Portfolio 2012-2019_Sihui(Iris) Chen

PORTFOLIO

CHEN, SIHUI IRIS 2012-2019

PROJECTS IN HKU BARRIER HOUSING

Two-semester research and design of the housing prototype

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THE WALLS

Library design in Cheung Chau Island, Hong Kong

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PROJECTS IN GSD CORE1-PROJECT

Four designs in sequence without a site challenge the conceptual beauty

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SUSTAINABLE OFFICE

Design based on studio project focusing on environmental systems

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PRACTICES IN IDU + BEHK SHANGWEI DIALOGUE

Renovation of a Hakka row house and yard, in IDU for Shenzhen Hong Kong Biennale 2017

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CAMPUS DESIGN

CD and DD stage design for the engineering building of SUSTC, Shenzhen

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OTHER PROJECTS

Including other studio works, workshop experience and practical projects

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Application for Internship Address: Richards Hall, Everett Street, Cambridge, Ma 02138 / Unit F, 15F, Hang Yue Building, Des Voeux Rd.334-350, Hong Kong T: +01 (617) 5995437 E: irischensihui@gmail.com

01 BARRIER HOUSING Orientating Slab Block for High-Density-Living Dignity HKU Final-Year Two-Semester Housing Studio Individual Design + Two-member Precedent Studies (Leader) Final Site: Marina Bay, Singapore Builidng Area: 30,000 m2

barrier housing in between highways

PRECEDENT STUDY UNITÉ D' HABITATION - SYSTEMATIC HOUSING As one of the most typical 'wall housing' in the architectural history, Unité d'habitation with its systemetic design gave us a primary idea understanding the prototype 'barrier housing' /'slab housing'.

The main focus of the studies is on the relaitonships between its hierarchical rigid structure and its spatial logic including the pullout units, the interior passages and the public programs inside.

RIGID HIERARCHY WITH CONTINUITY Started from the piloti pairs openning the ground floor space to the main frames with the units placed in and the horizontal structure carrying the interior passages every three floor, its structures first serve the space, and then dominate the space.

CONTINUOUS VENTILATION SHAFTS run through the whole building from the pilotis to the chiminey. It hints a wholly consistent structural system defining interior space.

IN CONSTRUCTION

GLASS PARTITIONS

HORIZONTAL STRUCTURE FOR PUBLIC SPACE

SOLID PARTITIONS

SECONDARY BEAMS

METAL GRID BEAMS

MAIN FRAMES STRUCTURE FOR INTERIOR PASSAGE

TRANSFER STRUCTURE

PILOTIS

STAGE 1 & 2

BARRIER HOUSIING PROTOTYPES - PARTI STUDIES

PLANE AND CONTINUITY It is read as pilotis and vertical planes to achieve consistency in both form and space to break the limits and rigidity of the frame structure

DEVELOPED PARTI The prototype has changing unit types through the vertically transforming structures. All of them set clear service space to get cross ventilation and good circulation sequence.

The transformation also gains spatial division for both vertical and horizontal public space.

geometry feasibility

units

efficiency SECTIONAL MODEL A PRECEDENT RESEARCH

SECTIONAL MODEL B FINAL PROTOTYPE

porosity

public

circulation entrance

STAGE 3

BARRIER HOUSING IN SITE

THE SERIES OF 1:50 LARGE MODELS reveals the design process from the precedent wall housing, to the prototype concept, finally to the design on site.

SECTIONAL MODEL C FINAL DESIGN IN SINGAPORE

Structural systems painted in grey in all three models highlights the consistent ideas going through the three stages; it first raised the questions on how this kind of gigantic residential screen should be orgnaized by the structure spatially and then I tried to reach one possibility for the answer with the tectonic application in a challenging site of Marina Bay with the tower-like wall housing.

L AN D E D AT S INGAPORE AS THE FINAL DESIGN Situated in Marina Bay, the extension of the CBD. the triangular site is literally sandwiched by highways. The special bay conditions and the tropical climate are also the main concerns, specifically shown in the massing design and the programmatic design .

DESIGN PROCESS THE SITE south:12m wide north:70m wide 244m long

MASSING

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GF RADIATION BLOCKING WALLS

ORIENTATED WALLS

LINKING AND SPLITTING

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GF RADIATION CIRCULATION isolated and linked cores define different parts of the housing

PROGRAM ZONNING ISOLATED TOWERS

LINKED TOWERS

SLAB BLOCK

UPPER STUDIOS

MIDDLE PUBLIC PODIUM LOWER OFFICE

The urban ground floor highlights the idea of minimum standing and revitalizes the under-highway space through the design of landscape and circulation.

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public square

sunken shops

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the main road under highway

existing car park

public square

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INDIVIDUALIZATION THROUGH MONOLITHIC STRUCTURES The terracing wall housing is organzied more like a series of jointed towers so that both the top and the bottom could be open up to aviod the blockage in the urban environment and create space for diverse programs. The challenging highways becomes the driving force for the orientated structure and units; the whole housing seeks the maximum living comfort within the gap and creates a series of unit types following the changing massing and different circulation.

At the middle level of the highway, there is a strip of public podiums connecting the building horizontally in the aspect of both circulation and community.

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PROGRAMATIC TYPES A HOUSING OFFICE B PLAYGROUND C GYM D CLINIC E READING ROOM F MEETING HALL G H I, J K, L

WORKING-LIVING UNIT BACK CORRIDOR BEHIND OUTDOOR CORRIDOR STUDIO

RESIDENTIAL UNIT TYPES 1 1' WORKING-LIVING SIMPLEX 2 2' 2'' LOWER LINKED BUFFER DUPLEX 3 3' LOWER TOWER BUFFER DUPLEX 4 4' 4'' MIDDLE LINKED SIMPLEX 5 5' MIDDLE TOWER SIMPLEX WITH GAP ROOMS 6 6' MIDDLE TOWER SIMPLEX 7 7' 7'' HIGHER LINKED DUPLEX 8 8' HIGHER TOWER DUPLEX 9 9' HIGHER TOWER SIMPLEX

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HIGHER UNITS - FACING THE SEE

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LOWER UNITS - ORIENTATED TO THE GAP

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LOWER DUPLEX LINKING OFFICE MIDDLE SIMPLEX OUTDOOR CORRIDOR HIGHER DUPLEX HIGHER SIMPLEX STUDIO 0

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CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

0 2 T H E WA L L S HKU 2015 studio - Urban Architecture Individual Work Program: Library Site: Cheung Chau, Hong Kong Building Area: 2,000m2

southern facade from the sea

STAIRS CULTURE

THE ISLAND

TYPICAL 3-STOREY : WALL CULTURE

Cheung Chau is 10km southwest of Hong Kong Island and has a population of around 23,000. Traditionally as a fishing village, now the island has become a major tourist attraction.

Its central part is well developed with shophouses of 3 to 4 storeies due to the limit of the earth conditions. The laneways only allow cycling and walking.

The site is on the northern end of the main coastalstreet and yokes the residential area with the industrial area.

SITE

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THE MAIN STREET

THE CONTEXT ORIENTATION

S - THE SEA

W - THE WHARF

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E - THE HOUSES

THE PIER

RESIDENCE

FISHING & TRADING

TOURISM

EXISTING MARKET+ READING ROOM TIME

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MAIN ENTRANCE LOCKER ROOM RECEPTION DESK LECTURE HALL FACILITY ROOM MEETING ROOM DECK ENTRANCE BOOK STORAGE FIRE EXIT 0

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THE LIBRARY Through analyzing and rebuilding 4 prototypes of library space with scale tests and different relationships among humans, books and tectonic elements, we get the design logic for the seaward library coverring an area of 1150m2.

REBUILD

DIVIDING

'V' CUTTING

BOOK GALLERY

STUDY HALL ZIGZAGGING

MULTIPLYING

PUBLIC TERRACE

EXCAVATING

UP AND DOWN KID MEZZANINE

BOOK GALLERY Up and down, stairs lead to find your books. Running through the concrete forest, a beam of light at the end shines on the secret reading cubes.

PUBLIC TERRACE One is solid while one the other is porous. Nevertheless, the solid is approachable while the porous is like the collection in the mirror.

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Ssection A

Ssection B

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LONG SECTION Contiguous zones always share a special wall which would generate distictive effect on its two sides with its dual faces. The two side walls together define the functions and the atmosphere of a zone; then the in-between wall brings a hierarchical complexity inside a zone.

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03 CORE 1 - PROJECT GSD 2018 Fall studio Individual project Instructor: Jenny French

PROJECT 1 - HIDDEN ROOM

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ENTRANCE ENTRANCE

EXTERNAL CAMOUFLAGE The project utilizes a basic square plan with 4 by 4 grid system and solid corner stairs to build up a stable perception of the total image while the overlapping diagonal lines are designated as the tool to bring out schematic contrasts full of mismatching and instability to the building.

ENTRANCE

ROOM 2

ENTRANCE

ROOM 2

ROOM 1 CONVENTION

ENTRANCE

ROOM 2

ENTRANCE

ROOM 2 ROOM 1 ROOM 1

VIEWS VIEWS

ROOM 4 ROOM 4

ROOM 2 THICKNESS

ROOM 1

ROOM 3

ROOM 1

ROOM 3

VIEWS

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ROOM 3 ENVELOPE ROOM 4

ROOM 4

ROOM 4 ROOM 1

ROOM 4 ROOM 3

ROOM 1

ROOM 3

VIEWS VIEWS

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ROOM 4 ROOM 4

ROOM 4 EXPOSURE

ROOM 4 ROOM 4 HIDDEN ROOM HIDDEN ROOM

VIEWS VIEWS

INTERNAL CONTEXTS The largest diagonal element - the underground hidden room as the shadowy continuity of the stair ice burg becomes the inward creepy contexts of the other four rooms. The complexity of room identities is determined by the ways of communication between the rooms and the hidden room and is materialized by their different tectonic languages.

HIDDEN ROOM

HIDDEN ROOM

HIDDEN ROOM

HIDDEN ROOM

VIEWS

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PROJECT 2 - BUILDING RECIPROCITY

The original narration of the house pair is about uncertainty of social relationships a nd the p l o t tw i st i s that residents before moving into the house, have already decided how to deal with their neighbors. There are several typicals variations developed from this to express what neighbors share with and how they keep from each other through house connection and rotation.

ATYPICAL NEGOTIATION BETWEEN THE TWO TYPES Inspired by the groundscape potentials in the reliable mini society, this typical system integrate all the variations together in one street block to give back a shared space.

So this is one urban block opposed to the private parcels of typical A. In the urban scale, these two typical blocks can generate more possibilities with street fronts and challenge land ownership through the negotiated between them. scales and forms of the communal system.

TYPICAL A BLOCK

TYPICAL B BLOCK

0 4 S U S TA I N A B L E O F F I C E GSD studio project development for sustainability Two-Memeber group assignment Course name: Environmental System

A. PASSIVE DEISGN - NATURAL VENTILATION - STACK EFFECT DUE TO PRESSURE DIFFERENCE - CROSS VENTILATION IN CERTAIN SEASON - SENSOR-CONTROLLED WINDOW

- TWO SKYLIGHT OPENINGS - WIND SIZE 3.3FT X 4FT

VALIDATION OF DESIGN – AIRFLOW SIMULATION

PROJECT OVERVIEW A

MIXED MECHANICAL SYSTEM

Passive and Active Green Design Strategies B

DAYLIGHTING STRATEGIES

Optimize the daylight availability with innovative design C

ACOUSTICS DESIGN

Occupants’ comfort oriented acoustical design

A. ACTIVE DEISGN - HVAC MECHANICAL SYSTEM

MECHANICAL VENTILATION WITH HEAT RECOVERY AND MICRO HEAT PUMP

B. DAYLIGHTING TESTS - APPROPRIATE SHADING DESIGN: Denser Vertical Shading over horizontal scheme Simulation Assumptions: Ambient Bounces: 3 Ambient Divisions: 1000 Ambient Sampling: 20 Target Illuminance: 300 lux Location: Boston

- UTILIZING THE ELECTROCHROMIC GLAZING Dividing those south-facing curtain faรงade into three different panels and installed EC glass with individually controlled for each zone. The west-facing faรงade remains with denser vertical shading devices.

ZONE 1: 2 VLT ZONE 2: 30 VLT ZONE 3: 30 VLT

ZONE 1: 2 VLT ZONE 2: 2 VLT ZONE 3: 2 VLT - BETTER

C. ACOUSTICS DESIGN - REDUCE BACKGROUND NOISE FROM HVAC FLOATED FLOORS + SPRINGS TO ISOLATE THE VIBRATION

- SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY AND SOUND ABSORPTION Sound Absorption Coefficient 500Hz

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SOUND REFLECTION PANEL FOR CLARITY AND VOLUME OF SOUND SOURCE ACOUSTICAL CURTAIN HIGH SOUND ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT

05 SHANGWEI DIALOGUE Renovation of a Hakka Row House and the Yard Practical Project in IDU Architecture Team: the Only Architect besides the Director Role in Team: survey, conceptual design, the whole architectural and landscape drawing sets, co-ordination with contractors Program: Exhibition Space for UABB2017, Night School Site: Shangwei Village, Shenzhen

In use for the exhibition in Dec, 2017

THE URBAN CONTEXTS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHANGWEI URBAN VILLIAGE 1900 HAKKA VILLAGE

local villages Shangwei village mainland border Hong Kong The village has existed since 1800s after Hakka people immigrated there.

At that time, there were many small Hakka villages scattering in the north of current Shenzhen. And the Hakka house was built in 1920.

1990 URBAN VILLAGE

traditional houses modern buildings main roads With the urban development, the village becomes an urban village with the coexistence of old Hakka houses and new fillef-in factories as well as their domitories. Lots of migrant works come to work and live here.

2010 ARTISTIC VILLAGE

arts studios site Since 2010, many artists have been attracted to the village and started their studios here due to the low rental fees. And the whole village is seeking an industrial transformation.

2017 VILLAGE IN TRANSITION a d c

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industrial building unfinished building village houses factory domitory

The currently empty Hakka building has one typical Hakka row house and one traditional watchtower (Diaolou). It is surrounded by factories, domitories of factories and newly-built residential buildings.

THE DESIGN SCHEME: DIALOGUE BETWEEN OLD AND NEW

PROCESS OUTDOOR YARD CONSTRUCTION START IN Oct.

IN PROCESS FOR 60 DAYS

EXHIBITION FROM 21ST, Dec

INDOOR CORRIDOR

NEW OLD Based on the existing architectural heritage, the renovation follows the design principle of "light intervention". The design emphasizes 'heritage and contrast' ; from faรงades and partition walls to chimneys and hearth, the elements carried with historic memories and typological characters are preserved and maintained. In order to create new space uses for holding exhibitions and cultural activities, the new elements with new materiality emphasize functionality while they complete the confrontation and inclusion with the old.

PHASE ONE IN USE: MOMENTS A. STEEL TANGLONG DOOR: HERITAGE OF THE TRADITION

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B. CORRIDOR LIGHTING: CONTRASTING WITH THE OLD

C: EXPOSED-RAMMED-EARTH OPENING: DISPLAY OF THE ESSENCE

D: VERTICAL LIGHTING: ALIGNMENT WITH THE EXISTING

06 CAMPUS DESIGN Design of the building for the Faculty of Engineering Practical Project in BE HK ltd.

Team: 5 members Role in Team: interior design, landscape research and design, DD stage drawing sets, co-ordination with client Site and Client: South University of Science and Technology of China Shenzhen

Construction will be finished in 2019

DESIGN TASKS CIRCULATION DESIGN

CLIENT 客户

South University of Science and Technology of China Shenzhen, China 南方科技大学，深圳，中国

MODULES FOR LABORATORIES

DEVELOPER 发展商

PUBLICITY IN LANDSCAPE

ARCHITECT 建筑师

South University of Science and Technology of China Shenzhen, China 南方科技大学，深圳，中国

PROJECT PHASE 项目阶段

Baumschlager Eberle Hong Kong,Ltd. T +852 2573 1331, www.baumschlager-eberle.com 奥意建筑工程设计有限公司 T +86 755 83006666,www.ae-design.com

PROJECT TYPE 项目名称

date 07.18.2016 drawn LL, LM / proved BJ

The overall schem including massing, facade, circulation, public space and interior modules responds to both macro and micro site conditions as well as specific program requirements. Sustainable materiality of buildings and interior flexibility in modules create a nice compound to accomodate all the deaprtments of the faculty.

CLIENT 客户

South University of Science and Technology of China Shenzhen, China 南方科技大学，深圳，中国

DEVELOPER 发展商

South University of Science and Technology of China Shenzhen, China 南方科技大学，深圳，中国

ARCHITECT 建筑师

Baumschlager Eberle Hong Kong,Ltd. T +852 2573 1331, www.baumschlager-eberle.com 奥意建筑工程设计有限公司 T +86 755 83006666,www.ae-design.com

PROJECT PHASE 项目阶段

date 29.07.2016 drawn TJ, MZ / proved BJ

南方科技大学校园建设工程 Chapter B, Urban Plannin

PROJECT TYPE 项目名称

南方科技大学校园建设工程（二期）建筑设计（ Chapter F, Surfaces and finishing CHINESE

F INTERIOR CONCEPT/SCHEME

B 1.5 场地剖面

1.1.1.1 大堂效果图

ATRIUM DESIGN IN BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS

COURTYARD SPACE AND SHADED WALKWAY SYSTEM

07 OTHER PROJECTS MULTI-SHELVING furniture design for sub-divided units in UEDL workshop of HKU

UPSIDE DOWN parametric structure design

SWEEP construction workshop in Kunming, Yunnan

BRIDGE DESIGN team work in Bridge to China in Qingling Village, Chongqing

总平面图

URBAN PLANNING final round, for Liangzhu Cultural and Artistic District in Zhejiang (BE HK Ltd)

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CAMPUS PLANNING 3rd prize, Sun Yat-Sen University in Shenzhen (BE HK Ltd.) P

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SCHOOL DESIGN final 3, of Qingdao Vocational School (BE HK Ltd.)

EXHIBITION DESIGN final 3, of Shenzhen Planning Museum (UEDL at HKU)