ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
TEE KAI JIE FORBES
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE + SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC BACHELOR OF ARTS [ARCHITECTURE] SELECTED ARCHITECTURAL WORKS FROM 2018-2023
DANDELION BREEZE PERFORMATIVE FACADE SYSTEMS THE RETROUVAILLE HOUSING FOR SILVER GENERATION INTERSTICES SPACE, AGGREGATION, STRUCTURE MIDORI GALLERY ARCHI CONSTRUCTION & TECTONICS ALLURE FUTURE OF MILLENIAL WORKSPACES EBB & FLOW SPATIAL COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN 01 O7 1 1 17 23 27
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DANDELION BREEZE [PERFORMATIVE FACADE SYSTEMS]
TROPICAL HEAT IS OFTEN AN ASPECT THAT IS REGARDED WITH DISDAIN IN SINGAPORE. IT IS UNDERAPPRECIATED DESPITE ITS IMPORTANCE TO OUR REGION.
ONE RESULT OF TROPICAL HEAT IS THE PHENOMENON OF AIR BUOYANCY, OR STACK EFFECT WITH HOT AIR RISING AND COOL AIR SINKING. THIS PROCESS IS THEN DRAMATIZED AND HARNESSED THROUGH SOLAR CHIMNEYS AND MADE INTO A POETIC LEARNING EXPERIENCE WHERE CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO VISUALISE AIR MOVEMENT. FURTHERMORE, THESE CHIMNEYS IMPROVE THE VENTILATION AND COMFORT OF EDUCATIONAL SPACES.
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HARNESSING TROPICAL HEAT // MASSING STUDIES //
PERFORMATIVE FACADE SYSTEMS 04 SOLAR CHIMNEYS AS A LEARNING AID //
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DANDELION BREEZE // JURONG WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL
SEED DISPERSAL + PROPELLORS //
NEW SCHOOL HALL EXPERIENCE //
FACADE
PERFORMATIVE FACADE SYSTEMS 06
PERFORMATIVE LEARNING AID
// CHIMNEY DETAILS & LIGHT COMPONENTS
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THE RETROUVAILLE [HOUSING FOR SILVER GENERATION]
MICRO-COMMUNITIES OF ELDERLY RESIDENCES, CONNECTED WITH STAGGERED VOIDS FOR VISUAL CONNECTIVITY AND FAMILIARITY. PAIRED UNITS ON EACH LEVEL SHARE A COMMUNAL GARDEN TO FOSTER SOCIAL INTERACTION. IN EACH MICRO COMMUNITY, A CENTRAL GATHERING SPACE IS CATERED FOR THE ELDERLY TO CONGREGATE.
A LIVELY BUILDING VOID WHERE RESIDENCES ARE CONNECTED FROM FLOOR TO FLOOR, AND ARE ENTICED TO SEEK OUT THEIR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS THROUGH VISUAL CONNECTIVITY.
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// PRECAST ASSEMBLY //
PLANES // GARDEN SPACES //
TANGLIN HALT
GROUND
HOUSING FOR SILVER GENERATION 10 THE RETROUVAILLE // VOIDS AS COMMUNAL MOMENTS
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INTERSTICES
[SPACE, AGGREGATION, STRUCTURE]
BASED ON THE MOVIE SANDCASTLE, EMOTIVE SECTIONS ARE DRAWN TO CAPTURE THE MAIN CHARACTER’S CURIOSITY ABOUT HIS ESTRANGED FATHER, AND HIS AFOREMENTIONED FATHER WILFULLY CHOOSING EXILE OVER HIS FAMILY. THE QUALITIES OF PAUSE AND MOVEMENT WHILE NAVIGATING THROUGH THE EMOTIVE SPACES AND LITTLE INDIA ARE EXTRACTED TO DRIVE THE APARTMENT ANALOGUE AND AGGREGATION.
INTERSTICES SERVE AS AN EXTENSION TO THE CONTEXT OF LITTLE INDIA. CHOREOGRAPHED SERIES OF IN-BETWEEN SPACES OF DIFFERING SCALES AND AMBIENCE THAT CREATES A SENSE OF INTRIGUE FOR ONE TO SEEK OUT THE TEASED UPCOMING SPACES. THE UNIQUE PHENOMENOLOGY OF LITTLE INDIA IS CAREFULLY TAILORED AND RECREATED MORPHOLOGICALLY AND EXPERIENTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE DWELLING.
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WILFULNESS //
INQUISITIVITY //
LITTLE INDIA // MOMENTS OF PAUSE & MOVEMENT
APARTMENT MODULES // MONOFUNCTIONAL SPACES
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EXPLODED // PAUSE & MOVEMENT OF THE INBETWEEN
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MIDORI GALLERY [ARCHI CONSTRUCTION & TECTONICS]
THE PROPOSED PUBLIC GALLERY AIMS TO SERVE AS AN EXTENSION TO THE ADJACENT PARK, THROUGH THE CREATION OF A CONTINUOUS JOURNEY WHICH CURATES A SEQUENTIAL EXPERIENCE FOR THE EXHIBITS. THIS ALLOWS THE ARCHITECTURE TO PLAY A ROLE IN THE STORYTELLING AND THE FLOWING CUBES INTERCONNECT THE GALLERY SPACES FROM BOTTOM TO THE TOP.
THE STEEL PROPOSAL HIGHLIGHTS THE LIGHT TENSILE QUALITY OF STEEL STRUCTURES, WITH DIAGONAL STEEL STRUTS TO SUPPORT THE CANTILEVERED VOLUMES. THE CANTILEVERS ARE THEN FURTHER SUPPORTED BY A LARGE CENTRAL CORE OF FOUR MEGA COLUMNS BRACED BY EACH OTHER.
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MASSING DEVELOPMENT // A SEQUENTIAL GALLERY EXPERIENCE
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STEEL STRUCTURE // LIGHT TENSILE QUALITIES OF SUSPENDED STRUTS
REINFORCED CONCRETE // ELEGANCE AND COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF ARCHS
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ALLURE
[FUTURE OF MILLENIAL WORKSPACES]
REDEFINING THE FASHION DESIGN OFFICE EXPERIENCE. A SPACE WHERE THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN ENTER ITS PREMISES AND IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN AN EXPLORATIVE AND INTERACTIVE JOURNEY AROUND THE OFFICE AS A NEW WAY TO LEARN, UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE FASHION DESIGN PROCESS AS THEY WATCH IT UNFOLD SEQUENTIALLY WITHIN THE OFFICE.
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FEATURE SPACE // CO-WORKING ENVIRONMENT
FUTURE OF MILLENIAL WORKSPACES 26 FEATURE SPACE DETAILS //
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EBB & FLOW [SPATIAL COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN]
AN ORIGINAL PARAMETRIC SCRIPT THAT CONVERTS SURFACES INTO AN UNDULATING WAVE-LIKE SURFACE WITH STRUCTURAL MEMBERS. WITH 8 ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS IN PLACE TO CONTROL THE GRID, HEIGHT, DIRECTION OF WAVE FORM, THE SCRIPT CONVERTS STRAIGHT AND CURVILINEAR SURFACES TO FORM PAVILIONS, FACADES, SKYLIGHTS AND MORE.
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