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A R C H ITEC TU R E P O R TFO LIO

l eong yi n chen

CONTENTS

01 tropical escapism hotel

02 urban art

03 evocative center

04 com m unity library

05 interior design

TROPI CAL ESCAPI SM HOTEL i nhabi ti ng the nature

Res t or eandr eact i vat et hes i t ewi t hgr eenel ement st oenhancet hel i vi ngqual i t y andenj oyt heout doorgr eener yvi ew.

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Topr omot et her el at i ons hi pandi nt er act i onamongt hem.

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KL URBAN ART equi tabl e ecosystem

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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EVOCATI VE CENTER dynam i c evol uti on

T hes i t ei sl oc a t edi nKua nt a nwhi c hi st hes t a t ec a pi t a l ofPa ha ng.

I ti snea rt ot hemout hof Kua nt a nRi v era ndf a c esS out hChi naS ea .

T hi s , T hea c c es sf r om l oc a l a ndout s i der .

T hes i t ei ss ur r oundedbyKua nt a nRi v er , J et t y , Gener a l Hos pi t a l , Ma j l i sPer ba nda r a nKua nt a n, l i br a r y , mus l i m gr a v ey a r da ndes pl a na depa r kwher ebyi sa noppor t uni t yt oc r ea t ea nev oc a t i v ec ent er .

T odes i gnas pa c et ha tc a nbec onv er t i bl ea ndmul t i f unc t i ona l f oremer genc yda ya ndnor ma l da y .

Y out ha ndy ounga dul tc a nha v eapl a t f or mt oenj oya ndha v ef unt hr oughpr ogr a mmeon t hes i t ea ndapl a t f or mf ort hepubl i ca nddi s a s t erv i c t i mst os ha r et hei rk nowl edgea nde x per i enc et oonea not her .

S pa c esl i k ea mphi t hea t er , out doors t a ge , c a f ĂŠa ndwa t ert r a i ni nga r eac a n a t t r a c tt hev ol unt eer st ot hes i t e .

T hes es pa c esdes i gnt oga t hert hepubl i ca ndt hent opr ov i dea c ha nc ef ort hev i c t i msa ndpubl i ct oha v ef a c et of a c ec ommuni c a t i on.

T hi ss oc i a l i nt er a c t i on a mongt hem c a nf os t ert hei rk nowl edgea ndr a i s et hei ra wa r enes sa ndpr epa r ednes swhen omest odi s a s t er .

T hepubl i cs ur el ywi l l geti ns pi r edbys ha r i nge x per i enc ea nde x c ha ngi ng c k nowl edge .

DYNAM I C EVOLUTI ON

FI RST FLOOR PLAN

M ASSI NG

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

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COM M UNI TY LI BRARY HuTure

T h ec o mmu n i t yi nt h ea r e ai sma j o r i t yt h ee l d e r y .

T oc r e a t eas p a c et h a t c a nar a c t n e wg e n e r ao nt o s t a ya n dt ol e a r nf o r b ee r e n v i r o n me n t a n db ee r f u t u r e .

T h ea r c h i t e c t u r ei t s e l f i sh u mb l et ot h e u s e r a n dt h en a t u r e .

As p a c et h a t c o n n e cn gh u ma na n dn a t u r e , p r o v i d i n gah a r mo n yl e a r n i n gs p a c e f o r u s e r .

I t i sa l s ou s e r a n de n v i r o n me n t a l f r i e n d l ywh i c he n h a n c eo nv i s u a l a n dp h y s i c a l c o n n e co n .

P a s s i v ea n dd y n a mi cd e s i g nt oi n c r e a s et h emo v e me n t i nt h eb u i l d i n g .

T ob r i n gi nt h en a t u r ee l e me n t s , ma x i mi s i n gt h eo p e n i n gt oa l l o wn a t u r a l v e nl ao na n dn a t u r a l l i g hn g .

T h ed e s i g np r o c e s s wi l l mi n i mi z et h ee c o l o g i c a l a n do t h e r d a ma g et oe x i sn gf e a t u r e s .

Na t u r ewi l l b ep a r t o f t h eb u i l d i n g .

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