Hao Chen's Portfolio by HAO CHEN

Hao Chen

HC 2012 - 2014 B.Arch, University of Melbourne 2016 - now M.Arch, University of Melbourne ID: 397001

PORTFOLIO

陳昊

year 2 design studio:

Water

Refined Individual Work

Design Brief: The Original Studley Boathouse situated on a picturesque river bend in Yarra Bend Park featuring a restaurant, kiosk, cafe and a boat club which offers hiring and storage services.

The idea of this design is to create a new boathouse which embrace this picturesque site. Its form comes from a series of testing based on site analysis so it can has the maximum views over the river and a rationalized spatial relationships.

The theme of the studio is to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;learn from the masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and propose a new design for the Boathouse based on the design philosophy we abstracted from the master.

The following scheme is a further developed conceptual design of the original scheme.

In my studio, the master architect are Herzog & de Mueron. Figure 1: Conceptual Drawing

Figure 2: Perspective View from the river 1

year 2 design studio:

Water

Refined Individual Work Figure 4: Proposed contextual relationship

1. Original Site Relationship 2. New building size 3. Elevated Structure to create more space on the ground level

Site Analysis The site is located in the Studley park next to the Yarra River. The key features of the site is its picturesque surroundings. It is a beautiful river bend where you can see the water flowing from the east and turn towards the north. So based on the views and its site context, I developed this site analysis diagram. As you can see, there are nearly 140 degrees on the northern side that has great views worth exploring. So based on this diagram and my intention to fully use this advantage. I decide to change the original contextual relationship of the site. Figure 5: Perspective View from south

4. Horizontally Spread-out Massing 5. Improved function based on site analysis 6. To design a space with closer connection to create more fun and possibilities

year 2 design studio:

Water

Refined Individual Work

Learn From the master Yarra Bend

In the projects I selected from master Herzog & De Mueron’s previous designs, there are three main design philosophies I will try to learn from. 1. Function determine Form 2. The use of Courtyard 3. The use of “Stripe”s as design form

Actelion Business Centre

Based on the master’s design philosophies, I started experimenting with these design elements, and combining the result with my site analysis in order to rationalize it. The conceptual drawing(Fighre 1) which briefly Summarized my design intention. Vitre Hause

Figure 1: Conceptual Drawing

Design Elements: Firstly, I start to experiment with the possibilities of how can a

space been divided into stripes two-dimensionally. The stripes can be either with equal width or not and the number of stripes can varies as well. From the results shown in Figure 8, It is clear that the possibilities of these arrangement can be infinite. There can be even more possibilities if we try to split the space three dimensionally(Figure 7). The changes of the stripes sizes and the direction and orientation of the stacking will always lead to more possibilities and more potentials.

Figure 6: Site feature Break down

As a result, I need to introduce more variables to determine which would be the best in this situation. Therefore, I decide to look back into the site analysis and design brief.

Figure 7: Three Dimensional Experimentation

Figure 8: Two Dimensional Experimentation

year 2 design studio:

Water Storage

Kitchen

Office Toilets

Restaurant

This 120° vision is the best view available on site.

Café is placed facing the north west side of the river.

Resturant is placed facing north east side of the river.

Kitchen were placed next to the resturant and near the Café as well.

Café

Stacking the elements to avoid blocking the views from each other . Also, to adapt to the sloping site and allow people passing underneath.

Refined Individual Work

The span of the kitchen is too big therefore I placed the Office and Storage area underneath it to support the span.

The toilets will be hidden inside the mountain so that it will have minimum impact to the whole site.

Function Determine Form + Stripe

Boat Storage

The relationship between every function is different, some have stronger bond such as kitchen and restaurant, which means they should not only physically close to each other, but also have to have a simple circulation to travel among these two. Similar rules apply to all other functions(seen Figure 8)

Kiosk

Hire Counter Toilets

Cafe

Therefore, based on the need of the functions and their relationship, using stripe as a shell for every function then stack them according to site analysis.

Restaurant

Figure 9 shows how every place relates. Due to the height differences, this design was able to create more public space for landscape and public activities while still able to keep all the views.

Kitchen

Office

Figure 9: Function Relationship

Figure 10: Spatial Relationship

A A

B 5

X 4

First Floor

First Floor:

1. Kitchen 2. Outdoor Dinning 3. Restaurant 4. First Floor Entrance

Ground Floor: 5. Cafe 6. Courtyard 7. Staff Storage & WC 8. Office 9. Public Garden 10. Public Toilet 11. Kiosk

7 9

Ground Floor

year 2 design studio:

Water

Refined Individual Work

Figure 13: Physical Model

Figure 14: Building Block Diagram

Figure 11: Artistic Impression from the South

Building Block Diagram Vertically the building is divided into three levels, The first level is the restaurant with both indoor and outdoor dinning area. The kitchen has a long horizontal window for them to showcasing their cooking skills. The ground level is where most of the amenities at such as the cafe, Kiosk, Office, Public Toilet etc. Because most of the first floor were supported by a grid of steel columns. The open space created by it will be used for landscaping or future potential public activities. The lower level is for the boat hiring and storage as it is connected to the river. The space underneath the canter-livered areas can be used as a storage space for the boats. Figure 12: Artistic Impression of CafĂŠ

Section B-B

Section X-X

Section A-A

year 3 design studio:

Air

Group Work, Refined after Graduation

Design Brief:

The Wave Pavilion, is a school project based on a competition called LAGI 2014. According to the brief, we need to design a public place which can act as a a land of art as well as an ultility scale power generator. Another key requirement is to use Rhino and Grasshopper as the main software for the design.

Design Agenda:

Based on the development of current technology and artistic consideration. It has to be able to response to its context as well as distinguish itself from it to indicate the trend of new development in the area. My design is a large pavilion which provides shelter underneath and sufficient surface to install solar panels to generates a ultility scale solar energy.

Site Analysis

year 3 design studio:

Air

Group Work, Refined after Graduation Ship Circulation

Old harbor

Concept The concept of this design comes from its context. The site is a manmade land which was once an important part of a major harbor. It is surrounded by the sea and was located right opposite of the famouse 'Little Mermaid' statue. Since both historically and geologically the site is closely related with the sea. Therefore I decide to use Wave as my concept for this design.

Original Site Context Original Site View from the Little Mermaid

The up sand downs of waves often used to symbolize changes over time. Which is the same theme I am trying to convey in this design. The wave pavillion is a symbolic feature which symbolized the history of the site as well as showing the future of the site. A younger and greener Copenhagen. Current Site View from the Little Mermaid

Preliminary Concept Experiment & Drawing

year 3 design studio:

Air

One Variable

Group Work, Refined after Graduation

Two Variables

Three Variables

Four Variables

Plan Section

From the previous analysis, I gained a set of referencing points. With these points I developed a set of reference lines that I can use to experiment in Rhino.

Major Views

By moving these curves vertically and horizontally as well as trim them accroing to the circulation. I was able to create more reference lines. Then using these lines I developped a surface that I can planneling with.

Dynamic Form

Only till I got this form. I started to use grasshopper to work out the supporting structuture. I do not want the idea of parametric design dominate my own ideas. Or tools determine my design. Therefore, grasshopper was only used to panel the frame-structure for the surface.

Context Relationship

Internal Circulation

FIgure 1: Refined Structure

Internal View

year 3 design studio:

Air

Group Work, Refined after Graduation

FIgure 2: Perspective View South

Summary This version of design was a refined version after I graduated from school. This is because after I started working, I found that there are so many aspects of design that needs to be rationalized. And due to the limitation of our knowledge and time, the result still have much to be improved. As a result, although I am still not an expert in solar or civil engineering, but I restarted the design process based on our original idea. And designwise, I rationalized our concept development and the generation process of our form. Also, I redeloped our structure frame from a random triangular pattern (previous page Figure 1) into a fixed size of rectangular pattern so it can be more compatible with solar pannels. These is just the changes I made to rationalize the concept design. However, constructibility and power efficiency still needs to be further investigated in order to get a more practical design.

South Elevation

West Elevation

FIgure 3: Perspective View West

year 3 design studio:

Fire

Individual Work

FIgure 1: Perspective View West

Design Brief: This design studio is to design a new shop for Outré Gallery in one of the most multi-cultural suburb in Melbourne-Brunswick. The shop consists of a bookshop, Café, Outré Gallery, its office and manager suite. The idea of this design is to design a shop that can represent the culture of the gallery as well as responding to the trending cultural change in the suburb.

FIgure 2: Physical Model

FIgure 3: Physical Model

year 3 design studio:

Fire

Individual Work

Concept

The concept of this design comes from the sculptures we studied in the studio. Concept Development: Topological diagram is a great diagram to assist the control of area factors. In the diagram, we can rotate, tilt, mirror, stacking and other means using selected element. CORE.A (LEVEL 1) CELL (LEVEL 1)

FIgure 4: Sculptures CORE.B (LEVEL 2)

CORE.A (LEVEL 1)

COMBINATION (LEVEL 2)

CORE.B (LEVEL 2)

EXAMPLE (LEVEL 3)

CORE.C (LEVEL 3)

RESULT.A (LEVEL 4)

FREE

Figure 5: Topological Diagram RESULT.B

GRAFFITI ON THE WALL

REGULAR

STAGGER ARRANGEMENT

RESULT.D CORE.C (LEVEL 3) MY ELEVATION

FROM THE FOUR ELEMENTS, WHAT WILL BE LIKE OF THE FACADE?

From the previous topological diagram in Figure 3. These are the concepts and the cultural context of Brunswick. The above elements can be translated into a certain pattern that can help me to create a pattern.

RESULT.C

RESULT.E

year 3 design studio:

Fire

Individual Work

CORE.A (LEVEL 1)

CORE.B (LEVEL 2)

CORE.C (LEVEL 3)

Lounge, a relaxing space to everyone, at the same time as an exchange space exists.

Staff kitchen

Reception，located in the center of the whole house, to maximize the use of services in the

Staff dinning Area, disposed in the corner, with separate open area

Lighting atrium area, a special space on behalf of quiet.

Staff toilet, right in the general population does not use.

Reading area, for people to learn, access to information and rest.

Living room,Rest space.

Parking.

Bathroom.

FIgure 6: Internal Architectual Form

Internal Layout development Control of area factors is a means of using selected fundamental elements to redefine the area or space. often used in facade or plan layout. I used it to analysis the space needed for every level and how should they be distributed. In this way, the internal layout and facade design will be more rational and closely related to the concept. Benroom (small).

Albert Street Y

Vertical transportation. Employees and the general population is divided into two.

Benroom (big).

Open tour space, set exhibition, learning and thinking as one place.

Laundry room, while keeping the room clean.

Reception.

Vertical transportation.

Open office, to visit the people to provide an opportunity to learn and exchange.

Graffiti roofs, open Area, where you can do!

5. C 1.

1. Café

B 6.

2. Bookstore

3. Courtyard

4. Reception 5. Gallery Storage 6. Manager’s Car Park 7. Staircase

Ground Floor Y

Sydney Road

Ground Floor

year 3 design studio:

Fire

Individual Work First Floor

Summary

8. Outré Gallery

The pattern of the facade was derived from the pattern of the brickwork commonly seen in Brunswick. I used a scaled dimension of a most commonly used brick to be my basic element. Also the stagger pattern is a reflection of its neighborhood character. However, the characteristic of Outré Gallery and Brunswick need something special. Therefore, based on the pattern i choose, the use of bold color and new materials will help this design distinguish itself from its neighborhood while still able to fit into the trendy context of Brunswick.

9. Reception 10. Open Plan Office 11. Staff Kitchen

10.

12. Staff Dinning Area

11.

13. Staff Toilet 14. Living Room

13.

15. Kitchen & Dinning 16. Bathroom

18.

17.

17. Bedroom

FIgure 7: North Perspective

18. Laundry

14.

15.

First Floor

Second Floor 19. Graffiti Roof Garden

21. 19.

20. Courtyard. 21. Bridge

20.

Services A: Main Customer Lift B. Staff Lift C. Staircases FIgure 8: Ground Floor Model

Section Y-Y

Second Floor

Section X-X

Outré Gallery

Sdyney Road Elevation

16.

Albert Street Elevation Albert Street Elevation

16.

17.

Master 1 design studio:

Individual Work

The Grand Casa

Atherton Garden Social Housing

Each of us is a living system within a greater living system, connected to each other in more ways than we can fathom. Due to the development of technology, communities of today is getting denser and denser than before. However, residents feels much further and stranger than it used to be. It is this designâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aim to change this. The design concept of the Grand Casa was developed from the idea of leaf vein. The vein will divide the leaf into different individual parts however each was connected through vein. Similar to the design of this community. The sky corridor of the courtyard is the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;veinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of the community which divide the public space more reasonably as well as connects the residents more closely.

Master 1 design studio:

Individual Work Due to its prime location, which is at the corner of Brunswick Street and James Street. Therefore it is neither as busy as the corner of Gertrude and Brunswick Street nor as quite as the north eastern corner of the site. Moreover, it is located at the center of the entire site which gave it the potential to be the interception point of the entire Atherton Community. Building Programs

Volumetric Stacking

Wind Channel Diagram

Building Circulations

Shadow Diagram

Typical Unit Plan 2 Bed 1 Bath

First Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

Typical Unit Plan 2 Bed 2 Bath

Typical Unit Plan 3 Bed 2 Bath

Master 1 design studio:

Individual Work

Master 1 design studio:

Individual Work

Detail Section of Landscape Downpipe 1:50

Work Experience (Local) 2014-Now

Selected Portfolio (Professional)

Amber

G03

G04

G05

G06

Energy Rating requirements

G07

dimension to mid point of the dividing fence

994 Toorak Road, Camberwell, Melbourne, VIC 3124

Draught Control methods

Multi Storey Residential Building

W12

G03 terrace

G03 bed1

W13

G03 bed2

W14

G04 living

W15

G05 bed

W16

G05 living

W17

G06 living

W18

G06 bed

W19

G07 living

W20

G07 ens

‘

G07 bed 1

’

LIVING

BED1

LIVING

G07 terrace G07 ens

ENS

LIVING

BED

G06 terrace

A/C

A/C P D

BED

P D

G04

NO.1 SINGLE STOREY

1 W'BOARD HOUSE TILE ROOF

F/A

P D F/A

LIVING

’ ’

DIMENSION MEASURE TO NORTH EAST SETOUT POINT

P D

A/C

P D

A/C

G05 bed

G04 living

G03 bed2

179°35' 45.72m

G07 terrace

‘

G06

P D

dimension to mid point of the dividing fence

F/A BED2

WC DINING

KITCHEN

STUDY

W22

G06

G08 bed2

G05

STUDY

G07 wc

BED

KITCHEN

G06 study

A/C F/A P D

F/A P

W23 W25

G08 privacy screen

G08 G08 wc

G08

F/A D

A/C

F/A

P D

G01 terrace

LIVING BED

LOBBY

G09 privacy screen

G09 bed

G09 terrace

G08 bed

G06 wc corridor G09 wc

D 7 5

F/A

BED2

F/A

BED1

fire stair

G01 bed2

LIVING

BED2

2 3

UP 1

G09

STUDY

BED1

G09 study

KITCHEN & DINING

G01

corridor

KITCHEN & DINING

G08 living

LIVING

service

P D F/A P D

269°40' 25m

F F

lift

G08

WC WC

LIFT

A/C

G01 wc

KITCHEN & DINING

KITCHEN

G08

ENS

G02 LIVING

G01 bed1

G01

G02 ens G02 bed1

PLATFORM LIFT

G01 terrace

BED

DINING

F/A

89°40' 25m

ENS

fence

STUDY

G04 ens

corridor

G05 wc

corridor G01 ens

corridor G02 kit

vent

G03 kit

G03 living

W09 W08

STUDY WC

F/A

G02

ENS

W06

KITCHEN & DINING

KITCHEN

G02 wc

DINING

A/C

W07

G03

dimension to mid point of the dividing fence

LIVING

W10

G04 bed

G05 study

P D

KITCHEN & DINING

F/A

P D

G04 G03 wc

ENS

G07

P D

G07 DINING

G03 ens

W11

BED1 BED2

ALL Windows/glazed doors DIMENSION MEASURE TO SOUTH WEST SETOUT POINT

G08 bed

‘

F/A P D

G05 terrace

A/C

F/A

G04 terrace

G03 terrace

G03 bed1

G08 study

F/A

G04 terrace

NORTH EAST SETOUT POINT

G07 entrance

SINGLE SPLIT LEVEL BRICK HOUSE ADDITION TILE ROOF

NO.998 TILE ROOF SINGLE STOREY BRICK HOUSE

DIMENSION MEASURE TO NORTH EAST SETOUT POINT

G06 wc

G07

G06 kit&dining

G07 bed2

W21

G05 kit&dining

G07 wc

G07 terrace

G05 wc

G07 kit&dining

G08 bed1

G04 ens

G06

G06 terrace

G04

G05

G06 bed

G03

G04 bed

F/A

G03 terrace

G04 kit

P D P D

G03 wc

P D

G03 living

Jesse Ant Architects (Group Work) Stage: Under Construction Role: Drafting of the construction drawings

G03 terrace

DIMENSION MEASURE TO NORTH EAST SETOUT POINT

DIMENSION MEASURE TO NORTH WEST SETOUT POINT

NORTH WEST SETOUT POINT

359°35' 45.72m

SOUTH WEST SETOUT POINT

DIMENSION MEASURE TO SOUTH WEST SETOUT POINT EXISTING CONC. CROSSOVER TO BE REMOVED;KERB & CHANNEL TO BE REINSTATED

G02&3 terrace fence

DIMENSION MEASURE TO NORTH WEST SETOUT POINT

G02 terrace

wall adjoining G02&3

G02

G02 bed2

G02 ens

G02 wc

W05

G02 bed1

corridor

G01

G01 living

W04

corridor

G01 bed

G01 bed2

W03

fire stair

G01 bed1

W02

lobby

fire stair

lobby

W89

D06

W01

G09 living

G09 bed

G09 terrace

W30

W29

ı ı

G08

G09 bed

DIMENSION MEASURE TO SOUTH WEST SETOUT POINT

car path

ı ı

G09 terrace

W28

W27

W26

ı ı

W24

G08 terrace

steps Front fence

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

ISSUE FOR CONSTRUCTION

SCALE 1:100 @ A1

Amendments

No. K L M N O P

Date

WALL TYPE A - EXTERNAL WALL

WALL TYPE A2 - EXTERNAL WALL

Project

Notes

Description Size for service cupboards revised; balustrade and retaining wall height added where indicated location of lift core revised; section markers added to service cbd and mailbox; brick fence dimension revised location of steps next to grid C & D moved wall types updated; stair in corridor moved by 88mm; door opening revised Wall types revised Down pipe location from 107 balcony revised

17/06/2015 22/06/2015 25/06/2015 06/07/2015 18/08/2015 24/08/2015

WALL TYPE B - EXTERNAL WALL

ANY ERRORS, DISCREPANCIES OR OMMISSIONS IN THE DRAWINGS, NOTATIONS OR DIMENSIONS SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE ARCHITECT FOR CLARIFICATION PRIOR TO WORKS COMMENCING. DO NOT SCALE FROM DRAWINGS ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPECIFICATIONS, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, HYDRAULIC, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS LOCATION OF ALL HARDWARE, FIXTURES AND FITTINGS TO BE CONFIRMED WITH ARCHITECT PRIOR TO WORKS COMMENCING.

WALL TYPE B2 - CSR 167 - EXTERNAL WALL

JESSE ANT ARCHITECTS

994 TOORAK ROAD CAMBERWELL

Suite 801, Level 8, 492 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, VIC 3004 Date Drawn Project No.

Title

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

WALL TYPE C - EXTERNAL WALL (no fire requirement)

WALL TYPE C2 --- CSR 165 - EXTERNAL WALL (no fire requirement)

WALL TYPE D - CSR 184 - EXTERNAL WALL

Ph: (03)98205211 Drawing No.

1:100 15.07.2015 Scale AL/JW Checked

13040

WALL TYPE E - CORRIDOR WALL (non-discontinuous)

Amendment

A102

WALL TYPE F - CSR 218 - INTERTENANCY WALL (discontinuous)

WALL TYPE F2 - CSR 218 - INTERTENANCY WALL (discontinuous)

FIgure 1: Artistic Impression

WALL TYPE G -INTERTENANCY WALL (discontinuous)

FIgure 2: Artistic Impression

WALL TYPE H - CSR 255 - CORRIDOR WALL

WALL TYPE H2 - CSR 155 - CORRIDOR WALL

WALL TYPE I - STAIR/LIFT SHAFT

WALL TYPE I2 - STAIR/LIFT SHAFT

WALL TYPE I3 - STAIR/LIFT SHAFT

WALL TYPE J - EXTERNAL WALL

WALL TYPE K - CSR 907 - 2ND FLOOR EXTERNAL WALL

WALL TYPE K2 - G TO 1ST FLOOR EXTERNAL WALL

FIgure 3: Artistic Impression WALL TYPE L - CSR 475 - 2nd FLOOR INTERTENANCY WALL (non-discontinuous)

WALL TYPE M--- CSR 575 -2nd FLOOR INTERTENANCY (discontinuous)

WALL TYPE N - LIFT SHAFT (discontinuous)

WALL TYPE O - LIFT SHAFT/ BASEMENT LOBBY WALL

WALL TYPE P - INTERTENANCY WALL (non-discontinuous)

WALL TYPE S - DUCT WALL

WALL TYPE T - INTERNAL WALL GROUND TO FIRST FLOOR

WALL TYPE T2 - INTERNAL WALL SECOND FLOOR

WALL TYPE T5 - INTERNAL WALL CAVITY SLIDER PARTITION TO WET AREA

WALL TYPE T6 - INTERNAL WALL PARTITION TO WET AREA

WALL TYPE T3 - INTERNAL WALL CAVITY SLIDER PARTITION

Figure 4: Construction Site till September

Figure 5: Selected Drawings

ISSUE FOR CONSTRUCTION

SCALE 1:10 @ A1

Amendments

No. D E F

Date 21.01.2015 03.03.2015 08.05.2015

Description

WALL TYPE T4 - INTERNAL WALL PARTITION TO WET AREA

Wet Area Lining: Moisture resistant plasterboard to all wet area wall and ceiling

WALL TYPE DETAILS

FIgure 4: Bathroom

WALL TYPE K3 - 2ND FLOOR EXTERNAL WALL

Notes

wall type revised generally to include required FRL value; wall type N added wall type c change to system 165; wall type E & P revised as per acoustic report

ANY ERRORS, DISCREPANCIES OR OMMISSIONS IN THE DRAWINGS, NOTATIONS OR DIMENSIONS SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE ARCHITECT FOR CLARIFICATION PRIOR TO WORKS COMMENCING.

wall thickness revised generally. Wall A,B,C,D,F,H &K have been split into 2 -3 types to address the changes in wall thickness.

DO NOT SCALE FROM DRAWINGS

Project

994 TOORAK ROAD CAMBERWELL

JESSE ANT ARCHITECTS Suite 801, Level 8, 492 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, VIC 3004

Ph: (03)98205211

Work Experience (Overseas) 2013-2014

Selected Portfolio (Professional)

Qianhai Bay's Integrated Transport Hub QIanhai Bay, Shenzhen, China Multiple Use Building Complex

gmp Architekten (Group Work) Stage: Competition Entry (2013 - 3 months as an intern) Role: Drafting of the plans Building models for concept drawings

This project is a part of the major urban development in Shenzhen, one of the most developed city in China. Compare to the scale of this project, I was only a very small part of the entire design. However, the reason why I place it into my portfolio is because it is the first project that show me how useful a multi-disciplinary approach can be to a design. A group of experts such as Urban Planners, Civil Engineers, Service Engineers, Quantity Surveyor, Land Surveyor and more, work together to turn this design from concept to reality. Every factors can lead to a change of form or layout. Many aspects needs to be considered which is a very different experience from school projects.

Figure 3: Selected Drawings

Figure 4: Selected Drawings

Figure 3: Scaled Selected Drawings

Brunswick Westw yck

Redeve lo p m e nt

Gardenia Urban Collective Hao Chen In an urban intensification context. What might multi-generational community for young couples be? The need for different generation is different. While space is getting smaller and smaller, how do we balance the need of children and parents? How do we create a safe, playful and children friendly environment in a dense residential area? How do we distinguish the boundary between private and public in such dense community? Apart from these questions, there are a lot more needs to be considered and researched. The impact which urban intensification had on these factors are crucial in understanding what multi-generational community for young couples might be in this context.

Context

Concept

For an intensified urban environment, the most direct change is decrease in the size of personal space. This will have significant impact on people’s life style and hence architecture design.

Firstly we Studied the context of the site and Identified both problems and opportunities of the site. During the study a general understandingof the site was developped.

This design will be focusing on developing a multi-generation community for Brunswick which has a soft edge with the adjacent community center.

Since multi-generation family normally have more complex need. Significant reduce on personal space would have the most impact on these families.

Analysis

Outcome

Problems

Based on the site to develop a design strategy which balanced the need of public and private as well as provide sufficient amount of dwelling type for the site to accomandate a multi-generation community.

Victoria Street

Anticipate reasonable amount of dwellings to make sure it is financially practical and comply to local regulations.

Practicality

Unit 1

Unit 2

SAFETY Safety is always very important. Especially in a design which soften the boundary between two specific sites. This design uses visual survalliance to increase the safety of the community.

RESIDENTS Residential areas should provide enough space to accomandate private need of a multi-generation community. However, the needs for social, safety & amenities are also very important.

RESIDENTS

SAFETY Unit 5 Unit 3

Unit 4

First Floor Interior Plan SOCIAL SOCIAL Social activities are crucial. The balance of public and private sometimes can be hard to find. Also a publicaly accessable community may raise safety risks for residents as well as visitors.

1:200 @ A1

COMMUNITY CENTER

Victoria Street

COMMUNITY CENTER A community center will provide amenties for its surrounding residents. It will provide spaces for multiple functions such as gathering, learning and other activites.

Gardenia locates in the heart of Brunswick, a vibrant inner city suburb which is experiencing great changes in the past two decades. As the inner city circle continues to expand and immigrants from all over the world drawn by its multi-cultural atmosphere, Brunswick is currently going through an urban intensification proces. Based on this context, and the questions raised at the start, it is Gardenia's design intension to provide an example for Brunswick on how to embrace this change and how to help multi-generation families to cope with this changes through architectural design. Unlike most convential redevelopment projects, the owner of the adjacent site, the historical Westwyck School, is open to an unconvential way of development. The boundaries between two sites can be softened by consider the development as a whole. This creates great opportunities for a multi-generation community. Gardenia was proposed based on the assumption that the original Westwyck Site will be converted in to a community center with varies activity rooms, counciling offices with libraries etc. Gardenia will serve as an active member of this community center by providing cafe, BBQ, locally grown vegetables etc. Residents in Gardenia will all be contributing a certain amount of private space to create a shared public space which allows Westwyck to have more space to host larger events if needed.

Landscape 1. Community Entrance 2. Outdoor Seating 3. Planter Box 4. Garden 5. Brick Pavement 6. Timber Pavement 7. Transitional Space 8. Bicycle Rack

Unit 1

Café

Unit 2

Community Center 9. Building Entrance 10. Waitting Area 11. Office 12. Reception 13. Library 14. Book Shelves 15. Computer Desk 16. Reading Room 17. Toilets 18. Activities Room 19. Outdoor Reading Space

Unit 3

Unit 5

Unit 4

Gathering Space 20. café 21. BBQ Grill

Ground Floor Interior Plan 1:200 @ A1

Victoria Street 1 4 5

9 2

11 12 14

19 15

7 11

2 6

4 18

Underground Carpark Plan

Community Center & Landscape Plan

1:200 @ A1

9 11 10

10 8

9 12

10 12

8 15

14 14

12 13 13

8 13 8 13

Unit 1 1. Entrance 2. Kitchen 3. Dining 4. Living Room 5. Study 6. Courtyard 7. Toilet 8. Bedroom 9. Master Room 10. Ensuite 11. WIR 12. Sitting Room 13. Balcony 14. Bathroom 15. Lndry 16. Sitting Web

Unit 1 First Floor Plan 1:100 @ A1

Unit 2 1. Entrance 2. Kitchen 3. Dining 4. Living Room 5. Study 6. Courtyard 7. Toilet 8. Bedroom 9. Master Room 10. Ensuite 11. WIR 12. Sitting Room 13. Balcony 14. Bathroom 15. Laundry

Unit 2 First Floor Plan 1:100 @ A1

Unit 3 1. Entrance 2. Kitchen 3. Dining 4. Living Room 5. Study 6. Courtyard 7. Toilet 8. Bedroom 9. Master Room 10. Ensuite 11. WIR 12. Sitting Room 13. Balcony 14. Bathroom 15. Laundry 16. Timber Deck 17. Backyard

Unit 3 First Floor Plan 1:100 @ A1

Unit 4 1. Entrance 2. Kitchen 3. Dining 4. Living Room 5. Study 6. Courtyard 7. Toilet 8. Bedroom 9. Master Room 10. Ensuite 11. WIR 12. Sitting Room 13. Balcony 14. Bathroom 15. Laundry

Unit 4 First Floor Plan 1:100 @ A1

Unit 5 1. Entrance 2. Kitchen 3. Dining 4. Living Room 5. Study 6. Courtyard 7. Toilet 8. Bedroom 9. Master Room 10. Ensuite 11. WIR 12. Sitting Room 13. Balcony 14. Bathroom 15. Laundry

Unit 5 First Floor Plan 1:100 @ A1

2 1

1 1

3 4

1 4

4 3

7 7

14 8

1 16

16 17

1 17

Unit 1 Ground Floor Plan

Unit 2 Ground Floor Plan

Unit 3 Ground Floor Plan

Unit 4 Ground Floor Plan

Unit 5 Ground Floor Plan

1:100 @ A1

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 4

Victoria Street Elevation

Unit 3,4,5 Elevation

1:200 @ A1

Unit 5

T R I N I T Y S t a c k

H e a t E x h a u s t Fa n

J o i n t

M u l l i o n

i t U n

M u l l i o n

T r a n s o m

Rising Heat

1 A3.2

Aluminum Horizontal Shade

W I N D A N A LY S I S

+350.00 ROOF

2 A3.2 +320.00 L75 +312.00 +308.00 +304.00 +300.00 +296.00 +292.00 +288.00 +284.00 +280.00 +276.00 +272.00 +268.00 +264.00 +260.00 +256.00 +252.00 +248.00 +244.00 +240.00

L 7 4 S E R V I C E F LO O R L73 L72 L71 L70 L69 L68 L67 L66 L65 L64 L63 L62 L61 L60 L59 L58 L57 L56

+232.00 +228.00 +224.00 +220.00 +216.00 +212.00 +208.00 +204.00 +200.00 +196.00 +192.00 +188.00 +184.00 +180.00 +176.00 +172.00 +168.00 +164.00 +160.00

L 5 5 S E R V I C E F LO O R L54 L53 L52 L51 L50 L49 L48 L47 L46 L45 L44 L43 L42 L41 L40 L39 L38 L37

+ 1 5 2 . 0 0 L 3 6 S E R V I C E F LO O R +148.00 L35 +144.00 L34 +140.00 L33 +136.00 L32 +132.00 L31 +128.00 L30 +124.00 L29 +120.00 L28 +116.00 L27 +112.00 L26 +108.00 L25 +104.00 L24 +100.00 L23 +96.00 L22 +92.00 L21

3 A3.2

+84.00 +80.00 +76.00 +72.00 +68.00 +64.00 +60.00 +56.00 +52.00 +48.00 +44.00 +40.00 +36.00 +32.00 +28.00 +24.00

L 2 0 S E R V I C E F LO O R L19 L18 L17 L16 L15 L14 L13 L12 L11 L10 L9 L8 L7 L6 L5

The wind turbulence is sharp at the triangular conner, creating negative air pressure at the back of the facade.

PRECEDENTS

MEGA FACADE Hancock Building, 875 North Michigan Avenue

CLEAN FACADE Opera Melbourne, 450 St Kilda Rd

+ 1 6 . 0 0 L 4 S E R V I C E F LO O R

+ 0 . 0 0 LG

Applied ArchitecturAl technology

Project

308 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, VIC

Group Member

Hao CHEN, Jiqi CHEN

T R I N I T Y T20_Group3 Carlos Lara, Tutor

A3.1

Applied ArchitecturAl technology

Project

308 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, VIC

Group Member

Hao CHEN, Jiqi CHEN

T R I N I T Y T20_Group3 Carlos Lara, Tutor

A3.3

T R I N I T Y

TYPICAL FACADE PLAN DETAIL (mid-rise)

TYPICAL FACADE SECTION DETAIL(mid-rise)

TYPICAL SERVICE FLOOR PLAN DETAIL (mid-rise)

TYPICAL SERVICE FLOOR SECTION DETAIL (mid-rise)

Scale 1:5 @ A3

Scale 1:10 @ A3

Scale 1:5 @ A3

Scale 1:10 @ A3

Material Schedule

Black Aluminium Cladding

Applied ArchitecturAl technology

Project

Concrete

308 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, VIC

Group Member

Hao CHEN, Jiqi CHEN

Suspended Floor Finish

Light-Grey Perforated Aluminium Cladding

T R I N I T Y T20_Group3 Carlos Lara, Tutor

A5.1

Perspctive Dawn View Approach Public

Transitional

Residential

Large Open Space

Accessible

Children-Friendly

Simple

Liveable

Welcoming

Safe

Private

User Friendly

Since the pavilion will be the most exciting and important feature for the site. Also as the starting point of the redevelopment of the Buddhist Discussion Centre. I wanted the design of the Pavilion to be more than just a shelter for the Naga Statue. It should be the centre of the site both physically and conceptually. The ideology in the design of the pavilion should be able to extend in the design of its surrounding landscape. Also act as a guide line for future redevelopment in other elements of the site as well.

Quiet

Sacred

The goal is to provide a reasonable and considerate solution based on the existing environment.

View

Dandenong Ranges

Site

Buddhist Discussion Centre Churchil National Park Cardinia Reservior

Objectives Amenity

Pavilion

Areas

Water Tanks

Functional

Landscape

Circulation

Scale

Safety

10 Years

20 Years

Buddha

Style

Privacy

Worshipping Area

Traditional

Natural Sunlight

Meditation Space

Material

Neighbourhood Impact

Circulation Design

Practicality

Planning Regulation

Gates

Budget

Temporary Structure

Sitting Areas

Theme

Building Layout

Car Park

Adaptable

Permanent Structure

Teaching Room

Monumental

Building Upgrade

Backyards

Sacred

Redevelop Existing Building

Residential/Public Spaces

Responsive

Northern Gate

North 火

Design

West Gate

Heaven & Eath Temple

Summer Meditation Garden

West

Center

East

Autumn

Spring

金

Cost

土

Waterpond

Bohdi Garden

木

Deck +0.2m

Environment

Watertank

Lecture Room

Meeting Room Publice Sitting

Deck

South

Watertank

Planning

Buddha Garden

Meditation Garden

Waterpond

5 Years

Five Elements

+1.1m

水

Deck

Storage

+1.1m

Winter

Space

East Gate

Zen Garden

Concept

Mandala

The key idea is to redesign the site based on the existing environment. Like most traditional Chinese garden, I do not consider them as individuals. Neither the architecture and landscape will not designed separately. They should respond to each other under a certain theme or a design principle. Only in this way we can maximize the efficiency of the design. Nevertheless, the layout of the entire site is problematic due to the unplanned development throughout history. So we also need to consider the site as a whole to provide a guide line for possible future development.

North

Residential Space Watertank

夏 Summer

South Gate

Watertank Watertank

Watertank

Deck

+0.5m Buddha Garden

Buddha Garden

Meditation Garden

Backyard (Private)

Northern Gate

West Gate

Heaven & Eath Temple Meditation Garden

Bohdi Garden Deck +0.2m

Meeting Room

Watertank

Lecture Room

Publice Sitting Deck

Watertank

West 秋

Waterpond

Since the site is already using the elements of a mandala, such as the four gates and the way they practice religion. I wanted to continue this idea in my design. Moreover, because the site consist of places with different functions. Such as Meditation Space, Worshing Space, Sitting Area, Teaching Area and gathering Space etc. So one uniformed mandala concept may not be enough to be the guide line for the development of the entire site.

Waterpond

+1.1m

Space

Deck

Storage

+1.1m

Autumn

East Gate

Zen Garden

Residential Space Watertank

South Gate

East 春

Garage Amenity / Guest Room

Driveway

Watertank

Spring

Watertank Watertank

Watertank

Deck +0.5m

As a result, I wanted to introduce another important ideology in traditional eastern culture, the Five Element. It is one of the most important cosmology for ancient Chinese which can extend and evolve into many other things such as seasons and directions.

Backyard (Private)

Garage Amenity / Guest Room

South 冬

So my design will be based on the four gates idea in a Mandala design which defines the sacred ground which the pavilion will locate. Moreover, with the addition of the five elements concept, the rest of the site will be able to follow this concept due to the nature of their need.

Meditation Garden

Waterpond

Bohdi Garden Deck Waterpond

+0.2m

Meeting Room

Watertank

Lecture Room

Publice Sitting Watertank

Deck +1.1m

Space

Deck +1.1m

East Gate

Zen Garden

Residential Space Watertank

South Gate

Watertank Watertank

Watertank

Deck

East 春

树绕村庄，水满陂塘。倚东风、豪兴徜徉。小园几许，收尽春光。有桃花红，李花白，菜花黄。远远围墙，隐隐茅堂。飏青旗、流水桥旁。偶然乘兴、步过东冈。正莺儿啼，燕儿舞，蝶儿忙。 -----秦观《行香子》

Buddha Garden

Meditation Garden

Northern Gate

West Gate

Heaven & Eath Temple Meditation Garden

Waterpond

Bohdi Garden Deck +0.2m

Meeting Room

Watertank

Lecture Room

Publice Sitting Deck

Watertank

Heaven & Eath Temple

Waterpond

Northern Gate

West Gate

GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1 : 200 @ A0

Winter

Buddha Garden

Meditation Garden

Driveway

Watertank

+1.1m

East Gate

Zen Garden

Residential Space Watertank

South Gate

Watertank Watertank

+0.5m

North 夏

Watertank

Deck +0.5m

Backyard (Private)

Garage Amenity / Guest Room

Space

Deck

Storage

Driveway

Watertank

Garage Amenity / Guest Room

Watertank

Driveway

风老莺雏，雨肥梅子，午阴嘉树清圆。地卑山近，衣润费炉烟。人静乌鸢自乐，小桥外、新绿溅溅。凭栏久，黄芦苦竹，拟泛九江船。年年如社燕，飘流瀚海，来寄修椽。且莫思身外，长近尊前。憔悴江南倦客，不堪听、急管繁弦。歌筵畔，先安簟枕，容我醉时眠。 -----周邦彦《满庭芳-夏景》

Concrete Slab Under Statue ROOF SECTION 3

COLUMN-BEAM FINISH DETAIL SECTION 1

COLUMN-SLAB FINISH DETAIL SECTION 1

SCALE 1:1 @ A1

TYPICAL SLIDING DOOR RAIL SECTION 1

COLUMN-BEAM FINISH DETAIL SECTION 2

SCALE 1:1 @ A1

SCALE 1:4 @ A1

TYPICAL SLIDING DOOR RAIL SECTION 2

SCALE 1:1 @ A1

Notes

East Elevation 1 : 40 @ A0

Project

Project Number

33 Brooking Street,Upwey, 3108

STUDIO 10

Drawing

Date

Detail Sections

Drawn

Drawing Number

CD2

08-10-2017 HC

Scale

1:1

Checked

Amendment

Notes

West Elevation 1 : 40 @ A0

Project

Project Number

33 Brooking Street,Upwey, 3108

STUDIO 10

Drawing

Date

Detail Sections

Drawn

Drawing Number

CD1

08-10-2017 HC

Scale

1:1

Checked

Amendment

Notes

Project

33 Brooking Street,Upwey, 3108

Project Number

Drawing Number

CD3

STUDIO 10

Drawing

Date

Detail Sections

Drawn

08-10-2017 HC

Scale

1:1

Checked

Amendment

South Elevation 1 : 40 @ A0

Project

33 Brooking Street,Upwey, 3108

Project Number

Drawing Number

CD3

STUDIO 10

Drawing

Date

Detail Sections

Drawn

08-10-2017 HC

Scale

1:1

Checked

Amendment

This portfolio is a on-going and selected collection of the work I have participated in till 2018. I hope this would give you a brief understanding of my design philosophy and skills. As I try to demonstrate as many types of projects as I can, there are still many exciting projects which I did not put into this porfolio.

North Elevation 1 : 40 @ A0

Winter

Summer

Ground Floor Plan 1 : 40 @ A0

To be continued... Pavilion Interior View