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Portfolio Architecture & Landscape Architecture 2019 - 2022 Mathew Tou U Tong

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Design studio - Beta

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Design studio - Delta

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Design studio - Epsilon

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Melb - ReJuvenation

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Extreme Architecture

2019 . Year 2 - Semester 1

2020 . Year 3 - Semester 1

2020 . Year 3 - Semester 2

2021 . Competition

Internet

MSc 1 . Autumn Studio

+31 627 559922 mathewtong125@gmail.com @mat_hew_t

A little bit about... myself

It is all about the enthusiasm, optimism, positive contribution & collaborative spirit of architecture and the built environment; stressing to create emphatically for all living things and our planet.

Architectural Exhibitions

Languages

Education

2020

MSDx Winter (virtual)

Cantonese

Native

2019

MSDx Winter

Mandarin

Fluent

2018

MSDx Summer

English

Fluent

MSc Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences . Track : Architecture Delft University of Technology / Current Bachelor of Design University of Melbourne, Australia / 2018 - 2020 Double major in Architecture & Landscape architecture. Awarded a special scholarship for higher education in 2018 from Macau Foundation

Experience

Technical skills

JWCC Architecture Macao Architecture intern / Apr - Jul 2021

Photoshop

Tak Fat Kin Ip Engineering, Macao Ltd Civil engineer assistant / Nov - Dec 2020

Illustrator

Kengo Kuma & Associates - Shanghai Office Architecture intern / Dec 2019 - Feb 2020

Grasshopper

LK Construction and Design Ltd. Architecture Draftsman / Dec 2018 - Feb 2019

Sketchup

Music Qualifications

Revit + Vray

Royal Academy of Music Grade 8 Cello & Piano Grade 7 Violin Grade 3 Clarinet

Fuji Asia Piano ltd.

Piano teacher / Nov 2017 - Feb 2018

Indesign

Rhino3D + Vray

Standard plus foundation program University of New South Wales, Australia / 2017 Awarded with Certificate of Outstanding service

Autocad

3Dmax + Vray Unreal

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Studio Beta A Pleasure Garden

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The Garden of the Quiet Voice In Studio Beta, we explore the potential of using the form (figure-ground drawings) & the notion of the field to create architecture & landscape.

Melbourne School of Design featured :

2019 .

Year 2 - Semester 1

The initial concept of my project is to create a space for knowledge, reflection & serenity, aiming to create such a space that people will be able to quiet down & find peace within the noisy world. Inspiration was taken from the Japanese traditional living practice - Zen. A word that cannot be simply explained through any physical form; it is all about the experience, the senses & the soul.

Representing it architecturally with the hierarchy of space, materiality, visual connection, plantation, e.t.c. - And that is the Garden of the Quiet Voice

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Sectional perspective - Main programs

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Studio Delta A Melbourne City Library

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Overexposure & Underexposure The way we experience our world has become empty & fragile due to technology development. Its speed & the invasive gesture of it has made people’s lives somehow harder rather than easier - a phenomenon /an accident of technological development.

Studio platform featured :

This library stands as a statement to go against the faults & mistakes of technological development, particularly the false & mistreated information & its consequences.

This library stands as an entity of balance between people, knowledge & technology.

2020 .

Year 3 - Semester 1

This library stands as a stabilizer within the chaos.

Floor plans

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01. Ground floor perspective 02. First floor perspective 03. Second floor perspective

04. Third floor perspective 05. Fourth floor perspective 06. Fifth floor perspective

07. Programs distribution

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Studio Epsilon A Melbourne Co-Housing Project

Communal Kitchen Multi-functional room Communal Court Hanging Garden Bee Keeping area/Communal Garden 2 Bedroom Townhouse Studio Apartment 1 Bedroom Apartment 3 Bedroom Townhouse/Apartment 4 Bedroom Townhouse/Apartment Fire Staris Elevator Communal Balcony Stairs - Vertical connection

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It is a concept of a vertical village, an architecture that makes a tribute to the history/original idea of co-housing while addressing a modern-day issue - “isolated self.” It is about cultivating the concept of a “non-nuclear family” and, by all means, aim to encourage & celebrate different physical & social interactions within the community...

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X - meaning Generation X, that is the era when the original idea of co-housing was first introduced in Denmark. + - representing a modern days issue, the “isolated self.”

2020 .

Year 3 - Semester 2

V square - Using a distinctive Architectural topology - village to address the issues of the social issue - the “isolated self.”

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Sliding Door R16 Rebar

East elevation

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South elevation

Sliding Door Jamb

Cast-in-palce concrete slab surface

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Timber Stud Plaster wall Insulation

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Sliding Door detail Sections A - A

Sections B - B

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Vertical load

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Level 5 16000

Level 4 12800

Level 3 9600

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Horizontal load

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Earth pressure

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Load transfer diagram

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A BEE BREEDER’s competition

Melb - ReJuvenation A Melbourne Affordable Hhousing Challenge

Contribution to the project : Concept development & drawings Drawing list: • Sectional perspective rendering • Floor plans • Adaptable diagram • Panel layout • Construction detail Group members : Kelly, YuTong Jin David, YuPeng Gao

The Manifesto The “Melbourne Rejuvenation” housing project is to provide a solution, using the idea of a “Firsthand” & “Hands-on” building process to address the issue of Melbourne’s unaffordable housing. It is all about the collaboration of people & stakeholders from “ALL” sectors involved.

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• Promote an idea of a “growing architecture.” A piece of spatial art that is constantly evolving every second within the ‘Mel-Rejuvenation”. And by all the means, encouraging different social, communal & individual activity.

• Reduce building cost & at the same time push the boundary of architectural constructibility – featuring half a frame (build your own house!!) with cranes work installed on site.

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• Introduce a sense of character & belonging for each resident, of which everyone can be specifically chosen, customized, and MAKE!! As per their like, habit & interest.

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• Express a collaborative spirit between each stakeholder, from builders, architects & tenants.

Suburban courtyard house

Suburban low-rise residential

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Lastly, with distinctive Melbournian housing features – the Terrace frontage, embedded into a village-liked spatial configuration community, as a gesture to recognize vernacular architecture.

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We strongly believe that the “Mel-Rejuvenation” can be used as an example for Australia and the world to understand that vernacular, comfort, culture & lifestyle can be blended & achieved with affordability through the negotiation, exchanging of ideas & collaboration of all man kinds.

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EXTREME Architecture A Communal Project in Sint Maarten

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Part A - The Living Architecture Part B - The Learning Architecture The Laboring Architecture - Bamboo Pavilion

EXTREME Architecture - Symunity The studio EXTREME deals with integral design in extreme environments. The goal of this approach is to make the students conscious of their technical and architectural design choices.

Studio platform featured :

2021 .

MSc 1 - Autumn Studio

As for this year, the students are asked to design a sustainable farm on Sint Maarten for Spaceless Gardens, where the island is prone to natural hazard & extreme weather condition such as seasonal hurricanes (as strong as Class 5) and strong wind.

Symmetry & Unity - it’s a concept of embracing both ends of the extremeness and creating something in between, as a “bridge” in the middle to achieve balance; a communal project that seeks balance, resilience, and sustainability development for the people of Sint Maarten.

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The Living Architecture - Functions Nature v.s. Architecture Void The Living Architecture

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Denico House Corridor Storage & Assistant Suite

Part A - The Living Architecture The Living Architecture - Section BB 1:50@A2

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Site Office Corridor Student/Visitor stay

Denico House Corridor Storage & Assistant Suite

The Living Architecture - Indoor & Outdoor Climate 4.

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Site Office Corridor Student/Visitor stay

The Living Architecture - Exploded Iso

The Living Architecture - East (Front) Elevation

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900x900 Concrete reinforce. Strip footing foundation Cast in-situ Concrete load bearing wall 100x100x3.6 SHS galvanized frame for facade

The Living Architecture Perspective

Site Office Perspective

The Living Architecture - Roof Parapet Typical Detail

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The Learning Architecture - Parti Diagram 1.

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Air Dynamics Exposed structure The Learning Architecture

Part B - The Learning Architecture The Learning Architecture - Section AA 1:100@A2

The Learning Architecture - Functions Entrance Education & Daycare

Communal Kitchen

The Learning Architecture - Indoor & Outdoor Climate

The Learning Architecture - Exploded Iso

The Learning Architecture - East (Front) Elevation

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400x400 Timber Structural Engineering Column 900x900 Concrete reinforce. Strip footing foundation 900x600 Concrete reinforce. Pad footing 300x250 (Vertical), 400x250 (horizontal & Angled) Timber Structural Beam & Bearer 900 Height Pratt Flat truss Centre @1500 Max. Span 5000

Communal Kitchen Perspective

Educational Space Perspective

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Part A - The Living Architecture Part B - The Learning Architecture The Laboring Architecture - Bamboo Pavilion