Ru Quan Phuah - Part 2 Architecture Portfolio by Ru Quan Phuah

RU QUAN PHUAH PORTFOLIO phuahruquan@gmail.com | +44 (0) 7874630274

CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Competitions Yoga House in Portugal Design Competition 2020, International Parcitipation

Kuala Lumpur Architecture Festival (KLAF) 2019, Malaysia - Tropical House for Orang Asli Competition Honorary Mention (Semi-Urban Category)

PAM Northern Chapter World Architecture Day 2019, Malaysia - Bus Stop Rejuvenation Competition Top 10 Finalist

Chapter 2: Academic Works Y6 - City Masterplan - Reigniting Cardiff Y6 - Individual Project - Cardiff Screen Academy Y5 - Bath Quays Group Masterplan - Rewind Rewild Reconnect Y5 - Individual Scheme - Urban Learning Playscape Y4 - Individual Project - Homeless Activity Centre Y3 - Urban Design - Beating The Offside Trap

Chapter 3: Placements & Involvement

On Architecture, Canterbury, UK

2020 -2021

Grizedale Arts: Architecture School – Building A New Rural

2020

C’arch Architecture + Design, Malaysia

2018-2019

CHAPTER 1

COMPETITIONS

Yoga House in Portugal Design Competition 2020 Parcitipation

Kuala Lumpur Architecture Festival (KLAF) 2019, Tropical House for Orang Asli Competition Honorary Mention (Semi-Urban Category)

PAM Northern Chapter World Architecture Day 2019 Bus Stop Rejuvenation Competition Top 10 Finalist

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Yoga House Design Competition

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In response to the sensitive environment of the surroundings, the proposal is low and elongated in profile. It immerses itself within the natural landscape and attempts to blend the boundaries between in and out, built and existing, human and nature.

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The brief asked to design a Yoga House which could accommodate double the capacity of Vale de Moses in Portugal.

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The highlight of the proposal is to celebrate the use of Cork as a construction material. Locally sourced in Portugal and upcycled from the byproduct of the cork industry, expanded cork is natural, fully recyclable yet highly energyefficient. Its unique properties allow for the use of cork blocks as a single leaf load-bearing construction. Coupled with its sensory qualities, cork is the perfect choice of material for the scheme.

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Ilustrations drawn to convey the overall experience of the building and highlighting the role of cork in the project.

COMPETITIONS

YO G A S PAC E

A blurred division between human and nature

gathering / exposure to elements

pantry openings I N T I M AT E P A N T R Y Reconnecting with Oneself

COMPETITIONS

KLAF Tropical House Competition Honorary Mention The competition is a collaboration between PAM (Malaysian Institute of Architects) and EPIC Homes in conjunction with KLAF 2019. As a team, we proposed a modular typology for the Orang Asli (term refers to indigenous people in Malaysia) living in semi-urban areas. The modular scheme was designed to be flexible, economical and easy to build whilst retaining some traditional features of Orang Asli housing - the veranda, elevated building and timber construction. It allows for different extents of expansion and facilitates various configurations. This is an important feature for the client, EPIC Homes who help build tailored houses for the marginalised Orang Asli community across Malaysia. The main living space was above ground level, opening up the ground floor as a temporary sheltered space that could serve as a gathering area for the family and friends. This also exploits the surrounding views while ensuring privacy from the adjacent neighbours.

Timber wall panel Timber joist

C-channel

Joist hanger

Timber insert

Timber deck

Easy Assembly of Deck and Wall

Front view of the house created using Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator.

COMPETITIONS

Separate activity and resting space

Loft (SLEEPING)

Full height window for maximise daylight & natural ventilation

Second Floor (LIVING)

Open sheltered space on ground to interact with neighbours

Ground Floor (OPEN)

COMPETITIONS

WAD 2019 Bus Stop Competition Top 10 Finalist

The project brief seeks to rejuvenate the bus stop at Pasar Chowrasta., Penang. Based on our site visit, we identified 3 main problems of the existing bus stop – poor seating arrangements, obstructed view towards the road and the lack of inclusive facilities for wheelchair users. However, we also found that the existing benches are still in good condition and should be reincorporated in the design. Our design aims to create a fun and engaging public space for bus commuters and market visitors, whilst breaking the social stigma of public transport. We hope the new Pasar Chowrasta Bus Stop would be a space that welcomes all - residents, tourists, young, old etc., just like the market itself.

Clear display of information

Universal design and priority seatings

Open and engaging waiting area, created using SketchUp and Adobe Illustrator.

COMPETITIONS

WAD 2019 Bus Stop Competition Top 10 Finalist

Plan

Section

Elevation

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Timber Strip

SHS Steel cap for fixing Swivel connection

Flat bar

Equitone Tectiva Timber seat Heritage Red DMI WeatherSpan

Metal plate Metal chain

SHS

C-channel

Swing Detail

Sponsors Plaque Detail

Bench Detail

CHAPTER 2

ACADEMIC WORKS (MArch 2nd Year) YEAR 6 (MArch 1st Year) YEAR 5 4-month placement

YEAR 4

Second-class Honours First Division

YEAR 3

MARCH ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 6

REIGNITING CARDIFF Y6 - City Masterplan REDEFINING THE IDENTITY OF AN ENERGY EXPORTER Cardiff became one of the world’s leading exporters of coal in the 19th century. It thrived during the Industrial Revolution, relying on exploiting the natural resource from the Brecon Beacons to fuel iron and copper industries. The depression of the 1930s and consequent slowdown of British coal industry, however, has left nothing but a scar for the capital of Wales, which is yet to regain its position on the world stage. Cardiff never fully recovered from the decline of the coal industry and has failed to regain a position as a thriving capital city of the world. Today, despite its proximity to the M4 to the north and the Severn Estuary to the south, the sprawling city has become a disjointed collection of key infrastructure which is yet to coherently serve the world. Ultimately, the industry which gave Cardiff its success and deserving capital city has led to many of the issues the city faces today. In this critical moment of the climate and biodiversity emergency the actions which gave Cardiff opportunities have lost Cardiff’s potential as a vibrant, sustainable and desirable capital city. In the light of Climate Emergency, there is a need for bold moves to meet the high demand for renewable energy. The Severn Barrage is a solution that have the potential to address the 5% of UK energy demand.The masterplan works on the assumption that the Severn Barrage is to be built. The masterplan seeks to help position Cardiff as the Capital for Renewable Energy, making it once again a major player on the world stage as an energy exporter. These different opportunities and challenges that were addressed within the design of the masterplan. The group masterplan envisioned the extension of green connections from the north (Brecon Beacons) to the south (Estuary), focusing on designing the central green corridor as the new ‘gaterway’to Wales across the Severn Barrage. As well as accessible green space and enhanced ecology, the spine provides an integrated N-S netowrk of transport, district heat, water and waste managment, feeding into W-E routes.

FLOODING

DISCONNECT

GREEN VOID

FRAGMENTED HERITAGE

ENERGY POTENTIAL

RETENTION

MARCH ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 6

CROSE

MARCH ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 6

Y6 - City Masterplan

CARDIFF CENTRAL

LOUDOUN SQUARE

DOCKSIDE

SEVERN ESTUARY NATIONAL PARK

MARCH ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 6

REIGNITING CARDIFF

Y6 - Individual Project A B E A C O N BY T H E B AY

Cardiff Screen Academy is proposed as a sixth-form secondary school specialising in film for Butetown, a diverse but deprived area. A school with a community front hopes to keep untold stories of Tiger Bay community then and now alive. The proposal hopes to be the beacon to nurture future storytellers to create a more diverse film industry and continues to document and keep the rich stories of the local community alive. The building seeks to form a new heart in the that joins the new build and the collective listed buildings by celebrating the volume of the main hall which also acts as a film production soundstage. Inspired by a ship construction, it pays homage to the Cardiff’s docklands heritage on site.

Century Wharf Gated Community

Butetown (Tiger Bay)

Railway Highline aka‘Berlin Wall’

The rapidly growing film industry in Cardiff is in need for more local talents to position the city as the next capital of film after London in the UK. However, the film industry is known to be unfriendly to newcomers particularly from underprivileged background. Therefore, earlier exposure to the industry for these children would provide them employable skills and better connections to access the industry.

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MARCH ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 6

CARDIFF SCREEN ACADEMY

Atlantic Wharf Gated Community

SITE

CARDIFF BAY

BRIDGING THE DISCONNECT & DIVIDE WITH SCHOOL

C E L E B R AT I N G T H E O L D & N E W

MARCH ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 6

Bute St.

Heart of the School

Grade II-Listed Cory’s Building repurposed into classroom block

C E L E B R AT I N G T H E O L D & N E W

Dock Lane

Lloyd George Park (Tram Link)

MARCH ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 6

CARDIFF SCREEN ACADEMY Y6 - Individual Project

Activity Lawn

New Production Tower

OUTDOOR CINEMA ON ACTIVITY LAWN

Heart of the School

MARCH ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 6

Grade II-listed Merchant House repurposed as Butetown History & Art Centre

Activate New Frontage

Giving Back Green Space

PRE

POST

Entrances & Vertical Circulation

Bute Place

Connected via New Heart

Organising Spaces to Filming Needs KEY MOVES

Breaking Up Vertical Journey

MARCH ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 6

CARDIFF SCREEN ACADEMY Y6 - Individual Project

U P P E R F L O O R C O L L A B O R AT I V E Z O N E

ROOFTOP GARDEN

MARCH ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 6

The facade intentionally distinguished itself from the red brick and bath stone of the classical buildings. It chooses to portray a neutral tone to reflect its industrial heritage with the use of aluminium and glass, playing with reflection, shadows and translucency. The upper floors in particular uses the translucent U-channel glass to create well-lit learning and social spaces.

TRANSLUCENT U- CHANNEL GLASS

P L E AT E D A L U M I N I U M P A N E L

MARCH ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 6

CARDIFF SCREEN ACADEMY Y6 - Individual Project

The east elevation creates a new glazed front on street level and reactivate the historical Dock Lane and formed a new edge condition of the city masterplan’s Lloyd George Park. The building facade reflects the repetition of vertical elements in its surrounding context and reinterpreted it with the use of industrial materials to celebrate the docklands heritage. Parts of the bricks are also reclaimed from the demolished section and use on the bottom facade in the north and northeast corner, remembering what was there. Like the tiny pixels found on screens, the eastern stair core in particular features a kinetic facade of hanged aluminium plates driven by wind, its movement constantly changes the way light is reflects creating a shimmering effect.

MARCH ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 6

T H E W I N D - D R I V E N K I N E T I C FA C A D E Fostering belonging for all in the community

MARCH ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 5

REWIND • REWILD • RECONNECT Y5 - Bath Quays Group Masterplan The brief for the project asked for us to masterplan the site in Bath Quays development zone and within it allocate ourselves eight adjacent plots, one for each individual in respective tutor group to develop individual take of designing ‘Making Spaces’ (a space for making things). Our group taken the approach of REWIND, REWILD & RECONNECT for our masterplan. We began by first looking back to the historical maps (rewind) and then going forward with strategies for rewilding and reconnecting the site with the city through our individual schemes. The timeline is put together to show how the site will be built in layers over a period of different stages. We believe that a masterplan is an ongoing process hence we use the timeline to investigate how the site will continuously evolve from the start with ground preparation to the arrival of each of us grouped together into different precincts - first the nurturers, followed by the recyclers and finally welcoming the weavers to complete the puzzle.

REWIND REWILD RECONNECT

Nurturers

Weavers

Recyclers

An aerial view showing the group landscape masterplan for the site with compilation of all individual schemes.

Y5 - Making through Play The project is a consolidation of ideas through 10 weeks of different theme-led experimentation and in conjunction with the development of the group masterplan, particularly the agenda of ‘reconnecting’. My project is an urban learning playscape on the northwest corner of the masterplan. The scheme revolves around a central theme of child’s play. The final outcome shows how initial conceptual developments have been brought together, i.e. the observation of the common scene of scaffolding and the idea of child’s play which tends to try challenge the norm. As a result, the building is form by a scaffolding-like structure with a box perched on top.

Context Linearity vs Free Roam

CONTEXT LINEARITY x FREE ROAM Context Linearity vs Free Roam

Changing ground plane level for variety of play

Child’s play is the core of the scheme. The drawing show how play is spread widely across the site on the ground plane, providing a variety of environment for play - a hill, a cave, water, sand, stones and trees. There are opportunities free for children to explore, discover and invent their own play.

MARCH ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 5

URBAN LEARNING PLAYSCAPE

MARCH ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 5

URBAN LEARNING PLAYSCAPE Y5 - Making through Play

Bringing in nature

Inhabitable columns

Multi-level deck Warm timber texture Coloured acrylic sheets provide filtered views Nets installed for safety precaution but still create an open environment for some risky fun Pebble floor for kids to have a tactile experience stepping on the ground.

View of Indoor Play

MARCH ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 5

URBAN LEARNING PLAYSCAPE Y5 - INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

V I EW F RO M T HE M O U ND

BSC ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 4

HOMELESS ACTIVITY CENTRE

Y4 - Towards a Respectful Co-existence R E C L A I M I N G U R B A N S PAC E REPURPOSING LIVES Homelessness is more than just about shelter. Various recounts have highlighted loneliness as a major problem in the community. The proposed centre beside Castle Park not only provides a place for them to access day-to-day basic facilities like shower and food, but also offers long-term support to them, acting as a physical manifestation of ‘Bristol Homeless Connect’ website. A place for the homeless community to seek help, learn, be empowered and regain their confidence to join the society. The building is defined by a triple-height atrium, forming an internal street that echoes the historic St Mary-le-Port axis reinstated on the northern edge which is part of the council’s ambition. Sitting on a concrete plinth, the pavilion-like timber structure is a gathering place for everyone, both public and the ‘clients’ to enjoy and celebrate food together with the hope to break the public’s stereotype against the homeless community.

Reinstated St Mary-le-Port Street reconnects the historical axis from the St Nicholas Market with St Peter’s Ruin which can be seen at a distance behind St Mary-le-Port Church Tower ruins.

BSC ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 4

T H E AT R I U M Connecting & Re-purposing the Old & New

BSC ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 4

HOMELESS ACTIVITY CENTRE

Y4 - Towards a Respectful Co-existence

The pavilion-like structure, imitates a tree, from a solid base to a column, breaking down into small components forming the light feature, top with a roof of timber shingles as the canopy. T I M B E R PAV I L I O N C O N C R E T E P L I N T H

The triple height central atrium brings natural light down into the basement level whilst also provide visual linkages to different floors as a person enters the building through different entrances.

Food Hall/ Multipurpose Space

Store

Food Hall

Charity Shop

Bike Workshop

Activity Space

Art Studio

BSC ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 4

Forgotten vault uncovered and re-purposed as art gallery to exhibit homeless client’s artistic works , a platform to showcase their talents.

Edible garden is part of the employability scheme for the homeless clients to gain new skill, acting as a intermediate node on the street axis for social interactions.

The food hall is a place of celebration for people from all walks of life to come together.

BSC ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 3

BEATING THE OFFSIDE TRAP Y3 - Urban Design The project is the second collaboration between both architecture and civil engineering students. The brief is to design a footbridge across Limehouse Cut to create a new urban space at the site located in Poplar, in hopes to break the offside trap. We wanted to celebrate the area’s cultural diversity and to integrate all with the access to an urban playable space with a street food market designed for families and children to enjoy, reducing social and economic inequality in the area. Thus, a habitable bridge is created with street food market and multipurpose studio spaces, sheltered underneath a playable roof space. The scheme also hopes to use food’s universal ability in bringing people together by providing a platform for different local cultures to cook and sell their own cuisine, which in turn creates employment opportunities.

An aerial drawing showing the site (purple) in Poplar, London with its access, circulation and sunpath.

View down the Limehouse cut and the proposed bridge.

The idea of building spaces for children is to be inclusive for all. A sketch showing stairs and slides are created beside the truss members for kids to have fun, climbing up and down along the bridge.

BSC ARCHITECTURE | YEAR 3

CHAPTER 3

PLACEMENTS & INVOVLEMENT On Architecture, Canterbury, United Kingom 2020-2021 Grizedale Arts: Architecture School 2020 – Building A New Rural 2020 C’Arch Architecture + Design, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia 2018-2019

P L A C E M E N T S & I N V O LV E M E N T

PLACEMENT WORKS On Architecture

I did a 4-month placement at On Architecture, a medium-sized firm in Canterbury, as part of

my MArch course. I worked mainly on residential

schemes and retirement living apartment in Stage 1-3.

Each of them presented me with the

opportunity to work on buildings of different

scale and responding to different context and environment.

My task was mainly

drafting on AutoCad, creating illustrations on Photoshop, preparing documents on InDesign and occasionally building a virtual model on SketchUp.

Through working on several pre-application

and full planning applications, I learnt about the requirements of such documents, and also understanding the procedures that would

happen for Stage 2 and Stage 3 in each project.

Elevation Study

Street Elevations

Visuals created for planning applications.

C’arch Architecture + Design I have done two 6-month architectural placement at C’arch Architecture + Design an award-winning firm in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Throughout my placement, I have participated on a range of projects from RIBA Work Stage 0 up till Stage 7. I have worked closely with architects in assisting them. I have also participated in several client-architect meetings and attended multiple in-house and external CPDs.

BLOCK 16 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (APARTMENT TOWERS & CLUBHOUSE) Planning Application & Tender Drawings

The project is a development that includes 3 blocks of condominium tower, a clubhouse and 389 units of strata villa. I was involved in producing drawings for the planning submission during my first placement at the firm, later tasked with assisting the preparation of tender drawings primarily for the clubhouse building in my second placement. I was able to look into the details of designs and learn to consider them based on construction costs and methods.

STAIR 1 O

C THIS DRAWING IS A COPYRIGHT. All designs are the property of C' arch and cannot be used without their written permission. All prints, specifications and copyrights are the property of C' arch and shall be returned on completion of work. All measurements must be checked at site by the contractor and the notification to be made to the Architect before commencement of work In event of any discrepancy arising from the drawings. All drawings must be read in conjunction with other consultants' drawings.

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FIRST FLOOR C'arch architecture + design sdn bhd (510908-V) D5-1-G Block D5, Pusat Perdagangan Dana 1, Jalan PJU 1A/46 PJU 1A 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Tel: 03 7843 6866 Fax: 03 7843 6860

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PLACEMENT WORKS

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A masterplan to create a sustainable environment for affordable housing of about 20,000 units, with education institutions forming central spine of the development to help break the poverty cycle and explore incremental housing typology. I participated in discussion on different challenges faced by the urban poor during the concept design stage and helped create presentation drawings.

BFM RADIO STATION

Tender & Construction It is an office interior fit out and furnishing for BFM, a Malaysian independent radio station. at Menara Ken. I was involved from contract documentation stage to construction till its completion. Besides prepararing drawings for tender and construction, I also attend site meetings and observe how communications occur between different consultants, client and the contractor.

key plan note

Position to match ceiling beam on site

20 x 20mm SHS in grey spray painted finish

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plywood TV box with black painted finish

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Encased double side mirror

Cabintery edge in dark grey matte laminate finish

18mm thk chipboard in spray painted light grey finish (reference colour formica F7880-thistle)

20 x 20mm 2900 high SHS in grey spray painted finish

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C'arch architecture + design sdn bhd (510908-V) D5-1-G Block D5, Pusat Perdagangan Dana 1, Jalan PJU 1A/46 PJU 1A 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Tel: 03 7843 6866 Fax: 03 7843 6860

project title

2. PODCAST WALL - ELEVATION scale 1: 25 @ A1

PROPOSED OFFICE INTERIOR FIT OUT AND FURNISHING FOR BFM AT LEVEL 3A, MENARA KEN, TAMAN TUN DR ISMAIL, KUALA LUMPUR.

Plywood lettering

FOR : BFM MEDIA SDN BHD

Fixed 12mm thk blockboard in grey spray painted finish (RAL9007) with etching lines for autograph stickies mounting

20 x 20mm SHS in grey spray painted finish

drywall system to manuf's detail

Plywood lettering

20 x 20mm SHS in grey spray painted finish 60" TV, surface to be flushed with plywood TV box

drawing title

Fixed 12mm thk blockboard in grey spray painted finish (RAL9007) with etching lines for autograph stickies mounting

plywood TV box with black painted finish

20 x 20mm SHS in grey spray painted finish

FEATURE WALL 3 PODCAST WALL

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P L A C E M E N T S & I N V O LV E M E N T

BANDAR HARAPAN, CYBERJAYA Feasibility Study

P L A C E M E N T S & I N V O LV E M E N T

HANDS-ON INVOLVEMENT Grizedale Arts: Architecture School 2020

In the Summer just before the second wave of COVID pandemic, I participated in Grizedale Art’s Architecture School - Building A New Rural, a week long self-build workshop - led by Paloma Gormley and Summer Islam of Material Cultures, and Takeshi Hayatsu of Hayatsu Architects. It was a rare opportunity for myself to be hands-on building an outdoor classroom collaboratively in the old farmhouse garden at Nibthwaite Grange Farm. I also got to learn and explore the use of local materials and vernacular building techniques such as dry stone slate wall construction and the craft of making a gate from scratch using fresh oak timber.