Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio

NIU YIEN HSIU Architecture UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO 2009-2012 B. Sc. (Hons) Architecture Taylor’s University, Malaysia

NIU YIEN HSIU

TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY, MALAYSIA | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING & DESIGN ADDRESS

7, JALAN SS20/13, DAMANSARA UTAMA, 47400 PETALING JAYA, SELANGOR, MALAYSIA.

BOAT RIDE TO PULAU KETAM

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“Convention tells us that architecture concerns the design of buildings. That interior design is what goes inside architecture, and the garden or landscape is what fits around that architecture.

Unarchitecture begins when the building becomes an extension of its landscape. Not because it cares less about the importance of good spatial organisation and flow, geometry or design theory in architecture; on the contrary, it merely establishes the garden at the beginning of its spatial theory.”

KEVIN MARK LOW|SMALL PROJECTS

design studio

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SPACE FOR SELF

private dwelling & meditation space design studio 1

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CANINE LODGE

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MANGROVE HOUSE

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PARASITIC EXTENSIONS

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tunnel chalets for dogs design studio 2

genius loci: pulau ketam interpretive centre design studio 3

portable campus space design studio 4

THE VERTICAL MARKET

live/work urban prototype chow kit, kuala lumpur. design studio 5

FISHERMEN’S MARKET

regeneration & community impact kuala terengganu architecture design project

photography

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ARCHITECURE OF DANCE: BALLET elective

“The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world.”

Toni Collette

This studio explores fulfiling the unique needs of one’s self through a simple dwelling space.

Located in a forest reserve, this space serves as a getaway from the urban city.

sketches initial concept

The lower level allows oneself to experience the forest on ground level through the porous walls of the pathway.

The alternating timber walls filters daylight and acts to tell the time of day by the varying shadows. This element represents my need to know the time without the needles of a watch.

The exposed staircase mimics the ascend around a tree with no railing to allow one to interact with surrounding trees.

The upper level’s solid walls frames the view towards a lake for meditation.

space for self design studio 1

private dwelling & meditation space physical model rear elevation

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physical model front elevation

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walking up a tree cantilevered staircase exposed to nature

experimenting with change of light length of shadow casted into interior spaces indicates time of day

A local client asked to develop a design for an eco-chalet with a special user group in mind, dogs.

The client owns a durian fruit orchard in the valleys of Pahang and frequent the area with their pet dogs. They would like to share the orchard experience with other dogs and their owners.

The overall design includes eco-chalets for both dogs and owners and a canine lodge for dogs only.The canine lodge serves as a dog-sitting house when their owners are abroad.

Set in the natural setting of the orchard’s valley terrain, concrete cylindrical kennels were designed in various sizes to accomodate different breeds.

canine lodge

design studio 2

tunnel chalets for dogs

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montage of physical model on actual site photograph

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PLAN VIEW

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1 Entrance & Drop-Off Tunnel 2 Lodge Keeper’s Room 3 Grass Play Area 4Tunnel Kennels 5 Landscaped Fencing

NORTH ELEVATION

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3 SOUTH ELEVATION

SECTION THROUGH KENNELS

1 Entrance 2 Pet Drop Off Tunnel 4 3 Lodge Keeper’s Room 4

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SECTION THROUGH PLAY AREA

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TUNNEL KENNEL COMPONENTSl

physical model overall

“Every dog must have his day.”

Jonathan Swift

BY OBSERVING PET DOGS AND THEIR REACTIONS TO DIFFERENT SURFACES & SHAPES, I DECIDED TO USE THEIR INSTINCT OF TUNNELING AS A FORM FACTOR. THE DOG SCALE TAKES PRECEDENCE AND HUMANS SHALL FEEL THE NEED TO ‘KNEEL’ DOWN TO BOND WITH THEIR DOGS.

physical model kennel unit The cylindrical shape kennels allow the dogs to explore their instincts tunneling and rolling around whilst making maintenance easy.

The access of the kennel is adaptive and can cater for the dog scale and also the human scale during maintenance.

GULL-WING DOOR MECHANISM

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initial conceptual sketches

This studio introduces spatial poetics into the designing process of an interpretive centre for a small island located off the coast of Klang. Pulau Ketam, literally translated, means “ crab island�.

The entire village is elevated on long wooden stilts and is suspended over the river.

The mangrove species is native to the island and sustains the fishing and crabbing trade.

There are no roads as the entire village sits on stilts and the main mode of transportation is by boat or bicycle.

The design brief called for an interpretive centre that represent these unique enviromental and intangible qualities of Pulau Ketam.

mangrove house

design studio 3

genius loci: pulau ketam interpretive centre montage interpretive centre on site

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IN THE COURSE OF 24 HOURS, PULAU KETAM TRANSFORM FROM AN ISLAND INTO LAND WHEN THE TIDE CHANGES. LOCAL TEMPLE

MANGROVE FOREST

INTERPRETIVE CENTRE

MANGROVE ROOTS

CRAB TEMPLE

STUDY OF TIDE CHANGE

CRABS DURING LOW TIDE

CONNECTING BOARDWALK N

“The spirit of place is what differentiates a space from a place.”

site plan placement of interpretive centre

HIGH TIDE

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LOW TIDE

CRAB CATCHING NET

SECTION

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The centre celebrates the MANGROVE TREE and the ENVIRONMENT it thrives in.

THIRD FLOOR plan 17 Future Exhibition House

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18 Mangrove Forest Observation Deck

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Visitors gain a complete experiential journey “UP THE TREE”, starting from the mangrove roots to the foliage.

The experience of the museum is greatly intertwined with the natural elements of the island.

Visitors have a choice to arrive at the museum by boat like the local fishermen or by foot or bicycle, depending on high or low tide. This focuses on the unique tide changes of Pulau Ketam.

The museum is made up of EXHIBITION HOUSES that educate them about the economical and ecological importance of the mangrove tree to the island.

SECTION

Enveloping live mangrove trees, the museum comes to live with interactive spaces for crab catching and planting mangrove seedlings.

SECOND FLOOR plan 13 Cafe 14 Ecology Exhibition House 15 Economy Exhibition House

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16 Roof Chess Garden

The mangrove house acts as a communal gathering space for the COMMUNITY with a semi-covered plaza.

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FIRST FLOOR plan SECTION

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1 From Board Walk & Museum Jetty 2 Entrance 3 Reception & Office

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4 Bicycle Parking 5 Roots Observation Deck 6 Mangrove Tree Gallery 7 Plaza 8 Stage

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10 Steps to Ground Level 11 Stairs to Higher Level 12 Crab Catching & Mangrove Planting

interpretive centre statement

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9 Toilets

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PHYSICAL MODEL

DOUBLE VOLUME PLAZA

MANGROVE FOREST

VIEWING DECK

THE FORM IS FRAGMENTED TO ALLOW THE MANGROVES TO “COMPLETE” THE BUILDING & ALLOW THE CENTRE TO BLEND IN SEAMLESSLY.

EXHIBITION HOUSES CAFE BOARDWALK

SECTION

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MANGROVE PLANTING & CRAB CATCHING

TEMPLE

In response to the need of portability, nature’s own portable organisms were looked at for inspiration.

THE PARASITE.

Parasites in the natural world seems detached from concrete elements other than its host which it feeds on for food, shelther or either transportation. an existing building or enviroment, there are In naturally occuring voids that form between spaces. These voids such as corridors, atriums, balconies and empty facades is seen as a conducive breeding ground for parasitic spaces that gains from the host building to survive and also provide back to the host in a mutualistic relationship.

The idea of allowing a complimentary building GROW from the existing one is the main theme of parasitic extensions. A structural grid is attached to the mother host, and this allows these individual cells to flourish on and overtime grow larger in mass and volume. The building is designed in relevance to the elevation of the Mother Building and the spaces as formed wall up instead of the conventional floor up.

This temporary building is to cater for the expanding intake of the Architecture faculty. The main idea is to attach additional parasites for use if the intake is larger or dedicated studios is required. The building also intends to create more informal spaces to allow the students to design in a more relaxed and nature connected environment.

parasitic extensions

design studio 4

portable campus space

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PENCIL SKETCH OF PARASITIC CAMPUS SPACE

attaching to the host

growing from the host

THE QUALITIES OF THE OPPORTUNISTIC & DEPENDENT NATURE OF THE PARASITE IS TRANSLATED INTO BUILT FORM.

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OFF THE GROUND Spaces plotted horizontally from the host instead of the ground.

This allows it to thread lightly on the ground.

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TEMPORARY The notion that the parasite is connected loosely and precariously.

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ENGAGE E xterior horizontal surfaces Exterior vertical surfaces Interior surfaces or voids

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studying the host

ARCHITECTURE BUILDING OF TAYLOR’S On campus, the School of Architecture occupies a 11-storey block facing a lake. With the expanding population, the need for studio space because critical and the students require this space periodically when the semester picks up pace and more hours are spent on campus.

The existing architecture block’s flat facade surface and central void creates an ideal setting for attachment of new structures.

2 SEMI-LEECHING ON SURFACE WITH OPENINGS CTURE ARCHITE STUDIOS

HOST 3 FULL-LEECHING ON SOLID SURFACES

CTURE ARCHITE STUDIOS

ED DEDICAT ODS P IO D U T S

ACE BLIC SP

PU ED DEDICAT ODS STUDIO P

MIRRORING PLOTTING OF SPACES OF EXISTING ARCHITECTURE BLOCK & NEW EXTENSIONS

VIEW OF TAYLOR’S ARCHITECTURE BLOCK ON LAKE SIDE CAMPUS

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CIRCULA TION

MY STUDIO

To allow for greater symbiosis, the program designation of each extension pod mirrors those of the host.

CIRCULATION

1 START FROM THE VOID

PARASITE

PROGRAM MASSING DIAGRAM

FIFTH FLOOR FOURTH FLOOR

INTERNAL GLASS FACADE internal host building facing walls are glass to allow ventilation and light through to the host & is not subjected to much solar radiation

THIRD FLOOR

SUN SHADING FACADE the facade of the parasite extends onto the host building to much needed sun shading

SECOND FLOOR (Entrance) FIRST FLOOR GROUND FLOOR LOWER GROUND FLOOR (Connected to Board Walk by the lake)

INTERNAL POCKETS parasites are not aligned side by side to create pockets to allow light & ventilation to host building

TRANSPARENT RISER STAIRS risers of staircase are made of glass to allow natural lighting into deeper spaces of the Resource Center

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exposure to host building to create awareness of parasitic extension 0

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SECTION

DYNAMIC LOUVER variation of horizontal & organic shaped wooden louvers that allow ventilation & day light. Can be adjusted by users to form variations to the facade.

OPEN PANTRY/ VERTICAL GALLERY void maintained to allow ventilation through other blocks

STEEL HANGING FRAMES to prevent minimal scarring of host building

SPLIT LEVEL between dedicated studio & rest pods to allow ventilation through the bottom & heat escape

LESS SOLID/VOID RATIO the Commercial Block (9 storeys) blocks off the evening sun (facing west) To allow views of the lake

ROOF PARK acts as heat & glare buffer for from solar radiation & reflection from lake

front elevation growing into the ground

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RIGHT ELEVATION

FRONT ELEVATION

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SYMBIOSIS

THE INTERIOR SPACES ARE DESIGNED TO DEPEND ON THE EXTERIOR AND THERE ARE PHYSICAL & VISUAL EVIDENCE THAT THERE ARE TWO ENTITIES WHICH ARE CODEPENDENT.

EXTERIOR SPACE

INTERIOR SPACE

VIEW OF SEE-THROUGH STAIRCASE FROM COMPUTER LAB

ANCHORING STRUCTURE

HOST BUILDING SURFACE

PARASITE UNIT

IN-BETWEEN WALKWAY “BREATHING SPACE” WALKWAY BETWEEN HOST & PARASITE PODS

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POETICS OF TEMPORARINESS OF THE PARASITIC POD & WALKWAY

THE ATTACHMENT GRID STRUCTURE PREVENTS SCARING OF THE HOST BUILDING & ALLOW THE PODS TO LEECH ENERGY & WATER SUPPLIES VIA CONNECTING PIPING.

Roof Piece

Wall Panels

Double Glazed Sliding Windows Steel Structure Frame Capping Unit

Flooring Deck

Sliding External Louvers

PARASITIC POD MODULE

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS OF DEPLOYMENT

DISASTER RELIEF TEMPORARY SHELTER

THE PODS CAN BE ANCHORED ONTO EXISTING STRUCTURE/ BUILDINGS & TAP INTO EXISTING SUPPLY TO SERVE AS A TEMPORARY SHELTER OR EVACUATION HOUSE.

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PHYSICAL MODEL

NIGHT SCENE OF CHOW KIT

Jalan Chow Kit is located in the heart of old Kuala Lumpur and is well known as a bargain shopping hubs for locals.

This area houses the largest wet market in the capital and consists of historical low rise shophouses and high rise office towers. Chow Kit is a foreign worker hub and is notorious as the red light district of Kuala Lumpur.

After a comprehensive urban site analysis of Chow Kit area, a dormant site was selected.

A live/work prototype that would re-activate the site and resolve urban issues was to be developed.

This design studio focuses on a formal architectural program developed from both urban responses and architectural strategies that are unique to the selected site.

the vertical market

design studio 5

urban design live and work protoype chow kit, kuala lumpur

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PROGRAM & CONTEXT STREETSCAPE OF JALAN CHOW KIT

IN CHOW KIT, THE STREET AND FIVE-FOOT WAYS BECOME A “BUILDING” ON IT’S OWN WHERE LIFE TAKES PLACE.

SITE

PRIVITIZATION OF STREET SPACE Pedestrian walkways are blocked by retail stalls and street trades.

LACK OF PUBLIC SPACE The streets are also used for communal activity as social gathering space for migrant workers & locals HIGH SPEED CIRCULATION & STREET MOVEMENT One way street makes Jalan Chow Kit a drive-by street STRATERGIES 1. Provide space for privatization activities 2. Highlight existing street trades.

3. Provide communal open spaces.

4. Create a slower pace along the street by creating a slower ‘street’within.

urban issues & stratergies Second-hand Shoes Stall

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Street Playground

Occupied Pedestrian Path

One-way traffic along Jalan Chow Kit

SITE MODEL study on circulation & masssing Aerial View of Site

GREENERY IN THE CITY IS ALMOST NONEXISTENT. THE LARGE RAIN TREE THAT SERVES AN ACTIVITY NODE, MUST BE INCORPORATED INTO THE NEW BUILT FORM.

elements of legibility study on activity & use 1

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Activity Landmark

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Activity Node Local Path Visitor Path

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Retail & Wholesale Wholesale Retail Market Residential

WORK & GROW

The building’s main program is a marketplace for Chow Kit’s famed fashion bazaar goods and street trades of hair dressing and dress making. The retail based program provides an avenue for the street vendors to grow in scale from a stall to a retail outlet. To maintain the activity node of the existing food stall under the rain tree, a cafeteria and a restaurant is included.

LIVE

EXISTING RAIN TREE FROM SITE

On the upper levels, there are family duplexes and studio units to cater for both retail owners below and working youth of nearby offices.

Living spaces are completed with communal green pockets to replace street playgrounds.

The combination of these programs aim to provide a stop-over errands hub for surrounding office workers by providing improved retail experiences.

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THE VERTICAL MARKET View from Jalan Chow Kit

VERTICAL STREET WITHIN

OUTSIDE to the INSIDE & UPWARDS To recreate the poetics of a bustling market lane, the indoor marketplace is sandwiched between two main solid “buildings” of shops to create an semi open atrium space which acts as the “street”. The characteristics of the street are reinterpreted in both the public retail spaces & private residences.

FROM STREET to “STREET” To emphasize the informality of the market lane, one enters this hidden “street market” through narrow back lane like entrances on the main facade and the existing back lane of the site acts as the main entrance. Similar to the stalls that privatize the streets of Chow Kit.

FORMATION OF “VERTICAL STREET” In this “indoor street space”, the users are brought through a series of spaces that visually and functionally represent the variety of an outdoor market lane. These spaces house activities that were on the streets originally. The growth from bazaar stalls, to larger pavilions and then to the roof gardens reinterprets the canopies and overlapping of the street market stalls.

ENCLOSURE OF “STREET” The two “building” blocks are focused inwards to strengthen the communal sense of the ‘street market” and create visual connectivity for passive surveillance. This sense of communal living that is present on the streets of Chow Kit and is repeated indoors.

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Concept Development Sketches

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LOWER GROUND & GROUND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

SECOND FLOOR

THIRD FLOOR

MARKETPLACE

RETAIL

RESIDENCES

RESIDENCES

Affordable Small Retail Units Mini Food Court Double Volume Marketplace

Affordable Small Retail Units Service Pavilions Restaurant

Studio Units Family Duplex Units Roof Garden

Studio Units Family Duplex Units Roof Garden

SPILL OVER & BOUNDARYLESS Inspired by street stalls which spill over and have no real boundary.

The marketplace has multiple entry points & spaces are divided through levels and soft/hardscape

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view from Jalan Chow Kit

view from Lorong Chow Kit

CANOPY & LANTERN OF LIGHTS ABOVE The large internal void space reinforces the notion of a street & visual connectivity from the market to the roof garden Balconies are maintained. The ability to look down onto the “street” remains.

The suspended glass pavilions act as lighted lanterns, diffusing light into the marketplace as how daylight would diffuse through the canopies of the stalls.

Metaphorically, the glass pavilions showcases the street trades and the trader’s skills.

ELEVATED GLASS PAVILIONS

THE LARGE VOID ACTS AS AN INFORMAL ENTRANCE

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Street scenes of Chow Kit

TOP HUNG WINDOWS ALLOW LIGHT TO BE DIFFUSED AT HIGH LEVEL INTO THE UNITS COMMUNAL ROOF GARDENS LOOKS OUT TOWARDS RAIN TREE

Interior of a typical shop house

RECESSED UNIT ENTRANCES

ATRIUM OVERLOOKING MARKETPLACE

Corridor & courtyard of communal shophouse

TRADITIONAL SHOP HOUSES

Old shop houses in the past housed retail on the lower level and multiple families occupy the upper levels.

Amenities were communal and space was tight.

Reinterpreted from the communal shop houses,the residential units represent ‘small rooms’ of a larger shop house instead of single units. The narrow corridor leading to a recessed entrance to blur the perception of individual units.

VIEW OF ROOF GARDENS

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The units each share a communal roof garden and a void that represents the courtyard and air well of the traditionalshop house.

FIXED RENDER IMAGE BRIEF

MARKET SCENE IMPRESSION

THE MARKET BY THE RIVER The fishermen’s market is intended to redefine the existent market typology.

Expanding on role of the market as a community node, this redefined market is designed as a mean to reconnect the people to the river and fishing trade once more.

This project aims to create a conducive “live, work and play” by the sea environment through the revival of the fishing industry of Kuala Terengganu and creating awareness of the importance of a quality waterfront and communal lifestyle.

fishermens’ market architecture design project

regeneration & community impact

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initial concept sketch

As a graduating design project, this scheme included integration with theoretical subjects of Building Technology, Environment Sustainable Design and Project Management.

BEFORE DEVELOPMENT 2008

TOURIST JETTY

site context & issues

THE RIVER In the urban cities of Malaysia, rivers are often passed by without ever being paid attention to and are often an eye sore due to pollution and lack of care.

The project is located in the developing town of Kuala Terengganu, a coastal town of North Peninsula Malaysia. A comprehensive study was carried out on Kampung Cina (Chinatown) of Kuala Terengganu, the oldest riverfront settlement of the town.

PASAR PAYANG FISH MARKET (SITE)

In the past,their homes extended into the river.

This made the river an integral part of the life, as they have learnt to live, work and play by the river over the generations. However, urbanization and development have disconnected them from the river physically with a man made island.

KAMPUNG CINA

The local fishing trade heritage is disappearing due to both physical and social issues.

AFTER DEVELOPMENT 2012

Aerial photography by Tan Hock Teck PASAR PAYANG FISH MARKET (SITE)

KUALA TERENGGANU TOWN AREA

unactivated water front unconnected water front lack of amenities

dirty river

underdeveloped no green lung area fishing trade

PULAU WARISAN RECLAIMED LAND TOURIST ATTRACTION

Site Observation Photographs

KAMPUNG CINA

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youth migration to larger cities

existing market

PASAR PAYANG On the site, sits the existing fish wing of the local Pasar Payang.

(Pasar means ‘market’ in the local Malay language).

The current layout of the of wing consists of a linear stall arrangement parallel to the river front. The walkway along the river serves is under utilized as a service lane.

The hygiene standards of the fish wing is unacceptable and there is no proper waste management system.

Despite the poor amenities, the sense of community is strong. The vendors treat the market as their second home and the locals mingle and spend time with each other.

EXISTING FISH WING OF PASAR PAYANG

“THE NEED TO CREATE A GREAT SPACE IN THIS SPECIAL PLACE IS EVIDENT.” ACTIVITIES OBSERVED ON SITE

EXISTING FISH STALLS

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new market

FROM BOAT TO BASKET The new rejuvenated market will display the importance of the fishing trade of Kuala Terengganu to both locals and tourists. Intended to add value to the existing market, the new development is more than where dinner comes from.

A DIRECT FISH MARKET To achieve the bond with the river, the new market will allow small scale fishermen to dock their boats and bring the catch of the day straight to the people. This interactivity with the river will bring the people closer to their food source. Because we are what we eat, we will then learn to care for the river better.

SECONDARY FISHING ACTIVITIES With additional programs of restaurants and retail outlets, the fishing experience is diversified to appeal to a larger crowd. The market will too remain active after marketing hours, generating more income.

PARK BY THE RIVER Soft scape is injected into the interstitial spaces between the new fish market and existing Pasar Payang, creating a park that interacts with the river. This green space enhances the community’s social experience while marketing as a family.

Boat Docking Jetty -Boat Parking & Wharf 10 small individual boats -Box Cleaning -Fuel Stop -Ice Store -Store

Services -Refuse Chamber (Bio-Degradable & Non-biodegrable) PRIVATE PUBLIC

KG CINA

Park by the Sea -Viewing Deck -Informal museum -Reception to Market Open air ACCESS & FOCAL POINT

PROGRAM SELECTION for the new market

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Direct Fish Market -Sorting Bay -Selling Hall -Loading Bays -Fish Processing Areas -Fish Waste Recycling -Offices

Seafood Restaurant -Live Catch Tanks -Viewing Deck of Jetty Cafes

OTHER LOCALS

Public Toilets - Disabled friendly

TOURISTS

SITE RESPONSE DIAGRAMS

Fishing is much more than fish.

It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers. ~Herbert Hoover

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NIGHT VIEW FROM RIVER

INTERLOCKING OF SEA AND LAND THE THINKING PROCESS WAS TO DESIGN ON A UNTOUCHED SITE WHERE THERE WAS ONLY THE RIVER & LAND. THE BUILT FORM WAS TO INTERTWINE BETWEEN THESE TWO ELEMENTS.

initial concept sketches

production + office core + toilets

production + retail

elevated boardwalk

restaurant

park market

market wharf

SCHEMATIC MASSING according to program

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FORM DEVELOPMENT process

Fish Waste Recycling Centre

2F Fishermen’s Welfare Office

SECOND FLOOR RECYCLING THE FISH

Fish Product Kitchen 1F Cafe & Restaurant Retail

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Boat Landing GF Fish Market Park & River

1 Fishermen’s Welfare Office 2 Fish Waste Recycling Centre 3 Verandah 4 Multi-purpose Deck 5Toilets & Lifts

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SECTION

FIRST FLOOR COOKING THE FISH 1 Seafood Restaurant 2 Elevated Board Walk connected to GF 3 Fish Products Kitchen 4 Cafe 5 Retail Outlets 6 Toilets & Lifts

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FISH’S LIFE CYCLE

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The fish market revolves around the entire life cycle of the fish; from the river to the basket, to the plate and beyond.

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The building aims to diversify the fishing trade by going beyond the sale of fresh fish.

RECLAIMED ISLAND LIFE CYCLE OF FISH

FISHING INDUSTRY

RECYCLE

FISH FOOD PELLETS

COOK

FRESH LIVE

RELATIONSHIP OF PROGRAM & FISH’S LIFE CYCLE

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BOARDWALK

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FISH PRODUCTS F&B SALES MARKET SALES

DOCKING TOURISM

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KAMPUNG CINA

7 BREATHE The ground floor plan has almost no walls to allow the existing Pasar Payang to breathe and regain visual connection of the river.

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EXISTING PASAR PAYANG

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GROUND FLOOR DIRECT FISH MARKET 1 Fishermen’s Wharf 2 Fish Landing Deck 3 Fish Market 4 Fish Waste Collection Point 5 Loading Bay 6 Public Toilets & Lifts 7 Landscaped Park connected to Board Walk 8 Public Fishing Pavilions 9 Drop Off Entrances

BOARDWALK + GREENERY - BUILT FORM FRONT ELEVATION facing Pasar Payang

LEFT ELEVATION facing shop lots

REAR ELEVATION facing river

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RIGHT ELEVATION facing Kampung Cina

E L E V AT E D BOARDWALK A stroll along the river front continues onto an elevated boardwalk that makes way for the boats to come into the building. This serves as a viewing platform of the fishing trade activities below.

The elevated boardwalk brings users into and through the building and back down to the park by the river.

VIEW FROM ELEVATED BOARDWALK

INTERNAL BOARDWALK WITH VERTICAL GREEN WALL

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RIVER COOLING

Situated by the river, the market fully utilizes the high heat capacity of the water and strong breezes to cool the building down.

Pre-cast Concrete Railing 150 x 150 x 1500 mm Panels of 2m length

Water absorbs solar heat during the day and releases the energy slowly at night, hence regulating the temperature of the building in general.

PEX Piping For radiant cooling of floor slabs

HEAT PUMP

RC Beam 350 mm - 100 mm thick SURPLUS HEAT

The floor slabs are embedded with PEX pipes that circulate cool water to further lower ambient temperature and heat absorbed by the concrete structure. The water circulated is then returned to a supply tank that is located underwater to be chilled passively by the river.

Suspended Staircase 2000 mm width Treated timber threads

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INTGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS on skylight

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SUPPLY TANK

ABOVE SEA WATER 28-35 C

SEA WATER 22-25 C

RIVER COOLING SYSTEM cooling process concept

GREY WATER collected from large roof areas for toilets

SMALLER WINDOWS on East and West facades

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REDUCED GLARE by high level windows & green pockets

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SUN SHADING Large angled verandahs to provide shade for outdoor usable spaces

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EVAPORATIVE COOLING by sea body RADIANT COOLING TANK

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ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE DESIGN integration concepts

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Radiant cooling tank cooled by sea water

STACK EFFECT COOLING Heat escaped through the triple volume void

VERTICAL GREEN throughout full height void OPEN FLOOR SPACE allows marketplace to be naturally ventilated by sea breeze

RADIANT COOLING Radiant cooling system via PEX pipes throughout oorslabs

DETAILING

integration with Building Technology Solar PV Skylight Double Glazed Insulated Glass 28 Steel Rafters Spaced at 1.5m apart

D1

ROOF LEVEL +11.4 m Steel Wide Flange Beams W 44 x 285 Spaced at 3m apart

Steel Bar 25 mm diameter Punctures staircase threads and connected to floorslabs between floors

RC Column

D2

Steel Carriages

Pre-cast Concrete Railing 150 x 150 x 1500 mm Panels of 2m length

Pre-treated Timber Threads 60 x 255 x 2000 mm

PEX Piping For radiant cooling of floor slabs

THIRD FLOOR LEVEL +7.6 m

RC Beam 350 mm - 100 mm thick

Tempered Glass Railing 16 mm thick

Suspended Staircase 2000 mm width Treated timber threads

Concrete Planter Box & Seating

Steel Bar 25 mm diameter Punctures staircase threads and connected to floorslabs between floors

D3

OPEN STAIRCASE DETAIL

SECOND FLOOR LEVEL +3.8 m

Top angled timber cladding 22 mm thk

Suspended Track Downlights RC Beam 350 x 150 mm

Integrated LED Guide Lights on floor slabs

D4

FIRST FLOOR LEVEL

+0.00 m

1500 x 150 x 2400 mm Pre-Cast RC Railing

Vapour Permeable Sarking Layer Aluminium Top Hat with Screws Pre-treated vertical timber counter 100 mm width, 50 mm thick battens Pre-treated timber cladding 22 mm thk. with groove facing downwards to prevent water collection

GROUND LEVEL Approx. -12.00 m

50 x 2.8 mm plain nails

ANGLED BALCONY DETAIL

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DETAILED SECTION THROUGH BUILDING

“THE DANCE IS THE MOTHER OF ALL ARTS.

Music and poetry exist in time; painting and architecture in space.

But dance lives at once in time and space.”

Curt Sachs

Ballet is similar to architecture in many ways. It has been around for a centuries and has grown with time. Both are still appreciated today for its form and its choreography of lines, rhythm and pattern that tells the story and intent of the dancer or the architect.

Here, the architecture becomes the dancer’s stage; or is it otherwise?

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Architecture of Dance: Ballet photography elective

2012 DANCER Angeline Khor ARCHITECTURE PJ Trade Centre

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2012 DANCER Angeline Khor ARCHITECTURE PJ Trade Centre

2012 DANCER Angeline Khor ARCHITECTURE PJ Trade Centre

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2012 DANCER Angeline Khor ARCHITECTURE Maya Hotel KL

2012 DANCER Angeline Khor ARCHITECTURE St John’s Institution

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2012 DANCER Chloe Chin ARCHITECTURE KL Railway Station

2012 DANCER Angeline Khor ARCHITECTURE St John’s Institution

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2012 DANCER Chloe Chin ARCHITECTURE KL Performing Arts Centre

NIU YIEN HSIU CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONS.) ARCHITECTURE

GCE ‘A’ LEVELS

SIJIL PELAJARAN MALAYSIA (SPM)

Taylor’s University, Malaysia 2009-2012 Valedictorian CGPA : 3.56/4.00 Equaivalent to Board of Architect’s Malaysia (LAM) Part I Dean’s List Award 2011

KDU College, Malaysia 2007-2008 Pure Science Stream

SMK Damansara Utama 2002-2006 Pure Science Stream

EXPERIENCE

ACTIVITIES/ ACHIEVEMENTS

ASSISTANT ARCHITECT

Jan 2013- Current

VERITAS Architects Sdn. Bhd. Kuala Lumpur

ARCHITECTURE INTERN

Jan 2012- March 2012

Dec 2011- Jan 2012

T Square Tuition Centre Selangor.

CO-AUTHOR Article for World Architecture Magazine China (Issue 11 November 2011 Volume 257) “Glocal Architecture: An Alternative Approach toward Defining Contemporary Malaysian Identity”

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

2007 & 2008

KDU College Malay Cultural Night 2007- Current

SECRETARY

2005-2006

Interact Club, SMK Damansara Utama

2006

R&D MANAGER

2005

American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) Young Entrepreneur Club

ST JOHN AMBULANCE MALAYSIA Third Place First Aid & Nursing Selangor State Competition

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2011

July 2011- Dec 2012

Jean Gan Academy of Ballet & Music Sdn. Bhd.

TUTOR

2012

Photography Exhibition

Taylor’s University “Architecture in the Humanities” project by University of Nebraska

DANCE TEACHER

Jointly organized by Centre for Modern Architecture Studies in Southeast Asia (MASSA) and Kampung Cina Co-op Kuala Terengganu.

A+F = EXHIBIT

Design Collective Architects Network Selangor

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

2012

Re-thinking Asian Urbanity, Kampung Cina Revitalization Design Workshop.

Total Alliance Health Partners International (TAHPI) Kuala Lumpur Branch

ARCHITECTURE INTERN

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

2004

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