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TOM C. K. KWOK
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urban design | landscape architecture | photography
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master of landscape architecture
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Kitchener Fairview Mall revitalization
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Oakville Trafalgar Corridor design
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Harthouse Farm landform design
Planting Configuration Analysis
Sorauren Park revitalization
My name is Tom C. K. Kwok and I have finished my Undergraduate Degree at the University of Waterloo in Planning with an Urban Design Specialization. I am currently studying at the University of Toronto, pursuing a Master Degree in Landscape Architecture. I would describe myself as a hardworking and social person who enjoys taking on challenges and adapt to changing situations. Other attributes and skill sets are also noted on the left. I sincerely hope these selected projects from my Undergrad and Master degree can showcase my skills and personality. Should you have any questions, please do not hesistate to contact me.
what’s inside?
work collection from undergraduate studies to master degree
Hart House Farm Landform Design
Planting CoďŹ guration Design Analysis
Sorauren Park Revitalization
Trafalgar Road Corridor Design
Toronto, Ontario page 6
London, England page 8
Toronto, Ontario page 10
Oakville, Ontario page 16
Fairview Mall Revitalization
Urban Village Gateway Design
Coastal Visualization Pespectives
Through the Lens of Tom Kwok
Kitchener, Ontario page 24
Hespeler, Ontario page 36
Negril, Jamaica page 44
Worldwide page 46
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Hart House Farm Landform Design Toronto, ON | 2014 (MLA1) individual project This was the very first project for my first year at the Master of Landscape Architecture Program at the University of Toronto. The site is known as Hart House Farm, a location that has a wide range of ecological ecosystems. The project stems from personal observations of the site and from there, utilize a series of procedures to construct models that depict topographic designs.
The set of photographs taken throughout Hart House Farm. The observation I made were the “scale” differentiation from humans and plant life.
model creation process:
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First set of models based on form creation via paper folding
Second set of models exploring more concrete forms, circulation patterns, space creations, etc.
elevation of proposed landform Photographs displaying the final proposed topographic model. It should be noted that each of the picture panes from below depict the similar “scale differentiation” from the photographs taken at Hart House Farm (collage on the left).
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Third set of models finalizing form and delineating contour locations
Final model created via laser cutting
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Planting Configuration DesignAnalysis Toronto, ON | 2014 (MLA1) individual project
For this project, I was assigned a case study in which we have to anaylze its respective planting configuration strategy. Once this was done, two design concepts with its respective diagrams were created based on the aforementioned planting strategy.
analytical process
It should be noted that the diagrams for this project was done in black and white as my professor emphasized the importance of tones, line weights and hatches over colour representation.
trace vegetation on site
perimeter planting configuration used to frame the path network
secondary pattern can be seen with vegetation used to emphasis spaces
Assigned case study is known as “Jubilee Gardens”, located in London, England. It was a park renovation project completed in 2008 by West 8.
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Similar to Jubilee Gardens, perimeter planting is utilized Jubilee Gardens Model Variation Scaled Plan to create the outline of the pedestrian network vegetation path network contours open space
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It should be noted that topography is utilized to deďŹ ne four perimeter spaces to be used as programmable spaces
variation 2 perspective
Not only does the vegeation outline the two organic shaped mounds, but topography is used as a “framing element� and establish high ground versus low ground relationships
variation 1 sectional elevation labelled as AA on site plan
variation 2 sectional elevation labelled as BB on site plan
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path hierarchy
program re-organization
railway corridor barrier
defined entrance
community identity
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Sorauren Park Revitalization Toronto, ON | 2014 (MLA1)
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This was the last studio project from my first MLA term at the University of Toronto. The design through circulation problem was to revitalize a community park, Sorauren Park, so that it can become a major part for its community. I went with an approach which utilizes the aspect of circulation to create a Propose design to create a circulation network that would achieve the following goals: circulation network that will:
connections establishment
spaces creation
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River Birch River Birch
Swamp White Oak Swamp White Oak
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improve Improve Connections connections
Tulip Tree Tulip Tree
provide Provide Programs activities
complement flexibility Complement Have Flexibility Park Spaces Allyear Year round Round park spaces all
Sorauren Park’s Existing Inventory Analysis.
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Winterberry Winterberry
Chinese Flowering Chinese Flowering Dogwood Dogwood
Serviceberry Serviceberry
Royal Fern Royal Fern
At this point, the proposed design has achieved: At this point, the proposed design has achieved:
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material composition
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granular gravel granular gravel grassgrass
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Dog Park
September1 Country Fair
September circulation September network
active recreation active recreation
block paving block paving sand sand
communal activities communal activities
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Community Park Clean Up
March March
program breakdown
Community Gardening
April April
May May
Farmer’s Market
June June
Baseball
Soccer
July July
August August
Tennis
October 25 - November 1
February 15
Pumpkin Sales and Parade
October October
Dog Park
November materialDecember November December
composition
Farmer’s Market
Family Day Winter Fest
January January
Skating
February program February breakdown
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node and entranc identifications
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Scale 1:500 Propose Site Plan
3. fieldhouse
7. baseball diamond
4. nature walk
8. basketball courts
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5. festive walk
9. open recreational field
2. public square (ice rink winter)
6. bridge underpass
10. amphitheatre
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primary circulation connections secondary circulation establishment
paving spaces block sand creation
active recreation secondary communal activities connection
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Proposed Inventory Analysis.
circulation circulation network
material material composition composition
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secondary circulation tertiary circulation
program program breakdown breakdown
active recreation communal activities special event spaces
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primary circulation
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circulation 12. modular viewing decks network 13. towards W. Toronto Railpath
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Chinese Flowering Dogwood Serviceberry
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At this point, the proposed design has achieved:
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OAKVILLE, ONTARIO
TRAFALGAR ROAD
PROJECT SITE
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LEGEND
commercial mixed use commercial residential agriculture place of worship
Postridge Park Glenashton Park
parks conservation area
Memorial Park Crosstown Trail Laurelwood Park Windfield Parkette
Litchfield Park
Ontario Hydro/ River Oaks
Golden Meadow Park Algrove Park
Oak Springs Trail Martindale Park
Holton Heights Park
Oakville Park Morrison-Wedgewood Channel
LEGEND commercial mixed use commercial residential
McCraney Valley Park Reservoir Park Ridgeview Park
agriculture places of worship parks
Pearson Park
conservation area
landuse
existing conditions
parks
Fiskin Property
Morrison Valley North
Ontario Hydro/ River Oaks
Oak Springs Trail Martindale Park
Morrison Valley South
Oakville Woods
McCraney Valley
LEGEND Bus Terminal Future BRT Station Route 1 Route 6 Route 13 Route 19
LEGEND sidewalks multi-use paths pedestrian connections
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pedestrian circulation
This was the last studio project of my undergraduate career at the University of Waterloo. It revolves around the Trafalgar Road Corridor in Oakville, ON and was broken down into three phases: (1) inventory analysis (2) preliminary conceptual phase and (3) final concept. The above diagrams are part of the first phase in which my group and I had to identify the current conditions of the site. Role throughout project: Team leader, formatted reports and presentations for submission, rendering of perspectives, creation of illustrations and inventory diagrams
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Trafalgar Road Corridor Design Oakville, ON | 2013 (Planning Year 4) Thank You’s: Adam Duhatschek, Rukshan DeSilva, Justin Malfara, Alana Poroznik, Christina Wilkinson
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Sheridan Satellite Campus
Conceptual Phase
After the completion of the first phase of the project, the group came together and decided to divide the corridor into three seperate nodes. My partner, Christina Wilkinson and I were responsible for node“3” as highlighted on the right. The major aspect of this node is the Oakville Place Mall complimented with Oakville City Hall and the satellite campus from Sheridan College.
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3 Oakville Place Mall
Current Conditions
Existing built form is very minimal on the site. Currently, Oakville Place is a shopping mall built in 1981 and refurbished in 2004. The intent of our design concept is to demolish Oakville Place to create a more complete and vibrant community. The current footprints of Sheridan College Satellite Campus and Oakville Town Hall will be preserved. But enhancements will be made to increase its uses.
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Proposed Conditions
The proposed buit form increases density for the project site. What was once a single building, the mall parcel now contains a mix of uses ranging from entertainment, residential, oďŹƒce and community services. library extension
As for the other two buildings within the node, a new library will be connected to Sheridan’s Satellite Campus while an extension to Town Hall for more civic uses will be created.
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The main element of the design is to create a linear spine that would connect to all parts of the proposed development. The spine starts from the Southern end of the site, through the mall corridor, crosses Trafalgar Road onto the proposed library and ďŹ nally to Oakville Townhall. The idea of this spine network is to create a more connected and walkable experience where pedestrians take priority.
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Landuse via Inspiration
Kitchener, Canada
Chicago, USA
Madrid, Spain
Saudi Arabia
Kitchener, Canada
Phoenix, USA
Japan
Belfast, Ireland
As noted before, the concept will be pedestrian oriented due to the nature of the proposed spine corridor. Therefore, most of the precedents that were looked upon geared towards civic spaces, public squares and linear parks. By implementing these types of landuses, it will help the site to encourage more pedestrian level activties while creating other land uses that compliment these “outdoor areas”. As noted on the next page, the new development will also have residential, offices and recreational uses. Thus, a vibrant community is created from a mall in dire need of revitalization.
LEGEND theatre & office office, parking & commercial commercial civic & community residential educational food pavilion
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pedestrian overpass
linear park & playground
farmer’s market
hiking trails
community centre & public space
library & zen garden
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Programmable Spaces
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In alignment with the spine corridor, there are various programmable spaces that pedestrian can enjoy as they circulate through the site.
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proposed library & civic building
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mall corridor
City of Kitchener project site
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Fairview Mall Revitalization Kitchener, ON | 2013 (Planning Year 4) Thank You’s: Ingrid Fung, Jennifer Kim, Julie Kim, Anujah Sivakumar, Arini Wiryomarton, Anthony Wong
This studio project revolves around Fariview Mall and Light Rail Transit (LRT) development in the City of Kitchener. The main question at hand was how, as urban designers, can we cohesively incorporate LRT development while also re-invent the mall for the future. Similar to the Oakville Trafalagar Corridor, this project was broken into three parts; (1) inventory analysis (2) preliminary conceptual phase and (3) final concept with the existing conditions shown on the right. Role throughout project: Team leader, formatted reports and 24 X 36 presentation panels, spokesperson for final presentation, rendering of perspectives and creation of figure ground diagrams
Opportunities
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Improvements
linear parks & open spaces creation
intensification at certain areas
connections to the industrial site (South of mall)
solve the physical barrier of highway 8
light rail transit development
increase pedestrian connections
no “sense of place” throughout the site
Fairview Mall revitalization
mixed use development
node creations with better connections
strategic parking lot locations within site
linkages between residential units to rest of site
existing grey network
existing building footprints
Project Goals
Looking at these existing diagrams it is evident that the density is fairly low. Secondly, much of the open spaces are not connected and are standalone entities. Therefore, there were ďŹ ve goals that my group and I tried to achieve with our proposed concept. The ďŹ ve goals are to create open spaces for public to enjoy, transit oriented development, development of mixed use areas, promote diversity of housing and integration of public art throughout the site.
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Design Rationale
The site currently contains one major node and that is Fairview Mall. In the proposed concept, the rationale is to create 3 additional nodes as seen on the diagram on the left. These nodes will oer their respective landuses but more importantly, they act as “magnetsâ€? and can attract wide variety of pedestrians as they travel through the site. This concept will create a more intutive site which ultimately allows people to live, work and play.
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phase 1 light rail transit station construction entertainment district mall redevelopment linear park construction
phase 2 urban park construction intensiďŹ cation (commercial & residential) oďŹƒce space development above mall
phase 3 underground park construction hotel development and remainder of entertainment district
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proposed green network
Proposed Conditions
Looking at the proposed node network diagram it is evident that it corresponds with the project rationale explained in the previous page. The node network acts as a backbone to the concept as the proposed green network and buildings follow the alignment of the four nodes. The most intriguing aspect of the concept was closing down a major arterial road for the implementation of an urban park. That being said, new roads were added to redirect traďŹƒc ow back onto the highway and imrpove on connections into adjacent neighbourhoods.
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Fairview Park Site Plan 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
oďŹƒce buildings linear park urban park urban agriculture LRT station recreation centre extension 7. Fairview Mall 8. theatre 9. entertainment district 10. hotel 11. big box stores 12. underpass park 13. library 14. community daycare 15. skatepark 16. condos & townhouses
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steel frame structures
glass panes
wooden facade
winterberry holly
single sized aggregate
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porous asphalt
brick cladding
boxwood
trumpet vine
shagbark hickory
wintergreen
red oak
urban park cross section
Plant Species
The plant species chosen for the site are native to Ontario, and therefore, require minimal maintenance. More importantly, this prevents the use of fertilizers that can alter the chemical composition of the soil. Lastly, the plant species also took into account of other functions such as sound barrier, aesthetics, sensory stimulation and ability to survive Ontario’s harsh winter conditions.
Paving & Building Materials
The paving material used on site are permeable thus allows stormwater runo to permeate to the ground more eectively. Building materials for residential units consist of a concrete base, steel frames and thick glass panes to mitigate any forms of noise pollution; especially the units in close proximity to the railroad.
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overview of urban park
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nightime at entertainment district (top) commercial district, west of site (bottom)
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Urban Village Gateway Design Hespeler, ON | 2012 (Planning Year 3) Thank You’s: Rukshan Desilva, Helen Ho, Anezka Gocova, Jon Jovi Taguilaso, Christina Wilkinson
The main goal of this project was to create a site that would act as an “Urban Gateway” to the Village of Hespeler, ON. Hespeler is known as the Village by the River and therefore, my group and I used this river aspect to create a green organic network, similar to a river, as a main component for the site.
Role throughout the project: Model construction, rendering of perspectives, assisted in creation of final presentation panels and creation of figure ground diagrams and other illustrations
This project had four components. (1) inventory analysis (2) preliminary concept phase (3) 1:1000 model construction (4) final concept presentation. In regards to inventory analysis, the entire class was broken into small groups and given responsibilities in topics such as topography, shadow analysis, building heights, etc. In my case, I was responsible for the landuse anaylsis as shown below.
Landuse Inventory Analysis
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low density housing (yellow) medium density housing (orange)
parking lots
institutional
open space
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model construction
cutting out contours
gluing and sanding contours
gesso the model
building & road construction
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mixed use boulevard at Goebel Avenue (right) 40
Proposed Conditions
The biggest changes on the site would be its road network, building footprints and open space network. Currently, the size of the blocks are fairly large and therefore, new roads were proposed to improve pedestrian circulation. Referencing back to the landuse analysis, industrial uses are a huge part of the site. With that in mind, new uses were introduced complimented with higher density. Lastly, more open spaces are introduced and its organic nature takes on the chracteristic similar to a river.
road network
building footprints
stoplight diagram
proposed roads existing roads
preserved buildings altered buildings removed buildings
site circulation
open space
bus routes pedestrians automobiles bike paths
landuse mix: oďŹƒce & retail mix: residential &retail low density housing institutional
3m on street parking
1.5 m bike lane
3m street
5m boulevard
3m street
1.5 m bike lane
3m on street parking
medium density housing commercial open space industrial
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conceptual gateway design into Hespeler
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STRE E T TYPO LOG IES Mixed Use
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No Action Scenarios
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hotel resort before
hotel resort after
Action Taken: “Cancunized”
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beach line after without “Cancunized”
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beach line with “Cancunized” Cancunized: High density resort development complimented with beach extension to limit the effects of sea level rise.
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Coastal Visualization Perspectives Negril, Jamaica | 2013 (Planning Year 4) individual project
This was a personal project that I worked for Professor Daniel Scott at the University of Waterloo. These perspectives, part of a presentation for the United Nations, were utilized to convey the message of how rising sea levels can aect coastal resorts in Negril, Jamaica.
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Through the Lens of Tom Kwok Worldwide | Personal Photography
Nikon D5200 camera
Nikkor 55-300 mm 1:4.5- 5.6G Lens
Nikkor 18- 55 mm 1:3.5-5.6 G Lens
Nikon Speedlight SB- 700
Nikkor 35mm 47 1:1.8G lens
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TOM C. K. KWOK B.E.S, Candidate for M.L.A 646 South Unionville Markham, ON, L3R 8V1 226 808 0218 cktkwok@gmail.com