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Ansel Tan Ray An Year 2 Sem 1 Architecture Portfolio NUS B.A. Arch Lee Hui Lian Studio

Vertigo Vortex

Ansel Tan Ray An

At the core of the Vertigo Vortex lies a daring concept: To create a structure that engages with its users through unconventional spatial qualities. From its “twisted” facade that plays with light and shadow, to the journey throughout the tower, every corner is where the unexpected becomes the expectation.

Drawing inspirations from the movie, Chunking Express, which has many confusing and tense scenes, the emotions gathered would be the fuel used for the basis of my project as at every step of the way. From the entrance to the individual units, it is just like a complex maze, circling around the tower.

Section X

X-X

1:50

Emotive Sections (Chungking Express)

Confusion

Tension & Unease

Transformative Operations + Addition

+ Rotation

Mirror

Intersect

Extrude

Combined Model 1

Combined Model 2

Combined Model 3

Physical Model (Combined Model)

Site Response Shophouses Reducing Tower Massing (at opposite ends) = Roof garden + Ventilation

Combined Model 4

Combined Model 5

Operation: Multiply +

90º

Unit 1IpsumUnit 2IpsumUnit 3Ipsum Unit 1: x1 Unit 2: x1

Layer 1: (Cluster B x4) Unit 1: x4 Unit 2: x8

Unit 3: x4

Unit 3 : x1 (Mirror)

Layer 2: (Cluster A x4) Unit 1: x4 Unit 2: x4

Unit 3: x4

2 + 3: Co-Living

Layer 2

Cluster AIpsum

Unit 1: x1 Unit 2: x1 Unit 3: x2

Cluster Bpsum

Layer 1

Tower Aggregation

Dwelling Unit 1

Dwelling Unit 2 D

A C

B

Dwelling Unit 3 C

E

E

B A

Level 1

Level 1

Level 2

Level 2

D

Level 1

Level 2 1:50

Level 3 Section A-A

Section C-C

Section B-B

Section D-D

Section E-E

N

N

Level 2

Level 3

Level 2

1:100

Level 3 1:100

1:100

Level 4

Level 5 1:100

Level 6

Level 7 1:100

Level 8

Level 9 1:100

Section X-X

1:50

Section Y-Y

1:50

Tower Circulation

Out

Sunlight

In

Sunlight would be refracated based on angle of window frame, impacting percepetion of space indoors

Isometric Perspective

1) Entrance to Tower

2) View from Foyer

3) Connecting Stairs to Atrium

4) View from Atrium

5) Crossroad to Second Layer Units

6) Highest Level

Final Physical Model