Portfolio of Selected Works (2023-2024)
Architectural Design
About Me
Hi, my name is Shen and I am a dedicated and self-motivated RIBA Part 1 Architectural Assistant with an eye for detail. My passion lies in creating architecture that fosters a sense of belonging and promotes well-being within communities through connections with nature. I enjoy being hands-on with my work, experimenting with different concepts until a solution is found.
Contact
Email: tashenyii@gmail.com
Phone: +447575043900
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shen-yi-ta-7a7505239/
Contents
[1] An Understanding of the Arts and Crafts Movement
[2] A Welcoming Home
[8] An Intervention at the Tower Gardens Estate
[9] A Catalyst for Change
[10] A Reunion
Scale 1:10
An Understanding of the Arts and Crafts Movement
A Visit to the Standen House, Group Model Work
Project Overview
An analysis of the Standen House Spet 2023 - Nov 2023
Worked together as a unit to replicate key architectural moments within the Standen House to understand craftsmenship and intricate level of details.
Project Overview
This project aims to tackle the London Housing Crisis and the pressing need for more housing through densification.
Dec 2023 - May 2024
The central theme of the project is to design a low-rise, high-density residential scheme on a constrained brownfield site in the densely populated Tower Gardens Estate in Bruce
Tottenham. Paying close attention to what already exitsts, the end proposal reflects the exisitng rhythms and ideals of the Arts and Crafts Movement of the estate.
Masterplans
The plans focuses on ‘the spaces within a space’, taking precedent from the ‘Charged Void: Urbanism’ by Alison Smithson.
The ground floor has no hard fences to allow people to see each other and invite each other in. Playing around with different thresholds within the scheme; the spilling landscape, the entrance and the garden.
Experiencing the landscape at different levels through a series of gallery walks and patios where animals, plants, changes in season and weather can be observed. The gallery walks also allows for connectivity between dwellings.
Biodiversity Net Gains
Understanding the value of nature by allowing biodiversity net gains on site. Permeable resin paving is used, which complies with SUDS, actively contributing to flood prevention.
CLT Structural Strategy - Pre-fabricated CLT panels
CLT pre-fabricated panels. Each panels are pre-fabricated, including cut outs for windows and doors. Th external walls act as load-bearing elements due to its high tensile strength.
The CLT panels will then be cladded in a corrugated metal external cladding.
Modelled on SketchUp, Illustrator, Indesign
Project Overview
A short interventional scheme at the Tower Gardens.
Oct 2023 - Nov 2023
This primer project aims to study and analyse Bruce Grove as a place as a whole and to develop an interventional scheme in The Tower Gardens Estate that responds to its rich social and cultural context. The aim of the project was to open up an introverted space, and turning it into a lively and bright gathering space for residents through a series of experiential play stations. The understanding of this new space is meant to inform a change.
Project Overview
Based in Usk, a small Welsh market town with a unique character, the project explores on what gives the town its identity and distinctive sense of place. Here, an old goods yard is repurposed into a Potter’s Studio, preserving Usk’s lost cultural heritage and contributing to the revitalisation of its community. Here, the process of pottery is understood, allowing for a place where the process defines the quality of the potter’s space.
Project Overview
A Link Between Cyfarthfa’s Historically Rich Sites
Feb 2023
The project welcomes the reconnection between two Merthyr Tydfil’s historical sites, Cyfarthfa Castle and Cyfarthfa Ironworks. The viewing tower on the East of the Castle provides elevated views to the surrounding castle courtyards, the lake and most importantly the Cyfarthfa Ironworks site 600m away.
Team members:
Euniss Seh, Kohana Bardolivala, Paco Chan, Shen Yi Ta, Shri Potta, Smiha Netyam
East Elevation of Viewing Tower Scale 1:200
