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PERSONAL STATEMENT Recent graduate with an MArch degree from Manchester School of Architecture, I am looking forward to start my career in architecture. I am a hard worker and a fast learner. I should be very grateful for the opportunity to progress and improve in the field of Architecture. I am able to take on responsibility and have the enthusiasm and determination to ensure that not only work go smoothly, but also that I learn something from it.

MArch

I have been urging myself to gain more skills during my Masters degree. Pushing myself out of my comfort zone by exploring different parts of architecture to broaden my fields. In my first year, QED was selected as my atelier. QED aimed to generate compelling visions and persuasive arguments for future development that engage the three pillars of sustainability: equity, economy and environment.

I’ve also taken up Pre-figuration Architecture for Research Methods, revisiting the margins of design and exploring the transformative potential of spatial practices. For my dissertation I’ve pursued architecture in film for my dissertation, An Investigation of the Utopian/ Dystopian Nature of Cities through the Portrayal of Architecture in Film.

For my final year of MArch, I’ve chosen &Architecture as my atelier. &Architecture takes the unconventional route to designing. Rather than starting from within the discipline and moving outwards, &rchitecture emerges from what already is different (in the world). &rchitecture is brought into existence through the participation in and inhabitation of material space by the subjects of the city.

Working in Malaysia

I had an opportunity to intern in a medium sized firm - ZLG Design during my degree. Though it was a short 2 months internship, it opened up my eyes to architecture in the real world and also sparked my interest in environmental architecture as the firm specialized in green architecture.

I was fortunate enough to be able to work under a team managing a large scale high-rise construction project - Best Western Premier Hotel and Serviced apartment in Genting Highland, Malaysia while working with a project management firm during my year out. I had the opportunity of overseeing not only the construction team, but also the Best Western Hotel handover team. I am familiar with the ins and outs of the construction process (Tender - RIBA Part 5 to the In use Stage - RIBA Part 7) as I was involved in all stages of the project in my duration at the firm.

After acquiring the skills from the project management firm, I moved on to work under an architectural firm owned by an experienced architect. Due to my experience with the project management company, I was hired to oversee a residential bungalow project. I was lucky enough that he took me under his wing, not only to experience all stages of work from Planning and Design stage (Part 1) to Using (Part 7), he pushed to improve my architectural skills, but also very willingly taught me the ins and out of running an architectural firm. I am also trained for sustainability design while working in the firm.

I’m very happy that I fought for the chance to actually take this amazing path. I don’t just want to be an architect in the future, but someone that helps to push the world towards sustainable architecture. I want to make a difference not for myself, but for a better environment for the future generations to live in. I know that if we slowly influence the rest of the architecture world and convince them that sustainable architecture is the way to go, maybe instead of going downhill, our environment will improve.

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MULTIFAITH CENTRE

AIR ANGIN

ION DELEMEN

HOPWOOD

BSH + RACE TO ZERO

&ARCHITECTURE

CONTENT

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FINAL YEAR &ARCHITECTURE &rchitecture is a way of understanding and making our buildings and our cities more affective &rchitecture is a way of thinking about & practicing architecture. & (and) is a powerful little symbol - it opens out into the next step, argues for inclusion and demands to be concluded. Rather than starting from within the discipline and moving outwards, &rchitecture emerges from what already is different (in the world). &rchitecture is brought into existence through the participation in and inhabitation of material space by the subjects of the city. This is a key way of discovering what the power and potential of architecture is to create (inclusive cities and societies).

The following chapter is still an on going project for MArch Final year. The project is not finalized and the design in portfolio is not final.

Can infrastructure discourage social class separation and break invisible borders?

With a country that consist of multiple race and cultures, there were definitely tension in between each race. The renters tend to stereotype and generalise the whole race based on a few bad apples. Looking more deeply into the racial issues of Malaysia, it is harder to compare the contrast in different residence among races in the urban area now a days. The residential buildings are modernized and they have since left their traditional housing behind. However, there are quite distinct architectural difference in income classes in the urban area. The disparity of income groups have been so intrenched that it has become an issue of racism. Because of that, even in the same income bracket, people have sought to separate each other by race. Even with the same social status, the people have been known to still isolate themselves by the colour of their skin. The people tend to gravitate towards areas where there are high population of the same race due to heavy stereotyping, even if the people are from the same income status. Hence, area with higher population of a certain race is formed, unintentionally.

In apartment buildings, people also tend to sought for buildings with more of the same race population. Because of that, the issue is worse when renting rooms as the home owners are very particular in to as who rents their homes, especially when they have to share a house.

PART A RESIDENTIAL AREA - RENT A BILIK

Each units: Racially mixed PART B UNDERPASS PARK

Podium: Income distribution mixed at block level

PART C COMMUNITY CENTRE

Park + Community centre: Involving the community and the city

Studio 2 progress massing

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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK

Room types

room [in malay]

Rent-a-Bilik targets university students that are looking to reside in the middle of the city centre, and also people that moved from the outskirts and other states to work in the city centre without breaking their banks. There are along of people, especially young adults that faces troubles when it comes to renting a room in the city. They have to deal with rude rentees, racist home owners, pricy rooms or rooms that fit their budget but not their requirements in the city.

Working adults who moved into the city from another state / outskirts of town

University students that studies in the heart of town.

Young couples looking for new opportunities

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PART A RENT-A-BILIK bilik:

Cheapest

Private Room Super single bed Shared bathroom Basic stocked kitchen Weekly common room housekeeping

Middle

Instead of designing more buildings that hold housing units to sell, I came up with an idea of creating a space to allow to live in a place where they feel safe and comfortable, and easy to sign up without the hassle of dealing with agents or homeowners. Four different units are designed to include different income class. By randomly shuffling the rooms, it allows people from different racial background to mix in each unit.

Private Room Queen sized bed Shared bathroom Basic stocked kitchen Weekly common room housekeeping PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Rent

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The renters will be given a few room choices, but will not be able to choose specific units or members. They are assigned a room with 4 other roommates from different backgrounds.

Renters are able to rent the room for however long they needed the rooms.

What are your interests/ hobbies?

En-suite Queen Bed Single Bed

Higher Floor

Do you own a car?

Yes

Most Expensive

Private Room Queen sized bed Ensuite Personal shopper + Fully stocked kitchen On call chef Housekeeping

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Pets allowed

Private Room Queen sized bed Ensuite Personal shopper + Fully stocked kitchen Housekeeping

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Air conditioned

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

City view

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Courtyard view

Closer to LRT station

Shuffle of rooms according to interests

Middle High

Preferences

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

If the renters are interested in renting a room with people that share their same interests, they are able to do so too by filling in their interests and hobbies.

Rent-a-Bilik

Choose a room without the stress

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Renter fills in interests

Renter is able to choose rooms with different price points depending on their budget. Renters are also given the choices of different preferences to choose from before renting their rooms.

UTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Renter chooses a price

PART B PARK The park is planned to contain covered area to shade visitors from the harsh sun and heavy rain. Spaces such as skate park, basketball court, climbing areas and a multiuse space that could be used for events.

The area should be brightly lit throughout the night to discourage shady activities, especially when sentul is still a high crime area.

The activities should encourage the area to be safe to pass through, even at night.

PART C COMMUNITY CENTRE The underpass park is designed to be also be multiuse. The site could be rented out by the surrounding residence for events, especially weddings, parties and gatherings, but also for festivals, open air concerts, starlight cinemas, and other events.

Pasar Malam [Night Market] are a staple in the Malaysian society, where are normally setup at temporary closed street for vehicle and open for pedestrian during evening until late night on weekly basis.

On certain days of the week, the park is opened up to venders to set up their stalls to set up for the night market. Food trucks would be able to access the site throught the carpark too, allowing more choices and selections for the pedestrians.

The carpark could be utilized by the visitors to park their cars as in normal circumstances, night market will also clog up the traffic circulation surrounding the night market. With the carpark being utilized, the traffic fiasco could be avoided.

The community centre could be entred through the roof, as it is leveled with the surround area, and the park could be entered through the community centre or the steps right by it.

The centre manages the park and carpark, with all the proceed of the rental of the spaces goes towards the maintainence of the park, carpark and the centre itself.

The centre provides classes where children and adults could pick up new skills and join activities that is arranged in the park and also serves the not only residence of Rent-a-Bilik, but also surrounding neighbourhoods, allowing the residences to rent out spaces within the centre and the park for free.

Skate park

Concerts

Pasar Malam

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BARCELONA + BSH Tow different briefs, two different site.

MArch - PS1

THE DESIGN

THE CHALLENGE

Barcelona Social Housing

Barcelona Social Housing Brief Breakdown Barcelona is on the verge of its second housing crisis in 10 years. A perfect storm of foreign investment, continued rises in tourism and the emergence of apps allowing booking rooms in the city at the touch of a button has led to rising house prices which has increased rent and consequently pushed the Catalonian people out of the city.

We were posed the question of: “How can we create new spaces of coexistence for the population where living is a right and not a luxury?”

Our task was to transform an abandoned office building from the 20th century into a habitable residential block fit for the 21st and beyond. Our site in the centre of the city has 8 floors plus a roof terrace totalling 10,000m2. of useable space. The ground floor is large enough for 1500m2 of retail space and the brief specified creating a roof terrace that could exploit its desirable views over the city. The proposal had to encapsulate the holistic nature of Barcelona’s buildings, streets, sidewalks and plaza, whilst exploring a new typology for social housing in the city.

Brief Analysis Our site is located in one of the busiest areas of Barcelona, with a visual connection from the Collserola mountain range all the way down Via Laietana to the coastline. The BSH competition had a very historic setting that needed to be respected as part of any proposal, the site that would host our design was also of historic significance and required particular sensitivity.

The brief made us question the current status quo of social housing in Barcelona and whether it is adequate. Questioning the provision of social housing implies that there is not enough currently being done which has particular significance at the present time when Catalonia is in the midst of a battle for independence from Spain.

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CURRENT Hot Desking Area

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2050 PROJECTION Sport facilities for an active ageing population 2

CURRENT Fixed Commercial Units 9

2050 PROJECTION Medical Centre

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CURRENT Flexible Commercial Area

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2050 PROJECTION Leisure Space

4 Public Toilet 5 Accessible Public Toilet 6 Bed/ Bathrooms aligned 7 Living Rooms aligned

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8 Unprogrammed Communal Area 9 Bed- and Bathrooms aligned

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10 Living Rooms aligned 11 Unprogrammed Private Roofspace

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Existing building and site context along Via Laietana, Barcelona.

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DRIVE Via Laietana

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SLEEP BATHE

Utility Areas

LOUNGE

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SOCIALISE

BREATHE

SOCIALISE

Living Areas

Courtyard

Enclaves

Green Curtain

Enclaves

SLEEP BATHE

LOUNGE

Utility Areas

Living Areas

VIEW Plaรงa de Victor Balaguer

THE CHALLENGE Race to Zero Brief Breakdown The worlds natural resources are dwindling and energy demand continues to grow. Recent innovations in building technology now mean that zero energy buildings have become an economical and achievable goal.

We were tasked to propose a high-performance building that is so energy efficient that a renewable energy system would be able to offset its annual energy consumption. Our proposal had to demonstrate integration of building science into an ultra-efficient design that was also cost effective and meet the design constraints of our chosen site.

Each group chose a residential building type to pursue, we chose the ‘small multifamily’ contest.

The requirements stipulated that each dwelling must be no larger than 2,000ft2 and no smaller than 350ft2, the lot size had no minimum or maximum and proposal had to meet or exceed the ‘DOE Zero Energy Ready Home National Program Requirements’. We were given the option to either retrofit an existing building or propose an entirely new structure as long as it was situated in the U.S and met our design contest requirements.

THE DESIGN 1 Bay Residents 1 Bedroom Apartment Young Couple

Second Floor

2 Bay Residents 3 Bedroom Apartment Established Family

1.5 Bay Residents 2 Bedroom Apartment Young Family

Brief Analysis Our brief was very meticulous about what outputs our proposal needed to achieve, for instance we must meet or exceed the DOE Zero Energy Home California Program Requirements, reach a HERS index of zero and meet 2012 IECC standards. As our chosen site was in Los Angeles we also had to meet or exceed Title 24, a set of building codes specific to the California area.

Although it was specific about what energy requirements we had to achieve, the rest of the brief was far more open to interpretation. We were given parameters that we must include such as architectural design, interior design, constructability etc. and accompanying criteria for each section we had to meet but not limited to. The 4E’s and 4T’s framework was applied to each evaluation parameter and made each section much stronger.

East Cesar Chavez Avenue - North Facing

East Cesar Chavez Avenue - South Facing

First Floor

Ground Floor 3 Bay Residents 5 Bedroom Apartment Multi-generational Family

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PV-T Panels that also form a fly roof

Stack ventilation chimney

Occupiable roof area

Zero-VOC paints

Deciduous plants cooling upper floors

Slim windows allowing deep light penetration

Connection to the outdoors

Self-maintained reed bed pond

Well shaded, cool ‘streets’

Accessible ground floor apartment

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Section cut

Open and adaptable floor plans

Shaded Well insulated thermal envelope apartments

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HOPWOOD

MArch - PS2

HOPWOOD HISTORY PS2 focuses on adaptive reuse of an existing building. In our case, we were given a 5 century old building situated in a suburb, within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester.

Hopwood hall was built in the 15th century by the Hopwood family, with the building structure dated back to 1426. Throughout the century, the family had the house redecorated and renovated, adding new features to the building such as bay windows and adjustments according to the trending features of the different eras through the century. Lord Byron is believed to have spent his days at the hall revising his poem, Childe Harold’ s Pilgrimage.

After over 5 centuries, the Hopwoods left the estate and the building was utilised by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation (LCC) during WWII. After the war, the hall became a training ground for Roman Catholic teachers under the De La Salle Brothers. During the change of hands, the hall went through changes to suit the need of the users.

In recent years, the house was left abandoned after the school left, causing it to fall into despair. American Actor and descendants of the Hopwood family, Hopwood Depree offers to take over Hopwood Hall with plans to restore it, and to turn the neglected building into a historical monument.

South View of Hopwood Hall

ACCESSIBILITY APPROACH First floor of the west wing of the building were escavated and pulled down to allow a wider accessibily to the public. It also allows the ceiling height of the buildings to be higher. The red area is highlighted to indicate that the area is not disabled friendly due to the high significance of the building as per the diagram on the lower left page.

On the ground floor, the west wing of the building is removed and the building is escavated and floor level pushed down to level the entire ground floor to cut down the need of stairs in the building, allowing the entire floor to be disabled friendly.

Building left unchanged Cannot be accessed by wheelchair.

Level change

Lift is placed near the entrance of the building and travels to all three floors, and with the redesigned floor plates, the building is at least 70% disabled friendly.

FIRST FLOOR

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Ground Floor Plan Due to the direction which the building face, the south of the building receives the most sunlight. Hence, the main rooms on the ground floor are positioned on the south of the building. Room 7 to 10, and also the Hopwood Hall receives the most sunlight, while the service quarter (room 14 - 19) is placed on the north west corner, where sunlight is not a high priority, and the rooms being secluded from the guest’s view.

Section East West

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1. MAIN ENTRANCE 2. OLD ENTRANCE - SMALL GROUP ENTRANCE 3. RECEPTION 4. LOUNGE 5. COURTYARD 6. MUSEUM DISPLAY 7. LIBRARY - MULTIPURPOSE ROOM 8. STUDY - MULTIPURPOSE ROOM 9. BALL ROOM - MULTIPURPOSE ROOM 10. SNUG ROOM

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FIREPLACE CORNER HOPWOOD HALL - MULTIPURPOSE HALL PREPERATION ROOM / LOUNGE BATHROOM AIR WELL STORAGE KITCHEN REFUSE CHAMBER KITCHEN STORAGE STAFF OFFICES STAFF ENTRANCE

INTERVENTIONS VICTORIA HALL

New Structure Old Structure Existing Structure

Removing the structure on the left opens up the room for it to appear grander with double height ceiling

Lowering the level and raising the floor level allows the room to have a heigher ceiling, making the room appear bigger.

Original level New Level

Removing the walls brings the room closer to the outdoors

The Victoria Hall is set on the west side of the room. It was originally placed beween the kitchen and a row of rooms. The decision to open up the row of rooms is to widen the hall, allowing more space. Not only that, when the floor is pushed down to level the building, it heighten the ceiling height and adding to that, some rooms above the hall is demolished to allow double height ceiling. Adding the huge windows on the first floor, it allows a lot of light into the building.

With the leveling of the west wing to increase accessibility and the addition of the new multipurpose hall in the south west of Hopwood, the landscape of Hopwood is modified.

The pathway in front of the hall is widen to allow for more space, extending the room to the outdoors, allowing more space.

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In this section, the difference in floor level can be observed. While the ground floor is fully level, due to the historical significance, the slabs and the rooms on the first floor are left unchanged, and is restored to its original condition.

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Multipurpose Hall Preperation Room/ Lounge Snug Room Ballroom Library Room Suite

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FACADE

The building is split into two wings, the old and the new. Instead of giving the building a whole modern facade, the building reintroduced red bricks back into the new wing, but with the additional of ivy green wall on the new wing.

Hence there is a distinct difference in not only colour but also the texture of the building.

Due to the nature of the ivy plant being corrosive to the brick wall, a layer of medium for the ivy wall to climb on.

BALLROOM

Rooms on the old wing are restored and remained the same. On a normal day, the room would be opened for the public, with dated furnitures and displays on signs. The rooms will also be rented out for shoots, meetings and conference. Furnitures are moved around during shooting or event days and kept in storage.

LIBRARY

Like the ballroom, this is one of the function rooms that will be used as a multipurpose area, be it meeting room, workshops, function rooms or a private dinner room.

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ION DELEMEN

CKPM INTERNATIONAL

Role in the company I was hired as a project manager/ Architecture assistant in CKPM International. The company was involved in a hotel project with 7 block residential/hotel units on the mountaisn of Genting Highlands in Malaysia.

I had the chance to work not only with the construction team, but also for the handover of the project to the hotel team.

Since most of the project I have been working from the perspective of a project manager, I had the chance to work with different parties involved in the construction, from the architects to the engineers and the main cons to the suppliers. I also got to liaise with the hotel management team to ensure that their requirements and needs are met for the opening.

Oversee and documenting all aspects of the project Producing documents such as minutes for meetings such as CCM, Hotel Coordination Meetings and Hotel Handover Meetings, summary of site walk and hotel handovers, to be sent to clients and contractors to allow project to Working closely with upper management to make sure the scope and direction of project is on schedule Manage coordination between the consultants Assist in checking the drawings

I travel to site 3 days a week, and had the opportunity to sit in Client Consultant meetings (CCM) weekly on site and also the weekly site walk with the architect, engineers and main contractor.

While liaising with different sector the involved party, I was lucky enough to learn about the ins and outs of the construction process, from the Tender (RIBA Part 5) to the handover (RIBA Part 6) to the usage (RIBA Part 7) stage.

Overlay drawings Produce some addendum architecture drawings and ID (hotel rooms) section and detail drawings for contractor when needed.

Work closely Resident Architect with site issues Produce monthly project status and progress monitoring report for the client to inform on the status of the project Work closely with Best Western Premier Hotel team to ensure the handing over of project goes smoothly Processing the Best Western Inspection report and summarize for contractors to ammend construction errors.

Contacting suppliers and coordinating their schedule on site.

Picture taken during site inspection for progress report

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Some drawings produced during my time in CKPM International and the post construction pictures.

[Right] ID Construction Drawings of different units [Below] Post construction after handover

[Right] Construction Drawings of Function Rooms [Below] Post construction after handover

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ION DELEMEN DRAWING TITLE :

B6 - FUNCTION ROOM REFLECTIVE CEILING PLAN

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CKPM

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

3-61, The Scott Garden, 289, Jalan Klang Lama, 58100 Kuala Lumpur t: (03) 7981-0308 f: (03) 7981-0305 Email: ckpm@outlook.com

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15 SEPTEMBER 2015

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ROUANNE

CHECK BY : DRAWING NO:

PHANG REV

Picture taken during site inspection for progress report, completed dining area

Picture taken during site inspection for progress report, from adjacent units to show progress of progressing blocks

Picture taken during site inspection for progress report, with hotel team and kitchen consultants

Picture taken during site inspection for progress report, with architects, engineers and main contractors

Picture taken during site inspection for progress report, with architects, engineers and main contractors

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AIR ANGIN

In the Malay language, Air: Water Angin : Air This building symbolizes the changes it has had over the past 45 years, catering to different situations and the residents in it.

JOHN KOH ARCHITECT

Gallery/ meditation area Swimming pool (Extension)

The housing in Malaysia now-a-days are getting less and less affordable. Increasing cost of owning a home is beyond reach of many ordinary people, especially for the younger generation. Many still live below poverty line.

Bedrooms wing (Extension)

AirAngin is rooted in the tradition of Chinese Genrational Family Houses, promoting family ties and linkage. A series of courtyards encourages family interaction while clusters of enclosed spaces allows for privacy and personal freedom.

Air Angin is to be catered for three generations. The original resident: a couple, their children which have all grown up and their children’s children.

It is designed in such a way that each room has it’s own living space to it: A living area, sleeping area, working table and bathroom. This enables each generation family to have their own living area witho ut having to step on each other’s toes.

When it comes to a family gathering, there is a public area for the three generations. The kitchen and the main living room is situated in the middle of the building, where everybody meets.

Look out deck

Main Bedroom wing

Living room wing

Entrance/ Garden

Further more, Air Angin is envisioned as a gallery house.

The pavillion towards the back of the building will be used as a multip urpose hall. On normal days, it will be used as a meditation area; while hosting a party, the pavilliion and the living room area will be transformed into a gallery, show casing the owner’s private art collection.

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Role in the company Due to my experience of project managing in the previous job, I was hired mainly to oversee two projects, Air Angin and Wanaka. I was lucky enough that the architect took me under his wing, not only to experience all stages of work from Planning and Design stage (Part 1) to Using (Part 7), but also very willingly taught me how to run an architectural company.

My role in the company was to make sure drawings were produced on time for planning submissions and also to the contractors. Other than that, I was also tasked to liaise with the contractors, and also sourcing materials and products for the project. I also had the chance to work with the architect and client to process the fees and construction cost, liaised with the engineers and quatity surveyors, and also submitting drawings to the planning council. Design opportunity were given to me as well, hence I had the chance to take part in the design process.

Model making were part of the process too.

During the summer break of my MArch, I’ve had the opportunity to continue working at the company. During the duration, my task was to verify and corroborate the Variation Orders from the contractors, in order to process the payment for the client.

Model of the project (1:50 scale)

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Completed pavillion

In this project, I’ve leart to look at an element and to think in terms of it’s life cycle. Materials are suppose to be built to last, hence while renovating, it is important and the responsibility of an architect to figure out their next life.

While renovating the Air Angin Project, we designed the house with the potential of reusing in mind, and successfully recyled and reused certain elements in the client’s second project -Wanaka. Wooden floors were removed from the upper floor and recycled for the Wanaka project for the ceiling of an extension of a room; Glass frame were kept, refurnished and reused in Wanaka too.

In this particular project my role was to focus on extending the bedroom wing to accommodate the next generation of family. The client is very particular with the interior of the extention to allow each bedroom to fit a young family comfortably. During my time in the company, my involvement includes designing the bedroom wing, along with deciding on the materiality of the building.

Post construction view from the main house

Pavillion section AIR ANGIN $5&+,7(&7

3A10, BLOCK C, PHILEO DAMANSARA 1 9, JALAN 16/11, 46350 PETALING JAYA TEL : 603-7958 3315 FAX : 603 603-7958 3316

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CADANGAN TAMBAHAN DAN UBAHSUAI DENGAN SEBUAH KOLAM RENANG DAN TEMBOK PENAHAN PADA SEBUAH RUMAH BANGLO 2 TINGKAT YANG SEDIADA, DI ATAS LOT PT 1090 DAN LOT PT 973 DI NO. 52, JALAN BALAU, DAMANSARA HEIGHTS, MUKIM KUALA LUMPUR, WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN UNTUK TETUAN ENCIK KOH SENG SIEW DAN PUAN LOH FOONG LIN

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NOTE :DO NOT SCALE DRAWINGS.

DWG TITLE - PAVILION SECTION C2 C2' DWG NO.

IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MAIN CONTRACTOR TO COORDINATE ALL THE DRAWINGS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION AND TO VERIFY MEASUREMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS DETAILS ON SITE.

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IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MAIN CONTRACTOR TO HIGHLIGHT ANY DISCREPANCIES IN DRAWINGS AND ON SITE.THE DESIGNER IS TO BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY IF ANY PROBLEMS ARISE.

DRAWN BY - ROUANNE C SCALE

- 1 : 50

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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS DRAWING MAY BE USED OR REPRODUCED IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF JOHN KOH ARCHITECT.

Interior of Bedroom wing

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multifaith centre ART CENTRE + RECOVERY CENTRE Unity through design

DEGREE -Semester 6

Design Strategy The intention is to achieve unity through design. the purpose of the building is to help rebuild lives of the lost (Ex -drug users) by helping them get back on their feet, by giving them extra skilsets in the art department.

The art centre includes art from all kinds of religion. The comnination of the art will improve the understanding of not only art, but about other religions. Peple that will be sharing the skillset will be proffesionals that have been in the industriy for a very long time, religious leaders as well and the elderly folks that stays around the communities as they have the most esperience in old religion rituals and cultures. Not only it adds to the extra helping hand, it also helps by uniting the community with familiar faces.

The multifaith hall serves as a hall for the community to practice their faith - praying/ meditating. Other than that, it also serves as a theater/ talk/ forumn area for the people. Discussion rooms are provided for circle discussions and private meetings, targeted for the public as well as the recoverers.

Sustainability plays a huge part in the design. A public space in the building holds the building together. As one of the focus point of the building, the idea of the building wrapped around a focal point strengthens the symbolism of unity among the community.

The building supports itself financially with the care in the ground floor, with its doors open to the public.

Other than that, the gallery also sells art work made by members of the recovery centre, not only help support the building, but it encourage the recoveries to work harder and fight for their future.

The centre is a combination of 3 seperate programs. i) Multifaith centre ii) Art centre/ gallery iii) Recovery centre The art centre is based on and derived from different religion and beliefs. It will be taught to the recoverers and the community, including working adults and students from around the area. The recovery centre is catered for people who complete the programme in the near by rehab centre and is trying to get their lives back. The multifaith helps with the recoverers by proviing them a guiding path while the art not only distract them but provide them with skill.

There is a problem where there is a concern about the multi-religious buildings and if the people is able to accept the concept of including the multiple faiths into a building.

Not only that, will the people accept the fact that there will be a huge meditation area for everybody, no matter the religion they are from.

DEMOGRAPHICS & TARGETED GROUP The targeted groups of users are around the proposed site, which are the community, the students and also the people that recently complete the rehab programme. There are a few schools near the programme area and after school activities could be conducted there, such as teaching the students art or an educational classes.

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Stone Louvres

Slanted roof to cause negative pressure on top of the building, pulling out hot air

Green roof adds an extra element of cooling to the building

Stone louvres as facade

There are multiple types of facade around the building, mainly focusing on the stone louvres.

Apart from the aesthetic purposes, stone louvres allow natural lighting and ventilation to occur, while shielding the building from rain. Other than that, louvres create different shadow effects in the building.

Gabion wall consists of recycled concrete, saving materials while reducing the carbon footprint of the building

Glass curtain wall to create a transparent facade in order to see

Vertical circulation

FRONT ELEVATION

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Garden area serves as a mini get away for the users and most of them live in the city. Not only that, the garden is suitable for meditation too

MOVING FACADE

Users walking around the building also serves as a facade to the inner part of the building. When first stepping into the building, the ‘moving facade’ i.e. people walking around the building would be one of the attraction.

The livelyness of the building and the interaction of the open spaces gives the user a sence of belonging. This will increase the sense of community towards the building. There are people walking around on the uper floors, users going up and down the main glass staircase, users meditating in the meditation room, a buzzing cafe with people talking to one another and most of all, the gallery and the right side of the building.

View of the building from a passerby car

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LOCAL FOOD MARKET & SOUP KITCHEN Although the buildings’ man purposee is for a food market area. The idea behind the building has always been to give chowkit a social intervention. The homeless roam about in chowkit, the intention of the building is to create a social awareness in the society around chowkit, while helping the homeless.

The building is self sustainable, both financially and environmentally.

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PROGRAMS THE LOCAL FOOD MARKET The main attraction of the building which is the gathering of the famous local food around Chow Kit.

FOOD KIOSKS The area provides a space for the venders around the market near the building to sell their fingerfood from fried foods to local drinks.

CAFE The area provides a space for the venders around the market near the building to sell.

SOUP KITCHEN While instilling a ‘donating culture’ the users are encouraged to donate some money, or donate physical necessities to the soup kitchen. Other than that, foods are also prepared here and distributed throughout KL City. An area is also provided for the homeless to eat in the building.

HELP CENTRE Help centre is to help the homeless get back on their feet. Temporary clinics with volunteer doctors for free medical check up, volunteers to offer advices for the homeless that wants to get jobs, providing with key information and helping on job application. Spaces are also provided for training sessions. Homeless also can work in the building as mainenece crew.

REST AREA This area provides a space for the homeless to rest. It provides showers, sofa and lounging area for them to sit and rest, also games to pass time.

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Ground Floor Plan

Back entrance of the building, easier access for the communities that lived behind the market, and also a discreet entrance towards the soup kitchen

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First Floor Plan

Vertical louvres allow users to control the amount of sunliht into the building, at the same time encouraging natural ventilation. It also can be closed up to prevent rain from entering the building.

Second Floor Plan

The building allows an interaction between the cafe and soup kitchen.

Donations are usually invisible after one donate to a cause. Here, the visitors that donate could appreciate how their donations are put to work, right in front of their eyes.

LIGHTING

FACADE VENTILATION

Air filtration The design also focuses on making the building a green building. Other than making the building open, it invites in sunlight and wind.

A panel of green screen allows air to enter the building, creating natural ventilation, while filtering out the dirty city air. Right in front of the building is a busy street with monorial station and route right across the road.

Vertical louvres allow users to control the amount of sunlight into the building, at the same time encouraging natural ventilation. It also can be closed up to preven rain from entering the building.

The green area in the middle of the building not only acts as an aestatic part of the building, it also helps cools down the building.

Stack Ventillation

ROOF FEATURE Panel

The building is designed to function with natural ventilation, minimizing mechanical ventilation. Cross ventilation and stack ventilation is used to draw the hot air out of the buiding, causing some temperature drop in the building.

Pulley

Movable panels on top of the roof Each panel can be moved manually. Each panel can be elevated individually, creating different roof patterns while letting air in for natural ventillation and also shelter from rain if necessary.

With different elevated panels, different light patterns is created.

Not only that, the panel is also doubled as light weight solar panel, saving space on the roof. It can also be shifted to a better angle for more solar power harnest.

Perspective view of physical model, showing the vertical garden facade and also movable panel.

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