Concept: Design centers around the refurbishment of a building set to be demolished, exploring the community’s needs and the infrastructure’s limitation in catering to it. A design brief is then constructed based on their needs and limitations and touches upon themes of sustainability and circular design. It explores innovative means of upscale recycling of typical construction waste materials and considers whole building lifecycle to promote circular economy models of production.
Themes: (1) Sustainability and circular economy; (2) Reuse and Recycle; (3) End of life cycle
Existing building to be demolished
Existing building's materiality
New materiality and functionality of building which takes into consideration community’s need for more social spaces and draws influence from site’s history and nearby scenic park
Development of form from its existing state to its adapted design
Life of the building (top half shows its construction pre-refurbishment - bottom half shows the new structure which reuses existing structural steel system)
Upscale recycling of straw-wood pallet system to further tie building into wider context and enhance the circulation/ distribution of the diverse functions within the park
Model in Revit
Plan of the basement and ground floor which houses a bistro and an art center for adults and children
Roof garden and terrace plans which can be accessed externally from the park
3D axonometric of refurbished building and designed intervention for the nearby park
Building sections
Technical detail in CAD