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

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| 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.