MAX HU
PORTFORLIO
Application for Master of Architecture, March.I Harvard Graduate School Of Design
MAX HU
PORTFORLIO
Application for Master of Architecture, March.I Harvard Graduate School Of Design
CONTENTS
CLIFF EDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE
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Community Centre, Weihai
THE RECOVERY OF A FALLEN HORIZON
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Artists In Residence and Research Facility, Lightning Ridge
THRESHOLD TO A RUMINATIVE GARDEN
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Mixed-use apartment in North Bondi, Sydney
A SILENT ARCADE
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Civic Library In Matraville, Sydney
BAKERY IN WOOLLOOMOOLOO
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Woolloomooloo Bakery, Sydney
E: Salvatoreh@live.com T: 001186 13691207300 (PRC) A: 408/18 Village Dr. Breakfast Point, NSW, 2137, Australia W: issuu.com/mhuarchitecture
OTHER CREATIVE WORKS
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RESUME
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CLIFF EDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE Community Centre, Weihai
Location: WeiHai, ShanDong, PRC. Client: WeiHai Landscape Department. Floor Area: 2100 sqm Architect: Trace Architecture Office (TAO) Design Phase: Feb. 2012 - Sep. 2012 Project Director: Hua Li Project Team: Max Hu, Joanna Gomes, Meng Nan Role: Project Leader, concept development, coordination of project team, structural studies.
The place is an extraordinary landscape, facing east to the distant horizon and sea. A natural cliff edge situated on a plateau acts as a backdrop in the landscape. The project Cliff Edge Community Centre seeks to create an oceanfront space in a significant location in the city of Weihai, the hillcrest plateau in Tashan Park. The community space facing the sea located between the enormous cliff and the city.
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WORKING MODELS Physical Models 1:200 Cardboard
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DISAPPEARING INTO NATURE The basic premise is to establish a community space consisting of gym, cafe and restaurant . We intended to create a free, transparent horizontal space that limited with low stone walls on which the volume settles, melding with the earth. The plane serves as a base for public space facing the ocean. To avoid massing volume, restaurants were decomposed into a cluster of boxes floating above the platform, in which the cliff in the background can be seen through the gaps between each individual volumes.
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Site Plan
Ground Floor
A FLOATING PLATFORM A light, white platform is conceived, the structure is held up by a grid of white concrete columns, poised over the landscape as if on tiptoe, over this horizontal plane, a layer of water which gently covers the building verandas. The water surface stretches further out and unites the surface with the Bohai Sea. And on top of the joined surface, a cluster of floating concrete boxes is built to provide privacy and panoramic view towards the city and ocean.
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First Floor
South Section
East Section
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VIEW OF COMMUNITY CENTRE FROM DISTANCE
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LOUNGE INTERIOR AND VIEW TO THE CITY AND SEA
VIEW OF COMMUNITY CENTRE FROM THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE
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VIEW OF COMMUNITY CENTRE FROM THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE
THE RECOVERY OF A FALLEN HORIZON Artists In Residence and Research Facility, Lightning Ridge
Castle Mountain Prize in the Bachelor of Architectural Studies | Sydney 2011 National Accreditation | Sydney 2012
Key Words: Regional, Cultural, Residential Location: Lightning Ridge, Australia Design Phase: Aug. 2011 - Nov. 2011 Project Director: Professor Glenn Murcutt Project Tutor: Wendy Lewin
The manifestation underpinning this project is to explore the relationship between sky, earth and the horizon. Lightning Ridge Artist In Residence is an architectural horizon lies between the earth and heaven. The horizontality that defines a datum line for the interpretation of the undulations and patterns of the landscape.
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A MOONSCAPE ON EARTH Lightning Ridge is a still active opal mine located in outback NSW on the world’s richest deposit of black opal. In the hot dusty landscape the physical conditions are severe and unfamiliar and temperatures are extreme.The landscape is powerful, both in its capacity to evoke an emotional response as well as in its relationship to the economic and social structure of the mining town. The place is full of stories and the ground layered with traces of its rich history, extraodinary physcially and for its cultural associations. Constraints such as very limited rainfall and almost unbearable summer heat making the place even more extraodinary.
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A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURE Threshold - The architecture invites the vistors to take on a lyrical journey in searching for ruminative calm and serenity.
Pathway - An architectural complex that meanders along the contours dialoguing with the landscape and surroundings.
Spatial quality - The architecture explores ancient gathering forms, creating a juxtaposition between the enclosure and horizontal plateau.
Unearth - The architecture seems like protrusions of earth itself. The horizontality as well as the juxtaposition of weight and lightness, opacity and transparency.
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OVERALL CONTEXT Physical Model 1:200 Balsa wood + Boxboard
West Elevation
North Elevation TOWARD A REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE The Artists In Residence Facility features a small gallery and opal research centre. Due to the harsh environment in Lightning Ridge, the facility was required to generate and store its own power and water as well as manage waste on site. Technology and its capacity to inform both an architectural conception together with material details was also an essential consideration.
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South Section
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VIEW INTO THE COURTYARD
NATURAL ENERGY Climatic responsive technology plays an essential role in this design. Most of the habitable spaces are underground, creating thermal comfort and shading. The windcatcher (Malqaf) as a traditional Persian ventilation device is utilized in combination with courtyards, to capture the prevailing wind and to cool down the interior spaces. VIEW INTO THE COURTYARD FROM GROUND EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE MALQAF
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VIEW OF THE ARTIST STUDIO INTERIOR
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THRESHOLD TO A RUMINATIVE GARDEN Mixed-use apartment in North Bondi, Sydney
Key Words: Residential, Commerical, Retail Location: North Bondi, Sydney Design Phase: Aug. 2010 - Nov. 2010 Project Director: Professor Harry Margalit Project Tutor: Suzannah Potts
The site is located in North Bondi - a coastal, eastern suburb of Sydney, located 7 kilometres east of the Sydney CBD. The design renders the concept revolving settlement. In this sense settlement is expressed in terms of a “threshold�, which acts as a point of arrival - an active meeting point. Primarily individuals come together in their diversities to have a slight pause and to contemplate. The intention of the design is to create a building of ruminative calm and serenity incised into the Bondi city fabric, transiting from the public realm through the contemplative rooms to the outdoor garden. The building takes the form of the Bondi cliff, touches the earth firmly. The community is built upon and within the landscape. The transformation from the ground to roof is depicted in interlocking physical form.
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Apartment Physical Model 1:100 Cardboard
Site Plan
URBAN OPEN SPACE The proposal seeks to provide a mixed usage apartment, including 4 different units(one disable access) , a restaurant with live music and a sculpture gallery. The proposal also seeks to capitalise on the exposure of the corner site by providing welcoming entry space. Provide a entrance area/ communal courtyard where residents can hangout and rest, watching the street activities, without entering the building.
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Car Park Plan
Ground Floor
GARDEN There are generous communal outdoor spaces throughout the building reflecting the concept of outdoor living style. The sculptural courtyard allows for the habitants to come together in their diversities to have a slight pause, to hold gathering and individual use. There are also private courtyards, derived from the concept - the Hortus Conclusus, a contemplative room, a garden within a garden, the design seeks to provide a small “secret� place away from the busy street for intimate, conversation or solitude.
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First Floor
Second Floor
West Elevation
West Section
East Elevation
North Elevtion
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North Section
Detail Section
Detail Elevtion
MATERIAL DETAILING To reinforce the idea of the Bondi cliff, the base level is introverted and enclosed. The overall form is seemingly as though different spaces and volumes sit and interlock with the stone base. The choice of natural stone cladding on the base, which wrap around the entire level and extend to the first and second floor, to form a balustrade. The interlocking form indicates that there is an exchange, a give and take, between the architecture and its surroundings. A sense of enrichment is created due to the integration of the natural and manmade materials, to celebrate the memories provoked by the landscape and the culture of Bondi. The apartment units on top of the base level are open and expansive, in contrast to the contained base below. The north/west facing apartment spaces are almost without definition, and they are conceived as fluid horizontal landscape.
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Section Model Physical Model 1:20 Cardboard & Boxboard
A SILENT ARCADE Civic Library In Matraville, Sydney Site Plan
Key Words: Cultural, Civic Location: Matravile, Sydney Design Phase: Aug. 2010 - Nov. 2010 Project Director: Dr. Dijana Alic Project Tutor: John Gamble
Matravile library features an ‘arcade-style’ passageway - main circulation at the focal point. This is highlighted by the use of all other spaces arranged to revolve around the ‘arcade’ in order to achieve a unique spatial relationship of visual connection and complexity. This correlates with the idea of a bonding community via the focal point as the site is at the intersection of Bunnerong Road and Daunt Avenue. The location, situated at the corner is seen where two adjacent streets are assembled to emphasise the building as an attractive site and an active meeting ground for the community.
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LOCATION Capitalise on the exposure of the corner site to passerby by providing a number of access points and, in particular, a pathway allowing the site to be used as a shortcut
LEVEL CHANGE To create a more aesthetically pleasing space, provide at least modest and observable changes in ground level.
Mapping - Connection between public & private
CIRCULATION The open space should accommodate the movement of people entering into the buildings or spaces around it. The open space should accommodate poeple passing through using the open space as a shortcut or a pleasant, walking-through space. Where pedestrians are to be guided in a certain direction ensure that this massage is clearly conveyed in physical form.
ENTRNCE Provide a small entrance area where passerby can stop and rest for a while, watching the passing street activity, without actually entering the main body of the site. Provide passersby who wish to rest with a number of possible orientations. The design should alert people to the location of the library, whether approaching on foot or by car.
Mapping - Intersection and interaction at the corner of two streets
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VIEW OF LIBRARY FROM THE STREET
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Ground Floor
North Elevation
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Second Floor
First Floor
West Elevation
LIBRARY INTERIOR WITH OPERABLE LOUVRES
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LIGHT FROM THE LIGHT CANNON ILLUMINATES THE HALLWAYS
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BAKERY IN WOOLLOOMOOLOO Woolloomooloo Bakery, Sydney
WoodHead Prize in Architectural Communication | Sydney 2010
Key Words: Cultural, Civic Location: Woolloomooloo, Sydney Design Phase: Aug. 2009 - Nov. 2009 Project Director: Professor Peter Murray Project Tutor: Bruce Hanlee
The history of baking is associated with civilization and settlement. There are unique qualities that are associate with attributes such as mechanical advancement, oven technology, use of a mixture of ingredients and the development of society.The design aims to create an architecture that highlights and abridges the history of baking (past) with present. 31
BAKERY Physical Model 1:50 Balsa wood + Cardboard 32
Site Plan
LINKING BAKING TO THE LANDSCAPE Conceived as a pavilion, the bakery is configured as a horizontal space where the open central courtyard defines the threshold to the building. The spatial concept proposes a visiting experience alternating between the interior of the bakery and the landscape outside, highlighting the inseparable relationship between baking and environment. Floor Plan
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North Elevation
West Elevation
North Section
West Section
AN AUSTERE AND SENSUAL APPERANCE Brick is the prominent material, the horizontality of the building, which is broken by the fenestration, is accentuated by the re-use of bricks salvaged from the demolition of the buildings around the Woolloomooloo area. Combined on floors, walls and ceilings with cement blocks. Both are versatile materials and the austere apperance and behavior beneath light express a sense of timelessness.
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AERIAL VIEW OF THE BAKERY
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TWO EXPERIENCES COEXIST The architecture intends to create two opposite experiences: to close off the Southern facade from the busy street activities, a heavy masonary wall defines a boundary that conveys a sense of protection. On the other side, the building is seemingly transparent, creating open space and views towards the park. The extension of the floor plan, where covered spaces are combined with patios supported by concrete columns, recalls that of the ancient palaces, whose orthogonal geometry and both extroverted and introverted composition they share.
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OTHER CREATIVE WORKS
A GALLERY OF JUXTAPOSED ORDERS UNSW Year 2 Design Studio, Semester 1, 2010 Type: Gallery, Commercial Location: New Town, Sydney Instructors: Professor Xing Ruan, Felicity Wheeler
A STUDIO FOR THE GEOGRAPHER UNSW Year 2 Design Studio, Semester 1, 2010 Type: Experimental Location: Experimental Instructors: Professor Xing Ruan, Felicity Wheeler
ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY Architectural Photography Final Exhibition, 2010 UNSW FBE Elective, Introduction to Architectural Photography, Semester 1, 2010 Instructor: Stephen Preece
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MAX HU PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
INFORMATION Birthday
11/20/1987
Nationality
Australian (Chinese)
Language
Mandarin Chinese & English
Address
408/18 Village Dr. Breakfast Point NSW, 2137. Australia
Salvatoreh@live.com
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Intern Architect Trace Architecture Office (TAO), Beijing, China http://www.t-a-o.cn/ Project designer Project participated Cliff Edge Community Centre, Weihai, PRC
2009-2010
Junior Assistant Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects, Sydney, Australia www.tzg.com.au/ Student assistant Project participated Central Coast Arts & Conference Centre, Wyong, NSW National Centre of Indigenous Excellence, Redfern, NSW Burton Street Tabernacle, Darlinghurst, NSW
EDUCATION 2009 - 2011
Bachelor of Architectural Studies University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2008 - 2009
Bachelor of Interior Architecture University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
AWARDS, PRIZES, SCHOLARSHIPS 2012
2011
2012
National Accreditation Sydney Graduation Studio Project selected for exhibition
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‘Unearth // Elevate’ Graduation Exhibition Of Bachelor of Architectural Studies University of New South Wales
2011
Architectural Photography Final Exhibition University of New South Wales
2009
Year 1 Architectural Studies Final Exhibition Of Bachelor of Architectural Studies University of New South Wales
2008
Interior Architecture Grand Exhibition Of Bachelor of Interior Architecture University of New South Wales
Castle Mountain Prize in the Bachelor of Architectural Studies University of New South Wales For academic merit and excellence in development of construction technology as demonstrated in the final year architectural design studio
2011
Faculty of Built Environment Dean’s List, Semester 1 & 2 University of New South Wales Achieved a Weighted Average mark (WAM) of 80 or above in a university semester
2010
2009
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Bachelor of Architectural Studies with Distinction University of New South Wales A distinction level of performance based on a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 75% achieved in all courses completed since enrolment at UNSW which are credited to the relevant award
EXHIBITION
ACTIVITIES 2009
Student Representative University of New South Wales
The WoodHead Prize in Architectural Communication University of New South Wales For the best performance in architectural communication as demonstrated in the design studio ARCH1101/ARCH1102
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Student Prefect Ashfield Boys High School
2005
President of Chinese Student Association Ashfield Boys High School
Faculty of Built Environment Dean’s List, Semester 2 University of New South Wales Achieved a Weighted Average mark (WAM) of 80 or above in a university semester
2003
Captain of Men’s Basketball Team Cumberland High School & Ashfield Boys High School