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Si Jia Racheal NG

Architecture + Design Portfolio

GRID HOUSES generative diagrams

grid manipulations transform two primitive solids into houses. Location: "floppopolis"

roof plan

M.Arch: Design Studio contingent urbanisms Tutor: Benjamin Farnsworth. axonometric

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5 ft

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20 ft

30 ft

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WAL-MAT

grid-squished supermarket, a study in flatness

axonometric

Location: "floppopolis" M.Arch: Design Studio con-

airplane factory

school

tingent urbanisms

office

gym

Tutor: Benjamin Farnsworth. Masterplan: Studio Collaboration: Chris Bressler

visitor centre

supermarket library gas station

bowling alley

clinic

restaurant

roof plan

WAL[mat] ELEVATION SCALE: 1:300

section

plan of supermarket and offices

Green Ribbon Laboratories

Extension of Toshiko Mori's Syracuse Center of Excellence R&D laboratories for Environmental and Energy Systems

Site Area: 2800sqm Location: Syracuse, NY

South Elevation

M.Arch: Comprehensive Studio Tutor: A.MacDonald,B.Krietermeyer Collaborators: Tong Zhao, Wang Jingyuan, (+Chenjing Kuo) Perspective from Lobby Ground Level Plan

Massing

A‘

B’ B

CAFE

LIBRARY OFFICE

OFFICE

BREAK

OFFICE

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OFFICE

OFFICE BREAK PUBLIC EDUCATION

Section A-A'

MECHANICAL SYSTEM

BREAK

ENTRANCE

CAFE

ENTRANCE

concept in verse

2nd-floor Plan

Phytoremediation:

It all began with a simple thought: “The existing building’s green roof wants to say a lot. Elevated now and animated now; An exploration of what the wonders Green Technology may allow. The airy Atrium works as a Lobby ‘lung’ At the nodal intersections of each programmed ribbon flung. There’s a Lab Strip, an Office Strip, Public Education; Green Roofs for each, and one for Demonstrations. Stormwater bioswales, Rain Garden slope-flow, In this industrial City, Rhizomic biofiltration is the way to go. South-facing, staggered section, Planted roofs are insulation Self-shaded offices in the summer sun, Greenroof solar gains at maximum. 2 Auditoria; Outdoor and indoor 1 Café at the SouthEast main door Walk right in, feel right at home; Sounds of fresh waterfalls and Passive climate control. Take a turn into the Theatre or take a stroll, Through 170 linear feet of Education Zone. Come around the back where great minds attack The challenges of sustainability in an active “GreenLab”. Curtain walls on steel-trussed frames, Double height spaces and mezzanines. Thermal mass piped wall doubles as a projection screen: We want Syracuse City to see our dream.

Technologies that use living plants to cleanse soil, air, and water contaminated with hazardous chemicals

Programs in Interlocking Ribbons THEATRE

LABS

3rd-floor Plan

OFFICES PUBLIC amphitheatre

BREAK

LAB

LAB LAB

BREAK

OFFICE

CAFE

LAB

Section B-B'

LAB

OFFICE

LOBBY

CAFE

Phytoremediation Techniques + Locations

South Facade Solar Heat Gain

To Cleanse: Phytoextraction Rhizofiltration

soil

water

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RAIN GARDENS

Phytotransformation

RAIN FILTER GREEN ROOF 4

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Phytostabilization

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Phytovolatilization A W

Space Requirements + Sunlight Demand Most Private

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Rhizodegredation South Facade Solar Heat Gain section

BIOSWALE GREEN ROOFS

AIR LAB GREEN WALLS

5 1

AIR LAB GREEN ROOFS

Ventilation Type + Sunlight Demand 1: Treated Air

Guest Room 200*20=4000sf

Apartment 350*20=7000sf

Lobby 2500sf

Laundry Room 300sf

Maids’ Room 100*2=200sf GYM 1000sf

Lounge 2000sf

Private Office 150*40=6000sf

Research Studio 1000*20=20,000sf

Green Roof

Distributed Break Out Areas 2500sf

4: Local Control

Distributed Open Office Space 4000sf

3: Central Control

Reference Library 2000sf Janitors’ closet

Lounge 2000sf

Rest Room

Cafe 2500sf Lobby 2500sf

Lecture Hall 300seat 4000sf

Display Area 200 linear feet Parking

Most Public

Bus Shelter

Least Light

Landscape Development Outdoor Lecture Area 300seat

Most Bright

2: Untreated Air

partial section Detail: SE

OPERABLE SKYLIGHT Integrated Glaznig Units (IGU)s ABOVE “GREEN AIR LAB” HORIZONTAL WINDOW AT GREENHOUSE TRUSS

RAINSCREEN PLENUM: SUPPORT BATTENS 3/4” THCK SLATE TILE clip hung, vertical course

ALUMINIUM GUTTER

3’ TRUSSES AT 16’ SPACING

1.2’ STEEL COLUMNS

HORIZONTAL WINDOW At grade level for basement SLATE WINDOW SILL

COMPOSITE FLOOR

Slimdeck flooring system 3/4” SLATE TILES ON GROUT 2” RIGID INSULATION 1.5” SCREED TOPPING CONCRETE CAST IN SITU METAL DECKING (AS PERMANENT FORMWORK) ASB BEAM

1/2” THCK DRAINAGE MAT

RC RETAINING WALL

DAMP PROOF MEMBRANE 2.5” D. PERFORATED DRAINAGE PIPE 2” RIGID INSULATION

2’ THCK RC RETAINING WALL

STRIP FOUNDATION

partial section Detail: NW

A DRONE HIVE FOR philadelphia Site Area: 2300sqm Location: Philadelphia, PA

The Optical sensors ofcommercially available lightweight delivery zones are color sensitive, and expecially sensitive to the color red. Taking into account the technical abilities of a flying drone to locate a red rectangle, the Drone Hive proposed features a inverted pyramid ‘funnel’ of red panels that is highly visible as a solid from above, yet visually porous to ground level pedestrians and users.

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Service

Industry

Education

InfoTech

Healthcare + Pharmacuetical

Trade + Business

Media

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18 ft

50 ft

Economic Development Zones Keystone OpportunityZone (KOZ) Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) Business / Industrial Parks

60 cm

COLOR VISION SYSTEM

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(5 mi les )

GPS SYSTEM

400 ft

AUTO LANDING

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The proposed “Drone Hive” will be located centrally in the Navy Yard campus, and designed to allow for subsidiary functions to evolve around it. Just as other historical transportation and information nodes tend to grow into commercial and social nodes, the drone-node will become an important center for the zone’s inhabitants. , the Drone Hive at the Navy Yard may evolve to become a commercial and business meeting point. The drone network’s ability to condense space will mean that the overlarge parcel of the Navy Yard’s land will become more manageable and conducive to industry, aiding the park’s growth in density to reach its full potential.

(20 mi les )

M.Arch: Design Studio Tutor: L.Brown, Y.Sho Collaborators: Killian Miles

In response to the fleeing tax base of the city, the city governance has introduced various tax-rebate programs for industries located in the city, one of which is our chosen site, the Navy Yard KIZ in the south part of the city. The 1200 acre former navy yard parcel was re-envisioned by PIDC in 2004 as a mixed-use, multi-industry campus integrating commercial, technological and academic institutions which share similar foci of high-technology, advanced materials, information technology, and medical research and development. Expert opinion is that the growth of the campus has been hindered in part by the sheer size of the campus parcel itself, and the zone’s infrastructural inadequacies. In response to this lack of infrastructure, we propose the introduction of a system of lightweight delivery drones to serve the industries, businesses and institutions in the Navy Yard.

a hub for small-goods delivery drones at a key new industrial zone

Existing Postal Infrastructure

Ground level Plan SITE PLAN + PERSPECTIVE RENDERS

Basement level Plan

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electric channels as physical visual landmarks of the energy route. Piezoelectric materials can produce electrical charges when they are subject to external mechanical loads (squeezed or stretched). The generated voltage of the piezoelectric module is determined by the stress and strain experienced by the piezoelectric material. Piezoelectric devices can be compared to the power density of Li-batteries in some cases, but the range of power densities possible is large. The resonant frequency of the harvester is tuned to matching the resonant vibration of the ﬁxture the harvester is attached to reach peak harvesting eﬃciency levels. Piezoelectric technology is currently in the early stages of product development. While one viable application of piezoelectric harvesting is for charging and running micro-mechanical devices, innovations towards larger-scale harvesting and use show promise as a strategy towards sustainable urbanism.

tions, monitor their PROSUMPTION, and charge their personal devices.

The frequency characteristics of the vibration sources from a bridge are dependent on the location on the bridge. Energy and Power Density (kWh/km and kW/km, or W/module or W/ft2 of devices) depends on traﬃc over the piezoelectric material. Loading conditions include amplitude, frequency, and weight and speed of vehicles.

COMMUNITY ENERGY CENTER PROGRAMS: Administrative Center Meeting Rooms Public Plaza/Marketplace Piezoelectric Gym Greenhouse access between COMMUNITY GARDEN and PLAZA

The piezoelectric module should be attached where both the tensile strain and compressive strain are at the maximum level. Promisingly increased levels of vibration have been observed when the harvesting devices are attached to water pipes underneath infrastructural bridges. [It is found that the output voltage of the piezoelectric modules has a peak-to-peak value of about 13.8 V under cyclic loading of 10 kN.]

Materials: Piezoelectric harvesting devices contain ferroelectric ceramics (most commonly lead zirconatetitanate (PbZr1-xTixO3, or PZT)) or piezoelectric ceramics, including transparent electro-optical lead lanthanum zirconate titanate (Pb1-xLaxZr1-yTiyO3, or PLZT).

Location: Syracuse, NY Innowattech claims that 1 km of its roadway system can generate 150 kW. Innowattech Numbers: Vehicles per hour 600 Vehicle speed (mph) 45 Claimed power generated, 1 km (kW) 150 Number of harvesters, 1 km 9,800 Cost per km $650,250

M.Arch: Visiting Critic Studio Tutor: S.Deiterlen

SYRACUSE

PIEZO GREENHOUSE

SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC-THERMAL PANELS Electricity+HVAC

Roof mounted South-facing PVT panels collect heat for domestic hot water loads. Electricity harvested from the PV cells is used on-ste domestically or “sold” to the community store for energy credits at any Energy “ATM” or the Community Energy Center.

GREY BOX STRATEGY:

southside ENERGY A PV-Thermal (PVT) collector is a module in which the PV is not only producing electricity but also serves as a thermal absorber. Useful heat and power are produced simultaneously. The electricity generating eﬃciency of solar cells drops with the increase in operating temperature. A PV/T system applies a coolant onto the solar cells and brings down its operating temperature, re-utilizing the captured heat energy and increasing PV eﬃciency.

SUMMER:

PVT systems have been successfully coupled with Ground Coupled Heat Pump Systems to provide 100% ofof the total heat demand of single family homes. (Netherlands)

Energy in the Landscape: Microgrids for the City's lowest income residents

railway Vibration GREY BOX STRATEGY:

ORCHARD Energy In The Landscape

Racheal SiJia Ng Retroﬁtting a railway onto a piezoelectric harvesting system is likely to be lower cost than retroﬁtting a roadway, because of the greater ease of installation and maintenance of the above-ground harvesting devices onto railway tracks, and because railways are usually owned by one entity, making negotiations and decision-making easier. Winter solstice Sunlight simulation

Railway harvesters can be installed between the rail tie and the steel rail. Railway harvesting units have been demonstrated to be more eﬃcient (higher energy density) than under-roadway units, as the rigidity of the rails imparts greater force per unit area on the piezoelectric unit.

In the winter months when the solar PVT panels are operating at their lowest levels, the Geothermal Heat Exchange network provides supplementary domestic hot water and heating to the community’s residentail projects

WINTER:

RACHEAL NG SI JIA SYSTEM: RESTART

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EXISTING HOUSES

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VEGETABLES

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GREENHOUSE FRUIT+NUT TREES

PROTEIN VEGETABLES

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STARCH VEGETABLES VEGETABLES

PLAN

Community Gardens are arranged with planters and pathas in conThe proposed modular system uses concentric circles around a centric circles the junction road junction to around form roughly circular gardens. Planter beds, food shrubs and trees are arranged to follow the circular lines, of with thecirculation main PIEZOELECTRIC paths interspersed between rows to create "mazes" that are indicative of the character of the neighborGREENHOUSE, and segmented hood. The basic "starting" layout of the gardens is based on the into the recommended daily recommended daily intake of types of vegetables for a healthy balanced diet. The gardens will thus always serve as a reminder nutritional of vegetables, to residents intake of their daily nutritional needs. Three main rings of gardens are delineated by circles of fruit linking thesmallest landscape to cognitrees. The ring of gardens is zoned for individual member beds. The middle zone is reserved for associations and institutions who may wantmembers larger plots for groups of people to tion of community work on. The outer ring is zoned for the Community Garden’s mancrops. as aged active PROSUMERS in the As the garden grows in size and community participation, the concentric circles will also grow, varying in plant type urban environment. proportions from its starting basic zones. As each module chang-

GARDEN MODULE

Closed-Loop Liquid System GREY BOX STRATEGY:

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- Vertical Bore Network (estimated -150 ft) - Closed loop liquid refrigerant system - Community network - Centered underneath COMMUNITY GARDEN

The temperature beneath the upper 6 metres (20 ft) of Earth's surface maintains a nearly constant temperature between 10 and 16 °C (50 and 60 °F) in any weather or season. Due to this consant temperature, it takes only one kilowatt-hour of electricity for a geothermal heat pump to produce nearly 12,000 Btu of cooling or heating. Geothermal systems are twice as eﬃcient as the top-rated air conditioners and almost 50 percent more eﬃcient than the best gas furnaces, all year round

es, the legibility of its starting form will allow for the garden to be a representation of the fresh foods and nutrition situation of the community it serves.

RAILWAY VIADUCT

GEOTHERMAL HEAT EXCHANGE LOOP

RACHEAL NG SI JIA SYSTEM: RESTART

@ BURT ST + MCBRIDE ST, SYRACUSE NY

EXISTING HOUSES

An old rail track (1994-2008) crosses under highway I-81, creating a fork in the site with the SU Steam Station, a Community Center and park. The OnTrack railway viaduct and embankments separate two large housing estates, each with an estimated 2000 residents.

GREENHOUSE FRUIT+NUT TREES

PROTEIN VEGETABLES

APIARY

STARCH VEGETABLES VEGETABLES

“Grey Box” architecture The technical energetic processes currrently being developed for Microgrids can be described on a gradient legibility. Transparent or most legible processes are those which are visually open or instinctively understood. Semi-transparent, and Opaque techniques or processes, tend to take place in various visually closed "grey boxes". The marvelous technical processes that make urban life possible tend to remain hidden in nondescript armoured crates, more often taking up space rather than creating or enhancing the spaces they occupy or serve. By neglecting to educate and involve the ordinary community member in the process of energy production and consumption, “Grey Boxes” are alienating objects that do not inspire the ground-level support neccessary for new sustainable techniques and microgrid communities

Site Plan

CAD panelling tools were used to create a warped grid as a Grey Box placement guide. The pattern is biased towards the two thoroughfares proposed as linear energy sources. Box sizes were derived from parametrics based on proximity to open green spaces. Also highlighted in this plan are parking lots as sites for potential expansion of the community energy network.

systems placement concepts

Proposed Energy Processes:

Summer/Winter PERSPECTIVE VIEWS

EDUCATION HEALTH RESTAURANT ENERGY PARK COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Piezoelectric Transduction can be used to harvest electrical energy from vibrating structures, moving objects, or vibrations created by air or water ﬂows. The Energy Orchard proposes the harnessing of the vibration energy presently dissipated into the environment and the bridge structures of highway I-81 and the old OnTrack railway. The harvested energy will be controlled and used within GREENHOUSE structures that bridge across the peizoelectric channels as physical visual landmarks of the energy route.

Highway Vibration

Piezoelectric materials can produce electrical charges when they are subject to external mechanical loads (squeezed or stretched). The generated voltage of the piezoelectric module is determined by the stress and strain experienced by the piezoelectric material.

Piezoelectric devices can be compared to the power density of Li-batteries in some cases, but the range of power densities possible is large. The resonant frequency of the harvester is tuned to matching the resonant vibration of the ﬁxture the harvester is attached to reach peak harvesting eﬃciency levels. Piezoelectric technology is currently in the early stages of product development. While one viable application of piezoelectric harvesting is for charging and running micro-mechanical devices, innovations towards larger-scale harvesting and use show promise as a strategy towards sustainable urbanism. Materials: Piezoelectric harvesting devices contain ferroelectric ceramics (most commonly lead zirconatetitanate (PbZr1-xTixO3, or PZT)) or piezoelectric ceramics, including transparent electro-optical lead lanthanum zirconate titanate (Pb1-xLaxZr1-yTiyO3, or PLZT).

Innowattech claims that 1 km of its roadway system can generate 150 kW. Innowattech Numbers: Vehicles per hour 600 Vehicle speed (mph) 45 Claimed power generated, 1 km (kW) 150 Number of harvesters, 1 km 9,800 Cost per km $650,250

railway Vibration

PIEZO GREENHOUSE

ENERGY-CREDIT “ATM”S all nodes participating in the network, over which every successThis large-scale proposal seeks to engage the fully performed transactionProcesses is recorded". Opening the “Grey Box” of Commercial Energy city and its residents with the complex ad beautiGREY BOX STRATEGY: Dotted in the landscape of energy processes are human-scale access points ful energy processes that are the lifeblood of into the energy system. These “ATMS” allow users to exchange electrical energy modern civilization. for energy credit (to be deducted from energy bill), and vice versa. The ATM The technical energetic processes Battery + data network computer points allow users to manage currrently being developed for Microgrids can be their macrogrid- to micro-grid transactions, monitor their PROSUMPTION, and described on a gradient of legibility. Transparcharge their personal devices. or most legibleCENTER processes are those which COMMUNITY entENERGY are visually open or instinctively understood. Semi-transparent, and Opaque techniques or PROGRAMS: Administrative Center processes, tend to take place in various visually SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC-THERMAL PANELS Meeting Rooms closed “grey boxes”. The marvelous technical Public Plaza/Marketplace processes that make urban life possible tend to Electricity+HVAC Piezoelectric Gym Roof mounted South-facing PVT panels collect heat for Greenhouse access between COMMUNITY and PLAZA domestic hot water loads. Electricity harvested from remain hidden inGARDEN nondescript armoured crates, GREY BOX STRATEGY: the PV cells is used on-ste domestically or “sold” to the more often taking up space rather than creating community store for energy credits at any Energy “ATM” or the Community Energy Center. or enhancing the spaces they occupy or serve. A PV-Thermal (PVT) collector is a module in which the PV is not only producing electricity but also serves as a thermal absorber. Useful heat and power are produced simultaneously. The By neglecting to educate and involve the ordinary electricity generating eﬃciency of solar cells drops with the increase in operating temperature. A PV/T system applies a coolant onto the solar cells and brings down its operating temperature, community member in the process of energy re-utilizing the captured heat energy and increasing PV eﬃciency. production and consumption, “Grey Boxes” are alienating objects that do not inspire the groundPVT systems have been successfully coupled level support neccessary for new sustainable with Ground Coupled Heat Pump Systems to provide 100% ofof the total heat demand of techniques and microgrid communities. single family homes. (Netherlands) Blockchain: "a distributed cryptographic ledger shared amongst

PIEZOELECTRIC HARVESTING GREY BOX STRATEGY:

SUMMER:

Proposed system of Microgrid components

PIEZO GREENHOUSE

PHOTOVOLTAICTHERMAL PANELS

PIEZOELECTRIC HARVESTING

railway Vibration Electricity+HVAC RACHEAL NG SI JIA SYSTEM: RESTART

DEN CROP GARDENS

COMMUNITY ENERGY CENTER

@ BURT ST + MCBRIDE ST, SYRACUSE NY

GARDEN MODULE

Administrative Center Meeting Rooms Public Plaza/Marketplace Piezoelectric Gym Greenhouse access between COMMUNITY GARDEN and PLAZA

EXISTING HOUSES

FRUIT+NUT TREES

PROTEIN VEGETABLES STARCH VEGETABLES

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ENERGY-CREDIT “ATM”S

MODULAR COMMUNITY GARDEN VEGETABLES

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railway Vibration

@ BURT ST + MCBRIDE ST, SYRACUSE NY

GARDEN MODULE

GEOTHERMAL HEAT EXCHANGE

Snacks

Diary

The cells each contain a structure CARROT EGGPLANT - a glass house, MUSHROOM tool sheds and community spaces LETTUCE for reservation.

The proposed modular system uses concentric circles around a road junction to form roughly circular gardens. Planter beds, food shrubs and trees are arranged to follow the circular lines, with circulation paths interspersed between rows to create "mazes" that are indicative of the character of the neighborhood. The basic "starting" layout of the gardens is based on the recommended daily intake of types of vegetables for a healthy balanced diet. The gardens will thus always serve as a reminder to residents of their daily nutritional needs. Three main rings of gardens are delineated by circles of fruit trees. The smallest ring of gardens is zoned for individual member beds. The middle zone is reserved for associations and institutions who may want larger plots for groups of people to work on. The outer ring is zoned for the Community Garden’s managed crops. As the garden grows in size and community participation, the concentric circles will also grow, varying in plant type proportions from its starting basic zones. As each module changes, the legibility of its starting form will allow for the garden to be a representation of the fresh foods and nutrition situation of the community it serves.

PIEZOELECTRIC HARVESTING

RACHEAL NG SI JIA SYSTEM: RESTART

Battery + data network

Closed-Loop System under community gardens RAILWAY VIADUCT

EXISTING HOUSES

GREENHOUSE

Site Plan

EDUCATION HEALTH RESTAURANT ENERGY PARK COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Highway Vibration

An old disused rail track (1994-2008) crosses under highway I-81, creating a fork in the site with the SU Steam Station, a Community Center and park. The OnTrack railway viaduct and embankments separate two large housing estates, each with an estimated 2000 residents. CAD panelling tools were used to create a warped grid as a “Grey Box” placement guide. The pattern is biased towards the two thoroughfares proposed as linear energy sources. Box sizes were derived from parametrics based on proximity to open green spaces. Also highlighted in this plan are parking lots as sites for potential expansion of the community energy network.

Energy Systems Placement Guide: Proximities to place of use

MUSHROOM SERIES

downtown L.A.

M.Arch: Vertical Studio Tutor: Larry Bowne

METRO STATION

Architecture inspired by Los Angeles’ sweeping highway curves, this series is an exploration of organic forms memetic of mushroom growth. A metro station, restaurant plaza and a high-density apartment building emerge from the negative space of the transport network, next to the architectural icons of F.Gehry’s Disney Music Hall and D.Scofidio+Renfro’s Broad Museum in LA’s historic Bunker Hill district. METRO STATION PLANS PLAZA HIGH STREET LEVEL LEVEL 0 at grade +24ft above grade

scale 1/8" = 1-0"

100

150 200

LOW STREET LEVEL -15' below grade

scale 1/8" = 1-0"

150

50 100

200

MEZZANINE LEVEL -32' below grade

scale 1/8" = 1-0"

150

50 100

200

SUBWAY PLATFORM -77' below grade

scale 1/8" = 1-0"

150

50 100

200

TOILETS TOILETS

STATION OFFICE

STUDY IN INK - KELLOGS’ HIGH DESERT HOUSE

SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

DETAIL SECTION THROUGH TYPICAL COLUMN

SCALE 1/2" = 1-0" 2 ft

4 ft

SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

LONG SECTION SOTUHWEST 8 ft

6 ft

10 ft

Glass railing

HEIGHT 4'

Gravel bed Steel reinforced concrete Planter frame Hanging planters Intensive substrate DEPTH 1' to 4'

Filter fabric Drainage layer

HOPE STREET LEVEL (0)

DEPTH 4"

Root Barrier

MEMBRANE

VPM

VAPOR PROOF MEMBRANE

Filter material INFILL

VPM

VAPOR PROOF MEMBRANE

FLOWER STREET (-15')

DRAINAGE DRAINAGE PIPE SECTION 12"

MEZZANINE CONCOURSE (-35')

STUDY MODEL

SCALE 1/32" = 1-0" 50 ft

100'

150'

200'

250'

RESTAURANT PLAZA

A SECOND LEVEL

scale 1/16" = 1'-0"

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100

250

200

PLAZA SECTION DOWN

A FIRST LEVEL

RESTAURANT 2ND LVL PLAN

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RESTAURANT 1ST LVL PLAN

A FIRST LEVEL

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VIEWS INCLUDING METRO STATION

350 PERSPECTIVE RENDERS 300

MUSHROOM SERIES

APARTMENTS+retail scale 1/16" = 1'-0"

artisan market The apartment component of the series sought to resolve the repetitive nature of apartment block configurations with desire for uniqueness and surprise at the residentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s level. To this end, a tessalate fractured parti wall system was developed to allow for the free arrangement of adjacent larger or smaller units, while maintaining the experiece of hidden spaciousness even in the smallest rooms and units.

RESIDENTIAL 03, 04

scale 1/16" = 1'-0"

FLOOR TYPE 1 300SF x 4 600SF x 1 900SF x 3

TYPICAL 600SF UNIT

SIDENTIAL 03, 04

scale 1/16" = 1'-0" RESIDENTIAL 11

scale 1/16" = 1'-0" RESIDENTIAL 12

scale 1/16" = 1'-0"

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FLOORTYPE 3 300SF x 10 DW

FLOORTYPE 6 300SF x 1 600SF x 5 900SF x 4

900SF x 3

FLOORTYPE 4 300SF x 3 600SF x 5 900SF x 2

scale 1/16" = 1'-0" RESIDENTIAL 08, 09

scale 1/16" = 1'-0" RESIDENTIAL 07

FLOORTYPE 7 1200SF x4

NG Si Jia Racheal

Architecture + Design -2012

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4, 2012 6 weeks Tay Kheng Soon Campus masterpla, Nalanda University

    

 

 

                 

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   

 

 

       

 





70% of site left unbuilt for subsistence farming, experimental farm plots, energy generation and water collection

 A “MOTHER PLAN” that:

Provides the university with an integrated framework to guide its long-term development Provides a set of guidelines for decicions about where to locate the University’s various programs Links the campus to the broader district 









 

2 weeks Individual work: Design of part of the Campus masterplan for Nalanda International University

The sports and recreation-themed residential quadrant is at the southmost end of the first phase of the campus plan; as such, it is a comma in the process of the university’s building history. Looking out towards the unbuilt farmlands and far-off hills, the quadrant’s aesthetics looks back to the geometries of ancient Nalanda and all its mystery. 















    

 

   

  



 

 

 

 

Buddha's palm mountain

山东滕州市东沙河居住综合体

住区规划与住宅设计黄华青 2008010832 张博 2008010058 黄思佳指导教师：张敏交图日期：2011年11月3日

Residential estate in ShanDong province, China Exchange program in Tsinghua, Beijing

城市分析

地段位置图

滕，取泉水腾涌之意。滕州历史悠久，文化灿烂，境内有被命名为“北辛文化”的7300年前新石器时代的古文化遗址，有“大汶口文化”的代表遗址岗上遗址，有商周时期的滕国遗址等景观。是古代伟大思想家、教育家、科学家、军事家和社会活动家墨子的故里。如今的滕州市，地处山东省南部，是山东最大的县级市，也是全国百强县之一。城市地处京福高速公路与 104国道之间，东临京沪高速铁路，西邻京杭大运河。公路、铁路、水路交通都十分便捷。随着全新的滕州高铁车站的建成，从滕州到北京上海两大城市都只需两个多小时。黄金的交通位置也为滕州的未来带来了不可估量的契机。

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地段分析

城市交通区位图

城市门户

东沙河地段位于滕州老城与新建的高铁站之间，两条通往以龙泉广场为中心的城市旧城和以市政府为中心的城市新城的道路在此地分叉，夹成这个充满生机的三角形地段。因此，地段成为了商务、旅游人士进入滕州的必经之地，起到了城市门户的重要作用。

一池三山景观体系太极水系穿贯掌纹道路

单体

单元总平生成——山水滕州滕州东北枕鲁中南山脉，西南临微山湖胜景，周边的自然风景得天独厚。然而，城市市区由于过度建设，使得城市居住环境不容乐观。故新住区的总平以佛手成山，太极入水，六幢山形高楼呈手型分布在场地周围，场地中央形成巨大的住区山水景观。住区在实现高容积率的同时，也创造出采纳天地灵气的巨型地面景观，为滕州树立了大气而柔美的门户形象。

12*15米的住宅单体，采用当地传统民居住宅单体的体制。三个住宅单体形成一个住宅单元。为了满足大小户型的不同需求，将三个单体组合切割为四个户型。

高楼

曲线化

手指住宅

将住宅单体像垒砖一样形成高楼，这样解决了原先的平面组合方式容积率过低的问题。由于住宅单体的梯形形状，使得高楼能够在保持简单单元的情况下实现优雅的曲线化，创造出不同于以往的单元式板楼。

屋顶叠落

考虑到前后采光的问题，将住宅屋顶进行适当的叠落。这样不仅照顾了后方住宅的采光，而且创造出巨大的屋顶花园和阳台。

建筑生成——院子+高层滕州当地民居多为山东传统的独户独院式，可被作为一个单元。在城市中央可以看到大片的残余平房密集地挤在一起，占据了大片的土地，却不能达到较好的城市景观和居住效率。与此相反，城市中大量新建的商品住宅却一味追却容积率，而丧失了原来良好的居住环境。在这种背景下，新建住区的建筑仿效柯布西耶提倡的多米诺式住宅单体，通过单元体的堆砌、组合和错动，形成最终的山形住宅。住宅不仅为每一户住户提供了良好的南向采光和南北通风，而且通过上下屋顶的叠落，创造出巨大的阳台和屋顶花园，为当地居民找回院子的美好回忆。

组团分析

总平面图

1、楼栋单元

绿化系统

五座小山住宅采取相同的平面布置，由两个两梯四户标准单元和三个一梯两户小型单元组成，一层有消防通道穿过。两栋楼之间的“ 眼睛”形平面是组团中心景观花园。四个景观花园外形相似，而各自拥有一个特色亭子作为楼栋标识。

2、中央景观五座小山住宅采取相同的平面布置，由两个两梯四户标准单元和三个一梯两户小型单元组成，一层有消防通道穿过。两栋楼之间的“ 眼睛”形平面是组团中心景观花园。四个景观花园外形相似，而各自拥有一个特色亭子作为楼栋标识。

车行系统

太极湖的形状取自太极八卦之意，与广场中的太液池形成对话；而湖畔高地上的雕塑广场为太虚广场之衍生。一虚一实，交相呼应，虚实交融，阴阳相合。纳天地之气，增滕州之辉。

景观视廊

太极水系

瀛洲书院

三仙山

方壶天地

停车设置

蓬莱居

人行次入口

人行道人行主入口

车行次入口

一水三山车行道

车行主入口

湖水广场

太极湖及太虚广场

步行系统

商业规划

户型经济指标

楼栋生成·1

楼栋设计分析

五个相同楼栋的设计引进了参数化设计理念。

1、主体部分主体部分以住宅单元格堆砌而成由顶部叠落的山形形体。层高为3.5米，层数由矮到高分别为4, 5, 10, 18, 23,24,24,23,17 层。而大阳台和原子也依照这种流动之势依附在各个层上。 2、南立面首先在主体部分之外覆盖一层薄板，使山形住宅获得一个完整的曲线造型，同时在薄板的屋顶部分开出大小不均的景窗，为屋顶花园和阳台带来一定的遮阳，同时也增强隐私性和视线交互的趣味性。南立面以错动的飘窗形成韵律。在飘窗的高度设计上引用了Grasshopper的参数化分析，以与前栋住宅的距离为参考因子，采光为主要考虑因素设计不同户型的飘窗进深，保证每个户型都=争取到尽量多而平等的日照，以弥补层数和位置造成的不公。而这种参数化生成自然在立面上形成了流动的起伏感，增强了山形住宅的有机性。 3、北立面北立面以线性的阳台格子为主，与南面的窗格形成阴阳互补的对比。这也符合南北向不同的采光需求。阳台在局部形成通廊，增加了北面的水平线条感。

北部主干道望酒店

太极湖与太虚广场

象鼻山 · 别有洞天

象鼻山 · 标准层

东-西剖面

户型A

适合年轻夫妇&核心家庭

套内建筑面积为87平米户型套数为34套

户型B

适合有两个子女的富裕家庭

套内建筑面积为174平米户型套数为2套

户型C

适合富裕核心家庭

套内建筑面积为153 平米户型套数为36套

户型图 1:150

户型D

适合年轻夫妇

套内建筑面积为 84.5平米户型套数为36套

户型图 1:150

户型G 两梯两户（凸）

户型H 两梯两户（凹）

户型I

套内建筑面积为 135.7平米户型套数为5套

套内建筑面积为 125.3平米户型套数为5套

套内建筑面积为 333.5平米户型套数为1套

适合中产阶级家庭

户型图 1:150

适合中产阶级家庭

适合城市精英家庭

顶层豪宅（凸）

户型图 1:150

户型F

适合普通核心家庭

套内建筑面积为 77.5平米户型套数为36套

户型E

适合富裕核心家庭

套内建筑面积为 159.2平米户型套数为36套

组团平面 1:750



3, 2011   10 weeks  Martin Goh  Health centre and clinic



chinatown Singapore

Inspired by the way naturalcaves and slot canyons are carved out by the elements, the form of the medical health centre is influenced by the natural forces of pedestrian flow through the site. The ground floor is kept open to allow pedestrians to continue using the site as a shortcut through chinatown, and to allow in wind and light.  

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 

   

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One of 12 projects chosen for

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 2, 2009  6 weeks  Teo Yee Chin  “Atmosphere”

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A sanctuary in the chaos of nature, a made object of geometries guided by the ratios of the site’s railway bridge cage. Hanging half-hidden below the tracks leading to the bridge, the struc ture is a folded shell pierced by light, invaded by nature but safe from it.

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Year 2 Project 1 final model

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back

Shadows of the rail and all its visitors is cast into into the space.

The TV addict sits and writes and watches the stains, and nurses her obsession.

gk-nha center masterplan for a community centre

ground plan

year duration tutors brief

2, 2009 6 weeks Tay Kheng Soon, Tan Beng Kiang, Wong Yunn Chi Masterplan for a Kabayan (community) Centre, Manila

Year 2 Project 2 groupwork: Chan Bao Xian, Chen Ee Zhen, Chen SiYi, Goh JianFang, Huang QingYuan, Ng Si Jia, Nur Azi-mah Bte Fuad, Nurzhanat Kenenov, He Jian, Xu Changyang

site: site area: main materials:

Gawad Kalinga village in the slums of Bagong Silang, Manila 5000m2 Bamboo and bambooreinforced concrete

The GK village’s Kabayan centre is to be a model community centre which may be replicated in many places. The centre should equip the people with skills and values that will enable them to ultimately go back to the countryside to improve their lives.

1. A large vegetable plot has photovoltaic panel on the pride of place at the centre’s roof. main entrance. 6. The kitchen has a roof 2. Traditional Nipa hut cafe designed for sun-drying meat symbolizes the Philippine rural and vegetables. culture that most of the com- 7. Pig pens and pork promunity’s squatters are from. cessing know-how to be a 3. Office and reception cen- major income generator. Pig tre, with story wall with art- and human waste will be biowork telling the story of Ga- digested in Chinese bio-gas wad Kalinga and its heroes. plants to supply the entire 4. Production centre and complex with useable gas, souvenir shop. and waste from the bio-di5. The main hall has a large gesters will be used to ferti-

lize the trees and bamboo plant hedge. 8. Hostels can accomodate 100 visitors in low-rise modern pavilions spaced with fruit trees between them for shady informal spaces. 9. Livelihood centre with classrooms and workshops. On the green roof are rooms for VIPs. 10. Clinic sited at the entrance to the campus and adjacent to the public road for the surrounding communities’ easy ac-

cess. Roof is designed for vegetable and herbs planting. 11. All rainwater will be collected and stored in the library pond and reused for farming. Grey water to be reused for flushing toilets. 12. A small service road skirting the back of the campus provides vehicular access.

sama-sama akyat! gk-nha centre - dormitories for 48 guests

duration tutor brief awards

The name is Tagalog for “Climb together”; a spiraling floorpan provides more space in each 12-person dorm for shared areas. Simple materials and processes are used for lower costs and greater ease of building without the need for highly skilled labour. Woven screens and walls of varying opacity create an introverted scheme to draw inhabitants together.

6 weeks Tay Kheng Soon Individually design part of the masterplan Chosen for CityEx 2010 exhibition

A modern recreation of the local vernacular Nipa hut, the dorm is raised on stilts and has facades reminiscent of the opaque architecture of the Philippine vernacular roof. The pitched roof is no more, but the void created by the spiraling decks satisfies the dweller’s instinctive desire to have an orientating vaulting space overhead, what the Philippine people call the Spirit Space.

Year 2 Project 2

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The buidling and living room is elevated on short stilts.Toilet and wash area at the back is sunken below and built with concrete blocks reinforced with bamboo poles. 5

Concrete-filled Bamboo columns and beams support the upward-spiraling bamboo platforms, on which are the dormitory bunk-beds. Walls on the lower more public levels are translucent woven bamboo screens in decorative traditional and modern patterns. Upper levels walls by the beds are opaque breatheable walls of staggered half-culms of bamboo and sliding windows.

Translucent traditional capiz-shell panels make the wash area and upper lounge glow like lanterns at night. Spiral plan leads up to a lounge and roof garden. Solar panels on the roof provide energy for the hostel's 12 guests.

views of interior

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the 4-dorm cluster

construction drawings

Year 2 Project 2

rain song

meditative pool on a busy street site

year duration tutor brief

1, 2008 1 week Nan Chyuan Urban insertion on empty plot in downtown Singapore

sound and Rain and wind change the character of the space sound; the structure translates the sounds of memory through nature into a language the city can understand.

Design began with an awarenessof the pervasive street sounds, and a memory triggered by the sound of rain on metal. I suspect this ‘memory’ was born of my parent’s and grandparents’ stories of their childhood - of monsoon rains on simple metal roofing, a sound that used to be a much more common memory in the region’s history.

is an old building material new copper Copper to the site. The weathering of the metal

with acid and moisture forms a patina, a truthful chart of time passed.

sounds of raindrops on different metal sheets flat plate

curved plate

uneven plane

linked pieces

site analysis

The area around the site is layered thick with history, but the passage of time is not marked. Many conserved buildings on the site have been rebuilt, with new programmes inserted into new old shells.

Flat, toneless Deeper and unresounding. richer tone.

Loud, clear, resonant. Lively variety of pitch.

Patchwork mutes sounds into musical whispers. Similar sounds in wind.

Year 1 Project 3 design 1

design 2

linked copper curtain

linked copper curtain sitting space of crinckled sheet copper

uneven copper roof

sound diagrams in rain

key loud sound soft sound silence wind rain

in rain

in wind

final design The pool is open to the rain, making the water levels rise and fall. Entry into the pool is from a staircase that leads up to the second floor, and pump, treatment systems and changing rooms are below.

low water level

high water level

linked copper curtain

clear glass frosted glass crinckled sheet copper floor

Rain and wind rustle copper curtains, white noise decreases awareness of street noises outside. Heavy drops resound on a crumpled copper floor. final model

Water covering the copper floor mutes to silence the sounds of rain in the enclosed rest area below.

construction drawings elevations

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Charcoal and chalk on brown paper 100cm x 140cm

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Colour Pastels on brown paper

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We did not know what to expect to find, and what we found we kept to decipher. We caught a glimpse of a vast other world of sunlight, dust and colour ever changing, quick as a flick of an eye; we hold these snatched shreds in our hands and hearts, and all the rest of our lives will puzzle over and wonder at their unfading brilliance. Where do we go from here? Through our old familiar jungles of steel and glass, symbols of meanings of systems of ideologies of institutions reflected and contorted into each other, our bare feet in their shoes still trail, ever fainter but never gone, earth, mud dust, and the murmuring fragrance of incense.

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