Ernest ng [ portfolio] sept 2017 by Ernest Ng

works

Ernest Ng Hiok Hoe

2017

EDUCATION University at Buffalo (State University of New York) School of Architecture and Planning Buffalo, NY

Master of Architecture degree. Thesis Project: “Quad Space” September 2009 Recipent of the 2010 University at Buffalo (SUNY) Dean’s Medal. Winner of ‘The Resourceful Architect 2010’, London, UK Exhibited at ‘Arch Visions, Schools of the Future’at Center for Architecture, AIA NY Chapter Nominated for Archiprix International 2011 Preview exhibition of ‘ Concrete Geometries’ held at Architectural Association, London

Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture Pittsburgh, PA

Student Exchange Program for M.Arch first year program from National University of Singapore. 2003/ 2004

National University of Singapore School of Design and Environment Department of Architecture Singapore

Bachelor of Arts (Architecture) degree. June 2003

PROFESSIONAL/ ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Benoy Ltd. 2013 - 2016 Singapore

Associate Director. Aug 2011 - Dec 2012 Project Leader. Jewel at Changi Airport, Singapore [Interiors] Aug 2013 - Current Project Leader. T1E Arrival Hall, Changi Airport, Singapore, Aug 2013 - Current Project Leader. Tengao Spa Hotel Villas & Luxury Villas, Tengao, China, Jun 2013 - Dec 2013 Designer. Westgate Mall, Singapore, Feb 2013 - Dec 2013

Sauerbruch Hutton Architekten. 2011 - 2012 Berlin, Germany

Architect. Business Development Coordinator / Asian projects. Aug 2011 - Dec 2012 Project Manager. Peony Exposition World, Luoyang, China, Jan 2012 - Dec 2012 Project Architect. Quartier am der Stadtmauer Competition, Bamberg, Aug 2011 - Dec 2011

Mississippi State University. 2009 - 2011 Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA

Visiting Assistant / Professor School of Architecture. Chief Editor, BARNworks 2009/2010. Aug 2010 - May 2011

Steven Holl Architects. 2004 - 2007 New York City , USA

Junior Architect. Design Architect. Arbuk Villas, Turkey. Mar 2007 - Aug 2007 Assistant Project Architect. New York University School of Philosphy. Jun 2005 - Mar 2007 Designer. Busan Cinema Complex, Busan, South Korea. Jun 2005 - Aug 2005 Designer. Cite Du Surf Et De L’Ocean, Barritz, France. First Prize. May 2005 - Jun 2005 Designer. Winery Hotel, Langenlois, Austria. Aug 2004 - Jun 2005

WOHA Architects Pte Ltd. 2003 Singapore

Intern Architect. May 2003 - Aug 2003

AWARDS/ FELLOWSHIPS Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS

2010 Professor Robert M. Ford Faculty Award. 2009-2010 / 2010-2011 Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society Faculty Teaching Award. Artist Incentive Award 2011.

University at Buffalo (State University of New York) School of Architecture and Planning Buffalo, NY

Overall Design Excellence Award. Graduating Class of 2009 Henry Adams Award for second best GPA. Graduating Class of 2009 Robert Skerker Scholarship. Spring 2008 High Achievement Award. Fall 2007, Spring 2008

National University of Singapore School of Design and Environment Singapore

Ong & Ong Travelling Fellowship. May 2003

SKILLS / LANGUAGES Skills & Knowledge PC & Mac OS Platform

Autodesk AutoCAD, Rhino, Bentley MicroStation, Google Sketchup Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Fabrication/modelling: metal & wood carpentry work, laser cutting machinery

Languages

English, Mandarin [native]

professional works

masters of architecture | thesis project design works

academic works

02 alam sutera superblock masterplan, jakarta 04 skyscity, hong kong 06 jewel changi airport, singapore 08 tengao luxury villas, china 10 hager forum, obernai 12 ecole economie et statistique, paris-saclay 14 wood wharf development, london 18 peony exposition world, luoyang 20 quartier am der stadtmauer, bamberg 24 arkbuk peninsular resort, istanbul 28 department of philosophy, nyu, new york city 36 quadspace, buffalo, new york 42 44 46

barcoding the bench liquid formwork

48 54 56

studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; works sanderson anatomy materials & methods

contact

ernest.ng.hh@gmail.com + 65 8616 0434

PROFESSIONAL WORKS

alam sutera superblock masterplan tangerang, west jakarta, nov 2016 - jan 2017 benoy ltd, singapore

program: urban masterplan ( residential, retail & commercial programs) client: alam sutera area: 11.3 Ha role: project lead status: concept design

PROFESSIONAL WORKS

skycity

THIS MINI GOLF HAS THE BEST VIEW IN TOWN!

west kowloon, hong kong, feb 2016- mar 2016 benoy ltd, singapore

program: conceptualization of a office skyscraper client: swire group role: project lead status: peter mccaffery fellowship competition THIS IS THE PERFECT LUNCHTIME TANNING SPOT!

LET ME JUST GRAB SOME STATIONERY FOR THE OFFICE REAL QUICK BEFORE HEADING BACK.

HEY! ANYONE WANTS A CARAMEL LATTE?

HEY, IM STARVING, SHALL WE HEAD UPSTAIRS FOR A BITE?

PROFESSIONAL WORKS

jewel changi airport + terminal 1 extension singapore, aug 2013 - nov 2016 benoy ltd, singapore

program: aviation & retail planning, commercial interior design client: jewel changi airport ( capitaland, changi airport group) role: project lead status: in progress

PROFESSIONAL WORKS

tengao luxury villas liaoning, china, apr 2013 - aug 2013 benoy ltd, singapore

program: high-emd residential + hotels client: tuan sing group role: project lead status: concept design + schematic design

PROFESSIONAL WORKS

hager forum

obernai, france, jun 2012- july 2012 sauerbruch hutton architekten, berlin

program: conference centre, brand centre, exhibition space, offices, cafe client: hager group size: 5,000 sqm role: designer status: competition first prize, completion 2015

Hager Forum is a new business centre, located at the entrance of the manufacturing campus of the Hager Group in Obernai, France. The building is to be used as a conference and welcome centre, to introduce potential clients to product updates and new product developments, and to serve as a interaction space for the clients. The building consist of a simple rectangular space covered with a large steel and timber prefabricated roof structure that cantilevers towards the front of the building, thus creating a huge sheltered entrance lobby space. As the building is located at the heart of the campus, this large canopy roof will also serve as a space of interaction and gathering for the employees during their break time. The facade consist of a series of vertical stainless steel panels in various grey tones and matte finishes forming the division for the curtain wall facade. This repetitive pattern becomes a optical â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;zip-lockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, wrapping around the glass box.

Optional

PROFESSIONAL WORKS

ecole economie et statistique, paris-saclay paris, france, may 2012-jun 2012 sauerbruch hutton architekten, berlin

program: business school with faculty offices, auditoriums, classrooms, library, cafe client: ecole economie et statistique, paris- saclay size: 17,000 sqm role: project lead status: competition entry

The Ecole Economie et Statistique, Paris-Saclay is designed as fluid object carved out of a natural circulation flow within the campus. The two distinctive programs of the introverted faculty and research offices and the extroverted classrooms, studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; areas and auditorium are distributed into two distinct forms, joined by a tranparent connection at the ground floor. The private faculty and research offices are located in a slightly curved bar that sits at the south-east corner of the campus plaza. These offices are organised according to the requirements of the individual departments, but are interconnected by internal stairs that serves as socialising and interacting spaces. The students spaces, classrooms and auditorium, on the other hand, are located in a blob-like form, that connects to the green space around it, and serves to create fluid flow of students.

PROFESSIONAL WORKS

wood wharf development london, UK, jul 2012- oct 2012 sauerbruch hutton architekten, berlin program: tenable offices, retail client: canary wharf developments size: 10,000 sqm role: designer status: competition entry

PROFESSIONAL WORKS

peony exposition world luoyang, china, jan 2012 - current sauerbruch hutton architekten, berlin

program: peony greenhouses and exhibition hall, offices, education centre, auditorium client: luoyang bureau of woods and parks size: 35,000 sqm role: designer & project coordinator status: in progress

The peony, the Chinese national flower, is the official symbol of Luoyang, one of the four ancient capitals of China. Luoyang’s Four Seasons Peony Exposition World is a sensous glasshouse that articulates modern building skills with an awareness of the city’s own cultural heritage, and is neatly integrated within the landscape of an urban waterfront park on a new island, part of a new development south east of the city centre. This Peony World allows year-round attention to be focussed on the historically important culture of the peony, while forming the centrepiece of the annual spring peony festival. The building’s carefully articulated glass facads enable the exhibtition halls and botanical gardensit contains to connect out to the landscape of the surrounding park, while the gently curved roof undulates above and reacts to the space that it protects below. The geometry of the glasshouse is irregular; its mass and shape subordinated to the forms of the landscape. Its footprint is almost circular, but slightly flattened to the north and south, creating an eastwest directionality that is picked up by the curvillinear glass walls inside. These divide the plan logitudinally and create a dynamic landscape parttern of interlocking stripes, organising the visitors’ circulation.

museum 博物馆 main peony exhibition greenhouse / art 主牡丹博览展区温室/ 艺术 main peony exh. greenhse. / north american 主牡丹博览展区温室/ 北美 main peony exh. greenhse. / european 主牡丹博览展区温室/ 欧洲 main peony exh. greenhse. / tropical 主牡丹博览展区温室/ 热带水生植物 worldwide national flower green house 世界国花博览温室 main peony exh. greenhse. / chinese 主牡丹博览展区温室/ 中国

PROFESSIONAL WORKS

quartier am der stadtmauer bamberg, germany, oct 2011- dec 2011 sauerbruch hutton architekten, berlin

program: retail space, apartments, city wall heritage preservation client: multi-vest developments size: 19,000 sqm role: project lead status: competition entry

This competition entry is for the redevelopment of a previously enclosed courtyard space in the main city centre of Bamberg, Germany. A medival city wall was discovered within the courtyard and hence this became the driving force for this preservation effort to reignite this UNESCO world heritage city centre. The design emphaised on the opening up of this courtyard to form part of the bigger city pedestrian network, which is intended to encourage a stronger and consistent pedestrian flow into and through the courtyard space. This inner private street will hence be interconnected to the rest of the city and extends a continuous retail shopfront from the main road into the courtyard. The overall massing of the indivdual building relates to the immediate historical context through their intricate scale, texture and roof form, yet, this historical juxtaposition is brought into focus through a subtle play of geometry and openings on the elevations.

PROFESSIONAL WORKS

arkbuk peninsular resort arkbuk, istanbul, dec 2006 - aug 2007 steven holl architects, new york city

program: masterplan and design for private luxury villas client: arbuk eco-development size: 1800 sqm role: designer status: on hold

In collaboration with a local sustainable environmental agency, a conceptual sustainable water resource masterplan for a residential and tourist resort was developed on the Arkbuk peninsular, along the Aegean coast of Turkey. Part of this masterplan is a design of 27 luxurious private villas directly facing the coast, sitting on a natural slope towards the sea. The villas are organised into clusters of 3 and 5, and a total of 6 clusters are arranged around the slope, hence minimising the overall footprint of the villas. Each villa is designed as a geometric meandering along the narrow width of the cluster, in order to maximise views of all the villas. Entrance hallway, bedrooms and resting areas are located on the ground level, to enhance the privacy as well as to bring the nature and gardens into the sleeping areas. The living and eating areas are located on the upper level, which combines with extensive balconies, take advantage of the extensive Mediterranean views.

PROFESSIONAL WORKS

department of philosophy, new york university greenwich village, new york, dec 2004 - mar 2007 steven holl architects, new york city

program: faculty offices, seminar rooms, library, lounge & 120-seat auditorium client: new york university size: 5000 sqm role: assistant project architect status: completed

This is a design that invovled the complete interior renovation of an 1890 corner building at 5 Washington Place for the consolidation of the NYU Department of Philosophy within a concept which organizes the new spaces around light and phenomenal properties of materials. A new stair shaft below a new skylight joins the 6-level building vertically with a shifting porosity of light and shadow that change seasonally. Prismatic film was installed on the south-facing stairwell windows which occasionally break the sunlight into a prismatic rainbow. The Ground level, utilized by the entire University, contains a new curvilinear wooden auditorium on a cork floor. The upper level floors contain Faculty Offices and Seminar Rooms which are done in different shades and textures of black & white, according to the texts in Ludwig Wittgenstein’s book ‘Remarks on Colour’.

THESIS PROJECT

quad space

buffalo, new york, aug 08 - aug 2009

in collaboration with michael-john bailie,paul dudkowski & dan stripp program: single family house size: 60 sqm status: completed

Quad Space is an insertion of an architectural academic exercise as a full-scale constructed exploration to spatially and structurally manipulate and define the division of four spaces within a 400 sq. ft. house. The project re-evaluates the operations of architectural exercises within the academia and its role and relationship with the social, communal and economic environment that it is based within. The project critically investigates the effort and process of establishing an academic architectural research project as a full-scale construction inserted within the city of Buffalo, involving the physical manipulation and conversion of an existing derelict house into a habitable space. The house, located at 139 Howell St in the Black Rock neighborhood in the City of Buffalo, is a brick-veneered house built in the early 1900s. This house was identified after a series of field research and subsequently acquired at the Buffalo City auction in Oct 2008 for $6500. A series of studies on volumetric, programmatic and infrastructural precedents of contemporary domestic issues and spaces manifested into a strategic framework to define the division of the house into four equal parts, each entitled to an individual author of the project. The strategic framework was developed into a design executed as a full-scale architectural construction project, through the physical labor of the four authors to spatially and structurally manipulate the house, subsequently engaging the four individuals as owners, architects and builders of the academic exercise.

Volumetric research directives, strategies & analysis

Programmatic research directives, strategies & analysis

Infrastructural research directives, strategies & analysis

DESIGN & FABRICATION

barcoding hayes hall, university at buffalo, buffalo, new york, apr 08 - sept 08 in collaboration with michael-john bailie & dan stripp

Inspired simultaneously by the library barcoding system as well as the metaphorical compulsion of a vertical book stack, this circulation space consists of a series of extrapolated vertical lines defining the organizational structure of both the back-wall shelving unit and the front circulation desk of Architecture and Planning Library at the University at Buffalo. This organization defines a spatial barcode and a compulsive vertical surface unique to APL through the varied alternation of vertical panels of plywood surfaces (concealed cabinets and door frame) and exposed ply-edges (full height structural bookends). Constructed using domestic grade maple plywood, the structural cabinets, door frames, drawer boxes and structural plywood bookend panels are prefabricated as individual components which are assembled onsite using steel rods and cotter pins. Not unlike the staves and metal hoops of a wine barrel, the verticality of the individual component hence becomes a vertical stack, held in compression by the fixation of the steel rods and pins, forming a balancing horizontal stitch in tension.

Back shelf steel rods | Horizontal Ties

Back shelf structural spacers | Shelves

Back shelf structural panels | Vertical Divisions

Back shelf | Assemblage

Front desk structural storage | Exterior Volumes

Front desk structural framing | Inner Ribs

Front desk surface panels | Barcoding

DESIGN & FABRICATION

the bench hayes hall lobby, university at buffalo, buffalo, new york, apr 08 - aug 08 in collaboration with michael-john bailie & dan stripp

The design and fabrication of this bench was inspired by the works of Peter Zumthor. An independent study, conducted to learn about Zumthor’s architecture, includes the ‘Topography of Terror’, an unfinished project in Berlin, Germany. This bench explores this unrealized design in a different context and scale. Utilizing repetitive components with minimum customization, the fabrication process aspired to be a highly precise operation using minimum woodworking skills. Inspired by the construction system and relentless logic of the ‘Topography of Terror’, the structure of the bench is a system of repetitive wooden components that are stitched/clamped using stock steel sections. Most evident in the side elevation, the steel sections connect and lock each slotted wood piece in place. Exploiting the surface tension between steel and wood, this locking system produces a rigid structure that is held with only 16 countersunk screws.

STUDIO DESIGN

liquid formwork downtown buffalo, buffalo, new york, jan 08 - may 08 in collaboration with gregory hess

The aim of this project was to explore alternative models of casting in concrete, seeking a more complex relationship between the cast object and its formwork. The ultimate goal was to develop a “liquid formwork”, where the relationship of form and formwork was not static, and not definable by a single physical and theoretical alignment. A precedent study was conducted on the construction of Kenzo Tange’s Sports Complex (Takamatsu, Japan, 1964). One of the four main pylons supporting the structure was drawn, analyzed, and finally constructed at a scale of 1:10. The complexities of a specific area of the form served as the basis for the development of a new casting system. The form focused on in the precedent study consisted of a complex curve in both plan and elevation. To create a new formwork for casting this component, a system was developed that was composed of adjustable vertical steel members calibrated via threaded rods and nuts, and a flexible structural spine consisting of wood 2 x 3’s linked with 3/8” PVC tubing. The formwork was then lined using EPDM roofing rubber, creating an elastic, reusable casting membrane. The resulting cast was a continuous complex surface that echoed formal elements found in the precedent cast.

ACADEMIC TEACHING- YEAR 1 STUDIO

studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; projects studio instructor, project coordinator, aug 09 - dec 09 mississippi state university, school of architecture, mississippi state, MS

The visiting assistant professor position at Mississippi State University is a one-year position with academic responsibilities including instructing a core architecture design studio and a lecture/ seminar course for foundation level undergraduate program. Teaching responsibility for the core architecture design studio includes designing and coordinating project exercises for design studios. In this case, this project introduces first year architecture students to the relationship between visual ideas and physical form and space through material and tectonic construct. The project uses two basic formal constructions: filigree and solid construction as a point of departure for design explorations and expression for a habitable space.

Blake Clanton

Hebert Huddleston

John King

Ryan Callahan

Chance Stokes

Eric Phyfer

ACADEMIC TEACHING- YEAR 1 STUDIO

studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; projects studio instructor, year 1 studio coordinator, jan 11 - apr 11 mississippi state university, school of architecture, mississippi state, MS

ACADEMIC TEACHING- YEAR 2 STUDIO

studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; projects studio instructor, project coordinator, jan 10 - apr 10

mississippi state university, school of architecture, mississippi state, MS

ACADEMIC TEACHING | DESIGN & FABRICATION

sanderson anatomy

course professor, design/ build course, feb 2010 - june 2010 mississippi state university, sanderson center, mississippi state, ms

This is a commission by the Department of Recreational Sports for a new reception desk at the front entry lobby of the Sanderson Center on the university campus. Inspired by the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primary function as a space for the wellness of the human body, the design for the reception desk takes on a composition inter-connected elements. These elements consist of a main structural spine, a series of ribs, tendons, muscles mass and finally an enveloping skin. A repetitive row of vertical black-stained plywood hold up a welded steel spinal tube forms the overall rhythm. Theses ribs are held together in tension by horizontal steel rods pinned at both ends. Several folded steel shelves are then held up in place within the ribs and steel robs. Finally, a skin of solid maple flooring planks are laid over the entire series of ribs to form the countertop and table top of the desk.

ACADEMIC TEACHING- LECTURE COURSE

materials & methods course lecturer, seminar coordinator, jan 10 - jan 11

mississippi state university, school of architecture, mississippi state, MS

Teaching responsibility for the lecture seminar course involves the organization of a building technology course on the survery of construction materials and methods. This course is structured around a series of hands-on material experiments based on typical constrution materials and full-scale construction projects. Students were asked to research into a variety of architectural projects that employ interesting usage of materials and to conduct material experiments and studies to test and explore the limits and potential of these materials. The full scale construction project involved the design and fabrication of a chair based on half a sheet of 3/4â&#x20AC;? plywood and the students were asked to explore the material efficiency, production and finishes in the design and fabrication process.

Scott Penman

Ariel Westmark

Matt Robinson

Will Randolph Andrew Robertson

Jonathon Hooker

Brennan Plunket

George Jordan

Michael Moore