Mike Undergraduate Portfolio

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Year3Term2 2011 Spring

HONG KONG AVIATION MUSEUM & AVIATION CLUB

CINEMATIC DISASSEMBLY & PHYSICAL RE-ASSEMBLY Tutor: Patrick Hwang 2011 YR3

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THE EXTERNAL EXHIBITION EXPERIENCE The Project takes advantage of the “disadvantage of the prescribed site. It’s located near the old Kai Tek airport in Kowloon bay and sits remotely away from downtown, Seperated from the regular urban fabrics of the grided kowloon City by an expressway, the site can only be accessed from the nearest bus terminal through a long corridor and crossing by the expressway.

Responding to this unique site characteristic, the internal spatial organization and facade orientations are designed to create controlled views looking into the exhibition corridor while approaching along the path of entry 3

ROUTE OF ENTRY

THE EXTERNAL JOURNEY BY THE EXPRESSWAY

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DETAIL

SECTION B B' 1:100 2

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SECTION A A' 1:100

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SECTION C C' 1:100

PLAN @ 1M' 1:100/ILLUSTRATING INTERNAL DISSEMBLY

ROUTE OF ENTRY

THE EXTERNAL JOURNEY

Plan: Viewlines extending from the opposite side of the expressway are used for coordinating internal spacial organization such that at any moment on the external journey, only specify parts of the machines are visible.

The external journey begins by revealing the tail router of the helicopter, and then proceeding to reveal other different parts of the machine as one proceed with the entry process

The width of the expressway maintain a constant distance relation between the exhibits and the viewer, ensuring controlled views into the exhibition corridor along the entire journey.

Crossing

First Glimpse 5

Exhibition Alley

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THE EXHIBITION HALLWAY THE INTERNAL JOURNEY Upon entering the building, the protagonist is greeted by a narrow reception area that deliberately limits his field of view into the exhibition hall. As he proceeds along the length of the exhibition hallway, more parts of the machine is being revealed, before the protagonist eventually reaches the widest portion of the exhbition alley.

Here, the prottagonist is rewarded with the opportunity to view the full machine, signifying the climax of his exhibition experience.

Helicopters Staging & landing Area

SITE PLAN/ Roof Plan illustrating the External Journey and “the 6 Viewports”

Public Zone

Member Zone

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Fabrication & Physical Model -

THE STRUCTURE

Laminated Wood Span

Non Rigid Steel Joint

Secondary Beam Notches

Allowing for expansion of beams with temperature change.

Column Wood Fastening Laminated wood allows for cheaper and simpler bending treatment at fillet corners of the roof, but requires a greater depth compared to steel framing.

Wood-Steel-Concrete-Casted transition Column Base

75mm Corrugated Aluminium Roof Cladding

Framing Plan

Sits on grilled structure below, with draining grooves at low points for easy rainwater drainage

500X85 Laminated wood Beam as Primary Span

100X65 wood Secondary Span Columns Treatment Between Span

Columns End Treatment

Structural Option 1 Steel Framing:

I profiled Truss along Building width as primary span Tubular bracing in longtitudinal direction tofacilitate construction of bents and fillets

Structural Opetion 2: Laminated wood

500mm Deep Laminated wood Primary Span 100mm Secondary Span

1:100 Physical Model

Southern Facade

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Southern Facade

1:100 Physical Model Western Entrance/Exit Primary Entry For Visitors

Roof & Envelope

MEP and lightwell

Frame construction simulation Using Crysis Game engine

Structural Framing

North Entrance/Exit

Leading to Helicopter landing and staging area

Indoor & Entry

Simplified Assembly Diagram 9

ARCHITECTURE AS A “MACHINE”

A system that integrating MEP and building envelope

MEP Channels

MEP Compartments

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Bringing the contemporary part of town with the traditional part.

Functional Disposition

The building primarily serve two seperate functions to the Tai Po village.

-Connecting the Railway station with the Town Square

The winding route of the ribbon connects the main Tai Po town square with the Tai Po Train station. The first part of the ribbon give a direct connection between the two landmark and in the process also serve as a walking gallery for pedestrians.

Beyond the Northern entrance(exiting to town center), the ribbon makes a loop around the open public Opera space refurbished from an abandoned basketball court. Working together with the Opera space, it brings predestrians’ attention on whatever is going on in the center of the performance space, attracting audiences along the inner circumference of the ribbon.

The Ribbon Essentially connects the Railway station with the older Market square of Tai Po. In the process, an Opera/Sports node is formed inside the knot, serving both the older generations of Tai Po(Cantonese Opera) as well as the younger generations of Tai Po(basketball court). The Opera Knot when not used for Opera performances, could be reverted back to a basketball court and seating for recreational as wll as small competition purposes.

TO OLD FOLKS HOME

TO TOWN SQUARE (OLD TAIPO)

-Providing a Public Performance Space Refurbishing the abandoned Basketball court, the audience stand of the basketball court is used for Opera seating and is opened to the public free of charge during events and performances.

At other times, the Opera area will serve its old purpose of being a basketball ball court, providing a public recreational space for the people of TaiPo Public space under the ribbon is then used as retail alleys to serve the ground level of the town.

OPERA KNOT REFURBISHED FROM OLD BASKETBALL COURT

TO RAILWAY STATION (NEW TAIPO)

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Year 3 Term 1

U5 Studio

Tutor: Pui-leng Leng

Reconciling Functional Space with Circulation Space The project also attempts to integrate functional space with circulation space by investigating the interrelation between the two.

A functional Space differs from a Circulation space mainly in the dynamics of its user. The conflicting dynamic nature of the two kinds of space is mediated through the introduction of a transitional function; “The Gallery function”. The walking Gallery along the lenth of the building seperates the Opera users from the circulation users.

-Opera practice hall

Sunken between two adjacent parts of the ribbon, the practice hall enjoys a unque tranquility, ideal for both musical and artistic rehearsal.

Its is directly connected to the Opera through a sunken pathway, making preparational work of Opera performancers more convenient.

-Public 粵曲 Opera

Refurbished from an obsolete school Basketball court. It serves as a public cultural venue for 粵曲(traditional Cantonese Opera) and os opened to the public throughout the year.

During times when there is no performance, the space is used as basketball court for sport lovers of the town.

Year 3 Term 1

U5 Studio

Tutor: Pui-leng Leng

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Pin and Thread exercise

TAIPO Town Square

-An Urban investigation The Pin and Thread exercise investigates on the urban scale, how pinning down a thread at various different locations could create spaces of different spatial qualites, while simultaneously achieving the shortest walking distance between the Town Square and Railway station.

Threads with different colours are use to represent paths of different experiences.

The “Ribbon” concept is a response to an analysis of the Tai Po Town, on an Urban Scale. The Main Node of Tai Po is the Windmill shaped Tai Po market square located at the center of Tai Po as indicated by Fig 1.1.

Its apparently the most important public space of the town and serve as a center of commerce -Fabric Analysis for the entire market.

-Thread and Pin examination Spatially the Node is defined by four blocks-

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Year 3 Term 1

U5 Studio

Tutor: Pui-leng Leng

of low rise residentials that forms a windmill plan around the market square. The groundlevel of each of the 4 residential blocks are lined with fresh food stores and traditional retails, essentially forming a market circle at the junction. In addition, a siting out resting area at the center of the square serve as an important venue for public gatherings and socialization.

From Fig. 1.2 however. It can be seen that the town square actually sits at a substantial distance from the Town railway station. The town railway station on its own forms a seperate node and landmark and is the main transition between the Tai Po Town and the outside world(Rest of Hong Kong).

The substantial seperation between the town square and the railway station creates a discrepency between the older busier part of town(town square) and the newer, more outward looking part of town(railway station and mall). It also create a gap between the younger generation and older generation people of Tai Po, for youngsters tend to hang out at the railway mall more, while the old folks tend to stay within the approximaty of the central market square.

Fig 1.1 The Windmill Market Town Square of Tai Po

Fig 1.2 The central town square is located far away from the town’s Railway station; ie. the primary transition between the internal town and the other parts of New territories.

A Mediator between old and new Tai Po -The Opera Knot

The Ribbon works as an Urban Patch intended to patch up the generation gap that rapid urbanization brings about to the town of TAI PO. While being a physical connector between the Town square and the Railway station, it also brings younger generations and older generations together at a common public gathering space; The Opera Knot. The Opera Knot spatially opened to the ground level of Tai Po both towards the town square as well as towards the

station and mall. Its functionally shared between a cantonese Opera performance and recreational group sports activities(basketball). The public could book the Opera for Cultural activitiesand performances, at other times its opened to public for sports use.

Bringing the different kinds of social functions together means that Younger people would have more interatctions with older people of Tai Po and vice versa.

A Cultural entry into Tai Po

-The Gallery walk

The length of the ribbon serve as a walking gallery space. Essentially, visitors arriving from the Railway station goes through a cultural tunnel before arriving at Tai Po town proper.

Exhibits along the ribbon could be used to reveal the history and culture of Tai Po, making entry more interesting than just mere walking

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U5 Studio

Tutor: Pui-leng Leng

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Tutor: Pui-leng Leng

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U5 Studio

Tutor: Pui-leng Leng

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Memory Lane A Historical Archive & Mueseum

refurbished from the abandoned old of Wong Chuk Yuen

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Year 2 Term 2

U4 Studio

Tutor: Marc Aurel Schnabel

The prescribed site is a “ghost village” in the remote rurals of New Territories, Hong Kong that has been abandoned since 2003, due to deteriorating farming conditions and rapid urbanization.

The village is currently in the middle of a takeover bid from a development company.

Less than a decade, the abandoned village has already transformed into a luxurious home of another host: Nature.

Though dust covered bed rooms remain just as villagers left them 9 years ago, vegetaions have already worked its way into the cracks of roofs and pryed open masonary as it crawls over buildings, Villagers’ belongings and furnitures sit in

motionless decay as the ancient owner begins to reclaim its terrirtory, inches by inches, Wong Chuk Yuen village has provided an amazing and rare local opportunity to see what happens to man-made architectures and settlements when human disappear, The vintage remainants of the old village is also an interesting subject to conduct architectural experiments on.

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FL01 PLAN

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ROOF PLAN & 2ND FLOOR

ENTRY

EAST FACADE

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U4 Studio

Tutor: Marc Aurel Schnabel

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Tutor: Marc Aurel Schnabel

1/50 Partial Roof model

T=0s

T=5s

“Privacy forces” assigning

T=10s

T=25s

T=55s

T=150s

Forces directly proportional to intended level of privacy at work, deforming a flat plane to form the basis of the Canopy

T=Infinity

Selective retain and refurbish

Remove of all 2nd Floors

Remove of “upper platform” houses

1/50 Partial Roof model

Remove of all houses on “lower platform”

Remove of all houses Retaining all of original village houses

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U4 Studio

Tutor: Marc Aurel Schnabel

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Tutor: Marc Aurel Schnabel

1/100 Physical Model

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U4 Studio

Tutor: Marc Aurel Schnabel

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U4 Studio

Tutor: Marc Aurel Schnabel

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U4 Studio

Tutor: Marc Aurel Schnabel

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The “Artifact”

An abstract of the dragon boat The artifact is a study to abstract the structural, dynamic, material, functional & aesthetical properties of the Chinese traditional Dragon Boat. These extracted properties provided valuable architectural implications, which is later helped in the development of the Dragon boat center design project.

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The “Buoyancy principle” is one of the physical laws that govern the dynamic properties of the dragon boat.

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Technique Experiment

Tension Membranes

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