SARAH LUONG ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
sARAH LUONG
m.architecture 2018 UON ; B.Environments(Architecture) 2016 MSD Mobile: 0426 020 996 E-Mail: Sarahhluong@gmail.com Nationality: Australian Citizen
Education
2018
2016
work History Master of Architecture University of Newcastle Australia
Bachelor of Environments (Architecture) Melbourne School of Design Australia
certifications Passive House Designer To be completed
2019
Introduction to Passive House Box Hill Tafe Completed October, 2019
Soft ware Skills Advanced skills in Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite CC These are the softwares I rely frequently and most proficient in:
2020-2021 Steco Building Surveyors Role: Work Experience - Office Duties - Reviewing NCC requirements and development planning controls - Reviewing the process of Town Planning and Design Approvals 2020-2021 Align Inspections Role: Work Experience Duties included: - Organising construction drawings required for the day - Learning how to assess buildings according to NCC/ BCA onsite - Liaising with consultants for clarification of changes made on site when they differ from approved construction drawings -Experience with slab set-outs, wall set-outs, reflected ceiling plans, wall type schedules, window and door schedules and finishes and finishing schedules 2019: June-December AMT Consultants: Building Design & Drafting Role: Architectural Graduate Description: - Preparing working drawings under the director’s instructions - Assisting on inspection sites 2017 & 2020 MPC Alterations Moonee Ponds Shopping Centre, Mirvac Role: Freelance Renderer Description: Conceptual Design Renderings of shop fitout using Rhino and V-Ray for Rhino after consultation with Mirvac and MPC Alterations owners.
Soft Skills MODEL MAKING
Team Player
Time Management
Open to learning
Self Motivated
Adaptable
Driven
Handmaking Models
Laser Cutting
References 3D Printing
Augmented/Virtual Reality
Michael Chapman Professor of Architecture at UON RMIT PhD, Registered Archtiect. E-Mail: michael.chapman@newcastle.edu.au Further supplied upon request.
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architectural DESIGN 01 | Murchison Outback Retreat Master’s Thesis - UON 02 | (En)Compass Hotel Studio Fire - MSD
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COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN 03 | Cottage Creek: Biomimetic Lights Studio Eight - UON
04 | Merri Creek Parametric Bridge Studio Air - MSD
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CONCEPTUAL works 05 | Moonee Ponds Central Mirvac + MPC Alterations
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06 | 3D Printing in Sustaintable Materials
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outback observatory retreat
LOCATION: MURCHISON RADIO OBSERVATORY, WA.
master thesis university of newcastle 2018
Figure 1: Section A-A
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Key Terms: Evidence Based Design, Phenomenology, Outback, Indigenous Sensitive Design, Observatory, Ecotourism, Biophilia, Retreat, CSIRO. Key Skills: Physical model, Rhino, Photoshop
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Figure 2: MRO Astronomer and Outback Traveller’s Accommodation Plan
Figure 3: Layers of Knowledge
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Figure 4: Site Plan
Figure 5: Symbolic architectural gestures
Figure 6: South View
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Figure 7: Main Courtyard
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Figure 8: Isometric working drawing of Public Facilities
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Astronomers and recreationists both require short term stays but have different needs. It is also a way for the building to maximise its use throughout the year, and to alleviate isolationism. The plan differs between workers and retreaters, one has a built in desk and the other a reading nook for private rest and relaxation, both look out into the landscape. Biophilia’s principle of incorporating natural shapes is adopted into the curvilinear ceiling.
Figure 9: Bespoke Bedrooms
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Figure 10: Bedroom Plans for Travellers (left) and Astronomers (right)
Each room has an elevated area that has access to the view of the landscape. For the travellers: landscape alleviates stress and studies have shown that it leads to shorter hospital stays, therefore proven to aid in healing. For the astronomers and engineers: landscape provides attention restorative affects, relieving the strain and effort of deep concentration.
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(en)compass hotel
location: 181 spencer st Melbourne studio fire melbourne school of design 2015
Key Terms: Future proofing design, Melbourne CBD, Conference and work spaces, Hotel. Highrise building. Software: Rhino, Autocad, Illustrator, Photoshop
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Figure 11: Courtyard Entrance
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Figure 12: Melbourne CBD Site Plan
It is the year 2045 and the empty lot at 181 Spencer St requires a hotel with conference rooms that would cater to the evolved urban setting and the clients of a Yoga Sudio, and the Artist Organisation, and a small architecture firm’s office. The form of the building is challenged to horizontally condense and increase its vertical height to allow this commercial space to give back to the community whilst benefiting from the surrounding views. This hotel responds to the blurring boundaries of demarcated space for work and home in the modern age whereby work from home is becoming more ubiquitous.
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Seventh Floor
Fifth and Sixth
Third Floor
views from the windows.
Figure 13: Vistas from window protrusions
The window protrusions are positioned corresponding to the vistas provided by the surrounding context. The timber geometric sunshade is operable on the north side, and fixed on the west side (however with more coverage). West side timber facade is designed to correspond with the direction of the vistas, and is expressed as shadows between the floors. The ground floor opens up to the street, allowing the commercial building to be a two way exchange by inviting to the public in and also giving back to the streets public space. Bedroom suites are located on levels 3-6, opening vistas to city skyline and reconfigured to allow for recreation (art/ yoga).
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Second Floor
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biomimetic lighting
location: cottage creek, newcastle
studio eight university of newcastle 2017
The site selected: This project is based on a site specific and user responsive design that allows the facade to change its form to enhance urban setting and provide safety. Cottage Creek begins at parklands, and moves adjacent to a major shopping precinct, before crossing condensed urban setting and making its way toward the foreshore before joining the ocean. Given the variety of urban, and green spaces, it is a perfect site to adopt an interactive design as it would reflect the dynamic capabilities of parametric design. The process is introduced with the study of anchoring points within the site, and particle analysis is conducted in maya to determine soft and rigid bodies of the site.
Figure 14: Activating public space through interactive facade
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Key Terms: Biomimetic design, Lighting, Research as design Figure 15: Cottage Creek Final Form
Key Skills: Rhino, Grasshopper, Firefly Grasshopper Plugin, Photoshop
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Figure 16: Interactive facade
Figure 17: Facade options
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The large triangulated bodies were the rigid bodies, whereas the smaller triangulated facade had more capabilities to be more responsive as explored before. The grey boxes are the existing buildings that the design worked around.
Figure 18: Soft and Rigid bodies enveloping existing buildings
Figure 19: Soft and Rigid bodies.
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merri-creek parametric bridge
location: merri creek, melbourne
studio air university of melbourne melbourne school of design 2015
Figure 20: Merri-Creek Parametric Bridge Concept
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Key Terms: Parametric design, Infrastructure design. Key Skills: Physical model, Laser Cutter, Rhino, Grasshopper, Photoshop
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Utilising grasshopper scripts to create a generative design that responds the changing site of Merri-Creek to facilitate all levels of cyclists and recreational users to enjoy the waterside views. The grasshopper script was created to design a bridge that is site specific, and this can be seen in the dynamic expression of its aesthetics although it wasn’t the primary goal. The resulting bridge corresponded to the sun, shade, different geological conditions and vegetation density.
Where there is more vegetation, the thickness of the tubing needs to be smaller, for lesser impact on the flora of the site.
Where there is more vegetation, the thickness of the tubing needs to be smaller, for lesser impact on the flora of the site. This is achievable with the pipe radius (PR) of the algorithm and offset of pipe (0). This is achievable with the pipe radius (PR) of the algorithm and offset of pipe (0).
responding to to vegetation vegetation density responding density
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Figure 21: Parametric Bridge
The parametric equation and technique.
There are combinations of different techniques utilised to build the fundamental form of the bridge. Just like dominoes, each piece could be utilised to create an over arching bridge structure.
1. Building Gridshell Build polygon base of four
Divide into points
Build Arcs between opposite sides.
responding to sunlight and shade
Join center of arcs (to stabalise the structure)
Build arcs between adjacent sides
CC= 2-6 2. Sectioning technique. Build planes in center of arc in x direction
Build planes in center of arc in y direction
Pr=2 3. Tessellation technique used to form into the site. Set form to one brep
Create plane atCC=11 center of brep
Set contour line as curve
Use “orient” to place brep onto the curve of the contour line F=3.412
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DETAIL DESIGN The buidability of the bridge is emphasised in the study of detailing an aspect of the proposed design. After studying joinery precedents from a varying selection of materials, the tubular form best works with the three way joinery designed similar to that of the common plumbing joints. It is intended for the construction of the Parametric Merri-Creek Bridge with bamboo for its natural aesthetic and mostly for its sustainable properties.
Figure 23: NW View of Parametric Bridge
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Figure 24: Structural response to site conditions, informing aesthetics
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Conceptual drawingsretail location: MOONEE PONDS CENTRAL ALTERATIONS APPROVED CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS BY MIRVAC- 6/10/2020 The owner of this small business needed to renovate in order to comply with the renewed lease contract with Mirvac’s shopping centre in Moonee Ponds. The layout was reconfigured to separate work space zone from the service area to ensure maximum productivity, without the loss of visibility of customers entering to ensure service efficiency. The room divider is functional as a clothes rack whilst zoning between work space and customer service. Ceiling Height
4050 Conceptual drawings and joinery drawings drawn by Sarah Luong, and was approvedBulkhead by Mirvac 6/10/2020
Figure 25: Multi-functional room divider and clothes rack 2
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Figure 26: Custom Built Servicing Table
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Figure 27: MPC Alterations Shopfront
Figure 28: Separation of work zone from servicing area
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3D PRINTING IN SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS
objects produced from alterfact studios i have an interest in exploring interdisciplinary designs using architectural tools and methods. These 3d printed vessels were created utilising Rhino 3D, Grasshopper and Alterfact Studio’s 3D Clay Printers. At present I am exploring possibilities of 3d printing using sustainable materials. My aim is to build my own 3D clay printer to support my goal, and to further explore interdisciplinary designs related to architecture.
Figure 29: Clover Espresso Cup
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Figure 30: Coral Bowl
Figure 31: Coral Bowl
Figure 32: Traditional Weave and Loops Mini Vase
Figure 33: Traditional Weave and Loops Mini Vase
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