PORTFOLIO Bennerdict L.
Landscape | Architecture
“Aspiring to forge the ideal built environment, linking landscape to lifestyle.”
Curriculum Vitae Contact Bennerdict Low Kar San
Singaporean 23/09/1998 bennerdictlks@gmail.com +65 9859 7275 Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
About Me “Life is Fleeting.” I always longed for my work to live on after me, appreciated for its cause. I seek new inventions, technology and design about architecture as part of my personal interest as well as a plausible way to solve design issues for the tasks at hand. I see my work as an extension of myself. I believe design can not just be a form of expression, it can also serve as one of many solutions to address everyday issues.
Education 2015 – Current
Diploma in Environment Design 2011 – 2014
Technical Skills
Soft Skills
Manual
Leadership
Drafting Sketch
Teamwork
Model-Making
Perseverance
Rendering
Problem Solving
Digital Research & Analysis
Tampines Secondary
Graduated with O’Levels
Communication
Language
AutoCAD
English
3D StudioMax
Chinese
PremierePro CC
School of Design, Temasek Polytechnic
Interest
Photoshop CC Microsoft Office Drawing
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Gaming
Photography
Basketball
Travel
Experience Part Time Employment 2014
Ministry of Food , Lenas Service Crew Tampines, Singapore
2015
Charoen Pokphand Foods , CP Sales Assistant Tampines, Singapore
Collaborations 2015
Orbitr Sustainable Design - Exhibition in ArtScience Museum, Singapore Selected Work – “Orbitr”. Chair made of 95% cardboard. Sustainable, comfortable and multi-purposed. Other functions includes a table and a shelf based on its orientation (orbiting), hence its given name.
2017
BWF Project CAMBOO Festival - Exhibition in Phnom Penh, Cambodia ArtScience Museum, Singapore (Later) Selected Work – “BWF Project”. BWF- Bamboo water filtration, using natural minerals to filter dirty water for villagers of Chambok, Cambodia.
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Academic Works 2015- 2017
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01 Symbiosis 6
Urban | Architecture | Mixed Used
02 Verdant 16
Landscape Architecture | Sustainable | Education
03 Eminence 26
Public | Architecture | Recreation
04 Collaborations 42
Sustainable | Portable | Small-scale
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01 Symbiosis “Blurring the lines between the old and new” Service Office | Cultural Gallery | Cafeteria Second Year studio, 2017 Tiong Bahru, Singapore
Symbiosis is located at the edge of Singapore’s prime business district, Tiong Bahru. It holds a fading rich culture of coffee-shops and bird-singing as well as its unique architecture that is both the first and the last of Singapore’s small scale 3-storey residential units. This project is placed along a central axis imagined on an existing road, Seng Poh Lane. Two proposed programmes in Symbiosis aims to
improve the historical context of the site as well as revitalise Tiong Bahru as a business district, a long lost identity. It includes cultural gallery and service offices respectively. Both programmes aforementioned are connected by a cafeteria, convening occupants while providing views of the surrounding open space denoted by the encapsulating flats.
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Symbiosis – Site Analysis ▪ Tiong Bahru conservation area (Macro)
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Figure Ground
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Vegetation
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Landuse Zoning Tiong Bahru Market New flats Old flats (Pre & Post war)
▪ Site Condition (Micro)
Selected region – Seng Poh Ln. 8
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Vehicular Network Heavy Traffic Moderate Traffic Light Traffic
Tiong Bahru Community Center
Ext. eating area
Pre-War Flat
Seng Poh Ln.
Old cofeeshop
Symbiosis – Design Brief ▪ Purpose
Transition
Connecting the old and new culture through existing carpark by generating business & educational spaces, which are accommodated by food and leisure programmes
that cater to the community’s needs. Symbiosis aims to replenish life into barren spaces and also invigorating Tiong Bahru’s. Most existing fabrics are untouched as
Built form – Consolidated from juxtaposition
part of preserving the site’s cultural value.
of existing fabric, a vertical connection.
▪ Programmes Main highlighted programmes include cultural galleries (old) which houses the
collection of images taken over time, framing the transition of Tiong Bahru The implementation of service office rooms (future) provides the basic needs of start-up companies. Both distinct programmes are connected by a cafeteria (new).
Relation – Linking function to Tiong Bahru’s transition
▪ Idea Symbiosis came about from the unifying clashing identities of Tiong Bahru – is it well past its time? the old 3 storey flats, holding architectural value of the old HDB flats juxtaposing to the new sky soaring conventional 15 storey flats. A visual vertical connection was derived from the stark contrast of the two different typology of residential units. Variation of stacking was adopted as part of the design mainframe in
Symbiosis, creating a connection of chronological transition in Tiong Bahru to the programming and form of the structure.
Response – Generate spaces through stacking of containers.
Form – Oriented by the existing road, providing views and natural light to indoor spaces.
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Symbiosis – Physical Model ▪ Photographs
South of building
Aerial view
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Southern Entrance
Gallery 2
Office decks (top) & informal meeting space (below)
Cafeteria lawn
Office decks (back)
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Symbiosis - Programming ▪ Exploded Diagram
▪ Program Service Office Units Elevator Lavatory Cultural Gallery Corridor
Private Lounge Conference/ Video Room Meeting Room Informal Meeting Space
Lobby Planter Deck Cafeteria Roof Grass Lawn
▪ Vegetation Terminalia Mantaly Roystonea Regia Pongamia Pinnata 12
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Symbiosis - Blurring the lines between the old and new â–Ş Rendered Perspectives
Main entrance facing Tiong Bahru Market, service office (left) & cultural gallery (right)
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Third storey service office interior
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02 Verdant “Topography as a drive to sustainability” Plant Exhibition | Natural Trail | Community Planting Second Year studio, 2016 “Four Ponds Area”, Pulau Ubin, Singapore Pulau Ubin is an island Northeast of Singapore’s mainland, is made from four smaller islands that formed a larger place in the events where lands were converted for agricultural purposes such as prawn bunds and fish farms. It is the home to Singapore’s native mangroves as well as granite which resulted in its name. In the 1800s, granite mining became common, which from there and then led to the blooming industry of granite quarrying. Land was destroyed for mining and farms, resulting in the downfall of local biodiversity. as years passed, the industries began to decline. In the 1970s, workers abandoned PU and head for the mainland. Thereafter, the island is now used for tourism & recreation purposes. Verdant takes place on the “Four Ponds” area, striving to achieve sustainability through education of local past culture – namely herbs & spices.
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Verdant – Site Analysis ▪ Pulau Ubin (Macro) ▪
Biodiversity Density
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Topography
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Landuse Zoning
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Vehicular Networks
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Private & Public Areas
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Pedestrian Networks
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▪ Site Condition (Micro)
1st Pond
Selected region – First to Second Pond of “Four Ponds” Area
Vista of 2nd pond
2nd pond Tall planting
Entrance
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Verdant – Physical Model ▪ Photographs (Site model)
Rock Plateau
Lookout Hill
Trail Exhibition 1 & Viewing Deck
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Introductory Exhibition
Café & trail exhibition 3
Forest walk & Lonely Palm island
â–Ş Photographs (Detail model)
Staircase Planting
Introductory Exhibition
East-Facing elevation
South facing elevation
Skylight
Opening for ventilation
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Verdant - Programming ▪ Program 1.
Introductory Exhibition
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Rock plateau
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Planting Area 1
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Trail Exhibition 1
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Planting area 2
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Second pond Viewing deck
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Picnic lawn
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Sensory bridge
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Lookout hill & Trail Exhibition 2
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Café & Trail Exhibition 3
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Lonely Palm Island
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Forest walk
▪ Introductory Exhibition
First storey plan
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Second storey plan
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Verdant - Topography as a drive to sustainability â–Ş Rendered Perspectives (Aerial View)
Herbaceous exhibition featuring a trail around the site, surrounded by nature
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â–Ş Rendered Perspectives (Introductory Exhibition)
Herbs & spices exhibition, an introduction to native plants, its uses and how to plant them.
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03 Eminence “An enriching recreational landmark� Art Gallery | Monument | Public space First year studio, 2015 Tampines, Singapore Generating a landmark to Provide an exquisite leisure experience while imbuing connectivity and serenity of the site with respect to its existing fabric. The project is situated at Tampines Community Plaza, beside Tampines MRT and Tampines 1. Tampines community park used to be a walkthrough grove, which was later converted to an area for communal events & activities to cater to the residents. The site contain three main areas, a community plaza, open grass field as an extension of the plaza and a skate park build for the youths. However, it has problems with its ambiguous usage of land. Eminence aims to enhance the current context of the site by serving as a continued development of the Tampines Community plaza by connecting surrounding private and public infrastructures in terms of spatial approaches.
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Eminence- Site Analysis â–Ş Tampines Community Park (Macro)
Figure Ground
Landuse Zoning
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Vegetation
Vehicular and Pedestrian Network
Tampines 1 (Commercial)
Heavy Traffic
Tampines Community Plaza
Moderate Traffic
Residential flats
Light Traffic
Mrt Station (EW2)
Heavy Pedestrian Flow
â–Ş Site Condition (Micro)
Sheltered Walkway
Selected region – Open grass field
Performance plaza
Open Field
Skatepark
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Eminence - Design Brief ▪ Issue Notable flaws of Tampines Community plaza that renders the site inactive includes unsheltered event space as well as sitting areas and the lack of community-friendly facilities and are utilize on a occasional basis. The highlighted issues are derived as main concerns from interviews held with the residents. The site can be successful with a strong and tangible social context.
▪ Proposal Eminence aims to conquer the current issues by proposing a structure that shelters its introduced programmes spaces. This also includes paving new routes for easy accessibility throughout the site. The highlighted issues are derived as main concerns from interviews held with the residents. Tampines Community plaza, a public recreational space, is only successful with a strong, tangible social context. The building will be placed in the open field to reduce harm to the existing fabrics.
▪ Concept Developed from an idea of collection and connection, the galaxy icon is a prominent representation. It represents the improving connection between places and people, achieving its goal by having people hanging out in the proposed structure, hence “collection”. It is deployed to relief the contrasting nature the adjacent plots between residential flats and Tampines 1 (Commercial).
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▪ Concept
Idea – The galaxy as an embodiment
Connection – Simplification to the
Response – Interactive finger- like
of the everlasting repertoire of spatial
diagram, depicting connection of
structures erected from its horizontal
elements, in relation to the site, a
existing paths through its extensions,
spot,representing an outreach to the
place for public congregation and
as well as a point of focus in the
community by seeking their
temporal dwelling.
middle. Also, an inspiration towards the
involvement.
overall structure design.
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In current context, people are
Eminence is a place with gathers the
Eminence placed in site context,
moving pass the site, without
people that uses and pass by the
including a few integral routes it
paying much attention.
place as well as an extension of the
provides to enhance accessibility.
plaza.
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Eminence – Physical Model ▪ Photographs
Entrance of main building
Main corridor 32
West-facing elevation
Aerial view from surrounding HDB
Floating Platforms
East-Facing Elevation
South-facing Elevation
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Verdant - Programming
Exhibition Area Indoor Turf Observatory Deck
Study Space Meeting space Indoor Amphitheatre Main Pathway Floating Platforms Water Feature Community Greenhouse
LED Structure
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Eminence – Digital plans Entrance from Tampines MRT/ Central
Longitudinal section Scale 1:200
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South-Facing Elevation Scale 1:100
Main entrance to greenhouse section Scale 1:100
Art Gallery / Indoor Amphitheatre
Water Feature & Monument
Community greenhouse
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Eminence - An enriching recreational landmark â–Ş Rendered Perspective (Aerial)
Tranquil, idyllic, congenial hang out – Leisure in quietude 38
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Eminence - An enriching recreational landmark â–Ş Rendered Perspective (LED Timber monument)
A new connection – An experiential walkthrough 40
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Collaborations ▪ Orbitr Orbitr Sustainable | Furniture | Multi-Used
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Brief
The brief calls for sustainable chair(s) made of recyclable materials. Paper related products was chosen for this project. Orbitr is devised to fit 1 person and to be place in typical households. It is built for casual purposes, etc. to read a book, watch TV or light chat.
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Design
Keeping user ergonomics in mind, Orbitr design is ensures stability and comfort. The seat is angled slightly upwards and the backrest tilted backwards to achieve a comfortable resting position. It allows user to lie back and relax. Based on its orientation, it can be turned from the back to become a table and also a shelf by turning it from the bottom.
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Materials
Materials readily found in typical households or otherwise thrown away.
Cardboard - Main material selected due to its durability and tensile strength.
Cardboard Roll – Leftover/ Used rolls found in factory or workshops that consumes large amount of paper or other fabrics. Strong material that boasts sitting comfort due to its round shape and smooth surface.
Raffia Strings – Cheap and easily accessible material that is both durable and strong. Used to hold cardboard rolls together.
Kraft paper – Recycled paper, used as finishing to cover up holes from cardboard.
Glue – Used in little amount to attach finishing.
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▪ BWF Project Orbitr Sustainable | Portable | Filtration
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Brief
To come up with design solutions to help the villagers of Chambok, Cambodia. Chambok, known for its waterfall and natural hikes, is a rural village which is trying to improve on its tourism efforts.
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Design
Design intention was to address the inaccessible basic amenities. Clean water was distributed by local government at water points in the central of the town. This renders the villagers living near the edge of the water point to be disadvantaged. Hence a shorter path was devised by the locals towards a nearby waterfall as their main water source. The design was to cleanse and reduce the dirt and bacteria content from the fresh waterfall water – rainwater. Hopefully reducing the amount bacteria contamination in harvested water. The filtration system collects residue based on particle sizes.
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Materials
Sustainable materials available and accessible for villagers of Chambok.
Bamboo – Main material. Strong and waterproof characteristics to be used for containing the filtration system.
Stones – Used to trap larger detritus, wastes or litter in the water Charcoal – Cleanse and purify water with active carbon, also traps moderate sized wastes or litter.
Sand – Trap smaller particles
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Bennerdict Low Kar San
Singaporean 23/09/1998 bennerdictlks@gmail.com + 65 9859 7275 Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore