MARCO CHOW DESIGN PORTFOLIO by Marco Chow

Marco Chow Design Portfolio|20151

Contents

RESUME

QUEST

REPOSE

FLOW

MAKERS SPACE

ASSEMBLAGE

PERSONAL WORK

RESUME

ABOUT ME Hello, my name is Marco Chow and I have a desire to be a little wiser everyday than when I woke up. This may be a new skill, a new perspective, or even a new interest. As an avid learner, I would greatly appreciate and take up any opportunities to further expand my horizons. I am currently a second year student of the University of Waterloo, School of Architecture and it is my wish that this collection of my work will lead you to perhaps become a little wiser as well. Enjoy!

EDUCATION 09/2014 – Present : Candidate for Bachelors of Architecture, Honours Co-op University of Waterloo, School of Architecture and currently in second year. Graduating Class of 2019 09/2010 – 06/2014 : High School Diploma The Woodlands Secondary School 2002 - 2016 : Candidate for The Associate of The Royal Conservatory (ARCT) diploma for Piano The Royal Conservatory of Music

WORK EXPERIENCE 04/2015 - 08/2015: Hardware Engineering Intern at Tyco Security Products Learned a wide array of practical skills such as soldering and using an Stereolithographic Industrial 3D Printer. Built electrical circuits from schematic diagrams and conducted a research project on a ‘one-piece door contact’

SKILLS Autodesk Inventor AutoCAD Rhinocerous

Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign

Hand Modeling Hand Drafting Wood-working Skills

Maxwell Rendering Microsoft Office Painting

AWARDS • • • • •

University of Waterloo President’s Scholarship Top 20 in DECA, a leadership development business competition at an international level in Atlanta, Georgia 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards at Peel Music Festival piano competition Peel Music Festival Scholarship 4 years Honours Roll student in Enhance program at The Woodlands School

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES • Participated in the Steel Structures Education Foundation (SSEF) competition with entry titled ‘Repose’ • Vice President of the Visual Arts Club • Leadership position in a charity club, planning a month-long fundraising event called Movember, raising over $2000 for prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health • Participated as Regional, Provincial, and International qualifier and competitor of the DECA leadership development business competition • Member of the Waterloo Architecture Student Association to plan school events including Dodgeball, Coffee House, and Movie Night • Member of Cambridge Badminton Club • Co-president of the University of Waterloo School of Architecture Ultimate Frisbee Club

Quest Individual

Quest is a library based upon the idea of platforms at staggered heights, allowing for views be shared between each of the library inhabitants. Located near the intersection of St. Clair Ave W and Greensides Ave, this building promotes the concept of the cross-pollination of knowledge. The ground floor stairs have been transformed into a series of risers, allowing for a large multipurpose seating area that is visible from everywhere in the library. A hackerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lab is positioned a half-floor below the main level, allowing for pedestrians on the sidewalk to peer in unobtrusively.

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A LAIR

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IDES

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GRE AVE

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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ST. CLAIR ELEVATION

LANE ELEVATION

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

SECTION A

SECTION B

REPOSE Group

Scaffolding is an ever abundant resource in urban cities, always being used and re-used to fix or build any number of buildings in the city. This pavilion utilizes the flexible-nature of the mass-produced product to construct a unique space on Miami Beach. LED lights are inserted into the ends of the hollow scaffolding tubes, allowing the Pavilion to light up at night and emulates the stars on the domed roof which are difficult to see in large cities.

SCAFFOLDING GRID CUBE

NEGATIVE SPACE SPHERES

SUBTRACT SPHERES FROM CUBE

LOOKING UP AT DOMED ROOF

SECTION A

VIEW OUT OF THE ARCHWAY

SECTION B

PAVILION SET UP ON MIAMI BEACH

A WEDGE PIN

STANDARD

ROSETTE

WEDGE HEAD LEDGER

SCREW

BASE PLATE

CONNECTION PIN WOODEN BOARD

PLAN EXPLODED FOOTING DETAIL

FLOW Group

There are many pockets of urban space that have become uncomfortable places to enter. FLOW is an exploration of such a space, located in a right-of-way situation off of Warnock Street in Cambridge, Ontario. These four collections of housing units seeks to address the street front that has become neglected by the rest of its residential counterparts. The stacked shifting forms create a greater balance of inhabitable space and direct sunlight. A central core of circulation allows for easy access for inhabitants.

GLASS

WOOD

CONCRETE

vehicle traffic pedestrian path fences

FIGURE GROUND PLAN SITE PLAN

entry points traditional lamps stylized lamps

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FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR THIRD FLOOR

STREET VIEW

Section 1:50 Drawing 5 February 13th, 2015 Group 7

SECTION A

SECTION B 21

MAKERS SPACE Individual

Makers Space investigated the relationship between public and private space within a single residence. A slightly sunken courtyard below the second floor acts as an extension of the workshop on the first floor. This expansion into the public realm gives the maker a platform to showcase their work to the public without necessarily being intrusive to the privacy of the maker’s home inside. The “L” shape of the upper floor allows for views down into the courtyard in addition to allowing sunlight to enter the lower floor. A quiet outdoor balcony rests above the courtyard and the first floor.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

PERSPECTIVE SECTION

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN

TERRACE VIEW

ASSEMBLAGE Group

An exploration of the issue of privatization of public and common spaces is addressed in Assemblage. Located within a home at 12 St. Andrews, a solarium previously looking outwards towards the public outdoors, was inverted such that the public space looked in towards this private space. This was achieved through taking a private residential space and convert it temporarily to a community production space. An underutilized space is commonly found in between two detached houses. This pathway is used to guide the public from the sidewalk into the home through a series of workstations. The vertical placement of the tables directs movement towards the backyard. The clothesline sections off the backyard and suggests path leading into the sun room. Newspaper, a daily household object, is recycled to be recreated as paper. We decided to make paper due to the availability of newspaper as a medium, the feasibility of the production process, as well as the domestic uses of paper. This selection of medium allows for small-scale production, low environmental impact and a sense of commons. Stations were centralized to facilitate circular physical movement and the encouraged verbal interaction unifies the participants. This model for a pop-up community workshop can be used for creating a variety of domestic items. The breaking of the cyclical nature of both daily house work and the Fordist production line is achieved by creating a finished product that can taken home, thus ending the cycle.

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1 RECYCLING 2 SPREADING 3 IRONING 4 WRITING 5 GALLERY

Personal Works

CONTACT

MARCO CHOW MISSISSAUGA, CANADA MCLCHOW.COM | 647-667-8807 MARCO.CHOW@HOTMAIL.COM

2015