Portfolio Excerpt-
Julian Huang
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Curriculum Vitae
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Academic Work 04- Peckham Alternative Health Service 15- Zoetrope 19- East London Aromatherapy Centre and Horticultural Club 21- Barcelona Institute of Bathymetry
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Competition Work 23- Bering Strait Competition 24- Hakka Cultural Park 25- Shenji Island Renewal
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Professional Work 27- Ashton Porter Architects 30- Allies & Morrison Architects
Cover: Mapping the Engine room inside HMS Belfast with touch and sound, London, 2007, part of the research carried out for the Batymetry of Institute in Barcelona.
Sample of Portfolio This booklet is produced to illustrate a selection of architectural projects taken from the past seven years ranging from academic, competition and professional experiences to demonstrate the wide range of skills and techniques that I have to offer and possess. However, it is only a very condensed version and if a full version of the portfolio is required, please do not hesitate to get in contact with me through the contact details below.
Contact: Julian Huang 64 Ravensbourne Park Crescent London SE6 4YP United Kingdom Email: zineil@hotmail.com Tel: +4420 8690 7523 Mob: +44 7739417019/+66 853359350
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Curriculum Vitae Academic Qualifications: 09/2010- 06/2012: M.Arch, Masters of Architecture (Distinction) ARB/RIBA Part II Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London
08-09/2007, 06-07/2008: Mangera Yvars Architects (MYAA-Arq), London Intern, Islamic Cultural Centre in Harrow, London Hotel in Musaffah, Abu Dhabi.
09/2005- 06/2008: BSc Arch, (First Class Honours) ARB/RIBA Part I Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London
08-09/2003: Roger Stirk Harbour+ Partners, London Wor experience
09/2004- 07/2005: Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA), London Professional Experience: 08/2012: Course tutor at Bartlett, UCL architecture summer school 07/2012: Think Big Factory Research Group Part of a Think Tank collaborated with Tesco U.K on the development of future digital shopping 10/2009-01/2010: Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects, London Assistant Architect, Hilton House, private housing development, London Roden Court, extra-care apartment housing, London
Awards: -2012, UCL Bartlett School of Architecture Summer Show Opener Prize, ‘Best in show’. -2012, Dean’s list for achieving a distinction -2009, 3rd place, Bering Strait ideas Competition -2008, 1st place, Hakka Cultural Park in Guangdong, China (collaboration with Metamode) -2008, Dean’s list for achieving a First Class Honours -2003, 2nd place, best work experience student’s project, Roger Stirk Harbour. Software, Skills & Languages: Proficient in Rhino (V4 SR8), AutoCad, 3D Studio Max, Microstation(V8i), Adobe softwares and Sketchup. I am highly competent with hand drawing and sketching, and also model making. I have experience in using Laser Cutter and CNC milling machines. Languages spoken (fluent) include English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
08/2008-09/2009: Allies and Morrison Architects, London Assistant Architect, London Olympic Legacy Master Plan (LMF) IBC/MPC (London Olympic Media/Press Centre)
Referees: Mrs Izaskun Chinchilla Izaskun Chinchilla Architects, Personal Tutor, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. Telephone: +34 913 557 101 Email: zaszaskun@yahoo.es
12/2007, 06-08/2008: Ashton Porter Architects, London Intern, Private house, London Studio and house extension, London
Mrs Siv Helen Stangeland Partner, Helene & Hard Architects Personal Tutor, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL Telephone: +47 40 64 06 72 Email: shs@hha.no
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ACADEMIC Throughout my five years of studies, I have built up a strong working portfolio that consists of a wide variety of different projects that deals with a range of different topics. At the beginning of each academic year, each project’s brief and site has to be individually determined. This required a thorough analysis and investigation into a particular area of interest. Areas of interests in my projects ranges from spatial conditions of darkness and material investigation of granite, to more politically and socially driven projects on healthcare and social welfare. These projects also demonstrate my abilities of using a wide spectrum of media to represent different ideas, from hand drawings (both constructed and freehand) to computer generated models and highly precise and intricate physical models.
25 CLINICS THAT FORMS THE NEW ALTERNATIVE HEALTH SERVICE IN PEC KHAM, LONDON. 2012 Instead of using western medicine, the clinics will utilise alternative methods of treatment, such as Chinese and African herbal medicine and Ayurvedic medicine. This would directly reflect the demographics of the local population, and providing treatment methods that are more familiar and sensitive with the local community.
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Ay Gua Sha is abrading the skin with pieces of smooth jade, bone, animal tusks or horns or smooth stones; until red spots then bruising cover the area to which it is done. It is believed that this treatment is for almost any ailment including cholera. The red spots and bruising take 3 to 10 days to heal, there is often some soreness in the area that has been treated.
Gua Sha is abrading the skin with pieces of smooth jade, bone, animal tusks or horns or smooth stones; until red spots then bruising cover the area to which it is done. It is believed that this treatment is for almost any ailment including cholera. The red spots and bruising take 3 to 10 days to heal, there is often some soreness in the area that has been treated.
Method: Ayurvedic Basti involves the introduction into the rectum of herbal concoctions of sesame oil, and certain herbal preparations in a liquid medium. Basti, is the most effective treatment of Vata disorders, although many enemas over a prescribed period of time are usually required
Method: Ayurvedic Basti involves the introduction into the rectum of herbal concoctions of sesame oil, and certain herbal preparations in a liquid medium. Basti, is the most effective treatment of Vata disorders, although many enemas over a prescribed period of time are usually required
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Gua Sha is abrading the skin with pieces of smooth jade, bone, animal tusks or horns or smooth stones; until red spots then bruising cover the area to which it is done. It is believed that this treatment is for almost any ailment including cholera. The red spots and bruising take 3 to 10 days to heal, there is often some soreness in the area that has been treated.
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Acupuncture involves the use of needles, which are placed at specific points and left in the body for a short period of time. With proper needle placement, it is believed that the body releases endorphins and engages nerve endings in the body. This helps to block pain and restore the body’s functions for optimal health
Acupuncture involves the use of needles, which are placed at specific points and left in the body for a short period of time. With proper needle placement, it is believed that the body releases endorphins and engages nerve endings in the body. This helps to block pain and restore the body’s functions for optimal health
Method: Small linen bags filled with a specially prepared mixture are applied locally to relieve pain. The effect of the herbal extracts is to relieve the pain, and to relax and build up the affected area
Method: Small linen bags filled with a specially prepared mixture are applied locally to relieve pain. The effect of the herbal extracts is to relieve the pain, and to relax and build up the affected area
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Method: Herbal juices, medicated oils etc. are applied through the nose. This Benefits of Nasya are immense and treatment is highly effective for certain kinds of Headaches, Pre-mature graying of hair, clarity to voice, Headaches of various origin
Method: Herbal juices, medicated oils etc. are applied through the nose. This Benefits of Nasya are immense and treatment is highly effective for certain kinds of Headaches, Pre-mature graying of hair, clarity to voice, Headaches of various origin
Method: mixture of the lukewarm herbal oils are poured into a cap fitted on the head for 15 to 60 minutes per day for the time period advised by the Ayurveda physician .The Shiro Vasthi Ayurveda treatment is highly effective for facial paralysis, dryness of nostrils, mouth and throat, severe headaches
Method: mixture of the lukewarm herbal oils are poured into a cap fitted on the head for 15 to 60 minutes per day for the time period advised by the Ayurveda physician .The Shiro Vasthi Ayurveda treatment is highly effective for facial paralysis, dryness of nostrils, mouth and throat, severe headaches
The herbal medicines in TCM are used by practitioners in a variety of ways. They are typically blended in a specific combination to treat many ailments that can afflict the body. The herbal medicine may be found in various forms including teas, pills, extracts, powders, or pastes
The herbal medicines in TCM are used by practitioners in a variety of ways. They are typically blended in a specific combination to treat many ailments that can afflict the body. The herbal medicine may be found in various forms including teas, pills, extracts, powders, or pastes
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The herbal medicines in TCM are used by practitioners in a variety of ways. They are typically blended in a specific combination to treat many ailments that can afflict the body. The herbal medicine may be found in various forms including teas, pills, extracts, powders, or pastes
The herbal medicines in TCM are used by practitioners in a variety of ways. They are typically blended in a specific combination to treat many ailments that can afflict the body. The herbal medicine may be found in various forms including teas, pills, extracts, powders, or pastes
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Method the leaves of medicinal plants are boiled and resulting steam is given to the whole body. This Ayurveda treatment is helpful in removing the impurities from the body, reducing fat and also helpful to recover from some skin diseases. This Ayurvedic Therapy is a part of the Panchakarma procedures
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Both an investigation of the current health care service of the United Kingdom and an examination of the health conditions of modern health care facilities. My final project calls for a complete overhaul of a local health care service in Peckham, London. The brief consists of 25 alternative health clinics that can be integrated into the urban fabric of the local community, making access to health care far easier, efficient and more dynamic, as it would become a part of the everyday process. For example, going to the supermarket also mean accessing the dietician; going to the gym can get access to the physiotherapist; and going to the local butchers can access the minor surgery clinic. u
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Method: Herbal juices, medicated oils etc. are applied through the nose. This Benefits of Nasya are immense and treatment is highly effective for certain kinds of Headaches, Pre-mature graying of hair, clarity to voice, Headaches of various origin
The herbal medicines in TCM are used by practitioners in a variety of ways. They are typically blended in a specific combination to treat many ailments that can afflict the body. The herbal medicine may be found in various forms including teas, pills, extracts, powders, or pastes
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medical establishment with his book ‘Medical Nemesis’, in which he proposed that the only way to revepatient. However, I would like to cast a more critical eye over his theory of self-care; as forty years post never been greater. Yet the medicalization of our society has only increased. Therefore I argue that if we ut rather, it is within the social, societal and environmental context surrounding the patient, as an increc ini Cl
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SITE-WIDE PRESPECTIVE OF NEW ALTERNATIVE HEALTH SERVICE IN PEC KHAM, LONDON. 2012 The project also deals with the possible consequences of the new alternative health care system on an urban scale, how it could alter the physical appearance of the local community. Due to the privatisation of the health care service, individual households would be able to produce the necessary herbal products the clinics need to operate, they could do so on their roof tops, or even using active green faรงades to grow herbs. More and more of the community would take part in growing herb, to supply the clinic and make money, and also for self-treatment and prevention, eventually, the overall physical appearance of the community could take on an entirely new perspective.
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HEALTHY CLINICAL SPACES Above: Transitional spaces of the Shira Dharo Clinic and its herbarium and plantation room, which the patient have to use to collect the herb required for their treatment process. In doing so, the patient would learn about the medicinal properties of different plants and herbs. Opposite: Interior of the fire cupping clinic above the supermarket. Old and disused fire cups are used for the cladding of the building, these essentially act as lenses, filtering and capturing sun light coming into the treatment room.
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The top of the chimneys have openings that correspond with the prevailing wind
Warm Air out Pipes inside directs natural air down to the clinic spaces room Glaszing on the top of the central chimney allows day-light penetrate
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The second aim of the project together with the Thesis is to introduce more healthy medical spaces that can actively contribute to well-being of the users. Through the Thesis investigation, which found current medical spaces actually increased the anxiety and stress levels of patients and staff, therefore, counterproductive to the whole treatment or healing process. Each of the proposed clinic seek to calm and reduce the stress experienced by visiting health clinics, either through introducing access to nature inside the medical space and using natural and soft materials (above), and wherever possible use natural lighting and ventilation (far left), these elements all help to contribute to an medical environment that can actively help the treatment or healing process.
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SECTION SHIRO DHARA CLINIC The Shiro Dhara clinic is responsible for the treatment of BMI (body mass index) disorders, such as patients who suffer from anorexia or obesity, or for those who are conscious about their body weight. For this reason, the clinic would be situated above the local clothing store, where it would be more convinent for shoppers to access the clinic at the same time as buying clothes. The clinic can be directly acceesed from the changing rooms inside the clothing store. An external elevator takes the patients upto the roof level, where the clinic is located. These sections illustrate how the proposed clinics are integrated into the urban fabric of the local community. They form a part of the process of the daily routine of local residents, making accessing healthcare a part of everyday life, thus health care in the future have a higher emphasis on prevention.
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The Swedana clinic deals with dermatological disorders, as such; it would be situated behind hair dressers and beauty salons. This would be more convenient for customer who suffers from dermatological complains, to visit the clinic at the same time as getting a haircut or seeing the beautician. Furthermore, the staff in the salon or beautician might even spot potential dermatological disorders, in which the customer who access the clinic straight away, preventing worsening of the condition.
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Medicalization is a concept first introduced by Ivan Illich, who famously attacked the medical establishm ent with his book ‘Medical Nemesis’, in which he proposed that the only way to reverse the effect of med icalization was to shift the power of health care from physician to patient. However, I would like to cast a more critical eye over his theory of self-care; as forty years post ‘Medical Nemesis’ indicates, the ability of patients to administer their own health has never been greater. Yet the medicalization of our society has only increased. Therefore I argue that if we are to liberate from a medicalised society, it does not lie in the patient’s own hands, but rather, it is within the social, societal and environmental context surrounding the patient, as an increasing amount of illness are attributed to these factors.
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KEY: 1. Exsisting garage 2. Structural cloumn 3. Clinic floor slab 4. Clinic Waiting room + salon hair washing room 5. Staircase to treatment rooms 6. Verticle garden 7. Swedana treatment room 8. Sari wall 9. Ventilation 10. Lightwell 11. Rain water run off tank 12. Hair salon 13. Salon entrance 14. Staircase to clinic 15. Exsisting apartment
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HEALTH DIAGRAMS These diagrams demonstrate to future patients the step by step procedures of the new alternative health care system. It can be adapted to a type of signage where the local community can navigate and find the most suitable treatment procedure.
AXONOMETRIC OF CLINIC This exploded axonometric illustrates the different views the clinic offer to the patient occupying the clinical space. Each of the points of view have been strategically located to help relieve the anxiety and tension that can be experienced by patients in clinical spaces. These include the entrance, the waiting room and the transitional spaces. These would be different views of nature, such as garden spaces and greenery.
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ZOETROPE A zoetrope is a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures. While traditional zoetrope produced only a two-dimensional animation, the zoetrope I created produces a three-dimensional animation, this is achieved by making a series of repeated physical models that are synced with a strobe light flashing at the same speed as per number of models.
This zoetrope was part of a project that examined vulnerable communities in contemporary societies, in particular, modern day Transient Communities. The aim was to identify the different vulnerabilities these communities face, which are preventing them from leading a transient life. These include social integration, lack of education and employment opportunities and environmental degradation. The zoetrope was a direct response to this brief and it represents a series of strategies that protected the Travelling Communities and the vulnerabilities they face and encouraged them to lead a mobile life once again. The main purpose of using a zoetrope to illustrate these strategies was its emphasis on movement and transience, highlighting the idea of mobility and a mobile life.
ZOETROPE FABRICATION PROCESSES, 2011
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ZOETROPE MODEL The zoetrope measures 1.2 meters in diameter and consist of 15 frames of models, which are made up of 350 different individual models made from over 1500 separate elements. Some of the elements were laser cut, while others were hand moulded with clay. In order to create a seamless movement of the animation, each of the model had to be very accurately located onto the base plate, otherwise it would create an wobble effect to the animation.
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TESTING ZOETROPE To operate the zoetrope, a totally darkened space is required, plus a strobe light flashing 15 times per second. This corresponds with the 15 frames of models on the zoetrope, making the animation into a 1 second real-life sequence. The zoetrope is mounted onto a specially constructed table that’s equipped with a car windscreen wiper engine fitted at the centre point, which spins the zoetrope at 60rmp. Four roller skate wheels on 4 sides of the table adds further support to the zoetrope and help the rotation of the model.
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4th Year SECTION OF EAST LONDON AROMATHERPAY CENTRE CUM HORTICULTURAL CLUB, 2011 The horticutural club and aromatherapy centre is a direct response to the social and economic difficulties experienced by the East London borough of Newham. The brief utilises the high levels of working age adult unemployment and low levels of local community health, to develop a horticultural club, which would be run and managed by the unemployed local residents, and through a series of development phases, the horticultural club could generate income and investment for the creation of the alternative treatment centre, which would provide affordable, and high quality, and more importantly, environmentally low-impact health-care for the local community, through the taking part of rigorous and healthy gardening work in the horticultural club, and using alternative treatment processes such as aromatherapy and herbal therapy cultivated in the horticultural club to be used in the alternative treatment centre
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Institute of Bathymetry, Barcelona, 2006 The Institute of Bathymetry is a Deep Sea Research facility situated in the indutrial harbour in Barcelona. The project was insipired by the Spanish explorer Narciso Monturiol, who was the first person in the world to sucessfully develope a submarine, and tested it in the harbours of Barcelona, right next to the site. The project responses to the historical lineage, and celebrates the archievements of this explorer. Furthermore, the project dives deeper into the depth, and explores the changing atmospheric conditions of the ocean, such as the light and pressure of the abyss, and architecturally translates them into different propositions for the Institute of Bathymetry. 21
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COMPETITION Ideas and interests developed in the academic field were further explored in various architectural competitions I have taken part in. These range from large scale projects like the redevelopment of a
disused quarry in Heyuan, China, and a Peace and Memorial Park across the Bering Strait, to small scale street interventions to rejuvenate the cultural heritage of Huang Long Island in the East China Sea.
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Hakka Cultural Park competion, HeYuan, China. 2009 Viewing Platform
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A large scale redevelopment of a disused quarry in Heyuan, Southern China. The proposal comprises a library, town hall, museum and a 1.5km long landscaped garden. I was invited to take part in this competition together with Metamode, and the scheme was awarded the 1st prize.
Access View through front window down to city planning model
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The first phase of the alternative health service is the implementation of a series of mobile alternative medicine clinics that focuses on the educational
(3rd Prize) Memorial/ Peace Park, Bering Strait Ideas competition Each memorial consists of fragmented pieces of structures that have inspired by the mechanics of clocks and watches. They sit on the frozen, desolate landscape, representing a shattered and broken society, a civilization at war and conflict. But during one particular moment on one particular day of the year, which is determined by the date of the end of that conflict being represented, the fragmented pieces would come together through the unique angle of the sun to form a perfect circle in the shape of a shadow. (images below) This is a metaphor for the creation of peace and unification, and marks the date of the end of a conflict. However, as the ice below the memorials melts and breaks away due to the warming of the Arctic seas, these structures are designed to break and fall into the ocean, thus becoming a barometer and metaphor for the changing environment and the fragility of our planet.
International Peace Park and Arctic Laboratory centre, Bering Strait, 2009 The proposal aims at connecting the East and West ends of the Bering Strait by constructing an undersea tunnel from Cape Dezhnev in Siberia, Russia, to Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska, United States. The underwater tunnel would help to minimize damage caused by the extreme weather of the Bering Strait. At the same time, I also developed a Peace Park at the centre of the scheme along the International Dateline. This Peace Park consists of a series of memorials that refer to different conflicts in human history and the strategic location of these memorials along the International Dateline symbolizes the timelessness and eternity of the Peace Park, and Peace itself. The project was awarded the 3rd prize for its ‘poetic interpretation of the programme and its engagement with the unique natural environment of the Bering Strait’, and subsequently it has been exhibited and published internationally.
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Shengsi Islands: Renewing China’s Traditional Village, 2012 Sited on a culturally rich island of the East coast of Zhejiang, the island is facing a depopulation crisis and as a result the traditional way of life on the island is fast disappearing. The project aim to tackle this problem by rejuvenating the streets of the island through a series of interventions that utilises local materials to create employment opportunities and to make a more self-sufficient community, to strength and preserve the local culture and its heritage.
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Interior and exterior details of the suburban studio
PROFESSIONAL I have professional experiences in visualization, interior design, spatial planning, urban-masterplan, model making and compiling detail drawings and works packages for construction. I worked on a wide range of architectural projects from award winning private residential
builds, such as the suburban studio with Ashton Porter Architects, to large scale urban-masterplan developments, such as the London Olympics Media Centre and Legacy Framework with Allies and Morrison Architects.
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Plan of Suburban Studio & House Extension
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House extension and entrance gate, Ashton Porter Architects
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Different views across the LMF proposal. Allies & Morrison
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Portfolio Excerpt Julian Huang Email: zineil@hotmail.com Tel: +4420 8690 7523 Mob: +44 7739417019