Stephanie Choy: Architecture Portfolio

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stephanie c h oy 2016

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curriculum v i ta e 0432 194 682 stephhchoy@gmail.com 35 Victoria Ave Springvale

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experience

MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE University of Melbourne

STUDENT OF ARCHITECTURE Blight, Blight & Blight

(first class honours)

jan 2016 - present

2015 - 2016

BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTS (Architecture Major) University of Melbourne 2011 - 2013

skills

Involved in the visualisation of a range of projects, from residential to hypothetical projects, using 3ds max, vray and photoshop.

ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT Billard Leece Partnership jan 2014 - dec 2014

Performed adminstrative duties and assisted in town planning submission, design development and the documentation of Peninsula Private Hospital redevelopment. Key responsibilities include managing FF&E and room layouts.

REVIT AUTOCAD SKETCHUP

GRAPHIC DESIGNER Freelance | Paper Avenue Co. 2015 - present

Store owner and graphic designer for an e-commerce store, specialising in customisable resume templates.

Freelance graphic designer for event promotions.

PHOTOSHOP ILLUSTRATOR

RESTAURANT CO-WORKER IKEA Springvale jun 2011 - dec 2013

INDESIGN

Part-time front of house staff at IKEA restaurant.

3DS MAX | VRAY

i n v o lv e m e n t REFERENCE RICHARD BLIGHT Director | Blight, Blight & Blight richard@bbblight.com 0407 577 419

Imprint | Enactus dec 2012 - aug 2013

Design Officer at a student-run non-for-profit initiative at the University of Melbourne. Led the redesign for the landscaped play area of the Shirley Robertson Children’s Centre, Coburg.

Robin Boyd Foundation 2014 & 2015

House attendant at numerous open house events

interests

Yearbook Committee 2010

Layout Manager involved in designing graphics and layout of year 12 yearbook

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c o -exist

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Co-working and shared living spaces for Digital

Early learning centre and permaculture garden

Nomads in Delft Schieoevers, The Netherlands

in Carlton, Melbourne

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r ec o nstructed city

pa la i s d e c i n e

Transcending the white wall art museum typology

Cinema, mediatheque and media museum in St Kilda, Melbourne

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pro fessional work

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coexist Co-work i n g a n d Sh a r e d L iv i ng S pac es fo r D i g i ta l

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plastic and insulation factory at the north of the

TUTORS:

micro-community of co-working and shared living

Schieoevers site is proposed to be adapted into a

spaces. Providing communal amenities and shared

the

Knowledge

spaces, this is targeted towards a demographic

to

Rotterdam,

of TU graduates and ‘Digital Nomads’, defined

Schieoevers in Delft is currently an industrial area

as location-independent freelancers, often in

undergoing rapid urbanisation. Schieoevers’ close

creative and technology industries. This project

proximity to TU Delft and the Delft Technopolis

explores how the boundaries of public, semi-

renders it an area that has growing appeal to start-

private and private realms can shift and overlap;

ANDY FERGUS KATHERINE SUNDERMANN

ups. As many industries leave the area, the former

spatially adapting according to the changing needs

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N om a ds i n Delf t Sch ieo ev e r s , t h e ne t h e r l a nd s

industrial warehouses can be retrofitted into

of the residents.

Strategically Boulevard

located connecting

along Delft

mixed use programs, facilitating a trial of working

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and living combinations. The former Hordijk

sho rt section

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TU DELFT CREATIVE CITY

REMAINING INDUSTRIES

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EXISTING Predominantly industrial use with poor east-west site connectivity

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p roject stag in g

5 YEARS Industries move off-site for new mixed-use programs & proposed bridge is built

10-20 YEARS Schieoevers is transformed into a vibrant creative city of mixed use programs

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inte rve n t ion st rat eg ies

Bring publi c c i r cul ati on i nto war eh ouse

Fac ili t ate i nde te r mi nate use s

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Loft studio apartments are clustered around

communal courtyards - a response in part to address the lack of natural light in the warehouse as well as to provide a semi-private retreat for

the ground floor co-working spaces to the upper floor apartments allow for flexible working arrangements. The courtyards foster a sense of community, encouraging chance encounters and networking between like-minded individuals.

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notion

of

transiency

extends

beyond

transient working and living arrangements.

What if there was a model in which start-ups and creatives can fabricate their products then occupy a retail space over a short period to increase exposure to their business? There is an opportunity for a new model of transient retailing that exists between the permanence of a pop-up retail space and a long-term retail lease.

FABRICATION WORKSHOP

SHORT-TERM RETAIL SPACE

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residents. Facilitating a direct connection from

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c oa l e s c e ca rlton ea rly lea rning c e nt r e a nd

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A glazed atrium is similarly clearly articulated

TUTOR:

the differentiated façade treatment of the early

ROBYN POLLOCK

Permaculture,

the

simulation

of

natural

agricultural systems, is proposed to become the backbone of Carlton Primary School. Not only envisaged to become a core part of the school’s sustainability

curriculum,

the

permaculture

garden is conceived to be a community asset by providing horticultural training and fresh produce to the wider community. The rooftop of the early learning centre facilitates the school’s

be part of a wider closed loop system. A rooftop

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permaculture garden, which is envisioned to

greenhouse,

visible

from

the

Palmerston

St frontage, conveys the school’s agenda of sustainable systems, thereby revitalising the image of Carlton Primary School.

from the Palmerston St elevation, which connects

learning centre and the rest of the primary school as well as reflecting a coalescence of different age groups. Whilst there is a clear demarcation between the entrances of the ELC and the primary school, the internal program of the ELC bleeds into the rest of the school. This allows for the opportunity to share facilities and resources whilst facilitating a seamless transition from early years education to primary school.

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Drummond

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towards the northern aspect. A timber batten screen punctuated with windows of varying sizes wraps around a verandah, creating indooroutdoor learning opportunities with the intent of reconnecting kids to nature.

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of

Palmerston St, the ELC program is orientated

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the environment as the third teacher

Separate access and play from primary school

Divide ELC floor levels according to age groups

Maximise play area with the creation of new ground planes

Create shared spaces that connect ELC to the primary school

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level 2 plan

ground floor plan

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Shared permaculture garden brings together different community groups

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reconstructed city

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MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE STUDIO C SEMESTER 1 2015 TUTOR:

SCOTT WOODS

This studio thinks past the dominant ‘white-wall’ art museum model to consider what art museums can be. The museum typology is challenged in three distinct phases of experimental architectural gestures.

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Phase A: Four galleries are designed to house four specific artworks based on a quote by the artist.

Phase B: Each gallery is housed within four existing art museums.

Phase C: A single research theme is investigated through the design of a fictional site, in which the

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four art museums come together.

yo u r e x p e r i e n c e o f t h i s o b j e c t in this moment is based on yo u r p r e v i o u s e x p e r i e n c e a n d t h i s n e w c o n t e x t t h at i t ’ s b e e n placed within. da n i e l a r s h a m

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t h i s i s w h at t h e s h o w i s a b o u t - big ben is like the symbol of r e s i s ta n c e . ava f

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PHASE B: AVAF GALLERY COLLIDING INTO THE TATE MODERN

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PHASE C The City Within explores the disjunction between architectural forms and programming by proposing the regulated juxtaposition of programs within typologically neutral architecture. A ‘meaningless’ architecture is developed through the deconstruction of museum into smaller masses. Stripped of symbolism, architectural style and materiality, these masses are reconstructed according to a set of predetermined rules to form a homogeneous array of assemblages. The imposition of programs within these typologically neutral assemblages suggests an inherent opposition between program and architecture. Devoid of any meaning and allusions to programming, the architecture conceals a programmatic madness.

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PA L A I S DE CINE

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Cascading in scale from behind the Palais Theatre

TUTOR:

tains key views from the Esplanade to the fore-

TOBY REED

to the northern tip of the site, the cinema main-

shore. The internal program of cinemas, a media The architecture of Palais de Cine explores filmic

museum, mediatheque, offices and a program-

devices and the visual cues that craft scenes

matically-independent restaurant are articulated

and manipulate perception. Inspired by Op

through the form as interrelated yet differentiated

Art, illusory elements of anamorphism, gestalt

programs. The landscape expresses a similar lan-

principles and forced perspectives manifest within

guage and materiality of the cinema, blurring the

the building confines and are materialised in novel

binary distinction of landscape and building with

forms of supergraphics. The cinema addresses the

trafficable roofs and terraced seating.

Esplanade frontage like the adjacent Palais theatre and former Palais de Danse with its supergraphic facade, which itself is conceptualised as the opening title sequence of a film. The double skin timber facade of the cinema pays homage to Saul Bass’ title sequence of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) with its patterning and gestalt-inspired

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DESIGN PROCESS 1 2 3 4

Maintain views Allocate programs Cascade forms Slope form & integrate landscape

1 cinema 2 media museum & shop 3 mediatheque 4 offices 5 restaurant 2

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mutliple access outdoor screens

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Approach from the esplanade

Forced perspective of the ‘pop-up’ outdoor cinema space

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B LI GH T, B LI G H T & B LI G H T

Blight, Blight & Blight is a small practice with

hypothetical. These selecte d images show

a range of projects, including small scale

three

residential,

and

proposals as well as a propose d cultural

cultural centres. The practice is also involve d

centre development in East Timor. These

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proposals

projects were modelle d in revit, rendere d

for experimental residential projects. My

using 3ds max and vray, and post-produce d in

role within this practice primarily consists

photoshop.

multi-residential

conceptualising

projects

hypothetical

of visualising these projects, both real and

separate

hypothetical

residential

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thank yo u

0432 194 682

STEPHHCHOY@GMAIL.COM

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