Urban Design Postgraduate Portfolio: RMIT University

Erika Lie

Urban Design Portfolio 2016 ramlierika@gmail.com RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Erika Lie Melbourne, Australia ramlierika@gmail.com erikalieportfolio.tumblr.com

EDUCATION

RMIT University, Melbourne Masters of Urban Design 2014-2016

LANGUAGES

Bahasa Indonesia Fluent

English

University of Melbourne

Fluent

Bachelor of Environments in Architecture 2011-2013

Spanish Beginner

WORK EXPERIENCES

PT. Airmas Asri Architects & Consulting Engineer - Department of International Projects, Architecture Intern February - May 2015 Blacksteel Properties Architecture Intern February - May 2014

Japanese Beginner

VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCES

Media & Marketing Coordinator 2011-2012

ASEAN Games, Melbourne Volunteer Photographer, 2011

Autocad Google Sketchup

Rhinoceros 3DS Max Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Vray for Rhino & Sketchup Grasshopper Model Making

Media & Marketing Director 2012

Melbourne University Student Association

TWS & Partners Architecture Intern January - February 2014

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Indonesian Film Festival, Melbourne

HOBBIES

Learning languages Sports Travelling Graphic design

INDEX

P4

SAIGON : HemAir Academic Work 2016

P48

Westbank, Footscray Academic Work 2014

P20

Coodabeen Carlton / Trial-a-cliche Academic Work 2015

P66

xtraVoodoo Academic Work 2015

P39

Inclusive City, Barcelona Academic Work 2015

01 Studio VIETNAM: HemAir Travelling studio to Saigon, Vietnam Masters of Urban Design & Masters of Architecture Studio, 2016 RMIT University Tutors: Graham Crist and Gretchen Wilkins The studio is an exploration of two distinctive typologies existing in Saigon. First, being the unique culture of tiny lanes (HEM in vietnamese), the other being the rapidly growing amount of curtain wall high-rise tower.

With the new towers swiftly eating away the HEMs, we are interested in exploring ways of merging the two typologies together, and bring about a new type of urban environment by translating the spatial form of Vietnamese lanes into a the tower.

PRECEDENT STUDIES: SILODAM BY MVRDV Analysis of assigned precedent:the Silodam housing by MVRDV. Analysis conducted by studying and recreating plan, section, elevation, site plan, and massing model.

As part of a transformation of an industral area, the Silodam was built with the intention of accomodating a wide variety of housing types for families and individuals from different social and economic backgrounds, sampled from the existing typology in the surrounding context. Resembling a shipping container, the variety of typologies are represented in different colored and material on the facade.

ON A1

What makes the building urban?

As the 10-storey horizontal tower floats on the river on the edge of a pier, its relationship with the city is tied with the long, stretched out pier, providing privacy for its residents.

The fact that the building contains a mixture of housing typologies and private-communal spaces, proves the fact that the buiilding itself functions as an urban neighborhood - a small vertical city in its own right. Corridors are designed as streets, with meeting points scattered dotted around, providing opportunities for residents to meet and interact.

The ground level of the building serves as a public space, with a restaurant cantilevered above the waters.

TYPOLOGY + FUNCTION

CIRCULATION

CIRCULATION

CIRCULATION

SITE ANALYSIS & PRECEDENT STUDIES: PLACING SILODAM in SAIGON With the decision to preserve the nature of Silodam, which is to float above water, it is then relocated to above the wide Ben Nghe Canal in District 1, Saigon. This site is chosen due to its richness in context, including hyper-dense residential hems on both sides of the river and street market in the vicinity, inactive landscape strips on the sides, a bridge with a pedestrian pathway that connects both sides of the river, as well as a wide highway road. The site holds potential to be a public destination for residents of Saigon.

However, the existing highway road in between the HEM dwellings and the riverside landscape imposed a lack of connectivity, especially for pedestrians and motorcyclists within this rich urban fabric. Thus, a solution is proposed with the site selection and relocation of the Silodam as a bridge building that connects both sides of the river through its public lobby and restaurant in the first floor.

VIEW FROM SECO

OND LEVEL

VIEW FROM THE BRIGE

The ground level of Silodam is utilised according to its function - as a public space.

It is then given an additional stairs on the restaurant end, creating a continuous public pedestrian brige to improve ease of pedestrian crossing in the vicinity.

PROJECT PROPOSAL

01_Existing Condition

02_Identifying site context and access

03_Establish connection between contexts

04_Create pedestrian bridge between 2 districts

05_Sample existing HEM dwellings

05_Result: High density dwelling on top, bridge-councourse of sports arena below

A public space concourse is proposed to be suspended to existing bridge and proposed tower. Sports activities added in order to establish a destination.

Housing unit designed as blocks of 4-levels each, with different and irregular layout on each and every floor.

Program distributions on public space concourse

One typical housing block breakdown

Upper - Concourse Level Plan

Section

Ground Level Plan

Upper Level Plan

PHYSICAL MODELS

Study model - Silodam by MVRDV

First Iteration Model

PHYSICAL MODEL

Final model

02 Fishermans Bend Masterplan: TRIAL-A-CLICHE Masters of Urban Design Studio, RMIT University 2015 Tutor: Mark Jacques The studio is interested in investigating the new ‘expanded central city zones’ development in Melbourne, in particular the area of Fishermans Bend. Such developments that had been established, such as Docklands, however, have a set of cliched formula, that is arguably banal and generic. The studio is aiming to challenge these established cliches, such as building as an autonomous object, tower-podium typology, and tabula rasa, by studying the pre-existing urban form of fishermans bend throughout the years with a focus on retaining existing built form and spaces. The outcome is a masterplan of a 200ha employment precinct.

SITE

ASSIGNED SITE

Individual Boundary Selection

Buildings and spaces retention

ISSUES

GOALS

Retained spaces: waterfront landscape & empty green lot on southeastern end of precinct.

Integrated both retained spaces by bringing back a pre-existing central green landscape.

Having proposed a central green landscape, Central Park NY and Lincoln Square as a local context are taken as precedent.

PRECEDENT

01_Create central courtyard on typical Fishermans Bend building: large, flat & low-rise

02_Divide & diversify

03_Vary Heights

Vary heights according to position against the central park Breakdown of each courtyard block

01_Integrate existing and proposed landscapes

03_Divide site into green lots according to road network

FINALISING CONCEPT

02_Establish new road network

04_Place courtyard blocks on lots

Waterfront ‘Finger Buildings’

Open spaces are collages of Melbourne’s parks to preserve local character Treatment of retained buildings: Reverted to its skeleton as a pavilion

Typical Block

Common Typologies

PREVIOUS ITERATIONS

TESTING WITH MODELS

URBAN DESIGN STUDIO: TRIAL-A-CLICHE

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Figure Ground

Motor Vehicle Circulation

Site Plan

Pedestrian Circulation

Shared Path Exclusive

Residential Commercial

Program Distribution

Carpark Public

Dominant Typologies

Aerial Perspective

Scale Comparison: CBD

Scale Comparison: New Quay

Scale Comparison: Yarra’s Edge Landscape Plan

Typical Perimeter Block

03 Barcelona Workshop: INCLUSIVE CITY Two-week intensive workshop in Barcelona Masters of Urban Design, RMIT University, 2015 Tutor: Eva Prats, Mark Jacques The workshop is interested in studying the suburb of Poblenou in Barcelona. Poblenou was formerly an industrial area, and recently have been a subject of testing for an urban future. However, few housing projects are developed. The workshop focused on introducing social housing to the neighborhood, while creating a social and urban rehabilitation onto the area.

Proposed in this project is a farmers market, initiated by the existing community gardens. In addition to that, an affodable social housing apartments integrated to the market, inspired by the Santa Caterina Mercado. Santa Caterina was taken as a precedent due to similarities in site demographics and uses.

SITE : POBLENOU, BCN

EXISTING CONDITIONS

PROPOSALS

04 Westbank, Footscray Master of Urban Design Studio, RMIT University, Semester 1 2014 Tutor: John Doyle & Graham Crist The Westbank studio focused on the urban growth area around the Footscray CBD and the west bank of the Maribyrnong river in Melbourne. The area has begun substantial intensification and transformation, with several high rise developments already planned or underway, and as a precinct with a history of separation from central Melbourne. This area might be a new and distinct companion city to Melbourne. The studio will examine issues of urban density, and will speculate on strategies for urban intensification that take into account the specific structures, scales and characteristics of this part of Melbourne.

INITIAL CONCEPT FOR THE OVERALL SITE

INITIAL CONCEPT FOR THE OVERALL SITE

WESTBANK

ASSIGNED SITE

SCALE STUDIES

Site Area

Docklands

Apartment & office complex in Southbank

Melbourne Exhibition Centre

Studying the scale and possible density of site by super-imposing site dimensions on the varying urban grains of Docklands and Southbank

SAMPLED BUILDINGS

01_Sample buildings applied

02_Diversify

03_Connect with an eleveted platform

FORM FINDING

TESTING THROUGH MODELLING

FIGURE GROUND - MIDSEMESTER PROGRESS

DEVELOPMENTS

FINAL OUTCOME

GROUND PLAN

ROOF FLAN

05 The 20-minute Neighbourhood: Broadmeadows Master of Urban Design RMIT University, 2015 Tutor: Peter Brew The project examines multiple Melbourne suburbs along the Upfield Train Line, while assessing its walkability and livability based on the ‘Melbourne No.1 Suburb’ ranking, which has South Yarra on the first place. As a conclusion to the study, the project ends with a proposal on how to make the suburb Broadmedows a 20-minute neighborhood and overtake South Yarra as the no.1 suburb.