SOH M I NG LU N Architecture Student + Artist + Coder
contact archi.sohml@gmail.com +65 9188 9025 185C Rivervale Crescent #12-135, S543185 https://issuu.com/minglunsoh
academic background & achievements B.A.Architecture, NUS (pursuing) Aug 2016 - present CAP 4.24 (Honours/Distinction)
I’m a 4th-year architecture student from NUS. I think architecture is the thread that weaves together the past traditions, present context and future visions.
• 2017-2019 CityEx Exhibition 4 projects exhibited
I am detail-oriented and I enjoy a good logic puzzle. In my own time, I practice calligraphy, coding and pixel art.
• 2017 NUS AKIID Camp Administrative Head
software skills
GCE ‘A’ Levels Qualification, Victoria Junior College 2012 - 2013 83.75RP / H2 Maths, H2 Econs, H2 Art, H2 Physics
• Active Citizenry Rep Organize Service Leadership Venture to HCA Hospice Care
• iremembermySchoolDays Newspaper Design Competition (National) 1st Prize, team of 4
• Art Club Senior Member
Catholic High School 2008 - 2011
• Student Councilor • St. John Ambulance Brigade Unit Discipline Instructor
Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign AutoCAD Rhinoceros 3D SketchUp ArchiCAD QGIS
other skills & interests • • • •
Coding/ Web Development HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ruby, C Pixel Art Aseprite, Photoshop Calligraphy (Self-taught) Copperplate, Gothic, Spencerian, Uncial, Modern Others Black Metal, Shoegaze, Lo-Fi, Video games, Mahjong
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Furniture Vending Machine Year 3 / Semester 2 Studio Chu Lik Ren CityEx 2019
Bamboo Centre Year 2 / Semester 2 Studio Looi Chee Kin CityEx 2018
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Backstreet Backpackers Year 2 / Semester 2 Studio Tan Teck Kiam CityEx 2019
Palimpsest Year 2 / Semester 1 Studio Yong Sy Lyng
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Twist Year 2 / Semester 1 Group Project CityEx 2018
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Project Title Furniture Vending (Year / Sem) | CityEx Machine Year 3 / Sem 2 | CityEx 2019 Synopsis
Re-inventing the secondhand furniture store in the automation & information age for ease & efficiency.
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The brick and mortar retail experience is simplified and condensed into the borders of our digital screens, and with just a few clicks, we are able to get our goods shipped to our homes. How should a second-hand furniture shop stay relevant in the Information Age? It requires us to re-think a new typology that is most representative of the time while responding to the changing users’ needs and preferences. Unlike digital retail, a physical retail store can provide a more tactile and curated experience, and it follows that a second-hand furniture store has its own unique attributes and problems to solve. My concept imagines a second-hand furniture store as a vending machine, with efficiency as the core design driver.
Furniture pieces are placed on pallets and racked on a shelf, where an automated stacker crane operating in parallel transports the furniture in both x and y axes. Customers can order pieces right off the shelf and the machine will send it to the warehouse below to be shipped. The storage and display shelf for the furniture pieces becomes the building’s main facade and fronts the main thoroughfare to advertise the furniture store to the pedestrians and train commuters. Behind the shelf lay curated common spaces such as a kitchen (café), a library and living room set ups. The inefficiency of these spaces that are more ‘humane’ juxtaposes the efficient processes of the machinery. All of the inner workings will be visible to the public, resulting in a captivating orchestrated experience of machine, man and goods.
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The internet era has re-defined the way we shop, with the introduction of digital retail, bringing us convenience and ease of access.
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BAMBOO CENTRE 10
Project BambooTitle Centre (Year Year 2/ /Sem) Sem |2CityEx | CityEx 2018 Synopsis The architecture is a Centre for Cities and Climate Change (C4). Inspired by the symbiosis between Man and Nature, this project examines the role of architecture in this symbiosis.
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This project thus examines the role of architecture in this symbiosis. By studying the composition of manmade and natural elements, and the
building’s interface with the green and blue elements on-site, the architecture fosters meaningful relationships and connections between the users and the environment. Overall, the hydroponics programme embodies the essence of this symbiosis. The building is sited at the Kolam Ayer ABC Waterfront to take advantage of the existing spaces (i.e. waterfront pavilion, bridge, promenade, fishing deck) that already engage the residents with the river. BAMBOO CENTRE
Inspired by the symbiotic relationship between Man and Nature, the architecture serves as a catalyst to engage man with the environment and unify the manmade, blue and green elements into a singular entity. A pavilion on-site, consisting of merely a bench under a tree was the initial inspiration for this project’s approach.
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These diagrams synthesizes the design process. It begins with the concept of creating the 3 layers of experience - where the building is on the ground, on the water plane, and underwater. The building then hugs a portion of the river and takes on a C-shaped form with the extension of the platform on the water plane, embracing the river to be part of the architecture as a water courtyard The underwater massing is then revised and replaced with a plane, due to practicality, costs and footprint incurred.
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The river bank is engaged as a potential space for the gallery, and the mass extends further onto the ground, interfacing with the existing trees on site. The entire massing is revised and broken up, punctured with voids to engage the inner edges with the blue element. The result is a composition of an interweaving sequence of mass/ void, creating interesting spaces.
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The revised iteration forms a deeper connection to site as well as the blue and green elements. Upon entry, the existing trees pierces through the roof and the columns penetrates the floors into the river bank. With a hint of the river bank gallery, the user is subsequently directed into the lobby/reception. The sequence of spatial experience is as follows: hydroponics farm, deck/ cafe, pool, gallery. The office spaces sit on the highest floor, separated from the main circulation.
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It is then crucial to revise the screen strategy, for the porosity it offers suffers a disadvantage against strong winds and directional rain. Adjustable sliding glass panels are introduced in the office spaces to regulate the ventilation thus mitigating this problem with minimal disruption to the facade. The ramp connecting the lobby to the lower levels becomes an additional layer that protects the reception area from directional rain.
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Backstreet Backpackers Year 3 / Sem 1 | CityEx 2019 Backstreet Backpackers is a capsule hostel for tourists, with a unique ‘street’ concept that transforms the shophouse typology into a commmunity living room.
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These programmes distance the gap in the already detached and superficial relationship between the tourists and the local flavour of Little India. The architectural concept is formulated around the issue of a lack of authentic and meaningful interaction between the tourists and the local Indians. The architecture hence aims to serve as a platform to mediate this gap, transforming the shophouse typology into a street.
The street is a community living room that extends out to the back alley, activating wasted urban spaces (back alley and open car park) while forging a unique community of backpackers and local Indians. The street concept forms the ‘spine’ that connects all the living and communal spaces, through perforations in the existing party walls. The openings become arched gateways and windows that maintain visual and spatial connections between the street and the adjacent spaces. The street is a flexible space that transforms between a living room, a bazaar, and a market for the backpackers and locals with transforming furnitures: display shelves that can flip down into tables/ benches
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The prevalent shophouse typology defines the image of Little India, but the essence of the site is contained within the physical ‘shells’. The initial site analysis reveals that existing shophouses begin to assimilate programmes that are foreign to the site, i.e. bars, cafes and hipster barbers.
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concept collage
design iterations
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Palimpsest Project Title (Year2/ /Sem) Year Sem |1 CityEx This project is an eco-lodge situated Synopsis in Dairy Farm Nature Park. The architectural intervention reveals the untapped potential of the historical artefacts for an enriching experience.
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Through an intricate reading of the site, the essence of the place is derived from the intersections between the ‘artificial’ and nature. At these intersections lie an ambiguous boundary, blurred by the overlapping of the two: with the growth of grass matter over concreate terrain and banyan trees growing into and over
the walls of an abandoned concrete hut. These intersections reveal a deeper reading of the site, as they occur only at the remains of the past dair y farm buildings. These ruins are neglected and unused, and the Wallace Education Centre failed to engage the ruins to provide a more meaningful educational experience for the parkgoers. The project attempts to utilize the potential of the artefacts as a medium for an enriching experience, to engage users in appreciating the beauty of the ruins and relics, of what was once here.
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The Eco-Lodge sits in the Dairy Farm Nature Park, in front of the Wallace Education Center. It outlines the historical ruins and artefacts in an attempt to engage the users in a contemplative and enriching experience, while providing opportunities for communal gathering and moments in solitude.
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floor plans level 1
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Twist
Year 2 / Sem 1 | CityEx 2018 Group Members: Law Kai Xiang, Soh Ming Lun, Abirami Murugapan, Anna Yenardi, Choo Qing Yuan, Loh Ying Ying 3D printed modular facade design
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weather elements, particularly rain, and understand what kind of experiential value the facade can add to the architecture.
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Rain is a prevalent woe when it comes to tropical architecture. This project attempts to examine the interface between the building’s facade and
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SOH MING LUN 2019