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Federation Square Extension Prefab DIY Capsule House
2004 - 2006
HKU SPACE
Breaking Boundaries
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 HONG KONG
Museum of Tai O Composite space
2007 - 2009
RMIT UNIVERSITY
Shared space
MELBOURNE
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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The site is on the Eastern side of Fed sq. There are 4 buildings surrounding a central plaza with one joined to 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.
Art Centre
MCG Design School
DIY
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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Art C entre View
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.
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Forum Theatre
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Federation Square Extension
How the dazzle pattern works with the new building group
Prefab 1. Streetscape
DIY Capsule House
2. Selected building
Master Plan Idea
Breaking Boundaries 3. To frame a building by organized a specific opening between new buildings.
Museum of Tai O Composite space
4. Apply Dazzle on new buildings and landscape.
Shared space Others
5. The Dazzle pattern reinforced the idea of framed view. New buildings and landscape are now read as a whole image.
The size of the new public space is similar to the federation square with multiple acces from the Flinder street, Yarra riverside and the existing NGV. There will be stairs linking the riverside to the public space underneath the design school. New drop off points are added, to provide group entrance (Point 2) to the NGV and to insert a new inflow of people into the site (Point 1). Drop off Point 1 is also shared to the commercial boot scheme tower, providing an easy access for guests which usually arrived with private vehicles. The form of the buildings are come from the “Framed View� idea, the connection between buildings are underneath the Camo Plaza which is a public open space deck.
Federation Square Extension
Prefab
Prefab
Melbourne, Australia
DIY
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.
Studio
Open deck
Entertainment Room
Car parking
Kitchen
Children’s Bedroom
Composite space
Master Bedroom
Museum of Tai O Shared space
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.
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Breaking Boundaries
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.
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Capsule House
A basic module include a bedroom, bathroom 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.
Others
Federation Square Extension
Gym
Computer Room
Lounge
Prefab
Movie Theatre
Bar & Restaurant
DIY Post Office Gym
Clinic Conference Room
First Floor
16.5m2
Large scale Module
24.8m2
10000*4500
12.4m2
Ground Floor
Medium scale Module
5500*4500
Small scale Module
5500*3000
55.8m2 18.26m2
5500*2250
Breaking Boundaries
13000*4500
Capsule House
Basicl Module
X Large scale Module
37.8m2
Museum of Tai O
Bedroom Kitchen Living Room Carparking Bathroom
Composite space
Studio
Studio
Shared space
Workshop
Studio
Storage
Herbs garden
Pergola
Bathroom Service Unit Band Room
Others
Bedroom
Federation Square Extension
DIY
Hastings, Australia
Prefab
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 and interviews, community forum were hold in Hastings to collect real data along the Kings Creek area.
DIY Capsule House Breaking Boundaries
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.
Museum of Tai O
2. Tilt up the wall by canes and pour concrete into the gully.
Shared space
3. Wait until the concrete dried and lay the pre-fab
Composite space
4. Locate the mild steel footing and screw it to the concrete slab.
one site of the site for concrete foundation of the tilt wall.
Others
Community forum
Federation Square Extension
6M MODULE 1:50
Prefab DIY Capsule House Breaking Boundaries Museum of Tai O
4M MODULE 1:50
5M MODULE 1:50
Composite space
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House is just part of a “HOME”.
Others
A connection to community complete the idea of a “HOME”.
Breaking Boundaries Museum of Tai O Composite space
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The house is designed for an Judo player. The concept 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.
DIY
The 2009 East Asian Game was held in Hong Kong. A site on Mt. Davis is chosen to build accommodation for atheles during the game. This is an exploration of using 27 cubes as a medium to explore ideas about architectural form and space.
Prefab
Mt. Davis, Hong Kong
Federation Square Extension
Capsule House
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1. Bathroom 2. Bedroom 3. Pantry 4. Living Room 5. Ikebana Room
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Composite space
Shared space
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Federation Square Extension Prefab
BREAKING BOUNDARIES
Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong
DIY Capsule House Breaking Boundaries Museum of Tai O
SITE COMPARISION
Public Housing Private Housing
Housing situation
32.830m2
Fed. Square
Blocks divided by roads
44,000m2
TIN SHUI WAI SITE
Roads and Highways
Queen Victoria Gardens Crown Casino
Tin Shui wai New Town Area
Fed. Square
Site area + Green area in the town
Site area
Treasury Gardens
Composite space
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.
Shared space Others
Breaking Boundaries
Museum of Tai O
Composite space
Public transportation
Capsule House
Massing study
DIY
Green area
Prefab
Shared space
Others
Community facilities
Federation Square Extension
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Federation Square Extension Prefab
Tai O Community Heritage Museum Tai O, Hong Kong
DIY
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.
Capsule House Breaking Boundaries
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.
Museum of Tai O
Layers of wall
Create opening for visual connection between spaces
Opening are carefully designed, allowing people to see through layers of spaces.
Shared space
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.
Composite space
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.
Others
Interlocking of Linear Shapes
Federation Square Extension
Development Process
Prefab
DIY
Capsule House
Original structure of the existing building
Breaking Boundaries
Museum of Tai O
Composite space
Shared space
Others
Federation Square Extension
Composite space
Prefab DIY
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.
Capsule House
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.
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4. Gallery_01 5. Gallery_02 6. Gallery_03 7. Office 8. Changing Room 9. Ticket Office 10. Outdoor Cafe
Shared space
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.
Knitting - A textile technology, interlock a lot of tiny structure to form a strong bonding surface.
Museum of Tai O
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.
Federation Square Extension
Landscape model
Tunnel model
Bended Tunnel Model
Structure and internal skin
Joint Module
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Capsule House Breaking Boundaries Museum of Tai O Composite space Shared space
1/F
G/F
Others
Cafe
Service area
Gallery
Studio space
Shared Virtual design space
FTP Server
Museum of Tai O
- Rules - Library - Resources - Common part
Breaking Boundaries Composite space
Zachary
Others
*Building Skin *Roof Structure
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Project: Stadium
Capsule House
My teammate Ricky is responsible for the basic structural elements and the audience stand while I am responsible for the outer skin 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.
*Structures *Audience stand
DIY
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.
Prefab
This is a research based project investigates the possibility of a shared virtual design space using the parametric design software, Digital Project.
Ricky
Federation Square Extension
Shared space
Federation Square Extension
Flexible floor light(MELBOURNE)
Prefab DIY Capsule House Breaking Boundaries
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 rota on, each module is individually moveable, rota ng around the rod by the motor. By modifying the angles of rota on, pa erns of floor lamp modules can be formed. The element of the light is controlled by parameters, by using a parametric so ware eg. Digital Project, the size and shape of each individual module can be modified easily. It totally a flexible model in the digital world.
Museum of Tai O
Candle holder(MELBOURNE) Lantern(HONG KONG)
Composite space
Besides ligh ng purpose, this lantern is an decora ve object that reveals the elements of a plant. The light bulb is mounted inside the base, while it is off, the object looks like a normal plant. When the night comes, the light projects the shadow of the net layers to the outer skin, reveals the “roots” of the plant, which is usually hidden in the soil.
This is an exercise of using Rhino to create a small object and by means of 3D dust prin ng technique to create the final product.
Shared space Others
Prefab
DIY
PROJECT_01
Federation Square Extension
ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL DRAWINGS
MELBOURNE ZOO - WATER RECYCLING PLANT
PETER ELLIOTT ARCHITECTURE
Capsule House
Breaking Boundaries Museum of Tai O
Composite space
Shared space Others
Federation Square Extension
Prefab
DIY
PROJECT_02
O’CONNOR + HOULE ARCHITECTURE
Capsule House
HEIDI EDUCATION CENTRE
Breaking Boundaries
Museum of Tai O
Composite space
Shared space
Others
Federation Square Extension Prefab
DIY
JOHN WARDLE ARCHITECTS
CITY HOUSE
Capsule House
PROJECT_03
Breaking Boundaries Museum of Tai O
Composite space
Shared space Others