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SELECTED WORKS OF SYLVIA LU

SYLVIA

LU

WORK EXPERIENCE

LOCATION: Sydney, Australia

EMAIL: sylvialu0022@gmail.com

TEL: +61 426970415

EDUCATION

2020-2022 Master of Architecture at University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC

2017-2019 Bachelor of Architecture Studies at University of New South Wales, Sydeny, NSW

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

2022 Venice Studio with MVRDV - designing a fish market at the southeast end of Venice Island

2021 Studio Japan - "Revitalization of Shimanami" Exhibition on at Onomichi Town Hall, Japan

2021 UNTY Container City Housing Competition - Shortlisted

2019 Design thesis with Glenn Murcutt - an artists-in-gallery at Sofala, New South Wales

2018 The Faculty of Built Environment Dean's Merit List

VOLUNTEER

Open House Melbourne 2023

Hellenic Museum - Information desk

Robin Boyd Foundation

Online Exhibition on Japan and Robin Boyd - Worked on research, and collections of Japanese Architect collaborations with Robin Boyd

Student Work Experience at Hassell 2024

Volunteered to assist Year 10 students in developing design concepts while providing guidance on digital modelling and 3D printing

FEB 2024 - PRESENT // Architectural Graduate Hassell, Sydney, Australia

150 Day Street Hotel Adaptive Reuse, Sydney

• Preparation of the Planning Proposal and Stage 1 DA documentation

• Assisted in weekly coordination meetings with clients and consultants

• Utilised Revit and Rhino in 3D modelling, visualisations and detail design studies

• Delivered monthly design review presentations and studio-wide project updates

• Led the application of grasshopper scripting to understand solar implications within the site and externally to the site

• Coordinated with structural engineers on strengthening of the existing building and preferred structural solution for the new build over

• Coordinated with MEP consultant on services routes and integration from new build to existing building

High Street Rejuvenation Masterplan, Sydney

• Conducted feasibility studies for commercial and residential development schemes

• Developed conceptual design sketches and 3D models

• Developed construction staging approach, and alternative building uses to feed into several economic assessments

• Analysed ADG compliance of proposed massing at a feasibility stage

Ethnic Community Services Co-operative Office Fitout, Sydney

• Assisted in coordination presentations with clients

• Prepared concept design sketches and 3D models

• Liaised with suppliers to specify and coordinate installations for flooring, cladding, and lighting

72 Christie St Adaptive Reuse, Sydney

• Preparation of the Transport Oriented Development (TOD) planning proposal

• Our team successfully re-negotiated height and FSR allowances for the site as a direct result of presentations prepared for DPHI

Hassell Young Designer Group

• Chaired monthly meetings to foster professional development among 20 young designers at Hassell

• Organised events with external organisations - suppliers showroom site visit; networking event with Aurecon; speed mentoring session with Parlour

OCT 2023 - JAN 2024// Architectural Graduate

JF Studio, Melbourne, Australia

Exotiquo, Competition

• Produced high-quality presentation renderings, drawings, and diagrams

Lindenow and District Kindergarten, Lindenow

• Contributed to the feasibility study, evaluating site constraints and design possibilities

• Assisted in Revit schematic design, developing preliminary design solutions

OCT 2023 - DEC 2023 // Project Assistant Intern

R&F Property, Melbourne, Australia

9-11 Perspect St Commercial Office

• Assisted in managing construction contract and programme

DEC 2021 - JAN 2022 // Architectural Intern

East China Architectural Design & Research Institute, Shanghai, China

Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China:

• Conducted feasibility study, analysing spatial and technical requirements

• Utilised Rhino to develop design concepts and digital models

Renovation on International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Shanghai, China:

• Performed site analysis and developed concept designs for hospital upgrades

• Utilised Rhino and Sketchup to develop digital conceptual models

MAR 2020 - AUG 2020 // Architectural Intern

Architecture Design & Research Institute of Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Lishui Community Centre, Nanjing, China:

• Conducted site analysis and concept design

• Utilised Rhino and Enscape to create digital models and conceptual renderings

Renovation and replanning of Yingyang Old City, China:

• Conducted a feasibility study and produced systematic drawings of urban fabric

• Utilised Rhino and Enscape to develop architectural schematic design renderings

SKILLS

Rhino + Grasshopper

Revit

SketchUp

AutoCAD

Enscape

Lumion

V-Ray

Photoshop

Illustrator

Indesign

Model Making

HASSELL PROJECTS

HOTEL, 550 KEYS, ADAPTIVE REUSE

PLANNING PROPOSAL AND STAGE 1 DA

CLIENT: UOL

22 FLOORS (10 EXISTING)

CONSTRUCTION COST: $250.000.000

CITY OF SYDNEY SOLAR CONTROLS TRANSLATED INTO RHINO

SOLAR ANALYSIS GRASSHOPPER SCRIPT

02 HIGH STREET REJUVENATION FEASIBILITY

600 RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT

CLIENT: LOCAL COUNCIL (LOCATION CONFIDENTIAL)

HEIGHTS UP TO 25 STOREYS

03 72 CHRISTIE STREET (CONFIDENTIAL)

HOTEL, ADAPTIVE REUSE CONVERSION FROM COMMERCIAL OFFICE

TRANSPORT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT (TOD) PLANNING SUBMISION TO DPHI

CLIENT: UOL

04 Ethnic Community Services Co-operative Office Fitout

COMMUNITY CENTER, INTERIOR FITOUT

'DESIGN FOR SOCIAL GOOD' INITIATIVE (PRO BONO)

CLIENT: ECSC

05 JF STUDIO & ECADI INTERNSHIP

REVIT/RHINO/AUTOCAD/SKETCHUP/ENSCAPE/PHOTOSHOP/ILLUSTATOR

RENDERINGS & DIAGRAMS OF LISHUI COMMUNITY CENTER

CONSTRUCTION

DRAWINGS OF DUJIANG VICTORY MEMORIAL HALL

DIAGRAMS OF REPLANNING PROJECT OF YINGYANG OLD CITY

UNIVERSITY PROJECTS

01 PLAYDOCK

In highly urbanised cities, buildings and spaces are planned and constructed based on strict regulations by the government and developers. The people who use these spaces usually do not have the chance to define and modify them. Public ownership and participation are lacking in urbanised cities. Dockland, located in the southwest of the Melbourne CBD, is facing the issue of lacking public ownership and civic spaces. The central pier used to be a community space with restaurants and venues, but was shut down in 2020 and reported to be permanently demolished in the future. The precious harbour area has the potential to be renovated and reactivated. This project explores a new urban paradigm that will return urban spaces to the public realm by encouraging public engagement in Docklands, Melbourne. The PLAYDOCK is a new community space on central pier with residential that its users can periodically remodel. The architecture will strengthen social connection and equality through participatory design. The public community space will be a key component to building up the relationship between people. While the residential buildings can respond to the changing needs of residents, with the capability of future extension or demolition.

THE PRECIOUS PUBLIC SPACE

SCULPTURE OF THE PAST

the entrance

cafe in the shed

dock esplanade flexible studio units

the changeable facade is a living showcase of the art centre and the PLAYDOCK community, pointing towards Docklands city

the facade is a temporary pavilion for artworks and performances. the open structure allows for

configurations, can be developed by artists or

THE ART CENTRE

PUZZLE TOWER

The residential tower is built with two types of basic living units. The key concept of Puzzle Tower is that users can consistently modify their living space by adding extension units or recycling unwanted units. Users can also choose the paint and facade material to customize their own homes. There are three sizes of extension units and will be assembled on-site in the workshop inside the building. All material is lightweight and can be recycled.

The puzzle tower gives back ownership of the space to the users by allowing them to modify their own homes. The participatory design idea aims to create a better living community for residents in Dockland and build stronger connections between residents and the community.

02 OMISHIMA CITRUS LABORATORY

THE SHIMANAMI KAIDO REVITALIZATION PROGRAM ON OMISHIMA ISLAND

MASTER YEAR 1 STUDIO 2021, GROUP WORK. RHINO/ILLUSTRATOR/PHOTOSHOP

The vision of the project is to revitalize the island focusing on agriculture and the local citrus industry, also to build up connections between local people and tourists. The programs in the citrus laboratory will focus on citrus products making and experimenting, along with farming workshops held by local farmers, offering tutorials for those who are interested in farming. Leisure spaces such as floating restaurants and citrus baths are provided for both local people and tourists, encouraging interactions between those groups. We hope to make use of local resources and existing building structures and farmlands to develop the local economy, creating a new identity for Omishima.

OMISHIMA AND CITRUS

Area: 24.92 mi²

Population: 4,006 (2003)

Ethnic groups: Japanese

Omishima, the largest island in the Seto Inland Sea, is a beautiful mountainous island that is artistically and religiously significant. There are museums and galleries designed by famous architect Toyo Ito, and one of Japan’s most important shrines, Oyamazumi Shrine. Agriculture used to be the main industry on Omishima centered on citrus cultivation. However, it has been seriously affected because of the aging population and the lack of contiguous flat land. Many orchards and farms have been abandoned because the owners are too old to take care of the farm. But if we find creative ways to make the citrus products attractive again, the citrus industry may be able to sustain the development of the local community.

SETO INLAND SEA

THE GREENHOUSE

The key design idea is to create a greenhouse to enliven the rusty and old factory building, also to echo our idea of revitalizing the rural island focusing on agriculture and citrus. There will be citrus trees and other crops growing in the greenhouse. The laboratory is sitting inside the greenhouse and is divided into three smaller sections - the food producing space, the experience space, and the fragrance producing space - and are connected with glass corridors. The viewing platform on top will provide a tour around the whole lab. Next to the lab will be a cafe with a bakery, an open retail space for flexible markets, farming workshops and a seeds library. Private area including the citrus bath and guest house will sit at the back.

CITRUS LIVING SYSTEM

We aim to create a citrus living system in this proposal. The farming traditions will be inherited and carried forward. Citrus will be cultivated on local farms and later made into various products, including wine, juice, fragrances etc. It can also be directly made into desserts and meals. The citrus peels can be used for aromatherapy products or citrus onsen. Overall, the citrus laboratory project will engage with local farmers and retailers, drive employment and flourish the local economy.

Citrus Lab - Fragrance Producing Citrus Lab - Experiencing

Citrus Lab - Food Producing

Greenhouse

Polycarbonate Roof

Sight Viewing Platform

Floating Restaurant

Citrus Lab - Fragrance Producing

Farming Workshop

Seed Library

Guest House

Citrus Bath

Citrus Lab - Experiencing

Sight Viewing Platform

Cafe

Flexible Retail

Greenhouse

Citrus Lab - Food Producing

NARRATIVE: A-day-and-life of a tourist KIKI who comes to visit the Omishima Citrus Laboratory.

1. Citrus Laboratory

2. Citrus Cafe

3. Farming Workshop

4. Experimental Farmland

5. Floating Restaurant

6. Viewing Platform

7. Citrus Bath

8. Guest House

03 SHG TOWER

HYBRID HIGHRISE BUILDING IN MELBOURNE CBD

MASTER

YEAR 2 2022, GROUP WORK. RHINO/VRAY/ILLUSTRATOR/PHOTOSHOP

The SHG Tower is a hybrid high-rise building with office and hotel at South corner of Lonsdale and Spring Street, Melbourne,VIC 3000.This project explores the floor plate arrangement, façade system, structure and construction, environmental performances and engineering of urban high-rise building.

Located on the south corner of Lonsdale and Spring Street in Melbourne CBD, the SHG Tower is a mixed-use commercial building with an outstanding building height of 240 meters.The building comprises 28 office floors, 14 hotel floors with a sky lobby, 2 levels of podium shops, and 3 mechanical floors which are evenly located along the tower. The building has reached a high floor efficiency of 85.3% by having a total GFA of 73295m² with a net lettable area of 62549m².The irregular shape provides a changing view when observed at different locations. In addition to that, The crown extends with the tapered angle of the tower, which draws people’s visual attention reaching to the apex. The shape of the podium also echoes the volume of the tower. With cut corners, it creates clear entrances for the hotel.

04 CGPC FACTORY & RESEARCH CENTER

INNOVATIVE MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES & LOW EMBODIED CARBON EMISSIONS

MASTER YEAR 2 STUDIO 2022, INDIVIDUAL WORK. RHINO/VRAY/ILLUSTRATOR/PHOTOSHOP

Coffee grounds-plastic composites are composite materials made of spent coffee grounds and recycled plastics. This project aims to explore the material technology to reduce embodied carbon emissions and raise public awareness of sustainability in construction. It will also function as an educational facility with academic researchers, industry partners and students. The project will create transparency between the researchers’ work, the educational process and the outside world while ensuring the optimal conditions for research and innovation.

COFFEE GROUNDS-PLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL FACTORY & RESEARCH CENTER

It is an assumption, that all projects will target zero carbon operational energy and low embodied emissions in their architectural propositions (The new normal)

1 EXHIBITION

2 RESEARCHER’S

FACADE -

- CGPC&POLYCARBONATE- TRANSLUCENT

Even though the labs require a controlled and stable environment, one of the design aims is to create a translucency to expose the lab activities to the outside. The facade system of the laboratory building will use a combination of polycarbonate and CGPC panels installed in layers to form different patterns. The interior lighting conditions can be controlled by the layout patterns.

05 HOUSE OF BREATHING

MULTI-UNIT HOUSING IN MASCOT

BACHELOR YEAR 3 STUDIO 2019, INDIVIDUAL WORK SKETCHUP/LUMION/PHOTOSHOP

The project requires the design of three dwellings on a site in the Sydney suburb of Mascot. The assumption is that the dwellings will be built under the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) and will provide subsidized rental accommodation for low to moderate income earners who otherwise would have difficulty accessing the private rental housing market. The three dwellings comprise:

• Two dwellings, each able to accommodate two types of households (not at the same time) – a couple parent with two children, a single parent with two children (interior floor area 110-120 sq.m.).

• One dwelling, able to accommodate two types of households (not at the same time) – a couple, a single person (interior floor area 55-70 sq.m.).

FOR BEDROOMS

The population in Mascot is growing over time. Multi-unit housing will be a common house type in this area. The idea of this project is to design a multi-unit house that ensures privacy for each dwelling. Besides, Access to outdoor space is another key features that taken into consideration. The Australian outdoor lifestyle should be kept even in a high density residential block. People live a city life but can catch a breath of nature.

The first and third dwelling are designed for the single parent and parents with children. The smaller dwelling in the middle is designed for single person or couple. The idea is that each of the household should have their private garden which has good sun access. Internal garden is introduced to the house, which provides natural light and ventilation to the house. Double height living space allowing interaction between family members.

TIMBER BLINDS OVER GLAZING WALL

CONCRETE FLOORING FOR LIVING SPACE

TIMBER FLOORING

BLACK BRICK

06 LA JACARANDA NIGHTCLUB

PARAMETRIC

DESIGN: GRASSHOPPER AND MODEL MAKING

BACHELOR YEAR 2 COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN STUDIO 2018, INDIVIDUAL WORK

RHINO/GRASSHOPPER/3D PRINT/LASER CUT

The course ‘Computational Design Studio I’ introduces students to Parametric Design and Digital Fabrication. We used Grasshopper to create parametric models, and we explored different digital fabrication techniques (laser cutting; 3D printing; CNC milling), construction systems and materials though the fabrication of prototypes. This course was taken in my first semester in second year. We chose a work from the famous engineer Felix Candela. My chosen project is La Jacaranda Nightclub in Acapulco, Mexico.