ARCH 3074 DESIGN 4

CHAN KA HEI, BRIAN

ARCH 3074 DESIGN 4 P O R T F O L I O 3035482453 THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

Beisi Jia YEAR 3 SEMESTER 1, 2019-20

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CONCEPT

EXPLORATION

FLUIDITY OF STRUCTURE IN THE EARLY STAGE I ATTEMPTED TO DEPICT THE FORMATION OF ARBITIARY ORGANIC SHAPES TYPICALLY ON GLACIERS. I USED WAX AS MY MAJOR MATERIAL OF DEPICTION AS TO VISUALIZE AND STUDY THE GEOMETRY.

LONG AND COMPRATIVELY REGULAR SET CREATED BY SLOW COOLING OF MELTED WAX IN THE WATER

COMPRATIVELY IRREGULAR SET CREATED BY RAPID COOLING OF MELTED WAX IN THE WATER

A SET TYPICALLY CREATED TO STUDY THE LAYERING OF ORGANIC STRUCTURE BY ALTERNATELY ADOPTING RAPID AND SLOW COOLING

A FURTHER STUDY OF THE 3 DIMENTIONAL QUALITY OF THE STRUCTURES.

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CASE

STUDY

Climatic Factors Site: Monte Rosa, Switzerland

MONTE ROSA HUT

Project: Monte Rosa Hut

HK Monte Rosa

Average Wind Speed Comparison(m/h)

HK Monte Rosa

Humidity Comparison 100

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Temperature Comparison

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HK Monte Rosa

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-10 -20 -30

PLAN & SECTION

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25 SEP 2009 TERRACE

29 AUG 2009

ALUMINIUM SHELL

9 MAY 2009

ABSEMBLY OF ELEMENTS

6 April 2009

420 TIMBER PREFABRICATION

28 AUG 2008

CONCRETE FOUNDATION STEEL GRID

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PROTOTYPING

EXPANDABLE STRUCTURE AS A LESSON FROM THE CASE STUDY, WE HOPE TO CREATE A BUILDING ENVELOPE THAT IS HIGHLY ADAPTIVE TO EXTERIOR, MAJORLY THROUGH THE CHANGING OF GEOMETRY AND VOLUME TO COUNTERACT WEATHER IMPACT. WE USED SEVERAL ORIGAMI PATTERN AS OUT INITIAL EXPLORATION, AND FURTHER DEVELOP THEM INTO SKETON FRASMEWORK.

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FINAL

DESIGN

EXPANDABLE HOTEL TOWER FOR THE FINAL DESIGN, I TRIED TO THREAD THE INSPIRATION I GOT FROM BOTH AT THE EARLY STAGE OF EXPLORATION OF ORGANIC FORMS, AND AS WELL AS THE RATHER TECHNICAL EXPANDABLE STRUCTURE AFTER THE CASE STUDY. AS A RESULT, I ADOPTED THE ORGANIC FORM INTO A FABRIC FACADE IMITATING THE NATURAL CONDITION AT THE SITE. WHILE AS THE CORE I USED A EXPANDABLE STRUCTURE TO PROVIDE TOLERANCE TO THE CLIMATE WITHIN FLOORS.

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OFFICE FUNCTION ROOM

OBSERVATION DECK

LOBBY

ACCOMODATION

EXPANDABLE TOWER 1:50