evyn Luo Kaiwen Architecture Portfolio 2013 - 2018
Introduction
Inspired by a family of artists, Kevyn first started taking Art as a core subject in high school, then pursuing design later on in Temasek Polytechnic’s Environment Design. Kevyn aspired to be a barista but soon realised that dream will never materialise, so instead he pursued architecture as it is an ever changing scope of work filled with multiple challenges, exactly what Kevyn seeks in a career. “Designing for the Comfortability of People.” An aspiring architecture student with a dream to be an architect that designs without disrupting the environment of the area. Whilst studying in Temasek Polytechnic, Kevyn learnt how to design both for the urbanizing environment and for the lifestyle of the people. It is definitely tough to tackle both urban design and social issues at the same time, but with such tough challenges, comes a more fruitful outcome. With projects of different scales and different social issues to tackle, Kevyn have faced several challenges but come ahead of them in the end with this design philosophy, “Designing for the comfortability of people.” This is to have a design that the target audience can be comfortable in, whilst not disrupting the natural flow of activity and circulation of the area.
Content Page
01 - 01 Introduction 02 - 02 Resume 03 - 04 Cover Page 05 - 06 The Koi Project
07 - 12 The Ripple Effect 13 - 20 The Waterloo Project 21 - 28 The FarmYard Project 29 - 40 The RiverHeights Project
THE KOI PROJECT Garden Link Bridge - Chinatown
Design with a Social Conscience
The Koi Project is on an overhead link bridge at Chinatown. The main direction of this project was to better facilitate the circulation and environment for the users. Target audience of the area are mostly elderly people who use the space for meditation, tai-chi, meet-ups or just simply passing by. To better increase the ambience of the environment, lush greenery and a koi pond is added to both better shade and to lower the temperature of the already exposed area. The main idea is to create a zen garden or a plcae of retreat for the elderly, away from the noise of the roads or crowds of the shopping malls around.
Top: Exploded View. Left: Section showing forecasting shadow onto walkway. Below: Section showing pond and lush greenery.
THE RIPPLE EFFECT Tebing Lane - Punggol
To live between Architecture and Street
Located right in front of the Sungei Serangoon Reservoir, The Ripple Effect serves as a connector between the park connector and the upcoming flats. Design created by an inspiration of two water ripples coming together to form a central area where it meets due to a three-way directional human circulation of the area. By using the water ripple effect, a play of slopes and different height levels are used to create different experiences at different view points. Activity nodes targets families with children, cyclists using the park connector and residents from the surrounding flats.
Below: Plant palette
Acer Palmatium
Acer Ginnala
Plumera Obtusa
Grass
Bamboo Palm
Dawn Redwood
Fragrae Fragrans
Dalbergia Oliveri
Section AA, showing a cross section cut through the whole area, showing the water feature, f&b, gardens, walkways and playground.
Section BB, showing the various different types of lush trees, from partial shade to fully shade trees at different nodes.
Section CC, showing the height levels from the highest node to the slope down towards the park connector.
Technical Drawing of Benches used at resting points around nodes.
Bed Rail Timber Wood Hole for Nut Bed-Bolt Hole Bolt Timber Wood Bedpost
528mm
366mm
38mm 653mm
Timber Wood
Technical Drawing of Permeable Membrane used for F&B shelter.
276mm
Permeable Shadecloth
11mm
Tiles
24mm
Permeable Shadecloth 36mm 64mm RC Footing done by Engineer
THE WATERLOO PROJECT Stadium Road - Kallang
Seperation/Connection
By integrating water and land side by side, The Waterloo Project is an improved water sports centre of the future located right beside the hustle and bustle of the Sports Hub. With activities targetting families, cyclists, campers, dragonboaters and kayakers, The Waterloo Project not only serve as a training ground for water sport athletes, but a resting area for families. An extremely easily accessible area as it is both near the subway station and it has a park connector running around it, providing easy access for cyclists and joggers.
Circulation diagrams showing form derivation.
Water occupies most of the area, so by integrating water into land, it maximises space usage.
As the park connector surrounds the area, there will be no disruption in human circulation from the surroundings.
Islands are formed by choosing the major and minor water circulation for water athletes to access land.
Retail and F&B outlets are placed on the outer edges of the area for easy access to both park connector users and water sport athletes.
Exploded view showcasing the levels of activities. Retail and F&B to provide rest and refreshments for users Pavilions for campers and families to rest. A seamless circulation from the stadium and the park connector.
Walkways with steps leading down to the water canal for kayakers and dragonboaters to access the land.
Bridges linking each island while overlooking canals at the same time.
F&B with al fresco dining for enhanced dining experience as they can overlook the islands, canals and Kallang Basin.
On some islands, access points into the canals are blocks to create views for users to take photography. The park connector is relocated whereas it surrounds The Waterloo Project, not disrupting any human circulation at all.
Tentage area for campers to pitch their tents overnight for stargazing. Small fields on the islands for families and children to play and rest under the shade of trees.
Slope view. A slope is formed on the island nearest to the retail and f&b area for a very easily accessible ramp up for kayakers and dragonboaters to take a break. The water sport athletes can park their canoes or kayaks on the slope and proceed to the f&b area to rest or just rest in the pavilions on the island itself.
Canal view Steps are integrated around the main canal water circulation for passer-bys to sit on and relax with a stunning view. Different levels of steps are created with steep steps at the begginning of the park connector entrance and wider steps at the exit towards the park connector. Different steps suggests different amount of people sitting on the steps as bigger groups can sit together on the wider steps. Trees that provide partial shade are lined behind the steps and in front of the retail and f&b shops to provide enough shade in the day.
THE FARMYARD PROJECT North Bridge Road - Lavender
Fostering Neighboring Relationships through Urban Design
A project with the vision to create a flavorful environment where the surroundings influence the residents to participate in the programmes and be more bonded as a community, therefore creating a fluent transition space. The FarmYard Project is another project that focuses on neighborliness and the community through urban farming. The project aims to be a design that is self-sustaining allows the resident around the area to sustain the urban farming area in the long run as compared to a design which only lasts a year or two.
Programme Guide
Programmes accustomed to foster neighborliness through community spaces and communal farming will be introduced to the residents as a “Kampong Initiative�. Through communal farming, all residents of all ages can participate in this initiative as the communal garden will be seperated into different zones accustomed for different age groups. There will be the handicapped garden for wheelchair bound people, childrens’ garden where the wooden decks of the farm will be infused with play elements such as slides and ladders. There is also the herb garden, a serene area for relaxation or meditation for residents looking for a hideout. Elevaation
Areas where planters with seats are placed for residents to rest after seeing to their crops.
Different types of farming will be introduced for different types of crops to be farmed.
Handicapped garden accustomed for wheelchair bound people. The planters are designed where a normal wheelchair can easily fit the planters as if the planter is a table, allowing easy harvesting of crops for residents.
A herb garden for residents to rest and meditate in the aroma of herbs and the quiet and cool environment.
A multi-purpose hall where residents can come together after harvesting their crops and rest together.
As the adults have a chance to farm, the project doesn’t want the children to miss out on all the fun. Without seperating play from work and vice versa, playground elements are infused together with the planters so the low planters can allow children to farm their crops. Planters and play elements are design much =lower than the adult planters so its safe for children at all times.
The view from the block of flats beside The FarmYard Project. With the area being a transitional space, human circulation shouldn’t be disrupted at all, so by using the different gardens to carve paths, the space becomes a functional design too. With the organic form of circulation, people who walk through the area will experience the different scents and ambience of the different types of gardens there are. A space where it accomodates to every single resident without leaving anyone out, the aim of fostering neighborliness amongst the resident can be achieved with familiar faces and smiles everyday. A community where through the “Kampong Initiative” will carry on down the generations to come without losing what our parents grew up with, an essence of the past with a modern urban design touch to it.
An area where people can rest beside the
Handicaped farming where the handicapped from the neighborhood can farm
cooling pond after a long day.
over here when they cant far at the other vegetable farming grounds. A very comfortanble place for the handicapped as they can farm comfortably without feeling uneasy.
An area that accomodates to the Peace Connect Centre where people can look The herb garden overlooks the private seating area, creating an ambience for the
into it or just rest outside.
private seating area as it has the fragrance from the herbs.
THE FARM-YARD PROJECT A project with the vision to create a flavorful environment where the surroundings influences the neighbors to get involved in the programs and be more bonded as a community, creating a fluent transitional space. The START of the journey where the workers and visitors enter the site from the ICA building or Lavender MRT station.
The Farm-Yard Project is another prjoect with the aim to foster neighborliness and have designs that both accomodate to the needs of the people and the
A TRANSITIONAL SPACE where the passer-by will experience two type of environment,the bustling blocks 400+ and the quiet blocks 1-9.
comfortability of the people. The project aims not only to have a ‘one-hit wonder’ effect but a daily effect where it will carry on as a self-sustaining area where
The END of the journey where the visitors will visit the Golden Mile Complex for their lunch or dinner breaks or just for leisure.
the residents wil work hand in hand to sustain the area.
In the first design, there was no clear circulation, resulting in having sharp coner turns
In the second design, the planters were not universally designed, resulting in dead
and not a smooth circulation. the programs were not cohesive as a whole as one area
spaces and the amount of vegetation and was not used to the maximum of potential.
had a rigid form of circulation while the other had a organic form.
The overall circulation for the area was also too rigid and giving a unpleasant sight.
In the third design, the rigid circulation has been tackled by adding a smoth curved where the start of the journey can see the end. The main problem here was that the multi-purpose hall had too much of a rigid form and stands out from the overal organic form.
The seating areas are split into two different parts where the semi-private seating area placed right outside
The handicapped farming area is to acocmodate to the handicaped or wheelchair-bound elderlies
the Peace Connect Centre, where the family or residents can overlook the activities in the centre. The
in the neighborhood. Located right outside the Peace Connect Centre, it serves as a very easily accessible
private seating area has an enclosed feeling where the pond cools the atmosphere and the trees and
area for the wheelchair-bound elderlies there where they do not need to tire themselves with traveling.
pavilions provide shade and prvacy.
The raised
for the eld harvest or
due to ag
d planters makes farming a comfortable task
derly as they do no need to bend down to farm as it would be a painful task
ge.
The normal ground vegetable bed farming for the adults and families in the neighborhood
The multi-purpose hall accomodates to the residents around the clock. In the morning, the residents can do their morning
who wants some family time to themselves can spend their afternoons or mornings here.
exercises such as Yoga, Qi-Gong or their daily stretches here then in the afternoon, the nearby kindergarten can hold their lessons
With mural walls that shows the plants that can be planted and their nutritional
here instead of indoors, giving a different study environment for the children. At night, it can be a place for relaxing as it overlooks
facts so that the novice farmers would not feel lost on thier first time.
the vegetable farms.
The educational/children farm has a ‘play’ element to it to encourage children to farm by combining both playground elemets with farming planters.
The multi-purpose hall is an area where the community gathers for harvesting or for their morning exercises such as Qi-Gong or Yoga. An area where it is highly populated throughout the day where neighbors gather to chit-chat or just relax.
The educational/children farming area is a farming area where it accomodates to the children in the neighborhood and to the kindergarten nearby. A place where the children learn about farming, food, harvesting and also a place to nurture and teach children the hard work of farming and the production of food.
THE RIVERHEIGHTS Jiak Kim Street - River Valley
Fusing Structure, Experience and the Scenery into a single form
With the project area surrounded by a concrete jungle, it was hard to create design which allows the area to stand out and attract residents or passer-bys. But by utilising the Singapore River and the people from Robertson Quay and Great World City, a mixed commercial and residential building is formed. Sculpting the the building by using shadows formed at different points in the day, therefore creating different kinds of experience and shades and at the same time integrating landscape into hardscape to create the perfect balance.
Spatial Awareness
Site Location
Major & Minor Road Circulation
Figure of Ground
Water Body
Void creation from sun path
Where do i start?
Void deck + Rooftop connection
Extrusion
Curved offset from river
Alternating balconies for views
Landscape to soften edges of building
Stacking
Balcony Views
Top storey connection
Void Creation
Design Process GPR: 2.8 30% Site Coverage: 3,210 sqm Total Permissible GFA: 29,960 sqm
Building Design By using the environment to form the shape and structure of the building, the building becomes a naturally sustainable building with natural lighting and shadow forecasting.
Physical Models
A mock physical model to showcase the alternating balconies on each level then forecasting different shadows on the ground level. With the whole area encased with concrete, softscape becomes a very much needed element, so softscapes are used to soften the edges around the buildings.
Elevation Drawing A perfect harmony between landscape and hardscape, commercial and residential.
Sectional Drawings
This section shows the different levels at different blocks which the roof of those blocks have green roofs to negate the hot temperature during the day. Lower Balcony View Each unit has a balcony overlooking the plaza in front and the Singapore River behind. With the alternating balconies at different storeys of the buildings, different lengths of shadows is casted creating different experiences on both the plaza and the promenade.
This section shows the relationship of the units to the view the units provide. With the plaza purposely lowered down a few levels, the units have a great view of the plaza.
Unit Layouts
2 Room: 95 sqm
3 Room: 110 sqm
4 Room Type A: 140 sqm
4 Room Type B: 150 sqm
4 Room Type C: 150 sqm
4 Room Type D: 150 sqm
5 Room: 165 sqm
Exploded View
14th Storey Floor Plan Consists of: 2 4 room type A units 1 5 room unit
12th Storey Floor Plan Consists of: 2 4 room type A units 3 5 room units
10th Storey Floor Plan Consists of: 2 4 room type A units 2 5 room units 1 4 room type B unit 1 4 room type C unit 1 4 room type D unit
7th Storey Floor Plan Consists of: 3 4 room type A units 2 5 room units 1 4 room type B unit 1 4 room type C unit 1 4 room type D unit 2 2 room units
2nd Storey Floor Plan Consists of: 3 4 room type A units 3 5 room units 1 4 room type B unit 1 4 room type C unit 1 4 room type D unit 2 2 room units 2 3 room units
Technical Drawings of Bench and Planters Nail
Timber Decking
Bolt & Fastener Hardwood Concrete
Bench Design Turf Rolls Roof Soil Filter Fleece Perforated Membrane
Green Roof
Waterproof Layer eg. Dryseal Reinforced Concrete
Soil Waterproof Lining + Fabric Membrane 100mm by 100mm Drainage Cells
Drain
Lightbox
Planter Design
Lightbox Hardwood