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
46
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
52
SITE, PROGRAMME
CLIMBING WALL
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DISTORTIØN
CIRCULATION
54
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