Selected Works
TO B I A S E VA N
H I M AWA N
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TO B I A S E VA N
H I M AWA N
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Tobias Evan Himawan RIBA/ARB Part II Graduate
I am an enthusiastic, highly motivated worker with continuously expanding interest in architecture, urban construct, and beyond. My interest specifically lies in exploring the intersection between research, morphology, material narratives, and cultural interaction. I have worked and enjoy working on various scales of projects - ranging from a small scale installation to urban planning - involving multiple teams and clients. I am adaptive and a fast learner, willing to take on new challenges and continuously striving for new knowledge, skills, and experience.
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Contact Nationality Born
Manual Skillset : Indonesian : 8 May 1997
27 Abingdon House E2 7HJ London, United Kingdom +44 7482038273 tobiasevan@gmail.com issuu.com/tobiasevanh linkedin.com/in/tobiasevanhimawan
Language Indonesian - Native English - Fluent
Education 2015-2016 INTO Newcastle Foundation in Architecture 2016-2019 Newcastle University Bachelor in Architecture (BA Architecture) Studio 04 led by Dr Christos Kakalis + Ivan Marquez Munoz RIBA/ARB Part I, First Class 2020-2022 UCL The Bartlett School of Architecture Master of Architecture (MArch Architecture) Unit 18 led by Ricardo de Ostos + Isaie Bloch RIBA/ARB Part II, Grade TBC
Honors + Awards 2015 INTO Newcastle Foundation Scholarship 2016 INTO Newcastle/Newcastle University International Merit Scholarship
Sketches, Painting, Hand Drawings Casting (Concrete, Plaster, Earth, Resin), Wood Working Paper/Card Model Making, Lasercutting, 3D Printing Photography
Digital Skillset Rhinoceros 2D/3D Grasshopper Autodesk Revit Autodesk AutoCAD 2D Autodesk 3ds Max ZBrush VU.City Chaos V-Ray Enscape Adobe Suite
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, After Effects
Microsoft Office
Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Professional Experience 2017 (Jul-Aug, 2 Months) HADIVINCENT Architects Jakarta, Indonesia Architecture Intern 2018 (Jul-Sep, 3 Months) Studio TonTon Jakarta, Indonesia Architecture Intern 2019-2020 Farrells London, UK Part I Architectural Assistant 2021 (Jul-Sep, 3 Months) Farrells London, UK Part II Summer Placement
2017 CONSTRUCT 48-hour Design Competition Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne Runner Up
Other Experience
2019 Newcastle University HB Saint (William Bell Memorial Award) Best Major Project Design in BA Architecture
2018 Discover Indonesia Newcastle upon Tyne Music Director
2019 RIBA North East RIBA North East Student Award (Hadrian’s Medal) Shortlisted Nominee
2017-2018 Indonesian Society (PPI) Newcastle University Music Coordinator
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01 Year 5 Final Project MArch Architecture Part II The Bartlett School of Architecture PG18 (2021-2022)
T H E S AC R E D G UA R D I A N S O F T H E COA S T Narrating a Changing Village through Religious Architecture Location : Fairbourne, Wales, UK | Typology : Religious, Tourism | Type : Individual Project
The project proposes an alternative method of conveying environmental knowledge, by re-discovering the significance of faith and religious narrative – once a foundation to our cultural advancement, yet has been undermined in the secularised present. Situated in Fairbourne, a Welsh coastal village planned to be decommissioned by 2054 due to its failing sea defence, the project revives the rich heritage of Christian pilgrimage in Wales and proposes three pilgrimage structures across three sites within the village. Utilising theological narration, time, coastal dynamic, eroding materiality and the changing climate as architectural resources and design drivers, each proposed architecture uncovers the varying battles of the village against the future coastal climate. Collectively, the three structures form a journey across the village, conveying a metanarration of repentance and reconciliation as the village slowly returns its long-guarded land to the sea. Following three epochs – a decommissioning timeline set by the council – the three structures are slowly eroded away by the coastal environment, creating new intertidal habitats and revealing contemplative spaces that teach stewardship over the future landscape of Fairbourne. 6
Scan this QR code or follow link below to view an animated visual narrative of the project https://youtu.be/iNrDPAmGOEs
Long Section across the Three Structures
The Prayer Outpost
The Village Church
The Baptism Chapel 7
01 - T h e Sac red G uardian s of th e C oast
A map of Fairbourne Village and its predicted increasing flood level within the next 100 years leading to its planned decommissioning serves as the context of the project. 8
01 - T h e Sac red G uardian s of th e C oast
Re-narration of the future of Fairbourne, utilising Christian pilgrimage heritage of Wales as a narrative agent of repentance and reconciliation through eroding architecture. 9
01 - T h e Sac red G uardian s of th e C oast
Physical iterative models of eroded materiality, using different mixtures of earth (clay, sand, aggregates and stabiliser) and water as eroding agent. 10
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01 - T he Sac red G uardian s of th e C oast
Defence Wall
Breached over Time
The Prayer Outpost 14
Morfa Friog
Scattered Deposition / Habitat Creation
Epoc A New Marshla
Epoch 1 Reconstructing the Embankment 16
Epoch 1 A New Defence
ch 2 and Landscape
Epoch 3 A Changing Landscape
Epoch 3 Re-inhabiting the Outpost 17
01 - T h e Sac red G uardian s of th e C oast
Skin Erosion over Time
Tower Collapse
Re-appropriation of Sedimentation
The Village Church Fairbourne Village
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Epoc A New Villag
Epoch 1 A Community Building 20
Epoch 1 Entering the New Church
ch 2 ge Landscape
Epoch 3 A Reconciled Village
Epoch 3 Fostering a New Culture 21
01 - T h e Sac red G uardian s of th e C oast
Monolith
Tidal Carved Space
The Baptism Chapel 22
Friog Corner
Habitat Creation over Time
Epoc A New Coasta
Epoch 1 Rebuilding the Sea Defence 24
Epoch 1 A New Sea Front
ch 2 al Landscape
Epoch 3 A Coastal Guardian
Epoch 3 Re-inhabiting the Chapel 25
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02 Year 4 Project MArch Architecture Part II The Bartlett School of Architecture PG18 (2020-2021)
E P H E M E R A L I N T E R CO N N E C T I O N Planting a Societal Reconnection to the Energy System Location : Olympic Park, London, UK | Typology : Public, Educational | Type : Individual Project
Beneath the soil, participation, communication and nutrient transfer occur as means to maintain the resilience of the forest, all enabled by an underground network formed by the fungi. Using the fungi as an architectural metaphoric device, the project contextualises itself within the contemporary era of participatory renewable energy generation. Like the fungal network, the project proposes a new social superstructure in the city of London, claimed as one of the world’s most sustainable cities, which invites public participation in the energy generation through education and activism. The project experiments with translating the metaphor into morphology of interconnected strands and curated movements, ‘planting’ itself within the landscape of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. While moving through the blurred boundaries between the building and the landscape, the park visitors encounter the building’s educational programmes, encouraging their involvement and promoting future democratic energy system.
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Project objectives and users, situated in the ‘interconnected network’ of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, offering a testing ground for public engagement and participation. 30
Principles in translating the language of fungal network into habitable spaces and interconnected geometry 31
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02 - Ep h em eral I n tercon n ec tion
Initial Morphological Exploration
Digital experimentation, translating the metaphor of fungal network into an architectural morphology of movement and interconnected spaces. 33
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A Heated Debate
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03 Year 3 Project BA (Hons) Architecture Part I Newcastle University Studio 04 (2018-19)
M O D E R N C E N T R E F O R WO R S H I P The Architectonics of Worship through the Alternate Senses Location : Ouseburne Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne | Typology : Religious Complex | Type : Individual Project
The project addresses the visual dominancy in architecture, building on criticisms by architects such as Juhani Pallasmaa and Steven Holl, more specifically in the production of sacred architecture. The project explores alternate ways of accommodating the spontaneous and dynamic nature of contemporary Christian worship, rejecting visuality as its main expression to propose an alternative complex for Christianity. Instead, the tactile and auditory senses are forced to be the design driver, by choosing the blind worshippers as the main protagonist of the project. Through geometrical exploration of Parallel Walls and Tesseract insertion as its main heuristic devices, these senses are juxtaposed to accommodate the daily routine of the protagonist, while carefully integrating the complex within its site in Ouseburn Valley. The resultant morphology creates rhythms of tactile and auditory spatial experience, composed as a journey of the blind worshippers, and opening up to the public to provide public space and access to the river. A new church typology is thus created, one which reduces visual materiality and acting as a space for both Christians and secular public. 42
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03 - M oder n C en tre for Worsh ip
Early analogue exploration, using medium of painting to translate sound of contemporary worship dynamic into tactile and visual representation. 44
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Iterative sketches in designing spaces for the blind worshippers, arranging parallel walls as heuristic device and inserting ‘tesseracts’ of worship spaces. 45
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Final physical models, translating the tactility of the architecture and the rhythm of spatial experience throughout the complex. 49
04 Professional Experience Part I Architectural Assistant Farrells, London (2019-21)
A View of Hatcham Park
H ATC H A M A N D I L D E R TO N R OA D Design Code and Masterplanning Location : Southwark, London | Typology : Masterplanning
The brief of the project is to produce a design code for the Hatcham and Ilderton Road regeneration masterplan. Our team took the brief further by redesigning plots of the existing masterplan to provide better accessibility and improve the public realm. My role includes modelling in Revit, assisting in redesigning the masterplan, its ground floor and first floor arrangement, street features, and public realm. I also coordinated with multiple design teams through emails and meetings, producing presentation boards for public consultation meeting, producing drawings and illustration as well as issuing the final design code document, under direct supervision from Farrells’ design director.
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The document was published in 2021 by the Southwark Council: https://oldkentroad.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/HatchamIldertonDesignCode.pdf
Aerial Diagram of Masterplan
Ground Floor Plan
Public Consultation 51
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Masterplan of Future Kingston
EDEN HOUSE A New Multi-Use Complex in Kingston Town Centre Location : Eden Street, Kingston upon Thames | Typology : Multi-Use / Residential
The project consolidates the Royal Borough of Kingston need of affordable housing and diversification, with the clients’ aspiration of creating a new landmark in its town centre. Eden House proposes a reactivation of Eden Street as the main retail avenue, continuing a ‘retail loop’ around the area. The scheme also proposes quality private and affordable housings, arranged vertically, while carefully adapt its form to the city skyline.
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My role includes assisting from research and feasibility stage to the preparation for planning application. Working with Revit, I assisted design iterations, production of drawings and diagrams, as well as area schedule for the housing schemes. I also helped illustrate the project (hand sketching, Illustrator) and compiled the pre-application documents. I have attended meetings with and presented to the client representatives, various consultants, and RB Kingston council representatives.
Diagrammatic Section - Stitching Retail Typology
Aerial Diagram - Linking Greeneries and Pedestrian Route 53
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Zones and Circulation 54
Matching Shoulders
Floor Plan
Heights and Views
Green Links 55
06 Professional Experience Architecture Intern Studio TonTon (2018)
Bathroom Detail
R HOUSE EXTENSION Private Residential Location : Jakarta, Indonesia | Typology : Private Residential
The project is an extension to an existing house designed as well by Studio TonTon, to accommodate additional programmes required by the client which includes a gym, a multi-purpose hall, a powder room, a sauna and a spa. Taking design cues from the existing house, the extension continues the language of concrete, glass and timber. A ‘water staircase’ was introduced as a ‘stitch’ between the existing house and the extension, animating the transition between the two.
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My role on this project includes assisting design iterations through 3D modelling, plans and sections. I was also involved in the production of final renderred images and producing 2D detailed drawings of the scheme. I also attended multiple meetings between the studio lead (Mr Antony Liu), the senior architect, construction engineer, contractor, and the clients.
Home Theatre Room
Mezzanine Level
View to the Extension from Existing Living Room
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07 Professional Experience Architecture Intern Studio TonTon (2018)
Installation Concept Diagram
KU P U KU P U Constructing a Forest in the City Location : ±ON Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia | Typology : Art Installation
This is an art installation by Studio TonTon in its own private gallery space, ±ON Gallery, commissioned as part of Bintaro Design District (BDD) 2018 open studio event. The installation takes inspiration from the studio’s ongoing projects which mostly sets in the Indonesian forest, and propose a re-creation of the forest experience in its gallery space. Leaves are abstracted as white and reflective butterflies, hung from the ceiling, while pillars of translucent fabric rearrange the space into an allegorical ‘walk in the forest’. My role includes assisting the concept stage, producing early diagrams and mock-up renders. I also helped assisting the fabrication of the pillars and butterflies, coordinating with suppliers for material samples and assisted the curation of the exhibition on site. 58
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08 Architecture Competition Nonarchitecture: Dancing Competition Entry (2018)
DA N C E W I T H M E ? An Spatial Alternative to Dancing Location : - | Typology : Architectural Concept
Our team reimagines a new architectural typology for ‘dancing’ as a spatial act of social engagement. Instead of structural manifesto, the spatial proposal takes form as a bracelet which may store a brief information of the user and act as a musical playing device. As users interact at the dance floor, their music synchronises and a social bond may be formed through the bodies moving to the rhythm of their shared music. 60
09 Architecture Competition CONSTRUCT 48Hr Competition 2nd Prize (2017)
O U S E B U R N BA N D S TA N D A Temporary Community Bandstand Location : Ouseburne Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne | Typology : Religious Complex | Type : Individual Project
Our proposal for a new bandstand for Ouseburn is one defined by the creative energy of the surroundings and the temporary status of the structure should it be built. Five mobile ‘petals’ close or ‘bloom’ according to the needs of the programme. These petals slowly ‘dissolve’ into its surrounding as graffitis are painted on them. When graffiti has filled all five petals, it signifies the end of life of the proposal, to be replaced with another. 61
Tobias Evan Himawan 27 Abingdon House E2 7HJ London, United Kingdom +44 7482038273 tobiasevan@gmail.com issuu.com/tobiasevanh linkedin.com/in/tobiasevanhimawan
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