Architectural Portfolio Yien Hsiu Niu -Selected Works 2009-2017

YIEN HSIU NIU Architectural Portfolio Selected Works 2009-2017

EDUCATION

YIEN HSIU NIU

WORK OVERVIEW

Kuala Lumpur & Melbourne

2006 2007 Taylor’s University Malaysia

yienhsiu@gmail.com 04 68438313

Jean Gan Academy Dance Instructor 2007-May 2014

2009 2011

B. Sc. (Hons) Architecture

T Square Tuition Centre

Tutor

Valedictorian Dean’s List Award 2011

Taylor’s University Assistant Researcher

July 2011-Dec 2012

Design Collective Architects Network Architectural Intern Nov 2011-Jan 2012

Total Alliance Health Partners International (TAHPI) PROFILE 13 July 1989 Malaysian Yien is from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

She loves new ideas and enjoys functional, fun and engaging designs.

Bubbly in nature and it would really make her day if someone remembers her name at first try.

She graduated from University of Melbourne with a Masters of Architecture and is currently working

as an Architectural Graduate in Melbourne.

LANGUAGES

English & Malay English, Malay & Cantonese

TOOLS AutoCAD Revit Rhino 5.0 Google Sketchup Pro Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Microsoft Office Suite Sefaira INTERESTS

Dance Piano Travel Photography Sci-Fi Baking

Board of Architect’s Malaysia (LAM) Part 1 University of Melbourne Australia

Architectural Intern

2012

Jan 2012- Mar 2012

2013

VERITAS Architects Assistant Architect

2014

Jan 2013-May 2014

Masters of Architecture MSDx Design Thesis Exemplar

Lyons Architects

2016 2017

Architectural Graduate October 2016 - Present

ACHIEVEMENTS

Peer Mentor 2015-2016 MSD University of Melbourne Support and aid new students in familiarizing themselves with the faculty.

Volunteer 2015 Robin Boyd Foundation Volunteer tour guide for Boyd: At the Edges Open Day. Home Builder 2014 EPIC Home Organization Volunteer builder for modular pre-fabricated homes for underprivileged aboriginal families in Selangor, Malaysia.

Organizing Committee 2012 Re-thinking Asian Urbanism Kampung Cina Revitalization Design Workshop Design workshop focusing on the revival of a fishing town in the state of Terengganu, Malaysia.

Co-author 2011 “Glocal Architecture: An Alternative Approach toward Defining Contemporary Malaysian Identity” World Architecture Magazine, China (Volume 257)

CONTENT ACADEMIC

01 02 03

The Wasted Hospital Design Thesis Medical | Urban | Research

Cine-Fest Melbourne Film Museum, St Kilda

Frankston Hospital Redevelopment Masterplan,Victoria

Crowd-Sourced City: Shared Urban Redevelopment

St. George Age Care Facility, Kew, Victoria

Social | Urban | Multi-scale intervention 18 Madge Residences, Kuala Lumpur High-end condominiums

05

The Vertical Marketplace

EVO Bangi , Kuala Lumpur Mixed Development of Shopping Mall & Suites

Social | Master plan

Live & Work Prototype | Marketplace

Direct Fishermen’s’ Market Market | Urban Regeneration

2012

08

Victorian College of Arts Student Hub & Library, Melbourne

Warragul Hospital Redevelopment Masterplan, Gippsland

Cinema | Museum | Urban Park

04

07

09

Work Projects

Ballarat Government Hub Competition

Place Before Space Macquarie Point Development, Hobart

06

WORK

Applied Construction Technical | High-Rise

Tectonic Grounds Design & Build | Rapid Prototyping

OTHERS

10

Ballet: Architecture of Dance Photography

01

The Wasted Hospital Design Thesis Medical | Urban | Research 2016

The health care industry produces an alarming amount of waste in the efforts of healing the sick. However, the waste produced by hospitals contain hazardous materials.

This proposal is a polemic of hospital waste in society. It aims to rethink how waste is managed in hospitals.

Parkville Medical Precinct, Melbourne is depicted in Year 2046. The largest hospital, Royal Melbourne is rethinked as a factoryhospital. This factory-hospital harvests produced waste from all healthcare facilities and neighbouring buildings in the precinct. ollected waste is processed in a C Waste-Recovery Tower to produce e lectricity and other bi-products. These resources are redistributed back to the h ospital and precinct to create a close-loop waste management system within the hospital and its city.

The intended outcomes are to create awareness of healthcare waste among the community and to explore urban interventions that utilizes this waste to contribute to the city’s well being.

Equivalent to 200,000 households Melbourne CBD = 21,220 households

10kg of waste/ per bed/ per day

$10 million spent on disposals (2nd highest expense)

ANALYSIS OF SERVICE SPACES IN OVERALL HOSPITAL

Emergency & Surgery produce the most waste

25%

Hazardous Waste Disposal

3 x Normal Waste Disposal

Dioxine gases

LINKED PAVILION/ FINGER

NONHAZARDOUS

Transported Off-Site

60%

a

LANDFILL

RECYCLABLES

sharps infectious chemical anatomical radioactive genotoxic

Current Healthcare Waste Management

=

75%

WASTE COLLECTION ROOM

HAZARDOUS

COST

food waste plastics cardboard

HARNESS/ Incinerated off-site

Ash disposed in secure landfill

ANALYSIS OF SERVICE SPACES IN HOSPITAL TYPOLO CHECKERBOARD

OVERALL HOSPITAL

Victorian Public Health Sector Source: WHO & City of Melbourne

IDEAS

PLAN

ANALYSIS OF SERVICE SPACES IN INPATIENT ROOM TYPOLOGIES

MONOBLOCK

MONOBLOCK

TOWER & PODIUM

Harness IDEAS

HARNESS

RACETRACK

TOWER & PODIUM

Finger

“Hospital as a MachinePODIUM for Healing”

Future-proofing Expansion Modular

Inner courtyards

HARNESS

RACETRACK

HARNESS

MONOBLOCK

TOWER &

HARNESS/ CHECKERBOARD

Cross Ventilation Sunlight Healing

IDEAS

HARNESS/ CHECKERBOARD

NITHINGALE

Nuffield

IDEAS

Compartmentalization Cross-infection

Centralized Services Cross Ventilation Introduction of CSSDHealing Sunlight

Rigs

RIGS

LINKED PAVILION/ FINGER

Compartmentalization Cross-infection

IDEAS

Cross Ventilation Sunlight Healing

Centralized Services Introduction of CSSD

RACETRACK

ANALYSIS OF SERVICE SPACES IN INPATIENT ROOM TYPOLOGIES

OVERALL HOSPITAL

Collected from Sunshine Hospital, Victoria.

“Stacking” Separation of inpatient & other services in section

IDEAS

Plug-in/Modular

Time effeciency Large floorplates

SERVICE AREA

IDEAS

Plug-in/Modular

SERVICE AREA

NURSING STATIONS

COMMON AREA

Time effeciency Large floorplates

NURSING STATIONS

COMMON AREA

IDEAS

Plug-in/Modular

Time effeciency Large floorplates

SERVICE AREA

NURSING STATIONS

COMMON AREA

On average, an Australian hospital produces 10kg of waste per bed everyday. This is approximately 1/10th of that and every item is recyclable.

PLAN

NUFFIELD NITHINGALE

RIGS

Compartmentalization Cross-infection

Centralized Services Introduction of CSSD

1 Kilogram Hospital Waste 2016

Nightingale

ANALYSIS OF SERVICE SPACES IN INPATIENT ROOM TYPOLOGIES

PLAN

NITHINGALE

NUFFIELD

RIGS

NUFFIELD

Hospital Services Layout Analysis Diagram

LINKED PAVILION/ FINGER

“Hospital as

a Machine for Healing” ANALYSIS OF SERVICE SPACES IN HOSPITAL TYPOLOGIES

Future-proofing Expansion Modular

STR Sep

oth

Tower & Podium Inner courtyards

“Stacking” Separation of inpatient & other services in section

ATR GAL

UNB

CAM VILL

Inpatient Room

Factory Hospital 1.0 Hand-Sketch Early exploration of a new typology combining a hospital & a factory in a single tower. The core is shared by both the hospital & waste where the workings of the factory become a spectacle.

Inpatient and clinical spaces are serviced by automated waste harvesting systems.

“Therapy Garden”

Factory Hospital 2.0 Hand-Sketch This version experiments with the separation of the hospital & factory to create a void for shared spaces.

Connecting bridges between the two functions visualizes the movement of waste.

The typical “therapy garden” is rethinked as a series of bridges that allows patients to visit the waste tower.

WASTE RECOVERY TOWER

Factory Hospital 3.0 As part of the renovation works for the Royal Melbourne Hospital, it is rethinked as a hybrid factory-hospital typology. The new Waste Recovery Tower is added to cope with the growing amount medical wastes from all the healthcare facilities and hospitals in the area.

The typical Tower & Podium Hospital is reinterpreted where the services at the podium is brought into a tower. Non-clinical spaces such as Canteens, Receptions and Breakout spaces and Rehabilitation are shared in between the hospital and the tower.

150m AIR FILTER CHIMNEY

ENERGY GENERATOR

PRECINCT VIEWING BOX

FUEL FUEL hospital waste Hospital Waste

FACTORY Hospital

BI-PRODUCTS BI-PRODUCTS materials/energy/heat

FACTORY hospital

PRODUCT PRODUCT urban spaces of well-being City

RECYCLING HALL

GAS HOLDERS

HYDROTHERAPY POOL

ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL

REHABILITATION ANAEROBIC DIGESTOR

INPATIENT BALCONIES

STAFF CANTEEN & KITCHEN

OVERHEAD PRODUCT SUPPLY LINE

GREEN SPACE

WASTE SORTING WHEEL

EDUCATION PLASMA GASTIFICATION RECEPTION ATRIUM

HOSPITAL RECEPTION

MANAGEMENT OFFICE

WASTE RECEPTION HALL

UNDERGROUND VACUUM WASTE COLLECTION

Expected Waste Collection Capacity 2016 - 11,526 tonnes 2046 - 52,000 tonnes

Parkville Medical Precinct New Landmarks

5% ANNUAL GROWTH

Melbourne Zoo

Waste Recovery Tower Maximum capacity: 100,000 tonnes 0.25 hectares footprint Possible Energy Production: 7MW / 10,000 homes

Royal Children's Hospital

VISUAL LANDMARK The tall towers share similar architectural language and serve as new landmarks. They stand as architectural banners of Healthcare waste throughout the precinct

Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre(VCCC)

WASTE RECOVERY TOWER & ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL

Melbourne University

PRECINCT 05 PARKVILLE NEW LANDMARKS

STREETLEVEL COLLECTION FOR ANCILLARY

MEDICAL CENTRE

COMMUNITY HEATED POOL

PRODUCT TOWER SUPPLIES HEAT TO POOL & ACTS AS WASTE COLLECTION POINT

SURPLUS ELECTRICITY SUPPLIED TO PRECINCT’S GRID

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION USING RECYCLED MATERIALS & RECOVERY PROCESS BI-PRODUCTS

Inpatient Balcony Taking from the Nightingale ward idea of the Common room, the inpatient rooms have a communal balcony facing the Waste Tower. This is separated from the inner corridor that is dedicated to staff circulation. The views of the working tower acts as a distraction outside of their room. They can have meals on the balconies with other patients and family. This encourages inpatients to eat and reduce food wastage.

INTERSTITIAL FLOOR WASTE COLLECTION

INTEGRATED HANDWASH & WASTE COLLECTION STATION

2.5m height service floor to house horizontal circulation of waste and other hospital services throughout the hospital floorplate

An upgrade from existing stations, staff are encouraged to dispose waste directly into the system and follow up with hand washing.

Waste is separated into hazardous & non-hazardous

INPATIENT BALCONIES Similar to the Nightingale Common Room, inpatients share a communal balcony with views of the tower. This provides them with view choices & a space outside their rooms.

Staff are to separate to only hazardous & non-hazardous streams

Less ill patients may have meals with other patients and family.

This encourages eating and prevents food wastage.

VISIBLE WASTE CIRCULATION When waste is disposed, staff will see it moving through the interstitial floor through glass floor panels SHARK SKIN SURFACE MATERIAL Microscopic textured surface treatment that discourages inhibition of germs

01

INPATIENT ROOM INFECTION & WASTE CONTROL

Staff Kitchen & Bio Gas Holders The staff of both buildings share a canteen and kitchen. To create a tangible close-loop cycle, food waste from the kitchen and canteen is processed in the adjacent anaerobic digester.

Anaerobic digestion produces cooking gas which is kept in gas holder balloons. These balloons is a visual representation of how much food waste is produced as they fluctuate in size and height.

Microscopic textured surface treatment that discourages inhibition of germs

03

INFECTION & WASTE CONTROL

BIOGAS Produced biogas is supplied as cooking gas to kitchen

GAS HOLDER BALLOONS Biogas is less dense than atmospheric air. Balloons will float at varying levels, depending on amount of gases produced.

FOOD WASTE COLLECTION Food waste is collected from canteen & kitchen

Level change is gradual (10-15 days), reflecting the reaction speed of the anaerobic digestion process.

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER TANKS Bacteria breaks down organic matter into methane gas (biogas) & produces compost

02

STAFF CANTEEN & KITCHEN TANGIBLE CLOSE-LOOP CYCLE

UNDERSTANDING SCALE & MATERIAL

Recycling Hall Every recycling hall has a bunker wall faรงade.

It is made of structural grids that act as storage for compacted waste. The scale of each cube is of human scale to provide relevant comparison.

The faรงade changes daily and informs the visitors how much waste is collected daily.

BUNKER WALL

SORTING

The facade of the tower is made of steel grids that serve as storage.

Utilizing stereoscopic cameras, co-mingled waste is separated.

The facade evolves depending on the quantity of collected recyclables. The color and texture of the facade reflects collected waste.

AUTOMATED SORTING & STORAGE Computerized robots compact and store sorted recyclables in the bunker wall

ELEVATED VISITOR CIRCULATION Provides visitor a view from above and is charted along the waste route throughout the tower Compacted cube is of human scale

03

RECYCLING HALL UNDERSTANDING SCALE & MATERIAL

Precinct Viewing Box Around the precinct, product towers will be located at significant waste sources. They will have similar architectural language and serve as new landmarks to create awareness of waste as a resource at the urban scale.

05

RSTANDING SCALE & MATERIAL

NEW LANDMARKS

PRODUCT TOWER Located in interstitial spaces of the street. The tower supplies bi-products such as heat to purpose built community well-being facilities.

ELECTRICITY Surplus electricity for street lighting to increase walk-ability at night Compost for city landscaping

STREET LEVEL WASTE COLLECTION Street level disposal points allow small clinics and individuals to dispose both normal and healthcare waste directly into the system. This eliminates the risk of hazardous waste from being disposed off inappropriately

Underground Waste Pipes

04

STREETSCAPE INSERTED PRODUCT TOWERS

02

Cine-Fest Melbourne Film Museum, St Kilda Cinema | Museum | Urban Park 2015

To celebrate the film industry, the Cine-fest is a dedicated Melbourne International Film Festival MIFF) venue. Inspired by the seminal artwork of Nam June Paik, the father of video art; his infamous TV Garden (1974) is reinterpreted as a Cinema Garden.

The cinema is brought out into the landscape with interstitial spaces for the public to participate in all aspects of the cinematic experience. The introverted cinema experience By fragmenting the functions of film making into the museum space, the museum become a living museum where the public can witness the different stages of film making.

Housing Film Victoria, it is a venue dedicated to promoting independent movies and supporting upcoming talent.

Cine-fest aims to maintain the film culture and public awareness of St Kilda’s cinema heritage by altering the experience of cinema-going into an immersive experience of the entire film making process and history.

Floating Cinema Boxes The museum is hidden under an urban park which serves as a festival venue. The illuminated cinema boxes act as an extroverted screen.

Massing Typology Study Process Diagram

RESIDENTIAL

LUNAPARK

RETAIL

1- ESPLANADE BALCONY 2- MEDIA LIBRARY 3- CINEMA BOX A (52 SEATS) 4- CINEMA BOX B (158 SEATS) 5- CINEMA BOX C (52 SEATS) 6-FILM VICTORIA OFFICE 7-ROOFTOP BAR 8-RETAIL 9-BOUTIQUE HOTEL

Acland Street

FORESHORE

CATANI SLOPES

ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY

STOKEHOUSE

COMMERCIAL

PROGRAM

ESPLANADE

DOWN PALAIS TO CARPARK

RAMPS FROM ESPLANADE TO JACKA

TH E EXIT TO PARK

FORESHORE

VIEWS

ES PL

AN AD E

2 4

1

3

CONNECTIVITY

7 LANDSCAPE

5

OU AB

K JAC

CINEMA GARDEN

TERRACE

LEV

RESIDENTIAL

6 7

D AR

OUTDOOR CINEMA TERRACE

LUNAPARK

RETAIL

Acland Street

PALAIS THEATRE

L ST

8 FORESHORE

CA VEL

ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY

STOKEHOUSE

COMMERCIAL

PROGRAM

ESPLANADE

9

EXIT FROM CARPARK

PALAIS

FORESHORE

VIEWS

Cinema Garden Plan Site Response

The minimal built form encourages movement from the upper level of the Esplanade to the beach front through a series of steps, ramps and terraced landscape.

View from between When the movie ends, the viewer exits the cinema through an external walkway that is suspended in between the museum & the park above.

This walk transitions from the dark interiors of the cinema into the bright outdoors, representative of fiction and reality of the cinema experience.

Cinema Park A reinterpretation of Nam June Paik’s TV Garden on an enlarged scale.

Film Museum Viewers enter the cinema boxes through an underground gallery space.

Insulated Glass Panel Roof Steel Framing Composite Deck Roof

Double Layer U-profile Glass Units With Translucent Insulation

WALKWAY

LANDSCAPE PARK

Soundproof Wall with Cladding on External Side Glass Light Well Intermediate Channel Perforated Metal Walkway Lighting Under Removable Grating Bluestone Paving

CINEMA

Concealed Drainage

GALLERY Media Screen Attached to Underside of Concrete Slab

CAR PARK

Detail Section

03

Crowd-Sourced City: Shared Urban Redevelopment Social | Urban | Multi-scale intervention 2015

The crowd-sourced city is an experiment, using crowd-sourcing as a method of redeveloping Sunshine, Victoria.

Crowd-sourcing uses the resources of the city’s inhabitants. These resources are in the forms of finance, time, ideas, effort, materials and expertise. This drives away from typical redevelopment where the community is not part of the solution.

There is no final prescribed master plan for a crowd-sourced city as the redevelopment is shaped by a collection of projects of varying scales, from small urban interventions to larger communal buildings that are context and user sensitive.

This proposal consists of a series of multiscaled interventions that empowers the residents of Sunshine to plan redevelopment works that encourage urban sharing of their city and buildings.

A template indicating crowd resources required is used as a platform for discussion and present urban planning in a tangible manner to the community.

ST ALBANS

ALBION

SUNSHINE NORTH

SUNSHINE SUNSHINE WEST

HOW CROWD-SOURCING COULD REDEVELOP SUNSHINE? Identify potential sites / nodes

Identify Required Resources

Generate income or resources for future projects

Open Design Competition

YES

PROCESS

Generate income for investors

Identify the Crowd (Stakeholders) & Needs / Wants/ Ideas

Project Brief

Public Voting & Resource Collection

NO

Generate Product/service for Stakeholders Work together on project

Crowd-Sourcing Process Community empowered decision making.

GUIDE CROWD SIZE REQUIRED TIME FRAME

$$

FUNDING REQUIRED

SITE OUTLINE

KEYPLAN

Template Guide

Modular Bike Path

Multi-Scale Housing

Railway Library

MICRO-FINANCES

HOUSING

SKILLS & IDEAS

SKILLS & CULTURE EXCHANGE SPACE EFFICIENCY

MATERIALS

AIL

MOBILITY

OR TR ME

+ + + +

TIME

WAREHOUSE COMMUNAL KITCHEN

FOOD SECURITY

INFORMATION & DATA

ALFRIEDA STREET BOULEVARD MARKET

RAILWAY LIBRARIES

ST ALBANS

ST ALBANS STATION

RN TE ES W

G R IN

AD RO

RING ROAD SHOPPING GINIFER STATION

Crowd-Sourcing Model Sourcing the city and its residents to redevelop the city, one small project at a time.

EXTENDED FAMILY HOUSING

BALLARAT

ROAD

ALBION STATION

SUNSHINE

SUNSHINE STATION

ALL-AS-ONE HOUSING SHARED MOBILITY STATIONS

CHOSEN SITES

MAIN ROADS

RAILWAY STATION

METRO RAIL

SHARED BIKE STATION

SHARED MOBILITY STATIONS

PROPOSED SHARED PATH PROPOSED BIKE PATH

N 0M

1500 M

Site Plan

Communal Kitchen

Ring Road Shopping

Coopehagenize Flow

BIKE PATH

BIKE SHARE STATION

PERSONAL BIKE STATION

DEDICATED LANE FOR SHARED VEHICLES

PEDESTRIANIZED BOULEVARD

DAYTIME Spill over market space

Modular instant snap-on tiles Raised level for safety

CAR-SHARE STATION Variety of cars sizes

CARPOOL PICK-UP

Electric cars prevents theft & eco-friendly

BUS STATION

Encourages user interaction

WINTER Skylight for shelter

Green patches for water absorption

Chinese Chess

SEATING NIGHT TIME Open air cinema Foreign films Collapsible street furniture with tables

SHARED MOBILITY APP HOW DOES IT WORK?

Log-in & unlock vehicle RECLAIMED LANEWAYS Travel Identify required shared vehicle or carpool route

Locate nearest free vehicle or pick-up

-Shared mobility stations house shared transportation services including public transit and private sharing -Dedicated shared vehicle lanes and DIY bike paths connect mobility stations -New development should be attached to a mobility station & decrease personal car park allocations -Users are encouraged to customize mobility stations with seating and landscaping

REQUIRED RESOURCES -Recycled plastic for bike path -App & system design -Carpool network

Return vehicle to station

Pick up / Get picked up

SHARED MOBILITY STATIONS

STAKEHOLDERS -Commuters -Car-share companies -Brimbank Council

FESTIVALS Lunar New Year Tet nguyên dán

$$$$

ALFRIEDA STREET BOULEVARD MARKET -Fully-pedestranize the street & enlarge five-foot way of shops -Skylight provides shade for boulevard -Shop-owners share cost & may rent out space to market stalls -Space for night time activities and communal festivals -Laneways are rejuvenated with street furniture dedicated to cultural activities

SITE

CROWD SOURCING -Survey on commuters travel patterns & sharing interests -Collection of recyclable plastics for bike path tile production -Users can sell/rent vehicles for sharing -Neigbourhood takes ownership of mobility station -Investors get priority sharing

STAKEHOLDERS

CROWD SOURCING

-Shop owners -St Albans Business Association (SABA)

-Shop owners discuss upgrade works -Local youths design & manage laneways -SABA manages space rental & generated income for new projects

REQUIRED RESOURCES

STATION

-Building materials -Financial funding

$$$ SITE

FREE LIBRARY

SHARED ROUTE OVERPASS WITH MOBILITY STATION

Recycled material modular shelves

Reduced car park by incorporating shared mobility faciities

PARSONS RESERVE

LOCAL LIBRARY KIOSK

EXTRA SEATING

Connects to library‘s database

Equipped with commuter lockers

English & Foreign Language books

TO SUNSHINE STATION

SUNSHINE RAIL TRAIL

TOM OBRIEN PARK

South Chase

GRID House

Atelier Cite Architects

ELEVATED WALKWAY CONNECTS HOUSING ACROSS RAILWAY

MIXED HOUSING TYPOLOGIES with Ground Floor Shops

Roof Top Micro/Temporary Housing

BRIDGING LANDSCAPE CONNECTING 2 PARKS OVER THE RAILWAY

Apartments

OPEN LIBRARY APP HOW DOES IT WORK?

Single Units Found it!

Get it at station

Read on train Look for a book

Ask for it

Book owner responds & meet at station

Return book to any railway library / Owner

Shared Facilities

ALL-AS-ONE HOUSING

$$$$$

-The railway barrier is bridged via 3 ways; landscape, housing and transportation -The new shared housing complexes consist of varying typologies and sizes to cater for varying user groups and durations of stay -Temporary and micro housing to generate rental income -Each complex has shared facilities and is connected to the shared mobility path to encourage transport sharing

SITE

RAILWAY LIBRARIES

$

-Books are made accesible 24 hours -Libraries and residents donate books for free reading -Encourages reading during long train waiting times -Kiosks connect to local libraries for catalogue search & internet browsing -App facilitates book sharing beyond the library & users keep track on catalogue

STAKEHOLDERS

CROWD SOURCING

STAKEHOLDERS

CROWD SOURCING

-Investor families -Public Transport Victoria -Parks Victoria

-Interested families register interest to invest in a housing block -Chosen families commit finances & resources to project -Design competition for project opens -Families discuss needs and design with winning architects -Significant cost saving without marketing and standard tender processes

-St Albans & Sunshine Libraries -Public Transport Victoria REQUIRED RESOURCES

-Users donate and share books -Users updates online database of available titles

REQUIRED RESOURCES -Design input -Grouping of investors

-Recycled cartons -Books -App & system design

SITE

COMMUNAL END LOTS Shared facilities customized by residents

TWO GENERATION HOUSING UNITS

RECYCLED FREIGHT CONTAINER Temporary space Cheaper rent for start-ups and workshop

Smog-eating paint to reduce traffic air pollution DRIVE-THROUGH Business Types

INCREASED PERMEABILITY WITH INTERNAL ROAD ACCESS Open Kitchen For Asian Cooking

TICA Architecture

TRAIN COMMUTER PARKING

Cafe encourages commuters to park and ride

Different Height To Allow For Sunlight Exposure

EXISTING

SHARED COURTYARD BETWEEN UNITS

EXTENDED FAMILY HOUSING -Divide vacant land among residents to enlarge lots -Extend existing house into 2 units for inter-generational living -Accomodate filial piety (respect for elders) asian culture

STAKEHOLDERS

CROWD SOURCING

-Families of block

-Discussion among families -Renovation design chosen and cost divided among families -Usage of communal end lots decided by families

REQUIRED RESOURCES -Building materials -Renovation design

$$ SITE

RING ROAD SHOPPING

$$

-Rent out idle space beneath overpasses to start-up businesses looking for cheaper rent & workshop space -Commercial activity discourages speeding -Recycled freight containers strengthens industrial identity

STAKEHOLDERS

CROWD SOURCING

-Start-up business owners -STARTUP Melbourne

-Startup Melbourne manages container spaces & provide mentorship to new businesses -Shared workshop space and tools

REQUIRED RESOURCES -Recycled containers -Facility management

SITE

04

Place Before Space Macquarie Point Development, Hobart

Located in Hobart, this proposal is part of a Macquarie Point development master plan.

Social | Master plan

This proposal acts as a Year 0 or a precursor to future development works of the master plan.

2014

On the terrain vague site, these interventions aim to reintroduce the alien site back to the Hobart community by allowing them to occupy it without any buildings.

Utilizing architectural elements and site conditions that would form future architecture, these interventions encourage the community to create a sense of place on site before the existence of space.

2015

2025

2040

The master plan redevelopment consists of art activity pavilions and fine-grain mixed use clusters. The old rail tracks are left as a terrain vague feature.

Look-Out

Footings

Courtyard

Interventions

Courtyard

Section

The courtyard is formed by load bearing walls of the fine grain buildings of the master plan. The ground plane slopes towards the shallow courtyard to encourage movement towards the center.

Future Built Form

Interstitial Space

Future Building Edge

Space within a Space

Courtyard

Look-out The look-out faces the Derwent River and Mount Wellington. The steps cantilevers over the existing bike path and serves as shelter for riders and a hint of future building heights.

Footings

600

450

150

HEIGHT

200

1200

2100

2700

Plotting the footings of future pavilion structures,this intervention marks the outline of the pavilion and encourages the community to take ownership of the space ‘beneath’ the pavilion. Varying discs sizes are designed for varied interaction and use.

SIZE

30MM CHILD GRIP

60MM 1-HAND GRIP

100MM 2-HAND GRIP

200MM STEP

300MM CHILD SEATING

600MM ADULT SEATING

600MM OUTWARD GROUP SEATING

1600MM INWARD GROUP SEATING

600MM LARGE GROUP SEATING

PASSIVE

ACTIVE

05

The Vertical Marketplace Live & Work Prototype | Marketplace 2011

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

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

A live/work prototype that would re-activate the site and resolve urban issues was to be developed. A marketplace and low-cost housing is redefined as a live-work space for marginalized street vendors to grow their businesses.

View from Jalan Chow Kit

Vertical Street Within To recreate the informalities of the market lane, one enters the building through recessed narrow entrances. The layered canopies of the temporary street stalls are reinterpreted into overlapping modules of retail pavilions and green space canopies for the residents above.

LOWER GROUND & GROUND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

MARKETPLACE

RETAIL

Affordable Small Retail Units Mini Food Court Double Volume Marketplace

Affordable Small Retail Units Service Pavilions Restaurant

SECOND FLOOR

THIRD FLOOR

RESIDENCES

RESIDENCES

Studio Units Family Duplex Units Roof Garden

Studio Units Family Duplex Units Roof Garden

06

Direct Fishermen’s’ Market Market | Urban Regeneration 2012

In Kuala Terengganu, the river is an integral part of the lives of the locals and they have learnt to live, work and play by the river over the generations. However, urbanization and development have slowly drifted them away from the river and neglected it.

The fishermen’s market is intended to redefine the existent market typology. The new market aims to diversify the dying fishing trade by going beyond the sale of fresh fish.

Expanding on the 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.

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

Extended Boardwalk A stroll along the river front continues onto an elevated boardwalk that make way for the boats to come into the building. The elevated boardwalk is an extension of the existing boardwalk and brings users into and through the building and back down to the river.

INTERLOCKING OF SEA AND LAND

SECOND FLOOR RECYCLING THE FISH

To strengthen the town’s bond to its river, the new market will allow small scale fishermen to dock their boats and bring the catch of the day straight to the people.

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

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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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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

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EXISTING PAYANG MARKET

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

RIVER COOLING SYSTEM The floor slabs are embedded with PEX pipes that circulate cool water to 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.

PEX Piping For radiant cooling of floor slabs

HEAT PUMP

RC Beam 350 mm - 100 mm thick SURPLUS HEAT

Suspended Staircase 2000 mm width Treated timber threads

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INTGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS on skylight

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SUPPLY TANK

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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SEA WATER 22-25 C

GREY WATER collected from large roof areas for toilets

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ABOVE SEA WATER 28-35 C

EVAPORATIVE COOLING by sea body RADIANT COOLING TANK

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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 floorslabs

Radiant cooling tank cooled by sea water

Environmental sustainability features

Solar PV Skylight Double Glazed Insulated Glass 28 Steel Rafters Spaced at 1.5m apart

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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

Steel Carriages

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Pre-treated Timber Threads 60 x 255 x 2000 mm Pre-cast Concrete Railing 150 x 150 x 1500 mm Panels of 2m length

Tempered Glass Railing 16 mm thick

THIRD FLOOR LEVEL +7.6 m

PEX Piping For radiant cooling of floor slabs

Concrete Planter Box & Seating

RC Beam 350 mm - 100 mm thick Suspended Staircase 2000 mm width Treated timber threads

Open Staircase Detail

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

D3 SECOND FLOOR LEVEL +3.8 m

Suspended Track Downlights RC Beam 350 x 150 mm

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Top angled timber cladding 22 mm thk

Integrated LED Guide Lights on floor slabs

FIRST FLOOR LEVEL

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1500 x 150 x 2400 mm Pre-Cast RC Railing

GROUND LEVEL Approx. -12.00 m 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 50 x 2.8 mm plain nails

Angled Balcony Detail

Detailed Section Through Building

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Applied Construction Technical | High-Rise 2015

The subject investigates theory and construction technology design of a commerical-use skyscraper.

Centred on studio-type exercises, sketch design propositions were translated into a technically coherent proposal.

The outcome reflects considerations of user programme, construction method, environmental design and industry practice.

Stacking Structure Facade Detailing

Stacking Core & Floor Area

Structure Beam & Column Sizing

First Skin Curtain Wall Unit

Second Skin BIPV Units

Facade Unitized Curtain Wall

Scale Model 1:500

PARTIAL ELEVATION

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MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS LEGEND

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50mm x 150mm extruded powder coated aluminum mullion (Fluoroset PP Dulux Dark Grey)

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12mm thk. double glazed laminated low-E Sunergy Light Grey (National Glass)

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100mm x 75mm extruded powder coated aluminum transom (Fluoroset PP Dulux Dark Grey)

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12mm thk. laminated coloured photovoltaic glass in 3 different hues of Grey (Onyxsolar) with C Channel

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6mm thk. powder coated steel bracket for unitised curtain wall module (Fluoroset PP Dulux Dark Grey)

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100mm x 100mm extruded powder coated aluminum mullion (Fluoroset PP Dulux Dark Grey)

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Air plenum in between second skin & mechanical louvers

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100mm x 75mm extruded powder coated transom (Fluoroset PP Dulux Dark Grey)

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Air vent

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Post-tension concrete perimeter column

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Fresh air duct

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Welded steel column

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50mm thk. rock wool insulation

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50% open weather mechanical powder coated louvers (Louvreclad Nexus Series)

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Suspended ceiling

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Steel bird/vermin mesh

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Stainless steel service catwalk

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Louvre single leaf door for catwalk access

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Steel safety hand rail

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Scupper drain and drainage

Cladded steel beam second skin frame

PARTIAL PLAN SCALE 1:75

Detailing Unitized Curtain Wall

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Tectonic Grounds Design & Build | Rapid Prototyping 2016

An intensive subject which explored digital fabrication techniques, physical computing and rapid (laser-cut) 1:1 prototyping.

The subject emphasized on hands-on group design & build exploration to create an interactive structure.

Material properties of polypropylene sheets were experimented on to gain maximum strength and span with the least material.

The structure’s lighting reacted to the intensity of user motion within the structure using arduino and motion sensors.

GEOMETRY EXPERIMENTATION ANGLE & LENGTH 5-PIECE MODULE OF ARM

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Work Projects University of Melbourne Victorian College of Arts (VCA) Southbank Student Hub Redevelopment 2017 Heavy refurbishment works on the Lenton Parr Library (3 storey building) of the VCA campus, Melbourne.

-Carried out initial site investigations and library collection analysis.

-Prepared as-built existing drawings and 3D model.

-Co-organized and facilitated client user groups consultation sessions to inform design development.

-Participated in consultant design team meetings and facilitated coordination with the design team.

-Prepared documentation drawings from Schematic to Design Development stages.

-Written design reports for the client; including Accommodation Schedule and Project Program.

Work Projects University of Melbourne Victorian College of Arts (VCA) Southbank Student Hub Redevelopment

Ballarat Government Hub Competition 2017 Competition entry of a multi-storey office building in Ballarat, Victoria.

-Responsible for 3D modelling and coordination with external architectural renderer.

Work Projects Warragul Hospital Redevelopment Masterplan

2017 Masterplanning of a rural hospital on two possible sites for the West Gippsland Healthcare Group -Prepared Feasibility and Schematic Design Report -Drafting of schematic layout plans

Frankston Hospital Redevelopment Masterplan

2017 Feasibility study of the upgrade of Frankston Hospital for Peninsula Health.

-Developed 3D massing model and renders.

Work Projects St George Age Care Facility 2016 90-bed age care facility located in Kew, Melbourne.

-Interior space design development and material selection for communal spaces of the facility

Work Projects 18 Madge Residences, Kuala Lumpur 2013 10- storey high-end condominium, Kuala Lumpur.

- Involved in detailing of the faรงade of the condominium.

- Worked closely with marketing team and professional physical model maker.

- Responsible for specifying material and fittings.

- Drafting of Sales & Purchase drawings.

Work Projects EVO Bangi, Kuala Lumpur 2014 Mixed Development of Shopping Mall & Suites, Bangi, Selangor.

10 levels podium of retail & car parking 22 levels of apartments - Prepared presentation material for client - Involved in designing the overall building’s façade.

- Involved in designing the details for a sales show unit of the residential component.

- Worked closely with other consultants, civil engineer and retail architect.

- Drafting of submission and tender drawings.

10 Ballet: Architecture of Dance Photography

“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 This series features ballerinas in the urban setting, outside of their dance studios.

The built environment becomes the dancer’s stage where curves and form of both the ballerina and architecture are superimposed.

Photographs from this series were exhibited in the annual A+F= Exhibit at Taylor’s University.

2012 DANCERS Angeline Khor & Chloe Chin ARCHITECTURE PJ Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur Railway Station, KL Performing Arts Centre, St John’s Institute & Maya Hotel

Thank you Yien Hsiu Niu Architecture Portfolio yienhsiu@gmail.com