Zoey Tan Hwee Ting Bachelor of Architecture National University of Singapore Phone H: +6562479873 HP: +6590051677 Email: zoeytht@gmail.com
Awards and Achievements: Autodesk Singapore BCA BIM Team Competition Industry Category ( July 2013) - 1st Place National University of Singapore AAF AY2012/13- Best Student Award in Architectural Design ( January 2013) Ministry of National Development EDGE Scholarship (2012) Singapore BCA BIM Team (Student) Competition (May 2012) – 2nd Runner Up Autodesk Revit Singapore BCA BIM Competition (March 2012)- 1st Place Singapore Polytechnic’s Director’s Roll of Honour (2011) Singapore Polytechnic’s Sports Colours Award (2009-2012) Singapore’s World Water Week Photo Contest (2011) – 1st Runner Up Before we forget Photo Competition (2012) – 1st Runner Up Inter-Polytechnic Tennis Tournament (2009-2011) –Silver UK ABRSM Piano Grade 7 (2008)
Education Qualifications: 2014 Lund University, Exchange Programme 2012 Singapore Polytechnic Diploma in Architecture (GPA=3.753 out of 4) 2011 Stanford University, California USA Leadership Programme 2008 Tanjong Katong Girls’ School GCE O’Level
Employment History: Teaching Assistant in National University of Singapore ( Jan 2015 – May 2015) Architecture Intern at Housing Development Board Singapore ( Jun 2014- Aug 2014) Architectural Intern at WATG Singapore (May 2013 – Aug 2013) Assistant Architect at Surbana Corporation Pte Ltd Singapore (April 2012 – Aug 2012) Cad Operator at Banyan Tree Pte Ltd Singapore (Sep 2011 – Oct 2011)
Works
2009-2015
Selected Works
01 Saphrophyte Conservation of the phenomenal B.Arch Year 2 Semester 1 | 2012
02 Cashin House War Memorial WWII Memorial along the Straits of Singapore B.Arch Year 2 Semester 2 | 2013
03 Foreign Workers Dormitory Providing an urban living room for urban loiters B.Arch Year 2 Semester 2 | 2013
04 Urban Farming in the Heartlands Food farms and processing plants in Bishan residential estate B.Arch Year 3 Semester 1 | 2014
05 Evolo Competition Entry Countering Land Subsidence in Tacloban B.Arch Year 3 Semester 2 | 2014
06 Photography Water Through my Lens | 2010 Before we Forget | 2011
01 Saprophyte
Conservation of the phenomenal The project learns from a Saprophyte, the subject of interest in this phenomenal of nature. The phenomenal of the eco-system is a complex that sub-divides itself into independent, smaller elements that live, breathe and co-depend on each other for survival. These individual elements create a non-hierarchical system web for survival and growth. This project aims to explore the idea of coexistence and timelessness of architecture, landscape and nature. These three elements converge together in this project to bring about a harmonious hybridisation. The brief was to create a laboratory for collecting of fungi species and a gallery space for public to access. The site is located at the Diary Farm Nature Reserve and is often frequented by nature lovers. The structure of the building intends to sit lightly on site, having little contact on the living earth.The main spaces are elevated by a strategic set of columns. Additional stilts columns are introduced to help stabilise and strengthen the soil. The stilts columns are also arranged to create pockets of gathering or resting spaces.
Birds eye view of the structure emerging out from the forest
Entrance area
Night view of the project The use of perforated aluminium panels help to create a lantern like effect at night, softly illuminating the forest area at night
Site Plan
Peak Level View Point
Level 5 Tree crowns
Level 4 Research|Laboratory
Level 3 Exhibition|Laboratory
Level 2 Exhibition|resting pod| apartment for gallery operators
Earth Level Growth exhibit|resting areas
Primary Columns & Beams with ribbed metal deck and stair core
Secondary Columns & Beams
Primary Columns & Beams
Tie beams and cladding panels
R.C Ground Beams
Final
02 Cashin House War Memorial WWII Memorial along the Straits of Singapore
On 8 February 1942, the first Japanese troops landed in Singapore via the northwestern coastline. This area of the coast flanks between Malaysia and Singapore. Their point of departure was from Malaysia’s coast line and landed near the Cashin House. The Cashin family were then forced to leave their residence and the Japanese used their home as a sex house to keep ‘comfort women’. In present day, this coastal area bordering between these two countries have also become an entry point for illegal immigrants attempting to enter Singapore. Peddling of drugs and human trafficking had also taken place along the straits. A coast police guard house sits at the edge of the coast of Singapore to deter these criminal attempts. The Straits of Singapore is a sea full of crimes committed from WWII to present day. The memorial parks itself in the middle of the sea, gaining references from the crimes that were committed over the decades. These spots of crimes form the main views of the memorial monument, and become a structure tube which is also spatial. These tunnel-like structure tubes narrow in to the views of the crime locations, informing the user of the events that took place along the Straits of Singapore.
Japanese
soldiers heading Cashin House
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Structure processes
Spatial and Structure References
Japanese invasion - Cashin House
Foreign Illegal immigrants
Axis of Invasion
Start of Invasion in Singapore
Root of Invasion from Malaysia
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Highlighting of Crime locations and distance from the memorial monument
The monument hovers over the sea with its internal views making reference to the crime locations.
Level Plans
L1 View to the Cashin House
L2 View to the Coast Police guard house
L3 Axis of invasion
L4 Invasion point of entry
L5 Japanese troops invasion point in
L6 Illegal immigrants point of entry
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Roof
The monument becomes a beacon at night, illuminating the sea of crimes and acting as a light house to the passing ships.
Glancing back at the Cashin House
Entrance hovering above the Sea
Bottom up view from the Sea
Process Models
Interconnected Spatial structure tubes supporting facade
Structure tubes connect and supports the facade
Spatial Columns and structural tubes weaved together
Final process model
03 Foreign Workers Dormitory The Urban ‘Living Room’
This project started off with the interest in the influx of street ‘loiters’ after working hours around Lorong 12, Geylang road. Geylang is known for being the Red Light district of Singapore, however due to cheap rental prices of that area, it has become a foreign workers enclave. These Street Loiters are mostly foreign workers from China, India, Vietnam and Thailand. Due to privatisation of most land, it leaves the urban fabric of Geylang with little or no open space which are free for the public to access. Thus these Loiters simply stand around or occupy any empty areas like grass patches, back alley lanes, road side kerbs, traffic light crossings, etc. Most of the existing foreign workers dormitories in Geylang are in extremely bad conditions where a 5m by 30 m shophouse can house up to 40 people. The project aims to provide multiple open spaces for these foreigners to have a space to ‘breathe’ and ‘loiter’, while at the same time providing comfortable dormitory rooms to these foreign workers. Vierendeel trusses are used to connect the project to other existing dormitories surrounding the site. This helps to create ‘social’ bridges among the various groups of foreign workers.
Street Loiters gathering outside a Coffee shop watching soccer
Activities of Street Loiters
Peddling of illegal goods along pedestrian walkways
Exploded Axonometric
Level 8 Dormitory rooms
Level 4.5 Dormitory rooms, Parks, Sitting, Dining, Laundry, Bridge to neighbouring existing dormitories
Level 3.5 Dormitory rooms, Parks, Sitting, Dining, TV rooms, Bridge toneighbouring existing dormitories
Level 3 Dormitory rooms, Parks, TV room, Sitting, Dining Level 2.5 Open to sky spaces, Sitting, Dining, Laundry
Level 2 Rooms, TV areas, Lounge, Shops
Street Level Sitting and Dining
Building cut-away Axonometric The use of the vierendeel trusses help to eliminate the need for columns and beams. It also helps in creating large spans of cantilever for the bridges to span over to other existing dormitories.
Existing Dormitories
04 Urban Farming in the Heartlands
Food farms and processing plants in Bishan residential estate Bishan Residential Estate is one of the densest and mature residential towns in Singapore. With the recent food scandals, the food safety in Singapore is once again threatened. This has caused panic and feelings of unsettlement among the public, and mainly parents, who fear for the safety of their children. This project aims to deploy the roof and ground spaces of the site to have plots of vegetable farms open to the residents of Bishan. Post processing and cooking of the harvested vegetables take place below the roof, creating a mobius loop experience for the user to understand the processes of harvesting food. The public gains awareness about farming and parents can be at ease once they have been exposed to the entire process of knowing where their food for their children comes from.
Site plan of the Urban farm sitting among residential and commercial blocks
Spot Details 1 to 3
Spot Detail 2
Spot Detail 3
Spot Detail 1
05 Evolo Competition Entry Countering Land Subsidence in Tacloban Background
In November 2013, the city of Tacloban, the Philippines, was hit hard by super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) and was dealt a huge blow with devastating wreckage over the city. One of the primary causes for the extreme damage is the sinking ground level owing to land subsidence. Land subsidence is attributed to the excessive withdrawal of ground water from the uncontrolled excavation of water wells. The sinking areas of the city becomes prone to extreme flooding and has been determined to become no-built land as the sinking problem will continue and become a bigger threat to both the built structures as well as to the lives of the people overtime. Rebuilding New Ground The primary objective of this proposal is to rebuild the ground plane of Tacloban city, which is sinking due to land subsidence. The Lily Aquifer is an architectural intervention built into these sinking areas of Tacloban. The Lily Aquifers displace the otherwise useless no-built sunken land and replace it with a new ground plane that is safe and stable for the local population. Housed with IRRI (International Rice Research Institute) laboratories and research centres, dormitories, housing units for seedling storage and an agricultural plot land, the structure also serves as a protected and direct source of food for the people now and for the future. Strengthening the Ground The structure’s central core is deeply embedded into the ground to prevent further sinking of the land, acting as an underpinning that will further strengthen the land and prevent further land subsidence. Pods attached to the central structural core are composed of a series of growing modules housing equipment and facilities that aid in the self-sustaining agricultural structure. The pods permeable skin filters impurities and purifies water through reverse osmosis water plants. The purified water is then stored and used for facilities within as well as for redistribution to the city. In preventing further land subsidence from occurring in the surround areas, excess water is re-pumped underground to the receiving-aquifers and to rebuild these depleting aquifers.
Stage 1: Existing undisturbed aquifers and stable land
Stage 4: Lily Aquifers introduced to sinking areas help strengthen ground by preventing further sinking. Stage 2: Excessive water withdrawal through uncontrolled excavation of water wells. Land becomes unstable.
Stage 3: Loss of water in aquifers causes land to collapse inwards and accumulates to become a mixture of rain/flood water and debris.
Stage 5: Excess water re-pumped underground to receiving aquifers and to rebuild depleting aquifers. Land is strengthened.
Before November 2013 Areas affected by land subsidence marked out in satellite image map of Tacloban City as identified by the Manila Observatory and National Institute of Geological Sciences in UP Diliman.
November 2013 Tacloban city is hit by typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). Red areas reflects highly affected areas by typhoon and flooding as identified through Relief Map by the European Commission. Highly affected areas shows a strong relationship to the areas affected by land subsidence.
Proposal Intervention Lily Aquifers built in areas affected by land subsidence to further strengthen the ground and prevent further sinking of ground around the area. Lily Aquifers also created a safe ground plane.
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Group Members: Tan Hwee Ting (Leader), Jonathan Tan, Jonathan Ong, Tan Wen Jun, Praveen Nair, Ong Hui Sian
06 Photography
1st Runners’ Up
WORLD WATER DAY ‘Water Through my Lens’ Photo Competition 2010 “NOSTALGIA” Nostalgia overcame me as I saw a child frolicking in the public water fountains at the grounds of Marina Barrage. I reminisced about the times that my mum brought me to these fountains to seek relief from the blazing tropical heat.
Photography
1st Runners’ Up
Before we Forget Photo competition 2011 This photo competition aims to raise awareness of dementia in Singapore. This picture along with other entries were exhibited at various National Libraries in Singapore.
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