KWWK Portfolio

KEITH WOO WAI KEE

KWWK

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO B. ARCHITECTURE

SELECTED WORKS 2020 - 2023

BACKGROUND I am an architecture LAM Part 1 student graduated from Taylor’s University. Since an early age, I have a strong passion for designing and creating something new. Through learning architecture, I have developed a keen interest in how spaces, form and its functions interact with each other.

OBJECTIVE To learn about architecture and its practical aspects application in the design industry ranging from conceptual ideas, to drawings, detailing and its built form.

WORK EXPERIENCE

WOO WAI KEE (KEITH)

aLM Architects Architectural Intern Jan - February 2022

PHONE NUMBER

EDUCATION

+6012-308 6218

EMAIL

woowaikee23@gmail.com

INSTAGRAM @wk_01.23

LINKED-IN www.linkedin.com/in/kwwk23/

DATE OF BIRTH 23 January 2001

Native: English, Malay Elementary: Cantonese

Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Architecture at Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus [ CGPA 3.32 ] 2020 - 2023 Foundation in Natural and Built Environments at Taylor’s College Lakeside Campus [ CGPA 3.33 ] 2019 - 2020 Tenby International School Ipoh IGCSE 2014 - 2018

SKILLS Autodesk AutoCAD Autodesk Revit Enscape Lumion Sketchup

Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop

ACHIEVEMENTS Dean’s List Award Recipient August 2021 semester of Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Architecture

Model-Making MS Office architecture portfolio website

LANGUAGES

VK3D Studio 3D Visualizer April - April 2024

PROJECTS 01 02 03 04

BLOOMING JAWA

B. Arch Thesis

THE INTERCHANGE

B. Arch Studio V

INTERMINGLE

B. Arch Studio IV

EXTRA

Archives

BLOOMING JAWA An urban green hub proposal as a new landmark for Ipoh B. ARCH THESIS Semester 6 Location: Kampung Jawa, Ipoh Site Area: 3730 m2 Tutored by: Ar. Prince Favis Isip

“bridging communal bonds through learning of Ipoh culture and living with sustainability.”

‘Blooming Jawa’ is a green community hub which focuses on sustainability. It intends to complement the essence and identity of the site and Ipoh as a whole as an idyllic place by creating a third place to work, play and rest whilst nested within nature. It provides a platform to bridge the gap between the marginalised, elderly and youths through the farm to table approach and learning of Ipoh culture. The proposal for a green communal hub draws inspiration from looking at the site context, which feature an abundance of trees; hence the need to preserve and reallocate the trees while introducing more green spaces in Kampung Jawa. In addition, the need for a green hub also aligns with social sustainability and Ipoh 2030 vision as a green city.

The design vision is to create a connection between the indoor to the outdoor to enhance the biophilic experience. The intention is to create awareness for the environment and encourage sustainable living. In addition, the produce sold would generate income, hence sustaining the vulnerable marginalised community like the homeless in Kampung Jawa.

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BACHELOR SEMESTER 6 | BLOOMING JAWA

SITE ISSUES & INSPIRATIONS

FARM TO TABLE CONCEPT

PROGRAM PROPOSAL CONCEPT

PRELIMINARY PLANS & MASSING STUDIES

FORM DEVELOPMENT

Taking inspiration from the existing vegetation and slow paced lifestyle of the inhabitants, the idea of a green hub was conceived to imbue life into the lost space while allowing visitors to engage in relaxing green related activities.

The farm to table concept is a process to engage the community to live, work and play together with sustainability in mind which begins from the process of planting and ending with composting. The concept also draws inspiration from the idea of gardens within city and self-sustaining/sufficient farms. Revitalizing Kampung Jawa through creating a green landmark as a third place with wellness in mind. Seeking to reconnect the past and present, seeking to soothe the turbulent mind, body and soul with nature’s retreat.

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BACHELOR SEMESTER 6 | BLOOMING JAWA

Due to a lack of social welfare and job opportunities in this small town, more and more youngsters are moving out from Ipoh to bigger cities elsewhere or abroad. Most local businesses preserving the unique identity of the region are on their last straw that would inevitably be extinguished. The architectural solution that ‘Blooming Jawa’ posits functionally aims to preserve local businesses and dying crafts in region; to educate the younger generations through cultural activities and fostering a sense of stewardship through cross-programming and inter-generational bonding in hopes to uplift the newer generation by creating new jobs while emphasizing the importance of continuing the legacy and living sustainably.

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BACHELOR SEMESTER 6 | BLOOMING JAWA

Sectional Perspective A-A | NTS 09

BACHELOR SEMESTER 6 | BLOOMING JAWA

First Floor Plan | 1:600

Ground Floor Plan | 1:600 10

Second Floor Plan | 1:600

BACHELOR SEMESTER 6 | BLOOMING JAWA

100 mm tinted PVC frosted panel

200 mm x 200 mm aluminium steel beam with waterproof paint finisher

Green roof

Low e-double glazed curtain wall

Polycarbonate facade skin

200 mm thick concrete slab

450 mm concrete beam

Third Floor Plan | 1:600

Steel ramp with red metallic powder finish

900 mm high glass railing

Basement Floor Plan | 1:600

Vertical Farm Sectional Detail | 1:100 11

BACHELOR SEMESTER 6 | BLOOMING JAWA

East Elevation | 1:300

North Elevation | 1:300 12

BACHELOR SEMESTER 6 | BLOOMING JAWA

West Elevation | 1:300

South Elevation | 1:300 13

BACHELOR SEMESTER 6 | BLOOMING JAWA

Interior Perspectives

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BACHELOR SEMESTER 6 | BLOOMING JAWA

100 mm soil with planting

5 mm moisture retention

70 mm insulation

10 mm drainage layer

Waterproof membrane

200 mm thick concrete slab

40 mm cellular polycarbonate panel

Gasket bolted to floor slab

Green Roof & Facade Detail | 1:15

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THE INTERCHANGE A creative city community center proposal B. ARCH STUDIO V Semester 5 Location: Medan Pasar, Kuala Lumpur Site Area: 493 m2 Tutored by: Ar. Ari Methi

“nexus of interchange of people, experiences, culture and activities.”

‘The Interchange’ is a creative city community center project proposal situated within Medan Pasar. The project begins with the initial study of the site and research to develop my own sense of place for the city - The In-formalness of Medan Pasar, in which the volatile nature of people, their activities and movements were observed in the city throughout the day, making it seem like there is no constant identity to the site but rather a dynamic one. The project then intended to challenge the idea of informalities in the city, interchanging the public with the private nature of the site and creating opportunities to blur the boundaries and connect people through the medium of art. Hence, also envisioning the center in which people can utilize the space as frame and platform to create their own place in the city.

The design vison then looks into exploring and designing through the interstitial spaces in which people and programs spill- over to create opportunities for interaction and co-existance. The proposal also looks into creating a balance between flexible communal spaces and permanent individual spaces with an emphasis on scale and intimacy. Spaces that accommodate to the transient or those that may create a place of their own within.

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BACHELOR SEMESTER 5 | THE INTERCHANGE

SITE ISSUES & INSPIRATIONS

SITE RESPONSE

[Issue] Neglect

[Issue] Segregation

[Issue] Lost

[Issue] Static

[Issue] Informal

[Inspiration] Vibrant

[Inspiration] Inclusivity

[Inspiration] Identity, Repurposed

[Inspiration] Transformable

[Inspiration] Formal hybridity

CLIMATE

CIRCULATION

CONCEPT INTENTIONS

USER GROUPS & SPACE NEEDS ANALYSIS

A theoretical study done on Medan Pasar to better visualise and understand the user’s needs and the spaces to propose accommodating to activities of large and small scales within a feasible and functional matrix of approach. Then, through identifying the site issues and inspirations along with the sense of place, in addition to conducting the site response, the encapsulation was what inspired the concept intentions of my proposal- an interchange hub for all through art.

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BACHELOR SEMESTER 5 | THE INTERCHANGE

The design intention is to provide a flexible congregational space that is open to everyone to access. It caters to the transient and the recurring nature of activities that occupy the site, acting as a catalyst and node which attracts people through people to create a vibrant interchange of experiences.

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BACHELOR SEMESTER 5 | THE INTERCHANGE

Ground Floor Plan | 1:250

First Floor Plan | 1:250

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LEGEND

1. Outdoor bus waiting 2. Artisanal bazaar 3. Flexible event space 4. Outdoor seating 5. Alfresco dining 6. Reception

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7. Kitchen 8. Courtyard 9. Passenger lift 10. Fire stair 1 11. Feature stair 12. Male toilet

13. OKU toilet 14. Female toilet 15. Loading bay 16. OKU parking 17. Service lift 18. M&E

19. Fire stairs 2 20. Storage 21. Refuse

1. Textile dye bath 2. Meeting hall 3. Textile drying 4. Textile art workshop 5. Passenger lift 6. Male toilet

7. Fire stair 1 8. OKU toilet 9. Female toilet 10. Textile storage 11. Service lift 12. M&E

13. Fire stair 2

BACHELOR SEMESTER 5 | THE INTERCHANGE

Second Floor Plan | 1:250

Third Floor Plan | 1:250

LEGEND

LEGEND

1. Pocket green space 2. Library 3. Digital makerspace 4. Lounge 5. Passenger lift 6. Male toilet

7. OKU toilet 8. Female toilet 9. Fire stair 1 10. Self study space 11. Service lift 12. M&E

13. Fire stair 2

1. Microgreen nursery 2. Co-working space 3. Motor room 4. Male toilet 5. OKU toilet 6. Female toilet

7. Fire stair 1 8. Soup kitchen 9. Service lift 10. M&E 11. Fire stair 2

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BACHELOR SEMESTER 5 | THE INTERCHANGE

1. Alfresco dining 2. Courtyard

3. Flexible event space 4. Reception

5. Textile drying 6. Meeting hall

7. Library 8. Microgreen nursery

Sectional Perspective A-A | NTS

1. OKU parking 2. Kitchen

Interior Perspectives 22

3. Alfresco dining 4. Artisanal bazaar

Sectional Perspective B-B | NTS

5. Fire stairs 1 6. Textile art workshop

7. Textile drying 8. Textile dye bath

BACHELOR SEMESTER 5 | THE INTERCHANGE Metal roof deck panel Plywood substrate Insulation Liner panel Structural purlin Steel cleat 20 mm dia bolt Precast concrete beam Precast concrete column

A. Metal Roof to Concrete Beam Detail | 1:45

9. Co-working space

Geotextile filter drainage layer waterproofing membrane

40 mm timber treads

Metal bracket Bolt

Outlet drainage channel out to nearest RWDP

8 mm glass riser infill

B. Planter Box, Stair & Facade Detail | 1:80

250 mm RC column Stainless steel rebar 10 mm floor finish

9. Self- study area 10. Digital makerspace

11. Pocket green space 12. Soup kitchen

150 mm RC slab

13. Microgreen nursery

Detailed Wall Section | 1:85

C. Precast RC Column to RC Structural Slab | 1:45 23

INTERMINGLE A gardening community center proposal B. ARCH STUDIO IV Semester 4 Location: USJ2, Subang Jaya Site Area: 2045 m2 Tutored by: Ar. Ahmad Nazmi Anuar

“intermingling of both nature and man-made elements to co-exist in harmony with one another.”

‘Intermingle’ is a gardening community center project proposal situated within USJ2’s Kebun Komuniti. It is a project proposal designed with the intent to challenge the ideas of encapsulated gardens in the city, while in the process blurring the boundaries between the inside and the outside to enhance the biophilic experience of users. The project also draws inspiration from the concept of Persian gardens integrated into the design such as the idea of dividing the garden into four sectors with water playing an important element for irrigation and ornamentation as well as being conceived to symbolize Eden and the four Zoroastrian elements of sky, earth, water and plants. With education and nurturing of youths as its core identity, the project intends to foster a sense of community through the medium of gardening and craftsmaking from the harvest reaped.

The design intention is to implement visual permeability of the indoors with the outdoors.

Therefore, the use of louvers and perforated bricks were implemented as the facade of the center. In addition, to retain the natural materials present at the site whilst blending the design with nature, the choice of timber as the main structure and frame was chosen.

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BACHELOR SEMESTER 4 | INTERMINGLE

SITE RESPONSE VEGETATION & CLIMATE

RAINFALL

SITE RESPONSE VIGNETTES

SITE

VIEWS TO & FROM SITE

SPATIAL CONCEPT AXIS

CLUSTERING

CIRCULATION

conceived to look at 3 aspects of the site from the community, the park and the activities carried out.

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Community, to design a space that acts a social hub. Park, spaces as an extension of park. Activities,

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integrating with nature and creating opportunities for nature and human interactions, as well as human

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Due to the lack of participation from the younger generations in Kebun Komuniti USJ2, ‘Intermingle’ was

to human interactions.

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BACHELOR SEMESTER 4 | INTERMINGLE

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BACHELOR SEMESTER 4 | INTERMINGLE

Rear Elevation | 1:300

Ground Floor Plan | 1:500

Right Elevation | 1:300

First Floor Plan | 1:500 28

Left Elevation | 1:300

BACHELOR SEMESTER 4 | INTERMINGLE

Section A-A’ | 1:200

CLT Wall to CLT Floor Detail

Roof Detail

Louver Panel Detail

Glulam Column to Column Stump Detail

Pad Foundation Detail

Perforated Brick Detail 29

BACHELOR SEMESTER 4 | INTERMINGLE

Sectional Perspective B-B’ (Passive Design) | NTS 30

BACHELOR SEMESTER 4 | INTERMINGLE

Exterior & Interior Perspectives 31

EXTRAS Archives B. ARCH STUDIO I Semester 1 selected works

TECTONICS- INTERPRETATION & REPRESENTATION: Principles, Tectonics and Sensory

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B. ARCH STUDIO II Semester 2 selected works

DESIGNING WITH ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES + MATERIALITY + CONTEXT + USER: Studio By The Park

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KEITH WOO WAI KEE woowaikee23@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/kwwk23/ +6012-308 6218