Design Portfolio 2022

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Above & Beyond

ARCHITECTURE URBAN DESIGN LANDSCAPE Thoma s Ou
ARCHITECTURE URBAN DESIGN LANDSCAPE Thoma s Ou Design as Life
Thomas Ou Portfolio
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TAIPEI TO WORLD

Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities

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“You take delight not in a city’s seven or seventy wonders, but in the answer it gives to a question of yours.”

ABOUT ME

An Ambitious Urban Designer

Design as Life

It’snot only a motto,but also an attitude towards life while facing challenges. Born and raised in Taiwan, Taipei while receiving most of my education and professional experience there, I had a chance back in 2019 to start off an advanture of receiving high education in Manchester, UK, where I rediscover the pation of design and truly broaden my horizen as a young professional. Design had always been a huge part of me ,where ever Iam, working or study ing. Looking forward to a new chapter in a new location, who knows will it lead me to a different destination.

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Curriculum Vitae

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5 Master Planning 30ha or above. Vision & Concept Design Urban Design 5 30ha. High Level Building & Urban Guidelines ARCH/LA Design Less than 5ha. Involved from SD to DD Stages ◆Focus on the intensity of development ◆Providing a framework for further design ◆Most projects are government lead public realm projects ◆Parcel to parcel building guidelines ◆ Cross disciplinary collaboration with transport or water sector ◆A mix of private & public projects ◆Regeneration of historical site or cultural district ◆High Tech Plant architecture design ◆ Most project are private sector projects Project CR
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Design Project Experience
Land RaiAn Masterplan Project WenZhou Deer Bay Urban Design Project
River Landscape

Master Planning

PortoMarghera TheObliteratedDelta

The University of Manchester. Academic(2019)

Origin of Project

Issue & Strategy

Few of the major issues that had to be doubt with including poor accessibility and polluted land. Su- per-campus, as the methodology to relink the place with its surroundings was introduced to the project, while natural remediation process, to remove the toxicness in the soil, was the other main strategy.

Located on the mainland of Venice, Italy, Porto Marghera is a postindustrial brownfield beside the venetian lagoon. With a surface area of nearly 2km2, this once forgotten land is about to once again pop into the eyes of the crowd, though in an entirely different way.

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Location: Venice, Italy

Academic Project: The University of Manchester

Brief of Project :

Located on the mainland of Venice, Italy, Porto Marghera is a post-industrial brownfield beside the venetian lagoon. With a surface area of nearly 2km2, this once forgotten land is transformed into a self sustained, environment friendly living and learning peninsula, aiming to serve the locals of the next generation.

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Info
Basic
& Framework
Positioning of Project Current
Map
Historical Background
Site

Vision of Planning

Sustainability had to take a huge role in the planning process of this project, therefore when it is decided that the northern part of this peninsula should carry out most of the special facilities, like residences and university buildings, the southern part turns into a supporting landscape farm. This utopia farm is proposed for cultivation of food and organic products, that can be consumed by the residents themselves and even exported to neighboring areas. The farm is divided in four sections, that they all work together to produce energy from renewable resources, so as to serve the residential areas and the super campus. The place not only encourage a self sufficient community, but also engages people during the process of cultivation and therefore enhances their social life. Furthermore, people from the surrounding areas can spend their spare time in this lively and healthy environment.

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Concept & Strategy
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Master Plan
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Super Campus

Utopian Farm

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ZhengzhouCentral AxisMasterplan

Issue & Strategy

With a span of more than 100KM, how can 8 individual stations keen their own characteristic while show- ing coherence? Moving from “Object” to “Place” was our answer.

Origin of Project

Consists of over 200ha within a wide-open topography, the vision of Zhengzhou Central Axis Masterplan is to enhance the development of major cities in Huazhong area of China, while providing Zhengzhou to becoming a new metropolitan filled with culture, high end business and human focus residentials.

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AECOM.Taipei /Shanghai(2019-21) Master Planning

Location: Henan, China

Client: Henan Province Government

Brief of Project :

Consists of over 200ha within a wide-open topography, the vision of Zhengzhou Central Axis Masterplan is to enhance the development of major cities in Huazhong area of China, while providing Zhengzhou to becoming a new metropolitan filled with culture, high-end business and human focus residentials.

Structure of Planning

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Info &
Basic
Framework
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From
1Axis connecting 2Rivers 3Centralized Core. 4Divisions 12Focusing Points. Place Making
Transforming
Chinese Garden
Concept & Strategy
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CBD Area

Water Street

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Central Island

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NanjingIndustrialPark

Origin of Project

Issue & Strategy

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The Nanjing Huaneng Industrial Park locates some 5km from city center. It is meant to be “A new industry life citizen integration paradigm city for future energy + science + culture orchestration.
What is the vision of an energy focusing industrial park of the future? Here, blueprint for future city construction will be implemented, reflecting the pioneering area leading the world, and strengthening the vitality of industry city integration.
Masterplan AECOM.Taipei /Hong Kong(2019-20 Phase 1) Master Planning

Location: Nanjing, China

Client: China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd.

Brief of Project :

The Nanjing Huaneng Industrial Park locates some 5km from city center. It is paradigm city for future energy + science + culture orchestration. meant to be “A new industry-life-citizen integration.

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Basic Info & Framework
Positioning of Project

Structure of Planning

Issue 1: Ecological Environment and Natural Resources

Issue 2: Traffic Network and Development Land Issue 3: Local Activation and Space Improvement

Vision of Planning

Our design strategy focus on 4 major aspects:

Ecology: An urban ecological leisure area that highlights landscape culture.

Industry: Establish a standard led international energy pioneer zone.

Culture: A full time dynamic industrial park that strengthens the integration of industries and cities.

Intelligence: An innovative smart industrial park that reflects the Internet era.

Therefore, our design concept is to use the natural resources such as mountains, forests and water on the site to create a natural energy core. Around this core, a production city group will be deployed with renewable energy. The energy interaction corridors and interfaces are used to create distinctive landmark scenes in the park, showing the landscape image of the harmony between man and nature.

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Concept & Strategy
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Scenes
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Master Plan

Aerial View

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TunghaiUniversity

LCorridorUrbanDesign

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AECOM.Taipei (2022-) Urban Design

When THU Was Found

It was built as a small & boarding School, With about 600 students.

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Central Axis of Campus Campus of THU gradually expend Currently holds more than 16,000 students

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Buildings + Places

Location: Taichung, Taiwan

Client: Tunghai University

Brief of Project :

The Tunghai University L Corridor

Urban Design project is a longterm service provided by AECOM to assist the university on managing future usage of urbanfocus campus lands and the potential of connecting with important reginal infrastructures.

By detailed analysis and understanding of local regulations, step by step, the outline had come to shape over the years.

經典校區 Legacy Campus 全人 學習聚落 Learning Village 東海埕 Tunghai Town 博雅廣場 Liberal Square 大師園 Maestro Legend Residence 生活與服務聚落 Life Service Village 創智校區 Innovation Campus Yu-Man Entrance Secondary Campus Entrance Main Campus Entrance 綠色 學習聚落 Green Village 永續淨零聚落 Sustainable EcoFriendly Park 人文與創意聚落 Art Village 27
Basic Info & Framework
The 3Ring& MainAxis
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Main Campus Entrance New GYM Covered Courts Track & Field THU Town CKS Memorial Hall Campus Axis Chapel Maestor Legend Residence THU Primary/Secondary School Milk Factory Teacher/Staff Residence Commercial Complex Industrial Academia Collaboration( Land Bank) Sustainable Eco Friendly Park Data Center New Major Road 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 14 14 12 11 10 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 6 14 19 17 14 15 16 28 Master Plan
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&Pedagogical Village Extension of Campus An Industrial-Academia Village Extension of Technology Servicing The Modern Industry An Open Campus Design Bridging Between City-University A Platform Between THU & Tech+ Industry
Technology

IndustrialAcademia Corridor

Exterior Road

1.Industrial-Academia Corridor & University Campus forms a Main Street Structure Together.

2.Buildings on both sides of Main Street are shorter to create a friendly pedestrian walking environment.

3.Tall Towers face the exterior road to from a new Skyline for the Industrial-Academia Corridor.

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Technology &Pedagogical Village Spatial Development Framework
7.0M 4.0M 4.0M 6.0M 6.0M 車道 人行道 人行道 建築退縮 建築退縮 地 界 線 地 界 線 31 Technology &Pedagogical Village 15M Campus Street Section
3.2M 4.0M 4.0M 快車道 人行道 人行道 地 界 線 地 界 線 4.0M 建築退縮 4.0M 混合車道 4.0M 混合車道 3.2M 快車道 3.2M 快車道 3.2M 快車道 1.2M 分 隔 島 32 Technology &Pedagogical Village 30M Urban Street Section
Technology & Pedagogical
Service
Commercial Complex B11 Entrance of MRT
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Village Life
Village
Sustainable Eco-Friendly Park Taiwan BLVD.
Secondary Campus

WenZhouDeerBay UrbanDesign

AECOM.Taipei/Ningbo (2021)

Origin of Project

With an area of over 20 hectors, Wenzhou deerbay conference district have been un degrowing transformations in recent years. As international meeting transform into remote conferences due to the pandemic of Covid, how should formelt built large- scale conference center react? What can be a better way to link the conference zone with the city and its people for a brighter future beside the great river?

Issue & Strategy

As the original function of conference dried out, new usage had to be adopted to ex isting building and further development phase areas. Taking advantage of large parcels that are 800M by 340M, the strategy of creating large centralized park and facility came up. Alongside with the 300M inner cannel connecting directly with the Ou-river, building up the entire framework of this restoration project. Located some 30 minutes from the city center, a tram system is also advised as part of the project.

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Urban Design

Location: Zhejiang, China

Client: Wenzhou City Government

Brief of Project :

With an area of over 20 hectors, Wenzhou deerbay conference district have been undergoing transformations in recent years. As international meeting transform into remote conferences due to the pandemic of Covid, how should formerly built large- scale conference center react? What can be a better way to link the conference zone with the city and its people for a brighter future beside the great river?

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Info
Basic
& Framework
Positioning of Project

Master Plan

Design Strategy

Vision of Planning

Four major actions and concept were placed into this project. First of all, a E W connection parallel with the river was creat ed to enhance accessibility between differ ent programs and parcels. Second, typolo gy of building and complexes were design to reflect their purpose of use though show sense of unique. Third, cultural programs were introduced to this project to form an interface towards the local people, making the conference district a place for all. Last, flexible facade design as a finishing touch.

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Aerial View
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Aerial View

Architecture/Landscape Design

Nei-LuEnvironmentalPark Architecture&LandscapeDesign

Exhibition Training
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Basic Info & Framework

Location: Nantou, Taiwan

Client: Taiwan Water Cooperation

Brief of Project :

Zhongxing New Village, the first modernized new city in Taiwan, was built based on the Garden City Concept 70 years ago. Under the iconic Circulated End Road and the buildings with red tiles and white walls lies the first sewage system & water purification plant in Taiwan the Neilu Water Purification Plant. It is the starting point of Taiwan’s sewage system.

From Plant to Campus

As the antique water purification plant gradually retired due to new facilities in operation, AECOM’s team had the opportunity to intervene, thus preserving to part of the actual operation while also converting the existing landscape, transforming the water plant into environmental park that combines immersive experience, education, and leisure.

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Water● EnvironmentalPark OurVision
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Sediment 1 2 3 4 5 5 Sediment Drying Bad Out Flow Back to Grit Chamber Oxidation Canal Grit Chamber In Flow Water Original Workflow Existing Workflow Taking the WaterPurification Processas the basis for the design of the tour route, in addition to the static display facilities of the facilities and exhibition halls, it also simultaneously demonstrates the current sewage purification process Our Design Focus on 3Factors • The Diversity of Users • The Double Facing of Display (Function+Exhibition) • Multi-Usage of Space & Program Concept & Strategy
Living Museum
42 Concept1 Preserveexistingcontextwhile transformingcriticalelements. Concept2 ExtensionofLandscape&Compact ofArchitecture. Concept3 Internalexperiencemakingand enhanceexteriorconnections. Concept & Strategy
43 PracticalWorking Area Landscape ExperienceArea LeisureActivityArea Public Service Practical Working Area x Landscape Experience Area Sediment 1 2 3 4 5 5 Sediment Drying Bad Out Flow Back to Grit Chamber Oxidation Canal Grit Chamber In Flow Water Concept & Strategy
44 Neilu River Scenery Deck_Leisure Activity Area Indoor Tech Training_Public Service Tube Maze_Leisure Activity Area PracticalWorking Area Landscape ExperienceArea LeisureActivityArea Public Service Leisure Activity Area x Public Service Concept & Strategy
Public Amenity Exhibition I Technical Training Area Sedimentation Tank DryingPatch GritChamber Parking MeditationSpace Deck Administration Maze WaterCorridor HistoricalWalk Market Entrance WaterGarden Pool Plain ReleaseofWater SandArea Platform Exhibition II Exhibition III Exhibition IV 45 Master Plan
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Aerial View

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