Portfolio 2019 by Tay Jenn Chong

PORTFOLIO 2019 TAY JENN CHONG

TAY JENN CHONG Motivated, teamwork-oriented, and responsible architectural designer and researcher with significant experience in carrying out research projects that are on the frontier of technological innovation and investigation. Highly educated, possessing a Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and a Masters in Architecture. Bilingual in English and Mandarin, with a beginner understanding of Spanish. Reliable and driven, with strong time management and prioritization abilities. Comfortable in both intellectual and physical tasks with a strong sense of responsibility and conviction in servant leadership. Possesses a burning passion in helping the less fortunate of all species walking the planet through design and compassion, and finding lasting solutions that leave a meaningful and impactful legacy.

Work Experience Feb 2018 - May 2019 Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Research and Design Assistant {AIRLab}

Responsibilities : - Personally involved in all phases of the design and construction processes on 6 projects - Produced drawings, illustrations, physical model, 3D models and renderings for construction and presentations throughout the projects - Produced and compiled materials for competition submission entries - Co-authoring of a conference paper

Oct 2017 - Feb 2018 HYLA Architects Architectural Associate Responsibilities : - In charge of two private landed housing projects, involved in all phases of the design and construction process - Produced drawings, illustrations, 3D model, renderings, and scale models for construcation and presentations throughout the projects

Sep 2016 - Mar 2017 Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Research and Design Assistant {AIRLab}

Responsibilities : - Personally involved in all phases of the design and construction processes on 2 projects - Produced drawings, illustrations, physical model, 3D models and renderings for construction and presentations throughout the projects

Sep 2015 - Dec 2015 Architrave Design & Planning Services Pte. Ltd. Architectural Intern

Jun 2013 - Sep 2013 YY Architects Architectural Intern

Nationality

Singaporean

Languages

English, Chinese

Education 2015 - 2016 Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Master of Architecture, Architecture and Sustainable Design 2012 - 2015 Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Bachelor of Science, Architecture and Sustainable Design Magna Cum Laude, CGPA : 4.09 (maximum of 5.00) 2008 - 2009 Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) International Baccalaureate (IB) Program Overall score : 41 (maximum of 45)

Scholarships 2012 - 2015

Singapore University of Technology and Design Merit Scholarship

2006 - 2009

Edusave Scholarships for Integrated Programme Schools (ESIP)

Selected Awards 2019

German Design Award 2019. AIRTable. German Ministry of Economics and Technology

2019

Singapore Design Award 2019. AIRLab finalist in the categories Multidisciplinary Design and Placemaking Design. Design Business Chamber Singapore

2019

Rethinking The Future 2019. Architecture, Construction and Design Award. Category: Pop-up and Temporary Built. Second prize for the project (ultra) light network

2019

SG Mark Award Winner. AIRTable. Design Business Chamber Singapore

2019

SG Mark Award Winner. OH Platform. Design Business Chamber Singapore

2015

BCA International BIM Competition 2015. Merit Award. Building and Construction Authority

2015

SUTD Student Service Award

Publication 2019

Co-author: Felix Raspall, Carlos Banon, Tay Jenn Chong. Stainless steel printing for functional space frames. CAADRIA 2019. 113-122.

Other Activities 2014 Hokkaido University Summer School Program, Japan Participant 2013 - 2014 SUTD Student Government Student Initiatives Director 2012 - 2013 SUTD Pro Tem Student Government Student Initiatives Executive 2012 - 2013 Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports Youth Sub-committee

Technical Experience & Skills Proficient

Rhinoceros Grasshopper Sketchup 3D Printing

C# Python V-Ray for Rhinoceros

Intermediate

Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign

AutoCAD Autodesk Revit Microsoft Office

Basic

Autodesk Dynamo Vasari

DIVA Lumion

Languages English Mandarin Spanish

Native proficiency Native proficiency Beginner proficiency

Content 01

DRAWING THE FLOODLINE

VOXELS

CASA AZUL

AIRTABLE

SOMBRA VERDE

(ULTRA) LIGHT NETWORK

WAFFLE HOUSE

Drawing the floodline Masters Thesis Research on Flood Mitigation Strategies Mentor: Felix Raspall Location : Gua Musang, Malaysia Issue : Flooding No. of casualties : 25 No. of affected people : 250,000

In the aftermath of a disaster, countries scramble to provide immediate relief to help improve the lives of victims. During the consideration of the provision of aid, however, little attention is given to the provision of long-term solutions in mitigating future similar disaster risks. Some natural disasters, while unpredictable, are somewhat cyclical in nature. Hence, there is a need to design towns and cities to be more resilient against such events.

On 24th December 2014, Malaysia experienced the worst flood in decades, affecting areas througout Malaysia, claiming 25 lives and affecting more than 250,000 others. Gua Musang, a district in the state of Kelantan, was one of the worst hit areas, with a rough estimate of 17,000 people forced to evacuate their homes during the flood. The disaster was unprecedented as Gua Musang was never a victim of such serious flooding before.

Architects and designers have been providing solutions to floods, to both resist the impact of floods as well to address the issues that come after the flood has occurred. Perhaps it is time for us to revisit the concept behind building resiliency against disasters - to see resiliency as the ability to not only recover readily from adversity, but to also create value from adversity.

In the wake of global climate change, it is observed that global disasters are getting more eratic and violent, and is predicted to only get worse as we continue to aggravate the situation on a global scale. Human environmental impacts also adversely affect the local environmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to deal with adverse weather patterns. Malaysia has been extensively converting primary forests into plantations; resulting in large scale deforestation while exacerbating soil erosion.

Close to home, countries neighbouring Singapore are at critical disaster risk. Malaysia experiences flooding almost every year to varying extents (EMDAT). In December 2014, Malaysia experienced the worst flood in decades, affecting areas througout Malaysia, claiming 25 lives and affecting more than 250,000 others. Gua Musang, a district in the state of Kelantan, was one of the worst hit areas, with a rough estimate of 17,000 people forced to evacuate their homes during the flood. The disaster was unprecedented as Gua Musang was never a victim of such serious flooding before.

Compounding both effects mentioned above, researchers observe the trend of the worsening of floods in Malaysia, and predict that floods in Malaysia will be more frequent and more destructive. The aim of this masters thesis is to discover a possible architectural solution in helping flood victims in Gua Musang, Malaysia gain better resiliency against future floods, thus mitigating or preventing future disaster risk, and to push the current boundaries in building resiliency.

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PROGRESSION OF FLOOD On the 22nd of Decemeber 2014, the Sungai (River) Galas burst its banks. Flood waters steadily took over the town of Gua Musang, rising over the course of the next two days. The whole town was affected by the floods. Some lost their homes, some lost their businesses, but everyone had a rude awakening on that day, realising that flooding in Gua Musang could be a very real problem.

FLOODLINE A modular floodwall that is activated passively responding to floodwater levels relying on buoyancy for its activation

In dealing with the site and social considerations of Kampung Baru in Gua Musang, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia, I have designed a system named Floodline.

The modules were calculated and were found to be possibly buoyant enough to carry human load given certain designed dimensions to the module.

The system is a modular floodwall system which is erected passively by buoyancy of the modules, responding to the flood water levels at all times.

As such, the possible utility of the modules become almost limitless as they can be turned into platforms, stairs, and the likes.

The modularity of the system gives it the flexibility it needs to accomodate to the different scenarios it needs to fit in and between every housing plot.

With this system, the traditional solid flood wall can be perforated, and redesigned to now be able to accomodate other functions and utilities other than just keep flood waters out.

It is designed as a floodwall keeping in mind that the system needs to be an add-on to existing architecture such that the original fabric of the town need not be altered greatly. Because it is designed as a floodwall, the system can be implemented anywhere - both on the exterior walls of the house, as well as the plot boundaries affronting the road. In the spirit of challenging the definition of resiliency, the system was purposefully designed to be a passive system - to use the floodwaters as the very force that activates the wall itself, turning adversity into opportunity.

This is an exceptionally valuable property because it opens up new possibilities to the application of the traditional flood wall, where what was once a barrier, both to water and to humans, can now have two states activated during floods, and not activated during normal times. This property allows near seamlessness in its implementation where residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lifestyles may alter a little according to how they would like the wall to be designed. As such, residents are empowered to even give value to their underutilised front yards, enriching their lifestyles, finding and creating value even when preparing to face a disaster.

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GUIDING POST SEALANT LAYER Each module is hollow and is made out of HDPE (high density polyethylene) a lightweight material with high durability, and is recyclable. As waters rise, the passive system reacts due to buoyancy, and gets “locked” in place due to the water pressure. The sealant layer prevents water from leaking.

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voxels

Term 8 Architecture Studio, Summer 2015 Mentor : Calvin Chua Location : Toh Guan Road, Jurong Typology : Mixed-use residential

This project studies the basic nature of space and its value to the individual and the economic environment it finds itself in. In the simplest of terms, the whole concept of real estate, is basically the buying and/or selling of 3-dimensional volumes of space within a building. Just as how on an advertisement page, we are able to see and perhaps appreciate the expression of each individual advertisement on a website due to the regular grid system, within a buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simple 3-dimensional grid, which is a simple method of organising the space in the building, we get to see and enjoy the expression of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;unitâ&#x20AC;? in each order of scale - the individual cell, the cluster, and the building. The site currently belongs to Halco Primo Logistics Pte Ltd which consists of two large landed warehouses. It lies at the fringe of the rapid developments happening in Jurong, and presents a good opportunity to act as a catalyst to activate the whole of Toh Guan area. What seems to restrict this activation of the Toh Guan area I believe, is the way the land parcels are stratified. Currently, the land is slated for B2 clean and light industries. The site is thus isolated from housing and commercial hubs which have a certain setback requirement away from the site.

What I would like to propose on site, is an intervention that will bridge the rapidly developing Jurong area and the Toh Guan area across the Pandan River. This bridge is made up of a simple structural grid which creates simple spatial organisation. Through this bridge, I would like to also propose a new method of stratification of land use - and that is to stratify within land plots as opposed to stratifying the land plots themselves.

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L - Bracket adjoining lateral I-Beam to be secured to vertical I-Beam Column Lateral I-Beam

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LAC UP

CASA AZuL

Research on Material Reuse in Architecture Team: Felix Raspall, Carlos Banon, Mohit Arora, Aurelia Chan Hui En, Tay Jenn Chong, Sourabh Maheshwari Location : SUTD, Jalan Besar Sports Stadium Events : SUTD Open House 2019, Singapore Urban Design Festival 2019

Casa Azul is a multi-functional, sustainable space for recreation. Its design is made by repurposing building components salvaged from HDB demolition sites, which were originally destined to landfill. Opaque panels are made of agricultural waste materials. Overall, the design follows a cradle-to-cradle philosophy, reusing what is currently discarded and proposing a structure that is easy to disassemble and repurpose for future projects. Global material consumption has exceeded 60 billion tons annually. 35% of existing material in the built environment will face end-of-life by 2030, generating unprecedented waste volumes surpassing the last 110 years. Demolition waste contributes 40% of total urban waste and continues to grow due to premature building obsolescence. Meanwhile, inadequate housing remains the focal need of multiple Sustainable Development Goals. This research argues that demolition waste streams can provide a significant low-cost supply of building components for adequate housing. The research evaluates the feasibility of building low-cost housing using salvaged demolition components by investigating the complete process (material recovery, low-cost housing design, construction, and post-occupancy study). The research culminates in the construction of three housing

prototypes from actual demolition materials, and two reuse pavilions demonstrating design for disassembly.

Since securing a demolition site in Boon Lay in Nov 2017, surveys were conducted of the premises, total dwellings, quantity of building components and quality components fit for salvage.

Collaborating with Habitat for Humanity Indonesia, we designed a low-cost housing unit incorporating reclaimed materials and developed supply chains, design and costing guidelines.

After consolidating an inventory of the quantity, quality, expected time and costs, we collaborated with the demolition contractor to plan for salvage. An experiential plan was devised to assess the ease of salvage and human hours involved in recovery.

However, export of the salvaged building components was denied by the Batam Port Customs over several attempts. Official support was also declined by Indonesia’s Finance and Commerce Attaché and Counsellor Minister. Transboundary movement of mid-age functional components remains in a grey zone of international export-import policies.

Identified components were then salvaged with varied degrees of difficulty and human hours. Connection type such as nails, screw, adhesives, cement or concrete played a major role in ease and duration. The initial inventory was supplemented with dimensions and descriptions of their quality for the next phase of designing with these salvaged items.

A potential option is to establish a spin-off company which states each component’s cost in an official invoice for near-new packaged shipments. An official import license holder in Indonesia would then be required, who is either an official buyer or a partner in venturing the building components’ supply chain.

Utilising the same salvaged materials, a new design was developed for an SUTD clubhouse. The main structural element chosen is the versatile 80/20 T-slot aluminum profile, which remains completely intact after disassembly. A first mockup of the structure has been assembled, and a workshop with undergraduate students in January 2019 will see a complete mockup with salvaged faรงade elements installed. The academic and societal impact spans lowcost housing and urban resource management, which remains largely theoretical and macro. By delivering empirical information on the technical and economic constraints across the processes of material recovery, transportation, design and construction, we anticipate an increased adoption of responsible reuse. Second, the research hopes to alleviate the vast housing deficit in Asia. Materials bear a significant cost in construction, and the proposed stream of reclaimed construction materials may disrupt the current model of affordable housing at a significantly lower cost. It will also provide an insight on total cost and building time of the unit, identifying potential monetary savings.

AIRTABLE

Research on Metal Additive Manufacturing for Architecture Team: Felix Raspall, Carlos Banon, Tay Jenn Chong Awards : SG Mark 2019, German Design Awards 2019 Publication : CAADRIA 2019 Featured : Archdaily

The AIRTable was designed as a hot desk by AIRLAB in collaboration with DManD. AIRLAB, whose works resolve complex structures in experimental geometries, sought to dematerialise the ancient archetype of the table in response to changing conditions of work, and to reflect the spirit of DManD. The table is a chamfered equilateral triangle in plan measuring 3m along each side. Standard designs for a table this massive would require a thick section under the table top with transverse supporting elements running across. The AIRTable instead sought to reduce the volume of structural material without compromising stability, by radically rethinking a tableâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s typical framed structure. The tri-symmetrical structure is accentuated as a whole by the lightness of its contact with the ground. The dense web supporting the tabletop flows into three slender legs, which each sit on the ground impossibly lightly at a point the size of a fifty-cent coin. The stability and apparent lightweightness of the large structure was achieved through a system of 84 metal 3D-printed nodes connected to 306 round hollow stainless steel bars. The unique structural system allowed the massive tableâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elements to remain refined and slender, forming a lightweight, porous, yet sturdy piece of furniture. Overall, the system effectively minimised material

for structure, and created a new language in of the familiar typology of the table.

The thin 6mm diameter bars are screwed into the palm-sized metal nodes, forming an intricate system of tetrahedrals. This confers incredible strength to the structure despite the delicate sizes of its individual elements. The end of each bar and the corresponding tip of each node is threaded. The rigid-jointed screw connection system demanded a high degree of precision during the installation of every bar. The assembly strategy began from the center of the table and radiated outwards, one bar at a time, towards each leg of the table. Several iterations of assembly sequences proved this centrally radiating method to be most accurate. The inherent stiffness of the growing connected geometries made it easier to propagate the connections at their edges than to join two completed parts of the system together. To attain the perfect fit that the whole system was designed for, each bar had to be calibrated carefully as they needed to rotate into two nodes simultaneously. Since the geometry of the whole structure is fixed, errors in calibration would have a cumulative cascading effect. During assembly, forcibly adjoining erroneous elements resulted in the threaded ends of the node breaking off. Imperfections in the fixing of the structure resulted in the finished table being non-levelled. Spacers were later custom-designed for each node supporting the table top to aid in the leveling. This web structure was then affixed with screws to the table topâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bottom plywood layer. The matte-black slender legs supporting the thin white tabletop creates the illusion of a featherlight structure, while providing the strength and rigidity that is demanded of a working table. The teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s structural simulations in Karamba during the design phase of the project enabled the optimisation and realisation of the structure.

SOMBRA VERDE

Research on Bamboo Construction Team: Felix Raspall, Felix Amtsberg, Carlos Banon, Yuxin He, Sourabh Maheshwari, Tay Jenn Chong, Aurelia Chan Hui En, Anna Toh Hui Ping, Sihan Wang, Mohit Arora Publication : CAADRIA 2018 Featured : Archdaily

Sombra Verde is a bamboo gazebo developed by AIRLAB, SUTD. The project bridges traditional materials and new technologies, combining raw bamboo poles with 3D printed connectors into a lightweight shading structure. The gazebo creates shade and protects urbanites from the rain in the hot and humid environment of Singapore, promoting the use of public space. It was designed as an iconic structure in the Duxton Plain Park as part of the Singaporeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Urban Design Festival 2018. The design, fabrication and assembly involve the development of custom digital tools. Each one of the 117 bamboo poles were cut to length, and its end sections digitized. This information was used to assign each poleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s structural capacity to its optimal position in the structure and to customize each connector to the precise geometry. The fabrication of the 36 connecting pieces was automated, 3D printing the parts directly from the modelling software. The material, PLA, is inexpensive and sustainable plant-based polymer suitable for an economical printing process. The connection between node and bamboo pole is seamless and concealed, where the rotation of the plastic connecting tightens the elements together. The cover is a transparent green cellular polycarbonate, which tints the light and creates an atmospheric effect while protecting from sun and rain. The pavilion measures 8.50 x 6.50 meters with a height of 3.00 meters and weighs less than 150kg, delicately touching the ground on three inverted tripod columns.

(ULTRA) LIGHT NETWORK Research on Additive Manufacturing in Architecture Project Lead: Felix Raspall, Carlos Banon, Manuel Garrido, Felix Amtsberg, Mohan Elara Research Team: Tay Jenn Chong, Thejus Pathmakumar, Gowdam Sureshkumar, Liu Hongzhe Student Team: Pan Shiqian, Mohit Arora, Yiping Goh, Tan Yu Jie, Wee Shi Xuan

(Ultra) light Network is a light installation unprecedented in its time, utilising the capabilities of 3D printing to push the boundaries of its scale of application from hand-held objects to a grandiose structure of 10m x 6m x 3m. Inspired by the mind, the structure mimics the neural network in the brain; neural impulses and signals pass through the network, seemingly conversing with one another to produce complex thoughts, ideas, and actions. The entire structure is composed of 715 polycarbonate squared tubes of standard dimensions, responsible for the balanced and even diffusion of the light sources. Additionally, a total of 152 nodes, each one unique to itself, were printed from ABS and Nylon to contain custom LED bulbs, an integral aspect of the installation. 5 Teensy microcontrollers worked in conjunction with 3 ultrasonic sensors at the base of the structure to control thousands of individual LED lights, resulting in a lively and illuminating experience. Custom parametric design was crucial in helping the polymer structure achieve its tetrahedral form. The porosity of the structure allowed the installation to take on minimal wind loads, while the systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hyperredundancy allowed it to absorb the external forces, providing the stability and strength it needed. This is important as the interactive installation was placed in an open area, exposed to the elements.

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WAFFLE HOUSE Term 7 Architecture Studio, Spring 2015 Mentor : Vo Trong Nghia Location : Vietnam Typology : Kindergarten

In Vietnam, the vehicular network is filled with vehicles, and filled with life and exuberance. This is a direct reflection of the energy and vibrance children have. Inspired by this, Waffe House was designed with the intent to reflect that very vibrant life of Vietnam which can be seen as the direct reflection of the enthusiasm and energy children have. In Vietnam, every street and every corner turned is filled with surprises and things to explore. Children between ages 2 and 5 are filled with explosive amounts of energy, and equally kaleidescopic imagination. The kindergarten is designed to encourage the children to play, to explore the kindergarten and run around. Classrooms within the kindergarten are connected together, removing the need for corridors while allowing seamless meandering and wandering for the children. Spaces connect with each other in a seamless way to encourage children to interact with each other easily. It is found that children focus better in noisy environments as opposed to silent environments. This lack of walls will therefore benefit the children when they are learning. As Vietnam is very lacking in greenery, children have very little contact with nature. The many entrances and exits in and out of the rooms are there to facilitate and encourage children to always go out to the open to play. The vertical voids and planters on roofs also add to the penetration of greenery

throughout the building, allowing the children to be embraced by nature. In the classrooms, the children are able to plant their own plants along the facade of the building. This gives the children a chance to learn more about plants and their importance to everything else. By encouraging them to appreciate nature and plants, there is hope that when they grow up, they will still remember these lessons and experiences in the kindergarten and help restore greenery to Vietnamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highly urbanised landscape.

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