20182021 FOLIO ARCHITECTURE DESIGN SELECTED WORKS
SAMANTHA LEI
SOFTWARE
EDUCATION
2018 - 2020
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
Rhino 6
Bachelor of Architectural Design
Revit
UQ Young Achievers JUN 2020
Archicad
OCT 2015
Dux of Graphics
Illustrator
JAN 2017
Academic Prefect
Photoshop
OP 4 - 94 ATAR
Premier Pro
Enscape Lumion Vray (Rhino 6, Revit)
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ABOUT ME At a very young age, I was instinctively drawn to the built environment for its artistic expression backed with logics and rationale. It was the intergration of both the abstract concepts and the technical resolution of the built environment that I felt to be a beautiful medium for contributing to impactful change.
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I have particular interest in the architectural impact on the urban fabrics across different cultures and contexts through exploration and research on the macro scale. Having had the opportunity to study abroad in Canada, learning about the intricate urban networks of Toronto has allowed me to view my own hometown Brisbane critically. Thus, I am excited to be a part of Brisbane’s growing urban changes in the near future.
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CAREER AND VOLUNTEERING 2019 - 2020 VODAFONE HUTCHISON AUSTRALIA
Samantha.zy.lei@gmail.com
Architecture is powerful for its careful adaptation and changeability. It is imperative to embrace architecture for its holistic consideration to communities of varying cultures and contexts. I find one of the most fulfilling experiences to be seeking sensitive and respectful application of innovative solutions due to my strong passion to help and advance communities.
Inventor
STRETTON STATE COLLEGE
2013-2017
SAMANTHA LEI
Autocad
1st Prize - QLD SONA Upscale
BRISBANE OPEN HOUSE I volunteered for the Brisbane Open House at The Capitol Rooftop, assisting in simulating client-type experiences regarding the promotion of passive design in their homes.
INTERESTS
FABRICATION
REFERENCE
Rendering and Visualization
Laser Printing
Genevieve Quinn
Videography
Hand Modeling
Architectural Assistant at Populous g.quinn@uq.edu.au
Dance
3D Printing
Maram Shaweesh PhD Candidate and Tutor m.shaweesh@uq.edu.au +61 410972456
Fashion Travel
LANGUAGE
Digital/ Visual Art
English (native) Mandarin
CONTENTS
Outlook Place [2020] 6
Permeance [Exchange 2020] 14
Dreamworld Corroboree [2019] 20
Bird Hide [2018] 26
B.ARCH ACADEMIC WORKS
COMPETITIONS AND PERSONAL WORKS
Personal Renders [2021] 34
2018 - 2021 | Samantha Lei
UPSCALE 1st Place Entry [2020] 30
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To whom it may concern, I am writing to recommend Samantha Lei for a position at your practice. I have been Samantha’s studio tutor for Semester 2 of 2020 at the University of Queensland. Throughout the semester Samantha has worked hard and illustrated to me a high level of technical skills and creative thinking. I believe these skills make her a great candidate for a role. During my semester teaching Samantha, she has been a dedicated student, attending all classes and presenting consistent, high level work. She is very eager to learn and is open to new ideas which makes her a very adaptable and independent student. Her positive attitude towards classes is supported by strong technical skills which she has displayed to me through excellent presentations. Her drawings are complex and rich in thought, and her strong design approach is always clear. Her design process is advanced, resulting in a creative and interesting design project that considers a wide range of parameters, stakeholders and site conditions. Overall, Samantha has been a motivated and high achieving student. I have been impressed with both her attitude and ability and believe she would be an asset to any team in an architectural practice. Kind regards,
Genevieve Quinn Email: g.quinn@uq.edu.au
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Post Graduate study and office spaces Academic Staff offices Group study rooms Classrooms Amenities (Toilets, Kitchenette)
OUTLOOK PLACE
3 R D Y E A R S E M 2 [2020]
LVL 1 Post Graduate study and office spaces Academic Staff offices Group study rooms Classrooms Amenities (Toilets, Kitchenette)
The new Outlook Place Precinct building is a direct response the UQ’s everchanging campus and growing student population. The design proposal for Outlook Place tackles the idea of change through three prominent lenses: 1. Spatial Flexibility – the opportunity for flexible learning spaces and enforcing intermingling of users from varying levels of study in close intimate study spaces 2. Environmental Adaptation – a representation of UQ’s diverse ecosystems as well as addressing potential techniques for greywater reuse and collection 3. Structural Expandability – the ability to cater to UQ’s growing student population and the ability for the building to be expandable as made possible for efficient construction methods
EXXPLODED AXONOMETRY
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GROUND Computer Labs Large tiered seminar room Amenities (Toilets, Kitchenette) Printing Room Group study spaces Classrooms Teacher Offices Post Graduate offices and study
The Outlook Place is an integration of all three aspects and stands as a proof that through dissection of multiple mediums of possible change, is important to understand in order to strategically apply and respond to the theme of Change.
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B.arch academic works | Outlook Place: 2020 SEM 2
Servicing (Chiller, Mechanical Room) Computer Lab Academic, Administration, Research Offices Amenities (Toilets, Kitchenette) Large Seminar Room
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B2 Servicing (Chiller, Electric Dist, Condenser Room) Retail Seating Lounge Area Academic/ Administration and Research Offices Bike house
Rhino, ArchiCAD: 3D Modelling Lumion: Rendering
A) Noting existing structure (Zelman Cowen), Utilizing existing slope by activating and connecting the top and base of the ampitheatre. Central comminucation stair ensures visual and spatial connection.
B) Prioritizing placement of building core. Retail and bottom level with offices, storage and servicing spaces pushed to the peripheries of the site to maintin central openness.
C) Maximising opportunities for view of the UQ lakes, public and collaborative spaces like classrooms, seminar spaces and study lounges utilize full view of the lake and natural light
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D) Academic spaces including a mix of group study E) Green rooftop open space available for future expansion rooms, classrooms,academic staff office and post to cater to UQ’s growing population. graduate spaces located on Level 1 and 2. Productive spaces for learning best utilizes full views and exposure to natural light for better perfroamnce
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TONGUE IN GROOVE TIMBER FLOORING CLT COLUMN
GREEN FACADE STEEL CABLE BALUSTRADE
B.arch academic works | Outlook Place: 2020 SEM 2
CLT COLUMN TO CONCRETE BEAM CONNECTION
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PARTIAL SECTION: UPPER AND LOWER FLOOR CONNECTION
3D Modelling: Rhino, ArchiCAD Rendering: Lumion Post-Production: Photoshop, Lightroom
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FACADE CONNECTION DETAIL 1
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FACADE TOP VIEW Drip Groove with offseted timber for cleaner finish
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B.arch academic works | Outlook Place: 2020 SEM 2
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Steel Parapet Capping Steel Flashing Waterproof Membrane Rigid Insulation Loose-Fill Insulation Packing Gravel Concrete paving Plastic Pedestal CLT Structure Timber Soffit Rainwater Collecting Drain Steel Cabling Greenery Wooden Balustrade Deck Runoff Box Gutter Timber Finish Plantation Box Sliding Door Wheel?
3D Modelling: Rhino, ArchiCAD Rendering: Lumion Post-Production: Photoshop, Lightroom
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SLIDING DOOR CONNECTION DETAIL
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Prefab CLT wall with window cutouts
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B.arch academic works | Outlook Place: 2020 SEM 2
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Flashing and Rigid Insulation at CLT structure to prevent moisture Slanted sub-flooring for rain runoff Floor pedestal to cater for more servicing of selfwatering facade
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Steel Parapet Capping Steel Flashing Waterproof Membrane Rigid Insulation Loose-Fill Insulation Packing Gravel Concrete paving Plastic Pedestal CLT Structure Timber Soffit Rainwater Collecting Drain Steel Cabling Greenery Wooden Balustrade Deck Runoff Box Gutter Timber Finish Plantation Box Sliding Door Wheel
3D Modelling: Rhino, ArchiCAD Rendering: Lumion Post-Production: Photoshop, Lightroom
2018 - 2021 | Samantha Lei 88
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A: Existing suburban housing preserved, Sherbourne Lanes social housing located behind is demolished for new housing
PERMEANCE
3 R D Y E A R S E M 1 [EXCHANGE 2020]
Downtown Toronto continues to battle a long history of gentrification with Sherbourne street being the last standing streets free of gentrification. However now, Sherbourne street has fallen under the eyes of eager development projects and soon a victim of gentrification too. Permeance addresses the complex homeless and displacement issue that as risen as a result of constant new residential development throughout downtown Toronto. It addresses and maintains the urban context of the existing structure, known as Sherbourne Lanes that is situated on one of the five sites in question. Permeance specifically caters for unfortunate, young teens providing them a second chance at life and reformation.
B.arch academic works | Permeance: 2020 SEM 1
The dormitory style living, emphasises the importance of interaction and connection of both residents and the surrounding environment. Permeance utilizes different degrees of transparency as an architectural embodiment of connection and intergration. Furthuremore, dorms include folding doors as entry to allow the blending of spaces and even more integration of those who reside here. This provides freedom of change and customizability for residents in order to heighten their sense of place.
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D: Two unit and four unit dorms located from level 1. Two unit dorms situated within the Arts sector and four unit dorms situated in the Sports sector.
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C: Sports and exercise spaces, basketball courts, gymnasium. Seminar rooms and classrooms surround sports sector.
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Lobby Reception Seminar Room Dance Studio Female Wc Male Wc Two Unit Dorms (2 rooms/ unit) Meeting Rooms Storage Basketball Court Internal Market Spaces Single Unit Dorms (4 rooms/ unit) Art Exhibition Space
2018 - 2021 | Samantha Lei
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DETAIL SECTION : DORMITORY SHARED SPACE
TIMBER FLOOR FINISH WATER BASED THERMAL SYSTEM VAPOUR MEMBRANE TIMBER BATTENS CELLULOSE RIGID FOAM (Newly engineered rigid foam that is less
B.arch academic works | Capital Six: 2020 SEM 1
toxic andjust as strong)
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The design boasts a generous utilization of SIPs panelling to combat the extreme weather changes and climate conditions in the area. Furthermore, the project incorporates a screening system with a mix of perforated metals and translucent screens to playfully address the theme of permeance and allowing the user full control and customzability of their space. 3D Modelling: Rhino, ArchiCAD Rendering: Lumion Post-Production: Photoshop, Lightroom
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B.arch academic works | Capital Six: 2020 SEM 1
SINGLE UNIT DORMS (4 ROOMS/ UNIT)
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TWO UNIT DORMS (2 ROOMS/ UNIT) 3D Modelling: Rhino, ArchiCAD Rendering: Lumion Post-Production: Photoshop, Lightroom
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A3.P1 DREAMWORLD CORROBOREE: DECORATEED SHED 2 N D Y E A R S E M 1 [2019]
Dreamworld has proposed a new upcoming science learning centre housing laboratory research of native Australian wildlife situated in the parks’s Dreamworld Corroboree precinct. The first part of the project consists of improving the existing entrance to the facility. With the integration of the Cassowary and its physical characteristics, the Decorated Shed incorporates the Cassowary imagery through the process of abstraction. Furthermore, the Cassowary - specifically the claw of the animal, is distorting, repeated and morphed in order to generate a visual journey as users approach the facility.
B.arch academic works | Dreamworld Corroboree Part 1: 2019
The Decorated Shed is a spatial and visual embodiment of humans curiosity to learn and to observe by means of ambiguous imagery of the Casswary that becomes identifiable upon closer apporach. The Decorated Shed does so with metal perforations of the Cassowary claw as a veil to mask the internal programs however still visible enough to observe movement inside the facility. Furthermore, the Decorated Shed is interactive and allows users opportunities to walk behind the perforation for clearer view of the internal programs allowing an educational experience through observation of scientific animal research and documentation processes.
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1 Undercover Gathering Space 2 Entry to behind decorated shed 3 Hidden Walkway 4 Future Lab Building
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The new cassowary enclosure situates itself South of the Corroboree precinct and boasts spacious enclosures accommodating up to three cassowaries. With the animal itself being the key motivation to the spatial arrangments of the enclosure, the curve of the cassowary’s iconic casque generates the main geometric logic of the enclosure alongside the existing site context and orientation. Each enclosure is approximately 200sqm each consisting of its own still body of water that connects to the existing lakes. The enclosures are below the viewing areas to respect the needs of the animal. Those who visit the enclosure remain at ground level created with a visual illusion as though the concrete paving extends and paves over the enclosure. The Cassowary enclosure stresses the importance of the parabolic properties of the casque and ensures this geometry can be viewed from both in elevation and plan.
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B.arch academic works | Dreamworld Corroboree Part 2: 2019
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TOP PLAN 1 Entry/ Underground Staff Storage 2 Casswoary Enclosure 3 Staff Access Ramp 4 Researcch Facility 5 Cassowary Feeding
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Staff labs
Cafe Aviary
Crocodile Enclosure Bilby House
Wetland Wild Birds
Turtle Viewing
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A4 BIRD HIDE
1 S T Y E A R S E M 1 [2018]
This project is an exploration of formal patterns as means for new responses. First year students were required to design a Bird Hide in response to the persistence of six main formal types - Centric, Courtyard, Cloister, Serial Progression, Spine, and Linear. Bird Hide
Through iterations of such formative patterns, The Bird Hide is a formal integration of both serial progression and linear forms to generate a spatial experience specifically catered for bird watching and data collection. The site - Lake Wooleen is an intermittent fresh water lake siatuated on Wooleen Station in the Murchison Region of Western Australia and approximately 680 km from Perth. It is renowned for its diversity of bird life, particularly wetland bird species surrounding its rich environment.
B.arch academic works | Bird Hide: 2018 SEM 1
Bird Hide boasts sustainable land practices, for it respects the existing natural context of the site and to minimise disturbance of bird life. The building maximises ventilation and provides a careful response to sun patterns in order to ensure adequate thermal comfort without any mechanical requirements.
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(Right) Physical model of Bird hide made out of balsa wood (Left) Gesture drawings of bird movements
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P1 SEE SAW
GROUP PROJECT ALONGSIDE MICHELLE CHOUNG, ERIC NGUYEN
2020 SONA UPSCALE QLD STATE WINNER See • Saw— the middle ground for balancing work life • private life as well as social distancing • human interaction. In these challenging times of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, humans are ever-more alienated from their peers and surroundings; basic human interaction and communication is interrupted by the need to distance and isolate. See•Saw seeks opportunity in balancing the polarizing nature of distance and human contact through mediation of social distancing restrictions and engagement of much-needed human interaction with others.
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By respecting the distancing requirements for social interaction, See • Saw embraces the notion of ‘renewal’ by challenging the linearity of the traditional seesaw whilst introducing the themes of inclusivity and playfulness in seeking to reminisce on the simpler and sweeter childhood memories of the user’s past.
Personal works | SONA UPSCALE Design Competition: 2020
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d) Hand-rail installation Horizontal Waffle Slab
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3D Modelling: Rhino 6 Rendering: Photoshop Post-Production : Photoshop, Lightroom
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P2 SOLITUDE 2021
Personal works | Solitude 2021
PERSONAL RENDERING AND DIGITAL PAINTING
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“Concrete Labryrinth” 3D Modelling: Rhino 7 Rendering: Vray Post Production: Photoshop
“Limitless” 3D Modelling: Rhino 7 Rendering: Vray Post Production: Photoshop, Lightroom
“Surreal Independence” 3D Modelling: Rhino 7 Rendering: Vray Post Production: Photoshop
2018 - 2021 | Samantha Lei
“Summer Anonymity” 3D Modelling: Rhino 7 Rendering: Vray Post Production: Photoshop
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THANK YOU SAMANTHA LEI CONTACT
Samantha.zy.lei@gmail.com +61 413 888 782
