Marianne Ching Architecture Portfolio by Marianne Ching

MARIANNE CHING ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

I have recently graduated from the Singapore University of Technology and Design with a Masters degree of Architecture. I am inspired by our world today to create designs that impact the people who come across these creations. I hope one day to be an architect that can enable, impact and help people through my designs.

PERSONAL INFORMATION Full name

Ching Su Ying, Marianne

Nationality

Singaporean

Mobile

+65 82234577

Date of Birth

19th April 1996

marianneching96@gmail.com

EDUCATION 2018 - 2019

Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Masters of Architecture

2015 - 2018

Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Bachelor of Science Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD)

2013 - 2014 2009 - 2012

Sept 2018 Dec 2018

LAANK Interior Design Intern Designed multiple Fred Perry outlets Assisted in project management Compiled material/furniture schedules

May 2017 July 2017

ONG&ONG Architecture Intern Design of Batam Masterplan Assisted in CAD drawings Assisted in design of upcoming condominium project

Feb 2015 March 2015

ONG&ONG Architecture Intern Design of extension of private housing Assisted in CAD drawings Shadowed and observed renovations to residential condominium

LEADERSHIP

Saint Andrews’ Junior College GCE A Levels

2019

Singapore Chinese Girls’ School GCE O Levels

Singapore Mixed Open Touch Rugby Team Represented Singapore at the 2019 Touch Rugby World Cup

2018

ASD Graduation Show Director

2017 - 2018

SUTDio Executive Committee Head of Collaborations

2015 - 2018

SUTD Touch Rugby Captain

2016 - 2018

Saints Alumni Band Treasurer

2013 - 2014

Saint Andrews’ Junior College Concert Band President

SKILLS Proficient

WORKING EXPERIENCE

Rhinoceros 5 / vRay for Rhino / Adobe CC Illustrator / Adobe CC Photoshop / Adobe CC InDesign / Google Sketchup / Podium for Sketchup / AutoCAD Laser Cutting / Model Making / 3D Printing

Basic

Grasshopper / Revit

Language

English / Mandarin

Static: The Sedentary Future Masters Thesis 2019

The Green Hub Term 7 Option Studio I 2018

Deep Life Aquatic Term 8 Option Studio II 2018

Trash-Hold Term 9 Option Studio III 2019

Playscape Term 6 Housing 2017

Discourse Core Studio II 2017

Interior Design Work Internship & Freelance 2018/2019

The Green Hub Sections

Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

SCALE BAR 1:200

Product Design Overseas Exchange Project 2016

08 0

Graduation Show SUTD ASD Gradshow 2018

01 Static: The Sedentary Future Masters Thesis / 2019 Professor: Chong Keng Hua We live in a world where the sedentary lifestyle is rampant and has become the center â&#x20AC;&#x153;problemâ&#x20AC;? of the architectsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; design. We design relentlessly to counter this issue, promoting active living and healthy lifestyles. This thesis aims to provide an anti-thesis to our current solutions. What if, instead of attempting to solve the human inactiveness, that is already too far gone, we choose to embrace it and design to accommodate this shift in lifestyle. By challenging the norm of the present society through designing a town that revolves around the people staying static and sedentary, while the world and all its contents moves around them and towards them, I hope to create a new and improved typology of town planning. Design should embrace the constantly evolving world around us, not fight the changes that are already ingrained into our system. By using grasshopper to create a mesh, which possesses the skeletal structure of a 3-dimensional grid structure, this formed the basis of the connective tissue of the entire project. The design consists of three main components that make up the overall system of the town; The Inland Port, Habitation Modules and The Ecology Hubs. They coexist within the mesh and form a new urban typology for efficient towns in pursuit of the sedentary future.

TOWN CENTRE INLAND PORT

TOWN PERIPHERIES AND OFFSET SPACE HABITATION MODULES

TOWN COUNTRYSIDE ECOLOGY HUBS

Reservoir Catchment

Empty internal space for connective tissue and for moving parts to travel through

External truss structure

Large surface area to maximise drone landing

Openings for Vertical Farming

Sedentary Entity

Sedentary Entity Sedentary Entity

CONNECTIVE TISSUE Transport lines that other entities move through from one sedentary point to another

02 Deep Life Aquatic Option Studio II / Group / 2018 Landscape Urbanism Professors: Eva Castro / Frederico Roberto Challenged to create our own fiction of a territorial takeover of the South China Sea, we used landscape urbanism to create our own architectural intervention of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;free-watersâ&#x20AC;?, slowly growing and taking control of the open sea in progressive phases. Amidst the frustration of exploitation being imposed upon fishermen, they begin to function autonomously and stealthily for the sake of survival by occupying and operating in territories within their reach and close to the coastlines. The initial use of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) soon propels the fishermen to greater means and larger output. Beyond fishing, the fishermen start tapping into other sources of income- tourism. Soon enough, rudimentary forms of fishing become insufficient and sustainability becomes the next goal. Aquaculture comes into place as an evolved fishing strategy hence initiating the nodes of an emergent system. The production scale starts to increase which calls for the need of an integration of energy nodes within the system. Concurrently, the rising fishermen population on the sea drives the habitation nodes and ultimately, the amalgamation of node types enhance the system as a whole. The emergent system poses a question of delineating new territories within the contestable qualities of the South China Sea, where fishermen slip through the political conditions and define their own territory...

Storyline

PLATFORM FOR FISHERMEN TO TRADE

SETTING UP CORE NODES

CONTRACTS

BLOCKCHAIN

ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIES

UNCLAIMED ISLANDS

ADOPTED BY

TRANSACTIONS

BLOCKCHAIN

DEVELOPMENT OF VEINS

SUPPORTED BY

ENABLED BY FADS

BUY FROM

DRIVEN BY

PRODUCTIVE TERRITORIES

TO SUPPORT / DRIVE COLLABORATION

AQUACULTURE

LOCAL FISHERMEN

SEDIMENTATION

TO DEVELOP TO ASSIST

ROGUE TOURISM

TO DEVELOP

AS MEANS OF BRIDGING NODES AND ENHANCING EACH SYSTEM

WITH FAD NODES

GIVE PEOPLE ABILITY TO MANTAIN 'SOVEREIGNTY' WHEN

NGOS

INFORMATION SHARING

COMMERCIAL FISHERS

INFORMATION SHARING

LEGITMISING FUNCTION

MULTIPLIER / SCALING

PRELIMINARY AUTONOMOUS ECONOMIES

FREE ZONES PORTS

FORMED BY

TRADE WITH GET REVENUE TO DEVELOP

ELEVATION OF SYSTEM

PIRATE COLLECTIVE

TO FREE FROM INFLATING TERRITORIAL VALUE

WITH THE AID OF

TO OPPOSE

TO USE

TO ATTRACT

ENERGY INFRASTRURE

DATA STORAGE

COMMS INFRASTRURE

FORMATION OF COMPLEX INTERCONNECTIVITY WITHIN AND ACROSS SYSTEMS

DATA TRANSFER

RADAR

TERRITORIAL / TRADE RESTRICTIONS

EMPHASIS ON UNDERWATER/ SUBMERGED INFRASTRUCTURES PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3 PHASE 4

Phase Maps

TO INVEST IN TO DEVELOP

PRODUCTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE

MULTIPLIER LOOP

(POSSIBLE HYBRID SYSTEMS) FISHERMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FULFILMENT OF SURVIVAL NEEDS IN THE INITIAL STAGE LEADS TO FUTURE PLANNING: SUSTAINABLE MODES OF PRODUCTION

MNCS

SEA WEB

ENHANCING THE SYSTEM

THROUGH COLLABORATION AND SHARED ECONOMIES, BECOME...

ESTABLISHING AUTONOMY TO THE SEA

TO TRADE

ARTIFICIAL REEFS

TO CIRCUMVENT

POLITICAL AGENCIES

ENHANCED BY

NETWORKS

GROWTH OF OTHER NODE TYPES

'SEA ZOMIA'

Habitation Modules

(1(5*< +

$4 +

7285,60 +

IRON CORRUGATED ROOF

TRUSSES

TIMBRE

BAMBOO TIMBRE

FLOATING NETS WITH PLASTIC BOTTLES

HABITATION

3/$7)250 02'8/(

%$6,& ,1)5$6 02'8/( &DEOHV DQG :LUHV

),6+,1* 02'8/( 6WRSRYHU ILVKLQJ DUHDV

TIMBRE INTERLOCKING SYSTEM

&216758&7,21 02'8/( (QHUJ\ ,QIUDVWUXFWXUH

,1,7,$/ +$%,7$7,21 02'8/( SHRSOH

FLOATING NETS WITH PLASTIC BOTTLES

7285,60 02'8/( SHRSOH

Diffusision Limited Aggregation (DLA)

Aquapods

Iteration 1

Iteration 2

Iteration 3

Mesh Aquapods

Iteration 3

Tidal Energy Turbine Unit

Feeding Unit Tidal Energy Turbine Unit

Feeding Unit Cross-Section Feeding Unit

Tidal Energy Turbine UnitFeeding Unit Cross-Section

Electrical Wiring

Fish Pellets

3.5m

Fish Pellets

3.5m

0.3m

Fish Pellets

Feeding tube

Electrical Wiring

Fish Pellets

Polycarbonate Structure

Feeding tube

3.5m

Feeding Unit Cross-Section

Polycarbonate Structure

Feeding Unit

0.3m

Fish Pellets

Seascraper

HAINAN (CHINA)

DEEP LIFE AQUATIC PHASE 4 MANIFESTO

PARACEL ISLANDS

SIGMA

NODE OF INTENSIFICATION 03

EPSILON NODE OF INTENSIFICATION 01

KAPPA

NODE OF INTENSIFICATION 02

H LT

FUTURE EXPANSION TRAJECTORIES

SECONDARY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT SUB-GRIDS

TRANSPORATION & PRIMARY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AXIS

I AT

A ON

UNCLAIMED ISLANDS

TO U

RIS M

SPRATLY ISLANDS

PALAWAN (PHILIPPINES)

SCALE 1:1000000

03 Trash-Hold Option Studio III / 2019 Professor: Ng San Son / Aileen Koh This studio prompted us to dig deeper into the multitude of communities that surround us in our local society and how they behave. We went through a rigorous site analysis for the first few weeks, critically analyzing the various elements within the site which we had selected to be the Geylang lorongs as well as the opposite area. For my final intervention, I chose to focus on the issue of trash as well as the community of cardboard collectors within the area and how they collect these unused and discarded material for their livelihood but also as their hobby. I chose to design a recycling center in a prominent space that would latch on as a new faรงade on one of the existing buildings. I wanted to emphasize the amount of trash production by visually impacting those who pass the site. By hiding the back end processes, but revealing the trash collection and the recycling process through large openings or huge machine elements, I hoped to achieve a larger exposure to the trash production that exists in our society today.

$8 $10 $30

$20

8am

9am

10am

11am

12pm

1pm

2pm

3pm

4pm

5pm

6pm

04 The Green Hub Option Studio II / 2018 Professor: Maria Warner Wong We were tasked to transform the currently secluded Mount Emily Park, in our own interpretation, of how it could become a programme that would represent a green centre in Singapore. My aim was to create a â&#x20AC;&#x153;kampung-likeâ&#x20AC;? community that reflects the current environment that encompasses the site for the Nature Society of Singapore. The design seeks to provide the necessary workshop, exhibition, learning and eating spaces for all Singaporeans to enjoy, whilst being in the heart of nature. The spaces are carefully placed in the site to suit the programme of being more open or, in contract, more peaceful and hidden. The architecture was inspired by a mix of old kampung huts as well as wooden Japanese houses. The lack of complete walls was to achieve an even flow through the site where spaces and nature would not be distinctly separated from one another.

The Green Hub Sections

05 Playscape Core Studio / 2018 Professor: Kenneth Tracy Playscape challenges the normal function of connections to simply connect places and attempts to push the boundaries by connecting people through play. The abundance of J-walks and J-links between the various buildings in Jurong East was the inspiration for this project to evolve the basic function of overhead bridges and connecting walkways. By merging these connections with the thriving activities happening around the site, Playscape was formed. The emphasis of this housing project was on the intermediate spaces between buildings as well as within and between individual housing units. Therefore, the actual building was designed to follow that of a simpler housing block, providing more areas to allows the “play-spaces” to flourish and stand out. These “play-spaces” eventually form the overall language of the building and attempts to prompt people to move through these spaces and interact with one another.

Normative housing blocks, with the larger surface areas being oriented North-South to ensure shading to the units as well as the communal areas.

Having an ascending gradient for the housing blocks to influnece the continuous motion through the building and site.

Creating a central void through the site that follows through in the building blocks to create openness. It also allows for a communal pathway through the entire site.

Increasing the size of the voids for every specific block to again create openess and continuity.

Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Unit A - Triplex

Unit C - Duplex

Unit B - Duplex

Unit D - Studio

Units

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

2 SCALE BAR 1:50

06 Discourse Core Studio / 2017 Professor: Thomas Wong Creating a monumental art gallery on a large green plot in the bugis area was the aim of this project the aim of this project. The inspiration for this gallery was the large amount of discourse occurring between the surrounding environment. The building typologies was extremely varied and there was a large amount of differing activities being carried out all over the site. The museum is seemingly wholesome and regular on the outside, but upon entering, the visitors experience a clashing of structures. The sharp edges allowed for a very interesting overlay of hidden spaces as well as creation of interesting overhangs and openings within the building.

Temporary Exhibition MoMA Cafe (Indoor)

MoMA Store

Storage

MoMA Cafe (Outdoor) B

Loading/Unloading Bay

Permanent Exhibition

A’ B’

Restrooms

Permanent Exhibition Entrance Hall

Drop off/Pickup Point

Temporary Exhibition Office

Temporary Exhibition Studio II

Outdoor Space

Studio I Temporary Exhibition Lecture Theatre

07 Bambeats Overseas Exchange Project / 2016 This project challenged us by pitting us against the issue that traditional bamboo crafting is becoming a dying trade. We were tasked to find unique and interesting ways of redesigning products with bamboo in order to bring new life into the traditional bamboo crafting industry and improve its prominence within society today. I was inspired by the unique qualities of bamboo to be both strong and rigid as well as soft and flexible. By using these qualities and taking a popular item such as portable speakers, I decided to design and build a speaker that showcased the organic and versatile nature of bamboo. Before we began building our prototypes, we had a one week bamboo course with a shifu in a bamboo village. He taught us how to farm as well as traditioanally process the bamboo by hand. Following this, we then returned to the village for another week with our designs and proceeded to farm and build our prototypes ourselves.

08 ASD Gradshow 2018 Director Every year SUTDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Architecture and Sustainable Design faculty designs and puts together a graduation show which displays the best works from across the various cohorts studying the course. In 2018, I had the honour of being the Co-Director of that yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduation show. Together with my team we designed, curated, and created the graduation show for that year. Through the graduation show, we not only aimed to display the curated works, but we also wanted the design of the exhibition to tell a story about the Architecture faculty at SUTD. We wanted to use an array of raw materials for our exhibition skeleton. Thus the frames were made of copper rods, which were pivoted using stacks of plywood that would act as tables. The copper frame would hold up the project posters of the different designs. We also designed and 3D printed the joints that were used to hold all the copper rods together.

09 Interior Design Internship & Freelance / 2019 For my pre-M.Arch internship, I interned at an interior design firm and post internship, I continued in this industry through freelance work. I worked on various projects that included F&B, commercial and housing. This exposure allowed me to be more centered on user design and to really understand how the user would react and move through the space. These projects allowed me to work on my rendering skills as well as exposed me to my interest in interior design.