Architecture Portfolio Cheung Kwan Ho | Selected Works CUHK Application Number: 21325245 Application for Master of Architecture (Date: 2021/01/12) Email: liamcheung87@gmail.com Phone: +852 51295920
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Undergraduate Selected Studio Works 2017 ~ 2020
Academic Works 1.Plugin Living U7 Studio Work Tectonics Inquiry | Yuen Long, Hong Kong
2.Transmulation U6 Studio Work Urban Intervention | Mong Kok, Hong Kong
3.Hong Kong Orchid Tree Expo 2020 Dubai | Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
4.Sustainable Art & Design Hong Kong International Youth Competition | Baby chair design
Professional Works 5.Ribbon Cube Shopping Mall Design | Lubei Qu, Tangshan City, China
|Plugin Living| A new style of Affordable Living
#Coliving #Plugin Modules # Metabolism U7 Studio Work - Tectonics Inquiry Type: High Rise Building Location: Sheung Yue River, Yuen Long, Hong Kong Advisor: Prof. Talamini, Gianni A New mode of living style for public and tenants. Sharing concpet will be occured from ground floor to upper floor.
Site Layout
This proposal seeks to create affordable houses for the residents as Hong Kong housing prices is relatively high in the world. By using megastructure design(Framework, core, modules), the structure of steel framework would be expanded or grown by times, needs, services, requirement. Therefore, It gives a flexibility for the public to use the plugin services. For the tectonic, this project aims to explore how the tectonic design( megastructure) form a new living spaces and try to examine various tectonic design for different functions(by expansion or subtraction). Such as, circulation, platform, water recycling, single units, family units.
Grid and Core Placement
Distribution of Functions
Community
A
Energy Generation Elementarism (Replacement with crane)
Energy Generation (Wind Turbines)
Farmlands
Sheung Yu River B
Plugin Living (Plugin Modules and Water Recycling)
44m 34m
A
Penetrated Community (Community Center and Light penetration)
Site Boundary
60m
46m
B
Selected Site
Site Boundary
Concept Drawing
Brownfield
Concept Model
By using Cores and planes, buildings can be elevated for better circulations. It can solve the problem of uneven site placement. Also, Modules and planes can be “pluged� into these cores and creates different quality of spaces.
Service Module
Platform
Community
Ramp
Solar Panel
Service Module
Energy Generation (Solar panels)
Master Planning
Mountain Trails
The grid lines were placed along the rivers and main roads. Therefore, Valuable natural resources would be connected by that grids. Also, the placement of the core was set on existing brownfield and farmlands. Moreover, the grid and cores were expanded to the mountain as there are mountain trails on both sides of the side boundary. It is used to connect to the public area.
Crane
Service Module
Elementarism (Replacement with crane)
Wind Turbine
Framework
Energy Generation (Wind Turbines)
Core
This planning is seperated into six main parts. For the top and bottom part of site, there are great natural resources of farmlands and mountain trails. Therefore, community zone would be set to welcome these public to the site area. For the middle parts, there are existing brownfields and water resources. Therefore, living modules and engergy generators would be set to those area.
Container House
Stepping Area
Water Tank
Core
Plugin Living (Plugin Modules and Water Recycling)
Framework
Penetrating Column
Penetrated Community
Platform
|Site Analysis|
Natural Resource
Existing Village
Connectivity
New Territeries Exempted Houses
Sheung Yu River
Existing Elements
Mountain trails
Containers
Site Potential The project is located in Ta Shek Wu Tsuen, Yuen Long. There are rich resources in the surrounding. For the natural resources, Sheung Yu River is located in the middle of the site and green elements are placed in the surrounding. Also, there are some Existing Village called Ta Shek Wu Tsuen. It may be a potential users to connect to new residents. Moreover, Mountain trails is located outside the site boundary. It may be a potential to connect the public from those trails. Finally, there are a lot of containers in the site. Those materials may be recycled for the construction.
|Container’s Module| 2.
1.
4880
6060
2900
2900
3030 2440
3. 1. Roof 2. Side (Including insultation/ panels, steel frames) 3. Front (Windows frames and glazing)
Plug-in to frameworks
Horizontal Linkage
Single Room
Single Room
Family Unit
Recycle of container’s modules Those containers are from the site. It is founded that a lot of containers are abandoned in Ta Shek Wu Tsuen, Yuen Long. Those containers are high cube containers (2.9m in height) and suitable for modular design.Therefore, those containers can be recycled for certain type of modules. Also, plugin and plugout design would be possible to increase the flexibility of modules spaces.
|Tectonic Design| Column Bolts Gusset Plate Beam
Embracement
Beam
1. Core
Bracing
Cores
Connection Plate Bolts
Corridors
Frameworks
Beam
Beam
2. Frameworks and circulation
Girder Splice (for Platform) Platforms Column Continuity Plate Connection Angle
Modules
Beam
Bolts
3. Plugin Modules
End Plate (for Platform)
Structure concept There are normally 3 main structural components in the design. Those are core, framework and modules. For the core, it is the fundamental structure to determine the vertical circulation and density. For the framework, the framework is made by steels beams and columns. It would attach to the cores and give support to the “plug in� services. The spaces would be determined by frameworks. For the modules, building elements or service that plugs into the framework to form a space. Therefore, core, framework and modules are major elements for the tectonic design.
|Concept development and Tectonic Feature| Steel Column
80
End Plate
Living 180
Stepping social area Beam Double Angles
Sustainability
CoWorking
Double Angles
120
200 200
Pedestrian Bridge Connection side to Steel Columns 80
Farming
40 50 50 40
Social Activities
Living Concept: In this project, there are valuable natural resources and spaces in the site area. Therefore, the living modules would be added with sustainability (e.g. water recycling/ farming/ green elements) and sociability. People may have social activities in the site.
Platforms
180 Double Angles
Teectonic Feature The structure of framework, cores, modules provides possibilities of structural expansion. That system help to create different structural design and spaces. For example, expansion of framework and modules creates some stepping social area at the corner. framework and bracing can form a pedestrian bridge or platforms.Therefore, possibilities of spaces or structural frames can be controled by tectonic system. It may suit to different needs of space or types of people.
|Plugin Service and Section| Plugin Services
|General Master Layout Plan| A Territary Pressure Fiters
Territary Pressure Fiters
Storage Tanks
6.
7.
2.
Ultrafiltration
1.
Storage Tanks Filtration
Pasteurization/ Addition Mixture 4.
2.
Water Recycling for potable water (living)
Water Recycling for irrigation (Farming)
Legend:
Plugin Service - Non-permanent Structure The plugin services were non-permanent structure because functions can be determined by needs and requirement. The structure can be expanded or substracted to different form of frames to suit with different services. For example, Water Recycling for potable water or non-potable water. The process of filtration is different and the tectonic can help to change the form of the framework. It gives a high flexibility for the plugin system.
Mountain Trails
Traffic Road and Public Area
5.
1. Public Area 2. Rental Units 3. Service Area ( Water Tanks) 4. Ta Shek Wu Tsuen Village 5. Sheung Yu River 6. Working Area 7. Mountain Trails
3. A
Public Area Office Area & Building Services
Sheung Yu River & Social Area (Water Recycling)
Rential Units
Farmland/ Mountain Trails
Ta Shek Wu Tsuen Village
|Perspectives and Exploded Views| |Exploded View|
Sculpture & Social Platform (with bracing structure)
Ramps and bridges Public Circulation
Private Circulation
Modules and Terraces
Corridors and Circulation
Framework & Plugin Services (Water Tanks)
Cores
Village
|Transmutation| A new style of Living & Working
This project aims to explore the new mode of living & working conditions for residents in a community to improve the quality of life for those who live in traditional subdivided units (e.g. tenement house/ industrial buildings).
#Coworking #Sharing #Coliving U6 Studio Work - Urban Intervention Type: High Rise Building
For past, people just live in a share house/ working area to do their own jobs, sometime they may collaborate with others, but it is normally restricted in living/ working area.
Location: Tong Mi Road, Mong Kok, Hong Kong Advisor: Prof. Virginia Fung A New mode of living style for public and tenants. Sharing concpet will be occured from ground floor to upper floor.
As the old style of living and working is separated clearly and some of the hongkongers like to have more work life balance nowadays. Therefore, the old style of living may not be suitable for cuurent people. That project can be acted as a experimental place to explore whether the new mode of living/ working condition can suit to people of modern age with their pace of life.
|Concept development| Past Working
Past Living
Repititive work
Live together in dense area
Current Working
Current Living
Creative handicraft -Need inspiration from living
Flexibility in room layout for different people (public and private) -Share idea with others
Past Living condition ~ Tenement House Feature: Share area in a density area (no private area)
Past Living condition ~ Industrial Building Feature: -Working on production Line -Repititive production
Concept: Mode of work-Life balance
Working
Leisuring
Present/ Future working Feature: -Need some inspiration from living -Share idea with others -work-life balance -have share area and private space
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Living
|Site analysis and Massing development|
Surrouding buildings
Figure Ground
Step1: A block is separated into 2 pieces to follow the main circulation to the surroudings. The center space is a landscaping area/ public area.
Step2: By removing the original car parking lot. It is more convenient for the public to enter to the site on both side. The south part is car parking area. Also, by opening some void on the massing. It is more convenient for public to enter the site from different direction.
Step3: Blocks are extruded and follow the adjacent buildings pattern (low to high) to maximize views. Moreover, there is a skybridge connected to 2 tower. That skybridge is a coworking area let the resident to have some coworking activities or social activities.
Step4: Void opening to get more ventilation for the building. Also, it is an common space for the public to have social activities/ working.
Street Pattern
Site Mapping
Mapping Analysis -Site C locates in a crossing urban grid -perpendiculatar to street pavement -surrounding by tenement houses & industrial buildings
|Ground layout and Fypical Floor Plan|
1
3
7
2
3 1
4 2
3 2
3
6 5 3 8
6 6
4 5 2
4 4
6
2 7
7
5
Legend:
Legend:
1. Market Area/ Playground 2. Handicraft Shops 3. Working Space 4. Lobby 5. Pop up Shops (e.g. handicraft) 6. Stepping leisure Area 7. Car Parking 8. Shop
1. Coworking Area 2. Common Space 3. Single Studio Unit 4. Couple Unit 5. Family Unit 6. Elderly Unit 7. Storage
|Master Layout Plan|
|Typical Floor Plan (Level 16)|
Co-Living landscaping and working area There are different social area in the landscape area for activities. Also, Working Spaces are placed besides Lobby area for public uses. It is more convenient for creators to work in ground level because they need not to go up to units area.
Clear Seperation of Functional Units: Most of the single units are placed in the north tower as the workers may need a quiet area to do their jobs. Therefore, single studio unit/ coworking are are normally place on that side. For the south tower, there are more units of family, couple and family house.
|Features of Units Area|
|Type of Rooms|
Module Design 1: Single Unit
B
|Skybridge|
A
|Skybridge 1:50|
Isometric View
Plan Views
Section A
Section B
Module Design 2: Couple Unit
A
Living units
Isometric View
Plan Views
Section A
Module Design3: Family Unit
A
Isometric View
Plan Views
Section A
Co-Living and Co-Working Each units are separated into two parts. 1) Living area in sides and 2) Co-working Area in middle. Therefore, people can share the working
|Section|
Playful Skybridge Besides Living and Working, there are playing experience in that area. It gives a new mode of living style for the users (i.e. Work- Live- Play & work life balance).
|South Elevation|
For the ground level design, I have divide the space into different parts to have different activities. For example, outdoor dining area and steeping leisure should be put in middle to have a great social activities in that area. For the both side. It is more preferable to make parking area and market area. For the upper level, it is residential area, there are some skybridge area and void space to encourage the living style of coliving/ coworking.
Level 25
1.Residents can use the skybridge to have working and leisure activities (e.g. playing area) in 3 levels. It is also encourage the concept of work life balance
Level 24
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Level 23
Level 23
Level 22
Level 22
Level 21
Level 21
Level 20
Level 20
Level 19
Level 19
Level 18
Level 18
Level 17
Level 17
Level 16
Level 16
Level 15
Level 15
Level 14
Level 14
Level 13
Level 13
Level 12 46,000
Level 12
Level 11
Level 11
Level 10
Level 10
Level 9
Parking Area
Level 9
Level 8
2. Void areas area design in projection and retrusion to show the concept of tenement houses, It also enhance the visual connection between others.
Handicraft Working Area
Stepping Leisure Area/ Entrance
Outdoor Dining Area
Pop up Shops
Market Area/ Playground
Lui Seng Chun
Level 8
Level 7
Level 7
Level 6
Level 6
Level 5 25,000
Level 5 25,000
Level 4 20,000
Level 4 20,000
Level 3 15,000
Level 3 15,000
Level 2 10,000
Level 2 10,000
Level 1 5000
Level 1 5000
Tong Mi Road
Parking Area
Mall Entrance
Lai Chi Kok Road
|Features of Podium and Overall Views| |Exploded View|
|Master Layout Plan|
Coworking area
Skybridge
|Features of Podium Space|
Lui Seng Chun
Balcony Space
Glass Boxes
Extrusion of Platforms create two layers of outside spaces for social
Big Glass Boxes create great visual connection between indoor and outdoor
activities. Therefore, people can enjoy landscaping and working in that space.
spaces(landscape).
Market Entrance
Welcoming Entrance
ShopFront
Co-living Space
Landscaping Design and Outdoor Dining Area
ShopFront
Stepping Area
Landscape
Drop off area
|Hong Kong Orchid Tree| Expo 2020 Dubai
This project aims to design a pavilion that can be representative of Hong Kong’s spirit in 2020 Dubai Expo. The project should eduacate society about Hong Kong city and its cultures.
#Pavilion #Expo 2020 Dubai #Red-Flowered Advanced Computer-Aided Design - Expo 2020 Dubai Type:Pavilion
For the Expo theme, it is “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’. Therefore, the project would be examinated with different possibilities to trackle with the current global problems or demands across cultures and regions. For example, sustainbility or technology.
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Advisor: Prof. Xu, Shi Yu Red-Flowered is the city flower of Hong Kong. By taking features of flowers and sustainable designs in this pavilion to promote the culture of Hong Kong.
Inspiration
1. Red - Flowered: Hong Kong Orchid Tree can be represented to Hong Kong
This pavilion design is called “Orchild Tree”, which is a special species of flower in Hong Kong. It also represents the flags of Hong Kong. Concept Development
Perspective
Opportunities The reform of flower can create differet circulations and spaces. It also means Hong Kong is an international city.
1. Forming the flower shape Five pieces of petals are expanded to form the flower shape.
2. Functions design By placing the curves, pocket spaces are created
Transformation From Cylinder Shape to dynamic shape. It is a expression of energetic and diversity.
3. Added with Pistil Placing connection
4. Added with Panels Finish
**Note: Flat of Hong Kong Designed by Tao Ho
2. Pistil Pistil can be represented as a strong connection between the petal.
|Site Analysis & Strategy|
Exhibitions
Mobility Soug Medical Facility
Image Source: CA4182 Term Project Brief
Propose Site
Mobility
Sustainability
Opportunity
Placing green elements is possible to avoid sandstorm and unnecessary sunlight going to the building.
The pavilion is located in the exposition. There are different buildings are built next to the project. Therefore, high mobility design would be adopted for attraction/ circulation.
|Drawings| Master Plan
|Layout Plans|
3
4 2
5
1
1 1
Legend: 1. Shops (Goods) 2. Shops (Foods) 3. Workshop 4. Cafe 5. Exhibition
5
1
2
5 4
Ground Floor
4
Legend: 1. Cafe
Legend: 1. Exhibition
First Floor
Second Floor
|Distribution of Functions and Rendering|
2
Rendering 3 3
Legend: 1. Cafe 2. Exhibition 3. Shops (Hong Kong goods) 4. Shops (Hong Kong foods) 5. Workshop
Section
Landscape
Shops/ Cafe/ Exhibition
Water ConnectionFinnel
Shops/ Cafe/ Exhibition
Landscape
|Design Features| Water Recycling
Exploded View
Water Droplet
Floor & Water Funnel
Panels & Curtains
Water Droplet Rainwater collection is necessary as the proposed site is surrounded by Desert area(Dubai). Water would be used for the landscaping.
Bracing Bracing Structures
Panels for sunshading Voids for sunlight and winds
Connections
Red-Flowered
Bracing Structure The bracing structure creates different voids’ spaces on the facades. Therefore, the winds and sunlight could be penetrated to the interior easily. It may reduce energy consumption.
Structure
Wood Structure
Waffle Structure The Waffle Structure is made by the woods joints. Those joints called mortar and tension that gives an effective construction to the workers. Those materials could be recyclable.
|Alternative Designs| There are four different designs which represent the same concept of Red-Flowered. After comparing the Aesthetics and sustainability, Design 0 would be the final design, The reasons will be discussed as follow.
Design 0 - Final Design
First, for the aesthetics, Design 0 & 2 would be a suitable choice because the welcoming entrance would attract the public to go inside the building. It is easy to see the middle tower parts. In constrast, It is hard for the public to see the middle tower parts in Design 1 and 3 and the concept of welcoming entrance is not that strong. Second, for the sustability, there are diifferent voidsm bracing, empty spaces to get the sunlight and winds from different direction. In constrastm Design 2 may block most of the sunlight from the top. Therefore, Design 0 would be the better choice.
Design 1
Design 2
Design 3
|Baby Chair Design| Sustainable & Art Design
#All in one Design #Baby Chair #Multifunction Sustainable Art and Design - Furniture Design Type: Baby Chair Design
In oversea, houses area spacious and there are a lot of furnitures in the living units for different users. Such as, kids and adults. However, living space in Hong Kong is valuable. Subdivided houses are very common in Hong Kong. Inside the unit, the bed occupies majority of the space. Therefore, an all in one design is more preferable in Hong Kong environment.
Location: CMC, CityU, Hong Kong
I aim to create a furniture which suits the environment in Hong Kong. The furniture designed should be multio-functional, usable for certain users, space-saving, and have a long lifespan. This kind of product would be very popular. The proposed design would be a baby furniture.
Advisor: Prof. Tobias Klein Hong Kong International Youth Competition
|Anthropometrics and Ergonomics Research|
750
590
530 310
350
|Step of Furniture Assembly (Chair)|
640 380
Standing Height
Seat Height
Table Height
105cm
31 cm
51 cm
120cm
35 cm
59 cm
135cm
38 cm
64 cm
Target Users: Our Designed furniture can be combined to fits to two types of users. Before combining, they are the chair and desk for kid who is about 105 cm. When the kid is becoming taller, they are no longer suitable. Therefore, Combining the kid’s chair and desk can produce a high chair which is for adult user.
|Dimensions of the furniture and Rendering|
|Structure of the chair|
Dimension in Front Elevation
Baby Table
Dimension in Right Elevation
Baby Chair & Table
Baby Chair
High Chair
|Professional Works| Ribbon Cube - Shopping Mall Design
#Ribbon #Cube #Refurbishment work AGC Design Ltd Professional Work - Shopping Mall Design Type: Shopping Mall Location: Lubei Qu, Tangshan City, China Advisor: Mr. David Yu & Anthony Ho Refurbishment work for the whole shopping mall.
This is a refurbishment work for the whole shopping mall. In this project, we aims to improve the shopping experiences for clients by using Ribbon and Cube. Also, Immersive design for interiors are adopted for better shopping experience and meeting the clients' needs. For this Tangsshan project, I am in the design team and responsible for drawing production of schematic design on parts of shopping mall and interior rendering. For example, conceptural diagram for the whole mall, Whole B1 basement modeling. Also, I learned how to communicate with the suppliers (e.g. 3M) to get different samples of materials (e.g. Sun control Window Film) and testify the most suitable materials for the building.
For this project, Ribbon Cube is adopted for the whole design concept as “The gifting culture” is related to Tangshan City. Also, the project is around ~300 meter in length. It is hoped that by using long “ribbon” to circulate the roads and different “Cube” to create various experience for the public.
Concept: Ribbon Cube
Master Planning
For the interior space, there are three main “I-Con” point for the project. When public going to the enter. They would see the “Curving canopy” and Big Screening as Welcoming entrance(Commercial Value). In the Middle, there are interesting Boxes area for Leisuring Activities. For the last part, there are big stepping area for social activities and showing. Those spaces would creates different commercial values for the mall. Original Design
Optimized Design
Entrance View 1
Entrance View 2
Materials for Facade design
Detail Drawings for spandrel
|B1 Basement Design|
|Original B1 Layout Plan|
Mining Factory(Past)
Green Depot (Present)
Ri You Market
|B1 Basement Layout Plan| For this B1 Basement, I aim to create different immersed experience for the public. Therefore, I make some researches for the TangShan City from past to current time. From past, it is found that Tangshan is one of the most important heavy industrial city in China. As Guangdong merchant Tong King sing opened the first coal mine in 1877. Also, it hosted large steel plants and iron projects. Nowadays, government is intent to promote greenery space for the environmental protection.
Mining Factory (Past)
Green Depot (Present)
Ri You Market (Future)
Therefore, I seperated the whole pavings into three mains area to tell a story of Tangshan City from past to future. Those are Mining Factory( Past), Green Depot (Present), Ri You Market (Future). For the Mining Factory, the loft and factory style were adopted to show the culture of Tangshan City.
|Optimized B1 Layout Plan|
Also, the “Hand Car� would also show the traditional ways of mining transpotation. For the Green Depot, greenery environment would create natural feeting for the public. For the Ri You Market, Social and Coliving area may present the future of that city.