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Ka Ka Nikki Ng objective
k.nikki.ng@gmail.com To work in an engaging and encouraging environment where there are opportunities to contribute my creative abilities and knowledge.
education 2015
M.Arch University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Advanced placement: CACB certification.
2012
B.A. (Honours) University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Double major in Architectural Design and Human Geography, additional minor in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Graduated with high distinction and listed in the Dean’s List for academic achievement.
2014
Course Abroad Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany Adaptive Skins in Urban Structures Two week intensive summer course exploring ideas of sustainability and revitalization of the TU Darmstadt campus. Weekend trip to Berlin to visit prominent architectural sites and daily international guest lecturers specializing in implementation of sustainability in design.
2010- AutoCAD Fundamentals George Brown College, Toronto, ON Pursuing certification in AutoCAD software.
work experience 2014- Graduate Research Assistant ElementsLab, UBC, Vancouver, BC 2015 UBC Okanagan Master Plan (Draft 2015) Supporting UBC Campus and Community Planning (C+CP) by measuring and visualizing the proposed future UBCO Campus Plan (including alternatives for housing and transit hub) and assessing it against baseline, existing conditions. Technical assistance through assembly and development of base map layers and visualizations).
2013- Graduate Research Assistant Collaborative for Advanced Landscape and Planning (CALP), UBC, Vancouver, BC 2014 www.energyexplorer.ca Development of content (2D and 3D graphics, data visualizations) for Community Energy Explorer, a project aimed at building energy literacy through highly visual and contextually relevant information for Metro Vancouver. Funded and supported by Neptis Foundation, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, Metro Vancouver and Real Estate Foundation (BC).
Pilot Project Collaboration with Wildlife Institute of India: data modeling and visualization of hydroelectric projects in the northern state of Uttarakhand.
BC Hydro Decision Theatre Library (in the Centre for Interactive Research for Sustainability, UBC) Compiled inventory of all graphics produced from Collaboration for Advanced Landscape Planning lab in preparation for interactive distribution within the theatre.
2013 GIS Technician/Analyst - Subcontract Work DPI Territorial, Vancouver, BC Landscape visibility analysis for community development, Shawnigan Lake, BC Analysis informing the experiential aspects of the urban design community development for discussion during public engagement meetings facilitated by Ekistics Town Planning.
Environmental impact assessment, analyzing for shoreline change over the last century from hydroelectric development in Manitoba. Technical work was completed for the Peguis First Nation of Manitoba as part of a team with Manitoba Wildlands and Whelan Enns Associates.
2012/ Teaching Assistant School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), UBC, Vancouver BC 2013 Assistance in training and instruction of a Master of Landscape Architecture three-day intensive ArcGIS workshop.
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Ka Ka Nikki Ng
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contributions 2014/ Organizer Community Energy Symposium: Turning Good Ideas Into Real World Solutions: Anvil Centre, 2015 New Westminster, BC Hosted by CALP (Collaborative for Advanced Landscape and Planning) with QUEST (Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow) where practitioners from local government, real estate, property development and the utilities sector discuss community energy across Metro Vancouver. Preparation of symposium agenda and setup and support of interactive IPad stations displaying Community Energy Explorer website.
2010- President (2011-2012), Technical Officer (2010-2011), Member at Large (2010) Toronto Undergraduate 2012 Geography Society, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Representation for undergraduate geography students at St. George Campus in various departmental committees and student councils. Duties in planning and coordinating all academic seminars or social events; such as, networking night, graduate school seminars, clubs fair, socials and mentorship programs.
2010- Marketing Director Bachelor of Architectural Studies Students Society, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON 2012 Organized fund-raisers and securing the distribution of magazines on campus. 2011
awards
Assembly Volunteer Through the Gorilla Glass by GUILD, Toronto, ON Participated in the assembly of the installation for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche a city-wide celebration of contemporary art.
2012 Dean’s List Academic Achievement, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON 2012 Dean’s Initiative Fund Toronto Undergraduate Geography Society, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON 2012 Undergraduate Geography Student Award, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
language transferable skills
related skills
technical skills
references
-Fluent communication in English and Cantonese -Reading and writing of general Chinese characters -Basic communication, reading and writing in Japanese and French -Ability to set goals and accomplish them in an organized manner -Capacity to take on multiple tasks with various deadlines -Ability to learn and utilize new skills and information quickly -Efficient communication and cooperation when working in teams Data modeling Rendering Multi-variate analysis Presentation design
Cartography Infographics 2D/3D graphic design 3D modeling
CNC-milling Laser cutting 3D Printing (FFF)
ArcGIS AutoCAD Adobe Creative Suite Cinema 4D
Google Sketchup Keyshot [render] Revit Rhinoceros
Microsoft Office Suite Virtual Nature Studio (VNS) V-ray [render]
CynthiaRequest. Girling, Co-Director, ElementsLab, University of British Columbia - (604) 822-0438 / cgirling@sala.ubc.ca Upon David Flanders, Principal, DPI Territorial, (604) 328-3448 / david@dpiterritorial Rory Tooke, Community Energy Planner, City of Surrey - (604) 592-7022 / rtooke@surrey.ca
portfolio
Ka Ka Nikki Ng
Academic UBC New Orleans Prototype Robson Square A Public Hallway Now and/or Forever Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre
Research CALP Community Energy Explorer BC Hydro Decision Theatre Visualization
ELEMENTS LAB UBCO Master Plan (Draft 2015)
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A single family housing prototype located in New Orleans designed for a successful potter and ophthalmologist with six year old.
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The awning is shallow enough to allow direct sun in the coldest months of the year.
Trellis design to shade occupants
Trellis to shade occupants
Glazing and shading to reflect solar rays Operable windows for cross ventilation
Drawings: AutoCAD + Illustrator Physical model: laser cut matteboard
Clerestory windows to allow for stack ventilation Operable windows for natural cross ventilation
Extended roof awning to shade apertures and wrap-around balcony
Allows outflow of excess heat
Light coloured materials for high reflectivity
ROBSON SQUARE Reactivating the Cultural Heart of Downtown, Vancouver, BC Robson Square as it is lacks visual cues to encourage pedestrians to stay, this is exacerbated by the site elements that cause complications and confusion in understanding circulation through the site. Physical limitations in accessibility is also problematic for a site that is intended to be the cultural heart of the city.
Retrofitted lobby space, to allow visual connection at the street level
Vancouver Art Gallery intends to relocate and with this inhabitant change, the project becomes an endeavour to reprogram the space through porous cultural programming.
Series of colonnades to direct major circulation routes with vertical changes
This concept acknowledges the fact that Robson Square is very much a site where many people traverse through and the intention is not to attract all of these pedestrians, the motive is to create architectural elements that will respect the spectrum of temporal uses of the site.
Incisions to the underground to allow visual connection between ground level and underground Conceptual collages of free exhibits that offer a glimpse of what the Museum of Vancouver has to offer as the new occupant of the building.
Concept drawings: Photoshop Exploded axo: Rhinoceros + Illustrator
Existing conditions: laser cut plywood Revitalized conditions: laser cut plywood, acrylic accents Rendering: Rhinoceros + Keyshot Render + Photoshop
A PUBLIC HALLWAY UBC Student Union Building Retrofit, Vancouver, BC Over the last decade the University of British Columbia has looked to both expanding and retrofitting existing buildings on campus to better serve its students and faculty. The Student Union Building (SUB) is being expanded to accommodate a growing population of students with more amenities and services, yet the existing modern building is left untouched. The scope of the project is a subterranean hallway that is proposed to connect the existing building to the newer facility. At this pedestrian scale, an exploration of the range of ‘public-ness’ is undertaken in a single material assignment: plywood. In the investigation of the range of public to private spaces within a predominantly student populated campus, the design reflects the need for spaces that differ in its privacy. For instance, the entire length of the hallway begins to look at how spaces on campus are used for meeting up with others, niches for the individual and all the different spaces in between the two. The idea of personal and public privacy in conjunction with visibility is questioned in this project.
office
pottery room
bike storage
corridor
office
vestibule
lounge
fridge
sprouts (food)
Model: Hand-cut plywood; Laser cut plywood Diagrams: Illustrator + Photoshop Plans and Sections: AutoCAD + Rhinoceros + Illustrator
club room
digital lab
corridor kitchen co-op
bookable room vestibule
work room office
kitchen office
storage
office
product suite
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Diagrams: fine liner on paper, scanned Conceptual Renderings: SketchUp + Keyshot Render + Photoshop Final Renderings: Rhinoceros + Keyshot Render + Photoshop
NOW AND/OR FOREVER Capilano View Cemetery, West Vancouver, BC comprehensive studio: collaborative project with Yang Song
The challenge in this project is to orchestrate spatial, programmatic, structural, material and sensorial set of relationships. Tasked with the identification of ‘what is to be understood’ engenders a methodology of design and questioning of how these processes eventually translate into actual experiences within a set of spaces. Death is a part of our cycle of life and where the dead are laid to reset is a place of mourning for the living. Through the design of the procession through the site, gradual serenity and healing is sought. The presence of an axial water element is meant to guide the mourner through the site: the entryway served by the administration, flanked by two funeral halls for the masses, leading into the main mausoleum meant for private mourning and a pathway that leading to a pavilion holding a collective ossuary. Water is an element that has inherent healing properties that have been integrated into the project many aspects. From the pragmatic water collection systems above and below ground, to the spiritual cleansing and watering of the landscape, the cyclic flow of water and alludes to the themes of life and death.
Diagrams: fine liner on paper, scanned Site Plan: AutoCAD + Illustrator + Photoshop
Diagrams: fine liner on paper, scanned Conceptual Renderings: SketchUp + Keyshot Render + Photoshop Final Renderings: Rhinoceros + Keyshot Render + Photoshop
Model: hand carved cardboard topography, laser cut matteboard, etched acrylic windows
MOCC An Experience of Temperate Seasonality, Vancouver, BC an abridged version: thesis project, April 2015: under the supervision of Joseph Dahmen, Raymond Cole and Melissa Higgs Seasonality was once a habitual part of how we inhabit and occupy spaces. And in a society where we increasingly spend our lives indoors, the acceptance of mechanically controlled interiors has eroded our understanding of, and inherent connection with our immediate climate. How do we begin to reintroduce ourselves to the seasons again? Rather than highlight the characteristics of indoors versus the outdoors, can the transition between indoor and outdoor be reimagined as active and habitable spaces? Continued reliance on controlled indoor environments mutes beneficial elements essential to maintaining wellbeing. Opportunities to encounter natural phenomena should be integral with human activities in an effort to foster a sense of place and connection with the surrounding context. A healthy environment should be accessible, welcoming, and stimulating.
Physical model: CNC-milled MDF, cherry wood buildings Hand drawings: fineliner on trace All drawings: AutoCAD + Illustrator All renderings: Rhinoceros + V-Ray + Photoshop
COMMUNITY ENERGY EXPLORER www.energyexplorer.ca, Vancouver, BC a CALP team project, web development by Dave Peacock
Imagine a neighbourhood where efficient homes generate energy and share it with the community. Imagine a walkable community, with local services and convenient access to transit in a region that uses renewable energy resources instead of fossil fuels.
This website provides a set of tools for exploring community energy. The following is a snapshot, the website was designed to be experienced in its entirety to promote interactivity.
Rendered homepage image: SketchUp + Keyshot Render 2D graphics: illustrator
BC HYDRO DECISION THEATRE LAYOUT VISUALIZATION Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability, Vancouver, BC
All renderings: Revit + Photoshop
Proposed 91,448 sqm
Proposed 1,641 beds
UBCO MASTER PLAN (DRAFT 2015) Existing 71,809 sqm
Existing 1,676 beds
25.3% Paved Areas 208,180 sqm
Proposed 1,993 spaces
70.9% Open Space 805,259 sqm Existing 1,649 spaces
elementsLab, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Existing 12,442 sqm
29.1% Site Coverage
Residential Beds
3.8% Buildings 87,051 sqm
Total Capacity Total 3,317 Capacity beds 3,317 beds
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Percentage of Residential Beds, Academic, and Commercial Spaces within 400m of Transit Hub Percentage of Residential Beds, Academic, Parking, and Commercial Spaces within 400m of Campus Core
an elementsLab project in collaboration with Campus + Community and Planning at UBC and used with permission from Residential Beds the university Academic
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Total Capacity Total Capacity 163,257 sqm 163,257 sqm 96.5% 163,257 sqm 92.2% within 400m 84,492 sqm
Commercial
Total Capacity Total Capacity 14,592 sqm 2,730 spaces 99.6% 14,592 sqm
Total Capacity 14,592 sqm 100% 14,592 sqm
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62.2% 2,064 beds within 400m
36.1% 985 spaces
30.6% 582 beds
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70.9% Open Space 70.9% 805,259 sqm Open Space 805,259 sqm
Percentage of Residential Beds, Academic, and Commercial Spaces within 400m of Transit Hub
3.8% Buildings 87,051 sqm
3.8% Buildings 87,051 sqm
Walkability -Total Within Campus Hub Total 400m Capacity Capacity 3,317 beds Campus Hub
163,257 sqm Area within 400m 96.5% 163,257 sqm within 400m
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Existing Residence
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Proposed Residence
Total Capacity 14,592 sqm 99.6% 14,592 sqm within 400m
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Site Coverage of Total Capacity
Existing Conditions vs Proposed Conditions Total Capacity 3,317 beds Total Capacity 3,317 beds
Total Capacity 163,257 sqm Total Capacity 163,257 sqm
Proposed 1,641 beds Proposed 1,641 beds
Existing 1,676 beds Existing 1,676 beds
Site Coverage of Total Capacity
Total Capacity 2,730 spaces Total Capacity 2,730 spaces
Proposed 2,150 sqm
Proposed 1,993 spaces Proposed 1,993 spaces
Proposed 91,448 sqm Proposed 91,448 sqm
Existing 71,809 sqm Existing 71,809 sqm
Residential Beds
Academic
Commercial
Total Capacity 14,592 sqm TotalProposed Capacity 14,592 sqm 2,150 sqm
Existing 1,649 spaces Existing 1,649 spaces
25.3% Paved Areas 25.3% 208,180 sqm Paved Areas 208,180 sqm 70.9% Open Space 70.9% 805,259 sqm Open Space 805,259 sqm
Existing 12,442 sqm Existing 12,442 sqm
29.1% Site 29.1% Coverage
Percentage of Residential Beds, Academic, Parking, and Commercial Spaces within 400m of Campus Core Percentage of Residential Beds, Academic, Parking, and Commercial Spaces within 400m of Campus Core
Total Capacity Total 3,317 Capacity beds 3,317 beds
3.8% Buildings 3.8% sqm 87,051 Buildings 87,051 sqm
Site Coverage
Total Capacity Total Capacity 163,257 sqm 163,257 sqm 92.2% 92.2% 84,492 sqm 84,492 sqm within 400m
Total Capacity Total 2,730Capacity spaces 2,730 spaces
Total Capacity Total Capacity 14,592 sqm 14,592 sqm 100% 100% 14,592 sqm 14,592 sqm within 400m
within 400m
within 400m
62.2% 62.2% 2,064 beds 2,064 beds within 400m Residential Beds
Academic
Parking
Commercial
Residential Beds
Academic
Parking
Commercial
within 400m
36.1% 36.1% 985 spaces 985 withinspaces 400m within 400m
Residential Beds Residential Beds
Academic Academic
Parking Parking
Commercial Commercial
University of British Columbia Okanagan - Existing and Proposed Existing Academic
Existing Residence
Forest
Proposed Academic
Proposed Residence
Grass/Lawn
Pond 1:5,000
Walkability - Within 400m of Transit Hub
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Transit Hub
Area within 400m
Existing Academic
Existing Residence
Forest
Proposed Academic
Proposed Residence
Grass/Lawn
Pond 1:5,000
Walkability - Within 400m of Transit Hub Walkability - Within Campus Hub 400m
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