Joey Fong Architecture Portfolio

FONG SAM ZUNG, JOEY ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Selected works 2019-2024 joeyfong2002@gmail.com +852 66754022

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FONG SAM ZUNG

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A HOUSE IS A CITY

LIVING ABOVE, INTO & UNDERGROUND

EDUCATION The University of Hong Kong (First Class Honours) Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies (2020-2024)

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University of Toronto

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RESIDENCE IN FREDENSBORG

THE HOME OF OXYMORGON

John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design Term time exchange, year4 semester1

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WORK EXPERIENCE Aedas

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Architectural Graduate (Jul 2024-)

The University of Hong Kong

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REJUVENATING TREES

AFTERLIFE OF THE BUILT

Student Teaching Assistant (Sep-Dec2022)

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Ronald Lu & Partners Architectural Intern (Jun-Jul2022)

17 This portfolio shows a variety of projects I did, all of which raise a “what if,” “why,” or “how” question, revealing the exciting design journey that stems from my innate curiosity.

Many hand drawings, hybrid drawings, and physical models can be found in my portfolio because they are what I enjoyed the most in this journey. I love their process of thinking and exploring while making, and their nature of embracing “wrong” moves. To me, architecture is fun because it does not have a definite answer; rather, one seeks it through their unique lens and methods.

In my postgraduate studies, I wish to continue this journey of purposeful design, and take a step further by engaging in cross-department collaboration that creates innovative designs to address the issue of our times.

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CONTINUOUS MODULAR WALL

I am drawn to architecture as it is a bridge between desires and emotion, the past and future, creating enduring impacts. The following projects not only present a viable structure and functional spaces, but they also respond to a historical dialogue, investigate innovative building technology, or react to their cultural and social contexts.

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INTERESTS & HOBBIES

01 A HOUSE IS A CITY Flexible and Domesticated Communal Space within an Universal Housing Typology Project type: ARCH4080: Date: Project Location:

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Academic- The Univsersity of Hong Kong Studio Elspeth Lee M. Spring 2024 - 1/2 Semester Project Tokyo, Japan

A House is an extension of a city”

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his realization has served as the starting point for my project, which aims to explore how communal and domestic spaces can coexist and thrive within a dwelling block, recreating a sense of community and daily encounters reminiscent of the alleys of Tsukishima.

At the core of this project is the idea of “DOMESTICATION” – the intrusion of the “living” volume both vertically and horizontally, creating voids that are then filled up by communal rooms and areas.

Each communal space serves as an extension of the urban space, seamlessly connecting the city to the block.

“FLEXIBILITY” is another key aspect of the design, achieved through the use of a fundamental kit of parts, taking inspiration from steel-framed projects. These elements can be arranged and assembled in various ways to create different types of spaces and functions Rather than prescribing a fixed design, this project offers a flexible, universal proposal that can be adapted across diverse housing types. It is not a singular housing solution, but an adaptable framework that addresses the challenges of housing and urban development.

Rendering of the three prototypes

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SITE ANALYSIS

Site: Tsukishima, Tokyo

1. Traditional Model

2. Domestication

Tsukishima, in Chuo ward, is an artificial island located on the mouth of the Sumida River. Tsukishima is famous for its narrow roji alleys, which offer its residents everyday opportunities for informal, intimate encounters and give the area a strong sense of community.

A 10-day field trip was organized to thoroughly observe the site. I studied not only the architecture but also the local life, unexpected gathering spaces, and communal areas.

My observations and emotions were documented through filming, journaling, and sketching. I also had a meaningful desk critique with guest professor from Tokyo University, who provided valuable feedback and guidance on my design.

3. Adaption

Travelling Models within a 250x250x100 box

Site Plan

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PRECEDENT ANALYSIS - NEW SKY BUIDLING

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he semester began with an examination of selected precedent studies – and an identification of their failures, constraints, opportunities, and philosophies. I explored the process of ‘unbuilding’ the New Sky Building, in an effort to understand its underlying structural logic, the durability of its constituent parts, and to assess both its architectural philosophy as well as its overall functionality within the context of climate, weathering and maintenance.

Existing Plans & Sections

1:100 Partial Model

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Photographs of Facade Exploded Axonometric Drawing

he New Sky Building is a project by Yoji Watanabe built in Higashi-Shinjuku, Tokyo. The building is made up of a central core, which includes main circulations, and modular rooms repeated on the two sides of the core. However, the idea of detachment only exist as an idea but not made possible in real life. On each floor, 2-4 rooms are connected with spine-like corridor to form one apartment.

Its battleship appearance isn’t accidental as Watanabe,supposedly born on a US navy ship, borrowed techniques from submarine building.

My Response to the New Sky Building The precedent suggests a highly individualistic housing scheme, possibly due to the building’s small and narrow site. I wanted to challenge the “privatized corridor” and the extremely individualized approach of it, where communal spaces are embraced and introduced within living spaces.

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STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS AND STRATEGIES

Structural Strategy Overview

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n response to my reading of the precedent study, I created a configurable tectonic system, both material and structural, which demonstrates an ability to grow and adapt. This growth and adaptation are thought about at the scale of a pre-designed communal “room” unit, which is assembled with a set of fixed “kits of parts”. Building elements are identical, but spaces designed are unique. The relationships between elements and the matrix are tested iteratively.

Kits of Parts

1:100 Structural Iteration Model

My Response to Metabolism As I reflect on the legacy of Metabolism in architecture, I recognize both its aspirations and its limitations.

Metabolism promised a future where buildings could evolve alongside changes. However, this very promise led to a very modular and repetitive design. Metabolism’s failure lies in its struggle to break free from the rigidity of its own principles. Buildings became predictable.

In response, my design proposal seeks to honor Metabolism’s core tenets while transcending its limitations.

I propose a communal housing project built from a standardized set of building elements—a kit of parts. But within this framework, I introduce deliberate variations. Each communal space—whether a garden, library, or meditation room—takes on a distinct form, responding to the unique needs of its users.

Rendering and Structural Detailed Diagrams to show how the joints work and to visualise how spaces would be within this framework

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ATLAS OF COMMUNE

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he ten constructed spaces illustrated below accommodate various functions such as a zen garden, sento, and shared kitchen. Each space corresponds to specific urban and public programs related to japanese culture, sports, or social behaviors. They are all constructed from the same set of building elements but arranged and composed differently to create an unique space for gathering and interaction alongside living.

Ground Floor Courtyard

The Mid-rise housing prototype features a C shape block and a single sided corridor. All units are facing outwards to the street and formed a public courtyard within the dwelling on ground floor. It is a very common mid-rise housing type, therefore is served as an example to demonstrate how the concept works.

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Shared Kitchen

Garden

Inside a Unit

The Renderings convey the experiential aspect of my project and help viewers connect with the design on a more personal level, “standing inside the spaces”.

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1:50 Partial Sectional Model

The 1:50 model provides a glimpse into the ground floor to the fourth floor. The preserved original alleyway, a doubleheight lobby, and an open gathering area characterize the ground floor.

Three distinct unit types are showcased. And within the exposed frame grid structure, modular elements can be rearranged to accommodate various layouts, emphasizing flexibility and adaptability.

Ground Floor -covered gathering space

Ground Floor -Lobby with amenities

Unit First Floor with spiral staircase

Unit and Corridor

Living = white Communal = black

Design Sections

1:200 Model

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APPLICATIONS

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ather than prescribing a fixed design, I offer a flexible, universal proposal that can be adopted across diverse housing types.

It is not a singular housing solution but an adaptable framework that addresses housing and urban challenges.

1:100 Plans Axonometric Drawing Illustration of Narrative

Axonometric Drawing Renderings

Nagaya The Nagaya typology addresses the urban leftover spaces in Japan. The “senbiki” method of dividing land into small irregular plots in Japan has resulted in numerous leftover spaces between buildings. By using the design as a plug-in system, these “ma” or “negative spaces” can be activated and transformed into functional communal spaces with an elevated walkway above the street.

Tower The Tower’s central Vertical Core serves as a “Public Spine” that organizes the circulation, consolidates the building’s utilities and infrastructure, and functions as a vertical urban space.

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02 THE HOME OF OXYMORON Redefining the Work-Home Paradigm Project type: ARC361: Date: Project Location: Remarks:

Academic- The Univsersity of Hong Kong Design Studio Prof. R. Shane Williamson Fall 2023 - 1/2 Exchange Semester Project Toronto High Pass (A+) for term time exchange

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n the past, publicness was often associated with physical spaces like parks, public transportation, or malls. However, in this era of digital age, publicness is mediated through the internet and virtual spaces. After the pandemic, work-from-home became more common and that is why I ask myself- how could architecture adapt

or respond to this new mode of living?

The project centered around rethinking the relationship between work and living environments with inspiration from vernacular houses when people used to work at their homes. The design envisions a hybrid home-office for an ordinary office worker that challenges the conventional belief of home and labor as separate realms. It integrates working spaces with domestic activities, with interesting moments of intersections between the two programs.

Spatially visualized as “houses inside a house”, dwellings are represented as separate volumes within an overall envelope and the remaining space serve as the co-working office area. What in the house has to be truly private and what publicness means in today’s context are reassessed. When living spaces are streamlined

and compact, work becomes part of the inhabitants’ daily lives.

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DESIGN CONCEPT

This exploded axonometric is a hybrid drawing of my handdrawing and digital drawing. It shows that dwellings exist as separated volumes inside the envelope, while all the remaining space and gaps serve as the office space. The living spaces are compressed into a minimal streamlined process, while work emerges as part of the daily lives of the inhabitants.

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SITE ANALYSIS

Site: Kensignton Market, Toronto

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he site is at 162 Augusta Avenue, in Kensignton Market. At that time, the site is occupied by a garage structure that faces to the East Augusta Avenue, to the South a laneway, to the West an open space / courtyard, and to the North the two semidetached houses. The size of this site is approximately 5m x 11m.

Beyond my research focus on the typology, history and urban fabric of the site, my drawings further explore the upper house-lower store hybrid housing typology where my design starts by challenging this common phenomenon found on site. A booklet of my obervations and reflections was made.

Printed Booklet presenting my Site Analysis Outcomes 1:500 Site Mapping

Handdrawn Axonometirc Drawings of 8 hybrid houses within the site

1:100, 1:50. 1:25 Models Top views of 1:25 model

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DESIGN PROPOSAL

In my studies on workhome history, I discovered that people used to do work and living in the same space, but after the industrial revolution, work and living became segregated, with individuals commuting to their workplaces and returning home to distinct environments. Yet, In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a huge transformation has occurred in the way we approach work and living spaces. Remote work is becoming increasingly prevalent, the boundaries between work and home have become blurred.

One of the key issues that has emerged is the lack of dedicated workspaces within residential environments. Many individuals find themselves confined to makeshift home offices or simply working from their kitchen tables.Therefore, my vision is to design a house for an ordinary office worker where I challenge the belief of home and labor being opposed realms.

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Dissolving Boundaries- Living & Working In my design, working spaces has merged with domestic activities, and domesticity has been released from the home under the command of taking place within work spaces.

Rooms are designed to protrude floor slabs to create dynamic spaces and various interesting moments. The moments are design that the Dwelling and Working spaces are invading one another. This is to introduce flexibility in living, as well as the idea blurring the boundary between the two programs.

Moments where living and working spaces collide Exterior Render

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The slanted facade is for the better entering of sunlight into the lower floors. Thresholds are opened strategically to allow sunlight to enter into all the volumes while protecting privacy of spaces like bedrooms. The interior photos of the 1:25 model show how light enter the house.

1:100 Plans

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Interior Photos of 1:25 Model

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03 AFTERLIFE OF THE BUILT

Physical Models

The Aesthetics of Maintenance in Municipal Services Building Project type: ARCH3080: Date: Project Location:

Academic- The Univsersity of Hong Kong Studio Elspeth Lee M. Spring 2023 - 1/2 Semester Project Hong Kong

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uilding construction has evolved to prioritize spectacle over practicality and maintenance, resulting in buildings that are designed for instant dissemination and forgetfulness, rather than enduring use. This culture dismisses architectural maintenance as irrelevant to design.

Hong Kong’s Municipal Services Buildings present a unique opportunity for architecture to become an active participant in the daily life of its community - a multi-programmed neighbourhood centre that has the potential to respond to its context and elevate the everyday experience beyond the expected. This project is interested in what the aesthetics of maintenance could look like through exploring different readings of everyday spaces, how the repeated actions of individuals and communities create patterns of use and occupation, and how these can become drivers in the design process - positioning the MSB as an everchanging framework which serves needs of the municipality.

1. Traditional Model

Partial Sectional 1:50 Model Perspective Drawing showing the overall atmosphere from street view

2. Lifting up

Office Sports Culture

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4. Service towers Programme Matrix Diagram

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Close up Moments capturing our observations and interviews of Maintenance activities around and inside the MSB Exploded Axonometric Drawing:Ciculation Studies of the three main stake-holders in MSBVisitors, Workers & Cleaners

Ant-eye view Axonometric Drawing: Studies on the Operations and Maintenance of pipes and tubes in wet market

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UNDER THE SKIN -SITE ANALYSIS

Site: Pei Ho Street Municipal Services Building

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he analysis of Pei Ho Street Municipal Services Building was involved to understand the context, and to critically examine the systems and processes at work within the building – assessing the overall functionality in terms of operations and maintenance. Issues were observed to be addressed and opportunities to be leveraged in the design.

Diagrams illustrating the historical development of the site area

The markets of Sham Shui Po are the district’s centre of economic and social life. The historic analysis of the area suggests that its morphological structure has always been somewhat dynamic, expanding and shifting.

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Circulation Diagrammatic Model

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Map Of Sham Shui Po Showing Imporatnt Streets And Landmarks 1/ pei ho street municipal service building 4/ tin hau temple 2/ sam tai tsz & pak tai temples 5/ sham shui po mtr station 3/ mo tai temple 6/ dragon centre

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STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS AND STRATEGIES

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Portal frame, Truss & Cables HSBC Hong Kong is analysed as a structural case stduy. By iterating different structures and testing their performance on Karamba, the final design is logically derived.

Mast portion of floor plate

The eight masts, arranged in two rows of four, is composed of four tubular steel columns each, for a total of 32 columns.

These groups of four columns are braced to each other by large, rectangular beams attached rigidly to form a vierendeel frame.

Structural Analysis Diagram on case study: HSBC Hong Kong

Outer Inner Core Core Column Column

Glass Sliding Doors

Balustrade Mesh

ARCH 3064: Building Technology

ARCH 3064: Building Technology

03_Design Iteration: Number of Cables

03_Design Iteration: Number of Cables

A2: Structural Design Karamba Analysis (48) Joey

A2: Structural Design Karamba Analysis (48) Joey

Compared to the design with 2 cables, the bending moment become less significant Compared in 4 cables.to the design with 2 cables, the bending moment become less significant in 4 cables.

The more cables are used, the less bending moment there are.

The more cables are used, the less bending moment there are.

ARCH 3064: Building Technology A2: Structural Design Karamba Analysis (48) Joey

02_Structural Alternative- Design Attempt 2 During the 3/4 Quarter Review, it is commented that although the original structure work rigidly, it take up a lot of interior space to put trusses all over the ceiling. Therefore, I tested on Karamba my previous design with a new cable suspending design, and see if both can create a stable structure to support floor plates.

I took one of the module (part of the building system) to experiment on Karamba and focus on testing the bending moment.

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The result shows that the cable supsending design can also hang the floor plates nicely with similar bending moment to the design with truss beams, while leaving more interior space for people to use.

04_Design Iteration: Cable Connecting Method

1:200 Sectional Axonometric Drawing / 1:25 Detailed Drawing

Previous DesignTruss Columns and truss beams under each floor plates

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4 Cables

04_Design Iteration: Cable Connecting Method

Comparing the three iterations, I like the last one the most not only because it has the Comparing greatest the three iterations, I like the last one the most not only because it has the greatest strength and least bending moment, but also its creation of two space- inside and strength outside the and least bending moment, but also its creation of two space- inside and outside the truss column cores. truss column cores.

New DesignTruss Columns and Super truss beam on top with cables hanging floor plates

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Sectional Model showing layers of envelope

Design Experiment 01: Structural Alternative

Design Experiment 02: Cable Connection Method

The result shows that the cable supsending design can also hang the floor plates nicely with similar bending moment to the design with truss beams, while leaving more interior space for people to use.

The chosen option offers greatest strength and least bending moment, also provides the creation of two space- inside and outside the truss column cores.

Truss Beam to Cable

Truss Column to Cable Truss Beam to Cable

Truss Column Cableand outside Truss beam and column to Cable at bothtoinside

Truss beam and column to Cable at both inside and outside

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Cooked food / Hawker Centre

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Washrooms

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DESIGN PROPOSAL

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y design proposal aims to create a welcoming and recognizable market by reconfiguring the front and back of the house. The design adopts a few strategies derived from the structural case studies and volumetric explorations in earlier phases and was followed throughout the design process:

1) lifting the ground floor to create an open plaza 2) placing services inside structural truss columns 3) adopting a three-volume zoning strategy

Cargo Lift

Elevators

Staircase

Services & Circulation Each of the main volumes is equipped with four service cores: a staircase, elevator, cargo lift, and washrooms. These cores house the pipes that provide water, air conditioning, and electricity to the building. Although these service cores are not hidden from the main programs, they are physically separated.

Axonometric of 4 service cores Long Section

5th Floor Plan

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04 CONTINUOUS MODULAR WALL Drawing on a Medium with a Custom Tool Project type: ARC380Y1: Date: Project Location: Team: My Role:

Academic- Univsersity of Toronto Technology Studio Fall2023 - 1/2 Semester Project Toronto Chen, Giatzoylou, Yu Grasshopper scripting (form-finding), Line drawings, Robotic arm’s Execution

he design project seeks to address the question of “how a robotic arm can enhance the production of modular walls?”. The design process encompasses mold making via foam cutting and the implementation of Grasshopper coding to program a UR10 robotic arm. This enables the casting of each 1:1 module using concrete, facilitating their seamless stacking to form a continuous wall structure. The design of the wall is developed by studying minimal surface geometry, and experimenting on their degree of rotation that create various threshold for the entering of sunlight and natural air.

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Custom Tool Design Render of Envisioned Outcome

Custom tools were designed to be installed on the robotic arm to perform our scripted actions.

Photos of Robot Cutting Process

By using Grasshopper and Millipede’s “Iso Surface” component, many TPMS can be generated by implicit math equations. By recognizing the reflected surfaces, we dissected and found the original module as most TPMS are constructed with reflecting surfaces through planes. “Shrek surface” was chosen as a sample to work on in our project.

Animated Simulations of our Workflow

Photos of Concrete Modules

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05 HABITABLE POCKETS Negotiating inside and outside of Learning Interface Project type: ARCH3079: Date: Project Location: Remarks:

Academic- The Univsersity of Hong Kong Studio Miho Hirabayashi Fall 2022 - 1/2 Semester Project Hong Kong Selected Work for Exhibition and Presentation at Public Forum

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y challenging the current public school built environment in Hong Kong, the design project is closely addressing the context and examine how building envelops respond to the climate and spatial conditions for human activities. The project starts by looking at current school environments in a high density city like Hong Kong, consisting boxlike classrooms. Pupils are mostly in fully air-conditioned spaces with a lack of natural light, air, and spatial quality.

A double-layered facade system is designed as a mediator to let light to enter, allowing air to flow and to articulate space that is suitable for a place of learning, exchange, and play. The design intervention focuses on developing thresholds that connect the outside and inside. Organization of existing space is also altered as a response to the new facade. The negotation between the two layers create multiple new “in between” spaces for students to gather, play and rest outside classrooms.

1:50 Axonometric Drawing 1:150 Exploded Axonometric Drawing

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SITE ANALYSIS

Existing Problems: CLASSROOM - Large in size - Most clasrooms cluster at the same side of the whole school - Regular box-like form - Waist hieght windows that can look down to the playground

CORRIDOR - One way without a loop - Empty ground of carpark (no activities or facilities) at the right hand side

EASTERN FACADE

Metal Screens of New School for Bradesco near São Paulo, Brazil, Shieh Arquitetos Associados.

Photo of House Rienzi’s interior- interaction between two floors.

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CASE STUDIES

Schafersfeld Secondary School in Munich Numerous materials come together in the rooms: the dividing walls between the classes consist of brickwork or pastel-coloured, scrambled concrete and the walls towards the hall are wooden. The facades are glazed-in and the steel construction is visible everywhere. Small glass triangles were worked into the wooden doors, behind the aluminium door handles.

By studying the school, I had derived my interest and spatial typology- habitable In between space.

1:15 Sectional Detail Drawing

1:100 Iteration Models to test on overall form and folding of the facade

Sketches

3.0 ADAPTION AND METHODOLOGY The exisitng design of the site lacks visual connections which limited the social interaction between students and teachers. To challenge he boxed like classroomsall closed off windows we often see in traditional schools, and see how rooms can be designed differently to introduce natural light and air, I experimented with sketches, diagrams and sketch models to explore how an addition of double layer facade and the tilting of space extracted from the case study can offer new spaces and better micro-climate.

1:50 Handdrawn Exploded Axonometric Drawing

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NEW FACADE SYSTEM

Tilted Facade Solar gain is reduced by the use of projecting windows, tilted away from the sun on the east, west and south facades, and by the extensive use of opaque panels that comprise more than half of the facade.

The projecting vision glass panels reduce peak cooling demand by up to 27 per cent compared to a flat facade, and consequently plant size is smaller, too. The pattern of the tilted windows eliminates the monolithic effect of the glazed facade, which is further animated by the use of optical lenses in the opaque panels. They act as prisms and reflect light differently depending on the amount of sun and the time of day.

2nd Floor Plan

In Between Space 1 to 50 Sectional Model 1:100 Sections

The extra space between the two facades serves as an extension of the classroom and a new gathering space for students between classes. With the displacement of floor slabs, voids are created to connect different levels, encouraging interactions among students from various floors, which was not possible before due to the stacking design of the whole building.

1st Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Key Renderings showing new spaces for students and interesting moments created by the double layered facades

Key Plans (Hybrid drawings)

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06 LIVING INTO, ABOVE & UNDER GROUND Reimagining Vernacular House in Northern China Project type: ARCH2080: Date: Project Location:

Academic- The Univsersity of Hong Kong Studio Oggioni Chiara Spring 2022 - 1/2 Semester Project Shaanxi, China

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he design project looks at the underground houses in Shilipu village, Shaanxi, Northern China. The particularity of the village is that it has a linear development alongside the main road, which is about 10 meters wide and 6 meters deep. Originally the village was made of pure courtyard houses excavated vertically into the ground while the street was just a narrow strip cutting through it…but with time the street was transformed into a larger road expanded towards the houses. As a result, some houses disappeared, and others got directly connected with the main road. With the passing of time, new constructions above the ground started to emerge as well, bringing the village to a hybrid living condition: above and below the ground.

The studio explores the spatial dimension of the village by rethinking the sectional relationship between human and nature, the individual houses and collective road, the enclosed rooms, and the open courtyard. The design criterias, the design moves and the materials used is a response to the context and a reflection on the phenomenon of traditional houses being abandoned, phasing out from the modern world. The design starts with a design question

Design Rendering

“ Can Tradition and Modernity coexist?”

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Site photos

CONTEXT & DESIGN BRIEF

Underground houses in northern China are a unique typology carved into cliff-sides or dug vertically into the Loess Plateau. The families’ collective life is organised around an open introverted courtyard, while the individual activities are organised into equal rooms carved around it. Years of intense farming and deforestation have led to the degradation of the soil, while new high-rise concrete-frame structures appear above the ground. Villagers are not choosing a living condition, above or under, over the other - the two spaces are linked in one idea of home and dwellers’ movements often follow the rhythm of the seasons.

1. Existing Site

2. Design: Excavation & Addition of new spaces and roof

A new programme “GUESTHOUSE” is added to the site, where re-designing the venecular house with both privacy and community in mind becomes the challenge.

1:200 Site Plan

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REVITALISATION - GUESTHOUSE

It is a narrow 2.2m-long vaulted space with various activities arranged in a row, like a train. They are placed such that each activity spill over onto the northeast side in the form of alcoves and projections, and on the southwest under the large 4m overhang provided by the main vaulted roof. The design ensures that activities are cocooned into private secure spaces, while the spillover occurs in the living areas, which are large and open to nature.

The house is simple, with clearly defined lines and masses, yet the interplay in the volumes becomes hard to distinguish where the inside ends and the outside begins. Long steps create a further demarcation of spaces, and they continue on the outside into the garden.

1:100 Short Section

Excavation - stepped topography - gradual ascent from below ground to the surface - connects the lives on both sides

Roof Plan

Existing Condition

Design

Addition - offer indoor spaces above ground - vaulted roofs that mimic the contours of the dug-out caves

Existing Condition

Design

UnderGround Plan

Ground Plan

Courtyards - dynamic interplay of open and closed spaces - privacy of the owner’s house vs community interaction within the guest house

Existing Condition

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Stop Motion Short Film

1:25 Sectional Model

A 3 minutes stop motion video is created to introduce my design through animating with my model and a voice over narrative. The video introduces the history and social values of the site, then explains how the private and public spaces within the design is dissected and merged, finally walk through my design with the sectional model. At the end of the video, it questions the audience the roles of architects in design, what should we keep or change in our design process.

Key Shots of the Film

1:50 Handdrawn Design Exploded Axonometric Drawing

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07 RESIDENCE IN FREDENSBORG Technical Study- Material Construction Project Project type: ARCH2058: Date: Project Location: Team: My Role:

Academic- The Univsersity of Hong Kong Building Technology Spring 2021 - 1/2 Semester Project Fredensborg Hau Sze Chai Responsible for Plan & Section Drawings, digital and physical modelling done collectively.

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esidence in Fredensborg is a project that completely transforms an existing villa beautifully situated on a large site filled with trees in Fredensborg, Denmark.

Choosing a 6x9meters area for the 1:15 model, the model project cropped out a corner of the house which cut through the top of the roof and the skylight. The project is to investigate the material and structural details of the precedent with analysis drawings and models made.

1:20 Sectional Model ARCH 2056 Building Technology A1_3: Detail drawing of your model 28_19_Scarlett_76_Joey

Primary Structure Secondary Structure

Note： Details of the roof will be shown at the

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other side of the model for better representation of material and strcutural means, the elevation of the selected detail will display the actual facade

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of the chosen project

Detail Section Scale：1：7.5

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Detail Section Scale：1：7.5

1:100 Plan Drawings

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Plasterboard Timber Mineral Wool Tougue-and-groove Boarding Concrete

1:100 Section Drawings

Detail Elevation

Detail Section

Scale：1：15 Drawing on A3 Paper

Scale：1：15 Drawing on A3 Paper

Working Process Photos

Close ups of 1:20 Model Material Detail Diagrams

1:15 Detailed Section

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08 REJUVENATING TREES Nina Park Pavilion Design Competition Project type: Date: Project Location: Team: My Role:

Competition - Shortlisted, Honourable Mention December 2023 Hong Kong Tang King To & Yeung Ho Pak Responsible for Renders & Diagrams.

Digital and physical modelling were done collectively.

Concept The pavilion emulates the intricate beauty of trees where they are hermetically isolated but also interconnected with a unique relativity. In echoing Nina Park’s aim of exhibiting and educating fossil woods in an urban park, the pavilion resembles the rejuvenating experience of space sitting under natural trees.

Everyone can freely rest and interact with different peowple and activities, which creates a tranquil yet rich experience amongst the interconnected ‘trees’ of the busy urban context.

Sheltering The pavilion is formed by a cluster of 4 canopies, each supported with 2 columns. Canopies are overlapped and tilted, forming a whole while producing a captivating interplay of shade and light.

Different angles of canopies allow sunlight to filter through while efficiently guiding rainwater in a controlled manner. To reflect the shady and natural materiality of trees, wood was extensively used as the main structure while complemented by the top layer of semi-opaque polycarbonate for weather protection. This maintains the lightweight aesthetic and functionality of the pavilion.

Renderings

1:10 Structural Model

1:100 Front Elevation

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Construction Flow Diagram

1:100 Structural Drawing

Sustainability 1:100 Plan

Workshop: yoga, writing, design

Markets: events for arts, craft, fashion, food

Performances: plays, dance, music

The design aims to rejuvenate the salvaged wood planks from the park and give them a new life. The planks are collected and processed into wooden beams with a base area of 60x60mm, which ensures structural stability and the utilization of raw material. Wooden beams of the same dimension are used throughout the various parts to simplify material sourcing and maintenance in the future. In consideration of potential wood length limitations, strategic joints have been incorporated into the design to connect and elongate the columns and beams, ensuring both constructability and structural integrity throughout the pavilion. The canopy structures can be pre-assembled and constructed efficiently on-site by simple bolt and screw connection instead of precise mortise and tenon joints. This reduces the obstruction caused to the park during assembling and dissembling. The whole design has an extremely low carbon footprint, thanks to the extensive reuse of natural materials.

Gatherings: meetings, events, celebrations, sharing, talking

Place-Making Movable furnitures extending under the canopies enhances the pavilion’s inclusivity and sense of place. In form, they break the linear sequence of the amphitheatre seating and create a myriad of gatherings around the ‘trunks’ of canopies. This encourages human interaction in all directions, thus allowing greater flexibility in using the pavilion space. For programs, the furniture in different shapes, heights and sizes allows users’ creative interpretation when fitted on various levels of the original seating rather than being specified as tables or chairs. During activities such as workshops or markets, the furniture can be altered and regrouped to create various forms of interactive spaces according to the needs.

1:20 Model

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09 HOROY LONGHUA GUANCHENG MALL Project type: Office: Date: Project Location: My Role:

Practice Experience- Professional Work Aedas Fall 2024 Shenzhen, China Responsible for 3D Modelling, Rendering & Post-editing, all works produced by author of the porfolio unless specified.

Diamond Atrium

Atrium by Evan Wu REGULAR SEGMENT

FEATURED SEGMENT

wood handrails

DIAMOND ATRIUM 拾光小

WANDERING STREET

镇

Sand surface stainless steel glass clip Laminated gradient colored glazed glass Sand surface stainless steel pipe

China Horoy Longhua Guancheng mall is a large scale interior deisgn project in schematic design stage. (Representations here only presents partially the project) The design concept is simulated outdoor scenes in an interior space, giving visitors a feeling of being outdoor, blending naturally with the nearby ecology park.Themed key spaces are differtiated by different metal elements/ colours.

街

漫步

区

Mirror stainless steel

Artificial stone

Artificial stone

LED surface mounted light strip Champagne gold aluminum plate LED light trough

L1-L5

LED light trough

INTERWEAVING 交织街 ALLEY

巷

Gypsum board ceiling

CORNER

角TOWN

小镇街

径

林中小

FOREST PATH

B1 Sectional Details of Atrium

Overall Design Planning Diagram by Zhang Chaoyue

700*1200 350*1200

Underground ‘time tunnel’ The time tunnel connects the underground commercial street and the outdoor sunken square, using a simple rhythm to introduce people into the underground commercial space.

Ecological Cloud Valley Park Ecological Cloud Valley Park can provide a huge potential flow of people to the shopping mall and add commercial features and value to its theme space.

Diamond Atrium

Underground Visual Node

L3 to L5 simulate the scene of a city street corner square, creating a retreat-style town and forming a check-in point.

At the vertical and horizontal intersection of the underground commercial street, use light films and projections to create a commercial visual focus.

Atrium

The way the atrium opens from bottom to top emphasizes the verticality from L1 to L5, as well as placing activity spaces to attract flow to higher floors.

MTR Entrance The entrance and exit of MTR Station is directly connected to the shopping mall, which facilitates residential passenger flow.

RF

铝板

Underground F&B Street (Ceiling designed and modelled by author)

GF Main Entrance

3400

2800

Park Entrance

Sunken Plaza

Underground Visual Node

Underground Street

Diamond Atrium

L5

Atrium

L4 L3 L2

GF Main Entrance

Sunken Plaza

L1 B1

Food Plaza

B2

MTR Entrance (Food Plaza), by author and Alex Liu

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The knitted wait (2019)

The project is an art installation depicting a scene where a mother is knitting in loneliness on the chair, waiting for her children.

INTERESTS & HOBBIES Project type: Date: Project Location:

Personal Work- Self Initiated 2019-2024 Hong Kong

When I am not thinking about Architecture, I enjoy drawing, journaling and filming. I love documenting my surroundings, daily encounters of life and expressing my thoughts through art.

Ink pen life sketching of former Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Building at Central, Hong Kong

Watercolour life sketching at Castle Peak Road Rest Garden, Hong Kong

Initial Shapes

Outline of Shape

Creation of Surface

Creation of Mesh

Ink Pen Drawing

24/7 clock (2019)

Griding of Subd

This artwork presents a real clock with a mosaic of hectic moments of Hong Kong working class. Twenty-four hours of a day is presented by spiral path, from the centre.

The artwork is to mock the workaholic life style of Hong Kong people and to reflect on what is the fair-share of career against family and leisure in one’s life.

Set 1 Curves

Set 2 Curves

Wireframe Griding

Robotic Renderings (2023)

This project is a light drawing choreographed by a UR10 Robotic Arm. The light drawing is created by a long exposure photo taken of a moving light. We designed an architectuure as the drawing as we stated a hypothesis that robotic arm can assist in in-situ simulation of architectural construction.

In my postgraduate studies...

beside traditional architecctural theory and design methodologues, I wish to contrinue explore the potentials of Robotic in Construction and automation technologies in influencing and adapting to the emerging narratives within the discourse of architectural practices.

Charcoal Life Drawings

Knitted Polystyrene- Installation Art

Group project with Chen, Giatzoylou, Yu

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