Portfolio 2020
CAROLINA WONG Bs. Architect & Ms. Landscape Architect
CAROLINA WONG E: cwongg25@gmail.com P: (+61) 04 5195 2509 A: Unit 2, 7 Cardigan Street, St Kilda East, VIC 3183
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EDUCATION
SEMINARS - WORKSHOPS
2018 - 2019
MAY - 2019
MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE RMIT University Melbourne, Australia Thesis project: “Refreshing Panama, Creating a new street typology for a humid tropical city”
Landscape Australia Conference: “Cultivating New Agencies” Clemenger Auditorium, NGV International Melbourne, Australia MAY - 2018
2010 - 2015
shma - Presentation & Master class Prapan Napawongdee and Yossapon Boonsom RMIT University Design Hub - Level 1 Melbourne, Australia
BACHELOR IN STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE Universidad Católica Santa María la Antigua Panama, Panama Graduation project: Internship Urbanistmo, S.A.
NOV - 2013 Workshop “No shape, Only concept” Arch. Haiko Cornelissen Universidad Católica Santa María la Antigua Panama, Panama
WORK EXPERIENCE 2016- 2018 Architect - Construction Manager Assistant Grupo de Ingenieros Contratistas S.A, UDG Group Panama, Panama Project: Caminos de Centennial Commercial Plaza
OCT - 2013 Master talk- Arch. Haiko Cornelissen Universidad Católica Santa María la Antigua Panama, Panama JUN - 2010
2015- 2016
Master class & Workshop “The city theatre, a circle of interventions in the Casco Antiguo of Panama City” - Arch. Miguel Cifuentes-Arango Universidad Católica Santa María la Antigua Panama, Panama
Architect - Construction Manager Constructora DFR S.A., UDG Group Panama, Panama Project: Crazy Park Family Entertainment Centre 2013 - 2015
SKILLS
Architectural Assistant Urbanistmo S.A. Panama, Panama Tender drawings, 3D modeling, field surveys, and furniture design.
Autodesk AutoCAD SketchUp Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Microsoft Office
2012 - 2013 Internship T.C. Panama Panama, Panama CAD drawings and details.
LANGUAGES Spanish - Native English - Proficient
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SELECTED WORKS
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SENSORY PLAZA - Landscape Architecture REFRESHING PANAMA - Landscape Architecture CRAZY PARK - Commercial Architecture CAMINOS DE CENTENNIAL - Commercial Architecture OTHERS
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Theatre Water curtains
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Water jets
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Sensory plants
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Urban furniture
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Sensory steps
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Deck
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Albedo pavement
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SENSORY PLAZA 8 Project: MLA Studio 7, Studio Vestibular (2018) Role: Design concept.
The design seeks to amplify the sensory input of a given site by highlighting the stimuli of the 7 senses (sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch, vestibular, proprioception). It creates a theatre within the landscape that connects the subjects with the river, alternating between the roles of spectator and performer. This relationship is emphasized with different states of water that serve as a relieve for the urban heat island effect. And moreover, the water amplifies the sensory input of the site though different conditions.
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URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT As the city faces the challenges of the UHI effect, the square provides a relieve due to its position close to the Yarra River. Water is the greatest heat absorbent. And the different stages of the water provide new relieves. As the water jets provide cooling most directly, the different vegetations provide freshness with transpiration and the water drop help alleviate the zone trough steam.
Summer cooling showers
Winter sun exposure
The site then provides relieve in the middle of the city, and help them relate even more to the natural elements and can change with the seasons.
Vegetation
Yarra River
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Wind direction
Albedo pavement
Sunlight and shade
Grass and shrubs
Access
Albedo pavement
Water jets and shrubs
Movements
Cooling air with water drop from the arch
Gatherings
Trees
SENSORY JOURNEY It also activates all the senses as the site responds to them: Sight: As it gives a view of the city with the sun behind it, where the movement of the trains help relax with their rutinary movements. Smell: the different smell of plants and event the river itself give freshness. Touch: As the different vegetation and surfaces interrupt the journey to ask for pause and connection. Vestibular: With the different levels, it asked us to be aware of our surroundings. Proprioception: The site also provides different routes in which it can be experienced while moving around the site elements.
Main routes - Peak hours
Sensory gardens
Hydrotherapy
Spring sensory areas
Routes through the sensory zones Regular hours
Circular movements
Water wall every hour
Autumn night displays
Routes through the site - Festivals
Sensory Gardens
Birds sing
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SECTIONS
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REFRESHING PANAMA Project: MLA Thesis project “Refreshing Panama, Creating a new street typology for a humid tropical climate� (2019) Role: Design concept, planting selection, site analysis and theoretical analysis. The project aims to present guidelines for the developers to improve the streetscapes for the general public through the variables of thermal comfort. Due to the rapid growth of the Panama City geared by economic profit, the Panamanians face the challenges of a modern city in a hot and humid climate where the developments only provide comfortable indoor spaces and the outdoors areas mainly consider the needs of the cars, even though the population that moves by personal car is less than 35%. The project views the site through 4 drivers: wind, shade, water and open spaces, all considered in different scales during three stages. Firstly, through the adaptation of existing built and natural conditions, such as the direction of the prevailing wind, existing water bodies, and the city grid. Then follows the addition of elements that increase the comfort of the street, creating a link of green spaces that includes the urban canopies both natural and artificial. As a result, the city gains an increase in the public realm for the community, where they can engage and enjoy the street life.
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San Francisco, Panama City
NATURAL CONDITIONS Vegetation zones Flooding zones
PACIFIC OCEAN
Wing direction Sun trajectory
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SITE ANALYSIS Over the years, the idea of an "indoor city" became a reality for the Panamanians. Most of the population was barely using the pubic spaces. As a consequence, these places were practically abandoned and left for lower social status citizens that could not afford a car. Since many of the following governments did not consider people's real needs, the sidewalks and public spaces started to crumble and the plans to repair them were not a priority. Most of the infrastructure works were about maintaining and upgrading the road systems, exclusively for cars use.
INADEQUATE VEGETATION
RESIDENTIAL
STREET SIDEWALK
CARS OBSTRUCTING THE SIDEWALK
RESIDENTIAL
COMMERCIAL SIDEWALK
STREET
PARKING
SIDEWALK
COMMERCIAL
IRREGULARITIES IN THE SIDEWALKS
CARS PARKS BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK
WATER BEHIND BUILDINGS
ENCLOSED WATERWAYS
RESIDENTIAL
STREET SIDEWALK
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SIDEWALK
COMMERCIAL PARKING
ELECTRIC POST
STREETS FLOODED
WATER + VEGETATION
RESIDENTIAL
RESIDENTIAL
SIDEWALK
SIDEWALK
SIDEWALK
STREET
STREET
PARKING
COMMERCIAL
COMMERCIAL
COMMERCIAL PARKING
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NATURAL COOLERS Considering the natural variables, the project proposes to view the site through 4 lenses that relate to the thermal comfort and the need of the city of space and heat mitigation. This focus areas are: the wind movement in the site, presence and absence of shadows areas, relation with existing water bodies, and how all of these give new uses and spaces in the public realm for the community.
(-) Lower pressure
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WIND
Sea Breeze
VEGETATION
Lower pressure
Land Breeze
WATER BODIES
(-) Lower pressure
Transpiration cooling
Greatest heath absorbent
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Lower pressure
NEW COOLING NETWORK The site has the presence of two low pressure zones, it has the district park, Omar Park at the north and the coastline of the Pacific Ocean in the south. The natural relationship of this zones is from north-south following the predominant wind. Following the prevailing winds the new network of low pressure areas seeks to maintain the wind flow at the street level. The project propose to increase the trees in the street and an opening of the existing water bodies to the public spaces. 11
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Lower pressure
OPEN SPACES - RELIEF ZONES
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SHADING ELEMENTS Due to its proximity to the equator line, the sun's trajectory does not vary much during the year staying between 70ยบ and 90ยบ perpendicular to the earth. This causes that at the times where the sun is higher there are no shadows on the streets that protect pedestrians. Since all element cast a shadow in different moments of the day the project plays with various scales of the shadow elements to ensure the protection of the pedestrian in the moments of the day when the sun is hardest.
COOLING STRUCTURES The independent shading structures should provide the same canopy diameter as trees, but their heights can vary depending on the location and quantity needed. These structures need to be permeable in their lower parts to allow the wind flow, and semi translucent in their canopy to allow natural light into the streets but block the rainwater. This structures can be located in squares, parks or avenues.
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2.25 m
6-8m
Spreading tree shapes, bottom free that allow human activities underneath
Evergreen trees to provide shelter all year
Play with existing building shadows and future ones
Catchment area
Turbine
Diffuser
7m
The structures can also funnel cooler air and bring it down the human level.
The size can vary depending on the other shadow elements that are on site.
Also, they provide a new palette in the streets view
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CRAZY PARK Project: Family Entertainment Centre, Altaplaza Mall, Panama City (Sept 2015 – Oct 2016) Development area: 3,177.00 m2 Role: Construction Manager responsible of: Contract Administration, Calendar Administration, Materials calculations and orders, personnel management, and quality control. It was a 2-level theme park construction project set as a cartoon-like jungle within a commercial plaza. Part of the responsibilities included the supervision and contract handling of technical services such as electricity, plumbing, air conditioning, security and data. To obtain the jungle atmosphere, it included ornamental details such as hanging elements simulating clouds, tree-like covering structures, 3M digital prints on the walls and various furniture. These elements were divided into 3 main contractors to ensure the project times where kept. The process followed strict security measures to ensure that the facilities meet the safety standards for children´s play. This included structural elements for game facilities, such as steel structures, soft play soft coverings and protecting meshes for the delimitation for areas. Some of the play areas depended on the arrival of certified personnel from international companies to install the structures. This required careful management of each phase of the project to ensure that each zone had the requirements for the scheduled installation periods.
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Prizes: Silver medal, 2017 for best new retail concept in Latin America by International Council of Shopping Centres. 17
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DETAILS AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS CL CIELO INCLINADO VARIAS ALTURAS
4,73 PANEL D 0 + 7.00 M
2,61 PANEL C 0 + 5.80 M
2,49 PANEL B 0 + 4.80 M TUBO PVC 200 mm Ø, ACABADO IMPRESO DIGITAL DE CORTEZA DE ARBOL.
1,67 PANEL A 0 + 3.80 M
COLUMNA SUPERIOR ACABADO IMPRESO DIGITAL DE CORTEZA DE ARBOL. CORTEZA 0 + 3.00 M
COLUMNA INFERIOR ACABADO REVESTIMIENTO DE CORTEZA FALSA
RODAPIE REVESTIMIENTO SOBRE ESTRUCTURA INTERNA,VER DETALLE.
N.P.T. = 0 +0.00 M NIVEL 600
Hand-painted decorative foam trees covering structural steel columns.
PASAMANOS TUBO OVALADO 50X35 mm ACERO INOXIDABLE
TUBO CUADRADO 25 mm ACERO INOXIDABLE
1,12
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PANELES DE VIDRIO TEMPLADO
TUBO RECTANGULAR 6 X 35 mm ACERO INOXIDABLE. 0,338
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HUELLA LÁMINA DE FIBROLIT DE 1'', ACABADO ALFOMBRA. 0,038
CONTRAHUELLA LÁMINA DE FIBROLIT DE 1'', ACABADO STICKER SEGÚN PAQUETE GRÁFICO FORREC.
VIGA METÁLICA 50 X 100 mm, SEGÚN LAMNAS ESTRUCTURALES.
Main staircase of steel structure. With stainless steel and tempered glass railings, covered with carpet.
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Ceiling in the form of hanging cylinders with different heights and ribbons of multicoloured LED lights.
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DATA ROOM
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ENTRANCE/EXIT LASER TAG
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Laser tag maze with structural low walls covered with gypsum panels. With hand-painted neon details and black lights.
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CAMINOS DE CENTENNIAL Project: Commercial Plaza, Centennial Avenue, Panama City (Oct 2016 – Jan 2018) Development area: 11,427 m2 Role: Construction Manager Assistant, Contract administration, works supervision on site, materials calculation and orders. Construction of a 2-storey commercial plaza with underground parking. Formed part of the construction management team from the slab work stage, being in charge of supervising the bricklaying works until the handover to the clients. Coordinated the contracts of the brickworks in perimeter wall and drywall between the shops with their structural reinforcements. Also, supervised all plaster works and painting such as EIF in exterior walls, decorative paint on hallway columns, and base coat for the interior of the shops. In charge of all work to complete the shops, the lock-up with windows and tempered glass doors. Finishing off the utility rooms with tiling, completion of plumbing and electrical works and door installations.
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TECHNICAL CORRIDOR
TECHNICAL CORRIDOR
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CIRCULATION
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CAR-PARK
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TERRACE SIDEWALK ENTRANCE
MAIN PLAN - LEVEL 0.00
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PL. ALTA N. 100 N: 72.50
GAS PL. BAJA N. 0.00
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WATER TANK
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VEGETATION
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LOADING AREA
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VEGETATION
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ENTRANCE UNDERGROUND CAR-PARK
TERRACE ENTRANCE
SIDEWALK
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PL. ALTA N. 100
TERRACE
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PL. BAJA N. 000
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ENTRANCE MAIN LEVEL
N: 69.05 SEMISOTANO N. -100
ENTRANCE UNDERGROUND CAR-PARK
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FRAME WORKS Part of the supervision team of slab works and structural elements both cement and steel in the plaza.
Coordinated the contracts of the brickworks in perimeter wall and drywall panels between the shops with their structural reinforcements.
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COMPLETION WORKS The second level and front shops included stainless steel handrails and louvres.
Coordination of tailing works in exterior corridors of the plaza and stairs.
Paintings included EIF in exterior walls, decorative paint on hallway columns, and base coat for the interior of the shops.
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INFOGRAPHICS The project intends to create a visual essay that will serve as a guideline for new mixed-use developments projects. It includes basic design principles with a community-conscious oriented approach to provide a strong base for the projects and obtain an adequate environment for the communities. Following the analysis of several case studies in Melbourne and the USA, the infographics speak in a language that can be understood not only by designers but also by the general public so the community can envision the possibilities for their future homes.
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PLANNERS GUIDE TO
MIXED USE
Building form
- Maximise the use of natural light. - Building separa�on to ensure cross wind circula�on.
DEVELOPMENTS SITE CONFIGURATION
- Establish links with the public realm. - Clear foot paths to public transport.
BUILDING ENTRANCE
- Provide separate access to public and private areas. - Provide systems of entry control to prevent unauthorized visitors.
CAR-PARKS
- Separated parking for residen�al and commercial areas.
LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACES
- Provide adequate spor�ng facili�es for the community. - Provide covered walkways, outdoor sea�ng and landscaping.
Pedestrian access and comfort - Maximise ac�ve use of public real, such as outdoor dinning. - Create walk-able context that is s�mula�ng, legible, comfortable and safe for pedestrians.
Circulation - Priori�ze pedestrian and bicycle movement.
Tenants committee
- Crea�on of a tenants advisory commi�ee as a direct line of communica�on between the project and the tenants.
SAFETY - Adequate ligh�ng of all pedestrian access ways, parking areas and building surroundings.
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SKETCH + COLLAGE Through the visual essay, we intend to bring forward the different layers that make up the fabric of the site and what is the phenomenology of the place. Through collage, we bring a focus to the moss as the main subject to analyse and as we zoom in to understand how this micro vegetation works, its surrounding lose details but remains present as they condition the moss as well. While we inhabit a space, the more we look, the more we discover the relationship between the different elements and the closer we can see.
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CONTACT: Carolina I. Wong G. cwongg25@gmail.com (+61) 04 5195 2509
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