Architecture Portfolio 2022

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER II. LOCUS PRESERVATION CHAPTER III. MUSEUM OF ABORIGINAL CU LTURE CHAPTER IV. GHOSTING STATION

CHAPTER V. WORK OF ARTS

ABOUT ME

I am a graduate architecture student at the University of Melbourne. Growing up in Hong Kong, I witness the problems brought by the rapid development of highrises and skyscrapers. Pollution, housing problems, and social division are some of the urgent social problems that people are facing in this constantly growing and urbanized world. It is my aspiration to make my humble effort to justify these problems as an architect.

I am a graduated architecture student at University of Melbourne, Australia.Grown up in Hong Kong, I witness the problems brought by the rapid development of high rises and skyscrapers. Pollution, housing problems, and social division are some of the urgent social problems that people are facing in this constantly growing and urbanized world. It is my aspiration to justify these problems as an architect. During my studies at the university, experience shows me that I am a motivated and enthusiastic studnet who is eager to learn and improve my critical thinking, designing skills and knowledge. Also, I am hugely inspired by humanism architecture; I consider myself as an attentive and responsible designer who believes that human’s wellbeing and environmental factors should be considered in priority while designing.

During my study at the university, experience show that I am a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and flexible team worker who is eager to learn and improve my critical thinking, design skills, and knowledge. I am inspired by humanism architecture, I consider myself an attentive, conscientious and responsible designer who truly believes that the well-being and sensation experience of users should be prioritized while designing.

NIGHTINGALE HONG KONG

In recent years, urban renewal projects in Hong Kong dominated by the profit driven private sectors essentially undermines the cultural and social aspects of projects. Such neglection leads to the gradual disintegration of Genius Loci, the distinctive atmosphere of a city.

Aspiring to restitude Genius Loci, the distinctive sense of place in Hong Kong, Nightingale Locus Preservation aims to protect the socio-cultural characteristics of the site through spatial design that fosters community engagement and architectural language that resonates with the place.

An open urban plaza is proposed on top of the podium. With minimal curation of the space, it can be used by different groups of people at different times with different purposes. For example, elderlies can use this space to do tai chi in the morning, parents can play badminton with their children after school, or the housemaid community can gather and rest on it when they are asked to leave their home during the weekend. All in all this space is designed to be accessible and flexible.

URBAN PLAZA

OPEN URBAN PLAZA

URBAN VILLAGES / COURTYARD

Entering the tower, each tower is divided into compounds of smaller scale urban villages with a communal courtyard in the center. The compound consists of three floors with 6 apartments on each floor. The controlled scale helps to form a medium scale community. The courtyard serves as laundry / communal space which creates opportunities for community fostering. The space is designed with a more calm and serene atmosphere for people to free themselves a bit from the busy hectic life.

Each tower is divided into compounds of smaller『 scale ucban villages with a communal courtyard in the center, The compound consists of three floors wilh 6 apartments of each floor. The controlled scale helps to form a medium scale community.

MUSEUM OF ABORIGINAL CULTURE

Through examining the progression of culture, we learn who we were, who we are, and who we might become. Museum of Aboriginal Culture explores the history and ongoing relevance of Australian Indigenous culture.

Proposed in the heart of Melbourne CBD, the architecture establishes the importance of Aboriginal cultures in our society. Through the designed public spaces and the exhibition journey, the Museum provides a place for people to learn and appreciate how the cultures have progressed over time, and more importantly, it provides ongoing agencies to their communities.

JOURNEY

The exhibition zone is designed as a journey of cultural evolution consists of three zones: The Root, The Past, and The Contemporary.

The Root is designed to demonstrate the Australian indigenous history before the encounter with European expeditions. The slanted walls are inspired by the form of aboriginal huts and are made of preserved ancient aboriginal wall arts.

The Past is designed as a showroom for personal stories, letters, and photographs during the colonial period. It reminds the times when the aboriginal community encounters the colonials.

The Contemporary demonstrates different forms of aboriginal artwork, such as sculptures, paintings, installations and videos. It provides a space for cultural development and ongoing agencies for the aboriginal artists.

CONTEMPORARY

LIMBO STATION

Aspiring to recreating and visualizing spaces of online forum, Limbo Station explores the contemporary phenomenon of ghosting in online culture. Through researching different policies and characteristics of multiple social forums, a diagnosis is made that the impact of such behavior is caused by a sense of anticipation and longing. Referencing from researches and cinematography, a train station is created as a spatial interpretation of such form of purgatory. As a non-place, the train station reinforces the concept of loneliness, alienation and passiveness.

It manifests as a glitch that draws in the ghosted individual, and the scene tries to visually and atmospherically convey the feeling of being ghosted.

THE NARRATIVE

He sits in the corner of the train station quietly, staring at the tremulous gleam pierces through the dust from the far end of the tunnel. He longs for the train that never shows up to take him away from this platform of purgatory, to rescue him from the isolation. Despite his yearning, his anticipation has yet to be responded.

The muted sound of trains simultaneously coming from above. As much as he tries to deny the waiting - whether through projecting a false hope, or distracting himself with mundane activities - ultimately he has been rejected; abandoned.

The connections they believed in and sought after are no longer there. All that is left is to realise that nothing is left. The glowing crimson red light shimmering in the exit, luring him into a place where he might never come back.

The still Image mainly emphasizes the isolation and alienation of the ghosted. A voyeuristic mood is constructed through the wide lens and high camera angle, almost like a surveillance camera. While the ghosted is sitting in limbo alone, perhaps the ghostings are silently observing through their screens.

FRAMING LIGHTING

The greenish fluorescent light creates a sense of uneasiness and discomfort. The hostile, mysterious red light from the exit symbolizes nihilism, while it contrasts with the warm light shimmering at the far end of the tunnel which represents hope and a sense of longing.

DETAIL

Details such as degraded adverts of companionship, social road maps and signages, scattering trash, and broken tiles are added to further contribute to the idea of isolation, alienation, and abandonment. The disrepair train tracks imply the long waited companions are perhaps a false hope that would never arrive.

SKETCH MODELSSKETCH MATT PAINTING

ABSTRACT CONCEPT DRAWING

FILM PHOTOGRAPHY

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY