Priscilla Leung | WORK SAMPLES | december 2014
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subtitlehouse + teaching facility for the Shepherd School of Music opera Fall 2014 Instructor: Douglas Oliver
Situated on a highly visible site within Rice University’s Classically-planned campus, this opera house embraces the grandeur of operatic performance by establishing itself prominently as an anchor at the end of the campus axis. Performance and institutional spaces are split across an atrium that allows existing pedestrian flows to continue through the new building. Internally, the performance hall is an anchor around which flows of activity move between the performance, teaching and rehearsal spaces. Bridges at both auditorium balcony levels bring students and faculty to and from the performance hall and rehearsal spaces.
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A copper “shell” formed of a double--curved lattice of welded steel tubes encloses the 600-seat performance hall and asserts itself as the internal spectacle; announcing its presence amongst the otherwise muted colours and materials featured throughout the rest of the building. Sweeping across the entire building, the roof canopy gestures towards a unity of both performance and pedagogy within one structure as it conceals the 80ft tall fly tower and supports a cable-net curtain wall that spans the entire length of the east and west sides of the building. The cable net maximizes transparency and accentuates the glowing copper shell from an exterior perspective. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
roof panels
steel structure
WELDED STEEL structural frame
”shell” ANCHORS internal flows EXPLODED COPPER SHELL DETAIL CIRCULATION DIAGRAM EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC PLANS backlit basswood + plexiglass model longitudinal section
copper shell
ceiling panels opera interior
opera substructure
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opera exterior
PERFORMANCE
engineered wood acoustic panels TEACHING GYPboard 1 substrate
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curtain wall
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Priscilla Leung | WORK SAMPLES | december 2014
ob l i q ue mo t ion
typological cannibalism in Breitscheidplatz, Berlin Spring 2013 Instructor: Bryony Roberts
This project creates a new, oblique movement experience through the site that maintains an existing pedestrian bias along a northwest to southeast diagonal across Breitscheidplatz between the U-Bahn station and Kurfurstendamm, a popular shopping street. The elevated path extends the public space sectionally to engage new retail and collective spaces created by converting existing above-ground spaces belonging to the Bikini Haus (a long, rectilinear Modernist building on the north edge of Breitscheidplatz) and Europa Center (a shopping mall that forms the eastern edge of the plaza). At the urban scale, the lightning bolt-shaped path pronounces the existing networks whilst maintaining an outward connection to the immediate urban fabric by providing new elevated experiences and preserving the historical church in order to breathe new life into the plaza. At an architectural scale, the path cuts under and through existing structures at specific moments. Based on the idea that there is a direct relationship between the vertical distance from a ground plane to a ceiling plane/soffit and the perception of how public a space is, a sectional shift occurs as you move obliquely from one space to another to call out transitions between the public and private realms. Changes in soffit height suggest approaching more private program along the path, such as outdoor dining space.
Pedestrian flows: existing
Pedestrian flows: proposed
ROOM = SINGLE HEIGHT
ENTRY: double-height ENTRY: ENTRY:double-height double-height
closed, implied closed, closed, privacy implied impliedprivacy privacy
CLOSED, IMPLIED PRIVACY
more open,more implied moreopen, open, entry implied impliedentry entry and publicand andpublic public
Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona Barcelona Mies Pavilion, Pavilion, van der Mies Mies Rohe van vanderderRohe Rohe
Milstein Hall, Milstein Milstein OMA Hall, Hall,OMA OMA
ROOM: single-height ROOM: ROOM:single-height single-height
BARCELONA PAVILION
ENTRY = DOUBLE HEIGHT
MORE OPEN, IMPLIED ENTRY
MILSTEIN HALL
ATRIUM: triple-height ATRIUM: ATRIUM: triple-height triple-height ATRIUM = TRIPLE HEIGHT
open,PUBLIC public open, open,public public OPEN,
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REINA SOFIA ADDITION
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Priscilla Leung | WORK SAMPLES | december 2014
et ixtcava l e t i ttlin e tgi t lsymme e t ry asubtitle siteless pavilion Fall 2012 Instructor: Grant Alford
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This pavilion investigates the potential and limits of horizontal symmetry as a formal strategy; it is specifically designed to enhance the spatial experience of symmetry across a space, thus taking symmetry as a formal tool one step beyond its typical usage as a momentary condition of visual recognition. Experiencing symmetry is much more powerful than simply the visual perception and recognition of it, as evidenced by our natural gravitation towards axes at places such as the Gardens of Versailles, but where is the threshold at which one is aware that the perception has been elevated to an experience?
ENTRY CAFE AUDITORIUM
CAFE SEATING
CAFE SEATING
RESTROOM
RECOGNITION VS. EXPERIENCE
Recognition vs. experience RECOGNITION VS. EXPERIENCE
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EXHIBITION
SEATING AND REST AREA
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When symmetry exists, we are cognitively trained to recognize its presence.
The experience of symmetry is a more powerful moment in space than simply recognizing it.
Horizontal symmetry occurs across a plane and allows freedom of movement within the space whereas bilateral symmetry, the form of symmetry most common in architecture, is momentary and restricted to a zone along the axis of symmetry. When symmetry exists, we are cognitively trained to recognize its presence. VERTICAL VS. HORIZONTAL
VERTICAL VS. HORIZONTAL
The experience of symmetry is a more powerful moment in space than simply recognizing it.
Bilateral vs. horizontal symmetry
Bilateral symmetry is only experienced along a single axis. It is momentary and does not allow freedom in movement.
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Formally, four different types of space are created from a controlled expansion of the ground and ceiling planes, excavating away from the plane of symmetry, with respect to two variables - amplitude and radius of the excavation. Each programmatic element occupies its own type of excavation. In opposition to the excavations, structural moments occur where the ceiling and ground come together to form large super columns that allow for the pavilion’s open plan and vast unobstructed views.
Horizontal symmetry is experienced across an expansive space and there is more freedom in movement.
Bilateral symmetry is only experienced along a single axis. It is momentary and does not allow freedom in movement.
Horizontal symmetry is experienced across an expansive space and there is more freedom in movement.
Situated partially underground, the pavilion uses the exterior ground plane as its internal reference plane of symmetry. Entrances are on the periphery and visitors descend into the pavilion directly onto the privileged path that serves to connect nodes of program and is the only space within the pavilion where symmetry can be experienced. The path remains flat throughout to maintain eye level on the plane of symmetry. Entry into any of the programmed spaces instantly diverts you out of the invisible plane and breaks the experiential connection to symmetry but maintains the visual recognition of it.
Small radius + small amplitude Small radius + small amplitudeSmall radius + small amplitude Small Small radiusradius + small+ amplitude large amplitude Small radius + large amplitudeSmall radius + large amplitude Small radius + large amplitude Large radius + small amplitude Large radius + small amplitudeLarge radius + small amplitude Large radius + small amplitude ie. service spaces ie. service spaces ie. service spaces ie.ie. service enlcosed spaces public space ie. enlcosed public space ie. enlcosed public space ie. enlcosed public space ie. open gathering space ie. open gathering space ie. open gathering space ie. open gathering space
REGULAR VS. COMPLEX FORM
REGULAR VS. COMPLEX FORM
ENTRY
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EXHIBITION
small radius + small amplitude = service spaces
small radius + large amplitude = enclosed public space
large radius + small amplitude = PRIVATE gathering space
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ie. large gathering spaces large radiusie. large gathering spaces + large amplitude = public gathering space
PATH
As a form progresses from being regular and orthogonal to irregular and complex, symmetry becomes increasingly legible.
As a form progresses from being regular and orthogonal to irregular and complex, symmetry becomes increasingly legible.
Entry
Path
VIEW FROM main Path
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Priscilla Leung | WORK SAMPLES | December 2014
STITCH
an environmental research park along a neglected Houston bayou Fall 2011 Instructor: Christopher Hight University of Houston Energy Research Park
DROUGHT
TYPICAL DAY
TYPICAL FLOOD EVENT
100-YEAR FLOOD EVENT
On a highly inaccessible site surrounded by impenetrable infrastructure — multiple freeways, a freight railway and a bayou — this environmental research centre sits within a man-made landscape manipulated to both physically and visually connect the site to its immediate and greater surroundings.
u. of houston ENERGY RESEARCH PARK +70’
A gentle slope carved up from Brays Bayou brings visitors to a viewpoint where a footbridge reaches across a freeway to connect the centre directly to the University of Houston’s main campus; convenient for students, faculty and researches alike. At the tallest point in the park, the viewpoint is 70 feet above street level and offers unobstructed views across the flat Houston landscape towards the Medical Center and downtown.
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Fully integrated with the landscape, research facilities are carved into the earth and the landscape punctured to reveal skylights and allow natural light into the spaces. Downtown
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Medical Center
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1 lobby 2 exhibition 3 lecture hall 4 classrooms 5 research labs 6 viewing terrace
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SECOND FLOOR plan
bathymetric contour site plan
DROUGHT
TYPICAL DAY
TYPICAL FLOOD EVENT
bristol paper site model
100-YEAR FLOOD EVENT
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Priscilla Leung | WORK SAMPLES | december 2014
S ou t h bank t ower
conversion and extension of a Modernist office complex in London July 2013 - July 2014, KPF London Scope of work: tender and construction documents, apartment details, mechanical/electrical coordination, RFIs
image by others
Originally known as King’s Reach Tower, South Bank Tower is at the heart of a greater urban regeneration project on London’s South Bank between the London Eye and the Tate Modern. An 11-storey extension is being built on top of the existing 30-storey tower while the podium building will receive a 3-storey addition on top of its existing 6 stories. The former office complex is being transformed into a mixed-use development of 193 luxury apartments, 220 000 sqft of office space and 36 000 sqft of retail space. The first phase is due for completion in late 2015 with the final completion date in mid 2016. Existing +114.90m
Proposed +154.85m
Typical Premier apartment section
Prefabricated bathroom pod detail
Detailed apartment plan indicating floor finishes, wall types, small power location and set out dimensions.
My involvement was primarily in the residential spaces in the tower, including both public lobbies and within the apartments. I helped deliver construction drawings across packages (ie. drylining, joinery, bathrooms and kitchens), coordinated mechanical and electrical layouts and responded to queries/wRFIs that arose from site as the project progressed.
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