UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIO

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

ZHAI SIYU National Univsersity of Singapore

SINGAVORE On the edge of the new Jurong East Master plan, an urban farming cooperartive rises. It incorporates residential units with vertical farming spaces as a solution to the problem of Singapore’s food source dependence. Farming in this case not only contribute to the food production of the island nation at large, it also acts as the catalyst to generate cohesion and promote the formation of commnity on the human scale. Through the common program of farming, the residents enjoys a collective living experience from the sharing of facilities at different privacy levels, establishing a common sense of purpose that binds residents of all ages, of all walks of lives.

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The Insatiable The presence of waste is an indication of overconsumption and that materials are not being used efficiently. This reduces the Earths capacity to supply new raw materials in the long run. The capacity of the natural environment to absorb and process these materials is also under stress.

Valuable resources in the form of matter and energy are lost during waste disposal, requiring that a greater burden be placed on ecosystems to provide these. The main problem is the sheer volume of waste being produced and how we deal with it.

This building as an icon, stands on top of the landfill beside an major traffic artery coming into the city of prague. It is a machine that consumes the trash and turning it into building material. The architecture house the programs that are related to recyling, upcycling and downcycling, The building would grow taller as more trash are being feed into the site. The growth of the building comes hand in hand with our consumption and it eventually reach an limite that the size of it endangers it own survival. It is a warning sign that we are living in an unsustainable way.

“Nothing is intrinsically dirty, waste is not an internally quality of an object’’ - Mary Douglas 7

The Insatiable

Region: Central Bohemia, Czech Republic City: Prague Town: Dáblice Projected capacity: 3 137 187 m³ Coordinate: 50°9’20.95”N, 14°28’56.68”E

The architecture acts like a beast that respond to the change landscpe of the land fill. crepes forward as the landfill grows. The landfill settles as time passes due to the composting process. The architecture moves in

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Mycelium (my·ce·li·um \mī-ˈsē-lē-əm\) the mass of interwoven filamentous hyphae that forms especially the vegetative portion of the thallus of a fungus and is often submerged in another body (as of soil or organic matter or the tissues of a host)

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ANY RAW ORGANIC MATERIAL

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Mycelium as building block, buildings are able to grow by reusing the trash on site without acquring any extra resources. They are able to return to earth for complete decompostion at the end of their life span while creating zero waste.

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The Insatiable

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The Insatiable

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EA Dismentlable Office

EA Dismentlable Office

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EA Dismentlable Office

EA Dismentlable Office

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EA Dismentlable Office

EA Dismentlable Office

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EA Dismentlable Office

EA Dismentlable Office

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EA Dismentlable Office

EA Dismentlable Office

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St John’s Hospice with Aamer Architects

The new St John’s Home for the elderly is not about the conventional notion of occupying spaces. Rather it is crafting an ambience that one seeks which is conducive to the mind, body and soul; a new Home. A new home that exudes all the familiarities of the key aspects of communal living through various levels of interaction, be it with one another or with the crafted spaces. From the intimate spaces within the ward itself to the bigger common areas, conducive environment laced with lush greenery were created to cater for the development of self-esteem.

A competition organised by Singapore Insititue of Architects. This project was done during my internship in Aameer Architects and the scheme came as the winner of the competition. I was involved in the design development, rendering, and preparation of the panel and model for submission.

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St John’s Hopsice

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Pop-up Health Screening Centre

Pop-up Health Screening Centre

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Pop-up Health Screening Centre

Pop-up Health Screening Centre

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Pop-up Health Screening Centre

Pop-up Health Screening Centre

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Pop-up Health Screening Centre

Pop-up Health Screening Centre

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