Stellaho's Portfolio

PORTFOLIOSTELLAHOWAICHONG

RETAIL RENOVATION

MIXED DEVELOPMENT

SCHOOL/EXERCISES

The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR, China (2007-2009)

Master of Architecture

The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR, China (2003-2006)

Bachelor of Arts (Architectural Studies)

National Junior College Singapore (2001-02)

GCE “A” level, 2A1BMathematics AArt Elective Program APhysics B

CHIJ (Toa Payoh) Secondary Singapore (1998-2000)

GCE “O” level, 7A2BChinese Language B Art Elective Program AEnglish Language B English Literature A Mathematics A Geography APhysics A Additional Mathematics A

Chemistry A

EDUCATION

NOMINATION,AWARDS&SCHOLARSHIP

RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards 2009 (Part 2 – Silver Medal), HKU Nominee

Perspective Award 2009Certificate of Excellence

Singapore Government Pre-University Scholarship 1998-2002

Thames and Hudson Poster Design Competition1st Prize 1999

EXPERIENCE

SKILLS

Aedas Ltd. Aug 2009- PresentArchitect (current position)

Woods Bagot Hong Kong June 2008- August 2008Project Professional

Wong Tung & Partners June 2006 – July 2007Architectural Assistant (Year Out)

S&D Landscape Design Ltd. June 2005 – August 2005Summer Internship

Computer Skills Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, AutoCAD, 3D studio max / VIZ , ,Sketch-up, Rhino

Others watercolor, pencil and ink

Language English, Mandarin, Cantonese

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STELLA, HOWAICHONGBA(ArchS)(Hons), MArch, The University of Hong KongHKIA Registered Architect

STELLA, HOWAICHONGBA(ArchS)(Hons), MArch, The University of Hong Kong

HKIA Registered Architect

PROJECT: ADDITION AND ALTERATION, GRAND CENTURY PLAZA, MONG KONGTARGET COMPLETION DATE TBC

PROJECT INVOLVMENT-SCHEMATIC DESIGN-MATERIAL SELECTION-TENDER DOCUMENTS-CONSULTANTS COORDINATION-MATERIAL RESEARCH-SITE MEETING / SITE INSPECTIONS-CONSTRUCTION COORDINATION-ARCHITECTS INSTRUCTIONS


PROJECT: ADDITION AND ALTERATION, TREND PLAZA, TUEN MUNTARGET COMPLETION DATE APR 2012

PROJECT INVOLVMENT-TENDER DOCUMENTS-CONSULTANTS COORDINATION-MATERIAL RESEARCH-SITE MEETING / SITE INSPECTIONS-CONSTRUCTION COORDINATION-ARCHITECTS INSTRUCTIONS-CERTIFICATES-COMPLETION / O.P.

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PROJECT: CHENGDU TAISHENG NAN LU HOTEL, OFFICE, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTTARGET COMPLETION DATE --

PROJECT INVOLVMENT-PROJECT DETAIL DEVELOPMENT-COORDINATION WITH FACADE CONSULTANT-CURTAIN WALL TENDER DOCUMENT PRODUCTION


To study in detail the hotel entrance canopy based on the idea of rhythm and curves



To study in detail how the featured alum.fins waves in and out of the semi-outdoor garden

To study in detail the clubhouse facade with glass fins to achieve and sleek and modern outlook


PROJECT: HUADU HOTEL DEVELOPMENT, GUANGZHOU, CHINATARGET COMPLETION DATE JUNE 2011

PROJECT INVOLVMENT-INCEPTION-SCHEMATIC DESIGN-GENERAL BUILDING PLAN



PROJECT: FOSHAN GUICHENG MIXED DEVELOPMENT, CHINATARGET COMPLETION DATE TBC

PROJECT INVOLVMENT-ELEVATION DESIGN

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THE PERSPECTIVE AWARDS 2009CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE

The Schizophrenic City

Growing numbers of mainland tourists are defining new markets in the tourism industry, challenging the tradi-tional infrastructures developed to serve western interests. Hong Kong, a city poised between global and local identities, sells multiple and at times conflicting identities simultaneously to these two groups, creating a schizo-phrenic character for city. Under capitalist approach to tourism development, tourist enclaves, theme parks, and constructed realities reduce the city to a landscape of imagery consumed by visitors; spectacles and symbols compress time, space and culture. Grafting history and space, the tourism industry alters the authenticity of the city.

This thesis takes a dialectic approach to urban identity and the tourism industry by inscribing a hyperreal tourist itinerary within a heterotopic tower sited atop a non-place: the Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry terminal. The tower is a deviation to the daily routine of taking the ferry: enterable only by ferry. Architecture takes the role of question and reflection at the same time, constantly in debate. To minimize the creation of fabricated tourist sites, all the touristic experience of Hong Kong are condensed to occupy the smallest possible piece of land. The cropping and montaging of the city is pushed to an extreme with a highrise typology – a borrowed typical building type from the skyline of the city.The vertical tourist experience montages, cuts, pastes and condenses different parts of the city cinematically. By sculpti g the journey according to the government itinerary, the authoritative journey controlled touristic experience of the city -- an absolute sterilized environment within the tower as an opposite to the actual messy and jumbled world. Replicating essence of several places from the society in juxtaposition, the tower questions their authenticity. The internal provocative juxtaposition of programs questions the existing problematic techniques used by the tourism industry that blur the line between reality and artifice. The more arti-ficial the tower, the more real the rest of the city can be. The Externality of the building distorts the city image by the building façade while simultaneously; these faceted bits reform and join together -- as a new icon of Hong Kong celebrating the city’s unique schizophrenic character.

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