Harmony Wong
GENERAL Age Birth Date Gender Nationality Address Contact
EDUCATION AND HONORS 25 15 May 1988 female Hong Kong Room E, 10/F, Block 2, Ravana Garden, Shatin, Hong Kong
2012-2014
Master of Architecture and Urban Design, HKU
2008-2011
Bachelor of Architectural Studies
2011
ACAU 2010 Tainan Workshop
har_harmony@yahoo.com.hk 852-5323-9855
Proficiency in 3D Modeling with Rhinoceros, grasshopper, Kangaroo, Hoopsnake, Millipede and also with 3ds Max and Sketchup Proficiency in rendering with Maxwell, 3dsMax, Brazil and Vray
June 2013 August 2013
Intern, Shigeru Ban Architects, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo http://whww.shigerubanarchitects.com Projects Involved: New Townhall competition in 木島平 Ski Resort, Niseko Onagawa Railway station Cartier Building (winning entry-competition), Ginza, Tokyo
September 2012 December 2012
Fabrication Lab Assistant, Architecture Faculty, HKU handling CNC machines, lasercutters, 3D printers
July 2011 August 2012
Architectural Assistant, AGC Design Ltd., Hong Kong Projects Involved: Star Cinema , Tsueng Kwan O Lei De Cun Shopping mall, Guangzhou
January 2011 June 2011
Mietoptimierung, Germany online real estate agent http://www.mietoptimierung.de/
August 2010
Assistant, Art Lab HK
the Asian Coalition of Architecture and Urbanism picked four sites which needs urban stitching in Tainan. Students from �ve universities joined hands to solve the urban isolation with experimental solutions.
Tianjin University Architectural Field S tudy
Recording and Archiving traditional Chinese architecture and town planning in ShanXi
PROFICIENCY
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
2006
Peking University, Beijing
20002007
Shatin Government Secondary School, Hong Kong
Proficiency in working on cad drawings with Autocad and Revit Proficiency in using Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign Experienced in parametric design and fabrication Experienced in handling CNC machine, 3D printer and basic capentery
LANGUAGES English Mandarian Cantonese
Fluent Fluent Native
Content 01 House Analysis- Villa Stein 02 Infrastructural Urbanism - Logistic centre 03 Experimenting new material prototype - Pavilion of sliding bricks 04 Hyper Materialism - Multi-functional Pier 05 Groovy Tectonics 06 Installation 07 Paintings
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House Analysis - Villa Stein
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
House Analysis - Villa Stein -le corbusier 1927 By studying the plans and sections of an earlier work of Le corbusier, you can find the formation of Villa Stein rigidly follows the grid formed by two identical rectangle box offseting each other. The boxes are divided by Palladio ratio. The basic form of Villa Stein is by craving out volumne from the big box according to the grid.
Curved walls symbolize body movement Curved walls are frequently used to symbolize body movement. For example, curved wall at the end of the stairs symobolizes people have to turn around to climb another flight of stairs. It also defines an enclosed space, separating private space from other rooms.The house analysis project is followed by designing a house with same concept in a site in a congested area in Central.
the formation of Villa Stein
The centres of the arcs always lie on the grid
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House Analysis - Villa Stein
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
study models
using curved wall to define different use of space
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IKEA in urban scale - a Logistic Center in Shanghai
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
Utilizing space under highway intersection The focus of the studio is revitalizing the unused ground under a higheway intersection in a fast-growing city, Shanghai. This studio is to position a catalyst at the derelict place under highway intersections. The design proposes a new shopping experience for furniture buyers. Customers would choose goods they want from different shops in the existing furniture village, then they could go through a logistic centre to get what they have ordered.
IKEA in Urban scale This arrangment rearranged the loading and storage of the furniture area, providing a more efficient way to buy furniture, leaving more space for further development of the furniture market. It is like shopping in IKEA, you can shop easily on the display floor and you only have to carry your goods just before you leave the shop. It also celebrates the buzzy loading, unloading activities, providing exhibiting space and supporting facilities, such as carpark and restaurants for the furniture market.
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IKEA in urban scale - a Logistic Center in Shanghai
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
Celebrating the logistics of funiture Inside the logistic centre, visitors could travel downwards through a long staircase. The staircase is surrounded by the spiral conveyor where customers could take away their goods. The centre area is for exhibition, like furniture fair.
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no supporting facilities nearby
surrounded by residential areas 100
400m
11 entrance for public 100
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400m
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furniture fair
1 cafe and restaurant 2 exhibition area 4 unloading area 6 spiral conveyor
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IKEA in urban scale - a Logistic Center in Shanghai
Getting their furniture along the spiral conveyor IKEA IN URBAN SCALE | 6
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
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IKEA in urban scale - a Logistic Center in Shanghai
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
Entrances for the customers in car and the public
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Experimenting new material prototype- sliding bricks pavilion
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
Reinvention of Traditional Bricks Flexible Brick generated by sliding As two bricks work in pairs, we can read two arch bricks as one changable rectangular brick with creation of different porousity
Limatation of bricks
Dimesnsion: 98mmX98mm Hollow: 0mm2
Dimesnsion: 176.4mmX78.4mm Hollow: 2112.88mm2
98mm 176.4mm 98mm
78.4mm
most compressed
Size of the birck is directly porportional to the area of hollow
least compressed(overlapping 1/5 of the brick) Sliding angle = 15 degrees
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Experimenting new material prototype- sliding bricks pavilion
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
XY-vertical XY-vertical- with offset
Sliding bricks could perform very differently if we arranged them in different orientations.
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Experimenting new material prototype- sliding bricks pavilion
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
1:2 prototype light testing- light source at the front and at the back
Experimenting new material prototype- sliding bricks pavilion
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Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
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B’ cafe cafe
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Book Store
lecture room
Exhibition Space
Entrance Exhibition Space
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Exhibition Space
1:100 Plan
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Experimenting new material prototype- sliding bricks pavilion
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
TYPE 3
TYPE 2
1-1-2-3-3-2-1-1 pattern the articulation of brick walls change gradually along the visitors path
TYPE 1
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Hyper-Materialsm - Multi-functional Pier
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
Sculpting with aluminium angle -Experimenting material’s limit
Aluminium angle was picked as the material of the stormy structure. Aluminium angles were bent, twisted folded to form surfaces arches and branches. The aluminium angles were combined as a unique configuration We also explored the possible spatial experience that the new configuration could provide.
attempting to create a surface with folded aluminium angles
Stormy structure
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Hyper-Materialsm - Multi-functional Pier
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
Diverging and converging To maintain stability, the aluminium angles were continuing converging and diverging forming various size of arches and domes. By mapping the bottom elevation of the sculpture, we could observe the unique flow of material.
Abstraction of the flow
Bottom View
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Hyper-Materialsm - Multi-functional Pier
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
Transferring the logic to digital
Exercise 2: Real Time Performance Evaluation & Topological Optimisation
Flux Truss
From the experience we got from the physical model, we would like to experience more with the digital tools. We started with controlling the branching system. By changing the length of branches, degree between them, we could end up having a CHAN Albert Ivan WONG Harmony very different sculpture.
3D print study model
Plan
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Hyper-Materialsm - Multi-functional Pier
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
1:100 model
1:1000 study model
study model of the form
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Hyper-Materialsm - Multi-functional Pier
Plan and Longitudinal Section
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
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Hyper-Materialsm - Multi-functional Pier
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
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slope
Groovy Tectonics
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication Study about fields
14°/12°
Parameters
slope
slope
number of turning points number of turning
CONTEXTUAL INTERFERENCE 10°/8° 6°/4° Concept number of turning points human movement on extreme landscape 14°/12°
10°/8°
HIGH
Programmes Access
6°/4°
points
distribution of programmes
MEDIUM
LOW
speed
slope
HIGH
MEDIUM
LOW
TEXTUAL INTERFERENCE cept an movement on extreme landscape
slope
14°/12°
ameters
grammes
slope
slope
number of turning points number of turning
14°/12°
10°/8°
10°/8°
6°/4°
6°/4°
HIGH
10
points
MED
number of turning points number of turning points number of turning points
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of turning points
14°/12°
Parameters
Programmes Access
10°/8°
6°/4°
HIGH
HIGH
distribution of programmes
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
LOW
LOW
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Topography changes the human movement, hence change the road and the whole urban configuration. We studied the movement on a slope facing the Victoria Harbour.
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Groovy Tectonics
Plan The field lines form from the previous section maintain a favourable walking experience for the visitors. Field lines then turn into shelter or bridges as needed.
Unrolled section showing how the pavilion compromised with the ground.
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
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Groovy Tectonics
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
We came up a flexible structure which steel tubes emerged from the ground tied together with cables. Using the field lines generated from the last step to dig out the earth from the topography. We realized it by customizing the tool path of the CNC machine.
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Groovy Tectonics
Compromising with the landscape
The form of the pavilion depends greatly on the topography. The above are two scenarios the pavilion formed under two extreme topography.
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
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Ceiling of Star Cinema
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication A funnel is divided into 8 rings. Each ring accomodates 70 folded metal plates. Dierent arrangment were tested to get this undulating form.
FUNNNEL CLAD The clad represents a gathering spot at the cinema lobby. It is made of hundreds folded metal plates, forming a continuous and smooth surface. The arrangment, density and width of metal plates have to be carefull adjusted . The lighting and structural issue are also taken into consideration.
40mm (W) metal plate
60mm (W) metal plate
70mm (W) metal plate The funnel ceiling is composed of two layers, the frame and the folded metal plates. The frame is recessed from the metal plate and two layers are connected by hangers. There is a ball joint between two metal plates, providing limited flexibility.
hanger
metal tube with ball joints linking metal plates together and hiding the wiring
tapered mirror stainless steel with light bulb
the detail of the connection of the clads
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Ceiling of Star Cinema
Funnel ceiling at Star Cinema, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong the funnel clad at the cinemat lobby
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
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Ceiling of Star Cinema
Architecture | Urbanism | Material | Parametric | Fabrication
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final product final product
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mock up with foam mock up with foam
connection embedding in the plate connection embedding in the plate
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Rendering
Rendering, course work for Digital Media and Methods