KENNETH TUNG / Portfolio SELECTED WORKS 2016 • 2020
ABOUT ME
EDUCATION 2018
Singapore University of Technology and Design
Master of Architecture 2014 - 2017
Singapore University of Technology and Design
Bachelor of Science (Architecture Sustainable Design) • •
CGPA 4.1 / 5.0 Goh Foundation Bursary Award
2010 - 2011
Catholic Junior College
GCE ‘A’ Level
SKILLS CAD Modeling
Rhinoceros, Autodesk AutoCAD, Google Sketchup, BIM Revit Computational Design
Grasshopper, Python Graphic Design
All Adobe Softwares, DaVinci Resolve 16, Shotcut 3D Rendering
Lumion, Vray, Blender, Unreal Engine 4 Others Microsoft Office, ArcGIS Language Proficiency
English, Mandarin
tungjh.k@gmail.com
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+65 91521863
CURRICULUM VITAE
WORK EXPERIENCE Pink Blossoms Brewing
Aug 18 - Mar 20
Aedas
Sep 17 - Jan 18
Entrepreneur
Architecture Intern Singapore-MIT for Research and Technology
Aug 16 - Sep 16
FM IRG Research Assistant Light Weight Structures Solutions
May 15 - Sep 15
Architecture Intern Skool Of Happiness
Feb 14 - Jun 14
Northlight Consulting & Services Pte Ltd
Aug 13 - Jan 14
Creative Designer
Associate Manager
CO-CURRICULAR 2020
Archlogbook, Social Media
Content Creator Arkidtecture, SAA Architects
2017
Focal Media, Start Up
2017 - 2019
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Organised Pasir Ris East CC Community Children’s Day Urban Planning and Architecture Booth
Top 10 Film in Point & Shoot Competition 2017
AIESEC, SG
2016 - 2018
Public Speaking and Debate Club, SUTD
2014 - 2016
Member, Global Citizen
Treasurer •
Participated in ASEAN Intergovenmental Commision on Human Rights (AICHR) Youth Debates 2015
2013 - 2015
Toastmasters International District 80 Brand Ambassador & Division ‘D’ Public Relations Officer
BTMCC TMC Vice President •
2nd Runner Up International Speech Contest 2013, 2014 (Club)
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1st Runner Up Humorous Speech Contest 2013 (Area, Club)
tungjh.k@gmail.com
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+65 91521863
ATOMIC ADAPTATIONS 6000 sqm / Industrial / Adaptive Reuse Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station Gwynedd, Wales. UK Mentor: Trevor Patt
BEYOND A HUNDRED Decommissioning reactors will become a major operation over the next few centuries, with far-reaching implications including an increase in the production of radioactive waste, health and security issues With the entire process costing as much as it is built and taking up to a century, the thesis questions how these nuclear faciltiies built in the Industrial Age can be introduced a new identity so it could move beyond its economic purpose after it becomes obsolete. And through its architecture change the mindset and lifestyle of its patrons. The project has two main goals: to preserve its historical roots and harvest more knowledge in its field. The cultural and interactive spaces are strategically placed in previously prominent spaces of the nuclear plant and aspires to recompose the relationship between new inhabitants and the memory of the territory. Key assets of the nuclear plants are repurposed in order to create a positive dialogue between the existing infrastructure and the new elements of project.
Aerial Rendering - Two Seasons Collage
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Conceptual Collage - Phase I (Top) Phasing Concept Diagram (Right)
Radiation-Tolerence Research: Soil & Plants
PHASE I Changed Perspectives The three phases of changing peoples’ mindset is inspired from the Divine Comedy, a narrative represents a soul’s journey towards God (enlightenment). They are, confronting of fears, healing from within, and changing of lifestyle. New Proximity The project aims to change people’s mindset towards nuclear and nuclear architecture by allowing people to be visually and physically close to nuclear substances without compromising safety and security. Low and intemediate level nuclear waste are packed into conrete boxes which are typically stored in a intemediate waste collection facility on site. The proposed concept is instead, distribute these boxes around the site and within the building to redefine the spaces in and out of the nuclear facility.
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Site Model - Phase II
PHASE II Twin Towers The two identical reactor towers serve as a contrast and an embodiment of the tomb of knowledge and the tree of life. Wall-Kept Journals The cultural library not only archives knowledge but memories and emotions of its patrons as well. The body’s experience of physical space encapsulated in written journals are stored within the massive concrete walls of the nuclear plant. Over time, new history will be written within and on these walls. Thus, the walls hold the building together, both physically and metaphorically. Peaking a curiosity to explore a new room within the walls upon each return.
PHASE III Emptied Tomb After a century of waiting, the radioactivity of the stored wastes are finally safe for disposal. Upon the total removal of all radioactive wastes and equipment, the concrete enclosures they were in is now laid bare. A secondary cleansing of the inner layer of the concrete is made through scraping or hyper accumulators. Once cleansed, these structures will be the new nests for patrons to plant and read. Nuclear Farming Nuclear applications in agriculture rely on the use of radiation techniques to increase crop production, combat pests and disease. New mutant crop varieties shorten the growing process, thereby allowing farmers to plant additional crops during the growing season.
Section Model - Phase II ATOMIC ADAPTATIONS
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PHASE II
PHASE III
BAMBOO IN FORMATION 2370 sqm / Religious / Material-Exploration Design Baizhang Reservoir Zhejiang, China Mentor: Felix Raspall, Felix Amtsberg Pair: Gabriel Chek
安, SPACES FOR MEDITATION The Chinese character 安 (Ān) expresses calmness, content, and security. It is also often associated with peace and good (spiritual) health. Hence,the project is named 安 as these qualities are associated with spaces of meditation and worship. The site is a reservoir located at Baizhang town in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Baizhang is known for their bamboo and bamboo craftsmanship. The local authorities are planning to develop parts of the town to attract tourists. The tranquility and natural scenery is ideal for spaces of meditation. Tapping onto the existing tea plantation, foot paths and boat piers would create a well connected architecture intervention with diversified programmatic activities for mediation and relaxation.
Site Rendering - Baizhang Reservoir
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Gothic Church
Church Without Religion
An, Meditative Spaces
Parametric System
Center Arch
Distance
H2
Height
B
Origin (O) dA
A
C
Translation from Origin
Height (h2) (h2) Height
Width(dB) (dB) Width
Translation from Origin
Indoor Garden
dA
h2
Section Along Array
Distance of Main Arch = 2 x dC Diatnce of Side Arch = 2 x (dB- dC) Distance of Side Arches from Origin = dA
dC
Distance Parameters
G
O
Section Along Array
O
Height of Main Arch = h2 Height of Side Arch = h1
dB dC
A
B
dA
dB
H1
h1
h1
h2
H1
Height Parameters
H1
dB
H2
Side Arch
dC
C
Side Arch
G
G
Indoor Garden
Indoor Garden
G G
G G
Indoor Indoor Garden Garden
Indoor Indoor Garden Garden
F
F
Courtyard
Courtyard C H2
FF
FF
B
Courtyard Courtyard
Courtyard Courtyard
A
H1 O O
A
E
Water Pavillion
Water Pavilion
Large Pavilion
EE
EE
Large Large Pavilion Pavilion
Large Large Pavilion Pavilion
A
Courtyard
E
Large Pavilion
B H1 C
H2
O O
C
Tea House
Tea House
J Outdoor Features & Landscape
Outdoor Features & Landscape
Large Pavillion
JJ
JJ
Outdoor Outdoor Features Features & & Landscape Landscape
Outdoor Outdoor Features Features & & Landscape Landscape
A
J
B H2
H1
C
O
O
B
Mountain Peak
Mountain Peak
Landscape features
PARAMETRIC DESIGN The project reinterprets the way Simon Velez’s Church without Religion branches bamboo bundles into a series of linear arches by introducing a new method of creating its geometric array. The parametric system of arches, linearly arrayed to create private and public spaces for meditation. The first input curve (O) sets an array of origin points. Curves H1,H2 determines the height parameter, and curves A,B,C determines the distance between the origin (dA,dB,dC), which translates to the width of the center and side arches. Cross-arch bracing is added by connecting adjacent width points(a, b) to the original apex point (h2). These curves may begin at different origin points and having multiple curves will create secondary and tiertiary branches. The parameters allow the main arch and side arches to intersect and overlap, and in some instances, combine into a single arch. This blurs the hierachy between the main arch and the side arches, as more intemediate spaces are formed. Programs related to meditation spaces, were then introduced when drawing the details of each section. The original section lines were used as construction lines for structural bamboo elements. After considering where each program could possibly be located on site, the sections were adapted to its surrounding environment. These natural factors include topography, tide, lighting conditions and wind direction.
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Photograph - Farming Activities
Photograph - Scenery
Program Organisation
Program Organisation Mountain Peak
B Mountain Peak
B Mountain Peak
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F
H
H C
C A Water Pavilion
Site Plan
A
1:2000
A Water Pavilion
0 20 50
100
A
Main Secondary Tertiary
200
Main Secondary Tertiary
Sun Direction
Sun Sun Direction Direction
F
Views Views
Farming Residential
Pier Farming Residential Pier Pier
Pedestrian / Cyclist Land Transportation Water Transportation
Circulation Residential Pedestrian / Cyclist Land Transportation Water Transportation
Circulation Circulation
Program Program
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CLEANSE
1 2
5
10
ENLIGHTEN
1. Library 1. Library 2. Reading 2. Area Reading Area 3. Massage rooms Rooms 3. Massage
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+3.40
+4.40
1. Reception Area 1. Reception Area 2.2.Cleansing Area Cleansing Area
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+3.40
+2.00
2 1 +0.50
+1.00
+0.00
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
+2.40
0
M E D I TAT E
REVERE
1. 1. Shrine Shrine 2. Secondary Secondary Shrine 2. Shrine
1 +10.50
1.1.Lookout Point Lookout Point Yoga Room Room 2.2.Yoga
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+10.40
2 1
+5.60
+6.17
LEVEL 3
+8.40
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Thatched Roof
E'
Structure D'
C'
D B'
A' C
B
A
E
Exploded Axometric (Top) Section (Top Right) 1:100 Model (Bottom Right)
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5
10
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FLAMINGO VISITOR CENTER 1135 sqm / Assembly Building / Competition Al Wathba Wetlnad Reserve Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Team: Inez Ow, Tay Jing Zhi, Lisa Koswara
THE MODERN VERNACULAR Situated at the intersection between the contemporary and the vernacular, The project imagines the Abu Dhabi Flamingo Visitor Centre as a new landmark for the Al Wathba wetlands. The MODERN AREESH offers a space for learning, recreation and contemplation while reviving elements of its locale’s distinctive character. . The building is a conoid, a 3-dimensional form with an embedded geometric dynamicism. While the conoid, with its innately complex curvature, might be considered an “advanced geometry”, it appears humble in its simplicity, as a circle, triangle,and rectangle when viewed from different orthographic perspectives. Correspondingly, referencing vernacular forms such as the pitched roof and rounded hut.
Rendering (Top) Formal Diagram( Bottom)
6°
9°
12° 15° 15° 12°
9°
6°
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Rendering - Cafe (Top) Ground Floor Plan (Right)
FORM, CIRCULATION AND PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION Visitors enter the building from the northern drop-off point. Here, they are presented with two circulatory routes — the peripheral loop or the central ramp. The 30m-long central ramp invites them to traverse the building’s primary axis. They ascend, eventually arriving at a viewing deck that draws them out of the building to take in the expansive views of the southern wetlands. At the ground level, the roof gently lifts upwards at its eastern rim to allow trekkers returning from the wetland reserve walking trail to enter. Beneath the roof superstructure, discrete rooms are arrayed along both sides of the central ramp. Folding and rotating glass door systems allow visitor activities to spill out of the rooms into the naturally-ventilated peripheral spaces beneath the monolithic gesture of the roof. These peripheral spaces make up the loop, allowing visitors to circumambulate the building while enjoying the creeping foliage and light theatrics created by the roof’s panels.
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Cafeteria
Rendering - East Elevation (Top) Section Perspective (Bottom) Ramp
leading to oberservation deck
Training Room
Peripheral Circulation
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8°
75 137
350
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10.
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1. 60 mm date palm thatch compacted, water repellent 2. 12.5 mm plywood panel matte-coated 3. Ø10 mm S.S pipe w/ t-hinge and flange 4. Ø100 mm Al. pipe clamp attachment 5. Ø15 mm S.S control arm lever 6. over-center tension spring mechanism 7. natural rubber control arm stopper, black 8. Ø15 mm S.S pipe handlebar 9. Ø100 mm mature bamboo Borax-treated 10. Ø50 mm mature bamboo Borax-treated
Rendering - Left Wing (Top) Techinical Drawing (Left)
MATERIAL AND TECTONICS Through the precise and controlled discretization of the conoid surfaces, we designed roof panels with varying freedoms of rotation (0°, 6°, 9°, 12°, 15°). An additional mechanism grants these roof panels operability, allowing staff and visitors to control the degree of natural ventilation, daylighting and thermal comfort based on their needs. While the tectonic approach is contemporary in its precision, traditional lightweight construction is employed, using building materials such as bamboo and date palm fronds. The use of such vernacular, natural, and locally available or easily imported materials, allows the building to be cost-effective, while leaving a low carbon footprint.
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WHEELCHAIR FRIENDLY CAFE 118 sqm / Commercial / Spatial & Furniture Design My NoNNa’s Somapah Rd, Singapore Mentor: Kenneth Tracy Team: Ryan Chee / Iffah Khairani / Toh Huiwen
Floor Plan (Top) Furniture Diagrams (Bottom)
Fixed Obstacle
Keep Existing
Remove Completely
WITHOUT A PRECEDENCE Singapore has never had a wheelchair friendly workspace cafe before, and this project is set out to design such a place, the first in Singapore, and in Asia. The challenge is to bring the domestic wheelchair friendly kitchen workspace into an intense, heavy-duty commercial F&B environment. The project objective is to design an efficient, comfortable, safe and accessible café in SUTD. Integrated with adaptable and user friendly equipment, this creates an inclusive and wheelchair friendly workplace for special needs employees and patrons. Thus, there will be more employment opportunities for wheelchair users and intellectually challenged individuals in My NoNNa’s Café. My NoNna’s Café takes on the grab-and-go concept, where customers are able to purchase food in a quick fashion. Dine in options are also available. The project will be developed in mulitple phases, with each phase removing certain fixtures while introducing new spatial features and equipment to aid employees and patrons.
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1.
2.
1. Prep Station
2. Work Station
3.
Section Perspective (Top) Exploded Furniture Axometric (Bottom)
Solid Solid Surface Surface
14 Gauge Gauge Stainless Stainless Steel Steel 14 Plywood Plywood Insulation Insulation 3. Display Counter WHEELCHAIR FRIENDLY CAFE
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MUNCH 1x1m / Furniture / Computational Design Acrylic & Polylactic Acid Prototype Aluminium Built Mentor: Sam Joyce Team: Tay Jing Zhi, Ethan Liew, Linus Yuen
COMPUTATIONAL CONVENIENCE The new indulgence is to eat on-the-go, a favourite place at home, indoor or outdoor. As our eating habits revolve around convenience, how wonderful would a quick-fix, storage chair be?
MUNCH is a makeshift chair that is easily assembled by connecting light aluminium rods with PLA 3D-printed nodes. These 3D printed nodes are computationally customised to your preference, and body structure and body weight. For each customization, the forces acting on the elements are tested and to determine its structural integrity. A final layer of fabric is then added onto the structure for seating and storage purposes. Your favourite snacks will always be just a scoop away! This design was nominated for IKEA Singapore Young Design Award 2016.
Iteration
Moment
Displacement
Utilization
Dimensions
00 2.
620.00
76
1245.50
1020.00
12 9
.5° 607.30
625.50
1135.00
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Photograph - Joint Details (Top) Computation Diagram (Bottom)
Detail Drawing (Top) Photograph (Bottom)
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