Architecture Portfolio | NUS Y2S1, Studio Teh Kem Jin

ARCHI TECTURE PORTFOLI O NATI ONAL UNI VERSI TY OF SI NGAPORE YEAR 2 SEMESTER 1 SHERRY GOH

PROJECTS 1 ABI GTROPI CALROOF|HYPERBOLAE

2 AN ECOLODGEI NTROPI CALNATURE|THESI NGAPOREQUARRYECO LODGE

PREAMBLE Onemays ugges tt hatas ens eofopennes si si nt r i ns i ct oar chi t ect ur e undert he t r opi calcondi t i ons .I n es s ence,t he l ei t mot i fofat r opi cal bui l di ngi sal ar ger oofwi t hdeepover hang,whos epr i mar yf unct i ons ar et oqui ckl ydi s pelexces s i veheat ,aver tdi r ects unl i ghtanddr i vi ng r ai n,whi l s tpr omot i nggoodwi nd ow f orcomf or t .Undert hi ss chema, t he r oofpl ays a cr uci alr ol ei nt he envel ope s ys t em and i s hi ghl y pr omi nent i n t r adi t i onal ar chi t ect ur e of t he equat or i al r egi ons .

However , many des i gner s do not f ul l y appr eci at e t he i mmens e s t r uct ur alandcons t r uct i onals ys t emst hatunder gi r dt het r opi calr oof .

The chal l enge oft hi s pr ogr amme i st o acquai nts t udent s wi t ht he des i gn ofa l ar ge t r opi calr oofas a s t r uct ur al ,cons t r uct i onaland aes t het i ci nves t i gat i on.

HYPERBOLAE APROJ ECTBY GOHQI ANWEI , SHERRY|A0160523R KHOBOSHENG, DI L L ON|A0168687E

T hei ns t a l l a t i oni nv i t est heus ert oa ppr ec i a t et heus eof na t ur a l ma t er i a l s i nc ons t r uc t i on whi l ebei ng l os ti ni t ss heers c a l ea sonej our ney s t hr ough.I tr eec t st hee x pl or a t i on oft hehy per bol i cf or ma nd i t s pot ent i a la sas el f s uppor t i ngr oo ngs y s t em.T hedi mens i onsoft he hy per bol a sa r e gov er ned bybei ng mul t i pl esoft hr ee;a r epea t ed i nc r ementi ns c a l eoft hes ubs equentf or msbei ngs i gnic a ntbutnot dr a s t i c .

T hes t r uc t ur ei sc ons t r uc t edoutof ba mbooa ndr a t t a ni nabi dt o c el ebr a t e t he a bi l i t i es of t he na t ur a l l y a bunda nt ma t er i a l .

Ba mbooi sl i ghtwei ghti nc ompa r i s ont oot herma t er i a l s .Wi t hhi gh c ompr es s i v es t r engt hi ti sa bl et owi t hs t a nds i gnic a nta mount sof c ompr es s i onl oa ds .

Ha v i ngac er t a i ndegr eeofel a s t i c i t y , t hema t er i a l i s a l s oa bl et ot a k et ens i l ea ndl a t er a l l oa dsma k i ngi tea r t hqua k er es i s t a nt .

Wi t ha ppr opr i a t et r ea t mentoft heba mboof or r ea ndt er mi t es ,t he dur a bi l i t ya ndl i f es pa noft heba mbooi si nc r ea s ed.

Bei ngc os teec t i v e a ndna t ur a l l ywea t herr es i s t a ntont opoft hea f or ement i onedqua l i t i es , ba mboo i shenc eas us t a i na bl e ma t er i a ls ui t a bl ef ort he t r opi c s .

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“ Iwentt ot hewoodsbecaus eIwi s hed t ol i vedel i ber at el y,t of r ontonl yt he es s ent i alf act sofl i f e,ands eei fIcoul dnotl ear nwhati thadt ot each,andnot , whenIcamet odi e,di s covert hatIhadnotl i ved.Idi dnotwi s ht ol i vewhatwas notl i f e,l i vi ng i ss o dear ;nordi d Iwi s ht o pr act i cer es i gnat i on,unl es si twas qui t eneces s ar y.Iwant edt ol i vedeepands uckoutal lt hemar r ow ofl i f e,t ol i ve s os t ur di l yandSpar t anl i keast oputt or outal lt hatwasnotl i f e,t ocutabr oad s wat h and s havecl os e,t o dr i vel i f ei nt o a cor ner ,and r educei tt oi t sl owes t t er ms ,and,i fi tpr oved t o bemean,whyt hen t o gett hewhol eand genui ne meannes sofi t ,and publ i s hi t smeannes st ot hewor l d;ori fi twer es ubl i me, t o know i tbyexper i ence,and beabl et o gi vea t r ueaccountofi ti n mynext excur s i on. ” — Henr yDavi dThor eau,Wal den,1854

PREAMBLE Gl amor ouscampi ngor‘ gl ampi ng’mi xest hewonderofconnect i ngwi t h nat ur ewhi l s taffor di ngcamper sadegr eeofmoder nconveni ences .The emer genceof‘ gl ampi ng’ asal ei s ur eact i vi t yf orbot hl ocal sandt our i s t s i sevi denti nmanycount r i es .Accommodat i onr angesf r om cus t ombui l t cabi nst onomadi ct ent spander i ngt ovar yi ngdegr eeofi ndul gence.I n s i ngapor et het r endoccur sadhocmos t l yatt hecoas t alpar ksl i keEas t Coas tPar k,Pas i rRi sPar kandPul auUbi n,whi l s tt heMandaiZool ogi cal exper i enceoffer sanor gani s edbutcos t l i ert r eat .Thephenomenoneven s punoff new l ocalent er pr i s esexpl oi t i ng t he cons umer i s tcul t ur e of t hi smi ddl ei ncome capi t al i s ts oci et y.I tf os t er sa br oadeni ng oft he humanenvi r onmentr el at i ons hi p.Ati t smos tbas i c,t heactofdwel l i ng i nvokesdeep humanexper i ences ,act i vat i ng t hes ens esasexempl ied

by Thor eau’ ss ol i t ar ys oj our ni n as i mpl e hutatt he woods f r i ngi ng wal den pond.The chal l enge oft hi spr ogr amme l i esi n under s t andi ng t he humancent r ed exper i ences of col l ect i ve habi t at i on under a t r ans i entcondi t i on.

I TERATI ON 1 The r s ti t er at i onf eat ur est heover al ls pacepr ogr ammi ngi nr el at i ont o t hes i t eandt heexpl or at i onpr oces sofdi er entuni t con gur at i onsf or var i ouscapaci t i es .Aspar toft hes us t ai nabl eeor t s ,t hei ncor por at i on of t he exi s t i ng pavi l i on was i nt ent i onal , whi ch f eat ur es mi ni mal al t er at i ons of t he bui l t i nf r as t r uct ur e. The al l ocat i on of t he pr ogr ammesi sbas ed mai nl y on t he noi s e gener at ed,wi t ht he qui et s paces s i t uat ed near ert ot he wat er body wher e wi l dl i f ei sr ampant whi l et heuni t swi t hgr eat ercapaci t i esar es i t uat edbehi ndt her i dges o ast onotdi s r uptt hes er eneenvi r onment .

I TERATI ON 2 The s econd i t er at i on i s a cont i nuat i on of t he r s ti t er at i on.The ci r cul at i on and s pace al l ocat i onsr emai nt he s ame,whi l et he f or mal l anguage oft he uni t s di er s .Thi si t er at i on f eat ur es ci r cul aruni t s whi ch ar ei nt er l ocked,f or mi ng a ci r cul ar ci r cul at i on wi t hi ni t s el f .

Ever ypar toft heuni t sf eat ur espanor ami cvi ewsoft hes ur r oundi ngs due t ot he l ack ofcor ners paces .The us age ofver t i calel ement sas pr i vacys cr eensi spr omi nent ,whi chf eat ur esani nt er pl ayofdens i t yi n r el at i ont ot hel evelofpr i vacyr equi r edoft hatpar t i cul ars pace.

I TERATI ON 3 Thet hi r di t er at i onf eat ur esi ndi vi dualconj oi nedci r cul aruni t st hatar e s i t uat ed al ong t he el evat ed boar dwal ks t hatmeandert hr ough t he f or es t edar eaoft hel ocal e.Theci r cul at i oni sbr okendowni nt ot hr ee l ayer s whi ch ar ei nt er l i nked at di s t i nct l ocat i ons vi as t ai r cas es .

I t er at i on t hr eewoul dt hen becomet hepr ecur s ort ot he naldes i gn whi chi samor econt r ol l edandcompacti ns er t i onoft hes i t e.