ACADEMIC PROFOLIO

• MasterofArchitecture,TheUniversityofHongKong,2011

• BachelorofBuiltEnvironment(AS),QueenslandUniversityofTechnology,2008

• HigherDiplomainArchitecturalStudies,CityUniversityofHongKong,2002

COMPETITION

• REPEATDigitalFabricationCompetition,2011OrganisedbyTEX-FABhttp://tex-fab.net/category/compete/Renderingonly,collaboratewithMr.GaoYan,AssistantProfessor,HKU[HONORABLEMENTIONS]

• OpenArchitectureChallenge:Classroom,2009OrganisedbyArchitectureforHumanityhttp://openarchitecturenetwork.org/competitions/challenge/2009[Entry]

• DesigninginTeheran,2008OrganisedbyUnitedColorsofBenettonhttp://www.benettongroup.com/designinginteheran/[SELECTEDPROJECTS]

• HKIAKadooriePierDesignCompetition2001OrganisedbyTheHongKongInstituteofArchitects&ArchitecturalServiceDept.HKSARcollaboratewithMr.JosephWong,AssistantProfessor,CityU[WINNER,projectgetbuilt]

ACADEMIC

MArch,THEUNIVERSITYOFHONGKONG,2011

• Thesis“ReworkingReclamation”Supervisor:Mr.DavidErdman

• DesignStudioIII“ForgettingMacau”Tutor:Mr.TomVerebesGroupmatesforMasterplanning:TonyYamandWilliamLai

• DesignStudioII“DenseMass”Tutor:Mr.DavidErdman&Ms.CloverLeeGroupmates:TonyYamandWilliamLai

• DesignStudioI“Paramat”Tutor:Mr.JonathanD.SolomonGroupmatesforAnalysis:StanleyChanandJeffGao

• Elective“EnvironmentalThickness”Tutor:Mr.DavidErdman

• Elective“DigitalTechnique:DigitalProject”Tutor:Mr.GaoYanGroupmate:ChoiKitWang

• Elective“BuildingStructureandSystems”Tutor:R.Garcia

• Elective“ReBuildingUtopia:Visionsofarchitectureinthepost-warworld”Tutor:Ms.EuniceSeng

BBE(ArchitecturalStudies),QUEENSLANDUNIVERSITYOFTECHNOLOGY,2008

• DesignStudioII“BigScreenLive:MongKokStudios”Tutor:Mr.JohnCheng

• DeisgnStudioI“IntegratingtheScapesofCommunityCulture,Commerce&CityCirculation:AnUrbanInsertionalongtheMid-levelsEscalator”Tutor:AnthonyCheung

HD(ArchitecturalStudies),CITYUNIVERSITYOFHONGKONG,2002

• FinalYearProject“DanceStudioforCCDC(CityContemporaryDanceCompany)”Tutor:DerekYuen

MArch,HKU,2011

• Thesis“ReworkingReclamation”Supervisor:Mr.DavidErdman

Statment

This project is to challenge the traditional practice of urbangrowthbyreworkingtheconceptofexpandinglandintowater.Theaimcouldbeachievedbyinvestigatingasustainablemodeloftopologicaltransformationanddevelopmentofreclamation.

Inspired by modern reinterpretation of archipelago, thetechnologicalexperimentwillbeonconcernssuchasretentiontechniques, and man-made island construction, along withcreatinglandmass,thestudywillalsofocusingonrejuvenatingexistingreclaimedarea.

Housing will be the architectural program to be studied; thesite is aiming to carry ahighpopulation loadas projectedbygovernment’sfutureplanningandthedesignwillbeaflexiblesolutionbyprovidingvarietyintermsoflivingconditions.

PRECEDENTS

PlanforTokyoBay,KenzoTange

This hypothetical urban scheme being proposed by Tangewas trying to solve theovercrowdingurban conditionand thelimitationinexpandingitsinfrastructureunderanenormousunpopulationoftheTokyocityduring1950-60s.

Hetriedtopromotethesocietyshouldbedevelopedasamoreadvancenetworkbytakingareferencetothenervoussystemofhumanbeing.ThereforehisplanforTokyo isaprogressivepatternofgrowththatbasesonafive-year interval, itstartedto growth as an independent floating mega structure that issupported by a ring of transportation network which servingthebuildingstructureinbetween.Astimegoesbythenetworkwouldgrowthandextend to connectwith the inline,mergingwiththeurbancontext.

Thiselevated“lattices”donotonlyprovidephysicalstructurebutmoreimportantlyitprovidesawebofcommunicationnetworkthatallowsinfrastructurestoplugins,extendandinter-connect,thisiswhatmadethisschemebeingsustainablehypothetically,comparesthatwhatusedtohappeninatraditionalurbangrid.

ArtificialArchipelago

Archipelagoisaninterestingnaturalgeography,theirgatherasagroupofsmallislandswheretheyexistenceareseemstoberandom,buteachoftheseislandsdoenjoytheembraceofwateredges.Recently,atrendinsomeoftherichestArabiccitiestriedtoman-made this kind of natural geographical phenomenon.But theirpresence isalmostexclusively for rickpeople,whichthey can occupy the seafront privately and treat it as theirprivateheaven.

The fanatical projection of using archipelago as a model oflandgrowthby reclamation isoneof themajoraspect in thisstudy.Theaim is tocreatea typologyofartificialarchipelagowhich isable tocater themassive infrastructureand logisticalrequirementformodernmetropolislivingcondition.

PROJECTDEFINITION:

TYPOLOGICALMORPHOLOGY

Theprojectisacombinationoftwooperationsinlandmass;oneisto“CUT”awaysomeexistinglandmassbyconnectingexistingriverine systemwhichwas being blocked or hided away fromitsconnectionwiththeocean.Thisoperationtriestorevitalizethenaturalwaterbodies’dynamicsandduringtheprocess,theeffect of breaking down existing large, solid land mass intopiecesisdesiredtointroducingwateredgesintotheinlandandcreatingdifferentformoflandmass.

Secondly, theoperation“FILL” isasystemofcreatingartificialislandasamodeloflandgrowth.Thedesignandconstructionof island is guided by a principle of hard and soft edges.The hard edge part of an island will be protected by a stiffand linear seawall, which provides maximum structural andhydraulicprotection;onthesoftedgepart,theislandwillhaveno structural protection on its edge and subject to sedimentdeposition,duringtheprocesstheperimeterandshapeoftheislandisprojectedtochange.

Thedirectionandallocationofthenetworkofislandsisaffectedby the water current. The study is proposing a trajectory ofchangeforindividualislandoritsmultipleconfigurationsuchastheygatheredasaclustertogrow.

Theproposed typologiesof islands are varied in size and thepre-determinedchoiceofhardoredgewhichcontrolitsfutureexpansion.Itprovidesflexibilityinturnsofarchitecturalplanningofeithertakingtheadvantageofsolidandcontrolledstructureofthehardedgepartorusingthesoftedgepartwhichprovidesmorepossibility in termsofwater interfaces tocreatekindofmatbuildingtypology.

Inthe largest islandtherewillbeatidalzone inbetweenthelinktotwosidesoftheisland.Thezoneissituatedinthemiddleof the island and the typographyof this part of the landwillbecreatedbynaturalsediment,itwillbecoveredbythewaveof tideduring thedaily2.5mof tidal change in the region. Itwillbeanidealamphibiousenvironmentinexperimentallivingcondition.

INFRASTRUCTURALMULTI-LAYERING

Providinganyplanningontheseawouldfaceoneissueishowtoconnecttheminanefficientwaytosuitthemodern,urbanstyleofliving.Considerthehugeamountofpeopletoaccommodatein such area, a pure transportation network by ferry is notfeasible.

Therefore in the proposal, in the site of the link bridge asproposedbythegovernment, the ideaof thevehicular link istoaccepted,andservingthesameintendedfunctionoflinkingthenewtunnelfromLamTin,whichconnectsthesitewiththemajorityofKowloonside;andalsolinkinguptheexistingTKOtowncenterandalsotherelativelyun-developedTKOEast.

Furthermore,a transportationhub iscreated in themiddleofthesite,linkedwiththevehicularbridge.Itwillbeservedasamulti-functionbase for residentsandvisitors topark, to takeferryandactasapublicsquareonitssurface.

Theferrywillbedesignatedtotravelalongdifferentroutesthatrunning across different parts of the archipelago. A potentialMTRlinkispossibleandthehubcouldbetheoutletforsuchline.

HOUSING

Accordingtogovernment’splanning,thewholeTseungKwanOareawillhouse450000ofpeople,inanexpansionof90000more thancurrent condition. Inanaveragehousehold sizeofabout three persons per family, it means in the area, about30000moreunitsofhousingisrequiredtoaccommodatesuchgrowthinpopulation.

Solving such needs a high density planning of housing isunavoidable,thereforebyextendingthelandmassintotheoceanis oneway to promote a better living standard in such livingcondition.Thereforebytakingtheadvantageofthenetworkofarchipelago,theallocationofsuchhigh-risecanbeplannedwithhierarchyandalsocombinedwithlowerbuildingtypologywhichcanbebuiltoverthe“soft”partoftheisland.

Thisentirehightowerwillbeplannedasverticalcommunityinwhichcommunalspacesareallocatedinthemidstofthetower,and the traditional concept of podium space will be housedwithinthefirstfewfloorsofthetowerstructure.

MArch,HKU,2011

• DesignStudioIII“ForgettingMacau”Tutor:Mr.TomVerebesGroupmatesforMasterplanning:TonyYamandWilliamLai

MArch,HKU,2011

• DesignStudioII“DenseMass”Tutor:Mr.DavidErdman&Ms.CloverLeeGroupmates:TonyYamandWilliamLai

MArch,HKU,2011

• DesignStudioI“Paramat”Tutor:Mr.JonathanD.SolomonGroupmatesforAnalysis:StanleyChanandJeffGao

MArch,HKU,2011

• Elective“EnvironmentalThickness”Tutor:Mr.DavidErdman

Case Studies of two projects in different era to understand its cause of “Thickness” and theenvironmental foundation behind the concept. The course works include extensive digital andphysicalmodellingworksforanelectiveandalsodigramticanalysis

MArch,HKU,2011

• Elective“DigitalTechnique:DigitalProject”Tutor:Mr.GaoYan

Theaimofcourseistolearnthepowerfulparametricdesignsoftware“DigitalProject(CATIA)”.Thisexeciseistoapplytheskillbydrawingupabuildingprojectandapplyallthoseparametrictechinquesuchasthedimensionofeachstaircasecomponentsareparametricrelationshiptotheothers,orthebuildingenvelopearecomposedbydifferentlayersofwallsinwhichtheirset-outisrelatedtoanotherlayer.

MArch,HKU,2011

• Elective“BuildingStructureandSystems”Tutor:R.Garcia

Tree Structure - Designing a parametric structural systemwhich takes the tree trunk biologicaltypologyasan inspiration.Self-developedgrasshopper script toallowvariation in the systembyadjustingparameter.TheSystemismodularandflexible.

MArch,HKU,2011

• Elective“ReBuildingUtopia:Visionsofarchitectureinthepost-warworld”Tutor:Ms.EuniceSeng

Project1TheMasterofSolitude-StudyofLuisBarraganliftanddesignandcasestudyhisproject“GardensofElPedregal”ofitsrevolutionaryvisioninmodellingandmarketingmaybetheworldfirstprojectasmarketedaslife-styleintregratedsub-urbanmasterplanning.

Project2Re-BrandingHongKong-ReinvertingHongKong’sstubbornlyfacelessmarketingstrategybyintroducinga“Kung-Fu”cityconceptwhichtakeHongKong’suniqueurbancharactersitcsintoagigatanicactionplayground.

BBE(AS),QUT,2008

• DesignStudioII“BigScreenLive:MongKokStudios”Tutor:Mr.JohnCheng

Mixed-usestudioforcommunityandartist,apartmentforyouth.

BBE(AS),QUT,2008

• DeisgnStudioI“IntegratingtheScapesofCommunityCulture,Commerce&CityCirculation:AnUrbanInsertionalongtheMid-levelsEscalator”Tutor:AnthonyCheung

CommunalArtCenteratanslopingsite.

HD(AS),CityU,2002

• FinalYearProject“DanceStudioforCCDC(CityContemporaryDanceCompany)”Tutor:DerekYuen

ThE ENDProfessionalpracticeworkspleaserefertoanotherseperateportfolio