Portfolio Year 3.1 by Sean The

My Portfolio

About Me

Hi! My name is Sean The, and welcome to my architecture portfolio! I am an aspiring architecture student currently studying at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. I am an aspiring designer that believes that architecture has to benefit the people, surrounding environment, as well as have a sense of purpose. As an architecture student, I like to focus on the details in my designs as i believe that details bring out the most in designs.Designing from simple shapes and creating meaningful spaces. My interest in architecture began when i was younger, stemming from playing with LEGO as a child, as well as through pictures and family influences.

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Curriculum Vitae

New Media Cultural Centre

Year 3 FYP-Refract

Other Works/Interests

02 Speak/Listen

03 Naga School

04 Kampung Naga Site Analysis

05 A Fluid Gallery

06 Espace Fracasse

07 Abstraction Pavillion

08 Synergy In Elevation

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information Name: The Zhi Xian Sean DOB-19/11/1999 From-Singapore,Singapore

Contact Information E-mail:seanthe@live.com.sg Phone No.:+6596863219

Education and Certifications Diploma in Sustainable Urban Design and Engineering, Architecture Specialisation | Ngee Ann Polytechnic 2016-Current (Graduating 2019) GCE "O" Levels | St. Andrew's Secondary School 2012-2015

Work Experience -Participate in Design(P!D) Intern Worked as an Intern from 2nd to 9th march 2017 -Architecture Heritage Festival Volunteered as an Architecture Heritage Guide on 27th November 2017 -IT Fair March 2017 Worked for Harvey Norman at the redemption area of the Fair -Peck Tiong Choon December 2015 Worked as a supplier for the Para Games at Marina Bay Sands

Curriculum Vitae

Workshops Attended -Singaplural 2016 Participant Under Ngee Ann Polytechnic for Exhibition Work for Biennale Trip -Conversational Workshop 2017 Participant -Software Proficiency Photoshop AutoCAD Sketchup Sketchup V-Ray Revit InDesign School related trips and activities I participated in: -Italy Biennale Study Trip, August 2016 Went there to see the Venice Biennale as well as the Zaha Hadid Exhibtion that was on show there. Also visited Florence to see Duomo. -Korea Study Trip, September 2017 A trip that comprised of visiting tradtonal and contemporary Korean Architecture by visiting places such as Dongdaemun Design Plaza and Gyeongbok Palace. -Indonesia Service Learning Trip, November 2017 A trip that comprised of a site analysis of the kampung that we were working on for our Year 2 final project, Kampung Naga. -Youth Expedition Trip (YEP) Tasikmalaya, March 2018 This trip was to go to Kampung Naga, and build a kindergaten, as well as bond with the community and interact with the local children.

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CULTURAL CENTRE FOR THE COMMONS+HYBRID The premise of this project was to design a cultural centre located along New Bridge Road, in between Jean Yip Loft and Kong Chow Cultural Centre, with connection(s) to the existing Kong Chow Cultural Centre.

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DS3 FYP-Refract "A youth cultural centre, envisioned as a workshop, for traditional craft and games."

After the site analysis of the site, I wanted to bring together the young and the old through traditional activities, and I chose to bring the young and old through traditional craft and games as that is something people of all ages can enjoy. For my building form, I made use of the site responses to follow the slant of the site, and extend my overhangs the same way. For the material choices, I was inspired by the tranparency and translucency of shadow puppets, and thought of using layers of glass to create sillouhettes and visual stimulus throughout my building as people travelled through it. The layering of glass also allowed me to create the same effect as that of shadow puppets throughout my building. This layering was done on both the void and the external facade of my building, which contrasted one another. In order to introduce light into my building, I made use of a void running through the middle of the cultural centre to introduce light into the different spaces, allowing me to play with shadows in my design.

DS3 FYP-Refract

CAFE

COMMUNITY LOUNGE

VISITOR CENTRE

BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN 1:200

GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:200

LIBRARY

POCKET OF CRAFT

RETAIL

POCKET OF CRAFT

PATIO

MEETING

SPACE

SECOND FLOOR PLAN 1:200

THIRD FLOOR PLAN 1:200

DS3 FYP-Refract

POCKET OF CRAFT

ACE

RPOSE SP

MULTI PU MANAGEMENT

GALLERY

GARDEN

PROJECT

GAMES/LIBRARY

STUDIOS

FIFTH FLOOR PLAN 1:200

FOURTH FLOOR PLAN 1:200

AMPHITH

EATRE

COMMUNAL GARDEN

PLAY GROUND

SIXTH FLOOR PLAN 1:200

DS3 FYP-Refract

SECTION SHORT 1:200

ELEVATION FRONT 1:200

ECTION LONG 1:200

ELEVATION BACK 1:200

DS3 FYP-Refract

Speak/Listen

This project is a primer project based on an imaginary site to culitvate dreams and stories. For my verb, it is speak/listen. I thus derived the idea of communication between the person and the building. My design was based on curves as I decided to communicate the feeling of rest and relaxation into my design through an open foyer area as well as my programmes. By creating open and enclosed areas partitioned with glass, there is a very clear transparency between all the floors and the views outside. The idea of busking as my program allows for activities to be held throughout the day in the area, with the building serving as a spot for relaxation and views. My programmes are a busking area, cafe, pool, rooftop garden and a rest and discussion area. Throughout the project, i decided to emphasise on the hierachy of sound, with the lower floors being the noisiest and the highest floors being the quietest. I achieved this by increasing the height of every floor as you ascend the building to diffuse more sound the higher you travel up the building.

Marcus

Felicia

Pei Xuan

Kristianne

Zhuo Yao

Jodie

Appointed Pathway Location Plan Scale 1:500

Jevan

Yong Sheng

Speak/Listen

Elevation West Scale 1:150

Elevation East Scale 1:150

Speak/Listen

Dipping Pool FL -0.45m

Foyer Area/Communal Area FL -0.00M

Site Plan Scale 1:200

Ground Floor Plan Scale 1:200

Observation Deck

A Roof Garden

Discussion/Rest Area

Roof Plan Scale 1:200

Third Floor Plan Scale 1:200

Speak/Listen

Observation Deck

Cafe

Barstool Tables

Busking Area/Rest Area

Second Floor Plan Scale 1:200

First Floor Plan Scale 1:200

Section A-A Scale 1:150

Section B-B Scale 1:150

Naga School

The site is surrounded by trees and foliage exceeding heights of 20m, facing the South-East and South-West of the site. Right infront of the site, two kampung style houses overlook the site. The site itself is raised 400mm above the ground, and a private plantation is located next to the site. The dimensions of the site given for our project was 15M X 20M, with a site coerage of only 50% and a GFA of under 200m2. The aim of this project was to design a kindergarten that would benefit the locals, as well and facilitate activities between the children of the kindergarten and our target age group. As my target age group is children aged 6-12, I had to design a kindergarten that could allow children of both age groups to bond together and interact with one another safely.

Naga School

My concept for this project was actually the idea of a loop, that was inspired by the Fuji Kindergarten by Tekuza Architects, which was designed to be an infinite loop for children to run around in. I began designing by starting with an infinity symbol, to be the loop in my design. Then, by straightening out the loop of the infinity, my form for my building was created, with the idea of 2 seperate buildings, and a connection in the middle. Secondly, circulation was the most inportant aspect was of my design, and I got the direction of circulation by untwisting the infinity loop to get the shape of the rectangle. I also ensured that the circulation surrounded all the classroom and play spaces in the design of the kindergarten. Thirdly, the walls would be made of the traditional woven bamboo that allows both air and sunlight to enter the rooms, which also increases the ventilation entering the classrooms.

Red-Teachers room/Toilet Blue-Library Yellow-Play Areas Green-Classrooms Gray-Observation deck

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Naga School

Kampung Naga Site Analysis

Kampung Naga Site Analysis Kampung Naga, located on the Indonesian island of Java, was the site that we had to survey for our Year 2 Final project. It is located 3 hours from the nearest big city of Bandung, in the Tasikmalaya Regency, in the region of Salawu. The Kampung itself is located in a valley, surrounded by the river Ciwulan and rice paddy fields. To access the kampung, visitors steps to reach the base level of after a bus ride. The main road leads from Singaparna to Garut, Kampung Naga.

and villagers must climb down 439 the kampung from the main road, to the Kampung is the road that which are the closest two cities to

The Kampung prides itself in being self sustaining and also being very traditional, through passing on their traditions to future generations. Surrounding the Kampung is their forbidden or sacred forest, as it is where their ancestral cemetery is part of. With a population of 298(est.) and a height above sea level of 685m, it consists of 110 houses in 1.2 hectares of space that are based off a modular design. If anything were to be broken or spoilt, the Kampung would come together as a community to fix it.

Kampung Naga Site Analysis

DRAINAGE

HUMAN CIRCULATION

A Fluid Gallery

A Fluid Gallery This project was a project which focused and relied heavily on ergonomics to design this shophouse. Firstly, we were given a site of 5m X 20m X 12m, with a building of similar height on each side. Fluidity was envisioned through the human circulation od the building. By locating the staircase all the way up one side of the building, I was able to plan my rooms and spaces accordingly. The requirements for this project was to have a home for 6 people, mainly 2 children, 2 adults and 2 elderly, with one of the elderly wheelchair bound. The client is an artist who has an interest in 20th Century art movements while her husband deals with her works. Thus, for my project, a viewing gallery and an art studio is required. When entering the house, work is placed closest to the entrance, with the discussion area being set right in front of the building. By maintaining all work related spaces to be closest to the circulation space, I am able to reduce the interference of work to the daily life of the client's family. By having a skylight in the middle of the home, it acts as a light tunnel, as well as a seperator of spaces, by dividing the private and public spaces in the home.

A Fluid Gallery

Espace Fracasse

This project was a group project that was done by my groupmates Caleb, Felicia, Ryan, Yong Sheng and I. The aim of this project was to extract a modular form from an object of nature.(Biomimicry). The objective of this was to create a life size 1:1 scale model of our modular design as a space to fit 1 person within a 2m by 2m area.

Espace Fracasse

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Espace Fracasse

The object of our Biomimicry project is the Blue Adonis Butterfly Egg, with its close up spike like structures. Through observations, we realised that the triangular pattern of the egg's outer casing gradually became 4 sided as it approached the top of the egg. We then tried to combine the two together by having two triangles connect edge to edge to create a diamond shape. To turn the shape into a 3 dimensional modular structure, we first experimented with the image above, however, we were unable to formulate a reasonable joining system, thus we instead made two diamonds, and placed a strut in the middle to create, what is in essence, a 3 dimensional diamond shape. As an interlocking system had to be created for this module, we used an interlocking system for the support struts as well as using side to side connections for the modular structure, as can be seen in the image below.

Abstract Pavillion

This project was a project that was based on abstraction. The abstraction material was a poem "Nothing Gold Cans Stay" by Robert Frost, Mozart's Symphony No. 4 and the movie "Hero". After doing basic abstractions for all 3 material, I chose to focus on the poem, 'Nothing Gold can Stay". In the poem, he states " Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. " I intepreted it as a breaking of sorts, and proceeded to try and capture the idea of fragmentation for the pavillion. I first started out drawing something very literal, which was a leaf that was decaying. After deciding on fragmentation as a idea, I drew something that was in the process of breaking apart just using straight lines, and used the shapes and proportions of the drawing to create my model for this project. To add emphasis on the idea of fragmentation, I used stocking to cover up some parts of my design.

Abstract Pavillion

Synergy In Elevation

This project was one of the first projects that I had done, with the idea of it going to be built. This was my Year 1 final project and it was the designing of a charging station for the new student plaza that was to be constructed in Ngee Ann Polytechnic. The concept of this station was to have a charging station that would be inviting yet enclosed at the same time for the occupants, along with seating in the structure. It would be located at the side of the plaza, so as to not obstruct the circulation of the plaza but still be sheltered from the weather. The form of the structure itself is like a series of ups and downs, so as to cover up and open up different parts of the structure at the same time. As you walk past it, different views would be offered to you of the seating, charging stations, etc. The entire structure would have been made of granite, as granite blends into the overall feel of the structure. It would also serve as a seating area for the stage that was placed right infront of it.

Synergy In Elevation

New Media Cultural Centre This Project was yet another abstraction project. We were given a piece of styrofoam board, where anything and everything was accepted. I thus decided to make mine have a sense of hierachy and to make it look interesting, I made all the walls slant at a 45 degree angle. Only later did we find out that the model we created had to be turned into a usable space. I had an idea of an open air gallery, and I began researching ways to store pieces of artwork. It then dawned on me that I could use technology for this project, and I began thinking about sustainable energy, and each of the walls being giant screens instead, which would broadcast digital artworks when people walk past. I also researched on the use and application of photovoltaic glass for use in this project to passively generate sustainable energy.

New Media Cultural Centre

Other Works/Interests

Kindergarten YEP

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Other Works/Interests Kindergarten YEP

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As mentioned previously, this YEP trip was directly related to my Year 2 Final Project, and it was a fun and exciting experience overall. Firstly, going back to the kampung and seeing the kids and children that we interacted with the first time was so heartwarming. Being back in that environment, as well as actually seeing one of our classmate's design getting built was really cool. Secondly, through interacting with the locals we were able to understand more of their culture over 10 days as compared to the 3 days we spent there beforehand. We were able to experience the limits that they have by staying in the village, and also how they appreciate the things in the nature around them as it not only provides for them, but is also one of the traditions in the Kampung.

Other Works/Interests Kindergarten YEP

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Other Works/Interests PHOTOGRAPHY

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