The most important event that has shaped my academic and professional interests is my move from Surabaya to Singapore seven years ago. The stark contrast between my experience living in these two cities made me realise the huge impact of seemingly simple things, such as sidewalk, good transportation network, public spaces, and good building edges on our daily lives. This experience has led me to greatly appreciate urbanism. In the next pages, you can find 3 selected professional projects at Spark Architects where I was a key team member.
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01 3-Dimensional Heritage Connectivity
Guangzhou Shipyard Master Plan (2018 competition winning entry)
02 21th Century Technology Hub
Hefei East New Center Master Plan (2020 commisioned project)
03 City in a Garden
Suzhou Sino-Japanese Design Village Master Plan (2021 competition winning entry)
The 4 most significant bay areas of the world are by no coincidence the epi-centres of global economy and cultural production. In February 2019, China’s development plan of the Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macau Greater Bay Area provided the framework for the creation of world class city waterfront regeneration. The Guangzhou’s shipyard, once a pioneering ship building industry in the 19th century, will be transformed to a dynamic, vibrant, diverse and balanced mixed-use development, as a pioneering landmark for the Greater Bay Area.
01 3-DIMENSIONAL HERITAGE CONNECTIVITY GUANGZHOU SHIPYARD MASTER PLAN Location: Type: Role in the group: Contribution: Date:
Guangzhou, China Professional / Competition Winning Entry (WAN Awards Shorlist 2020: Future Project Urban Design Category) Main Designer for Riverfront Area Develop design for dry dock, cultural centre, slipways and riverfront heritage park. Develop plans and produced building guidelines for 3 commercial plots. Develop master planning guidelines and street detailed plans. Coordinated renders with external render company. Produced diagrams. Prepared design report and presentation. May 2018-August 2019
Site Analysis
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Located at the epicenter of the Greater Bay Area
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Opportunity to be a new sub CBD district 12km from current GZ city centre
Strategic location at the intersection between 2 metro lines and T-Junction of a Green axis
Existing shipbuilding industry
Planning Concept The goal of this project is to transform a 19th century shipyard into a dynamic, vibrant, diverse and balanced mixed-use development that has at its heart homage to the unique heritage of the China National leviathan of the ship building industry
Conserved Infrastructure : 1 Dry Dock, 3 Slipways, and 2 Cranes
Living Commercial Riverfront Heritage
Government Land Use
3 Masterplan Zones: Commercial, Living and Riverfront Heritage Zone
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North and South Commercial Types 01 HQ Office: Gateway to GZ Shipyard 02 Creative Tech: Linked Podium and Connection to riverfront 03 Innovation Centre 04 Independent HQ: Smaller footprints and connection to the riverfront
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Guangchuan Ring: Main pedestrian network from the plots to the riverfront park
Centre of the site: Future Valley To create a strong and unique shipyard heritage identity
Main Structure The main structure of the master plan is “One Centre, One Ring, Three Zones”. One Centre refers to the Future Valley, which sits at the heart of the development connects metro access with the development’s multi-level pedestrian network One Ring, the Guangchuan Ring, draws visitors from the city centre to the Riverfront Heritage Park. It is the master plan’s main pedestrian circulation network. Three Zones: Commercial Zone Living Zone Riverfront Heritage Zone
One Centre: Future Valley
One Ring: Dry Dock
4 building plots and a metro station exit at B2 level with a metro box cutting through the future valley.
200m long dry dock: 3 Thematic Zones
Zone 1: Forest area - a continuation of Future Valley + Commercial interface activating dry dock
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Green terraces to create continuous landscape and connection from ground to B2 level
Multi-level connections: B2 connection to the dry dock through digital grotto, L2 connection between north, south commercial plots and riverfront park and vertical connection through the central tower
Guanggang Park
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Zone 2: Water Park
L2 bridge to enter Future Valley
Zone 1: Canopy to create protected space
Zone 3: Boat Public Art + Amphitheatre
Future Valley
Basement 2 Digital Grotto to connect to dry dock
Dry Dock
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The cultural centre is pushed down to the basement to keep the waterfront view intact. The resultant of undulating roofscape becomes an elevated street connecting future valley to the waterfront.
One Ring: Slipways 1 Existing Slipways
2 Building on top of the slipways
3 Building on the plinth for permeability
4 Space under the slipways utilised as gallery
Cinema
Cafe
The buildings are arranged to create a public space in its centre.
Dry Dock
Cultural Centre Sunken Garden at B1
Plaza
Cultural Centre
Slipways Park
Slipways Cultural Gallery
Future Forum
Tower Bearing Plaza
Commercial Plots
Fu tu re Va lle y
The south commercial plots are linked with 3-dimensional pedestrian network rich with commercial activities and a series of green open public spaces.
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L2- Highline
L3-Green Ring
Shared Pedestrian Street Section
Riverfront Plaza
Tower Bearing Plaza
Future Forum
Slipways Park
Boat Amphitheatre
Cultural Centre
Water Plaza Forest Canopy
Digital Grotto
Future Valley
MRT Exit
Guanggang Park
Plot guidelines
This project takes on the challenge to regenerate Hefei Steel Factory industrial heritage into a future innovative city centre that allow future residents, office workers and visitors to interact, engage and enjoy a creative hi-tech and sustainable life without forgetting the past.
02 21TH CENTURY TECHNOLOGY HUB HEFEI EAST NEW CENTER MASTER PLAN
Location: Hefei, China Type: Professional / Commissioned Project Role in the group: Urban Designer Contribution: Develop design for the high tech headquarters office zone, living zone and discovery village. Develop master planning overall concept and strategies. Produced diagrams. Prepared design report and presentation Date: 01 June - 31 July 2020
Site Analysis High Speed Railway Station
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Hefei City Centre
Hefei
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Yang Tze River Delta 8km
High Speed Railway Station
Located next to a prosperous Yang Tze River Delta
Sub city centre with connection to 2 high speed railway stations
Central landscape axis link to the blue riverside corridor
High public transport accessibility: 2 metro stations within the site
Planning Concept 20th Century Linear Industrial Process
Steel Rolling
Stee l Rol ling
Casting
Blast Furnace
21th Century Iterative Technology Process
Sintering Steel
Cas ting
Exhibit
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Fabricate
Research
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Green Nodes
Plaza Nodes
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Sint ering Stee l
Hig HQ oh-tech ffice
Conserved building
Conservation of Industrial Heritage:
Engage and educate the future generation of Hefei steel factory
1 Heritage Tech Axis
Engage future residents and visitors through new iterative tech programmatic zones along the old and new - including green and riverfront corridor.
1 Green Network
Engage and reconnecting people with nature throughout the entire site
1 Plaza Network Engage interactions between plots
Innovative Hi-tech Headquarters Shopping Hub and Riverfront F&B Apartment District for Tech Talents Riverfront Start-Up Office Villas Culture and Youth Zone Waterfront Park Heritage Axis Government Offices
Metro Station
Metro Station
Engaging Interactions between Innovative Hi-tech Office with the Public 3.3 2.7
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02 Perimeter retail podium for strong urban edge + shifting office tower locations for unblocked view
03 Museum and experience centre as interface between innovative tech office and public
04 Linking interface buildings with plaza nodes in the central landscape axis
05 Extending central landscape axis to the buildings
06 Green network creating wellconnected high-tech headquarters office
Heritage Blast Furnace Discovery Centre
Landscape Garden Ring 07 Icons flanking two ends of the innovative hi-tech office zone
Future Guidebook for Hefei East Center
01 Blast Furnace Discovery Center
01 Ride @ Blast Furnace
02 Central Axis Landscape
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03 Oil Tank Park
Located within the Sino-Japanese Development Area this project will create a new destination that will draw in visitors to a new cultural and economic network of extraordinary programmes and events. The ideas are inspired by the processional principles of traditional Chinese garden design and the idea of creating a ‘social picturesque’ where the views to and from the various buildings arranged around the lake and waterfront give meaning and identity to the whole rather than a series of “object” buildings.
03 CITY IN A GARDEN
SUZHOU SINO-JAPANESE DESIGN VILLAGE MASTER PLAN Location: Type: Role in the group: Contribution: Date:
Suzhou, China Professional / Competition Project (Winning entry) Urban Designer Develop design for the Japanese Suzhou Market and Creative Hub zone. Develop master planning overall concept and strategies. Develop landscape strategies. Coordinated renders with external render company. Produced diagrams. Prepared design report and presentation 01 March - 31 May 2020
Design Concept
Phase 2
Japnese Suzhou Market
Creative Hub Apartments Design Award
Design Master Studio
Phase 1
Aerial site plan
Every zone has a piece in the core area
Phasing strategy
Developing the core area into a suzhou garden which infliltrates each zone
Hotel and Resort
Riverside Art and F&B
Master plan zoning based on commercial consultant
A tourist ring composed of unique tourist routes and attractions will go through phase 1 & 2
A City in a Suzhou Garden : 1 Ring, 1 Core , 7 Districts 01 District 01 - Japense Suzhou Market District 02 - Design Master Studio District 03 - Riverside Art and F&B District 04 - Hotel and Resort District 05 - Apartment District 06 - Creative Office District 07 - Design Award Museum
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District: Japanese Suzhou Market
Japanese street market + Suzhou water market
Intersection plaza + circulation connecting to adjacent zones
Suzhou garden and farm inflitrate each zone
1 Ring: Tourist Ring
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02 Design Master Studio
03 Riverside Art and F&B
04 Cultural Courtyard (Riverside Art and F&B)
05 Wellness hotspring (Hotel / Resort Zone)
06 Wellness terrace (Apartment Zone)
1 Core: Suzhou Garden Central Lake
Every zone has a piece in the core area. East lake is denser with commercial activities, while west lake is the quieter zone for the apartment and hotel/resort zone.
Line of sight and composition study
Green landscape connecting civic core