Chong Sher Li Architecture Portfolio 2019-2021 (Selected Works)

PORT FOLIO Selected Architecture Academic Work

CHONG SHER LI 2019- 2021

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Curricular Vitae

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Meeting Point / Public Housing for Bottom40

Chong Sher Li

Master’s Studio Project 2020

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Vending Retail Hub post Covid-19

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Lib Mobile Library 1.0

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Publikart Installation

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This is Home x URBANSCAPE THINK CITY

Master’s Thesis Part I & II

Internship / Community Work

Volunteering participant [2016]

Refugee Exhibition by Picha Project / Exhibition Set-up

EXTRA CURRICULAR + 27th Architectural Student Workshop, LUCT Future is Now [Performer + Installation design]

CHONG SHER LI PART 2 ARCHITECTURE GRADUATE sherli941001@gmail.com [+60]12 227 7865

+ Organising Committee SABE Night [2016] - Public Relations & Awards Orientation [Jan 2016, July 2016] - Public Relations KL Street Feeder - Public Relations AIS 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament

EDUCATION

+ SABE Night, UCSI University Performer [2015, 2016, 2017]

+ University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur Master of Architecture | LAM & RIBA Part 2 Sept 2019 - Present cgpa 3.63 (Semester 3)

+ Architecture & Interior Society, UCSI University Public Relation Committee [2016]

+ UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur Bachelor of o Science in Architecture (Hons) | LAM Part 1 Jan 2015 - Mar 2018 + SMK Cochrane, Kuala Lumpur Form Six, Malaysian Higher School Certificate (STPM) 2012 - 2013 + SMK Taman Connaught, Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Certificate of Education (SPM) 2011

AWARDS + RECOGNITION + 27th Architectural Student Workshop by LUCT Installation Design, Special Mentioned + 28th Architectural Student Workshop by USM Performance, First Prize + SABE Best Studio Awards, Semester 4, Semester 6 Bachelor of o Science in Architecture

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+ 28th Architectural Student Workshop, USM Matra [Performer + Installation design]

+ EPIC Home, Selangor Open Solution Workshop (4 Days) Latrine Design for Orang Asli, Kampung Ulu Tamu, Batang Kali, Malaysia + Site Visit + Publikart, Iskandar Puteri, Johor Volunteering participant of Installation [Build & lead

by Asst. Prof Teoh Chee Keong, UCSI] l + This is Home x URBANSCAPE THINK CITY, Kuala Lumpur Refugee Exhibition by Picha Project Refugee Exhibiton setting up [Set-up] Three Families; Syria, Afganistan & Maymmar [https://web.facebook.com/thepichaproject/videos/2386071461533229/]

PUBLICATION

WORK EXPERIENCE

+ Architecture Malaysia Magazine 30 Under 40, February 2016 Mobile Library, Intodesign Lab, p66

+ UIG ARCHITECTS, Kuala Lumpur Architectural Assitant - 1 year 1 month June 2018 - August 2019 Mixed Development at Jalan Uplands, Kuching [Facade Design + Schematic Drawing + Rendering]

SKILLS + Softwares Autodesk Autocad, Google Sketchup, Sketchup Viewer, Lumion, Revit, Naviswork, Adobe Photoshop, Indesign, Illustration, 3dMax, Enscape, Microsoft Office + Special Manual Architectural Drawing, Building Skills, Photography, Model making, Journal making, Rubber stamp carving, Wall art + Spoken English, Malay, Chinese, Cantonese, French (fair) + Written English, English Malay, Chinese, Frence (fair)

REFEREES + Chia Lin Lin Head of School, UCSI University llchia@ucsiuniversity.edu.my

Residensi Astrea, Mont Kiara [Schematic Drawing + Tender Documentation + BIM Initiate] Solaris Parq (Phase 1 & 2), Mont Kiara [Design Proposal] TNB Coporate Tower (Phase 1), P.J [Design Proposal] + Biophilia Architecture Association, Taiwan Intern / Interior Designer / Content Translator Jan 2018 - April 2018 (3 months) Beauty Saloon 359, Tainan [Design + Construction] Furniture Design [Cabinet + Wardrobe] Pingtung Integrated Bus Terminal [Archdaily translation] + KSP Project, Kuala Lumpur Contract Admin Jan 2014 - Dec 2014 (1 year) Shotic Malaysia [Tender Documentation] Hartalega Malaysia [Contract + Purchasing] + Intodesign Lab, Kuching, Sarawak Architectural Intern Nov 2015 - Dec 2015 (1 month) Mobile Library, SJK Bintawa, Kuching [Design + Build] Lib

+ Seong Pick Choong Director, UIG Architects pcseong@uig.com.my + Dr. Muhammad Azzam Ismail Senior Lecturer, University Malaya ma.ismail@um.edu.my

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M. Arch | Year 1 Semester 2

AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR B40

MEETING POINT BERTEMU

KAMPUNG KERINCHI, KUALA LUMPUR [2020]

The proposed site for this Housing Project is situated in Pantai Dalam, within upcoming urban development of Kerinchi (formerly Bangsar South) urban environment. It is near to the new Universiti LRT station among some new high-rise apartments, offices, shop-house district, etc. The proposed project is a continuation learning experiences through out se mester I and II.To design affordable high-density housing complex designated for B40 groups and independent senior citizen including common facilities on the proposed development is located at the Pantai Permai, approximately 3.5 acres.

A typical PPR housing is a few blocks of high rise that look like a pigeon holes. The segregation among T20, M40 and B40 among Lembah Pantai as well as the chaotic bazaar right next to the site are the main issue. However, to us the bazaar could be chaotic as it occupied the two main roads for vehicles to enter Kampung Kerinchi, including public buses but to the locals B40, it could be the most luxurious entertainment for the on every Wednesday and Saturday.

The common problem of PPR residences is lack of interaction, especially with limited common facilities and narrow corridors. The idea of the project is to bring the bazaar into the ground level of the site and elongate the axis to other areas of Lembah Pantai.

The site will act as a meeting point at ground level. At the same time, the design on housing blocks above of also integrated ‘meeting point’ as the concept to foster social interaction to enhance the sense of belonging. Two housing blocks interlocking each other like ‘Jenga Block’. Every 6 floors considered as a modules - ‘neighbourhood’, namely Cluster A and B, consisting one common floor at each cluster and connected with common staircases instead of typical PPR with double loaded corridors.

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Lack of Identity?

Stereotype?

Lembah Pantai is a low cost housing area?

Chaotic Site?

Due to Bazaar?

Narrow road, Double parked, Noise.

Segregation

Contrast of Bangsar South & Lembah Pantai.

The site will act as a meeting point at ground level, addressing the typical pigeon hole of PPR and the same time foster sense of belongging as well as community integration within the affordable housing.

Existing Bazaar will also be extended to the ground level of the site addressing the road congestion every Wednesday and Saturday.

Design Massing

EXISTING SITE Site serving as a meeting point

TOWER BLOCK Joining two separate housing block

COMBINED Two blocks sharing one services core

TOWER SHIFT Tower shifted to maximise sunlight and views

PODIUM ADJUSTMENT Carpark podium at the bottom of tower

JENGA CONCEPT Interlocking concept to create space quality

INTERLOCKING Taking away some Jenga blocks to create porousity and cluster configuration

REPETATION Repetitive configuration for easy construction and to in and out spaces

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Design Strategies

Axis Bazaar Axis to create ground meeting point.

Zoning & Expansion Carpark + Retail

Improve Walkability Bazaar Streetscape to foster social interaction

Design Concept

Jenga Tower Stacking Concept

Clusterification Breakdown the stereotype tower into smaller cluster to promote sense of ownership and sense of community.

(Ref: Dunbar’s Theory)

Common Floor A common floor at each cluster connected through staircase. Ie: Walkup Flat + Lift More Efficient and Cost Saving

Void Enhance CPTED, neighbourhood trust, breakdown the isolation, kids friendly.

Design Concept (Tower)

Stereotype affordable housing - Public housing - Typical typology - 15-17 floors

Smaller cluster - 3 floors per clan - Sense of belonging - Crime control - Enhance social interaction

Typical double loaded corridor - Lift opens to every floor - Narrow corridor - Poor ventilation

Meeting point at common courtyard - One lift stops at every floor while another stops only at common floor - Every 3 floors shares one common floor - Every floor is connected with stai staircase

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3 Cluster B

Cluster A

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Module Housing Unit Inhabited by residences of Kerinchi as prospective inhabitants

Common Floor Communal corridor and floor serves as a meeting point of each cluster that access to each housing unit.

1 Common Stairs Staircases connected each common area and common floors, accessible to all residents, humanist scale and can reduce cost of maintenance.

common floor exploded | building programmatic scenario

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Building Programmatic Scenario All common spaces are self sustainable and essential. The spaces are managed and monitored by community themselves. Each neighbourhood consisting two clusters served with 2 common floors connected all the floors with staircases easily accessible to all common spaces.With the housing unit designed spaces facing towards the common floors to enhance the social intercation and at the same time provide sense of safety intergrating CPTED into the community.

Type B

Common Space

Type C

Type A

Common Spaces

Self sustainable and essential - Sundry - Laundry - Stationery Kiosk - Common Dining - Common Working - Study Area - Common Herbs Garden (Pandan, Ginger Plantation)

Fire Lift Lobby

Lift Core

Common Floor

common floor module | neighbourhood

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lower ground floor plan

ground floor plan

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first floor plan

4th floor plan

common seating area | common floor at podium

2nd & 3rd floor plan

view to common spaces

basketball court | common floor at podium

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tower floor plan | cluster A & B

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unit configuration | unit type

common spaces | meeting point

unit configuration | component

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exploded | building programme

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common lobby

common staircase

bazaar

common dining

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Section A-A

Section B-B

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north elevation

south elevation

east elevation

west elevation

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Changeable Housing Space Changeble strategy to allows future expansion or modify the housing spaces to suite their purpose in this dynamic community

Post & Beam with Slab

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axonometric | constrcution method

section detail | common spaces

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M. Arch | Year 2 Semester 1

FUTURE RETAIL EXPERIENCE POST COVID-19 | THESIS PART 1

VENDING RETAIL HUB post covid-19

CHERAS VELODROME, KUALA LUMPUR [2020]

The project is a hypothetical experiment of what future retail could be after the Covid-19 pandemic based on the speculation of future.

The world has changed dramatically over the first three months of 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting almost every aspect of our lives. These changes have been clearly evident in the world’s digital behaviours too, especially as billions of people turn to connected devices to help them cope with life and work under lockdown.

To reimagine the future of retail focus on sustainability, resiliency, well-being and at the same time allowing social interaction among the community. People have been shown more willingness to purchase items online now.

Changes in behaviour such as needing to work from home or exploring new type of purchasing method while staying at home also present opportunities for new retail landscape. It is believe that the new norm will remains after the pandemic is over.

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Global Challenges of Covid-19

Covid-19 Retail Challenges

Covid-19 Reshaping the Future

City of Proximates - 15mins City

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Research Issue Respond, Recovery, Reimagine

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Retail Apocalypse

New Vending Landscape - Vending Cycle (Supply Chain)

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Typical Retail Landscape

Manufacturer Produce the goods, using machines, raw materials, and labour.

Warehouse Purchase goods from manufacturers and sell them to retailers in bulk quantity.

Retail Sell the goods in small quantities to the end user at a higher price.

Consumer End users shop and buy the product for personal use.

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Plans | Design Development

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Tower Plans + Section + Elevation

| Design Development

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M. Arch | Year 2 Semester 2

FUTURE RETAIL EXPERIENCE POST COVID-19 | THESIS PART 2 (SPECIAL STUDIES)

COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURE

SOCIAL INTERACTION BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANITY IN ARCHITECTURE CHERAS VELODROME, KUALA LUMPUR [2021] The project is a hypothetical experiment of what future retail could be after the Covid-19 pandemic based on the speculation of future.

The world has changed dramatically over the first three months of 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting almost every aspect of our lives. These changes have been clearly evident in the world’s digital behaviours too, especially as billions of people turn to connected devices to help them cope with life and work under lockdown.

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To reimagine the future of retail focus on sustainability, resiliency, well-being and at the same time allowing social interaction among the community. People have been shown more willingness to purchase items online now.

Changes in behaviour such as needing to work from home or exploring new type of purchasing method while staying at home also present opportunities for new retail landscape. It is believe that the new norm will remains after the pandemic is over.

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Internet of Things (IoT)

Consumers’ Concerns post Covid-19

Human Traffic Volume

Air Quality

Forecast

Role of Digital Tools

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Chip Sensor

Phone Glass

Hologram Screen

Robotic Kitchen Arm

Smart Glass Screen

Drone

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User Paradigm

Journey Mapping

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Digital Concierge - Seamless & Touch-free Journey - In-app Ordering System

Real-time Forecast Iot with beacon sensor generates a big data to provide realtime analytic forecast for the customers - Seamlesss & touchfree journey - Able to plan ahead to visit at the safest period

Indoor Air Quality Real-time condition via sensor

Safety Measures Suggestion to avoid infection

Traffic Volume Best time/Worst time of visiting

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skywalk

retail shopfront above velodrome track

multiuse space / virtual event open space

entance + mrt linked bridge

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LIGHT RING PROJECTED

BY DRONE - Bigger ring to alert social distancing measures - Small ring for navigation purpose - Appears when more than 3 person - Responsive to Crowd - Sopcial Distancing

TOWER LIGHTING (CROWD INDICATOR & HOLOGRAM & ADVERTISEMENT)

HOLOGRAM ADVERTISEMENT SCREEN

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PROJECTION OF HOLOGRAM

LIGHT RING (CROWD INDICATOR)

LIGTHS FOLLOW YOU

SHOP FRONT ELEVATION

Light follows an individual as he goes. Linear pulse rolls from the individual and fade towards both way end.

Responsive to human traffic in the shop.

SHOP FRONT CROSS SECTION

RESPONSIVE FACADE

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Internship | Completed | Intodesign Lab

CHARITY | DESIGN + BUILD

MOBILE LIBRARY 1.0 SJK BINTAWA, KUCHING [2015] MOBILE LIBRARY 1.0 is an on-going charity project by INTODESIGN Lab and IKA Picture Story House for the primary school students and suburban youth community with the aim of promoting: 1. Flexibility & Mobility 2. Outdoor learning experience 3. De-centralize and Complexity 4. To instill the habit of reading from an early age, to encourage the sharing of books among the community and to learn to enjoy reading.

Job Scope: - Site Visit - Design a multi-use mobile library - Send to craft - Self-painting - Deliver to the school This is a development of the first model. This model explores the combination of bookshelves and planter box; the color scheme was adopted from the traditional fishing boat at Bintawa.

It aims to benefit the small scale local primary school and under privilege community. This project is inspired by the “Little Free Library” introducing the concept of “borrow a book, return a book”, with objective to promote literacy and the love of reading by building free book exchanges worldwide and build a sense of community as we share skills, creativity and wisdom across generations.

This model explores the combination of bookshelves with terrarium planter boxes; 360º, front and back access with indoor and outdoor usage. This aims to get away from the rectilinear configuration of shelves while maintaining compactness and ease of assembly.

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students and teacher from sjk bintawa

each shelves can be reorientated or be pulled out to tranform into a kids-friendly bench

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B.Arch | Completed | PublikArt x UCSI

INSTALLATION | BUILD (BATCH 2)

“TREE-SHELTER” PUTERI ISKANDAR, JOHOR [2016] Tree-Shelter introspects the human-nature relationship and is built to examine the possibility on how human intervention can coexist harmoniously with the nature. The concept of Symbiosis can be observed in the structure of the Tree-Shelter, where plants creep slowly via the steel nets and cables, not only showing the different phases of time of the growing plants, but also strengthen the structure and provide a co-constructed shelter for people to take shade underneath it. This project is hand-built by lecturer and students of the School of Architecture and Built Environment, UCSI University.

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discusssion | design process

plan | steel bracing

side elevation | steel bracing

side elevation | steel bracing

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Completed | Picha Project x URBANSCAPE THINK CITY

EXPERIENTAL REFUGEE EXHIBITION | SET-UP

“THIS IS HOME” RUANG THINK CITY, KUALA LUMPUR [2018] This is Home is an immersive and experential exhibition that highlights the life journey of refugees to increase understanding and awareness among the public towards this global humanitarian crisis. Step into the shoes of a refugee to get a glimpse of how home looked like before the war broke out, their journey to Malaysia and how home in Kuala Lumpur is like now.

This is Home is the first exhibition of its kind in Malaysia to premeire it at Urbanscapes 2018. It is organised by The Picha Project. The project consist of setting up three mock-up rooms of how homes looked like back in Syria, Afghanistan, and Myanmar will be set up of people to experience what it’s like being in the home of a Syrian, Afghan, and Rohingya. before the war broke out.

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Syria House

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Afganistan House

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Rohingya House

old clothes to mimick the real life situation

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rohingya refugee experiential home

projection of refugees awareness video

burnt cloth as projection screen

burnt cloth as projection screen

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Thank you Chong Sher Li Architecture Portfolio

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