Undergraduate Portoflio by Janie Chan

ARTIST MARKET

ARTIST APPARTMENT

RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

PHOTOGRAPHY CENTRE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

ART CENTRE

PEDESDRIAN FLOW/ LINKAGE OF BUILDING VISTA

- VERTICAL AXIS BETWEEN ART CENTRE. ARTIST APARTMENT & ART MARKET. - PROPOSED CENTRAL ARTISTIC SQUARE, CONTINUATION FROM DERBY SQUARE. -VARIOUS ENTRANCE TO PENETRATE INTO THE SITE. -CENTRAL GREEN SQUARE FOR THE CITY, A PLACE FOR RELAXATION. -360 VIEW FOR APARTMENT USER OF THE CITY. - SEPARATION OF ART CENTRE AND ARTIST APARTMENT FOR USE OF PUBLIC AND ARTIST. - APARTMENT SET BACK FROM THE MAIN ROAD FOR NOISE AND POLLUTION REDUCTION

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METRO JAMES ST CULTRAL DISTRICT

2 mins

COMMERICAL

2 mins

DOCK LAND AREA LIVERPOOL ONE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

RESIDENTIAL AREA CITY CENTRE

BBC RADIO (CITY CENTRE)

INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

5 mins 7mins 10 mins 12 mins 15 mins

With the speech of Kevin Lynch, The Image of the City. “While the complexity of the modern city calls for continuity it also furnishes a great delight: the contrast and specialisation of individual character.”

GOVERNMENT BUILDING DOCK LANDS

The opportunity exists to develop a new, vibrant cultural quarter and base for the Liverpool Biennial. The Liverpool Biennial is the UK’s International Contemporary Art Biennial and has a year round roll as a world class public art commissioning agency. For ten weeks every two years the city of Liverpool is transformed into the most amazing living gallery of new art, showcasing the best contemporary artists from around the world.

TATE MODERN

Liverpool Biennial has secured funds for 40 artists to live and work in Liverpool on a two year basis. Selected artists and their families and/or assistants will live in a ‘community’ on The Strand in the same building as the Biennial offices. As well as workspaces in their apartments the building will also house larger communal/performance/discussion/ exhibition spaces. Every two years the building will have the capability of turning into a big exhibition space to coincide with the Liverpool Biennial festival and it will have strong year round links with The Liverpool Photographic Centre.

CULTURAL DISTRICT (Regeneration of Dockland)

HISTORICAL HERITAGE (Exisiting historical buildings)

COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (Major commerical area)

ST. JAMES’S (Metro Station)

A great opportunity was presented to develop a vibrant, relaxing and integrated with the new cultural district and the historical city centre of an Artist apartment.

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Building Access Site orientation & function

Building Lighting courtyard

Building Vista flat mix & arrangement

Building composition ventilation & open space

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City Centre

Site

Cultural District

-Artist appartment - Art centre -Art market -Photography centre

Cultural spine - Connection between water front and centre - Tranistion Zone

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LIVING ROOM BATHROOM STUDIO SPACE

BEDROOM

SECTION B

STUDIO SPACE MOVABLE WALLS FOR FLEXIBILITY

STUDIO FLAT

1 BEDROOM FLAT

LIVING ROOM

WOODEN SHUTTER SHADING

BEDROOM

PERSPECTIVE SECTION

APARTMENT LEVEL 1

SECTION A

WOODEN MOVABLE SUN SHADING

APARTMENT LEVEL 2

MOVABLE WALLS FOR FLEXIBILITY

2 BEDROOM FLAT

SKY GARDEN

GLASS LIFT

INTERNAL CORRIDOR

COURTYARD/ EXTERNAL STAIR

STAIRCASE

SKY GARDEN

APARTMENT LEVEL 3

APARTMENT LEVEL 13

INTERNAL LAYOUT

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Section AA - Cross ventilation through open green area in the residential tower. - Central courtyard to increase natural dayligt penetrating into the buidling. - Sky gardens at each level of the tower to improve air quality. - Stack effect provided from the central courtyard.

Greening

Section BB

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WEST ELEVATION

EAST ELEVATION

ARTIST APPARTMENT ART CENTRE

ART MARKET CONTEXTUAL ELEVATION

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- STRUCTURAL COLUMN GRID - 300x300mm REINFORCE CONCRETE COLUMN -350mm COMPOSITE CONCRETE SLAB WITH I-BEAMS - INSULATION AROUND EACH FLAT

APARTMENT TOWER STRUCTURE EXTERNAL STAIRCASE SURROUNDING COURTYARD

COURTYARD

- TOTAL OF 4 No. OF LIFTS ( 2 AT EACH SIDE TOWER) - 2 SETS OF STAIRCASES - EXTERNAL STAIRCASE CIRCULATE AT THE COURTYARD

SERVICING PIPE DUCT

GLASS LIFT

APARTMENT TOWER STRUCTURE COURTYARD

- STRUCTURAL COLUMN GRID - 300x300mm REINFORCE CONCRETE COLUMN -350mm COMPOSITE CONCRETE SLAB WITH I-BEAMS

ART CENTRE STRUCTURE

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ART CENTRE L.0 PLAN

ART CENTRE L.1 PLAN

“Liverpool’s heritage of fine buildings is, with its topography, what distinguishes it from another....... (Liverpool’s) buildings tough and elegant and never just pretty set a standard which modern architects will find it difficult to improve on.” Graeme Skankland’s Foreword to, Seaport by Quentin Hughes INTERNAL COURT YARD

INTERNAL COURT YARD

PERSPECTIVE

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Poland Pavilion, EXPO 2010 Ravensbourne College Building FOA -Ceramic facade based on a geometric formula -Circle glazing -Pizzle

Idea for Roof

-Flowery cut-outs designed to reflect Polish folk art (paper cut-outs) -Sunlight can enter the hall through cracks in the walls -The pavilion will shine with different colors that will change as the light outside changes at night -Double facade

Belgo Zuid, London. Restaurant

FOA

Brillare, Japan Klein Dytham Architecture Restaurant

-Leaves pattern on the white ceiling -Small spot lights design as the leaves -Outdoor facade reflect the outdoor environment

John Lewis

FOA

-Pattern printed on the glass - Double layer

East Hotel, Hong Kong

R3 Ukishima Cafe, Japan Klein Dytham Architecture

CL3

-Foyer with double volume form quality space and welcome to customer -Reception is simple with pure white desk. -The elegant pattern behind reception popping up and bright up the reception. -The staircase is modern

-A 25m long, 5m high perforated concrete block screen -The screen with its pixilated pink orchid pattern creates an internal world for the cafe while letting the air and light into the building. -The light get into interior from the colour facade produce a colorful reflection. The reflection drop on the concrete wall form another pattern on wall.

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Pixilated Photos

Idea of Facade Left to Right Original + Bigger pixilated cell + Smaller pixilated cell = Result

Fay Godwin Fay Godwin was a noted British photographer, most widely know for her black-and-white landscapes of the British countryside and coast. 1931 Born Berlin, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world.1958 Settled down to live in London.1966 Became interested in photography through photographing her young children. No training.1975 Publication of first co-author book, The Oldest Road, with writer J.R.L. Anderson. Exhibitions from the series toured nationally. 1978 Recipient of major award from Arts Council of Great Britain to continue landscape work in British Isles, much of which is included in Land. Died, May 2005 aged 74

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN

- SCALE 1:100 @ A1

ROOF PLAN

- SCALE 1:100 @ A1

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EXTERNAL PERSPECTIVE

. EXHIBITION GALLERY

ENTRY COURTYARD

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Exhibition Centre and Commercial Street

INSPIRATION

DYNAMIC

FLOW

OPERA

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES

景观| Landscape

URBAN STRATEGY AND AXIS

TRAFFICE ANALYSIS

PEDESTRIAN ANALYSIS

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS

HEIGHT DENSITY

RETAIL CLUSTER

Climate Analysis Sea-land breeze phenomena is obvious. Usually west and north-west is dominant from mid-night until noon time. And after noon time, wind usually blows from south and south east. Xiamen prevails south-east and south-west wind in summer and prevails north-east wind in winter. Annual prevailing wind is from east.

The architectural concept design for Xiamen’s Wuyuan bay will be a symbol of the cities bold drive to make it the first choice location within Fujian province. The selection of a unique and powerful site for this development has inspired the design team and we are proud to present a scheme that reflects the dynamic and forward looking culture of our client. The proposal has been created to address a number of key aspirations: A development that will set a world class bench mark for marine based A design that identifies the pre existing character of Xiamen bay and develops it to enhance the feeling of place and community A design approach for the buildings that aims to capture the vibrant spirit of sailing and motor boating A design approach that aims to create a symbiotic link between the project site and Xiamen bay To create a lifestyle that echos that of Monaco which ultimately generates a consumption platform

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES

In the sequence of strategic functional nodes along the site, the mixed use area centers and their extensions and intersections along the central public realm spine act as an intermediate and filtering layer between the city on the 3rd tier and the stage of the Great Amphitheatre on the 1st tier. The second tier aims, on the other side, at being the mean of connection between these two different realities, and takes part of both, constituting itself as a threshold, a continuous double-faced and commercially viable channel of leisure, lifestyle and work opportunities. Its urban scale and texture reflect has a double edged nature which never gives up a strong characterization on the architectural treatment side and ranges from a domestic scale to a urban high rise one one with simple yet elegant facades, which have their roots and reference in timeless design. The retail clusters constitute an ideal backdrop for the main actors on tier 1 of the Great Amphitheatre.

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES

SUPER HIGHRISE

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES

SUPER HIGHRISE

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES

Confusion This essay is about the confusions that I met through my life experience. Before going through the confusions, there is some information about my background. I lived in Hong Kong until high school graduation, and then I went to San Francisco when I was sixteen. Instead of calling San Francisco, it is more appropriated to call it San Francisco Bay Area. I lived nearby my college which located in a small town called Pleasant Hill. The town is 45 minutes drive away from San Francisco and 25 minutes away to Berkeley, Oakland. But the location didn’t keep me away from San Francisco. In fact, I would go San Francisco every weekend for church and visiting my aunts. 3 years after when I finished college, I got in University of Liverpool to continue my university education. Until now, I’ve spend almost 2 years in Liverpool and I would go back to San Francisco during the holidays and Hong Kong for summer mainly because of most of my family are there. The confusions I am going to write would follow the path of my life. The first place I am going to write is my home, Hang Hau, Tseung kwan O, Hong Kong, which is a place that changes frequently. It might be interesting for visitor since they would be surprise of all different new places and buildings. However, for a person always come and go like me can only make me feel strange. When I walk on street, I don’t think I belong there even I look similar with the passersby. When I go out, I would bring a map with me or I call to my brother when I lost in somewhere. That feels terrible because I was born there and this is the place I grew up and got educated. It is hard to find a piece of history in this tiny city. I remember when I was in primary school, the teacher taught us to write addresses in Chinese and English format. At that night my mother checked on my homework and saw the wrong address. He asked me why I would write Hau Tak Estate instead of Yu Ming Court. I thought I was right because the building I was living is the same as those around and the shopping mall nearby called Hau Tak Shopping Centre too! Then my mother explained that the building I was living in and the one next to mine were called Yu Ming Court since these two buildings were belong to Home Ownership Scheme, which is government built and sold in a lower price to help citizen to have their own property. And the buildings around mine were belonging to government that called Hau Tak Estate. It was so confusing to me at that time because I didn’t see any differences between my building and the one in front of mine! For the buildings involved in the Home Ownership Scheme, government would build some facilities around, for example, a small kid’s playground, badminton court etc. However, those facilities turned to be public in the end, and all the repair bills went into my building and the other, since the facilities were under Yu Ming Court. The place I lived called Tseung Kwan O, which was under Kowloon State until last year where it changed to New Territories. It was a new town in 19th century and it grown very fast in past 10 years. The town became extremely over loaded. The specific way to locate my building was Hang Hau. It had nine estates, courts and private residences within the area. Within this tiny space, the buildings looked crowd. However on the advertisings of the private residences, they said they could offer thousands meter squares of green view for children to play on and beautiful sea view which didn’t make sense. Because there was not such a big field for green and they were in the centre of residences. My mother used to tell me how she followed my grandma to market when she was young. There were open markets in her age but not in mine. When I was in kindergarten, there was open market underneath my grandmother’s building. Baskets of vegetables and fruits on the passage, meat like char siu, soy sauce chicken or goose were hanging in the shop. Since I moved to Hang Hau when I was six, I rarely went to open market anymore. Open market was getting fewer and indoor market was demanding. However, base on the climate of Hong Kong, indoor market would face the high temperature and ventilation problems. The air conditioning indoor market firstly appeared in

the market nearby my home. It was good news for my grandmother since she could enjoy air conditioning while she went to markets and she didn’t want to go back home especially in summer. After high school graduation, I went to the States to continue my education. My college named Diablo Valley College located in Pleasant Hill. Some of the places in California were named with Spanish because of the European exploration in hundreds year ago. Pleasant Hill was a small warm town which connected with Concord and Walnut Creek. Walnut Creek was a well known European American style shopping town with lots of beautiful views. The weather was hot in summer, maximum temperature could reach 40 degrees and minimum could be -10 degrees in the night of winter. Firstly, I was living in a host family by a single Hispanic mother when I arrived. She loves to feed me with Mexican food. I had burrito or bean rice for dinner. I was happy she gave me rice instead of burrito until I found out there was an inch high of beans under the rice. The other students thought I was the luckiest one to live nearby school; it was only five blocks away. Unfortunately, five blocks away took me 50 minutes walk to school! And bus only available for every 40 minutes! Once I lost in a residential area on my way to school and it took me three hours to get out of it. The other problem was American English. What I learnt in Hong Kong was British, so when I first handed in my essay, my teacher asked me to rewrite for all of the tenses problems.

tenses, word spelling Common words

British learnt centre favourite spoilt

American learned center favorite spoiled

British American Shopping Centre mall chips fries crisps chips cinema theater

During the holidays like Thanksgiving or Spring Break, I would go and stay with my cousin’s family in Pittsburgh, California. It was only 20 minutes drive from Pleasant Hill. My cousin was living in the new developed residential area, which looked like the houses in Sims City. It was a big area of residential without any shop within. The nearest fast food, KFC took 5 to 10 minutes drive. As I mentioned, I would go to San Francisco every weekend. San Francisco was a nice place for me but not for the weather. It was a place for me to shop and eat. The downtown area consisted mix use commercial and shopping malls. The Powell Bart Station connected San Francisco Shopping Centre to Old Navy or Gap and all kinds of retails toward to the hillside. And up on the hill, Chinatown was there. Next to Chinatown there was Little Italian which was Italian town and Fishermen’s Wharf was nearby. It seems Chinatown is working as a main role in that foreign country. Within 10 minutes drive from Chinatown, there was Japan town. Japan town had a mall with Japanese market, video tape renting stores, book store and restaurant. What surprised me was a Japanese hotel which located next to the mall. Koreans didn’t have their own square in San Francisco, but all of the Korean stores were on the street next to Japan Town. In Berkeley, there even had a street with all Korean food and supermarket. It showed the population of all kinds of Asian and how the culture of the States got along with other’s cultures. In San Francisco, I felt I could leave everything behind and start a new life. It was a big city with all different human species. In my eyes, American was foreigner; in their eyes, I was an alien. With a number of foreigners grew, the idea of zoning started. The places like Sunset or Daly City, the edge of San Francisco, lived lots of wealthy Chinese which was nice for living. Richmond, which is the old Chinatown, it had a lot of Chinese people with their own stores.

It was acceptable for security. However, the areas like San Bruno or Cow Palace were mixed with Chinese, Vietnamese and Black people. Streets were dirty and it was so common to see broken bottle, broken car windows in the area. Robbery or burglary happens once in awhile. In 2008, I came to Liverpool for university. I had never been to Europe before. And Britain had nothing similar to any places I’ve been to. As I come from big cities like Hong Kong and San Francisco, Liverpool gave me another definition of city. It took me longer to adjust myself to get along with the environment. Compare to Hong Kong, it had no 30 or 40 storeys buildings around. Compare to San Francisco, it didn’t have the European style of 5 storeys high apartments, wider drive way or streets with all retails that impossible to finish in a day. But all red bricks buildings showed the unity and the spirit of British. The word, traditional, was suitable to describe the city. Bars on the streets showed the drinking culture of Britain, fish and chips were another thing to represent the food culture. The city made a big contrast in Liverpool One. While there were red bricks building around, the downtown area and Liverpool One developed in a modern way. Also the museums near Albert Dock were making the conflict between historical and modernity. One thing that I appreciated in Liverpool compared to the other two cities was they kept the history of the city when it was developing. Hong Kong was a tiny city where land is limited, and in order to keep the city growing, lands must be reuse or re-constructed for different usage. Therefore, it is hard to keep all historical buildings. And San Francisco didn’t have a long history as Liverpool, it was better to describe as modern city. The church I used to go in San Francisco, Chinatown had 130 year history and it was probably one of the oldest buildings in the city. As food can reflected the culture of the place, curry chips was the scariest Chinese food I’ve ever. I had the Chinese food in Panda Express which was one of the Chinese Chain Restaurant and I honestly thought that was awful if it was Chinese. But I had never imagine people can have chips in Chinese restaurant until I came to Liverpool. Curry Chips was not acceptable for me as a Chinese dish, however it was a nice try and it tasted good when I saw it as a British dish. I was worrying if I was too old to get along with a new environment when I arrived to Liverpool. I thought I was even confused myself; I was chasing the freedom to go and try whatever I wanted. On the other hand, I tried to fit in another new place to face problems. I kept bringing my experience from place to place and honestly none of them had ever worked until I left all behind and start again. The reason that I didn’t write a specific place was I didn’t think myself was belong to any place above. Each place had a part of me, I was living as a baby in Hong Kong even my family went travel all the time. 3 years in San Francisco made me grew a lot, I need to be independent from a girl who had never used washing machine and cooked for herself. I should have most memory in Hong Kong but instead of where I lived and the ways to go back home, I didn’t remember many things. Even though, I still thought my home is in Hong Kong as my family lived there.

Hong Kong

San Francisco

Liverpool

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