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DESIGN STATEMENT Being born in an island rich in culture and arts, I’ve come to love art from the day I started walking on my own feet. I remember that I used to hold a pencil wherever I go and draw wherever I can, made a huge mess on my house. But as I grew older, my love for art is only as far as a hobby, I never see it as my future. I’ve dreamt of becoming a researcher, a doctor, a business woman, a mathematicians and even a president, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to be. But one thing for sure is that I wanted a profession that could have an impact on people’s life, for me to actually do good, for me to be able to leave a remark on this world. Architecture was influenced by my father. He was a painting collector and an autodidact architect. He built a beautiful house next to the beach with a beautiful garden completed with a pond and a set of wooden chair. On that moment i went inside the house, I was mesmerized by the beauty my father has created from scratch. The beauty that was doubted by us the first time he told us he wanted to build a house. The beauty that comes from desperation to create a form of art from the day he started collecting paintings.
From there on I’ve found the form of art I believe im going to love until the end. The art that could have an impact on people’s life. The art that could fulfill my desire to leave a remark on this world. Throughout my architecture journey, I’ve come to believe in the beauty of craftsmanship in Architecture. I believe that each and individual building need to be unique, that they need to have their own identity to be able to thrive and ‘could speak for themselves.’ (Sir Denys Lewis Lasdun) Some people forsake the aesthetic to create something functional. And i believe our purpose as an architect is to realize the functional aesthetic, and it is important for us as an architect to stand on our believe no matter how idealistic it sounds. I oppose the commercialized mass produced buildings, buildings that were built just for the sake of function and nothing else. As what Louis Kahn has quoted, ‘Every building must have its own soul.’
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CONTENT
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SENTUH-L COMMUNIT Y . LIBRARY
REVERENCE
NATURE . VISITOR . CENTRE
D.O HOUSE M E A S U R E D . D R AW I N G
DUAL/IT Y WELLNESS . CENTRE
HEREAFTER MOONTOPIA . COMPETITION
SP[A|W]INE
ECOTOURISM . COMPETITION
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SENTUH-L COMMUNIT Y . LIBRARY
I dream for a Community Library to Reach Out to the people of Sentul that has been receded. For the library to become an Incubator for the young ones in need to grow. To create a Cohesion within the community of contrast, where affordable people could Respond to the poor. And let the sense of community withing sentul Grow.
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Sentul which resides just 3km north of the heart of Kuala Lumpur is a city where district separation through classes of society could easily be seen. Where the rich and the poor, the old and the new, creates boundary within each other, therefore separated. Sentul with such a rich history and culture should be appreciated and celebrated, where there is cohesion between communities that could enhance the emotional attachment of the people towards Sentul. Therefore the aim is to create those cohesion by reaching out to the poor, and invite the rich to engage with the community of Sentul by working together with the nearby NGOs with similar aim.
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The programme is intergrated with the existing NGOs, whereby the vision and mission of the library is aligned with the NGOs. The existing NGOs consists of variety of programmes in order to raise funds for the poor. Those programmes include: Discover local music talent. Organizing charity programme such as recycling or feeding the homeless with local and overseas members. Exhibit arts, arrange art bazaar from community artists. Expose children to art with guidance from local artists. Provide teaching and learning programme for the refugee children. 11
The spaces are designed to maximize the use of Public Realm where most of the Community activities such as Public Talk, Charity Events and Performances are happening. To maximize the use for the NGOs, the building is also split into two, the extroverted and the introverted. The introverted is where the library program lies. The extroverted is where the NGOs will be able to contribute for events without being restricted by the library’s open hours.
Extrude
Subtract
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Topography
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Voids
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Above picture shows the Ground Floor Plan, the open spaces allows permeability across the building.
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Food Bank
Public Talk
Performances
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Above picture shows the 1st Floor Plan, which mainly contains NGO integrated activities.
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Above picture shows the 2nd Floor Plan, which contains Reading and NGOs Learning Spaces.
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Above picture is the section showing the Library Spaces
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Above picture is the section showing the NGO Spaces
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Perspective of Public realm and event space
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Perspective of Library Leisure Reading Space
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02 R E V E R E N C E
NATURE . VISITOR . CENTRE
Reverence talks about the journey in appreciating and respecting what has existed. With all the richness existed in Royal Belum Rainforest, it is necessary for users to be educated and to contribute in preserving it. The space planning encourages the users to experience nature, respecting it then sharing it in user to user interaction where the idea of a courtyard comes. The programs are education based which includes out door activities such as Gotong Royong and Plant Nursery and also indoor which include indoor Seed workshop, Lectures and Seminars.
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SITE Pulau Banding is a 243 hectar inland island surrounded by the manmade lake created in late 1960s called Temenggor Lake, which was created to generate hydro electric power and as a defense mechanism against the communist soldiers. Now Pulau Banding acts as both the bridgeway and gateway from the west to enter the Great Belum Rainforest where it has exhisted for over 130 million years and consists of the infamous and considered rare species such as hornbill, rafflesia and many more. The project aims to bring in more people for the awareness of Belum’s Nature, which is filled with untouched beauty of the floras and fauna . Interpretive centre will become the tool for the people to feel the poetic of the nature, therefore it is important to bring in as much nature into the building.
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Gerik Forest Royal Belum Pulau Banding Amanjaya Forest Temengor Forest
The programme involves activities such as Gotong Royong, Seedling workshop and plant nursery for the newcomer to get to know Belum Plantation. This building also provides seminars and workshops for the young scientists to participate in sustaining Belum’s Nature.
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DESIGN STRATEGY
The diagram shows how the building forms through the extrusion and protrusion of masses. The idea is to extend out to the nature as much as possible and also to create courtyard for human interaction.
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The plan shows the journey of nature appreciation throughout the building. The journey starts with the users going down the ramp to the appreciation deck until the spaces for interactive programmes.
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Section showing the main programmes.
Render showing the entrance of the building.
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Render showing the appreciation deck.
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Section showing the workshops for the young scientists and cafes.
Render showing the courtyard.
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Render showing the gallery.
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Bird Eye View of the Nature Appreciation Centre
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View Showing the front facade
View Showing the Cafe and the Appreciation Deck
Back View of the Building
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Airiness
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03 D . O H O U S E M E A S U R E D . D R AW I N G
The subject aims to develop an understanding of the principles of building preservation and the method of recording it in three documentation methods; measured drawings, written documentation and photographic documentation. The ideas of application and management of architectural historic documentation will be presented as part of the overall knowledge of building preservation.
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Photographs taken to document the genius loci of the building. How Western Architecture fused with Malaysian architecture and create a very humble and yet majestic form of architecture.
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The first project is an on-site exercise where students have to sketch and documents the physical and intangible qualities of the buildings as well as the immediate context of the site. It can be from an element as broad as the urban planning itself down to the smallest detail of the ornaments used in the building.
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Above pictures are the exploded model of D.O House made with balsa wood showing spaces of each floor and the overal construction of the building.
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04 D U A L / I T Y WELLNESS . CENTRE
The aim of this wellness centre is to encourage healthy living for the people of Putrajaya both physically and mentally. It will serve as both mind therapy programmes and body therapy programmes. Putrajaya being the main destination for sports activities and recreational, this wellness centre will be a vibrant place for the outsider and the residential to participates in many programmes and events.
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SITE
Putrajaya is a planned city and the federal administrative centre of Malaysia. The seat of government was shifted in 1999 from Kuala Lumpur to Putrajaya, because of overcrowding and congestion in Kuala Lumpur, most of the Government workers was relocated to Putrajaya to run the administration. Though Putrajaya is mainly used for administrative purposes, the government has been injecting events such as sports and tourism to create more active lifestyle. But most of the residents of Putrajaya which is mainly Government Servant usually doesnt participate in it. Their lifestyle is considered as Laidback. Wellness is generally used to mean a healthy balance of the mind, body and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being. The proposed programme, which is a Wellness Centre, is where facilities to enchance the healthy balance is provided through series of healthy programmes such as mind therapy and body therapy.
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PROGRAMME
MIND THERAPY
Art therapy uses the creative process to improve a person’s mental and emotional well-being. Bibliotherapy is an ancient practice of encouraging reading for therapeutic effect. Writing therapy posits that writing one’s feelings gradually eases feelings of emotional trauma. Group therapy uses a shared therapeutic experience that involves the presence of people who are working through similar issues Meditation is a practice that includes techniques designed to promote relaxation.
BODY THERAPY
Yoga is used to exercise the body and the ability to concentrate. Fitness enhances the performance of the body. Sports such as basketball, volley ball, etc comes within a group of people which enhances both physical wellbeing and sense of community. Dance Studio for an engaging exercise of the body between users. Healthy Cooking Workshop for the people of Putrajaya to be introduced to a more healthy eating lifestyle.
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CONCEPT The place intended to create a lively space for the user yet reflects the personality of the residents that is more laidback than active, which explains the duality of spaces which are both introverted and extroverted. The building language of openness (extroverted) and enclosed (introverted) is being portrayed through foldings of planes and sunken spaces. The folding planes which overlapes create certain space characteristics. The more the planes overlap, the more enclosed the space they create, the lesser they overlap, the more open space they create.
Horizontal Folding Planes
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+ Sunken Spaces
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MORPHOLOGY
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Sectional Perspective showing the contrast between the Introversion (down) and Extroversion (Up)
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Aerial view showing the overall of the building with axo diagrams above showing the Introverted and Extroverted p
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Section Showing the Library and the Gym.
Front Elevation of the Building.
Back Elevation of the Building.
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Perspective showing the outdoor space of the Wellness Centre.
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Perspective showing the exterior of the main space which is the library and the gym.
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Perspective showing the walkway through the foldes spaces.
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05 H E R E A F T E R MOONTOPIA . COMPETITION
Our proposal suggests a solution where the moon could be a place for the deceased. This is as the moon has no oxygen which prevents the body from decaying. Assuming transportation to the space is advanced in the future, families and friends can travel to moon and visit their loved ones every time they wanted to. The moon then turns into an eternal resting area. Leaving the moon and accepting one’s death is the last stage of grief. With the moon as a permanent cenotaph on the sky whereby one can always looks up and catch the glimpse of the thin beam shooting into the cosmos – that reminds them of the long journey to the moon and reminds them that the deceased one will be kept safe in the moon. This is a story about Sara, her mother, the earth and the moon.
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Sara mourning at her deceased mother at the Eternal Resting Space.
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Section of the moon base showing the journey from arrival till ceremony.
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Bird eye view of the Moon Base.
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Sara looking at the moon from earth.
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ECOTOURISM . COMPETITION
Blue Clay Country Spa is a competition looking for designs for an eco-friendly spa and guesthouse in Latvia’s mineral rich coutryside. Guests will be treated to spa treatments using the locally-sourced blue clay and can enjoy all the breathtaking nature that Latvia has to offer. The design aims to benefits both the tourists and the local by intergrating the existing spa programmes with winery. Where there is a sustainable ‘give and take’ relationship between the nature and the local community.
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Sectional perspective cutting the walkway and the guesthouse.
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Blue Clay’s medicinal benefit gives its commercial value and attracts visitor to rural Kurzeme. However, in this case, the benefits of blue clay can only be directly experienced by visitors, while potentially depleting its resource. Blue clay soil is bad for every other kind of farming, apart from viticulture. Establishing a vineyard in the site roots the blue clay in place and opens up a give-andtake relationship of long term benefits between the blue clay site and the local community.
The ‘community spine’ is translated into form through a ring-shaped walkway, which functionally serves as a circulation spine. In holds green roof planted on blue clay reclaimed from foundation excavation. Visitor centric programmes and local centric programs are clustered around it, bridged in the middle by communal programmes - reception, plant and dining.
Interweaving the two programs around a central void creates a self supporting community, with blue clay as the ‘community spine’.
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A bird eye view rendering of the ‘Spine’
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S U S TA I N A B L E A P P ROAC H
Colllection of solid organic waste from wine production to be processed into pellets.
Rainwater retained and filtered by green roofs is channeled and stored in the main tank
Conversion from solid waste to electricity through biomass generator
Water is heated through the biomass boiler where necessary and pumped into each building mass
Distribution of biomass-generated electricity from plant to each building mass
Greywater from each building mass are passed through biological treatment systems aided by constructed wetlands before diverted back into the main tank for reuse
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