piece is erected parallel to the pedestrian so that passerby will enjoy the visual presentation as they walk past the site.

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The effect will occur when the public walks past the space. The intensity of the overlapping will be determined by the speed of the viewers when traveling past.

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The plan of the site is designed to allow visitors to enter from either side. There is no designated route so anyone can freely circulate within the space

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When visitors enter from the left, they can enjoy the monumental exhibit from two different level, each with its own unique experience.

While on the other hand, visitors that are browsing the communication arts can smell the aroma from the cafe above, prompting them to explore the exhibition more.

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The follow model is made to emphasis on lighting fixtures and techniques that will be installed to achieve such results.

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Art complications Art and design are rather complicated topics that revolves around the subjective taste. Such exhibitions often only attract a specific group of audiences. In my attempt to draw newer audiences, I had visual aids for the general public as well as interactive programs for little kids so that they can participate in art rather then deciphering the content.

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Entrance facing Toa Payoh Experience the exhibition with basic background knowledge of the art movement.

When visitors first enter the space, they would be greeted by the featured piece of the exhibitions. In this scenario, it would be the “Monument of the Third International,1919-1920� by Vladimir Tatlin.

The tower hold a significant message, expressing the industrial power of the Soviet Union. While understanding that these design and art information may not be familiar to the general public, a white wall is erected

with basic information regarding the topic of the exhibition. There is also a temporary gift shop setup where visitors can grab a souvenir before they leave.

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Entrance facing Balestier Experience the exhibition by slowly learning the narrative behind each exhibits.

Visitors coming from the balestier end of the exhibition will first be greeted with art pieces that were originally used as propaganda in the past. Due to the nature of those exhibits, it is highly possible that the general public

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could get a rough sense of how those pieces were used and meant for. By going through some logical deciphering, the visitors would most probably be able to experience understanding of an art piece without prior

knowledge of the exhibition. If the visitors are still struggling to understand, they could enjoy films and documentary that will be screened so that they could get a more detailed explanation by the experts.


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Conclusion Wheeler’s yard is a temporary exhibition site that promises unlimited possibilities. It becomes a space that can always be anticipated, similar to a wrapped present that is always there awaiting to be discovered and explored.

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Scale: Large Project: Personal Title: Roof Hub



ROOF HUB

With the improvements of technology, we are all connected as a community virtually on the net and as time prolongs, we sometimes find ourselves lacking connection to our immediate neighbours and friends that we see daily. This concern maybe deteriorating due to the lack of platform for social activities to take place. As of now I think that the existing community structure does not provide the necessary aid to help this alleviate this issue.


MACROSYSTEM Ideologies

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MESOSYSTEM Industry

Neighbors MICROSYSTEM Family

Peers INDIVIDUAL

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Framework Brofenbrenner’s model helped me understand how different level of relationship is affected by their interaction with each space. To achieve a sustainable ecology, it is important that we start correcting the wrong from young. Today with so much activities and information available to us on our electronic device, we often forget how it is to interact physically to one another . The proposed design will identify the current problem and propose a solution to it.

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Existing Structure

HIGH RISE FLATS CARPARK COMMUNITY CENTER ROAD OUTREACH

Proposed Structure

Through the circles, I can identify that the community centre seems to be too far from some of the residence hence the lack of participation from them. When I apply the circle to entities that are easily found in the vicinity, such as the carpark, the map seems to have full coverage of the residence within 3-5 minutes walking distant.

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Site The car park provides a good opportunity as they are specifically calculated to serve a set amount of residence within its vicinity. Often, the highest few levels of the car park are underused and it becomes a space that does not fulfill its function. Perhaps the higher levels not being used is because of the inconvenience and I have taken the opportunity to develop those underused spaces and inject a new purpose to it.

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Design Strategy The carpark is a perfect utilitarian facility that is built for the sole purpose of parking cars. Hence the space is not equipped with features that enables people to stay within the space for a prolong period of time. Lighting and air quality are some of the more pressing matters to solve in order to create a promising environment for future generation to grow within.

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Graham, Dan, “Gordon Matta Clark” in Toward a New Interior: An Anthology of Interior Design Theory (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011)

The article mention how Matta- Clark convey his idea of liberating interiors by cutting them open. The act exposes a private interior which is often hidden from the people on the busy streets and that creates a segregation between the two spaces. The act of cutting could also be related to an analogy on how the walls have been cutting interaction between those on either side of the wall. This text is closely related to how I view our current social structure and how I could apply Matta-Clark’s technique to achieve similar social improvements.

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Lighting Experiment

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We often see carpark as a boring space that is lifeless. Through cutting of the spaces and its walls, we can have better lighting which helps brighten up the dark and cold space. In addition with the inclusion of human activities, the space then became a successful liberated interior with the help of collaborative effort between design and human interaction.


Through the techniques of Matta Clark, I find that it could be applied on my site for a couple of reasons including increase air circulation, bringing natural light into the space as well as allowing adjacent residence to peek into the space.

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Zoning This site is planned with increased interaction as primary objective. It is important that the different programs should be related to one another.

Event space that can be used for different festive celebrations.

Elderly residence can use this farm space to grow some crops while passing time.

Outdoor playground where little children are encourage to play under the sun more often.

Outdoor deck with furnitures for neighbours to gather and interact.

Modular space that have track systems which allow the space to be adaptive and flexible.

Lounges for elderly to find companions. Activities such as karaoke and chess can be held here.

Nursery that are setup with the aim of nurturing children in a new environment so that they can familiarise with this new platform.

Community kitchen is a social program that attempts to draw people together through food .

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This space is designed with intent of making it flexible so that it can be reconfigurable to accommodate any needs of the community.

Experiment filter is applied here so there is a filter that prevents excessive carbon emission from entering the communal space.

The nursery is designed in a manner where it allows children to interact with the elderly around the space. Elderly can also benefit from the liveliness the children bring to the environment.

The interaction between age group can also be seen at the outdoor facilities such as the playground and the farm.

The community kitchen is the core of the entire design because I believe that elderly have the most free time after retirement but often lack companions to spent those time with.

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Modularity

The space is equipped with a track system where it make use of car parking lot dimensions and transform them into modular movable panels which then can be changed easily to suit different needs of the community.

A sample of the modularity multiplied in numbers.

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Due to the parking standard regulations that are identical elsewhere, it is possible that this modular settings can be implemented in all the car parking space island wide.

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Due to the space located at the highest levels of the carpark, it is important that I have new extensions which make the journey to the roof hub more enjoyable.

Sky bridges that connect buildings to buildings are not uncommon with today’s architectural capabilities. A propose bridge connecting the HDBs to the hub could be an essential.

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An architectural addition such as escalator tubes could also provide the visitors with good view of the outdoor scenery before entering into a more concealed environment.

Centre Georges Pompidou by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers France, Paris

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The community kitchen aims to connect both the children from nursery and the elderly through the common dining area, either party can communicate with one another without a physical segregation dividing the two spaces.

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There is also visual connectivity where adults in the dining space can look across into the nursery. The enthusiastic children can bring more positive energy into the space.

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The site will have a nursery with intention to nurture the young in such environment hence when they are older, the likelihood of them coming back with contribution to this place would be increased.

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Design in scale is essentially putting a dome over a space and design for everyone within it. The domes varies in sizes and the results corresponds. When all the different domes converges, they form a multi-layered relationship that are strongly enriched throughout.


The Utopian vision. Ultimately, if all the domes starts spreading and overlapping, we can create an ecology where every space has its values embedded onto it. The young will also be nurtured within this tightly knitted community. Optimism in life is the secret to all great designs.



Even Smaller



Window Project Maison Martin Margiela

Unwavering loyalty to anonymity, deconstruction designs, transportation of materials and breaking limits are just some of many great qualities we’ve seen in Margiela’s work. What can better display his loyalty anymore than his countless use of simple trompe l’oeil techniques throughout his boutiques all over the world. Adapted from his philosophy of deconstructivism and transportation of materials, I manage to string them together for a window display that holds the main elements is his direction towards fashion design.



Strategy The design strategy will revolve around Margiela deconstructivism ideals with combination of materials substitutions. In my experiments moving forward, I have chosen one of the iconic component of his brand, the “Tromp L’oeil Door” (Right) and attempt to give a new purpose to it.


A screen capture of the Tromp L’oeil door taken from Margiela’s promotion video of its new line “13 - Objects & publications”.


Experiment Part 1 This exercise focus on breaking down the main structure of the Tromp L’oeil door. The shown examples were done through shredding, warping and distortion methods. The most successful outcome was through rearrangement geometric components.



Experiment Part 2 The second part of the exercise is to use the previous experimental form and reconstructing it with a different materials. Bubble wrap was the core material inspiration behind many Margiela’s product of that season and I would like to design a window display that showcases the products origin.



Conclusion The finish product is fully handmade very much like the designer in MMM, making every stroke and carvings inch perfect to create the absolute representation of Margiela’s design philosophy.



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