NATHANIEL FOO Undergraduate Portfolio Selected works 2016-2017
Contents 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Curriculum Vitae
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4.0
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The Art of Deception
Fluidity Through Geometric Shapes
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Personal
1.0 Introduction
Architecture has been an important aspect in life. The way how architecture is applied and designed alters one’s lifestyle in many ways, ranging from its social paradigm to its surrounding environment. My passion in architecture has always been driven by the motivation to constantly improve the quality of one’s lifestyle while maintaining a balance between their surrounding environments. I believe that this can be attained through my contribution in design and through a sustainable practice to facilitate a greater cutural significance within the community. Throughout my undergraduate architectural course, I have gradually developed an understanding on the importance of architecture through the aspect of its social and environmental attributions and will continue to enhance my knowledge and understanding of the discipline in Architecture. Hence, the following works are a collection of my previous projects and accounts of my experiences. The works presented in this portfolio consists mainly of projects which were my assignments during my Bachelor of Environments course at the University of Melbourne and a few selected works that I have developed privately during my own time.
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2.0 Curriculum Vitae Nathaniel Foo Quan Sheng Second Year Architecture Student The University of Melbourne A passionate and highly motivated second year architecture student seeking a full time internship during the summer break. I like to create architectural designs that constantly improves the quality of one’s lifestyle while maintaining a balance of the surrounding environments through sustainable practice. I am eager to learn about the finer points of the practice and determined to attain as much knowledge and skills to be a good and much sought after architect. Nationality
Malaysian
Mobile Number
+61403748774
Address
102/K13, Raleigh Street, Windsor, 3181, VIC
quanf@student.unimelb.edu.au
https://au.linkedin.com/in/nathaniel-foo-0a0268124
Issuu
https://issuu.com/nathanielfooquansheng
Education • December 2014
Malaysian Certificate of Education at USJ 12 National Secondary School (SMK USJ 12)
• December 2015 Ontario Secondary School Diploma at Taylor’s College Subang Jaya • February 2016 to Current
Bachelor of Environments at the University of Melbourne
Languages English
Written and Orally Proficient
Mandarin
Written and Orally Proficient
Bahasa Malaysia (Malay)
Written and Orally Proficient
Cantonese
Spoken
Work Experiences January 2017 Architecture Intern, Urban Catalyst Design Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia • Assisted in ongoing architectural drafting works. • Assisted in designing design proposals for tender drawing and design submissions. • Assisted in authority submissions such as the Certified of Completion and Compliance for completed constructions project.
Activities and Experiences May 2017 - Current Vice-President, Architecture and Building Association, Affiliated with the University of Melbourne Student Union • Leadership role assisting the club’s administrative functions. • Marketing head overlooking promotional content for the club’s upcoming events along with delegating repective roles to individual team members. • Maintaining the club’s networking platform with external clubs and firms within the built industry. April 2016 to September 2016 Photographer, Grand Malaysian Ball • Promote the upcoming Ball to the public through pictures on Instagram while liaising with the Publicity Department to put together the campaign • Responsible for photographing key highlights and people during the event. November 2015 Lead Photographer, Taylor’s Model United Nations Conference • Organised shooting positions and camera equipment for two assistant photographers during the three-day conference. • Provided camera-specific advice to assistant photographers while shooting pictures for the conference. March 2015 to December 2015 Board of Directors, Everyone Has Hope Refugee Programme • Supervised and provided practical guidance to members during their photographic assignments. • Led discussions along with the members of the club about future locations to conduct photographic assignments. • Photographed key highlights during the outing and events organised by the programme. • Planned and assigned future photographic assignments to the members as a means to practice essential photography skills.
Technical Skills
Interests
Autocad
Photgraphy
Rhino
Music
Grasshopper
Drawing
V-Ray
Travelling
Adobe Photoshop
Playing the Violin
Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Premier Pro Adobe Lightroom Hand Drawing Model Making Photography
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3.0 The Art of Deception Architectural Studio Air (ongoing project) LOCATION Merri Creek Trail, Northcote, Victoria Tutor
Julius Egan
This is an on-going project that I am currently working on as a group assignment in the architecture studio that I am taking this semester. The task for this project was to design a pavilion on the site provided with significant qualities and ideas of a specific bird provided by my tutor.
Note The purposes of this project was initially assigned as an exercise for us to explore different techniques and sources to extract ideas without assigning a specific brief on the subject matter. It required us to understand and evaluate what architecture is to further develop our current designs and conceptual skills.
The bird is a Little Kingfisher. We listed down the key ideas and qualities of the bird which could be carried into our design and scripted these ideas onto the parametric plug- in software called Grasshopper to determine it’s design outcome. Further developments are currently in progress.
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Key Ideas taken We concentrated on the Little Kingfisher’s deceiving traits and characteristics in evading it predators and hunting skills as the main idea in our design process.
Design Process Keeping in mind of the idea of inception, we brainstormed the possibilities and alternatives to be incorporated into the design of the pavilion. A list of parts of the pavilion including types of materials to emphasise the concept visual deception for the pavilion was drawn up and which are as follows: 1. Facade 2. Interior 3. Materials 4. Making Illusion whenever we could We then scripted a model on grasshopper while we became more inclined to the Panneling Function in Grasshopper.
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Evaluation of preliminary design to determine the pavilion’s function, usability and design in relation to the given bird After scripting the form on Grasshopper, we found that we could incorporate the list into the form to implement the idea of deception. Hence, these are some of the aspects which were added into the structure once the final form was decided. 1. Smaller perofrated holes on the facade while bigger perforated holes on the interior of the structure 2. Material used- The render which makes it look like marble to deceive the viewers visually. 3. Straight Panels but may form a curvy or organic compound when assembled.
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Site Plan with section cut
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Further development from prelimary design stage diagram
Brainstorming
Idea
Prelimary design
Render
How could teh structure deceive the users in other aspects and how would it relate to its surroundings?
Visual form
Reflectivity
Reconstruct
Re-parameterise on Grasshopper plug-in
Materiality
Dead End
Unable to obtain further ideas to further develop the current form
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Algorithimic Iterations Using Grasshopper These are some sample Iterations generated on Grasshopper as an exercise to understand the various definitions and concept of scripting in the parametric design software.
Updated design based on the aspects listed: Visual Form, Reflectivity, and Materiality inserted into Grasshopper. Our algorithimic outcome gave us the final form for speculation. We decided to go with the idea of transparency to enhance the concept of deception towards the users. The final form is speculated as a form of shelter provided for the users when it is windy with a proposed swimming pool on the top deck. The transparency of entire structure gives the effect of the swimming pool being levitated above ground when in reality it is contained within the structure itself. The lines projecting between the structure acts as both a structural support to the top and a facade to conceal the central component of the structure. Enhancing the idea of deception for the “levitated� pool.
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4.0 Fluidity Through Geometric Shapes
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Architectural Studio Earth (2017)
Herring Island
LOCATION Herring Island, Richmond, Victoria Tutor
Elizabeth Watts
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Site Chosen
In this architectural studio, our brief was to design a pavilion within the site given: Herring Island. The main concept behind my design is fluidity through the use of geometric shapes. This idea was developed from my conceptacle which is based on the idea of stacking lines to create dynamic planes. Through fluidity, one is able to promote the concept of movements . Hence by stacking lines as the start and progressing to a planar structure, it promotes a sense of dynamic fluid progression from an open space to an enclosed space. The concept for this final projects was taken and developed from my previous works such as point line and plane, mass, and frame + infill where the idea of lines stacking, curvy movements, and the experience of being in an enclosed spaced were incorporated into my final design.
The site chosen for my pavilion is a located on the northern part of the Island. This is chosen as the landform is a small valley in the island containing one of the island’s gems: The Cairns Sculptor by British sculpture, Andy Goldsworthy. This sculpture represents the secret which my pavilion holds. The landform also provides a form of descending, creating an gradual unknown feeling for the audience as they descend to the scultpure. dense trees located there also creates a form of camouflage to my pavilion while revealing a little of my pavilion to the viewers who will spark their interest and curiosity to descend and explore the pavilion.
Site Location
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First Floor Plan
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Ground Floor Plan
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South Section
East Elevation
North Elevation 14
Scanned by CamScanner
Scanned by CamScanner
Further development from conceptual model to final drawing
Scanned by CamScanner
Conceptacle A concept model find a concept as a starting point for further designing and project developing.
I created the theme of “Fluidity through the use of geometric elements� that was taken from the overall design and form of my conceptacle. This theme was further developed from the initial idea of line stacking to these curvy and dynamic planes. Fluidity promotes the concept of movement which is a crucial element for an individual filled with curiosity in order to know the contents of a secret. Hence, having the idea of stacking lines in a spiral direction as the start then progressing to a planar structure promoted the sense of progression from an open space to an enclosed space. 15
Perspective
Perspective Site Plan Perspective
Model
Model
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6.0 Personal Drawing
Photography
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