ONG YONG SIANG PORTFOLIO
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Ong Yong Siang
yongsiang_ong@mymail.sutd.edu.sg +65 96320901 13C Bright Hill Crescent 574113 Singaporean
Yong Siang was an architecture intern at Weijenberg Pte Ltd during the summer of 2015. He is interested in computational design, parametric design and digital architecture as a whole. He holds strong interest in the application of technology in architecture and the marriage between technology and form in architecture. He is highly proficient in scripting and 3d modeling. He had participated in several architecture competitions, of which one competition had a special mention from the jury. He actively seeks for more opportunity to apply computational design beyond the scope of his work.
Education 2013-2016 Singapore University of Technology and Design | Bachelor of Science (Architecture and Sustainable Design) 2009-2012 Nanyang Junior College | GCE A’Levels 2005-2009 Catholic High School | GCE O’Levels
Work Experience May 2015-Sep 2015
WEIJENBERG Pte Ltd | Architecture Intern
Awards 2012-2016
Student Merit Scholarship
Skills | Rhinoceros| Grasshopper| Revit| VRay| | Photoshop| Illustrator| InDesign| Premiere Pro| | Python| C#| Visual Studio| QGIS|
Language Chinese | Mother Tongue, High Proficiency English | High Proficiency
content page 1. tectonic spaces - geodesic hawker centre 2. hiVe - revitalizing dharavi 3. generative casting - concrete casting with computation 4. a.CADE.me - skyscraper in Chicago 5. Urban living - connecting the green corridor 6. Adaptive Canopy
a.CADE.me
To integrate the four main programs of CADE and present it as one unique solution rooting from four different sources, the arts High School, the out-of-school-time youth program, the CAF, and the CTBUH is the goal of the design. Recognizing that the CAF serves to be open to the public, we took advantage of that fact, and configured the space to be supported by the learning spaces of the educational institutes.This allows the learning environments itself to be a showcase to the public from the gallery. Considering the context of Chicago, with its concrete jungle, the importance of an urban garden which supports the culinary institute, being stressed here would serve as an architectural precedence for a more self-sustainable design. This urban garden would serve as a main integration point for the four institutions, whereby users are able to cross freely from either blocks, and use it as a rest point as they go about their daily activities. To aim further into the future, this design includes the possibility of extending further vertically by adding strong lightweight wooden cross-laminated-timber frames which corresponds to the diagrid of the existing structure. This projects into the future, in anticipation of future changes in the architectural and design landscape of Chicago.
tectonic spaces geodesic hawker centre
GEODESIC DOME
START WITH AN ICOSAHEDRON (20 FACED PLATONIC SOLID)
DEGREE = 0
SUBDIVIDE EACH TRIANGULAR FACE DEGREE = 1
DEGREE = 2
DEGREE = 3
PROJECT THE VERTICE OF EACH SUBDIVIDED TRIANGLE ONTO A SPHERE
Exploration and development of a system based on Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic dome’s construction method. Applying similar method on a deformed sphere and the aggregation of said sphere. Translation of the developed system into an architecture project of a hawker centre
ROOF PLAN
LVL2
LVL1 FARM MARKET FOOD CENTRE WASTE PROCESSING/STORAGE
consumer market farm waste processing
food centre
In considering what the hawker centre could be, I believe that it could be a show of the entire food cycle. By incorporating a farm as part of the system, as one of the blobs, and the other programs of the market, and food centre as respective blob which programs intersect one another, I create a story of the life of food, from conception as crop, to nutrient for people, back to nutrient for soil for a younger generation. The food processing plant would be mainly to create compost from the wastage from the food centre. This compost can then be redirected to the farm situated in its blob and the rooftop. By doing so, I design a hawker centre which serves as an educational tool where the farm can be maintained in collaboration with the nearby schools, which can inform people about the food cycle.
farm
food
bio-waste market
non-bio waste
compost
farm
hiVe is a sustainable high rise building situated in the middle of Dharavi, Mumbai, accomodating up to 3000 people using a combination of basic shipping containers as the basis for the unit design. The design of hiVe is the solution to the densely populated slums by providing aordable alternative housing. The community occuping hiVe will be self-sustainable as the building provides spaces for the commercial enterprises of the community. Furthermore, the design of hiVe revolves around social nteraction amongst extended families as well as amongst different families by providing numerous social spaces. The layout of individual units are based on the traditional indian belief of Vastu Shastra
Generative Casting
To create a high-rise building with a rule and constraint to abide to, while creating an interesting undulating surface
RULE
Limited to a system of simple geometry, in this case, a cuboid, create an interesting high-rise model.
Parameter
Extrusion of each cuboid is determined by its distance from a given line which is the control. The closer a block is to the curve, the lesser the extrusion, creating a “valley� effect along the curve which is the input.
Fabrication Process
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Urban-Living Buona Vista Connecting to the Green Corridor
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To draw in the existing green corridor which cuts through the site. Making use of the green corridor as a primary circulation spine which connects the various amenites in the site, and seeking to create an entrance to and from this green corridor. By extending the greenery into the housing space, and utilising the courtyard typology integrated with a terracing typology, I embed the housing project with social space on the terraces such as a communal library or a gym.
studio unit young professional
large unit multigenerational family
duplex for young family
circulation path
Other residential unit type
semi-public space eg. library
core
commercial space
SECTION 4 LVL 4
SECTION 1
LVL 1
SECTION 6
ADAPTIVE CANOPY
COMPRESSION element only translational movement
BUCKLING
ROTATION
Exploration of rotational buckling and its implementation as an architectural language. By using panels on the rotational part which occurs due to buckling when force is applied using a grid of actuators, the porosity of the canopy is able to be controlled. By considering the application on a canopy, I considered the optimal places to place these rotating panels. Using material optimization, I realized that the areas with minimal material distributed could be removed and replaced with the relatively lighter panels.