Nathan Cheung Architecture Portfolio

2022 - 2023

BA ARCHITECTURE

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Nathan Cheung

London & Hong Kong

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BA Architecture | University of Westminster 2021 - 2024

Year 1: DS1.D

Emma Perkin & Florian Brillet

Year 2: DS2.4

Camilla Wilkinson & Chris Bryant

Awards

2021 - 2022

• Shortlisted RIBA West London Prize

• Yr1 Technical Studies Award

2022 - 2023

• Yr 2 Craft Design Award

1st Class average in all modules

Discovery Bay International School

A levels, A*A*A

Software Proficiency

Rhino

Photoshop

Indesign

Illustrator

Vray

Revit

CENTRAL SOMERS TOWN | AFFORDABLE MARKET, EATERY & COMMUNITY OFFICES

2023

BA-YR2-SEM2

The proposal is a mixed programme typology focusing with the food economy at its centre. This includes a public dinning hall, operating in conjunction with a new street market and a set of offices which will serve as ‘Urban Harvest’s’ new London headquarters, alongside incubation spaces for upcoming local businesses. This building is an example of a low-tech tower using an exposed lightweight steel skeleton structure, with earth-bag infill panels. The aim is low energy recycling through the use of minimally processed materials, such as rice husk filled earth-bags with external cob rendering The proposal aims to compliment the existing DSDHA master-plan, retaining the public spaces within Somers Town. and encouraging exchange between communities and cultures through food. The proposal enhances the existing circular economy (food cycle).

Academic Design Project

Central Somers Town London UK

FOOD BANK

• an organisation that collects, sorts, stores and redistributes food to those in need

• often associated with charities which will recieve the food and serve frontline

• i.e. Life After Hummus | Camden Food Bank

SOUP KITCHEN

• a catering place where food is either distributed freely or sold significantly cheaper than the market price

• often operated by charities and volunteers

COMPOSTING

• mix food waste with green waste

• shred the waste into smaller sizes

• compost inside closed system for 2-3 weeks

• waste is finally left outside to mellow for 1-3 months

UNDERSTANDING THE FOOD CYCLE & SURPLUS FOOD

“8-10% Global Greenhouse emitted from Landfill

1. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

5. RETAIL & MARKETS

6. DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION

7. LANDFILL SITE

FOOD INSECURITY IN CAMDEN

1. Camden Council: 50.7% Somers Town children live in poverty

2. Camden Council: 3,147 adults & 1,392 children referred to food banks

3. ONS: 11,502 Camden residents have moderate food insecurity

4. ONS: 9,243 Camden residents have severe food insecurity

2. imperfect vegetables and fruits

4. slow moving stocks | deleted lines

5. left-over food products from catering businesses

3. damaged packaging

5. imperfect vegetables and fruits

6. overpurchasing of household foods

Greenhouse Gas is Landfill Food Waste”

2. POST HARVEST PROCESSING

3. PACKAGING & FURTHER PROCESSING

4. TRANSPORT & DISTRIBUTION

Adam Khan - Central Somers Town

Edith Neville School Site

1. 0.9mm flashings

2. 0.7mm corrugated iron roof

topper

3. 25.5mm ply roofing

4. 31mm x 190mm (cross section)

timber battens

5. 80mm x 200mm (cross section)

timber roof truss

6. 25mm ply panelling

7. 50mm x 200mm (cross section)

timber wall studs

8. 30mm radius steel bolts

9. 6mm radius post-tensioning

steel cable

10. 25mm x 150mm (cross section)

steel plate

11. 50mm x 50mm (cross section)

horizontal fixing battens

12. 90mm x 300mm (cross section)

timber top plate

13. 125mm x 250mm (cross section)

jute burlap earth bags

14. 90mm x 300mm (cross section)

timber bottom plate

15. 0.6 diameter steel weave

16. 40mm - 60mm cob facade render

1.EXPLODED ISOMETRIC FACADE BUILD-UP 2.FACADE DETAIL SECTION 3.CONSTRUCTION MODEL

17. reinforced concrete strip foundation 18. Hurricane tie

land drain

ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT IDEA & CONCEPT GENERATOR | PART 1

2023

BA-YR2-SEM1

Academic Design Project

Central Somers Town London UK

As a response to the growing concern for a circular economy; this 1:1 scale architectural fragment aims to provoke a re-imagining of waste materials in construction. The fragment’s design takes advantage of the inherent waste materials’ structural and aesthetic qualities. The fragment functions as a source of inspiration for an architectural language, or concept. In specific, this Fragment is composed of a leaf and a shutter connected through a pulley system, creating an environmental response. Wind provokes the leaf closing the shutters.

1.ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE DIAGRAMS 2.DIALOGUE SKETCHES 3.PULLEY SYSTEM 4.LOUVRE SYSTEM 5.FRAGMENT ENHANCED SCALE ELEVATIONS

String is tied from leaf to pulley system on shutters Shutters close with wind reacting leaf Shutters open as they reset when wind subsides

CHARLTON STREET REPAIR CAFE | PART 2

2023

Chalton Street repair Cafe aims to promote sustainable practices. Situated within the residential heart of Somers Town, residents are encouraged to bring disused or broken electronics to be repaired instead of disposal. The design takes inspiration from the initial Fragment. For example the plastic bottle shutters are reimagined as roofing tiles, providing a unique translucency. The pulley leaf system is incorperated as a fully permeable wall system. Each wall panel opens as an individual shutter, merging the spaces with the street.

CHALTONSTREET

PREVAILING WIND

SITE DIARY | CAMBRIDGE HOUSE HOTEL

A report on a retrofit and new build hotel in Picadilly London by PDP architects. Following and analysing the relationships between architects, contractors and client, from the design phase through the project realisation. Site visits took place at multiple different construction stages, attending design meetings and shadowing site managers on the progress. A construction sequence exploring technical details and process was made in relation to an aspect of the project.

INSTALLING ENVELOPE STEEL FRAME SYSTEM [SFS]

INSTALLING ENVELOPE SOUNDBLOC & HABITO BOARDING

INSTALLING ENVELOPE BRICK FACADE | INTERNAL BLOCKWORK

INSTALLING INTERNAL [SFS]

SOUNDLOC BOARDING ONE SIDE & PARTIALLY ON THE OTHER

POURING SCREED ABOVE CONCRETE FLOOR SLAB

FITTING FLOOR WOODEN BOARDING AND W/C TILES ABOVE SCREED

FIX CEILING SUPPORTS

INSTALL DOMESTIC PIPEWORK AND ELECTRICS

INSTALLING ACOUSTIC INSULATION BETWEEN [SFS] & INSTALLING WINDOWS

COMPLETE SOUNDBLOC BOARDING OVER INSULATION

INSTALL BRITISH GYPSUM CEILING BOARDS

HABITO BOARDING, W/C PLYWOOD BOARDING & WOODEN FRAMES FITTING

SKIM WALLS, INSTALL KERDI TILEBACKER IN W/C

PANNELING BEDROOM WALL, TILING W/C

INSTALLING CORNICES & FIXED FURNITURE

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