I NT E R I O R A R C H IT E C T U R E P ORTFOLIO PREVIEW
LAI SZE WEI Northumbria University Newcastle (England) Lasalle College of the Arts (Singapore)
R E V IS IO N IN G G IBSIDE expressing discoveries Observatory & Botanical Research Centre
An estate in the Derwent Valley in North East England. It is between Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear and Burnopfield, County Durham. Gibside was previously owned by the Bowes-Lyon family. It is now a National Trust property. A new intervention to alter and re-vision Gibside Stables and its environs to allow the National Trust to realize their ambition to develop Gibside. Stables as a destination in its own right; expressing discoveries, considering the rich history and / or ecology as a driver for a future vision for the site. The idea of an observatory inside the stables, a unique and eminently landscaping object located in a stunning 18th century landscape and Georgian design estates. A walkway in between the stables and observatory through the cafĂŠ as a resting hub after the exploration of Gibside.The aim is to invite visitors to Gibside stables, featuring a series of rare plants, along with new intervention in Woodlands used both by researcher and public all year round.
Distribution of rare plants in Gibside woodlands
first floor plan
second floor plan
third floor plan
Floral exhibition room
Projected exhibition room
R E H A B ITAT A S S E MB LY HOUSE t o inhabit or dwell again Fashion House
55-57 Westgate Road, Newcastle. The site is now home of Newcastle Arts Centre’s office, Details art material’s store, and a picture framing department. It has been a centre for merchants and craft guilds, recreation and entertainment with taverns, theatres and assembly rooms. A cultural centre for the Newcastle Arts Centre as a facility for enthusiats, amateur or seasoned artist, crafts people and artisanal trades suc as artist, writers, musicians, printmaker, dancers, woodmakers, textiles or metal working or alike to volunteer, meet, work, share and learn. As proposed, it is used as a fashion house as contemplate the boundaries between art | craft | design | leisure. The early cellars are built from stone and provided the foundations for a timber framed building with brick infill. The house was recased in brick in the late 17th Century and recased in stone in the 1770’s.
Cross section of private sewing room
Key spaces intervention
Public sewing room & private studio
JOANNE LAI SZE WEI +60 14 6784261 joannelai226@gmail.com