Clarence Credensa Tan - NUS Architecture Y2 Design Portfolio

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P L AY !

U r b a n p l a y s c a p e f o r o f f i c e w o r k e r s

at Berlayer Creek

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RECONCILE

around Little Guilin

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NICHE in the Wall

Visitor Centre for residents

Timber pavilion

PROJECTS

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SECTION AA

P L AY ! B E R L AY E R C R E E K “Can I play with building?”

Y2S2 Project “Envelope”

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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

ISOMETRIC

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

“Can I play with building?�

My initial site analysis led me to take an interest in the tension in relationship between man and nature. There is an invisible layer of separation between and the commercial area along Alexandra Road and Labrador Park which divided man from nature, causing a dense urban fabric which resulted in a congested, overwhelming working experience. This led me to try some initial tests with my personal enclosure and help me alleviate the effects of stress from the working environment. The personal enclosure introduced an interactive programme at the entrance of Berlayer Creek, where office workers could come during breaks to destress and relax. The enclosure introduced the element of play as a method of destress while considering passive cooling strategies to the user and surrounding visitors through the act motion of swinging and fanning.

Taking inspiration from my personal enclosure, in the next stage of my project, I will take the ideas of the interactive envelope and develop an urban playscape which I have chosen to situate at Berlayer Creek Entrance Plaza as an immediate transition point between the commercial area and Labrador Park. Users will find a space where they are able to find joy and destress through interactive play and rest. The interactive envelope reacts in layers to the environment and user interaction within the spaces, embracing users as they seek refuge within the envelope. It is a transitory space for office workers and families, enfolding and welcoming users into the rich, diverse Labrador Park experience.

L A B R A D O R PA R K L O C AT I O N P L A N Office workers facing congestion along Alexandra Road

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S E C T I O N O f f i c e w o r k e r s a l o n g Te l o k B l a n g a h R o a d

SECTION Office workers along Berlayer Creek Boardwalk

“CAPSULE” THE PERSONAL ENCLOSURE The enclosure will provide a safe harbour for the working population along Alexandra Road as they transit into Labrador Park. The project aims to create pockets of intimacy at Berlayer Creek Entrance Plaza, easing movement from the office to the park as users get away from their busy lives and address the compelled linear circulation in the area. Alexandra Road faces high density traffic flow, causing congestion as pedestrians are exposed harsh, fast-paced environment and high human contact.

The enclosure will create an intimate, tranquil zone where users could reconnect through isolation and recreation. Taking precedent from the harmonious balance of the mangrove ecosystem, the enclosure will cling onto the existing structure of the entrance plaza and alter the dynamics of the area. The skin acts as a screen buffering external contact, maintaining a degree of privacy while encouraging user to play. Users are able hang and swing in the plaza as they proceed to Labrador Park.

The enclosure relies on user interaction. Through the motion of swinging, wind is generated and cools the user and surrounding visitors. Taking precedents from traditional paper fan and sailboat, the enclosure’s structure stretches out and channels the swinging momentum to generate wind. Wind is drawn in and projected outwards through lightweight polyester fabric that acts as a fan. The enclosure aims to promote recreation and passive cooling strategies into the site and bring joy into the lives of the office workers.

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“CAPSULE” PLAN

“CAPSULE” SECTION

“CAPSULE” ELEVATION

PROCESS MODELS

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DESIGN PROCESS

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PROCESS MODELS

FIRST STOREY PLAN

SECOND STOREY PLAN

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SECTION BB

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DETAILS

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RECONCILE LITTLE GUILIN Visitor Centre for residents of Bukit Batok Y2S1 P2 Project

LITTLE GUILIN LOCATION PLAN

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“A Meeting Place” The visitor centre envisions to create a communal hub in the rich landscape of Little Guilin, fabricating new opportunity for residents of Bukit Batok to converge and form new bonds. Bukit Batok, translated from the Malay term ‘Coughing Hill’ is densely populated with residential estates and schools catering to a wide age group in the area. It is rich in green landscapes and sits on a historic geological formation.

C O U R T YA R D

VIEW ACROSS LITTLE GUILIN

“Creating Social Experience” The design is an adaptation of Bukit Batok’s building typology of enclosing a courtyard within a residential estate, creating social areas to address the lack of intimate spaces in the urban fabric. The form is guided by user approach to the site. Two diagonal axes project the building to framed vistas, breaking up the immense landscape of Little Guilin into intimate pockets housing the programs. Positive spaces will host the exhibition gallery, office and studios catering to various users. The resultant transitory, negative spaces translate into courtyards, becoming meeting points and rest areas for users. The transitory spaces could serve as event spaces catered to performances and rehearsals for the community. The courtyard levels vary, drawing visual connectivity between the courtyards and the existing landscape.

Users could transit to the existing terrain via the courtyards. The building meanders around the landscape, minimizing its influence to the existing landscape. Voids are planned within the building to allow existing trees to inhabit the building and rock features are framed within the interior.

Reconcile aims to create a meeting place in Little Guilin where residents of Bukit Batok could partake in various activities and forge new memories; enhancing residents’ lifestyles and changing the dynamic of the urban fabric.

EXHIBITION GALLERY

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DESIGN PROCESS

PROCESS MODELS

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RECONCILE FLOOR PLAN

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AXONOMETRIC SECTION

SECTIONS . ELEVATION

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

DETAILS

P L A N T E R / C O U R T YA R D D E TA I L S

FLOOR / CEILING / ROOF / SKYLIGHT DETAILS

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NICHE IN THE WALL Y2S1 P1 Project “Timber Pavilion” b y C l a r e n c e C r e d e n s a Ta n a n d C h a n D e Q u a n

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“Stacked Timber Pavilion�

NICHE is a pavilion that celebrates the simplicity of stacking timber and its potential to create functional spaces for human interaction. The pavilion will be constructed by stacking and interfacing timber frames on different axes. This creates repeated layers of wall that encloses the site. There is no alteration to the timber frames, and the pavilion could be easily assembled and taken down for future use, allowing the freedom of reconfiguring the stack and create new spaces. The weight of the timber frames will compress the stack into a mass and steel cables will run vertically from the top to secure the pavilion. The pavilion will rest on a steel structure system connected to the steel cable. Niches are designed in the inner layers of the wall, allowing user interaction as they rest and engage in conversations within the wall. The voids between the timber frames buffers light into the interior spaces. These also function as screen between the exterior and interior spaces, allowing users to look into the interior spaces, while maintaining a solid rectilinear exterior form. The interior layers of the wall are a contrast to the exterior as the stacking pattern gradually shifts to create a curvilinear silhouette within the wall, creating a conducive interior layout for user comfort.

DESIGN PROCESS

S T R U C T U R E A S S E M B LY

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SECTION AA

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FLOOR PLAN

SECTION BB

ELEVATION 1

ELEVATION 2

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AXONOMETRIC JOINT DETAIL

A S S E M B LY P R O C E S S

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PORTFOLIO.