portfolio

FINALLY. an update. (:

2006-05-13T21:38:00.000+08:00

i know i know. ive deserted my portfolio blog for months. cause i was too lazy to upload my final year project panels. now im so bored i thought i'll do it. so click on year three to see my impressive works. haha the ones that earned me my 2 distinctions and 2 As for year 3, as well as the honor to be shortlisted as a hunter douglas competition participant.

im working at dp architects currently. very very privileged to be on the design team even though it gives me headaches ALL THE TIME. but it sure beats doing brainless work. seriously.

stick around kays.

portfolio update

2006-01-23T05:55:00.000+08:00

i couldnt sleep (again). was comatosed the whole of yesterday morning and afternoon. so typical. i should be doing work but i realised i need to update my portfolio in time for my interview with dp architects on tuesday. so yeah, might as well.

project is eating me up currently. its hard to stand by my design morals. given that its much easier to go 90 degrees all the time. everything must be a hundred per cent easier when you have a design made of right angles. unlike mine. but its going to work out. around just 2 weeks before the final submission. it has to work out. and it will.

wish me luck. for the submission.
and for the interview. (:

time to head to school. consultation with dennis first slot. lets hope my roof wont leave his head in knots (again).

weeeeeeeeeeeee

2005-11-08T22:12:00.000+08:00

poetry section updated.

and i got A for portfoliooooooooooooooo. (:

not that great news for JC3 though. i got B+ and 3Bs. was expecting As since i really worked hard for it and they kept my panels and model. granted, Bs are good but still i yearn for As. ahhh. lecturers cheat my feelings. :(

stupid photobucket

2005-08-27T13:04:00.000+08:00

as much as i love photobucket, i think its giving me problems now. most of my pics are down.
if ur surfing my page, kindly drop by later.

18.08.05 Portfolio Submission - Hard copy summary

2005-08-18T12:57:00.000+08:00

Lim Wei Ling DArch 3A/01 -Portfolio
http://stepsrecorder.blogspot.com/ - where my dreams take on forms.

This website is a compilation of some of my works throughout the years. There are 3 main categories - school works, personal works and current. Under school works, there are 2 sub-categories which are year one works and year two works respectively. Under personal works, there are 6 sub-categories. These 6 sub-categories are namely photos, photo-manipulated, blog templates, wallpapers, presentation panels and poetry. Lastly, we have the current category, where I have included 'about me' and my current progress in school. This space will be updated regularly as I progress.

School Works

. Year One Works
- Primer 2. The Phenomenal Body.
My group attempted to explore the phenomena, darkness and light focusing on the sense of sight.
- Primer 3. Exploring the nine.
I worked on the nine squares attempting to create spaces inspired by my chosen frames from the movie - Hero, having the spaces functioning as psychic amplifiers of the story.
- Final Year Project - Tennis Clubhouse

. Year Two Works
- Experimental Spaces - Concept = Eroticism.
- Joint Crit 2 - Contemporary architecture faces a problem where the senses are never fully addressed. Through integrating eroticism and the play of walls, I aim to engage the immediacy of one's sensory perceptions.
- Joint Crit 3 - Most prominent feature = Bathhouse. If nudity is pure and eroticism is profane, then eroticism is threading the thin line between purity and profanity, which is precisely why the bath house can be significant in theory.
- Rendered images.

Personal Works

. Photography
- Just a couple random scenery shots. I might have knack for photography. (:

. Photos manipulated
- With friendster and everything going on, I realised I need to have some decent photos to be presentable on the World Wide Web. Exploring Photoshop very quickly became another interest I've developed.

. Blog templates
- Another one of my passions has to be web design. 2 years ago when I first had a blog, I entered the world of html codes, JavaScript, flash and so on. Initially, I had difficulty grasping the IT language but soon enough I got the hang of it. While I still can't develop a set of codes myself, I'm pretty good at editing blog templates. If there's a chance, I'll love to study web design.

. Wallpapers
- Random designs - playing around Photoshop again.
- Wallpaper series designed for Second Storey. I have a friend who's a guitarist in a fabulous local band called Second Storey. I was a fan before he became a friend, in fact. I was bored, thus I decided to make them wallpapers. And he made my day when he said 'kickass!' to them. (:

. Presentation Panels
- The Middle East Projects - I had the privilege to contribute to DP Architects Pte Ltd twice and worked on the Dubai Mall project. This experience exposed me to the working world of architecture, from how an architecture firm functions to inter-human relationship. The few weeks of training were priceless. I believe that this has equipped me with valuable skills and knowledge which is and will be useful to me in future.

. Poetry
- I've been writing poetry since I was very young. The ones I've included in my portfolio are the latest ones and most of which was accepted and published in several editions of International book of Poetry by http://www.poetry.com/.
- Lyrics - I started writing lyrics since I was barely 10. One of which was approved by Edlee Music in Boston for composition.

Current

. About
- This category includes my contact details and a little about me.

. Progress
- Watch this space for updates on my progress. I will be posting my frustrations, my works, my sweat and blood and all here.

Note: Sir, I've modified the template such that now you can zoom into the details (enlarge) my works. Just click on the picture. Happy surfing! (:

JC2 speech.

2005-08-08T21:44:00.000+08:00

Good morning lecturers and fellow course mates.

The site that DSC has acquired is situated in an area where it is at the confluence of diverse urban characteristics. I feel that the site's most significant aspect is the historical values of it, the fact that it is sandwiched between MICA building and central fire station and situated at the foot of fort canning hill. Thus, it is very important that I should take these factors into consideration as I progress with my design.

Another point to note is of course the client's objectives and demands. DSC wants to showcase the building as a design hub, to showcase, to stimulate and inform, to promote and to feature. My interpretation of it is that it will be the main source of design related information and more. In other words, I mean that this building shall be the place where information goes in and out from. You receive information first hand here. And at the same time, the information goes out from this place. To emphasize on this, the most apt tenant for the anchor design studio must be a renowned exhibition designer like Hans dieter schaal. Thus, I chose him as the anchor design studio tenant to design the most effective exhibitions for whatever demands.

From this, I came up with my tree concept. Firstly, it is a response to the site. By having a tree concept, I am tying the hill together with the building and having it immersed into all the greenery.

Secondly, it ties back to my interpretation of the client's visions. A tree concept. Everyone knows that a tree has a trunk and then everything branches out. As such, I have a main core which is the'trunk' where I've placed the lift core. And all the core activities shall be placed by the core and the secondary spaces will be branched out.

And in addition to that, I want to show the idea of the information dispersing out. This is how I came out with this concept model. As such it shows the random directions of how the information will go out.

In a tree, the nutrients, minerals and water travel up through the trunk and are distributed to the living cells. In the middle of the core, I have a void. An atrium. It will enable fresh air to circulate into the lobbies and where stale air rises and clears from the place. Thus, this atrium signifies the concept of how the tree trunk works.

Now I shall bring you through the spaces of the building. On the 1st storey, I have the covered concourse, the tourist information centre, shops and the public Foodcourt. The covered concourse is situated where pedestrians have the most convenient access to the site. The roof will be made of glass to give a more open and welcome feeling. Right from the entrance, there will be a water feature that will lead the visitors in and guide them to a water fall at the foot of fort canning hill. By doing so, the waters from the hill flow down and through the building to the streets, tying everything together. The public Foodcourt will be located here and at this area the walls are made of glass to enable the people to enjoy a view of the waterfall and also listen to the soothing sound of the water while having their meals. There are shops located in the hill, to add on to the concept of immersing the building in the greenery.

The escalators from the 1st storey will lead the users up to a cafe on the 2nd storey. The same thing applies. The patrons of the cafe will be able to enjoy a view of the waterfall from the top. From there, the people can move on to the design library and at the same time, users of the library will be able to move from the library to the cafe. That’s adopting the idea of many libraries in Singapore nowadays, the woodlands central library for example. Where students study in the quiet atmosphere of the library and at the same time enjoy a cup of coffee.

The design library is divided into two parts. One shall be where the books are shelved which is on the 2nd storey and this place will be air-conditioned. There will be an internal staircase where people can go up to the 2nd storey of the library which is located on the 3rd storey. This area is the reading and studying area which will be naturally ventilated.

The reading area of the design library shares the storey with the part of the anchor design studio. As I've mentioned earlier, the anchor design studio tenant is an exhibition designer. Thus, this storey will be where all the designing work takes place. On the 4th storey, we have the 2nd part of the studio, this level will be where the designs take on forms. It'll be where they test and try out and make the exhibition materials. On the same storey, I have placed the multi-purpose rooms so it can be easily accessible for them should they need more space.

In some cases, the anchor tenant may need to work with some of the tenants of the start-up offices and they will also need the workshop to work on the exhibition cases and what nots. Thus, on the next storey, I placed some of the start-up offices and the workshop, and also the meeting room.

Then we proceed to the 6th storey. Here we have the auditorium and part of the exhibition gallery. These spaces are placed together because at times the holder of the exhibition may need to give a talk on the exhibits before the exhibition opens. Thus, this will enable the visitors to move easily.

The exhibition gallery goes up to the 7th storey. The façade of the gallery will be a mixture of cladded metal and glass. As the exhibition demands, blinds may be added to make the place darker or in certain cases, exhibits can be placed by the glass walls to portray as staged exhibitionalism.

Here, we have more start-up offices. And on the 8th storey, some more start up offices. And of course the DSC headquarters. The canopy, the very top of a tree, is another whole world of life that is the most important part of the forest community. From here, the DSC controls the on going of the building.

If you look here, you'll realize the large space. It is to allow the hill to 'flow' into the building premises. And also, you'll notice that most roofs are roof gardens and terraces and other parts of the floor slabs are extended out to serve as planter boxes. Like with the water feature on the 1st storey, this idea is also to bring nature down to the commuters by letting it flow through the building, tying the context together.

Now I shall go on to structure. Some of the columns come down straight while others slant from one intersection of the grid to the next. And in addition, there will be some slanted feature columns to have the play of shadows as one moves through the building. I'll be using Trapezoidal Heavy Duty composite floor slab and Hot rolled Universal beam for the building.

Most of the spaces in the building will be naturally ventilated. And like I've mentioned earlier the main air flow will be through the central atrium. Some spaces will act as a funnel for the wind when the space opens up to a larger area.

Thats about it.

update

2005-07-18T23:26:00.000+08:00

I've added sth in photos manipulated. do check it out. ;)

and my progress? dun ask. heh

happieeeeeee

2005-07-13T22:17:00.000+08:00

I cant describe my happiness enough today. the joy and satisfaction of finding myself again. back to my style. (:

the boxes I was doing was so traumatizing me. true enough, they may be easier to do than what I usually come out with but I found no love for it. no passion for what I was doing. blardy boxes interlocking with the central trunk. and then branching out. that's my idea. my concept's tree u see. and trust me, as common as it is, this concept is killer-hard. many times I wanted to just pull my hair out and give up. haha. everyone was like why u do tree? soooo hard!

yeah yeah I know.

I was so lost and panicky this morning I thought I was going to lose it all this year. like totally. everyone said my building form's too literal. I hate literal. I dun want literal. screw all of u. only ben was encouraging. he was like trust me, when all ur columns come down it'll look very nice. go on with it. trust me.

I was thankful for that. but the feel simply wasnt there. I couldnt go on at all. so I thought a change of environment would be good. maybe the quiet atmosphere of the library can make me think better. so I went. thank god. if not for yuren and phyo, I'll still be lost now. I guess they know I love zaha hadid's works and upon finding this book on her process, sketches and drawings they passed it to me. and man, I was so inspired and in awe. after flipping through the book, I started sketching. my style my way.

sharp edges.
triangles.
awkward angles.
slanted walls.
tilted roofs.

and I never felt better. (:

I'm so happy I've finally escaped from the blardy boxes. sooooooo happy. (: but of course the tree ideas still there but it's not that literal anymore ok. bleah. havent showed the lecturers these changes but I'm not gonna care. they cant make me change back to the boxes. I refuse to.

if I have to go back to that rigid form, I'll rather not do anything.

weeeeeeeee. I love zaha hadid.and daniel libeskind. and coop himmelblau. haha (:

okay. still have alot to do now. more in fact. if what I had originally was already hard and this form will make everything twice as hard, do the math. I'll be pulling my hair again in no time. but this time happily.

update on my progress

2005-07-09T00:14:00.000+08:00

my progress? damn slow.

STOP PROCRASTINATING LING! grr.

okay. I'll start on piecing everything together tomorrow. more development along the way. more this more that. come out with the plans. blablablah. or mother and dennis will be very pissed with me on monday.

My very 1st portfolio

2005-07-05T21:26:00.000+08:00

finally. (: My Choy, here you have it. My portfolio.

wooooweeeeeeeeee.
hope it's alright. I'll add more stuff soon and will also update on my progress. ta.