Masters Architecture Portfolio 2023_YeeShyang

Born in 1995, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

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EXPERIENCES

Freelancer as Architectural Designer at Supernormal Design Studio | Johor Bahru render | draft | design | site coordinate

Digital Illustrator at Drift Protocol | WFH NFT | UI | Branding |3D Illustration

Architectural Designer at Supernormal Design Studio | Johor Bahru render | draft | design | site coordinate

Graduate Architect at S/LAB 10 design + architecture | KL office render | draft | design | client

Teacher Assistant at Department of Architecture | NUK, Kaohsiung laser cut | 3D printing | graphic design

Internship at Ricky Liu & Associates Architects+Planners | Taipei international competition report | detail site analysis | 3D modelling & render

Master of Architecture (EPMA)| Tsinghua University

CGPA 3.83

Bachelor of Architecture | National University of Kaohsiung

CGPA 3.5 | Thesis Exhibition Organizer

LANGUAGES

Mandarin | English | Malay | Hokkien/Taiwanese

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Behind

Study on Fish Farming & Tourism Architecture (FFTA) - Kukup Aquaculture Zone, Malaysia as an example

Masters Architectural Design Thesis

Supervisor Professor Zhu WenYi

Date Fall 2022

Location Kukup, Malaysia

Team YeeShyang

This thesis explores the regeneration of fish farm architecture by adding layers of tourism to form new typologies of floating architecture, Fish Farming and Tourism Architecture (FFTA).

The project proposes a self-sustainable and adaptable visitor center of design solution from the perspective of architecture

and urban planning professionals which aims to protect this kind of cultural landscape does not disappear in the future urban context. A comprehensive program covers masterplan, neighbourhood, and architectural scale to rejunevate Kukup fishing villages.

This thesis explores the regeneration of fish farm architecture by adding layers of tourism to form new typologies of floating architecture, Fish Farming and Tourism Architecture (FFTA).

The project proposes a self-sustainable and adaptable visitor center of design solution from the perspective of architecture and urban planning professionals which aims to protect this kind of cultural landscape does not disappear in the future urban context. A comprehensive program covers masterplan, neighbourhood, and architectural scale to rejunevate Kukup fishing villages.

Numerous rows of floating fish farms have existed and laid on the Strait of Kukup over a few decades that shaped an extraordinary cultural landscape in the Southern-most coastal village, Kukup.

Abstract Chapter 01: Farmed For Food - Study on Fish Farming Architecture History

Fish being stated as the major source of animal protein for human nutrition need, overshadowing most other animalbased sources. Its nutritional properties also an essential to the health of billion consumers in both developed and developing countries.

Farmed oyster and fish were first developed around 500 BCE by the Romans in Mediterranean lagoons. In Asia, China has oldest history of fish farming culture which can refer to Zhou dynasty due to the desires of an emperor to have

This regional cultural architecture has become one of the characteristics of the Kukup fishing village. The relaxing atmosphere of fishing villages and delicious seafood has brought city dwellers come to visit, since then tourism development of Kukup has started a journey of blooming.

However, under this rapid development of urbanization, villages faced challenges of losing population as the young generation moved to the city and sea pollution against the traditional fish farm. Some aquaculture research also mentioned the current conditions of the Kukup aquaculture zone is not suitable for fish farming due to its long-term environmental impact on the seabed.

constant supply of fish. Thus, fish farming architecture were developed from pond to mariculture through the ages, is a tailored built architecture for the purpose of fish farming with various sizes of fish cage and method to meet the rising food demand over the world nowadays.

Typologies

Fish farming architecture has been developed in many typologies from ponds to mariculture for the purpose of fish farming. From traditional constructed with raw materials to modern ones in different sizes and volumes.

Cage Culture: Kelong - in Southeast Asia

A Kelong is an offshore platform built predominantly with wood, which can be found in waters off Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia. Kelongs are built by fishermen primarily for fishing or fish farming purposes, although larger structures can also function as dwellings for them and their families.

Chapter 02: Site Criteria

Kukup Aquaculture Zone

Kukup aquaculture zone, one of the biggest fish farms cluster (appox. 1.74km2) in south of West Malaysia, next to Malacca Straits. Kukup is a small fishing village, famous for its relaxing atmosphere for city dwellers. Large amounts of fish farms laying in the middle of Kukup Staits East side is consisted of two villages that built on stilts over muddy mangrove seashore. West side is the protected national mangrove island, Kukup Island.

Tidal Change

Based on the tidal change of Kukup, muddy seashore will appear during low sea level and on high sea level all villages are completely above the sea.

Intengible Relationship

Exists for centuries in Kukup

Construction Method of Kelong

Kelong can be separated into four layers, which is upper walkway, structure, floats, and fish net under water. Merbau wood is commonly used for kelong construction with nails.

Sizes of Kelong

Sizes above medium have at least 2 buildings or more for storage of fish facilities and dwellings, thus some even developed into a mini store.

Small < 20 m2

Medium < 40 m2

Large < 60 m2

Chapter 03: Concept & Strategy

Design Concept

Propose a new spatial experience of floating architecture as visitor center.

Case Studies

#1

Floating Farm in Netherlands

- Consisted by three layers of farms, factory production, and concrete pontoon. - This floating farm bring in tourism educational program to teach people about how a sustainable farming work in progress.

#2

Aquaponic System Library

- VAC Library is a large wooden climbing frame uses solar-powered aquaponics to keep vegetables, koi carp and chickens. - Designed library and city farm hybrid as a way for children to learn about self-sustaining ecosystems.

Chapter 04: Masterplan & Program

Masterplan Scale | Strategic Proposal

research paper

Spatial Analysis for Mariculture

Site Selection: A Case Study of Kukup Aquaculture Zones in the Peninsula of Malaysia

“…relocating the existing fish farms offshore with moderate to low-intensity farming is recommended.”

Relocate Future Fish Farm #1

#2 Rejuvenate Current Fish Farm

into deeper sea by tourism program

Neighbourhood Scale | Circulation & Program

Wei-Kang Chor, Teng-Yun Lai, Melissa Mary Mathews, Tony Chiffings, Chi-Wei Cheng, Victor Charlie Andin, Kok-Song Lai and Jiun-Yan Loh*

Architectural Scale | Fish Farming Visitor Center (FFTA)

An educational visitor center embrace local fishery activities and tourist spatial experiences of fish farming.

Design Process

- Spaces divided into 10 with different programs, village side will more on fishery activities, and mangrove side more on greenery plantation.

- Invert slanted roofs are benefit rainwater collection, with multi openings and large open space has stable the structure against the coastal wind.

Construction of Float

Material: Concrete pontoon + Steel framework

Building System of FFTA

FFTA building system consists of structure system and service system, such as rainwater system and wastewater treatment system. Considering self-sustain solution of energy, solar system is installed in this project for energy supply.

#1 Roof

- Slanted roof

Maximize rainwater collection, sheltered for tropical weather, and against coastal wind.

- Opening

Minimize direct sunlight to interior but side lighting.

#2 Structure System

- Lightweight steel structure on Top

To minimize the rood load & easy for construction.

- Pontoon/ Float on Bottom

Large amount of surface secure its floating stability.

#3 Service System

- Sewage system

Wastewater from building discharge to underwater level space for collection & purification treatment.

- Rainwater collection

Collected water used as fresh water and for plantation watering within building.

#4 Production System

- Linear production

Easy to export/ storage/ transfer fish production to KuKup jetty or market place at 1st floor

Considering the marine environment and transportation, durability and lightness of structure are preferably, which is steel structure system. The floating architecture stands with steel framework that sits on concrete pontoon, closed structural system with large surface amount attach to the sea has determine its stability. The steel framework constructed along with the slope of roof, numerous small beams are hided in between and supported by steel column that distribute regularly on plan.

Sewage treatment and rainwater system has taken into consideration as a selfsustained floating architecture. The grey and black water discharge from washroom delivered to the sewage system room which located in underwater level of concrete pontoon. Ecological sanitation is a onsite wastewater treatment and reuse system to avoid the disadvantage of conventional wastewater system to circular

solution. Septic tanks help the wastewater treatment from both greywater and blackwater into treated water with nutrient that benefit the crops production.

Food waste from restaurant can also turned into biogas for electricity of heat through anerobic digestion. The on-site water system is managed efficiently through recycle, reuse of collected rainwater from roof. Rainwater filtration and storage system of tank are placed on the bottom part of concrete pontoon.

Considering energy plan of building solar panel are required to be installed to fulfill the self-sustain plan. As limited flat space for installation, same amount surface area of solar panel installed beside the FFTA for energy support.

Underwater Level

Ground Level

First Level

Social House as Flea Market / The Future Housing After Pandemic

Design Studio I

Instuctors Li Xiaodong, George Kunihiro, Han Zhang, Luo Le, Martijn de Geus

Date Fall 2020

Location Saint-Ouen, France

Team YeeShyang, Alizee Berteloot

COVID-19 gives us a real opportunity to rethink housing, which is a real problem in Paris, where it is very expensive to find accommodation, and where social life is generally outside of housing.

The new village as a flea market is a place that rethinks social housing as a mixture of housing typologies and degress of publicness that would create the liveness of the building.

Inspiredbythefleamarketlifestyle,thenewsocialhousefrom rubbishtoiconicisacitywithinthecity.

In times of quarantine, social housing residents generally do not have the opportunity to take refuge in the countryside. To rethink social housing, we take inspiration from the very touristy flea market of Saint Ouen at the gates of Paris characterized by the charming, convivial and artistic lifestyle of the inhabitants and flea markets, but also the inability of this site to easily control the flow of people. This makes it a site that presents a weakness in the context of a pandemic. By remaining confined to their homes, people have become aware of the cramped space in which they live, most of them without access to the outside world. And then the pandemic makes them more and more eager to get out of the big metropolis, which is considered a suffocating place.

To do so we make our accommodation rests on a valley of public spaces containing shops, offices, cultural and tourist sites. Shared circulation and spaces create interpenetration of public and private spaces. Tiny houses are shaped to create a roof pathway. The roof pathway provides security during a pandemic and a new freedom for the inhabitants.

Although dynamic and cultural, Paris is the city in France with the most marked sense of loneliness and isolation. This feeling is also very present in the large complex of buildings. In contrast, the flea market is a place with a great sense of community. Our aim is then in times of pandemic to enhance the sense of community by making it easier and natural between inhabitants. We wish to recreate the village lifestyle of the flea market.

Green areas and rooftop villages are accessible for every inhabitants. So as to allow the inhabitants to constantly rediscover their habitat like the flea market, which is constantly renewed while preserving its singular spirit.

Redefinegreen&publicspaceintomiddlepartofLiftingHaussmann architecture

Dwellings

Dwellings Distribution diversity & mixity

Student People Living Alone

Monoparental Families

Couple without Child Couple with Child

Profiles targeted users

Behind the Wall - Smart City

/ From Hi-Tech District to a Gathering Place

Design Studio III

The Site Extend Connect Interact

Instuctors Huang He, Ying Long, Zhang Yue, Martijn de Geus

Date Spring 2021

Location Shangdi District, Beijing

Team Sofia, Marco, Shanming, Shannon, Zhimei, Chris, YeeShyang

Since ever the wall has been seen as a pure limit, almost not traversable.

The project aims to reinterpretate this items as a connective border between the existing and the proposal. Its porosity in fact will lead visitors and inhabitants from the

chaotic environment of the outer ring to the more quiet in the inner part through a series of open gathering spaces allowing more interaction and sharing experiences.

1. urban pool 2. residential 3. co-working + co-living 4. retail, restaurants and rentable space 5.working 6. mutable 8. mobility hub + sustainable hub 9. elevated bike lane 10. corner entrance plaza 11. waterfront retail 12. sports

Green Matters

The smart cities surrounded by green from rooftop to ground, embrace working and living spaces by layers from wall to inner urban pool.

ZONE 2 spaces

land area_278000 sqm FAR_0.9 OSR_71%

Roof level

Podium level

Ground level

green rooftop, podium open spaces green rooftop, podium open spaces surrounded residential blocks, open spaces, urban park/pool

How Breathable Are We?

/ The “Goodness” Calculator

Design Workshop: Tsinghua EPMA 2020 x MVRDV NEXT

Instuctors Leo Stuckardt, Yayun Liu, Martijn de Geus

Date Spring 2021

Team Zhimei, Indee, Solan, YeeShyang

“ The state of physical well-being of inhabitant through better air quality, air distribution and airflow in the building.”

Improve physical well-being of inhabitants through the relationship between building, nature and spatial arrangement, encouraging air circulation and air quality.

Design Concept

what we mean by breathability...

Unit Layering - Existing

Stuffy, stale and unacceptable air

Parameter: Air Quality, Air Flow, Well-Being (Physical)

Scale: Interior - Unit scale

Metagram of Goodness Calculator

Define Input factors to evaluate the Goodness Calculator of “Breathable”.

Existing Scenario Evaluation

Existing condition

Existing & Proposed

By controlling Layers, Vegetations, Layer Porosity to improve air velocity of the units, variety of tests were experienced for the best breathability with minimum impacts.

Intervention

what we mean by breathability...

Result Comparison

How Good Are We? Design Workshop

Sky Book Library / Library for all

International Design Competition | maison h

Instuctors Maison H

Date Winter 2021

Location Songdo, Korea

Team Martijn de Geus, Han Zhang, TsunXian, MinHui, YingWei, YeeShyang

An open, permeable landscaped environment that invites visitors to stroll through the gardens, as much as it invites them to come inside for a sense of wonder.

By positioning the larger, non-library specific public program components (auditorium or multi-functional

classrooms), directly on the ground floor, all connected with the neighboring landscape, we enhance the connection to the neighboring community. All access from three sides as well as mandatory parking are seamlessly integrated in a one-level landscape, covered with a sprawling community garden.

Cultural Expression in Facade and Interior Design

A feeling of amazement and admiration, caused by something beautiful, remarkable, or unfamiliar. The Sky Book Library takes two local, familiar cultural concepts as its inspiration for this defamiliarizing expression of culture in the facade and the interior.

The external facade is inspired by the traditional Korean Dance ‘Seungmu’, known for its soloperformances in

which the dancer wears a long sleeved robe that creates a beautiful mixture of flowing movements and stillness.

The interior takes after traditional Asian books scrolls to create a diversified public space as an endless array of flying books, stairs and light, akin to an MC Escher painting or a Harry Potter fairytale.

External Facade Inspiration: Traditional Korean Dance ‘Seungmu’

Internal Atrium Inspiration: Traditional Hanging Book Scrolls

The metal mesh facade plays an important role in reducing the energy use and carbonfootprint during the lifetime of

The metal mesh of varying openness, depending on orientation, helps to minimize solar gain, while maximizing daylight

4. Mesh Facade

the building.

entry.

3. Glass Facade First layer of a double facade, the unitized glass curtain wall, Low e, High Insulating Glass, in combination with relatively high and unobstructed ceiling, provides excellent daylighting conditions, without glare. It reduces energy demands for daylighting drastically, while allowing natural ventilation.

2. Book Tower The ‘floating cube’ is a highly rational structure which contains the main library program, such as books and reading areas, as well as staff/ office areas. It also features two rooftop terraces, linked by a book cafe .

Facade Detail Stair Details

The atrium is critical to both the technical performance of the building, as well as to furthering a social-cultural connection between visitors. It maximizes daylight penetration into the darker, northern corners, it creates lines of sight that connect visitors to each other, and create a sense of wonder.

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Exterior Steel Frame

Diagonal Bracing

Double layered Polywood Panel

Acoustic Ceiling

Highly Insulating Window Frame

Low e, High Insulating Glass

Metal Mesh Shading in Varying Openness

Maintenance Corridor

Section AA’

Peninsular Private Clubhouse / Depok, Jakarta

Design Proposal x Supernormal Design Studio

Company Supernormal Design Studio

Date Fall 2022

Location Depok, Indonesia

Team Ziwei, Teddy, YeeShyang

WanMasak Family Cafe / A Place Design for Kids

Company Supernormal Design Studio

Date Dec 2019 (completed)

Location Johor Bahru, Johor

Team Ziwei, Teddy, YeeShyang

Since ever the wall has been seen as a pure limit, almost not traversable.

The project aims to reinterpretate this items as a connective border between the existing and the proposal. Its porosity in fact will lead visitors and inhabitants from the

chaotic environment of the outer ring to the more quiet in the inner part through a series of open gathering spaces allowing more interaction and sharing experiences.

Demoilshed the wall between two shoplot. Remove unneeded wall and balcony area to maximise the spaces face front, and also get three washrooms for customer, the others for staff.

2. Entrance curve panel & vinyl flooring finishes. A “U” shape clean white curve wall with two arc opening was created as a connection between reception counter and the front spaces, a nuring room was also provided in this curve spaces. Vinyl tiles flooring is the best flooring solution for family cafe, to control the gap minimization.

3. Dry wall partition built. Seperate the kitchen area with full height brick wall also two arch opening was created on it for food passing and dirty plates passing through customer and kitchen.

4. Facade sticker & semi-arch panel. Four to five colours were chosen based on the concept of logo design branding with a purpose of beautifying the frameless glass building facade as a promotion tool to draw attention from the passby.

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Entrance

The Story Tunnel

The Castle

Merry-go-Round

Layout Design

Soft Opening Photos

YEE SHYANG TEH

SELECTED WORK 2019-2022

7 Academic Works

4 Professional Works

4.5 Years Master Study

4 Years Bachelor Study

3 Completed Projects

> 2 Years Working Experiences

SHYANG