Jaime Ka Wing Lee architecture portfolio-selected works 2013-2017
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Tri-sclucence / - the future business hub for people july 2015
Digital-Nature - the sustainable street installation experience march 2015
Construct - construction design from the ground up march 2015
Boat-House -learning from history, study the master july 2014
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Photography - forms | patterns 2013 - present
Sketches - quick sketch + water colour | personal expression 2013 - present
The Park Developement for West Kowloon Cultural District / - the City Park for creative cultural experience march 2016 - present
TRI-SLUCENCE
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Studio Fire | Semester 02 2015 | Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator,
BATMAN STREET
WEST MELBOURNE, VICTORIA
Along with the advancement in technology and living lifestyles, the concept of collaboration and interconnectedness are envisioned and are represented by the architectural quality of transparency. Due to the urban context of the site, it is naturally situated in a ‘covered’ location, which transparency in material allows visual connection between the exterior urban landscapes and the architectural space within. Insidethe building, transparency is intergrated as a metaphor for unity, a spacial unity encouraging transparency in users’ communication and collaboration interdisciplanarily.
SPENCER STREET
LANEWAY ANALYSIS Laneway is one of Melbourne’s most significant urban characteristics hence an emphasis is put on such trait in the analysis in order to understnad the relationship betwene architectures and the urban context.
PRESENT URBAN BLOCK PATTERN The main functions in the area includes warehouses, medium scale industrial buildings hence the building blocks are overall of a small and compact sizes.
PREDICTED URBAN BLOCK PATTERNS IN 2045 Future urban form is predicted based on the building density in the area and the architectural trend that building are expanding vertically hence the site areas of such would also expand, dimishing the amount of medium scale low storey inductrial buildings.
STREET VIEW FROM THE INTERSECTION OF BATMAN STREET AND SPENCER STREET
ARCHITECTURE - URBAN
PUBLIC - PRIVATE SPACES
OCCUPANTS - OCCUPANTS
Locating at the valuable intersection of two of the busiet streets in West Melbourne, the exposure of the Tri-sclucence is high. The concept is to use this as an asset to explore possibilities to grant the land with as much natural light as possible, to overcome the restriction in the size of the site. The design notion is developed amongst three principles of transparency. One: between architecture and the urban context: to connect users of the building to the surroundings. Two: between public and private spaces, diminish the assertive barrier of these spatial differences and uniting the two into one conherent architectural space. Three: between occupants. Encouraging the interaction between users, enable architectural features to trigger emotional responses of the users. Various art mediums were used to creatively explore the different types of spatial qualities that can be made possible in architecture. The outcome of the exercise contributed to Tri-sclucence’s concept of a full building height void that allows natural light to gently immerse through.
CONCEPT | DEVELOPMENT
MECHANICAL PLANT
SECRETARIATS | OUTDOOR AREA
BEDROOM SUITES
STEEL ANGLED BRACKETS REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMNS
BEDROOM SUITES
OUTER GLASS FACADE
REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB
BEDROOM SUITES
OUTER FACADE CONNECTION DETAIL
SEMINAR SPACES | STORAGE
HALL | PUBLIC GALLERY STRUCTURAL CONCRETE
STRUCTURAL CONCRETE
GALLERY | RESTAURANT FRR STRUCTURAL CONCRETE
REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMN
SLANTED STRUCTURAL CONCRETE COLUMN
EXPLODED KEY STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
PORT COCHERE | RECEPTION
BASEMENT CARPARK
Lower floors cater mostly public facilities such as workshops, gallery, and restaurants . While the upper floors cater bedroom suites and secretariats for a more excluded atmosphere. However a full height void channels through the entire building, providing visual continuation throughout the building, creating a sense of unity in one space.
RECEPTION x LOUNGE | GROUND FLOOR
BEDROOM SUITE FOYER | LEVEL 6
OFFICE SPACE x OUTDOOR AREA | LEVEL 7
ATMOSPHERIC QUALITY EXPERIMENTATION 01
ATMOSPHERIC QUALITY EXPERIMENTATION 02
DIGITAL-NATURE
Studio Air | Semester 01 2015 | Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Google SketchUp
Digital-Nature is a temporary street installation with the notion to encourage the discovery and realisation of the deteriorating quality of nature in the time of technological advancement. Utilising computerised generated forms to not only customise the installation for this specific location of the site, but also by addressing the digital involvement in the design, it implies the direct conflicting relationship between such and the nature.
ENGINEERING GRIDSHELL | PARAMETRIC SKETCH Gridshell is a form of structure that required minimal vertical support while achieving long spans. This is further investigated through parametric design, by engineering such form into Grasshopper, more iterations can be generated in order to explore the flexibility and possibilities this fundamental structure can provide. Reverse engineering is conducted in order to discover a workable algorithm for further design development. The resulted algorithm was successfully completed with no dependence on Rhinoceros, this allows more form variations and to have the flexibility to push definitions to the max by having full control of it at the same time. Inspired greatly by Shigeru Ban’s Japan Pavilion in the Hannover Expo, the gridshell structure utilised in his design is used as the basis of this reverse engineering exercise. Through trial and error, the method in achieving a similar gridshell is discovered as below: 2. 1.
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT 1. NUMBER OF ATTRACTOR POINTS This produces crests on what was initially a flat planar surface, the crests are key elements to the form as they have two purposes a. visual points that users will want to look through at, because they would be the closest parts of the intervention to them b. visual obstacles to enhance the barrier between human and the green sanctuary located at the top of the installation
2) MAGNITUDE OF ATTRACTOR POINTS This represents the depthness of each point, this parameter can be altered to involve user-interactions and control the level of visual disruption wanted to create for each point in each individual layer.
3) MAGNITUDE OF ATTRACTOR POINTS This parameter runs closely with the magnitude as the latter will affect the flat surface which will alter the location of other neighbouring points and their behaviour accordingly. This parameter contraints visual interaction with the top greenery layer but can also act as a gradual guidance for users to walk through the journey and explore what is to offer.
The number of attractor points is etermined in the following manner estimated time one will pause under the intervention: 30 seconds
Boundary// parameter input of surface dimensions in millimeters
a = point b= magnitude therefore the larger the magnitude of b the flatter the surface
Average number of people walking past the site in a 30 second time frame = number of points
if (x<y && x<z && x<u && x<v ) ( A=0; }else( if (y<x && y<z && y<u && y<v) ( A=1; }else ( if (z<u && z<v) ( A=2; }else (if (u<v) ( A=3 ; }else A=4; } } } }
The attractor point definition is only set for working with up to two points, if multiple points are needed, a manual scripting is required. In this case the script is edited to accomodate 5 points.
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PROPOSED DESIGN - ELEVATIONS Individual elevations of each layer that make up the entire composition, are shown on the side of their corresponding elevations
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ENVISAGE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM Laser Cut Waffled Outcomes
Assemble Segments
Hot Glue Application Remove Mould Harden and Strenthen
Send out Top Layer for Plantation Work
Soft Connections
On Site Installation Steel Temporary Railings
Back up Connections between meshes
Due to high complexity in fabrication of this design, a factor of regularity is crucial in making fabrication possible. Hence the construction of a mould using the waffling method is incorporated into the construction program. Hot glue is then applied wraping the mould in order to reiterate its shape. Once the layers are set in place, plantation works can be intergrated, the plants should be nurtured first offsite. The waffling mould would now act as temporary structural supports for the hot glue mesh and plantation works. Soft connection is essentially hot glue that is applied vertically through multiple layers, one of the ways to hold the layers of horizontal mesh together.
FABRICATION & PARTS The overall weight of the design is relatively light, therefore heavy duty connection hardwares will be of minimal use. Thin cold-form steel railings will be used to suspend the installation off the ground, by shallow drilling into the bottom of the bridge with nails, causing minimal damage to existing infrastructures while providing sufficient and safe support for this intervention under extreme climatic conditions. Back up connections are considered in this situation because of the outdoor exposures as soft connections would have been sufficient if the intervention were to be exhibited indoors. These connections are also kept minimal in sizes and weight where they will not affect the performance of the design forms. 20mm
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3 pieces of cold-formed U-shape steel plates (railings) will be connected using nails to the underside of the bridge. Each railing has 3 sets of holes on each side for the metal hook to hook through for suspension of the installation.
Metal hooks with a welded steel rod at the bottom of the hook where most tensile force is positioned when suspending the design. Ends of the rods are fastened and secured by metal nuts.
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Individual deformed steel rods (with grilles) differ from the one welded to the hooks as they assist in the inbetween connections of meshes. The grilles are to allow maximum friction for nuts to be fastened in a most fixated manner.
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This steel bracket is designed specifically for this project, with the objective to provide the ability to connect all layers while not damaging the fragility of the design. A hinge is designed so the bracket could be opened up, scoop through the gaps within the mesh and reattached using bolts and nuts.
PROTOTYPES
Different series of prototypes were made in order to test out the several factors that may affect the physical modelling of the installation. The prototype series include the testing of: 1. The digital fabrication of the mould that reflects the outcomes of the parametric design incorporated in this project. What materials to use and the intensity of the waffling pattern that most accurately fabricate the digitally generated forms. 2. The intensity of hot glue applied on the moulds 3. The strength of glue being suspended over the course of 14 days, in order to determine the amount of structural parts required to sustain the intended lifetime of the installation.
CONSTRUCT Construction Design | Semester 01 2015 | Autodesk AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Case study on analysing the structural build up of the Ivanhoe Grammer School in Victoria, Australia. A designated portion of the building is given to each student in order to further dissect its structural elements in greater detail. An axonometric drawing and physical model are produced from the structural study findings.
BOAT-HOUSE Studio Water | Semester 02 2014 | Rhinoceros, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Google SketchUp
A project that encourages the study of the past. Learning from history, discovering the fundamental philosophies in architecture by the master of modern architectureMies Van de Rohe. The idea is to design an architectural space by considering what the master would have done with the same project. The boat-house reflects the masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s key notions in architecture and what he thinks a space should be able to provide to occupants.
Study from the work of a master_ The Barcelona Pavilion by Mies Van de Rohe. Exploring the intricate concepts and architectural philosophies in Miesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; works through a series of analysis on one of his most renowned work. In the simplistic open plan of the pavilion, the notions of connections between landscape and architecture and its visual connections by users are highly celebrated. Diagrams are utilised to highlight the pavilionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s essence and are captured in the design intent of the BOAT-HOUSE.
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The open plan design of the BOAT-HOUSE celebrates its undefined boundaries through materiality (full height glazing) and horizontality which provides visual connection to the surrounding natural views with minimal obstructions. Structural intergrity of the BOAT-HOUSE is explained through the exploded axonometric diagram. Cruxifix coloumns are one of Miesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; most used structural elements, hence it has been incorporated to be the main vertical structural support of the design. Structural parts are selected carefully in order to maintain the minimal visual obstructed environment to the BOAT-HOUSE.
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elevation - east conceptual sketch model of the boat-house
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Projects from Work - 2016 to present Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Revit, Rhinoceros 3D
The Park Development for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong is a large scale cultural development with the concept to create a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC; City Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. It is to provide spaces for creative programmingacross all genres.
SKETCHES & PHOTOGRAPHY Personal experiences through visual arts • Collage of Works from 2013-2017 • Perth | Melbourne