Vivien Cheung | RIBA Part II MArch Architecture Portfolio

ARCHITECTURE

PORTFOLIO SELECTED WORKS 2012 - 2017

VIVIEN CHEUNG MEng MArch

CONTENTS 01 |

HOME AWAY FROM HOME | BRISTOL

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TEXTILE AND FABRIC LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE | GLASGOW

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CITY SPA RETREAT | YORK

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THE SHAMBLES | YORK

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TALL ON THE WATER | VENICE

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THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME DEVELOPMENT | HONG KONG

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YEAR 6 MArch THESIS PROJECT | 2016 - 2017

YEAR 5 MArch COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN PROJECT | 2015 - 2016

YEAR 4 MEng COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN PROJECT | 2013 - 2014

YEAR 4 MEng STOP-MOTION ANIMATED FILM | 2013 - 2014

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT WORKSHOP AND COMPETITION | 2012 JULY

YEAR-OUT PLACEMENT | HOUSING PROJECT | 2014 - 2015

HOME AWAY FROM HOME BRISTOL

THESIS SYNOPSIS The focus on treating patients is not solely based upon the science of medical drugs and in reality, people require more than just medicines. In this era, children are too often neglected in terms of architectural planning within the medical field. However, when they are faced with a devastating diagnosis of cancer or a long-term illness, they are seen more sensible, fragile and vulnerable than adults and thus, a more sympathetic approach towards the healing environments must be pursued and treated with the greatest care. These environments should act as places of refuge that offer opportunities for play, retreat and rehabilitation regimes such as therapy. Ultimately, healing children goes hand in glove with places, from the things they see and interact with to the spatial quality of the spaces they experience, all influence their psychological wellbeing. The balance between psychosocial interventions and the design attributes of a healing environment is conducive to positive health outcomes as this helps children assimilate new experiences, just like how they would when they resume normal life. This presents the opportunity to provide a retreat centre that aims to offer a place of sanctuary and ‘time out’ experiences to help children who have recovered from a chronic illness to rebuild their knowledge and regain confidence through play and explore in Bristol.

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HOME AWAY FROM HOME

THE FOREST CAFÉ This perspective short section is taken from a resident’s flat on Royal Fort Road through to the adventure garden, the forest café and the proposed hot air balloon launch pad on the University of Bristol physics open courtyard. This portrays how the structural timber posts create a sense of a forestry setting, depicting the picture of how the children would interpret the adult world. The timber posts extend beyond the café to create a cloister for the little explorers to commence their journey within this retreat. The café has direct access to the sunken garden which allows for outdoor seating during the summer season.

RELAX . REBUILD . RECHARGE

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HOME AWAY FROM HOME

THE FOREST CAFÉ An internal perspective that looks out onto the sunken garden from the generous double height forest café. This perspective drawing captures the essence of creating a forestry scene with the application of timber posts, in a way that it is an interpretation of how the children would paint the adult world; depicting the outside world with the eyes and mind of a child.

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ST MICHAEL’S HILL

STONE BOUNDARY WALL

MAIN ENTRANCE

FAMILY OVERNIGHT STAY LOBBY

TRIPLE HEIGHT LOBBY

THE SUNKEN GARDEN

THE FOREST CAFÉ

THE ROOFTOP GARDEN

SEDENTARY PLAY AREA / SMALLER PLAY ROOMS

THE CRAFT DESIGN STUDIO

THE TREETOP GARDEN

THE LITTLE EXPLORERS’ HIDEAWAY

DOUBLE HEIGHT ACTION ROOM

GROUP THERAPY SPACE

FLEXIBLE CLASSROOM SPACE

MUSIC THERAPY ROOM

SENSORY ROOM

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL PHYSICS COURTYARD

TOWARDS ROYAL FORT GARDENS

HOME AWAY FROM HOME

A CHILD’S ODYSSEY This perspective long section cuts through the building at level +70, from St Michael’s Hill to level +75, the hot air balloon launch pad on University of Bristol campus. The ground floor of the building aims to evoke happiness, fun and play, all of the spaces are designed to have access to a garden while the first floor aims to provide a place for children to regain and rebuild their knowledge. The second floor is the therapy level where both individual and group therapy sessions will be offered to the families.

RELAX . REBUILD . RECHARGE

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HOME AWAY FROM HOME

THE LITTLE EXPLORERS’ HIDEAWAY The little explorers’ hideaway portrays the idea of the children’s world; a representation that captures the essence of human scale and focusses on how the little explorers would paint their world. The odyssey of the little explorers commences by exploring through this hideaway, a place where they can escape for a short while, a den where they can hide and retreat alone whilst it is also important to integrate interactive play elements that are visible to the children, providing an opportunity for them to climb and crawl.

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HOME AWAY FROM HOME

CONCEPT & NOTIONS A concept that portrays the memories, moments and friendships through the eyes of a child. The notion of play through drawing, painting, making and learning allows the child to express their feelings, the happy and fun moments they share with their friends through climbing, crawling and hiding. This conceptual image depicts the idea of children exploring nature and assimilating a new environment in the enchanted forest.

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HOME AWAY FROM HOME

THE LITTLE EXPLORERS’ ACTION ROOM It is envisaged that the ground floor provides spaces for children to express their experiences and feelings through a natural and self-healing process such as ‘play’. As children’s knowledge and experiences are often communicated through play, hence, the spaces on this floor allow for both sedentary and active play. This internal perspective portrays the generous double height action room with flexible spaces that are intended to accomodate for various types of play. | 07

TEXTILE AND FABRIC LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE GLASGOW

COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN PROJECT SYNOPSIS The design proposal is based on the idea of incoporating the theme of textile and fashion into an educational building programme of which, its purpose involves with providing spaces for learning, knowledge, exchange and ediďŹ cation. The proposed development is located within Glasgow City Centre, hemmed in on a site at a T-junction between Howard Street and Dixon Street. This new development aspires to attract people from Glasgow to utilise the facilities provided in this institution by welcoming them into an entrance lobby with a generous double height space which provides direct access to a cafĂŠ and breakfast bar with an external seating area, allowing the visitors to enjoy a light refreshment whilst drawing more attention to the temporary exhibition that displays the latest seasonal collection of garments. The concept of using photometric PTFE farbic is proposed to be expressed on the exterior to further emphasise the importance of this corner which is envisaged to engage with the public from St Enoch Square. There are also design and research studios for either individual or collaborative work and a learning resource room that holds a large-scale collection and storage of books for further pedagogical thinking. Furthermore, a laboratory and workshop spaces will be provided for the visitors to experiment with different textile materials and investigate on various fabric art installations. | 08

TEXTILE AND FABRIC LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE

THE TEXTILE & GARMENT EXHIBITION This illustrates the textile exhibition centre that lies on the corner of Dixon Street and Howard Street, viewing from East to West of the project site. This section portrays how the three storey fashion and textile gallery is occupied with displays of the latest fashion and garment collection. The varying voids from floor to floor allow adequate amounts of natural light penetrate the rooflight, moving further South leads to a generous, double height and small scale theatre for private screenings whereby it accomodates for thirty-five visitors. | 09

TEXTILE AND FABRIC LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE

THE TEXTILE GALLERY An interpretation of the fashion and textile permanent exhibition space, portraying a narrative of the people from Glasgow who come and visit this gallery in the learning resource centre. This exhibition block showcases exhibits, spreading over three floors. Moreover, the central void allows natural light to permeate the roof, flooding the interior with a great amount of daylight.

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TEXTILE AND FABRIC LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE

THE FABRIC ENTRANCE HALL A speculative sectional drawing through the triple-height main entrance into the central courtyard. The entrance hall features a wall that showcases all the available fabric samples when one enters the building. The open courtyard is accessible from all key anticipated spaces, including the cafĂŠ and bar, which allows for external seating during the summer months.

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TEXTILE AND FABRIC LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE This perspective long section cuts through the building all the way through from the Dixon Street to the widened service lane. An interpretation of the three storey fashion and textile gallery and the double height formal reading room situated on the Western boundary of the project site.

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TEXTILE AND FABRIC LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE

MAIN READING ROOM A representation of the double height and spacious main reading room for this learning resource centre block whereby it comprises textile reference books and journals alongside the latest state of the art equipment and technology for research and study purposes. An additional worktop overlooking Howard Street is provided for extra study spaces. | 13

i | Form finding; Investigating the lines of influence from the pivot of the site.

ii | Exploring the spatial qualities through sectional drawings.

CITY SPA RETREAT YORK

iii | Developing a perspective section.

DESIGN PROJECT SYNOPSIS This project aims to intertwine lighting, functionality and materiality to allow visitors immerse in this water spa experience. The conceptual idea of this project is the ‘transitional journey from public to private and from light to dark’. It is envisaged that the visitors are able to immediately forget all their worries, concerns or any other problems they have in mind as soon as they step into the spa retreat. To enable this, a change in materials at the point of the boundary from leaving the reception lounge to entering the spa building had been considered. It is hoped that the visitors can instantaneously distinguish whether they are in a public or private zone by the form of the building takes, as though being led through this journey.

This is a building to evoke happiness and revitalise the people with busy schedules who feel exhuasted by providing them with exhilarating treatments and personal consultations. It is also imperative to identify a solution that brings bring greenery to the proposed development as it is positioned in the heart of York whereby not much greenery exists on the current site. The architectural response is not only to create internal and roof gardens but also to augment the current site by integrating a stimulating water garden on ground level that opens out and emerges with the river.

iv | Developing a speculative perspective.

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THE SHAMBLES YORK

PARS PRO TOTO The Shambles was a second project in Year 4 and as being in the making stream unit; the comprehensive brief was to explore and capture a key moment in York's history and to portray that in a built physical model. The model comprised of hand-made timberwork, laser cut and 3D printed elements. | 15

TALL ON THE WATER INTERNATIONAL STUDENT WORKSHOP AND COMPETITION 2012 | VENICE The ‘TALL on the water’ International Architecture Workshop was an execellent opportunity to investigate skyscraper design in the city of Venice. The design brief for a rigorous two week workshop was to design a collection of tall towers of approximately 100-150 metre tall with a given site of a sparsely populated industrial area on the West side of the Venice lagoon. The project was aimed to provide a mixed-use building for the residents in Marghera, Venice. The concept was to create a strong connection between the city of Marghera and the higher elements such as the suspended bridge. The first strip of the low rise buildings follow Marghera’s pattern whilst approaching the marina, the buildings are gradually transformed from single storey buildings to a skyscraper. All fifty undergraduate students were seperated into groups of four to complete the comprehensive brief. I was given the opportunity to work with two Italian students and one other English student. It was a valuable experience to work in a team in a different environment.

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TH E H O M E OWN E R S H I P S C H E M E D EVE LO P M E NT YEAR-OUT PLACEMENT | HONG KONG

PROJECT SYNOPSIS The Home Ownership Development at Fat Tseung Street West covers the detailed layout and design of 811 units of domestic blocks including a semi-basement carpark of 57 parking spaces and external open areas.

The overall design aims to maximize the development potential and to create a sustainable, cost effective and healthy living environment with a balanced solution to meet various design requirements under site speciďŹ c and development constraints.

I was delighted to be able to participate in this project and my responsibilities included the preparation of the details of vertical acoustic ďŹ ns proposed in this scheme to reduce the noise impact directed from the Highway and I was also given the task to produce scale drawings of sections and elevations of this residential tower for the building plan statutory submission.

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