Joan Kwong Architectural Portfolio 2015 selected projects
Résumé Name
JOAN KWONG, CHUNG HENG
Email Tel. No.
joan.kwongch@gmail.com +852 65020775 (HK) +49 15736907769 (Germany)
Date of Birth Nationality
Hong Kong British, Chinese
Language Skills
Proficient in English and Chinese (Fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin) Preliminary in Norwegian and Japanese Beginner in German
Education
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
2012-2015 Master of Science in Architecture, Urbanism and Building Technology (8/10)
Aalto University, Finland
2013-2014 Erasmus Exchange from TU Delft to Department of Architecture and Spatial Design in Aalto University
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2008-2011 Bachelor of Art in Architectural Studies (Hons) Computational Skills AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, V-ray Renderings, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Affect effects, Microsoft Office Personal Qualities friendly, critical-thinking, hardworking, creative Personal Interests travelling, sketching, taking analog photos, oil-painting, reading, hiking, yoga, handmaking
Work-related Experience
ALA Architects, Helsinki, finland
2014/1-6 Architectural Intern (6 months)
- competition design for Russian Character Competition - model-making for New Delhi Finnish Embassy & Helsinki Western Harbour - Photoshop drawings for Russian Character Competition & Tampere Music Academy
A&T Design Limited, Hong Kong
2011-2012 Architectural Assistant (1 year)
- facade and interior design for Lee Theatre Plaza - contractual drawings & documents preparation, collaboration & administration works for Lee Theatre Plaza - assisting interior design for Uniqlo Flagship Store
HKU, HKUSU, Architectural Society, Architectural Students’ Association, Hong Kong
2009-2010 Academic Secretary (1 year)
- event-organizing & poster design for Career Seminar 2009, Hand-drawing Tutorial 2009 and Film Showing Series 2010 - assisting in various activities organized by the Architectural Students’ Association including HKU Open Day 2009 and ASA Orientation Camp 2009
Additional Experience City Makers Congress 2015, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2014/12
‘Design for connectivity instead of design for a Master plan’ Workshop with Benjamin Filbey & Justė Stefanovič Rotterdam Air Studio
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy 2014/10
Resilience Workshop, aedes Architecture forum, berlin, germany 2012/10 MVRDV The Why Factory Studio
Hong Kong-Shenzhen Biennale in Architecture/Urbanism 2009, Hong Kong 2010/2
Sustainable Art Installation Workshop Swiss Summer School Programme ‘The Double Death of Welfare and the Nation State’ Workshop Tutor Volunteer in BYOB (Bring Your Own Biennale) with Di Fang & Justė Stefanovič Design as Politics Studio
Pixelache Festival, Helsinki, Finland 2014/6 Camp Pixelache View-Platform Building Workshop Hello Wood Studio
Bracket [Takes Action] Journal, US 2014/3 Competition Entry
IMOA Astronomy Museum Competition , Chile 2014/1 with Olli Vuorinen Competition Entry
Design for Neglected Space, Jumbo Shopping Centre , Vantaa, finland 2013/10 Competition Entry with Exhibition with Ketty Shih & Peter Vuorenrinne Aalto University Spatial Design Studio
Schierke Reborn, Schierke, Germany 2013/6 Competition Entry TU Delft Public Building MSc2 Studio
Porous City Exhibition, TU Delft, THe netherlands 2013/3 MVRDV The Why Factory Studio
Extracurricular Activities Midnight Sun Festival, Værøy, Norway 2014/7 Arts & Crafts Team & Kitchen Team - decoration & food preparation The Smile Army, Helsinki, finland 2014/5 Art in Public Space Studio Art Tour & Exhibition - public art interactive performance & exhibition - collaboration with Helsinki Design Museum Living Room Exhibition, Helsinki, finland 2014/3 Installation Art Exhibition - Ink & fluorescent ink & light art Curating the Social, Perpetuum Lab II, Perpetuum Mobile, Helsinki, finland 2013 /12 Public Art Workshop - social art performance, “Call for Interdependence” on Independence Day
Recent Projects co-(shop) housing
helsinki western harbour
Individual Project
ALA Architects
Hong Kong, Hong Kong TU Delft MSc4 Master Thesis 2014/9 - 2015/6
Helsinki, Finland Commission works 3D model-making preparation works 2014/5
new utopia on the ruins of welfare state
russian character
ALA Architects
Design as Politics Studio
Moscow Oblast, Russia ‘Butovo Park Culture and Education Center’ Competition, Shortlisted Photoshop drawings; 3D-modelling 2014/4
Hong Kong, Hong Kong TU Delft MSc3 Thesis Research 2014/9 - 2015/2
Rotterdam Regeneration
Right Movement
Individual Project
Rotterdam Air Studio with B. Filbey & J. Stefanovič
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Bracket [takes action] Journal Competition Entry 2014/3
Rotterdam, Netherlands ‘City Makers Congress 2015’ Workshop 2014/12
school of life
new delhi finnish embassy renovation
Venice Viennale Swiss Summer School with D. Fang & J. Stefanovič
ALA Architects
New Delhi, India Renovation works Model-making & Photoshop drawings 2014/2
Catalonia, Spain ‘The Double Death of Welfare and the Nation State’ Workshop 2014/10
Camp Pixelache View-Platform Construction
IMOA 1440
Team Project with O. Vuorinen
Pixelache Festival Hellowood Studio with festival crew
Atacama, Chile ‘IMOA Astronomy Museum’ Competition Entry 2014/1 Shaping the Site
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1. To ensure the integrity of the place, our approach is to merge with the existing landscape. An area which is a bit hidden by small hills from the main road is chosen.
Ground floor
Entrance Service elevator Shop
2. The ground is pushed down to creat a space for the museum.
Cafe
Viewing platform
Floor –1 Café
Exhibition
Exhibition Shop
Kitchen Stargazing Staff spaces
Exhibition
Planetarium, spherical screen
3. The museum building is constructed underground, leaving a circular opening at the edges.
Exhibition Lowest floor: temporary exhibition space
Tickets
Cloak
Floor –2
Exh.
Pool for collecting water
5. Circulation is arranged around the planetarium to enable visitors to spectate the ever-changing sphere. Two vertical shafts for lifts and stairs are attached to the main space.
to experience Space through architecture – chile
Inspired by science fiction and minimalist contemporary museum architecture, the layout of the museum is circular, with a large spherical planetarium in the middle of the building. The inside of the planetarium is used for various performances, The new International Museum of Astronomy will be located while the outside functions as a spherical screen, giving a truly approximately a 15-minute drive east from the town of San spectacular display of spatial phenomena to museum visitors– Pedro de Atacama on the way to the ALMA astronomical facility. morphing from a view of deep space to a nebula, a massive Sun The museum is located almost wholly underground, with only a or the Earth. Circulation and flexible exhibition, research, and circular concrete arch reaching for the sky, behind a small ridge, seminar spaces are arranged around it. Spherical screens are visible from the main road. Thus the museum does not disturb existing technology, but the size of the sphere is a novelty. the spectacular surrounding landscape and its facilities, protected from the sun, can be kept cool energy-efficiently while The shape of the museum helps in controlling the climate: the simultaneously minimizing light pollution. museum also works as a well, preserving the small amount of rain received. From a circular slit, light and water penetrate underground, while the water is collected to a large, reflecting San Pedro de pool under the planetarium. This water can be used for different Atacama functions in the bulding, but is also forms a beautiful architectur15 minutes al element. Cold air flows into the building through the circular Museum slit, while hot air rises up from the middle through the core, Airstrip effectively cooling the building.
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While the spaces themselves allow for a more traditional exhibition arrangement when necessary, the focus of the museum is on interactivity and experimentation. On the top floor, a large central space welcomes visitors with a circular opening to the sky. In this space, visitors can experience the night sky with various telescopes with the help of museum staff. Below, apart from the planetarium itself, exhibitions will be interactive and use the latest technology, taking the visitor on a journey through different aspects of astronomy; possible themes are ”exploration”, ”history of astronomy”, ”scale in space”, ”past and future of the universe” with a special regard for children. ALMA staff should have an important role in the museum, and special science spaces are reserved for them.
Planetarium
PLANETARIUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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Circulation follows a logical route, with visitors descending gradually to the lowest level, from which they can take an elevator back up to the top floor. There they are served by a museum shop and restaurant. Especially the lowest floor, which has plenty of free space, can be used for temporary exhibitions. The spaces surrounding the core are flexible and can be rearranged as needs of the museum change. A view of the spherical screen and entry to planetarium
6. Exhibition areas are arranged around the core. The route of the exhibition leads people gradually below ground.
EXHIBITION
Sci & Tech
4. A spherical planeterium is put in the middle as the glowing core of the museum; on top a viewing platform is placed for visitors to view the starry sky.
MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ROOMS
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Helsinki, Finland Wood-cutting & building construction work 2014/6
Atacama space odyssey
INTERMEDIATE
Pool
Exhibition
design for neglected space
Aalto Spatial Design Studio with K. Shih & P. Vuorenrinne
Vantaa, Finland Competition Entry with Exhibition 2013/10
Schierke reborn
lee theatre renovation
A&T Architects
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Renovation works Photoshop drawings, Contractual drawings & documents, Collaboration with engineers & suveyors 2011/9 - 2012/6
living museum
Public Building Studio
Individual Project
Schierke, Germany TU Delft MSc2 Spa Building Design 2013/2 - 2013/6
Hong Kong, Hong Kong HKU Semester 6 Graduation Project 2011/1 - 2011/5
Porous city
gill tesselation
MVRDV The Why Factory Studio
Team Project with C. Cheung
Delft, Netherlands Research & Exhibition Parametric architecture & Lego model building 2012/9 - 2013/3
Hong Kong, Hong Kong HKU Semester 5 Concrete Material Prototyping & Scale-model making 2010/9 - 2010/12
resilience city
architecture as media
MVRDV The Why Factory Studio Berlin, Germany Research Workshop Idea Research & Design 2012/10
uniqlo flagship store in hk
A&T Architects
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Commission works Contractual drawings & documents, Collaboration with Interior Designer & Engineers 2012/2 - 2012/6
Individual Project
Shanghai, China HKU Semester 3 Architecture Intervention in Urban Context 2010/1 - 2010/5
green pixel
Hong Kong-Shenzhen Biennale in Architecture/ Urbanism 2009 with biennale crew Hong Kong, Hong Kong Sustainable Art Installation 2009/12
Schierke Reborn
Urban & Architectural Design of Spa Complex Building on Sloped Topography
Delft University of Technology | MSc2 Public Building Studio | 2013/2 - 2013/6 Schierke, Germany Tutor: Micha de Haas | M.J.deHaas@tudelft.nl Type: Architecture Competition Design (Individual Project)
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Invited by the town municipality of Schierke for the architectural competition, group research and individual design are carried out by the MSc2 public building studio in 2013 spring.
In my proposal, a spa complex is being built in the area as the new attraction for tourists as well as a communal centre for the local residents. It serves both the local residents and the incoming visitors.
Schierke is a small town in the Harz region in Germany facing economic downturn. Possible solutions are investigated to help the town to boost its own economy at the same time to help maintain its identity.
The spa complex is segregated into separate compartments surrounded by nature and courtyards. The complex is built on a slope near the central park aiming at merging with the natural landscape.
External View of the Spa Building from the Entrance showing the natural surroundings
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Schierke Reborn
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Top View of the Spa Building
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Schierke Reborn Total Entrance Entrance
Swimming pool
Technical facilities
Staff room Storage Technical Facilities
Storage & Others
Total Staff area
active/inactive
Storage Laundry Large activity room
dry/wet
Activity room (5) Gymnasium Total Fitness area
Total Sauna & Steam
Outdoor Terraces
Total Treatment & Massage
Plunge pool Aquatherapy Sauna + Small sauna (3) Relaxation area Steam bath Infrared sauna + Panorama sauna Treatment Room (4) Private Spa (2) Reception Waiting Room Outdoor Terraces
Communal Space
Communal Space 146m2
Activity Room
197m2
Free
Staff Room 96m2
Gymnasium
182m2
Paid
Changing Room 156m2
Activity Room 277m2
200m2
Indoor Pool
Indoor Pool 163m2
340m2
dry/wet
Private Public Space
active/inactive
Sauna
177m2
Massage
Total Entrance Total Sanitary facilities Total Hospitality Total Bathing area
Analytical Diagrams in the process of designing the Spa Building Total Sauna & Steam
Total Treatment & Massage Outdoor Terraces Total Staff area Technical facilities Storage & Others Total Fitness area
Storage & Others
Total Fitness area
Total Staff area
Technical facilities
Outdoor Terraces
Total Sauna & Steam
Total Hospitality
Total Entrance
Jacuzzi Indoor pool
Total Treatment & Massage
Outdoor pool
Total Bathing area
Bar
Total Entrance
Lounge
Total Sanitary facilities
Cafe
Total Hospitality
Total Sanitary facilities
Toilets Bathrooms Restaurant
Entrance
Storage Laundry Large activity room
264m2
Activity room (5)
Gymnasium
Entrance
Cafe
Storage & Others Total Fitness area
Staff room Storage Technical Facilities
Technical facilities
Lounge
Total Staff area
Outdoor pool
Outdoor Terraces
Swimming pool
Total Treatment & Massage
Jacuzzi Indoor pool
Plunge pool Aquatherapy Sauna + Small sauna (3) Relaxation area Steam bath Infrared sauna + Panorama sauna Treatment Room (4) Private Spa (2) Reception Waiting Room Outdoor Terraces
Total Sauna & Steam
Bar
Total Bathing area
Reception Shop Changing rooms (2)
Toilets Bathrooms Restaurant
Total Hospitality
Reception Shop Changing rooms (2)
Total Sanitary facilities
Total Bathing area
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Schierke Reborn
1:200 Sections and Elevations
Sections of the Spa Building merging with topography
Internal View showing the inner courtyard of the Spa Building with Visual Connection with Nature
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Co-(Shop)housing
Master Thesis in search for the People’s Utopia in the post-colonial Hong Kong
Delft University of Technology | MSc3 Design as Politics Grduation Studio | 2014/9 - 2015/6 Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong Tutor: Huib Plomp(Deign Mentor) | Bas Gremmen(BT Mentor) | Wouter Vanstiphout (Research Mentor) huibplomp@outlook.com | B.Gremmen@tudelft.nl |W.A.J.Vanstiphout@tudelft.nl Type: Methodological Research on ‘New Utopia on the Ruins of Welfare State‘ in Hong Kong context & Architecture Design (Individual Project)
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Under the studio theme ‘New Utopia on the Ruins of Welfare State’, my thesis project amied to provide a People’s Utopia, Heterotopia, where people is the centre of concern. This project, with people’s redevelopment approach, is an alternative to the tabula-rasa approach used by the government for development and urban renewal in Hong Kong. People’s approach means searching new methods to form a new society where local residents can have more control of their way of living and habitat in different aspects. In the future scenario 5 years from now, the Hong Kong government decided to help gentrify the whole Hong Kong cities, so decided to demolish all the public housing in Hong Kong and relocate the underprivileged people to “Hong Kong Land” in Mainland China. Tin Shui Wai New Town will be developed once again trying to get rid of the negative image with the gentrification approach of the government to private housing estates.
The Right to the City is questioned. Who own the city? Who has the right to the city? The case represented here is a Tin Shui Wai New Town in Hong Kong, also famously known as The City of Sadness. The existing inhabitants are resettled here originally from places all around Hong Kong. But they are forced to leave their home again according to HK government’s plan. Protestors including original resident and activists try to occupy the demolition site of Tin Shui Wai and start their own version of redevelopment. People should have the right to make decision on their living environment. This project touches important aspects in Hong Kong, including urban renewal, resident’s right to the land, resettlement, self-building, etc. What is the people’s approach to redevelopment? How to empower the people? A people’s version redevelopment will be the centre of the project.
New Co-(Shop)housing Neighbourhood Street View
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na. Nearly 250,000 existing Tin Shui Wai residents need to resettle in “Hong Kong Land” in Nansa, Guangdong, China.
Ongoing protests against Tin Shui Wai Redeveopment. Chief Exercutive Chun-ying Leung claimed that Tin Shui Wai Redeveopment can bring HK$200 million profits.
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hui Wai Demolition Site
Chief Exercutive’s proposal of ‘Hong Kong Land’ in Nansa, China.
Redeveopment of Tin Shui Wai for attracting investors from mainland China.
Scenario of Occupy Movement in Tin Shui Wai in 2020
Scenario of People’s Utopia in Tin Shui Wai in 2030
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Co-(Shop)housing 2015
2025-2030: Phase II
New Main Street
New Agriculture Area
New Tramway
New Fishponds
2020-2025: Phase I
2030-2035: Phase III New Neighborhood
Reused Pathway New Side Street
Reused School & Community Buildings into Public Buildings
Reused Main Street
Reused Tramway
Urban Strategy on Town Level from 2015 to 2035
New Public Building
New Plaza
New Main Street
New Side Street
New Neighborhood
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Co-(Shop)housing Site Model showing the deconstructed residential highrise and the new low-rise neighbourhood by the community
This project include decontruction and reconstruction of the residential buildings by the people. Using original materials from existing buildings, the community is able to rebuild their neighbourhood according to their own need. The role of the architect is to help to design a neighbourhood which promotes community formation and economic independency, by designing options of housing typology with possibility to work at home and the Common House with shared facilities without invasion of privacy.
This is a housing project, by researching the transformation of housing typology in Hong Kong and co-housing projects in Europe. A new typology, Co-(Shop)housing is developed. By combining the characteristics of the South-east Asian Shophouse typology and that of the cohousing neighborhood typology, a new housing typology which fits the culture with the introduction of community decision making in the building and maintainence process is being introduced.
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2. Take away doors & removable items
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4. Cut away Prefab. Facade & Install temp. support for structural wall
5. Cut away Structural Walls
6. Install temp. support for floor slab & Cut away floor slab
Diagrammes and models showing the deconstruction methods and material components
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Public Corridor
Home Office/ Internal workspace (8m2)
Open Workspace/ Waiting area (10m2)
Pantry/ Storage (3m2) Toilet + Bathroom (3.4m2)
Living/Dining area + Open Kitchen (12m2)
1-person Bedroom (6.2m2) Living Space
Common Corridor
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Ground Floor Plan & Sections showing the working and living area of individual units as well as the Common House
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Weak Social Cohesion
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Spatial Isolation
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Far away Open Space
Without local Economy
Weak Social Cohesion
New Shophouse
New Common House
Economic Independency
Community Formation
Open Space a step from Home
Spatial Isolation
Car-oriented Roads
Demolition Waste
Courtyard Courtyard Front Facade showing the livingSpace side of the New Shophouse
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ective Section cutting through two Co-(Shop)housing Neighbourhoods showing the shophouses, the main street and the Common Courtyards
Porous City
MVRDV The Why Factory Research Studio Design Research on typology for the most sunlight, air and ventilation with Lego model Exhibition Delft University of Technology | MSc1 The Why Factory Studio | 2012/9 - 2013/3 Delft, The Netherlands Tutor: Winy Maas, Alexander Sverdlov | A.B.Sverdlov@tudelft.nl Type: Architectural Research & Parametric Design; Scale-model-making with Lego bricks Team: M. Wieczorkowski, J. Kwong Personal Contribution: Design Concept, Design Research, 3D-modelling, 3D-diagram drawings, Lego scale-model building, Photoshop drawings
“Cities should provide the best sunlight and air circulation with the most terraces and courtyards.� MVRDV The Why Factory studio started with this concept, group research of different parametric typology are carried out. Our group tried out many combinations of approaches and finally arrived at the voronoi approach.
All started with a mass. Air is being injected into the mass giving intersecting holes for light and air. The investigation was done on the limits of the height and number of cells being injected. A city is finally being built with voronoi cells. A 1:25 scale-model (2mx2m) is realized by lego blocks. Our group achieved the highest point at 1.8m.
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“A city totally permeable for light, air and view. �
Image of the Porous City with the most light, air and view
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Porous City
Concept
Parameters: R2
R = Radius of bubbles units
D1 R1
D = Distance between bubbles
D2
D4
=> control size of air between living
=> control distance between living units
Evolution
R3
D3 R4
0%
POROSITY
100%
“...punching air into mass, reducing mass into frame, allowing maximum sunlight and view on facade.�
Qualities comparison Total Floor Area Mass Volume Void Volume FSR GSR OSR No. of floors Increase of Total Surface Area No. of terraces Terraces Floor Area % of void
62500 m2 125000 m3 0 m3
62500 m2 129502 m3 734393 m3
7.1 0.64 0.36 30
6.3 0.11 0.88 125
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20.3
0 0 m2
General typology
1824 42025 m2
Frame City
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16 %
8% 7% 8%
55 % 52 % 57 %
9 a.m. 12 p.m. 3 p.m .
19 % 20 % 24 %
2% 14 % 14 %
% of corners (two sided views)
16 %
91 %
52 % 48 % 0% 0% 0% 0% 32%
2% 2% 4% 3% 11 % 78 % 58 --%
(based on Total Volume)
% of terraces (based on Total Floor Area)
% of facade hit by direct sunlight (for atleast 2 hours per day)
9 a.m. 12 p.m. 3 p.m . % of ground floor hit by direct sunlight (for atleast 2 hours per day)
(based on overall facade area)
View Distances 0-10 m 10-20 m 20-60 m 60-100 m 100-200 m endless skyview
Porous City
Image by M. Wieczorkowski
Image by M. Wieczorkowski Images of the Porous City with the most light, air and view
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Porous City
Mass studies Defining thickness of used element in relation to structure height and number of “sponge bubbles�
160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20
11.4 12 13.2 14.1 15.6 18 15 46 60
10.8 11.7 13.2 14.4 18 25.2
10.8 11.7 11.1 10.8 10.2 13.2 12.6 12 12 11.4 16.5 15 14.4 14.1 13.8 22.5 21 21 20.1 19.2
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600m
160 420m 140 360m 120 300m 100
Number of cells
Height [m]
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Top View
Section of the top part of the Porous City
Porous City
Images of the Porous City Exhibition with all the research groups in TU Delft
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Camp Pixelache View-Platform Construction Pixelache Festival | Hellowood Studio | 2014/6 Vartiosaari Island, Helsinki, Finland Organizers: Petri Ruikka, Mikko Laajola, Andrรกs Cseh Type: Small-scale Architecture Construction works Team: Erno-Erik Raitanen, Aron Vass-eysen, Carolina Isasi, Alexandru Dumitru, Roman Kos, Alise Brante, Maria Ferreira Litowtschenko, Katja Seppinen, Joan Kwong and many more Personal Contribution: Wood-cutting & building construction Photography: Carolina Isasi
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On top of Vartiosaari Island, a new viewing platform was constructed. ‘Vartiosaari’ in Finnish means watch tower. It is the island with far view and wide perspective for Finnish people to watch out for enemy since the Viking period.
Originally the new view-platform is a temporary structure for the Pixelache Festival, but this time the structure will stay to be used by the people living on the island and incoming visitors, hopefully becoming a symbol of the island.
When thinking of new structures on the Vartiosaari island, installations related to the name of the island were thought. There were ideas of making viewing platform and/or watch tower.
Materials of the view-platform are also picked from the island. Some fallen trees provided the natural wood for the basic structure. Reeds grown near the coast provide the natural decoration. The view-platform can easily blend into the natural surrounding.
People sitting on the view platform to enjoy the breeze and view of Vartiosaari Island
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Camp Pixelache View-Platform Construction
Preliminary Sketch plan & section of the view-platorm
Sky View of the view-platorm
Camp Pixelache View-Platform Construction
Pixelache Festival Tour watching out from the view-platform
Materials used and Construction Process of the view-platform
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Russian Character International Competition ALA Architects | Competition, Shortlisted | 2014/4 Moscow Oblast, Russia Leading Architects: Juho Grönholm, Anssi Nousjoki, Janne Teräsvirta and Samuli Woolston Type: International Architectural Competition on ‘Butovo Park Culture and Education Center’ Team: Tonny Jensen, Joan Kwong and Zuzana Hejtmánková Personal Contribution: Design Ideas & Options; Photoshop drawings; 3D-modelling Images from ALA Architects
The Butovo Park Culture & Education Center is a new public centre of the new district in Moscow Oblast. The design concept is to encourage the formation of community while maintaining its identity. The architectural landscape on the rooftop is a multifuctional playground using difffernt materials like wood, grass, stone, glass, etc. providing a playful environment for residents and coming visitors.
Ground Floor Plan showing the one fluid space
Sky View showing the rooftop garden with different material textures
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Ground View from one side of the entrance
Sky View towards the community centre in contrast with surrounding residential buildings
Sections and Plan showing the intergration of the community centre into the urban context
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Russian Character International Competition
External View of the rooftop garden
Intended to intergrate with the ground level, the Butovo Park Culture & Education Center building is designed as half-underground. It has two opposite entrances like a tunnel passing through the building. The sloped entrance tunnel connects to the big main space with all the programmes without separation, including 3 auditoriums, library, study area, cafĂŠ, daycare, store, exhibition space, gym, fitness center and dance studio.
Russian Character International Competition
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Smaller programmes like library and cafe are all intergrated into the one big space. Bigger programmes like the auditoriums and the gym are sunken into voids looks like seperated rooms from the rooftop but in fact connect to the open fluid space. The skylight rooftop changes the interior atmosphere according to the weather conditions. It provides light variations to the interior space during the day.
Internal View of the Open Library
Internal View of one of the auditoriums
Internal View looking at the Central Space
Internal View of the Sports Court
Lee Theatre Plaza Renovation + Uniqlo Flagship Store in HK A&T Architects | Renovation Works | 2011/9 - 2012/6 Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Leading Architects: Daniel Lin, Raymond Chan Type: Facade, Interior & Structural Renovation of Lee Theatre Team: Heron Cheung Personal Contribution: facade and interior design for Lee Theatre; contractual drawings & documents preparation, administration works & collaboration with clients, engineers and surveyors Images from A&T Architects and Hyson Ltd.
1925 Lee Theater
Lee Theatre is a famous historical heritage building in Hong Kong owned by the Hysan Lee family. Originally a theatre showing Cantonese Opera, Lee theatre was completed in 1925. Lee Theatre also hosted a lot of famous events. In the 1980s, Lee theatre was redeveloped into a Lee Theatre Plaza, a commercial building. In 2011, Lee theatre Plaza is renovated once again for a more open design. Turning the originally indoor space at the two entrances into outdoor public space, the name of Lee Theatre Plaza as plaza is well-suited, providing a new place for people to gather.
2010 Lee Theater
Front View of the newly renovated Lee Theatre Plaza
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Bottom-up View in front of the Entrance Facade
External View to the New Public Space of Lee Theater Plaza
Street View to the newly renovated Lee Theatre Plaza Facade
The Living Museum
Museum Architectural Design in Hong Kong context
University of Hong Kong| Semester 6 Final Project | 2011/1 - 2011/5 Tamar, Hong Kong Tutor: Debra Cheung | cheungdt@hku.hk Type: Architecture and Landscape Design for a New Museum in Hong Kong (Individual Project)
The Living Museum is a daily life museum showing the lives in the public housing since 1950s till now. The museum is a sky village developed from the public housing typologies so the architecture itself is the main exhibit. It is a museum that you as a visitor can live it! This project aims at re-creating the atmosphere and spatial experience of living in the Hong Kong public housing in different decades. It also criticized on the lack of site specificity and the increase in compactness in more recent public housing, which urges the designers of the public housing to rethink how to create more interactions in a community in the future by designing more site-specific and more humane public housing typologies. This bachelor final project in the University Hong Kong inspired my master thesis project in Delft University of Technology. I realized that I am always concerned about the living conditions of the people, social interaction in public spaces, architecture facilitating the formation of community. I used this chance to investigate a better living condition in Hong Kong.
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Bottom-up View of the Living Museum lifted up with public landscape on the ground
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The Living Museum
Elevation and Section of the Living Museum showing different exhibits and activities
Model showing the density facade of the Living Museum
The Living Museum
ZONING
Circulation Semi-Compact Zone
Semi-Open Zone
Open Zone
Compact Zone
Main Circulation
Secondary Circulation
STRUCTURE Cross I-beams L-Shaped Steel casted with concrete
Glass Panels
Concrete Panel
BookStore
3m
4m
4m
5m 3m
MuseumShop
4m
Office
4m
5m
Cafe
6m
Education Centre
6m
Ground Floor Plan with architectural landscape as public space
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Reference letters
Thank You! Contact: Joan Kwong, Chung Heng joan.kwongch@gmail.com +4915736907769 (DE) +85265020775 (HK)