Kevin Ting-yu Huang
portfolio
Kwun Tong Urban Proposal Fall2011
The urban proposal for an old residential area of Hong Kong was developed from ideas stemming from the Smithson’s Golden Lane proposal and Le Corbusier’s Venice Hospital. The aim of the proposal is to create a modular mat building fabric that separates the fast-paced vehicular traffic and the slow-paced pedestrian traffic. The segregation is to solve the existing problem of heavy congestion in the area of Kwun Tong. The modular units follow the multiple axes of the existing fabric and are designed to be able to expand infinitely in the horizontal direction.
Layer 3: Private Street Deck (Hotel with 50m Pool)
Horizontal Bridge Buildings Use Ramps For Main Circulation
Vertical Circulation in Private Areas
Layer 2: Green Street Decks
Layer 1: Public Commercial Street Decks
Elevated Pedestrian Deck
Connection to Context and Towers
Views of the final model
Vertical Towers Using Elevators For Main Circulation
Proposed Scheme
Urban Nodes/Fixes Vertical Towers Reinforce Existing Program
Program Sandwiched Between the Streets
Semi-Preservation: Reduced Footprint
Preservation Program on Elevated Street
Phasing perspective and plan
Roof Green Area Connection to existing buildings
Central Plaza Carparks
Street Hawker Bazaar
Park Area
Sections and Plan
Precedent Analysis
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Bus Terminal Pedestrian Boulevard
Circulation Analysis
Axes
Original Site Circulation Problem: Congestion
Program
Datum 1: A level of maximum mobility for pedestrians
Datum 2: Levels of more private decks that can potentially connect to contextual places
Towers: The towers hold clusters of the existing programs and they allow for the development of more datum levels
Units
Datum
Using the mat building concept, multiple datum levels were created to allow access to different areas divided by the slope of the site. Some of the datums can connect to the top levels of existing residential units while others can reach large public spaces such as the bus terminal or the park on the hill.
Re-thinking Shanghai Competition
Spring2012 The self-perpetuating degradation of Shanghai’s urban fabric requires a change in the living conditions of local residents. However, the progress does not necessarily call for large scale renewal – it can occur as interventions on a small scale. The proposal for this competition was to rethink the development of lilong neighborhoods along Suzhou Creek with the strategy of Urban Accupuncture. Units with hygiene facilities and urban programs will be plugged into the urban tissue and act as activators of the communal environment: improving the hygiene condition and bringing the neighborhood together.
Bodymapping Installation
Fall2010
The brief of this assignment was to map out a certain motion of the human body and create a installation out of paper. The body movement selected was the complete movement of the human arm to its limits. Using a grid and a plumb bob system, the limits of the unbending arm was mapped out into a spherelike shape. This distorted sphere was made into an installation using paper cone modules. Within the sphere, there is a ribbon symbolizing the movement of the joints within.
Pushing Volumes Spring2011 Concept
Test
Rudolph Schindler’s Lovell Beach House is composed of horizontal volumes of space pushing against vertical frames. This concept was brought into the design of a house in a 10x10x10 meter cube. Different volumes of mass are pushed out to create new void spaces within the house. The inner voids create exterior spaces within the interior of the house. These spaces are intended to let the users enjoy outdoor programs without sacrificing their privacy.
Fixed Operation
Development
Development 2
Final Model
Development 3
Development 4
Development 5
Plans
Sections
Creating partitions within the pushed mass