Mae Szeto Portfolio '15

Selected Works Summer 2015

MA Applied Design RIBA Pt 2 , Oxford Brookes University

Graduate Portfolio Academic Works

Mae Szeto

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Ab o u t MAE S. Personal Summar y Driven, insquisitive, curious, and self motivated architectural designer who believes in architecture beyond the envelope. I ultimately seek to develop, produce, and ultimately delivering projects that are human-centric. I value the craft and patience in producing good work. I have acute communication skills, and highly value good teamwork in delivering projects.

Education 2013-2015 2010-2012 2008-2010

“ Mae is committed, consistently pleasant and tackling all assignments with dedication. She has been performing well and to some extent, exceeded the job prescription of her role as an assistant architect. I must also make note of her exceptional fast learning skill. Besides being a joy to work with, she is an intelligent, a take-charge person who is able to work independently, present creative ideas and communicate the benefits.

If her performance in our company is a good indication of how she would perform, she would be an extremely positive asset. She has demonstrated an ability to rise to any challenge that she faced.”

Ar. Clement Wong, Principal of CWA, Previous employment (2013)

MA Architectural Design RIBA Pt II , Oxford Brookes University, UK. Bachelor (Hons.) Built Environment, Taylor’s University, Malaysia.

Cambridge A Levels, Taylor’s University, Malaysia

Fluency English , Mandarin, Bahasa Malaysia.

S o f t w a r e s Autocad, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Premiere Pro, Rhino, Grasshopper, SketchUp, 3DS Max, Processing.

H o n o r s & Aw a r d s AIA Student Design Charrette,

Dean’s List

Chelsea Harbour, London.

Student Award 2011

2nd Price, Nov ‘13

Taylor’s University.

Academic Research 2014-2015

DS6- Transient Network Studio 01- Chomp Device Prototyping - Visualising Taste Mapping Urban Environment by re-defining the senses -02- Colour Theory (Visual) -03- EEG Technology Exploration -04- Taste Matrix -Softwares: OpenVibe, Processing, Arduino, Grasshopper, Rhino -05- Urban Thesis Proposal: Maguro Weave, Blue Fin Tuna Redistribution Gateway, Ginza, Tokyo.

2013-2014

International Architectural Regeneration & Development -01- Case Study : Gentrification and Regeneration of Industrial Infrastructure : -02- Highline, NY; Waterfront Regeneration Development - Queens Wharf, Auckland -03- Culture and Identity - Bali Tourism Development -04- Thesis: Productive Architecture: Food Commune / Gastronomic Centre, Rijeka, Croatia

Professional Experience Nov ‘13 -Aug ‘14

CWA Architecture, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Pt. 1, Architectural Assistant -Small scale design practice that specialises in regeneration and retrofit design.

-Involved in final phase on-site management, tender drawings, construction drawings and weekly meetings with client and all consultants -Design proposal, drawings, 3D Visualization for Retrofit Residential Development (Green Design and Sustainability).

-Masterplan and Urban Design -Completed projects:

March ‘12 May ‘12

Akiprima Architects, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Internship, Architectural Assistant Preparation of tender and construction drawings of large scale commercial, retail development projects, i.e. shopping mall, mixed used high rise.

Nov ‘11 Feb ‘12

Cipta Teguh Architects, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Academic Placement Internship, Architectural Assistant Preparation of overall documentation, construction and tender drawings for a healthcare facility in Bangi.

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T U NA G AT E WAY P ROJ E C T Ginza, Tokyo

TAS T E Thesis Research EEG Technology

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F O O D C OM M U N E

Rijeka, Croatia

International Architecture Regeneration and Development

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C ASE S T U DY : T h e Hi g h l i n e , N . Y. Applications in Architectural Regeneration

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6 E C O Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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T h e Un e x p e c t e d C i t y Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia UIA Competition 2014

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M AG U RO W E AV E The Tuna Gateway Project

The project is linked to existing urban trail linking the recreational imperial palace gardens, to Tsukiji fish market.

Tuna Extroversion Checkpoints

Journey of introspection

Points of Mindful Consumption

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It is also an architecture of memorial, commemorating the declining population of Blue Fin Tuna, to bring a subtle hint of awareness to a consumption that is running a natural supply dry.

The architectural site utilises the existing elevated highway into ginza, connecting existing exchavnge of pedestrian bridges as well as exchange of tuna transfer into the Ginza District.

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As a reaction from the relocation of Tsukiji Market, the Tuna Gateway will house a new market infrastructure that funnels tuna goods from Ginza Highway, into the district. It will serve as a quality and quantity control hub, while providing facilities and place for tuna-handlers.

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Flow Space Relocation of Tsukiji from Ginza district due to rising land prices, displacing long standing vendors who have been working there for 3 generations.

Exploring relationships between physical objects and the flows around them (Transient), a new system of relations, a new kind of infrastructure that imbues a new identity, meaning and performative capabilities focusing on tectonic and programmatic interventions will emerge - towards a new multiplicity.

Taste City : Tuna Currency in Japan Identity of a city is made up very much by the palettes of its resources, its locality creating a strong economy force of supply and demand.

Such is the case of Sushi, the globalisation of sushi and its evolution into a modern delicacy reveals a complex dynamics of globalization and “a virtous global commerce and food culture�( Issenberg, 2007).

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Showmanship & Performativity of Taste Tuna Cutting is celebrated as part of the main programme. A platform that celebrates the artisanal trade that links the cutters to the sushi chefs. This theme is concurrent with taste research done as a sensory research (see p. 14-15).

Both will gain by sharing the knowledge of fish and changing trends of the market trades, creating new sushi cuisines and taste.

Elevated highway boundaries.

Preparation and performance of tuna handling; from the tuna masters (left) and also the whole sale cutter/ buyers (right).

Urban Linkages, site strategically interconnects all transport links in Ginza.

Development of project themes from Taukiji Market dynamics, wholesalers and buyers relationships, ritual of tuna selection and cutting, performance of the ‘serving’ and also recording data of sensorial heights of taste via EEG technology.

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Tuna Trading Forum

Mapping out Systems of Actors, Flows in the ‘Tuna Quality’ Market Trade

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Serve, Cut , Assess: Artisanal trade facilities, Spatial Organization / Process

Ritual of Tuna & users experience

Floor Plans

TASTE - THEATRE - EXHIBTION An architecture that houses the transient drop-off process of tuna product. Its programme and process emulating the process of cutting ritual, a visual feast in-line with the philosphy of slow food movement .

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Research Wearable Technology

Ta s t e / Me m o r y R e s e a r c h

We a r a b l e ‘Chomp’ ‘Chomp’ is a 4x4x4 LED cube that is programmed using Arduino Software, hand in hand with EEG device (worn) to interpret and translate alpha, beta, delta waves.

Wavelength readings are recorded to project different sense of taste by means of lighting patterns to highlight and heighten sensation of taste by visual means. This allows user to have a heightened experience with each bite, encouraging a more conscious consumption of food.

On a bigger scale, the technology could be applied to restaurants to provide an alternate dining experience.

By conducting a simple experiment on different sense of taste, the readings and configurations are more evident when the food has a familiar and carry a strong childhood-related memory.

Research was also done in terms on the changes in taste perception with colour of food.

Research 1.0 Colours and Corridors

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Primary and Secondary Landscapes

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Sensory interpretation at its core, it informs subconscious mental imprints, creating memories that are key to informing our experience in our urban landscape.

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worchestershire sauce

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curry vanilla

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bubblegum

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creamy fresh acidic

blackcurrant

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blueberry

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fizz bittersweet stale

Desire and Memory To expand on the theme of performativity of taste, the themes of overconsumption was evident when contemplating the possibilities of a future that captures the experience of taste, visually.

In a society, that overconsumes and data-obsessed, this device brings forth a question: when does it get too much?

zesty mapping senses with the medium of colours description ; materials / ingredients used in reference to the colour cube experiment.

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The importance of keying down to the core of the senses, we engage a new typology of architectural intervention, a research on the senses that informs our thesis topic.

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Int e r n at i o n a l A r c h i t e c tu r e R e g e n e r at i o n a n d D e v e l o p m e nt Food Commune Rijeka, Croatia

Proposal : Urban Scale

Infographic: Existing economic resources, Rijeka, Croatia

Urban Food Production Commune Programme Proposal

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External Perspective of Cook School, Rijeka

Spinal Strategy

Process Oriented Intervention

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Longitudinal Collage on Proposed Programmes

Longitudinal Section

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Ap p l i c at i o n s i n R e g e n e r at i o n Case Study: The Highline, New York.

Condensation of research depicting regeneration effort, strategy and impact.

Inception

Dudasova, Simpson, Szeto, Watson

Key Players

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Sustainability

Research into New York State funding on Parks and Green Public Spaces.

Conclusion Bibliography

Ahmed, M. (2012), Gentrification of the High Line / Surroundin [online slideshow] Available at: www.slideshare.net/antique1/gentr -along- the-high-line (Accessed 27/11/13).

Architektur&Wohnen (2009), Deutsches Know-how: High Line in York, Architektur&Wohnen.[online] Available at: www.awmagazin.d garten/gaertner-landschaftsarchitekten/artikel/deutsches-know-how highline-in-new-york (Accessed 27/11/13).

Banerji, R. (2012), New York's High Line: Why cities want parks sky, BBC News Magazine. [online] Available at: www.bbc.co.uk/ne magazine-19872874 (Accessed 27/11/13).

Bourne, M. (2012), High Line: New York’s Monument to Gentrif [online] Available at: www.themillions.com/2012/06/the-high-linenew-yorks-monument-to-gentrification.html (Accessed 27/11/13).

Build LLC. (2011), 25 NYC Must-See Spots for the Design Cons Build LLC. [online] Available at: blog.buildllc.com/2011/06/25-nycmust-see-spots-for-the-design-conscious/ (Accessed 27/11/13).

Chan, K. (2012), Getting to the Bottom of the High Line Contro How Good Design Spurred Chelsea’s Gentrification, BlouinArtI [online] Available at: www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/821368/ (Accessed 27/11/13).

David, J., Hammond, R. (2011). High Line: The Inside Story of N York City's Park in the Sky. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Davidson, J., (2011), The High Line: We look through the last d (20 of the world's most famous park, We Heart. [online] Available at weheart.co.uk/2011/06/14/the-high-line-new-york/ (Accessed 27/11

Dawid, I. (2012), The Downside of the High Line, Planetizen. [on Available at: www.planetizen.com/node/58191 (Accessed 27/11/13

Dezeen (2013), The High Line is responsible for New York's be architecture, Dezeen (online video), Available at: upcoming architecture http://vimeo.com/67218204 (Accessed 27/11/13).

Gross, M. (2013), Whose Line is it Anyway?, New York Post. [on Available at: nypost.com/2013/08/15/whose-line-is-it-anyway/ (Acc 27/11/13).

High Line (2013), Friends of the High Line. [online] Available at: thehighline.org/about/friends-of-the-high-line/staff (Accessed 27/11

High Line (2013), High Line Flickr Pool [online] Available at: www highline.org/galleries/images/high-line-flickr-pool (Accessed 27/11/

Kusisto, L. (2013), New York City's Parks Grow With Private Fu Wall Street Journal. [online] Available at: www.wsj.com/news/articl 001424127887324507404578591893956006764 (Accessed 27/11

Menking, W. (2011), New York's future is being shaped by a Fa pact between private developers and not-for-profit charities, A tural Review 1371 (229) p.25-26.

Mirbabaee, S. (2013), Poverty Below the High Line, Polis Blog. [ Available at: www.thepolisblog.org/2013/02/poverty-high-line.html (Accessed 27/11/13).

Moss, J. (2012) Disney World on the Hudson, New York Times O [online] Available at: www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/opinion/ in-theshadows-of-the-high-line.html?_r=0 (Accessed 27/11/13).

Polsky, S. (2012). High Line Financing Chronicles, Curbed. [on Available at: http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/07/19/high_line_ financing_chronicles.php (Accessed 27/11/13).

Steiner, F. (2012), Learning from La Villette: From Frogs to Foll Steine Topos Magazine. [online] Available at: www.toposmagazine.com/b learning-from-la-villette-from-frogs-to-follies.html (Accessed 27/11/

Ulam, A.The Atlantic Cities (2013), The Murky Ethics and Uncert Longevity of Privately, Financed Public Parks, The Atlantic Citie [online] Available at: www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/201 murky-ethics-and-uncertain-longevity-privately-financed-public-par (Accessed 27/11/13).

Vanshnookenraggen (2013), The High Line Effect: Thoughts on Reusing Infrastructure, Vanshnookenraggen. [online] Available a www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/tag/chelsea/ (Accessed 27/

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A r c h i t e c tu r e w i t h S o c i a l Imp a c t Textile Art Centre, Klang, Malaysia

S T I TC H Aptly named as STITCH, this architectural design project calls for design of a public architecture that reflects contemporary design solutions within issues of its current urban conditions. The design proposal aims to serve as a focal point to support its existing social fabric and community by creating a meeting point that celebrates diversity and creativity.

Art programmes are used as a tool to facilitate the rehabilitation of patients from the hospital as well as creating activities for its existing younger population at the site.

P l ay - s c ap e Random, tree-house inspired typology

Placed in a small site with strict regulations, the architecture utilises the typology of loose arrangement, taking inspiration from the idea of tree houses, rethinking the idea of building first, and then landscape.

In this typology, landscaping and building structure holds a similar hierarchy and creates a play-scape that is context and programme appropriate. Allowing for hierarchy placed on establishing landscape on the ground context allows more efficient flood management.

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7. Reception 8. Office 9. Teaching Studio 10. Weaving 11. Crotchet/Needleworks 12. Block print/ tie-dye

Section A-A 1. Gallery 2. Playbox 3. Office Space 5. Play Space 6. Gallery

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Ur b a n D e s i g n Eco Live- Work - Play, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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U IA C o mp e t i t i o n E nt r y The Unexpected City, Petaling St., Malaysia

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