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Wave Haus
Location: Unknown
Year: 2022
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Core Studio 1
Category: Housing
When one thinks about the waves of the ocean, a couple of thoughts come to mind, such as dynamism, calmness and fluidity. Given these inspiring values, sought to find ways to incorporate them into my design. By creating a couple of strips across the piece of paper and pushing it up, it allowed for the creation of wave-like modules. In order to further imbue the design with waves, extracted a waveform from a short soundtrack of ocean waves crashing and used the height of each bar to determine the depth of a particular strip. This allowed for the design to emulate ocean waves in a multi-faceted manner. Wave Haus is envisioned to be a collection of rowhouses. While housing its residents, it also provides an exciting collection of undulating surfaces for them to explore, recreate and unwind.
Author: Jonathan Leong Zhen Cong
Sanctuary
Location: Unknown
Year: 2022
Core Studio 1
Category: Public Spaces
Deep in the recluse of the mountains lies the perfect opportunity for solace and mindfulness. In the Sanctuary, light is our key healing agent. At Daybreak, the first ray of light is channeled through a single opening, signifying the start of the day, the start of rejuvenation. As the day pasts, natural light is cascaded across the sanctuary. As visitors explore the place they are bathed in sunlight, facilitating a space of mindfulness.
In order to achieve this soulful experience, varying apertures and inclinations were experimented on a set of cuboids. By aggregating the various blocks, it allowed for the natural light to flow through these apertures, allowing for an interesting and healing spatial experience.
Author: Jonathan Leong Zhen Cong
Multi-Dimensional Haus
Location: Unknown
Year: 2022
Core Studio 1
Category: Residential
The haus was incepted from the need to create a getaway house for filmmaker/screenwriter Christopher Nolan, where he wrote mind-bending films such as Inception and Interstellar. His movies commonly revolve around the concept of the distortion of reality and perspectives on fundamental human experiences such as time and space.
The house was meant to be a getaway to refresh and ideate, a library came to mind, as a form of a trove of ideas. The base geometry fundamentally had a loop in its circulation incorporated in it, to signify infinite time, almost making time spent there time immemorial. Following the concepts of distorting one’s spatial experiences, the library incorporated the disjointing of its original form, in terms of its floor, walls and roof heights, despite the house being functionally a single floor. To create a multi-dimensional experience, the library was designed to have multiple layers, weaving in and out of each other, blurring yet separating public and private spaces, outdoor and indoor spaces.
In order to achieve this soulful experience, varying apertures and inclinations were experimented on a set of cuboids. By aggregating the various blocks, it allowed for the natural light to flow through these apertures, allowing for an interesting and healing spatial experience.
Author: Jonathan Leong Zhen Cong
Given 3 basic geometries, a circle, a sqaure and a rectangle, the exercise challenged us to explore the the many ways in which we could put them together via the simple operations of addition or subtraction. Through this process, it allowed us to better understand the spatial qualities of the geometries.
CoExist
Location: Opposite Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore
Year: 2022
Core Studio 1 Category: Museum
Museum of Modern Art has always been about celebrating creativity, openness, tolerance, and generosity. These values are still greatly relevant, however the way that art is experienced today needs to evolve.
Given the proliferation of digital art, VR, and the web, it has never been this easy to obtain and consume art. Museums are no longer the only place in which people can view art. But that is not to say previous mediums are irrevelant.
With this, the concept of a neural network came to mind. With that, MOMA will need to bring about new value to its visitors. It has to bring about a greater community spirit, as well as greater interactions for its visitors. The idea that visitors can learn, participate and share.
Author: Jonathan Leong Zhen Cong
Co-exist will be a place in which various dichotomies can live, where various mediums of art intersect, where visitors are encouraged to interact with the exhibits and each other, to create a discourse and share ideas. Ultimately, inspiring new insights, greater appreciation of art and finally, a greater community.
The following page presents the full spread presented during the final presentation.
