INTRODUCTION
about.me NAME /
SO TZE SHUN JASON D.O.B. / 09 May 1986 P.O.B. / Hong Kong
INTERESTS / Architecture , Design , Music Photography , Graphics Soccer , Sleeping , Living EXPERIENCE / Graduated , BA(AS) HKU / As the Executive Committee member in the Architectural Students’ Association in the Department of Architecture HKU / participation in AIA conferences as volunteer and some architectural TV programmes produced by RTHK media / As a collaborator in an architectural exhibition held by a non-profit organization named ‘yau kee architecture’. http://www.yaukee.org
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introduction. The first few years of touch on architecture is full of joy, remarkable while regretful. And after all there is clearly a goal for me to go on further and in-depth. Eventually I have known the weaknesses of mine after I started to feel too easily unsure about myself during my design processes. I was not pushed enough definitely, by tutors, by the environment, and by myself as well. Yet, the projects were really interesting to be dug into although there was not adequate time. Here, five projects from the three years have been chosen. They are the ones which I felt remarkable. Those which haven’t been put here are not meant valueless, but I do feel these five tell the story enough of my development throughout my bachelor study in the University of Hong Kong.
INTRODUCTION
content FIRST YEAR PROJECT
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The Living Unit
SECOND YEAR PROJECTS
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A Middle School A Youth Hostel
THIRD YEAR PROJECTS
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Sky Village : Artists’ Live / Work Community Media and Broadcasting Centre in Macau
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AFTER GRADUATION : RECENT WORKS
Working at Aedas Ltd. (HK) Architecture Exhibition : Squaring Hong Kong
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FIRST YEAR PROJECT THE LIVING UNIT - A ROW-HOUSE DESIGN PROJECT
FIRST YEAR
THE LIVING UNIT a row-house design project
DATE / JAN 2006 TYPE / INDIVIDUAL BUILDING DESIGN SUPERVISOR / BILLY TAM This project requires us to provide ourselves imaginary clients with given requirements and design a row house within an imaginary site with the following parameters : MAXIMUM VOLUME / 500 CUBIC METERS MAXIMUM HEIGHT / 8 METERS MAXIMUM WIDTH / 6 METERS FAMILY NUMBERS OF THE CLIENT / 4 SELF-DEFINED CLIENT : A MUSIC FAMILY
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THE CLIENT is a family with four members : a couple and two
kids. The mother is a Music Teacher who has her instrumental lessons at home. The husband and kids should be the ones using the house least the time. MUSIC ROOM --> THE FOCUS OF THE HOUSE
ARROW which is dark thick represents VISITOR CIRCULATION, while dotted arrow represents PRIVATE CIRCULATION for family members. The two circulation pattern is separated, avoiding the disturbance caused by the visitors - the students - to the family.
MUSIC ROOM is connected to the Master’s bedroom as the
mother uses it mostly. The kids’ bedrooms are facing to the backyard for better views. The central skylight is shared by the living room and the Master’s bedroom together.
FRONT FACADE is crucial, which should be strong enough and easily recognized and identified as a House of Music. Hence the music room, with a taller room height, is placed at the front facing the main street.
THE LIVING UNIT
CONCEPT / DIAGRAMS / SKETCHES
FIRST YEAR
SCHEMATIC DEVELOPMENTS
WORKING MODELS
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FINAL SCHEMATIC MODEL 1:50
FINAL SCHEME
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FINAL SCHEME
SECTIONAL DRAWINGS & SCHEMATIC MODELS
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SECOND YEAR PROJECT A MIDDLE SCHOOL DESIGN PROJECT A YOUTH HOSTEL : DESIGN WITH SYSTEMATIC APPROACH
SECOND YEAR
A MIDDLE SCHOOL
a school design project in response to urban context
DATE / OCT 2006 TYPE / INDIVIDUAL BUILDING DESIGN SUPERVISOR / EVE TRACY
TASK : To design a middle school at a site within an urban context.
SITE : Along the waterfront area, which is near a fabric of residential buildings.
MAIN IDEA : To create a connection between the waterfront and the inland, by means of establishing an attraction node for usage of waterfront spaces by citizens.
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THE SITE western
is located at the north-
coastline
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Hong
Kong
SEA
Island. It is where an old and abandoned butchery existed. Just next to the site is a huge park
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which is often used by the
residents in the nearby community
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SITE LOCATION
Around the site are several public buildings and facilities
(3). Combining all the site
forces, the site potentially has a character of being a public space along waterfront within the district.
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SITE MAP
EXISTING BUILDING ON SITE
ACTIVITIES IN THE NEARBY PARK
2. RESIDENTIAL ZONES
3. PUBLIC FACILITIES
4. ZONING OVERVIEW
ANALYTICAL DIAGRAMS
1. GREENARIES
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URBAN VOIDS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND WATERFRONT
FOCAL POINT WITHIN THE DISTRICT ALONG THE WATERFRONT
VISUAL AND PROGRAMMATIC CONNECTIONS
With a site having potentials in being a new centre of public activities along the waterfront, a school programme which is more likely to be interactive is introduced - a Performing Art School.
MAIN CONCEPT ATTRACTION DEVICE FROM INLAND TO WATERFRONT AREA
of the design is to revitalize the waterfront area with more culturally-related activities from the school and to connect the inland community to it. RHYTHM OF MOVEMENTS ALONG THE JOURNEYS
IDEAS AND CONCEPT SKETCHES
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SITE VIEWS
THE JUNCTION VIEWING TO THE EXISTING ABANDONED BUTCHERY (SITE)
THE JUNCTION VIEWING TO THE NEIGHBOUR PARK
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THE TWO JUNCTIONS are important nodes where
the people from the residential community arrives. People mostly would pass-by the site to the waterfront, or walk through the neighbour park through the site to the waterfront area.
SECOND YEAR
SEA
ATTRACTION NODE
SITE CONTEXT
WORKING MODEL
THE SCHEME is developed into something having a strong focus-like
form on plan. At the centre point is the ‘stage’ of the performing art school. The functional spaces of the building are ‘elevated’ as blocks facing the sea on top of the ‘focus’ with landscaping.
THE STAGE
can be used privately by the students while it can be publicly viewed by the community. Somehow, an interaction and connection is established. The focus attracts people through the building to the waterfront.
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FINAL MODEL 1:200
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After lessons student would enjoy a tremendous seaview when they come out from classrooms.
The stage is shared by private (students) for performances and the public (audience/residents) coming from the community.
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ATTRACTING THE COMMUNITY TO WATERFRONT
People sees the performance on the stage from the neighbour park
People is attracted towards the stage yet they are sloping down until they cannot see the stage.
People can just hear sounds while they have to pass the stage and go up to the waterfront audience area.
The landscapes not only enhance rhythm of movements but also provide seats and shelters (by trees) for them to watch the performances.
At the waterfront area the landscapes still keep their role in offering seats and shelters for several existing activities such as fishing.
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SOUTH ELEVATION
SECTION BB’
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
PLANS
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ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS
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FINAL MODEL 1:200
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A YOUTH HOSTEL
designing with systematic approach
DATE / FEB 2007 TYPE / INDIVIDUAL BUILDING DESIGN SUPERVISOR / A.S. SCOTT HOWE
A YOUTH HOSTEL DESIGN PROJECT
TASK : To design a youth hostel by means of systematic approach.
MAIN IDEA : Before zooming into the site, a plug-and-play like system is developed with numerous modules that help to create a flexible structure fitting into any site.
SITE : Inside a park, exact location can be chosen by ourselves.
SECOND YEAR
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT | | \/ SITE ANALYSIS PRECEDENT CASE STUDY
OBJECTIVE To study on and investigate an existing architecture with systematic approaches in their design.
SYSTEMATIC APPROACH Instead of getting ideas from site, a system related to modules generation is developed before any site context study.
CHOSEN ARCHITECTURE :
OSAKA GAS NEXT 21 Osaka City, Japan
with STRUCTURAL IN-FILL SYSTEM
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FLEXIBLE BUILDING SYSTEMS INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS, such as columns, external walls, slabs and windows, are grouped according to their life and production path for producing different modules.
A STRUCTURAL SKELETON of
matrix is built to provide sidewalks, gardens and open spaces as the neighbourhood spaces that interweaves the individual houses that are inserted within. It also provides all BUILDING SERVICES required, which helps to provide a better maintenance and centralized effort toward ecology and conservation.
INDIVIDUAL HOUSES are inserted
later - infill - designed by other architects/designers, ensuring a variety of house types.
STRUCTURAL SKELETON
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PURPOSELY DESIGN HOUSES
IN-FILL SYSTEM
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SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT : MODULE GENERATION
STRUCTURAL IN-FILL SYSTEM requires modules that can be plugged into the structure framework matrix. Here a rule of module generation is set in order to generate numerous different units.
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MODULES DEVELOPING SEQUENCE
MODULAR SYSTEM
BASIC UNIT of hostel room is a cube made up of 8 smaller cubes.
By eliminating the smaller cubes in different ways, various types of rooms are generated.
SYSTEMATIC DEVELOPMENT OF MODULES PRIVATE BALCONY / GARDEN
The voids of the big cube volume become the circulation spaces and neighbourhood spaces in the hostel. Different types of rooms result in different spatial perceptions by the users.
CIRCULATION SPACE / NEIGHBOURHOOD SPACE *connection node to another unit
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MODULAR SYSTEM
SYSTEMATIC DEVELOPMENT OF MODULES
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with various volumes and forms are generated by the rule.
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ROOMS FOR TWO
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ENTRANCE FROM EXTERNAL CIRCULATION SPACE
‘ROOF’ SPACE
2/F
0.9m
VOID
SINGLE ROOMS
ROOMS FOR THREE
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ARCHITECTURAL PLANS
All modules are drawn into plans and designed to become functional as hostel rooms.
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THE CIRCULATION SPACE OF A MODULE CAN BE CONNECTED TO THAT OF ANOTHER ONE The modules are then connected together by a flow of circulation space. The pocket spaces along the circulation can be used as neighbourhood spaces. Also, the circulation spaces can be overlapped on plan at different levels to stack up a higher-storey building.
HERE, THE STRUCTURAL IN-FILL SYSTEM IS ADAPTED. CHAIN Modules connected into a chain.
MULTI-STOREY A floor of modules can be stacked up to form higher storeys.
METHODS OF COMBINATION AND CONSTRUCTION MODULES CONNECTING TO FORM A BUILDING
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SITE LOCATION : KING GEORGE V MEMORIAL PARK, HONG KONG
LOOP
EXISTING KINDERGARTEN
HINDRANCE
GETTING INTO THE SITE
ENTRANCES SITE
GREEN : PARK LOCATION BLUE : CLINICS AND HOSPITALS RED : RESIDENTIAL PURPLE : PUBLIC BUILDINGS
APPROACHES
BEHAVIORAL MOVEMENTS The location of the kindergarten has disturbed the behavioral looping movements of people.
BLACK : ENTRANCES OF THE PARK
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SITE PHOTO
DIRECT ENTRANCES TO PARK ENTRANCES TO PARK THROUGH HOSTEL Two blocks of hostel in linear form are put on the site in a converging manner reacting to the site. The porous membranelike building offers accesses near the western entrance to allow “diffusion” of human into the park down the slope.
CHOSEN LOCATION FOR HOSTEL
NEW ENTRANCES
The two converging blocks address the looping circulation.
Down the slope, the first bridge provides access to the park through the hostel, allowing some interactions between the pedestrian and the users in the hostel.
Floating decks are inserted perpendicularly into the blocks. They become the central gathering spaces (cafe) for the users in the hostel.
The second bridge offers a direct access to the park although it is also going through the hostel.
A YOUTH HOSTEL DESIGN PROJECT
CONVERGING LINES
Two accesses are created on western side of the park.
IDEAS AND CONCEPT DIAGRAMS
SECOND YEAR
SKETCH MODEL 1:500
Within this structure, the modules are plugged into it according to a designed sequence of combination to generate vertical and horizontal circulations.
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3/F PLANS
ELEVATION
4/F PLANS
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL RENDERINGS
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS AND RENDERINGS
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FINAL YEAR PROJECTS SKY VILLAGE : ARTIST LIVE-WORK COMMUNITY MEDIA AND BROADCASTING CENTRE IN MACAU
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SKY VILLAGE : ARTIST LIVE-WORK COMMUNITY
an interdisciplinary design project working with a surveying student
DATE / SEPT 2007 TYPE / INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN PROJECT WITH SURVEYING STUDENT SUPERVISOR / ULRICH KIRCHHOFF
TASK : To design an artists’ village on top of an existing industrial building.
SITE : On top floors of an existing industrial building : The Pioneer Industrial Building, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
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MAIN IDEA : To enhance the spatial experience of the visitors to the artists’ exhibition by the play and control of human circulation and movements. To re-vitalize the existing building as well as the surrounding district with the artists’ spaces and programmes, by means of invading down the proposed commercial spaces below.
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SITE LOCATION : PIONEER INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, KWUN TONG, HONG KONG
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OFFICES
SITE LOCATION AND GREENARY
INDUSTRIAL ZONE
GODOWN
CARPARK
SITE STUDY PUBLIC PIER
INTERSECTION OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL + TRANSPORTATION HUB
BUS TERMINAL
>> POTENTIAL ART-RELATED COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL ZONE
TRANSPORTATION HUBS
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FIRST IDEA is to revitalize the existing building with the new introduced programme of an artist village.
From the site study it is found that the surrounding area is potentially prone to be developed into commercial areas. Hence, the art-related commercial programme could be a probable future development for the existing building if an artist village is introduced on top.
SLANTED SURFACE FOR VISUAL IMPACT
INVASIONS FROM NEW ARTISTS’ VILLAGE ON TOP
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SECOND IDEA
is about the design of the exhibition spaces of the artists’ village. Usually visitors experience a rhythm of horizontal movement as they move from one art piece to another. Yet they are confined by the designated route by visual constraints. Now the exhibition space is redefined into various levels which allow visitors to see the whole image of the exhibition, while keeping the idea of having a route.
HORIZONTAL RHYTHM OF MOVEMENT
VISUAL CONSTRAINTS
ENHANCING VISUAL EXPERIENCE
HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL RHYTHM
SPACE FOR SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS
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SECTIONS
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PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
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3D RENDERINGS : PERSPECTIVES
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A MEDIA AND BROADCASTING CENTRE at newly renovated tap seac square, macau
DATE / OCT 2006 TYPE / INDIVIDUAL BUILDING DESIGN SUPERVISOR / PAUL CHU
MEDIA AND BROADCASTING CENTRE IN MACAU
TASK : To design a Media and Broadcasting Centre in Macau
SITE : A Huge public plaza, the Tap Seac Square, with a row of heritage buildings alongside.
MAIN IDEA : To respect the heritage buildings which are currently used as public facilities and integrate them with the new media centre
FINAL YEAR
SEVERAL HERITAGE BUILDINGS OF THE ‘8 HOUSES’
MACAU
RESIDENTIAL ZONING AROUND TAP SEAC
TAP SEAC SQUARE (RENOVATED 2007)
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BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SITE By the end of the 19th century, number of houses and schools for nobles were built, which are the most signicficant of Macau, known as the “8 Houses”.
neo-classical architecture
heritages
These are now all reconverted or reconstructed for new purposed now which are Health Centre, Central Library, Historical Archives, Tap Seac Gallery, Cultural Institute. 4 sports fields including a football field were later built for public uses. Cultural activities also took place. The playground was of often use.
reconverted to new
However, in 2005, the Tap Seac area was totally Tap Seac Square, with large proportion of open spaces for public use.
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SITE : TAP SEAC SQUARE
TRANSPORTATION
RESIDENTIAL ZONINGS
SCHOOLS
RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS
CIVIC BUILDINGS
HERITAGES AND SPOTS
OPEN SPACES
SITE READINGS
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TECHNOLOGICAL STUDY OF MEDIA FACADE BEFORE getting into the design, a study on a topic of technology is required. This chosen technology has to be incorporated into out designs afterwards.
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IDEA AND CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAMS
THE MAIN CONCEPT of this design is to integrate the new media centre with the cultural heritage buildings. Connections would be established directly in-between the new and old with programmatic considerations. Media and Broadcasting functions would be integrated with the existing public facilities.
MOREOVER, instead of usual method of putting the building block at opposite side of the huge public plaza, the building massings are sticked closely to the heritage buildings. A street is to be re-created as a kind of respect to the heritage buildings. GIVING UP THE USUAL STRATEGY OF ENCLOSING THE PLAZA
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STICKING CLOSELY TO THE HERITAGE BUILDINGS - WORK TOGETHER AS ONE
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EARLY DEVELOPMENTS
MASSING & WORKING MODELS + PRELIMINARY SCHEME
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THE SCHEME Redefining the public plaza and the new integrated complex.
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THE SCHEME [connected + sheltered + activated] Street experience and the Integration between NEW and OLD, being sheltered by huge glass canopies which activates the event spaces.
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PLANS
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ANALYTICAL DIAGRAMS The Media and Broadcasting centre is defined with its programme according to its corresponding public facilities in the heritage buildings. Several paths of certain target group as well as a firm connection has been established.
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SLITS
Connecting the underground exhibition and upperground public spaces. Triggering the curiosities and interactions.
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WATERPOOL
Light diffuses down to the underground exhibition space through the shallow pool of water. The pool also acts as a cooling device and an entertaining place for the public plaza.
SHARING THE THEATRE
The underground theatre is exposed to the upperground without direct circulation contact. An interaction is established and this enlivens the public space above.
SECTION B
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OUTDOOR THEATRE
There is an open theatre on the plaza which is also shared by the audience on the cafe. It is sheltered by one glass canopy.
INTERIOR
The media centre offers views toward the panorama of the heritage building facades as well as the landscapes of the huge public plaza.
SECTION C
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BRIDGES
Connecting the media centre to the heritage buildings with public facilities. The veranda of the heritage buildings becomes a buffer and transition zone for shared activities like lounge and waiting areas.
SECTION D
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AFTER GRADUATION : RECENT WORKS WORKING AT AEDAS AN ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION : SQUARING HONG KONG
A F T E R G R A D U AT I O N : R E C E N T W O R K S
WORKING AT AEDAS LTD.
7/7/2008 - present @ Andrew Bromberg’s team STUDIES / DESIGNS / PRESENTATIONS DIAGRAMS / DRAWINGS / RENDERINGS AUTOCAD / PHOTOSHOP / SKETCHUP PROJECTS INVOLVED : Pazhou Commercial, Exhibition and Hotel Mixed-use Development Asia-asia Hotel Development in Dubai Express Rail Link in West Kowloon (Competition)
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as a collaborator in an architectural exhibition (DEC 2008) CONCEPTUAL MODEL / IMAGES / REPRESENTATIONS SEVERAL SCHEMES ARE PROPOSED FOR CREATING ‘URBAN LUNGS’ WITHIN A VERY DENSE CITY LIKE H.K. NINE DIFFERENT ARTISTS ARTWORK ON THE TOPIC OF URBAN SPACE / PUBLIC SQUARE INVOLVEMENTS : Focused on schematic developments of the schemes especially of ‘NEGATIVE’, while producing the models as well as most images/renderings representations. And of course the preparation stuffs of the exhibition is also involved. More information : http://www.yaukee.org
EXHIBITION : SQUARING HONG KONG
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‘SPEED’
‘PARASITE II’
‘NEGATIVE / SUNKEN’
‘DISTANCE’
‘PARASITE I’
‘GREEN HOUSE’
‘WATER CANOPY’
‘SILENCE’
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‘DISTANCE’
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‘GREEN HOUSE’
‘WATER CANOPY’
‘PARASITE I’
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‘SPEED’
‘PARASITE II’
‘SILENCE’
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The exhibition was held smoothly and great with good feedbacks. It has been placed at the Fringe Club, a famous art gallery in Hong Kong, for a month. Now it is moved to another exhibition space which is an artist pub in Central. It was certainly a great experience for me, for my colleagues as well as the visitors. And it is meaningful and remarkable that this kind of voicing-out activities suggest new ideas for our home our cities while it enlivens architects’ (sometimes boring) working life. More information : http://www.yaukee.org
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afterwords. Everything is full of joy, for the three years and also for the few weeks for this portfolio. If a brief evaluation has to be made, I should say the most obvious thing is that in every project there were really not enough processes on design studies and researches. Sometimes I was told that I do have inspirational ideas, but I was someone reluctant to explore, and I tended to choose some easy ways to go instead. And that’s the major problem I have to tackle in the future. It is with no doubt that with the technical skills of mine I surely can explore much more. Everything is just a start. I am glad that from this portfolio I see where to go ahead. If you do have any comments on anything, feel free to contact me. Good day, and thanks.
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contact / jason.so@hotmail.com.