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NUS B.A. Arch
LOH Y IN G Y IN G Artist + Architecture student Hello,
I am a NUS Architecture fourth year student from Singapore. I believe that good architectural interventions should be able to reveal the social, cultural and historical qualities of the place and time, and also invoke a sense of wonderment. Architecture aside, I have a strong passion in the visual arts. I draw, illustrate & animate in my free time, accumulating a vast portfolio of artworks from traditional to digital medium.
Languages
English
Chinese Shanghainese
Software Proficiency
Academic Background & Achievements B.Arch, NUS (pursuing) 2016 - present CAP 4.15 Honours (Distinction)
2017 - 2019 Exhibited 3 projects at CityEx Exhibition
2018 NUS Photographic Society Publicity Subcommittee, conceptualize and design online collaterals
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Rhinoceros Autocad SketchUp QGIS
Soft Skills
Effective verbal communication & writing skills in both English & Chinese. Good organizational and teamwork skills. An excellent eye for design & detail.
Other Technical Skills
Digital art (Procreate, Ps, Ai) Sketching, Acrylic painting.
Hobbies / Interests
Reading, visiting museums & listening to the blackest & heaviest of metal music.
GCE ‘A’ Levels Certification, Hwachong Institution 2014 - 2015
2015 Organizing Committee Member of 2015 photography conference by Hwachong Photography Society, Designed event logo
Art Elective Programme (AEP), Nanyang Girls High School 2010 - 2013
2011 & 2012 Top in Level for AEP
Contact
HP no. Email Website Instagram Address
: 8223 6127 : yingying.archi@gmail.com : yingyingart.wixsite.com/works : @yingying.art : Clementi Avenue 6, BLK 208A #19-119
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YEAR 03: INDIES @ LITTLE INDIA
A study in architectural & cultural preservation in Little India, through retrofitting existing structures to create a new Indian Arts & Cultural Centre.
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YEAR 03: THE ARENA
Rethinking the 2nd hand furniture store as a flexible time-shared event space which is reset by a pulley loft system tucked under a massive flat roof.
YEAR 02: TWIST (group work)
Modular building facade design driven by 3D technology, to capture & cascade rainwater.
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YEAR 01: ESCHER HOUSE
A home & studio designed for M.C. Escher, through visual analysis of his artwork, Convex & Concave.
YEAR 02: THE STEPPING STONES A salutogenic design for a Centre for Cities & Climate change that “floats” upon Kallang River.
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PERSONAL ART:
A small collection of recent work. For more works, visit : yingyingart.wixsite.com/works/
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CityEx 2019
INDIES @ LITTLE INDIA A study in architectural & cultural preservation in Little India, through retrofitting existing structures & expanding them to create a new Indian Arts & Cultural Centre.
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Year 3 Semester 1 // 2018
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The project transforms four old & underutilized shophouses, breathing life to the present urban scape, & to the iconic shophouse, which is the main architectural typology representative
of Little India. URBAN SITE ANALYSIS Through on-site investigation, the gradual gentrification of Little India was identified, where stores & cafes catered to tourists and the middle class are slowly replacing traditional Indian trades. Ironically, such a decline of local culture & tradition is occurring within the historic shophouses. Despite the conservation of the architectural shell of
shophouses, the soul & intangible aspects of Little India is slowly fading. This thus forms the basis of my intervention for a new cultural & arts node, created by re-adapting existing shophouses. My chosen site, situated between Upper Weld Road & Dickson Road, was identified to be located strategically near Little India’s cultural core and near the gentrified area.
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Inspired by the phenomena of clustering trades & cultures in Little India, this project is a ground-up Indian Arts centre that seeks to inject a new cultural attractor into the fabric of Little India.
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PROGRAMME The intention of this project is to allow visitors to have an authentic appreciation of Indian cultural arts, from the crafting process to its consumption in a looped circulation, where artists and visitors can meet and mingle. To achieve this, the programmes and spaces were carefully zoned and organized. Retail is placed on the ground floor, as the first thing visitors experience on both entrances. On the shophouse end, there is a supplies shop that caters to both visitors and
artists alike. Mirrored to the extension side, there are craft stores selling finished crafts. Next, visitors move through the F&B. Through the series of interconnected courtyards, one can move from the lower floor to the upper storey, and from the shophouse to the extension and vice-versa. The spaces and programmes are all organized around the courtyards, while circulation is through and around the courtyards, in a loop. Art Galleries are also a connection that connect the artist studios to the public
spaces. Foldable doors and movable walls were utilized to achieve a flexible and open collaborative work space. Studios also are organized to be parallel to each other to offer visual connection. For instance, from the painting studio one can see the dancers in the dance studio, which can serve as an inspiration for their art making. Studio-related supporting programmes such as artist in residences, artist lounge, bathrooms and art library are also positioned around the studio spaces.
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3. Enlarging & mirroring the left-hand side existing shophouses’ linear stairwell into two strips of sky light openings.
6. Dividing into half, recomposing the shophouse’s existing pitched roof form to create the new roof on the extension.
1. Linear to looped circulation. By creating large corridors through the party walls, lining them with arcades, and a bridge that runs across the courtyard, the newly created horizontal axis is emphasized. 2. Aggregate shophouse lightwells into large internal courtyard, transforming the typology of a shophouse into a courtyard house
4. Appropriating the existing façade elements from the arch window, and circular ventilation holes, into circular windows and arches throughout the new design. 5. Using brick infill of shophouse as structural load bearing walls in the extension.
7. Extending the shophouse by doubling its footprint & turning what should be the back of the shophouse into a frontage. This is further highlighted by mirroring 5-footwalkway.
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Tea House by the courtyard. Courtyard informally becomes part of the Tea house.
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Collaborative Workshop Space - High Ceiling and wide volume
A peek into the pottery & Indian Arts Gallery, illuminated by a strip of skylight.
Art library on the top floor, and the bridge across the courtyard.
Art Studio situated opposite the dance studio (visible from art studio) & beside the courtyard to inspire the artists.
Dance Studio, a high volume space illuminated with arcade windows and sky light.
The former back alley, flanked by the 4 shonow phouses & the new extension.
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Workshops and studios flank the courtyard for light, air and a view of nature.
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FINAL MODEL 1:100
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THE ARENA
Year 3 Semester 2 // 2019 The Arena rethinks the second hand furniture store as a flexible event space that is timeshared. It is a furniture store with an open central space which is reset and renewed by a pulley loft system tucked under the massive flat roof.
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1:25 INITIAL VIGNETTE Designing for adaptability & flexibility This initial vignette created during the brainstroming stage, shows a warehouse and retail in one large space, with the appropriation of logistic systems to aid the movement of goods.
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Different events occur depending on the day of week & time of the day, & are determined based on site analysis. To accomodate for the events, the Arena can transform into 4 modes - the retail, the performance/ cinema, the flea market/exhibition, the workshop. Retail is the
These events are visible from the retail space all around it, & boost retail by attracting people to participate in these auxilliary events. The cinema configuration is specifically a night time configuration, where the large space can be used to become a community cinema or performance place, when the furniture store is closed. YEAR 03 - THE ARENA
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default configuration.
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REFURBISHMENT WORKSHOP
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During retail, furniture display boxes are lowered into the arena, to be curated into little spaces to complement the furniture.
In the flea market/ exhibition mode, collapsible booths specially designed to be stored in the loft, will be lowered.
In the cinema configuration, a large projection screen and retractable auditorium seating stored in the loft are lowered, to activate the arena space below.
During the workshop configuration, the things on the arena are cleared and stored into the loft, to allow the set up of workstations.
away near the center of the building to reveal the substructure supporting it, hinting at how it can be removed.
The loft system helps to quickly reset the arena space by inserting and removing objects from the space. This notion of pluggability is also reflected in my design of the shelving. a large part of the facade consists of shelves that are bolted onto the steel structure of the building. They can be removed or replaced, making the building adaptable to change. The facade corten cassettess peels
The cafe, refurbishment workshop, & secondhand lighting display retail space are all also expressed as plugins. The roof space is accessible via a lift and stairs, and leads to the lighting display, “lightbox”. Directly facing the MRT tracks, the light box also serves as signage for the store. The roof
also contain planter plug-ins which also serves as skylight. The roof wood deck is also peeled away and rolled up, serving as a barrier to the edge of the roof. In the back of the arena, the cafe is attached, offering views of both the interior of the arena, but also the outdoor greenery. With 2 storeys, one that is unsheltered, the cafe also serves as the outdoor furniture display.
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FLEXIBILITY & PLUG IN
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CAFE
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ADMIN OFFICE
LOADING BAY PACKING & UNPACKING ROOM
retail
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RETAIL
ELECTRICAL ROOM
Refurbishment WORKSHOP
retail
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first storey
outdoor furniture display / seating for cafe
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gallery of lighting
retail warehouse
retail
THIRd storey
roof storey
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WAste management
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Cafe that overlooks the Arena, and the loft system. Here, it is in the retail configuration.
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A beacon of light upon the store - the lighting display “Light Box� is also a signage to the MRT.
The third storey retail, activated by the loft system.
1:200 Final Model The facade of the building is cladded with corten cassettes, which is clipped on the steel structure, just like the shelves, which also makes up the facade of the building.
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Corten highlights the beauty of aging and weathering, apt for a second hand furniture store.
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TWIST
Year 2 Semester 1 // 2017 // Group Work // Law Kai Xiang, Soh Ming Lun, Abirami Murugappan, Anna Yenardi, Choo Qing Yuan, Loh Ying Ying
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Rain is a prevalent concern when designing buildings in the tropical climate. This project seeks to re-evalutae, primarily this interaction of the facade with rain and the experiential value it can add to the space.
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CityEx 2018
The role that rainwater plays in architecture can be deciphered from the architecture of water itself. Two forces act from the horizontal surface of a water droplet: adhesion & cohesion.
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YEAR 01 - ESCHER HOUSE
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ESCHER HOUSE
Year 1 Semester 2 // 2017 Escher House is an artist dwelling for artist M.C. Escher. Ambiguous boundaries & depth of spaces, create simultaneous & dynamic spatial experiences.
CityEx 2017
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ANALYSIS OF ARTWORK 1) LACK OF DEPTH CUES Ambiguity of the convexity and concavity of spaces arises from the lack of depth cues. At a glance, it is difficult to perceive the background, foreground and transition space. 2) CONTINUITY The continuity of planes from floor to ceiling (from the left to right half of the print) creates further ambiguity of the convexity and concavity in the print. 3) GEOMETRY Geometric inversion
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a square grid Escher derives the composition of concave and convex curves (which comprises of overlapping circles which get progressively larger). 4) LIGHT AND SHADOW Similarly shaped objects are inverses of each other, as one is in the light and the other in the shadow. From the analysis, Escher house manipulates spatial continuity and depth through the layering and inversion of walls and openings to create spaces with ambiguous depth and boundaries.
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Though in plan the Escher house seems symmetrical, no two elevation of this building are alike, the openings and planes are layered and varied.
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Construction Drawing of the Escher House: Wood & Concrete cladding on every alternate elevation side of the steel frame cantilevered building.
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THE STEPPING STONES Year 2 Semester 2 // 2018
Inspired by Man’s affinity to water, The Stepping Stones is a C4 designed with the idea of healing both the environment and the people.
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years of Singapore’s development. Recent developments incline towards naturalizing these channelized rivers, and a more integrated way of living by the river.
A void in an urban setting, the site is the river itself, flanked by HDB estates and trees on both sides of the bank, and an industrial site on the other side, behind a bridge. The site offers ideal environmental quality, in line with my concept, with breeze channelled over the river, views of an open expense of water & plenty of biodiversity, & existing water activities.
Inspired by the tranquility & the biodiversity that the River has brought to the people under the ABC waterways scheme, this projects seeks to bring people closer to the water to benefit the human body & mind.
Kallang river is a story of revitalization and rebirth of a life-giving resource that was once forgotten during the early
Taking a saluteogenic approach, spaces for rest, recreation and comtemplation interlock manifest in a maze-like series of circular forms that extends from the riverbank towards the river.
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The building is situated at the confluence between Whampoa and Kallang Rivers, the stretch of river along Kolam Ayer is under PUB’s ABC waters programme.
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Interlocking masses, stacked circular planes to create maze-like circulation to create sense of wonder & varied circulation. The curved walls hide & reveal the path ahead adding to the effect. The stacked circles also create steps, which are at seating height. Thus, the spaces of rest (passive) & recreation (active) are integrated in this design.
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PERSONAL ART // 2019
Handpicked from my latest collection of artworks completed this year. For more works, visit: yingyingart.wixsite. com/works/
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Shanghai Disneyland. Digital Illustration.
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Starf*cks & Friends. Original illustration.
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Woodland Folk. Original illustration.
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Cyber-Witch. Looped Animation. View on: yingyingart.wixsite.com/works/
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TianZiFang. GIF. View on: yingyingart.wixsite.com/works/