DESIGN PORTFOLIO 2015 - 2020
VIVIENNE KANG MIN
Selected works 1
exploring (non) commune hIghArk – reimagining Xinfu market
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journeying with empathy Unveiled – aqua healing for expectant mothers
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reconciling differences Project Kapor Haus
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going with the flow v(o)ertex – centre for cities and climate change
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thesis research (separate document) Amphibious Assemblage – reinstating canals as urban commons
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TAIPEI, TAIWAN | WANHUA DISTRICT
AY19/20 Semester 2 AR5802 Options Design Studio
PROJECT
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HIGH RK HIGHARK is envisioned as the new haven for the reimagined marketplace. As with Noah’s Ark being the symbol of protection and preservation, the entire driving force behind this re-adaptation project is the desire to tap into the regenerative potential of market places, including backend processes being reintroduced to the marketplace dynamic (such as the growing and harvesting aspects). This will heavily involve the local community, so as to inculcate a renewed share interest in the marketplace while providing important social sustenance.
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SITE PLAN 1:750
W A N H U A - B A N G K A D I S T R I C T T A I P E I - T A I W A N
SITE CONTEXT
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7.5
15
22.5
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37.5
M A R K E T S | H I S T O R I C A L L A N D M A R K S | PA R K S
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GUANGZHOU STREET NIGHT MARKET MENGXIA NIGHT MARKET XICHANG NIGHT MARKET EAST SANSHUI MARKET LONGSHAN TEMPLE UNDERGROUND STREET LONGSHAN TEMPLE (1738) BOPILIAO HISTORIC BLOCK (QING DYNASTY) HERBAL LANE
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MENGXIA PARK TAIPEI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIELD WANHUA PARK
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LONGSHAN TEMPLE MTR STATION
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康定路
2
西昌街
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6 西园路
一段
10 LYING RIGHT OUTSIDE THE AREA DOTTED WITH NUMEROUS MARKETS, TOURISTS ATTRACTIONS AND EATERIES ALREADY MAKES THE DISTRICT ATTRACTIVE TO
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2
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3
广州街
广州街
广州街 WITHIN A 100M RADIUS, THERE IS A LACK OF A CLEAR VISUAL OF THE MARKET, AS WELL AS NO SUPPORTING AMENITIES WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE AREA
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100
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三水街
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OTHER EDGE IS ANGLED TO FACE 水街 THE BOPILIAO HISTORIC BLOCK THE OLDEST ARCHITECTURE WITHIN THE VICINITY.
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和平西路三段 51 巷
路三段
55 巷
康定路
site analysis | design iterations | final design
和平西
DIRECT ACCESS FROM THE NEARBY LONGSHAN TEMPLE STATION
和平西路三段 81 巷
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LOWER BLOCK OF FLATS GIVES UNRESTRICTED VIEW OF BANGKA PARK
和平西路三段 89 巷 16 弄
和平西路三段 109
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和平西路三段 109 巷
西园路一段
m
和平西路三段 59 巷
三水街
ANGLED EDGE THAT DIRECTLY FACES THE EAST SANSHUI MARKET ALONG SANSHUI STREET. - CRUCIAL INTERACTION ESTABLISHED IN MAINTAINING VISUAL CONNECTION
75m
PROJECT
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HIGH RK
My spaces will mostly be anchored by these 3 main stays – the Marketplace, the community gardens, and the public plaza in the basement.The supporting programmes are grouped into 3 clusters, mostly directed at the 3 varying demographics my project seeks to bring in (the existing local elderly, tourists and young adults). PROCESS MODELS F O R M A L E X P L O R AT I O N S
ITERATION 1
ITERATION 2
ITERATION 3
CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAMS FORMAL DEVELOPMENTS
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ITERATION 4
PROJECT
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HIGH RK
FRONT STREET LEVEL PERSPECTIVE
The blue ribbons are the main public circulation, and the thinner red ribbons the minor, more private circulation. The orange shaded spaces are where the main activities take place for each level.
BASEMENT | PUBLIC PLAZA
LVL 1 | POP-UP STORES
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PROJECT
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HIGH RK LVL 2 | COMMUNITY GARDEN
LVL 5 | VIEWING GALLERY
LVL3 | MARKETPLACE
LVL 4 | VIEWING STEPS
LVL4 | MARKETPLACE
LVL 7| COMMUNAL REST AREA
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PROJECT
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HIGH RK
site analysis | design iterations | final design
PROJECT
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HIGH RK
site analysis | design iterations | final design
PROJECT
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HIGH RK
site analysis | design iterations | final design
Special Thanks to Philip Fung Design Tutor
for the guidance and feedback provided, as well as caring words of encouragement throughout the semester, and for always having faith
Studio Mates for the constant moral support and the many favours returned
All other friends and family who have made the realisation of these projects possible with your unwavering support
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
UN | VEIL |ED Aqua Healing Project Brief | Fort Canning Hill
AY18/19 Semester 2 AR3102 Design
UN | VEIL | ED
by Vivienne Kang Min
The lightness and ephemeral quality of aqua healing captivated my senses, and I thought about what could possibly be weighing an individual down to desire that physical and psychological weightlessness in their healing. Being female, I was reminded of the times I had to go through intolerable discomfort, and wondered what expectant mothers are put through during the 9-month ordeal in conceiving a child. The illustration of the female anatomy reveals the multitude of layers that encase the foetus - the very layers that form the protective shield around the child need nourishment as well in order to perform their roles. These 6 layers - from the outer most of the epidermis, to the inner most layer of the amniotic sac - each have unique properties that helped to inform the programme, its sequence and the experience in my aqua healing centre. In further extrapolating the concept into designing the experiences for key spaces, the different properties are what informs the spatial qualities, with a gradual transition from lightdark, open-close, exposed-concealed. In bringing in a water-oriented technology, flowforms are explored in my design. Rather than a literal inclusion of this sculptural piece that enables cascading water to achieve a certain rhythmic, self-purifying flow, I sought to adapt their design principles. A key takeaway was how water - something so soft and fluid - could carve solid natural forms, and how it peels away the outer layers to reveal the insides. Overall, by anchoring my project with the concept of layers and their healing - from informing the programme, the quality of spaces, the sequential spatial experience through the building, the logic behind my structure, and in attempting to formalise/make less arbitrary the curves before translating them into planes that section the building perpendicular to its length to help break up the volumes within the building - the ultimate aim is to create an environment in which expectant mothes could heal and rejuvenate, to experience aqua healing catered to their exact needs.
PUMP ROOMS/ WATER TANKS FFL 107.6M (MV)
FFL 105.5M (MV)
WAITING AREA FFL 107.6M (MV)
WATSU ROOMS
FFL 104.0M (NV)
FFL 108.65M (MV)
M&E
TOILET/ SHOWERS
FFL 110.0M (MV)
FFL 107.45 (MV)
LOADING BAY
LIFT LOBBY
FFL 105.5M (MV)
FFL 107.6 (MV)
FFL 101.85M (MV)
FFL 104.5M (MV)
M&E
FFL 107.6M (MV)
CAFE
FFL 104.5M (MV)
TOILET FFL 102.1M (MV)
MUD SPA LL 110.3M FFL 110.0M (MV)
LIFT LOBBY FFL 102.1 (MV)
KITCHEN
BIOSAUNA ROOMS/ VITALITY POOLS
FFL 104.5M (MV)
CARPARK
FFL 107.6 (MV)
FFL 102.85M (NV)
M&E
FFL 103.0M (MV)
REST AREA FFL 104.2M (MV)
DROP OFF POINT FFL 103.0M (NV)
RETAIL
FFL 105.4M (MV)
M&E/ WATER TANK FFL 114.3M (MV)
FRONT PORCH/GARDENSCAPE FFL 103.0M (NV)
CONSULT ROOMS
FFL 111.2M (MV)
FFL 111.2M (MV)
OFFICE
FFL 114.3M (MV)
FFL 113.4M (MV)
RECEPTION FFL 114.3M (MV)
STORAGE FFL 114.3M (MV)
LIFT LOBBY FFL 114.3M (MV)
ENTRANCE/ LOUNGE FFL 114.3M (MV)
STORAGE FFL 114.3M (MV)
site analysis | design iterations | final design | model shots
FFL 114.75M (MV)
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INITIAL ITERATIONS OF KEY SPACES
FORM EXPLORATIONS
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FURTHER EXPLORATONS
FINAL MODEL
site analysis | design iterations | final design | model shots
Special Thanks to Tiah Nan Chyuan Design Tutor
for the encouraging feedback provided and heartfelt words of encouragement throughout the semester, and for always having faith
Studio Mates for the constant moral support and the many favours returned
All other friends and family who have made the realisation of these projects possible with your unwavering support
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PROJECT
KAPOR
HAUS
Site B Little India | Kg Kapor Rd x Baboo Ln
YEAR 3 SEMESTER 1 DESIGN STUDIO
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KAPOR HAUS
Strategically situated between a heavily-used open space and a densely populated HDB estate, my intervention seeks to engage both sides
USER-RESIDENT ECOSYSTEM
USAGE PATTERN OF OPEN SPACES
LOCATION OF PROJECT
SITE PHOTOS
In negotiating on-site boundaries between the user demographics, an ecosystem is established through intergrating various existing activities, pooling together efforts of different stakeholders; as such, users are able to contribute to a greater cause in rehablitating site dynamics, forging better understandings of each other.
Clear distinction between degree of infiltration by users of site (migrant workers) and residents
As the last project of a series of 5 interventions in the Little India site, this project serves as an extension of the proposed meridian and the accompanying open space. It is hoped that residents’ self-imposed user boundaries would spillover into immediately adjacent open space(s), while providing them and migrant workers their personal space to socialise.
site analysis | design iterations | final design | model shots
Iteration 1
Iteration 2
Iteration 3
The various design iterations explored the extension possibilities of adjacent spaces; the design eventually settled on a physical side-ward expansion, with an implied extension towards the back of the re-adapted row of shophouse.
Final massing model with site context The focus of the architectural intervention turned to an inward modification and adaptation of the party walls; sought to explore double volume spaces while trtaining the linear quality of spaces
Community kitchen
Interior event space
Meridian through shophouse
site analysis | design iterations | final design | model shots
site analysis | design iterations | final design | model shots
site analysis | design iterations | final design | model shots
site analysis | design iterations | final design | model shots
site analysis | design iterations | final design | model shots
site analysis | design iterations | final design | model shots
site analysis | design iterations | final design | model shots
v(o)ertex
Centre for Cities and Climate Change
YEAR 2 SEMESTER 2 DESIGN STUDIO
v(o)ertex
A consolidation of on-site flows, this C4 Centre was designed with the intention to bring together the flow of the Pelton Canal running perpendicular to the flyovers, the disjointed ‘buffer’ greenery as well as patch up the human circulation. The key anchor to this project would be the intersection off two urban voids (geographical and an infrastructural void); there is a pressing need to make users aware of the consequential environmental impacts such dead spaces, when uncared for and unactivated, would produce, the most visible being pollution. Since flyovers are a vestige of urbanisation and are here to stay for good, this project taps on this opportunity to serve as a model for such spaces - prevalent in developed societies - to harness the potential energies of these sites. The proposed programme for the C4 Centre nested in the Pelton Canal (beneath two flyovers) is aquaponics; it relies on an intricate system of fish rearing, which provide the neccessary nitrates for healthy plant growth, which are attended to by users of the centre.
View of highway beneath overhead bridge
View of point blocks from overhead bridge
View of overlapping flyovers and viaducts over Pelton Canal
View of flyover towering over Pelton Canal
site analysis | design iterations | final design | construction details | model shots
Geylang Bahru Industrial Estate (North-West of site)
Pelton Canal, West view from site
Lorong 3 Geylang; view of two point blocks
Pelton Canal, potential site of entrance
On-site flows (1) | Water The main anchor of this site, the Pelton Canal is representative of the site’s fluidity and its source of life. It plays a pivotal role in rehabilitating the ovtherwise waster urban condition at the site, presenting us with the potential to possibly harness hydroelectric energy.
On-site flows (2) |Greenery Lining the waterway and peripheries of built plots, the flow of greenery on-site is disjunctured and mainly employed as a buffer. The water clearly breaks this flow with it running right through the middle of the greenery. Rehabiliting schemes can be employed to bridge this gap.
On-site flows (3) |Flyovers The vestige of urbanisation, this massive infrastructure bypasses all other built areas beneath it; representative of speed and the city’s mechanised energies, this flow has its potential in harvesting piezzoelectricity through the vibrational energies produced when vehicles rumble past.
On-site flows (4) |Human Circulation At this intersection of two urban voids, most of the circulation paths circle along and around these two on-site flows. An obvious gaping void to be filled, a new circulation path could be introduce to link up this disconnect.
site analysis | design iterations | final design | construction details | model shots
site analysis | design iterations | final design | construction details | model shots
site analysis | design iterations | final design | construction details | model shots
Sunshading analysis of C4 Centre
21 March
21 June
21 September
21 December
site analysis | design iterations | final design | construction details | model shots
site analysis | design iterations | final design | construction details | model shots
site analysis | design iterations | final design | construction details | model shots
site analysis | design iterations | final design | construction details | model shots
site analysis | design iterations | final design | construction details | model shots
Sectional Model | Closeups
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Sectional Model | Closeups
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Final Model | Closeups
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