Quah Zheng Wei's Portfolio

ZHENGWEI QUAH

511/746 Swanston St Carlton 3053 VIC

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TEL // +614 3339 3995

architectural design PORTFOLIO

architectural design PORTFOLIO // 2

CONTENT

WASTE + UNSKILLED LABOURS PRODUCTS + SKILLS


GRAD school

KOTA JAKARTA RECYCLING ARTS CENTER

MELBOURNE HYBRID PRISON

GOKISO CROSSING REVITALIZATION

ULURU VISITOR CENTER

SCULPTOR’S STUDIO

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

DOLL THEATRE

TEARING DOWN THE WALL - JUNE 2012

LESSONS FROM JAPANESE URBANIZATION - DEC 2011

LOOKING THROUGH ABORIGINALS’ EYES - JUNE 2011

GEOMETRY EXPLORATION - JUNE 2009

REDEFINING SPACE - DEC 2009

THE SUMMER OF SEVENTEENTH DOLL - DEC 2010

URBAN HERITAGE REVITALIZATION - DEC 2012

UGRAD school

WASTE + UNSKILLED LABOURS PRODUCTS + SKILLSKOTA JAKARTA RECYCLING ARTS CENTER

URBAN HERITAGE REVITALIZATION - dec 2012

tutor // Amanda Achmadi


// URBAN HERITAGE REVITALIZATIONJAKARTA RECLYCING ARTS CENTER

RECYCLING

ARTS

PUBLIC SPACE

// Hybird of Recycling and Art functions


Jakarta is one of the most populated city in the world. The ever growing population is seen taking its toll on Indonesia’s environment and its people. The city suffers from serious environmental degradation and social imbalance as a result of overcrowding and fewer resources.

Located at the north of Jakarta, heritage Old Town is no exception, its past glory as Dutch administrative and business region has now been swallowed by dilapidations and decays. Several efforts had been made in the past to promote the site as a new tourism icon but the effect was less than obvious.

It is opined that to revitalize the heritage town, rehabilitation should not just focuses on the preservation of few Dutch architecture legacies, but also the people and environment of the context which provide the overall framework to the heritage precinct. With sequential upgrades to the site as well as its people, the area is expected to undergo natural gentrification.

The project therefore proposes a built environment that facilitates the marriage of recycling and arts programs, a hybrid that introduces an economic activity for the unskilled labour by utilizing recyclable and non-recyclable waste. This is an attempt to deal with the social and environmental issues through architecture intervention.

above // Urban analysis exploring the relationship between grains size and public space appropriation

above // Alarming environmental degradation in Jakarta city

COMMUNITY RECYCLING AND ARTS CENTER

Unlike valued garbage collectors in many other countries who are recognized by its own society, the trash-picking population in Indonesia is somewhat “invisible”. They create a living off consumers’ habits and lack of environmental responsibility.

Noticing the deteriorating social and environmental issues in Jakarta’s urban context, this project endeavours to use design and education to protect the environment and reduce poverty. The proposal is creating a hybrid function of COMMUNITY RECYCLING CENTER and ARTS CENTER where the recycling center purchases recycable materials directly from trash-picker without going through middle person and then transforms this trash into beautifully crafted designs/products which the artist would then be able to either sell it or display it at the center.

The aims is to introduces activities design efforts and through recycling finding new ways of using non-recyclable waste to create fresh products, reduce trash in the heritage precinct and regional areas and provide livelihoods for the poors.

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in out

As the environmental and social issues happen not just to the people on the site, there is a need to have a long term planning to create awareness of the issues. The aforementioned proposal is the very first step of the entire planning.

Stage 1 // Tackle unpleasent hygienic conditions on various location in the heritage Old Town, including the river. Community dropoff and sorting facilities are created to properly manage recycable waste; Improves the conditions of regional context as well as creating awareness of the local community.

Stage 2 // With growing amount of garbage, the recycled materials offer more income, which can be used to improve the housing areas/ informal settlements.

Stage 3 // Recycling facility is enlarged and improved, making it a more efficient and hygiene workplace. Growing number of unskilled workers are able to find job in the regions. Similar scheme that embraces hybrid recycling program could be implemented in other regions in response to local function.


// HYBRID FUNCTIONSPROGRAMMATIC DERIVATION

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recycled arts

Recycling Materials

recycable

non recycable

TrashpickingCommunity

fig. how the

RECYCLING

ARTS

PUBLIC SPACE

Gallery // Exhibition SpaceInformation Center // Media CenterArts Studio

Community Space // Board Games Open ParkSports Leisure // Football, Jogging TrackInformal Stalls

Low Income ClassLower Middle Income ClassMiddle Income Class

LEGENDS

Dropoff CenterSorting FacilitiesEducation Workshop

Kids Teenagers Adults

RECYCLING

ARTS

PUBLIC SPACE

Gallery // Exhibition SpaceInformation Center // Media CenterArts Studio

Community Space // Board Games Open ParkSports Leisure // Football, Jogging TrackInformal Stalls

Low Income ClassLower Middle Income ClassMiddle Income Class

LEGENDS

Dropoff CenterSorting FacilitiesEducation Workshop

Kids Teenagers Adults



left // Enlightened by the urban fabric studies earlier, this physical model is used to explore the connection between the fine grain architecture and the heritage building next to it. The model is not intended to continue the patchwork of the surrounding context but rather to explore new possibility that connect the site in a more subtle and practical manner.

above // The early physical model imagines itself as a courtyard volume that is very much similar to the heritage buildings near the site.

The transparent volume helps in telling user’s experience in relation to the surrounding context. The seemingly non-existed volume boundary of the model is translated to the ambiguity of architectural space in further exploration.

// COMPOSITIONAL EXPLORATIONEARLY DESIGN CONCEPT

// Early drawings to investigate architectural composition in perspective.



// ARCHITECTURE DERIVATIONDESIGN PROCESS

Staggering landspace

as an architectural element to provide

variety of surfaces for space appropriation.

// URBAN ANALYSIS

Permeability

ensures the connectivity of space and its surrounding, resulting in a smooth and

intuitive circulation.

Courtyard typology

provides informal public space that tends to be appropriated by local

population.

Urban furniture

such as bench and tree tend to attact people.

Vegetation also creates cooling micro-climate.

Street experience

is defined by the program inside the buildings as well as the width of the street.

Human-scale street tends to create denser experience.

FUNCTIONAL SPACE

PUBLIC SPACE

FUNCTIONAL SPACE

OVERLAPPING GRAINS


Mixed grain is a tactic to create an alter-urbanity in sites with underutilized buildings. it achieves this by accentuating the fragmentation on the ground level to provide more accessibility to the site and overlapping a larger grain on and below the fragmented grains for continuous functional space.

The different properties and combinations of mixed grains unleash a

clash of scales, activities, and environmental strategies that can jumpstart an urban condition, offering a better platform for social interaction.

Even though the fragmented grains does not noticeably strengthen the existing angular pathwork of the surrounding context, mixed grain strategy essentially connects the surrounding urban blocks that was not connected before with its high permeability.

// MIXED GRAINS STRATEGY

PEDESTRIAN ACCESS

DIRECT ACCESS FROMMANDIRI MUSEUM

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

CAR PARK

MAIN ENTRANCE

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// ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGSARCHITECTURE


// Ground Floor Plan

1. Sort-out Center2. Recycling Dropoff Center3. Artists’ Studio4. Exhibition Center5. Recycling Workshop6. Media Center

// First Floor Plan // Second Floor Plan

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EQUINOXJUNE

DECEMBER

BUFFER ZONE

HOT AIR EVAPORATED

PASSIVE SHADING DEVICE

NATURAL VENTILATION

REFLECTIVE LAYER

Apart from the fact that the building facade is made out of recyclable material, the building also features an environmentally sustainable design:

Passive shading

Tree is used extensively on the site as a passive shading device due to the hot and humid climate in Jakarta. The device will also function like a buffer zone to thwart heat entering buildings. It will be able to create cooler micro-climate around the site.

Cooling buffer zone

There is a second buffer zone besides trees between outer bamboo facade and the inner glass facade to divert light hot airflow back to the atmoshpere, reducing the heat from entering buildings.

Natural ventilation

The architecture creates an condusive environment for natural ventilation with ideal floor-to-ceiling height and floorplate width ratio. Besides, the higher roofing will be able to capture winds to enter buildings, a concept borrowed from the ‘wind tower’ of Dutch architecture.


// SECTIONAL DRAWINGSARCHITECTURE



// PERSPECTIVE RENDERSARCHITECTURE

// LANEWAY BETWEEN GALLERY AND ARTIST’S STUDIO


// GALLERY COURTYARD SPACE ( FACING MANDIRI MUSEUM )



// DROPOFF CENTER LOOKING ACROSS KALI BESAR CANAL


MELBOURNE HYBRID PRISONTEARING DOWN THE WALL - june 2012

tutor // Justina Karakiewicz


Despite prison population and recidivism significantly increasing over the last decade, the incarceration structure in Australia has failed to see advancements throughout the past century and desperately requires

innovation and re-imagination. This debate creates an opportunity to rethink the future of prisons design. This is evidently shown through the locations of prisons at the edges away from the city, framing the

negative perception that prisoners are transported away akin to garbage.

The thesis attempts to challenge negative preconceived notions of “PRISONS” to re-instil an urban penitentiary type into the city fabric that is desirable, focusing on

the prison ‘wall’ and what it means to be in the city? The idea of a prison in the city isn’t foreign or new; But by putting the new type back into the city, will the architecture play the dominant role it

once did historically? How would this proposal for a new prison type change negative perceptions of the prison on a multitude of many levels? This occurs primarily with the prison wall.

// TEARING DOWN THE WALLCITY HYBRID PRISON

figure // Location of prisons in Victoria


A ‘Wall’ is defined as ‘a continuous structure that encloses or divides an area of land’. The wall defines the ‘social physic that two bodies cannot share the same place at the same time’. This forces people to remain

on their side, primarily for their well-being, which results in the main scenario of having a prison wall.

At present, the “prison walls” are located in the outskirts of civilization consists of either a barren tall concrete wall or even just a tall fence as there is very little impact on the surrounding context and people to

take into consideration.

The new prison wall needs to allow a level of permeability and acceptance to happen between the city and the prison, and can only do so only via a state of trust between the law and inhabitants of the prison and

the urban dwellers. Only then, can the intervention start to be-apart of the city morphology, the hidden gem that increases the value of its surrounding properties.

photos // Material system investigation and contextual model.

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Based on observations, data collections and mapping and diagram exercises, we can conclude that privatisation, in this case artist intrusion through graffiti, did influence

pedestrian’s movement. The speed + colour range + gravitation diagram shows that people is more attracted toward and spend more time looking at brighter pieces of street art.

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lettering image

Legend

// GRAFFITI WALL ANALYSISBACKGROUND STUDY


// Visualization of pedestrian flow to determine starting block of public/ private program for hybrid prison


// HYBRID PROGRAMS DERIVATIONSITE ANALYSIS

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figure // analysis of surrounding program in relation to walking distance.


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drug and alcohol treatment

health check and clinic

mental health check and counselling

exercise

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// ARCHITECTURE DERIVATIONDESIGN PROCESS

Imaging the site as a field of horizontal strips for horizontal permeability.

Queen Victoria Market; site intervention, rerouting Franklin Street.

the Architecture; hybrid of prison and public (art) program.

Lifting up and re-orientating to reconnect prison to the grid.

‘Bleeding Wall’ as circulation path. ‘Public Loop’ and ‘Spill Out’.

Allocation of the WALLs; engagement with the public.

Insertion of prison programs according to transparency field.

Physical space configuration with prison being the core.

Prison theatre; integration of public and prisoners.

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Public

Private

Entertainment

Arts Market

Museum

Art Studio

Prison Production Space

Horticulture Training

Shared Space

Living Core

PRODUCTION

PUBLIC

THEATREACTIVITIES

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figure // diagrammatic section



// Laneway experience.

// Public foyer // Ambiguous space for art display.


// Outdoor amphitheatre.

// Site activation during night time.

GOKISO CROSSING REVITALIZATIONLESSONS FROM JAPANESE URBANIZATION - DEC 2011

tutor // Barrie Shelton


// LESSONS FROM JAPANESE URBANIZATIONGOKISO CROSSING REVITALIZATION

RESIDENTIAL

CIRCULATION

RESIDENTIALCIRCULATION

RESIDENTIAL

CIRCULATION

RESIDENTIALCIRCULATION

TYPE G

EXAMPLE OF BUILDING USAGES:- Low to medium density multi-unit residential

BUILDING FEATURES

BUILDING FUNCTIONS

BALCONIES ON BUILDING FRONTAGE

STREET FRONTAGE NOT PROMINENT

- DISCREET ENTRANCE

2- 7 storeys

Residential

Bicycle Park

Combini / Supermarket

Food & Beverage

Carpark

Religious

Education

Retail

Health

CROSSING PROGRAM

Public & Private

Spatial Program Analysis

- it’s been made great use of every possible parking area within the block;

- parking pattern of every parking area has been accurately drawn to each individual parking space


Gokiso, one of the municipal in Nagoya, is in fact a gradually growing city. Analysis shows that almost 61% of the buildings on Sakurayama-dori are less than 15 years old. Besides, statistic shows that 75% of the buildings in Gokiso are residential premises and the number of households is still continuously growing. This assumes the possibility of more schools for residents around the area. Despite having quite a few libraries in elementary and high schools scattered around Gokiso at the moment, there is no sign of public library in the area.

Also, from previous site analysis, it was obvious that there was lack of formal gathering space in Gokiso, where people resorted to having their discussions and meetings in informal spaces such as sidewalks and restaurants. What’s even more surprising is that being at the corner of Gokiso which enjoy the privileged access of subway stations (interchange of Sakuradori-line and Tsurumai-line), there is no any hotel nearby.

With the advantage of incredibly high intensity in terms of flows and information, the corner site of Gokiso will be proposed for a new public building. The new building will house a mixed programs of information center, municipal library with a media center, health recreation center which consists of sauna, massage and therapy center, existing restaurants with improved experience over the view of Gokiso corner, hotel and a range of retail stores in the basement level.

This building will be a new public gathering space for everyone in vicinity of Gokiso.

diagrams // Groupwork on urban and japanese architecture exploration.

Residential

Office

Service

Commercial

Conbini/Supermarket

Food & Beverage

Relgious

Health

Spatial Program Analysis

NORTH SOUTH

100m

NORTH SOUTH

EAST

WEST

Comparison Building Elevation

NORTH SOUTH

100m

NORTH SOUTH

Buildings less than 15 years old (43)

Buildings less than 15 years old (24)

Comparison Building Age

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Comparison Building Programs


// URBAN CHARACTERISTICSSITE ANALYSIS

diagram // Urban Strip Analysis; Spatial programs along ‘Glocal’ road are color-coded.

diagram // Comparison of buildings’ elevation. Majority are of 2 storey buildings.

diagram // Urban Strip Analysis; Buidings Age.

The street on the eastern side has more old buildings (43) than the western side (24). The term of ‘old’ is subjectively referred to building which is older than 15 years old.

diagram // Comparison of buildings’ function.

1 LANE

TRAFFIC CIRCULATIONData recorded on 29.09.11 at 11 -

2 LANE

3 LANE

TRAFFIC CIRCULATION

Data recorded on 29.09.11 at 11 - 1pm

1 - 5

6 - 10

11 - 20

21 - 40

PARKED CARS INTENSITY

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10/12

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12/25

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30/50

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22/41

CARPARKING - INTENSITY


// Urban Crossing Analysis

This research looks into various aspect of transportation in the local community, including:

Mode of transportation,

Parking availablity,

Width of pedestrain path/ sidewalk,

Intensity of particular transport during different period of time,

Traffics directions and ease of manoeuvre.

It was concluded that the modes and intensity of the transportation vary in relation to buildings’ functions in close proximity. In addition, sidewalks and street parking plays a pivotal role in urban development as such places has a denser street activities in general.


// ESTABLISHING BUILDING COMPOSITIONDESIGN PROCESS

Chamfered site at the corner of Gokiso

Narrow strip blocks created from the context.

Building is cut to allow more public space as well

as sun access..

Underground access to retails and subway.

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Floor plate elevated to gain visual access in favour to

public building.

Connection between blocks through ramps and stairs . The

space will be also used as informal gathering and study place.

Perforated hardskin installed on facade to allow glimpse into the building.

5 6 7

Information Center and Link to Underground Retails

Recreation CenterHotel

Media CenterLibrary

Cafe and Restaurant

Section AA // Integration of new architecture and existing subway network.

diagram // Red indicates horizontal and vertical circulation.


Ground Floor Plan

1. Entrance Space (Subway Entrance) 5. Exhibition Space2. Information Center 6. Hotel Souvenir Store3. Toilets 7. Hotel Lobby4. Cafe and Bookstore 8. Elevator


Ground Floor Plan

1. Entrance Space (Subway Entrance) 5. Exhibition Space2. Information Center 6. Hotel Souvenir Store3. Toilets 7. Hotel Lobby4. Cafe and Bookstore 8. Elevator

Second Floor Plan

1. Private Study Room 4. Toilets2. Study Area 5. Library3. Connecting Ramp 6. Hotel Management Office

// West Elevation // North Elevation

Fifrth Floor Plan 1:200

Room configuration of hotel.



// Library. Looking at the atrium

// Rooftop Recreation Center. Fish Spa.


// Atrium. Entrance

ULURU VISITOR CENTERLOOKING THROUGH ABORIGINALS’ EYES - JUNE 2011

tutor // Zhu Jian Fei


// LOOKING THROUGH ABORIGINALS’ EYESULURU VISTOR CENTER


Uluru is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia. Due to its unimaginable size, the annual pilgrimage has seen hundreds visitors engage with the community and witness with their bare eyes the remarkable natural treasure.

Worshipped by the Anangus, aboriginal tribes in close proximity, the rock is also a sacred entity and a pride to them. Unfortunately, many visitors do not share the pride; In most cases visitors disrespectfully claimed to have conquered the monument by capturing few photos upon arrival. Some visitors even went to the extent of climbing the rock at the risk of losing their lives with complete ignorance of Tjukurpa, which is is the foundation of Anangu life and society. All this happened because the visitors are deemed not to appreciate or see Uluru rock like the way Anangu people do. Therefore, the idea of this visitor center is to create a platform for visitors to observe the rock through the eyes of Anangu. Building boundary is manipulated and directed to all essential features on the site such as the rock itself, Kata Tjuta, nearby towns and existing visitor center.

The strategy is, in response to the theme (Scale) of the studio as well as to mimic the monumental gesture of the rock, to cleverly direct visitors to Uluru and Kata Tjuta rock by employing massively thick rammed earth walls. Visitors will hence be able to learn about the rock through join display and exhibition gallery at the same time of having visual access to the rock.

Essentially, the views to the rock will be restricted to one fraction of it to really appreciate every single part of the rock instead of allowing the whole uncontrolled view to it, which makes no different to looking the rock from outside of the building. Having that said, there will be framed views to the rocks to give further emphasis on its sacredness.

// Framing Concept

Uncontrolled object viewing appears less interesting.

Framing an object provides new focus.

Frames allow appreciation towards an object’s details.

Frame could be made more interesting by including surrounding

view and increases the viewing pleasure.


Mititjuta

above // Site map analysing surrounding context of Uluru Visitor Center.

above // Contextual lines derive the outer boundary of Uluru Visitor Center.

Yulara Town

Uluru

Kata Tjuta

Existing Visitor Center

Even though located in the middle of nowhere, there are still several important places on the site, with the most significant ones being

Uluru, Kata Tjuta, Yulara, Mutitjuta and existing visitor center. Hence,

to actually allow visitor to be aware of these, the building boundary will be derived from these attraction.

The stategy is to draw a circle from the center point of these places and extend to the face of the proposed site. The lines derived is shown on

the left.

// DESIGN PROCESSARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT


// ARCHITECTURAL FORM DERIVATON

Building boundary was acquired through vision circles obtained from site analysis.

Building mass was pushed inward when related location(s) is not viewable and puled outward to the direction(s) of the

related attraction(s).

Visual conection to Uluru, Kata Tjuta, Yulara Town and existing visitor center

was established. It was made a architectural statement to the design.

Massive walls were introduced to direct and force visitors to look at the rocks. The walls were, at the same time, used

to restrict the view at certain parts of the building. The walls will be utilized as a

place to house building services due to their tremendous thinknes.

Final building mass was achieved with two cantilever platform overlooking Uluru

and Kata Tjuta.

// Rammed earth wall painted with aboriginal art


// FLOOR PLANSARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS

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Ground Floor Plan1 // Entrance 2 // Open Space Shop3 // Restaurant4 // Library/ Reading Space

6 // Offices 7 // Toilets8 // Wiltja Yard9 // Car Park


With roof area of approximately 3000 sq

m, rain water will be colected in a tank and treated and then used

again.

Rammed earth wall, because of its thickness and density, has

high thermal mass. It would be applied to block the harsh

north and west sun. The wall is cooled down at night due to the huge temperature difference.

Due to consistent wind from east of the site, the design

incorperates natural ventilation into the building, by creating

more opening on east facade, to achieve environmentally

friendly design.

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First Floor Plan1 // Multi-purpose Theatre 2 // Maruku Gallery

// Environmental Sustainable Design

3 // Gallery Cafe 4 // Anangu Joint Gallery


// Maruku Gallery overlooking Uluru Rock.

// Section AA

F // Joint Display Hall

G // Library / Reading Room

G // Wiltja Yard


// Entrance Hall.

F // Wiltja Yard

G // Restaurant


Library

// East Elevation

// West Elevation

// North Elevation

Joint Display HallOffice

MarketEntrance

Maruku Gallery Kiosk Theatre Hall Entrance Wiltja Yard

Maruku Display Hall Restaurant

Theatre Hall

// ELEVATIONS AND PERSPECTIVESARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS


// Bridge to another side of building.

// Ramp to first floor.

DOLL THEATRETHE SUMMER OF SEVENTEENTH DOLL - DEC 2010

tutor // Keith Streames


// THE SUMMER OF SEVENTEENTH DOLLDOLL THEATRE

‘Summer of Seventeenth Doll’ portrays a beautiful dramatic love relationship. The love started well between the four main characters in the novel. With the passage of time, the love eroded with uncertainties and this shattered the relationship of the main characters after seventeen years. Such twist inspires the exploration of the relationship between decay of love and architecture.

The Site

When inspected the site in Carlton, it was discovered that the location was somehow secluded from foot traffic despite the fact it was surrounded by commercial and public spaces such as Elgin Street, Melbourne Exhibition Center, University of Melbourne to name a few.

Other than that, despite having historical Victorian Style on the site, the design will not conform to the identical style surrounding because it was deemed overly opaque and bulky. This had resulted Carlton streetscape to be overly dense. They therefore, did not appear interesting or inviting to most people.

Hence, with inspiration from sugar cane which is an important element in the play together with simple geometric pattern, the theatre, especially the façade will be a distinctive urban statement to the residents around yet at the same time paying respect to Victorian Style housing in vicinity.

// Exploration of building facade.


The facade was designed in such a way that it would appear smooth and clean from one direction yet chaotic from another

direction. A metaphor of love being sugar sweet in the beginning but after seventeen years when looked back, it was all in a mess.

The design of the building leaned towards open/ perforated facade to engage with public and increase foot traffic of the site,

increasing the permeability of the site.

In constrast to heavy Victorian style streetscape of the site, the design was to create a relatively open building. Hence, the

intensity of the openings decrease gradually towards the west to sure public engagement.

The facade was inspired by the irregularity of sugarcane, which was mentioned repeatedly in the novel.

Besides that, the facade was generated by simple pattern of geometry.// Building’s elevation.

Ground Floor Plan

1. Public Area/ Cafe2. Theatre Management Office3. Pantry Area4. Theatre Stage5. Dressing Room I6. Toilet7. Dressing Room II8. Workshop/ Technician Area9. Loading Dock

First Floor Plan

1. Foyer2. Male Toilet3. Female Toilet4. Control Room5. Auditorium6. Services Area7. Patch Panel8. Dressing Room III9. Toilet10. Dressing Room IV


// DRAWINGS AND RENDERSTHE ARCHITECTURE

A

// Section AA

// Circulation Diagram

// Circulation Diagram

// Section BB

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BB


// Theatre

// Foyer

PUBLIC AND PRIVATEREDEFINING SPACE - DEC 2009

tutor // Jeremy Wolveridge


// REDEFINING SPACEPUBLIC AND PRIVATE

Park Crescent is a typical Australian neighborhood which many of the houses portray a strong Victorian style architecture. Acquired the plot just recently, the client intend to build a rather distinctive home. In her statement also, she wants something that responds and blends in well with the context, an architecture which celebrates the surrounding context.

As a result, the architecture utilizes the concept of open and enclosed. 4 units that demonstrate contradicting properties with courtyard in between; public and private.Each of them is designed differently that opens up residents to surrounding context accordingly, capturing the soothing view of Yarra River.

The concept is also well reflected in the use of distinctive materials such as solid bluestone to represent enclosed and light timber construction for a better openness.

diagram // design process; creating a distinctive experience when travelling down the site.

// Front facade

architectural design PORTFOLIO // 67// Rear facade



// Ground floor plan

// Section CC


// Living room

// Library / reading room

SCULPTOR’S (H)EARTH STUDIOGEOMETRY EXPLORATION - JUNE 2009

tutor // Robert Davidove


// GEOMETRY EXPLORATIONSCULPTOR’S STUDIO


The main concept of this Sculptor’s (h)earth studio is Geometry. This concept is inspired by the triangular shape of its context as the form could be clearly seen from satelite image. Due to the close connection between Geometry and Earth, triangle, which is also a geometry, would be a good starting point to keep the designing process going and eventually derive the design of earth studio.

As the exploration went in deep, I discovered that by using repetative pattern such as the one applied at Federation Square, a public space located in Melbourne, a building could deliver a heavy sense of geometry. Thus, for this sculptors’ studio, one particular pattern will be created and it will generate the whole design idea of the studio building, including furnitures and their arrangement.

1 // Box 2 // Grid 3 // Intensify

4 // Chamfer 5 // Pattern 6 // Repeatition

7 // Spatial Response 8 // Site Response

// Inspiration; Federation Square facade.



// North elevation

// West elevation

// Section BB

// Section AA

// Floor plan


// Section AA // View into wet studio // Residence studio

// Wet studio

// Exhibition space

ZHENGWEI QUAH

511/746 Swanston St Carlton 3053 VIC

EMAIL // [email protected]

TEL // +614 3339 3995

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Quah Zheng Wei's Portfolio