Portfolio Guang Ruey Tan by Guang Ruey Tan

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M.Sc. Arch. | Delft University of Technology | 2012 - 2014 B.Arch. | Tsinghua University Beijing China | 2007 - 2012

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Guang Ruey TAN 5th August 1988, Malaysia Rotterdam, The Netherlands +31 614940262 tanguangruey@gmail.com guangruey.tan

Education: 2012 - 2014 2007 - 2012 2009

Master of Science in Architecture, Delft University of Technology Bachelor of Architecture, Beijing Tsinghua University Exchange study, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto

The Netherlands China Canada

Professional experience: Sep - Jun 2015 Sep - Jan 2012 May - Jul 2011 Mar - May 2011 Feb - Mar 2011

Intern - OMA Rotterdam The Netherlands Intern - Xu Maoyan Atelier, Beijing China Intern - Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University China Intern - Li Xiaodong Atelier, Beijing China Intern - Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, Beijing China

Workshops Jul 2013 Dec 2011

Architecture summer workshop in New Holland, Saint Petersburg Future City Future Life - Academic exchange in architecture, Taiwan

Russia China

Awards 2013 2012 2011 2011 2008

Finalist - PAM-LAFARGE student competition in designing affordable housing Finalist - PAM-Tan Sri Ar. Chan Sau Lai Architecture Award First Prize - Architects In Mission (AIM) International Competition Honorable mention - Delta-cup International Solar Building Design Competition Honorable mention - “Dragon Perfecture” Architecture Design Competition

Skills Modeling Rendering / Animation Graphic Language

Autocad . Sketchup . Rhinoceros . Grasshopper (Advance) . Revit (Basic) 3ds Max . Vray . Adobe After Effects . Adobe Premiere (Good) Adobe Creative Suite (Advance) English . Chinese . Malay

Reference List Alain Fouraux Mark Veldman Tanner Merkeley

Director OMA Rotterdam +31 (0) 621879647 / afouraux@oma.com Project Architect OMA Rotterdam +31 (0) 628600723 / mveldman@oma.com Senior Architect OMA Rotterdam, Main tutor for Master’s graduation project in TU Delft +31 (0) 629400977 / tmerkeley@oma.com

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01 Catalyst Center for South Chicago

2014 | Chicago, US | Master’s graduation studio

Aerial view of physical model

“Shares the power among different stakeholders to build a better neighbourhood.” The project is located on the former ‘U.S. Steel’s South Works’ factory mill site along Lake Michigan on the Southeast Side of Chicago, Illinois. Before the closure in 1992, South Works mill was the largest steel making operation in Chicago since first opened in 1882. Due to the decline of steel industry, the mill was shut down, majority of the industrial buildings on site were demolished and the nearly 600 acres land became empty. The neighborhood next to the mill – South Chicago, which lost its backbone with the closure of the mill, had become economically depressed and the decay has yet to be reserved. Until today, this large vacant parcel remains inactive.

We proposed bottom-up interventions by placing urban catalyst at critical location within the neighborhood according to its characteristic. These urban activator will provide opportunities to ease the problems faced by the community and at the same time create identity and positive image for the neighborhood. This approach can be achieved by a gradual improvement and salvage of existing neighborhood that synchronize with different phasing of new development, providing a powerful backbone that boost the feasibility of the new development.

SITE South Chicago, which lost its backbone with the closure of the mill, had become economically depressed and the decay has yet to be reserved. Until today, this large vacant parcel remains inactive.

Aerial view of Steel Mill from 1882 to 1992.

CHALLENGE The bigger problem faced by the neighborhood is the bad perception most people have about the neighborhood, which led to serious decline of the community.

The perception: violent and dangerous.

CRITICISM SOM attempt of constructing urban development without taking into account of the exisiting urban condition is the major reason that the plan remain stagnant after several years.

Aerial view of SOM proposal.

THE â&#x20AC;&#x153;HANDâ&#x20AC;? (architecture) The challenge for developing an architectural project within this specifi c context is to transform the intangible idea of bottom-up urban intervention (catalyst) into tangible architectural space with corresponding program. I propose a catalyst centre for South Chicago, which create an institution that shares the power among diff erent stakeholders to build a better neighbourhood.

SOUTH LOOP By establish a loop between the old and the new, the future development focus both on new development and neighbourhood upgrade. This becomes a strategic loop to inject urban activator.

THE SEEDS (urban catalyst) We propose a variety of diff erent urban catalyst that serve as engine to create opportunity to boost the regeneration and revitalization of the neighbourhood according to the diff erent characteristic of the demography.

THE SOIL (urban condition) The characteristic of the neighbourhood is carefully studied by looking at the demography in order to propose urban acupuncture that fi ts the need and demand of diff erent people within the neighbourhood.

Masterplan

GROWTH (future development) By placing urban catalyst at critical location within the neighbourhood, these catalysts will grow and create opportunity for the community to revitalize and regenerate, creating a desirable environment for future development.

Aerial view of master plan

MECHANISM The process from local initiated ideas to the realization of spontaneous interventions. This is then relate to architectural space.

LOCAL INITIATIVE

MUNICIPAL INFORMATION

ASSISTANCE

EXHIBITION

PARTICIPATION

NEIGHBORHOOD UPGRADE

Local people who understand the need of the community come out with ideas to utilize vacant empty plot within the neighbourhood.

Creating a platform for local people to access to municipal information to get informed of the ownership and possibility to make use of the vacant land.

Local people seek for assistance from professionals, local task forces, architecture students, volunteers to create drawing board for their ideas.

A place where all the drawing boards developed from local ideas are exhibited. Other residents are able to share their ideas. Advocate for funding.

With the support of local people and funding, the construction of the project involved local participation and the reuse of local abandoned materials.

With the help of the institution that bring together diff erent task forces, the neighborhood is beautifi ed by the realization of local intiated projects.

Municipal information

Assistance ration

and

collabo-

Exhibit local projects

Community participation

Workshops / studios

Gather input

Built it with local materials

Education

Advocate Funding

PROGRAM The main program of the architecture consist of two parts: Learn + create (green) and Exhibit + interact (yellow).

Section perspective cutting through the canopy square, the exhibition space, underground connection and the testing ground

EXISITING The original circulation with waiting platform in the middle with rail track on both side.

EXPANSION Adding new program by combining the waiting platform with the exhibition space.

EXTRUSION Creating basic form of the architecture by extrusion.

UTILIZATION Utilizing the surrounding vacant plots by creating testing grounds for spontaneous interventions.

Plan in situ

PUBLIC ROOFSCAPE

MAIIN FUNCTIONS Public roofscape during summer

METRA STATION

Waiting platform during winter

Ground fl oor plan

First fl oor plan

Physical model view from southeast corner

Physical model view of the canopy square, from southwest

Section iii-iii

Section i-i

West elevation Section ii-ii

Partial section

Architectural detail 1 2 3 4 5

Critical detail axonometric

Physical model - structure and material

Four section types

40 mm woodden planks water proof membrane 100 mm lightweight concrete slab 260A HE-A steel beam 75/45/15/2.3 mm cold-formed steel section 6 80mm glass-wool thermal insulation 7 12.5 mm plasterboard 8 motor for raising gate 9 C-section steel beam 10 40 mm polycarbonate cellular slab 500 mm wide 11 20 mm larch strip fl ooring , Floor heating 12 vapour control layer 13 80 mm mineral-wool insulation 14 waterfroof membrance 15 210mm concrete with metal deck 16 isolated foundation 17 180 mm soil 18 fi lter fabric 19 retention layer 20 drainage layer

Details

21 sheet barrier for roof protection 22 waterproof membrane 23 150mm concrete with metal deck 24 260A HE-A steel beam 25 “HoofGrid” LDPE plastic units. Grid fi ll for planting, minimum 1/4” below top of grid. 26 Gravel levelling bed 27 Drainage layer 28 Native undisturbed soil 29 Gravel 30 Flangway fi lter 31 Rail 32 Rail sleeper 33 Ballast bed 34 Sub-base 35 Counterweight 36 6 Panels sliding door 37 Smooth-pressed aluminium strip 38 Hollow section steel frame 39 Steel plate with sliding rail 40 Smooth-pressed aluminium fi xing clip

Polycarbonate celular slab - translucent vertical sliding door

Diff erent combinations of section types

02 Helsinki Central Library

2012 | Helsinki, Finland | Professional competition entry

View from Kansalaistori Square during winter

“Life in the building breathes in and out; the place pulsates as it resonates on the heartbeat of the city.” The proposal for the new heart of Helsinki completes the public body of the metropolitan area by creating an environmentally responsive public environment. It is based upon regional typological identity as an alternative approach that revolts against the practice of generic, anonymous, junk space that has become the standard amongst architectural objects and cityscapes across the globe. We propose a balanced future in which the necessity of the fast and the fluent is being replaced by an environment that brings place, identity and social constituents in a profound experience to define locality. Specific; true; and lasting.

A ‘Sticky Place’ where people attach to because they have the ability to be activated by personal engagement; from designing spaces to creating places. Through this attachment people develop regional appropriation and local identity.Our concept creates an integrated approach as a balance between humans and nature which has become one of most distinguished aspects of Finnish identity world wide. In this setting the library collection becomes a clear entity, carefully placed in a rich landscape environment. Just as a sauna would sit floating above the forest floor; it provides a warm and sensitive environment for its guests inside.

SITE The site is located in the heart of Helsinki next to the central train station. It is on one edge of the Kansalaistori Square surrounded by Helsinki Music Centre, The Parliament and Kiasma Museum.

Aerial view of Kansalaistori Square

SUMMER People in Helsinki appreciate summer and the enjoy having activities in the park. There are a lot of festivals and markets that attract people to the park during summer.

Summer festival in the Kaivopuiston park

WINTER Helsinki has a long winter and it’s full of heavy snow. The idea is to create a green atrium at the heart of the library, providing a space for public activity during the harsh weather.

Winter in Helsinki with heavy snow

HEART OF THE CITY Creating a lasting heart for Helsinki.

Eye level view from Parlaiment direction during the night

LANDSCAPE PODIUM The main landscape elements are cut from a continous library plaza.

ATRIUM The landscape fl ows into the building, challenging conventional bounderies between inside and outside. Towards a balance between humans and nature. Main entrance on the South

SUMMER Library functions spill over into the public realm; breathing out, utilizing favorable seasonal climatic conditions.

WINTER In winter the city life fl ocks into the building, while certain outside landscape features turn into winter activities such as ice hockey/ skating. Green atrium

Heart of Creation/ Event Spaces Library Box

book circulation

Multifunctional basement

general public access Sauna/ Restaurant

Sandwich bar

employee circulation

Plan in situ

Multifunctional basement

3rd pary seperate access after library opening hours

Logistic fl ow

Visitor fl ow

Structure - simple load bearing structure

Library box break down

Libray Box cut-out; east facade

Cafe/ Book shop

B1 -5.40m

F3 +8.40m

F1 +0.00m

F4 +12.30m

F2 +4.50m

F5 +16.20m

(equals +3.00m absolute height)

Floor plan (Underground, Groundfl oor & 2nd)

Floor plan ( 3rd, 4th & 5th)

EAST ELEVATION 1:200 East elevation (Winter) EAST ELEVATION 1:200

WEST ELEVATION 1:200 WEST ELEVATION 1:200

West elevation (Summer)

Elevations Elevations Our double skin combines two layers (one insulating, one double non/ low insulating) with Our skin combines a certain in between two layersdistance (one insulating, (can be used circulation one non/ lowas insulating) with behavior to aspace). certainItsdistance in relates between various changes (can be orientations, used as circulation in day/night and changes space). Its behavior relates to 0 E.g. 2 in summer, 6 in seasons. various orientations, changes we open the and windows in in day/night changes theseasons. double E.g. skinintosummer, enable in the fresh air to go through we open the windows in different rooms, which makes the double skin to enable the fresh roomsaircooler. in the to go While through winter, windows are closed different rooms, which makes so that thecooler. doubleWhile skin works the rooms in as a green houseare that keeps winter, windows closed thethat rooms so thewarm. doubleThus skinthe works

ROOF PLAN 1:200

application of a double skin can bring economic benefit as well. The of double facade application a double skinin the west/ variesbenefit from can bring south economic the east/The north orientation as well. double facade in in order optimize energy the west/tosouth varies from savings. the east/ north orientation

ROOF PLAN 1:200

in order to optimize energy 14 savings.

as a green house that keeps the rooms warm. Thus the

SECTION

BUILDING ENVELOPE

WOOD LOUVER FACADE WITH INTEGRATED INSULATING GLASS

BRIGHT BOX: U-GLASS

BUILDING ENVELOPE

WOOD LOUVER FACADE WITH INTEGRATED INSULATING GLASS

BRIGHT BOX: U-GLASS

Window openings are made of four layers of insulating glass with a U-value of 0.7. The frames are made Window openings are made of of aluminum, thermally broken, four of insulating glass the with a with layers U-value of 1.0. Overall, U-value of 0.7. Thetranslucent frames areU made application of our glass, of aluminum, broken, double facade,thermally curtain wall can reach a with U-value of 1.0. Overall, the U-value of 0.8. application of our translucent U glass, Shade components are arranged double facade, curtain wall of can mainly on the west faCade thereach a U-value 0.8. building,ofadopting the form of vertical Shade components arranged the shading. Taking intoare consideration mainly the westand faCade of theangles differentonazimuth elevation building, adopting the form of vertical of sunshine in summer and winter, we shading. Takingthe intowooden consideration have optimized louvresthe different angles to obtainazimuth the angleand andelevation size of vertical of sunshine in summer andtowinter, shading. Thus we are able achievewe have optimized wooden louvres the most heat inthe winter and least in to obtain the angle and size of vertical summer. shading. Thus we are able to achieve the most heat in winter and least in summer.

BOOK BOOK BOOK

SECTION B-B 1:200

Approach from northern park area

SYKE SYKE

BOOK BOOK BOOK PUBLICK PUBLICK BOOK BOOK BOOK BOOK BOOK BOOK PUBLICK PUBLICK PUBLICK PUBLICK BOOK BOOK BOOKBOOK BOOK BOOK PUBLICK PUBLICK

1-1 1:200

SYKE SYKE

BOOKSSSSSS BOOKSSSSSS BOOKSSSSSS BOOKSSSSSS BOOKSSSSSS BOOKSSSSSS PUBLICPUBLIC PUBLICPUBLIC

Summer (External)

Winter (Internal)

Summer (External)

Winter (Internal)

solar energy ene for for water heating

district heating External

Semi-external

Internal

External

Semi-external

Internal

heat exchanger

Heating system

SECTION A-A 1:200

Sections

rain water storage tank SUMMER DAY

SUMMER NIGHT

Thermal environment Section B-B

Thermal environment analysis

WINTER DAY

WINTER NIGHT

SUMMER DAY

SUMMER NIGHT

WINTER DAY

regenerated water storage tank water supply processing plant

WINTER NIGHT

Thermal environment Section A-A

sewer

Water cycle

03 Ertong Urban Oasis

2011 | Beijing, China | International competition | first prize winner

Aerial view

“Living in the valley of life. Implicate from within, explicit reaching out.” Within Beijing we observe the potential to define urban anchor points with distinct identities. Three of such clusters are already well established (Haidian, CBD, Shunyi),if the New Southwest clusters is to compete with these areas, it needs a truly unique identity. Within our view of the Long Life Strategy, it is eminent to start with these observations, creating a legacy that inspires future generations. So we can’t propose more of the same superficial, arrogant, shiny image of premature urban infusion. No more glittery high rise egotistical urban nothingness. We propose a truthful, authentic and unique experience. An identity constructed by sub-

stance. Through its functional meaning, the high quality living environment, the community potential and its strong connections to the surrounding urban fabric, the Shougang area can become a true Urban Habitat. Our proposal is based on regional typological precedents that created unique points of urban refuge areas within the traditional Chinese urban fabric. (e.g. Summer Palace, Forbidden City, Siheyuan, etc). The former Ertong Factory site thus becomes a specific urban oasis, an urban monument perhaps, inside the desert of generic buildings that Beijing has come to be.

GENERIC The face-paced development in Beijing had turned the city into a generic urban environment full of skyscrapers. Pollution, noise and high density had made the city into an undesirable junk space.

Aerial view of Beijing CBD

SPECIFIC With the contrast of generic urban space surrounding, the Forbidden City that located in the heart of Beijing had become a gem, a space to getaway from the busy urban environment into tranquillity. Aerial view of Forbidden City

POTENTIAL Ertong Factory site is a huge vacant land full of industrial heritage, and the specificity of the building characteristic has the potential to create another urban gem with strong identity - getaway from the generic environment.

Photo of the site - abandoned factory

INTEGRATED URBANISM We believe in the concept of Integrated Urbanism to establish a lasting and eff ective urban fabric. This approach is two-fold. First of all we consider the integration of new urban developments within the existing fabric. The integration of local systems with global issues; building upon existing frameworks with an up to date mindset that is concerned with climate change, social cultural developments, etc. We use a top-down conceptual analysis combined with bottom up regional characteristics so that our interventions activate neighboring potential; reaching out. Secondly, the concept of Integrated Urbanism builds upon the idea that the urban habitat is a complex integrated system that supports a wide variety

of stakeholders. Nothing is detached, and everything is related to each other. So, we not only reach out, we also seek to create sustainable communities from within. A wide variety of building typologies, a rich mix of functions, places for exchange and interaction embedded within the ‘public interaction landscape’ are some of the elements that constitute to this approach. Our urban proposal thus activates various layers of urban life. It links to the quality of the direct living environment, but also provides a connection with the larger Beijing Urban Habitat. Implicate from within, explicit reaching out.

Layers or intervention

Programmatic Section FUTURE

PAST

PRESENT

Schematic urban section idea

CONSTRUCTING DESIRES

Schematic plan and section

The needs of the contemporary city do not correspond to the direct desires of people. Contemporary housing areas fulfi ll basic needs for community, shelter and safety, only step one in Maslowʼs pyramid for human desiresʼ evolution. And as Beijing aspires to become a World City, we should establish a diversity of cultural desires. The traditional Maslow pyramid describes Western cultures, the Eastern interpretation is a great complementary approach. Thus the Ertong Urban Oasis can be a programmatic addition in this evolution at the city scale, starting with the basic needs at the perimeter and concluding in the highest desires at the most diﬃ cult to reach parts of the secluded urban oasis. An urban path to enlightenment and an unprecedented example of creating urban identity.

Exisiting interior space of the abandoned factory.

Secluded garden within the abandoned factory

BEIJING SUPER BLOCK In contemporary urban areas, the largest share of the program consists of housing. As a result of functional segregation in modern town-planning these dwellings have been grouped together as islands without identity or ‘raison d’être’. Within our proposal we provides urban identity and connected program mixture to function as a community hub. These hubs are based upon

BEIJING SUPER HUTONG the distinct Beijing typology of the so called ‘super block’, a grouping of mostly residential towers that defi ne a gated collective courtyard. Rather then copying this largely mono-functional typology, we develop it further into a lively urban entity. It evolves out of the traditional block typology, mostly south oriented, and blends within the urban plinth through a large

scale podium. The podium is pierced with various courtyards and it enables the creation of a ‘public interaction landscape’, or evolved ‘leisure garden’ as a place of communal connectivity to create a sustainable community. This block is thus based upon structuralist theories and already has the qualities of an integrated city in which needs can be fulfi lled locally.

A second distinct Beijing building typology is the Hutong pattern, with its Siheyuan’s, or ‘Courtyard houses’. These houses form a dense, low-rise, pattern of buildings that enclose private and semi-private patches of tranquility. Although they have gone to strong transformation, being over populated and disconnected from the comfortable features of modern housing developments, in the past twenty or

so years they have become the ultimate urban retreat for those who can aff ord to buy up and restore one. Well to do people (both Chinese and foreigners) are bringing back its traditional oasis-like characteristics; transforming into hip bars or up scale boutique hotels. Thus we propose the center of our plan to be the most exclusive. The ultimate getaway from hasty Beijing urban

life. Surrounded by the most desirable urban features one can imagine in Beijing. No bustling streets. No traﬃ c. No pollution. No people. Instead there is fresh air, a large forest, gardens, a classy hotel, peace and a sense of genuine comfort. All within a short distance of public transport, road infrastructure, business services, etc.

Exploded diagram

A: Public roofscape

A: Hip bar

B: Green Soho

C: Green rooftop garden

B: Hotel roof garden

commercial

3 fl oors of parking

mixed use

theatre

ktv night club

shopping

Site plan

Schematic fl oor plan

reception hotel rooms

private collective courtyard

forest fengshui garden meditation garden

community hall commercial

conference

residential

shopping sports gym

C: Fengshui garden

ertong urban oasis center for exemplary urban development

super market

Site plan

Schematic fl oor plan

TRANSFORMING EDUCATION Working on existing structures requires a careful approach of assessing current conditions and defi ning future development directions. Our approach considers the quality of the existing structures, its potential for modifi cation; defi nes where interventions are required and how we can thus transform the overall identity of the area. We selected the buildings that are most suitable for redevelopment as these have to poten-

CULTURAL REGENERATION tial to not only be transformed, but also transform the program that is being housed inside of out. In this way the quality of these large, open plan structures for Beijing is fi rst of all the ability to create a climatically controllable environment. One of the largest structures we keep can become a high school. An inspirational environment for enriched learning, embedded within a social

community. A safe shelter from rough Beijing city life, but also a focus point for communal activities. Shared facilities increase operational eďŹ&#x192; ciency and enable open learning environments. This transforms the Chinese educational approach from an abstract learning institution into a rich, open, social campus that refl ects the growth of a sustainable community.

Brown fi eld factory sites donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t only off er endless advantages with their magnifi cent spatial structures. They also hold tough challenges in terms of the safety of their environment for instance. Decades of continuous industrial activity lead to heavy soil pollution, which disable certain parts for developments because of their environmental hazards. After examining soil conditions at the Ertong factory site, we

Exploded diagram

A: Running track

C: Rooftop swimming pool

B: Open study environment.

Site plan

C: Activities Center - rich, open, social campus

Public facilities

Highschool facilities

A: Concert hall

Site plan

found that one part is particularly bad and cannot be developed as such for this moment. We propose a strategy that uses natural processes of soil remediation to regenerate this area. A wetland park (a landscape feature once common in the Beijing area) provides an attractive landscape/ leisure environment, whilst also preparing the soil for possible development in the future. To highlight this special, tran-

sient feature we propose to use the existing concrete portal structure to place a fl eeting architectural intervention. A cultural incubator that can boost cultural (and recreational) development in this area. A temporary building, perhaps, as developers are likely to develop the area again once it is safe to do so, but it might become a lasting initiative once its potential grows over time.

B: Cultural museum sculpture garden.

Schematic fl oor plan

Environmental diagram

04 Underground Camera-window

2012 | Beijing, China | Academic competition entry

1: multifunctional underground space - museum / public area / restaurant / etc.

“ In full color and movement will be the world outside the underground space. ” camera obscura

Underground space development is an irreversible trend especially in urban environments. However, the problem with being underground is the lack of views of a dynamic environment. The idea is inspired by “camera obscura” (Latin for “darkened room”), which was one of the ancient times inventions that led to photography. It consists of a box or room with a hole in one side. Light from an external scene passes through the hole and strikes a surface inside where it is reproduced, upside-down, but with color and perspective preserved. Using mirrors and larger aperture with lens, it is possible to project sharper and right-side-up image.The project developed an innovative use of the

optical principle of “camera obscura” into the underground architecture, which transports daylight to great depth, providing not only natural light, but also external views. All of a sudden there in full color and movement will be the world outside the underground space. A view of the sky provides contact with the seasons, the weather and the time of the day The project creates windows for underground and develops a solution to combat the fear of underground. It creates the most acceptable environment for people below ground and exploits the true potential of underground structures.

TLR camera

studying optical principle

lack of view provoke feelings of anxiety

exploring possibilities of space and form

transporting views to underground

capturing the view

Frosted glass and lens

Section concept / material

4 : underground “forest”

Creating view

2 : underground residence

2: residence - bedroom / living room / etc.

1 : new museum under historic building

5 : subway station

3: underground oﬃ ce

3: oﬃ ce / classrooms / meeting room / etc.

4: Underground “forest“ / garden / recreation area

5: Subway station / road tunnel