Architecture Portfolio 2021 by Moritz Maier by Moritz Maier

CV PORTFOLIO Moritz Felix Maier 2014 - 2021 Volume III

Academic Works and Competitions Technische Universität München National University of Singapore

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CURRICULUM VITAE Personal Information Name Born Nationality Contact

Moritz Maier 05.04.1996, Mühldorf am Inn German, Singapore LTVP +49 160 2726309 moritzfelixmaier@gmail.com

Education 2018 - 2020

Master of Architecture, NUS, CAP 4.85/5 National University of Singapore

2014 - 2018

Bachelor of Arts, Architecture, TUM Technische Universität München

2016 - 2017

University Exchange Programme, NUS National University of Singapore

2006 - 2014

Abitur, A-level Ruperti Gymnasium Mühldorf

Experience February 2021 Januar 2020 - June 2020

Mahlknecht Herrle Architektur, Munich Germany Architectural Designer Teaching Assistant, NUS Year 3 Design Studio Tutor

July 2017 - June 2018

Mahlknecht Herrle Architektur, Munich Germany Architecture Internship, Part Time Employee

March 2015

089 Photoshootings, Munich, Germany Photography and Stage Design Internship

September 2014

Herle und Herrle Architekten, Neuburg an der Donau, Germany Architecture Internship

Exhibitions and Publications June 2020

NUS MArch Grad Show 2020 For Berlin Anti-Wall

May 2019

SCDF Innovation Exhibition, SUTD For Aqua Aid

July 2018

Bachelor Thesis Exhibition, TUM For Vertical Village

2017

NUS Yearbook For Food | Together

2016

MMA, Munich Mixed Arts Annual Exhibition TUM Faculty of Architecture

Scholarships and Awards 2021

Shortlisted for Cambodia Hideout Retreat Competition Bee Breeders Competition

2020

Gaudi Architecture Award First Prize for Urban Housing

2019

Edward D‘Silvas Award Travel Fellowship for Master Thesis project

August 2019 July 2017 October 2017

URA Cityex | Presentation of Top NUS Student Projects For Aqua Aid and Food | Together 2nd Price for Firestation and Folk Music Hub Design Competition Mahlknecht Herrle Architektur, Tramin, Italy

2017

Top Students of the Faculty of Architecture, TUM Letter of Award, Nomination for Bavarian Elite Academy Scholarship

2016

DAAD Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service University Exchange Scholarship of the Federal Republic of Germany

Skills CAD and 3D Modelling

Archicad BIM Six Years of Academic and Professional Experience Rhino 3D Four Years of Academic Experience SketchUp Two Year of Academic Experience Grasshopper One Years of Academic Experience Autocad Basic Experience Revit Basic Experience

Graphics and Rendering Models and Drawing

Languages German

Mother Tongue

English

Native Level

French

Basic

Japanese

Basic

CONTENT BERLIN ANTI-WALL NUS | Master Thesis | 2019- 2020

8 - 23

TREEHOUSE RETREAT Competition | Autumn 2021

24 - 31

AQUA AID NUS | Autumn 2018

32 - 43

VERTICAL VILLAGE TUM | Bachelor Thesis | Summer 2018

44 - 57

VELE DI SCAMPIA TUM | Winter 2017 - 2018

58 - 67

FOOD | TOGETHER NUS | Autumn 2016

68 - 77

SHARED ROCHOR NUS | Exchange | Spring 2017

78 - 85

HOLLAND BACKYARD NUS | Spring 2019

86 - 93

BERLIN ANTI-WALL

BERLIN ANTI-WALL Year: Site: Tutor:

2019 - 2020 Berlin, Germany Dr. Cho Im Sik

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a social gap remains between the population of former East- and West Germany. The cold war had turned the two countries into enemy states and a common ground could not be found after the reunion. Being the political center of the separation, the attempts in Berlin to create a new identity for the reunited city backfired and exacerbated the underlying social division. The Berlin Wall, being the symbol and epicenter of physical and political division, manifested into the “Wall in the Head” that now represents the insurmountable differences between the former populations. Based on this context, the thesis project proposes the Anti-Wall typology, a prototype for an urban infrastructure that utilises solar energy harvesting as a starting point for the establishment of commons and the empowerment of citizens in the creation of a shared city. Implemented in neighborhoods still suffering from the former division, those urban commons could initiate a process to overcome social gaps and foster cohesion amongst the people of Berlin. Infrastructure for Cooperation: The Anti-Wall consists of a series of solar energy farms leased out to local citizen groups centering around sha-

red interests. Each farm contains all the necessary tools to be maintained by layman without specialised training. The communal management of the energy plant will create a sense of community and establish a practice of cooperation among each group. Shared Spaces and Emancipation: The financial revenue earned from solar harvesting can be used to transform each solar farm into shared residential and economic spaces. The transformation of each cluster is based on a kit of components for the citizen groups to choose from. Guided by rules on macro, meso and micro scale, each individual space and component can be configured with a maximum amount of freedom. As more profit is earned over time, shared communal spaces can be inserted within and between the clusters in an incremental process. New urban commons and Expansion: New members can join the clusters as they expand over time and solar farms can be constructed in other parts of the city. Collaboration in the creation of a shared city will eventually transform the Anti-Wall prototypes into urban commons and create spatial and social connection for the people of Berlin.

Cooperative Commons System 10

Masterplan East Side Gallery 1 - 2000 11

Solar Farm Exploded Axonometry 1 - 100 12

Solar Farm Transformation System 13

Cluster System | Macro and Meso Rules 15

Transformed Solar Farm Cluster Exploded Axonometry 1 - 100 16

Cluster System | Micro Customisation 17

Site Plan 1 - 500 18

Third Floor Plan 1 - 100

Second Floor Plan 1 - 100 19

Sectional Perspective 1 - 100 20

Internal Perspective 21

Sectional Perspective 1 - 100 22

Facade Perspective 23

TREEHOUSE RETREAT GSEducationalVersion

TREEHOUSE RETREAT

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Autumn 2020 Phom Voar, Cambodia Ruonan Wang

The inspiration of this project stems from vernacular Cambodian architecture, taking influences from traditional construction techniques, choice of material and spatial arrangement. Our proposal for the masterplan is to create a series of hideout huts that tread around the main building of the Vine Retreat, while each retaining a sense of tranquility among the trees and lush greeneries that the site has to offer. This allows visitors to have easy access to the farm and resort facilities like the pool and spa services, but at the same time have the chance for isolation and quiet contemplation in their own space. The orientation of the hideout huts on the masterplan is also aligned with the predominant wind direction in Phnom Voar to enable natural ventilation. The huts are designed to be adaptable to different uses. They can serve as aresidential unit but can also be transformed into yoga huts, spas or meditation pavillions.

The structure of the roofs of the huts are made to emulate the experience of being under a tree and each of the huts opens up to the natural surrounding landscape, creating a sensorial experience of being in an idyllic tropical forest. The huts and the furniture within are constructed from locally available timber. The elevation of living spaces and the permeability of the walls in the huts are inspired by traditional Cambodian architecture. In typical Khmer houses, living spaces are often elevated off the ground to provide shelter for livestock and to cool down the house by separating the floor from the ground. Transient space separation techniques are also engaged where mosquito nets are used to divide the room into smaller spaces. The incorporation of these vernacular elements combined with the orientation of the huts and the natural surroundings allow the architecture to benefit from passive cooling techniques whilst providing visitors with an uniquely Cambodian experience.

Interior Perspective 28

Regular Hut Plan, 1 - 100

Yoga Hut Plan, 1 - 100

Section A-A, 1 - 100

Section B-B, 1 - 100

Elevation South

Typical Elevation Unit Plan East 1 - 100 29

Dawn Perspective 30

Outer roof layer Galvanised metal sheets 5 mm

Inner roof layer Bamboo planking 20 mm

1. Construction of the foundation, columns, and central beam

5. Installment of additional roof trusses

Ridge substructure Timber beam 100 x 40 mm Roof beams Timber beam 350 x 120 mm Roof trusses Timber beams 180 x 60 mm Truss anchors Galvanised steel Inner walls Timber frame construction with chalk plaster finish

2. Addition of side beams

6. Construction of internal Walls Flooring Timber planking, planed 60 x 350 mm

Floor substructure Timber beams 100 x 50 mm Floor substructure Composite timber beams 200 x 180 mm

3. Assemblage of the floor substructure

7. Montage of roof sheets

Main Columns Composite timber columns 220 x 160 mm Foundation Concrete C 25/30

4. Installation of the floor planking

8. Addition of planters and stairs Structural Layers 31

AQUA AID

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Year: Site: Tutor: Team:

Autumn 2018 Marina Bay, Singapore Cheah Kok Ming Ian Mun

Singapore’s future plans to transform its port into a strategic naval hub calls for a robust maritime service industry. According to the MPA, the maritime ecosystem contributes about 7% of the nation’s gross domestic product. With around 130,000 vessels docking at its ports, this amounts to an approximately 2.6 million workers out at sea. This statistic is compounded by studies which reveal the sector’s fatality rate to be 3 times higher than those of other sectors. In 2012, the Singapore Civil Defense Force (SCDF) took over maritime rescue and operations and has since laid out strategies to respond to naval accidents, industrial fires and emergencies along Singapore‘s coastlines. This project recognize the opportunity to situate drones for rescue operations in the maritime belt making use of the autonomous flight capabilities and the faster response time compared to land and sea based rescue appliances.

This project plays out two distinct scenarios. The first being drone dispatch from a coastal drone port and the second being a receiving interface at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). The drones are utilized to support boats with their search and rescue capabilities while the hospital facilities will aid decontermination and evacuation operations. The design of the droneport and the hospital dronepad are based on SCDF´s operational flows and the constraints of autonomous ambulance drones in the urban context. In total, the project gives an insight into the required architecture and infrastructure for drone rescue operations in Singapore.

Narrative Perspective Droneport 33

Groundfloor Plan 1 - 100 34

Third Floor Plan 1 - 100

Flight Deck Plan 1 - 100 35

Sectional Perspective 1 - 100 37

Sectional Perspective 1 - 100 38

Internal Perspective

Sectional Perspective Interior 39

SGH Dronepad Second Floor Plan 1 - 200

SGH A&E Ground Floor Plan 1 - 200 40

Narrative Perspective Hospital 41

Current A&E Unit at SGH

Planned Extension for SGH A&E

Situating the Dronepad and Ancillary Facilities

Operational Flows for Different Emergencies 42

Exploded Axonometry Hospital 43

VERTICAL VILLAGE GSEducationalVersion

VERTICAL VILLAGE

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Summer 2018 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Francis Kéré, Denise Castille Juan de Armas

Urban migration is one of the largest problems, Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, is facing. Refugees, fleeing from climate hazards and war escape to the city and end up in informal settlements without infrastructure and sanitation. In this context, the project aims to provide an affordable housing option for urban migrants through the connection of venacular qualities with urban infrastructure. Farming, the backbone of the Burkinabé industry will provide both food as well as income while the architecture and masterplan aim to preserve the traditional sense of community found in rural villages. The masterplan integrates the existing fields and pathways on the site to minimise the potential for conflict between the urban migrants and the local community. An urban axis in the center of the site contains the public facilities, open- and leisure spaces. The remaining spaces are organized through a grid of superblocks. Each superblock contains eight vertical villages centering around a shared courtyard. Mixed-use units and small stores are situated on the ground floor to enable

the residents to generate income and create public activities. Each superblock yard contains a small community building as starting point for incoming groups of urban migrants. Various larger facilities and institutions like schools or workshops are integrated in some of the superblocks. To house the immense number of refugees the project provides a blueprint for vertical construction with local materials and a layman workforce in form of the vertical village prototype. Scaffoldings are utilised as an affordable systems for the central structure of each cluster. Four to five residential units are then situated around the scaffolding core. The modular units can be extended and customized by the residents while the use of adobe bricks allows for easy buildability without advanced construction tools. Vertical housing is currently rare in Burkina Faso and owning a groundfloor essential to the Burkinabé culture. Therefore, each storey features an open space that can be used for farming and leisure and provides the desired groundfloor activities in a multi story building.

Siteplan 1 - 500 47

Masterplan 1 - 1000 49

Superblock Isometry 1 - 200 51

Vertical Village Sectional Axonometry 1 - 100 53

Ground Floor Plan 1 - 100

Section 1 - 100 54

Third Floor Plan 1 - 100

Section 1 - 100 55

Roof Cladding - Corrigated Steel Slabs

Roof Truss - Scaffolding Elements 50 mm and 20 mm Profiles

Roof Truss - Sand and Bricks Substructure Rammed Earth Finish

Cicular Reinforcements - Ring Beam Reinforced Concrete

Arches - CBE Bricks 200 x 400 x 100 mm - Ring Beam Reinforced Concrete

Vertical Access - Scaffolding 50 mm and 20 mm Profiles Vertical Access - Scaffolding and Corrigated Steel Slab Elements

Vertical Access - CBE Bricks 200 x 400 x 100 mm

Standard Cluster

Section 1 - 50

Exploded Axonometry of Construction Sequence 57

VELE DI SCAMPIA GSEducationalVersion

VELE DI SCAMPIA

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Year: Site: Tutor: Team:

Winter 2017 - 2018 Naples, Italy Sophie Wolfrom, Heiner Stengel Dong Eun Lim

The „Vele di Scampia“, the sails of Scampia, are infamously known as one of the failed modernist housing projects of Italy. Once praised for its communal design, the megastructure transformed into an urban slum due poor management and informal occupation and later became the headquarter of the Gomorrah Mafia Clan. While the criminal activities have mostly ceased today, Scampia remains as a marginalised and dangerous neighborhood. Therefore, the city of Naples is currently debating about the future of the modernist blocks and the municipality would like to see the symbol of failed Italian housing policies demolished and replaced. This project aims to propose an alternative design solution. The Vele play a crucial role in the local history and their transformation to a safe environment could have a positive impact on the entire neighborhood and change the negative image of Naples and Scampia.

Extending the Vele 60

Creating a Public Roofscape

The project therefore aims to restore the Vele by turning them into a vertical city with a varity of public and economic programmes, as well as residential units. Those facities will be acessed through vertical streets within the buildings while the rooftop terraces will be transformed to a public garden, connecting the existing park with the rest of the neighborhood. A central street will connect the megablocks on the groundfloor and public functions will extend out of the Vele to create an active streetscape. The iconic terraced form of the Vele serves as an inspiration for the form of the new architecture allowing for a variety of public shared spaces within the buildings to introduce the typical qualities of small neapolitan streets into the high-rise mondernist blocks.

Creating Vertical Streets

Extending Public Functions

Masterplan 1 - 1000 61

Groundfloor Plan 1 - 500 62

Typical Floorplan 1 - 500 63

Sectional Perspective 1 - 200 65

Terrace Perspective 67

FOOD | TOGETHER

FOOD | TOGETHER Year: Site: Tutor:

Winter 2016 Lim Chu Kang, Singapore Dr. Jessica Cook

As one of the most urbanised and densest areas on the planet, the city state of Singapore depends on foreign agriculture to sustain its growing population. Local food production has consistently decreased since the 1980s and is only considered a minor industry today. As a result, food is typically regarded as a product bought in a supermarket with no regard for its origin, its growing and harvesting processes. Situated in Lim Chu Kang, the agricultural district of Singapore, the intention behind the project is to promote emphasis on farming processes through creating shared experiences of making food from scratch. From harvesting to cooking and consumption, the com-

munal experiences that visitors could encounter bring fresh outlooks into the metropolitan lifestyles of the urban dwellers of Singapore. The architectural language of the project takes inspiration from the vernacular architecture of Southeast Asia. Designed with a strong focus on climate sensitivity and sustainability, the buildings are crafted with prefabricated timber structures to reduce the impact on the natural environment of the site. To allow for a comfortable experience in Singapore‘s tropical climate, the buildings are orientated and designed to enable natural cross ventilation.

Timber Joinery Exploded Axonometry 70

Interior Perspective

Dining Hall Perspective 71

Dining Hall Plan 1 - 100 72

Masterplan 1 - 1000

Typical Unit Plan 1 - 100 73

Roof Ridge - Timber Cladding Outer Roof Layer - Water Proof Laminated Timber Cladding 30 mm Inner Roof Layer - Waterproof Sealing 5 mm - Laminated Timber Cladding 30 mm Walls - Fabric Semi-translucent

Wall Framing - Timber Beams 100 x 100 mm

Bracing - Timber Beams 100 x 100 mm

Main Framework - CNC Milled Timber Beams 150 x 150 mm Different Lengths Load Bearing Elements - Stainless Steel Profiles Floor Slab - Timber Planking 20 x 140 mm - Timber - Screed Hybrid Slab Screed 80 mm - Cross Laminated Timber 80 x 140 mm Foundation - Concrete Base C 25/30

Standard Tent Unit

Section 1 - 20

Exploded Axonometry of Construction Layers 75

Model 1 - 50

Detail Model 1 - 50 77

SHARED ROCHOR GSEducationalVersion

SHARED ROCHOR

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Spring 2017 Rochor, Singapore Chu Lik Ren

Singapore‘s iconic Rochor Center has been demolished in 2018 due to the construction of the new Pan-Island Expressway. Nevertheless, Rochor Center was an important landmark and symbol for the 1960s pioneer generation. Its destruction did not only result in the replacement of its former residents but will also leave a gap in the local identity and urban fabric of the Bugis area. The brightly colored blocks of the old building utilized void decks, a common courtyard and public balconies to create a community amongst its diverse inhabitants while small restaurants, supermarkets and „mama shops“ provided services and activities for the neighborhood. This project aims to fill the void left behind by Rochor Center and create an appropriate replacement incorporating qualities similar to the former icon.

Typical Flat

Connecting Different Flat Typologies

The Masterplan for the site consists of a variety of interconnected towers around a public yard in the center, connecting Bugis- with Rochor MRT station. The towers vary in height and feature void decks, sky terraces and public balconies to provide communal areas and different levels of privacy for both residents as well as visitors. Each tower can house a variety of public programmes, residential typologies or communal spaces to create diversity and replace the typical spatial organization of commercial groundfloor, communal decks and private housing on top with a more organic and diverse system. Various residential units are connected in form of clusters and share communal spaces like kitchens, bathrooms and balconies. Sky terraces and air wells between the towers allow for natural ventilation and appropriate lighting, while the overall form of the building provides every unit with a view over Singapore‘s skyline.

Connecting Various Flats through Shared Spaces

Creating Vertical Clusters of Shared Flats

Masterplan Perspective

Maximum GFA

Extending the Urban Axis

Creating a Public Courtyard Space

Connecting the MRT Stations

Creating a Massing of Connected Towers

Lifting the Towers to Create Void Decks

Connecting the Buildings through Urban Balconies

Implementing Rooftop Terraces and Skygardens 81

5th Floo 82

or Cluster Plan 1 - 100

6th Floor Cluster Plan 1 - 100

9th Floor Cluster Plan 1 - 100 83

Facade Section 1 - 20 84

Facade and Roof Details 1 - 5

Exploded Axonometry 85

HOLLAND BACKYARD

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Spring 2019 Holland Village, Singapore Dr. Anna Gasco Janine de la Cruz, Viany Sutisna, Abraham Wu

Holland Village is known for its vibrant nightlife activities. Its slow pace, active streetlife and diverse community stand out amongst the other seemingly uniform and less exciting neighborhoods in Singapore. This distinct atmosphere has grown over the years under the influences of a variety of residents and visitors. However, the upoming Stirling Holdings development aims to turn Holland Village into an exclusive shopping and condominium district corroborating the already ongoing gentrification of the area. This project proposes an alternative to the planned expansion by extending the existing „backyard like“ atmosphere and spatial qualities rather than commercializing them. The masterplan is built around a central spine, functioning as a shared open space and connector between the currently separated HDB towns, railway corridor and Holland Drive area. Eight blocks centering around courtyards extend from the spine, each containing different public facilities like rooftop cinemas and public pools that were previously demolished. Civil Service Academy

Buona Vista MRT Station 86

One of the blocks, situated along a proposed corridor connecting Holland Village to Buona Vista and One North was individually designed on architectural scale. The courtyard concept of the masterplan is opening up to the corridor to funnel in passengers and visitors into the site. The building forms one of the entrances to the plot and hence will function as a front, gateway and filter to the proposed masterplan. Therefore, the building has to negotiate between the front character as a face of the new development and the backyard character of the Holland Village extansion. While the front of the building connects to the HDBs through its clean, organised facade and choice of materiality, the backside of the building features a network of balkonies, terraces and communal spaces within a steel framework that invite the residents and visitors to utilise those areas, spill over, and adapt them for their own purpose. The plot incorporates a co-working space as its anchor programme and ancillary functions like restaurants, cafes and supermarkets to create a welcoming entrance for visitors and residents at all times of the day.

Holland Drive HDB

Buona Vista CC

Lorong Liput

Outlook

Foodcourt

Raffles Medical Center

Axonometry 87

Masterplan 1 - 1000 88

Typical Floorplan 1 - 100

Groundfloor Plan 1 - 100 89

Masterplan Massing 90

Creating a Route along Primary Functions

Systematic Housing Concept

Perspective Elevation

Responding to the Surrounding Buildings

Variety of Unit Typologies

Balconies and Public Spaces 91

Sectional Perspective 93

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