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Site Analysis

Hin Bus Depot, Penang, Malaysia.

Site Visit to Hin Depot in September 2020

Activities carried out during the visit,

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Meeting building owner Mr. Tan Shih Thoe Building and site survey Video documentation Materiality studies Stores visit

Site Location

Site History The building was built in an art deco style as a centralised repair, maintaince and storage site for the Hin Bus Company. It was a depot for the “blue buses” known as Hin Bus that used to ply the Tanjung Bungah and Teluk Bahang routes.

The origin of Hin Bus Depot goes back to 1947, when the depot was built to house and maintain Hin Company Ltd’s blue motorbuses. The blue motorbuses were an integral part of the colonial government’s efforts to restore George Town in the aftermath of World War II.

1947

The bus companies were fragmented and disorganised, eventually facing financial difficulties leading to their closure.

1999-2004

2004-Present

TIt opened its doors with the first exhibition Art is Rubbish is Art in 2014 and this set the depot on a creative path.

According to Tan Shih Thoe, who was appointed by the three families to take charge and manage the whole place, they did not have any concrete plans on what they wanted to do with the rest of the space after part of it became an art exhibition gallery.

“It grew organically over the years and we find ourselves a hub for the arts and crafts, food and urban farms,” he said.

The owners have since expanded the space by acquiring shophouses next to the depot. Today, Hin Bus Depot spreads out over 60,000 sq feet and includes eight shophouses on Jalan Gurdwara.

Stores and Programmes

Stores and Clients Visit

Measured Drawings

A

BE

B C

B C

A

SITE PLAN FE

ROOF PLAN

HIN COMPANY LTD.

FRONT ELEVATION SCALE : 1 : 100

BACK ELEVATION SCALE : 1 : 100

1947

HIN COMPANY LTD.

SECTION A-A SCALE : 1 : 100

SECTION B-B SCALE : 1 : 100

SECTION C-C SCALE : 1 : 100

Project One Pop-Up Furniture furniture : a piece can be described as an extension of architecture, creating a direct connection between structure and inhabitants, accommodating physical needs and dwelling comfortably in the site.

Client Store - Rumah Kacha Restaurant

Master Plan

My Pop-up Furniture is placed in Zone 3 which called “The Atas” Zone.

Material Palette

Existing Site Phenomena

Triangular Roof and Vertical Structure

Colorful Artwork

Material Palette Speculation

Timber Structure and Mosaic

Physical Model Development

Physical Model 1, 2 and 3

Physical Model 4

Physical Model Development

Model Making Process

Derive from Rumah Kacha which is a Malay vernacular architecture, I extract some elements such as ventilation triangular roof, raised level, long rammed bridge. At initial stages, all the pop-up furniture are looking too bulky and massive. After experiment by making physical models, I discovered that an upside down triangle able to create a more elegant, slimmer and elongated pop-up structure.

The final outcome is using timber construction and interlocking system joinery.

Physical Model 5

Physical Model Development

2000

Interlocking System

Timber Construction

Models Compilation Photograph

Final Design Sketch

Site Montage

In this site montage, the pop-up furniture is placed next to the client’s restaurant for convenient access to kitchen. Overall, it creates a contemporary local-western atmosphere selling local taste pizza and provides the customers to enjoy seeing the process of making pizza as well as ancillary place for chit-chatting.

Top View Plan

From the top view plan, customers at first step onto the rammed bridge and start order their flavoured pizza, follows up with seeing the whole entire process of pizza making and take out the pizza using shovel together with the chef.

Then, they can have a seat after walking down.

Counter Details

Obviouly, it can be seen that there are 3 processes occur in one-stop. Firstly, customers can see pizza menus through electrical gadget provided and make payment by scanning QR codes. Next, customers can enjoy looking the pizza making process.

The ingredients and spices are put inside the “congkak”- a traditional Malay mancala game. Lastly, customers can take out pizza together with chef and pick-up in simultaneously. The table top and pizza stove surface are made of mosaic that combine artworks in Hin Bus Depot.

Sectional Elevation

Sectional Elevation

Sectional Elevation

Sectional Elevation

Axonometric Interlocking roof

Counter and timber support structures

Timber rammed bridge and pop-up furniture surface

Rammed bridge, raised level, pizza stove and sitting areas

Plan

2200

600

1500

PICK-UP

ORDER

800

INGREDIENTS DISPLAY IN CONGKAK

1200

PIZZA STOVE

1000 2456

FLOOR PLAN 1: 25

600

500

1700 4000

500

Elevations

4000

600

1200

800

450

450

800

2000

1200

738

738

2700

2456

FRONT ELEVATION 1: 25

SIDE ELEVATION 1: 25

600

1600

Reflected Ceiling Plan

PICK-UP

1200

ORDER

800

2200

600

1500

750

1000 2456

REFLECTED CEILING PLAN

1: 25

600

850

850

500

1700 4000

850

500