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JONATHAN L.

Jonathan Leong

Architectural Product Experience

Designer

jonl99.misc@gmail.com

www.linkedin.com/in/jonleong99/ +65 9455 9887

Experience

Junior Architectural Designer

WY-TO

Singapore

February 2020 - April 2020

Architectural Designer

MKPL Architects

Singapore

August 2022 - December 2022

Architectural & UX UI Designer

Drams Tech

San Francisco, CA

May 2023 - August 2023

AR/VR Consultant

BlckUnicrn

San Francisco, CA May 2023 - August 2023

Junior Researcher Programme

LKY CIC | UEH University

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam January 2024 - Present

Education

UC Berkeley

Entrepreneurship

Berkeley, CA

January 2023 - May 2023

Zhejiang University

Business Management

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

September 2023 - January 2024

Directly assisted Managing Director/Head of Design Yann Follain in various projects, ranging from architectural projects to graphic designs in magazines

Notable Project:

c40 Reinventing Cities: Bukit Timah Fire Station: Good Food, Good Life 1st Place

Assisted in the detailed design stage of the firm’s latest project involving a Library, Polyclinic and Stadium. Coordinated with M&E, C&S and ESD Consultants to deliver good design whilst assisting in contracts management with clients.

Project: Toa Payoh Integrated Project

Worked closely with CEO Al Dram working on both architectural projects as well as developing the firm’s latest product, Blueprints-AI, a GPT powered generative AI for floorplans in pre-construction documents. Additionally, I assisted in business development at AIA 2023 in San Francisco as well as with other pitches to clients.

Worked closely with Blck Unicrn, a novel interactive entertainment startup, looking to champion indie artists by bringing their music to live through an AR/VR musical experience. Worked with Unreal Engine 5 to bring about the immersive experience for various artists at the time.

Cordially invited by the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities in collaboration with UEH University to participate in a research project. Based in Ho Chi Minh City, the aim is to conduct research on walkability and pedestrianisation along with local students, and by extension, hope to influence urban planning and public policy in this region towards a culturally adapted master plan on the matter.

Singapore University of Technology & Design

Bachelors of Science in Architecture and Sustainable Design Masters in Technological Entreprenuership

Singapore

September 2020 - May 2025

Notable Works

NUS IDEATE! 2021 Hackathon

2nd Runner-Up

Singapore July 2021

Lunar New Year LightUp 2022

Co-Director

Singapore June 2021 - January 2022

Notable Works

NUS IDEATE! 2021 Hackathon

Scanteak HQ: KYTKEÄ

2nd Runner-Up

Special Mention

Singapore July 2021

Singapore May 2022 - December 2022

Proposed a digital pet application named Eco-Mons, to help users cultivate good habits in a gamified and social manner, where their good habits translate to growing one’s Eco-Mon, and friends can band together to have community events to foster a strong sense of wellness and community.

In this rendition of the Lunar New Year, the aim was to be able to express a narrative of regality, family and the community. Given how it was the year of the Tiger, we based the key installations to represent these narratives through a tiger family.

Proposed a digital pet application named Eco-Mons, to help users cultivate good habits in a gamified and social manner, where their good habits translate to growing one’s Eco-Mon, and friends can band together to have community events to foster a strong sense of wellness and community.

A competition launched by scandinavian furniture maker ScanTeak in collaboration with Kyoob Architects . The aim of the competition was to design the furniture maker’s brand new headquaters. Named KYTKEÄ, it is a modern office built upon the current collaborative and interactive work culture.

Clubs

Clubs

Skills

Skills

Lunar New Year LightUp 2022

TreeHacks 2023: Signifeye

Co-Director

Participant

Singapore June 2021 - January 2022

Stanford University | Stanford, CA Feb 2023

Scanteak HQ: KYTKEÄ

LA HACKS 2023: GeroHaus

Special Mention

Best Sustainability Hack

Singapore May 2022 - December 2022

UCLA | Los Angeles, CA April 2023

TreeHacks 2023: Signifeye

Participant

Ballroom Dancing

Stanford University | Stanford, CA Feb 2023

Singapore & Berkeley, CA

September 2020 - Present

LA HACKS 2023: GeroHaus

Best Sustainability Hack

Track & Field

UCLA | Los Angeles, CA April 2023

Singapore

January 2023 - Present

Ballroom Dancing

Photoshop Illustrator InDesign

Singapore & Berkeley, CA September 2020 - Present

Premiere Pro

Track & Field

Singapore January 2023 - Present

In this rendition of the Lunar New Year, the aim was to be able to express a narrative of regality, family and the community. Given how it was the year of the Tiger, we based the key installations to represent these narratives through a tiger family.

As a selected participant from all around the world, the team and I created an eye glass for the blind to replace the blind stick, using I/O sensors that provides audio and haptic feedback to the wearer, signalling to them obstacles. Signifeye also comes with a companion app that allows caretakers to monitor and render assistance when needed.

A competition launched by scandinavian furniture maker ScanTeak in collaboration with Kyoob Architects . The aim of the competition was to design the furniture maker’s brand new headquaters. Named KYTKEÄ, it is a modern office built upon the current collaborative and interactive work culture.

GeroHaus is an intelligent and convenient solution for homeowners to achieve net zero carbon emissions for receptacle loads in their homes. Using both IOT hardware and a companion app imbued with AR homeowners can: track and analyse electricity usage, receive intelligent suggestions on how to reduce electricity consumption to offset carbon emissions.

As a selected participant from all around the world, the team and I created an eye glass for the blind to replace the blind stick, using I/O sensors that provides audio and haptic feedback to the wearer, signalling to them obstacles. Signifeye also comes with a companion app that allows caretakers to monitor and render assistance when needed.

GeroHaus is an intelligent and convenient solution for homeowners to achieve net zero carbon emissions for receptacle loads in their homes. Using both IOT hardware and a companion app imbued with AR homeowners can: track and analyse electricity usage, receive intelligent suggestions on how to reduce electricity consumption to offset carbon emissions.

After Effects Rhinoceros 3D Grasshopper

Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Premiere Pro After Effects

SketchUp Pro

Fusion 360 AutoCad

Unreal Engine 5 Enscape Lumion Vray Python

Rhinoceros 3D Grasshopper SketchUp Pro Fusion 360 AutoCad

Unreal Engine 5 Enscape Lumion Vray Python

Sheath

Location: SUTD

Year: 2022

Digital Design & Fabrication

Category: Fabrication

Inspired by traditional Chinese joineries that has a clean finish without the usage of modern nuts and bolts, this project aimed at creating a form that emulates this. The allowance in design as well as material properties like flexibility and compressibility were factors taken into consideration.

Step 1

Insert the pieces within the alloted slot.

Fabrication &

This exercise allowed us to experiment of metal as well as laser cutting

Step

Assemble the system in order the wood

Laser cut leg parts laid on the laser cutter bed

Metal sheet being water-jetted to our brace form

& Assembly

experiment with water jetting cutting for wood matierals.

Step 2

lock and pin order to secure pieces.

Step 3

Lastly, place the metal braces at the ends in order to align the pieces.

Assembling joinery part 1

Assembling joinery part 2

Final Product

After a lot of filing, sanding and squeezing through the holes, everything was pieced together, no nuts and bolts used.

Shop Drawings

After a lot of filing, sanding through the holes, everything together, no nuts

Drawings

sanding and squeezing everything was pieced nuts and bolts used.

A Million Cuts

Freezing of sound in time inmemorial

Location: SUTD

Year: 2022

Digital Design & Fabrication

Category: Fabrication

Audio, sound or music is the one thing in which we are unable to touch, smell nor see. In this exercise, the aim was to be able to find a way to record audio, sound, or music in the form of a tangible, visible format. Given the material of acrylic, the motivation was to find a way to map a freeze frame of a piece of audio, just like the way we photograph with our cameras.

This leads to the underlying aim of experimenting with the possibilities of acrylic’s properties, in terms of engraving to create a three dimensional effect for an etching of sound.

1) Creation of a 2D collection of points

In order to visualise the music in a visual form, a medium of sorts is required. Here, the use of a collection of rectangles were created from the use of a populate 2D plugin.

2) Capturing audio input

The above allows for the recording of a set of values which was taken from our audio input. With these values, it allows us to map our audio input onto our medium.

Computational

How audio is recorded

3) Arranging rectangles

This is where we map the recorded values from step 2 onto our collection of rectangles, allowing us to record our audio in a visual form.

4) Segregating the sound patterns

In order for us to record our audio onto our 2D acrylic, cull pattern was inplemented to allow us to split up the Make2D image, and engrave with depth.

recorded in a visual manner

Audio Visual medium iteration

Before we create a three dimensional heightmap of the freezeframe of sound, a set of iterations were experimented to see which set of rectangles could allow for a large enough density to depict moments of high and low intensity.

(20, 75)

(20, 50)

(20, 25)

(30, 50)

(10, 25)

(10, 25)

(30, 75)

(10, 75)

(30, 25)

(size of rectangle, count of rectangles)

Translating audio to visual

Once the canvas was prepared, we input the audio from our recordings to produce a set of moving tiles as seen below. By freezing the recording, it allowed us to obtain a fragment of the audio. This resulted collectively in a three dimensional collection of tiles.

By using a cull pattern, we were able to create sets of tiles in which we will be able to laser engrave onto the acrylic, allowing us to demonstrate the different levels of intensity of sound by representing it visually with depth.

Initial Testing

In order to demonstrate depth, each set of tiles with different density was assigned a particular hatch pattern. In the above you will find the variation of hatch patterns based on intensity.

On the right, you will see the initial testing, where each layer was engraved seperately on seperate tiles, before layering them up. Although it was successful, I wanted to test the limits of creating a visual sense of depth via the use of only one layer of acrylic

The final

The use of a single acrylic layers of engraving, to of an audio recording hatch patterns

iteration

acrylic sheet, but with to depict a freeze frame recording based on different patterns

Intensity Lowest

Translucence

Organised Chaos

Location: SUTD

Year: 2022

Digital Design & Fabrication

Category: Fabrication

This design was conceptualised with the idea of imbalance and chaos in mind - where conventional tables are supported by four vertical legs that translate self-weight and loads downwards, our design would be composed entirely of many slender, tilted beams appearing to rest on each other and support one another.

Design Concept

To obtain our final form, four each corner of the table top were then plotted equidistant each line (Figure 1.1). These and shifted 800mm below the drawn randomly between each until an aesthetically pleasing was achieved.(Figure 1.2) The shown in profile

To lend this from an element of interest whilst resolving the mnany problematic and complex points of intersection between the beams, the central group of intersections on each leg were chosen to be cast in resin, lending the final product the impression of floating or being frozen in place mid-air. The final design is shown in profile in Figure 1.4, showing the resin-cast joint housing the six emergent wooden limbs on each leg unit.

Figure 1.1 Figure

Concept

four lines were plotted form top to its centre. Four points equidistant from each other along points wer then duplicated the original points, and lines each point with nbo repetition pleasing and stable-looking form The final design we chose is profile in FIgure 1.3

Figure 1.2

Figure 1.3

Shop Drawings

Leg Construction Detailing

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