ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO KANGJUN NG
RESUME
KANGJUN NG EDUCATION
Nationality: Malaysia DOB: 12 DEC 1986
p: e: kangjun.ng@gmail.com
MArchD APPLIED DESIGN IN ARCHITECTURE ARB/RIBA PART 2 School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University Oxford, United Kingdom 2014-2016 BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES MINOR IN ART HISTORY Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada 2008-2012
EMPLOYMENT
RSP ARCHITECTS KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA Assistant Architect Nov 2012 - Jul 2014 Project types: Responsibilities: BIM projects, mixed use, Proven eye for details in documentationresidential from design development through to construction. Gained knowledge of construction methods and detailing, as well as experience in authority submission. Ability to work effectively in a team, instant commnicating with clients and coordination meeting with other consultants. CARLETON UNIVERSITY OTTAWA, CANADA Graphics Services Employee Jan 2010 - May 2012 Responsibilities: Customer services - photocopy, scan, printing and fax. Assisting customers with photocopy machines. Graphic design works.
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AWARDS & PUBLICATION
AutoCAD, Revit, ArchiCAD, Rhino, Sketch Up, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premium Pro, After Effect, Microsoft Words, Power Point, Excel, physical modeling, lasercutting Mandarin - Native English - Fluent Malay - Basic Hokkien - Basic Cantonese - Basic ‘12-’13 Dean’s Honor List ‘10-’11 Building 22 Annual Magazine
CONTENTS
ACADEMIC NEW GALLERY OF OTTAWA RETROFITTING OXFORD GATEWAY PALETTE OF TASTE
PROFESSIONAL PALOMA GRAND MEDINI
MISCELLANEOUS MIXED MEDIA MODEL MAKING
ACADEMIC
NEW GALLERY OF OTTAWA ARCHITECTURE & SOCIAL EQUITY: RAMPING A PATH FOR ALL WINTER 2012
YEAR 04 DESIGN STUDIO
TUTOR: HONORATA PIEN’KOWSKA
The architecture of today puts a great deal of focus on its form and façade expression where accessibility can sometimes be left without concern. Along with today’s rapidly advancing technologies, 2m by 2m elevators are shaping the standards and approaches to accessible architecture and design as a whole, therefore reducing the significance of accessible universal design. This gesture often creates segregation of people’s movement through the architecture, creating stigmatization or “branding”. The New Gallery of Ottawa challenges today’s over simplified and under thought accessible architectural design in believing that universal design applies
not only to “the disabled” but to all members of society. The design will offer accessibility that is not stigmatizing, but beneficial to all users such as people with permanent or temporary disabilities, senior citizens, children, and others. The choice of color, texture, material, and spatial layout attempts to accommodate everyone and especially those with different types of disabilities, such as the people with limited walking abilities, the sightless, the partially sighted, and the hearing impaired, by allowing them to move through the structure independently. Overall, the New Gallery of Ottawa uses elements of accessible universal design as a key to promote social equity.
The project used the expressiveness of human body as a conceptual tool to inspire structure and layout for the design. The overall gesture of the building demonstrates the struggle within the mental illness patients, which diverge into two parts. One is where mental illness patients attempt to reach out to society; however, their lack of abilities, two, drags them back and prevents them from joining the norm. The half that is forced to pull back engraves its hand into the earth, creating voids and planes. These voids and planes were translated into walls, pathways, ramps, etc.
Slanted roof with steel structure
Translucent walls
Ramp gallery
Private therapy rooms
Residences Event space
Workshop space Classrooms
Sunken garden
Staff room
Exhibition space Library Shop Cafe Main access
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Ground floor plan
Section A-A
Section B-B
Visualization - Exterior ramp gallery
RETROFITTING OXFORD GATEWAY TOOL IN CREATING A BETTER PLACE IDENTITY 2014/2015
MASTER YEAR 01 URBAN DESIGN STUDIO
TUTOR: DR ALAN REEVE
Oxford railway station plays an important role in giving a first impression of the city to the visitors on their first arrival there. Oxford is a historical and a beautiful city, unfortunately, the station does not portray this image. In order to serves as a more prominent gateway into the city of Oxford, the railway station and Frideswide square have to be redesigned. Oxford City Council’s proposal for redeveloping the West-End area which includes the railway station has been incorporated for
this project. Studies on the proposal have been carried out and few changes have been made accordingly. Urban squares are created for better pedestrian experience, as well as help forming a more legible path into the city centre. Mixed-use development is proposed to create a constant ‘liveable’ and vibrant community by attracting a wide variety of users to the area.
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Railway Station Church
Railway tracks Drop-off area Outdoor theatre
Section A-A - Open space between Railway Station drop off and St. Thomas church
Said Business School Railway Station Railway Station
Bus lane
Section B-B - Frideswide Square, a pedestrian-dominated and shared space with limited vehicular activity
Residential block Retail block Residential block Internal courtyard
Section C-C - Proposed mixed-use development
Sensory experiences are intimately intertwined with perceptual memories of the built environments. Creating a rich sensory environment is significant in delivering the ‘feel good’ factor to both the visitors and locals. With respect to urban design and environment quality improvement related issues, enhancement of sensory experiences has to be considered all around the space to keep users interested.
SOUND This refers to the mixture of different sound experience at Frideswide square, which come from different type of transportation (cars, buses, and trains), as well as people’s talking. Sound also coming from the outdoor theatre near the station main drop-off plaza.
SMELL Smelling experience can be attractive and memorable to the people, especially the smell of coffee and baked goods coming from the cafes and restaurants.
TOUCH This includes different flooring finishes at urban squares and pedestrian walkways. Cobblestone is able to help traffic calming and give unique sound experience; while pedestrian prefer to walk on smoother surface. In addition, water body is introduced in proposed mixed use development to give extra experiences.
Cobblestone
Exposed aggregate
Paving tiles
SIGHT It is vital to appreciate unique views of the built environment. This includes the views of the north entrance of Railway station to the Frideswide square and the south-east entrance to the St. Thomas church, as well as views into the nature and river in the mixed use development.
Sensory Map - studies on sensory experiences at urban spaces
Current street view
Visualization - Railway station drop-off with view of St.Thomas church
PALETTE OF TASTE GASTRONOMIC JOURNEY TO HEALING VALDELUZ 2015/2016
MASTER YEAR 02 DESIGN STUDIO
TUTORS: DR IGEA TROIANI & ANDREW DAWSON
Nowadays, the number of people who are stressed out has been rapidly increased, especially in countries like Spain who is currently experiencing devastating economic crisis and trying to recover from it. Many of them are constantly in fear of uncertainty of their life that might lead to mental and physical health issues, in which stress is able to cause poor appetite. People are more focused on goals such as money, fame, and image while the relationships and community ties are weaker. The time pressure and work overload lifestyle have induced them to eat only for
fulfilling a biological need. Slow eating/food has become the luxurious lifestyle for its time consumption and dining experience. The “fastlife� has changed our lifestyle and can be harmful to both mental and physical health. As Spanish eating is a unique culture and tradition, a food related architectural proposition will be conceived with the aim of reviving social and economic development in Valdeluz, an unfinished Spanish town, as well as giving the residents of Valdeluz and visitors a space to celebrate food culture.
Valdeluz, a Spanish surburb located 60km northeast of Madrid, consists of abandoned buildings and unfinished structures due to the economic downturn. It was meant to be a city of 30,000 but turned out to be a despair ghost town. During the site visit to Valdeluz, a noticeable situation has been discovered as the only place in the city that successfully gathered residents is a cafĂŠ at the corner despite the empty streets and park. This observed scenario has proven that food and drink play a significant role in Spanish life. However, Spanish eating has been criticized in making the country with low productivity.
SLOW FOOD The tower has been created to celebrate Spanish Eating by introducing a culinary journey which includes breakfast pick up store, colour dining rooms with for different food and events, and roof top tapas bar. Also, there is an inflatable structure for sobremesa (meeting) place, where can be inflated when needed.
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Kitchen Floor Plan
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Ground Floor Plan - Food Store, Cafe and Market
HEALING A community based wellbeing centre with the aim to provide an environment of practical and emotional support with the use of food. Special programs and workshop such as cooking classes, herb garden and wellness care have been designed for individuals who have wellbeing and lifestyle issues, as well as their families and friends.
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Existing concrete slab Steel beam Bolt and nut joint C - channel Steel decking
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DETAIL B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Metal panel cladding 130mm depth insulation 75mm depth insulation Waterproof membrane Gypsum board ceiling Steel universal pin connector Prefabricated steel beam
DETAIL C 5
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Prefabricated steel beam 40mm steel rod mullion Steel universal pin connector Insulated double glazing Steel plate connector
New structural steel frame
Existing unfinished structure
New ‘Rice’- like structure
PROFESSIONAL
PALOMA RSP ARCHITECTS KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
I was involved in this project from initial schematic and concept design, to regular coordination meetings with client and other consultants. I was also responsible for the proposal documentation and authority submission. The project is one of the phases within 88 acre Metropark master planning, located in the city centre of Selangor, Malaysia. Paloma is a residential project which contains 2 towers with a total number of 571 units, 16 units of townhouses and proposed facilities.
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Transfer
Residential area
Circulation core & ramp
Overall massing
Facilities floor
Sky deck
Townhouses
Main entrance and guard house
TOWNHOUSE DROP-OFF A green featured wall was proposed as the entrance statement to the exclusive townhouses.
GRAND MEDINI RSP ARCHITECTS KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
I was involved in this project as the project architect, who was responsible for major client and technical meetings. I was also taking the responsibility in designing and drafting the design details, which include 6 different residential units for this project. The project is a proposed housing development, located in Medini, Johor, a city at the boundary of Malaysia and Singapore. It contains 3 blocks of residential apartment with a total of 672 units and proposed facilities.
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Type B
42.64 sq.m.
56.11 sq.m.
Type C
Type D
77.12 sq.m.
82.12 sq.m.
Type E
Type F
102.94 sq.m.
102.03 sq.m.
Infinity pool - 50m lap pool sits on top of carpark podium
Entrance statement - guard house design & the Central Garden
TOWER A
FACILITIES TOWER C
TOWER B
CENTRAL GARDEN
MAIN ENTRANCE
Planter box/pool deck section detail
MISCELLANEOUS
MIXED MEDIA Colour dining rooms
Colour vs Senses
Nature room
Blue/Salty room
Red/Hot room
Food play
Deconstructed chocolate reservation
Rice krispie composition
MODEL MAKING Parasite structure
Parasite structure on fundamental frame (cardstock+rope)
Various presentation models done for academic works
Observation tower, San Gimignano, Italy
New Gallery of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada