MOTIVATION “There is something sublime about thinking of architecture as intrinsic to the processes that govern nature. My projects strive to be creative inquiries into such matters.� - Marcus Quek
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ARCHITECTURE 01_ THESIS: ARCHITECTURE OF ENERGIES
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2019 02_ CHROMATIC OVERLAY
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2018 03_ HAWKER CENTRE: NEXT GEN
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2019 04_ AURAIN
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2017 05_ VILLO
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2017
ART
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ARTEFACTS
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01_ THESIS: ARCHITECTURE OF ENERGIES Spring 2018 8-month Thesis Mentor: Christine Yogiaman
ABSTRACT Have you ever felt something in the air? Material energies - the variations of temperature, air velocity and light have inspired designers to innovate beyond tangible forms and surfaces. This thesis develops a process where physiological perception informs the design of microclimatic experiences at the old Bukit Timah Railway Station. By simulating and evaluating material energies, microclimates with specific energy profiles can be modulated to create both the climate and organized space using energy differences as material, perceivable boundaries. Keywords: Urban climatology, bioclimatic design, thermal comfort, microclimate, energy.
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Landscape plan
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Velocity vector simulation
Site indexing PORTFOLIO | MARCUS QUEK
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Landscape Model
Thermodynamic studies 8
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Devices’ construction detail
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Perspectives, plan, section and graphs 10
01_Architecture of Energies
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02_ CHROMATIC OVERLAY Spring 2018 13-week individual project Instructor: Jason Lim Teck Chye
Colour can affect our perception of space. This project inverts the relationship of colour shaping space by using space to shape colour. A red-green-blue (RGB) skylight is cropped by polycarbonate baffles and dividers to create colours that blend between and within volumes. Fuelled by daylight, these colours change according to the time of day and cloud cover. Four types of installations were derived from physical tests and renders to offer unique experiences through what could be succintly described as, ‘Chromatic Spaces’.
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PERSPECTIVE
CHAPEL OF ST IGNATIUS (STEVEN HOLL)
CHROMATIC OVERLAY
Colour shapes space
Space shapes colour
CONCEPT
TRACING
POLYCARBONATE
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02_Chromatic Overlay
NEWSPAPER
PARALLEL BAFFLES
PERPENDICULAR BAFFLES
MAXWELL RENDER TESTS
PERSPECTIVE
SECTION
KHORA
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KHORA
SPECTRA
CHROMA
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AURORA SPECTRA
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KHORA
SPECTRA
Saturated colour field gradient
Continous bands of colour
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AURORA
SPECTRA
Additive geneology of colour
Colour diffusion through portals
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03_ HAWKER CENTRE: NEXT GEN Spring 2019 10-week pair project Instructors: Carlos Baùón , Toni Kotnik and Pia Fricker In collaboration with Aalto University
The Next Generation Hawker Centre is an opportunity for shared innovation. Drawing resources and talents from the upcoming Punggol Digital District, the Punggol Social Digital Hub enables ideas to be executed and sold in a commercial setting that mirrors Punggol Waterway. Like a miniature city, visitors may wander on the streets between the blocks or the alleys within them. The alleys carve into the blocks in a network that create intersecting volumes of work space, maker space and hawker space where sharing and innovation thrives.
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LEVEL 1 PLAN OF A TYPICAL BLOCK
INTERLOCKING PROGRAMMES
NEGATIVE SPACE ALLEYS
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PINWHEELS: IDEAL TO LEAD AND RETAIN VISITORS
WORK SPACE: IDEATE
MAKER SPACE: CREATE
HAWKER SPACE: EXECUTE
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PERSPECTIVE (ENTRANCE)
PERSPECTIVE (ATRIUM) 22
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ALPHA AND BETA COURTYARDS
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ITERATION 2
ITERATION 1
NORTHEAST WIND & PRESSURE (ANSYS FlUENT)
MASSING AND THERMODYNAMICS STRATEGIES 24
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04_ AURAIN Spring 2017 5-week individual project Instructor: Jackson Tan
Aurain responds to the noise pollution at Orchard, by funnelling rain to create new sounds. The curved geometry contains the interior soundscape, producing a healthy dose of reveberation. Each programme is designed around the visitors’ psychoacoustic needs. The gentle pinches and lifts of the roof allude the experience of hiding under a large blanket. By day, it is an urban parkscape; by rainfall, it generates an alluring symphony.
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CAFE
LIBRARY
GALLERY
LECTURE THEATRE
The glass box transmit excess vocals out, drawing passerbys.
Concrete reflects the rain sound, creating reverberations.
The funnel amplifiies the rain sound, masking the noise pollution.
Steel wool absorbs noise caused by full enclosure.
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WHITE NOISE (LIBRARY)
By falling at different heights into a pool, the rain makes a fountain-like melody at multiple frequencies which improves learning and concentration.
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PINK NOISE (GALLERY)
As rain hits the concrete roof at the other bifurcation, it generates a low, consistent droning that masks the exterior vehicular noise and puts visitors at ease.
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From shapes and colours, architecture is found, but it remains incomplete without the element of sound.
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05_ VILLO Spring 2017 7-week individual project Instructor: Jackson Tan
In response to the damages from excessive air-conditioning, this MoMA pushes what it means to be open yet cooling. The pitched roofs and louvres are strategically positioned to catch high levels of wind, which passively cools the interior. Programmes are contained in blocks with assisted ventilation and are bridged by a naturally-cooled atrium. By alternating programmes with open spaces, one can enjoy some breathing space before re-engaging in the enigmatic world of modern art.
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CFD ANALYSIS WITH AUTODESK FLOW DESIGN
VENTURI EFFECT Increase wind velocity without much load
LOUVRES Direct air without losing much speed
45 DEGREES AIRWELL An angle within 45 degrees preserves speed
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SITE PLAN
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Between programmes, visitors encounter an open-aired atrium. The louvred blocks surrounding the sky bridges create three strata that resemble small villages with sharp turns that create unique views along the journey.
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“In the Spirit of Investigation.”
ART 2013-2019 Illustration: my passion in composing form, subject, space and light.
“See you on the Other Side” PORTFOLIO | MARCUS QUEK 39
SUTD Calendar Cover (2017) 40
Art
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ASD Graduation Show 2018
ARTEFACTS 2015-2019 Proactive, collaborative fabrication experiences at SUTD and beyond.
T-shirt design for SUTD Hackathon 2017, “WHAT THE HACK”.
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Snorlax, Parking Day 2016
Bloopy (Boat), Global Leadership Programme 2016 at MIT 44
Artefacts
Flexi-wall, SUTD Entrepreneurship Capstone 2018
Rockem Sockem, Parking Day 2015
Artefact, Digital Biomimetics
Silkscreen design (SUTDio)
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