2006-2015 works

Works2006-2015

CHOI Sze-Ho, Jack

[email protected]

education

2006-2008 Bachelor of Environmental Design, University of Western Australia2009-2010 Master of Architecture, University of Western Australia

employment experience

2008june-dec Architectural Assistant at MORQ* Perth2009june-aug Architectural Assistant at Fereday Pollard(UK-based) Perth2010dec-jan Architectural Trainee at Simon Kwan & Associates Ltd Hong Kong2011jan-2012dec GraduateArchitectatOfficerwoodsArchitectsPerth2013jan-oct Architectural Assistant at URBANUS Hong Kong2013nov-2014may Architectural Designer at Atelier-3 Chengdu ()

awards

2008 Honorable mention at the 43rd Central Glass International Competition (one of 10 winning entries, out of 733 entrants worldwide)

2010 Honorable mention at UWA Disaster Pavilion competition (one of 3 winning entrants worldwide)

2010 Hassell Prize for Independent Design Final semester Independent Design Research (Honours) project

2010 CCN (Cameron Chisholm & Nicol) Award for Architectural Design Final semester Independent Design Research (Honours) project

2011 Highly commended at the Thinkbrick Aboutface competition (oneof2winningentries,outof6architectsfirmsaustraliawide)

2011 First prize at UWA Martumili Artists Gallery and Facility Competition (1st place out of 16 entries)

2013 Honorable mention at Hong Kong Science Park Competition (one of 16 winning entries, out of 120 entrants within Hong Kong)

skills

Computer Skills AutoCAD 2012, AutoCAD Architecture 2009, AutoVIZ 2009, 3Ds Max 2009, Photoshop CS6, Illustrator CS6, InDesign CS6, Adobe Acrobat 9, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, SketchUp Pro 8, Rhinoceros 5.0

references

Available upon request.

university design studio

2010 Community library Complex, Warburton

work & freelance

2012 Buildinglicensedocument,OfficerwoodsArchitects2012 Sitecoordination,OfficerwoodsArchitects2013 Design & site coordination, Atelier-32014 flowershop&cafe2014 houes in sai kung

competition

2008 43rd Central Glass International Competition2010 UWA Disaster Pavilion competition2011 Thinkbrick Aboutface competition2011 UWA Martumili Artists Gallery and Facility Competition2013 Hong Kong Science Park Competition2014 Kai Tak River Design Competition- other competitions

model making

2010 Kimbell Art Museum, Louis Kahn2010 Esherick house stair handrail, Louis Kahn2010 Chairs Wu

2010

Currently, there are an indeterminate number of Indigenous communities in Australia. These creators of Australian history have much to tell and teach us about the land of Australia. By providing substantial resources to such communities, the Australian government hopes to improve the living standards of these indigenous AustraliansandcontinuetheflowofAustralianhistory.Howeveritisnotsufficientto simply provide them with those manufactured shed-like envelopes that ignore the regional climate. It is important that the built form be able to express and respond to both climate and culture. Still, its construction method must be simple and, where possible, take advantage of the local resources The choice of the materials should also allow for low maintenance and high durability to withstand the extreme weather and misuse.

Six hours drive west from Uluru (Ayers rock), the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku proposed the need for a library complex in Warburton that will also accommodates a women centre, learning centre and meeting spaces. However with the precedented failure of an abandoned women centre and the unsure success of a library facility in these communities, a public building should, while responding to those complex constraints, acknowledge the ever-changing needs of the community to anticipate the uncertain future of Warburton.

Hence, by encouraging the indigenous residents to collect material from the surrounding landscape and build the principle structure, hopefully will results in an attached relationship and a sense of care to the building. With the prefabricated container units, the design, instead of providing a protected envelope, proposes linearstructuresofanundefinedflexibility,suggestingaspatialfamiliarityderivedfrom the fundamental principle of the indigenous lifestyle.

5th year design studio Community library Complex, Warburton

form changes according to new functional requirement and construction method

permeability allows unusual openness

gathering of different cultural group walls extend to allow non-discriminatory gathering

loosely defined transitional boundary

new proportion of walls and roof suggests a new scale for public space

durable shelter

primitive relation of secured and inhabitable space

permeable nature of vernacular community

cultural hierarchy requires visual and spatial separation

cultural performance space vernacular community accessible from all direction

scale of traditional shelter

1 2 3 4 5 6

temporary shelter

work & freelance

OfficerwoodsArchitects,Perth Sandgate St, Contract documentation

OfficerwoodsArchitects,Perth Gold St, Site coordunation

OfficerwoodsArchitects,Perth Monash Ave, Contract documentation

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2014-flowershop&cafe cafeinflowerfield

2014 - house in sai kung living room house

competition

2008 - 43rd Central Glass International Competition - Honorable mention Architecture Coexisting with World Heritage Sites

2010 - UWA Disaster Pavilion competition - Honorable mention Disaster relief shelter around indian ocean

2011 - Thinkbrick Aboutface competition - Highly commended Strategicstreetinterventiontodensification

2011 - UWA Martumili Artists Gallery and Facility Competition - First prize Australian aboruginal Artists Facility

2013 - Hong Kong Science Park Competition - Honorable mention ScienceParkofficebuilding

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6m 4m

12m

tree walk

footbridge

community

event space

community forum

/sunday market

store

playground

lift & stairs

canopy

restaurant

connect to

footbridge

tunnel canopy

harbourfront lookout tower

tea house

community

greenhouse

floewr shop

toilet

shower

facility

stage

bench

human, function

Covered pathway suggests a simple architectural quality that is shared by

many different culture across the world. It exists in the east as a poetic

corridor in Chinese garden and as a series of hovering buildings along a

vibrant street in Hong Kong. Based on this functional and climatic device,

Kai Tak white riverlace introduces another dimension to this typology, by

scaling it to a 4m x 6m section, from which the module derives spaces for

temporary and permanen

t activities of different scale. This infrastructural

quality given by the typical precast concrete module offers flexibility

to adapt to conditions in different districts, while visually unifying

the whole Kai Tak river with one artificial element. Arriving at the

harbourfron, the structure stacks up to a tower overlooking the adjacent

lawn and harbour, creating a point of destination at the end of the river.

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more space bigger trees

connectivity

hardscape

protection

engagement

softscape

rain

sun

vista ground

nature

city

sky

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water plant

flower

tree

Nelumbo nucifera

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Isachne globosa

Euryale ferox

Nymphaea spp.

Lepironia articulata

Marsilea quadrifolia

Phragmites australis

Juncus effusus

Vallisneria natans

Senna alata

Polyspora axillaris

Barleria cristata

Lantana camara

Parthenocissus dalzielii

Hibiscus tiliaceus

Kandelia obovata

Heritiera littoralis

Mangifera indica

Liquidambar formosana

Stormwater

drainage has

replaced all river

that naturally

existed in Hong

Kong. These

concrete channels,

that possess no

positive meaning

to the citizens,

carry contaminated

water directly

into the victoria

harbour, polluting

aquatically and

spatially. With

a natural river,

it provides human

and wildlife

with amenity for

living, while the

plants purify

the water and

the permeable

layer of riverbed

absorbs water and

reduces the risk

of flooding. It

is a sustainable

ecological

infrastructure.

drainage water cycle

river water cycle

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purification

improve inland

microclimate

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hugh

run-off

no cloud

flood

water pollution

environmental pollution

residential

mtr

EFLS

waterfront

residential

cultural

residential

commercial

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7. The harbourfront tower, a place to hide

from the harsh sunlight in summer.

Deep inside the tower, out of the sun,

yet bright enough for reading with the

harbour breeze, he would bring a book and

spend his afternoon on fourth floor. This

only happens occasionally though because

sometimes many kids run around crazily

inside the tower. It is a big castle for

kids. This place is packed in any annual

festival, it is a great place to look

over the victoria harbour.

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required cross section area = 200m2

proposed cross section area = 200x60% = 120m2



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context

From DHCDA to victoria harbourfront, 3.8

km long Kai Tak river cut across different

districts in the city, encountering different

groups of people who engage with the river in

different ways. Both the natural and artificial

part of design have to have the capacity to

accommodate need of these people from various

places. This divides the design into four

different areas a connecting corridor from

DHCDA to KTD, cultural and commercial district

next to CDA site where people from different

backgrounds meet n share ideas, exchange

forest plaza at the intersection of the MTR

and EFLS stations, living district at the

Grid Neighborhood where river divides into

two courses and reduces into a more intimate

scale, leisure promenade at harbourfront where

people jog by the water and arrive at Kai Tak

harbourfront tower. Kai Tak white riverlace

translates this constraint of multiple

requirements into an opportunity for continually

changing sceneries along the river. This river

will become the garden under the Lion Rock.

Winter comes

and goes,rain

of spring

slowly bring

back the

river. Plant

starts to

shoot up from

the riverbed

and covers

the entire

river.

Higher up away from the stream, patches of

corn & rice field have disturbed the vista

ahead whereby people hide themselves away

from the city.

On the vast open landscape, kids discover a variety

of plants, animals and insects that live natively in

Hong Kong. They are normally discriminated from the

city envirinmnet. This river is now a livingnpublic

classroom.

There are two approaches taken in the design - one

defines the landscape of the design, the part that

concerns nature, the essence of the river; the other

defines the artificial part, that allows for human

activities.

This extremely natural quality happens to meet this

extremely functional quality at the kaitakriver,

and eventually create this poetic ambiguity of human

and nature. It is the only boundary where man meets

nature in city of Hong Kong.

nature, river

With the vision of creating a

river in the city, as suggested

by title of the competition,

it is important to remind the

citizens of the meaning of

a river that had long been

forgotten in Hong Kong. The

word

river evokes sceneries

of habitats for life, which

includes a variety of flora and

fauna. In the context of a

contemporary city, which excludes

all uncontrolled nature, it is

also a medium that connect human

and nature. This leads to the

design approach of creating a

real river, instead of a river

made of concrete drainage channel

that is ironically managed by

the Water Drainage Management

Department.

1. Coming off

the

footbridge,

one

could

start

riding continuously

to t

he h

arbourfront. H

e would

go

up a

nd d

own, i

n and

out

of t

he

covered

pathway,

encountering

scenes

of

different

settings

during different

seasons

along

the Kai Tak river.

2. Walking from the EFLS

station to work every

day, he is aware of

his environment. He

notices the rain that

floods the path he took

last week. The colour

of the forest plaza

changes from red in

spring to green and

to yellow in autumn.

Nature seems to have

returned to his city.

3.He finds the forest plaza

particularly inspiring. He sees

people from all direct

ions come

and meet at this intersection.

When he arrives early, he

4. The river suddenly splits into

two streams and slows down

its pace, he knows he has

arrived the Grid Neigbourhood.

No more band music or street

performance like in the CDA

site here, only kids and

parents enjoying themselves in

the playground, doing exercise

in the forum and sitting at

the teahouse across the river.

5. In and out of the tunnels, he

finally arrives at the water

lilies pond. Having travelled

1.5 kilometres, the water is

now very clean that he sees

people swimming by the water

lilies and kids playing in the

water playground on the steps.

6. The harbourfront restaurant is a funny

building. Its glass partitions do not

touch the ceiling of the bridge and a slit

of light penetrates through the gap in

the bridge into centre of the restaurant.

It is a moment of a bridge meeting a

restaurant.

would walk up the forest and

find the tree on the third row

from north and fourth column

from the west marked C4

where he would waits for his

friends. The floor of the

plaza is covered with pebble

stones, unpaved. It suggests

no direction

s, it suggests all

directions.

required cross section area 150m2

proposed cross section area = 180m2



tree walk

EFLS

MTR

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cornfield

fishpond

intersection

forrest plaz

footbridge

community

event space

stepscommunity forum

/sunday market

playground

lift &

stairs

canopy

restaurant

store

tunnel canopy

mango tree

island

harbourfront lookout tower

harbourfront

restaurant

water event field

tea house

community

greenhouse

floewr shop

toilet

water lilies

stormwater outlet

platform

sediment pond

connect to

footbridge

footbridge

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2014 - Kai Tak River Design Competition White Riverlace

Walking towards

the forest

nature shows

no signs of

a glimpse

of smoke

hints the existance of life.

onlyhuman settlement

WINTER 1:100

solar panel

transparent sheet

snow

On the way to discovering what is ahead

objects in the surrounding

reveals its scale

uncovering the insignicance of man.

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Trees, rocks, slopes, leavesevery object in natureshapes our environment

to which the behaviour naturally adapt.

of all living things

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summer flyscreen

The summer breez

e brings wit

h it the sound

of trees,

where born

the desire to

rest against a t

ree under the sun.

WINTER 1:50

brick piers@965ctr

3.50m

5.00m

0.50

0.00

300x300x40 paver

sitting side 1:10aircavityair

cavity

aircavity

resting side

copper conduction rod

rope150dia steel chimeny pipepine tree

pebblescompacted sand

snow insulationtranslucent waterprooffabric100x50 pine frame

snow insulationtranslucent

waterproof fabric100x50 pine frame

curtain track

transparentcorrugated sheet

100x50 pine framewinter insulation

curtain

string to fastenroof fabric

outside inside

string to fastenroof fabric

pine tree

rope to fasten rooffabric and chimney

pipe to tree

transparentcorrugated sheet

100x50 pine framewinter insulation

curtain

The snow is now getting thicker and thicker

the need of a re is only natural to keep warm and to make a place fo

r sleeping at night.

In fact when i was describing the quality of those spaces, i wonder if i am referring to the shelter or the surrounding forest.

items

brick pierspine wood frame

transparent sheetsroof membranerope & stringchimney pipepebblescopper rodstone paver

doorcurtain tracksummer flyscreenwinter curtain

latot

wall c

laddin

g & flo

orerutcurts

noitartsenef

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I would like to

design a shelter

inside and outside which

the behaviour shares

the same essence.

2012 - 47rd Central Glass International Competition2Town hall in a Regional Environment

2014 Community Forest International shelter competition1a small all season shelter for backwoods accommodation

other competitions

2010

model making

Kimbell Art Museum, Louis Kahn

Esherick house stair handrail, Louis Kahn Chairs Wu

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