2020-2023 PORTFOLIO KURT MUI
K URT M UI
KWOK KEI
I am 21 years old. I am passionate about designing and creating positive live & work environments I am eager to learn and improve myself everyday. Currently open to any opportunity where I could sharpen my architectural skill set including hard and software skills, and also design and built knowledge
CONTACT & INFO
Date & Place of Birth: 06/06/2001, Hong Kong
Email: kurt.mui@torontomu.ca
Phone: +1 437-982 2266
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/kurt-mui-kwok-kei
Instagram (Professional): @kurt.arch
LANGUAGES
ENGLISH Fluent
MANDARIN Fluent
CANTONESE Fluent
JAPANESE Learning
HOBBIES & INTERESTS
MODEL FIGURES CRAFTING
PIANO
SKETCHING
EDUCATION
TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY (FORMERLY KNOWN AS RYERSON)
Bachelor of Architectural Science
August 2020 - Present
UNIONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
September 2018 - June 2020
AWARDS
DEAN’S LIST - FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURAL SCIENCE OF RYERSON UNIVERSITY
2020-2022 Current GPA 3.8
- Outstanding academic achievement for year one and year two
TIMBERFEVER HONOURABLE MENTION
Winter 2022
- 4th place finish in competition
GLOBAL LEARNING AWARD: FALL VIRTUAL
Winter 2021
- Achievement on participating international design competition
ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP & RENEWABLES
2020 - 2023
- Outstanding academic achievement since entering TMU
- Maintained academic excellence for year one and year two
UNIONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL AWARD
Fall 2019
- Outstanding music academic achievement
- Participation in choir
OUTSTANDING ATHELETIC AWARD FOOTBALL (HONG KONG)
Winter 2018
- Assisting school in reaching top 4 in inter-school competition
OUTSTANDING CITIZEN ST UDENT AWARD (HONG KONG)
2017-2018
- Achievements in extra-curricular activities
- Participation in communitiy services
TOOLS & EXPERTIZE
REVIT 2023
AUTOCAD 2023
RHINO V.7
PHOTOSHOP V.24.1
ILLUSTRATOR V. 27.1.1
INDESIGN V.18.1
ACROBAT V. 22.0
PREMIERE PRO V.23.1
ENSCAPE V.3.4.0
LUMION V.12.5
LASER CUTTING
MODEL MAKING
EXTRACURRICULARS
TIMBERFEVER
Timber Structure Design Competition
Winter 2022
- Collaborated with engineering students
BEIRUT’S GREENER TOMORROW
Open Sustainable Design Idea Competition
Summer 2021
15-MINUTE CITY
Urban Design Competition
Summer 2020
Crux Centre Archery Training Facility Fall 2021 Motion Building Stories Winter 2021 Corn Growing Pavilion Timberfever Fall 2022 Uprise High Alternative School Fall 2022 Nested Skate Park Fall 2021 CONTENTS 01 03 05 02 04 06 Living Studio Micro-house Fall 2020
UPRISE HIGH Alternative High School
Academic Fall 2022
Dufferin & Bloor Street, Canada
AutoCAD, Rhino, Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Lumion
Institutional, Alternative High School
Walk-through Video
01
CONTEXT LOCATION SOFTWARE TYPE
Project
Due to the lack of access to green space in urban developments, this design aims to counter by using a step-like form making that responses to the topography, and the use of orientation to create green spaces within every floor while maintaining an urban facade on Dufferin street.
01 UPRISE HIGH Alternative High School Interior vs Exterior Step-form Entry Points Facade & Atrium
CROATIA STREET
CROATIA STREET BLOOR STATION
RESIDENTIAL HOUSES NEWLY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PRIVATE ROAD
DUFFERIN STREET
DUFFERIN MALL PARKING AREA
DUFFERIN MALL DRIVEWAY ENTRY DUFFERIN PARK AVENUE
DUFFERIN MALL
DUFFERIN GROVE DEVELOPMENT CONDO
OUR LADY QUEEN OF CROATIA CHURCH
DUFFERIN PARK
SITE PLAN MASSING SEQUENCE
UP UP UP UP UP UP UP UP UP UP GYM UP COMMUNITY FARM STORAGE COMMUNITY KITCHEN KITCHEN GYM STAFF ROOM EXERCISE CAFETERIA LOAD OFF CHAIR STORAGE ELECTRICAL ROOM SPRINKLER ROOM ELEVATOR STORAGE CONST. STORAGE CONSTRUCTION MALE CHANGE ROOM WASHROOM STORAGE/ SERVICE MECHANICAL CUSTODIAN CAFE KITCHEN SERVERY LOAD OFF WASHROOM FEMALE CHANGE ROOM
PLAN 01 UPRISE HIGH
UP DN UP DN DN DN UP DN UP GENERAL OFFICE PARKING ENTRY BLEACHERS BLEACHERS LEARNING COMMON (LIBRARY SPACE) DISPLAY CUSTO. ELECT. WORKROOM DISPLAY STORAGE WORKROOM EXIT 2-4 PERSON STUDY PODS A A A A
GROUND FLOOR
Alternative High School
ATRIUM INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
01 UPRISE HIGH Alternative High School
HANDSKETCHES & STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS ATRIUM INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
01 UPRISE HIGH
PHYSICAL MODEL 1:100 Scale Model
Alternative High School
02 - GYM SPACE Shared to public in after school hours
01 - ROOFTOP FARMING Community Shared Space
01 UPRISE HIGH Alternative High School
SECTION A-A STRUCTURAL SYSTEM RELATIONSHIP TO PROGRAM SPACES
01 UPRISE HIGH Alternative High School
03 - ATRIUM Main Circulation to different levels 04 - ART DISPLAY Connected to the North Entry 05 - THEATRE SPACE Double Height Performance Space
CRUX CENTRE Archery Training Facility
Academic Fall 2021
Dundas & Bond Street, Canada
AutoCAD, Rhino, Revit, Enscape, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Lumion
Walk-through Video
TYPE
Recreational, Sports Training Facility
02
SOFTWARE
CONTEXT LOCATION
Project
FOOD STORES
REGION PLANNING BOND PLACE HOTEL TORONTO
Daphne Cockwell Complex (DCC)
VICTORIA SHUTER NON-PROFIT HOUSING
FOOD STORES
FOOD STORES
PUBLIC BASKETBALL COURT
FOOD STORES
PARKING PUBLIC PAY PARKING
SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL
Inspired by the fletching of an arrow and the target, directionality and focal points within different
ST MICHAELS CHOIR SCHOOL
ST MICHAEL’S CATHEDRAL PARISH OFFICE
SHISHA RYERSON CAFE02 CRUX CENTRE Archery
Training Facility
03 - SAWTOOTH DESIGN Fletching inspired form making 01 - COURTYARD Being the Crux of the building 02 - THRESHOLD & LOWERED SPACE Creating an overhang and underground training space 02 CRUX CENTRE Archery Training Facility 01 02 03
AXONOMETRIC
02 CRUX CENTRE Archery Training Facility 01 02 02 03 03 03
RENDER Relationship between sidewalk and lowered archery range.
Gym Space
Instrutional Space
Refreshment Space
Beginner Archery Range
Main Archery Range
Lobby Space
Retail Space
Multi-purpose Room
02 CRUX CENTRE Archery Training Facility
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 02 CRUX CENTRE Archery Training Facility
LOBBY SPACE
ARCHERY RANGE
ATRIUM STAIRS
A-A 02 CRUX CENTRE Archery Training Facility
WEST ELEVATION Sawtooth Facade
SECTION
AXONOMETRIC RENDER
NEST Skate Park
CONTEXT
LOCATION
SOFTWARE TYPE
Academic Fall 2021
York & Harbour Street, Canada
AutoCAD, Rhino, Enscape, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro
Recreational, Skate Park
Project Walk-through Video
03
SOUTH ELEVATION Topography and Tree as screening of the site
01 - PROGRAM Skating area being the center of the site
03 - PROTECTION Using softlandscaping as a seperation from traffic
02 - ENTRANCE Having four corners of the site as entry
03 NEST Skate Park
04 - PRIVACY Trees as screening to provide visual seperation
VIEWING PLATFORM FLOOR PLAN
Kids / Beginner’s Area
Advance Pool Area
Ramps & Stunts Area
Viewing Pavilion
UP UP UP UP SCREENING SYSTEM SEATING GUARD RAIL WASHROOM AT GRADE SITE PLAN
03 NEST Skate Park A A
SECTION A-A Skating bowl relationship with hard and soft landscaping
AXONOMETRIC Landscaping and topographic change
VIEWING PLATFORM
TOPOGRAPHY CHANGE
03 NEST Skate Park
GREEN SEPARATION
18 EAST
ELEVATION
03 NEST Skate Park
PERSPECTIVE Entrance perspective to the skate pool
NORTH-EAST ENTRY PERSPECTIVE Reusing existing highway columns from Gardiner Expressway
04
Academic Winter 2021 Venice AutoCAD, Rhino, Enscape, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro Story Telling Facility CONTEXT LOCATION SOFTWARE TYPE Project Walk-through Video
MOTION Building Stories
CONCEPTUAL COLLAGE
The site is situated in Venice of Italy. It is a project that is designed for a storytelling space with an office and a cafe area. To creating a unique atmosphere within the building, the project tightly connects all the spaces together, creating a motivation to circulate around the spaces.
04 MOTION Building Stories
FLOOR PLAN
SEQUENCE
GROUND
MASSING
2. Hierarchy of Spaces
4. Points of Entry
3. Programmatic Spaces
1. Initial Massing
SECTION A-A
STORY TELLING SPACE
BALCONY OUTDOOR SEATING
AXONOMETRIC
WOOD FRAMED SKYLIGHT
FEATURED STAIRS
CHAIR STORAGE
OFFICE CAFE STORYTELLING
04 MOTION Building Stories
SECTION B-B
CAFE RENDER
04 MOTION Building Stories
OFFICE RENDER
05 LIVING STUDIO Micro-House Academic Fall 2020 Church & Wellesley Street AutoCAD, Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator, Lumion Housing CONTEXT LOCATION SOFTWARE TYPE
SKETCH CONCEPT
This project is a micro house design project that aims to create a live and work space for an individual university student to live within 15m^2 floor area.
05 LIVING STUDIO Micro-house GROUND FLOOR PLAN SECOND FLOOR PLAN THIRD FLOOR PLAN
05 LIVING STUDIO Micro-house
SECTION Maximizing 15m^2 and limited height
BEDROOM Eastern window down the stairs for morning light
WORKSPACE Northern window for softer natural light during work
ELEVATION Facade design and strategic window placements
FACADE RENDER
CORN GROWING PAVILION Timberfever
CONTEXT LOCATION SOFTWARE TYPE GROUPMATES
Extra-Curricular Fall 2022
Toronto, Canada
Rhino3D, Illustrator, Photoshop
Pavilion
Abinava Pradhan, Joshua Subang, Althea Blais, and Prarona Ghosh
06
CONNECTION JOINT DETAIL
AXONOMETRIC OF FINAL DESIGN
DESIGN CONCEPT Since corn is the main plant for our project, we aim to create an experience of travelling through an unveiling corn.
06 CORN GROWING PAVILION Timberfever
FINAL PROJECT WITH GROUPMATES CANTILEVER DETAIL PROGRESS IMAGE
KURT MUI +1 437-982 2266 kurt.mui@torontomu.ca 2020-2023