BArch Architecture Portfolio (Short/2019)

C H A N Y I M AY E M I LY

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Emily Chan Yi May 曾钰梅 Newcastle University, United Kingdom Part 1 Architectural Assistant Applicant Email Mobile Nationality Location

emilychan.arch@gmail.com +6012-222-0855 Malaysian Chinese No. 12, Jalan Impian 2C, Ambang Botanic 2 Klang, 41200, Selangor, Malaysia

Industrious

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EDUCATION 2016-19 Architecture BA Honours

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High Distinction in Architectural Dissertation

2015-16 International Foundation in Architecture

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1st Class in First Year

Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne Graduated with a 2:1 (Honours)

and non-academic career.

Resourceful and persevering nature with a strong

INTO Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne Graduated with a 1st (82%); Highest grade in the course

interest in research-based design. Highly passionate about architecture and its surrounding socio-cultural-

2010-14 International GCSE

Sri Kuala Lumpur International School, Subang Jaya Obtained 8A*, 1A and 1B.

political contexts.

Why don’t we work together? Read further to see why I am the person you need to hire!

SKILLS Softwares

Analog

Proficient in: AutoCAD, SketchUp, V-ray for SketchUp, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Lightroom

Laser Cutting Hand Drafting Physical Modelling Sketching & Painting Presentation

Languages

Knowledge

Fluent in English

Architectural Theories Grid & Layout Image editing Colour theory Sense for Typography Facebook Marketing Instagram Marketing Web usability Effective research

Conversational Chinese (HSK 3) Conversational Malay Elementary Hokkien/Fujian Elementary Korean

2018

RIBA Mentee (visits)

2017

Architecture Intern (1 month)

Fashion

NIVEN Architects - Darlington, United Kingdom

2017-18 NUAS Events Director

Newcastle University Architecture Society Elected head organizer of the summer and winter balls

Documentaries

2014

Sri Kuala Lumpur International School, Subang Jaya Managed 300+ students through the sports season

Vice President of the School’s Track Team

Sports

Sri Kuala Lumpur International School, Subang Jaya

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School Colours

Sri Kuala Lumpur International School, Subang Jaya An award only given to the top 2% of the school’s best performing student in academics and sports.

Leadership Award

Sri Kuala Lumpur International School, Subang Jaya One out of 3 students chosen for the award

OTHERS 2019

Facebook and Instagram Marketing Certificate Intermediate course

UK-US Online Publication (Ongoing)

As Requested by Professor Zeynep Kezer Assisting my dissertation tutor’s personal online web publication project alongside professors in the US and UK through a requested written piece.

Sports House Captain

Sri Kuala Lumpur International School, Subang Jaya Helped discipline the school and ran school assemblies for 1200+ students and teachers Music

INTO Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne Awarded the only 100% scholarship to study the course

INTO Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne Voted to represent the voices of the students in the course

Deputy Head Prefect

Politics

Full Scholarship

2016-17 Deputy Course Representative

2014

Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne Achieved straight As in all modules INTO Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne Best performing student in the course

PACE Design Architects - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tasked with 3D rendering and assisted with idea inputs for a community centre and a bungalow. Construction site visits allowed for better understanding of building construction.

Familiarised with the design and submission process.

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne Attained one of the highest grades in the course (82%)

2015-16 Outstanding Achievement Award

WORK EXPERIENCE

INTERESTS

Rendering

RECOGNITIONS/ ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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KAIRA LOORO architecture competition Project brief based in Senegal, Africa Participated and gained valuable experience

2017-18 CONSTRUCT architecture competition

Project brief based in Ouseburn Valley, Northumberland Helped organize a real-built architecture competition through working with the Ouseburn Council Department, Newcastle University and Northumbria University students.

British Centre For Architecture (Year 3) THE QUEEN’S HOUSE, GREENWICH, UK Studio Critic: Josep-Maria Garcia-Fuentes, Marc Subirana This preservation project was for the accomodation of the new

history. Through an in depth research and reading on the topic of

This eventually culminates with a final project that calls for a strong

British Centre for Architecture on the existing site of the Queen’s

experimental preservation and the Queen’s House, we are asked

design strategy and narrative that preserves the Queen’s House, as

House in Greenwich. It engages with the current rising discourse

to build upon the existing narrative of the site, preserving and

well as connects the old with the new.

on preservation with ideas concerning context, heritage and

enhancing the qualities and characteristics of the historical building.

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BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE SITE Site Analysis and Model Making Built by the English architect Inigo Jones in the early 17th century, the Queen’s House was the first classical building ever to be built in Britain.

Today, it remains on site as a palimpsests of rich royal and architectural history with its well deserved protective label as ‘Monument’. In the site analysis, it was noted that the site has changed significantly throughout history. A key theme that was kept throughout was the symmetry and axis of the house and its surrounding site. However, it is also important to point out the Queen’s House dimishing presence within its physical site, almost blending in with surrounding buildings.

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Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio’s books. The Queen’s House is thus built upon a set of classical rules that can be identified and understood to help design a cohesive extension. This was further explored through making a 1:100 model of the house.

Key Axis of the Queen’s House

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1:100 Model of The Queen’s House

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DESIGN STRATEGY: PLACING THE HOUSE ON A PEDESTAL Conceptual and Massing Explorations

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01 Axis First, we need to ensure that the key historical views (North and South) of the house are maintained as it is key in emphasizing its perceived importance as a central piece of the site

02 House Second, in order to ensure the maintenance of its unique and characteristic ‘House’ typology, the house should not be extended on its sides.

Above is the concept collage depicting the need for more perceived physical site presence for the Queen’s House. This collage helps guide and inform the project throughout.

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On the right are the main massing explorations taken before reaching

Pedestal/ Plinth

the final general massing. This was done with the idea that elements that diminished physical presence are improved on or removed, whilst

Thus, to increase its perceived

elements that enhances perceived physical presence are enhanced

presence on site, the Queen’s

or maintained. This stategy could be identified as a combination of

House could be staged or placed

1960s Contextualism and Koolhaas’s succesful preservation method

on a pedestal of sorts. This is

of substitution, thus successfully removing the Queen’s House from

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eventual obsolescence.

informs the final design.

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INTEGRATING STRUCTURAL AND CONCEPTUAL STRATEGY Preservation + Structural Efficiency The Plinth created through extension of the existing basement floor

of the Queen’s House to the new ground floor an the perimeter

House.This was done carefully to ensure the demolishments were of

auxillary unit, thus it is not as important as the main floors. A design

is guided by both its conceptual needs as well as its structural needs

spaces, the structural integrity of the house is more efficient and

additions to the Queen’s House through its history, further preserving

strategy and morphology was also created to infrom the extension of

such as the shoring structure process which I explored in considerable

allows for preservation of proportions at the same time. Moreover,

the original H-Plan of the house. Also, the choice of demolishing and

these walls as shown below.

detail to aid with the construction phasing. However, this project aims

with extending the basement floor below, lighting requirements call

extending the basement floors and certain walls was decided as

to integrate both. For example, through extrapolating the grid system

for careful demolishment of certain parts of the existing Queen’s

the basement was originally designed by Inigo Jones as a separate

Existing Roof Cut-outs made on roof for new atrium lighting.

Existing Roof

Supporting structure during and after construction

MIcropiles put in place along the walls

Tensioned rods

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Existing First Floor

Existing Ground Floor Floors of the tunnel is demolished for new atrium space below. Terrace is removed and replaced.

Existing Ground Floor The grid is attained through analysing the structure of the GF and 1F of the Queen’s House

Basement Extension Morphology

Grid Extrapolation New structure built below the Queen’s House will be arranged according to it

Grid Extrapolation New structure built below the Queen’s House will be arranged according to it

Existing Basement To be extended below with partial demolishment of the basement floors and walls to make way for the new program.

Existing Basement To be extended below witha new basement level and a ramp access which doubles as multipurpose space

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New Structures

Final Massing Strategy: Staging the House To demolish colonnades, excavate and extend existing basement, create a sunken piazza (courtyard) around the plinth and insert supporting programs in the surrounding area.

Existing First Floor Cut-outs made on the East and West wing.

The walls are maintained to give visitors a new perspective on Jones’well proportioned design.

Basement Extension Strategy Example Existing Structures

Addition and Subtraction

Removed/Demolished

Grid Extrapolation

From top left to bottom right: Arches into a doorway; Arches into a window; Window into a door; Covered up arch; proportionally placed doorway and window; Covered up window

In designing an extension of the basement, I was able to introduce an improved entrance that welcomes visitors through ramps, a building staged on a plinth that increases visitors’s curiousity, as well as the maintenance of the ‘house’ typology on the Queen’s House.

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The program will provide a cultural and educational architecture hub with community space for both the expert and the general public whilst preserving the Queen’s House. It seeks to tap into the vibrant and historical identity of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and to bring attention for potential development in its other counterparts in the South of London.

Through placing the ramps on both ends of the Queen’s House, the new intervention is able to create this welcome on both sides and allow the fluid flow of people from the Old Royal Naval College areas into the park and vice versa.

The sunken courtyard which is formed through excavations around the house becomes the site for future community and civic events.

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Final Massing Strategy Plan view of the finalized design of the massing with the plinth extension of the Queen's House in the centre of a square sunken piazza relating to the dimensions of the house with surrounding programs inserted. The ramps will also be inserted on the North and South side with careful relation to proportions.

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1: Ramp (Main Entrance) 2: Amphitheatre 3: Auditorium Entrance 4: Terrace 5: East and West stair entrance 6: Stair entrances 7: Adjacent main road 8: Old Royal Naval College Buildings 9: National Maritime Museum 10: Greenwich Park 11. Main Road

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The entire extension would be constructed with concrete and bricks.

In creating a program and space which preserves the inherent qualities of the

On the facade however, the concrete and brick columns are to be

house, this project manages to preserve the original intention of the house as

plastered on with white smooth renders that whilst create a more

a residence. Other aspects of preservation done through this project includes

cohesive appearance with the white stones of the house, does not

preserving the influential proportions of Architect Inigo Jones, the legacy of the

attempt to blend in with the time and age of the Queen’s House. This

architect himself, the important key historical views of the house, the symmetry

was done to ensure that the authencitiy of the house is kept through

and axis of the site.

to the future.

Programs are distributed less in the Queen’s House and more in the perimeter.

Extrapolated grids from the Queen’s House form the column

This allows for a more balanced and equal relationship between the two and yet

facade that was made to repeat all throughout the sunken piazza.

still keep the Queen’s House the centre of it all. This allows the new intervention

This creates a continuity between the plinth and the perimeter with

and the Queen’s House to be read as a collaborative entity and maintain its

simplicity that does not take away attention from the central piece of

cultural relevance, but also function individually according to needs of the users.

Key A: Inigo Jones Exhibition Corridor B: Inigo Jones Bookstore C: Cafe D: Reading Corner E: Toilets F: Atrium Space G: Outdoor Shelter

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Key A: Multifunctional Atrium Space B: Archive Reception C: Archival Space D: Corridor E: Steps and Seating Area

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1: Courtyard 2: Workshop 3: Research Centre 4: Stacks and Lib. Office 5: Entrance Lobby 6: Library 7: Restaurant and Bar 8: Auditorium 9: Print and Bind Shop 10: Exhibition Shop 11: Exhibition Spaces 12: Entrance Lobby 13: Storage 14: Assembly Space 15: Existing Train Tunnel

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At Home In The City -Political Economy (Year 2)

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continues to rise exponentially and in which homelessness and ensuing social decline are among the biggest issues of our times, the

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challenge for this studio is to regain political connectivity within this

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The proposal can be read on two scales – the scale of industry from the north of the East-West axis and the scale of dwelling from the south.

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The community is simultaneously a Supershed - a huge industrial complex representing the centre of housebuilding in Scotland - and a large residential community which operates the industry. Working

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together as a studio, we devised a new form of industrial community, a new form of stake-holding, and a new form of publicness through

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MASTERPLAN STRATEGY Construction Sequence and Programmatic Distribution

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The organisation of dwellings is built around Process Lines, where each part of the manufacturing process resonates with an associated residential community. Common facilities – healthcare, childcare,

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community and the surrounding community. We will rely on the infrastructures and logistics that only a dockland landscape can offer.

A reinstated Dockland Railway takes materials brought by ship from around the world and transports them to each of the Process Lines.

Locally or nationally sourced materials are brought in by train on the re-opened branches of the North British Railway (East - London) and the Caledonian Railway (West - Glasgow), or by road along the major East-West axis on our site. An existing Scrap Recycling Plant is reorganised into the last Process Line, feeding any waste back into

1. Crane and Tracks Implementation Cement and materials imported for the first building, the warehouse

2. Residents of the existing building moves into the new houses built

3. Demolish existing building and recycle its building materials into the next phase of the construction

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retirement, education – traverse the line, benefiting the entire

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After the last part of the Process, finished products continue along the Dockland Railway to Leith Links. The Links become a Public Housing

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Showground and Dissemination Centre, where the public can walk freely around and within the new houses, selecting and configuring Industrial Supershed

types according to lifestage and lifestyle preferences. The houses are displayed on permanent concrete rafts - made, repaired and adapted

Focused Dwelling Project

from the existing Local Concrete Plant. Rows of trees are planted between the lines. After a period of show, houses are disseminated into the city by road, to the rest of the country road and rail, and are exported to the rest of the world by ship (as flatpacks).

4.The final 3 blocks are built

1. Import opportunities from the dock and in-land

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2. Export opportunities from the dock and in-land

5. Build the showground at Leith Links

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3. Main new components: Housing Block, Housing Building Community, Showground and Dissemination Site.

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Housing modules are self-built by the residents and able to be altered accordingly to the users’ needs.

They and are arranged around the services which are at the centre of each 14 x 14 m grid. Family flats are arranged at street level and this allows for children to run around the shared street, bringing in a vibrant scene. One couple and single flat each are arranged on top of the family flats. They are all accesible by deck access. Sunlight was a huge factor in the arrangement of the flats.

A key design of this dwelling is the availability of a green space for each flat that can be turned into additional space. As the both the external and internal walls of the building are non-load bearing, it allows for a selfbuild manipulation. This allows users personalize their plan to both extend and reduce internal spaces by themselves. Materials that are not wanted can be sent to the exchange hub at the centre of each street to swap for something else with their neighbours. Not only is this a very sustainable system that encourages recycling and allows for multigenerational use of the building, it also invokes individuality among the community.

RESIDENCES ON THE RECYCLING LINE Selected Final Outputs Residences were designed with constant references to architecture guidelines and building regulations of the UK. This allowed me to learn and practice the basic rules of designing a domestic building.

Ground Floor Plan 1:50 / Pink: Suitable for a family of 3-4 people

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First Floor Plan 1:50 / Yellow: Suitable for individuals

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Second Floor Plan 1:50 / Blue: Suitable for couples

DURHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND, UK Studio Critic: Amara Roces and Adam Located in a new luxury development in Durham, the site is

raises public awareness of the problem with waste through using

The building will be designed with its focus largely on residents of

situated in front of a river with a view and is located at the top of

upcycled materials in its construction and instigating the community

Milburngate, in an attempt to cultivate a habit for recycling and

the Durham peninsular. Within the new luxury development called

into working together to reduce the impact of waste. As the chosen

proper waste sorting. With this, the building will aid Milburngate into

Milburngate, the chosen site is positioned strategically at the front

site for the project is located within one of the new development, the

becoming a self-sustainable site in trash management.

of the development at the main entrance with leisure, office and

proposed building aims to be a criticism of the commercialization of

residential blocks surrounding it. This project proposes that Durham

the site and to start a dialogue within the community.

directs this socio-environmental question of reducing waste towards

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the rebranding of the city, purposefully designing a building that

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A Rebranding Of Durham (Year 2)

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PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGY The Reverse Vending Machine This building will function as a one

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stop recycling hub. This involved

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exhibition, artist studio, residence

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a dispensary that functions as a

and a basement that functions as a

for trash to be collected, reused

reverse vending machine that gives

small recycling plant.

and recycled in an upscale creative

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MATERIAL EXPLORATION The open air centre of the building allows for light to shine down into the basement where the recycling plant is. Through the installation of the can facade inspired by China’s Archi Union, not only are cans being upcycled, light reflection into the space is also further enhanced.

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town.

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REALIZING THE SPACES From left top to right, down the rows: Main entrance into the building with workshop on the left, access to bridge in front and grocery on the right; room for recyclable bins behind the dispensary wall; workshop for recyclable sculpture making; display rack in workshop; Environmentally friendly grocery looking into the workshop; cafe; Sculpture artist’s studio; Sculpture artist’s residence; Sculpture

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emilychan.arch@gmail.com +6012-222-0855 No. 12, Jalan Impian 2C, Ambang Botanic 2 Klang, 41200, Selangor, Malaysia

Thank you for your kind consideration Looking forward to working with you!

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