Kenneth Chen Portfolio 2017

KENNETH CHEN FOLIO Projects Melbourne airport hotel Southbank studio apartments Grasshopper and Kangaroo Tensile fabric formwork construction Truss analysis application Abaqus structural analysis Pencil drawings

The point of travel is to inspire, learn, restore and develop one’s self through different experiences. However, travel for some, especially from the perspective of businessmen, is often dull, stressful and not of spiritual intentions. The aim of this hotel is therefore to restore a sense of appreciation towards air travel and to relieve stress.

The cloud-like form of the building seeks to attain two main qualities of a cloud: 1. A mysterious and seemingly unreachable object in the endless sky that generates a sense of curiosity, promoting the desire to travel through the sky.

2. Peace and relaxation due to its soft and ephermal nature.

When travelling, the hotel may be one of many destinations and should therefore be aligned with the spiritual idea of why people travel. In this respect, this hotel is a destination of restoration and inspiration.

View from airport terminal 4

MELBOURNE AIRPORT T4 HOTEL 2

Architectural design Rhino modelling and drafting Rendering using Vray

Application: The grid becomes the structure to support the volumes.

Initial inspiration: a cloud is abstracted by being pixelised and gridded

Abstraction: the gridded cloud geometry is reinterpreted as volumes, lines and surfaces.

The volume is used as enclosed rooms.

The surface forms continuous open spaces.

Application: The grid supports both vertical and horizontal surfaces. (Inspired by House NA, Sou Fujimoto)

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Airport link

Night view

MELBOURNE AIRPORT T4 HOTEL 4

Corridor above lobby Architectural design Rhino modelling and drafting Rendering using Vray

View from the building opposite the road

Waiting area: views and commercial opportunity

View from passing cars

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View of runway

Existing road

Passenger link

Public space

View of city skyline

This project aims to utilise the unique programmatic requirements of artist work spaces as well as artist and normal apartment residences to generate a financially viable system that benefits both artists, residents and the public.

The concept is a network of voids that connect all the floors of apartments to studio spaces. These voids are open shared spaces which are adjacent to the artist studios. The close proximity between open spaces and studios are therefore a catalyst of social and artistic interaction between residents, artists and the public.

The public realm extends from the ground level to the top of the carpark and is connected to the network of voids in the tower. The use of large LCDs facing the open ground area promotes the work of artists and invites the public to journey through the voids. As residents and the public are encouraged to engage in art, this project hopes to elevate the importance of an artistic presence in areas of high population density and housing demand where artists are otherwise often neglected.

The financial viability of the project is conceptualised as the transfer of individual balcony spaces into a shared single open space that remains funded by residents.

The social and cultural benefits of the whole balcony network is therefore greater than the sum of its parts while remaining similar in terms of cost to residents.

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Extending public realm above carpark and into the tower.

Typical plan with more balcony space

Standard apartment balconies

Merging balconies into continuous network of open spaces

Typical plan with less balcony space

SOUTH BANK STUDIO APARTMENTS 6

Architectural design Rhino modelling and drafting Rendering using Vray

1 bedroom 25sqm

1 bedroom 50sqm

2 bedroom 50sqm

2 bedroom 75sqm Building as modular units 3 bedroom 75sqm

Units removed to create voids

Apartment Modularity

Spatial Analysis

Artist’s residence 1 bedroom 2 bedroom 3 bedroom

Units removed to create voids Living spaces are solid

Shared space Shared space

Living spaces distribution Shared open space Projection spaces Public performance spaces

Voids consist of studios and shared space

Public space analysis Shared space Double height studios L-shaped studios Expandable spaces Single studios Double width studios Workshops, retail, restaurants

Studio spaces

Studio space analysis

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RESERVOIR APARTMENTS (ARCHITERIA ARCHITECTS) 8

Sketchup modelling Rendered using Lumion Post processing using Photoshop

BLYTH STREET (ARCHITERIA ARCHITECTS)

Architectural design for planning permit Sketchup modelling Rendering using Lumion

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GRASSHOPPER 10

Generated vegation using grasshopper Rhino modelling Rendered using Vray Post processing using Photoshop

Degree of fractalisation

Density of branches

Size of bounding sphere and density of leaves

Field distortion

Scaling and rearrangement of branches

Degree and size of fractalisation

Expansion from centreline and number of vines

Degree of twisting

Branch thickness

Size of leaves

Thickness of vines

Density of leaves

Size of leaves

Distribution of leaves, fuzziness

Density of leaves

Size of leaves

Tree 1

Tree 2

Bush 1

Bush 2

Vine 1

Vine 2

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A construction method was explored using tensile fabrics to generate curved surfaces. These tensile fabrics act as dividers such that both inner and outer surfaces of the fabric can be poured with liquids of similar specific gravity to provide static equilibrium. Therefore, the formwork for the curved surfaces do not necessarily need to be stiff. The flexibility of fabrics allows casting of unique objects without significant additional formwork.

Alternatively, both the inner and outer cast moulds could be used in construction without the need for expensive moulds.

The geometry of these drawings and CAD models are developed using: 1. Rhino 3D 2. Grasshopper 3. Kangaroo 4. Vray

Bounding box Stiff material Wall thickness boundary condition Provides wall depth at openings Tensile fabric frame Tensile fabric Wall depth support or Opening of adjacent cast wall

Exploded isometric drawing of the model setup

TENSILE FABRIC FORMWORK CONSTRUCTION 12

Construction formwork concept Plaster model making Rhino modelling Grasshopper parametrics with Kangaroo physics

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Precasting of a single wall

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Design 1

Diagram explaining programming and matrix analysis process

Design 2

TRUSS ANALYSIS APPLICATION 14

Programmed using Excel VBA Based on matrix analysis Highly modifyable truss shape, dimensions, wind loads, sections Automatic selection of the optimal member section size

Simple static loading (100x deformations) The structure shown in the side view and plan was modelled on Abaqus CAE. Includes modelling of fixed and pinned connections. All analysis was conducted using non-linear geometry and elastic and plastic behaviour. Iterative calculations were calibrated to ensure convergence within reasonable computing time.

Main analysis cases: 1. Static loading 2. Fire loading

- temperature varying in the cross section

- temperature dependent material properties 3. Explosion loading

- time dependent loading

Fire loading with temperature effects (100x deformations)

Explosion loading deflection snapshots (100x deformations)

ABAQUS FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

Building structural analysis Nonlinear geometry analysis for all Simple static loading Fire loading (temperature effects) Explosion loading

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DRAWINGS 16

DRAWINGS 17