CONTENTS
A FLOATING PLATFORM
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Cliff Edge Community Centre, Weihai Professional Practice | 2012
THE RECOVERY OF A FALLEN HORIZON
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Artists In Residence and Research Facility, Lightning Ridge UNSW Graduation Studio | 2012
COLORFUL LIVING ABOVE THE SURFACE
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A SILENT ARCADE
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Mixed-use apartment in North Bondi, Sydney UNSW Studio ARCH1301 | 2011
Civic Library In Matraville, Sydney UNSW Studio ARCH1202 | 2010
BAKERY IN WOOLLOOMOOLOO Woolloomooloo Bakery, Sydney UNSW Studio ARCH1102 | 2009
SELECTED CREATIVE WORKS
MAX HU
PORTFOLIO
Application to Master of Architecture, M.Arch 1, Fall 2013 Yale School of Architecture Yale University
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RESUME
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A FLOATING PLATFORM
Cliff Edge 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 designer
CLIFF EDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE
The site is an extraordinary landscape, facing east towards the infinite horizon and sea. A natural cliff situated on the plateau acts as a backdrop to the landscape. The Cliff Edge Community Centre project seeks to create a poetic architectural gesture in a significant location within the city of Weihai, the hillcrest plateau in Tashan Park.
A FLOATING PLATFORM This light structure is held up by a grid of white concrete columns, touching lightly over the landscape. A layer of water gently covers the building’s verandah over the horizontal platform. From within the interior, the water surface stretches out and connects visually with the Bohai Sea. Above the platform, five concrete floating boxes with individual balcony provide privacy and a panoramic view towards Weihai City and the harbor. VIEW OF COMMUNITY CENTRE FROM DISTANCE
South Section
Site Plan
Ground Floor
DISAPPEARING INTO NATURE To establish a relationship with the proposed sports field and the viewing platform on the Northern part of the site. We intended to to establish a community centre consisting of various gyms, cafes and restaurants. The challenge was to avoid a massed volume and shielding the grand scenery, thus we aimed to create a free, transparent horizontal space that is limited with low stone walls on which the volume settles and evanesce with the earth.
The ground level was primarily established to form a threshold for public space, which faces the ocean. restaurants were compressed into clusters of boxes which float above the main platform. The cliff in the background is visible through the gaps between each individual block.
First Floor
East Section
THINKING PROCESS Models are an efficient tool for threedimensional understanding of our design schemes. During our design phase, we built a series of working models to study the interaction of volumes, spatial atmosphere and to explore different schemes.
WORKING MODELS Physical Models 1:200 Cardboard
These working models helped us to recognize and develop our main architectural ideas from concept to detail, also helped us to examine and interpret materiality and lighting conditions.
VIEW OF COMMUNITY CENTRE FROM THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE
VIEW OF COMMUNITY CENTRE FROM THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE
LOUNGE INTERIOR AND VIEW TO THE CITY AND SEA
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.
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 the sky, earth and horizon. Lightning Ridge Artist In Residence is an architectural horizon which lies between the earth and heaven. The dynamic undulations and the irregular patterns of the landscape requires a unique horizontality to define the datum line.
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURE Threshold - The architecture invites the vistors to take on a lyrical journey in search of a ruminative 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 perceived as protrusions of earth itself. The horizontality as well as the juxtaposition of weight and lightness, opacity and transparency.
OVERALL CONTEXT Physical Model 1:200 Balsa wood + Boxboard
West Elevation
North Elevation
East Section
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.
South Section
East Section
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 a traditional Persian ventilation device) is utilized in combination with courtyards. This helps to capture the prevailing wind and to cool down the interior spaces.
EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE MALQAF
VIEW OF THE ARTIST STUDIO INTERIOR
COLORFUL LIVING ABOVE THE SURFACE 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 quintessential coastal suburb of Sydney, where life is laid-back and easygoing. As the city moves towards an urban vision that encourages higher densities and diverse street life through mixing commercial and residential functions. We aimed to incised a mixed use into the Bondi city VIEWapartment INTO THE COURTYARD fabric: one that accommodates a range of functions, in this case commercial premises including a restaurant, with a number of apartments above.
The coastal climate offers comfortable cool breeze and sunlight. The Bondi Apartment aimed to create a building of architectural distinction, which rendered the idea of the operable faรงade to mediate between the requirement for privacy and the relationship between interior of the apartment and exterior environment. VIEW OF THE ARTIST STUDIO INTERIOR
Site Plan
Car Park Plan
Ground Floor
AN URBAN OPEN SPACE The proposed design seeks to capitalise on the exposure of the corner site, by providing a welcoming entry. An entry which also acts as a communal courtyard where residents can gather, rest and meet on a daily basis. The design indicated a transformation from the public realm through the contemplative rooms to the outdoor garden, this embeds the concept of layering. The building takes the form of the Bondi cliff, which touches the earth firmly. The community is built upon the metaphorical landscape and transforms from the ground to the roof creating an interlocking physical form
GARDEN There is a generous communal outdoor space throughout the building, reflecting the concept of an outdoor living style. The sculptural courtyard allows for the habitants to come together and to diversify through their gatherings.
There are also private courtyards available, this was derived from the concept - the Hortus Conclusus. This concept reflects a contemplative room, a garden within a garden by seeking to provide a small “secret� place for residents to find solitude and serenity.
First Floor
Second Floor
West Elevation
East Elevation
West Section
North Elevtion
North Section
Detail Section
Section Model Detail Elevtion Physical Model 1:20 Cardboard & Boxboard
COLORFUL LIVING ABOVE THE SURFACE To reinforce the idea of living above, the base level is introverted and enclosed. The apartment units on top of the base level are open and expansive, in contrast to the contained base below. The apartment spaces facing north/westerly direction are almost without definition, they are conceived as a fluid horizontal landscape. Each apartment offers stunning views into the distance and connects visually to the landscaped areas below and above the site.
A sense of enrichment is created due to the integration of the natural and manmade materials. This creates a sense of celebration of the memories provoked by the landscape and culture of Bondi. The overall form is seemingly as though different spaces and volumes sit and interlock with the stone base. The choice of natural stone which cradles onto the base, was selected to wrap itself around the entire level. This extends itself to the first and second floor forming a balustrade. The interlocking form indicates that there is an exchange, a give and take, between the architecture and its surroundings.
VIEW OF LIBRARY FROM THE STREET
A SILENT ARCADE Civic Library In Matraville, Sydney
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’ like passageway – featuring a main circulation acts as 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 viewed as two adjacent streets are assembled to emphasize the building as an attractive site and an active meeting ground for the community.
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
THE SPATIAL HIERARCHY All three levels are dedicated to their own particular purpose and function. Through the interweaved notions of public to private, the ground floor forms as a public space – as a place to gather and relax. Facilities included on the bottom floor include a central courtyard, children’s library and café are some of the main elements to this dynamic atmosphere. The first floor is seen as more of a collective study area with the main library acting as its core, offering study lounges and private reading rooms. While the second floor consists of administration rooms and private studies, these include the directors room, a private staff lounge and archive room.
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.
Site Plan
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
North Elevation
Ground Floor
First Floor
Second Floor
West Elevation
LIBRARY INTERIOR WITH OPERABLE LOUVRES
LIGHT FROM THE LIGHT CANNON ILLUMINATES THE HALLWAYS
Site Plan
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 it’s settlement. There are unique qualities that are associated with these attributes such as mechanical advancements, oven technology, use of a mixture of ingredients and the development of society. My design aims to create an architecture that highlights and abridges the history of baking from it’s past with the present.
LINKING BAKING TO THE ENVIRONMENT Conventional bakery portraits an enclosed shell, the lighting and working conditions are inadequate. I challenged this notion by opening up the bakery to the surroundings, light and fresh air. Conceived to replicate 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
North Elevation
West Elevation
NORTHERN FACADE
TWO EXPERIENCES COEXIST
North Section
The bakery intends to create two opposite experiences. The first is to close off the Southern facade from the busy street activities, a heavy masonry wall defines a boundary that conveys a sense of protection. On the other side, the building is seemingly transparent, creating an open space and a view towards the park. The extended floor that is covered with a roof plane creates an outdoor patio supported by concrete columns. In close reference to the ancient palaces, whose orthogonal geometry share a corresponding extroverted and introverted composition.
West Section
SOUTHERN FACADE
AN AUSTERE AND SENSUAL APPERANCE Brick is the prominent material utilized in this project. 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.
The recycled bricks form the structural walls to the architecture, while the floors and ceilings are constructed using cement blocks. Both are versatile materials and the austere appearance and behavior beneath light express a sense of timelessness.
MAX HU
OTHER CREATIVE WORKS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
INFORMATION 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
Birthday
11/20/1987
Nationality
Australian (Chinese)
Language
Mandarin Chinese & English
Address
408/18 Village Dr. Breakfast Point NSW, 2137. Australia
Salvatoreh@live.com
2012
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
A STUDIO FOR THE GEOGRAPHER UNSW Year 2 Design Studio, Semester 1, 2010 Type: Experimental Location: Experimental Instructors: Professor Xing Ruan, Felicity Wheeler
AWARDS, PRIZES, SCHOLARSHIPS 2012
2011
ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY Architectural Photography Final Exhibition, 2010 UNSW FBE Elective, Introduction to Architectural Photography, Semester 1, 2010 Instructor: Stephen Preece
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
2012
National Accreditation Sydney Graduation Studio Project selected for exhibition
2011
‘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
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
2005
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