Work Portfolio Kwok Sum Li (Sam)
2019 - 2022 // Collection of Work from Academics, Professional and Personal Experiences
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CONTENT Curriculum Vitae
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Thesis Project
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// Urban [UN]Seen // Speech Clinics, Sound Archive and Story-telling Public Counselling Area
Studio 2.2 // Urban Acupuncture // Day Care Centre and Housing Units for the Elderly and Young Adults
Studio 1.1 // Movespace // Public Performance Space
Technologies Building Envelope Studies, Office in Riyadh Proposal
Work Experience HKTB Marketing Banner Design, hPa Cover Walkway Project
Photography 3 Themed Collections
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Kwok Sum Li (Sam) A persistent learner seeking mentorship. Dedicated to creative work who works well both in a team and independently. Graduated from Manchester School of Architecture, acquired with institutional and commercial experiences in residential, small-scale projects and urban regeneration schemes. Highly interested in collaborative urbanism and speculative practices in regenerating urban space.
Tel: (UK)+44 - 7366 947500; (HK)+852 - 5499 8922
Email: kwoksumlks@gmail.com
Address: Nick Everton House, Grafton Street Sanctuary Students, Grafton Street, Manchester, UK, M13 9LR Issuu: https://issuu.com/kwoksum0531?issuu_product=header&issuu_context=link&issuu_cta=profile Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrdrsfOczc5Wf0hZydxTCFw Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwok-sum-li-b107141ba/
References Dr. Loris Rossi, Senior Lecturer Manchester School of Architecture l.rossi@mmu.ac.uk
Rachel Harris, Tutor Manchester School of Architecture racharris@live.com
EDUCATION Manchester School of Architecture (BA Candidate for First Class Honour) /September 2019 - June 2022/ - Awarded as the Hong Kong Scholar with full scholarship under Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme (HKSES) – 19/20 cohort - Live-site final year thesis project in collaboration with Martyn Evans of U+I in the Mayfield 2030+ Rejuvenation Scheme SKH Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School (SKHLWMSS) - Graduated as top 15 students among 137 others
/September 2013 - April 2019/
EXPERIENCE Participant at RIBA Mentoring Programme /September 2020 - June 2021/ - Introduced to 2 live projects under Project 3 Architects. Analysed and familiarised project cycle developments of a private residential project and a community hall extension in Altrincham. Compared along with studio projects using RIBA sustainability and project cycle guideline. Intern at Hong Kong Tourism Board /June - August 2020/ - Coordinated internal and external meetings under the MICE Marketing Secretariats, leveraged over 5 global events - Revamped promotional posters. Revitalised website and graphic designs which saw an increase in click-through rate by 24% - Liaised with delegates in conducting 2 city-wide online events and multiple global-wide offline meetings English Tutor at High School /June 2019 - September 2019/ - Consolidated teaching materials for 26 newly admitted students 3 months. Designed the language and school bridging courses - Ambassador for the school’s open day. Organised a series of on-campus activities for the students and parents Summer Intern at hPa /August 2018/ - Supervised under registered architects at Ho & Partners Architects Engineers & Development Consultant Ltd - Proposed a 35m long transparent overhead walkway extension in Sha Tin, H.K, and a 370 m2 children’s playground in Tai Po, H.K - Software learnt including: SketchUp, Auto Cad, Adobe Ps and Adobe Id. Leader of HKU-Jockey Club Nurturing Global Programme /July - August 2017/ - 21-day volunteering trip to Battambang, Cambodia. Spent time with and lived among the local families to have rooted experiences - Guided in English teaching for students at local schools and raised money (639 USD) for a school expansion campaign centralizing equal opportunities for the underprivileged. Built a life-long tutor-student relationships with the school children even out of Cambodia.
ACTIVITIES Member of the MSSA Photography Society /September 2021 - June 2022/ - Facilitated photography outings and city trips in 3 nearby boroughs of Manchester, promoted stress-relieve days during deadlines - Hosted 9 photography challenges for the whole school each resonating with distinctive social topics, raised awareness on these issues - Photography support for school events and gatherings including 2 RIBA Northwest socials and ‘Atelier Nights’ Song Writing and Music Channel /April 2021/ - Started a personal music channel on Youtube called Zephyr, accumulated 200+ subscribers within 10 months - Created and published music cover videos, short films and original music, a friendly channel that expresses my way of creations House Captain of SKHLWMSS Red House /September 2016 - July 2017/ - Administered inter-house activities and competitions, led by 24 committees. Represented the school as one of 8 student body leaders - Advised regular meetings, designed posters, and authored the first House Magazine – The Way - Attained the honour of overall house championship in 2017, first in 7 years for Red House
AWARDS 2019 - 2021MSA Year Book Best Student Work 2019 - Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme 2016, 2017 - Inter-school Badminton Competition 2016 - Hong Kong Schools Music Festival Madrigal
Shortlisted Hong Kong Scholar 2nd place (2016), 4th place (2017) 2nd place
SKILLS & INTERESTS Adobe Ai
Adobe Id
Adobe Pr
Adobe Ps
Auto Cad
Enscape
Lumion
Rhinoceros
Sefaira
SketchUp
Interests: Guitar and piano, Photography, Singing and song writing, Handicraft, Design and illustration, Volunteering, Playing badminton Language: (Fluent in) English, Cantonese, Mandarin
URBAN [UN]SEEN
Tutors: Loris Rossi (l.rossi@mmu.ac.uk) Rachel Harris (racharris@live.com)
Speech Clinics, Sound Archive and Story-telling Public Counselling Area First class candidate
Project Summary Urban (UN)Seen is a 2-part project ‘looking’ into the underlying issues of social segregation. The project began by questioning the meaning behind silence. Is it a static moment when all sounds are erased, or is it merely a break before the continuation of more music? Urban (UN) Seen concentrates on retracing lost sounds and voices, proposing a retrofit for the norm where we can celebrate sound and noise as just what they are – decibels. By taking users through a journey of sounds, the scheme of the building collects, displays, and transforms sounds to redefine its traditional preconception. Eventually, the building itself would also become a convergence of stories gathered by the people. As such, the project intends to break off the social stigma of putting people with speech difficulties at brinks. The project first realises a series of temporary interventions including a sheltered children’s playground, a suspended talk venue, and a parasitic commuter’s lounge. Urban (UN)Seen builds upon these interventions, where a speech clinic, a sound archive and a public counselling space unfold therein. The building establishes itself as a precedent of change, where sounds are made anew now but are reconstructed years after.
We live in a norm that privileges the eyes in making decisions. Therefore, to understand sounds we first need to [UN] see sounds. Spreading across River Medlock, two adjacent sites were [UN] ited by a spiral ramp that takes people on a journey of sounds.
Between the constructed future and the euphonic reality, we first need a place where voices were heard and stories were told. Make believing what’s been lost and now truly found - our own voice.
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Master Plan Mapping and Programme Studies
Temporary Interventions
1/ Memo
2/ Whisp
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3/ Laugh
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1:200 First Floor Plan
1:200 Longitudinal Section
1/ Bridge Towards Mayfield 2/ Sound Archive 3/ Counselling Area 4/ The Spiral Walkway 5/ Sound Chamber 6/ Chamber Garden 6 3
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ory of the Chamber
The Confluence of Sounds
per in the Loud
hter Behind the Wall
An unheard story from HER, HER and the city, HIM and HER...
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Nighttime Sectional Perspective
‘The Weeping Willow’ Perspective View
‘The Spiral’ Exterior View
Atmospheric Perspective Overlooking Mayfield
The Sound Chamber Interior View
The Sound Archive Interior View
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Model Photos of ‘The Spiral‘
1:50 & 1:5 Sound Archive Envelope Sectional Detail
15 mm Viroc board Damp proof membrane 50 mm glass wool insulation enclosing aluminium brackets 250 mm foam board insulation of the connective metal framework 250 mm pre-fab concrete panels 45 mm glass wool insultion Vapour control layer Adjustable pedestal (100 mm) 20 mm sheet of ash wood Air tight sealant 30 mm specailised curved glass with 5 mm air gap 1:5 Sitting & Storage Bench Sectional Detail
10 + 10 mm polycarbonate sheets anchored on aluminium caps 15 mm MDF sheet 20 mm Viroc top plate attached to, 1200 x 150 mm side profile of aluminium
30 mm plywood batten Led lights on 400 mm intervals 25 mm plywood battens 10 mm polycarbonate
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URBAN ACUPUNCTURE
Tutors: Ian Mchugh (greentrianglestudio.com) Maryam Osman (elitedwellings.co.uk)
Day Care Centre and Housing Units for the Elderly and Young Adults Awarded first class (75%)
Project Summary Studio Project 2.2’s foci is to make use of comtemporary design to resolve urban relationships. My programmes are a day care centre and a housing unit that’s shared by 4 elderly and young adult. I made use of the existing greenery at site to create a biomimicked design that can blur the urban boundaries, and help the residents to improve their health and social lives. I came up with a HMO housing scheme where a housing block is shared by two units on the ground floor and second floor respectively. These two units are both kitchenless. The open kitchen and living space are then combined and shared on the first floor. This scheme is to break off the differences by creating co-living space and help merging the two diverging generations.
Biomimicry of Leaf Vessels
Ground, First and Second Floors Configurations
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1:20 Envelope Model and Internal Views
Building Blocks Elevation
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MOVE SPACE
Tutor: Carma Masson (carmamasson.blogspot.co.uk/)
Public Performance Space Awarded first class (75%)
Project Summary I explored architecture by studying danicng movements, a performance stage is then designed in Thomas Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester City. My chosen dance move is a contemporary style, and I’ve taken design inspiration from a song called ‘The Night We Met’ by Lord Huron. The flow of dance movements were studied following the tempo, rhythm and melody of the song. An organic structure that imitates the ups and downs of hand gesture was designed with acoustic consideration in order to provide the best performing experience in the stage. The facade mimics the various rhythms throughout the song which forms a wavy feature. Concrete, metal and plaster were used to create a rigid, heavy and dense structure echoing the emotions from the melancholic song.
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The Oasis of the Dune Technologies Studio Project - A Sustainable Office in Riyadh Awarded first class (72%)
A Proposal Visuals
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Exploded Isometric Build-up of the
e Envelope
Section and Elevation of the office in Riyadh 1/ 20 mm Synthetic tiles roofing 2/ 10 mm pebbles and metal flashing 3/ 150x200 mm draingage 4/ damp-proof membrane 5/ 80mm foam board insulation 6/ vapour control layer 7/ 180mm precast concrete slab 8/ corrugated metal sheet 9/ I beam and column 10/ 15 mm ceiling baffle
B 11/ 70 mm precast concrete molded cladding
12/ 5 mm metal hook 13/ 10 mm aluminium anchor 14/ 18 mm plywood 15/ 950 x 100 mm triangular anchor 16/ 100 mm mineral wool insulation 17/ damp-proof membrane 18/ 70 mm precast concrete panel cladding 19/ metal horizontal and vertical battens 20/ damp-proof membrane 21/ 50 mm foam board insulation 22/ 10 mm gypsum board 23/ 100 mm metal frame work and cavity gap 24/ 75 mm insulated aluminium frame 25/ vapour control layer 26/ 120 mm cedar pivoting shutter 27/ operable windows 28/ 100 mm louvres 29/ 50 x 700 mm MDF painted cedar concave panel
30/ double-pane curtain wall 31/ 10 mm sandstone tile 32/ 30 mm cedar screed on pedestal 33/ electrical inlet 34/ 180 mm precast concrete slab 35/ mineral wool insulated metal flashing with 10 mm plywood board 36/ 70 mm precast concrete molded cladding 37/ 100 x 200 aluminium anchor 38/ mineral wool insulated triangular anchor 39/ 100 mm louvres 40/ 100 mm cedar bracket with deep fins cladded to frosted colour double-pane glass curtain wall
41/ 70 mm precast concrete molded cladding 42/ 5 mm metal hook 43/ 70 mm precast concrete panel cladding 44/ 180 mm precast concrete slab 45/ metal horizontal and vertical battens 46/ damp-proof membrane 47/ 50 mm foam board insulation 48/ 10 mm gypsum board 49/ vapour control layer 50/ 100 mm metal frame work and cavity gap 51/ 75 mm granite cladding
A 52/ 35 mm brick slip caldding 53/ metal horizontal and vertical battens 54/ damp-proof membrane 55/ 50 mm foam board insulation 56/ 10 mm gypsum board 57/ vapour control layer 58/ 100 mm metal frame work and cavity gap 59/ 75 mm granite cladding 60/ double-pane glass curtain wall
61/ 50 mm foam board insulation 62/ damp-proof membrane 63/ 280 mm light-weight concrete 64/ vapour control layer 65/ 80 mm rigid foam board insulation 66/ vapour control layer 67/ 10 mm sandstone tile on concrete 68/ raft foundation
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HERO BANNER DESIGN Hero Banner Designs for HKMCC
These drafted hero banners were designed for the M.I.C.E Champions Club to attract potential delegates and interested corporates to join MeHK. The objectives were to expand the network of the current Meeting & Incentives during Covid Times.
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE DESIGN Tai Po Tai Wo Road Cover Walkway Extension
Walkway’s Typical Section & Joint Details
A covered walkway is proposed near a busy road in Tai Po, Hong Kong. Alternative materials other than glass and steel were proposed to cut down the overall embodied carbon level of the project. Arcylics were used in the canopy.
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PHOTOGRAPHY Burnt Out Films
Human Geometry
Cruising
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Kwok Sum Li (Sam)
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