Matthew Choy Master Application Portfolio

CHOY CHI KIT MATTHEW ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO ATTAINED UK ARB PART 1 ON NOV 2021

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OBSERVATIONAL PLAN

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BITTERSWEET LOVE | A DIVORCE RITUAL WITHIN A SUGAR FACTORY

PERSONAL WORKS

BITTERSWEET LOVE | A DIVORCE RITUAL WITHIN A SUGAR FACTORY

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Exmaining The Notion Of Divorce In Human And Architecture

VEIL OF TOLERANCE | THE CENSORED MATERIALS ARCHIVE

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A Reflection of Censored Materials with the Absence of Prudery

ACADEMIC WORKS

PRESENT To Exist, To be Given, To be Introduced

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Sport Center | 2019-2020 Term 2 | Brian Anderson

EQUESTRIAN’S RIDGE A Wrinkle in the Landscape Equestrian Center | 2018-2019 Term 2 | Bruce Lonnman

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BITTERSWEET LOVE Sugar, Rum, Divorce

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“Bittersweet Love” is a tale about two entities, human and machine, and examines them through the notion of “divorce”. The project explores the possibility of a divorce ritual within a factory process line in which they provided each other the needed self-sustainable lifecycle.

By providing a place that lays closure for those who cannot move on in a severed relationship, the architecture itself reflects upon its own “divorce”; how to cope with its existence when the industry that relies on its infrastructure is no longer flourishing, and to speculate the methods of honoring its afterlife.

Literature on Divorce and Rituals Lazzarotti, Marco. (2014). Modern Life and Traditional Death Tradition and Modernization of Funeral Rites in Taiwan. Fu Jen International Religious Studies Vol.8.1 (N. Summer 2014), 108-126. 8. 108-126.

Kołodziej-Zaleska, Anna & Przybyla-Basista, Hanna. (2015). Psychological wellbeing of individuals after divorce: the role of social support. Current Issues in Personality Psychology. 4. 10.5114/cipp.2016.62940.

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WILLY WONKA AND ITS WATER PARK Is this what Willy Wonka Would have Wanted?

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The scene reimagines Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory nut room into a water park. The declining market for sugar goods forces Willy Wonka to adapt its factory into something that would align with the current trends. Gone are the nutty smell and chirping squirrels, now left with the stench of chlorine and screaming children. The space itself detaches from its legacy, leaving it vunerable to be forgotten.

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Situated in the countryside of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Qiao Tou Sugar Factory made the site an ideal place as an incubator for the programme to grow. Taiwan has a reputation of its openminedness towards marriage with it being the first asian country to legalise gay marriage while the City Kaohsiung has a relatively high percentage of married population.

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BITTER

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MOLASSES

LOVE

SUGARCANE

DIVORCEES Train Depot

OFFLOAD

ARRIVAL

CUTTING

FERMENTATION

Steam Bath

SHREDDER

DISTILLATION

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BAGASSE

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AGEING

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CLEANSING

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Filter Room

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ARCHIVAL

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DIVORCE CHAPEL

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CENTRALFUGE

Divorce Ritual

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Rum Process Sugar Process New/Modified Process

RAW SUGAR

WHITE SUGAR

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MEMORY ARCHIVE THE BAR FOR THE LONE AND WEARY

CARAMELIZATION

By Product Repeat

CARAMEL

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SELF SUSTAINING PROGRAMME CYCLE

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The diagram illustrates the relationship between the process of manufacturing the product, by-product and divorce ritual. The making of sugar provides the necessary sensorial incubator for a emotional driven journey while being a neutral spectator during the process. Functionally, both the ritual and the factory provides each other the needed supply and demand.

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1 Control Valves Workers closely examines the ratio between the three ingredients for caramelization to occur.

2 Fountain Inspired by chocolate fountains, the constant flow of caramel prevents the unwanted bitterness of burnt sugar.

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3 Cauldron The cauldron softens the caramel with the embedded heater coils within the base of the pot.

THE DAY AIR SMELLS LIKE CARAMEL Charred Sugar

The legacy of the factory sugar goods goes on in the form of caramalized air. Once a product of a process line becomes the by-product of a ritual. Sugar, water and baking soda are mixed and evaporated while the aroma slowly develops.

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SUGAR/RUM FACTORY

1. Sugarcane Drop-Off 2. Sugarcane Cleaning Tank 3. Sugarcane Shredder 4. Sugarcane Juice Extractor 5. Bagasse Generator 6. Filter Tank 7. Evaporator 8. Centralfugal 9. Molasses Distillery 10. Vertical Crystalizer 11. Caramelization 12. Sugar Tank 13. Quality Assurance Lab 14. Staff Entrance

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DIVORCE CENTER

A. Divorcee’s Drop-Off B. Waterfall Bridge C. Consultation Waiting Area D. Reception for Marriage Memory E.Examination Room F. Remeniscience Room G. Archival Room H. Corridor I. Filter Room J. Rum Making K. Chapel Lobby L. Function Room M. Divorce Chapel N. Bar

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DIVORCE CENTER

A. Divorcee’s Drop-Off B. Waterfall Bridge C. Consultation Waiting Area D. Corridor

E. Ritual Path F. Remeniscience Room G. Archival Room

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SECTION B-B SUGAR/RUM FACTORY 1. Rum Facility 2. Rum Cellar 3. Vertical Crystalizer 4. Caramelization Room 5. Solid Caramel Storage

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DIVORCE CENTER A. Divorce Chapel B. Rum Making

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BITTERSWEET LOVE Divorce Chapel Here we gather at the chapel, repurposed from an abandoned warehouse. What an unfortunate existence for such a somber occasion. Friends and families convene for one last time, feeling ambivalent about which side they should sit on.

Lights dimmed, guests settled, the ceremony is about to begin. The silo reveals itself as a section of what it once was, awaits the couple at the end of the aisle. Heat and emotions magnify with its stainless steel walls as the couples approach the altar. Neither spoke, but the slight glance towards each other was all that needed to be said. A crucible stands between the two literally and figuratively, ready to fuse the token of a once committed relationship, forever sealing their insipid marriage.

“You may now take off your ring.” Said the pastor.

WINDOW ELEVATION “An incision on the aged bricks reveals a sharp blade, punctured through the ground, coated with care from god himself.”

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THE LONE & WEARY The Bar Here gathers the miserables, relivers and desperates. The bar provides a fine selection of alcohols, brewed from the factory itself. A sip of it reveals a bittersweet after-taste from the infused caramel where one might wonder, perhaps this marriage might be worth it afterall.

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VEIL OF TOLERANCE | THE CENSORED MATERIAL’S ARCHIVE A Reflection of Censored Materials through the Absence of Prudery

This personal project imagines a world full of hostility and captious individuals. Under this narrative, how could architecture serve as a haven to those who are being critizied and the ideas that they believe in?

The censored material’s archive provides refuge for all controversially deemed “inappropriate” works, including literature, music, sculpture, and paintings. Unlike most museums or galleries, it only invites a selected few, those who are willing to put down their prejudice and prude attitude, for the sake of knowledge and self-enlightenment. It is a place where a second chance is given to those whose works are condemned obscene or indecent, a chance to present itself to those who are willing to listen, whether they like it or not.

There is no guarantee that people would appreciate every work inside the archive, as that is not the objective. Some may agree, some might even feel disgusted. It is the encouragement in engaging controversial topics through the arts, and the respect that even the most polarizing message embedded in the arts should have the right to defend and present itself is what this project envisions, and the architecture that would cater such a program.

Literature on Censorship Rawls, John, 1921-2002 author. A Theory of Justice. Cambridge, Massachusetts :The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971.

Sandel, Michael J. 2009. Justice: what’s the right thing to do? New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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MURKY WATERS Surrounded by captious individuals and encapsulated in their conformed realm, who would be willing to rise above these treacherous waters?

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FINALIST | ARCHITIZER ONE DRAWING CHALLENGE WITH PUBLICATION

THE CENSORED MATERIAL’S ARCHIVE “The censored materials archive situates in a world full of dogmatic opinions and polarising beliefs. It provides a space for those who are willing to give censored works a second chance by engaging and listening to one’s contentious ideas, and in return appreciating the disparity among a pluralist society.

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Unlike conventional museums, galleries are linear with no visual connections between them. There is no alternate path, only confrontation. Spatially ambiguous galleries reflect the controversial and disputing nature of the materials.

Galleries are only allowed to be entered individually, allowing visitors to examine these works without the fear of being captiously judged. The debating hall is the crucible where bonds are forged and views diverge through presenting censored materials. While heated arguments and candid reflections are conducted, autonomous machines below these galleries work endlessly in archiving and curating censored materials with their non-partisan eyes.”

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ARCHIVAL FLOOR PLAN READ BY HUMANS PENCIL AND PAPER, 841MM X594MM

A typical plan depicts a section cut parallel to the ground , where hatched contour represents phyiscal objects. Tracks runs long the floor and walls of the archive and galleries.

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REFLECTED CEILING PLAN READ BY MACHINES PENCIL AND PAPER, 841MM X594MM

Machines are designed to read the space from the ceiling plan. Inspired by barcodes, the machines maps out voids above (spaces without floor plates), generating a binary map that would illustrate the galleries location.

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PRESENT

Sports Center | To Exist, To be Given, To be Introduce SHORTLISTED | iD & ARTSTHREAD GDGS 2020 ARCHITECTURE CATEGORY

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The project reflects upon the relationship between the nature of the site and the needs of the community through the speculation of the reason for it to exist, how it should be given and how it would be introduced. Through this series of questions, it allows the investigation to cover the experience one might expect through its circulation and materials, its spatial qualities through lighting and structure, and the form of the building itself. By carving out a path between the massing and reforming the site into a park, it provides a serene and isolated park that this dense residential district desperately needs.

DATE OF COMPLETION

2019-2020 Second Semester

LOCATION

Sau Kei Wan, Hong Kong

PROJECT TYPE Individual Project

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STUDY STRUCTURE MODEL 1:50 Crystal Palace Swimming Pool

ROOF STRUCTURE MODEL 1:50 Crystal Palace Swimming Pool

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Inspired by the Crystal Palace Swimming Pool structure, my project implements a long span truss system for the roof, minimizing the need for support columns, while freeing up the facade for natural lighting. Shown here are the structure study models to understand the structure forces of a truss system and its relative scale.

First Floor Plan 1. Office 2. Ticket Booth/ Wating Area 3. Switch Room 4. Gardening Storage Room 5. AHU Room 6. Car Parking 7. Coach Parking 8. Lift Lobby 9. Egress

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WALL TO SOFFIT SECTION 1. Vapour Barrier 2. 500mm Concrete Flooring 3. 25mm Outdoor Stone Tiles 4. Gutter 5. Wood Flooring 6. 50mm Granite Cladding 7. Metal Railing Bracket Mount 8. Vapour Barrier

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9. 150mm Insulation 10. Ceiling Paneling 11. Ceiling Panel Railing Mount 12. Wood Flooring 13. 350mm Concrete Wall 14. 5mm Mirror Finish Metal Band 15. LED Lighting 16. Cable Cover

17. Ceiling Paneling 18. Ceiling Clamp 19. 2000mm Concete Ridge 20. 1200mm Concrete Waffle Slab 21. Metal Angle Bracket and Skirting 22. Laminated Wood Flooring 23. 600 x 800mm Concrete Column 24. 20mm Acid Etched Tempered Glass

25. White translucent Insulation Sheet 26. Glass Fins 27. Clear Waterproof Mmebrane 28. 20mm Marble Paneling 29. Glass to Fins Spider Mount

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DOUBLE SKIN VENTILATION FACADE WALL SECTION 1. 500mm Concrete Flooring with Vapour Barrier 2. Insulation Concealed Under Metal Angle Bracket 3. 350mm Concrete Wall 4. 50mm Granite Stone Tiling 5. Air Ducts and Piping Concealed Under Ceiling

6. Recessed Lighting 7. 1200mm Concrete Waffle Slab with 2m Thk. Outer Ridge 8. Access Walkway Grill 9. Ventilation Grill 10. 15mm Acid Etched Frosted Glass Panel 11. 20mm Marble Paneling

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EQUESTRIAN’S RIDGE Equestrian Center | A Wrinkle in the Landscape

Selected For Honours Review and Studio Exhibition

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Equestrian Ridge utilizes the properties of a folded plate structure by manipulating the openings and folding so that it would respond to the climate and the occupant’s needs while being structurally viable. Situated under the hot climate of Cairns, the massing layout and porosity have been carefully designed to generate sufficient ventilation and providing thermal comfort. Visually, the white triangulated roof contrast with the mountain ridge surrounding it, a simple geometrical form hovering on a modulating landscape.

DATE OF COMPLETION

2018-2019 Second Semester

LOCATION

Cairns, Australia

PROJECT TYPE Individual

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CLIMATE REPSONSE

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Climate repsonse is the key driving factor for all the design decisions on this project.

The large folded plate openings are design to capture the prevailing wind in order to cool down the interior temperature. The Polycarbonate roof provide ambient diffuse lighting into the large arena for horse riding while also extending the roof edge outwards provides shading in relation to the sun path.

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1:100 Folded Plate Bay Structure Study

1:100 Folded Plate Bay Structure Study

1: 200 Arena Model

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1: 200 Arena Framing Model

1:5 Connection Study Model A

1:5 Connection Study Model B

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1. 10mm Steel Plate 2. 190mm x 190mm Timber Columns 3. 20mm Steel Cross Plate 4. 10mm Steel Fins for Stablizing Connection

1:5 Connection Study Model B

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