Architecture Portfolio 2023

CONTENTS PAGE

LE CORBUSIER & PARIS: Through Notre Dame

Option Studio 2, Summer 2022

LE CORBUSIER & PARIS:

Intervention | The Convent of La Tourette

Option Studio 2, Summer

2022

HOUSING:

Heart of Ghim Moh, Core Studio 3, Spring 2022

ABOVE, UNDER & BEYOND:

Deciphering the road ahead

Option Studio 1, Fall 2021

UPPER REGION: living cells

MIDDLE REGION: entrance + education + visitors

LOWER REGION: refactory + religious

The heart of ghim moh

STUDIO MASTERPLANNING

site context

The Heart of Ghim Moh’s Masterplanning aims to reconnect the residents of Ghim Moh to their soil and roots. This is done by revitalising Ghim Moh Estate in a way that pays tribute and enhances the essence of Old Ghim Moh as well as increasing connectivity between people and Ghim Moh’s urban, social, historical and uniquely green landscape.

In dealing with a site so saturated with history, the masterplanning team began with a qualitative reflection on Memory in the Masterplan. With many existing infrastructure which held a significant place in residents’s hearts, one had to formulate a strategy behind which buildings were to give way to new development or remain to be conserved or repurposed. Other prompts included questioning the relative importance of roads and greenery - challenging the team to strike a balance between connectivity to nature versus connectivity within the estate. Keeping in mind the demographic of the mature estate that is Ghim Moh, the team also dwelved into the quality of public spaces and facilities needed.

As Ghim Moh currently has a happening social heart of the estate in its Ghim Moh Food Centre, the masterplanning team was inspired to revolve activity around said social heart while introducing other social nodes to resonate that activity across Ghim Moh.

These amalgamated into a Masterplan informed by 4 main strategies: (1) Enhancing Base Condition, (2) Rethinking transport access and parking as Main Fire Starter Piece, (3) Introducing Green and Blue Connectors and Entryways and lastly (4) Amplifying nodes and connectors with Public Spaces and Activities.

The heart of ghim moh

Blue Network Layer

This blue layer around Ghim Moh market consists of three key networks; primary, secondary and tertiary connections.

The primary network enhances the heart of Ghim Moh, while solidifying the idea of an ‘active, beautiful, clean waters programme’ with the distinct incorporation of green and blue networks.

Varied sizes of water bodies were created to offer distinct and wide options of water activities that can be incorporated in the future.

This includes the possibilty of incorporating channels, catchments or hybrid within these spaces.

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Proposed housing development: Heart in a heart

This project was done in partnership with Levona Chan.

Our pair was allocated plot 4 in the entire site, in which we further developed it in accordance to the addition and alteration strategy.

Drawings done on Rhino 7 3D Modelling done using Rhino 7 and Revit Core Studio 3, Spring 2022

Project Context

HEART IN A HEART features a variety of uses and locates jobs, shops, cultural landmarks, green spaces and transit stations within walking distance of housing.

CONCEPT: Housing in New Ghim Moh is one which extends Old Ghim Moh’s social center across New Ghim Moh and Beyond... by customising a housing checkerboard grid which alternates the old and iconic features of Ghim Moh with its new mixed-use developments.

The old strips are revitalised via the overlapping of modern but relevant programs, retaining the Old Ghim Moh charm and spirit. This overlapping of future and past Ghim Moh creates synergistic new public spaces that celebrate the intertwining of lives in Old and New Ghim Moh.

21 GHIM MOH ROAD: CONNECTING YOUNG & OLD GHIM MOH RESIDENTS

GHIM MOH MARKET & FOOD CENTRE: BRIDGING OLD & NEW ECONOMIC MARKETS

THE GREEN GHIM BETWEEN: EXTENDING MATURE FORESTS INTO NEW GHIM MOH

GHIM MOH PROMENADE:

LAUNCHING GHIM MOH’S HEARTLAND SHOPS BEYOND BOUNDARIES

21 GHIM MOH ROAD: CONNECTING YOUNG & OLD GHIM MOH RESIDENTS

Addition & Alteration (A&A) to the existing 21 Ghim Moh Road opens up a world between adults and youths. 3 Link bridges with void deck inspired spaces connect the new Blk 21 to the old Blk 21.

Level 2 A&A caters to the working class with its modern office spaces while Level 3 A&A invites the children of Ghim Moh to work alongside their parents, neighbours and role models.

GHIM MOH MARKET & FOOD CENTRE: BRIDGING OLD & NEW ECONOMIC MARKETS

Ghim Moh Market & Food Centre is revamped to accomodate both its pioneer businessmen as well as businessmen of the future. Usable space is multiplied trifold with its triple volume head space, allowing more natural lighting as well as an elevated market level connected to the elevated walkway that hosts both your familiar music artists - the buskers as well as a market of new artists: the NFT market.

THE GREEN GHIM BETWEEN: EXTENDING MATURE FORESTS INTO NEW GHIM MOH

The 24-kilometre long Rail Corridor (aka Green Corridor) and all its elements - flora, fauna, heritage landmarks and look out decks - now creep into the crevices of Ghim Moh Precinct. The Green Ghim Between offers residents the opportunity to experience what it truly is like to live in nature as the neighboring forests engulf their living and public spaces.

GHIM MOH PROMENADE:

LAUNCHING GHIM MOH’S HEARTLAND SHOPS BEYOND BOUNDARIES

Existing shops and new shops mingle on the Ghim Moh Promenade which extends from Ghim Moh Link to Holland Village, promoting a bustling new commercial setting that still retains your familiar mama shop while constantly refreshing Ghim Moh with new lifestyle destinations. Residents on the elevated walkway also have a space which could be transformed into a commercial unit.

axonometric drawing

Site Plan

Above, Under & Beyond: Deciphering The Road Ahead

Individual submission: The Green Link

Drawings done on Rhino 7

Option Studio 1, 2021

site context

Adam RFC opened in 1974 and was one of the dedicated food centres created in the 1970s. Even today, this hawker centre is a crowd favourite that serves both traditional and modern cuisines. Accounting for its strong cultural and heritage values tied at its core, this iconic nine-sided centre is proposed to go through a series of prominent upgrades that includes an increase in level as well as link to our proposed bridge.

a green hawker?

Closer to home, food security is an important issue that Singapore needs to continuously focus on. Given that a vast majority of hawker stalls do use produce that could be harvested locally, would it be viable to introduce this food security system directly?

Hydroponics and aquaponics are some of the many possible practices we could further incorporate into our lives to potentially mitigate this issue. Vegetables, fruits and herbs used in hawkers could be directly harvested from this urban farm.

This intervention focuses on creating a green link that allows users to experience and understand the food production process before consumption in the hawker centre. This creates an opportunity to directly involve and educate the public on food related issues such as the amount harvested and environment needed for different produce.

1. Farmer’s Market

In this intervention, a prelude in the form of ‘negative space’ taken from the courtyard of Adam RFC itself has been placed to achieve the result. Here, store vendors are able to offer fresh harvest from the link bridge whenever possible. This gives visitors and locals the opportunity to directly experience harvests from an urban farm before continuing with the journey.

2. Connection to ground level

In this connection to the ground that comprises of a large green space, users can understand the varying types of local produce as well as the process of producing it.

Diversity in spaces that are shaded and open also gives rise for the platform to engage people in understand the needs of different produces.

3. Direct connection to Adam RFC

A direct connection was created for those who require straight paths to the bridge and hawker centre. This connection holds local seasonal produce that keeps things exciting.

4. Connection to rooftop

Making use of rooftops as a hub for solar energy was a possibility explored here. The flattened edge of the roof also allows practical use while still maintaining the iconic figure of Adam RFC.

Here, the aquaponics farm will be set up with supervision from proper management.

deriving the link

In order to transform this 55m link into a more purposeful and prolonged journey, crucial connections were identified. Connection to the ground is important as it accounts for the largest human traffic with the vast green space.

Alternative pathways were also introduced to provide options for users.

The paths were subsequently altered, and the journey was prolonged by introducing spaces that can cater to different plant needs such as using shaded and unshaded spaces based on the amounts of sun exposure needed for the various species.

physical model

Roof on Roof off

sorting the hierarchy of produce

A. Hydroponics: Low maintenance

Connection to the ground links to a high density of visitors.

Vegetation with lower maintenance is situated here to encourage and ease visitors in the process of production while intriguing them to continue with their journey.

Example includes bak choi, pandan leaves and carrots.

B. Hydroponics: Seasonal

Direct route to Adam RFC.

Usage of seasonal produce to attract them, keeps it exciting for frequent users of the link bridge.

Example includes strawberries, dragon fruit and watermelon.

C. Aquaponics: High maintenance

Consumption of the produce here (seafood) is important for hawkers; hence this has the highest privacy and requires authorised skills for maintenance.

Example includes tilapia, cod and sea bream.