M.Arch Portfolio A5

- 5. RIBA II

Where’s my Little Sister? -

Yiwu, China

- 4M. Guide to a planetarium Design. Quy Nhon, Vietnam

- 4. RIBA I Singapore

- 3M. La Culture du Cafe. Paris, France

- 3. fang. Zigong, China

- 2M. D.O.C.K. Bangkok, Thailand

- 2. Verticality. Singapore

- 1M. Trail Blazer. Singapore

- 1. Chess Museum. Singapore

[Aim] My thesis is a garden of remembrance for the loss of unborn babies. It is also a place for parents suffering guilt and tragic loss to come together to remember and to overcome those moments. In doing so, it is hope that the space and the programs provided will foster a sharing culture amongst sufferers and their friends and result in emerging consciousness and community. [Site] The site is located within a cluster of an existing trade mart in Yiwu*; a city near Hangzhou. This famous trade mart was established in 2000 when China was (still) the sweatshop of the world. The existing building has a curvy linear form. It is made up 6 levels including the ground level.

It is also divided into 38 clusters by atriums where the atriums act as the main circulatory and orientation spine. Each cluster specializes in a particular product or combination of products. Hence, the entire building is constituted of 62000 odd factory outlets. Each outlet size is 3ms x 3ms. Between 2000 to 2008, this Trade Mart was one of a few trade marts where “buyers” from all over the world came down to buy “made in China” products. [Problematics] Since 2008, structural shifts are occurring in both the global and domestic economies. The once dense crowd has thinned. Buyers are no longer coming; at least not as often. Outlets are shutting down. The shift towards service economy requires the trade mart to morph itself into a more consumer centric shopping mall. I had opportunities to visit the Trade Mart on numerous occasions. In one cluster, I cannot help but notice the concentration, abundance and exuberance of dolls and girly things. At the same time, I am deeply affected by the State’s “One Child Policy” and the Chinese culture of gender selection. This after reading Mo Yan’s book “The Republic of Wine”. This led many families into the practice of infanticide. As a result: How many families have suffered? How many unborn babies were sacrificed? I cannot square these two positions or contradictions: Girly dolls on one hand and unborn babies on the other. Hence, as much my project reshapes the trade mart into a mall, I take this opportunity to “mark a place” for those sacrificial loss and those who had suffered one way or the other as a result of this policy.

WHERE IS MY ?

LITTLE

SISTER

Puppet Theater.

Site / Yiwu Trade Mart.

State’s “One Child Policy” and Chinese culture of gender selection.

Girly dolls on one hand and unborn babies on the other.

Model.

Architectual Ideas and Devices.

The Ruin Garden.

A “Skewed” Mandala lined with Chambers.

Elevation, Section.

Terraces akin to those found in Cemeteries.

The Umbrella Pavilions.

Chamber projected by niches with flowers, notes, drawings laid for the unborn children.

-Niches to Shoppers -

The Revealed Contradiction, the less fortunate babies make their appearances fell on the garden side.

-Niches to Suffers -

The Counselling Center, strolling into greenery and unto the elevated footpaths built alongside of what remained.

Ground Plan, +0.0m.

Level 3 Plan, +8.7m.

Levvel 6 Plan, +21.3m.

Quy Nhon, Vietnam.

GUIDE TO A

planetarium

DESIGN

Perspective.

Construction Drawings.

Masterplan.

Site Analysis.

Plans.

Light and Ventilation.

Renders, Main Entrance.

Render, Interior View.

Render, Exterior View.

Sections, Elevations.

4 13.7830째 N, 109.2197째 E 4M 1.2666째 N, 103.8026째 E These two project are related in the ways of establishing novel institutions, in this case, scientific facilities, in the urban context. One sets in Quy Nhon, Vietnam, and one at Labrador park, Singapore. Quy Nhon used to plant a vast L IBE R ATION rice farming, while Labrador Park used BO R E Dfield.

O MConserved to be an oil disposal tradition or industrialized advancement leave their traces behind. Following masterplans given by the local authorities, I hold zero or minute stance to speak for/against the urban recreational proposals reclaiming lands, either the natural ricefield or the buried oil tanks, as tabula rasa. Design from tabula rasa, what would an architect-to-be gain ultimately? Liberation, utopia, or boredom.

UTOPIA

Section.

Background.

Elevations.

Site Mapping.

Masterplan.

Plan.

Construction Drawing.

Exploded Isometrics.

Front de Seine, Paris, France.

LA

CULTURE DU

CAFÉ

Urbanisme

Circulation

PARIS

FRONT DE SEINE

bibliothèque

LE VILLAGE

La ville, Le rigion, L’ immeuble.

les escaliers circulaires avant, moins utilisés, privé

les unités du logement, la forme duplex, 180 au total, de la population de 400 privé

la bibliothèque minucipale, la peau de persienne publique

la rampe d’accès pour pedestrains publique

la rue interieur, accessible par des ascenseurs publique

les escaliers exposés, moins utilisés publique

Urbanisme verticale dans le Village 18 17 16 15 14 logements 13 HABITER 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 bibliothèque/accueil 4 LOISIR / TRAVAILLER 3 2 pieton / parking 1 CIRCULATION 0 -1 -2 -3

L’origine: le lieu de rencontre La première moitié du 20ème siècle: pour les intellectuels Le présent: l’impact profond La Société du Café de la pénétration du maket L’avenir: ?

«Les belles personnes», Le lubrifiant social, se «Les choses brillantes et jeunes». réunissent pour parler, écrire, lire, divertir, et L’évolution de la culture du café passer le temps

Recherche la culture du café.

Les blocs noirs: les cafĂŠs verticaux

Les blocs noirs: Les installations de divertissement sur le dalle Les points noirs: cafĂŠs sur le sol

Collage, CafĂŠ sur le dalle.

Rome par Piranesi.

1. Plan du forum 2. Piranesi Rome 3. l’intérieur du fourm 4. École d’Athènes

Le forum romain.

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

BIBLIOTHEQUE FORUM DE TRAJAN

Plan superposition.

FORUM DE AUGESTUS

FORUM DE NERVA

FORUM DE CAESAR

Concepiualization.

Isometrics.

FORUM DE NERVA

FORUM DE CAESAR

FORUM DE AUGESTUS

FORUM DE TRAJAN

BIBLIOTHEQUE

Section.

Sections, Perspectives.

La Maquette.

3 29.3390° N, 104.7784° E 3M 48.8480° N, 2.2830° E The following two designs are overseas projects. One in 汇柴口 Distinct, Zigong, China, the other in Front-de-Seine Arrondissement 15, Paris, France. Both shared the similar handleable scales in the horizontal dimensions, and both required adaptive design. They are arguably both conservation* projects. Nevertheless, one conserves tradition << low-rise houses dilapidated since the progression of urbanization >>, the other conserves modernity << highrise blocks experimented in the burgeoning period of urbanization>>.

What is then an outsider's take?

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富春山居图，黄公望

Platform, Landing, Staircases, Trail.

Design strategy.

Plans.

Sections, Perspectives.

Saphan Pla, Bangkok, Thailand.

D O C K

- typology -

- circulation -

Access Ground level connection

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Upper level connection

Resident

Tourist

- demographics Student

Monk

Site Analysis

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History Zone 1 Cafeteria (renovated) 2 Gallery 3 Shophouse 4 Shop 5 Sportcenter 6 Hotel 7 Pier 8 Retail 9 Plaza

Retail Zone

Sport Zone

Section.

Sketches, Renders.

Perspective.

dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;leedon facade re-design

v e r t i c a l i t y

co-work with cheng shile, chen yili, jesslin cai xiaohui, lee xuqi, michelle tan yulian

Perspective, Site Plan, Typical Plan.

Partial Section, Elevation Rendered.

Sectional Render.

Details.

Floor to Ceiling Section.

Green-wall Facade.

Installation

Dairy Farm, Singapore.

Trail

Blazers

are who blaze a trail for others to follow through unsettled country or wilderness.

They are the pioneers, the discoverers, and creators They are avant-garde in the nature.

But who are the modern trailblazers?

Parametrcs.

Render, Sketch.

Render, Sketch.

Kampong Glam.

S.

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MU

3 Jalan Penang Kampong Glam Singapore

-BriefThe client who owns a collection of chess boards, wants a chess museum.

-DichotomyThe client displays chess (boards), and play chess. Dis-play however is not an antonym of Play.

-SiteThe chess museum sets in the historical quarter of Kampong Glam, a neighborhood masterplanned with southeast asian shophouses.

-PlotOne parallelogram plot of 25m x 5m is given for the design. Specifically, the plot is at a street junction.

-ReligionThe plot faces a splendid mosque in the southeast direction. Nonetheless, the client holds no religious belief.

-LimitationUrban Recreational Authority limits the height of buildable project in Kampong Glam to 3 storey height.

-CirculationThe museum visitors experience the grids and imitate movements on a typical chess board.

-GridsThe whole building is paved and facaded by white and black square tiles.

-Pawn’s promenadeA circular series of gentle platform steppings. A slow and basic movement.

-Bishop’s concourse A diagonal stairway, with three landings in between, dissecting the building.

-Knight’s doglegA series of staircases stand at the rear. A twisted and orthodoxic movement.

-Root’s LiftA small lift sits at the back. A straightway and fast movement. Moto room hides in the King’s Cafe.

-Queen’s RoofA terraced rooftop garden with panoramic perspectives. Unrestricted views.

-King’s CafeAn exquisite cafe at the top. A static loft, the most preserved part.