Portfolio 2020 by Nicole Hooi

2020

NICOLE HOOI

PORTFOLIO SELECTED WORKS 2014 - 2020

ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN

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SELECTED WORKS

ACADEMIC 01 / HIJAU - YEAR 2 --------------------- 05 - 10 02 / HOUSE OF SPICES - YEAR 5 --------- 11 - 20 03 / KINDERDORF - YEAR 5 --------------- 21 - 28 04 / TAKE YOUR TIME - THESIS ----------- 29 - 37

COMPETITION 05 / TINY HOUSE -------------------------- 39 - 42 06 / FLOOR BLAN BATTLE ---------------- 43 - 44

WORK 07 / HOUSE RENOVATION ---------------- 45 - 46 08 / COLOMBINI SHOWROOM------------ 47 - 48 09 / RIDGEWOOD BUNGLOW ------------ 49 - 53 10 / LAMITAK HQ -------------------------- 54 - 56 11 / INNER COURT HOUSE ---------------- 57 - 60

MISCELLANEOUS

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CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION 2018 - 2020

Taylor’s University / Malaysia Master of Architecture + Background, Frame and Platform Thesis Cluster led by Mr.Nazmi Anuar + Thesis Project : A slow space for Ipoh + Achievement : Distinction

2019

Hochschule Anhalt / Germany Summer Exchange Programme Master of Architecture + Research-Based Design - Building For Children lead by Prof. Natascha Meuser + Japan Suwanomori Tiny House Competition * Achievement : Best Internal Studio Design Kinderdorf

NICOLE HOOI 2014 - 2016

Taylor’s University / Malaysia Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Architecture + Internship Programme + Measured Drawing - Old shophouses / Penang + Achievement : Second Upper Class

2012 - 2013

Taylor’s University / Malaysia Foundation in Natural and Built Environments + Dean’s List Award + CGPA : 3.54 / 4.00

WORK EXPERIENCE 2014 LOCATION IPOH, PERAK PHONE +60165513884 MY

+ Assisted Project Manager & Sales Manager in Casa Bintang Residence, Ipoh project

2016

EPORTFOLIO www.linkedin.com/in/nicolehooiyt INTERESTS Design / Architecture / Art / Music / Travel / Graphic / Interior / Photography

KKNG Architect Intern + Prepared presentation drawings, renders and slides for Syalin Office, Ampang Golden State Properties

EMAIL nicolehooiyitien@gmail.com LINKEDIN www.linkedin.com/in/nicolehooiyt

Golden State Properties / Ipoh Part Time

2017 - 2018

PORT 25 Architecture + Interior Design Assistant Architect + In charged of preparing Tender Drawings & Documents for Colombini showroom, PJ + Assisted in preparation of Construction Drawings and renders for ID projects (Aurum Theatre, The Gardens & Bref by Darren Chin) + Assisted in preparation of Tender Drawings for a few local bungalow projects

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CURRIVULUM VITAE

WORK EXPERIENCE 2018 - 2020

Freelance Graphic Designer + Poster Design, Banner Design, Social Media Poster Design, YouTube Channel Graphics, Event Materials Design

2020

Freelance Architecture / Interior Design Project + Bungalow Interior Design , Bandar Botani / Ipoh + Florist Shop Interior Design & Renovation , Bercham / Ipoh

LANGUAGE English

Mandarin

Bahasa Malaysia

Cantonese

SKILLS AutoCad

SketchUp

Revit

3dsMax

Adobe Photoshop

Vray

Adobe Illustrator

Lumion

Adobe In-Design

Mircosoft Office

PARTICIPATION 2015

Measured Drawing of Lian Huat old shophouse, Georgetown, Penang

2015 - 2016

Taylor’s University Orientation Leader

2017

+ Campus Hunt Organiser

Naked Architecture Exhibition’17

+ Organiser : Social Media Team

2019

Japan Suwanomori Tiny House Competition

2020

Non-Architecture Competition

+ Achievement : Grade A

+ 48h Floorplan Battle + Achievement : Finalist

01 HIJAU

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HIJAU BACK IN THE WOODS

Project Year : 2015 Project Location : Royal Belum , Gerik, Perak

The site is a flatground with existing trees and downhill contour.

Project Type : Nature Appreciation Center / Visitor Center Project Description : Royal belum located at gerik, it is one of the oldest rainforests in world. The rainforest is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. Belum is a state park and not an official National Park. The site is an ideal place for nature lovers and researchers to explore. The site is located far away from the well developed Royal Belum resort area over looking the Lake Temenggor, the second largest lake in Peninsular. The site is a flat ground initially an entrace of a existing forest trail located next to a sloppy downhill countour with old trees. Thus, the true nature of the site is not fully accessible due to site current condition. The concept of the design is derived from the formation and topography of existing trees on the site, embrace and respect the existence of them. Suggesting that the building and nature can co-exisit and complement each other in boundless ways.

In order to keep the existing trees and break down the scale , the building is pushed back and forth appearing as a series of small interconnected spaces.

Greeneries and water are designed in between spaces to increase the interaction of visitors with the lush greeneries on site, also to make the building disappear into the landscape.Activities are also introduced downhill.

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01 HIJAU

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02 HOUSE OF SPICES

HOUSE OF SPICES

Project Year : 2018 Project Location : Klang, Selangor Project Type : Community Project, Market Project Description : House of Spices located in a food district aims to revive the street and local life of Klang city which is slowly dying due to the rapid urban development that Klang failed to keep up with eventually causing people to turn their backs to the city. However, Klang has in fact so much to offer, it is in need of a sustainable community and lifestyle for generation to come. The spice market aims to be an accessible platform for spice processing process to create a mutual learning and dialogue in the energetic social environement by opening out process as I believe in the ripple effects of sharing knowledge, space and resources. It is not just an ordinary market to buy neccessities but to return to its initial function, a place of exchange of goods, knowledge and conversations between people from different background and culture under the same roof .

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Image : Spices Urban Farm 12

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Ground Floor Plan

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Site Plan NTS

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Image : Communal Kitchen 18

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The target users of this project is primary the Klang community which is families who tend to go out of Klang during the weekends. Secondary target user is vendors and community in food business as the project is a potential to expand to the site around and be a supplier to nearby food stalls. Then followed by students as a learning space as there are a few schools around. Lastly, tourists participate in klang walk. The spice market embraces the food cycle by integrating the process of spice making in the building with a series of inclusive programme from production to distribution to consumption. The variety of activities happening in the building has made it to be an inclusive third place which according to Oldenburg (1999) a third place by its nature is an inclusive place.

03 KINDERDORF

KINDERDORF VILLAGE ABOVE

Project Year : 2019 Project Location : Berlin, Germany Project Type : Kindergarten , Community Project Project Description : Childhood is the most important period of learning in a lifespan. Current literature states that movement is important for the holistic development of children and enhances other aspects of learning, such as cognitive development, spiritual, emotional, sociability and behavior. Body literally is a tool of learning for children. They need to move in order to learn. Therefore, the primary goal of the project is to create an active kindergarten environment for children. Contextually, the site is a newly developed are located between a forest, a lake and an well established neighborhood. It has the potential to act as a center point for people from all social groups and a junction between all surrounded areas of the local community due to its strategic location. In order to achieve the goal set and meantime relate to the site context, a few design parameters are set for the project : Elevated Kindergarten , Community Space and Roof Village.

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03 KINDERDORF

Design Parameters 1. Community Space The site is located between a forrest, a lake and an established neighbourhood. It has the potential to act as a centerpoint for all people of the community. By combining a kindergarten, a shopping area and a community space, it should attract people from all social-groups and act as a junction between all areas surrounding it. A place where parents meet and stay, elderly come to enjoy nature after grocery shop, cyclists stop by for a coffee and children lay and explore to the fullest. Furthermore the architecture itself allows for fluid movement through and around it.

2. Elevated Kindergarten The kindergarten is elevated above the community center. It is a vital place of the community, since it provides a space for its youngest members, as well as giving a purpose to the building. It will inevitably attract families and parents, which will naturally populate the area. Its elevation gives protection to the children, without completely eparating it from the other community spaces.

3. Roof Village The Kindergarten itself is split into small houses, which consists different facilities of a kindergarten. The scale of the houses is oriented around the children themselves. The atmosphere of a village provides a tight bond between the children and their environment, which they can identify with. The houses and the open spaces between them create natural dynamic of outside and inside play.

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The Kinderdorf Kindergarten believes that children learn and develop a complex set of skills through play. Many forms of play- informal, formal, outside and inside are designed and also integrated with furniture design in Kinderdorf. The design allows the child freedom to explore their environment through their own curiosity. Kinderdorf is surrounded by outdoor green space that allows children to learn with their hole bodies , be inspired and influenced. As a resemblance of a village, Kinderdorf also focuses on common area activities. A large part of Kinderdorf curriculum is designed to be at the common areas to help cultivate a tight bond of children in the kindergarten and encourage them to learn from each ther regardless of age.

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TAKE YOUR TIME A SLOW SPACE

Project Year : 2020 Project Location : People’s Park, Ipoh Old Town Project Type : Old Town Development, Community Center, Riverfront Rejuvenation Project Description : Take Your Time is prompted by Slow Tourism – a travel philosophy of The Slow Movement. Located in the heart of “tourist paradise” - Ipoh Old Town , it is a thesis reflecting on how technology and infrastructure has allowed “fast tourism” and extricating the experiential component from the journeys. The thesis focuses on the exploration of creating slow spaces using materiality, space and time and adopts a maze-like spatial planning which is a self -instrument of discovery, transformation and fulfillment.

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Concept Image : A maze is a path or collection of paths to prolong journey and time, typically from an entrance to a goal. Mazes as self instruments of self-discovery, transformation and fulfillment.

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Layering of Plan

Planning Strategy

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Exploaded Axonometric of Rammed Earth Construction.

The project focuses on creating spaces, exploring the tactile and sensorial qualities of slow spaces and materials by using differernce of propotion in spatial qualities for instance openness and enclosure, view and darkness, space and massiveness , solid and voic, hardscape and softscape and so on.

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COMPETITION & WORK

05 COMPETITION

A TINY HOUSE OF LIVING Project Year : 2019 Project Location : Suwanomori, Japan Project Type : Competiton, Residential, Tiny House, Interior Design Collaboration : Tsang Hao Ren Project Description : House of living is a tiny house designed to be located in Suwanomori , a suburban area of Japan, Sakai. Japan is facing challenges of shrinking and aging population as birthrate falls in recent years due to the economic insecurity and competitive environment of local economy. This has caused the pet industry to boom as young couples start owning pet instead of children which is consideredto be more affordable. Thus, the tiny house is designed ideally for a pair of young couple who love to invite friends over occassionally and own a pet. It is a house of living with pet and plants around the house for the couple to take a break from the hectic work life when they are home. The design adapt an open floor plan with less partitions to enhance the living experience of a tiny house.

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06 FLOOR PLAN BATTLE

INCLUSIVE PARLIAMENTWALKTHROUGH (PARK)LIAMENT

Project Year : 2020 Project Organiser : Non-Architecture, Europe Project Type : Competition, Ideas Collaboration : Tsang Hao Ren Project Description : As secured buildings, parliaments have become hardly accessible and tend to physically separate the governmentfrom the people. While this is a safety measure, it also makes us question how isolated the politics wants to be. The brief was to design a floor plan of more inclusive parliament that allows to strengthen democracy, promote integration within society and prevent conflict. The concept of the floor plan is imagining a parliament in a public park where the community hangs out hence bringing the formal spaces closer to the public. In hopes that, this would trigger discourse between the government and public and achieve collective solutions which are able to benefit both parties.

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07 FREELANCE WORK

HOUSE RENOVATION

Project Year : 2019 Project Location : Botani Garden, Ipoh Project Type : Residential, House Renovation, Interior Design Collaboration / Renderer : Tsang Hao Ren Project Description : The house is a Semi-D house for a family of five. The mother is a housewife who enjoys lazing around the living room while waiting for her three young children to come home from school while the father has a job and occassionally enjoys inviting friends over for a wine night. Thus, the brief was to design a simple, cozy, sophiscated interior for the family. The client especially requested for a small Wine Area for him and an extended Wet Kitchen where the mother spends her time preparing food for the family. We proposed schematic furniture layout plan according to the requirements and prepared 3d visualistions for the client.

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COLOMBINI SHOWROOM

Project Year : 2017 Project Location : Petaling Jaya Project Type : Small-scaled, Commercial Showroom Design Firm : Port 25 Architecture + Interior Design Job Scope : Prepared Tender & Constr. Dwgs , Communication w Engineer & Tenderer Project Description : This is a furniture showroom along a busy main road Jalan Dato Abu Bakar in Petaling Jaya. The showroom will be housing an exclusive wide range of imported furniture. Therefore, the main idea of the showroom is to make the acade a showcase area of the showrrom. Thus, the facade is fully glass in between concrete structure in grid in brass finishes to evoke the feeling of simplicity and classiness of Bofi furniture design.

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RIDGEWOOD BUNGLOW

Project Year : 2019 Project Location : Batoani Garden, Ipoh Project Type : Residential Design Firm : Port 25 Architecture + Interior Design Job Scope : Assited in preparation of Submission, Tender Dwg, Early Stage Design Project Description : This is a three storeys bunglow located at Desa Park City. The most important element given in the brief by client is a courtyard in the center of the bunglow as the client is a strong believer of feng shui. Thus, the layout of the bunglow is planned out according to the advice of the hired feng shui master by client. The client required for window bay seat for every room . Hence, the facade is majority full height sliding glass with tall aluminum louvers for shading purpose. The car porch roof is tapered to give the feeling of invitation in. Simple black and white colour scheme is designed for the facade as the client is a minimalist.

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LAMITAK HQ

Project Year : 2019 Project Location : Batoani Garden, Ipoh Project Type : Residential Design Firm : Port 25 Architecture + Interior Design Job Scope : Assited in preparation of Tender Dwg Project Description : The building has three storeys with headquarter occupying the front and warehouse occupying the back with high ceiling. A courtyard is introduced in between the head quarter and warehouse to encourage interaction between the officers and workers . The courtyard acts as a bridge between front and back as well as a common breathing space of the building, the facade facing courtyard is made of polycabornate for visibility of front and back.

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Inner Court House

Project Year : 2021 Project Location : Taman Desa Project Type : Residential Design Firm : O2DA Job Scope : Design Proposal, Prepare Presentation & Authority Submission Project Description : The residential building houses a family of four with two young adults parents and two kids. The brief called for a santuary within a jungle like outer look house in order to hide the house from the outside world. The inner courtyard is a santuary for the family, a secluded area where the family can enjoy their time within the house. The inner courtyard is also safe for their two young kids to play around at without a strict superviision of parents.As the client is a nature lover, thus plants are proposed to be planted all arond the house with a significant Sakura tree in the center inner court.

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MISCELLANEOUS

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11 SKETCH

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11 DIGITAL ART

nicolehooiyitien@gmail.com / +60165513884