Architectural Portfolio_Pun Siu Pok

Architectural Design 2023

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Pun Siu Pok Mobile: +44 7591164598 / +852 96894913 Contact: punsp133@gmail.com Architecture Student RIBA Part II Hong Kong

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT PART II APPLICATION

Nakagin Capsule Tower

Statement of Interest My earliest passion and appreciation to architecture recall the memories when I walked pass the Victoria Harbour frontage, gazing at the shuttling ferries splitting the tides and ripples that reflected the hustling and bustling Hong Kong. The breath-taking composition of buildings possessing uniqueness inspired my admiration to architectural fascination, which evoked my pursuit of architecture.

My architectural journey at the University of Kent has made me realize the true profound meaning of architecture. Exploration during design stages through modeling and material testing has deepened my technical knowledge and design experience as the challenges progressively stiffened. Countless times of design presentations have improved my competence to express ideas more fluently and confront critical opinions.

For my two years of architectural practice at Aedas and Andrew Lee King Fun & Associates Architects Limited respectively, I had the opportunity to shadow the seniors to have a glimpse of actual practice work. I was able to work under the guidance of my colleagues on different projects such as Landmark North Arcade and Morse Park Public Swimming Pool Complex, learning invaluable experience as I walked through the practical procedures at different stages with them. Sitting in regular site-meetings, I am responsible of liaising with different contractors to bargain for our design intent. The whole process has taught me the significance of architects’ leadership and negotiating skills to cope with all kinds of specialists who would unreservedly defend their professional stances. The back-to-back coordination with BIM team has also widened my horizon and given me a much more thorough understanding in terms of structure and building services. Despite the hardship and bitterness in the actual practice where the pressure can be intense, the process was rewarding especially when you witnessed the results arising gradually, which would ultimately benefit the public’s interest.

Studying the topics of integration between technology, urbanisation and architecture, which I am interested in, would be my prime objective for my part two study. Such an interest was raised through the study of some enlightening architects like Archigram and Kisho Kurokawa, a metabolistic pioneer who has designed the Nakagin Capsule Tower. My final year thesis regarding utopia and futuristic cities pushed me further to study revolutionary precedence made possible in the era of technological advancement. Presenting a stark contrast to my improvidence as a young student, the architects’ flexibility in combining modern technology with architecture and lifetime devotion to changing people’s way of life were the most admirable qualities I have been longing to possess.

The key to changing people’s way of life, confused by many designers, is not as primitive as to follow the fashion of designing distinct building structures. On the contrary, architects should not be limited to inventing new forms or intricate shapes but bear the social responsibility of discovering the boundless potential of architecture and envisioning the future of cities. It is my belief that the school, established upon the vision to innovate and to remind architects of their cultural responsibilities, can provide me with the most suitable environment to refine my architectural vocabulary so that I can be more capable of improving people’s lives with architecture.

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO 2023

ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT PART II APPLICATION

PUN SIU POK

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Date of Birth: 13 March 1999 Nationality: Hong Kong Mobile: +44 7591164598 / +852 96894913 Contact: punsp133@gmail.com

EDUCATION

09/2022-07/2024

09/2017-07/2020

Newcastle University

ART & CULTURAL EXCHANGE

Newcastle, United Kingdom Master of Architecture - RIBA Part 2

JAN 2023-APR 2023 [STAGE 5 SEMESTER 2]

University of Kent Canterbury, United Kingdom Bachelor of Architecture - RIBA Part 1 Upper Second Class Honours (68)

2017

07/2021-07/2022

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WOODCRAFT CENTRE

Diocesan Boys’ School

JAN 2020-APR 2020 [YEAR 3 SEMESTER 2]

Hong Kong Graduated with Honour

WORK EXPERIENCE

P. 4-17

IELTS

Overall Band score - 7.0 09/2011-07/2017

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Topic: Alteration & Addition Studio: Material Change Tutor: Daniel Burn Nature: Academic Work

Topic: Cultural & Educational Tutor: Chloe Street-Tarbett Nature: Academic Work

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Aedas Architectural Graduate 3D Rhino model making and producing design options Executing presentation for clients Meeting clients and project running

EXTENSION OF FOYER SPACE, THEATRE ROYAL SEP 2019-DEC 2019 (YEAR 3 SEMESTER 1)

07/2020-07/2021

Andrew Lee King Fun & Associates Architects Limited 1. Year-out Architectural Assistant 2. Architectural Summer Trainee

Topic: Alteration & Addition Tutor: Silvio Caputo Nature: Academic Work

Take part in the process of design in various projects Preparing tender drawings for submission Making massing models to assist design Preparing illustrations for presentations Sites visiting and liaising with contractors in weekly site meetings

COLLECTIVE DWELLING

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JAN 2019- APR 2019 [YEAR 2 SEMESTER 2]

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

2023

Architectural Competition

Builder Architecture Competitions - Museum of Emotion 2nd Edition 2021

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Topic: Residential & Urban Planning Tutor: David Moore Nature: Academic Work

P. 34-39

Architectural Competition Expansion of Hong Kong Science Museum and Hong Kong Museum of History

2020

ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS

Architectural Studies End of Year Show Exhibitor of 2020 End of Year Show at the University of Kent

TECHNICAL SKILLS

AutoCAD

Rhinoceros

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Revit

Sketchup

Enscape

Blender

Unreal 5

APR 2021

JUN 2023

Team: Angela Leung (Hong Kong Registered Architect), Kharlie Tang (Hong Kong Registered Architect), Pun Siu Pok, Jessica Ying, Kelvin Lo Nature: Professional Design Competition

Team: Pun Siu Pok, Peony Hong Nature: International Design Competition

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ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE LANGUAGE

English

Chinese

Writing Speaking

Writing Speaking (Cantonese) Speaking (Mandarin)

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JUL 2020-JUL 2021

JUL 2021-JUL 2022

Workplace: ALKF, Hong Kong Supervisor: Kharlie Tang (Chief Architect) Larry Chan (Associate Director/ BIM Director) Nature: Professional Work Practice, Institutional

Workplace: Aedas Supervisor: Jerome Wong (Executive Director) Nature: Architectural Design, Residential, Commercial

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ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO 2023

ALTERATION AND ADDITION PROJECT

STAGE 5

01 Threshold of City Centre

Art and Cultural Exchange Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

The Newbridge Hotel sits adjacent to the Newcastle Central Motorway A167(M), an infrastructure that splits the Newbridge Street West in halves and created division between central and east of Newcastle. The project kick starts with an in-depth exploration of repurposing the building from its present role of being a hotel and transforms it into a vibrant hub of art and culture, acting as a magnet to draw people in. Following with the analysis of the building in terms of its material, location, building structure and its surrounding site context, a set of proposal will be made to reuse the building to fit its new ‘purpose’ whilst celebrating its current characteristics. The aim of the project is to reuse the current building to promote cultural development in city centre and to reconnect the division between central and east Newcastle while reconstructing a more welcoming threshold for the city.

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VISUAL/DIRECTIONALLY UNCERTAIN CYCLING-UNFRIENDLY

ALTERATION AND ADDITION PROJECT

STAGE 5

VISUALLY/DIRECTIONALLY CERTAIN

PEDESTRIAN IMPRESSION - Strong Odour - Unhygienic Environment - Deprived and underused - Poorly Managed - Narrow Street

CURRENT ROUTE

IDEAL ROUTE

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Private Space

Food Court (Dining Area)

16000.00

32sqm

Plant Room 100sqm

Co-working Studio Space (8 Studios)

4000.00

392sqm (50users)

Reception Space

13000.00

13000.00

20sqm (2users) 8000.00

Parking Space (50-70)

5500.00

10000.00

4000.00

6000.00 14000.00

Workshop Space

Art Lab

78-104sqm (8users)

105sqm (5users)

Preparation Space

9000.00

140sqm (8users)

6000.00

5000.00

6000.00

14000.00

Management Office 32.5sqm (5users)

7000.00

Archive / Library

10000.00

36sqm (3users)

Outdoor Garden

49sqm (15usersx2)

140sqm (8users)

27.5sqm

14000.00

Storage 108sqm

10000.00 6000.00

Education Room (2)

6000.00

5500.00

Female Toilets(3)

27.5sqm

Common space / Meeting Room

10000.00

6500.00

Male Toilets(3)

12000.00

24sqm (2users)

Function Room / Gallery

5500.00

1500-2500sqm 5000.00

Market Stalls (12-18) 12-25sqm (1users each)

8000.00

4000.00 3000.00

6000.00

4000.00

6000.00

Storage

128sqm (40users) 5000.00

4500.00

Approx. 2573sqm 32000.00

5000.00

256sqm (80users)

Utility Space

4000.00

8000.00

14000.00

8000.00

Exhibition Hall

Approx. 760sqm 28000.00

8000.00

16000.00

8000.00

Approx. 1238sqm 32000.00

23000.00

Public Space

7000.00

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Loading / Unloading 200sqm

33-60sqm (5users)

Development & Sketch A list of schedule of accommodation, the respective size and potential number of users are first calculated to generate a rough idea of space needed. It is also used to estimate the method of accommodating the public and private spaces. A handful of sketches is also made to start the massing and facade design.

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HIGHWAY AND BUILDING BARRIER

CURRENT SOLID WALL Unpenetrable structure set a visual ‘wall’ and is not welldesigned as a threshold to the city centre HISTORICAL TOWN WALL Large amounts of the wall were demolished during the 18th and 19th centuries; the most substantial remains are on the western side of the city. On the eastern side of the city stand three towers: Plummer Tower in Croft Street, Corner Tower at the junction of City Road and Melbourne Street, and Sallyport Tower in Tower Street.

TEAR DOWN SOLID WALL Exposed grid structure create ‘Penetrable’ Structure for City’s Threshold as a more welcoming threshold

CONTEMPORARY ‘WALL’

Concept: City’s Threshold A direct and more friendly footbridge, with separate pedestrian and cycling lane, is proposed to enhance the connection between city centre and East of Newcastle. Breaking down the existing facade which acts as a barrier rather than a city’s threshold, the new facade will be more open and welcoming for the people to access between the two regions.

GRADIENT/BREAKING-DOWN FACADE The solid block start breaking down as it sweeps towards the city’s entrance, gradually turning a solid structure to a more transparent, penetrable structure, and eventually a complete opened-up structure

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NORMAL DAYS Market Type: B

PUBLIC HOLIDAY / SUNDAY Market Type: B+C

GENERAL TYPES OF MARKETS

TYPE A Standardized units in grid layout

TYPE B Standardized unit in a non-grid layout

TYPE C Unstandardized unit in random layout

Examples: Grainger Market Old Spitalfield Market

Examples: Dadad Market Markthal

Examples: Street Markets Portobello Road Market 12

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Perspective at Ground Floor Entrance The space showcased the grand step that leads you up to the first floor entrance of the exhibition hall and to the bridge that links between Newcastle City centre and Manors. The Grand step provides a impromptu stage for the public or buskers to perform. It can also act as a space for public theatre or other social events. Creative market and food hall is situated on this level with market stalls selling local art products designed by artist or designers. The market is not limited to inside the building itself but can be extended towards the public square around the building. There is also a high transparency of the exhibition hall above the creative market, welcoming visitors to join any events held in the space.

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Exhibition Hall The exhibition hall is one of the most prominent space in the programme. In a rectangular layout, the exhibition hall can be used more flexibly and can be used to hold huge events such as exhibitions, business conference, and even local fashion shows organised by local universities or communities. The material in the space showed a huge contrast between existing concrete columns and the new glulam structures. The exhibition hall, located at the same level of the pedestrian bridge that links between the city centre and east of newcastle, welcomes visitors by sharing a preview of ‘what is happening’ in the city.

City’s Threshold A direct and more friendly footbridge, with separate pedestrian and cycling lane, is proposed to enhance the connection between city centre and East of Newcastle. Breaking down the existing facade which acts as a barrier rather than a city’s threshold, the new facade will be more open and welcoming for the people to access between the two regions.

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100mm Cement block wall Air cavity 50mm Rigid insulation 100mm Foil face batt insulation

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300x200mm Glulam

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Base Plate: St PL-25 700x700mm

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Structural concrete column

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250x750mm Glulam 20mm Gypsum board ceiling

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Tile finish on 20mm radiant panel 50mm Impact sound insulation 150mm Foil face batt insulation 12mm Sheathing plywood 500mm Glulam joist 10mm Stainless steel plate, grey sand blasting

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350x75mm Stainless steel mullion, hairline grey color

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20mm Laminated glass, grey tinted

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15mm Gypsum board 100mm Cement block wall 15mm Gypsum board

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20mm Laminated wood floor tile 50mm cemant-and-sand screed with underfloor heating pipe, polythene seperating layer 30mm Impact sound insulation 100mm Batt insulation 250mm Concrete floor slab

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100mm Cement block wall Air cavity 50mm Rigid insulation 100mm Foil face batt insulation 15mm Gypsum board

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Steel Hanger Rods C.R. Steel Channel 25mm Gypsum board, White

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CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROJECT

YEAR 3 SEMESTER 2

02 Craft Margate History & Pride

Woodcraft Centre Cliftonville, Margate, UK

The purpose of the project is to establish a community for designers and an educational institution to train people to protect the diminishing wood cultural heritage in Margate. It also endeavors to serve as a cultural space for wood art creativity, which complements the Turner Contemporary National Gallery for transforming Margate into a cultural hub. Margate is one of the most deprived areas in the UK and thus, the contextual impact of the building to the v community is carefully designed to redeem people’s long lost memories and pride in this place.

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2012

2016

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PERCENTAGE OF THE PUBLIC WITH SUB-AVERAGE QUALIFICATION (EDUCATION)

PRESENT

GREAT BRITAIN THANET (MARGATE) SOUTH EAST ENGLAND

SITE

THANET DISTRICT KENT

DEPRIVATION LEVEL OF THANET DISTRICT IN KENT

BEST QUINTILE

WORST QUINTILE

Margate’s Lido Site Location: Margate, United Kingdom Definition of Lido: A British term for public outdoor swimming pool

Cliftonville, Margate, ranked as one of the most deprived place in UK, is a seaside town on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. Many attractions were built to support the local tourism such as the Lido, the theatre of Winter Gardens and the Dreamland Amusement Park, which has the oldest wooden roller coaster (Grade II Listed) in the UK. The Margate sands has led to other intangible cultural heritage such as bathing machines and beach huts. The site is a former Lido situated on the northern part of Margate near the coast with sophisticated terrains. After the late 1960s when tourism declined in Margate, the Lido, being a listed heritage, has been fallen into disrepair to a state that it is facing critical structural risks. Other wooden heritages such as Dreamland Roller Coaster, bathing machines and Margate Jetty were either extincted or facing critical danger.

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Tackling Social Problems

Environmental Effect

Expand Art Culture

Economic Effect

Preservation of historical and cultural heritage of Lido Conservation of timber heritage of Margate Retraining Centre for skills teaching Foster Economic Growth in manufacturing and creative industry Provide Low-cost products for the community

Appreciate the woods and its use

Collaborate with Turner Contemporary Gallery Provide platform for the expanding Local Art Community

Sales of wood products can provide revenue for the scheme Raise Employment rate by educating the low-educated Boost Economy by promoting cultural industry

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Theatre and Concert Hall

Situated at ground floor, the theatre was built to expand the entertainment facility of Lido, as a modern seaside complex, but was later demolished.

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2 Restroom

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4 Food Store

The room was also a reading and subscription room with billiard tables.

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5 Outdoor Dining Area

Constructed on the bathers’ terrace, the shelter provided diners with sun shadings and a defined outdoor space.

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Diving Platform

A temporary structure built on top of the concrete base of outdoor bathing pool for water activities. It also included a water slide.

Relationship of Functionality & Lido’s ‘Fragment’ Structures 20

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Form Finding

BUILDING COMPLEX OF LIDO (1960s) Lido was initially comprised of different building blocks, with scattered structures erected in the site.

SIGHT-LINE & ACCESS The sight-line of street fronts have dictated the scale and height of the blocks of main building.

EXISTING LIDO (AT PRESENT) The site has undergone a series of demolition. The building location is proposed to provide better access and public space.

DEFINE CENTRAL SPACE & ACCESS Buildings blocks rotated for better access from lateral street and they face towards the central space of the site.

BUILDING COMPLEX-IN-ONE Combine building complex within one building. Some former structures are preserved and altered.

MOBILE STRUCTURES (WOOD) In-between gaps within the building complex provide spaces for flexible wooden structures, fit for different usage.

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Existing lido lacks outdoor communal space

Bring communal space to outdoor area

Street Floor Plan (1F)

Existing space is rigid and not used flexibly

Users can transform spaces by building new wood structures

Ground Floor Plan (GF) 22

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01: Exhibition Space (Appreciate Processed Wood)

YEAR 3 SEMESTER 2

03: Arrival Space (Appreciate Wood’s Primitive Form)

02: Ground Floor Entrance Atrium

Communicate Through Architecture & Materiality The building expresses itself through its distinctive architectural form of blocks, possessing different architectural languages. The east part of the facade featured a preserved brick wall with arch doorways and wooden structures, acting as a material for users’ study. The central part expressed itself as a doorway to the site and the building with huge frame that have strong verticality to symbolize ‘Entrance’. The modern classical sweeps across the facade as huge colonnades stand out from the rest of the building in terms of materiality expressing its interior function of a woodcraft workshop. The element of timbers ascends across the west part of the building as the timber structures replaced the original facade with minimal interference to the existing building.

Street Level Entrance: Situated at the road junction, the entrance welcomes people with an undisrupted sea view in front. A preview of tree space acts as an introduction of the woodcraft centre.

Historical Structures:

Exhibition Space:

Existing structure of this listed heritage building were largely kept such as the brick wall built in the 1800s. They serve as a collective memory of Margate and a vocabulary of its history.

The space, where woodcraft products were showcased, serve as a key component of the woodcraft centre to allow people to appreciate woods that is processed. The structures are timberconstructed which can be altered time and again.

Tree Space:

A reflective space where people can appreciate wood in its most original form. It provides a buffer zone and creative space for erecting temporary timber structures for various use.

Ground Level Entrance Atrium:

The entry point of the building is defined by the streetline.

The entrance meets the junction point between two busy roads at street level. It is an intermediate space between the workshop and the exhibition space

Woodcraft Workshop:

The well-lit hall of workshop contains the library, design space and workshop space. Constructed with crosslam timbers, the structure itself becomes the study material for users. It is a key component of the woodcraft centre to allow people to study woods and examine their values.

Supporting Facilities: Studios, heavy machine workshops & archives which require smaller individual spaces were placed at the existing structure where spaces are more pre-defined and anchored

Warehouse: Materials and tools were stored in the warehouse.

It is also an area to house a collection of woodcraft products and artwork

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Making of woodcraft The workshop is the major space in the woodcraft centre. The element of wood is vastly presented throughout the atrium of main workshop space including its roof, floor and walls, so that the building itself can act as a learning material for users in their wood crafting study. The all-in-one space incorporated all facilities required for a design workshop including design area, documentation library, as well as working space. The huge space of workshop allows easier communication fostering more interactions between users and increase the education effectiveness. The design has been carefully carried out by including acoustic baffles on the ceiling to reduce the sound echoing from the workshop.

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Rigid Insulation 170mm Zinc Cladding Void 60mm Vapour Control Layer

DPM

Cross Laminated Timber Structural Roof 160mm

Gutter

Mechanical Ventilation Space

Ventilation + Earth Tube Stack ventilation is effective in the atrium space of workshop. Fresh air enters through the doorways and windows in the facade at a lower level pushing out exhausted gas out from the saw tooth roof. Louvres are installed between the big steps allowing moisturized air from the washing area to escape. Mechanical ventilation is installed in the toilets to remove odour through underground tubes. Earth tubes will also be installed to bring in fresh air to the ground level.

Insulation Foam Batten

Plywood 12mm

Double-glazed glass

Rigid Insulation 170mm Vapour Control Layer

DPM

Stainless Steel Plate

Void 60mm Zinc Cladding

1. Roof Structure

Air Outlet Cross Laminated Timber Structural Roof 160mm

Gutter

Water Recycling + Geothermal

- Scottish larch timber cladding (20mm) - DPM - Rigid wood fibre insulation (185mm) - Vapour control membrane - Service void - 5 Layer crosslam timber panel (150mm)

Rainwater is collected by the gutter directing the water to the water tank underground. These water collected will be filtered and be reused for sink and toilets. An geothermal heat pump will be added underground to regulate the room temperature by absorbing energy from the ground in winter and releasing energy to the ground in summer.

The energy will be dissipated through the geothermal floor heating system.

Double-glazed skylight Sound Absorbing Acoustic Panel

Service Void Rigid Insulation

Glazed Double-leaf Door

Floor Construction Top - Down

2. Wall Structure - Gravel - Concrete slab with reinforcement steel bar (350mm) - DPM - Air cavity - Rigid insulation (200mm) - Vapour control membrane - 5 Layer crosslam timber panel (160mm) - Plywood cladding (12mm)

Timber Cladding 18mm Screed 75mm Vapour Control Layer Rigid Insulation 180mm DPM Concrete Slab Concrete Footing

External Construction External Paving Slab Concrete slab 220mm Sand Binding with drainage layer 100mm

Insulation Foam

3. Floor & Foundation - Timber floor cladding (15 mm) - Screed (100 mm) - Vapour control layer - Rigid insulation (190 mm) - DPM - Concrete slab - Concrete footing

Winter Solstice: 18°

Summer Solstice: 60°

Solar Lighting + Acoustic

Water Drainage Rigid Insulation

The optimal solar angle is 39°, but having considered the shadowing of the southern building frontage, the angle of the windows is set higher to 42°. The saw tooth waffle roof will allow sufficient sunlight for this educational atrium of workshop. Artificial light will be installed on the baffles to aid the skylight if sunlight is insufficient. Sound absorbing acoustic panels are installed on the ceiling to reduce the noise level and the echoing inside the space.

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Circulate Between Promenades

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The circulation platform on the cliff edge is designed to allow visitors to access conveniently throughout the multi-level site to enhance the retail and sea-side walking experience. This lessens the detachment of the lower promenade from the outdoor balcony and the upper promenade space. The timber structure is in a form of 3x3 grid to allow standardisation of floor slab sizes.

7 Circulation Space

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Customisable Space (Recreational Functions)

3 Customisable floor slabs and furniture

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Circulation space between the promenades

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Lower ground slabs allow fishing during high tides Plantation of trees living in salt water

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1. Street Market (Wood Stalls Assembled by users) 2. Conversion of existing Lido building 3. B/F Terrace 4. Main Building (Woodcraft Centre)

5. Outdoor Crafting Space 6. Wooden Structure: Circulation platform (Designed and assembled by users) 7. Wooden Structure: Swimming Shed (Designed and assembled by users) 8. Wooden Beach Huts (Designed and assembled by users)

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Low-cost Products for Community Wood is a flexible material which can be used to made a wide variety of products.

Wood furniture made in the centre can be sold at low-cost to the community aiding people’s daily life. Other products such as wooden toys can help children in low-income families

Retraining Facility for The Low-Educated

Redefine ‘Fragments’

Timber structures serve as a visual replica of scattered structures in the Lido during 1960s. These structures can be redesigned and constructed by users of the woodcraft centre to create different space to accommodate different use and events. They create interesting space and visual stimulus to recall people’s memory and pride to the place. The woodcraft centre takes the role of ‘regional carpenter’ to reshape the site with the expansion of timber fragments and to repair or maintain other timber cultural heritage in Margate. These fragments fosters activities around the site encouraging people to explore the site and to restudy this cultural heritage.

Serve and Protect Timber Cultural Heritage in Margate

Assemble Swimming Shed in the Lido Bath

The educational level in Margate is significantly lower than the national educational level causing social problems within the region such as high crimerate and high unemployment rate. The setting up of such an educational institution can equip people with design skills and craftsmanship.

Assemble Temporary Market Stalls

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03 Raise the Curtain

Extension of Foyer Space Theatre Royal Margate, UK

The project was to built a new extension on the existing Theatre Royal, Margate which had gone into a decline as much as the community around. The building was purposed for various uses from a cinema and a chapel to a theatre club and a live performance space. After the construction of the Turner Contemporary, which was one of the most important national galleries in the UK, Margate has been financially recovering and transforming into a centre for creative arts. To grasp this invaluable opportunity brought by the gallery, the design for the addition for the theatre was meant to take a more artistic and bolder approach. The result is a building with huge traces of ribbon-like curvature and a ‘curtain’ wrapping around the quintessence of the theatre.

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Relocation of Entrance The location of the existing entrance has a low flow rate, which makes the entry point ambiguous. Proposed entrance facing towards the busy street and Hawley square ensures a clear direction for users to the threshold.

Hawley Square, with the potential to be redeveloped into a vibrant cultural centre of Margate, ensures the sustainability of the theatre.

Repositioning of the entrance makes way for people to the theatre from the Hawley Square.

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Demolition plan & Proposed extension footprint The new foyer extension for the Theatre Royal is proposed to locate at its southern side towards the Hawley Square Road, allowing more natural sun light in the interior space. An expansion of existing pedestrian road is required to accommodate the extension. The new design will ensure the Georgians walls built in 1700s be kept to lessen the interference to the existing structure. The main theatre hall and backstage space are, by large, left untouched to avoid unnecessary alteration.

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Initial Concepts The atrium space will serve as a key venue for the development of performance arts in Margate. To facilitate cultural interactions, the concourse is a prime space with high ceiling height. A tree has always been a conventional gathering point. It marks the central point for the atrium and provides an emphasis for this huge lobby space.

Definition of an Ideal Public Space An ideal central space should consist of good daylighting, a central point where people are attracted to and intriguing space where people can connected with one another. Tree - the element of nature, is chosen as the central point for the project to offer vibrance and vitality to the theatre.

Concept: Curtain The best part always hides behind the curtain

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SECOND:

The vertical edges (marked in red) are shaped in a way as if a curtain is being slowly opened up.

The plan of the curve wall follows the streetline. Wall contours are designed as wavy as a curtain

Isometric

THIRD: Isometric

Isometric

Elevation

Elevation

Raise the bottom of the curtain and pull down the top to leak mysteries behind the wall of ‘curtain’.

Warm Space

Central Space

To create a delightful and warm space for visitors where they can be gathered, natural sunlight is directed into the atrium space through the glazed roof. The curve wall blocks off the light on the sides so that light only comes from the top, creating a spotlight effect.

The atrium space will serve as a key venue for the development of performance arts in Margate. To facilitate cultural interactions, the concourse is a prime space with high ceiling height. A tree has always been a conventional gathering point. It marks the central point for the atrium and provides an emphasis for this huge lobby space.

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ALTERATION & ADDITION PROJECT

YEAR 3 SEMESTER 1

Grand Opening Dramatic Entrance The entrance is a visual resemblance of a curtain slowly opened up, welcoming visitors to enter. This dramatic entrance is wide opened towards the more delightful Hawley Square and busier town centre. It frames a better view of the town scape out of this narrow street. Meanwhile, the central atrium space which is the quintessence of the extension is framed as well on the other side from the perspective on the street.

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ALTERATION & ADDITION PROJECT

YEAR 3 SEMESTER 1

Facade & Modeling Experimentation on the facade shape has been done through the use of 3D printings and digital modeling. The finalized products have proven its seemingly impossible structure to be stable and achievable, with intriguing shadow effects as lights enters above.

Natural ‘Stage Lighting’ The top edge of the curve wall is opened up toward the south allowing sunlight to pour into the new extension throughout the day. With natural daylight penetrating the perforations on the curve wall and reflecting through the leaves and branches of the tree, a semi-permeable effect is induced, allowing the main atrium to be filled with intricate and geometrical shades of light. The combination of a glazed roof and wall perforations allows sufficient daylighting.

Room for Imagination The curved wall is designed to reveal part of the interior space but not all of it to provide room for imagination for outsiders. Perforations on the curve wall are in alignment with the Georgian windows of Theatre Royal to create a sense of continuity and transition from the existing Victorian Wall to the modern curved facade.

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ALTERATION & ADDITION PROJECT

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO 2023

1. Cloak Room 2. Main Stage 3. Multi-purpose Room

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4. Stalls 5. Stage 6. Backstage

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1. Main Entrance 2. Box Office 3. Lobby

4. Grand-staircase 5. Food Bar 6. Toilets

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1. Management Office 2. Lobby 3. Grand-staircase

YEAR 3 SEMESTER 1

4. Toilets 5. Greenroom 6. Rehearsal Space

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1. Theatre Cafe & Bar 2. Toilets 3. Storeroom

4. Light Control Room 5. Gallery

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ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO 2023

YEAR 2 SEMESTER 2

04 Collective Dwelling

Landuse Map

Study of Building height to Street Width ratio: 1:1.1 & 1:1.2

Vehicular Flow rate Map

Study of Building height to Street Width ratio: 1:0.7 & 1:1.2

Residential Housing & Urban Planning Sandwich, UK

The project was to create a cozy residential community in Sandwich, UK, which suffers from the problem of aging population. To stimulate the energetic mood within the town, a community to attract and accommodate different age groups is essential. Therefore the design features different types of housings which are purposely designed for specific groups of people. The distinct lifestyle and habits at different age group were examined thoroughly in the whole process from urban planning to the design of each individual house type. To enhance the social cohesion of the region, communal spaces are of paramount importance in Sandwich, which lacks places for people to congregate. Natural elements interweave with different parts of the design.

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ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO 2023

YEAR 2 SEMESTER 2

Studies of Timber-Framed Houses

Studies of Sandwich old town district

Vernacular Houses in Sandwich follow the architectural style during the medieval times. Features of a timber-framed houses are studied at the starting point of the project so that the design can blend into the architectural context of Sandwich. Double-hung vertical sliding sash windows, jetties and cantilever structures concluded some of the basic elements of such a housing type. In particular, low ceiling-heights and distorted scale of front door/windows size may be found in these timberframes houses. Some of these elements have provided the design foundation of the different housing types in the site.

The form of buildings in the old town district is dictated by the flow of vehicular roads. This rule is strictly followed throughout the masterplanning. The lack of green and open space in Sandwich has urged the needs for an open garden space for public leisure. The width of street as well of building height ratio is carefully studied and replicated to create a new localised district.

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The existing site is used as parking lot, causing adverse effect to the town-scape. The parking lot is under-use.

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To redesign the roads by connecting the interesting points of the site. The roundabout slows traffic down lessen safety concern.

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Building blocks are settled by the flow of vehicular road. Elderly flats targeting older age groups are closer to town centre.

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Terrain is created to define communal space. Courtyard within the elderly flats specifically serves the elder to protect their small community.

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RESIDENTIAL & URBAN PLANNING PROJECT

YEAR 2 SEMESTER 2

Masterplan Sandwich is suffering from the problem of aging population and is in desperate needs of attracting younger generations to move in. The masterplan serves to fit for people from all age group so that it can act as a model community within the town. Different house types are designed specifically work for different targeted age group with a central communal garden around to accommodate the residents’ recreational needs and brings people together. The elderly house consists of a courtyard to protect the inner social circle within the old people while the estate is placed closer to the town centre preventing isolation of that particular age group. Guildhall public space now interlocks with the community garden, combining into a much larger public space for Sandwich. The community garden compensate the disadvantage of Guildhall’s rigid atmosphere and lack of greenery, while the Guildhall provides more potential for the garden with its prime location. Rather than having excessive car-park spaces, the masterplan includes sufficient amount of parking lots so that they would not cause adverse effect to the town-scape.

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RESIDENTIAL & URBAN PLANNING PROJECT

YEAR 2 SEMESTER 2

Perspective View: Courtyard in Elderly Flats

Communal Space It is a multi-generational park for recreational use. Sandwich, UK lacks a large public space for people to hang out and gather around. The space sits next to the Guildhall and connects with it to form a large central space. It compensates the disadvantage of the Guildhall which is a tight space with no seating area and greenery. The communal space has a large green pitch for leisure activities. A wide staircase lies between the green park and the pedestrian deck providing a large seating area for residents. The park and children playground is surrounded by trees which act as acoustic barriers.

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ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO 2023

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First Floor Plan (1F) 4m

HOUSE MODEL 1 Size: 334 sqm in total Target User: Family with 3-4 person

Relationship between Interior and Greenery

Cozy Space

The front door of the house is directing users to the backyard enabling a sense of retreat as they enter the house. The glazed sliding doors which are separating the backyard from the kitchen space, are openable allowing the kitchen to be instantly turned into a semi-outdoor space. A small inner courtyard of planting area is set at the centre of the house providing vibrance and energy to the environment as well as the inhabitants. It can also be treated as a space for children to engage with organic home gardening. As you step out of each bedroom, you must not neglect the existence of this tiny enchanted ‘courtyard’.

The backyard view is shared among all three bedrooms creating a common private outdoor space. The private backyard has created a high degree of privacy for all the bedrooms. The living room with a double height ceiling is the most open space within the house. The living room is top lit by skylights, keeping the internal space warm and well-lit. This contemporary interior space enclosed in a half-timbered envelope allows users to found familiarity in this medieval town. With the consideration of the social context, wood studs were added as the key touch on the front facade, so that the house can seamlessly assimilate into the surrounding prehistorical town houses.

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RESIDENTIAL & URBAN PLANNING PROJECT

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Privacy The living room and bedroom which require a higher degree of privacy are placed at the back of the house further away from the street. The sliding glazed doors segregating the backyard and the living room are openable so that breeze can enter the living room. Rooms such as the dining room and the study require much less privacy, and thus are placed facing toward the street allowing a more open view. Whereas the privacy within the house is kept at minimum level as there are no solid separation between the bedroom and the study, allowing a more intimate space shared between the users.

HOUSE MODEL 2 Size: 120 sqm in total Target User: Young Couple

Medieval Facade The facade is a replica of a prehistorical townhouse featuring elements such as jetty and studs so that it can contextually fit into the community of Sandwich, UK. Combined with a huge contemporary glazed window, allowing more light to come in, the house is a satisfying option for younger generations. The materiality of the building also refers to the existing medieval timber-framed houses which are primarily constructed with bricks, wood and plaster.

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ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS

APR 2021

05 Architectural Competitions

Team: Angela Leung (HKIA) Kharlie Tang (HKIA) Pun Siu Pok Jessica Ying Kelvin Lo

History Museum & Science Museum Hong Kong Design Competition 2020

The competition was opened for Registered Architects and members of Hong Kong Institute of Architects to contribute designs for the expansion of Hong Kong Science Museum and Hong Kong Museum of History for reference and future implementation by the Hong Kong Government.

Our design approach for the facade design for the expansion of Hong Kong Science Museum and Hong Kong Museum of History is to introduce the theme of four seasons across different segments of the facade of the museum complex. We feel this would stimulate various sense of arrival depending on which route the visitors takes. The idea of the four seasons also symbolically represent the cycle that’s relative to seasonal changes, festive seasons stemming from different culture and more important to the aspect of time. Everything in life falls within the cycle of the four seasons and we feels this theme truly reflects both Hong Kong Museum of History in representing the past as well as the Hong Kong Science Museum with the notion of looking forward to the future.

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ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS

Kaira Looro Architectural Competition Primary School Design 2023

JUN 2023

The building is divided into three main sections: Education programme, public space and administration space. These programmes are interlocked to create several open and outdoor spaces within the structure. The central open space is the main entrance of the school welcoming people to the canteen, one of the most public spaces. It situates at the centre to allows better access to all areas of the school. Between canteen and classrooms, there are open spaces where children can engage in outdoor activities. While the corridor space, linking different blocks acts as a buffer zone between quiet and noisy space. The open space in front of the laboratory provides opportunities for outdoor learning experiences and sports events.

The unique design of the diagonally cut roof attract people to enter the school. It also stands out the building in a rural area. Seatings are provided at the skirting of the roof for children to enjoy recreational activities. The classroom and the canteen share an overlapping roof, it provides a welcoming and open atmosphere when viewed from the outside. The openable partitions in front of the classroom can bring the education spaces out of the classroom, allowing other children out of school, to also join and enjoy education.

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ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE

JUL 2020 - JUL 2021

06 Architectural Practice

Relationship between Plan and Elevation of Curtain Wall This diagram shows one of the experimentations on the alignment and configuration of Curtain Wall with width constraint and visual considerations.

Supervisor: Kharlie Tang (Chief Architect) Larry Chan (Associate Director/ BIM Director)

Year-out Architectural Assistant ALKF+, Hong Kong

I was given an opportunity to work as a year-out architectural assistant at Andrew Lee King Fun & Associates Architects Limited after my graduation from the University of Kent. Working smoothly with the team, I get to participate in two on-going projects: Conversion of Morse Park Swimming Pool Complex in Wong Tai Sin and a 30-classroom Primary School in Anderson Road. The primary school project was at tender stage and I was tasked to draft some of the tender drawings and prepare documents for different departments such as the Public Works Subcommittee. Morse Park Swimming Pool Complex is at the construction stage, I formulate designs for the shop-drawings as construction goes on at the same time. My duty also includes following up defects and liaising with different contractors to check and amend problems from time to time. In addition to the two projects that I have been following up, I also take part in making design proposal and producing diagrams for project bidding at times. The company has also granted me trainings on Building Information Modeling (BIM), allowing me to work in a more flexible and fluent manners on different projects.

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ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE

JUL 2020 - JUL 2021

Morse Park Swimming Pool Complex, Hong Kong Phase: Construction Stage Site: Morse Park, Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong Role: Project running, draft construction drawings for site coordination including section and elevation drawings, liaising with contractors and suppliers, attend sitemeetings, create design on detail features.

The Conversion of Morse Park Swimming Pool Complex is an alteration and addition project which has been in construction stage. I was responsible for liaising with different contractors and producing draft that fits our design approach for contractors to work on the shop-drawing.

Dealing with construction defects, I am responsible of attending regular site inspection to update the status of work. The project have also provided me with an opportunity to take part in experimenting on curtain wall design and study the structural details of roof truss, which are uncommon in Hong Kong in terms of the scale of work. Shadowing a senior architect on site meetings, I get to learn from his skills to collaborate with contractors as well as clients. Taking part in such kind of governmental project and studying room schedules have also allowed me to understand the building procedure more thoroughly. We have also experimented different designs for the renovation of swimming pool lobby space by playing with tile patterns and colourings on the ceiling to highlight the existing waffle structure, rarely seen in Hong Kong.

The project pushes me forward on understanding more about MEP of a building as it has a more complex building system due to its nature of being an indoor swimming pool.

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ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE

JUL 2020 - JUL 2021

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ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE

JUL 2020 - JUL 2021

Hong Kong Taoist Association Wun Tsuen School 從南面望向小學的構思透視圖 Phase: Construction Stage Site: Morse Park, Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong Role: Project running, draft construction drawings for site coordination including section and elevation drawings, liaising with contractors and suppliers, attend site-meetings, create design on detail features.

構思圖 構思圖

觀塘安達臣道發展區(地盤KT2C)1所設有30間課室的小學

I am also following up an Architectural Services Department educational project. My task includes designing interior spaces of the school, generating render images, preparing diagrams for clients’ meeting and other relevant committees, preparing tender drawings and modifying the computer 3D model. The project allows me to thoroughly understand some of the E.V.A requirements as well as some technical knowledge of different component within a school in Hong Kong. During the projects, I had made design experimentations and proposals in different aspect from small details to large modifications during the tender stage. The school is also one of the earliest schools in Hong Kong to adopt Modular Integrated Construction (MIC) method for constructions, allow me to thoroughly understand the mechanism of each MIC units. The school project also incorporate a BIM model with Revit 2018 giving an opportunity to explore architecture in a much different perspective.

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ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO 2023

ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE

JUL 2021 - JUL 2022

Aedas, Hong Kong Office 31/F, One Island East, 18 Westlands Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong

52 Stanley Village Road, Residential Development Phase: Tender Stage Site: 52 Stanley Village Road, Stanley, Hong Kong Role: Draft tender drawings, facade design, meeting clients, coordinate with interior designer.

Supervisor: Jerome Wong (Executive Director)

Landmark North Shopping Arcade, Sheung Shui Phase: Tender Stage Site: Sheung Shui, Hong Kong Role: Draft tender drawings, layouting shop and arcade plans, facade design, meeting clients, create interior designs for arcade and entrance.

Architectural Graduate Aedas, Hong Kong

I have been working as an architectural graduate at Aedas, Hong Kong Office and have taken part in various commercial and residential projects. Unlike public community projects like I worked on in ALKF, commercial projects focus much more on the design’s potential to generate profits. Thus, the layouting of shops and arcade plans are critical. I also need to meet with clients and contractors to follow up design issues.

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THANK YOU With special thanks to those who have shaped my path

ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT PART II APPLICATION