ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO 2 0 1 3 - 2 0 1 5 by ONG WEI HOOW
WHAT IS
ARCHITECTURE? Architecture is the combination of art & science. Frank Lloyd Wright also emphasized that, ‘The mother art is architecture. Without architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.’ While for me, architecture is the biggest pieces of art in human civilization. However, as an architect, we need to build the artwork while the same times, also satisfy the needs of people. Throughout few years in architectural studies, I am more interested and impressed on the idea of simplicity, minimalism, nature & poetic architecture. When talking about simplicity & minimalism, “Less is More” is the best quote to describe this kind of architecture. Moreover, the architecture of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Tadao Ando are always the best references for me to design my buildings. In my personal perception, minimalism is the way to strip everything down to its essential quality and achieve simplicity. The basic geometric forms, elements without decoration, simple materials and the repetitions of structures represent a sense of order and essential quality. In addition, I also play with the natural light to reveal simple but poetic spaces in the building. In a nut shell, I believe that the power of “Less is More” is able to draw people’s attention to my architecture.
Furthermore, embracing nature is another essential element for me when doing architecture. In my opinion, nature is such a great gift from the God. It has a magical power which brings life to the building. I love nature, I love the people in my building interact with nature elements. To allow the users to embrace nature, public realm, water bodies, roof garden or even a single plant can be plugged into my buildings. Therefore, I believe that, with the aid of greenery, the users will feel more comfortable and harmony when they are inside of my building. Last but not least, I also emphasize on poetic architecture. “Architecture is more fully than just a forms, it is engages the immediacy of our sensory perception.” by Steve Holl. Hence, this idea makes me feel that poetic space is the soul of the building. It can makes people to stay, perceive and experience. One of the examples is Jewish Museum by Daniel Libeskind. It is my favourite architecture as it is designed with plenty of remarkable poetic spaces. The poetry of space is more than just a form, its involving several elements like light, shadow, and transparency like colour, texture, material, and details. In conclusion, architecture has become one of my visions in my life. I have never regretted to take the journey of architecture these few years as it is interesting and also make people exciting. I am in trust that, with the most genuine passion, I can walk as further as I can along the journey of architecture.
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SITE INTRODUCTION
MARTIAL ART DANCE CENTRE
MARTIAL ARTS DANCE CENTRE (MADC) is located at Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. In 1857, Kuala Lumpur was founded at the confluence of Gombak River (Sungei Lumpur) & Klang River. Kuala Lumpur was originally occupied Javanese, Mandailings, Bugis and Rawa comunity before the arrival of the Chinese for the tin mining purposes. Thus, Kuala Lumpur was opened for the tin mining and this was contributing to the development of Kuala Lumpur.
MARTIAL ARTS DANCE CENTRE (MADC) The main issue of the site is lack of people flow and also public gathering space as it is hidden from the crowd. In addition, the site is abandoned for several decades and resulting the lack of people flow along the site. With the attractiveness of Martial Arts Dance, MADC is able to create a new iconic public gathering space for the comunity to hang out and turn the abandoned site to be alive. The target users for MADC will be those nearby office workers and also the students. They can enjoy the performance and also learn the performance as an approach to destress their daily stress and tension.
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MARTIAL ART DANCE CENTRE
DUALITIES (CONCEPT)
KEY FEATURE The most significant key feature of MADC is the undulate floor plate. It is related to the concept of dynamic and it also enables to force people to keep moving from one space to another for further exploration in MADC. In addition, vegetation is brought in to the building to create serenity. Moreover, the concept of mass & void can be seen in MADC as its architecture language. The mass part of MADC acts the structural purpose while the void is “craved out� to allow the natural ventilation into the building. In addition, two types of materials are used in MADC (concrete & glass) that shows the dualities in materials. Last but not the least, MADC is also designed to engage with both frontages, Klang river frontage & Bukit Nanas Reserve Forest with KL Tower frontage.
MARTIAL ARTS POSTURE STUDIES
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MARTIAL ART DANCE CENTRE
MASSING STRATEGIES
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MARTIAL ART DANCE CENTRE
ground floor plan 1:400
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MARTIAL ART DANCE CENTRE first floor plan 1:400 8
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second floor plan 1:400
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third floor plan 1:400
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MARTIAL ART DANCE CENTRE site plan 1:1000 11
MARTIAL ART DANCE CENTRE section a-a’ 1:400 12
MARTIAL ART DANCE CENTRE section b-b’ 1:400 13
MARTIAL ART DANCE CENTRE section c-c’ 1:400 14
MARTIAL ART DANCE CENTRE
south-east elevation 1:400
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MARTIAL ART DANCE CENTRE
north-west elevation 1:400
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MARTIAL ART DANCE CENTRE
south-west elevation 1:400
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MARTIAL ART DANCE CENTRE
north-east elevation 1:400
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exhibition space
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cafe
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corridor performing space
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corridor
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learning studio
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void
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meditation studio
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theatre
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NODE for PEOPLE The site is located at the end of Jalan Tun H S Lee and intersected with Jalan Gereja. The massing of the building is created based on two axis: continuity axis of Back Alley & axis of Jalan Jun H S Lee. Both of these axis make the site to be more accessible and connect people between the main road (Jalan Gereja) and back alley. In addition, this approach may direct the people especially office workers to my building and form a new node inside. Hence,
TUN HS LEE FOOD MARKET
LINKAGE will be the main concept of the building.
1) Connect people to people (Variety of Interaction Place) 2) Connect people to food (Programme) 3) Connect people to greenery (Public realm)
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TUN HS LEE FOOD MARKET
TUN H S LEE FOOD MARKET Based on the site analysis, all the back alley street food, cafe, restaurant and bar are scattered around Jalan Tun H S Lee. The idea of creating food market is to bring all the food into a single place and form a strong node that provides a variation of food. Food hall, cafĂŠ, restaurant and bar will be inserted into the building respectively on each floor. With this, it can provide the convenience for the people within the site especially the office workers when they are craving for food. Besides that, a grocery market with wet and dry goods is proposed on site as the hybrid programme as well. The people can have their shopping for daily needs all the time especially during the traffic peak hour. The food market is not merely just an ordinary food market, but it is a nicely organized market which separated into two different categories, the first will be selling the cooked food, another one will be selling the raw food. H S LEE FOOD MARKET will be one of the favourite public gathering places in Kuala Lumpur.
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TUN HS LEE FOOD MARKET
MASSING STRATEGIES
3m Setback
Linkage between Main Road & Backlane
Axis of Jalan Tun HS Lee
Form a Node as Public Realm
Continity Axis of Backlane
Linkage between Two Blocks
Pedestrian Circulation
Get Closer to Both Frontage
Hierarchy Formation
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FACADE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
TUN HS LEE FOOD MARKET
Scale & Proportion
Spatial Quality
Materiality & Facade Design
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SPATIAL LAYOUT DIAGRAM
TUN HS LEE FOOD MARKET
Rooftop Bar
Restaurant
Grocery (Dry Goods)
Cafe Grocery (Wet Goods)
Hawker Stall
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TUN HS LEE FOOD MARKET
ground floor plan 1:250
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TUN HS LEE FOOD MARKET
first floor plan 1:250
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TUN HS LEE FOOD MARKET
second floor plan 1:250
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TUN HS LEE FOOD MARKET
third floor plan 1:250
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TUN HS LEE FOOD MARKET
Backlane
Jalan Gereja
site plan 1:400
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TUN HS LEE FOOD MARKET section a-a’ 1:250 38
TUN HS LEE FOOD MARKET section b-b’ 1:250 39
TUN HS LEE FOOD MARKET
front elevation 1:250
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TUN HS LEE FOOD MARKET
rear elevation 1:250
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exterior view of front facade
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exterior view of rear facade
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sectional perspective view
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mobile stalls & outdoor seatings
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indoor cafe
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grocery market
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terrace dining
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roof garden
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hawkerstalls & public realm
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HIERARCHY
NATURE APPRECIATION CENTRE
The concept of HIERARCHY is inspired from the mangrove forest. The arrangement of mangrove trees is in the form of hierarchy. Hence, the use of materials, levels & views are the architectural languages in designing the Nature Appreciation Centre (NAC).
site perception
NATURE APPRECIATION CENTRE From the site analysis, the main site issue for the local community of Sepang Town is the lack of awareness towards nature. Hence, education to faster an appreciation towards nature becomes the main focus for the proposal centre. The teenagers as the future of nation will be the target group within the centre. Moreover, open plan concept, cross ventilation & use of sustainable materials (concrete, brick, steel & timber) are the sustainable features in the centre. swot analysis
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NATURE APPRECIATION CENTRE
DESIGN PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
Maintaining the Existing Garden
Form Making follows Site Context & Contour Line
Enlarging the Existing Garden as Part of Programme
Connect People to Mangrove Forest, Accomodation & EIC
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NATURE APPRECIATION CENTRE
PRECEDENT STUDIES ON POETIC SPACE & PROGRAMMING
Sense of Humbleness (Raw Concrete) Open Plan Concepet bring Nature from Outside to Inside
Sense of Openness (Full View) Smoothing Sensation (Freshness) Interact with Nature (Physiacal)
Adventurous Sensation (Light Casting) Curiosity (Limited View)
1. Program All the Core Spaces Facing Panaromic View 2. Each Spaces Connect to Each Other 3. Formation of Cluster Space
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NATURE APPRECIATION CENTRE ground floor plan 1:400 55
NATURE APPRECIATION CENTRE first floor plan 1:400 56
NATURE APPRECIATION CENTRE site plan 1:750 57
NATURE APPRECIATION CENTRE
section a-a’ 1:400
section b-b’ 1:400
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NATURE APPRECIATION CENTRE
east elevation 1:400
west elevation 1:400
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north elevation 1:400
south elevation 1:400
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sectional perspective
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main entrance
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mini garden
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refreshment walkway
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gallery
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workshop
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research centre
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meeting room
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POETIC STUDIES
JEWISH MUSEUM BERLIN (PRECEDENT STUDIES ON LINEAR SPACE)
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POETIC STUDIES
ANALYTICAL DIAGRAM
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POETIC STUDIES
ANALYTICAL DIAGRAM
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POETIC STUDIES
JOURNEY OF 5 SENSES
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POETIC STUDIES
LINEAR SPACE (DESIGN PROPOSAL)
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POETIC STUDIES
ORTHOGRAPHIC DRAWINGS
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POETIC STUDIES
PERSPECTIVE
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POETIC STUDIES
THE PANTHEON (PRECEDENT STUDIES ON CENTRIC SPACE)
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POETIC STUDIES
ANALYTICAL DIAGRAM
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POETIC STUDIES
ANALYTICAL DIAGRAM
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POETIC STUDIES
JOURNEY OF 5 SENSES
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POETIC STUDIES
CENTRIC SPACE (DESIGN PROPOSAL)
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POETIC STUDIES
ORTHOGRAPHIC DRAWINGS
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POETIC STUDIES
PERSPECTIVE
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ONG WEI HOOW 0304468 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONS) ARCHITECTURE TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY LAKESIDE CAMPUS
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