Architecture Portfolio

A r c h i t e c t u r e Portfolio

TAN WEI LING

- High School - Art and Commerce - SPM - UEC - Bachelor of Science in Architecture - CGPA 3.3 - Assisting customers and advising them on fashion choices. - Setting up the artwork exhibition booth.

oASSISTANT ARCHITECT INTEN - Assisting project architect to amend construction drawing and design concept

Malaysian

Singapore

AERIALYOGASTUDIO

Aerial yoga was chosen with research on general space and started looking into physical, role, ability and concern as I will be my own client This space will incorporate a concept that is based on my chosen plant which is coconut tree.

The form of this space was inspired by coconut as it resembled the overlapping of coconut husk and coconut shell.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

User able to enjoy themselves in this organic form.

User able to experience the journey inside this space such as walking through narrow walkway.

SOUTH ELEVATION

SECTION A-A SECTION

GAIAPARK

This building is mainly designed for an interior architecture student and pharmacy student which tend to improve their lifestyle and relationship. It is located within UCSI university. Next, this building also proposes the living organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on the earth in order to maintain their life condition.

Produce a few spatial operation exploration in model in keyword CARVE-OUT. Next, explain in diagram the spatial operation and condition that result with changes of natural light and scale.

CONCEPT1 CONCEPT2

MODEL + RESPONSIVEMODEL

With the explorative actions from study model, I will produce 3 responsive casting massing model with the considerations of axis and accessibility, scale, sun path and rain direction.

VARIATION 1 VARIATION 2

WORKSHOP & LIBRARY

Transform into agricultural center every weekend. This is because greenery around working environment is good for our health.

LOUNGE

Transform into movie theatre at night in order to release their stress through whole day learning.

MANAGEMENT OFFICE

Having exposed steel trusses to enhance the quality of the spaces. Its provide a comfortable space for them to improve their working efficiency.

PAVILION& ZHU GALLERIE

In this project, both pavilion and Zhu Gallerie located near Istana Budaya. Pavilion aims to refurnish the existing bus stop into a pavilion that showcase bamboo weaving art. Zhu Galerie will be acting as a linkage between Istana Budaya and National Art gallery.

ELEVATION& SECTION

THE HIDDEN BEAUTY OF POLLINATOR

This building is located at Beirut, Lebanon. It is a building that tend to help all the citizens recovered from trauma and lead to a new lifestyle. The main idea of the site is to enforce cooperative behavior by implementing vertical farm and pollinator habitat in the site.

CONTEXTUAL STUDIES

Beirut Port

Beirut is a major important region part located within Lebanon. It is well known for the seaport activities and its effort on rebuilding economical support before and after the blast. After the blast happen in 2020, currently the situation in Beirut is in direct situation.

The most important element is the source of pain, it has become part of Beirut culture even before and after the blast in addition with Covid situation as well.

The second element are the source of income, whereby Beirut relies too much on economy support.

It ties with logistic noises, blast noises and compliment with traffic noise as well. Everyday is a repetition noises for people in Beirut and has become tragic memories for them.

After blast happened in 2020, the site is very dust and lack of greenery. Hence, the life of Beirut’s citizen was changed, and they started feeling emptiness.

o Feeling emptiness and no way out o Citizen out of work and rely importation in food needs

o Dust and debris at the site

# NEWPROGRAMINJECTION

In order to provide employment to the citizen, I propose a place that have manufacturing, consumerism, tourism and pleasure that engaged to the public. o Implementing tourism in manufacturing process o Exposing the manufacturing process to public o Provide leisure activities for workers

POTENTIALFUTURE

Beside from providing job employment, healthy lifestyle and mindset able to help all the citizen and worker recovered from trauma.

o Implementing healthy lifestyle

o A flying fox to travel all the spaces

o A wishing well for the citizen

URBANSTRATEGIES

#URBANSTRATEGIES

The main idea of the site is to enforce cooperative behavior. Hence, there will have learning hub and innovation hub beside the pollinator habitat to attract migrator pollinator from different country resulting in complicated multi layered cooperation schemes.

#SITE SYNERGIES

The first urban strategy is to connect the farming zone with leisure activities and engage human activities into pollinator habitat zone. Next, it promote the awareness of pollinator and healthy living lifestyle inside the port.

There is a bridge that linking Prefab house, aquaponic farming tower and pollinator habitat that provide local residents and tourists to have an experience in plantation..

Through the analysis, the user are mostly using walk to move and truck for shipping. Therefore, pedestrian and bridge is implemented to secure the safety of the people and worker in Beirut Port.

A bridge that linking two vertical farm to provide all the animal to have their free time inside the building. Besides, people can enjoy this scenario while driving through this area.

Kiosk on the promenade able to engage human activities. They can purchase all the vegetables and seed in the kiosk.

BUILDINGSTRATEGIES

CULTURAL COEXISTENCE

This building is located at Kuala Koh, Kelantan. It is a building that tend to help the batek to maintain their kinship, social organization, diets, belief, hunting and gathering way. The main idea of the site is to will make people recognize their identity and open up the differences of believes and culture.

ETHNOGRAPHICBACKGROUND- CULTURE

The Batek De' Negritos are one or-several aboriginal people, called Orang Asli, living an unassimilated life in Malaysia. Numbering about 350, the Batek live in camps of five or six nuclear families in the rain forest regions of the state of Kelantan. They maintain themselves by hunting, gathering, and trading forest products.

HUNTING-BAMBOO BLOWPIPE

In the last decade, there was a great demand in rattan for making furniture and fist trap. The Batek not only collect but also trade the rattan, on foot or by raft, to the malay camp for rice and manufactured goods. The food hunted is divided for the entire village.

The Batek ate monkey that shot with poisoned darts, and wild vegetables from young fences. The children able to walk on the thinnest branches, tearing the fruits from trees and all the trees are alive with them. They like dancing nimbly along the branches, shaking the bough in imitation of gibbons.

The Batek believe that superpowers created the humanity on earth and separated them from other people. There will have misfortune if They refuse to honor a requested favour. Other properties like man’s blowgun, tobacco, radios and woman’s hair comb are perceived to be personal properties asthey have no right on ownership.

ETHNOGRAPHICBACKGROUND- ISSUE

AS a community, the Batek is facing a lot of problem such as being pressured to convert to Islam. This is because the government wanted to integrate them into malay society and assimilate them. Therefore, they started to pray and their diet became a mix of old and new such as rice and store-bought vegetables.

Animals brought back to the village need to be conceal within bags and bones, skin and fur are immediately buried. They started having the feeling of longing for friends, game animals, fruits, and places. It is nostalgia of a past time when the landscape was covered in trees, and expresses hopelessness, the loss of something which cannot be regained.

The batek’s kinship, social organization, diets, belief, hunting and gathering way shouldn’t be influence by outsider. To maintain their culture, they should be informed on the benefits of living in integration with the larger Malaysian society and allowed to take decisions on their own.

PHYSICAL MODEL

The site was located at Kuala Koh, Kelantan. There are approximately 350 Batek living there.

CONCEPTUALPLANNING KEYPLAN LOCATION PLAN

TREEHOUSE PAVILION

An elevated playscape for the children to interact with nature

BEANSTALK

Provide direct visual and physical contact to the nature.

THE CAMP

Compact and functional living for the visitor and batek.

PROJECTNARRACTIVE

ISSUE

Deforestation

Forced assimilation

Lack of awareness of the Batek

Young generation are not aware of their culture

MAIN IDEA- CULTURAL COEXISTENCE

Move to the deeper of the forest. Dissipation of the batek.

Lack of empathy toward their culture Diminishing of their culture

A space that will make people recognize their identity and open up the differences of believes and culture.

A space for them to share and exchange their culture

Outsider able to tell the narrative of the Batek’s history and learn things from the past.

Designing a bamboo blowpipe experiencing zone for the visitor to experiencing Batek’s hunting method.

# DESIGN CONCEPT

The material of the building are lightweight in order to blend it into the nature.

The form was inspired by the vernacular architecture in order to raise awareness.

The space planning of this building was inspired by the form of master planning in order to respond to the site surrounding.

Massing Model 1 Massing Model 2

Tied three central zone together to bring in human activity.

Testing on the structure that help to support the building.

Massing Model 3

-Determine the ingress and outgress.

-Testing on the program placement according to planning strategies.

- Having three grand entrance to welcome visitor and Batek.

VENTILATION

fabric roof are airtight, require no daytime lighting, and last longer than other roof. Its improve ventilation and airflow.

LOCAL MATERIAL

The façade of this building was constructed by bamboo poles that can be found in Kuala Koh.

The gutter able to collect the rainwater from fabric and polycarbonate roof for irrigation purpose.

Polycarbonate is strong thermoplastic material that is lightweight and can withstand extremely low and high temperature. It transmits high level of sunlight to the interior space.

Designing a space for the Batek to expose their history, culture and the problem that they faced in order to raise awareness.

# HUMAN LIBRARY

A space where you can borrow a person instead of a book. They will be sharing their experience and how they undergo it.

Providing a space for visitor to experience batek’s house.

# BAMBOO BLOWPIPEEXPERIENCING ZONE

Providing a platform for visitor to interact with nature and experience Batek’s hunting method.

Providing a platform for visitor and Batek to exchange their craftwork. “Take whatever they want, leave whatever they want to share”.

MATERIAL USAGE

The material below are lightweight material, half transparent and neutral tones in order to blend it into Kuala Koh .

Bamboo poles facade

Timber panel wall

Timber decking floor

Fabric roof Polycarbonate roof

TECHNICAL REPORT -PLANNING & BUILDING GUIDELINES

AUTHORITY REQUIREMENT

AUTHORITY BY LAW:

MAJLIS DAERAH KUALA KRAI SELATAN

1.SITE LOCATION: KUALA KOH

2.ZONING: COMMERCIAL

3.Minimum Setbacks :From main roads: 3.00 meters, From adjoining plots: 6.00 meters, From rear boundaries and service roads: 3.00 meters

4.Maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR): 2

5.Maximum number of floors: 4.

6.Maximum building height: 21 00 meters

7.Minimum height of the roof parapet: 1 10 meters

8.Requirements for on plot parking: One car parking place required for each 70 m2 of Gross Commercial area. A minimum of 1/3 of the site area must be allocated for ground floor parking.

UBBL REQUIREMENT

GROUP (FIFTH SCHEDULE BY-LAW 134,138):

PART VIII(FIFTH SCHEDULE BY-LAW 134,138):

• Every building shall provided with means of detecting and extinguishing fire and with fire alarms together with illuminated exit signs in accordance with the requirements specified in the tenth Schedule to these by-laws

• Every building shall served by at least one fire hydrant located not more than 91.5 meters from the nearest point of fire brigade access.

• Depending on the size and location of the building and the provision of access for fire appliances, additional fire hydrant shall be provided as may be required by the Fire Authority.

FIRE APPLIANCES- LIST OF REQUIREMENT

1. Fire hydrant 90m, point to point 2. Travel distance 60m, depending purpose group 3. Dead end limit 15m, depending on purpose group 4. Hose reel 30m, point to point 5. Fire alarm Recommended not more than 20m 6. Dry power Not more than 15m 7. Exit sign All fire staircase

INTERNSHIP REPORT -

WORKING ENVIRONMENT- COMPANY PROFILE

JYP Architects is a partnership architectural firm that has been existed for 28 years. Past 6 years JYP Architect has incoporated into JYP Architects Sdn Bhd. It is founded by Ar Ng Hong Ling, partner with Ar Selamat Mohammed Lahir and Ar Law Han Ling. Beyond architectural design, it also plays a key accordance with international quality standards.In return, the trust from stakeholders has been rewarding, as many repeat clients. The firms also expanded its portfolio of works to include design projects for high density residence, retail shopping centres, housing, townhouse and shop office.

PROJECT OVERVIEW

TROPICANA GP 1 SHOP OFFICE

- WORKERS QUARTERS & ANCILLARY BUILDINGS TEMPORARY PERMIT

-Tropicana GP 1 shop office is featured as the primary project that I was assisting. I was first assigned to the preparation of the submission of temporary permit. First, I was assisting another project architect design the site accommodations for the workers to stay. For the construction industry, in particular, temporary site accommodation remains a fundamental part of normal everyday business giving workers and key personnel with somewhere to stay, safely and comfortably, up until the particular project is complete.

-Client: Tropicana GP Views Sdn Bhd

--Location: Gelang Patah, Ulu Choh, Pontian

Figure 1: Site photo taken by colleague

PROJECT OVERVIEW

TROPICANA GP 1 SHOP OFFICE

- WORKERS QUARTERS & ANCILLARY BUILDINGS TEMPORARY

PERMIT

-Then I produced a series of detail drawings from Autocad, said drawings includes plan and section drawings of workers quarters, site office, site canteen, store, bin collector, mobile toilets, bath, toilets and laundry area, project signboard and site hoarding.

- After submitted all the document to the client, there are some of the drawings that needed us to amend as the client need us to reduce the size of some of the structure in order to reduce the cost.

- Next, there are some important thing that need to be shown in layout plan such as boundary line, setback line, water supply system, sewerage system,

- After that, we will send all the document to Pontian Municipal Council for pre-consultation and contractor for comment in order to proceed to submission.

THINGS I HAVE LEARNT:

During this task, i have learnt the procedure and requirement of temporary permit submission. For example, all temporary building need colour in red, all drawing need colour according to material such as cement and plaster colour in yellow, timber colour in chocolate, metal colour in blue, reinforced concrete colour in green, brick colour in red.

PROJECT OVERVIEW

TROPICANA GP 1 SHOP OFFICE - WORKERS QUARTERS & ANCILLARY BUILDINGS TEMPORARY PERMIT

Figure3: Blow Out Site Plan Zone A

Figure 4: Project Signboard and Site Office Detail drawing

PROJECT OVERVIEW

TROPICANA GP 1 SHOP OFFICE

- WORKERS QUARTERS & ANCILLARY BUILDINGS TEMPORARY PERMIT

- After completed the detail drawings, I was assigned to prepare the letter for the submission to One Stop Center. There will have a checklist that we retrieved from One Stop Center portal. The checklist included cover letter, borang A, fee calculation and drawing. Beside, there are some of the document that needed us to request it from the developer which are company profile, quit rent receipt ,assessment receipt, land title and worker information from contractor.

Figure 7:Checklist for temporary submission retrieved from Pontian Municipal Council.

Figure 8: Fee Calculation

THINGS I HAVE LEARNT:

-During this task, i have learnt that at the end we will need to amend the layout according to the comment of contractor.

- Besides, i get to know that which document is needed while preparing for the submission and how to request document from client.

PROJECT OVERVIEW

TROPICANA GP 1 SHOP OFFICE

- DOOR & WINDOW SCHEDULE AMENDMENT

- Next, I was assisting another project architect to amend the door and window size as the client wanted to change the beam size in order to fit in signboard. Therefore, we will need to adjust window size according to the ventilation tabulation in order to fit in the beam.

Figure 13: Floor plan

PROJECT OVERVIEW

TROPICANA GP 1 SHOP OFFICE - RENDERING

- Next, i was tasked to assist project architect in producing site plan rendering for the presentation. Site plan rendering is mainly used to show the exact way that the intended land use relates to the features of a parcel and its surrounding area.

Figure 20: Site plan rendering

THINGS I HAVE LEARNT:

-During this task, I have realized that renderings able to attract more clients as the human brain is attracted to certain shapes and lines and colours.

- It also gave me an opportunity to express my own creativity through rendering.

PROJECT OVERVIEW

KANGKAR PULAI DOUBLE STOREY TERRACE HOUSE - ROAD NAME SUBMISSION

-The second project that i was assisting was road name submission. I was assisting another project architect and provide him with a list of road name suggestion. We suggested all the road name according to the client preference. All the road name are refering to safety, prosperity and joy. Therefore, we added the road name into the site plan and proceed to online submission.

-During this task, i have learnt that actually all road name have their own meaning,

- Client: Keck Seng (Malaysia) Bhd.

- Location: Kangkar Pulai Figure 22: Site plan (Road Name Submission) Figure 23: Document for road name submission

Figure 21: Road name Suggestion

THINGS I HAVE LEARNT:

-During this task, i have learnt that at the end we will need to amend the layout according to the comment of contractor.

- Besides, i get to know that which document is needed while preparing for the submission and how to request document from client.

PROJECT OVERVIEW

KANGKAR PULAI DOUBLE STOREY TERRACE HOUSE - ROAD NAME SUBMISSION

- While waiting for the road name submission, i have attended a site meeting with Keck Seng (Malaysia) Bhd. The other parties involved are Kim Lum Sdn Bhd, WKL Project Consultant, Perunding Cekap Sdn Bhd. This was the first contract meeting after the kick-off meeting. During the meeting, they were discussing their construction progress and there is a verbal agreement between client and contractor that mock-up units to be completed in two months.

- After that, I was assisting the project architect to write the minutes of meeting as the reference in the next meeting. The minutes of meeting recorded the actual salient points discussed over the meeting as reference in the future.

Figure 26: Minutes of Meeting

THINGS I HAVE LEARNT:

-Attending site meeting help us to increase our exposure. Each new experience will give us exposure to something different that help me expand my practical knowledge.

Figure 24: Jotting down all the comment and work progress.

Figure 25: Selection of door frame

PROJECT OVERVIEW

KANGKAR PULAI DOUBLE STOREY TERRACE HOUSE

- SITE MEETING & SITE WALK

- I have attended Site Meeting 02 of double storey terrace house in Kangkar Pulai site office. Their mock up unit construction progress has increased to 22% . On the other hand, there were facing electrical material shortage. There were some amendments need to be done such as RWDP need to be concealed in the column, selection of door lock that considered on cost and safety.

-After the site meeting, we went for a site walk to observe the construction progress. During the site walk, we had confirmed the hoarding location.

THINGS I HAVE LEARNT:

-During this task, i have realized that my task inside the meeting is to listen carefully to the concerns the employees present to you and react quickly and thoughtfully to help propose solutions may be among the most valuable skills you can possess.

Figure 27: piling condition

Figure 28: Construction progress of mock up unit.

PROJECT OVERVIEW

ASPIRA LAKE HOMES - RENDERING

- During the forth week, i was tasked to assist project architect in producing the cluster house’s 3D according to the floorplan that produced by him. Next, i was rendered the floorplan to be ready for presentation. Floor plan rendering meets the psychological needs of people’s indoor living standards, ambience, and style.

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- Location: Skudai, Johor Figure

THINGS I HAVE LEARNT:

-During this task, I have realized that there is a lot of thing need to be consider in design stage such as cost and sustainable design. - 3d modelling improved visualization for the finished building or product.

Client: Tasek Homes Sdn Bhd

Figure 40: Floorplan rendering

PROJECT OVERVIEW SINGLE STOREY BUNGALOW - DESIGN PROPOSAL

-The forth project that i was assisting the architect to prepare the design proposal for single storey bungalow. First, I produced the site plan from pre-comp plan and follow by producing a set of massing and draft floor plan. My idea was based on my research through online website -The main feature of this bungalow is to have a traditional courtyard architecture style. The house has been planned around its nucleus: the courtyard. All spaces are designed around this central sphere in various ways be it by physically traversing through it to access different spaces or being visible from all areas at all times. The living, kitchen, dining and bedrooms overlook the courtyard at different levels.

- Client: Mr. Tan

- Location: Kota Tinggi, Johor

Figure 34:Conceptual Floorplan

Figure 35:Conceptual massing .

THINGS I HAVE LEARNT:

- During this task, I have realized that there is a lot of thing need to be consider in design stage such as cost and sustainable design.

PROJECT OVERVIEW

SINGLE STOREY BUNGALOW - DESIGN PROPOSAL

- Next, I produced a cad drawing and a 3d according to the hand drawn floorplan that reviewed by senior staff. The lighting and ventilation requirements for each spaces were based on the floor area.

Figure 36: Ground floorplan of single storey bungalow

Figure 37: Lighting and ventilation tabulation

Figure 39: 3D of Single storey bungalow

Figure 38: Floorplan by Senior

PROJECT OVERVIEW

ZONE 2B01 PARCEL 5 SINGLE STOREY TERRACE HOUSE

- SPA DRAWING

- During this week, I was tasked to assist project architect to produce drawings to support the sales and purchase agreement for the developer. Sales and purchase agreement is a legally binding contract which outlines the details of a sale between a buyer and a seller. Therefore, it is our responsible to ensure that the SPA drawing is tally with the building plan.

-Client: Nice Frontier Sdn Bhd

-Location: Kulai

Figure 48: Floor plan

Figure 49: Section

THINGS I HAVE LEARNT:

Figure 50: Elevations

- During this task, I have explored some of the basic knowledge on sales and purchase agreement. The SPA protects the buyer by ensuring the seller cannot change the terms and conditions to their benefit such as the developers to cut corners and take advantage of unknowing buyers by altering the measurements and using cheaper materials.

THANK YOU

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