Tsang Tin Kin Timothy Portfolio (2013-2019)

TIMOTHY TSANG

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2013-2019

Tsang Tin Kin Timothy The University of Hong Kong, Class of 2019 Master of Architecture (MArch) tsangtinkin@gmail.com +852 6256 1059

RESUME Class of 2019

Tsang Tin Kin, Timothy (852) 62561059, tsangtinkin@gmail.com EDUCATION The University of Hong Kong Master of Architecture (MArch)

Class of 2016

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Bachelor of Social Science (Architectural Studies), CGPA 3.323/4, Major GPA 3.207/4

Class of 2012

St. Paul’s Co-educational College

ACHIEVEMENT The University of Hong Kong Distinction: MArch Architecture and Urban Design I The Chinese University of Hong Kong Scholarship: Success Charity Foundation Scholarships 2014/15 Honors: Dean’s List (Merit) of New Asia College, CUHK (2012/2013 & 2013/2014) Honors: Dean’s List of the Faculty of Social Science 2012/2013 07/16 - 07/17

WORKING EXPERIENCE Architectural Trainee – Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (H.K.) Limited St Regis Hotel, 26 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong - Assisted in General Building Plan submissions - Assisted in preparing construction and tender drawings - Assisted in Formal AI preparation - Created 3D Models and descriptive drawings for façade design study - Attended meetings and coordinate with client, consultants, contractors and suppliers continuously Residential Development at Tai Po Town Lot No.221, Shan Tong Road, Lai Chi Shan, Hong Kong - Assisted in preparing sales brochure Residential Development at N.K.I.L. 6532, Lung Cheung Road, Beacon Hill, Kowloon., Hong Kong - Assisted in General Building Plan submissions

05/15 - 06/15

Summer Student Intern - Rocco Design Architects Limited - Assisted in building physical model, designing façade pattern and graphic layout - Assisted in preparing Building Departments files and collocation documents

06/13

Summer Architectural Assistant - I Consultants & Contracting Company Limited - Filed and processed over 500 tender and contract documents - Assisted in preparing Buildings Department files and collocation documents

SKILLS Languages: Native Cantonese, fluent English and Putonghua Computer Skills: Revit, SketchUp, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Microsoft office

SELECTED WORKS

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THE LIVING DAM

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DESIGN INCUBATION | RETAIL PLAZA

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LIVING CLUSTERS

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THE SPILLOVER

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FLOATING CUBES | FLOWING COMMUNITY

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THE TELESCOPE

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COMPETITIONS

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PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

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PHOTOGRAPHY

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THE LIVING DAM

PROJECTED HK WATERFRONT SCENARIO IN 2100

Resilient Water Infrastructure

Dam

MArch Thesis Year: 2019

Tutor: Wallace Cheng This thesis aims to explore a softer, resilient form of water infrastructure in the discourse of vulnerability and uncertainty of the city.

Waterfront

Open Channel

Given the inadequacy of existing Hong Kong water infrastructure and the crisis brought by climate change, my thesis proposes a living dam system that combines the advantages of hard and soft water infrastructure. It can actively interacts with changes of water level due to sea level rise and the edges of the infrastructure serve as the extension of the city and are designed to be flexible and multifunctional. Kai Tak is chosen as the first site of intervention and the living dam system can be applied to other urban water frontage and water infrastructures.

BUILDING TYPES

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KAI TAK SITE PLAN

VERTICALITY

BUILDING TYPES + DEGREE OF SENSITIVITY TO WATER

PROTECTION + WATER BODY ZONING RESILIENT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

LIVING DAM

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LIVING DAM CONCEPT MIND MAP

HORIZONTALITY

REDEFINED EDGE: MULTI-FUNCTIONAL & SPILLOVER

KAI TAK SITE ANALYSIS

By incorporating the strategies of soft infrastructure, I argue that hard water infrastructure can be resilient and reflexive and serves a continuing role in flood protection, while providing a basis for extension of the city and relatively safe ground for public engagement with the ever-rising water body.

Three main design parameters are set for the living dam design: redefining the verticality, horizontality and programme of water infrastructure. These parameters will be implemented in three design levels: masterplanning level, architectural planning level and building design level.

Kai Tak is chosen as the first site of intervention to implement the living dam system proposed.

Kai Tak has most of the waterfront edge types in Hong Kong: the Kai Tak runway separates the Kwun Tong typhoon shelter from Kowloon Bay and forms a potential inner-outer water body relationship. Also, the inner water body receives urban runoff from Kai Tak River, Tsui Ping River and Kwun Tong approach channel, while the runway, typhoon shelter and the Kwun Tong promenade is subject to flooding from the sea. The various types of water body, water edge and water flow conditions condensed at one site makes Kai Tak a favourable experimental ground for my thesis proposal.

1. MASTERPLANNING LEVEL VERTICALITY

SETTING UP PROTECTIVE EDGE (+8.0m MSL)

THREE REFERECE HEIGHT PROTECTED LEVEL (+8.0m MSL) the absolute level which buildings and important infrastructures is safe from sea level rise and storm surge.

Flood porection is established with a height difference of +8.0m at the waterfront. This makes it possible to free the inner part of the harbour from elevated barriers and to maintain the city’s proximity to the water.

SPILLOVER LEVEL (+0-8.0m MSL) the land subject to variation of water levels daily during high/low tide, will become fully flooded during stormsurges and typhoon

SEA LEVEL (MSL or below)

The water body. Level constanly under water.

Up to the projected MSL in 2100.

HORIZONTALITY

WATER BODY ZONING Creating two types of water bodies by the dam infrastructure and setting up the protective edge around the inner water body.

2. ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING LEVEL

REDEFINING THE EDGE OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE LAND-WATER EDGE

INNER WATER BODY

HORIZONTALITY

- regulated by the dam system - more controlled and stable - allow active day-to-day public engagement

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WATER WATER BODY

- Subtle vertical changes to create spillover

OUTER WATER BODY

Major Elevation

WATER-WATER EDGE

OUTER WATER BODY

HORIZONTALITY

OUTER EDGE

- The top of the edge can serve as an extension of the city

DIAGRAMMATIC PLAN OF LIVING DAM SYSTEM

Multi-functional

Intentional Spillover

- create spillover on dedicated areas

3. BUILDING DESIGN LEVEL

PROGRAMME & CONTEXT

VERTICALITY

DEGREE OF SENSITIVITY TO WATER KEY INFRASTRUCTURE RESIDENTIAL

ELEVATED WET-PROOF

FLOATING

PROTECTED SPILLOVER

RAISED FOUNDATION

Separation & Protection

DAM

- ensure a sufficient height for separating the water bodies and provide protection

DAM

VERTICALITY

Water will be displaced between the inner and outwater body in different scenarios.

- subject to larger fluctuation of water level change - suitable to use soft infrastructure and ecological solutions as flood barrier

Topographic Spillover

DAM

INNER EDGE

Absorbing flooding

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Degree of verticality - Major water frontage level change according to the reference levels.

OUTER EDGE

INNER WATER BODY

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VERTICALITY Draining urban runoff

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COMMERCIAL/RETAIL DINING PUBLIC USE WATER-RELATED ACTIVITIES

Air system

Dining

Public Square

Water Sports

SITE PLAN In masterplanning level, the foundation of the living dam system is the water body zoning by the main dam. The dam separates the water body into the inner and outer water body. The inner water body is regulated by the dam system thus is more controlled and stable, allowing active engagement by the public. The outer water body is subject to larger fluctuation of water level change and soft infrastructure and ecological solutions are implemented as flood barrier.

In this Kai Tak proposal, the living dam strengthens the resilience of its surrounding water edges by actively drains water in and out of its inner water body. Together with the soft infrastructure such as the aritifical island and open channels, it can create a relatively safer water body that reacts to continuous changes of water level, resulting in various water edge design according to the site context and programme. The infrastructure serves as an extension of the city to the sea.

Firstly, a protective edge is set up to ensure the inner water body is protected and can function as a water reservoir. Under normal conditions, urban runoff will enter the inner water body through the Kwun Tong approach channel and the edges of the living dam and drained to the sea. During flooding, the dam and the soft infrastructural edges along the runway and Kwun Tong waterfront will mitigate the flooding impact and drain excess water through the open channels to the inner water body (Figure 26). By this way, the inner water body actively drains and absorbs the excess water from the waterfront. In my design proposal, the 4m protective edge setup allows the inner water body to hold an additional 1,369,800mÂł of water. Under extreme scenario where 2m high flooding occurs, it can fully absorb 1,262,400mÂł of excess water flooding to 20m wide waterfront of the runway and 150m wide of the in-land zone through continuous and effective drainage by the soft waterfront edge and open channels.

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PROTECTIVE EDGE

The edges of the living dam are divided as the land-water and water-water edge and are designed differently according to its site context and programme (Figure 28). In my thesis proposal, the edges surrounding the inner water body are the key focus of design as they should be more engaging to the public with relatively safer condition.

Three edges - Main Dam, Inner Pier and Changing waterscape Promenade are designed and presented in detail. Their design process are based on setting the protective edge, offsetting to create spillover zones and adjusting the degree of horizontality and verticality as placing making.

WATERF FLOW DURING FLOODING

FLOOD CAPACITY

The Main Dam functions as the first layer of flood defence. The dam is divided into two parts, one forms as part of the inner pier to extend to water and the longer part serves as an extension of the city, bridging across Kwun Tong and Kai Tak Runway. The two ends of the dam are designed to be higher than protective level to avoid flooding, as such they serve as a platform for non floodable programmes such as typhoon research centre, shopping mall and hotel. The middle part of the main dam is an urban blue-green space with flood parks, footbaths and harbour pools. During raining and flooding, the pools and parks will absorb and purified the excess water and becomes a spillover. This allows the public to have close contact with the water during and after the event.

MAIN DAM PLAN

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INNER PIER PLAN The Inner Pier is located at the inland zone waterfront. It is designed with an interlocking relationship of land and water. Piers extended into the water body and serve as a platform for public buildings such as the rowing centre and cultural centre, while spillover zones are created in between the piers as flood parks and event decks.

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Buildings at the Inner Pier integrated different flood-proof design strategies according to their location and programme. The sloped plaza of the main cultural hall is within the spillover zone and is subject to the continuous changes of the water level. People coming from the city can directly walk towards and touch the water body.

As the width of the runway is limited, the promenade is designed to stretch along the runway waterfront. The promenade together with the soft outer edge of the runway will protect the central part of the runway free from flooding and follows the outline zoning plan.

The promenade is designed with various changing waterscapes such as topographic terraces, tidal pools and open channels.

These flat surfaces of the waterscapes allow water to spillover and retain them in layers, making the change of water level visible and interactive for the user. The topography and pools are designed to express the nature of the water body thus they have a certain level of risk when accessing them.

PROMENADE PLAN

CHANNEL FLOW SECTIONAL STUDY

BUILDING DESIGN LEVEL Buildings at the Inner Pier integrated different flood-proof design strategies according to their location and programme. For example, the main building section show the building floors of the cultural hall are elevated above the protected level and a public plaza is created under the building that slopes towards the water body.

The sloped plaza is within the spillover zone and is subject to the continuous changes of the water level. People coming from the city can directly walk towards and touch the water body.

MAIN CULTURAL HALL SECTION

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SLOPED PLAZA

Additionally, the underground floor of the building are bathrooms and changing rooms which is floodable. Floating buildings that are multipurpose halls and restaurants surround the Inner Pier and are movable.

MOMENTS OF SPILLOVER On an individual level, moments of spillover are created throughout the site where people can have a direct engagement with water (Figure 36). This rebuilds their visual and physical connection with the water body and avoid a false sense of security that they are ever-protected and separated. The spillover hold a certain risk factor given the nature of the water body and continuous changes of water level, creating an unstable equilibrium. This can invoke the user’s own interpretation and how they should situate themselves in the upcoming crisis.

Behind the framework, masterplanning and architectural design, the fundamental concept of the thesis is arguing that a continuing role of hard infrastructure should no longer be about conquering nature; rather as a blockage and separator, it should act as a moderator that leads to individual connection to our environment and contemplation of one’s relationship with the moments of vulnerability and uncertainty of the city.

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DESIGN INCUBATION RETAIL PLAZA

SEONGDO BRIDGE

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MArch Architecture & Urban Design III Year: 2018

LEGEND MAJOR TRANSPORT ARTERIES SUBWAY LINES SUBWAY STATIONS KEY EXISTING SITES CAFES

Seongsu Plan HOTELS

Tutor: Kurt Evans Project Location: Seongsu, Seoul, South Korea The studio involves both collaborative work and individual design.

Collaboratively, students in our studio were divided to groups to present a developer proposal for the site in the Seongsu district, which is an up & coming retail district. The developer proposed a young, vibrant district to provide for the underserved university student population nearby, whilst using retail as the incubator to foster a commercially viable solution.

Focused Design Area

ESCALATOR

PEDESTRIAN ACCESS

TO RAILWAY STATION

COLOR BRICK RETAIL STREET

SINDOH RESEARCH INSTITUE

ESCALATOR

COLOR BRICK RETAIL COMPLEX

PEDESTRIAN ACCESS

INCU-PLAZA

RETAIL ENTRY

SKYBRIDGE TO STATION

PUBLIC ENTRY

TECH ACADEMY

PROPOSED OFFICE BUILDING PROPOSED OFFICE BUILDING

OFFICE ENTRY

SEONGSUILLO 8-GIL

DROP-OFF UNDERGROUND PARKING

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INDIVIDUAL DESIGN PROPOSAL

TECH ACADEMY INCU-PLAZA

COLOR BRICK RETAIL STREET

DESIGN OVERVIEW

PROGRAMME DISTRIBUTION

AREA ALLOCATION

RETAIL

Based on the developer’s proposal, our group divides the area and design individually. I was to design the retail plaza area located close to the metro and main access of the retail. The design area forms as a technology and community incubator for the students, corporates and the public with the tech academy building, retail street and open plaza.

F&B

F&B

RETAIL

RETAIL

RETAIL

RETAIL

F&B

RETAIL ANCHOR

F&B

RETAIL ANCHOR

F&B

LECTURE ROOM

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1/F PLAN

TYPICAL OFFICE PLAN

PLAZA PERSPECTIVE

LEARN & INSPIRE OBSERVE & INTERACT

PUBLIC INCUBATOR TECH ACADEMY & PUBLIC PLAZA

PUBLIC ANCHOR

The tech academy promotes close interaction of students and tech companies. It is also a R&D+Retail headquarter. The three-level high public incubator contains multipurpose space and facilities for technolgy learning and design thinking. It is directly connected to the retail plaza and together they serve as a three dimensional community anchor.

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COLOR BRICK STREET PERSPECTIVE

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COLOR BRICK STREET COMPLEX

The retail complex design preserve and regenerate the identity of the area with a new articulation of bricklike facade. The street forms as a urban connectior of the area and provide upper floor pedestrian walk to facilitate people flow.

URBAN CONNECTOR

LIVING CLUSTERS Expandable Building Complex

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1980 Ap Lei Chau Estate

1983 Sun Chui Estate

1983 Cheung Wah Estate

1985 Lower-Wong Tai Sin Estate

H-BLOCK HISTORY TIMELINE

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

MArch Architecture & Urban Design II Year: 2018 Tutor: Olivier Ottevaere In collaboration with Leung Ka Chi Alvin

Veranda Layer

Veranda Layer Veranda Layer

Structural Veranda Structural Veranda LayerLayer 24

H-BLOCK EXPLODED AXON

Structural Veranda Layer

Living Layer

Living Layer Living Layer

Living Layer Living Layer Living Layer

Semi-open Corridior

Semi-open Corridior Semi-open Corridor

Semi-open Corridior Semi-open Corridor Semi-open Corridior

Structural Core

Structural Core Structural Core

Structural Core Structural Core Structural Core

The studio started with an analytical study of the H-Block public housing in Hong Kong as our initial test bed for precast construction system design.

Although as a efficient and economic housing design, the H block has two major limitations: one is the tightly compressed living space at the centre of the building and the lack of communal space.

Based on the limitations, we propose the possibility of two facade that serve as the main structural element of the building, such that the living space will not be limited by the shear walls and can be extended in-between and out of the structural facades. The new structural system also intend to open up new programme arrangement and the introduction of communal space within the building.

FORMWORK

CASTING

UNCASTING

SRUCTUAL FRAME

VOID DETAIL

1:20 CONCRETE MODELS

BASIC L COMPONENT From the concrete casting of structural frames we have derived the L component as the basic component of the structural facade. The sizes of the precast component is determined by the exploration of unit formation and transporation constraints. The respective X- and Y-axis slabs of the L component are pushed-in or pulled out to create different spatial conditionas such as the double height and elongated spaces. Stairs can also be incorporated in the precast component and the combination of different components create a feasibile circulation in a duplex.

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UNITS DEVELOPMENT BASED ON WALL ADJUSTMENTS

UNIT TYPES AND PLAN

1 PERSON UNIT

CONSTRUCTION HIERARCHY

2 PEOPLE UNIT

3 PEOPLE UNIT

CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT

OVERALL SYSTEM

THE CLUSTERS CLUSTER SYSTEM

4-5 living units centred around a communal space that also serve as the major way of residence distribution. The design aims to provide small community spaces for family activities within the building and innovate the way of circulation to allow the extension of living spaces. Different types of cluster are created by different composition and combination of units.

Every cluster has a 8m vertical structural span to ensure structural stability. The vertical circulation of the central communal space is limited to 3 floors for accessibility and the communal space provided is limited to maximum double height for effective use of space.

CLUSTER TYPES

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THE TWIN FACADE Taxonomy of localized nodes reorganizes outdoor living around smaller vertical courtyards of varied density, in an effort to increase community living within a larger housing complex. A series of vertical circulation around the building, feed each semi-public void directly. Each void then locally distributes their respective living clusters to stimulate social encounters between residents.

The twin facade improves structural stability of each other as the horizontal circulation in-between act as a structural beam. The distance of the two facade also permit the construction of the vertical core at the centre, which is shared by two buildings to maximize efficiency. The porosity of the building ensures ventilation and light penetration to the in-between space. The further investigation of the studio hopes to focus on the design of the in-between space, as well as the performance of the building so to maxmize the flexibility of the basic components and units.

ELEVATION

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SECTION

IN-BETWEEN THE FACADE 29

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THE SPILLOVER

Blurring The Urban Waterfront

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MArch Architecture & Urban Design I Year: 2017

CONCEPT DEVICE: THE SPILLOVER The spillover extends the horizontaility of the water edge by creating layers of surfaces to retain water, making the changes of water level visible and interactive.

Tutor: Michael Kokora

OBSERVER & PARTICIPATOR HABOUR WATER

TIDES UP

TIDES DOWN ROCKY SHORE

VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL LAYERING

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

PEOPLE THE SPILLOVER

CULTIVATION GROUND

PROJECT CONCEPT Redefining the waterfront by introducing the water body to the public. At the waterfront, one can touch and observe the water closely and will realize the marine life that could exist, as well as the harmful waste and pollution that we have brought to our water. The clash of various experiences hopes to bring the water body back to the focus of the citizens.

FLORA & FAUNA

OBSERVER & PARTICIPATOR

ORIGINAL SHORELINE

CARVE OUT & SPILLOVER

VERTICAL PILLARS FOR NATURAL SEETTLEMENT

ECO-SHORELINE FEATURES

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TYPOLOGY 1: LARGE-SCALE SPILLOVER INNER HARBOUR 1:500 SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE POLE FIELD

Flora & Fauna Habitation

MATERIAL

Eco-concrete

glass fibers

carbon fibers

50cm

LOW TIDE: continous changes in condition throughout the day

SPILLOVER

Thin Layers of Water for Direct Engagment

WOOD DECK

Oberservation & Access

HARBOUR POOL

Outdoor Swimming Pool for the Public

WATERFRONT PARK

Leisure & Support Facilities

TARGET SPECIES

Mean Sea Level +1.38 mPD

algae

intertidal fauna

The Western DIstrict waterfront is chosen as the first site of intervention. Western Wholesale Food Market has been dropping in usage and the Pier area has long been a popular public space. The site has the opportunity to be renovated with the implementation of my concept device as a large spillover area, combining public, leisure and ecological facilities. The proposal created different scenarios of direct water enegagement.

RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM

bay residents

oysters

MODULE

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FIRST SITE OF INTERVENTION - WESTERN DISTRICT WATERFRONT 1:2000 SITE PLAN

For the outer harbour, small-scale spillovers are designed with a slight level change at every step towards the water body. This makes the gradual changes of tides more visible and interactive for the people.

The pier prmoenade connects the Sun Yat-sen Mermorial Park to the Western Public Pier. To view inversely, the piers along the promenade are the pocket space of the water body. Different settings of the poles and columns creates different water related recreational space.

OUTER HARBOUR PLAN

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PIERS PROMENADE PLAN

INNER HARBOUR

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URBAN WATERFRONT INTERVENTION STRATEGIC PLAN

PHYSICAL MODEL

PROMENADE

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ECO-COLUMNS

FLOATING CUBES | FLOWING COMMUNITY Black & White Box Theatre + Rehearsal Space Location: Aldrich Bay Park, Shau Kei Wan Year: 2016 (CUHK) Tutor: Minjung Maing Old Aldrich Bay

Fisherman Huts

Resemblence

Pavilions

Water & Greenery

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The project proposes a community theatre which is located at the entrance of Aldrich Park.

The idea of the project comes from the deep rooted history of fishman huts in Aldrich Bay. This is reflected in the landscape design of the park. The project hopes to create flowing cubes that blend in the surrounding landscape of the park, creating a 'fisherman hut in the park'.

The building consists of three iconic cubes of respective rehearsal, blackbox and public functions placed above a transparent and open ground floor. The blocks are oriented and shifted such that two light courts are created in between them to allow sunlight and ventilation, as well as embracing the view of the park.

The public and performers enter the building from the spacious ground floor lobby and go up to the black box theatre by the stairs at the 'light boxes' . The fenestration of the building cubes are designed with curtain walls at two sides to provide daylight into the building as well as enhancing the visual connections inside and outside. The indoor and outdoor relationship is blurred, merging the building into the park.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

SIDE ELEVATION

THEATRE STRUCTURE

EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC

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CREATING IN-BETWEEN SPACES

As a community theatre centre, each functions are categorized and rolocated by site condition of adjacent circumstances, resulting in satisfying site requirement.

In-between spaces are created to define distinct function of blocks and providing more light and views to each block. The block at the back holds the main circulation, acting as a bridge connecting the blocks.

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CREATING IN-BETWEEN SPACES

As a community theatre centre, each functions are categorized and rolocated by site condition of adjacent circumstances, resulting in satisfying site requirement.

In-between spaces are created to define distinct function of blocks and providing more light and views to each block. The block at the back holds the main circulation, acting as a bridge connecting the blocks.

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OPTIMIZING SHAPING

CIRCULATION REALLOCATION

The blocks are rotated and shifted to get views of the park and roads, enhancing visual connection to the site.

The back cicurlation spine is put under the three funtional blocks to improve the fludity to and within the building. This also raised the functional blocks to have better views.

PATH WAY

Reorganizing content

In-between space

OPTIMIZING SHAPING

CIRCULATION REALLOCATION

The blocks are rotated and shifted to get views of the park and roads, enhancing visual connection to the site.

The back cicurlation spine is put under the three funtional blocks to improve the fludity to and within the building. This also raised the functional blocks to have better views.

Optimizing shaping

Massing Development Circulation relocation

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Concept Sketch - Flow of the Boxes 9

Massing Development

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SITE PLAN

View axis

Reaching greenery

Service

VIEW AXIS By separating the program and arraying it about a raidal axis, view of the park and city are opened in all direaction.

GREEN FINGERS 11

Greenery of the park pierces into the building through the front and in-between spaces of the builidng blocks

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BLACKBOX

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FROM MAIN ROAD ENTRANCE

LIGHTBOX

TEMPORARY EXHIBITION

THE TELESCOPE Furniture Design Centre

The design projects proposes a design centre for Tendo Mokko, the world-famous Japanese furniture design company. The design centre will showcase some of the classic contemporary furniture design of the company and provide open space for temporary exhibitions.

The centre also offers educational opportunities through conference meetings and public lectures.

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PERMANENT EXHIBITION

Location: Tendo, Japan Year: 2015 (CUHK) Tutor: Bruce Lonnman

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UPPER FLOOR PLAN

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The main design concept is to establish a walkway joining the hill and the lake. The building is a two-storey elongated block, that acts as a telescope projecting to the lake.

Visitors enter the front foyer cantilevered over the water and experience a journey walking from the lake side to the hill.

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As they walk up by the main staircase, they are welcomed by the bright and open temporary exhibition space, which will be dedicated to the recent and interactive unique collections of furniture works. While the glass facade at the front frames the scenery into another piece of work by the nature.

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After that, they can go down the stairs or along the lower floor corridor to the permanent exhibition. As they go deeper into the hillside, a more controlled and peacef environment prepares the visitors to admire the masterpieces of wood furniture.

LOWER FLOOR PLAN

1 entrance foyer 2 cafe 3 washroom 4 media space 5 adminstration 6 archive 7 meeting room 8 permanent exhibition 9 temporary exhibition

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Tendo has a mainly cold winter and mild summer.

The building is oriented to shield the winter prevailing wind by the hill at the rear and welcomes the summer prevailing wind blowing across the lake. The glazed ends and skylight roof of the building introduces natural light into the building and facilitates ventilation during summertime.

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN

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DETAILS

SUMMER

WINTER GLASS FACADE TRUSS COLUMN DETAIL

EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC

SECTION DETAIL AND PARITAL ELEVATION

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REPRESENT AS TRIANGLES REPRESENT AS LANDSCAPE TRIANGLES

ATLANTA BELTLINE WESTSIDE TRAIL VEGETATION VEGETATION

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SITE SITEANALYSIS ANALYSIS

The design of the free-standing performance pavilion comes from the the tree and leaves of the park. The shattered leaves are abstracted as triangles that triangulates the performance ground, while the tree is represented by the large pavilion. along the Westside Trail in the Adair Park community of Atlanta, Georgia.

PAVILION AS TREE

TREE & LEAVES TREE & LEAVES

SITE ANALYSIS URBAN CONTEXT

The mission of the competition is to create an iconic permanent performance space that energizes the Adair Park community strengthening the connection between this historic neighborhood, the Atlanta BeltLine, and the City of Atlanta.

REPRESENT AS TRIANGLES

SITE ANALYSIS

2015 AIA National Pavilion Design Competition In collaboration with Jason Ho, Gary Yeung & Cho Yuen Gee. Led by Prof. Minjung Maing.

TREE & LEAVES

CONCEPT CONCEPT

CONCEPT

URBAN RUG: UNDER THE CANOPY

VEGETATION VEGETATION

FIGURE FIGURE

FIGURE

Located at the intersection of the Westside Trail and Allene Avenue, visitors can access the performance space through the Westside Trail. The structure features area/stage to accommodate small dance performances, music ensembles, spoken word productions, and public gatherings throughout the year.

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SITE PLAN

FRONT VIEW

The Sea of Grain

Public Installation in Lam Tin Complex - G/F Lobby Hong Kong Public Art Scheme 2015 In collaboration with Jason Ho and Tracy Lee.

Hong Kong Public Art Scheme 2015 invites designers to create public artworks to transform the leisure and cultural venues into extraordinary places, encouraging public to utilise these venues in their leisure time and to experience a breath of art.

The salt-fields of the Lam Tin are perhaps the most significant collective memory of the local people. By retracing the past of Lam Tin, the installation aims to propose an interactive journey - a dialogue between the living memory and the individual.

The topographical effect of the ceiling gives the impression of an inverted field of golden “salty grains�, represented by the aggregation of light, gossamer strands brushing softly against the shoulders of passer-bys.

As one walks through the layers of golden strands, one can feel the subtle movement of filaments and see the glimpses of light in between a recreation of a full, ripe field of grains. Amongst the filaments, sections of void are carved out as exhibition spaces, and messages and imagery are projected onto the field grains. The Sea of Grain evokes, through both touch and sight, the nostalgic sense of a farmer walking through the salt-fields of Lam Tin and invites the viewer for a journey in the past.

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接待 / N1555-H

香港 St. Regis

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE | DLN MAINimage PROJECT: Insert hereST REGIS HOTEL LOCATION: 26 HARBOR ROAD, WANCHAI, HONG KONG COMPLETION: 2019 My work at Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects has been mainly focusing on the construction of the St. Regis Hotel in 26 Harbour Road, Wan Chai. I have assisted in multiple General Building Plan submissions, as well as preparation of construcion drawings, tender drawings and formal Architect’s Instructions.

I also attended meetings and coordinate with client, consultants, contractors and suppliers continously.

I was also involved in the design of the facade, including the stone cladding module of the podium and the metal panel arrangement of the tower. I have created 3D models and revised constructions drawings to meet the aesthetic and practical standards.

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石材選擇 - 淺灰色

淺灰色石材選擇

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Type: Granite Color: Diamond Grits Origin: China Finish: Honed

ELEVATION STUDY

Apart from the St Regis Hotel project, I have participated in General Building Plan submissions, sales brochure preparation and 3D model making of other projects.

EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE 這項目是把現時的中國華潤大廈展覽中心改 48 建為一所豪華酒店。

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STONE PATTERN DESIGN 香港華潤總部酒店發展 Hotel Development at China Resources Headquarter, Hong Kong 25-09-2015

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