PORTFOLIO LIM FANG TING I 林方婷 Selected Works 2011-2014 B.Arch, National University of Singapore (NUS)
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fangting92@gmail.com Blk 147, Simei Street 2, #03-50 Singapore 520147 (+65) 81825538
20x20x20 The Old New Academic / Independent Dr. Chang Jiat Hwee, Tiah Nan Chyuan Reciprocity Academic / Independent Mr Corrado Signorotti
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Art of Inhabitation Academic/ Independent Jeffrey Chan
Active Urban Corridor Academic / Independent Dr. Tse Swee Ling
3D Nature: Migratory Bird Tower Academic/ Collaborative Tihamer Salij, Arendt van Waart
Convergence Academic / Independent Hans Brouwer + Supplementary Works Independent
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20 x 20 x 20 “Architecture is more than just the four walls, roof and floor that we construct. More so, it is the air that remains and the space that it encloses.”
20 x 2o x 20 + the OLD NEW Year 01 I Aug - Nov 2011 Year 01 I Jan - Apr 2012 Independent Work Tutor(s): Dr. Chang Jiat Hwee & Tiah Nan Chyuan jiathwee@nus.edu.sg nanchyuan@farm.sg
20x20x20 project is essentially what the title suggests - about understanding the idea of space - how we visualise it, intepret it through the language of light and shadow, and how we understand its three-dimensionality through lines, planes and volumes. This series of works explores the various elements of space through photography, drawings, and model-making. Can we translate lines into planes, and planes into volumes? How can the idea of ‘space’ be best represented within the constraints of 20x20x20? This forms the basis towards designing space in the following project, The Old New.
SPATIAL LAYERING Volumes of spaces are arranged as 3 solid volumes at the front (living quarters) that are visually compact, before they start to transform.
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MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN
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FORMICA AS INSPIRATION
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
VISUAL CONNECTIVITY + CUE Placement of the central void space exactly on the overlap of the floor plates intentionally reveals the edges of the floor plates. As such, a visual connection is created between the displaced/layered planes, giving subtle tendencies of a dynamic space that is gradually ‘opening up’.
How the layers of decorative paper, plywood and kraft paper come together to form a compressed and compact sheet, inspired the design of the building.
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CLIMAX In the midst of the ‘peeling off’ of layers, a brightly lit atrium space is created - the climax and central area of the cafe space. This leads on to the semi-public workshop.
The delineation of public and private zones is also achieved with the creation of buffer zones that increase privacy in the instance where the living quarters are shifted to the front of the shophouse, where it is conventionally the least private.
LONGITUDINAL SECTION Living Quarter
Atrium Space
Workshop
The layered treatment of the facade is a response to the level of privacy with respect to its context, while at the same time a gesture to lead the public into the cafe space without intruding on the original idea of a five-foot way.
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A subtle suggestion of an entrance is achieved by the lateral displacement of planes, creating varying volumes and widths in relation to the parti wall, which serves as a clear datum for discussion of the space within.
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ORIGINAL FIVE-FOOT WALKWAY The intention behind the use of planes to layer the entrance is to inherit the five-foot walkway’s character and activities without closing off from it.
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The concept of layering has also been used to further explore the play of light and shadow on the facade of the building - a suggestion of varying depths as a result of undulating skin composed of planes disaplaced from a datum.
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DESIGN SPECIFICS GFA Café space for 12 pax, working space ca 100 sq. m, living space ca100 sq. m Height Control Maximum 3 storey, total height not exceeding that of immediate surroundings. Program Antique/vintage collectibles store and café that specializes in restoration, (re)upholstery and customization/re-designing of vintage furniture,especially those in the style of 1960s and 70s Singapore
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Public flow filters through the layered entrance
Traditional five-foot walkway parallel to main road
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5-FOOT WAY PUBLIC ENTRANCE
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Central Courtyard: skylight to provide lighting for the deep and narrow space A
LONG ELEVATION
Private Entrance: Direct access to living quarters without public intrusion
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CONSTRUCT, NOT DESTRUCT Building in nature inevitably means a disruption of the landscape it sits on. As such, architecture can become a tool for the physical and conceptual reconstruction of the land it has disrupted. The study of thresholds and boundaries through physical and conceptual separations creates opporunities for an operation of reciprocity between two different subjects - man and nature, and/or architecture and landscape.
RECIPROCITY
study of threholds & boundaries between man and nature Year 02 I Jan - Apr 2012 Individual Work Tutor: Mr. Corrado Signorotti corrado@signorotti.com
The operation of reciprocity is fulfilled through large-scale decisions made through a macro-study of the site which supports local strategies in both the conceptual and visual manner. By making sense of the larger site (in relation to nature) together with the smaller and specific one (in relation to man), a combination of strategies at different scales hence supports a reciprocal relationship beyond formal gestures. This creates an architecture that is not solely dependent on its form for expressing reciprocity, but rather more particular to the contingencies of program and site.
Transposition of Wallace Education Centre
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Establishing two axes/datum from site
SUPERIMPOSED GRID SYSTEM
Solid-void relationship generate based on existing trees on site
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Juxtaposition of volumes as dervied from datum
Play of angles on view and approach to site to suggest entering a different
Extruding volumes in response to site topography 7
Expressing overlap of two juxtaposed volumes
SOUTH ELEVATION
A reference point derived from the topography of the site serves as the impetus for how the grids are superimposed, and provides the logic for how the spaces are arranged for stability of structure, programmatic (private vs. public) concerns as well.
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The idea of crossing a boundary line/ entering a different ‘territory’ is expressed through the superimposition of two grid systems dervied from the the two different categories of ‘man’ and ‘nature’. The superimposition of the grid system creates opportunities for juxtaposition.
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BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN Allowing nature to ‘creep’ into the man-made.
(Volunteers’ Space)
This complements the intention of reciprocating nature by not intruding into the landscape but rather, responding to its existing values.
DESIGN SPECIFICS Site Diary Farm Nature Park
Program Nature Exhibition Centre + Resting space for volunteers Premise Study of physical & abstracted thresholds to support the operation of reprocity of man (and architecture) towards landscape.
NORTH ELEVATION
CIRCULATION
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Suggestion of displaced volume through use of columns arranged in the axis of the main exhibiton space 2 Linear corridor as an extension of
entrance to emphasise a secondary axis and serve as juxtaposition to subsequent space
Exit returns to the original 6 volume (secondary axis) as juxtaposition 3
Lighter timber columns (struc- 5 ture) are contrasted against the heavy stone walls (skin) at the start of the journey
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION
Viewing deck extends out as a suggestion of an ‘insertion’ into nature.
Main exhibition space intended as an open space or ‘pergola’ feature to allow nature to play a bigger role in defining the space.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN (Main Exhibition Area)
A WALKER’S COMPLEX
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The joy of walking has often been overlooked in our hectic lifestyles. We run on a mechanical cycle that leaves little time for us to enjoy the everyday. Mass housing types that are designed for efficiency generates ‘dead’ corridors and empty lobbies where little social interaction takes place. Emphasis is placed on the ‘exclusiveness’ of the living unit, instead of the semi-public and semi-private neighbourly spaces that encourage ‘inclusiveness’. Can we design the living unit minimally to encourage people to come out of their ‘shells’, and activate the corridors and shared spaces between individual cells?
THE art of inhabitation Year 03 I Jan - Apr 2013 Individual Work Tutor: Jeffrey Chan Kok Hui akickhj@nus.edu.sg
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A Conventional Corridor B Dwelling unit concevied as more than singular cell for rest and respite, but also as an extension of the common corridor.
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EXTENDING SEMI-PRIVATE REALMS The acitvity of inhabitation as a part of a larger continuous journey, instead of a start and end point.
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SITE RESPONSE A system of ramps that intertwines the individual dwelling units make up a complete looped circulation route which can be used as both corridor space as well as leisure space for jogging and brisk walking.
View of ramp system
Ramp for lesiure activities (jogging/ strolling)
On the ground floor, the communal space is strategically oriented with strong diagonal axis that separates the site into acitve and quiet zones. This responds to the existing site activity levels. On the side facing the main and busy road, a large setback is created to provide a ‘breather’ from the congestion and lack of walking space at the chamfered edge of the site. This leads to the entrance with a more private courtyard for the residents of the complex.
INTERTWINING SYSTEM OF RAMPS AROUND MASS (UNITS)
On the quieter side, the building annex is located, which is occupied by a mini gallery/exhibition space. The ground floor is designed such that the circulation routes are cut across the entire site, to provide a clear route to filter from Ac one end to the other. ti
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Ground Floor Annex HABITATION Entrance 1 Lobby 2 Courtyard 3 ANNEX Gallery Entrance 4 Exhibition Space 5 Exit 6
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ORIENTATION ON SITE The placement of the architecture on site takes into account the high level of pedestrain and vehicular traffic characteristic of a corner-site condition.
2nd storey plan Type B Dwelling Units Main circulation Axis
6th storey plan Communal Space (Lounge + Access to Roof top End of Circulation loop
CONSTRUCTION DETAIL DRAWING
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3d Nature: migratory bird tower Year 03 I Aug - Nov 2013 Collaborative/Individual Work Tutor: Tihamer Salij/ Arendt Van Waart Exchange Semester completed at TU Delft under The Why Factory, a studio collaboration with MVRDV *Group work indicated
TOWER FACADE URBANISATION + BIRDS Increase in birds’ death rates due to collision with glass on buildings
Increases level of obstruction towards birds’ flight paths
Loss of nesting space, food and water sources
Removes natural green areas and habitats
Bird feces unable to filter into soil pose as
Replaces natural soil surface with cemenr cover
URBANISATION
Birds are one of the animals that are largely affected by urbanisation trends - from the loss of their nesting spaces to the alteration of their natural flight and migration paths. The presence of many high-rise glass facade towers has also been a main cause of the rise in death rates of birds due to collision with these buildings.
LONG-DISTANCE MIGRATION
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Birds will fly to greater heights during long distance migration to avoid dehydration caused by the warmer air near the ground.
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SIZE (CM) 12 - 15 WINGSPAN (CM) 34 - 43 CLUTCH SIZE 3 - 5 SOCIAL CHARACTER Solitary TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOUR Nest-site & Facultative
NATURAL BIRDBATHS ponds and lakes function as ground-level basins for birds’ easy access to drinking and bathing. This attracts migrating and nesting swarms, and acts as a water source to cleanse the organic matter in the surrounding soil.
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SIZE (CM) WINGSPAN (CM) CLUTCH SIZE SOCIAL CHARACTER TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOUR
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SIZE (CM) WINGSPAN (CM) CLUTCH SIZE SOCIAL CHARACTER TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOUR
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PLANTS & TREES
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SIZE (CM) WINGSPAN (CM) CLUTCH SIZE SOCIAL CHARACTER TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOUR
HUMAN WASTE
bird droppings are high in nitrogen which acts as fertilizer for the ground
domestic waste may be channelled back into soil matter as fertiliser and filtered by natural ground water flows
DECAYING, ORGANIC MATTER
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The replacement of natural soil cover with cemented roads also mean that birds’ feces are not able to be infltrated into the ground , posing a health risk to the urban dwellers.
REQUIREMENTS
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TERRITORIAL RANGE: Facultative Territory
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KEY POLLINATORS birds serve the important role of seed dispersal which renews the plant ecology
NECTARINE TREE
NESTING SPACE: Maximum BIRDS NESTING SPACE: Minimum
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many trees that attract birds bear fruits and berries that are edible by humans too
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Through understanding the basic ecology of birds, bird attraction tower which re-creates the ground level natural conditions required for birds to thrive in a tower to restore the bird population in an urban context vertically is designed. The tower targets songbirds with good urban tolerance, whose singing qualities have been scientifically proven to 10
VOXELISATION + POROSITY In playing around with the porosity of the tower, different approaches to placement of the voids in the tower has been designed to test and see which one has the best result in terms of maximising number of birds attracted.
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Certain principles of porosity have been established - the size of the ‘pores’ are determined according to the volumetric requirements of the birds targeted as mentioned earlier. Preceding page: The placement of these voids are either regular (A), random (B) or, what has been determined the most effective - according to the nesting heights of these birds (C).
3D to 2D Instead of working from 2D to generate 3D space, we voxelize the volumes required by nature to approximations of how much floor area, height and depth is required for each flora and fauna.
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INTERIOR CAVITIES filled with smaller plants and shrubs that require less sunlight hours/day.
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Changes in percentage of porosity throughout tower
SUNLIGHT HOURS influence the best fit of flora around tower
OPEN FLOOR PLAN
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Introducing greenINTRODUCING corridors that intersect the living corridors POROSITY
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Introducing specific axes for trees and birds
GREEN CORRIDORS
Green corridors are created across the floor plan of the tower where nature intersects and intensifies.
Rotating the green corridors along the horizontal and diagonal creates more openings for birds to enter the nature within.
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BIRD ATTRACTION TOWER Relationship between volume (addition 02 mass), subtracted openings (porosity) 03 and exterior skin.
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MASS, OPENING AND EXTERIOR SKIN BIRD ATTRACTION TOWER Relationship between volume (addition mass), subtracted openings (porosity) and exterior skin.
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PROVIDING ACCESS TO NATURE
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PUBLIC GREEN SEMI-PUBLIC GREEN PRIVATE GREEN DWELLINGS
SUBTRACTION MASS SUBTRACTION Negative Space Negative Space Stacking of Nature
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RESULTANT MASS RESULTANT MASS Positive Space Positive Space Habitable Space Habitable Space
SKIN SKIN Outer Layer Outer Layer Urban-Nature Buffer Urban-Nature Buffer
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PERSPECTIVE RENDER OPEN FLOOR PLAN Instead of compacting the different rooms within a unit, rooms are pulled apart to open up corridors and axes which are opportunities for porosity and birds to fly through. By actively designing paths for birds to fly through, the animals are brought to interaction with man. The open floor plan concept is also brought to the scale of the tower. These green corridors run both perpendicularly and diagonally. Where they intersect, these are the areas where double, triple volume spaces are created. Here, larger trees like the White Oak (which require up to 20 metres of free height) can be planted, to attract different kinds of birds. The tilting of these green coridors also increse the number and angles of thoroughfares for birds to fly through. Instead of being an obstacle, the tower becomes a facilitator for when birds fly through an urban area.
AGEING IN PLACE The vibrancy of the Rochor site provides an opportunity for the enchancement of the liveliness within an ‘elderly-populated’ housing estate. Instead of looking at elderly communities simply as places of rest and respite, 2030 aging could move towards the idea of encouraging active aging by creating desirable community spaces that engage other profiles of society.
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The deck creates a level of pedestrian-friendly zone free of vehicular activity, that acts as a vertical buffer separating the commercial activities that spills in from around the site from the more private residential spaces above it.
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An extension of the bustling life of Albert & Bencoolen street into the estate is done by the design of a connecting deck. Beneath the deck, are 2 levels of community amenities, shops and facilities flanking the shopping street that serves to create continuity from Albert street in order to draw the public in, contributing to the community vibrancy on site.
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Each typical housing block incorporates at least 3 different profiles of society: 1 typical family unit brings the element of youth back to the elders in the 2 studio apartments, whilst the incorporation of 3 live-work units
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extends the capabilities of 2030 elderly back to the community, redefining the idea of retirement as one of a break from working life to one where the the minds of the old are constantly active as they continue small business and hobbies in these livework studio units.
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION (1) The 3-R Family units are paired with the assisted elderly studios to create a close-knit corridor community whereby the young can look out for the old easily.
STREET PERSPECTIVE ROOF GARDEN
(2) Elderly Assisted Studio units share a double-volume communal pantry and launderette to encourage them to interact with their neighbours through communal dining and day-today activities like washing and cooking.
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(3) Commercial skybridges connects the studio/work spaces of the live-work units, creating floors of commerical corridors that reflects and responds to the hustle and bustle from across Rochor Street within the estate.
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Railing handle incorporated as part of metal mesh frame for climbers
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Stiff Mesh
Grab Bar at 800mm
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Steel Profile of Green Wall Panel
DETAIL A
Stiff Mesh
Planter resting between gap of metal fixture and concrete
Green Panel Grab Bar at 800mm
Floor Finishing Screed Damp Proof Membrane
Planter resting between gap of metal fixture and concrete
Stiff Mesh Floor Finishing Screed Damp Proof Membrane
Metal Frame bolted into RC slab at 3000mm intervals
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Timber Decking
Planter resting between gap of metal fixture and concrete
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Metal Frame bolted into RC slab at 3000mm intervals
Drainage Outlet
Timber Decking Light Shelf Void Deck
Metal Frame bolted into RC slab at 3000mm intervals
Shops & Amenities
Underground Carpark
ELEVATION
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Residential units overlook the “city life” that occurs at each sky plaza and plug-in programs.
HOUSING 1 Double volume free plan space allows for spontaneous activities to occur here.
SKY BAZAAR
CONVERGENCE: RECREATING THE CITY-SCAPE VERTICALLY Year 04 I Aug - Nov 2014 Collaborative/Individual Work Tutor: Hans Brouwer hans@hbdesign.biz
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Direct access to commercial floors of the tower to avoid confronting the heavy industrial road.
BRIDGE TO MRT
DIFFERENTIATION 1 ESTABLISHING NEW CONNECTIONS 2 VERTICAL NICHE COMMUNITIES 3 FRAGMENTATION + DISPERSION 4
Truss bridge linking arts & culture building to adjacent education tower.
PLAZA LINK
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Base Tower Area
Central Circulation Core
Core Program RESIDENTIAL
Core Program RESIDENTIAL
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Breaking down the mass of the tower into separate
Breaking down the mass of volumes the tower into separate volumes
Relating to street scale + Massing Variations
Relating to street scale + Massing Variations
PRIVATE ACCESS
CONCEPT SKETCH
Solid-Void Variations
Solid-Void Variations 9 storeys
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3 storeys Introducing voids at intervals/ Communal ‘Piazzas’
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Public Entrance Public Entrance
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RELATION TO STREET SCALE
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PUBLIC CIRCULATION
Varying mass of block to relate to human scale at lower floors
Double 3 storeys Volume Voids
PUBLIC CIRCULATION
DESIGN RATIONALE
Introducing voids at intervals/ Communal ‘Piazzas’
Varying mass of block to relate to human scale at lower floors
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PLAN / SECTION VIEW
ISOMETRIC VIEW
PLAN / SECTION VIEW
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PUBLIC ROUTE PUBLIC ROUTE Public lift access brings users to
PRIVATE CIRCULATION
CORE PROGRAM: RESIDENTIAL
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PRIVATE CIRCULATION
DESIGN RATIONALE
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Yet, as city dwellers we inherently still seek convenience, vibrancy and eventually grow out of the monotonity of a life away from the city. The future of increasingly dense cities is pausibly a vertical one. However, when rising residential towers are constructed (and in large numbers), are we perpetuating monotonity?
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When we talk about living in a city, what exactly are we referring to? Often, we speak of the fatigue city life poses to urbanites - the constant sound of engines, the invasion of personal space, lack of Public Entrance connection to nature, et cetera. People eventually move to suburban areas and satellite towns, seeking temporary escape from the hectic city atmosphere. Residential
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The taller we go, the more detached every individual becomes from the activity on ground. Housing blocks in Singapore are growing in height at unprecedented rates with increasing land shortage. Can we still call ourselves ‘city dwellers’ when we are technically living ‘within’ the city in terms of physicality and locality, with little engagement to what the city offers its dweller?
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Can we design to live with the city instead?
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The tower has a central core that serves both public and private user. Bulk of the core is minimized by placement of emergency stairs at the diagonal ends of the tower which serves as escape stairs for the residents as well.
THEATRE
The public lobby is outward facing, drawing upon the crowd from the ground floor acitvities into the tower. On the other hand, the private lobby space is tucked in the centre of the core within an enclosed space for increased privacy and security.
STRUCTURAL SYSTEM THEATRE
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The tower is made up of a hybrid structural system. At the double and triple volume sky plazas, an outrigger/belt truss system is adopted to create a column-free and open, flexible plan for spontaneous actvity and interactions.
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The truss system cuts into the first floors of each civic space, creating the sense of a hybrid space. The residential zones of the tower uses the standard post-and-beam structural system. Each plaza floor further serves as a transfer floors.
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SUPPLEMENTARY WORKS 2011 - 2014 A collection of personal sketches, photographs, publications anda rtworks.
URBAN STREETS AND SPACES BARCELONA 路 BILBAO 路 MADRID
URBAN STREETS AND SPACES BARCELONA 路 BILBAO 路 MADRID
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Out and About Street Sketches
Light and Shadow Study Graphite on paper Peranakan Museum
Structure for a changing room 20 pieces of plywood (1.2 m x 2.4 m) East Coast Park
Atmospheric A2 Charcoal on paper
Architecture School Annual Publication 2014 Urban Streets & Spaces in Spain
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