• Assist in public art installation design and documentations
• Produce drawings, renders and models
Teaching and Curatorial Assistant
The University of Hong Kong| Hong Kong
June - July 2023
June - July 2022
Intern
Yau Lee Construction Company | Hong Kong
July 2022
Architectural Research Assistant
Rural Urban Framework | Hong Kong
May - Aug 2021
SKILLS AND QUALITIES
• Communication
• Presentation
• Patience
• Optimistic
• Coordination
• Attention to Details
• Professional emails
• Organization
• Adobe Creative Suite
• AutoCAD
• Rhino 3D
• V-ray
• Revit
• Microsoft
• Google Workspace
• Instagram Posts
PERSONAL SUMMARY
I am a Junior Project Designer with one year of experience who enjoys teaching, communication, art and design. I consider myself as a hardworking and patient individual. I enjoys working with a team and learn from one another. Currently, I am searching for a job related to design, architecture and other creative fields.
VOLUNTEER
Gallery Assistant
Richmond Art Gallery|Richmond BC
April 2024 - Current
Photographer
Cambie Community Center| Richmond BC
April 20th 2024
Publisher and Author
1.25 Inches Studio, Vancouver BC
Jan 2024 - Current
• Write and publish articles related to architectural design, art and design on to social media for audience interested in related fields.
Teaching Assistant
Tangsi Migrant Children, Shanghai
Fall 2018
• Taught English through reading and writing exercises to Chinese migrant children from primary school
LANGUAGES
English (Billingual)
Mandarin/Cantonese (Native)
Japanese (JLPT N3)
Spanish (IB Spanish B)
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Fung Scholarship | 2022
Dean's Honour List | 2020 - 2021
Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award | 2017
INTERESTS
• Calligraphy
• Model making
• Art and Design
• Pottery
• Reading
• Tennis
• Volleyball
• Cooking
• Photography
• Gardening
Glass Installation for SW side of Fleetwood Station, Surrey BC
Initial Proposal Render Impressions
Integration with the existing station glass facade
Stitching Together:
Glass Installation for NE side of Fleetwood Station, Surrey BC
Gowanus Rising: Corten Steel Sculpture Proposal for Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn NY
Renders and pattern design by Pui Yu Yau under supervision by Jill Anholt and Zoe Jackson
Reverberation - Translating Time through Art
Steel Frame
Corrugated Metal
Jill Anholt Studio
Reverberation - Translating Time through Art
Bricks Coal Steel Frame
Corrugated Metal
Jill Anholt Studio through Art
Bricks Coal
Corrugated Metal
Jill Anholt Studio
Bricks Coal
Reverberation - Translating Time through Art Steel Frame
Corrugated Metal
Leather
Lumber Wheat
Reverberation - Translating Time
Leather Lumber
Jill Anholt Studio
Coal
Corrugated Metal
Wheat Fish Scale
Rock weed
Jill Anholt Studio
Reverberation - Translating Time through Art
Bricks Coal Steel Frame
Corrugated Metal
Leather Lumber Wheat
Fish Scale Rock weed
Jill Anholt Studio
Bricks Coal
Scale Rock weed
Jill Anholt Studio
Reverberation - Translating Time through Art
Bricks Coal Steel Frame
Corrugated Metal
Rainbow Pool: Lighting Design for The Lincoln Tunnel, Columbia SC
Renders and pattern design by Pui Yu Yau under supervision by Jill Anholt and Zoe Jackson
To be installed in 2026 - 2027
Resurface: Art Installation Proposal for Saanich No.2 Fire Station, Victoria BC
Physical Model, Render and Pattern by Pui Yu Yau under supervision by Jill Anholt and Zoe Jackson
Flour to Flower: City Mark Installation Proposal for Rochester, NY
Physical Model by Pui Yu Yau under supervision by Jill Anholt and Zoe Jackson
Living Collection: Art Installation for Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria BC
Fabrication and Design Drawings by Pui Yu Yau under supervision by Jill Anholt and Zoe Jackson
Living Collectively with Elderlies
Hung Shui Kiu, Hong Kong
Instructor: Anderson Lee
Academic Studio | 2023 Spring
The studio questions the aging population issue in Hong Kong and how we will be living with elderlies in the future. In this project, I bring together my architectural interest, site analysis and the situation context of the brief to form a housing design that combines with an elderly center.
I believe the façade acts as an important architectural element to communicate between the indoor and outdoor spaces. The skin of the building not only expresses the interior spaces with its tectonics, it also affects the atmosphere and appearance both externally and internally of an architecture. From the start, I have investigated how the housing units would be affected by placing multiple layers of porous or solid façades.
Camera Obscura Model of Precedent Building Rigaud 55
Existing Vegetation
Car Accessibility and Speed Limit
Existing Car Park
Pedestrian Accessibility
Existing Infrastructure
Noise Level
Site Analysis of Hung Shui Kiu
Elevation of Highway edge of site
Elevation of Shek Po Tsuen Village edge of site
Shui Kiu
Iteration Models Plan View 1:500
Cardboard iteration models were made to test out how the housing could best respond to the two distinct edges of the site, the highway and the village. By rotating the scheme 45 degrees, it is the best orientation for the housing units to obtain sunlight and outdoor views.
For the east side highway edge, the housing is organized in a zig-zag form to respond to the straight edge of the road. On the other side, curves were manipulated to fit the organic rough edge of the village. The edge bends back to avoid direct visual contact with the village neighbours to ensure privacy while still allowing residents from both neighbourhoods to pass through the new set of housings.
The elderly center is embedded in the center of the housing, where an existing banyan tree can be found. Views and vegetation are especially important for this project and the layering of façades is the method I used to bring residents and nature closer.
Iteration Models 1:500 (Speculation on Façade)
Highway Edge of Housing Model 1:200
View of Elderly Center and Middle - Ground of Housing
There are four unit types in the new housing neighbourhood. All units have multiple screens or partitions that divide spaces to seperate programs. From the unit entrance to service space, served spaces and finally to the outdoor balcony that frames the view of greenery, there is a change in the gradient of porosity within the facades.
Perspectival Collage
Unit Plans 1:50
Single Room Unit (32sqm)
Double Room Unit (55sqm)
Duplex Unit (55sqm)
RCHE Unit (32sqm)
Duplex Unit (55sqm)
RCHE Unit (32sqm)
This project is located on artificially infilled land in Lau Fau Shan, Hong Kong— a site with rich cultural and ecological significance. Historically, the area has transformed, adapting to economic shifts from a 700-year-old oyster farming village to a hub for modern industrial manufacturing and tourism. Our research underscores the project's crucial role as a communal space. It aims not only to function as a working wharf for the nearby seafood market but also as an educational and recreational facility, raising awareness about the natural water-purifying properties of oyster reefs and shells in coastal ecosystems
Site Analysis: Lau Fau Shan Oyster Industry Timeline
Lau Fau Shan, Hong Kong
Collaboration with: Linlin Cai and Sunny Li Yu Yang Competition| 2023 Fall
Oyster Farm and Workshop
Lau Fau Shan Market Site Map
The proposal revolves around the entire life cycle of the oyster economy, serving as a catalyst for the area's revitalization after a decline spurred by the departure of younger generations to urban centers. Balancing the needs of local oyster farmers and vendors, villagers, and tourists, the design integrates safe and convenient spaces for farmers to work alongside areas for visitors to engage and learn about Lau Fau Shan’s rich, yet unknown past, emphasizing the significance of the oyster economy in local culture, ecology, and history.
G/F Plan
Section B - B'
4. Storage
Dry Oyster Products and tools are stored underneath the main staircase.
3. Oyster Reef
Concrete studs are used for parts near the water to allow oyster larvae to attach on. Dried Oyster shells could also be placed back into the ocean to nurture young oyster larvae.
2. Drying Area
Oysters are dried on the second floor. Porous facade and ceiling curtains are applied to ensure air ventilation and shield from excess sunlight.
1. Cleaning Area
Oysters are transported from nearby mudflats to be washed and have shells removed.
5. Workshop
Exhibitions and workshops such as tours, talks, oyster shell craft making could happen beside the main stairs.
6. Oyster Shell Drying
Shells removed during the cleaning process are transported via goods elevator and dried above. Dried shells could either be grinded or reused to help nurture new oyster reefs.
7. Oyster Shell Grinding
Dried shells are grinded to make oyster shell fertilizer and used to plant trees in the courtyard.
Courtyard
Kitchen and Dining
Multi-Shelf: Mediator between Nature and Urban
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Instructor: Elspeth Lee
Academic Studio | 2022 Spring
Enclosed between the dense high-rise residential Monster Building and lush vegetation from Mountain Parker, Quarry Bay Municipal Services Building (MSB) is a long and sleek building that consists typical public services for the neighbourhood. This project investigates the potential for architecture to have a dialogue between the urban and existing natural landscape.
Learning from Grafton Architect’s University of Lima in Peru, I employed thick shear walls as the main structure of the building to allow spaces in between to be more accessible to the outdoor spaces. The ambiguity between indoor and outdoor is further emphasized by the winter and summer courtyards in between the walls
Plan and Axonometric: Quarry Bay and MSB Location
Local Flowering Plants for Landscape Design
Model: Interaction with Mountain Parker
Concept drawing: MSB as the Mediator between Nature and Dense Housing
Concept
Concept: Interaction between Library space and the edge of mountain
Render Impression: Shelf- like building with cascading gardens towards the mountain
Pui Yu Yau
EMAIL
puiyu.yau@gmail.com
PHONE 672-968-8168
LOCATION RICHMOND BC, CANADA
Academic and Job Referees
Fai Au
Associate Professor of Practice
Faculty of Architecture
The University of Hong Kong Knowles Building, Pokfulam Rd, HK faiau@hku.hk +852 9285 0789
William Wai-lam Tam
Associate Professor of Practice Faculty of Architecture
The University of Hong Kong Knowles Building, Pokfulam Rd, HK wt@arva.hk +852 9756 5720
Haotian Zhang
Lecturer, Design Tutor Faculty of Architecture
The University of Hong Kong Knowles Building, Pokfulam Rd, HK haotianz@hku.hk +852 6704 4874
Jill Anholt Principal Jill Anholt Studio Inc. 1 West 7th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Y 1L4 jill@jillanholt.ca 604-910-5455
Marcela Aragüez Escober Director, Assistant Professor School of Architecture and Design IE University P.º de la Castellana, 259E, 28046, Madrid marcela.araguez@ie.edu
Simon Wong Training Manager, Yau Lee Holdings Limited Hong Kong simonckwong@yaulee.com +852 2619 8063
