Ariel Chen - Architectural Portfolio

ARIEL CHEN H S I AO -Y U N

P O R T FO L I O SELECTED WORK

UCLA Master of Architecture

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DESIGNED PROJECTS selected works

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HIDE AND SEEK

BOUNDLESS LIVING

BOOKSCAPE

2018 International Fabrication Festival

Co-Living Social Housing

Primary School Library Renovation

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STUDYING IN THE WOODS

WEAVE

OTHER WORKS

Sustainable Timber Workshop

Municipal Service Building

-PROFESSIONAL -FURNITURE DESIGN

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COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN | MODULAR TYPOLOGY

HIDE AND SEEK

COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN | MODULAR TYPOLOGY

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

-Wayne Dyer

INTERNATIONAL FABRICATION FESTIVAL Competition Project / July 2018 Site: University of Westminister, London Instructor: Adam Fingrut / adam.fingrut@cuhk.edu.hk Groupmates: Alice Chau, Victor Cheng, Jeremy Li, Kimberly Kwok Key Responsibilities: Design Scheme, Form Development, Model Making, Graphic Production, Final Presentation Speaker

PLAN

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1. Overlapping of Identical Circles 550 4150

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2. Abstracting Outlines

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This project was proposed as one of the candidates to represent CUHK in participating the annual Fabrication Festival hosted by the University of Westminister. This event aim to open up to public with pavilion designs using lightweighted carboard only to emphasize the idea of recycling.

The Hide and Seek Pavilion is a highly recycable project that studies the materiality by the means of origami folding technique.

Under the restriction of only using cardboard, we focused on the folding characteristic of cardboard as if it were a sheet of paper.

3. Orientation of Openings

We wish to welcome and encourage people to enjoy their time as they enter the curved corridors. The openings on the walls allow an interesting visual interaction between the inside and outside, as if kids playing hide and seek. The inner hollow space allow them to gather and interact

STUDY MODELS

1:10 Modular Design

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1:4 Curvature Control

1:2 Form Development

1:1 Mock Up

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COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN | MODULAR TYPOLOGY

Paper Origami Concept

Folding

Interlocking

FABRICATION In order to minimize possible air gaps between modules that can be caused due to craftmanship, we further added connectors as ‘joints’ and long tubes as ‘columns’ to further stablize the modules as they stack upward.

Stands independently as a wall

COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN | MODULAR TYPOLOGY Structure Reinforcement Typical Module

MODULE SYSTEM We adopted a system of designed modules which requires folding from both directions.

Specficially controlled slits are cut in different angles and depth so that as the modules interlock, they would rotate in a controlled angle in forming a curved wall. These two controlled variables are studied respectively with a Grasshopper script and physical model testing so that the walls would rotate in the ideal angle, creating dynamic expressive forms.

Foundation Connectors

VARIATIONS The modules are designed to fold in different angles respectively. This feature not only integrates a dynamic gradient pattern along the wall, but also strengthen the load bearing modules at the bottom.

The densely packed modules serve as a strong foundation base to support the wall to stand up independently.

Visitors experience walking through the 1:1 scaled final pavilion 3700 3700

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COLLECTIVE | CONTEXTUAL

BOUNDLESS LIVING CO-LIVING SOCIAL HOUSING

Individual Project / Sept - Dec 2018 Total GFA: 4000m 2 Site: Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong Instructor: Tsou Jin Yeu / jinyeutsou@cuhk.edu.hk

COLLECTIVE | CONTEXTUAL

“Architecture can’t force people to connect, it can only plan the crossing points, remove barriers and make the meeting spaces useful and attractive.”

-Denise Scott Brown

Site Impression

SITE: YAU MA TEI “Like many of the old district, Yau Ma Tei district is a forgotten treasure with rich cultural and spatial diversity.”

With increasing demand for individuality and growing urbanisation of cities, the consideration of architecture as part of the city often leads to neglecting the importance of public space. The making of connectivity in public are ever more pressing in the contemporary architectural design, as it eliminates isolation and redefines how people can interact within these space.

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This project intends to use architecture as a means to revitalize the concept of “shared spaced” within the neighborhood. A new type of mixed-use residential building is designed, hoping to not only provide a solution for the serious lack of supportive housing, but also introduce a new habit of living for the users.

Yau Ma Tei, located in the center of Kowloon, is featured with the Jade Market, the local Yau Ma Tei Market, Tin Hau Temple, the famous Temple Street and many other facilities that provide public service, making this site a ideal location for a residential building. The central district is full of traces left behind from the past, forming a perfect manifestation of the old Hong Kong.

Site Plan

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COLLECTIVE | CONTEXTUAL Temple Street

COLLECTIVE | CONTEXTUAL COLLECTIVE | CONTEXTUAL

STREETS IN YAU MA TEI Unlike everywhere else in Hong Kong, streets in the Yau Ma Tei have a unique feature where people tends to extend their activity range to the outdoor spaces. In fact, streets functioned as a sharing space, where people can chat, eat, play and own a small business due to the insufficient and highly populated indoor space. Streets in Yau Ma Tei played a significant role as a shared platform where daily interaction occurs.

Temple Street

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11 Spatial Structure of the well-known Temple Street

COLLECTIVE | CONTEXTUAL

COLLECTIVE | CONTEXTUAL

BALANCE BETWEEN PRIVATE & PUBLIC Traditional public housing in Hong Kong is generally consisted of living units densely placed along the two sides of the middle corridor. Inspired by the unique way of how people use the outdoor streets as an extension, this blurrs the boundaries between private and open space.

This project thus aims to translate the subtle balances between private and open space of the site into a coliving housing. Just like the store and restaurant owners, the residents are given opportunities to rearrange the usage of the newly defined corridors as it is not longer just a walkway, but also a part of their house.

Single & Single 17m 2 + 17m 2 The single users will be sharing a balcony and common kitchen between two units. The kitchen can be fully opened up and the corridor serves as an extra space for them to invite more friends.

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Family & Single

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40m 2 + 17m 2 The family user and single user will be encouraged to social through the shared balcony.

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Single & Disabled 17m 2 + 24m 2 The single user and the disabled user would share a balcony and common kitchen as well.

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Multi-Bed Shared Units

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130m 2 Multi-bed shared units welcomes all kind of residents, either for a temporary or long term stay. This is where people with extremely diverse background can know and befriend each other.

家 = LIVING UNITS

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45m 45m

道 = STREET / CORRIDOR 22

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balcony

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corridor

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COLLECTIVE | CONTEXTUAL

COLLECTIVE | CONTEXTUAL

MASSING DEVELOPMENT

The public amenties and private units are placed in two different blocks. The public block is placed along the traffic joint to serve as a buffer zone to protect residents from noise and danger.

The form of this building is arranged following a combination of two set city grid as this site is located at the junction point.

Meanwhile both blocks have its own entrances to clearly serve for different purposes, a bridge links them together to bring convenience for the residents.

As the building goes higher in level, the facade offsets backward in order to distance from the highway due to noise and air pollution.

TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN

Single Units Family Units Universally Accessible Units Shared Kitchen Shared Balcony Multi-Bed Shared Room Public Amenities for Residents Public Amenities for All

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Passersby and residents no longer need to walk along the dangerous pedestrian road next to the busy traffic jam, as they can walk across the central courtyard directly.

A sunken plaza is created as a platform for all users to gather and relax. It also creates an ‘utopia’ within the boisterous concrete jungle of Yau Ma Tei to emphasize the importance of green space.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

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COLLECTIVE | CONTEXTUAL

Blocking away Noise Pollution

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Vertical Greenery Wall

Private-Public Zone

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COLLECTIVE | CONTEXTUAL

COLLECTIVE | CONTEXTUAL

Studios

Communal Kitchen

Central Courtyard

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EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC

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INTERIOR DESIGN | LIVE PROJECT

BOOKSCAPE: “PLAY + READ” PRIMARY SCHOOL LIBRARY RENOVATION Group Project / Jan - July 2019 Site: Kowloon Junior School, Hong Kong Instructor: Peter Ferretto / peter.ferretto@cuhk.edu.hk Groupmates: Jennifer Hui, JaeSok Surh, Bowie Ha, Yuk Sin Law Key Responsibilities: Model Making, Concept Development, Fabrication Process

Books have the power to connect people. In a increasingly digital age, books inspire children to dream, form relationships with elders and most importantly establish bonds between peers. The environment in which children read has unfortunately been overlooked of late and taken granted. The common assumption being, as long as a library has a good of books, the kids shouold be inspired to read.

The “Bookscape” collaborative project wishes to challenge this assumption and attempts

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“There’s no architect who doesn’t want to build a library. With so much scrutiny now attached to reading, because of technology and how we approach it as a social activity, that is a very exiciting area in architecture.”

-Annabelle Selldorf

INTERIOR DESIGN | LIVE PROJECT

BOOKSCAPE: BOOK + LANDSCAPE During break time, children enjoyed spending time on the huge climbing net placed in the middle of the campus. They are fearless little creatures who have limitless amount of energy that makes them jump and run around. We are inspired to make them enjoy reading, including the process of searching for the right book, with the same energy level. Reading time is not longer the mundane period where they are forced to complete assignment. Library time is now a new adventure time where they can explore the up and downs looking for the chosen book.

to puts forward a new concept of how a children’s library can work, an idea founded on the power of design. Rather than think of libraries as quiet, serious and passive places this design aimed to inject liveliness and playfulness into the programme.

Under the collaboration with Kowloon Junior School, we were given the opportunity to redesign their library and the final design winning the votes from the school will be actually fabricated and produced to be in use.

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INTERIOR DESIGN | LIVE PROJECT

INTERIOR DESIGN | LIVE PROJECT

DIFFERENT AREAS

SPATIAL PLANNING The library is divided into different zones that can be used for different purposes like book sharing session, presentation stage, or private reading area. The hills are not just bookshelves, but also creates a hollow inside space for children to enjoy comfy zone with their reading buddies. The shelves are not just to store books, but also a combination of chairs. Children can climb up and down and sit anywhere, expressing the flexibility of how the space can be used.

The winning design: Final Model fabricated on Site

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INTERIOR DESIGN | LIVE PROJECT

INTERIOR DESIGN | LIVE PROJECT

IT CAN BE BUILDABLE BY CHILDREN USER-CENTERED DESIGN

MODULAR UNITS – LIKE LEGO Physical Model

HOW TO USE THE SPACE?

MODULAR UNITS – LIKE LEGO MODULAR UNITS – LIKE LEGO

MODULAR UNITS – LIKE LEGO

MODULAR UNITS – LIKE LEGO

Fabrication Process

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STRUCTURE | PASSIVE DESIGN

STRUCTURE | PASSIVE DESIGN

STUDYING IN THE WOODS SUSTAINABLE TIMBER WORKSHOP

“Wood is universally beautiful to man. It is the most humanly intimate of all materials.”

-Frank Lloyd Wright

Individual Project / Jan - April 2018 Total GFA: 3000m 2 Site: Da Nang, Vietnam Instructor: Roger Wu / rwu@hawparmusic.org

Site Map

RESPONDING TO SITE

This project explores the potential of a site located in a hot, human tropical climate zone. It aims to respond to the context and climate conditions in creating a comfortable environment that can accomodate a construction workshop center and a library The building itself should embrace a sustainable selection of materials and sets of passive design features to integrate with

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the structural system in order to achieve a natural friendly environment.

Sun Path

Temperature

Wind Rose

Precipitation

Summer Solstise

Winter Solstise

Cross Ventilation

Rainfall Study

This is a local Education Centre for sustainable wood construction in the mountain area of Da Nang, Vietnam. The local promotes the effective and innovative use of the engineered woods in building technology for local construction industries.

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STRUCTURE | PASSIVE DESIGN

STRUCTURAL FRAME DEVELOPMENT Vernacular architecture has always been the modest style of building that responds to climate and applies local materials using traditional craftmanship.

Inspired by the form of a Kampun House, a typical example of southeast asian vernacular architecture, this project highly emphasized the feature of having a tilted roof. The tilted roof not only let rainfall drop back naturally, but also maximize interior’s contact with the prevailing wind.

The structural frame is further developed by adopting an inverted truss system in order to minimize the usage of columns. The tilted roof creates a hierarchy of ceiling heights between indoor private space and outdoor covered space.

Traditional Vernacular Architecture

Kampun House

Vietnamese housing is usually layout with an odd number of compartments (1,3,5) surrounding a courtyard to symbolize good fortune.

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Phase 1 Timber Roof

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Secondary Beam

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Primary Truss Structure

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Phase 3

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Floor Slab

Framing Plan

Phase 4 Facade Enclosure

Exploded Diagram - Building System

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STRUCTURE | PASSIVE DESIGN

STRUCTURE | PASSIVE DESIGN

WORKSHOP ARCHIVE TEA OFFICE

WORKSHOP ARCHIVE TEA OFFICE

WORKSHOP ARCHIVE TEA WORKSHOP OFFICE ARCHIVE TEA OFFICE

Main Corridor

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STRUCTURE | PASSIVE DESIGN

Section A-A’

Section B-B’

Section C-C’

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STRUCTURE | PASSIVE DESIGN

STRUCTURE | PASSIVE DESIGN

DETAIL SECTION & ELEVATION

Entrance Lobby

Construction Workshop

Truss Joints

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Truss connecting to Columns

Timber Columns upholded by Concrete Foundation

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PLACEMAKING | INTEGRATION

WEAVE

“We borrow from nature the space upon which we build. ”

MUNICIPAL SERVICE PEOPLE

-Tadao Ando

Individual Project / Jan - April 2019 Total GFA: 4500m 2 Site: Kowloon City, Hong Kong Instructor: Brian Anderson / brian.anderson@purcellhk.com

Concentration Study

Education Institutes

+ Residential Buildings

Site Map

This site is located along the hustling Junction Road, where large number of educational institutes nearby. Junction Road served as a prominent pedestrian and vehicle circulation path, like a central spine that link Kowloon City to the surrounding districts. It brings together the old and the new parts of the city fabric.

Yet, most people would overlook that on top of the site exists an very spatious and open green space at the destination of a hidden hiking track. This park was used to known for having a red checkboard sign

which signals pilots when to turn as they land in Kai Tak Airport. The checkboard sign has remained to be a historical landmark of Kowloon City even after the demolishment of Kai Taik Airport.

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5.5m 3.2m 3.5m 4.2m

This inspired me to use this project in creating a alternative path that would catch people’s attention and lead them to this park where they can experience a spendid view over the whole Kowloon cityscape.

This municipal service building will aim to reconnect the community and revitalize the sadly underused open space.

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Concentrated Context Study

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The focused area of context study concentrates on a hidden staircase located near the site. This little passageway illustrate the frequence level chances across the site. Within 25 meters, you will be able to reach the park up on the hill from the main road. Though the stiarcase integrated features of a playground aiming to attract more users, it is often overlooked by surrounding inhabitants.

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PLACEMAKING | INTEGRATION

PLACEMAKING | INTEGRATION

Concept Development

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Standardized municipal service buildings built in Hong Kong with a rigid vertical organization and strict one-way circulation, limits interactions between 38 different users

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Applies the WEAVING method in order to introduce a different method of interaction and circulation among the wide range of programmes

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PLACEMAKING | INTEGRATION

PLACEMAKING | INTEGRATION

1. Parrallel Alignment with the main road, Junction Road

FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1. Bridge 2. Observing Deck 3. Community Office 4. Female Toilet 5. Male Toilet 6. Dancing Room 7. Female Changing Room 8. Male Changing Room

2. A bridge that defines the boundaries of different programmes

3. Two outdoor plaza that can be accessed from both directions

GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1. Main Entrance 2. Reception Desk 3. Administration Office 4. Tea House 5. Outdoor Cafe 6. Male Changing Room 7. Female Changing Room 8. Bleachers 9. Basketball Court 10. Bicycele Rack 11. Outdoor Atrium 12. Market 13. Female Toilet 14. Male Toilet 15. Unloading Area 16. Refuse Collection 17. Car Park 18. Outdoor Market

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN 1. Bridge 2. Communal Area 3. Table Tennis Room 4. Farming Platform 5. Community Kitchen 6. Female Toilet 7. Male Toilet 8. Female Changing Room 9. Male Changing Room 10. Fitness Room 11. Food Court

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JUXTAPOSITION In order to lead people to the hiking trial and bring the nature into the building, a bridge pierce through other programmes and it becomes a new entrance of the hiking experience. All other programmes, sports hall and food market, would be arranged in juxtaposition along the bridge. This creates different spatial relationships between the bridge and other programmes.

When passerbys enter the building and walk across the bridge, they could also enjoy views of other activities happening on both sides.

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Outdoor Plaza

Sports Hall

STRUCTURE OF THE SITE The structure was composed of two different set of system following two grids that are combined in an angle. They are designed to to reflect the guidelines of the site in respecting the soft mountain edge and the rigid axis of the car roads. In return, they serves to be guidelines of movement and interaction to the surrounding.

The change from using columns and beams to using truss system symbolizes the transition from indoor to outdoor spaces. They can be seen as the invisible boundary that defines a change in program as the use move down along the massing. The trusses emphasize the bridge as the entrance to the hiking trail

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PLACEMAKING | INTEGRATION

Programme

Entrance at different levels

Indoor VS Outdoor

Greenery

PLACEMAKING | INTEGRATION

Natural Lighting

Rainfall Collection

Spatial Extension toward Outdoor Plaza

Visual Porousity

LEGEND 1. Sheet Metal Capping 2. Roof Gutter 3. Waterproof Membrane, Insulation Layer Vapor Barrier 4. Tongue & Groove Decking 5. Falsework 6. 6mm Translucent Glass 7. 150x300mm Glass Frame 8. Sliding Door Frame 9. Edge Beam 10. Sliding Doors 11. Concrete Columns 12. Timber Railing 13. Glass 14. Concrete Slab 15. E&M Services 16. False Ceiling 17. Floor Finishing 18. Reinforcement Bar 19. Concrete Foundation 20. Gravel 21. Ground Drainage 22. Parameter Rigid Insulation Layer 23. Earth

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Detail Section

Exploded Axonometric

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COMPETITION | RESEARCH

FURNITURE

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CONVERT-

“PLAY DVRC” The Walk DVRC International Design Competition

Site: Central, Hong Kong Design Team: PangArchitect Key Responsibilities: Concept Development, Site Analysis, Physical Model, Presentation Graphic, 3d Modelling

This design competition invites all candidates to imagine a more walkable, pedestrian environment on a 1.3 km stretch of Des Voeux Road Central in the heart of Hong Kong’s Central Business District. It is an idea-based contest to re-envision and re-engage the populated and highly active street as a quality public space for the users.

The people of DVRC are constantyl in flux, with an amazing rhythm that is defined by co-habitation and tolerance. This modulated system proposed is flexible and user-friendly as it can quickly adapt to exisiting conditions or become its own unique form for individual uses. It can be easily fabricated by you and me or professional workers for different purposes.

Our proposal is to use a modularized system, reminiscent of scaffolding, to provide various platforms at DVRC in order to allow the space to define itself and can adapt to new circumstances over different time period.

We also included a series of five nodes that highlight special moments that can happen along DVRC. The five nodes act as anchors that manifest the spatial and cultural qualities of these moments.

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PROFESSIONAL | CONSTRUCTION

PROFESSIONAL | CONSTRUCTION

“AVENUE” Proposed Residential Development

Site: Tuen Mun, Hong Kong Year of Completion: 2022 Architectural Consultants: AGC Design Limited Key Responsibilities: Design Development, Construction Detail Drawing, 3D Modelling

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Detailed Construction Drawing of B alcony Features 1:5

Detailed Construction Drawing of Podium Features 1:2

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PROFESSIONAL | GRAPHIC

FURNITURE | CONVERTIBLE

“TAI WO HAU COMMERCIAL CENTRE”

THE FLIPPING TABLE

FACADE DESIGN RENOVATION

FURNITURE DESIGN

Site: Tai Wo Hau, Hong Kong Year of Completion: 2021 Architectural Consultants: AGC Design Limited Key Responsibilities: Design Development, Construction Detail Drawing, 3D Modelling

Group Project / Sept - Oct 2018 Instructor: Tsou Jin Yeu / jinyeutsou@cuhk.edu.hk Groupmates: Victor Cheng, Kira Lo, Shirley Oi, Irene Kwok Key Responsibilities: Design Development, Final Model Making, Final Presentation Video Production

Hong Kong is well known for its small housing and packed living conditions. Most citizens who cannot afford comfortable living environment often choose to live in sub-divided units which provides extremely tight living space.

This project aimed to design a set of furniture that allows residents to efficiently use the limited space within their living units; Different users can modify this table accordingly to their needs in multiple conditions.

Components & Construction Details

Logo Design

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Facade Elevation 1:500

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Target Users

Materials Needed

Estimated Cost

FURNITURE | CONVERTIBLE

Content Page

Entertainment Time

The entertainment room

Study Time

The study room

Dinner Time

The dining room

Play Time

The living room

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