Samuel Mok, B. Arch
PORTFOLIO architecture & design selected works 2013 | 2015
CV
Samuel Mok samkymok@gmail.com sky-mok.com Sydney: +61 431 234 466 20.07.1995 OBJECTIVE: Seeking a position as a Intern educational background 2014-Present
Faculty of Built Environment | University of New South Wales Bachelor of Architectural Studies
2003-2013
High School | Newington College International Baccalaureatte
work experience
June 2015 - Present
Lisa Dew Architects | Sydney, Australia Intern
November 2014 - February 2015
anySCALE | Beijing, China Intern
September 2014
ManoArchitects | Sydney, Australia Casual Technical Assistant
extra curricular activities Janurary 2012 - November 2013
Loaves and Fishes Volunteer Social Worker
July 2012
Red Earth Connections Volunteer Social Worker
competitions / exhibitions September 2013
Concordia Art Exhibition, Newington College Entry
June 2015
Sculptures by the Sea, Sydney Participation
September 2015
Shelter International Architectural Design Competition Entry
skills IT | AutoCAD | SketchUp | Revit | Adobe Photoshop | Microsoft Office Hand Drafting and Modelling | photography languages English Mandarin
native language conversational and basic written proficiency
other
design | photography | travelling | basketball | painting
References upon request.
contents
The Room and Narrative
Design School
theoretical concept modelling
space and program allocation
6
38
Newtown Art Gallery
Life After People
design with constraint & intention
visual rendering and animation
12
42
Can Feliz
Office-Factory Construction
precedent study
construction and detail drawings
18
44
Datum
Concordia Art Exhibition
theoretical design and shapes
creative expression
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32
54
The Space Between
Amateur Photography
theoretical environments
visual perception
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THE ROOM AND NARRATIVE year
autumn - winter 2015
place
Theoretical
01
This project is an exploration into the narrative that a structure or a group of structures can contain. Through predominantly abstract techniques, students were to build a 1:100 scale model using only three materials. For this model, I have used balsa, boxboard, and screenboard. This model is representative of an artist's 'room' of creativity, that he travels into daily through the door of his imagination. In the room contains various parts of his life: the doorway. living room, bedroom, garden; each at different scales depending on its relative imporance.
NEWTOWN ART GALLERY
02
year place
Newtown, Sydney
Given a real site to work with, students were to propose an art gallery situated along a main road in Newtown, for an artist(s) of their choosing. I chose to create an art gallery that specifically accomodates for Chinese political artists that often do not have the opportunity to display their works publically. As such, this gallery is made to facilitate the artworks of Ai Weiwei and Yue Minjun. As the project site has a unique shape and orientation, lighting and materiality were important features during the design phase.
CAN FELIZ precedent study year
autumn - winter 2015
place
Mallorca, Spain
collaboration
James Hong, Andrew Weetman
03
For this collaborative project, students were to research and model a building from provided photographs and floorplans. This predecent study investigates Jørn Utzon's personal Spanish retreat: Can Feliz on the island of Mallorca. Using only balsa wood to model the building, students also had to provide parti and poche drawings to creatively interpret and analyse the building elements.
Parti and PochĂŠ For the precedent investigation, students were required to produce parti and poche drawings to show their understanding of the building elements within their chosen structure. In the parti to the right, the I have seperated each room within the building into the seperate different colours. Moving from warmer to cooler depending on the number of different uses each area provides. For example, blue areas might include the pool, fireplace, bedroom; whilst yellow areas include the patio, balcony, and general social spaces. The watercolour parti paintings below and to the far right are to give a different perspective for the viewer into what is involved with the buildings structure. Although the parti on the far right shows the floor plan of the building, I have taken it further by depicting what a visitor at that building will see in certain rooms of the building. The rooms coloured yellow are south-facing, recieving the morning sun.
DATUM
04
year
summer - autumn 2014
place
Theoretical
This project was a study in the concept of the 'datum'. From two clients: Revival Cycles and Steinway & Sons, create architecture consisting of three spaces; one below ground, one above ground, and one on the ground plane. The spaces above and below ground are the clients studio workshop, the space in the middle however, is to be a showroom, connected by a stair in a distinctive and significant way.
Students were to design this space starting from an iniital sectional drawing which were inspired by several adjectives. The goal of the exercise is to generate a building concept, whether realistic or theoretical, that embodies those ideas. From these, a building is formed.
As attention to material was also an important factor in the design, a series of textures inspired by chosen adjectives were to be used in the final render.
THE SPACE BETWEEN year
summer - autumn 2014
place
Theoretical
05
In this project, students were to explore the possibilites of the "Space Between" elements. For this, they were design two monuments using rectilinear shapes that represent two chosen architects and their philosophies. From their philoshophies, students were to create thier own concept, and with the use of the Lumion 3D modelling software, to create an environment that reflects the monument and its design. The monument created using the concepts of "Electroliquid Aggregation" is represented by the following concept: Freedom from the confines of stagnant imagination requires fantastic inspiration, nurtured and cared for, exceeding the boundaries of expectation - Samuel Mok
I
have
chosen
to
stylise
my
Lumion
environment
alike
the
Emei
Mountain, found in Sichuan Province, China; because of its grandeur and ability to evoke emotion and inspiration from a person's heart. The cloud, fog, and snow that are also associated with the mountain also hints a sense of fantasy, or mystery - hidden in the mountains. This monument is not a structure for humans to use, but instead: coy fish, which is used as a symbol for the physical embodiment of creativity. In an attempt to depict the humble beginnings of imagination, I have used the basin in the structure on the left as a sort of "birthing pool" in which the beginnings of an idea swim around, only to be confined by its limiting water bound nature. The over arching gap above the pool alludes to the fable of the frog in the well, only able to see a small part of the sky; emphasising the trapped nature of the fish in the basin. However, mirroring the concept, the fish are inspired by such a fantastic world around them that they break free of their watery confines and release themselves into the fantasy world around them, allowing themselves to be nurtured by ideas that have gone before them, and eventually growing bigger, only to nurture future ideas after them. This
circular
notion
is
also
a
chinese
characteristic
of
Yin
and
Yang, the gold and black symbolising the both "light" and "dark" properties of an idea are equally as important in the creative process. I
took
an
abstract
reading
of
the
requirement
of
a
connection
inbetween the two structures and as such I depicted my structures to
be
connected
by
a
shared
corridor,
the
rectangular
shaped
space that is taken out of one structure is identical to the other. In short, the mountains, snow, coy fish, and structure create the Zen feel that I wanted to achieve, tying the components of the environment together, and accurately depicting the concept of Electroliquid Aggregation.
DESIGN SCHOOL student gallery year
spring - summer 2014
place
Woolloomooloo, Sydney
For this project, students were required to design a art gallery for the design students attending a school. It is situated in the Woolloomooloo area of pedestrain access by both foot and bike commuters
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multi-leveled local design Sydney where is necessary.
The student gallery was to be designed in tandem to a university kiosk and bicycle workshop; both located adjacent to the gallery. To represent the site, balsa models at 1:500, 1:100, and 1:50 were made.
Design Considerations The gallery is designed to have three main enterances, one from the main road, one from the kiosk, and one from the inner courtyard. All of these entrances lead into a ground floor where the circulation will channel the visitors up a staircase into a large triple heighted room. The contrast from the ground level to the second level will enhance the level of spaciousness within the gallery whislt still occupying a relatively small floor space. The main feature of the gallery is its outside stair which wraps around the tower to the third level. This is to create a sense of intrigue for the viewer as the stair seemingly appears and dissapears at levels which are different from the interior of the building. Large windows on the main faรงade act as a skylight, framing the visitor's view of the sky, allowing them to enjoy the unobstructed skylight whilst still being in a very industrial area.
LIFE AFTER PEOPLE cryengine year
spring - summer 2014
place
S達o Paulo, Brazil
06
With the use of the 3D interactive modelling software: CryEngine, students were to create an interactive environment simulating a building 100 years after its abandonment. Students were to research a chosen building and from plans, elevations and photographs, model its structure. The goal of this experiment to is to research the destructive and decompositional qualities specific building materials display over time, when exposed to the elements. It also requires students to present the building within a cinematic medium working with different softwares. Software that were invovled include: 3DSmax, Sketchup and CryEngine.
OFFICE-FACTORY CONTRUCTION year
spring - summer 2015
place
Theoretical
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TTER
A
B
1
C
3
2
ROOF RIDGE R.L 10900
0
1
2
EASTERN BOUNDARY
8
CONC. BLOCK FINIS
STRU_CON 008
DBL. GLAZED TIMBE FRAMED WINDOWS
OF EXIT DOOR
A
DBL. DOORS
UP
6 STRU_CON 006
FACTORY FLOOR
B SUMP
9 STRU_CON 009
SERVIC ROOM
0
1
3
2
EASTERN BOUNDARY
A
8
4
STRU_CON 008
STRU_CON 004
SERVICE VOID
FIRE CORRIDOR
UP
UP
STOR.
MALE W/C
FEMALE W/C
4
BREAK / PANTRY AREA
STOR. WAITING ROOM
6
7
STRU_CON 006
B
STRU_CON 007
RECEPTION
OUTDOOR BALCONY
9
9
STRU_CON 009
STRU_CON 009
OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOM
C
SOUTHERN BOUNDARY
8
5
STRU_CON 008
STRU_CON 005
0
1
2
3
4
ROOF RIDGE R.L 10900
ROOF GUTTER R.L. 9350
DBL. GLAZED TIMBER FRAMED WINDOWS
CLEAR GLASS BALUSTRADE SECOND FLOOR LVL F.F.L 5250
BALCONY LVL F.F.L. 5250
CONC. BLOCK FINISH
GROUND FLOOR LVL R.L 0
0
1
2
3
4
ROOF RIDGE R.L 10900
ROOF GUTTER R.L. 9350 SECOND FLOOR CEILING R.L. 4950 DBL. GLAZED TIMBER FRAMED WINDOW
10 STRU_CON 010
GROUND FLOOR CEILING R.L 3150
SECOND FLOOR LVL F.F.L. 5250 STEEL ROLLER DOOR
CAST CONC. SLOPE
GROUND FLOOR LVL R.L 0
C
B
A
RHS. STEEL TRUSS TO ENGINEER SPEC.
ROOF RIDGE R.L 10900
12 STRU_CON 012
COLD FORM ZNAL GUTTER DRAIN TO DOWNPIPE
13 STRU_CON 013
SECOND FLOOR CLG R.L. 4950
ROOF GUTTER R.L. 9350 SUSPENDED CEILING
15 STRU_CON 015
SERVICE VOID REIN. CONC. FIRE STAIR
SECOND FLOOR LVL F.F.L. 5250
GROUND FLOOR CLG R.L 3150
11 STRU_CON 011
CONC. CAPPING CONTIGUOUS PILE CAST CONC. GUTTER LEAD TO SUMP
14 STRU_CON 014
GROUND FLOOR LVL R.L 0
REIN. CONC. FLOOR SLAB LEVELING SAND
INSULATION
C-SECTION STEEL BEAM CUSTOM ORB STEEL ROOF
COLD FORM ZNAL DRIP GUARD
RUBBER SEALANT
COLD FORM ZNAL DRIP GUARD
RUBBER WASHER 12MM STEEL SCREW FASTENED INTO MASONRY
COLD FORM ZNAL GUTTER SUPPORT EVERY 250MM
COLD FORM ZNAL GUTTER DRAIN TO DOWNPIPE
50MM PLASTERBOARD SHEETING
140MM REIN. CONC. MASONRY BLOCK
C-SECTION STEEL BEAM
FLASHING WEEPHOLE
FLASHING
WEEPHOLE
BRICK TIE 140MM REIN.CONC. MASONRY BLOCK FLASHING
WEEPHOLE
TIMBER CLAD DOUBLE GLAZED WINDOW
ALUM. CAPPING
CHS ALUM. HANDRAIL STEEL HANDRAIL FASTENER BOLTED
WEEPHOLE
DOUBLE THICKNESS GLASS FLASHING UNDER WEEPHOLE TIMBER SKIRTING
TIMBER FLOORBOARD
CONCRETE PAVER PAVER FOOTING STEEL GLASS BALUSTRADE SUPPORT BOLTED TO CONC.
PLYWOOD
WATERPROOF SHEETING
RUBBER MAT
COLD FORM ZNAL DRAIN
CONC. SLOPE AT RATIO 1:60
REIN. CONC. FLOOR SLAB
CONCORDIA ART EXHIBITION year
spring - summer 2013
place
Newington College
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High school graduation visual art exhibition held at Newington College exhibiting various paintings and sculptures made by students.
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY year
2011-2015
place
sydney, canberra, beijing, tianjin,
10
thank you.