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MY PORTFOLIO Sze Yuen Yiu, Zachary 0420714687 / zacharysy@hotmail.com

2004 - 2006

To me, exploring architecture is a never ending journey. Keeping an open minded heart and a strong passion is essential for every graduate to walk on this path.

HONG KONG

HKU SPACE Capsule house - a form and space making exercise with 27 standardized block Tai O community heritage museum - Memory of Tai O, the play of visual layering effect

2007 - 2009

MELBOURNE

RMIT UNIVERSITY

ZACHARY SZE YUEN YIU Master of Architecture (RMIT University) Bachelor of Architectural Design (RMIT University) Professional Diploma in Architectural Design (HKU SPACE)

Federation Square Extension - a concept competition with camouflage visual distortion DIY - a real situation community project Breaking boundaries - a critique towards the public housing planning scheme in Hong Kong Prefab - a finding of the potential of prefab architecture Composite space - form making exercise with cutting edge building material Shared space - a research of exploring common virtual design platform using parametric design software

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How the dazzle pattern works with the new building group

1. Streetscape

Dazzle Camouflage 2. Selected building

It is developed by Norman Wilkinson, during the WWI and WWII. The camouflage was painted on warship to prevent the attack from German U-Boat. Rather than making the boat invisible, it confused the eye of German Navy. By using simple pattern such as strips and grids, with the help of strong contrasting colours, the direction of the warshop will become hard to determine on the sea. The pattern breaks the outlook of the warship into many unrelated patterns, and “False edges� of the boat are created. The British called this camouflage scheme "Dazzle Painting." The Americans called it "Razzle Dazzle."

Federation Square Extension Melbourne, Australia

This is a competition based studio project. It aims at developing a strong and clear concept to extend the current fed sq site with new galleries and commercial development. The project also explore the possibility of applying camouflage idea into architecture.

3. To frame a building by organized a specific opening between new buildings.

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Dazzle camouflage is chosen in my project. It is extensively used on navy during the second world war. As making the ship invisible is impossible, the camouflage visually distort the outline of the vessel, making the enemy hard to estimate the direction and main components of the vessel as the skin combined the outllook of the vessel, transforming it into a complicated mixture.

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5. The Dazzle pattern reinforced the idea of framed view. New buildings and landscape are now read as a whole image.

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Gallery The site is on the Eastern side of Fed sq. There are 4 building surrounding a central plaza with one joinning the existing Fed Sq. The whole fabric is covered by the same pattern of skin, so the development can be read as a whole image.

Gaps between the buildings are carefully planned to create 4 framed views, each of them pointing toward a landmark of Melbourne. There are underground linkage under the plaza and a big entrance connecting the plaza and the Yarra river promenade.

Design School

SECTION AA Design Process

Drop off Point 2 Commercial space

NGV Entrance

NGV Extension

Vehicle Circulation

Carpark

Commercial Tower

Shops

NGV Connection Camo Plaza Restaurant / Bar

NGV Connection

Drop off Point 1 Atrium Design school NGV Extension Galleries Carparking area

Design School

Yarra Riverside

SECTION BB

Entrance

Entrance Entrance

Small Group (1-2 people) Existing NGV Reception

Gallery

Foyer

Atrium

Individual learning space, including a table, chairs, computer, pin-up wall and a small model making space. The most private mode and allow student to concentrate on their own works.

Gallery

Flexibility Large studio can be seperated into medium and small size studio

School Foyer

Entrance

Carpark

Loading Area

1/F

Commercial Tower

Design School

Medium Size Group (6 people) B A

Flinders Street

Group working station, meeting room allow student to discuss and share ideas. It can be formed by combining several individual learning area with a common model making spcae or a presentation area.

Light well

Mass mode study (>30 people) It is the learning community mode, circulation space and learning space are combined. Multi-functional space allow a greater flexibility for architecture students to form their own learning space. There is no fixed classroom, all space in the design school can be used for learning.

“Studio / Classroom” Different modes of study are put into the design school. Full height glasses are used to define classroom space. Other students can see the presentation even they are not in the room that blur the definition of circulation space and learning space.The school is designed to be a whole learning comunity with combination of mutil-functional spaces to allow different modes of study.

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Yarra River Promenade B

Ground Floor Plan 1:1000

“Balcony”

2/F

Dazzle learning space Internal spatial planning of the school is reorganized, creating a stronger relationship between the Dazzle idea and the internal space. The ratio between “Room” and “Circulation space” is near 50/50 to reinforce the idea of a “learning community”. Light wells are inserted to the school, providing natural lighitng to architecture students which stay in the studio for long hour working.

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Prefab Melbourne, Australia This project manipulate the advantage of prefab technique to develop an architectural system which allows mix and match of components to form customized dwelling in Melbourne.

A basic module include a bedroom, essential A# space and living area for a single family. The quick erected building method allows the module to be setup easily on site. There are several additonal modules can be added to the basic module for extension purpose.

The module system was tested on 2 real sites, John Street and Albert park. The configuration at John Street is a home for a family with 2 children. The basic module is lifted up to provide shelter outdoor space for children. As the house is located at the corner, a large balcony provide space for neighbourhood gatherings.

The albert park configuation is a large development with more than 50 modules with different sizes. As Melbourne holds several international sport campaigns each year, this athlete’s village provide sufficient accomodation and serivces for athletes.

Trub House, AGPS

Carter Tucker House, Melbourne.

Peninsula House, Victoria, Australia

Changing spatial Quality

Precedent works from AGPS and Sean Godsell have similarity on the facade. Both Architects put moveable element into their houses. There are sliding wall panels in Turb house and moveable sun shadding shutters in Sean Godsell’s houses. By operating those moveable components, the interior space can be changed greatly. Small design can make great impact.

Interior space can be extended to outdoor immediately when sliding panels and shutters are opened, therefore the spatiial quality can be changed by parts of component.

Unpacking A fast and easy construction method is adopted for this prefabricated house. The assembly of house parts are taken in the factory, the process is a kind of “Packing”, installing components chosen by customers into the house module. Mass production of houses in the factory reduces time and wastage, thereby helping to protect the environment and maximize the profits.

The packed house is then transported to the site by truck or helicopter if the site is on the top of an existing building.

The process taken on the site is called “Unpacking”, it is just simply unfolding the house module and locating the module above a light structure on the site.

5500*2250 12.4m2

Extention Module

Furniture Scale

Trub house, AGPS

5500*2250

Wooden Floor

12.4m2

Small Module

Small Module (without cover)

Precendent work

5500*3000 16.5m2

Form making Wooden Floor Medium Module

1. Folding a piece of Floor

Medium Module (without cover)

2. Further Extendion 5500*4500 24.8m2

3. Module formed

13000*4500 74.06m2

Large Module

4. Interlocking of 2 modules

Original Module (Tissue box)

Large Module (without cover)

10000*4500 37.8m2

Floding Process Extra Large Module

Irefab Catalogue

1X Single module house

74.06m2 1/F

G/F

1/F

G/F

1X

4X

Single family house 4 members

111.32m2 Living Room Bedroom

1X

3X

5X

Garage Storage Swimming Pool Skateboard ground Living Room Bedroom Bathroom Kitchen Equipment

A small community

325.65m2 1/F

G/F

Balsa

Bamboo

Honeycomb Woodstalk

Lightweight

Exterior

Translucent

Opaque Duralmond Solus Grass

Gysum

Unilin

interflex

Rodeca

Lumi

Soft M2uur

Leather

Photovoltaic

lignasil Copper

Wood

Roof

Arpro

Shading device Tile Ceramic

Soundwave Pws

Swart

Sliding panels

Textile

Indoor Earth

Wire

Metal

Metal and Wood

Handrail

Landscape

Choices of Material

Concrete

Metal and wood

Staircase

Hard Pavement Wood

Wood

Soft Pavement Rubber

Tire Veneer

luminous concrete

Sand

Zen

Vegetation Grass

Stone

Butcher

Xilo

16.5m2

5500*4500

12.4m2

Large scale Module

24.8m2

X Large scale Module Extension Module

37.8m2

12.4m2 5500*2250

Ground Floor

Medium scale Module

10000*4500

First Floor

Small scale Module

5500*3000

55.8m2 18.26m2

5500*2250

13000*4500

Original Module

Bedroom Kitchen Living Room Carparking Bathroom

Furniture Module

Studio Studio

Workshop

Studio

S / M / L Module (without cover)

Pergola

Bathroom

Bedroom

Party Room

Swimming Pool

Storage Service Unit Band Room

Herbs garden

01/ John Street Prefab Home John Street site analysis The site is a compacted corner site in Fitzroy, surrounded by residential blocks. At the North, it is facing a neighbour’s bedroom separated by a narrow street, the house is therefore offsetted to balance the site force.

There is also a kintergarden close to the site, since there will be noise generated by children, the studio is placed far away from the Eastern Boundary, under the main module facing the backyard. There is some space reserved for further extendion of the house on the Eastern part. 3 more modules can be added if needed. Since the site is small, the car parking area is placed under the bedroom modules, the entrance is on John Street.

Narrow Street, Site force

Offsetted Area

Studio

Kindergarten

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Noise Generated

Site Plan

Close resident bedroom

G/F

Master Bedroom

Studio

Open deck

Entertainment Room

Car parking

Kitchen

Children’s Bedroom

1/F

3x

3000 Module

1x

Original Module

John Street Prefab Home The concept of this house is a semi-open home. Moveable elements are installed in the house, including sun shading shutters and moveable wall panels. When all shutters and panels are closed, the family builds an enclosed private space within the house. If shutters and panels are opened, the house is becoming a semi-open space, which allows cross ventilation and people can actually see through the house. There is a large open deck at first floor, the family can invite their neighbour to come and have a party on it.

3x

3000 Module

Section AA

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Polyester-resin pigmented sealing layer 25mm laminated timber sheeting sealing layer 230mm cotton thermal insulation 18mm laminated timber sheeting vapour barrier 18mm laminated timber sheeting

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18mm parquet vapour barrier 230mm mineral-wool insulation 50mm timber slab Polyester-resin pigmented sealing layer

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2 x 4mm double glazing

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60mm metal hand rail 2380mm x 500mm sliding wall

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100mm steel tube

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80mm wooden decking

02/ Albert Park athlete’s village

Lake

Single Bedroom Unit Proposed Site

Site Map Albert Park, Melbourne

Before events hold, prefabricated modular houses can be built in the factory, interior decoration can be also custom designed according to different character of athletes. Then, modules are transported to Albert Park and setup on the open area just next to the lake. The accommodation complex is formed by 90 modules in different scale. The Large scale Module is used for single bedroom and conference room, while the Original module is used for supporting services.

There are gyms, clinic centre and even a movie theatre within the complex. It becomes a small community within the park.

One side of every living module is designed to be fully open, its idea is to bring the outside environment and the interior space together. There are moveable wall panels on that side of the module, privacy can be protected if wall panels are closed.

Gym

Computer Room

Lounge

Movie Theatre

Bar & Restaurant

Clinic Conference Room

Post Office Gym

Elevation

Diagrams showing the numbers and location of modules

Functional diagram

1/F L9 L10

L11

R56 R22 R23

R24 R25 R26 R27

R40 R41 R42 R43

R28 R29 R30 R31 R32

R44 R45 R46 R47 R58

Single Bedroom Studio

R57

R48 R49 R50 R51 R59

R33 R34 R35 R36

R37 R38 R39

Gym

R52 R53 R54 R55 R60

R61

L12

Post Office Service

Accommodation

Common Area

Original Module

Large scale Module

Extension Module

Restaurant Movie Theatre Computer Center

G/F

R1

R2

R3

L3

L7

L4

L8

R4

R9

R10 R11 R12 R13

Medical Center R19 R20 R21

Conference Room R5

R6

R7

R8

R14 R15 R16 R17 R18

L1

L5

L2

L6

Section AA

Section BB

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DIY Hastings, Australia This is a community project addesses the issue of homelessness in Mornington Peninsula. Before the design process, extensive research was done with the help of local neighbourhood renew council. Beside the site visits, interviews and community forum were hold in Hastings to collect real data along the Kings Creek area.

This project aims at creating a “tool” for homeless people based on a DIY idea. Instead of creating a simple temporary accommodation solution to them, a DIY system encourages homeless people to “design” their cabins with the help of volunteers and professionals.

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WETLAND SITE

NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL SITE Flood zone - Land Subject to inundation The Land Subject to Inundation Overlay(LSIO) applies to mainstream flooding in both rural and urban areas. In general, areas covered by the LSIO have a lower flood risk than UFZ or FO areas. The LSIO can also be used as an interim measure to identify flood-affected areas where detailed information to define the floodway is not available.

Caravan Park

Camping Ground Transformable vans are popular in Mornington Peninsula, they are found in many camping sites throughout the year. People like to spend their weekend with friends and familties in parks.

COMMUNITY FORUM

Beach Houses - Mornington Peninsula There are many colourful beach houses along the Morninton Peninsula, they are bascially formed by small huts and timber decks. During summer, large numbers of visitors occupy the beach and use those houses for temporary shelter. Beach houses were locked in the winter.

HOMELESSNESS

There are currently 2 existing caravan parks in Hastings. One on High Street and the other one on Salmon Street. The caravan park on High Street has become a permanent housing site with mangament. The one on Salmon street is divided into small blocks, allowable for sale and rent out. Some people have lived in the park for a long period of time, they have already created a sense of small community and know pretty well of the neighbours. Prefabricated houses are located on sale land and caravan can still be seen on rental land. Most residents have connected their caravan with a small cabin house. Living in Caravan park seems to be a lifestyle of retired people, most of them don’t have financial difficulties as they own private vehicles and yacht.

An elevated house attached on a continuous surface, lifted up from the ground but still keeping a relationship with the landscape.

FENCE

Vertical element

Step 1 choose the foundation

PLATFORM / DECK

Continuous surface

A Folded space

Lifted up

Horizontal element

Platform / Deck Rootedness “My word…yeah.”

House is just part of a “HOME”.

Hastings is good; I find the people very friendly and easy going: “Hastings feels like home – my word yeah…Look I’ve been camping a few days round here you know where you turn into the football ground, everyone who walked past would say hello how are you and that’s it.”

(Andrew, Community Consultation 2007)

Fences Privacy / Sign - Boundary “Home to me is a place that’s safe, where I can be myself, where I can stuff up and I can still be loved; where I know that people care for me, and I can be different but be safe and loved at the same time.”

(Centre Coordinator, Youth and Community Organisation, Community Consultation 2007)

Community Support “Fusion believes that young people (in fact all of us) need two fundamental things: purpose and community. So it’s about working with young people to help them find their individual

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and purpose within a broader community. It is fundamental to our work that we support young people to develop and strengthen their links with their local community, so that they are part of a broader community network that supports them. This means that when we end our intensive support with young people they are a part of a community that continues to support them and their future development.

That’s why community support is so important to the work that we do, it’s not engagement in a program that ultimately means whether or not a young person succeeds but the community links they form and the support from these that will help them through the crises that life presents. And this will ultimately prevent them from re-entering the homelessness cycle and engaging with all the negative behaviours that exist when young people feel isolated from their communities.”

(Centre Coordinator, Youth and Community Organisation, Community Consultation 2007)

A connection to community complete the idea of a “HOME”.

Step 2 choose the module

Step 3 Plan the openings

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site preparation

Landscape Sense of belonging “An elevated house on a flood plain in Kings Creek” Home is much more than the physical structures that form a house. Home is a place where we feel safe; it’s our belonging place, a place where we feel connected.

Home describes our relationships to people and place.

Our family and friends, our daily interactions - the person at the shop check out, the children’s crossing supervisor – our informal interactions with the people around us. It’s about the built and natural environment and how we interact with it…

Step 5 Community module construction

FRONT - OPENED

There are three types of concrete slab foundation provided (200mm thickness), choose the appropriate one depend on location of the site.

There are several types of cabin modules provided (3m, 4m, 4.5m and 5m), choose the appropriate one depend on location of the site and personal reference.

1. M1.5 (Bathroom + Kitchen unit) - It is an ancillary module attached to other standard module - A Bathroom and Kitchen is included

1. TYPE 1a (SoundBarrier mode) - 4600mm in length - It is used on the Hastings Neighbourhood Renewal site along the Frankston Flinders Road.

- In order to use the concrete wall as a SOUND BARRIER, there is NO opening on the wall. It can be extended by putting the same type of modules on each side, forming a continuous sound barrier wall.

2. M2 (Community unit) - It is a connector module connecting two M3 modules - A bathroom and a kitchen can be placed inside

2. TYPE 1b (Balcony mode) - 4600mm in length - It is used in both site. (Hastings Neighbourhood Renewal site and the westport wetland site) - The opening on the wall is designed for the foldable balcony of the module. The balcony provided a social gathering place for residents to meet neighbours and friends.

3. M3 - It is the smallest module - There is no bathroom and kitchen - It can be connected to M2 on 3 sides - It is for single person only

3. TYPE 1c (Wetland mode) - 4600mm in length - It is used in the Western Port wetland site - The concrete wall is replaced by a timber free standing louver to reduce the visual impact of the wall to the surround wetland scene. The louvre has a soften texture than the concrete wall.

4. M4 - It can be formed by a M2.5 and a M1.5 - It can also be formed by two M2(s) - Bathroom is provided in the M1.5 - It is for single person only

3. TYPE 2a (Community mode) - 8000mm in length - It is used on the Hastings Neighbourhood Renewal site - The extended concrete slab is designed for the 3m module.

Two 3m modules and One 2m community module can be fixed on the slab. The continuous foundation is shared among

5. M4.5 - It is formed by a M3 and a M1.5 - Bathroom is provided in the M1.5 - It is for single person only

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5. M5 - It is the largest module - It is formed by a M3.5 and a M1.5 - Bathroom is provided in the M1.5 - It can accommodate 2 people

4. TYPE 2b (SoundBarrier + Community mode) - It is used on the Hastings Neighbourhood Renewal site - It is a combination of TYPE 1a with the slab of TYPE 2a.

Others: M2.5, M3.5 - for builders only

Step 1

Step 2

choose the foundation

choose the module

You can decide the opening (windows) of the module using a standard table.

Step 4 M4

site preparation

4. Locate the mild steel footing and screw it to the concrete slab.

3. Wait until the concrete dried and lay the pre-fab

2. Tilt up the wall by canes and pour concrete into the gully.

M4.5

one site of the site for concrete foundation of the tilt wall.

M5

Step 3 Plan the openings

Step 5 Community module construction

Elevation

6M MODULE 1:50

5M MODULE 1:50

4M MODULE 1:50

4.5M MODULE 1:50

Construction Detail

Hastings Neighbourhood Renewal Office

NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL SITE

C777 Frankston Flinders Road There are approximately 13-16 cars passing by per minute, including heavy vehicles such as coaches and lorries. This is a main road connecting Hastings and Frankston, high traffic circulation is expected during daytime. The traffic has created huge amount of noise, that is probably the reason of setting back the existing Hastings Fitness & Leisure Centre far away from the road. In order to reutilize the vacant land in front of the centre, certain sound barrier system must be placed.

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P 1. Park your car A new carpark is designed for wetland visitors

2. Gett your key Visitors get the key from the office cabin near the entrance

KINGS CREEK WETLAND SITE

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OFFICE

WINTER CABIN 01 CABIN 05

CABIN 02 CABIN 06

CABIN 07

Cabin rent out with low and affordable fee as crisis accommodation for homeless people

CABIN 03

CABIN 04

CABIN 08 CABIN 10 CABIN 12

CABIN 14 CABIN 13

CABIN 09 CABIN 11

3. Enjoy your holiday Staying in your cabin, enjoy the wetland scene

SUMMER Cabin rent out as hostel for tourists

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03 Capsule House Mt. Davis, Hong Kong

The 2009 East Asian Game was held in Hong Kong. A site on Mt. Davis is chosen for Atheles’ accommodation.This is an exploration of using 27 cubes as a medium to explore ideas about architectural form and space.

The house is designed for an Judo player during the East Asian Game. The idea is to create an comfortable indoor living space while strong connection with the surrounding environment is still maintained.

Plenty of openings allows the resident to admire the splendid view of the Victoria Harbour.

Skylights are designed over the bedroom and the livingroom, the resident can have a clear view of the stary sky at night. The circulation is made up of a series of steps, aroud the bedroom, in order to create a journey from the entrance to the view overlooking the HK Island. There is a skylight above the bed to provide a view towards the stary sky. The living room is located on the lower deck to seperate the public space and the private area above. A set of sliding doors in the living area allows the resident to move to the front garden.

Form making exercise The transient capsule is a temporary structure formed by 27 numbers of 1.5M x 1.5M x 1.5M volumetric space.

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1/F 1. Bathroom 2. Bedroom 3. Pantry 4. Living Room 5. Ikebana Room

G/F

Private area / Public area

Private area / Transitional area / Public area

Private area - Transitional area - Public area

Private area

Transitional area - Public area

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04 BREAKING BOUNDARIES

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04 Breaking Boundaries Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong This project is aimed at creating a convivial urban space for the community of Tin Shui Wai in Hong Kong. Since its construction, a lack of community services and an unfriendly pedestrian environment have contributed to many social problems in the town. This project explores ways to liberate local residents from their compact apartments into a community complex which enhances everyday interaction within the neighborhood. As a contrast to the extreme verticality of the residential towers, this project addresses a horizontally layered landscape of floating buildings and the roof-scapes. Sunken gardens provide spaces for open communal activities and hydroponic farming: an opportunity to facilitate a self-sustaining new town for Hong Kong.

Site comparision

TIN SHUI WAI

44,000m2

TIN SHUI WAI SITE

57,600M2

Treasury

32,800M2 Fed.

45,600M2

Queen Victoria 57,600M

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Gardens

Square

Gardens

Crown

Casino

SITE COMPARISION

Site area + Green area in the town

Blocks divided by roads

Roads and Highways

Tin Shui wai New Town Area

Boundaries Schools

Shopping centre

Housing estate

Housing situation Public Housing Private Housing Site area

Linkages and People

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Dancing along the river

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Morning Market

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Cycling along the river

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Housewives gathering

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Lack of Community facilities

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Tin Shui Wai Central Park

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Wetland Park

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Dancing at basketball court

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Hawkers 3

Tunnel Footbridge

Urban studies

TIN SHUI WAI NEW TOWN

80%

Grandeur Terrace

of people living in public housing

11 public housing estates 6 sponsorship housing estates 2 library 3 community center

Tin Heng Estate

Tin Chak Estate

Tin Yat Estate

Low income household Tin shui wai (N) Tin Fu Court Tin Yuet Estate

Tin Yan Estate

Tin shui wai (S) Hong Kong

Low income household

41.1%

22.6%

20.1%

Education level

Primary school level or below

47.6%

30.1%

29.8%

Unemployed

81.4%

76%

72.2%

Elderly living alone

81.1%

79.2%

70.6%

Elderly household

75%

75%

75.8%

Single parent family

70%

63.2%

50.1%

migrant from mainland below 7 years

55.2%

43.1%

40.3%

ethnic minorities

39.5%

14.7%

10%

Tin Ching Estate

Tin Wah Estate

Tin Chung Court

Tin Shui Estate (Phase 1&2)

Tin Tsz Estate

Tin Lai Court Tin Yau Court

Tin Shing Court Tin Oi Court Tin Yiu Estate (Phase 1&2)

Community center Library Massing study LRT station / Train station

Existing Condition

Ground Floor Plan

Bird view of the site

First Floor Plan

Entrance with chess tables

Covered public area underneath the library

Ebb and flow Aquaponics

“Tai Pai Dong” - TradiƟonal dining culture

Nutrient film technique

1 HYDROPONIC FARMING

SeaƟng area next to the basketball court

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1. Water pump 2. Reservoir 3. Water in 4. Water out 5. Plants 6. Lights 7. Growth medium

1 Hydroponic nursery

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1. Air pump 2. Plants root 3. Nizzle 4. Chamber 5. Plants 6. Lights 7. Nutrient solution 8. Plants holder

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1. Plants 2. Foam board with holes 3. Aerated nutrient solution 4. Air Stone 5. Reservoir 6. Air Pump

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White Cabbage

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Kale

Cabbage

LeƩuce

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Yard White Long Bean

Summer grown

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Hairymelon

BiƩer Cucumber

Chinese Spinach

Water cress

Matrimony vine

Chayote

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Spinach

Winter grown

Library

Vehicle traffic

Hydroponic nursery Children playground

Covered street and public space Badminton court

Public forum area

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Community garden and drying area near housing estates

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Library

Basketball Court

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Hydroponic farming on the site

Float technique

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Whole year grown

Traditional farming area

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1. Water pump 2. Reservoir 3. Water in 4. Water out 5. Plants 6. Lights 7. Support 8. Solution A 9. Solution B 10. PH value solution

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Aeroponics

Dancing area

Indoor hydroponic farming

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05 HERITAGE MUSEUM OF TAI O

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05 Tai O Community Heritage Museum Tai O, Hong Kong Tai O is a historic fishing village in Hong Kong, it is located on Lantau Island, far away from the city center. The aim of this project is to design a cultural museum to present the history of this small village to visitors. Plenty of exhibiton area, a library and a multi-media exhibition area are required.

Tai O is made up of a cluster of fishermen boat house. Fishermen has uplifted their fishing boats and transformed into their permanent homes. These houses are planned in roles, leaving gaps between houses as circulation space. Through those gaps, different layers of houses are revealed, creating an interesting visual effect with a richness and variety of fishermen’s lifestyle.

The idea of layering is put into the design. Gaps of opening is carefully planned on the walls inside the museum. From the gaps, a line of sight can see through several exhibiton space, reflecting the idea of layering within the fishing village.

The building mass is lifted up from the ground, visitors have to complete a journey through the garden at the back, a transitional space before entering the museum.

Layers of wall

Create opening for visual connection between spaces

Opening are carefully designed, allowing people to see through layers of spaces.

Development Process Interlocking of Linear Shapes

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Layers of cottage

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7. Multi-media gallery 8. Sculpture area 9. Shop 10. Outdoor cafe

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Composite Space Australia Composit materials are very popular in the racing industry, its stiffness and light weight make it become an ideal material for Formular 1 cars and racing boats.

This fashion gallery is an attempt to investigate the potential of composite material in architecture. This is a joint studio project with students from fashion, architecture, aerospace and business department.

As an architecture student, I collected those fabric samples from fashion students and transform them into a concept derive from the layering of yarns on the texture of fabrics.

Increasing layers of a translucent materials can reduce its transparency, it can be used as a tool for defining private and public space. Traditional load bearing walls are transformed into hollow inhabitable structures for exhibition area.

Walking through the fashion gallery is an interesting journey that visiter can feel the movement of continuous changing spatial quality with a sense of different volume and layers of space.

2 textile students are holding 2 piece of potential swatches for layering and pattern development

Knitting - A textile technology, interlock a lot of tiny structure to form a strong bonding surface.

Structural skin concept is an idea to use a lot of tiny composite structure to support the load of a buillding.

From simplicity to complexity Layering effect

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6 layers

‘A single layer of pattern may seems a bit boring, we can make it interesting by duplication.’

Fine texture swatch created by textile students

Landscape model

Tunnel model

I am interested at creating layers of fine structure, simple but elegant.

Bended Tunnel Model

Structure and internal skin

Conventional structure

Structural Skin structure

Heavy Load bearing purpose only On site fabrication

Light Load bearing structure also hel[s to define space Prefabrication is possible

Random pattern model with 2 layers of material

Joint Module

1+1 = 3 ? ‘New space can be formed by interlocking 2 seperate space’

Tunnel space by extruding a section

Prototype_02 Form making process by twisting

Interlocking tubes

Changing sections to create more interesting space

Interlocking space

Prototype_01

Prototype_04

Prototype_03 A surface treatment experiment, 2 layers of different pattern and size of structural members. It is a surface model offset from Prototype_02

Form making process by twisting a originated from the mid-crit modelmodel

Prototype_05

Final stage

Prototype_05 is the final model for form making, with structural element pattern

A composite fashion gallery with habitable structual space

Fashion Gallery Communication between fashion designer and visitor

Appreciation

Concept Fashion Designer

Product

Visitor

Studio space

Gallery

Circulation

Gallery space is in-between the visitor circulation and studio space

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Functional Diagram Cafe

Gallery

Service area

Studio space

Service area are located inside the “habitable structure” to provide a “Pure” gallery experience to visitors.

Evolution of plan

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Shared space

A research about a common virtual design platform between architects This is a research based project investigates the possibility of a shared virtual design space using the parametric design software, Digital Project.

The team included one supervisor, Jane Berry and 2 students, Ricky Lau and Me. We chose a sport stadium as our medium for exploration as it is an ideal type of architecture that is very functional and aestically pleasing at the same time.

My teammate Ricky is responsible for the basic structural elements and the audience stand while I am responsible for the outer skin and rooftop structure of the building. We have worked closely together as a single change will greatly affect both the skin and structure. An FTP server is set up to allow share of information within the team. There is a common ground where 2 teammates can setup the basic rules, common parameters and library for the project. Our individual parts are depend on the common rules. This open-end research brings out a set of rules to improve the communication for designers sharing a common virtual platform in order to create a successful project.

Project: Stadium Ricky

*Structures *Audience stand

Shared Virtual design space - Rules - Library - Resources - Common part FTP Server

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*Building Skin *Roof Structure

CHANGE OF FIELD SIZE

CHANGE OF COLUME SIZE

SCHEMA

BASE REFERENCE

CHANGE OF FIELD SIZE

COMMON REFERENCE

CHANGE OF STAND DEPTH

FACADE REFERENCE

CHANGE OF STAND LENGTH

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Direction of light can be controlled by lamp shade

Flexible Light The flexible floor lamp is formed by light modules. Each module includes a lightshade, a LED light source and a small electric motor. A central rod is used to hold all stacked light modules to the base.

Giving a degree of rotation, each module is individually moveable, rotating around the rod by the motor. By modifying the angles of rotation, patterns of floor lamp modules can be formed. The element of the light is controlled by parameters, by using a parametric software eg. Digital Project, the size and shape of each individual module can be modified easily. It totally a flexible model in the digital world.

Development model of flexible surface

A higher value of angle paremeter creates larger triangular openings.

Module Unit Development

A lower value of angle paremeter creates smaller triangular openings.

Module Radius Length constraint

Module Control Line Length constraint

Module System

Module Height Length constraint

Control unit system

Individual module system

Control Line (Parent)

Control Line (Parent)

Module Control Line (Children)

Module Control Line (Children)

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09 DETAIL

ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL DRAWINGS

PROJECT_01

MELBOURNE ZOO - WATER RECYCLING PLANT PETER ELLIOTT ARCHITECTURE

PROJECT_02

HEIDI EDUCATION CENTRE O’CONNOR + HOULE ARCHITECTURE

PROJECT_03

CITY HOUSE JOHN WARDLE ARCHITECTS