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MIKAEL IP 叶子扬 ABOUT: I am a recently graduated Architecture student in Masters from the University of Strathclyde. My goal is to design Architecture that helps humanity. My favourite type of projects are taking complex ideas that explore the human social and psychological conditions which in turn can be turned into a simple solution. That to me is Architecture. I am an organised and efficient individual ready to take on any challenge as a designer or problem solver. The following projects are the latest projects I have done. Project One (01), Project Two (02) and Project Three (03) are completed in Year 5. Project Four (04) and Project Five (05) are completed in Year 4. Hope you enjoy this portfolio and thank you very much for taking the time to look at my work.
DATE OF BIRTH: 01/11/1994
Phone: +447846818053 Skype: mikael.ip (Glasgow, United Kingdom) WeChat: mikeybhoy28
3D Modeling
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NATIONALITY: Danish (born) Currently residing in the United Kingdom
Rendering Laser Cutting Machine Physical Model Making Writing
EDUCATION: - MArch Advanced Architectural Design - University of Strathclyde, Scotland - Year: 2018 - BSc Hons Architectural Studies, 2nd Class Honours Upper Division - University of Strathclyde, Scotland - Year: 2012 - 2016 - Scottish Higher and Advanced Highers - Bishopbriggs Academy - Year 2006 - 2012
SOFTWARE: Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign AutoCAD Revit Sketchup Kerkythea V-Ray
EMAIL: mikael_cy_ip@hotmail.co.uk mikaelcyip@gmail.com MORE ABOUT ME
SKILLS:
Microsoft Office
EXPERIENCE: Freelance, leaflet/graphic designing, 2014 Present Woodwork workshop, University of Strathclyde, 2017 Customer Advisor at Three 2016 - 2017
lANGUAGES: English Mandarin Cantonese
CONTENTS
Selected Works: Postgraduate (Masters) 2017 - 2018 1 - The Million Unknowns 2 - The Unknown Profession 3 - The Mind of a Deprivee
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Undergraduate (Bachelors) 2012 - 2016 4 - Ghost’s of Water Row 5 - Govan Hospice
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6 - Travel Photography
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PROJECT ONE: THE MILLION UNKNOWNS
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The Million Unknowns
EXPECTATIONS
dropped out
NOT MET
of school
PLEASURE
japan’s population: 126.9 million hikikomori population: 1 million
In Japan there exists a phenomena known as ‘hikikomori’. It was discovered by a psychiatrist called Saito Tamaki and he defines it as: “a state in which a person confines himself to his own room or home and does not participate in society for six months or longer.” This is a very extreme form of social isolation that seems to exist solely in this country. While the psychiatrist approach analyses the human psyche in the context of Japan, my goal is to find the root reason to the cause of hikikomori in the context of city/country. Why does it seem to only exist in Japan? Does it happen in other parts of the world? Can architects translate the problems of a hikikomori, and solve them through the representation of space? The reason why this is important is because, if nothing is done, there will be a frightening possibility of the future being consumed by a global hikikomori population. And thus leaving the world - no just Japan - to socially deteriorate.
ECONOMIC PRESSURE
HIGH
PLEASURE STRESS
SOCIETAL PRESSURE
6 months+ PLEASURE
not in education,
HIGH TECHNOLOGY
the preference to be alone
selfincarceration
PARENTS AFFLUENCY
PLEASURE
employment, training (neet)
hikikomori
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Messy
Nocturnal
Food left at door
Virtual reality
There are many factors to the creation of a hikikomori, the culture is supressed by globalization, the idea of working only for economic gain has caused the youths in Japan to lose their true sense of reason to live - merely living a life of idleness. Add to the stressful nature of a claustrophobic city like Tokyo, and individuals will voluntarily retreat into their homes. Japan’s society is based on conformity, so social perception is extremely important - in the western society, we see this as stigma. This fear of being judged by a society and culture creates a vicious cycle of prolonged self-incarceration - where communication is lost even with the closest family members. There is some underlying mental issues, which stems from stress. The closest description relates to a deep form of depression, something that occurs in western culture too. Since this can be diagnosed, it suggests a possible solution in re-establishing healthy communication. Changing culture and society is impossible but working from the smallest aspect of the hikikomori problem may be the first steps to achieving re-integration.
Family
Individual
Society
Establishing the space and environment of the hikikomori can yield immediate results as the psychological implications of positive change - suggested by Saito Tamaki - take into effect. This brings architecture into the picture. Disconnected Communications
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The Million Unknowns
Idleness
Feelings of worthlessness
Bad temper
Suicidal Communication
Individual illness stress
Family
Society
wellness
vulnerability
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parenting
PLEASURE school
temporariness & PLEASURE permanence
How to use space to help hikikomori? The idea of ‘reversing the walls’ takes three steps that I identified: Parenting school suggests establishing the bond between the incarcerated child and the father or mother. Reasons for an individual’s isolation stems from an already broken relationship between family members. However, there is no readily available place for these parents to really understand how to communicate - so establishing this idea comes first. Teaching the hikikomori that their incarceration is only temporary, not permanent. An object or
workshop
PLEASURE program
space that can be built and removed, psychologically helps repair the mind as it suggests change is possible. This concept is important to represent the mental stability through a physical form. Lastly, a workshop programme may be the best solution as it suggests the combination of the ideas to be placed in an unknown recovery programme. This breaks the stigma, and suggest continuation as the knowledge obtained from these hubs can help other struggling people. By implementing these ideas it concludes that architecture plays a big role in helping individuals who suffer an extreme form of self-loathing. The thesis continues through to the next project “The Unknown Profession”,
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Conceptual Hikikomori Shelter
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PROJECT TWO: THE UNKNOWN PROFESSION The Unknown Profession is a continuation of the “The Million Unknowns”. It is established that hikikomori’s exist in UK as well, not just Japan. The title of this project is a programme that serves to teach people about timber. From the tree lifecycle to the raw material of a tree and to the refinement of wood products. This will hopefully help the people in Ferguslie Park (the most deprived area as recorded by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation) to escape their suffering. The architecture in this thesis will provide a workshop (a place) to help the people find skills in this industry. The main aspects will help develop a library, a carpentry and joinery workshop, kiln and log storage.
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deprived areas in scotland
ferguslie park, paisley
city of glasgow
ferguslie park
No GCSE
degree or similar
2+ a levels 5+ gcse
1 - 4 gsce
The deprived population in Scotland
Deprivation in Ferguslie Park: - Lack of education - Minimum job prospects
Mainly teenagers and young adults are the affected ones
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The Unknown Profession ferguslie park, paisley
ferguslie park’s deprivation
intervention solution
On the outskirts of Ferguslie Park lies a company called “Timber Plywood Services Ltd”. In 2016, it was taken over by another company called St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies. They are a timber and plywood merchant who now stock building products and landscaping products. With 22 experienced friendly staff, they also offer a bespoke manufacturing service along with a paint spraying service which makes them unique in their local area. I saw this as an opportunity to take advantage of the rising industry to develop something that answers to the deprivation of Ferguslie. The goal is to economically develop the area and I feel that this is the correct move to build upon an idea to intervene this expansion, work with it and develop something architectural. Can this be the solution?
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psychological implication
ECONOMIC PRESSURE
deprivation
half complete
library
process
ferguslie’s
exhibition
professional PLEASURE
workshop
workshop
kiln storage
carpenter
almost complete
opportunity? PLEASURE
unknown
finished
traditional joinery
SOCIETAL PRESSURE
traditional joinery
profession PLEASURE
carpentry
programme
collaboration
PLEASURE product
socialise
learn
healthy wellbeing
work opportunity
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access from ferguslie
materials
materials
public
greenery
commercial
service
materials
1 - Initial Zoning
5 - Secondary Massing
2 - Expansion of grid
6 - Programme Allocation
3 - Initial Massing
7 - Roof design to suit context
4 - Secondary Expansion of grid
8 - Glazing elements
Louver Skin - Larch with protective coating to maintain the light colour tone
External Shell - Untreated larch cladding, weathered effect, darkens - Western red cedar shingles, multi-colour effect to suggest texture
Roof Structure - Douglas fir with protective coating, strong and durable with a warm and light colour tone
First floor
Floor/ceiling joists
Ground Floor
Foundation - Grid layout
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1 - Main Entrance/Reception (below stairs) 2 - Timber Display Area 3 - Exhibition Timber Shelves 4 - Private Dining Area 5 - Family Dining Area 6 - Entrance into Cafeteria 7 - Porch Dining 8 - Kitchen/Bar 9 - Storage 10 - Consulation Room 11 - Lounge 12 - Secondary Entrance from Parking 13 - WC 14 - Workshop Office 15 - Cloak Hanging Area 16 - Plantroom 17 - Traditional Joinery Workshop Area 18 - Group Workshop Area 19 - Carpentry Workshop Area 20 - Woodyard 21 - Lorry Drop-off Point 22 - Machine/Timber Storage Room 23 - Air-Ventilated Kiln 24 - Mechanically Heated Kiln 25 - Large Machine Room 26 - Raw Log Storage
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Ground Floor Experimental Column and Beam design
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1 - Upstairs Stair Entrance (double volume) 2 - Waiting Area 3 - Library Relaxing Lounge 4 - Group Study 5 - References 6 - Private Study Carrell’s 7 - Balcony 8 - Administration Office 9 - Staff Breakout Room 10 - WC 11 - Private Carpentry/Joinery Workbench
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First Floor Prototype Column, junction creates versatility for structure
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Entrance
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Library
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Carpentry Workshop
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Traditional Joinery Workshop
Northern Section
Eastern Section
log storage
mechanical kiln
breakout room
Machine room
plantroom
entrance
Relaxing Lounge
Entrance
Group Study
Dining Area & Kitchen
Private Study Carrells
waiting area
Workshop Area
Rafter connection to Ridge beam
Half lap joints to create timber frame
Floor joists and shelves sliding in column
Library Area
Ceiling joists sliding into primary beam
More half lap joints connecting to column
Supporting structure sliding into column to support book shelves
Physical Model
Half-lap joint
Dovetail joint
Mortise & Tenon joint
PROJECT THREE: THE MIND OF A DEPRIVEE This was a project to develop knowledge in key thematic areas. The expectation was to focus on four contemporary architectural history and theory, urban design and culture, technology and environment and new forms of media and communication. This had to be represented in a graphic novel style: comics, manga, artist illustration, etc. This “Mind of a Deprivee” is a short comic, a representation of the previous “The Unknown Profession” project in an abstracted storyline. The sufferers in this situation are the ‘deprivee’s’.
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PROJECT FOUR: GHOST’S OF WATER ROW The project concerns the design of a Bath House, a recreational building situated in the heart of Govan’s historical Water Row. A Bath House is a symbolisation of communcal cleanliness with its principle purpose for personal hygiene. The elaborate rituals, and the resultant architecture, served as precedents for later European and American bathing facilities, with their modern equivalent becoming a sythesis of library, art gallery, mall, restaurant, gym and spa. Ghost’s of Water Row is a building which respects the context of Govan’s old shipbuilding industry by merging its culture to the modern era, in order to rejuvenate the fractured social community.
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london
The site is located in Govan, Glasgow. The purpose of allocating the bath house here is to rejuvenate the economically declining area. By studying the context of landmarks on the northen side of the city, it is suggested that a majority of them are located along the waterfront. As I consider a bath house to be a big public building, placing sites near the waterfront on the opposite side creates a transition of gradual development. One thing to note is that this project works in conjunction to designing a hospice - symbolising a contrast of recreation and respite. The locations are decided via distance, suggesting a public and private hierarchy.
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establishing links
forming of square & residential
future development allocated
govan subway
Before the proposal of the bath house, this area along the waterfront of Govan requires a linkage of two very important historical sites. One on the graving docks, and the other located on water row. By using the subway as a central point and creating pathways to connect the two sites, a concept can be established.
ghost’s of water row
Removing the old residential blocks so that new ones can be implemented makes the area more vibrant to a proposed new architecture style. The idea is to match Govan to the Northern city’s counterpart and drawing in new people into the area. The goal is to make Govan an economically viable area. govan hospice
Future development areas are proposed, along with a square to bring more people into the recreational building. Some of the development ideas suggested are museums, educational facilities, libraries parks - leaving the burgh to naturally flourish over time.
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Current site conditions.
1 - Initial plot of land, based on new masterplan
2 - Extrusion
2 - Shape refinement
4 - Initial zoning
5 - Refined zoning segregated by gaps
6 - Rotation of main blocks for views
7 - Pitched roof to suit context
8 - Greenery introduced with central corridor
9 - Glazing elements and viewing deck implemented
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Ground Floor
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First Floor
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Main Bath
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Warm Baths
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Gymnasium
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Eastern Section
treatment rest area
gymnasium
gym
restaurant
multi-purpose room
entrance plantroom
main bath
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Northern Section
turkish bath
ice bath
fire bath warm bath
main bath
Physical Model’s
PROJECT FIVE: GOVAN HOSPICE Many children with a life-threatening or life-limiting condition now live into young adulthood due to advances in medical care. The need for respite care to extend beyond children’s services is important to meet the individual needs of these young people. The journey to adulthood itself can be uncertain and because of illness young people and their families can be faced with many challenges. Hospices rely on their architecture to do a significant amount of the passive palliative work, setting the scene for people going through a traumatic experience. They are places where people draw on strengths they may not have realised they had, in order to maximise their own capacity to cope.
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The site is located in Govan, Glasgow. Govan is many things to many people: an ancient settlement, a home to both the Vikings and the earliest Christian settlers and their legacy of exquisite Dark Age carved stones; a seat of kings during the turbulent Kingdom of Strathclyde; a primitive fording point of the River Clyde; a rural landscape of fertile farming lands, cottage weaving industry, a close knit tenement community; a place and community in a crushing spiral of decline; a poverty statistic; an undesirable stereotype; a resilient and spirited community; a hospice place with unique and desirable assets; a place and people with potential to regenerate. My objective for this project is to provide young adults the privacy, dignity, indepedence during their stay in this hospice. By bringing raw ideas and applying designs resembling a warm home. This became a very personal project which touched on very sensitive topics. By designing on the historical Graving Docks in conjunction to the new masterplan (shown in previous project), a carefully calculated architecture is established.
Roof Plan
Ground Floor
First Floor
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Close-up Floor Plan of Bedroom
Govan Hospice
Bedroom
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Kitchen & Lounge
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Entrance
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South Section
office
office
bedrooms
courtyard
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East Section
bedrooms
plantroom
hydro-therapy pool
consultation room
kitchen & lounge
snoezelen
multi-purpose room
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East Elevation
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North Elevation
South Elevation
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