Bernard Kay Portfolio

BERNARD KAY

BSc ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF BATH 2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 6

MArch ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

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Bernard Ian Kay

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BSc Architecture, University

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The Beacon Basil Spence Project

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Dementia Village Chepstow, Wales

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Serpentine Pavalion London, England

MArch, University

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1 July 1993 Hong Kong Chinese House 1, 6 Silver Cape Road, Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong 6772 7760 bernardkay93@gmail.com

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Personal Statement Socially driven and well organised architectural student seeking an internship in a leading architectural firm, with good leadership and teamworking skills gained of

Hong Kong

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Chang’An Masterplan Dongguan, China

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The Life and Death of 85 Shek Pai Wan Road Aberdeen, Hong Kong

from joint projects with civil-engineers in the University of Bath. Further studies in the University of Hong Kong have further my commitment into developing bottom-up approaches for the Hong Kong housing crisis.

Professional Projects

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Wapping Wharf Phase 2 Alec French Architects, Bristol

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The Parisian Aedas, Hong Kong

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Dementia Care Home Competition Make Architects, London

Software Skills

Language Proficiency

Revit

Expert

English

Native

Sketchup

Advanced

Chinese Cantonese

Native

Vray

Intermediate

Chinese Mandarin

Basic

InDesign

Advanced

Photoshop

Intermediate

Illustrator

Intermediate

Lightroom

Basic

AutoCAD

Advanced

Rhino

Intermediate

Education History 2016-2018

Master of Architecture, University of Hong Kong

2012-2016

BSc Architecture, University of Bath

2010-2012

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The Sir Basil Spence Prize - First place

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Basil Spence Peer Choice Award - First place

GCE A-Levels, St. Edward’s School, Oxford Mathematics (A*), Further Mathematics (A), Chemistry (A), Physics (A), Design and Technology (A), Extended Project (A*)

2005-2010

Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination and International GCSE, Diocesan Boys’ School, Hong Kong HKCEE (4A, 1B, 3C) ; IGCSE (4A*, 2A, 2B)

Work Experiences March - July 2015

Architectural Assistant, Alec French Architects, Bristol •

Had a major role in terms of designing apartment layouts

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Jointly managed and coordinated the use of Revit within the team

May - August 2014

Trainee, Aedas Limited, Hong Kong

August 2013

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Part of the tower sub-team in the Venetian Macau hotel and casino project, Parcel 3

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Had an insight in working with different consultant firms such as Jeffrey Beers, Parsons Brinckerhoff

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Intern, Make architects, London •

Assisted two architects in a design competition, bidding for the planning of a dementia care home complex

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Aided the architects in the brochure design using InDesign

Positions of Responsibility 2012 - 2014

Architecture First and Second Year Representative •

Involved in negotiating with the department for improvement in studio facilities and the quality of the course

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Organised a joint social with Business Administrative students in order to sort out shared accommodation

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University of Bath Sailing Team Captain

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Part-time Lead Instructor, Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club

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THE BEACON BASIL SPENCE PROJECT

Sir Basil Spence Prize - First Place Basil Spence Peer Choice Award - First Place Bath / Year 4 / Group Project 1 Tutor - Martin Gledhill, Julia Kashan Brown, Nigel Bedford In Collaboration with Carolyn Smith, James Gladman, Liam Bromiley, Tom Jeffery The Beacon is a Museum of Maritime Navigation, exhibiting not only artefacts and charts but aiming to instil in the visitor the sense of cultural change in our approach to the maritime environment. The journey is through history and method: from wayfinding and attunement to conquering the sea, and aims to culminate in a fuller understanding and sense of awe for this elemental environment. This is achieved through the fundamental integration of architecture, structure and environment; and demonstrated through the cohesion of idea, realisation and materiality.

Surrounded by water, the building simultaneously confronts and responds to the marine environment. The building is a beacon in Portland Harbour; a carved monolith, inhabited by people, birds and littoral marine species.

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ACCESS PLAN The journey to The Beacon starts by boat; from Weymouth harbour, the mouth of the Fleet lagoon or the Sailing Centre. These three access nodes which either lie upon or form the axes which dictate the building’s location.

These three points were chosen due to their existing infrastructure and the desire to connect Weymouth, the Fleet lagoon and Portland for potential visitors to the Isle.

A feasibility study was conducted by comparing The Beacon to similar sized museums and their visitor numbers to ensure that sufficient boat access was achievable.

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GRANDSTAND TEMPORARY EXHIBITION | SAILING EVENTS | ECOLOGY

The grandstand is a triple height space carved out of the corner of the cube, stepping down into the sea.

It’s primary function is to provide seating for the viewing of the various aquatic sports and events that take place within Portland Harbour. As sailing races usually last around an hour each and regattas consist of an average of three races, it is more appropriate to provide an informal space where people can come and go when they wish. This innovative interpretation of the traditional ‘grandstand’ includes smaller stepped platforms which maximise seating space, while the main platforms are linked by a series of ramps, making it fully accessible.

centre can moor at any tidal range. This allows boats from smaller races to dock to watch the remainder of the event and sailing classes to use the space as a lunchtime ‘pitstop’ for more regular use.

The grandstand also doubles as a temporary exhibition space when it is not in use for sailing events. A series of tidal pools at different littoral zones have been incorporated into the design of the steps to create habitats for a variety of species and engage with this area of marine ecology. When the grandstand is being used as an exhibition space, these serve to ‘exhibit’ this environmental aspect and illustrate the complex nature of the edge of the sea.

The axial line of the northern incision cuts the grandstand geometry, creating an evenly stepped edge where boats from the sailing

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1/F upper tier grandstand

PROGRAMME EXHIBITION | EDUCATION | RESTAURANT

The exhibition areas of the museum have been conceptualised as four floors, each one characterising one of the ages of navigation. The floor plates are ramped and stepped, forming a continuous circulation pattern up through the exhibition without the need to pass in and out of an isolated circulation core. As you move up through the exhibition the light levels increase and the floor gradually becomes simpler and more even.

The circulation path of the fifth floor culminates in a glazed processional stairway, providing views out to the horizon over Chesil Beach for the first time in the museum journey. This huge break in the ramping nature of the circulation and sudden exposure to wide views out of the cube signifies the break in the timeline of maritime navigation which occurred following the birth of the Age of Steam. The contrast after the inward looking nature of the exhibition is significant. It also allows the introduction of a new incision which gives views out to the horizon at the levels above.

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3/F antiquity exhibition floor

4/F navigation exhibition floor

5/F discovery exhibition floor

6/F modernity exhibition floor

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MODERNITY EXHIBITION PERSPECTIVE

ANTIQUITY EXHIBITION PERSPECTIVE

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SUMMER STRATEGY

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The incisions within our form provide the opportunity to cross ventilate our building during summer through concealed vents, reducing the relience upon the MVHR system that will be in use throughout the rest of the year. The inherant thermal mass of the structure helps to reduce the response time of the building fabric. This ensures a stable internal temperature is maintained with little heating or cooling required.

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THE INHABITED ROCK The marine environment demands a bold and resilient structure that can withstand the harsh natural forces surrounding it. The building simultaneously adapts and confronts the sea, through its accommodation of people, ecology and the weathering process.

Sea birds were crucial to making landfall in the the history of maritime navigation and Portland Isle is one of the best bird spotting locations in the UK. The building embraces and actively encourages their presence through a variety of ledges cast into the facade of the building.

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Dementia Village Chepstow, Wales

Bath / Year 4 / Final Year Project Tutor - Martin Gledhill, Nigel Bedford As people grow old they become less independent due to physical, physiological and mental changes which create disabilities. Most of us would wish to spend our old age in familiar surroundings and therefore remain living in our own home, but dependency level will, possibly at some stage render this impractical.

Dementia Village is a place where patients feel protected both physically and mentally. It respect the patients’ dignity through flexibility, where the architecture works around the end-users instead of imposing them to an alien envrionment.

The village consists of 3 households and a Maggie’s Centre. The households accomodate 8 residents each, residents are free to wander around the village, visiting other households or the Maggie’s Centre; at the same time they can stay in their own household if they wish to. The purpose of the Maggie’s Centre is to increases the awareness of the disease, provide information for carers and public while doubling up as a day care centre for three to five days in a week.

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Design Development

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Villages/ Views

Warmth of the Sun

Continuous Path

Welcoming Arm

Previous analysis suggests that a courtyard typology is the most effective use of the outdoor space. Physicially, it gives a sense of security to the residents and also allows the staff to passively supervise them without having to be next to them.

The courtyard is disected in such a way that there is a view out of it to some larger open space. It also seperates the building into villages, each housing 8 people, a perfect number for the suggested 4 to 1 staff ratio.

While glare is confusing to people with dementia, south light bouncing off the ceiling provides a warming quality to the room, and also give depth and composition to the room, aiding visual comprehension . The roofs are pitched slightly to give the rooms a sense of home.

Connections between the villages are introduced to form a continuous secure wandering path as people with dementia tend to wander oftenly. The residents could choose to stay in their own village or wander off to interact with resident from other villages.

Care homes are normally unwelcoming, the “welcoming arm� reaches out to the public to raise awareness of the disease and also embrace people who might have dementia or just want to know more about the disease.

Site Axonometrics

Design Options

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M aggie ' s C entre Intimacy Gradient The Maggie’s Centre is planned in a way so that it gets more imitimate as you go along the spiral plan of the building. Visitors are greeted in the front porch or the entrance lobby, where there is access to the village or the Maggie’s Centre. People who came for the Maggie’s Centre will be welcomed by staff from the Hearth, where it seperates into smaller spaces like large activity room and the Lounge. The most intimate spaces, such as the small rooms are tucked in the back of the plan.

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OVERALL PLAN

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Having different household gives a sense of dignity and identity to the residents, where patients can identify their rooms instead of just by numbers.

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The connection between household encourages more able-bodied patients to explore the village and also allows staff to temporary cover for a certain household should a medical emergency have happened.

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SERPENTINE PAVILLION Bath / Year 3 / Group Project 1 Tutor - Graham Bizley In collaboration with Carolyn Smith, Lang Jin, Angela Benski, Marcus Reed

The brief was to create a temporary learning environment in Hyde Park for the Serpentine's educational outreach programme. After 3 months the building will be relocated to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford; then on to Dulwich Park and finally to Richmond Park. After the first year of relocation the structure will then be taken over by the “My Place” Community Integration Programme; a socially and architecturally creative venture for youth aged between 10 to 18 for the next 19 years.

Because of the temporary nature of the brief, we felt that this gave our structure a degree of “sitelessness”; making the driving factor in its conception the pedagogy of the educational programme it would house and the appeal it would hold for both its users in the first year, but also for the groups that would utilise it for the majority of its 20 year life span.

TRADITIONAL EDUCATION

IDEAL LEARNING

ENCLOSURE

CIRCULATION

POINTS OF INTEREST

PREFABRICATED ZINC ROOF Made of prefabricated zinc roof panels, each panel not existing 3m in width for transportation. Zinc roof also has up to 50 years of building life meeting the 20 years requirement.

Snap on batten seam will allow fast assembly and disassembly on site.

GLULAM RIBBONS South facing side acts a solar shading, the spaning ribbons also interacts with the pedestrians to invite them into the learning centre each section made to span no longer than 10m ensures structural integrity.

INTERNAL TIMBER CEILING Ribbon shaped roof light illuminates the learning spaces and the exhibition spaces minimize the energy consumption.

PREFABRICATED TIMBER WALL PANELS One-piece prefabricated timber panels cladded with FSC western red cedar ensures swift assembly without comprising sustainnability and aesthetics.

GLULAM TIMBER FRAME The lightweight structural system allows easy assembly on site while having a low embodied carbon.

TIMBER FLOOR DECK Up to 14m x 3m prefabricated panels with fitted timber tounge and groove decking that fix onto the timber beam and joist floor.

CLICK ON MODULAR STAIRS Timber stairs that are formed from predominantly modular sections meaning that sections can be fitted or left unfitted to accommodate different site contours and orientations up to a level change of 1m across the building.

SCREW PILE FOUNDATIONS AND TIMBER FLOOR JOISTS 4m deep steel screw pile foundations holding the structure within the ground in a site sensitive and reusable manner. Attached to a timber beam and joist floor system comprising 150mm x 300mm primary beams and 225mm x 50 secondary joists.

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workshop layout for optimum capacity of 35 people, for hands-on workshops

WORKSHOP LAYOUT PLAN @ 1:100

workshop layout for maximum capacity of 80 people, for functions and talks

workshop layout for optimum capacity of 35 people, for hands-on workshops

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Chang An' Masterplan Dongguan, China

HKU / MArch 1 / Semester 1 Tutor - Tao Zhu Chang An prizes itself on its mold-making and printing industries, and its next goal is to create a new electronics start up industry. The town currently has only 1 high school, and it is not specifically target for sure a transition. The program of the urban intervention proposed is to create a public civic hub, where people to learn, work and entertain at the same area, thus improving the footfall to the presently deserted urban dead-end.

The Start-up and Business Centre is located in a key junction between the Chang An town and the future development of Chang An New Town. The junction is situated at the G4 elevated highway and the provincial highway. These two infrastructures benefit the town by improved traffic and enhanced trade.

However, it poses as a major blockade to the Chang An axis, a boulevard which connects the Chang An new and old town. Maozhou River is currently a heavily polluted river, due to the heavy metal industries around the area, huge government initiatives have been put in place to clean the Maozhou River.

Site Problem 1 lack of visual connection to the river View towards Maozhou river is obstructed by the elevated shenzhen-guangzhou highway and the provincial highway. Revealing the stormwater drain creates a new urban frontage, which regenerates the existing retail street.

It also allows for the smooth transition to the urban renewal efforts downstream of the Maozhou river.

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termination of Chang Qing Road

public space under bridge cut off by buildings

Termination of Chang Qing road comes too abruptly with the two highways. The existing public monuments are set back from the road making it not visible from the boulevard.

The existing public monuments backs itself to the elevated highway, isolating the urban activities happening underneath the highway from the public plaza.

A landmark with a strong form is carefully placed on the tangent to the boulevard, makes the building visible from the boulevard without interrupting the visual corridor created by the new river.

A free ground floor plan allows people to flow from the river promenade to the public space underneath the bridge. The building negoitates the change in height in its section.

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Datums Connected The building presents itself as a carved monolith, creating a series of different outdoor and indoor spaces to stimulate working and learning. The building also deals with the change in levels from the top of G4 elevated highway to the newly excavated river in its section, by weaving different programmes together the centre attempts to weave the people, building, river, and the existing context into a seamless urban fabric.

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Adobe Shelf Aberdeen, Hong Kong

Roof Access The roof is relatively clear of debris and rubbish. No roof extension is built on top of the building.

Selected for the End of Year Show HKU / MArch 1 / Semester 2 Tutor - Du Juan

K nowledge Situated on the third floor of a corner tong lau is the home for a community of 11 households, each occupying one subdivided unit (SDU), of which 2 of the SDU do not have access to a window. The friendly community share 2 toilets, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a 14m2 communal living space. Mr Li and Ms Kwok was fortunate enough to reside in the largest flat in the community 12.3m2 with their 9 year-old daughter.

Kitchen, Bathroom & Toilet Shared facilities are located at the north side of the building.

The flat have one kitchen, one shower room and two toilets among 11 subdivided units.

Mr. kwok’s subdivided unit Kwok’s family of 3 people lived in 121 ft2 unit for 5 years, and pays $3200 per month, which is $26.5/ft2 /month.

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The 783 ft2 is subdivided into 11 rooms, with rooms varying from 50ft2 to 121ft2. Two of the subdivided units do not have windows for natural lighting or ventillation purpose.

Stair access from Street The flat is access via a narrow unlocked staircase, which could be a security risk to the residents.

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turned on for most of the time in summer month, contributes a huge part of the electric bill.

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since there is no water inlet in the SBD, the machine is only used to spin dry the clothes washed in the bathroom.

mainly used to store books and sheets of paper.

narrower than normal single beds. Ms. Kwok and Man Ki sleep here as it is better ventilated compared to the bottom bunk of the bed.

Study desk Man Ki uses this desk for her homework while sitting on the edge of the mattress.

Storage Box PVC box Store clothes and duvets that are not in season.

Shelf Various sizes.

Store clothes and duvets that are not in season.

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Building Alter 3/F

Bathroom 26.9 ft²

Co-Design Bathroom 33.4 ft²

Li and Kwok’s SDU is located on the south corner of the flat facing a busy crossroad. With 5 pairs of south-west facing windows, the unit is prone to extreme overheating in the summer months. Permanent metal foils and curtains are installed on the top hung vent and the side hung windows respectively.

The dysfunctional arrangement of room makes it hard to access the windows and storage located next to windows as they are located behind the bed. The

family has a lot of possession, as a result we determined that adaptive shelving unit which can mediate the external and internal environment without comprising storage space is most suitable for the family. The bottom part of each module consists of drawers, shelves and desk space, whereas the top part is mainly remained clear for easy access of the window, a clothes rail or roller blinds can be provided accordingly.

Kitchen 68.9 ft²

SDU 102.9 ft²

WC 15.9 ft²

SDU 53.1 ft²

SDU 53.5 ft²

WC 15.9 ft² Corridor 65.8 ft²

SDU 71.9 ft²

Balcony 461.4 ft²

Residential Flat 584.2 ft²

SDU 77.1 ft²

SDU 95.7 ft² Common Room 149.3 ft²

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SDU 54.0 ft² SDU 52.3 ft² SDU 51.5 ft² Corridor 18.6 ft² Kwok's SDU 121.5 ft²

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3/F Building Kwok’s House

C onstruction Highly configurable, the adobe shelf can be adjusted to form a straight module or as a curved collection according to site constraints. The asymmetric A-frame is CNC-ed into its constituent members, then assembled off-site. A curved joining member is installed between adjacent frames and is secured into place with a wedge.

The vision of the adaptive shelving unit is that when the family move to public housing units it can act as informal room partitions.

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PLACEMENTALEC FRENCH ARCHITECTS WAPPING WHARF PHASE 2 March - July 2015 Position - Architectural Assistant

Wapping Wharf is a three phase development. I was working at Phase 2 which consist of 248 private apartments and 81 affordable units, there is also 1528 sqm of office space as part of a renovation of a grade II listed JS Fry warehouse.

As the project is still in design development stage, the design team went to visit Phase 1 that was due to complete in August 2015. The site visist was to allow colleagues working in Phase 1 to highlight potential site issues that could happen in Phase 2. Depite the diffferent materiality and structural system, there are still important lessons to be learnt from Phase 1

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PLACEMENTAEDAS LTD. VENETIAN COTAI PARCEL 3 May - August 2014 August - Septmeber 2013 Position - Trainee During the period of placement, I gained valuable experience in project management and communication between clients and consulatants.

Aedas as the project architect/ lead consultant of the project, has to overlook the entire project and at some areas develop the design from concept design to construction drawing. I was tasked to

write specification for materials and produce sketches to facilate the architect’s explanation to the clients. I was fortunate enough to have visited the construction site. There I learnt the construction method used, such as aluminium formwork casted concrete to ensure the high quality finish and the speed of construction.

WORK EXPERIENCE MAKE ARCHITECTS DEMENTIA CARE HOME Summer 2011 The strength of the proposal is the flexibility of the layout and the numerous combinations and permeations of the residential mix that can be acheived. This approach ensures that residents of the care campus can move into their home and not necessarily move again, therby reducing any stress this process might have.

Doors between the units were the obvious choice, however a locked door into an adjoining property could cause confusion and agition to the residents.

Instead, these could openings could be developed to be completely acoustically sealed with a book shelf or a storage united located on one side.

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