Third Year Collated Portfolio

TAN WENKAI, RAFAEL A COLLECTION OF WORKS FROM 2017 TO 2020

ONE

COLLATED WORKS FROM YEAR ONE

REDEFINING A SHOPHOUSE | JUKEBOX HOUSE

SITE CONTEXT

NESTLED IN THE JUNCTION OF JALAN PINANG AND NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. THE SIMPLE FACADE BLENDS INTO THE ARRAY OF SHOPHOUSES. SOFT MUFFLED MUSIC OF THE QUARTET LEAK ONTO THE STREET. INTRUIGE AND WONDER DRAWS PEDESTRIANS INTO THE ATRIUM WHERE MUSIC ENVELOPS THEM TIL THEY ARRIVE AT THE COURTYARD. A MOMENT TO REST AND RECOVER ADMIST THE BUSTLING URBAN ENVIRONMENT. 37

THIS PROJECT WAS A S TUDY OF THE SHOPHOUSE TYPOLOGY AND OUR FIRST BUILDING DESIGN. THE HOUSE ACTS AS A LIVING INSTRUMENT, SHOWCASING THE LIVELIHOOD OF ITS INHABITANTS

REDEFINING A SHOPHOUSE | JUKEBOX HOUSE

PLAN

FIRST FLOOR

SECOND FLOOR

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REDEFINING A SHOPHOUSE | JUKEBOX HOUSE

PLAN

THIRD FLOOR

ROOF

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REDEFINING A SHOPHOUSE | JUKEBOX HOUSE

SIDE ELEVATION

SECTION A - A’

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SIDE ELEVATION AND SECTION

REDEFINING A SHOPHOUSE | JUKEBOX HOUSE

SIDE SECTION

SECTION B - B’

SECTION C - C’

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REDEFINING A SHOPHOUSE | JUKEBOX HOUSE

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FOUR INDIVIDUAL DWELLINGS ARE CONNECTED VIA THE PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE RUNNI NG DOWN THE CENTRE OF THE HOUSE SHARED SPACES ARE FOUND UNDER PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE ON THE FIRST FLOOR

REDEFINING A SHOPHOUSE | JUKEBOX HOUSE

TAKING PRECEDENCE FROM PAUL RUDOLPH, THE HOUSE WAS DESIGNED TO HAVE INTRICATE SPATIAL COMPLEXITIES CONTAINED WITHIN A SIMPLE MASSING. THE FEELING OF SPACE IS CONTROLLED BY THE INTERPLAY OF CEILING HEIGHTS AND LIGHT.

SPLIT SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

VISUAL CONNECTIVITY IS USED TO LINK THE INDIVIDUAL DWELLINGS TO THE REST OF THE HOUSE VIA THE STAIRS LEADING UP. THE INTERWOVEN AND MULTILAYERED SPACES ARE ALL CONNECTED TO THE CENTRAL PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE RUNNING THROUGH THE HOUSE.

SIDE ELEVATION

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BACK VIEW

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TWO

COLLATED WORKS FROM YEAR TWO

MIGA KUBOIDER

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THIS PROJECT WAS A STUDY ON THE POTENTIAL OF TIMBER AS A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL. USING TIMBER JOINERY, THIS PAVILION OPENS UP AS PEOPLE UTILIZE IT, CREATING A MORE INVITING FACADE AND APPEARENCE THROUGH USAGE

PLAN (CLOSED)

THE PAVILION EXISTS AS THREE SEPERATE INDIVIDUAL CAPSULES WHEN CLOSED BUT OPEN UP AND UNITE WHEN UTILISED

MIGA KUBOIDER

PLAN (OPEN)

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TIMBER PAVILION

ELEVATION 21

MIGA KUBOIDER

TABLE LOCKING MECHANISM 28

TIMBER PAVILION

SECTION A - A’ (CLOSED)

WALLS AT BOTH ENDS OPEN TO TRANSFORM THE PRIVATE STUDYING SPACES INTO OPEN LOUNGE SPACES

MIGA KUBOIDER

SECTION B - B’ (OPEN)

DISTORTIØN

ISOMETRIC 40

THIS PROJECTWAS A STUDY ON SITE SPECIFICITY, RELATING TO THE SITE, THIS ROCK CLIMBING CENTRE IN LITTLE GUILIN DOUBLES AS AN EDUCATION CENTRE ON THE HISTORY OF QUARRYING IN THE AREA AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

SITE, PROGRAMME

OVERALL SITE PLAN 37

DISTORTIØN

OVERALL SITE SECTION 38

SITE, PROGRAMME

P R O C E S S

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DISTORTIØN

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SITE, PROGRAMME

B

B’

A

A’

ROOF PLAN

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DISTORTIØN

ELEVATION

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SITE, PROGRAMME

CLASSROOM 1

B

B’

A

A’

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

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DISTORTIØN

SECTION A - A’

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SITE, PROGRAMME

B

B’

A

A’

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

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SITE, PROGRAMME

ENTRANCE

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DISTORTIØN

ROOF GARDEN

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SITE, PROGRAMME

CLIMBING WALL

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DISTORTIØN

CIRCULATION

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SITE, PROGRAMME

FRONT PERSPECTIVE 59

SITE, PROGRAMME

ELEVATION 61

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THIS PROJECT STUDIED THE ENVELOPE, USING THE GROWTH CYCLE OF MUSHROOMS A MOVING FACADE WAS CREATED TO SHIELD AND PROTECT THE INNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR MYCELIUM. PEOPLE ARE INVITED TO WALK THROUGH THE STRUCTURE TO REACH THE VIEWING DECK AT THE TOP WHILST LEARNING ABOUT THE OPORTUNITIES MYCELIUM HAS IN MEDICINE AND CONSTRUCTION

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Section [sek-shuh n] Noun 1. Many Layered floorplates to create darkness without solid roof 2. Compost facility located on the edges as a primarily exothermic process to release the heat out of the building and act as threshold spaces between the outside and inside 3. Public spaces are located below and above the semi-private core

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Detailed Section [dih-teyld sek-shuh n] Noun 1. Conveyor system moves bags to the facade to act as sunshading and to be replaced with new substrate after several harvests 2. Conveyor system moves bags to the inteior rooms to be harvested for research or consumption 3. Compost facility stores and processes exhausted substrate 4. Roof farm utilises compost to grow crops for consumption

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EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC

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THREE

COLLATED WORKS FROM YEAR THREE

THIS PROJECT STUDIED SITE SPECIFICITY WITHIN A SCHOOL CAMPUS TO SEEK OPORTUNITIES FOUND WITHIN AN URBAN CONTEXT. A TRANSPORT HUB FOR BICYCLES AND SKATEBOARDS WAS CREATED TO SERVE THE STUDENT POPULATION WITHIN UH MANOA

THIS PROJECT WAS AN EXTENSION OF KENNEDY THEATRE OUTWARDS. PREVIOUSLY A CLOSED OFF BOX, THIS BRIDGE CREATED A LINKWAY OUTWARDS FOR THE THEATRE TO SHOWCASE ITS ACTIVITIES ON A MORE PUBLIC SPACE

MISC

COLLATED WORKS NOT FROM DESIGN STUDIO

PASIR PANJANG POWER STATION ADAPTIVE REUSE

WORKS FROM STUDIO GLASS AT UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII MANOA