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THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT I LIKE TO CREATE AN ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO

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THIS IS ASYLUM TOWN

RMIT DESIGN MAJOR PROJECT (THESIS)

CIVIC | COMMERCIAL | PUBLIC SPACE

Asylum Town is a speculation on the rehabilitation of Asylum Seekers residing in Australia. The project investigates the relationship between the public and the asylum seeker. The project looks at the transparency and porosity of boundaries, the different levels of freedom of movement for the user and the manipulation of old existing buildings with new adaptive architecture. Commonly, the word Asylum refers to the institutionalization of the mentally insane. However, the asylum seeker is one who desperately left their home to seek refuge in another country. The project is an experiment for a new typology of rehabilitation centres catered for all asylum seekers with the intent of improving their mental health. The project is a place for the public to interact with the asylum seeker with hopes of radically changing the way society views the asylum seeker and the issue. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tyranny of Freedomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; states that there is no such thing as total freedom but there is only freedom by setting up different limits of control. The crucifix wall is a metaphor for absolute control. The wall splits the whole site into 4 different quarters of rehabilitation - Tranquility, Learning, Aspiration and Celebration. The proposal is to rehabilitate the asylum seekers from the effects of incarceration through these programs as well as extending the relationship between the Australian society and the asylum seeker through chance encounters and conversations.

FAMILY ACCOMODATION PHYSICAL+ MENTAL CLINIC

TRAINING CENTRE

“READING ROOM”

PLACE OF CONGREGATION

RETAIL

“DREAMING HOSTEL”

“GARDEN OF DREAMS”

VISITING ROOM

GROUND FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:250

A S Y L U M T OW N Z E NA S D E N G

THE

CELEBRATION QUARTER

THE

CELEBRATION QUARTER

THE

ASPIRATION QUARTER

THE

ASPIRATION QUARTER

THE

LEARNING QUARTER

THE

LEARNING QUARTER

THE

TRANQUILITY QUARTER

THE

TRANQUILITY QUARTER

THIS IS FISHERMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BEND 02

RMIT MASTER DESIGN STUDIO MASTERPLANNING

The urban renewal of Fishermans Bend should not just focus on the housing of people and the profit associated with doing so. We are trying not only to provide a system of living that accommodates the flow of people, but one that controls the flow of resources and social infrastructure.We believe that architecture plays a vital role in forming ideas of how we live and sets up a framework of the quality of life that should be available to all demographics and the adoption of different densities and different typologies means that people are not categorised according to income. This proposal is largely based around the concept of â&#x20AC;&#x153;living in landscapeâ&#x20AC;? and sets up an argument as to how landscape can enhance every day living. We are interested in the addition, accretion and transformation that landscape offers and as such this is interjected across the site in a suite of productive, community and recreational landscape programs. Notions of choice and community and sharing are used as a basis to build this new system of living and this occurs through a range of built typologies. Low to high density typologies are to grow across the site according to the three bands that have been set in place so as to guide their placement. That is, low density built form exists in the outer band and progresses to a high density built typology that occurs in the inner band. Typologies are then broken down into two branches, that of work / live / play, along with social infrastructure or community and civic program. A ratio of urban program to landscape program is implemented across the bands so that a gradient comes into play,allowing an intensity of landscape program that exists along the coastline to feed into the intensity of urban program that exists in the heart of the site. Our concept thus broaches not only the growth of a city and methods of supporting a drastic increase of population, but also the growth and accretion of a landscape that enhances the living conditions of those that inhabit Fishermans Bend. This proposal provides a future urban renewal solution that anticipates development and considers the long-term gain of the site and its inhabitants.

THREE BANDS

THE

INNER BAND

THE

MIDDLE BAND

THE

OUTER BAND

THE

OUTER BAND

THIS IS RURAL URBANISM 03

RMIT MASTER DESIGN STUDIO HOUSING | CIVIC

Castlemaine: a rural town with a (growing) population of 8000 people, 110kmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s north-west of Melbourne.The site is a vacant lot within the towns civic core and is within a heritage precinct. There are many complex boundary/edge conditions to be negotiated. The north east boundary forms a major urban intersection defining the transition between the residential and the the civic part of town, while other edges of the site adjoin private gardens, a laneway and several heritage listed buildings. In section, a 6 metre fall across the length of the site creates additional complexity. The proposal is to provide accomodation and crisis centre for troubled and needy youths who no longer be cared for by the government. The focus of the crisis centre is to provide continued education for such youths to learn vital skills and enable them to support themselves. Through research and study of the targeted group, the common problem is these youths are unable to fit into the community and are often shunned away. Therefore, the vision of the project is to encourage the community of Castlemaine to have interaction with these youths. The concept of the architecture is the use of voids being places of community. The various sizes of voids in the architecture targets different thresholds of community. The main void being the open communal space encourages both the public and the users to engage with one another while the smaller voids in the buildings allows breakout spaces for self-reflection and communal spaces amongst the users

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THIS IS TOKYOISM IN THE CITY 04

RMIT MASTER DESIGN STUDIO HOUSING | ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE

Based on the essay written by Atelier Bow-Wow, there are three main bodies that shape the character of the city. Human beings, the inhabitants of the living city, are the blood of the system. Through the understanding of the habits and nature of human beings, indefinitely characterizes the area. Regardless of the individual or of the mass, behaviours of the human beings over only a short period of time, can be identified and affect their surroundings. An uncontrollable factor is of the work of nature. The behaviour of the nature can be noticed almost immediately. Nature affects every single area differently. For example, in the regions of the tropical countries where monsoon seasons are inevitable, forces the surrounding elements to adapt.What seems to be a hurdle towards a perceived idea on architecture, transforms science into poetics. The behaviour of the building cannot be noticed through a short period unlike human beings and nature. Through a long span of at least fifty to a hundred years, would we be able to grasp how such a non-living element affects the behaviour of the city as a whole. Regardless, the buildings and planning of the city do in fact influence the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s identity and personality. The site and its nature, the form first

project is an experiment to collect the various data of the behaviour to create a housing proposal. Due to its algorithmic project experiments on the design of spaces through creating then extracting different functions into the architecture.

THIS IS POINT TO POINT 05

RMIT BACHELOR DESIGN STUDIO

CIVIC | PUBLIC SPACE

Ballarat is a developing town with aims of becoming a main working district and in this project, I explore the opportunities to forge a link between the town and its inhabitants. The project was to activate the site by being the link between the business district and the shopping district. The key idea behind this project is based on the site’s rich history. Sitting on the site would be a museum, telling the story of the past Ballarat. According to history, Ballarat housed Troopers and the Miners during the gold rush period. Using this, the proposal is a museum that is broken up into two distinctive routes – “the troopers” route and “the miners” route.These two routes are in constant conflict, depicting the struggles and disagreement in the past. The users will find themselves to be able to look, see and hear the other route in a common space but never able to reach into the other route. The unique feature of the project is the steep hill that is facing the shopping district. This would mean vertically linking the two profiles. The idea was to create an escalator, cut into the earth, to resolve the steep hill. At the same time, the escalator would provide displays as well as the view into the shopping district.

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spas, hotels, workshops, saloons, business centres, wedding parlour and etc.

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restuarants, fast food centre and cafés

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restuarants, fast food centre and cafés

is the number of

schools, education centres and daycares

LEVELED VISION + SHARED SPACE

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is the % of

the population that are between 20-39 years of age.

is the % of

the population that are below 19 years of age.

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the population that are between 40-59 years of age

is the % of

the population that are abpve 60 years of age.

ANGLED LEVEL OF VISION + DISCONNECTED SPACE

of the age group

500

of the age group

600

come to ballarat to play, study, eat, and work.

come to ballarat to study and play.

of the age group

come to ballarat to work and shop.

700

of the age group

come to ballarat to shop.

OVERHEAD LEVEL OF VISION + DISCONNECTED SPACE

LIMITED MUTUAL VISION + DISCONNECTED SPACE

THIS IS DOWN ANTERIOR AVENUE 06

SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC FINAL YEAR PROJECT

CIVIC | COMMERCIAL

Anterior Avenue is a large scale project that exposes us to create a mixed-use development based on a sustainable furniture design company. The key idea in this project is to place awareness on sustainability. The mixed-use development houses a museum, administration offices, restaurants and retail shops. The concept of the development is to preserve an old colonial house and convert it into a museum and turn its focus from the main establishment towards this old colonial house. This serves as a reminder of history of the site and the beauty of sustainability. The site sits in a developing district of One-North, a business park to house R&D and high technology activities in biomedical sciences, infocomm technology and media industries. In the past, the area was filled with black and white colonial houses that housed British military soldiers. The site is filled with both richness in history and vision for the future. Therefore, based on the site references, it enabled the building to remind its users to its rich history as well as aiding in our path towards the future. The overarching steel canopy resembles a forest and a boardwalk. It is as though the users are reminded that they are living in a modernistic “forest”. The porous skin of the building creates a visual interaction between the building and the old colonial house. The framed openings further enhanced such views. The most interesting feature of the building is the furniture is displayed in a light tube. These furniture’s focus and information are enhanced in these light tubes.

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