RESIDENTIAL · PUBLIC · COMMERCIAL · INSTALLATION
Architecture
Selected Works 2013 - 2017
THE 2017 ISSUE
KENICKIE CHER
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO KENICKIE CHER
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Selected Works 2013 - 2017
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PROJECTS
RESIDENTIAL Housing for Refugees
18 CITY OF REFUGE RESIDENTIAL Home & Co-working Space
26 SHIPWRECK COMMERCIAL S.E.A Aquarium Expansion
32 PROJECT RUNWAY RESIDENTIAL Soho for Fashion Designers
40 MIGRATION INSTALLATION Computational Weaving
42 THE CAVE PUBLIC Singapore Visitors Center
46 KAKOI PUBLIC Gatehouse
48 BIGBULLY OTHERS Furniture Label
36 FLIGHTS OF FANCY INSTALLATION Singapore Night Festival 2014
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KENICKIE CHER kenickie_cher@mymail.sutd.edu.sg +65 9658 6332 Singapore University of Technology and Design Master of Architecture
THE EDITOR’S LETTER
Personally, architecture has always been about creating an experience for my user. Ever since I started my architecture studies, I have been constantly amazed by great architecture from all around the world. The experience of being in a space, or the feeling you get when you pass through it is really a special one. That, to me is something I would like my users to be able to feel and remember. Flipping through the pages, you will most definitely find that the carefully curated projects are each intended to evoke a certain type of feeling in the user. There are many different types of feelings; a positive feeling may come in the form of romance, while a negative feeling may take the form of irritation, or even insecurity. To be able to evoke feelings in someone is a very powerful thing. Feelings bring about various emotions and memories that are unique to each person.
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As an architect, it is my job to create that experience. To remember a space and how it made you feel, or to recall a past memory where you had the same feeling, that itself is what brings me great joy, and an indication that I have succeeded.
Kenickie
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S E L F - S U S TA I N I N G T O W N S HOUSING FOR REFUGEES
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MASTERS THESIS Christine Yogiaman
LOCATION Toa Payoh, Singapore
DATE Spring 2016
Refugees tend to remain in exile for long periods of years. What if Singapore had chosen to accept refugees to house them permanently instead of providing temporary asylum? This is a retroactive exercise in which the events of the Vietnamese refugee crisis in 1979 can inform and serve as a driving force for the creation of a long-term self-sustaining housing community that adopts a bottom up approach.
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SELF-SUSTAINING TOWNS HOUSING FOR REFUGEES
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OPPOSITE: ground floor plan
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SELF-SUSTAINING TOWNS HOUSING FOR REFUGEES
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OPPOSITE: infrastructure plan BELOW: housing components
HOUSING UNITS
FLOOR SLAB
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INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN
INFRASTRUCTURE
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BELOW: facade visualization
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SELF-SUSTAINING TOWNS HOUSING FOR REFUGEES
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OPPOSITE: typical floor plan
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SELF-SUSTAINING TOWNS HOUSING FOR REFUGEES
EMPTY ESTATE
80% OCCUPANCY
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TOP: axonometric diagram BOTTOM: key section
30% OCCUPANCY
50% OCCUPANCY
SCENARIO 2
SCENARIO 3
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BELOW: ground floor visualization
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RESIDENT IAL
CITY OF REFUGE HOME AND CO-WORKING SPACE
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OPTION STUDIO 2 Calvin Chua
LOCATION Toh Guan Road, Singapore
DATE Spring 2015
A co-working space situated in a warehouse along Toh Guan Road, users are free to rotate the homes to a position they prefer. Everywhere else becomes a space for working, the furniture part of common property. Communities are created, allies and feuds then arise, leaving the common spaces in a state of mess. When the mess outside becomes too unbearable, the home becomes your only refuge.
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CITY OF REFUGE HOME AND CO-WORKING SPACE TOP: unit roof, plan, elevation BOTTOM: unit kitchen, living, bedroom sections
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TOP: collective plan BOTTOM: site plan
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CITY OF REFUGE HOME AND CO-WORKING SPACE
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OPPOSITE: axonometric drawing
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CITY OF REFUGE HOME AND CO-WORKING SPACE
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BELOW: interior visualization
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CO MMERC IAL
SHIPWRECK S.E.A AQUARIUM EXPANSION
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CAPSTONE Chong Keng Hua, Timothy Li
LOCATION S.E.A Aquarium, Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore
DATE Spring 2015
MEMBERS Chia Zhong Ying Chua Yu Heng Delia Phua Doron Teh Kwong Shi Min Mavis Teo Ng Zu Da
Shipwreck, a proposed expansion to the S.E.A. Aquarium (SEAA), is located between the Aquarium and the Maritime Experiential Museum (MEM) at Resorts World Sentosa. A shipwreck, being a human intervention into nature, creates an unintended but beautiful dialogue between nature and the remnants of the ship, where sea creatures gradually inhabit the wreckage through cracks and voids. Taking reference from the Aquarium’s masterplan of ‘Land to Sea’, the proposed space is conceived as a beach, which serves as a transition between land (MEM) and sea (SEAA).
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SHIPWRECK S.E.A AQUARIUM EXPANSION TOP: visualization of dry touch pool BOTTOM: concept diagram
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TOP: visualization of invertebrate touch pool BOTTOM: anthropometric considerations
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SHIPWRECK S.E.A AQUARIUM EXPANSION TOP: plan BOTTOM: long section
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TOP: visualization of stingray touch pool BOTTOM: short section
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P R O J E C T R U N WAY SOHO FOR FASHION DESIGNERS
This project seeks to find new models for high density living, through innovative concepts for urban habitation. Making use of three apartment units merged together, Project Runway is both an office and a home for a fashion designer who requires a versatile space. The main feature is the runway that winds through the apartment, serving as circulation, storage, as well as a stage for fashion shows. The apartment becomes a home, a studio, a stage and a showroom whenever the need arises.
ARCHITECTURE STUDIO 3 Kee Wei Hui
LOCATION Bras Basah Complex, Singapore
DATE Fall 2014
OPPOSITE: runway configuration, long section BELOW: concept diagrams, short section
Maximise runway space
Create circulation
Versatile spaces formed
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PROJECT RUNWAY SOHO FOR FASHION DESIGNERS TOP: upper level plan BOTTOM: lower level plan
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BELOW: studio, runway & showroom conямБgurations
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I NSTALL AT IO N
FLIGHTS OF FANCY SINGAPORE NIGHT FESTIVAL 2014
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IN COLLABORATION WITH nipek, 3M, Martin
LOCATION National Design Center, Singapore
DATE Fall 2014
MEMBERS
Flights Of Fancy is an urban lighting installation piece, part of the Singapore Night Festival 2014. Inspired by a swarm of butterflies in mid-flight, this installation aims to give festival-goers a much needed romance in today’s fast-paced urban context. The National Design Center was transformed into a sea of shimmering “butterflies” that seem to be soaring up into the sky. At night, light reflects off the film and lands on the white walls of the space, creating a different experience for every user, even if they are next to each other.
Chiew Jia En Ng Hui Lin Ong Yong Siang Tracy Tan
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FLIGHTS OF FANCY SINGAPORE NIGHT FESTIVAL 2014
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OPPOSITE: the installation during the festival BELOW: concept development
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M I G R AT I O N COMPUTATIONAL WEAVING
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DESIGN COMPUTATION Sawako Kaijima
LOCATION International Design Center, Singapore
DATE Fall 2013
Migration is an installation piece that was part of the Introduction to Design Computation course. This installation was made from approximately 10,000 cable ties woven then attached to form a partition wall. Inspired by organisms that travel in swarms, this project incorporated a mix of both high and low technology, achieved through the use of Grasshopper, as well as hand-weaving techniques.
MEMBERS Ao Chin Wen Melissa Lim Terence Chew Tong Li Shi Zhou Ao Bo
TOP: individual components BOTTOM: color gradient, side view, front view of installation
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PUB LIC
T H E C AV E SINGAPORE VISITORS CENTER
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ARCHITECTURE STUDIO 2 Oliver Heckmann
LOCATION Orchard Road, Singapore
DATE Spring 2014
The Cave is a proposed underground building to replace the current Visitors Center. This project is an exploration of porosity from both positive and negative spaces, where there is no distinction between the walls, oor and furniture. Additional programs include a cafe as well as a gift shop. Natural light is brought into the structure through the use of many acrylic blocks penetrating through the spaces.
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THE CAVE SINGAPORE VISITORS CENTER TOP: interior view of cafe BOTTOM: concept diagrams
Visitors Center
Gift Shop
CafĂŠ
3 programs of different importance
Direct circulation to maximise space
Considering spatial requirements
Prioritise placement of entrances
Programs circle down to atrium
TOP: interior view of gift shop BOTTOM: sectional slices
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PUB LIC
KAKOI GATEHOUSE
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ARCHITECTURE STUDIO 1 Jackson Tan
LOCATION SUTD Dover Campus, Singapore
DATE Fall 2013
The project asks for a new entrance structure in SUTD that allows pedestrian and vehicular access when open and blocks access when closed. Kakoi was inspired by the Japanese interpretation of gates and fences, creating a gatehouse that teases while never revealing everything about what lies behind the gates. One half contains the guardhouse, while the other contains a Japanese tea house.
OPPOSITE BOTTOM: structure when closed, when open BELOW: north and south elevations, long sections
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OT HERS
BIGBULLY FURNITURE LABEL
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DISCIPLINES Graphic Design, Interior, Architecture
LOCATION Second Life
DATE Ongoing
BIGBULLY is a furniture, homeware and architecture label in Second Life that focuses mainly on minimalist and contemporary styles. The products are mostly inspired by the aesthetics of clean silhouettes and sleek shapes. Products currently available range from bigger items such as armchairs and oor lamps, to the smaller decorative items like tea sets and vases, with the occasional inclusion of architectural structures too.
OPPOSITE: a modern take on Victorian furniture BELOW: wooden lattice pavilion, sideboard with accents
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KENICKIE CHER kenickie_cher@mymail.sutd.edu.sg +65 9658 6332 Singapore University of Technology and Design Master of Architecture