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MY PORTFOLIO Sze Yuen Yiu, Zachary 0420714687 / zacharysy@hotmail.com
2004 - 2006
To me, exploring architecture is a never ending journey. Keeping an open minded heart and a strong passion is essential for every graduate to walk on this path.
HONG KONG
HKU SPACE Capsule house - a form and space making exercise with 27 standardized block Tai O community heritage museum - Memory of Tai O, the play of visual layering effect
2007 - 2009
MELBOURNE
RMIT UNIVERSITY
ZACHARY SZE YUEN YIU Master of Architecture (RMIT University) Bachelor of Architectural Design (RMIT University) Professional Diploma in Architectural Design (HKU SPACE)
Federation Square Extension - a concept competition with camouflage visual distortion DIY - a real situation community project Breaking boundaries - a critique towards the public housing planning scheme in Hong Kong Prefab - a finding of the potential of prefab architecture Composite space - form making exercise with cutting edge building material Shared space - a research of exploring common virtual design platform using parametric design software
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How the dazzle pattern works with the new building group
1. Streetscape
Dazzle Camouflage 2. Selected building
It is developed by Norman Wilkinson, during the WWI and WWII. The camouflage was painted on warship to prevent the attack from German U-Boat. Rather than making the boat invisible, it confused the eye of German Navy. By using simple pattern such as strips and grids, with the help of strong contrasting colours, the direction of the warshop will become hard to determine on the sea. The pattern breaks the outlook of the warship into many unrelated patterns, and “False edges� of the boat are created. The British called this camouflage scheme "Dazzle Painting." The Americans called it "Razzle Dazzle."
Federation Square Extension Melbourne, Australia
This is a competition based studio project. It aims at developing a strong and clear concept to extend the current fed sq site with new galleries and commercial development. The project also explore the possibility of applying camouflage idea into architecture.
3. To frame a building by organized a specific opening between new buildings.
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Dazzle camouflage is chosen in my project. It is extensively used on navy during the second world war. As making the ship invisible is impossible, the camouflage visually distort the outline of the vessel, making the enemy hard to estimate the direction and main components of the vessel as the skin combined the outllook of the vessel, transforming it into a complicated mixture.
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5. The Dazzle pattern reinforced the idea of framed view. New buildings and landscape are now read as a whole image.
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4. Apply Dazzle on new buildings and landscape.
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Gallery The site is on the Eastern side of Fed sq. There are 4 building surrounding a central plaza with one joinning the existing Fed Sq. The whole fabric is covered by the same pattern of skin, so the development can be read as a whole image. Gaps between the buildings are carefully planned to create 4 framed views, each of them pointing toward a landmark of Melbourne. There are underground linkage under the plaza and a big entrance connecting the plaza and the Yarra river promenade.
Design School
SECTION AA Design Process
Drop off Point 2 Commercial space
NGV Entrance
NGV Extension
Vehicle Circulation
Carpark
Commercial Tower
Shops
NGV Connection Camo Plaza Restaurant / Bar
NGV Connection
Drop off Point 1 Atrium Design school NGV Extension Galleries Carparking area
Design School
Yarra Riverside
SECTION BB
Entrance
Entrance Entrance
Small Group (1-2 people) Existing NGV Reception
Gallery
Foyer
Atrium
Individual learning space, including a table, chairs, computer, pin-up wall and a small model making space. The most private mode and allow student to concentrate on their own works.
Gallery
Flexibility Large studio can be seperated into medium and small size studio
School Foyer
Entrance
Carpark
Loading Area
1/F
Commercial Tower
Design School
Medium Size Group (6 people) B A
Flinders Street
Group working station, meeting room allow student to discuss and share ideas. It can be formed by combining several individual learning area with a common model making spcae or a presentation area.
Light well
Mass mode study (>30 people) It is the learning community mode, circulation space and learning space are combined. Multi-functional space allow a greater flexibility for architecture students to form their own learning space. There is no fixed classroom, all space in the design school can be used for learning.
“Studio / Classroom” Different modes of study are put into the design school. Full height glasses are used to define classroom space. Other students can see the presentation even they are not in the room that blur the definition of circulation space and learning space.The school is designed to be a whole learning comunity with combination of mutil-functional spaces to allow different modes of study.
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Yarra River Promenade B
Ground Floor Plan 1:1000
“Balcony”
2/F
Dazzle learning space Internal spatial planning of the school is reorganized, creating a stronger relationship between the Dazzle idea and the internal space. The ratio between “Room” and “Circulation space” is near 50/50 to reinforce the idea of a “learning community”. Light wells are inserted to the school, providing natural lighitng to architecture students which stay in the studio for long hour working.
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Prefab Melbourne, Australia This project manipulate the advantage of prefab technique to develop an architectural system which allows mix and match of components to form customized dwelling in Melbourne. A basic module include a bedroom, essential A# space and living area for a single family. The quick erected building method allows the module to be setup easily on site. There are several additonal modules can be added to the basic module for extension purpose. The module system was tested on 2 real sites, John Street and Albert park. The configuration at John Street is a home for a family with 2 children. The basic module is lifted up to provide shelter outdoor space for children. As the house is located at the corner, a large balcony provide space for neighbourhood gatherings. The albert park configuation is a large development with more than 50 modules with different sizes. As Melbourne holds several international sport campaigns each year, this athlete’s village provide sufficient accomodation and serivces for athletes.
Trub House, AGPS
Carter Tucker House, Melbourne.
Peninsula House, Victoria, Australia
Changing spatial Quality
Precedent works from AGPS and Sean Godsell have similarity on the facade. Both Architects put moveable element into their houses. There are sliding wall panels in Turb house and moveable sun shadding shutters in Sean Godsell’s houses. By operating those moveable components, the interior space can be changed greatly. Small design can make great impact. Interior space can be extended to outdoor immediately when sliding panels and shutters are opened, therefore the spatiial quality can be changed by parts of component.
Unpacking A fast and easy construction method is adopted for this prefabricated house. The assembly of house parts are taken in the factory, the process is a kind of “Packing”, installing components chosen by customers into the house module. Mass production of houses in the factory reduces time and wastage, thereby helping to protect the environment and maximize the profits. The packed house is then transported to the site by truck or helicopter if the site is on the top of an existing building. The process taken on the site is called “Unpacking”, it is just simply unfolding the house module and locating the module above a light structure on the site.
5500*2250 12.4m2
Extention Module
Furniture Scale
Trub house, AGPS
5500*2250
Wooden Floor
12.4m2
Small Module
Small Module (without cover)
Precendent work
5500*3000 16.5m2
Form making Wooden Floor Medium Module
1. Folding a piece of Floor
Medium Module (without cover)
2. Further Extendion 5500*4500 24.8m2
3. Module formed
13000*4500 74.06m2
Large Module
4. Interlocking of 2 modules
Original Module (Tissue box)
Large Module (without cover)
10000*4500 37.8m2
Floding Process Extra Large Module
Irefab Catalogue
1X Single module house
74.06m2 1/F
G/F
1/F
G/F
1X
4X
Single family house 4 members
111.32m2 Living Room Bedroom
1X
3X
5X
Garage Storage Swimming Pool Skateboard ground Living Room Bedroom Bathroom Kitchen Equipment
A small community
325.65m2 1/F
G/F
Balsa
Bamboo
Honeycomb Woodstalk
Lightweight
Exterior
Translucent
Opaque Duralmond Solus Grass
Gysum
Unilin
interflex
Rodeca
Lumi
Soft M2uur
Leather
Photovoltaic
lignasil Copper
Wood
Roof
Arpro
Shading device Tile Ceramic
Soundwave Pws
Swart
Sliding panels
Textile
Indoor Earth
Wire
Metal
Metal and Wood
Handrail
Landscape
Choices of Material
Concrete
Metal and wood
Staircase
Hard Pavement Wood
Wood
Soft Pavement Rubber
Tire Veneer
luminous concrete
Sand
Zen
Vegetation Grass
Stone
Butcher
Xilo
16.5m2
5500*4500
12.4m2
Large scale Module
24.8m2
X Large scale Module Extension Module
37.8m2
12.4m2 5500*2250
Ground Floor
Medium scale Module
10000*4500
First Floor
Small scale Module
5500*3000
55.8m2 18.26m2
5500*2250
13000*4500
Original Module
Bedroom Kitchen Living Room Carparking Bathroom
Furniture Module
Studio Studio
Workshop
Studio
S / M / L Module (without cover)
Pergola
Bathroom
Bedroom
Party Room
Swimming Pool
Storage Service Unit Band Room
Herbs garden
01/ John Street Prefab Home John Street site analysis The site is a compacted corner site in Fitzroy, surrounded by residential blocks. At the North, it is facing a neighbour’s bedroom separated by a narrow street, the house is therefore offsetted to balance the site force. There is also a kintergarden close to the site, since there will be noise generated by children, the studio is placed far away from the Eastern Boundary, under the main module facing the backyard. There is some space reserved for further extendion of the house on the Eastern part. 3 more modules can be added if needed. Since the site is small, the car parking area is placed under the bedroom modules, the entrance is on John Street.
Narrow Street, Site force
Offsetted Area
Studio
Kindergarten
Ve h
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Dir
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Noise Generated
Site Plan
Close resident bedroom
G/F
Master Bedroom
Studio
Open deck
Entertainment Room
Car parking
Kitchen
Children’s Bedroom
1/F
3x
3000 Module
1x
Original Module
John Street Prefab Home The concept of this house is a semi-open home. Moveable elements are installed in the house, including sun shading shutters and moveable wall panels. When all shutters and panels are closed, the family builds an enclosed private space within the house. If shutters and panels are opened, the house is becoming a semi-open space, which allows cross ventilation and people can actually see through the house. There is a large open deck at first floor, the family can invite their neighbour to come and have a party on it.
3x
3000 Module
Section AA
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Polyester-resin pigmented sealing layer 25mm laminated timber sheeting sealing layer 230mm cotton thermal insulation 18mm laminated timber sheeting vapour barrier 18mm laminated timber sheeting
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18mm parquet vapour barrier 230mm mineral-wool insulation 50mm timber slab Polyester-resin pigmented sealing layer
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2 x 4mm double glazing
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60mm metal hand rail 2380mm x 500mm sliding wall
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100mm steel tube
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80mm wooden decking
02/ Albert Park athlete’s village
Lake
Single Bedroom Unit Proposed Site
Site Map Albert Park, Melbourne
Before events hold, prefabricated modular houses can be built in the factory, interior decoration can be also custom designed according to different character of athletes. Then, modules are transported to Albert Park and setup on the open area just next to the lake. The accommodation complex is formed by 90 modules in different scale. The Large scale Module is used for single bedroom and conference room, while the Original module is used for supporting services. There are gyms, clinic centre and even a movie theatre within the complex. It becomes a small community within the park. One side of every living module is designed to be fully open, its idea is to bring the outside environment and the interior space together. There are moveable wall panels on that side of the module, privacy can be protected if wall panels are closed.
Gym
Computer Room
Lounge
Movie Theatre
Bar & Restaurant
Clinic Conference Room
Post Office Gym
Elevation
Diagrams showing the numbers and location of modules
Functional diagram
1/F L9 L10
L11
R56 R22 R23
R24 R25 R26 R27
R40 R41 R42 R43
R28 R29 R30 R31 R32
R44 R45 R46 R47 R58
Single Bedroom Studio
R57
R48 R49 R50 R51 R59
R33 R34 R35 R36
R37 R38 R39
Gym
R52 R53 R54 R55 R60
R61
L12
Post Office Service
Accommodation
Common Area
Original Module
Large scale Module
Extension Module
Restaurant Movie Theatre Computer Center
G/F
R1
R2
R3
L3
L7
L4
L8
R4
R9
R10 R11 R12 R13
Medical Center R19 R20 R21
Conference Room R5
R6
R7
R8
R14 R15 R16 R17 R18
L1
L5
L2
L6
Section AA
Section BB
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DIY Hastings, Australia This is a community project addesses the issue of homelessness in Mornington Peninsula. Before the design process, extensive research was done with the help of local neighbourhood renew council. Beside the site visits, interviews and community forum were hold in Hastings to collect real data along the Kings Creek area. This project aims at creating a “tool” for homeless people based on a DIY idea. Instead of creating a simple temporary accommodation solution to them, a DIY system encourages homeless people to “design” their cabins with the help of volunteers and professionals.
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WETLAND SITE
NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL SITE Flood zone - Land Subject to inundation The Land Subject to Inundation Overlay(LSIO) applies to mainstream flooding in both rural and urban areas. In general, areas covered by the LSIO have a lower flood risk than UFZ or FO areas. The LSIO can also be used as an interim measure to identify flood-affected areas where detailed information to define the floodway is not available.
Caravan Park
Camping Ground Transformable vans are popular in Mornington Peninsula, they are found in many camping sites throughout the year. People like to spend their weekend with friends and familties in parks.
COMMUNITY FORUM
Beach Houses - Mornington Peninsula There are many colourful beach houses along the Morninton Peninsula, they are bascially formed by small huts and timber decks. During summer, large numbers of visitors occupy the beach and use those houses for temporary shelter. Beach houses were locked in the winter.
HOMELESSNESS
There are currently 2 existing caravan parks in Hastings. One on High Street and the other one on Salmon Street. The caravan park on High Street has become a permanent housing site with mangament. The one on Salmon street is divided into small blocks, allowable for sale and rent out. Some people have lived in the park for a long period of time, they have already created a sense of small community and know pretty well of the neighbours. Prefabricated houses are located on sale land and caravan can still be seen on rental land. Most residents have connected their caravan with a small cabin house. Living in Caravan park seems to be a lifestyle of retired people, most of them don’t have financial difficulties as they own private vehicles and yacht.
An elevated house attached on a continuous surface, lifted up from the ground but still keeping a relationship with the landscape.
FENCE
Vertical element
Step 1 choose the foundation
PLATFORM / DECK
Continuous surface
A Folded space
Lifted up
Horizontal element
Platform / Deck Rootedness “My word…yeah.”
House is just part of a “HOME”.
Hastings is good; I find the people very friendly and easy going: “Hastings feels like home – my word yeah…Look I’ve been camping a few days round here you know where you turn into the football ground, everyone who walked past would say hello how are you and that’s it.” (Andrew, Community Consultation 2007)
Fences Privacy / Sign - Boundary “Home to me is a place that’s safe, where I can be myself, where I can stuff up and I can still be loved; where I know that people care for me, and I can be different but be safe and loved at the same time.” (Centre Coordinator, Youth and Community Organisation, Community Consultation 2007)
Community Support “Fusion believes that young people (in fact all of us) need two fundamental things: purpose and community. So it’s about working with young people to help them find their individual
place
and purpose within a broader community. It is fundamental to our work that we support young people to develop and strengthen their links with their local community, so that they are part of a broader community network that supports them. This means that when we end our intensive support with young people they are a part of a community that continues to support them and their future development. That’s why community support is so important to the work that we do, it’s not engagement in a program that ultimately means whether or not a young person succeeds but the community links they form and the support from these that will help them through the crises that life presents. And this will ultimately prevent them from re-entering the homelessness cycle and engaging with all the negative behaviours that exist when young people feel isolated from their communities.” (Centre Coordinator, Youth and Community Organisation, Community Consultation 2007)
A connection to community complete the idea of a “HOME”.
Step 2 choose the module
Step 3 Plan the openings
SStep 4
site preparation
Landscape Sense of belonging “An elevated house on a flood plain in Kings Creek” Home is much more than the physical structures that form a house. Home is a place where we feel safe; it’s our belonging place, a place where we feel connected. Home describes our relationships to people and place. Our family and friends, our daily interactions - the person at the shop check out, the children’s crossing supervisor – our informal interactions with the people around us. It’s about the built and natural environment and how we interact with it…
Step 5 Community module construction
FRONT - OPENED
There are three types of concrete slab foundation provided (200mm thickness), choose the appropriate one depend on location of the site.
There are several types of cabin modules provided (3m, 4m, 4.5m and 5m), choose the appropriate one depend on location of the site and personal reference.
1. M1.5 (Bathroom + Kitchen unit) - It is an ancillary module attached to other standard module - A Bathroom and Kitchen is included
1. TYPE 1a (SoundBarrier mode) - 4600mm in length - It is used on the Hastings Neighbourhood Renewal site along the Frankston Flinders Road. - In order to use the concrete wall as a SOUND BARRIER, there is NO opening on the wall. It can be extended by putting the same type of modules on each side, forming a continuous sound barrier wall.
2. M2 (Community unit) - It is a connector module connecting two M3 modules - A bathroom and a kitchen can be placed inside
2. TYPE 1b (Balcony mode) - 4600mm in length - It is used in both site. (Hastings Neighbourhood Renewal site and the westport wetland site) - The opening on the wall is designed for the foldable balcony of the module. The balcony provided a social gathering place for residents to meet neighbours and friends.
3. M3 - It is the smallest module - There is no bathroom and kitchen - It can be connected to M2 on 3 sides - It is for single person only
3. TYPE 1c (Wetland mode) - 4600mm in length - It is used in the Western Port wetland site - The concrete wall is replaced by a timber free standing louver to reduce the visual impact of the wall to the surround wetland scene. The louvre has a soften texture than the concrete wall.
4. M4 - It can be formed by a M2.5 and a M1.5 - It can also be formed by two M2(s) - Bathroom is provided in the M1.5 - It is for single person only
3. TYPE 2a (Community mode) - 8000mm in length - It is used on the Hastings Neighbourhood Renewal site - The extended concrete slab is designed for the 3m module. Two 3m modules and One 2m community module can be fixed on the slab. The continuous foundation is shared among
5. M4.5 - It is formed by a M3 and a M1.5 - Bathroom is provided in the M1.5 - It is for single person only
those 3 modules.]
5. M5 - It is the largest module - It is formed by a M3.5 and a M1.5 - Bathroom is provided in the M1.5 - It can accommodate 2 people
4. TYPE 2b (SoundBarrier + Community mode) - It is used on the Hastings Neighbourhood Renewal site - It is a combination of TYPE 1a with the slab of TYPE 2a.
Others: M2.5, M3.5 - for builders only
Step 1
Step 2
choose the foundation
choose the module
You can decide the opening (windows) of the module using a standard table.
Step 4 M4
site preparation
4. Locate the mild steel footing and screw it to the concrete slab. 3. Wait until the concrete dried and lay the pre-fab
2. Tilt up the wall by canes and pour concrete into the gully.
M4.5
one site of the site for concrete foundation of the tilt wall.
M5
Step 3 Plan the openings
Step 5 Community module construction
Elevation
6M MODULE 1:50
5M MODULE 1:50
4M MODULE 1:50
4.5M MODULE 1:50
Construction Detail
Hastings Neighbourhood Renewal Office
NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL SITE
C777 Frankston Flinders Road There are approximately 13-16 cars passing by per minute, including heavy vehicles such as coaches and lorries. This is a main road connecting Hastings and Frankston, high traffic circulation is expected during daytime. The traffic has created huge amount of noise, that is probably the reason of setting back the existing Hastings Fitness & Leisure Centre far away from the road. In order to reutilize the vacant land in front of the centre, certain sound barrier system must be placed.
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P 1. Park your car A new carpark is designed for wetland visitors
2. Gett your key Visitors get the key from the office cabin near the entrance
KINGS CREEK WETLAND SITE
P CARPARK
OFFICE
WINTER CABIN 01 CABIN 05
CABIN 02 CABIN 06
CABIN 07
Cabin rent out with low and affordable fee as crisis accommodation for homeless people
CABIN 03
CABIN 04
CABIN 08 CABIN 10 CABIN 12
CABIN 14 CABIN 13
CABIN 09 CABIN 11
3. Enjoy your holiday Staying in your cabin, enjoy the wetland scene
SUMMER Cabin rent out as hostel for tourists
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03 CAPSULE HOUSE
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03 Capsule House Mt. Davis, Hong Kong
The 2009 East Asian Game was held in Hong Kong. A site on Mt. Davis is chosen for Atheles’ accommodation.This is an exploration of using 27 cubes as a medium to explore ideas about architectural form and space. The house is designed for an Judo player during the East Asian Game. The idea is to create an comfortable indoor living space while strong connection with the surrounding environment is still maintained. Plenty of openings allows the resident to admire the splendid view of the Victoria Harbour. Skylights are designed over the bedroom and the livingroom, the resident can have a clear view of the stary sky at night. The circulation is made up of a series of steps, aroud the bedroom, in order to create a journey from the entrance to the view overlooking the HK Island. There is a skylight above the bed to provide a view towards the stary sky. The living room is located on the lower deck to seperate the public space and the private area above. A set of sliding doors in the living area allows the resident to move to the front garden.
Form making exercise The transient capsule is a temporary structure formed by 27 numbers of 1.5M x 1.5M x 1.5M volumetric space.
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1/F 1. Bathroom 2. Bedroom 3. Pantry 4. Living Room 5. Ikebana Room
G/F
Private area / Public area
Private area / Transitional area / Public area
Private area - Transitional area - Public area
Private area
Transitional area - Public area
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04 BREAKING BOUNDARIES
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04 Breaking Boundaries Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong This project is aimed at creating a convivial urban space for the community of Tin Shui Wai in Hong Kong. Since its construction, a lack of community services and an unfriendly pedestrian environment have contributed to many social problems in the town. This project explores ways to liberate local residents from their compact apartments into a community complex which enhances everyday interaction within the neighborhood. As a contrast to the extreme verticality of the residential towers, this project addresses a horizontally layered landscape of floating buildings and the roof-scapes. Sunken gardens provide spaces for open communal activities and hydroponic farming: an opportunity to facilitate a self-sustaining new town for Hong Kong.
Site comparision
TIN SHUI WAI
44,000m2
TIN SHUI WAI SITE
57,600M2
Treasury
32,800M2 Fed.
45,600M2
Queen Victoria 57,600M
2
Gardens
Square
Gardens
Crown
Casino
SITE COMPARISION
Site area + Green area in the town
Blocks divided by roads
Roads and Highways
Tin Shui wai New Town Area
Boundaries Schools
Shopping centre
Housing estate
Housing situation Public Housing Private Housing Site area
Linkages and People
1
Dancing along the river
2
Morning Market
5
1
Cycling along the river
9 6
Housewives gathering
7
Lack of Community facilities
8
Tin Shui Wai Central Park
9
Wetland Park
7
5 3
Dancing at basketball court
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Hawkers 3
Tunnel Footbridge
Urban studies
TIN SHUI WAI NEW TOWN
80%
Grandeur Terrace
of people living in public housing
11 public housing estates 6 sponsorship housing estates 2 library 3 community center
Tin Heng Estate
Tin Chak Estate
Tin Yat Estate
Low income household Tin shui wai (N) Tin Fu Court Tin Yuet Estate
Tin Yan Estate
Tin shui wai (S) Hong Kong
Low income household
41.1%
22.6%
20.1%
Education level
Primary school level or below
47.6%
30.1%
29.8%
Unemployed
81.4%
76%
72.2%
Elderly living alone
81.1%
79.2%
70.6%
Elderly household
75%
75%
75.8%
Single parent family
70%
63.2%
50.1%
migrant from mainland below 7 years
55.2%
43.1%
40.3%
ethnic minorities
39.5%
14.7%
10%
Tin Ching Estate
Tin Wah Estate
Tin Chung Court
Tin Shui Estate (Phase 1&2)
Tin Tsz Estate
Tin Lai Court Tin Yau Court
Tin Shing Court Tin Oi Court Tin Yiu Estate (Phase 1&2)
Community center Library Massing study LRT station / Train station
Existing Condition
Ground Floor Plan
Bird view of the site
First Floor Plan
Entrance with chess tables
Covered public area underneath the library
Ebb and flow Aquaponics
“Tai Pai Dong” - TradiƟonal dining culture
Nutrient film technique
1 HYDROPONIC FARMING
SeaƟng area next to the basketball court
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1. Water pump 2. Reservoir 3. Water in 4. Water out 5. Plants 6. Lights 7. Growth medium
1 Hydroponic nursery
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1. Air pump 2. Plants root 3. Nizzle 4. Chamber 5. Plants 6. Lights 7. Nutrient solution 8. Plants holder
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1. Plants 2. Foam board with holes 3. Aerated nutrient solution 4. Air Stone 5. Reservoir 6. Air Pump
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White Cabbage
1
Kale
Cabbage
LeƩuce
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Yard White Long Bean
Summer grown
3
Hairymelon
BiƩer Cucumber
Chinese Spinach
Water cress
Matrimony vine
Chayote
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5
Spinach
Winter grown
Library
Vehicle traffic
Hydroponic nursery Children playground
Covered street and public space Badminton court
Public forum area
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Community garden and drying area near housing estates
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3
5 7
Library
Basketball Court
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Hydroponic farming on the site
Float technique
5
Whole year grown
Traditional farming area
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1. Water pump 2. Reservoir 3. Water in 4. Water out 5. Plants 6. Lights 7. Support 8. Solution A 9. Solution B 10. PH value solution
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Aeroponics
Dancing area
Indoor hydroponic farming
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05 HERITAGE MUSEUM OF TAI O
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05 Tai O Community Heritage Museum Tai O, Hong Kong Tai O is a historic fishing village in Hong Kong, it is located on Lantau Island, far away from the city center. The aim of this project is to design a cultural museum to present the history of this small village to visitors. Plenty of exhibiton area, a library and a multi-media exhibition area are required. Tai O is made up of a cluster of fishermen boat house. Fishermen has uplifted their fishing boats and transformed into their permanent homes. These houses are planned in roles, leaving gaps between houses as circulation space. Through those gaps, different layers of houses are revealed, creating an interesting visual effect with a richness and variety of fishermen’s lifestyle. The idea of layering is put into the design. Gaps of opening is carefully planned on the walls inside the museum. From the gaps, a line of sight can see through several exhibiton space, reflecting the idea of layering within the fishing village. The building mass is lifted up from the ground, visitors have to complete a journey through the garden at the back, a transitional space before entering the museum.
Layers of wall
Create opening for visual connection between spaces
Opening are carefully designed, allowing people to see through layers of spaces.
Development Process Interlocking of Linear Shapes
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Layers of cottage
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G/F
7. Multi-media gallery 8. Sculpture area 9. Shop 10. Outdoor cafe
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1. Entrance 2. Entrance Lobby 3. Gallery 4. Lounge 5. Lecture hall 6. Library
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06 COMPOSITE SPACE
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Composite Space Australia Composit materials are very popular in the racing industry, its stiffness and light weight make it become an ideal material for Formular 1 cars and racing boats. This fashion gallery is an attempt to investigate the potential of composite material in architecture. This is a joint studio project with students from fashion, architecture, aerospace and business department. As an architecture student, I collected those fabric samples from fashion students and transform them into a concept derive from the layering of yarns on the texture of fabrics. Increasing layers of a translucent materials can reduce its transparency, it can be used as a tool for defining private and public space. Traditional load bearing walls are transformed into hollow inhabitable structures for exhibition area. Walking through the fashion gallery is an interesting journey that visiter can feel the movement of continuous changing spatial quality with a sense of different volume and layers of space.
2 textile students are holding 2 piece of potential swatches for layering and pattern development
Knitting - A textile technology, interlock a lot of tiny structure to form a strong bonding surface.
Structural skin concept is an idea to use a lot of tiny composite structure to support the load of a buillding.
From simplicity to complexity Layering effect
1 la ye r
2 la ye rs
3 la ye rs
4 layers
5 layers
6 layers
‘A single layer of pattern may seems a bit boring, we can make it interesting by duplication.’
Fine texture swatch created by textile students
Landscape model
Tunnel model
I am interested at creating layers of fine structure, simple but elegant.
Bended Tunnel Model
Structure and internal skin
Conventional structure
Structural Skin structure
Heavy Load bearing purpose only On site fabrication
Light Load bearing structure also hel[s to define space Prefabrication is possible
Random pattern model with 2 layers of material
Joint Module
1+1 = 3 ? ‘New space can be formed by interlocking 2 seperate space’
Tunnel space by extruding a section
Prototype_02 Form making process by twisting
Interlocking tubes
Changing sections to create more interesting space
Interlocking space
Prototype_01
Prototype_04
Prototype_03 A surface treatment experiment, 2 layers of different pattern and size of structural members. It is a surface model offset from Prototype_02
Form making process by twisting a originated from the mid-crit modelmodel
Prototype_05
Final stage
Prototype_05 is the final model for form making, with structural element pattern
A composite fashion gallery with habitable structual space
Fashion Gallery Communication between fashion designer and visitor
Appreciation
Concept Fashion Designer
Product
Visitor
Studio space
Gallery
Circulation
Gallery space is in-between the visitor circulation and studio space
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Functional Diagram Cafe
Gallery
Service area
Studio space
Service area are located inside the “habitable structure” to provide a “Pure” gallery experience to visitors.
Evolution of plan
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1. Gallery_04 2. Gallery_05 3. Cafe
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4. Gallery_01 5. Gallery_02 6. Gallery_03 7. Office 8. Changing Room 9. Ticket Office 10. Outdoor Cafe
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Section drawings changing volumn of space G
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Section AA
Section BB
Section CC
Section DD
Section EE
Section FF
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07 SHARED SPACE
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Shared space
A research about a common virtual design platform between architects This is a research based project investigates the possibility of a shared virtual design space using the parametric design software, Digital Project. The team included one supervisor, Jane Berry and 2 students, Ricky Lau and Me. We chose a sport stadium as our medium for exploration as it is an ideal type of architecture that is very functional and aestically pleasing at the same time. My teammate Ricky is responsible for the basic structural elements and the audience stand while I am responsible for the outer skin and rooftop structure of the building. We have worked closely together as a single change will greatly affect both the skin and structure. An FTP server is set up to allow share of information within the team. There is a common ground where 2 teammates can setup the basic rules, common parameters and library for the project. Our individual parts are depend on the common rules. This open-end research brings out a set of rules to improve the communication for designers sharing a common virtual platform in order to create a successful project.
Project: Stadium Ricky
*Structures *Audience stand
Shared Virtual design space - Rules - Library - Resources - Common part FTP Server
Zachary
*Building Skin *Roof Structure
CHANGE OF FIELD SIZE
CHANGE OF COLUME SIZE
SCHEMA
BASE REFERENCE
CHANGE OF FIELD SIZE
COMMON REFERENCE
CHANGE OF STAND DEPTH
FACADE REFERENCE
CHANGE OF STAND LENGTH
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08 FLEXIBLE LIGHT
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Direction of light can be controlled by lamp shade
Flexible Light The flexible floor lamp is formed by light modules. Each module includes a lightshade, a LED light source and a small electric motor. A central rod is used to hold all stacked light modules to the base. Giving a degree of rotation, each module is individually moveable, rotating around the rod by the motor. By modifying the angles of rotation, patterns of floor lamp modules can be formed. The element of the light is controlled by parameters, by using a parametric software eg. Digital Project, the size and shape of each individual module can be modified easily. It totally a flexible model in the digital world.
Development model of flexible surface
A higher value of angle paremeter creates larger triangular openings.
Module Unit Development
A lower value of angle paremeter creates smaller triangular openings.
Module Radius Length constraint
Module Control Line Length constraint
Module System
Module Height Length constraint
Control unit system
Individual module system
Control Line (Parent)
Control Line (Parent)
Module Control Line (Children)
Module Control Line (Children)
R=20 L=200 H=30
R=20 L=250 H=20
R=30 L=300 H=40
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R=20
R=30
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09 DETAIL
ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL DRAWINGS
PROJECT_01
MELBOURNE ZOO - WATER RECYCLING PLANT PETER ELLIOTT ARCHITECTURE
PROJECT_02
HEIDI EDUCATION CENTRE O’CONNOR + HOULE ARCHITECTURE
PROJECT_03
CITY HOUSE JOHN WARDLE ARCHITECTS