ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
Michee Gouw SELECTED WORKS
Yoyogi KĹ?en, Tokyo, 2020
MICHELLE GOUW mobile +6581561235 email michelle_gouw@mymail.sutd.edu.sg michgworks@gmail.com aspiring designer, born in Jakarta based in Singapore with strong passion in architecture, urban design and arts. a highly motivated team-player, passionate in learning, and adaptable. enjoy sketching, going to museums, and photography.
language English Bahasa Indonesia
technical skills Rhinoceros3D Grasshopper SketchUp AutoCAD
Adobe Photoshop // Illustrator // InDesign OpenFoam // DIVA // Karamba Vray // Lumion // Enscape Revit (basic)
EDUCATION 2019-2020
Singapore University of Technology and Design Master of Architecture
2016-2019
Singapore University of Technology and Design Bachelor of Architecture and Sutainable Design - Magna Cum Laude
Summer 2017
Zhejiang University Chinese Architecture and Urban Planning - Asian Leadership Program
RELEVANT EXPERIENCES Feb - May 2020
Shigeru Ban Architects, Tokyo Involved in Redevelopment project of Traditional Boutique Hotel in Karuizawa preparing drawings and model (Detail Design Phase) Developed 3D models, drawings, and parametric structure system in Grasshopper for Revelopment Project of Roof Addition in Singapore (Schematic Design)
Sep 2019 - Feb 2020
WY-TO, Singapore Involved in Pet Hotel and Cafe Project preparing detailed drawings and 3D Model Involved in exhibition design projects with National Gallery Singapore preparing drawings, 3D Model, and illustration (Concept Design and Schematic Design) Developed renderings and illustrations for competitions and tenders Involved in parametric pavillion design for World City Summit preparing Grashopper script and fabrication documentation
Jan 2019 - Apr 2020
Building Conservation Documentation SUTD Prepared drawings for building conservation documentation in Singapore and Indonesia lead by Prof. Yeo Kang Shua
May 2018 - Sep 2018
WATG, Singapore Involved in Hospitality project in Nanjing preparing drawings, 3D Model and illustration (Schematic Design and Design Development Stage) Involved in Resort project in Hanoi preparing concept designs, illustrations and drawings (Concept Design Stage)
May 2017 - May 2018
Pulau Ubin Kampong House Restoration Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program supported by NParks
April 2019
Dialogue and Masterclass with Mario Botta : Space and Beyond
Nov 2018
Student Panelist for Shigeru Ban : Works and Humanitarian Activity
AWARDS 2020 2019 2018 2018
iLight 2020/2021 Re:Light, Re:Live, Re:Imagine Student Award (TBD) iLight 2019 Singapore Bicentennial Edition Merit Award - Constructive Interference IKEA Young Designer Award Top 10 Finalist - HAFTIGON BCA Zero Energy Building Competition Merit Award
CONTENT 01 Moving Capitals : Redefining Urban Development in Kalimantan 02 Artist Cooperative + Studio at Wrightwood 03 Redefining Working Space in Kyoto 04 Apertura Urbana : Uffizi Gallery Extension 05 Rethinking Urban Kampung Housing 06 1 Finlayson Green : Collaborative Working Space 07 Bridging the Dichotomy of PPVC 08 Omah Kita : Glamping in Lombok 09 ILight 2019 : Constructive Interference 10 IKEA : Häftigon
01 MOVING CAPITALS
REDEFINING URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN KALIMANTAN Master Thesis Project Mentor : Prof. Thomas Schroepfer
“Capitals do not merely exist; they are the various product of human will and historical circumstances. A capital located for reasons of climate, could push it into the interior or toward an area of great natural beauty.”
ABST R ACT The building of the new capital might have significant environmental and social impacts on Borneo. In response, my thesis proposes a new building typology for the new capital that aims to minimize the negative ecological impact of the development. I am proposing a “hovering� compact urban fabric, with a minimal building footprint to allow for the ecosystem of Kalimantan to remain intact as much as possible. Referring to Lazar Khidekel proposals of aero city, elevating city is one way to break the correlation between construction of the cities and destruction of nature. As such, my vision for the new capital aims to redefine sustainable urban architecture for Indonesia and beyond.
C ONT E XT ST U DY
POTENTIAL FABRIC PROTOTYPE
MAIN CAPITAL AREA
Redefining Urban Development in Kalimantan
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GEOMETRIC EXPLOR ATION S
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SU STAINABILIT Y STR ATEGY
ENERGY HARVESTING DECK
SOLAR PANEL RAINWATER HARVESTING WIND TURBINE
E ACTIVE GROUND
W ROOF FOOD PRODUCTION
Redefining Urban Development in Kalimantan
URBAN L ANDSCAPE W E AVI NG C ONT EXT AND ARCH I T ECT URE
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Redefining Urban Development in Kalimantan
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FACADE PRO GRESSION DAY TO NIGHT
Redefining Urban Development in Kalimantan
The vision of the new capital city emphasizes on the integration of architecture and nature. By analyzing different model of cities, the project is developed around the natural features, protecting wildlife habitat and natural sources. The urban block designed to be compact to limit the impact on ecosystem. Strategic landscaping on the urban hubs creates opportunity to weave the symbiosis between human and nature.
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C OLUMN DETAI LS
The building slabs is elevated 30-50m from ground level, supported by compact building core and slender stilts branching out following the context terrain. The structural support geometry is optimized to be suited to the context condition, achieving an even structural load distribution of the elevated building slabs.
Redefining Urban Development in Kalimantan
ST RU CT UR AL DETAI LS
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Typology Proposal
SPACE ALLOCATION
Programmatic Study
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Indonesia National Statistic stated the highest percentage of age group in the capital city is contributed by people in productive age. Using Jakarta as the benchmark for the projected population in the new capital, the project will be designed based on current urban statistic
housing : amenities
block housingblock : amenities
block
2 Toddler
Children
Adults
block
8600 m2
OFFICE total housing 68,800 m2
4,000 residents
x 10m2
6,400
x 200m2
2840 adults 640 childrens 320 toddlers 200 elderly
x 5m2
60 beds
KINDERGARDEN
x 5m2
1,600 NURSING HOMES ENRICHMENT CENTRE
OTHERS
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RETAIL.ENTERTAIMENT
6,400
OFFICE
CAFE
x 10-15m2
42,600
HEALTHCARE 12,000
total mixed-use 72,000 m2
Elderly
SCHOOL
x 15m2
3,000
OFFICE
SHOP COWORKING SPACE
CAFE
CAFE
SHOP
OFFICE
OFFICE
OFFICE FLOOR
SHOP
DEPT. STORE
CAFE
SHOP
SHOP
SHOP
DEPT. STORE DEPT. STORE
CAFE SHOP
SHOP
SHOP
SHOP
SHOP
RETAIL FLOOR
STATIONARY SHOP
CLASS
CLASS
CLASS
CLASS
CLASS
CLASS
CLASSROOM
FUNCTION HALL
CAFE
CLASS
EDUCATION FLOOR GENERAL AMENITIES
CIRCULATION SPACE
EDUCATION FACILITY
OFFICE SPACE
RETAIL SPACE
GREEN SPACES
CLASS
Redefining Urban Development in Kalimantan
INFR ASTRUCTURE SYSTEM ON URBAN BLO CKS
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INTEGR AT ION OF GREEN AND BLUE ELEMENT S
Redefining Urban Development in Kalimantan
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PROTOT YPE MODEL ON SITE
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REINVIGORATING SHOPHOUSES
ARTIST COOPERATIVE + STUDIO AT WRIGHT WOOD Option Studio 3 // 2020 Mentor : Prof. Daniel Whittaker
Artists often work in private studios, setups to help them with their creative process. Whether outdoors or in, an artist’s studio has inevitably become the part of the artist’s own character. Chicago’s artist residence+studio aims to help the artist community by providing exhibition spaces, studios, and gathering spaces.
Artist Cooperative + Studio
SI T E ANALYSI S
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Artist Cooperative + Studio
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The programs for the proposal are arranged to accommodate the artists, giving them spaces to live, create, and collaborate. The relation between private and public spheres is one of the important aspects that define the social and spatial qualities of everyday life.
Artist Cooperative + Studio
ROWHOU SE PROPOSAL AERIAL VIEW
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L ONG SE CT IONAL DR AWI NGS
FLO ORPL ANS
Artist Cooperative + Studio
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R E C EPT ION DETAI LS
Artist Cooperative + Studio
ST UDIO DETAI LS
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DETAI L DR AWI NGS
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Sustainable Workplaces in Kyoto
KYOSEI IN SOCIETY 5.0 Option Studio 2 // 2019 Mentor : Prof. Ryusuke Kojio - Prof. Shohei Miyajima Takenaka Corporation Team : Michelle Gouw | Chong Kar Wei
Situated in the middle of a machiya cluster, Hanamikoji-Ichiba offers a vibrant and close-knitted workplace. Using the idea of a marketplace, this space serves as an area of congregation and brings people together. The addition also invites passerbys to enter and explore the space.
DE SIGN ST R AT EGY
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geometric operations
machiya axonometric analysis
Kyosei in Society 5.0
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四条通
shijo-dori
はなみ hanami-ichiba
Kyosei in Society 5.0
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SH I JO - D OR I L ONG SECT IONAL DR AWI NGS
Kyosei in Society 5.0
society
きょうと 5.0
井生
Shijo - Dori coworking space connects people to nature, serving as a place to relax or congregate. It consists of an underground exhibition space and a variety of coworking experiences.
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Filippo Brunelleschi
Duomo 1
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04 RE-INTERPRETING MASTERWORKS THE BRUNELLESCHI
APERTURA URBANA Option Studio 1// 2019 Mentor : Prof. Rene Tan RT+Q Architects
the project imagined the extension of uffizi as an aperture to the Florence’s urban fabric. Two courtyards are created to connect the Uffizi via underground following the grids of the existing museum. The scheme are crafted to explore possible scheme to create a dynamic museum while still preserving Florence’s skyline. The design emphasized on the urban gesture in the context, bringing arts to the public realm.
URBAN FABRIC
UFFIZI ANALYSIS
Apertura Urbana
The structure are inspired by the series of arcs commonly found in the enclosed courtyard of italian garden. The reinterpretation translates the repetition of arc in a more geometrical manner.
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Apertura Urbana
LECTURE HALL
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GALLERY
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DN
a STORAGE
LIBRARY
COURTYARD
GALLERY ADMIN/OFFICE
basement PLAN 1:500
GROUND PLAN 1:500
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SE C T IONAL DR AWI NGS
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05 FUTURE HOUSING AT PUNGGOL
URBAN KAMPUNG HOUSING
Core Studio 3 // 2018 Mentor : Prof. Calvin Chua
Creating a living space which engage interaction between people through shifting voids and small terrace for every unit
URBAN MAPPING OF C ONTEXT
Urban Kampung Housing
DEMOGRAPHIC MOVEMENT Understanding the social demographics of the site is essential to create a meaningful space in the area. The analysis targeted to map out the age group movement around the site. Recording the data from different exits of Punggol MRT station and public spaces help to predict the general movement of different age group to speciÀc areas. The data are represented in a directional diagram which provide the general idea of age group distribution along the site.
LANDSCAPE AND HUMAN ACTIVITY
SPACE FOR THE MAP 1 LEGEND
The landscape makes a signiÀcant impact on the social activity in Punggol. The waterway and vegetations around the site shaped
Age Demographic Movement
the actions of the people. The urban development of this area is directed along the waterway and leisure park. The map gives the visualization on how the activity Áows together with the landscape. There is certain programmatic distribution pattern found in Punggol’s urban planning. The community spaces are spread around the vast development of every residential area.
DENSITY AND BOUNDARIES Different MRT exits have a different amount of people going in and out. The movement around the area are also determined by the surrounding infrastructure including LRT, roads, and pathways. By mapping out the density and boundaries of existing condition of Punggol, public and private realm can be analyzed. The density is represented by the ripple-like diagrams where each ripple could overlap with one another. The superimposing circular curves create an urban network within the site.
SPACE FOR THE MAP 2 LEGEND
UNDERSTANDING PUNGGOL Density and Boundaries
Analyzing these different aspects help to understand the target of the project and adapt the propose design to the existing sociogeographic condition of Punggol and activity of the community. The site visit gives students interesting ideas to explore on. Punggol, as a new developing residential area are usually related to the newly married couple. Walking and discovering the new side of Punggol with a diverse community and families. Abundance of community spaces help to engages social interaction within different age group and communities. Understanding the social demographic catering to different age groups could engage harmonious spatial connectivity between personal living spaces and community spaces. The activity mapping will provide an insight about speciÀc activities and locations preferred by certain age group. The density mapping helps to determine the
SPACE FOR THE MAP 3 LEGEND
satisfaction of the residents and community respecting personal privacy and public interactions. Understanding the relationship between people and the built environment which affects human behavior is important to create a livable space for a person, a family and a community. 1:15000
Landscape and Human Activity
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Urban Kampung Housing
HOU SI NG UNI T L AYOU T
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shifting of the void sp aces cre ating dynamic housing s cheme
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BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING
ONE FINLAYSON GREEN
BIM Electives // 2018 Mentor : Prof. William Saputra Team : Michelle Gouw | Chong Kar Wei | Tran Thi Thien Tam | Wang Yukun
We aim to accommodate work spaces for a diversity of working styles and environment, as well as encourage interaction between different types of workers. Circulation and accessibility are designed to facilitate intera tion between permanent and footloose workers
North Elevation
South Elevation
East Elevation
West Elevation
North Elevation
South Elevation
One Finlayson Green
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BIM SECTIONAL DETAIL MODEL
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BRIDGING THE DICHOTOMY OF PPVC
S/M/L Capstone Project SUTD x DP Architects // 2018 Mentor : Prof. Chong Keng Hua | Prof. Javier Fernandez | Ar. Lee Wai Fong Team : Michelle Gouw | Ariel Lim | Tran Thi Thien Tam | Joshua Tan
Our solution will incorpoorate structural framework designed to allow customization of unit size and configuration by allowing flexibility in the arangement of rooms while maintaining cost-effectiveness.
PPVC MODULE T YPE
Bridging the Dichotomy of PPVC
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Capstone Showcase SUTD - DP Architects 2019
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Glamping in Lombok
OMAH KITA
Competition 2020 MOTOGP-GLAMPING IN MANDALIKA
The project incoorporates the vernacularity of the site which emphasizes on creating communal spaces to foster social interactions. The dynamicity of glamping-geometry to create new visitor experiences of motogp viewing. The structure also utilizes the tectonics of the context to shape the architecture.
Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat Mountain Area
concept vernacularity ularity
The module is developed from simple division of geometry which allows the tesselation of form. By having modular elements, the possibility are limitless to create interesting arangement of the glamping structure.
communal spaces foster social interaction
glamping
Omah Kita
dynamicity creating new visitor experience through motogp viewing
lifting geometric ifting strategy and geome operation
masterplan strategy
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The layout of glamping complex are formed by drawing axis from the module and adjusting them to the dynamic contour in the site allowing application flexibility in different terrain.
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utillising tectonics and an nd nature to eture shape archite architeture
SHORT ELEVATION
massing derivation
basic module form of residence
contexxt context landscap pe landscape
form to enhance daylighting and passive assive ventilation
Glamping in Lombok : Omah Kita
LONG ELEVATION
AMPHI THEATRE
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WOODEN DECK
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RECEPTION
MULTI FUNCTION
DINING AREA
POND'S
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COURTYARD
DINING & LOUNGE
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A. SINGLE LODGE B. DOUBLE LODGE C. TRIPLE LODGE D. SUITE LODGE E. COMMUNAL FACILITIES G. PLAYGROUND/COURTYARD H. PATHWAY
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SITE PLAN
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geometric arrangment of compound engaging human interactions
Glamping in Lombok : Omah Kita
prefab f b axonometric module skylight clear glass
prefab roof structure
prefab structure module
SINGLE LODGE
area 35 m2 occupancy 2 pax
DOUBLE LODGE
area 68 m2 occupancy 4-5 pax
recycled wooden en roof shingles
vertical wooden screen wooden finish with concrete base
footplate foundation
TRIPLE LODGE
glamping module
area 100 m2 occupancy 6-7 pax
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module details The lodge module is designed to be modular allowing pre-fabrication construction techniques. The module itself can be duplicated along the site to form varieties of glamping module. The supporting structure are designed according the vernacular elements lifted from the ground to preserve the surrounding nature.
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SECTIONAL DETAILS
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iLIGHT SINGAPORE 2019
CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE
Student Merit Award 2019 Team : Michelle Gouw | Tan Zhi Wei | Ian Soon Wen | Fadhilah Binte Noordin | Hendriko Teguh
Constructive Interference bridges people together through the use of light and matter. Moments of unpredictability in human interactions are captured on both ends of the artwork, manifesting itself into a unique and dynamic array of colours that converges towards the middle in a wavelike form.
NORT H B OAT QUAY, SI NGAPORE 2019
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IKEA YOUNG DESIGNER AWARD
HĂ„FTIGON
Top 10 Finalist Team : Michelle Gouw | Chong Kar Wei
A multifunctional furniture which utilises the theory of evaporative cooling to maximise comfort in urban living spaces whilst serving as a spatial divider or a shelf.Häftigon adapts the age-old idea of evaporative cooling and traditional clay brick material to create a modern product which serve the needs of urban dwellers.
PHYSICAL PROTOT YPE
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It may function as a partition, dividing spaces whilst connecting air flow within these spaces; or a simple shelf. Its geometry is carefully designed to encourage water flow through the clay surface and allow for endless possibilities of arrangement.
GEOMETRY ARR ANGEMENT
Rene Tan Studio / Florence 2019
Tokyo Internship 2020
Experiences and Moments
STUDIO AND INTERNSHIPS 2017-2020
STUDIO AND EVENTS
Prof. Rene Tan Studio - Italy Trip 2019
Takenaka Studio - Kyoto Trip
Shigeru Ban Singapore Visit 2018
Mario Botta SUTD Visit 2019
Zhejiang University Architecture Exchange 2017 under Prof. Wu Jing
Pulau Ubin Research- Prof. Lai Chee Kien
INTERNSHIPS
Shigeru Ban Architects Tokyo Office 2020
WATG Singapore 2018
WY-TO Architects 2019
WY-TO ARCHITECTS CHOW CUTE CAFE
The project are situated in the old bungalow once home of the Bristish soldiers stationed in Singapore. The space will be developed into a boarding hotel for pets with cozy cafe which can be enjoyed by pets and their owners.
All illustrations presented are the property of WY-TO Architects
All illustrations presented are the property of WY-TO Architects
WY-TO ARCHITECTS EXHIBITIONS
WY-TO ARCHITECTS SMALL BIG DREAMERS
The exhibition “Small Big Dreamers 2020� aims to translate different paintings by famous artist into installations that can be enjoyed by kids. The exhibition is held to inspire visitors in imagining reimagining the world around them through interactive installations in the National Gallery.
All illustrations presented are the property of WY-TO Architects
All illustrations presented are the property of Shigeru Ban Architects
SHIGERU BAN ARCHITECTS KARUIZAWA BOUTIQUE HOTEL
SHIGERU BAN ARCHITECTS SINGAPORE ROOF STRUCTURE
The project developed upcoming an addition of roof structure in an existing public building situated in Singapore. Our team developed drawings, models and script to generate different structural members of the roof. The roof structure are designed to elevate the environment in the existing context. The dynamic shape of the structure design offers a unique and dynamic experience to the visitors of the landmark.
All illustrations presented are the property of Shigeru Ban Architects
All illustrations presented are the property of WATG Architects
WATG SINGAPORE NANJING VILLA, CHINA
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