Claire Raneses's Portfolio

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN

PORTFOLIO

CLAIRE RANESES

Education

Apr 2021 - Present

[Graduating in May 2024]

Jan 2017 - Dec 2020

Achievements

Oct 2023

Oct 2022

Oct 2022

Mar 2022

Resume

Diploma in Interior Architecture and Design, Temasek Polytechnic

• Completed modules in Digital Visualisation, Construction & Detailing, Sustainble Design, Space Planning, Material & Finishes, Integrated Studio Projects

• cGPA of 3.80 out of 4.0

GCE ‘O’ Level Certificate, Northbrooks Secondary School

Director’s List AY2022/2023

• Issued by Temasek Polytechnic

HKIDW Asia Pacific Student Workshop 2022 | Certificate of Participation

• Issued by Hong Kong Interior Design Association

Director’s List AY2021/2022

• Issued by Temasek Polytechnic

SCAPE Youth Centre Garden Belt Design | Certificate of Commendable

• Issued by SCAPE

Work Experience

Jun 2023 - Oct 2023

Sep 2022 - Apr 2023

Mar 2021 - Mar 2022

Skills

Adobe Photoshop

AutoCAD

Autodesk 3Ds Max

Autodesk Revit

Enscape

SketchUp

Adobe InDesign

Hirsch Bedner Assosiates (HBA) | HBArchitecture

Student Intern

Gyu Kaku Japanese BBQ Restaurant

Part-Time Service Crew

Ace Management

Part-Time F&B Server

Languages

English - Fluent

Tagalog - Conversational

PORTFOLIO

Apex Harmony Lodge

Integrated Studio Project 3 Oct 2022 - Feb 2023

(Work Chosen for Client)

In The Vicinity

Integrated Studio Project 2

Apr 2022 - Aug 2022

The Potter’s Touch

Integrated Studio Project 1 Oct 2021 - Feb 2022

(Work Chosen for Client)

Apex Harmony Lodge

Use: Dementia Care Home

Total Area: approx. 9000 m2

Focus Area: 700m2

Address: 10 Pasir Ris Walk, Singapore 518240

The objective of this project was to create a naturalised and normalised environment, where vibrant interactions and continous learning about the community can take place to empower the residents to live well.

Beginning with an extensive research about dementia patients and the challenges they face on the daily basis, as well as studying successful international dementia care homes, aided in the design considerations taken to further enhance the existing spaces to align with the client’s goals.

With this in mind, creating a home-like environment for the residents where they feel they are not restricted encourages independence and creates self-fulfilment, which in turn will improve their quality of life.

Initial Building Structure

Reduction for privacy

Adding link bridge

Openings for natural lighting and ventilation

Extrusion to enhance natural lighting

Providing lifts and staircases

The strategies used above addresses the issue of limited natural lighting and ventilation, and the poor circulation of the site. Additionally, the extrusion of the building resulted in the entrance of each wing to be smaller, creating a buffer to transition from a public space to a private space.

Apex Harmony Lodge

Detailed Design

Focus Area - Floor Plan

In each wing, there is a private communal living and kitchen with many seating areas for small to large gatherings, mimicking a home-setting. There are a total of 9 bedrooms, 8 for the residents and 1 for the staff. Every residential bedroom has an ensuite, universally designed bathroom and balcony.

Different wallpapers are used to help the residents distinguish their side of the room and create a sense of ownership, which would give the residents pretence of freedom and control.

There are minimal decorations in the bedroom to create a clean canvas for the residents to decorate their personal space according to their own definition of what home is to

Apex Harmony Lodge

them. The overall interior style is heavily inspired by the Asian home style to accommodate the different races in Apex Harmony Lodge and in Singapore. Hence, the main architectural

elements used is latticework. The patterns of the latticework and wallpapers are geometrical, which are derived and simplified from the traditional and intricate patterns.

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In The Vicinity

Use: Community Space

Focus Area: 1200 m2

Address: Blk 306B MSCP Canberra Road

This multi-story carpark project was raised and brought upon to us by the residents of Sembawang in hopes that the site can be transformed into a mixed-used space.

Surveys and further research were conducted to understand the needs and interests of the residents in the neighbourhood to effectively accommodate them, giving the site some personal touch.

With this in mind, the newly design proposal creates a vibrant and lively integrated community space that is enjoyable to all generations. This can help to close the gap between the generations.

Focus Area - 1st Storey

Focus Area - 2nd Storey

Focus Area - 3rd Storey

The Potter’s Touch

(Work Chosen for Client)

Use: Public

Area: Approx. 300 m2

Address: 2 Orchard Link, Singapore 237978

Located in the central of Singapore, the Garden Belt offers users an engaging and experiential approach to SCAPE and its main youth building.

Working with the exisiting surrounding business and trees ensures that the space has sustainble design considerations, as well as creating more opportunities for youths to interact.

Keeping the target audience in mind, aids to create a space to give youths the chance to try out, explore and discover a new interest. The current youth generation has been bringing back trends. Pottery is trending again as it is said to be therapeutic and helps with freedom of expression, translated into their handmade product.

Concept

Since the main program is a pottery studio, the character of my form was inspired by the throwing process of clay on the potter’s wheel, specifically the shaping of clay. The turning of the potter’s wheel together with the hand placement while shaping the clay creates uneven, horizontal lines on the clay, which reflects the lines on our palms and fingers due to our thumbprints.

Sustainability

The building optimises natural lighting and ventilation throughout the space, maximising the lighting and wind circulation of the site to aid in the human comfortability level through the use of sliding doors, facade and roofing design.

1st Storey Floor Plan

Roof Design

The roof is designed in a twist-like motion to represent the horizontal lines on the clay, created by the placement of the hands and fingers as the clay turns on the potter’s wheel. Additionally, the roof design helps to direct the rainwater towards the back of the building and away from the openings created by the layers of the roof, which helps to enhance the natural ventilation.

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