Recent work_ Wing Hei Hui Joanna

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Wing Hei Hui Joanna

CONTENT

03 Recyclage

The rim

The hybrid

The new old

02 UCCHK

01 Backer en Rueb 04 St. Maartenkerk’s extension

The civic wedge

01 BACKER & RUEB

An adaptive reuse & revitalization of a machine factory

Program: mixed-use housing : incorporating commercial & cultural programmes

Location: Breda, the Netherlands

Project Date : 2021- Present (Professional work)

Area : 20000 sqm

Architecture Firm: Defesche van den Putte (DVDP)

Director: Mr. Peter Defesche (peterdefesche@dvdp.nl)

Mr. Jef van den Putte (jefvandenputte@dvdp.nl)

Contribution: feasibility study of existing monumental halls and office block, design development & visualisation

'Urban collage informed by the extant'

The project is stemmed from reinventing 2 monumental industrial halls into a cultural, commercial and living hub. The complex provides 66 new living units to mitigate the housing crisis in Netherlnads. The layer of time is made visible with the contrast of the old and the new with differentiation in tactics, volume articulation and materiality. It envisions a mixed urban neighbourhood where users can live and work in a symbiotic manner. With thoughtful renovation and extension of the existing volumes, and additions on the roofs, the area is enlivened with robustness and reinforced with its industrial roots.

Hal A WONEN

02 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CENTER HK CAMPUS

An adaptive reuse & revitalization of colonial prisons

Program: university for economic intellectuals + interpretation center

Location: Mount Davis, Kennedy town, Hong Kong

Project Date : 2014 -2018 (Professional work)

Area : 5510 sqm

Architecture Firm: Bing Thom Architects Ltd.

Director: Mr. Francis Yan (fyan@bingthomarchitects.com)

Contribution: renderings, floor plans amendment, construction details drawings & site coordination

With the previous 3 blocks of detention center remained as preserved heritage, a new building loop is suspended above to embrace the blocks as a graceful whole. After the implementation of the adaptive reuse, it is still a spot for education, but in an enlivened way. Historic artefacts and elements such as lattice screen walls, steel balustrades and cell print marks are reinstated to mark the past. The public will be able to attend tours and exhibitions highlighting the history of the site and have access to hiking trails. It is envisioned to be a tree house of knowledge', minimal structure is used to elevate the edifice to minimize the disturbance to the landscape.

Metal gates and steel bars are preserved to hint the permanence of distant longing of the prisoners and the value of freedom

6. detail section: the technical qualities are embodied in the interface connection between existing concrete parapet wall and the new curtain wall so that the old and new building portions can work as an integrated whole.

1. Emblematic fireplace to be restored to highlight the future classroom

2. Lattice screen wall as a dominant external and internal feature

3. Regular site inspection for superstructure works of concrete piling

4. Demolished cell print marks to be replicated as patterns on carpets

RECYCLAGE

Nomadic application of aluminium from the practice of urban mining

Program: recycle learning center

Location: Anderlecht, Belgium

Project Date : TU Delft 2019 Winter-2020 Spring

(Urban Architecture MsC 3 & 4)

Area : 2,366sqm

Supervisor :Paul Vermeulen (P.E.L.J.C.Vermeulen@tudelft.nl)

'Knitting back the urban fragments with narration of spolia'

The nomadic site actors practise informal 'urban mining' which enables material flow despite physical distance of the urban fragments. The flow of resource becomes the immaterial spolia that gives experiential qualities and grants adaptability to the neighbourhood. The urban planning proposal thus endeavors to orchestrate the process of urban mining from collection, disassembly, extraction, recovery, consumption and reinvention within the site plot, challenging the status quo of recycling industry as infrastructure. Recyclage is a hybrid that encompasses a material library, makerspace for material experiment , exposition space for new prototypes, auditorium, meeting rooms, office space for researchers and archive, providing a converge point for inhabitants, entrepreneurs, researchers and everyday makers. The spatial arrangement suggests exploratory and ascending movement with constant sightlines towards Le goujon which predominantly constitutes to the site context.

The center interpreted materials as interlocutor between people from all walks of life, unleashing the inherent material literacy of individuals, reinventing architectural opportunities between traces of events, time as well as memories. The architecture ensemble is depicted as a living life account of aluminium that it is finished with mainly reused aluminium which undergoes a myriad of transformation strategies: reuse, repurpose, reconfigure and transform to take up different expressions. The 'patchwork' language presents an amateur character and recognizes the potential of anthropocene waste in elevating the design outcome.

flea market for material exchange & collection warehouse for material storage

extended rotor for material extraction, processing & display

rental housing for researchers

conceptual stores+ studios+workshops

second-hand thrift shops

material library

cafe/ retail for prototype

Materiality & spolia: reuse and transformation of aluminium'

The materiality of the building illustrates the boundless possibility of materials and the humanized facet of urban mining. Aluminium is highly available, omnipresent in ever-changing commercial and residential buildings, and associated with domestic life and the remembrance of Anderlecht being a post-industrial city. The architecture ensemble is depicted as a living life account of aluminium that it is finished with mainly reused aluminium which undergoes a myriad of transformation strategies: reuse, repurpose, reconfigure and transform to take up different expressions. The 'patchwork' language presents an amateur character and recognizes the potential of anthropocene waste in elevating the design outcome.

Aluminium open-cell ceiling:

1. Deconstruction

2. Cutting of salvaged aluminium sheets

3. The blades are hung onto the carrier profiles in multiple directions. Each row of blades can be folded down and removed individually.

Aluminium pipe partition:

1. Deconstruction

2. Cutting of salvaged aluminium pipes

3. Deburring of the cut sections

4. Shelves can be plugged into the pipe partition

5. Sections are stacked to infill the wall opening

'Patchwork' cladding:

1. Deconstruction

2. Cutting of salvaged aluminium profiles, corrugated and flat cladding sheets

3. Hardware components such as hinges and brackets are retained

4. Corrugated sheets and profiles are fastened on the flat back panels with slats

5. The reconfigured panels are hung on the steel profiles

6. Clips on the steel back frame allow refitting and dismounting

04 ST. MAARTENKERK'S EXTENSION

Meditation between topographical edges and surfaces of times

Program: medieval churches extension

Location:Tiel, the Netherlands

Project Date : TU Delft 2019 Spring (Heritage& Architcecture Msc 2)

Area : 1,660 sqm

Supervisor : Alexander de Ridder (Alexander.deRidder@tudelft.nl)

'Activating the natural and historical edges'

That the church is bounded by greenery and water which gives secluded atmosphere and at the same time alienate it from the city centre among the tranquil landscape. The project aims to dissolve the topographical edges of the site,activate the underused liturgical building, preserve and restore the existing building in its full glory, in its entirety, despite it being heavily affected by the ravages of time. Tiel is home to a rich mix of ethnicities and working class that work in larger cities nearby. New major programmes including a market hall and visitor center are introduced to transform the church back to a public focal point, trigger cultural sharing between amateurs and trigger local economic opportunities for youth start-ups. the church possesses the qualities of a major structural urban element. The extension adds a contemporary layer to the inhomogeneous composition resulting from the continuous construction and deconstruction over times and makes the history of the church more integral, visible and readable.

the visitor centre grows into the history archive which was once the consistory. It also contains the archeology interpretation area where the foundation and rubbles of the site are fully revealed. The historical garden brings attention to the end wall that demarcates the removal of the choir. Glass is wrapping the spaces forming continuous elevations, uninterrupted by corners. The canopy that hovers is finished with mirror-polished stainless steel and supported by slender pillars. Its polished surface reflects the surrounding greenery, canal and materiality of the brickwork. This dematerialization with the use of glass and stainless steel adds a contemporary layer to the site.

exploded axonometric showing programme and circulation

Market hall

Workshop 3. Liturgical service/ music concert 4. Servery

Washroom 6. Souvenir shop 7. Outdoor market/ seating

Visitor centre

Structure, tectonics & spatial quality: continuity & complementary composition of old and new'

The new market hall respects the existing interior and exterior expression to accentuate the atmosphere of the church in the modern time. The structure and form of the hall takes intimate reference from the architectural elements and architectonic impression of the existing fabric. The skylight is laid with BIPVs and it creates shadow for sun shading as the light is parceled by the church windows. Also, the skylight is tapered to follow the profile of the buttress that protrude from the exterior wall. The rhythm of the vaulted nave is translated into a series of arched portal frames that distribute along the market.

05 THE CIVIC WEDGE

Focused analysis of urban fabric and social context

Program: mixed-use community hub

Location: Vienna, Austria

Project Date : TU Delft 2018 Fall (Complex Projects Msc 1)

Area : 11,000 sqm

Supervisor : Alexander Pols (pols@kollhoff.nl)

'Continuing urban landscape with spatial acupuncture'

A ripple pattern of social degradation with increasing unemployment rate is discerned as you walk away from Innere Stadt towards Naschmarkt. Naschmarkt becomes more fragmented and disorganized as it sprawls towards the South, displaying a transgression of permanence to impermanence, which then ends with a flea market. Determined by the flow of Wien River underneath the city, the mass transportation backbone and circulation of the market, the massing tapers along the strip of the site suggests linearity in movement. The successive placing of void and volume on the site creates polycentric community nodes while reinforcing the major axis of the site circulation. Sequential spatial experience is achieved with programmatic densification and layeredness. The existing programs such as flea market are enriched with more sophisticated articulation and hierarchy.

The single use parking space of approximately 12,300 m2 becomes void oflife at most time intervals except when the flea market happens from 6:30 am to 2 pm every Saturday. Activities happened are constrained by time. The underused and deserted nature of this stripe of space undermined the connectivity of the consolidated neighbourhoods, and thus forming a social boundary without proper programming. Although the surrounding en-vironment provides programs suited for after hour entertainment, the closing of Naschmarkt and the fact that parking is primarily used as a transition hub suggests further the burgeoning potential of new intervention at this plot.

urban strategies

Sstructure, material & spatial quality: spatial dynamism with varying roof systems'

Different structural systems are harnessed to accommodate the spatial function of the alternating definition of space. The undulating roof profile of the pavilions enables the incorporation of skylights to be poured into the interior and highlights the linearity meanwhile. Despite that the hub encompasses different roof systems, the materiality of roofing and continuous of roofscape with provision of roof garden suggests the hub as a unified whole.

amphitheatre

pavillion

06 THE RIM

A reinterpretation of the formation of crater landscape

Program: Coffee shop (competition entry)

Location: Hverfjall, Iceland

Project Date : May 2022

Competition Organizers: Buildner

Located at the edge of Hverfjall, the 600 square metre coffee shop will serve as a meeting point for visitors around the world.In the wider context of Hverfjall, the circular form of the Rim expresses the mimic dialogue with the geometrically perfect crater. With the simple gesture of creating an inner void, the Rim creates a harmonious ambient with the surrounding landscape. It is conceived as a courtyard building with the punctuation of three circular cores. Starting from the ground floor exhibition, the circular form gradually navigates visitors to the existing hiking trail. The form enables a flexible division of the exhibition into different zones. On the first-floor cafe and roaster, the structure frames a part of the volcano as if it was an exhibit itself.

07 THE HYBRID

Collective living as contextual response & contribution of place-making of Kennedy Town

Program: social housing for youngsters and small families

Location: Kennedy town, Hong Kong

Project Date : CUHK 2016 Fall (Architecture Design Studio VI)

Area : 5910 sqm

Supervisor : Professor Yuet, Tsang Chi (yuettc@yahoo.com.hk)

Public housing as an approach of placemaking & community identification'

The housing project is a mix of two housing typologies for different potential residents: low set corridor terrace studio flats and high set tower family apartments. Through visualizing the ideal living conditions of the users, hierarchy of communal space is interwoven into the housing units for spontaneous activities.All in all, the housing features a central courtyard, an amphitheatre and a range of public space for both the general public and residents whereas individuals of studio flats are encouraged to catch up with one another in the pocket space dispersed along the corridors and residents of family units can have dialogues at the community pod on each floor. The roof garden further unifies their social experience. The design also challenges the monolithic structure of the immediate neighbourhood with uniform windows and staggered spatial arrangement. When you set foot into Hybrid, you are not confined, rather you are more engaged with other residents and Kennedy Town.

08 THE NEW OLD

A new rooftop housing typology

Program: affordable youth housing

Location: Fuk Wing Street, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong

Project Date : CUHK 2016 Fall (Architecture Design Studio V)

Area : 16 sqm per flat

Supervisor : Professor Yuet, Tsang Chi (yuettc@yahoo.com.hk)

Group members: Yu Yik Hei & Victor Wong

Contribution: design concept, site visit, presentation drawings, physical model construction

The living vibrancy of Sham Shui Po stems from its skyrocketing density and the old and new side-by-side lifestyle. This distinctive quintessence of the living environment can be highlighted with start-up housing for the youth. The historical neighbourhood, filled with Tong Laus on which the ever-expanding rooftop slums are situated, inspires the rethink of the intimate connectivity of the existing communal space. The structure fused with the old construction techniques of stilt houses which are raised on piles over water surface. 4x4m modular flats are elevated above the rooftop of Tong Laus, so as to conserve and realise Hong Kong vernacular architecture. Two or three modules are clustered to promote porosity and sharing of semi-private space. Clusters slip along one another to result in penetrating atrium overlooking the rooftop courtyard and allow future expansion. The structure traces the profile of the urban fabric seamlessly. Henceafter, the rooftops are conceived as the community nodes of older dwellers and the younger new comers.

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