Architecture Portfolio by Natalie Tai Yan Lin

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Selected works 2018 - 2023

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natalietai.m@gmail.com +60 12381 5398

E d u c a t i o n 2023 May

Academy of Art University

2016 June

Washington State University

2016 Sept

SCI ARC Making + Meaning

2015 Dec

Institute of Advanced Architecture Catalonia

M.Arch II

Bachelor of Science in Architecture

Summer Studio

Exchange Program

E x p e r i e n c e 2018 Dec 2015 Sept

WEIJENBERG PLT

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN ASSISTANT

ADDP SDN BHD

ARCHITECTURE INTERN

INDEX OF CONTENT

ACADEMIC PROJECTS CORNER INFILL | 07 REINTERPRETATION OF THE SIHEYUAN

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TEA HOUSE | 25 MIRIAM MATTHEWS PUBLIC LIBRARY

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DESIGN: PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC CUP | 45 DOOR HANDLE | 49 KISSING STOOLS | 53 NYC PUBLIC LIBRARY GRAND STAIR

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COMPETITION/ PERSONAL RWANDA CHAPEL | 67 Lagos : City on Water

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CORNER INFILL 74, Calle de Hortaleza, Madrid

The project possesses a challenge for each program which require different levels of privacy. These programs include: livework, office space, childcare and community education center. The project also proposes a solution of natural lighting in the corner condition.

The approach to the corner space was to architecturally highlight the street corner and invite the urban fabric to fill the corner space with urban activity. This corner allows programs such as the office, childcare and community center to share a single gathering space but also become part of the urban fabric; a place to observe the city, a stage for street performers and a place to gather and meet.

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CORNER INFILL

74 CALLE DE HORTALEZA

Eatery Shopping Train Station

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CONNECTIVITY DIAGRAM

Hotel

CORNER INFILL

Solid Void

Street Network

Open Space Plaza Park

Pedestrian Network

URBAN ANALYSIS

Calle de Gravina

Calle de Hortaleza

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CORNER INFILL

Live Work

Office

The program is arranged in such a way that avoids the crossing of views of one program to another. The privacy of each programs are preserved by stacking the most private program such as the live work unit on the top and the least at street level which are the childcare and community education center.

Child Care

Community Center

The private and public circulation shows magenta and blue arrows. Magenta represents the public access and views and the blue represents the private access and views.

PROGRAM ANALYSIS

LIVE WORK PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CIRCULATION

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OFFICE

CHILDCARE CENTER + COMMUNITY EDUCATION

CORNER INFILL

The building has two vertical circulation. The blue is private circulation and strictly for the accessibility of the live work.

The private and public circulation shows magenta and blue arrows. Magenta represents the public access and views and the blue represents the private access and views.

VERTICAL PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CIRCULATION

The project incoporates courtyards and terraces to employ recreational areas within the building and allow natural light to penetrate the building.

Each courtyard has different levels of privacy and respond to each program. The most public courtyard is the magenta where steet performers and pedestrians meet and gather the least public is the blue courtyard where it is only occupied by the live work tenants.

PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COURTYARDS

This diagram illustrates the two modes of entry, one private (blue) for tenants who may enter from the quieter street of Gravina. On the other hand, the more public (magenta) circulation from Hortaleza street is a more public access.

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ACESS

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CORNER INFILL

NORTH EAST ELEVATION

NORTH WEST ELEVATION

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LEVEL 1 PLAN

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SCALE 1-1/8”

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1 COURTYARD 1 2 COMMUNITY CENTER 3 PLAYROOM 4 MALE RESTROOM 5 FEMALE RESTROOM 6 RESIDENTIAL LOBBY 7 QUIET COURTYARD

AND CHILDCARE PLAYGROUND 8 CHILDCARE

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CORNER INFILL

MALE RESTROOM FEMALE RESTROOM OPEN OFFICE EXECUTIVE OFFICE

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MALE RESTROOM FEMALE RESTROOM OPEN OFFICE OUTDOOR TERRACE

SCALE 1-1/8”

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LEVEL 2 PLAN

4 5 10 11

LEVEL 3 PLAN

SCALE 1-1/8”

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CORNER INFILL

UP

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LEVEL 4 PLAN

RESIDENTIAL TERRACE LIVE WORK

SCALE 1-1/8”

UP

14 LEVEL 5 + 6 PLAN SCALE 1-1/8”

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LIVE WORK

CORNER INFILL

SECTION A - A

SCALE 1-1/8”

SECTION B - B

SCALE 1-1/8”

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CORNER INFILL

SECTION C - C

SCALE 1’-1/8”

SECTION D - D SCALE 1-1/8”

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CORNER INFILL

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REINTERPRETATION OF THE SIHEYUAN Baochao Hutong, Dongcheng, Beijing, China

The individual units are divided in two zones: the public located at the front and consisting of the living room, dining room and kitchen and the private at the back consisting of the bathrooms, office and bedrooms. They are connected in plan.

Each zone possesses a courtyard that pulls the program towards it allowing the public and private program to ‘look away’ from each other as they surround the courtyard. This allows the private and public zone to posses their own level of privacy.

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REINTERPRETATION OF THE SIHEYUAN

The blocks represent the following: Restrooms (yellow) Living room (blue) Kitchen (Purple) Bedroom (green) Study (white) The project is a single plot that is shared between two residences. The aim of the project was to create a sense of privacy within the plot for each residence.

The two residences are differenciated by diagonal markings that group of residence from the other.

The loop formation of programs allow courtyards to separate one residence from the other where as the courtyards at the center act as a hearth for each residence.

A green roof with openings allow light and ventillation into the compound. It also adds a sustainable and regenerative element into Beijing’s urbanscape.

PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CIRCULATION

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21st Jun2020 1200

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SOLID AND VOID DIAGRAM

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ANNUAL SOLAR ANALYSIS

21st Dec 2020 1200

REINTERPRETATION OF THE SIHEYUAN

ROOF PLAN

SCALE 1-1/4”

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PLAN

SCALE 1-1/4”

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REINTERPRETATION OF THE SIHEYUAN

SECTION A - A SCALE 1-1/8”

SECTION B - B

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SCALE 1-1/8”

REINTERPRETATION OF THE SIHEYUAN

Render of colelctive residential units, changing the urbanscape of the old Hutong Village.

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Tea House Jalan Duta Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

A Japanese couple has moved to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Because of their deeply rooted cultural traditions, they have added a Japanese Tea house and a meditation room as part of their home. Tea ceremony is a dying tradition among the young adults, this couple seeks to share the experience with their guest in hopes of preserving the tradition and teaching it to new people. The clients wanted, not only a home but a place where one can seek inner balance, tranquility as well as heart warming hospitality.

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Tea House

URBAN ANALYSIS Residential + Commerical Commercial Buildings

EAST

DATUM LINE DERRIVED FROM MAIN ROAD

CONCEPT SKETCHES

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JALAN DUTA KIARA

WEST

Tea House Access way 3 Access way 2 Access way 1 WEST Access way 3 Access way 2 Access way 1 WEST

EAST

Highway

EAST

Highway

DATUM LINE DEVELOPMENT

INTERACTION OF PROGRAM WIITH DATUM LINE

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

INTERACTION OF PROGRAM WIITH DATUM LINE ITERATIONS

CONCEPT FINALIZATION: Outter circular form contrasts the iner angular program.

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Tea House

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1 ENTRANCE 2 LIVING ROOM 3 DINING ROOM 4 KITCHEN 5 ROCK GARDEN 6 STORAGE 7 LAUNDRY ROOM 8 GARAGE 9 BATHROOM

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LEVEL 1 PLAN

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16 ft

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LEVEL 2 PLAN

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SCALE 1-1/8”

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Tea House

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LEVEL 3 PLAN

8 ft

16 ft

SCALE 1-1/8”

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SECTION A - A SCALE 1-1/8”

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Tea House C A

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SECTION B - B

SCALE 1-1/8”

SECTION C - C SCALE 1-1/8”

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Tea House

NORTH ELEVATION

ENTRY

NORTH EAST ELEVATION

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Miriam Matthews Public Library Hyde park, Los Angeles This design derrives from a reductive process of a collection of lines from a 3 dimensional polyhedra. Planes are added to the remaining wireframe to create surfaces that are thickened to articualte the library space.

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MiRIAM MATTHEWS PUBLIC LIBRARY Hyde park library is an existing library located in downtown Los Angeles, the problem with the current library is that it is often subject to vandalism by locals, the library was meant to improve the morale of a neighbourhood which possesses high crime rates. The aim of redesigning the library was to encourage more people to visit the library and increase their learning interest.

The project was to derive a functional building from the idea of a hexahedron. By studying and manipulating the faces and edges of a hexahedron, the edges created a new skeletal structure that vaguely held the idea of a hexahedron yet allowed the imagination to encase a building around the new formed edges.

Wooden dowels were used to create the renewed hexahedron. By looking at the stick model at different angles allowed me to visualise the potential architecture.

Surfaces are added to the skeleton to add abstract voids and structure. This allows for orientation and better understanding of its architectural development and aesthetic potential.

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ORTHOGRAPHIC ABSTRACTS

MiRIAM MATTHEWS PUBLIC LIBRARY

NORTH ELEVATION A curtain wall is wrapped around the core building and creates a sheltered outside space as if theatrical curtains were ‘lifting up’ to show an architectural performance. The library stands out with its non symmetrical floor plans and dynamic living space, this draws the curiosity to the young people in the neighbourhood, matching their energy and curiosity to promote a greater learning experience for the locals.

SITE AND ORIENTATION

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MiRIAM MATTHEWS PUBLIC LIBRARY

LEVEL 1 PLAN

SCALE 1-1/8”

LEVEL 2 PLAN

SCALE 1-1/8”

ADA : ELEVATOR

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ADA: STAIRS

MiRIAM MATTHEWS PUBLIC LIBRARY

ed drawing 3/32”

DEVELOPED DRAWING

SCALE 1’ - 3/32”

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MiRIAM MATTHEWS PUBLIC LIBRARY

LEVEL 1 PLAN

SCALE 1-1/8”

LEVEL 2 PLAN

SCALE 1-1/8”

ADA: RESTROOM

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ADA: PARKING

MiRIAM MATTHEWS PUBLIC LIBRARY

SECTION A - A SCALE 1-1/8”

SECTION B - B

SCALE 1-1/8”

SECTION MODEL SCALE 1-1/8”

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SECTION A - A RENDER

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SEcTION B - B RENDER

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INDEX OF CONTENT

ACADEMIC PROJECTS CORNER INFILL | 07 REINTERPRETATION OF THE SIHEYUAN

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TEA HOUSE | 25 MIRIAM MATTHEWS PUBLIC LIBRARY

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DESIGN: PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC CUP | 45 DOOR HANDLE | 49 KISSING STOOLS | 53 NYC PUBLIC LIBRARY GRAND STAIR

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COMPETITION/ PERSONAL RWANDA CHAPEL | 67 Lagos : City on Water

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Stackable Cup Weijenberg. plt, Singapore

The concept derrived from creating a network of cups that would generate as an art piece as a collective. The need to incoprate urganomics opened opportunities to curve and bend the cup surface in a way that allowed the cups to stack vertically as well as horizontally.

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STACKABLE CUP

DIMENSIONS AND TECHNICAL DRAWING

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STACKABLE CUP

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Office door handle design + fabrication Weijenberg plt, Singapore

For the purpose of the new office in Delta House, I was assigned to design the door handle on a pivating door.

The lines of the design follow the curve of the hand allowing for ease and visual pleasure.

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DOOR HANDLE

ITERATION 1

ITERATION 2

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ITERATION 3

DOOR HANDLE

ITERATION 4

ITERATION 5

ITERATION 6

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KS Stools Weijenberg, Singapore

TEAM Zaqi Fathis

Playing with the idea of folding curves on metal the idea was derrived from how the material would bend outward and create a natural tension in certain areas to allow the design to optimise as a seating object.

This project was first tested with paper then transferred into grasshopper and fabricated in the factory with 5mm steel sheets.

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KS STOOLS

Here are 4 iterations for the design’s joinery system. The challenge for this project was to create a foldable chair that would be simple to assemble on site.

The stools are also stackable and create an interesting patterend design wall or partitian.

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KS STOOLS

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KS STOOLS: 2019 INTERNATIONAL FURNITURE FAIR SINGAPORE MADE- IN EXHIBITION

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KS STOOLS: 2019 INTERNATIONAL FURNITURE FAIR SINGAPORE MADE - IN EXHIBITION

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NYC Public Library Grand Stairs

Stairs are a powerful urban artifact they offer circulation as well as a place to observe the urban environment.

The design project consists of two paird of stairs with varied functions: a public stair that connects the street to the NYC public library and a private stairs that connects the lobby area to the entrance to the library space.

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NYC PUBLIC LIBRARY GRAND STAIRS

The magenta shows the flow of circulation for both the private and public stairs. The public stairs has minor circulation arrows showing a more privatised path for people to enter around the main gathering space in the middle. This gathering platform also acts as a stage for street performers in order to incoporate urban life into the stairs itself.

The form of private stairs goes against the grain of its enrivonment.

The interior of the public library is angular and monotonous the archtiectural response to this was a shape that did not conform to the angular room which draws attention to itself. The ciruclar form also creates an opportunity to view the lobby area and view the streets of NYC in a panaramic way.

1/2 FT

1 FT

LOUNGE EXHIBITION SPACE

MAIN GATHERING SPACE

Like the private stairs the public stairs incoporates various activities into its design. The raise of the steps converge at the end to create a raised floor for people to dangle their feet and observe the city. A platform is located in the middle for events and act was a meeting place. The steps vary in width creating a kind of rhythm throughout the public stairs. The narrower steps at the bottom encourage pedestrians to circulate whereas the thicker steps encourage the pedestrians to slow down.

GATHERING SPACE

On the other hand, the private stairs creates coiled up an intimate space at the center where a lounge is created for users to meet privately,

SEATING

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8 ft

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NYC PUBLIC LIBRARY GRAND STAIRS A

UP

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LEVEL 1 PLAN

SCALE 1-1/8”

SECTION B - B

SCALE 1-1/8”

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NYC PUBLIC LIBRARY GRAND STAIRS

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INDEX OF CONTENT

ACADEMIC PROJECTS CORNER INFILL | 07 REINTERPRETATION OF THE SIHEYUAN

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TEA HOUSE | 25 MIRIAM MATTHEWS PUBLIC LIBRARY

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DESIGN: PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC CUP | 45 DOOR HANDLE | 49 KISSING STOOLS | 53 NYC PUBLIC LIBRARY GRAND STAIR

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COMPETITION/ PERSONAL RWANDA CHAPEL | 67 LAGOS :CITY ON WATER

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Rwanda Chapel Rwanda, Africa Team Tejas Chavan (BlueForm,Singapore)

The center of this project was to create a contemplative ambience using natural daylighting. With the desire to incorporate the natural land and Rwanda’s history we felt using rammed earth was a good way of connecting this. Each line represents the events that have come to pass and the future that is yet to happen. The overall affect of these lines create a stunning visual which is brought into the interior.

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RWANDA CHAPEL

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NORTH ELEVATION

SCALE 1-1/8”

WEST ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

SCALE 1-1/8”

EAST ELEVATION

SITE PLAN

SCALE 1-1/8”

SCALE 1-1/8”

SCALE 1-1/8”

RWANDA CHAPEL

SECTION A - A SCALE 1-1/8”

SECTION B - B

PLAN

SCALE 1-1/8”

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RWANDA CHAPEL

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Lagos: City on Water Lagos, Africa Team Gloria Yew

The solution to bring Makoko out of poverty relies on sustainability and regeneration. An ecology that fuels the economy and vice versa. To achieve this we look at corals and how they are a natural buffer which protects coast from waves, storms and floods. Corals also play a large role in nurturing marine life as a source of food and shelter. The idea to incorporate artificial corals as the foundation of the architecture not only solves Makoko’s fishing problem but allows Makoko to sell to the greater Nigeria allowing it to rise out of poverty.

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Lagos is a fast-growing, low-lying coastal city of 13 million people. The most vulnerable area is the coastal slums of Lagos called Makoko, a fishing village that already faces various social and economical problems due to overfishing and competition from chinese fishing boats.

This concept focuses on its residential buildings and was designed to preserve the tradition of its residents while elevating their overall standard of living. This concept builds a self-sustaining. community that has the potential to grow its economy to rise above the poverty line. Inspired by the waffle structure used in the dugout canoes of Makoko, the structure is reinforced with 3D-printed concrete that is used to create a mesh-like facade. This allows the plantation of corals and vegetation on the surface of the design. The intervention aims to be a modular structure that can be replicated horizontally and vertically for the expansion of the village and be adaptive to the rising sea levels. The project integrates an ‘Ecology to Economy’ system that provides an opportunity for residents to grow corals that nurtures small fish. Coral seeds will first be planted in the grooves of the exterior surface, and eventually, supply of fish will increase and residents can sell them catch to generate income.

The building’s tree-like structure has openings at the top that allows for ventilation and sunlight and tall ceilings help to actively regulate interior temperature. The root-like structure below acts as an ideal natural formation for fish to take shelter in. This design creates a relationship between its inhabitants and the environment and gives the inhabitants the initiative to care for the environment. By leveraging the natural relationship between inhabitants and the ocean, a healthier marine ecology will be achieved as balance is restored and the inhabitants become ‘Guardians of the Ocean’.

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