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GIGI KWONG
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
70% of my body is made up of movies, where the place that I usually f ind inspirations from. I believe architecture and movie has an unbreakable relationship.
In my architectural work I love to experiment with every quote, scene, soundtrack and plot that I found interesting . I believe one day architecture would be built cinematically, to narrate a unique story from the architect.
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SLEEP-N-WEAVE
[HYBRID] SEA LAB
BEYOND THE BOUNDARY
BURBAGE OBSERVATORY
THE ROCKIN’ BEAN
MÖBIUS STADIUM
SLEEP
-N-WE
AVE
PROJ
ECT
: THE
INST
ITUT
E OF
SLE
EP A
ND T
EXTI
LE |
LOC
ATIO
N : M
ANCH
ESTE
R, U
NITE
D KI
NGDO
M |
YEA
R :
FEB
2015
Located in the heart of the Co-operative Estate in Manchester, this project explores the relationship of sleep and textile in an urban context where off ice workers suffered from sleep disorders.
By proposing a sleep centre with the supplementary scheme of textile making, with the additional scheme of revolving architecture, one could release a hard burden by the softness of the fabric, as well as enjoy the city-view of Manchester after their precious nap time...
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WE SPEND ONE-
THIRD OF OUR
LIFE EITHER
SLEEPING OR
ATTEMPTING TO
DO SO. BUT WHAT
IF WE SLEEP
IN A MOVING
ENVIRONMENT?
THINK OF THE WHOLE
BUILDING AS A LOOM,
EACH INDIVIDUAL POD
ACTS AS A BOBBIN,
FROM THE ROTATION
IT PRODUCES TEXTILE
AND CREATES A SPECIAL
ENVIRONMENT FOR THE
USERS...
A SLEEPING POD
DESIGNED FOR
OFFICE WORKERS
IN MANCHESTER
WHO DESPERATELY
NEED A NAP!
INTRODUCING....
SLEEP BOBBIN!
MANCHESTER WAS
ONCE CALLED THE
“COTTONOPOLIS”.
NOW WE ARE
BRINGING BACK
THIS HERITAGE BY
PROPOSING AN
INSTITUTE OF SLEEP AND TEXTILE.
THE TEXTILE IS
THEN BECOME PART
OF THE SLEEP
RESEARCH IN THE
PROGRAM, WHERE
SLEEP AND TEXTILE
ARE CLOSELY
LINKED TO EACH
OTHER IN ONE
MECHANISM.
THE BUILDING IS DESIGNED TO
ENGAGE WITH THE RICH URBAN
CONTEXT, WHICH IT CAPTURES THE
SURROUNDINGS FROM VICTORIAN TO
INTERNATIONALISM.
EACH INDIVIDUAL
SLEEPING POD WILL
HAVE CHANCE TO ENGAGE
WITH THE CITY BY
ROTATING VERTICALLY AND
HORIZONTALLY.
AFTER BEING RINSED,
THE TEXTILE IS
THEN DRIED AND
BECOME PART OF
THE BUILDING, AS A
MEANS OF SUN SHADE
TO BRING VIBRANCY
INTO THE INTERIOR.
GYM FACILITIES ARE PLACED ON THE
TOP FLOOR ADJACENT TO THE SLEEPING
POD PLATFORM, WHICH USERS CAN
WORK OUT RIGHT AFTER GETTING UP.
AFTER DRYING, THE
FABRICS TRAVEL ALL
THE WAY THROUGH
DIFFERENT SPACES
IN THE PRIVATE
AREA AS AN ACTIVE
INSTALLATION WITHIN
THE BUILDING TO
THE LOADING AREA
VISUALLY CONNECTING
DIFFERENT SPACES
IN THE BACK OF THE
BUILDING.
THE MECHANICAL
ROLLERS DELIVER THE
TEXTILE FROM INSIDE
TO THE OUTSIDE AND
THEN BACK TO THE
BUILDING, USERS
CAN EXPERIENCE THE
DYNAMIC MOVEMENT
OF THE FACADE.
CONSTANT MECHANICAL
SOUND PRODUCED BY
THE LOOM ACTS AS
A “WHITE NOISE” TO
PROMOTE SLEEP QUALITY
BY SCREENING OFF
UNNECESSARY NOISE.
VERTICAL CIRCULATION
IS PLACED IN BETWEEN
THE SLEEPING LOOM
SYSTEMS AND THE
KINETIC TEXTILE
INSTALLATION, THE
USERS ARE FULLY
ENGAGED IN THE
MECHANISM .
[HYBR
ID] SE
A LAB
PROJ
ECT
: TH
E LA
BORA
TORY
OF
MARI
NE C
ONSE
RVAT
ION
| LO
CATI
ON :
SCAR
BORO
UGH,
UNI
TED
KING
DOM
| YEA
R :
SEP
2014
Overf ishing has signif icantly affected many f isheries around the world. As much as 85% of the world’s f isheries may be over-exploited or depleted. Located in Scarborough, the [Hybrid] Sea Lab promotes selective breeding in a natural seashore environment. Each of the marine species is propagated in a special designed f ish cage to f it individual breeding conditions.
Visitors can have a taste of the freshly caught f ish in the lab by diving into the Vertical Fish Farm. This programme also helps promoting tourism in Scarborough by combining diving and f ishing together as well as solving the crisis of over-f ishing in the 21st century.
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FISH BREED IN THE
SEA LAB WILL BE
DISTRIBUTED IN
THE LOCAL MARKET
OF SCARBOROUGH,
PROVIDING AN
ALTERNATIVE SOURCE
OF SEAFOOD FOR LOCAL
RESIDENTS
LOCATED NEAR
SCARBOROUGH
LIGHTHOUSE AND THE
HARBOUR, THE SEA
LAB COOPERATES WITH
LOCAL DIVERS TO
SUSTAIN THE AMOUNT
OF ENDANGER SPECIES
COOPERATING WITH THE LOCAL
FISHMONGERS TO RAISE THE
AWARENESS OF OVERFISHING
LOCATED NEAR
SCARBOROUGH
LIGHTHOUSE AND THE
HARBOUR, THE SEA
LAB COOPERATES WITH
LOCAL DIVERS TO
SUSTAIN THE AMOUNT
OF ENDANGER SPECIES
IN THE EXTRACTION
PROCESS, DIVERS
GET WHAT THEY WANT
IN THE FISH FARM.
THERE IS A GLASS
ELEVATOR IN THE CORE
OF THE TANK, ENABLES
VISITORS TO HAVE A
GLIMPSE OF THE FISH
FARM.
VISITORS CAN COOK
THE FISH IMMEDIATELY
WITHIN THE BUILDING
USING THE GROUND
FLOOR FOOD HALL AND
KITCHEN, WHERE YOU
CAN TASTE THE FRESHLY
CAUGHT SEAFOOD.
SOME OF THE
ENDANGER SPECIES
BREED IN THE LAB
WILL BE RELEASED
BACK TO THE SEA AS
A MEANS OF MARINE
LIFE CONSERVATION
SOME OF THE
ENDANGER SPECIES
BREED IN THE LAB
WILL BE RELEASED
BACK TO THE SEA AS
A MEANS OF MARINE
LIFE CONSERVATION
THE FISHING TANK
ALSO SERVES AS A
STRUCTURAL ELEMENT
FOR THE CANTILEVER
OF THE LAB. IT SITS
ON THE ROCK AND
CONNECTED WITH THE
ENTIRE STRUCTURE
OF A STEEL FRAME
NETWORK.
THERE ARE
8 CONCRETE
COLUMNS
SUPPORTING
THE BUILDING
THAT ALSO
CREATES A
CENTRAL ATRIUM
FOR THE FOOD
HALL
DIVERS RETURNED FROM
THE SEA CAN DISEMBARK
ON THE OUTDOOR DIVING
PLATFORM
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THE CONCEPT IS
TO A CENTRAL
FOYER IS
CREATED BY THE
SURROUNDED
VOLUMES TO
GATHER PEOPLE
HOWEVER IT
DOES NOT
HAVE A TRUE
BOUNDARY, LIKE
THE INVISIBLE
WALLS ACTED BY
MIME ARTISTS.
4 ROUTES
EXTENDED FROM
THE FOYER
DRAWS PEOPLE
FROM DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS
THE USE OF
ANIMATED
COLOUR GLASS
IS ALSO A
REFERENCE
TO THE INNER
VIBRANCY OF
MIMING.
BEYOND THE BOUNDARY PROJECT : THEATRE FOR M
IME ARTIST | LOCATION :ATTERCLIFFE, UNITED KINGDOM
| YEAR : NOV 2013
A Theatre for Mime Artists is a place to dissolve the language barrier between a mix of communities by the action of miming, one which can act as a focal point in Attercliffe, drawing the neighbourhood together from around the forgotten suburb.
The idea of miming is then transformed into the layering of the ref lections from inside and out to give a more exciting and surreal internal environment, resembling the internal vibrancy of miming.
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BY EMBEDDING THE
BUILDING IN THE
ROCK, THE SUBTLE AND
MINIMAL APPEARANCE
OF IT CONNECTS THE
SKY AND THE EARTH AS
A WHOLE.
THE CONCEPT IS TO USE
TRIANGLE AS A SLICING
GEOMETRY TO CREATE
SKYLIGHT FOR CAPTURING
THE NIGHT SKY AS WELL AS
A STARGAZING PLATFORM
FACING NORTH
ALSO ENABLES
USER TO TAKE
PHOTOS OF STAR
TRAILS ON THE
STAR-GAZING
DECK
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BURBAGE OBSERVATORYPROJECT : ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY CENTRE | LOCATION : BURBAGE EDGE, UNITED KINGDOM
| YEAR : SEP 2013
This project explores the relationship between sky and landscape by proposing a stargazing facilities embedded in the rock of the Burbage Edge. It experiments with the threshold between the building and the landscape in response to the trace of a quarry
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ROCKIN’ BEAN
AIMS TO INITIATE
CONVERSATION
BETWEEN PEOPLE IN
SHEFFIELD, THE WHEEL
IS ENTIRELY MADE
OF TIMBER CUT INTO
BEAN SHAPED
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PEOPLE CAN
INTERACT
WITH THE
INSTALLATION
BY TILTING
THEIR BODIES.
THE ROCKIN’ BEANPROJECT : TIM
BER INSTALLATION | LOCATION : SHEFFIELD, UNITED KINGDOM | YEAR : DEC 2012
WE GATHERER
UNUSED DOOR
PANELS AND
HAND CUT THEM
BY JIGSAW
COMPONENTS
ARE MADE IT
TO SMALLER
FOR FASTER
ASSEMBLING.
TWO SIZES OF
DOWELS ARE
USED IN ORDER
TO JOIN THE
TIMBER FIRMLY.
SOFTER TIMBER
PLANKS WERE
INSTALLED
IN BETWEEN
PANELS TO ACT
AS CUSHION.
WE ALSO MADE
THE BASE
LARGER TO
ENSURE THE
WHEEL WON’T
TURN OVER!
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THE SILHOUETTE
OF THE STADIUM
IS CHANGING
DYNAMICALLY, TO
GIVE DIFFERENT
EXPERIENCES
FROM THE AERIAL VIEW IT HAS A
SHAPE OF SPIRAL LIKE ENVELOPE,
A METAPHOR OF THE DAY AND
NIGHT TRANSFORMATION IN
PATTAYA.
MöBIUS STADIUM
PROJECT :PATTAYA UNITED STADIUM
| LOCATION : PATTAYA, THAILAN
D | YEAR : OCT2015
From the concept of Möbius band, that the inside change to outside then back to outside, the stadium is designed in a way to bring the fans from the surroundings into the stadium.
The dynamic form of envelope is a f loor, wall and the roof at the same time, in a sequence from outside to inside that experienced by the fans.
THAN
K YOU.