PORTFOLIO
SAMANTHA GOH
EDUCATION
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 2020-2022
Beijing, China
Tsinghua School of Architecture
Englis h Program Masters of Architecture
(Receipient of Tuition Scholarship Grant)
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 2015-2017
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne School of Design Bachelor of Environments in Architecture
WORK EXPERIENCE
D&C DEVELOPMENT 2023- CURRENT
Perth, Australia Design Co-Ordinatior
MVRDV ARCHITECTS 2022- 2023
Rotterdam, Netherlands Architecture Assistant
D&C DEVELOPMENT 2020-2021
Perth, Australia Architecture Trainee
MAD 2018-2019
Beijing, China Architectural Intern
ELIZABETH QUAY LOT 2
D&C Corporation
Perth | Professional work| 2023-Current
ELIZABETH QUAY LOT 4
D&C Corporation
Perth | Professional work| 2023-Current
CAPITAL SQUARE TOWER 3
D&C Corporation
Perth | Professional work| 2023-Current
SAMIH - UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
MVRDV Internship
Rotterdam | Professional Work | 2022
ANDREAS CAMPUS
MVRDV Internship
Rotterdam | Professional Work | 2022
URBAN VILLAGE
Rethinking urban dwelling in Melbourne city
Tsinghua | Academic Work | Spring 2021
GRID + GRIT
A renovation project for Tsinghua
Tsinghua | Academic Work | Spring 2021
CHENGDU YIPING
MAD Architects Internship
Beijing | Professional Work | 2019
ELIZABETH QUAY LOT 2 & 3
DESIGN CO-ORDINATOR
ELIZABBETH QUATY LOT 4
DESIGN CO-ORDINATOR
DESIGN CO-ORDINATOR
SAMIH
SCARBOROUGH ACADEMY OF MEDICINE AND INTEGRATED HEALTH
Univeristy of Toronto, Canada Photoshop, Illustrator, Rhino, Enscape, Revit
ANDREAS CAMPUS
LXK OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL CAMPUS
The horizontal band has the flexibility to be used as office space or as a special representative space depending on the tenants need and configuration. The terraces creates a connection with the roof level and the inner courtyard. The ground floor has an important social function. The bike parking of each building is accessible directly and linked to each lobby. The commercial spaces are located on the corners and the internal courtyard create a social space.
CENTER LEFT
Sustainability Diagram
BOTTOM LEFT
Night Render
Facade Concept
Maximize view and daylight
Ventialtion
RETHINKING DWELLINGS IN MELBOURNE’S POST INDUSTRIAL SITE
The issues identified in the site analysis and site study demonstrates the lack of social cohesion in current urban housing typologies, specifically high-density, high rises. A life cycle analysis of different building heights shows that tall buildings with high density is less efficient in the use of resources due to the dramatically increased amount of raw material needed to support the building structure along with the site setback required between taller buildings. The author attempts to offer an alternative to urban dwellings which provides adequate density without sacrificing efficiency and social benefits.
The site will strengthen the connection from the city centre into Southbank. The current main pedestrian route from the CBD is fragmented, the pedestrian traffic ends at Royal Botanical Gardens as the activities dramatically reduces after, with only office blocks and medium rise apartments. Being located so near the Royal Botanical Gardens, the site can provide an additional green park and to create a networking of open and public spaces. Spatial continuity with the use of trees, flower boxes, and small islands of public spaces to connect the Royal botanical gardens to the site. This will help regenerate the current pedestrian network on the residential streets in Southbank.
On the neighbourhood level, the design proposal combines two sites to form a continuous housing unit, utilizing the space above the road. The advantage of combining the site is to maximize the utility of common facilities by allowing the spaces to be easily shared and accessed. As with the case study show with Funnenpark, the combining of the site allows for common and public spaces that would otherwise be segregated to be shared into one courtyard.
The research carried out indicates the benefits of having a courtyard in housing typology as it creates a clear public and private area. The courtyard also shields sound from the nearby highway and can serve to provide the needed density due to its efficient form layout. The courtyard can have different programs over time to serve the need of the residents and has a flexible layout. By re-introducing a green space that was existing on the site and re-purposing it to not only be bigger but also more functional, as in the site analysis, it was show that the park is always empty and alienated from the surrounding buildings. TOP
The programs within the site will attract people living nearby rather than just only the residents in the building. Programs such as childcare centre, public pool, and a series of commercial shops along Sturt St is located on the 1st Floor. The block is broken into roughly 50 meters length to allow cross site access. The shop fronts changes every 6-12 meters to ensure pedestrians has a variety of new experience as they walk along the site. Narrow windows to make the walk more interesting and provide transparency to the pedestrian as to what is happening within the centre of the site. TOP MIDDLE BOTTOM Design Principles Elevation Side Entrance Render
This section relates the trust and bond that is able to be formed in closer knit circles. The quantity of people this focuses on is between 20 to 50 people. It is the area just beyond the self and family and is especially important for social bonding
PROJECT TYPE
STUDIO 2
DATE
LOCATION
SOFTWARES
REGENERATING TSINGHUA SCHOOL OF
Academic
Professor Martijn De Geus
Winter 2021
Beijing, China
Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketchup, Enscape
Staff room with internal circulation across levels featuring a courtyard to oversee. Each fuction is contain within the grids to form a volume.
The studio connects over three storeys with a total area of 4250m 2 and is set back on each floor to enable visual connection and stimulation.
The library connects over three storeys with a total area of 3040m 2 The library features small pockets of green garden spaces to provide private spaces.
TOP LEFT Staff Room
MIDDLE LEFT Design Studio
BOTTOM LEFT Library
The challenge of the studio is to maintain the existing strucutre without changing the core and columns of the exisitng schoo of architecture as show on the bottom left. The building struggles to obtain sufficient sunlight through the centre and relies heavenly on mechanical cooling and artificial lighting. To address this issue, the grid is fully exposed and glazed. Roller blinds is used when necessary in the summer but allows winter sun to heat up the building through thermal mass.
PROJECT TYPE
PROJECT MANAGER
DATE
MAD ARCHITECTS INTERNSHIP
Mixed-used Development
Claudia Hertrich Spring 2021
Chengdu
Rhino, Grasshopper, Illustrator, Photoshop
ASSISTANT ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZER
sgoh085@gmail.com