GLORIA, POU WAI, LEI
Portfolio 2024
INTRODUCTION
My work revolves around three interrelated concepts - interaction, computation, and materialisation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
[ Interaction ] points to the act of communication and negotiation between three players - the environment, the architectural components, and the human agents. For me, interaction design is about determining the mechanisms and interfaces that govern the type of exchanges between these players and how they are to take place.
[ Computation ] is about the act of interpreting, processing, and operating on data gathered from the interaction events. In this context, computation design is about determining the patterns, logic, rules, and algorithms to be implemented. It involves defining how ‘element A’ will relate to ‘element B’ and creating the necessary arrangements to connect the two accordingly.
[ Materialisation ] is the translation of the abstract relationships and intentions generated from the interactive and computational design into a series of spatial, formal, and physical manifestations.
The projects presented in the ‘Personal’ section are selected to highlight explorations of these three concepts in different contexts and mediums. They cover a range of time periods in my personal development, illustrating how my idea of interaction, computation, and materialisation has evolved over time.
The works showcased in the ‘Practice-Led’ section represent key moments of my journey in the industry, covering projects from RIBA Stage 1 to 5 and scales ranging from interior design to urban planning.
PERSONAL >>
THE SALON THE SECRET LIFE OF YOUR WALLS
PRODUCTIVE GARDEN
QUANTAMIC HOUSE
HUMANORAMA
SUN CATCHER
WATER AUTOMATON
PRACTICE-LED >>
EDGWARE CENTRAL
STRATFORD WATERFRONT HOME 001
STEELES WEST
29 GREAT PETER STREET
CURRICULUM VITAECURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION WORK EXPERIENCE & SELECTED PROJECTS
The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, UK
PG Dip. in Professional Practice & Management in Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part III) (2016 - 2017)
Architectural Association (AA), School of Architecture, UK
AA Diploma (ARB/RIBA Part I & II) (2011 - 2014)
University of Waterloo, Canada
Bachelor of Architectural Studies (with Distinction), with Joint Honours in Philosophy (2004 - 2010)
SKILLS
CAD
Revit, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, Vectorworks
3D Modelling & Prototyping
Rhinoceros, Grasshopper 3D, Arduino, Processing
Graphic
Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Procreate
Animation & Film Making
Cinema 4D, Adobe (After Effects)
General
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)
Language
English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarian)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
RIBA Student Mentor, Central St Martin, 2018 & 2021
“What Do you See?” AArchitecture, no.22. (Eassy), 2014
ARCHITECT (RIBA / ARB)
www.gpwlei.co.uk
Howells (Glenn Howells Architects) Senior Architect | London, UK | 2022 - 2024
Edgware Town Centre Masterplan | Project Lead
London, UK, 4000 homes Mixed Use Masterplan, Stage 1 - 2, £1 billion
Stratford Waterfront | Senior Architect
London, UK, 700 homes Mixed Use Development, Stage 2, £250 million
Harper Downie Architects (HdAr)
Associate (2019-2022), Architect (2017-2019) | London, UK | 2014 - 2022
29 Great Peter Street | Project Manager, Project Architect, CA
London, UK, High-end Residential Development, Stage 3 to 6, £6.6 million
Manor Mews | Architect, CA
London, UK, Residential Development, Stage 4 to 5, £1.4 million
St James Church | Architect London, UK, Institution, Stage 2 to 3, £500k
24-49 Willow Way | Architect London, UK, Residential Development, Stage 0-1
Chitra Chalet | Architect Gastaad, Switzerland, Mix-Use Development, Stage 4, £2 million
Fann Street | Part II
Dr. Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo Research Assistant | Waterloo, Canada | 2010
Jiakun Architects Architectural Intern | Chengdu, China | 2008
Hangzhou Wetland Art Quarter | Intern Hangzhou, China, Culture & Hospitality, Design Development
Charles Gagnon Building Workshop (CARGO) Architectural Intern | Toronto, Canada | 2007
K.House | Intern
Quebec, Canada, Private Residential, Concept Design to Design Development
Bing Thom Architects (Revery)
Architectural Intern | Vancouver, Canada | 2006
London, UK, Residential Development, Stage 4 to 5, £12 million NBBJ
Stevens Group Architects (IBI Group)
Architectural Intern | Toronto, Canada | 2010 - 2011
Steeles West (Pioneer Village) Subway & Bus Station | Intern Toronto, CA, Transportation Infrastructure, Technical Design, $ 145 million CAD
Sheppard East Subway, Bus, & LRT Station | Intern Toronto, CA, Transportation Infrastructure, Concept Design
SAIT Polytechnic Campus | Intern Calgary, Canada, Education & Institution, Master Planning, $92 million (CAD)
Architectural Intern | NYC, US | 2006
Massachusetts General Hospital | Intern Boston, US, Healthcare, Schematic Design
POU WAI, GLORIA, LEI
PERSONAL
LIVING ROOM + 1 TOPIC + 6 GUESTS )
1 DINNER
THE SALONS
We may live in a world of unprecedented connectivity to an unlimited amount of information and news. However, that does not automatically equate to human connectivity. The question is how do we build bridges between the increasingly diverging branches of specialist knowledge to avoid ideological and intellectual echo chambers? To contribute in my own small way to generate crossdisciplinary interactions and to encourage mutual learning through conversations, I have started a quarterly private salon event. The ingredients are quite simple: six guests, one topic, one living room, over a dinner. As the host, my role is to come up with the topic, carefully curate the guest
to ensure
the event. The
and viewpoints, then, give
for
all kinds of events I have attended over the years, covering people from scientists, researchers, engineers, artists, to students. To date, 16 dinners have taken place. The above showcases the event posters that were included in the
and the
diversity in backgrounds
room
interesting conversations
during
collected from
to
growing steadily,
Salon
now a bi-monthly dinner gathering. 12.2016 01.2018 04.2019 02.2017 05.2018 10.2019 11.2022 03.2023 07.2018 02.2024 12.2018 04.2024 03.2017 04.2017 06.2017 11.2017 2024
list
to naturally happen
guests are
dinner invitations circulated
the guests prior to the events. Since 2017, the guest list has been
is
- CURRENT EVENT ORGANISATION >> WEBSITE: http://gpwlei.co.uk/salon/ SALON = ( 1
‘As I walked slowly around the empty lounge, feeling the walls angle and edge away, doorways widen when I approached, curious echoes stirred through the memories embedded in the house. The responses were undefined, but somehow eerie and unsettling, like being continually watched over one’s shoulder, each room adjusting itself to my soft, random footsteps as if they obtained the possibility of some explosive burst of temperament.’
- J.G. Ballard, Vermilion Sands
THE SECRET LIFE OF YOUR WALLS
2024 - CURRENT PRIVATE RESEARCH
Focusing on the walls of our built environment as the site of investigation, this research is about reimagining the composition, functionality, modular formulation, and behaviour of an alternative wall system.
Define base wall dimension and module size
Program in site and user specific adaptations
Collect environmental data at each sensor point embedded wtihin the wall at outer, mid, and inner layers
THE SECRET LIFE OF YOUR WALLS
As part of the agenda of this research, the goal is to explore a circular workflow that connects sensory data collection, form generation, and 3D prototyping export through a single, live Grasshopper script. Such a workflow would allow design and prototyping to occur concurrently as the project develops. The project is modelled exclusively using Grasshopper, with Rhinoceros serving as the visualisation platform. The parametric script utilises a loop component to continuously regenerate the module output to reflect the changing sensory input. The script is set up to allow adjustments to the underlying DNA of the modules, as well as to design decisions made early on in the process, as the design develops and lessons are learnt during the prototyping and testing stage.
DRAWING & PROTOTYPING METHOD
DNA of the base module
Build physical modules with required material thickness and reinforcements for 3D printing 1 2 3 4 5 6 DRAWING >> GRASSHOPPER & RHINOCEROS 3D INTERFACE PROTOTYPING >> BAMBU INTERFACE
Loop function to updated state of each modules according to environmental data collected and redraw modules
THE SECRET LIFE OF YOUR WALLS
The project begins by examining the basic compositions of our typical wall systems. In specific, the functions these systems were designed to fulfil, and the basic modules created to achieve them. The next question is: what if a wall were to fulfil a different set of functions? What form would the basic modules of this system take, and how might this alternative wall behave? On one hand, this research focuses on the interpretation of our walls as the site where multiple environmental and psychological events converge. On the other hand, it explores a set of new functionalities which were made possible by the latest material technologies, such as meta and composite 4D materials. For the experiment on an alternative wall system, the functions of data collection and integration are selected, to be achieved through the use of stimuli-responsive material components.
THE HIDDEN LAYERS OF A WALL
OF A WALL DATA CONTAINED WITHIN A WALL & FUNCTIONS EMBEDDEDIN MATERIALS TYPICAL BUILD-UP OF A
2 3 1
FUNCTIONAL DIMENSIONS
BRICK WALL
John Fraser (An Evolutionary Architecture)
Mike Davies (Polyvalent Wall)
Mapping of thermal conditions withi the walls
Our wall as the interface between multiple events
Meta Materials Shape-shifting 4D Materials
Jean Nouvel (Institut du Monde Arabel)
Wall with PV cells
THE SECRET LIFE
The basic unit of this alternative wall is the computing module. Data collection is achieved at three designated sensory points within each module, each composed of stimuli-responsive materials (SRMs) reacting to A selected environmental signal, such as daylight, humidity, temperature, or user-induced electric current. The transforming SRM components would then trigger subsequent changes in the shape and position of the tensile components, creating different configurations within the module, communicating the state of the surrounding environment to the observing users. Data integration is achieved when multiple modules are placed together to form a system. The transforming pattern in the wall, created by the changing positions of the tensile structure operated by the SRM components, reveals the invisible interactions between the fields of the three environmental forces.
THE COMPUTING MODULE 0-0-0 1-0-0 SRM STATES THE FULL MODULE LOGIC GATE STATES 1-1-0 1-1-1 FRONT EXTERNALFACE INTERNALFACE BACK
INTERNALFACE
OF YOUR WALLS
EXTERNALFACE
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THE SECRET LIFE OF YOUR WALLS
In the age of digital design, which allows us to explore complex geometric forms rapidly in a virtual environment, it is easy to neglect how these abstract planes and lines may take on thicknesses and substances. Therefore, one of the focuses of this project is the incorporation of materialisation design as part of the digital design development process. Prototypes of the modules were produced in parallel with the design of the module itself, allowing lessons learned from fabrication considerations and constraints to influence the development of the underlying parameters and algorithms early on. Early-stage prototype testing includes exploring different fabrication support methods, materials, dimensions, and internal configurations of the components themselves.
PROTOTYPING & TESTING
PRINTING & TESTING PROCESS WALL ASSEMBLY - EVOLUTION ONE WALL ASSEMBLY - EVOLUTION TWO 9 10 11 0-0-0 Luminescent materials Configuration testing M01 M04 M07 M02 M05 M08 M03 M06 M09 1-1-0 1-1-1
PRODUCTIVE GARDEN
This is an ongoing garden design project for an elderly retiring couple in a suburb of Toronto, Canada. The garden signifies the next stage of their life and represents a new interest for their retirement living. The design focuses on optimising sunlight access to transform a typical under utilised cosmetic greenery of North America gardenscape into a productive and elderly friendly environment.
- CURRENT PRIVATE RESEARCH
2023
PRODUCTIVE GARDEN
Provision of design options is a common practice in the industry. However, it is often carried out as an afterthought and executed haphazardly. This project partly serves as an opportunity to explore the incorporation of optioneering into a normal Grasshopper workflow. The project is executed in Grasshopper using the Ladybug plugin for microclimate assessment and Rhinoceros as the visualisation platform. Three potential design directions were identified at the beginning of the project. The script is set up to allow exploration of the three options in parallel using the same set of underlying project and design parameters. Performance data were collected on each key evaluation criterion for comparison at decision points. Access to sunlight, being the key criterion for a productive garden, was used as the guide for the design throughout the development process.
METHOD OF DRAWING
Establish project microclimate parameters Sun Hour Evaluation e1 e2 & e3 e4 e5 Project constraint parameters 1 4 2 Option exploration Option A Option B Option C 3
PRODUCTIVE GARDEN
Backyards are a common feature of North American suburban living, yet they are often underutilised and non-productive. The site for this project represents a typical example of this landscape of idle greenery. This project looks at transforming the existing site into a productive garden, with emphasis on elderly-friendly garden design and use of garden features to create focal points and frame views away from overlooking neighbouring buildings. The design is largely inspired by traditional English cottage gardens. Elderly friendly garden features adopted include standing and seating height planters, covered outdoor seated gardening space, and a pebbled instead of lawned garden.
CONTEXT | THE BRIEF
TRANSFORMING UNDERUTILISED SUBURBIAN LAWNS INTO SENIOR FRIENDLY
GARDENS THE
1 2
PRODUCTIVE
SITE
The Landscape of Typical North American Suburbian Backyards
PRODUCTIVE GARDEN
Six key design criteria or challenges were identified for the project. The design development process focuses on exploring interventions to address them. They include: 1) the existing slope in the garden, which makes it difficult to use, 2) a lack of covered outdoor seating area, 3) incorporation of a path for wandering, 4) optimization of the amount of productive planter area, 5) creation of focal interest for the activity zones and minimization of overlooking issues with neighbouring properties, and 6) maximisation of sun hours at the planting area.
INTERVENTION & OPTIMISATION
ADD ZONE & TERRACE DIVISION ADD A PAVILION ENCLOSURE (COVERED SEATING & GARDENING AREA) 1 2 Option A - e1 Option A - e2 Option B - e1 Option B - e2 Option C - ev1 Option C - e2 Size / Location/ height Solid % [ 1 ] Solid % [ 2 ] ABCDEABCDEFABCDEFGEntrance area Covered seating & gardening area Planting area Group seating area Planting area SH (6)SH (3-6)SH (6)SH (3-6)SH (6)SH (3-6)SH (6)SH (3-6)Pavilion Area: 15.75 m2 PA: 10.5 m2 34% Solid 34% Solid 34% Solid 37% Solid 40% Solid 53% Solid PA: 10.5 m2 PA: 10.5 m2 Pavilion Area: 10.5 m2 Pavilion Area: 16.38 m2 SH (6)SH (3-6)SH (6)SH (3-6)10.7 m2 108 m2 20.3 m2 93.4 m2 14 m2 101 m2 14 m2 97 m2 14 m2 99 m2 20 m2 93 m2 20 m2 87 m2 17 m2 94 m2 14 m2 100 m2 18 m 91 m2 18 m2 96 m2 18.7 m2 92.3 m2 23.8 m2 91.0 m2 9.2 m 112 m 10.6 m 110 m2 Entrance area Planting area Covered seating & gardening area Planting area Group seating area Planting area Entrance area Planting area Group seating area Planting area Covered seating & gardening area Planting area Planting area ADD MAIN CIRCULATION ROUTE 3 Option A - e3 Option B - e3 Option C - e3 SH (6+)SH (3-6)SH (6+)SH (3-6)Circulation Area: 28.7 m2 TOP TOP Circulation Area: 24.4 m2 Pavilion Area: 37.9 m 14 m2 102 m2 22 m2 88 m2 SH (6+)SH (3-6)TOP 14 m2 102 m2
PRODUCTIVE GARDEN
The three options selected for design development feature: 1) a three-terrace division with the pavilion attached to the main building, 2) a four-terrace division with the pavilion away from the main building, acting as a screen between the internal dining area and the neighbouring building, and 3) a five-terrace division with the pavilion located furthest away from the main building, acting as a screen between the group seating area and the neighbouring building. The design criteria were reviewed and developed for all three options in sequential steps. The Grasshopper script was composed to allow decisions made at earlier steps to be adjusted or revisited as the design develops.
INTERVENTION & OPTIMISATION
INTRODUCING VARIETY OF PLANTER HEIGHTS AND TYPES SENSE OF ENCLOSURE & OUTLOOK AT DIFFERENT ACTIVITY ZONES MEDIAN SUN HOURS CONDITIONS 4 5 6 Option A - e4 Option A - e5 Option A - e6 Option B - e5 Option B - e6 Option C - e5 Option C - e6 Option B - e4 Option C - e4 SH (6+)SH (3-6)SH (6+)SH (3-6)SH (6+)SH (3-6)Total Planting Area: 66 m2 Total Planting Area: 71 m2 Total Planting Area: 62 m2 Climber: 42 m2 Climber: 47 m2 Climber: 39 m2 450h Planting: 12 m2 450, 500h: 10 m2 450, 500h: 10 m2 Tree Planting: 2 m2 Tree Planting: 2 m2 Tree Planting: 2 m2 1100h Planting: 8 m2 800, 900, 1000h: 12 m2 800, 900, 1000h: 10 m2 150h Planting: 2 m2 1700h: 1 m2 1700h: 1 m2 Storage: 4 m2 Storage: 7 m2 Storage: 3 m2 TOP TOP TOP 6h+ Sun Hours (Full Sun) 6h+ Sun Hours (Full Sun) 6h+ Sun Hours (Full Sun) 3-6 h Sun Hours (Part Sun / Shade) 3-6 h Sun Hours (Part Sun / Shade) 3-6 h Sun Hours (Part Sun / Shade) 14 m2 105 m2 17 m2 100 m2 19 m2 103 m2 Covered Seating & Gardening: 3.9 m2 Covered Seating & Gardening: 5 m Covered Seating & Gardening: 3.7 m Group Seating Area: 8.8 m2 Group Seating Area: 9.4 m2 Group Seating Area: 8.5 m2 Conversation Corner: 1.9 m2 Conversation Corner: 4.5 m2 Conversation Corner: 3.8 m2
PRODUCTIVE GARDEN
At the decision point of this design stage, the outcome and performance of each option on the six design criteria were reviewed both qualitatively and quantitatively. Option selection could be based on personal preference or project priorities. In this instance, Option C was selected due to its optimal sunlight performance in the planting areas and the client’s decision to prioritise privacy in the group seating area over the outlook. A new round of the optioneering process would then begin with Option C as the starting point for the next design stage. This project is currently at Stage 3, progressing through the design development for the feature pavilion.
EVALUATION & THE PAVILION
Option A Option B Option C EVALUATION & SELECTION PAVILION DEVELOPMENT FOR OPTION C 7 8 e1 e2 e3 e4 e5 e6 Final Sun Hours (6+) 10.6 14 19 19 Sun Hours (3-6) 110 100 103 103 Pavilion 16.4 10 Circulation 37.9 37 Total Planting Area 62 62 Climber 39 40 Standing Height 10 10 Seating Height 10 9 Lower Height 0 0 Hanger Height 1 1 Tree 2 2 Storage 3 3 Covered Seating 3.7 4 Group Seating 8.5 8 Conversation Corner 3.8 4 e1 e2 e3 e4 e5 e6 Final Sun Hours (6+) 10.7 14 14 14 Sun Hours (3-6) 108 99 105 105 Pavilion 15 10 Circulation 29 29 Total Planting Area 66 63 Climber 42 38 Standing Height 8 8 Seating Height 12 12 Lower Height 2 2 Hanger Height 0 0 Tree 2 2 Storage 4 4 Covered Seating 3.9 4 Group Seating 8.8 9 Conversation Corner 1.9 2 e1 e2 e3 e4 e5 e6 Final Sun Hours (6+) 9.2 17 17 17 Sun Hours (3-6) 112 94 100 100 Pavilion 10.5 10 Circulation 24.4 23 Total Planting Area 71 72 Climber 47 47 Standing Height 12 12 Seating Height 10 10 Lower Height 0 0 Hanger Height 1 1 Tree 2 2 Storage 7 7 Covered Seating 5 5 Group Seating 9.4 9 Conversation Corner 4.5 5 Sun Hours (6+) 2.8 sqm Sun Hours (3-6) 5.8 sqm Pavilion Area 9.8 sqm Mid Height Planting Area 3.8 sqm Upper Height Planting Area 0.6 sqm Climber Area 5.7 sqm Sun Hours (6+) 3.3 sqm Sun Hours (3-6) 4.8 sqm Pavilion Area 9.8 sqm Mid Height Planting Area 3.8 sqm Upper Height Planting Area 0.9 sqm Climber Area 5.2 sqm Sun Hours (6+) 4.2 sqm Sun Hours (3-6) 4.4 sqm Pavilion Area 9.8 sqm Mid Height Planting Area 3.8 sqm Upper Height Planting Area 0.5 sqm Climber Area 6.2 sqm Sun Hours (6+) 4.2 sqm Sun Hours (3-6) 3.9 sqm Pavilion Area 9.8 sqm Mid Height Planting Area 3.9 sqm Upper Height Planting Area 0.6 sqm Climber Area 5.3 sqm Sun Hours (6+) 4.0 sqm Sun Hours (3-6) 5.5 sqm Pavilion Area 9.2 sqm Mid Height Planting Area 3.7 sqm Upper Height Planting Area 0.8 sqm Climber Area 5.5 sqm e01 - Box Form Planter Sun Conditions Overall Sun Hours (Top)
DEVELOPMENT
e02 - Gabled Glasshouse e03 - Offside e04 - Rotated Spine e05 - Sheared
Enclosure Volume Viewed from Terrace Seating
QUANTAMIC HOUSE
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2014 - CURRENT FIVE YEAR PROJECT (AA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE)
The site of this project is the standard houses in which the majority of the population lives. By understanding what actually happens inside these homes, this project attempts to rethink how a flexible and adaptable standard house should be defined and how it might look.
QUANTAMIC HOUSE
This project begins by asking, ‘What kind of houses do we live in nowadays? What do they contain? And how are they arranged?’ An examination of 50 houses on the market reveals a landscape of standard houses generated from the rules of our housing design guides and graphic standards. To adapt these inflexible standard houses into personalised living environments, smart technologies and makeshift furniture are used to adjust the built environment to the occupants’ bespoke situations and fluctuating needs. The question is, ‘is it not possible to have a ‘flexible standard house’? To explore the time- and userdependent behaviours of our physical environment, film sets and projection installations were utilised to discuss, challenge, and reimagine the idea of a standard house.
THE CONTEXT | THE QUESTION | THE METHOD
WHAT IS A STANDARD HOUSE + WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE?
50 houses on the market & their internal arrangements
The Scarecrow (Buster Keaton)
Playtime (Jacques Tati)
Film Sets
Ikea advertisement
Spatial transformation sequence excerpt from film sketch SEARCH FOR A FLEXIBLE STANDARD HOUSE EXPLORING THE 4TH DIMENSION OF TIME + MOVEMENT THROUGH FILMS 1 2 3
Spatial transformation sequence excerpt from film sketch
QUANTAMIC HOUSE
As the definition and organisation of a standard house are fundamentally set to meet the parameters of a standard user, my re-drawing of a standard house begins with the redrawing of a standard person. The current definition of a standard person is derived from statistical data on the measurements of our physical bodies. However, bodily dimensions are not the only system upon which we can define an individual. We live in a world where our activities and living patterns can now be constantly measured and recorded. This behaviometric data provides an alternative definition of an individual. Furthermore, by establishing the relationships between objects in the house and the individual’s
pattern, we can translate the individual’s behaviometric pattern into a
in the form of volumetric
over time.
REDEFINING THE STANDARD PERSON
activity
spatial
fluctuation
A STANDARD PERSON DEFINED BY STATISTICAL BODILY MEASUREMENTS REDEFINING A STANDARD PERSON AS A SET OF BEHAVIOMETRICS MEASUREMENTS 4 5 SETTING OUT OF A PERSON AS VOLUMETRIC FLUCTUATIONS IN SPACE 3 Volumetric Offset of a Person Volumetric Offset of a Person Engaged with an Object Volumetric Offset of a Person Engaged in an Activity
definition
QUANTAMIC HOUSE
The current definition of a standard house is based on the set of rooms it contains. The spatial requirements are governed by the standard dimensions of these rooms, which are based on statistical measurements of a standard person and the typical objects found within each room. The layout of the current standard house assumes all rooms are occupied at all times. However, if we were to re-draw the standard house based on the user’s activities, a very different spatial manifestation would emerge. A map of the user’s activities can be traced through the fluctuations experienced within the house, from the rotation frequency of doors to the changes in weight on various horizontal surfaces.
REDEFINING THE STANDARD HOUSE
STANDARD HOUSE AS ROOMS OF STATISTICAL MEASUREMENTS TRANSLATING THE OBJECTS IN YOUR HOUSE INTO CYCLES OF FLUCTUATIONS 6 7
QUANTAMIC HOUSE
This alternative standard house, referred to as a ‘quatamic house’, is defined by the total volume of all the objects it contains, the users within the house, and the volumetric offsets of the rooms engaged. The plan of this house will be encoded in the form of a chart, recording the established behavioural patterns of its objects and users. When engaged, this house will expand to contain three rooms, representing the ‘past’, the ‘present’, and the ‘future’ of the user’s activities. The ‘past’ and the ‘present’ are determined, while the ‘future’ is calculated based on probabilities established by past events. Fluctuating between these three states and taking feedback from the user’s reactions, this house will constantly learn and relearn the shifts in the user’s behaviour and adapt its future responses accordingly.
THE PLAN OF A QUANTAMIC HOUSE
Total volume of the house when not in use User detected User engaged Entrance 70 % ] Garage 10 % ] Kitchen 5 % ] Living Room 3 % ] Dining Room 2 % ] Bathroom 8 % ] Bedroom 2 % ] Entrance [ 1 % Garage [ 4 % Kitchen [ 20 % ] Living Room [ 15 % ] Dining Room [ 10 % ] Bathroom [ 40 % ] Bedroom [ 10 % ] Entrance [ 1 % Garage [ 10 % ] Kitchen [ 20 % ] Living Room [ 20 % ] Dining Room [ 8 % Bathroom [ 25 % ] Bedroom [ 16 % ]
HUMANO RAMA
2013 FOURTH YEAR PROJECT (AA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE)
This project explores the topic of human communication (or the lack thereof) and architecture as a form of communication device. By situating the site within a satirical, fictional dimension, this project examines metaphorical architecture as a means to question and challenge the absurdity within our own reality.
HUMANO RAMA
ARCHITECTURE FOR COMMUNICATIONS
HOW SHOULD WE EXPERIENCE EACH OTHER? CONVERSATION?
Looking at the phenomenon of collective individualism enabled by our portable devices, which connect us to a world of digital information, this project explores communication infrastructure that conveys a different kind of knowledge: the subjective, physical sensation of another human being. Continuing the path of using architectural setups as a means to create collective understanding of a single event through structured perspectives, this project explores architecture that acts as an interface between the subjective worlds of its participants. Metaphoric architecture is adopted as a method to frame a discussion on a social issue.
CONTEXT | QUESTION | METHOD
EXPERIENTIAL DEVICES METAPHORIC ARCHITECTURE TO EXPLORE A QUESTION A WORLD OF INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES 2 3 1
1823: DIORAMA THEATRE (Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre & Charles Marie Bouton) Greek, ‘di-’ [through] + ‘orama [that which is seen]
Fictional architectural forms created to reflect a social order (High-Rise)
1938: STEREOSCOPIC TELEVISION (John Logie Baird)
1964: CYBERNETIC THEATRE (Gordon Pask)
2024: IPAD (Apple Inc)
HUMANO RAMA
Exploring the structuring of human communication through an interactive game, the Tongue is a device that shields the players from each other. Communication is established by negotiating with another player to pair the devices and control the relative speed of messages being displayed on an internal screen. Moving away from devices that communicate digitally to explore the dimension of physical sensations communicated through analog means, the Toys were created as artefacts from a fictional world controlled by a totalitarian government. Propaganda films were created to convey the government’s philosophy on communication and to educate its citizens on the idea of ‘experiential conversation’.
EXPERIENTIAL CONVERSATIONS
ARCHITECTURE IN THE FORM OF INTERACTION
|
DEVICES
THE TONGUE - A GAME OF SYNCHRONISATION AND NEGOTIATION
A
METAPHOR IN AN ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE THE TOYS - FOR THE EDUCATION OF EXPERIENTIAL CONVERSATIONS 1 3 2
ALPHAVILLE -
DISTOPIAN
HUMANO RAMA
In the city of Alphaville, each individual now lives in their own separate pod, with daily life carried out in the virtual world. To remind its citizens of the reality of other human beings, the government mandates participation in a daily collective event where citizens engage in an hour of experiential conversation with another person in the conversation chamber of a mega analog interaction infrastructure known as the Humanorama. However, as the concepts of love and emotion are not permitted by the government, the contacts are established indirectly and anonymously, with participants blinded to the identity of the person they are engaging with.
THE HUMANORAMA | IINSIDE THE CONVERSATION CHAMBER
SUN CATCHER
2009 FOURTH YEAR PROJECT (UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO)
Underlying this project is the intention to incorporate sunlight as an integral component of the building envelope and as part of its building material, rather than solely as an external environmental factor to be protected against.
SUN CATCHER
Inspired by the blinding sun conditions at the site, in a landscape otherwise lacking in defining context, the intention is to create a building that provides contextual experiences for the passing observers and transforms with the sun throughout the day. A sun-filter camera was created to distil the abstract quality of the sun on site from other surrounding contexts and map the light quantitatively, treating it as an object by itself. To translate the quality and direction of the captured sunlight into a formal composition, negative spaces were carved out of a solid mass to create tunnels that would be filled with sunlight at different times of the day.
CONTEXT & PROCESS
BUILDINGS THAT TELL THE TIME AND TRANSFORM WTIH THE SUN THE SITE METHOD OF CHARTING ATMOSPHERIC SUN CONDITION METHOD OF CHANNELING THE SUN Sun charting device Tone - Weather condition Size - Sun Intensity Recording - 09.30.2011 Outer ring - Sun Direction Recording Inside the chamber 1 1 2 3 1. Sunlight receiving chamber 3. Pin hole camera Overcast Soft 7:00 AM 6:00 PM 8:00 AM 5:00 PM 9:00 AM 4:00 PM 10:00 AM 3:00 PM 11:00 AM 2:00 PM 12:00 NOON 1:00PM Above West East Strong Cloudy Clear 2. Sunlight filtering chamber light sensitive recording panel
SUN CATCHER
The sun is captured in two ways: experientially and functionally. As the sun moves into different positions relative to the building, different pockets of the building would light up. Working together with a building envelope composed of transparent concrete bricks that allows light to penetrate, the building would transform over the day, creating a changing experience for observers both internally and externally. Functionally, a series of mechanical contraptions are integrated spatially into the building. The intention is to utilise the sun’s heat to deliver 80% of its heating and cooling functions directly, using a mechanical system based on the principle of absorption and desorption of lithium bromide dissolved in water to generate a cooling effect.
CAPTURING THE SUN
1 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 1. 2. 3. EXTERNAL TRANSFORMATION INTERNAL TRANSFORMATION GF - Entrance & Outdoor Exhibition Space Heating & Cooling Arrangements The Light Tunnel Arrangements 2F - Exhibition Space 1F - Office & Workshop Space Step one: Lithium bromide solution in [1] will be heated up by sunlight collected in solar tunnels. Step two: As the solution heats up, water vapour will be driven out of the solution and be circulated to pockets of water containers [3], while lithium bromide residue will fall into collector [2] to be cooled to room temperature. Step three: Water vapour collected in [3] will be cooled to room temperature and condense to an insulated chamber [4] and be evaporated out to give a cooling effect in [4]. Water vapour from [4] will then be reabsorbed into the cooled lithium bromide residue in [2], and circulate back to [1] to continue the cycle. AS AN ACTIVATING AGENT 4 AS METHOD OF HEATING & COOLING AS A SEQUENCE OF SPACES 5 6
WATER AUTOMATON
2006 SECOND YEAR PROJECT (UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO)
This project explores the idea of architecture which, in addition to fulfilling its spatial requirements for its occupants, also serves as a self-sufficient infrastructure that cleans up after itself and processes its own wastewater.
WATER AUTOMATON
The brief is for a new agricultural community centre at a site along the Humber River in Ontario. The activities of an agricultural centre involve the consumption of a large quantity of water. Therefore, the project aims to incorporate water treatment as an integral part of the building’s program use. The form of the building is driven by the organisational principle of entwining the activities of water with those of people, as well as the level changes required to circulate the water throughout the building to perform the treatment process before it is released back to the river.
CONTEXT & PROCESS
LEGEND water activities human activities CONFIGURATION 1 Two functions existing side by side in space. CONFIGURATION 2 Two functions overlapping in space. 1 Collection of rain water Reservoir Coagulant Added Flocculation Tank Sludge Collector Filtration Filtered Water Storage Distribution Horticultural Landfill Disinfection & Floridation Sedimentation Basin Zone 1 Fully Vegetated Wetland Zone 2 Open water surface wetland Zone 3 Fully vegetated wetland Sludge Thickener 2 Coagulation 3 Flocculation 4 Sedimentation 5 Filtration 6 Disinfection + Storage 7 Consumption 8 Filtration through sceptic tank 9 filtration through wetland 10 discharge FORM STUDY 1 Water activities arranged in a series of chambers and paths. FORM STUDY 2 Water activities as a flow through planes at different different heights. FORM STUDY 3 Water activities as a continuous intertwining slope. A FORM TO INTEGRATE TWO PARALLEL SET OF ACTIVITIES 3 SETTING OUT THE TREATMENT PROCESS INTO COMPONENTS TO BE MAPPED ONTO A BUILDING THE SITE FOR AN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE PRINCIPLE OF WATER TREATMENT 4 1 2
WATER AUTOMATON
The activity of water, driven by gravity, is mapped out as a continuous slope that runs through the twisting form of the building, with different activities of the agricultural centre wrapping around it. At intersection points, moments of the water treatment mechanism and the activity of the water itself are revealed to users and become part of the space, reminding them of the parallel life of the building’s other occupants.
THE MACHINE
A MACHINE FOR WATER PROCESSING 5 communal farming area Lower Ground Level Ground Level Roof Level water collection coagulation flocculation sedimentation septic filter wetland (zone one) wetland (zone two) wetland (zone three) tool storage planting studio green house administrator’s office group gathering corner root + seed library washroom + shower corner washroom educational seedling garden communal dining + meeting area kitchen conference room water collection filtering consumption consumption disinfection sleeping quarter patio deck to river
PRACTICE -LED
Deans Brook Nature Park Station Square Station Walk Edgware Walk Edgware Green South Street NorthStreetRailwayWalk Fairfields Play Park Edgware Primary School Deans Brook Terraces Deans Brook Walk Deans Brook Square Edgware Gardens Town Square Edgware Underground Station Station Road A5 Fairfield Crescent Parkfield Close 2022 - 2023 PROJECT LEAD (GLENN HOWELLS ARCHITECTS) Edgware Central is a masterplan design for the redevelopment of 7.9 hectares of currently underutilised land at the northbound terminal station of the Northern Line. The development will include up to 4,000 new homes with supporting healthcare, retail, and infrastructural uses for the borough, as well as a new town centre and play parks for the community. My role as the project lead spans from RIBA Stage 1 to Stage 2, concluding with the preparation of the Outline Consent Application documents to be submitted for planning approval.
EDGWARE CENTRAL
EDGWARE
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CENTRAL CONTEXT & BRIEF Fig.43 Edgware Bus Station entrance and development in and is turnaround in white-painted was have as a the site, steel coloured glazing bus dangerous Natural bus anti-social 100 YEARS AGO Existing - Station Square Aerial Fig.36 Fig.37 Road into surface car park Fig.38 Surface car park looking south Fig.39 The Meeting Room (community space) Fig.40 Inside the Broadwalk Centre Fig.41 Entrance to Sainsbury’s within the Broadwalk Centre 33 EDGWARE TODAY Edgware Underground Station Edgware Library Edgware Community Hospital Borough Site of Importance for Nature Conservation Edgware Bus Station Bus Depot Infrastructure NorthernLine The Broadwalk Centre Sainsbury’s Surface car park StationRoad Edgware Primary School TheA5 DeansbrookRoad Redhill Clinic The Railway Hotel Fig.32 Aerial view of the Site A large portion of the current site is occupied by infrastructural uses, including an extensive car park for a Sainsbury’s superstore, a main bus terminal, and a TfL bus depot. The brief calls for the reorganisation of the site to achieve re-provision of the existing uses, while also creating a mix of new uses, including approximately 4,000 homes, new commercial and office offerings, cultural infrastructure, and new public squares and
surplus
railway routes,
UK suburban living
20th century.
century
passed,
Edgware
now
vibrant town
blooming population.
central goal
the design agenda is to search for a densified suburban model that can meet the needs and demands of the current population and provide a modern town centre for the community. EXISTING SITE HISTORIC CONTEXT SEARCH FOR A NEW MODEL OF DENSIFIED SUBURBIAN LIVING 1 2 3 PROGRAM REQUIREMENT Private & Affordable 3200 homes Later Living 184 units Student Living 463 units GIA (SQM) Residential 290,648 Commercial 11,014 Office & Workspace 5,449 Library 1,399 Cinema 1,938 Gym 3,787 Sainsbury's 19,219 Bus Depot 25,118 Bus Station Pavilion 40 Plant & Ancillary 38,395 Car Park 15,656 Cycle Hub 288 Facility Management 851 Total 413,802
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1.2 The Application Structure
The outline application is comprised of a framework of documents which establish a set of design rules and parameters against which future Reserved Matters Applications will be assessed. It builds in flexibility to enable RMAs to respond to changing social and economic contexts.
Outline Application
The remaining landscaping and access in addition to the design of all buildings will be subject to approval at the Reserved Matters Applications (RMA) stage.
Design control documents are submitted for approval as part of the outline application. The mandatory aspects of the Design Code will be conditioned and RMAs will need to comply with them.
1.2.2
All future RMAs must demonstrate conformity with the parameters, principles and control clauses set out in the design control documents (Figure 3). At each RMA stage, there will be opportunity to assess and consult the community on the detailed proposals.
The in spatial and quantitative terms. This includes the extent of where the buildings should be set out on the scheme, maximum heights, site levels and the application boundary. The parameter plans are fixed, and the illustrative masterplan shows one way in which the scheme can be delivered within the parameters.
– The Development Specification sets out the design principles in quantitative terms. It prescribes the minimum and maximum quantums for the parameter plans, illustrative land uses, parking parameters and the tenure mix.
– The Design Code sets out the qualitative approach to the design of the scheme, including the mandatory rules, requirements and guidelines around architectural and landscape features such as appearance, materials, landscape, frontages, deviations and set-backs.
1.2.3 Supporting Application Documents
This document, the ‘Design and Access Statement’, sets out the masterplan design intent and principles, explaining the reasons for design decisions and how the design has evolved. The illustrative scheme is used throughout this document to explain the masterplan and demonstrate an approach to how the key design principles could be addressed.
The proposal is to be submitted in the form of an Outline Application, with the goal to agree on the general design principles and maximum development parameters for the site. This includes arrangement on access and road connections, development plot sizes and locations, maximum quantum for each use and open parks, as well as maximum building heights. The massing optimisation study takes the London Plan’s allocation of 4,000+ homes for the site as the starting point. Maximum building heights required to achieve the allocated capacity are established after implementing all supporting infrastructures and uses. Final adjustments are made to the massing to meet the residential quality standards required. Following the optimisation
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EDGWARE CENTRAL MASSING DEVELOPMENT A1 C1 D1 F1 A3 A4 A5 C2 C3 D2 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 F2 F3 F4 F5 A2----------+/-3m----GPLANNING B D1 C2 C3 D2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 F3 F4 F5 C1 F1 E1 E2 F2 A1 A3 A4 A5 A2 G Primary vehicle routePLANNING C1 D1 F1 C2 C3 D2 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 F2 F3 F4 F5 A1 A3 A4 A5 A2PLANNING PHASE PHASE PHASE PHASE PHASE PHASE PHASE PHASE 0PLANNING 11 10 EDGWARE DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT INTRODUCTION
Edgware Town Centre Illustrative Masterplan, Detailed and Outline extents Fig.3 The Outline Application Document Framework Design Code Parameter Plans Development Specification Design & Access Statement Design Control Documents Supporting Application Documents Outline Planning Application Design Code Volume Design Code Volume Design Code Volume Design Code Volume Design Code Volume Design Code Volume Design & Access Statement Design Code Volume Design Code Volume Parameter Plans Development Specification Introduction Public Realm & Landscaping Building Guidance
Fig.2
process
incorporation
public consultation feedback, the final massing features buildings ranging from 6 to 29 storeys, achieving a maximum residential GIA of 324,500 sqm (approximately 3,700 homes). Internal to the Scheme Add GHA floor plan Add GHA floor plan Highlight commercial on Internal to the Scheme Red, yellow and orange shading indicates high levels of daylight. Typical ‘pinch point’ areas shown dark blue. Add GHA floor plan show out windows, Highlight commercial No. of Homes 4500 homes Cultural Uses 0 sqm Retail Uses 0 sqm Office / Co-working Space 0 sqm Supporting Infrastructure 0 sqm Public Parks / Residential Amenity 0 sqm Building Height Range 5 to 5 storeys No. of Homes 4400 homes Cultural Uses 0 sqm Retail Uses 0 sqm Office / Co-working Space 0 sqm Supporting Infrastructure 0 sqm Public Parks / Residential Amenity 0 sqm Building Height Range 7 to 7 storeys No. of Homes 4100 homes Cultural Uses 0 sqm Retail Uses 0 sqm Office Co-working Space 0 sqm Supporting Infrastructure 0 sqm Public Parks / Residential Amenity 0 sqm Building Height Range 8 to 8 storeys No. of Homes 4100 homes Cultural Uses 0 sqm Retail Uses 0 sqm Office / Co-working Space 0 sqm Supporting Infrastructure 0 sqm Public Parks / Residential Amenity 9,530 sqm Building Height Range 11 to 11 storeys No. of Homes 4270 homes Cultural Uses 0 sqm Retail Uses 0 sqm Office Co-working Space 0 sqm Supporting Infrastructure 0 sqm Public Parks / Residential Amenity 26,500 sqm Building Height Range 13 to 13 storeys No. of Homes 4300 homes Cultural Uses 12,600 sqm Retail Uses 29,000 sqm Office / Co-working Space 17,300 sqm Supporting Infrastructure 70,000 sqm Public Parks / Residential Amenity 26,500 sqm Building Height Range 18 to 18 storeys No. of Homes 4280 homes Cultural Uses 12,600 sqm Retail Uses 29,000 sqm Office Co-working Space 17,300 sqm Supporting Infrastructure 70,000 sqm Public Parks / Residential Amenity 26,500 sqm Building Height Range 8 to 35 storeys No. of Homes 4075 homes Cultural Uses 12,600 sqm Retail Uses 29,000 sqm Office / Co-working Space 17,300 sqm Supporting Infrastructure 70,000 sqm Public Parks / Residential Amenity 26,500 sqm Building Height Range 10 to 35 storeys 1. Massing required to fit 4000+ homes within site boundary 5. Introduce building blocks & increase open spaces 2. Introduce primary connectivities through the site 6. Introduce uses required to support the new population 3. Introduce secondary connectivities to form urban grains 7. Introduce variation to heights to townscape principles 4. Introducing open spaces and parks at key junctions 8. Adjust building location + height to reduce overshadowing workspace Previous cultural Retail Supporting infra Final Proposed Parameter Massing with Illustrative Scheme Overlaid Phasing Development Zones & Public Areas Proposed Access Routes Proposed Maximum Heights VSC Facade Studies on Massing Grasshopper Script for Massing Evolution Exercise 1. Define site constraints 2. Establish plot divisions and exclusion zones 3. Massing variation using gene pool & effectors. Check units achieved. INFORMATION SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL MASSING DEVELOPMENT PROCESS & MAXIMUM PARAMETERS EVALUATION 5 4
A set of key objectives was established early in the project's development which responded to the aspirations of the Edgware Growth Area SPD, site analysis and stakeholder consultation. These objectives have been consolidated into a vision for Edgware Town Centre.
Transform Edgware and Station Road
Enable the transition of the vehicledominated town centre into pedestrianfriendly public realm by modernising the transport interchange and introducing new public realm and greenery. Enhance and enrich the retail experience of Station Road by introducing diverse and complementary retail and commercial offers.
The Edgware Town Centre masterplan transforms the site into a permeable network of walkable streets which delivers thousands of new homes, accessible green space, public open space, new retail and cultural destinations, and an elegant and sustainable transport interchange.
Create a World Class Transport Interchange
Create a safer and more integrated public transport user experience, reduce air pollution, and improve the appearance of Station Road. Futureproof delivery of the first fully electrified underground bus depot in the UK and facilitate a fully electrified TfL bus fleet.
Create a Walkable and Cyclable District
Improve permeability and connectivity from Edgware to other neighbouring destinations.
Repair the existing urban grain and create a high-quality pedestrian experience connecting destinations along desire lines within the site and beyond. Support local cycle routes and promote active travel with new cycle infrastructure and a cycle hub for commuters.
A New Town Square for Edgware
Cultivate a sense of local pride and deliver a new civic centre with a multi-purpose programmable public space, diverse retail offer and a new cultural destination at the heart of the scheme. Revitalise Edgware Town Centre with generous and high-quality new public realm and urban greening.
Culture at Heart
Celebrate Edgware as a local centre for culture and commerce by introducing new cultural and community destinations as anchor points at the heart of the new masterplan. Support a vibrant local economy through the introduction of diverse retail, commercial and workplace offers. Futureproof access and integration of the Forumside sites and restoration of the grade II listed Railway Hotel.
Healthy and Green
Restore Edgware's reputation as a green and healthy place to live through the creation of new parks and play space for the community. Create new public links to previously inaccessible green space and improve access to nature in the wider locality.
High-Quality and Diverse Homes for Edgware
Create new and multi-generational homes which support a diverse and inclusive community including first time homes, affordable homes, family homes, later living and student accommodation. Deliver homes which adhere to the highest standards of design and residential quality with access to daylight, fresh air and open space.
A Truly Sustainable Development
Deliver a fossil fuel-free development which adheres to the highest standards of sustainability and conforms to internationally recognised benchmarking schemes. Enable a world-class fully electrified transport interchange, encourage active modes of travel, provision of EV infrastructure and electric car club schemes, to improve air quality in the town centre.
An illustrative scheme was developed to demonstrate the viability and achievable spatial quality of the proposed maximum parameters. Central to the proposal is the stacking of the reprovided bus depot and Sainsbury’s superstore to form a central podium, reclaiming a majority of the ground level for pedestrian use. The pedestrian experience is then framed by a series of public squares and parks that provide a transition from the busy transportation hub located adjacent to the existing high street, to a retail- and civic-focused town square, and finally, to a chain of public parks and playgrounds which lead to a new connection to the adjacent nature reserve.
CENTRAL THE ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN - - W- - -A133 132 EDGWARE DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT THE PROPOSAL 7.1
EDGWARE
Overview
Fig.226 Edgware town centre illustrative masterplan model. View from the south on the A5, looking over Garratt Road 136 EDGWARE DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT THE PROPOSAL
7.2 Vision for Edgware
Fig.228 Clockwise, from top: the new Station Square; the new cinema and Town Square; Edgware Green; Fairfields Play Park
PLANS AND MODEL OF ILLUSTRATIVE SCHEME PREPARED IN SUPPORT OF OUTLINE PROPOSAL PUBLIC REALM EXPERIENCE 6 7 Podium Level First Floor Level Basement Level
STRATFORD WATERFRONT
This project involved the delivery of RIBA Stage 3 design development and the preparation of the Reserved Matters Application for the residential quarter within the Stratford Waterfront masterplan.
2023 - 2024
SENIOR ARCHITECT (GLENN HOWELLS ARCHITECTS)
The residential quarter of the Stratford Waterfront masterplan, with outline consent to provide 700 homes and associated supporting commercial and ancillary uses, contains four buildings. The facade design development of the leading tower was executed in collaboration with O’Donnell+Tuomey. The detailed massing, with maximum parameters agreed under the outline consent, was derived from a series of moves to introduce
access, and create a dynamic townscape. Facade organisation principles were established to maintain the collective identity of the buildings within the masterplan as a cluster.
CONTEXT | KEY MOVES | PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS 305 LAYOUT 304 STRATFORD WATERFRONT DESIGN ACCESS STATEMENT 6.3.6 UNIT MIX The proposal will deliver a variety of studios, 1-bed, 2-bed, and 3-bed units for both private sales and shared ownership to support different needs and preferences. All apartments will meet Part M4(2) with 10% meeting Part M4(3). The Part M4(3) units will include range of unit types and locations for selection. A1 A2 Fig.370 Flat distribution diagram LEGEND Private ownership Studio bed 2 bed 3 bed Shared ownership bed bed bed Part M4(3) compliant apartment B1 B2 Unit type Studio 1B2P 1B2P WCH 2B3P 2B3P WCH 2B4P 2B4P WCH 3B5P 3B5P WCH Total A1 PR 69 8 - - 68 160 SO - - - - - - - - -A2 PR 17 17 12 12 - 20 - 13 - 91 SO - 38 8 17 - - - 75 B1 PR 20 38 - 15 11 - 15 - 110 SO - 33 - 17 19 - - 76 B2 PR 19 20 13 14 - 24 - 14 - 104 SO - 12 2 37 24 - - 84 TOTAL 62 227 43 112 24 177 52 700 STRATFORD WATERFRONT DESIGN & ACCESS The proposal will deliver a variety 2-bed, and 3-bed units for both private shared ownership to support different All apartments will meet Part M4(2) Part M4(3). The Part M4(3) units unit types and locations for selection. Fig.370 Flat distribution diagram LEGEND Private ownership Studio bed 2 bed 3 bed Shared ownership bed 2 bed 3 bed STRATFORD WATERFRONT DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT The proposal will deliver a variety of studios, 1-bed, 2-bed, and 3-bed units for both private sales and shared ownership to support different needs and preferences. All apartments will meet Part M4(2) with 10% meeting Part M4(3). The Part M4(3) units will include a range unit types and locations for selection. A1 Fig.370 Flat distribution diagram LEGEND Private ownership Studio bed 2 bed 3 bed Shared ownership 1 bed 2 bed 3 bed Part M4(3) compliant apartment 304 STRATFORD WATERFRONT DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT 6.3.6 UNIT MIX The proposal will deliver a variety of studios, 1-bed, 2-bed, and 3-bed units for both private sales and shared ownership to support different needs and preferences. All apartments will meet Part M4(2) with 10% meeting Part M4(3). The Part M4(3) units will include a range of unit types and locations for selection. A1 Fig.370 Flat distribution diagram LEGEND Private ownership Studio 1 bed 2 bed 3 bed Shared ownership 1 bed 2 bed 3 bed Part M4(3) compliant apartment STRATFORD WATERFRONT A1 A2 B1 B2 A B Podium Shoulder Maximum AOD 93500 V&A Roof line 48500 AOD LCF 85520 AOD Sadler’s Wells Fly tower Roof line 45950 AOD BBC 46165 AOD V&A LCF BBC Sadler’s Wells A2 A1 B1 B2 Maximum AOD 86500 Maximum AOD 86500 Capacity Stratford Waterfront HPP in 2021 was adopted. This encouragement for higher focused in OAs (Policy supporting policy documents forward to support the design and optimisation sites with the highest July 2020 increases 2,154 housing units delivery on suitable and This demonstrates an particularly east London, 2019. supports the location of Stratford Waterfront Site due Olympic Legacy OA, its status in the London Plan, and physical and social below: shopping Westfield; Olympic Park for leisure; health centre in east; and transport interchange. CONSIDERATIONS LPG (June 2023) on housing standards quality and meeting space development. been prepared by the inclusive access is proposals and set out the Policy; and Standards (May 2019). Fig.11 Plan showing the location key amenities Stratford The London Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Carpenters Road WaterworksRiver HighStreet Waterden Road StratfordWalk London Acquatics Stratford Stratford Chobham Manor East Village Westfield Stratford City Copper Box Stratford Cross (formerly IQL) LCF Sadler’s Wells Orbit Area Covered Element Planning Application Plot Area Covered submitted approval this area. Residential (Class C3) 100% perimeter length. Predominant Land Use Upper Levels
daylight/sunlight
THE EXISTING SITE & THE APPROVED OUTLINE MASTERPLAN MASSING AND FACADE DESIGN PRINCIPLES PROGRAM REQUIREMENT 1 2 3 Datum
Tripartite
Play Between Verticality & Horizontality Unit Type Distribution A1 1 4 2 5 3 6 A2 B1 B2 V&A LCF BBC SW AREA REQUIREMENT GEA (SQM) Residential (C3) 64,715 Residential Amenities (Internal) 989 Residential Amenities (External) 1,448 Commercial 1,759 TOTAL 68,911 UNIT SCHEDULE A1 A2 B1 B2 Total Studio 6 17 20 19 62 1B2P 77 75 71 47 270 2B3P - 29 49 58 136 2B4P 69 31 30 48 178 3B5P 8 14 16 16 54 TOTAL 700
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4.3 Materiality & Colour
Materiality & Colour
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the best response to local context and the adjacent East Bank buildings.
In developing the architectural vision, the material selection was driven by a commitment to sustainability and high quality design. In compliance with the Design Code, materials ‘Of the Earth’ were considered as the best response to local context and the adjacent East Bank buildings.
The materiality of the East Bank is composed of pre-cast, brick and metal. The emphasis on large format pre-cast conveys the formal quality complementary to the civic and educational function of the buildings in the cultural quarter. The appropriate selection of materials ensures the proposal will fit within its surrounding context, in line with Policy BN.5.
The materiality of the East Bank is composed of pre-cast, brick and metal. The emphasis on large format pre-cast conveys the formal quality complementary to the civic and educational function of the buildings in the cultural quarter. The appropriate selection of materials ensures the proposal will fit within its surrounding context, in line with Policy BN.5.
points, such as the Point, to tie the relationship with the East Bank.
Colour and tones were used to establish individual
To maintain the Prow’s identity as a
a deep burnt red has been
For the residential component, brick has been selected as the primary material to introduce qualities of human scale, since it reflects the use in many residential buildings. Variation in brick details, such as bond, pattern and tone is used to create variations and individual identity amongst the buildings. Pre-cast concrete is used at key wayfinding points, such as the Point, to tie the relationship with the East Bank.
For the residential component, brick has been selected as the primary material to introduce qualities of human scale, since it reflects the use in many residential buildings. Variation in brick details, such as bond, pattern and tone is used to create variations and individual identity amongst the buildings. Pre-cast concrete is used at key wayfinding points, such as the Point, to tie the relationship with the East Bank.
STRATFORD WATERFRONT
Colour and tones were used to establish individual identity between the residential buildings. They were given a warmer tone compared to the East Bank to set them apart from the civic and institution buildings.
The materials form a complementary palette to establish a coherent Waterfront composition and are deliberately chosen to enhance each other, ensuring a cohesive, visually appealing aesthetic that avoids coalescence. At a more detailed level, the colour of materials are used to establish individual identities for each building.
Colour and tones were used to establish individual identity between the residential buildings. They were given a warmer tone compared to the East Bank to set them apart from the civic and institution buildings.
To maintain the Prow’s identity as a landmark, a deep burnt red has been chosen.
To maintain the Prow’s identity as a landmark, a deep burnt red has been chosen.
The materials form a complementary palette to establish a coherent Waterfront composition and are deliberately chosen to enhance each other, ensuring a cohesive, visually appealing aesthetic that avoids coalescence. At a more detailed level, the colour of materials are used to establish individual identities
The materials form a complementary palette to establish a coherent Waterfront composition and are deliberately chosen to enhance each other, ensuring a cohesive, visually appealing aesthetic that avoids coalescence. At a more detailed level, the colour of materials are used to establish individual identities for
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Rhythm and texture were introduced to the facade design through the use of differing brick bonds. These included Roman brick, Flemish bond, brick on edge and stacked brick. By applying different articulations to the buildings, individuality was established across the buildings.
Architectural Expression
Materiality Refinement |
The facade design takes inspiration from how local industrial brick buildings create a sense of rhythm and vertical or horizontal emphasis through the repetition of piers or lintels. A rhythmic grid with varying vertical and horizontal emphasis was developed for the facade. The grid effect was achieved by recessing the vertical piers from the horizontal bands, or vice versa. The effect was further enhanced by the simple use of brick bonding with recessed detail. The developing brick details were tested at key junctions of the building to review how they would come together.
Glazed brick detail comes to edge
PROPOSED DESIGN 110 STRATFORD WATERFRONT DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT Existing material palette of the East Bank Fig.144 Variation through brick detailing Fig.145 Applying a responsive material palette to Stratford Waterfront residential component Prow Tower Pre-cast + Brick A2, B1, B2 Brick V&A Pre-Cast London College of Fashion Pre-Cast BBC Pre-cast + Metal 4.3 4.3.1 MATERIALS
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Testing of colour and tonal composition Final colour and tonal composition Fig.148 Site-wide colour relationship of Stratford Waterfront 4.3.2 COLOURS & TONES
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materials form a complementary palette to establish a coherent
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COLOURS & TONES
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41 SITE CONTEXT Fig.46 Selection of photographs of surrounding industrial buildings Brick on edge Stacked brick Roman brick Flemish bond
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Facade Articulations
Bay Studies – Middle 550 Residential Residential Residential 550 550 2600 2600 Dublin Landings complexity and richness matches its surroundings Collective material palette - to reflect the making heritage of east London, robust, durable and crafted
Fig.120 Section and brick bond options tested during Design Evolution 3
RHYTHM & TEXTURE TESTING TESTING DIFFERENT PATTERNS AT KEY MOMENTS 4 5 6 Pattern
Block
Emphasising
Mixed
COLOUR & MATERIAL PALATTE
Parti Diagram
B - Rhythm Testing Emphasising Horizontality
Verticality
Approach
STRATFORD WATERFRONT
The rhythmic grid provides a unifying experience of the buildings as a whole when viewed from afar, while the brick textures offer richness when experienced up close. The brick patterns were intensified at the lower level of the buildings to enhance the dynamic experience within the public realm.
THE PROPOSED FACADES
Proposed Elevation for B1 Building
Experience of the Proposed Facade at Ground Level
Experience of the Proposed Facade Along Waterfront
Experience of the Facade from a Distance
Proposed Elevationfor A2 and B2 Building Typical Facade Details
Axonometric of the Proposed Facade
A1 Typical Bay
A2, B1, B2 Typical Bay
Ground Level Bay
STRATFORD WATERFRONT
THE PROPOSED LAYOUT
levels
the four buildings
linked together
a main communal corridor
to as ‘the Spine’. The
space for chance encounters
fosters
sense of community. The residential apartments are designed to create long views towards the exterior from the point of entrance. The layouts are developed to meet the spatial standards of the latest London Housing Design Guide. V & A Second Floor Layout First Floor Layout Section through the Spine Experience along the Spine Typical Apartment Layouts for 1-Bed, 2-Bed, and 3-Bed Units 1 3 1 1 2 3 4 2 2 4 4 In a Typical Apartment Ground Floor Layout
The scheme includes a diverse range of residential amenities such as co-working spaces, cycle hubs, a residential lounge, parcel room, gym, private dining room, screening room, and external courtyards. These amenity spaces are distributed between the first and ground
of
and are
by
referred
Spine provides a
and
a
HOME 001 2019 - 2020 PROJECT ARCHITECT This project involves the delivery of the concept design and construction (RIBA Stages 0 to 5) for the interior refurbishment of a 29 sqm apartment.
The underlying design explores the idea of our home as a place to accumulate and display the objects we have collected throughout our lives. The final design features a system of concealed and open shelving storage components, forming a joinery spine that unifies the flat into a giant Japanese puzzle box. The storage elements replace conventional walls to frame and define the different zones within the confines of this very small apartment.
001 CONTEXT | DESIGN radiator radiator radiator
HOME
00 GENERAL (Inspirations) JOINERY INITIAL SPATIAL DIVISION CONCEPTS (05.11.2016) HOME AS A PLACE TO ACCUMULATE OBJECTS FROM OUR LIFE SPACE AS A COLLECTION OF CONTAINER FOR OBJECTS AND ACTIVITIES EXISTING CONDITIONS 2 3 1 Concealed Storage 6.26 m3 Shelving for object display 8.39 m2
The
bathroom kitchen generalstorage entrance dressing pantry dining living sleeping Living / Kichen Area
The Joinery Spine
Organisation Arranagement
MAKING | TESTING | BUILDING HOME 001 BOILER TO REMAIN IN SITU BOXING OUT TO BE OPEN UP GAS METER TO REMAIN IN SITU EXISTING PARTITION WALLS TO BE DEMOLISHED AND REBUILT EXISTING FIXTURE TO BE DEMOLISHED SVP TO REMAIN IN SITU ELECTRICITY METER TO BE RELOCATED EXISTING RADIATOR TO BE RELOCATED EXISTING WINDOW TO BE REPLACED EXISTING DOOR TO BE REPLACED EXISTING RADIATOR TO BE RELOCATED 0 1m 2m 3m PROPOSED PLAN 35 WYNDHAM DEEDES, E2 7AU DATE: KITCHEN CORRIDOR BATHROOM [ LIVING AREA [ SLEEPING AREA ] NOTE: ALL PLAN AND WALL DIMENSIONS AND THICKNESS BASED ON ACTUAL SITE MEASUREMENTS. F/F HOB EXISTING WALL NEW WALL C 0 1m 2m 3m PROPOSED PLAN 35 WYNDHAM DEEDES, E2 7AU DATE: 2018.07.02 KITCHEN CORRIDOR BATHROOM LIVING AREA SLEEPING AREA NOTE: ALL PLAN AND WALL DIMENSIONS AND THICKNESS BASED ON ACTUAL SITE MEASUREMENTS. F/F HOB EXISTING WALL NEW WALL A variety of bespoke joinery items were developed for this project, including a three-slider sash window and a pivoting shelving unit. These components were tested and refined through fullscale prototypes. Closed Semi-Opened Opened DEMOLITION & CONSTRUCTION DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF THE THREE-SLIDER SASH WINDOW FINAL OUTCOME 4 5 6
STEELES WEST STATION
2010 - 2011 ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT
Part of the project team to delivered the detail design and tender information for a new underground station, bus station, entrance buildings, and associated supporting infrastructure for Steeles West Station (later renamed to Pioneer Village Station) for Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) in Canada, as part of the city’s Transit City project to expand the existing public transport network.
(SGA)
STEELES WEST STATION
The project is a collaboration with Will Alsop as the designer. The program includes two underground station entrance buildings, a main bus terminal, a main underground platform, back-of-house operations areas, a drop-off area, parking, and associated service infrastructure, including a power substation and vent shafts.
THE STATION
STEELES WEST STATION
My key responsibility was to carry out detail design, technical coordination, and information preparation for the two entrance buildings, including coordinating the vertical circulation to the underground platform and planning-related submissions to the city. Apart from developing the necessary details to deliver the original design intent, in-depth considerations of in-use maintenance, durability, and potential health and safety concerns were the focus of the design development process due to the public nature of the buildings and the anticipated heavy usage.
THE ENTRANCE BUILDING
29 GREAT PETER ST
Delivered
management, planning approval, detail design, tender
construction information,
contract
remodeling
fitting-out
existing office building
private residential
2016 - 2021 PROJECT ARCHITECT, PROJECT MANAGER, & CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR (HDAR)
project
&
and
administration on the
and
of an
to provide 13
homes for a private developer.
29 GREAT PETER ST
The site is located in a prime area within the City of Westminster, close to the House of Parliament and other major landmarks. Two different schemes have been produced by other architects and have obtained separate planning approvals prior to the appointment of HDAR. The first redesign of the proposed scheme was due to funder feedback to further optimise sale value and reduce the back-of-house to apartment floor area ratio. The second redesign was due to subsequent project finance difficulties induced by contractor bankruptcy and COVID-related project delays. The
proposal maintained the same saleable
demand, and had a
area, featured
and
CONTEXT & SCHEME OPTIMIZATION
final
floor
larger apartments to meet market
smaller total construction floor area
construction cost. THE SITE & THE EXISTING BUILDING OPTIMISATION OF PROPOSAL TO REFLECT CHANGES IN SALES VALUE & DEMAND ON DIFFERENT UNIT TYPE, AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS PER SQM 1 2
Consented Scheme under Eric Parry Architects (2014)
Revised Approved Scheme under PLP (2015)
LG 2-Bed (Duplex) 101 Sqm GF 2-Bed 86 Sqm 2-Bed (Duplex) 77 Sqm L1 1-Bed 60 Sqm 1-Bed 43 Sqm 2-Bed 88 Sqm L2 1-Bed 60 Sqm 1-Bed 43 Sqm 2-Bed 88 Sqm L3 2-Bed 89 Sqm 3-Bed 106 Sqm L4 2-Bed 90 Sqm 3-Bed 106 Sqm L5 1-Bed 72 Sqm 3-Bed 106 Sqm L6 2-Bed 133 Sqm Total (15 units) 1,348 Sqm GF 1-Bed 81 Sqm Studio 42 Sqm 1-Bed 52 Sqm L1 2-Bed 98 Sqm 2-Bed 103 Sqm L2 2-Bed 98 Sqm 2-Bed 103 Sqm L3 1-Bed 69 Sqm 3-Bed 134 Sqm L4 1-Bed 68 Sqm 3-Bed 134 Sqm L5 1-Bed 68 Sqm 3-Bed 131 Sqm L6 2-Bed 165 Sqm Total (13 Units) 1,346 Sqm GF 2-Bed 77 Sqm 2-Bed 72 Sqm L1 1-Bed 56 Sqm Studio 36 Sqm 1-Bed 47 Sqm L2 3-Bed 138 Sqm 1-Bed 47 Sqm L3 2-Bed 106 Sqm 2-Bed 83 Sqm L4 3-Bed 139 Sqm 1-Bed 48 Sqm L5 3-Bed 195 Sqm L6 3-Bed 154 Sqm Total (13 Untis) 1,198 Sqm
Revised Approved Scheme under HdAR (2017)
GREAT PETER ST
The building is situated in a Conservation Area and adjacent to a Grade II listed building. Therefore, the majority of the original facade is retained to be in keeping with the character of the surrounding context. The main construction works include: 1) the relocation of the central core, extension of the floor plate at the rear facade, and associated structural modifications to allow for more efficient use of floor space; 2) an upgrade to the building envelope and replacement of existing windows to meet the latest energy efficiency regulations; and 3) enlargement of window openings to provide the daylight and sunlight conditions required for residential use.
THE PROPOSAL & THE PROCESS indicatedonly Drawing SAPPHIREALPHA Demolition 04DemolitionSection D-D
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THE PROPOSED LAYOUT & THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME THE DEMOLITION PROCESS THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS 3 4 5
THE COMPLETED PRODUCT 29 GREAT PETER ST 1 External view of the completed building 2 Living area of one of the completed apartments 3 Living and dining area of the penthouse apartment 4 Entrnace lobby 5 Lift lobby 6 Bedroom of one of the completed apartments 7 Photo of completed window refurbishment with views to the Big Ben 1 4 5 6 7 2 3