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Sewoon Cheonggyecheon Sangga, South Korea, Seoul Master of Architecture, Thesis (NUS)
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Hawker + Pet + Market, Singapore, Punggol
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Music Street, Singapore, Marina Bay
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World Expo: Imagine Your National Pavilion Competition, London
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Platform @ Sinchon, South Korea, Seoul
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Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Architecture Project (NUS) Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Architecture Project (NUS) Third Placing Award
Yonsei University, Exchange Programme
INTERIOR DESIGN X ART
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Tropical Bench
Displayed at i Light Marina Bay festival 2017
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Dots @ Hotel Clover the Arts Singapore
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AI Singapore Logo Design Competition
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ASANA *only drawings
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Freelance/Construction Assistant
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Special Mention Award Runner up Award
Temasek Polytechnic Final Year Project was awarded Third Placing at Dreamland Interior Design & Contracts
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Sewoon Cheonggyecheon Sangga 세운청계천상가
To foreigners, Seoul is just a capital of Korea. However, for Koreans, Seoul is a rapidly changing city that is losing its tradition. This thesis aims to explore alternatives for conserving post-war modern architecture in South Korea, specifically at Sewoon Sangga. Seoul had undergone numerous urban transformations through the annexation by the Japanese Colonial as well as during the post-war period. In order to accommodate urban growth as well as symbolise the nation’s rapid progress, many large-scale urban projects were showcased in the pursuit of modernization. One of such cases was Sewoon Sangga. Sewoon Sangga consists of a series of four blocks, and was the first modern building built that provided new modern lifestyle and urban form in the rapidly changing Korea. It was a major development during Seoul’s urban modernisation period. However, after standing tall for almost 60 years, it has evoked much criticism and debate regarding the demolition of the building for future development. Recognizing the rich historical monumentality of this building, this thesis rediscovers the historical significance of Sewoon Sangga by ploughing through its historical urban fabric, to give meaning and value to conservation. The intervention eventually took the form of a high-tech mix-used hypermarket- a detailed design scheme that focuses on one of the buildings, Sewoon Cheonggyecheon Sangga.
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Master Plan, 2050
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Exploded Isometric
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Model Master Plan, 2018 Scale comparison between the 4 blocks and its surrounding. The 4 blocks are visible as the surroundng are low
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Model Master Plan, 2050 Scale comparison between the 4 blocks and its surrounding. High rise surrounding overshadowed the 4 blocks, giving a “canyon� effect. Elevated walkway continues to link towards surrounding buildings to provide connection around the district.
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Model Block 2, 2050 Contrast on the facade, showing the existing facade with the new facade. Greenery spills into the buildings, acting as a connector. First and second floors are lifted to provide for the lower ground connectivity by providing a park like setting.
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Hawker + Pet + Market
Set amidst in a rapid developing young estate, Punggol, the project is to introduce a wet market and hawker, acting as a social enabler to provide social interaction within the Punggol communities. The demography of Punggol consists of young working individuals and young families with young kids whom are mostly pet lovers. The strategy was to harmonize parents, kids and pets together with the hawker and market, providing a lively and fun dining experience all together, which was not frequently seen in hawker centres in Singapore, as pets are not permitted. The site is situated in an open green space, surrounded by abundant greeneries and jewel blue waterway adjacent to a cycling track connected to a Park Connector. The scheme is to tap onto the existing environment and further integrate into the interior space, as if one is still in nature while indoor. The design is a unique solution, using pets, nature and food to bring the Punggol neighbourhood closer and encourage more form of community interactions.
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Music Street
Music Street, a concert hub, is situated at the mouth of Singapore River adjacent to Esplanade Bridge. The project is to provide a frontage to the back of the bridge, which is being neglected by the Esplanade Bridge cutting across the river. The proposal is to tap onto the surrounding context and use those qualities to enhance the area’s atmosphere quality and channel it towards the concern area. The main hub consists of cafes, practice spaces, flexible event hall, office with a cruise dock. Cruise travelling along the Singapore river would enter the hub as if it is an “entrance” to the Marina Bay Waterfront. The whole structure is constructed wholly with timber (very much like the floating kampung on the sea around Singapore), resting on to concrete piling joined with an advance structural joinery. A steel 3D printed joinery fixture, is used to connect timber beams together. Structural systems consist of 3 layers of support with bracing along the columns to provide better support the angled columns. As such, the whole architecture is porous and allows for natural breeze from the surrounding into the interior space. Thus, the façade is wrapped with PVC Mesh to help trap water droplets and act as a cooling buffer for the architecture during sunny days. The concert area, adjacent to the hub, is situated on the sea level to allow for maximum sight to the site. Audiences from the surrounding, are able to stand around the site, looking down and appreciate the music. The performing spaces are also spilled under the bridge, as well as around the whole architecture, to allow for an informal performance, making this a “street” full of musical opportunities on a water setting.
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World Expos: Imagine Your National Pavilion Competition, London (Partner: Lim Yu Heng)
Singapore is an island city state with large population of 5.6 million residing on mere 719.9 km2 footprint. It is also the second largest port in the world with a shipping volume of 31.65 million containers per year. Henceforth, the pavilion revolves around the themes of featuring the island-ness, hyper density as well as to portray Singapore as the port city of the future. These concepts are expressed in the design through the allocation of multiple “islands” widely spread throughout the water feature with a walkable depth for visitors. Shipping containers are tilted and stacked above one another in order to express the verticality and high-rise which is a prevalent sight in Singapore. Density is proliferated through the means of using the dimensions of a shipping container which leaves a small amount of footprint used. The programs along the perimeter island focuses on exhibiting the multi-ethnicity of Singapore with the four main ethnics (Chinese, Malay, Eurasian, Indian) living together in harmony. Local hawker stalls are allocated on the “main” island as an attractor point in a bid to flaunt the huge variety of Singapore’s local delicacies along with the famous image of the Merlion imprinted on the tallest vertical exhibition. Singapore Pavilion was awarded the Honorable Mention Award.
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Platform @ Sinchon
The aim of the project was to provide a platform for collaboration between the Sinchon residents and youth, igniting a form of community spirit within the district. The idea was to combine similar programs into the same space, allowing interaction between the different work groups. The design idea took off by understanding the existing structural material for both buildings – steel and concrete – and to respect their properties. Capitalising on the flexibility of concrete, curved forms can be achieved as a gesture to invite foot traffic into the building while retaining the rigid form of the steel structures. To integrate the building with Sinchon’s surrounding activities, the ground level of the newly-refurbished building was completely open, merging the ground level and public spaces. Also, the basement was designed to be visually connected with the ground floor, turning an enclosed space into a double volume performing stage, where passers-by along the streets would be able to view. Spaces in the building were also shared between users at different times of the day – studios were used for dance classes for the residents in the morning while functioning as a rehearsal studio for the youth in the evening; or labs for residents to take up new computer skills in the morning while young entrepreneurs can rent the labs as offices to work on their new ideas. The integration of pockets of green spaces into the building was a response to the lack of green spaces in Sinchon. This gesture ensures the working environment is exposed to greenery. Decks of exhibition spaces were situated at every level to provide an informal setting for users to use as a stage or to exhibit and present their works. They also act as viewing platforms, allowing the audience to watch performances along the road when closed off to vehicular traffic. Stairs were designed to integrate seating for discussion or to view performances at the exhibition spaces. A minimalistic façade for the buildings was designed to respect the existing urban fabric of the streets while providing contrast by using a different material from the neighbouring buildings – mesh panels. Furthermore, openings on the façade help to frame the studios where the activities within act as a signage for the building. The community centre serves as a social enabler for Sinchon through a human-centric design based on connectivity and fluidity.
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Sectional Perspective
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Site Analysis
Transportation Coverage
Figure Ground
Programme
Routes
Programme
Signage Articulation
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Circulation
Concept Diagram
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Existing Structure
Street Openness
Exposed Basement
Integrating Green
Form + Structure
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INTERIOR DESIGN X ART
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Tropical Bench Tropical Bench was designed and constructed by a group of 11 Architecture students. The aim of the project was to design a bench for a tropical climate with the design intention of the community spirit and Kampung lifestyle. Hence, the bench seeks to be flexible, porous and free-spirited. WIth reference to community spirit, our bench is meant to be interacteive, to explore different sitting postures. The bench itself is in a passive state and requires one or more person to rotate to another position to explore another form, therefore fostering human interaction. The sunken curvature profile of the bench is based on the action-reaction response when a human sits on it. Tropical Bench was also displayed alongside with a Pavilion, Waves, at the i Light Marina Bay Festival 2017 done by the NUS Architecture students.
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Construction Joinery 39
Elevation
Display Alongside with Pavilion, Wave, i Light Marina Bay Festival 2017 40
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Dots @ Hotel Clover the Arts Singapore (Partner: Susanna Tan)
Dots was an individually-themed room wall mural competition for the Hotel Clover the Arts, Singapore. The wall mural was conceptualised with the objective of using the iconic art work of Marilyn Monroe, painted in Ben-Day dots style, to protray the hotel’s vision in promoting arts within the civic district. The guest room is rather compact, hence, the play of perspective focal points to create an optical illusion for the room to look wider and to draw guest to the artwork. Dots was awarded the Special Mention Award.
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Wall Mural with Hotel Room Interior
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Process
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AI Singapore Logo Design Competition (Partner: Susanna Tan)
To proposed a logo design and tagline for AI.SG, a national AI programme launched by the National Research Foundation (NRF). Was awarded the Runner Up Award.
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ASANA A Temasek Polytechnic, Diploma of Retail and Hospitality Design, final year project.
The project proposal is to design a place for wellness targeted at the urban workforce. The aim is to inject a work-life balance as a healthy lifestyle by providing a “breathing oasis” in Velocity@Novena. The Design is intended to integrate natural healing activities such as yoga and hydrotherapy to improve the workforce’s well-being. Spaces are designed to integrate natural elements such as wind, sun and greenery as part of the natural healing experience, both physically and the with the spatial environment. ASANA was also awarded Third Placing in the IAI Design Awards Asia - Pacific Design Biennial Awards, Asia
Detailing Drafting 46
Section & Detailing Drafting 47
Constuction Document Drafting 48
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Freelance/ Construction Assistant @ Dreamland Interior Design & Contracts Working on, on-site fixtures construction, Digital 3D Visualisation & Quotation
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