Architecture Portfolio

cs architecture portfolio choon sien wong bachelor of environments student architecture major

education

00 introduction CHOON SIEN WONG

Malaysian July 3rd,1993 +614 3169 3890 wongchoonsien@gmail.com Unit 3 25 Pitt Street Ringwood 3134 VIC english bahasa mandarin deutsch 02

University of Melbourne Bachelor of Environments 2013-2015

Methodist College Kuala Lumpur Australian Matriculation (WACE) 2012

organisations

volunteering experience

AIESEC Melbourne University

Sustainable Living Festival

March - October 2015 Graphic Designer in Marketing & Communications Involved in designing posters as well as organising events promoting volunteering and internship in Australia and internationally.

MASCA Malaysian Aspiration Program

August - October 2014 Design Executive Involved in designing booklet for a forum event.

February Part of volunteering team by helping to set up for a 3 day event in Birrarung Marr, Melbourne CBD.

Melbourne University Habitat for Humanity

November Part of an environment & development cause in Elizabeth, South Australia.

Robin Boyd Foundation

May Part of housekeeping team in an open house event.

technical skills Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator Sketch Up AutoCAD Rhino 3D 3DS Max VRay Grasshopper Revit Unreal Engine 4 “A graduate student with an ambition of being an architect and a designer who believes in improving the environment situation faced by society and mother nature through global collaboration and effective and functional design solutions.�

competitions SONA SuperStudio August 2015 Participant

SONA Dangerous Designs (Knauf) The Pop Up Store July 2015 Involved in constructing the winning design product. https://vimeo.com/142964822

Volunteering group in NSW Development Trip with Melbourne University Habitat for Humanity

Melbourne University Habitat for Humanity

November Help construct a house for orphane children in Nowra, New South Wales.

City of Melbourne

February Help new arrival of international students to their designated campus wait-point location in the airport.

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biomimicry lantern

studley boat house

theatron motel

model making

photography

virtual environments

water studio

fire studio

personal & studio works

enthusiast | hobby

semester 1, 2013

semester 2, 2014

semester 3, 2015

2013 - present

2013 - present

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*all studio and art projects are individual works 03

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Early Design Sketches

Design Study and Exploration

Facade Panelling

biomimicry lantern virtual environments symmetry

semester 1, 2013 PROJECT BRIEF A lantern digitally fashioned in Rhino 3D software using biomimicry concept and reproducing the result into a physical model.

The design of the lantern is based on mimicking organic patterns and spider web was one of the structure I explored.

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Design Process Studying how spider webs were constructed was the first step into understanding the behaviour, construction and design aspect of the structural web. The structure is dissected and catergories into symmetry, movement and balance.

Further exploration is done later on as shown in images at ‘Design Study and Exploration’. The long linear paper represents the woven silk on spider webs.

The linear line were arranged in a way that allows lighting to illuminate evenly from the panels as shown on the images in the Facade Panelling .

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facade study

model study

Fabrication & Rhino 3D Lineworks

Using grasshopper command in Rhino 3D 5.0, the digital model is transformed into a flat surface for fabrication purpose. The model is unrolled, exploded and labelled base on its cuts and folds.

The fabrication process took a long time as there were plenty mistakes to rectify.

Physical models were able to pinpoint parts that requires modifications where the digital model weren’t able to show.

digital fabrication using unroll and explode

LED lights were added in after assembling the model. Cable management were handled properly by attaching and tied to the inner tab of the panels.

Assembling Physical Model

model making stages of the lantern

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02 studley boat house water studio semester 2, 2014 PROJECT BRIEF

(front view of the pavilion from the river)

Located in Studley Park along the Yarra River, a boathouse with design vision and characteristics inherited from the german architect, Mies Van Der Rohe is proposed and planned.

To recreate Mies work is to re-live his work and architecture concept during his time. His early works was influenced by the art & craf movement especially the De Stijil movement introduced by Theo Van Doesburg.

Early Design Concept Sketches

The design of the boathouse emphasize the relationship with the surrounding nature, using minimalistic approach in both design and construction materials to maximise the potential of the existing site.

Study of ground, plane and grids based on Mies’s Brick County House plan 06

Negative, positive and boundary case study

Design Exploration

Concept Model Materialised

rhythm of a russian dance

The De Stjil movement explores the concept of unity which rely on boundary, hierarchy and centrality. This new unity sets an interplay of figure and ground, planes and grids. Theo Van Doesburg’s painting “Rhythm of a Russian Dance” captures a free flowing movement and action of a figure and express it into a series of horizontal and vertical lines and zones. The lines, with different thickness, length, direction and material create a sense of different spatial order as shown in the images above.

Mies work were influenced by the painting in his development of the Brick County House to articulate his own version of the new spatial order in which interior and exterior were to be interwoven seamlessly.

Design Concept Linework

brickcounty house plan

The study of negative and positive space to determine the layout of the plan, spatial order, circulation, boundary and hierarchy.

The lines in the drawings were given shape and transformed into a set of 2 dimensional shape drawings. The 2D drawing of ‘Rhythm of a Russian Dance’ is then extruded into a 3D form. The extruded blocks went through a series of formfinding experimentation by rotating, extrusion and rearrangment of the blocks. The conceptual model helps to locate areas that allows the users to flow smoothly and move as if they were dancing.

Photographed on EOS 1100D

Interior Rendering office

Program Hierarchy

boat hire

functions

kiosk

restaurant

boat hire

cafe

Program Hierarchy Map

restaurant

The function of the rooms & circulation is determined by the use of colour in the building layout.

V-Ray render on Rhino 3D

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Site Plan Diagram

Floor Plan Diagram 1st floor plan 1:100

restaurant

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A boat hire Site Plan

1:1000 ground floor plan

Elevation Diagrams

1:100

T.O. RESTAURANT ROOF E.L. 7.80M

T.O. CAFE FLOOR E.L. 3.60M

T.O. CAFE FLOOR LEVEL E.L. 0.90M

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T.O. CAFE ROOF E.L. 6.50M

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Section Diagrams

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Section B-B

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kiosk

Rhino 3D and Illustrator Linework

A T.O. RESTAURANT ROOF M.S.L. 14.80M T.O. CAFE ROOF M.S.L. 13.50M

T.O. RAMP LEVEL M.S.L. 7.40M

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Photoshop Content & Lineworks

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03 theatron motel fire studio semester 3, 2015 PROJECT BRIEF A future project using a theaterical concept to initate a design approach for a motel with yoga and visual art practice in the year 2045.

The idea of paying homage to the dedicated DSIG through a theaterical performance where the spaces in the building creates a virtual interaction of performers and audiance where the roles are swapped between the public users and DSIG’s depending on the spaces they are in. terracing | platform | hanging platform

Perspective V-Ray Rendered Model with Photoshop Content

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NEUE VISIONARE ARCHITEKTEN

examples of terracing & raising platform

By using terracing & raising platform as the main tool for the design, the motel provides the users with an equivalent experience of being part of a theaterical or stage play engraved into their everyday routine.

Detailed Site Diagram

Photoshop Content & Lineworks from Rhino north melbourne

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1. 91-95 Dudley Street (Approved) 48 Apartments over 15 storeys

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2. 423 Spencer Street (Under Construction) 83 Apartments over 13 storeys

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4. 371 Spencer Street (Approved) 764 Apartments and Retail in two towers (40 and 34 storeys)

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3. 420 Spencer Street (Registration and Sale) 438 Apartments over 42 storeys

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STUDIO F I R E SITE ANALYSIS PLAN 1:5000 SPENCER STREET | BATMAN STREET / WEST MELBOURNE

Visualising User Experience and Building Materials Leisure

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Meditation

Outdoor Space

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Greenary Exhibition

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Experimentation of the floor layout is done by assembling and arranging a set of square cut MDF blocks. They are stacked on 03.1 each pieces to explore and create a theaterical layout as shown in image (03.1).

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Entrance Ticket Booth

Vehicle Storage

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Structural Order

Interior Renders

structrural grid system as the building’s construction body main construction materials: concrete

doubled glazed glass

steel-beams

Exterior Elevation Render NVA Gallery

Open Space Yoga Studio

Seminar Room North Elevation 12

Hanging Yoga Studio

Guest Masterbedroom

East Elevation V-Ray Rendering & Photoshop Content

V-Ray Rendering & Photoshop Content

Detailed Plan Drawings

Section Linework + 0.850

drop off area

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LOADING BAY

Level 01: CAFE

Ground: LOUNGE

Underground Floor 01 & 02: CARPARK

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Level 02: STUDIO & GALLERY Level 03: GALLERY & NVA OFFICE

Level 04: SEMINAR & MEETING

ROOM

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Level 05: SEMINAR ROOM

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Level 06: ARCHITECTURE

STUDIO

Level 07: YOGA OFFICE

Level 08: YOGA STUDIO

Level 09: HANGING YOGA SPACE

Level 12: BEDROOMS

Level 13: BEDROOMS

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Level 10: RESTAURANT

Level 11: BAR & LOUNGE

series of construction drawing plans on scale 1:200

(section A-A) scale 1:200 Facing Spencer Street Lineworks on AutoCAD and edited on Illustrator 13

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image 1; interior side view

image 5; bondek

image 2; down pipe & gutter

image 6; sag rod & insulation

image 3; flashing

image 7; concrete pavement

image 4; structural bracing

image 8; front view

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Series of model making images image 9-10; Birds-eye view of a Theatre model

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image 11-13; studio earth model image 14-15; frame & in-fill conceptual model in earth studio image 16; Lilydale lake landscape project

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enthusiast / hobby 2013 - present

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a series of selected photographs that I took in the past 3 years, in Sydney, Melbourne and Sabah.

1. sunrise in Pulau Mantanani, Sabah; Sony a5100 2. sunset in Ringwood, VIC; Huawei P9 3. sunrise in Pulau Mantanani, Sabah; Sony a5100 4. salted scallop entree dish; Huawei P9 5. RMIT’s human car wash, NGV; Huawei P9 6. Melbourne CBD cityskyline; EOSD 1100D 7. bonefire; Pentax K1000 8. local speed boat in Pulau Mantanani, Sabah; Pentax K1000

Cameras used:

Programs used for edit:

CANON EOS 1100D HUAWEI P9 PENTAX K1000 SONY A5100

Adobe Lightroom Adobe Photoshop Instagram

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Photos were taken and is copyrighted to Choon Sien Wong.

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