2. Victoria Thong
唐家慧
Education Architectural practice
Research & Teaching
Awards
Skills
victoria.t.jh@gmail.com
University of Westminster
2014- 2016
M. Arch, RIBA Part II
Distinction
National University of Singapore
2009-2013
Ba (Architecture), RIBA Part I
Second Upper
Plystudio | Singapore
09/2013-03/2014
Architectural assistant
DPA | Singapore
05/2012- 07/2012
Architectural Intern
WOW d-lab | Singapore
05/2011- 07/2011
Architectural Intern
World Architecture Festival
2016
Student Charrette
ETH Future Cities Laboratory
Chair of Plans and Politics
2013
Research Intern
National University of Singapore
Strategies for Sustainable design
2012
Teaching assistant
Dean’s List
2011
Ministry of Education Hu-
manities Scholarship
2009-2010
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AutoCAD
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Sketchup
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Contents
This portfolio pamphlet represents a sample of
my work from academia, research, practice and
my personal interests.
CV
Mamilla National Park
M. Arch Thesis Project
Singapore Tropicana: perspectives on Singapore
Modernism
Undergraduate Thesis Project (continued as an
extended research project and exhibition)
Terrace House
Proposal for the conservation and extension of a
traditionalshophouse
Hotel Rendezvous
Built samples of interior design and furniture of a
new reception lounge
Furniture, sculptures, ceramics
Work experience / Projects in practice
Plystudio (2014)
Retail, Compass Point Shopping Centre Interi-
or design, Competition, Retail, Waterway Point
Shopping Centre, Interior design, Completed,
Residential, Everton Shophouse, Conservation
and extension, proposal, Exhibition, Fashion + Ar-
chitecture, Singapore ArchiFest
Future Cities Laboratories (2014)
Exhibition and Publication, Singapore Tropicana,
Singapore and Zurich
DPA (2013)
Residential, Sentosa Bungalows, Design devel-
opment, Mixed-use redevelopment, King Albert
Park, Design proposal
D_lab (2012)
Hospitality, Hotel Rendezvous, Completed,
Mixed-use masterplanning, San Ya, China, Design
proposal
3. MamillaNationalPark
Viewofjourneythrough“floating”library
M.ArchThesisProject
As a response to the controversial
Museum of Tolerance built by the
American-Jewish Simon- Wiesenthal
Center (SWC) on the ancient Mamilla
Cemetery, the project proposes a se-
ries of archives, libraries and muse-
ums to recreate a “landscape of lost
property” dedicated to generations of
Palestinians in the West Bank and di-
aspora abroad, symbolically returned
to the heart of Jerusalem; where they
cannot be.
Designed as a flooded landscape, the
project gains greater poetic meaning
as a reflection on the incredibly vul-
nerable socio-political fate of the Pal-
estinian state. Water; fluid/ neutral is
the antithesis of territory/ terra firma,
a concept which has lost all physical
and symbolic meaning in the Palestin-
ian situation. The theme of vulnera-
bility permeates the scheme and be-
comes the overarching design intent
in the cemetery where even in death,
one can never return to a permanent
resting place or home.
Mamilla National Park
“A landscape of lost property”
M. Arch Thesis
6. The Singapore Tropicana research
collaboration was set up as a kind of
task force to discover and document
some of Singapore’s first modern
buildings that have been left in sorry
states of unuse and dereliction. The
studio would be an archaeological ex-
pedition focused on investigating the
architectural artefacts that borrowed
from modernist movements abroad
and produced in a particular spirit
of national bravado and ambition at
home. Now forgotten w favour of the
new landscape of international style
glass towers, Singapore Tropciana
was regrettably short-lived. We cel-
ebrate its legacy in a monument to
Singapore’s Modernism nonetheless!
Singapore Tropicana
1:100 Exhibition model
Photographic journal
Singapore Tropicana
Perspectives from Singapore
Ba (Arch) Thesis
FCL Research Project
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as tangible
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astructure,
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ures in the
era.
Singapore Tropicana
1:100 Exhibition model
Shown at ETH, Zurich
Singapore Tropicana
1:100 Exhibition model
Made and exhibited in FCL, Singapore
8. section model
Terrace + House
Terrace
1. Terrace house- a typology of housing where identical
houses are conjoined into rows
2. Terrace garden- an element where a raised flat paved or
gravelled section overlooks a prospect
3. Terrace (geology)- a step-like landform
By adopting the consistent technique of “terracing” as an
architectural intervention, a central courtyard is created
and infilled with a continuous terracing of incremental steps
that reads as i)vertical circulation through all 7 levels of the
house, and ii) a series of planters that together create a
green, naturally ventilated verandah space inserted directly
into the typical envelope of the long, narrow shophouse plot.
(plan diagram from top)
1. typical air-well
2. air-well as central courtyard space
3. communal space extends across the central axis of each
floor plate, private services confined to narrow bands at
party walls; private bedrooms confined to front and back to
afford views out
4. vertical void of central courtyard extended and expressed
as a void on rear facade on second storey
1. front foyer
1a. powder room
1b. reading ledge
2. living
3. dry kitchen
4. wet kitchen
5. yard
5a. storage
5b. service W.C
6. bedroom 1 (guest)
7. outdoor toilet 1 (guest)
7a. shower 1 (guest)
7b. W.C 1 (guest)
8. bedroom 2
9. outdoor toilet 2
9a. shower 2
9b. W.C 2
10. family lounge
11a. W.C 3
11b. maids bedroom
12. granny suite
13. attic
14. roof terrace
15. bedroom 3 (master)
15a. W.C 3 (master) ground floor
third storey plan
second storey plan
roof garden plan
2A storey plan
3A storey/ attic plan
roof
section model
1
1A
1B
2 3 4
6
8
131415
15A
10
11B
11A
12
5
5B
5A
7
7B
7A
9
9B
9A
Terrace House
Section, Elevation, Plans
Terrace House
Parti diagrams for circulation
Terrace
1. Terrace house- a typology of housing
where identical houses are cojoined
into rows
2. Terrace garden- an element where
a raised flat paved or gravelled section
overlooks a prospect
3. Terrace (geology)- a step-like land-
form
The brief of the project was to design a
shophouse extention within a local con-
servation district. Constrained by strict
conservation guidelines, the design in-
tervention was largely concerned with
how to stitch the split levels between
the old and new sections of the house.
By adopting the consistent technique
of “terracing” as an architectural inter-
vention, a central courtyard is created
and infilled with a continous terracing
of incremental steps that reads as i)ver-
tical circulation through all 7 levels of
the house, and ii) a series of planters
that together create a green, naturally
ventilated verendah space inserted di-
rectly into the centre of the long, nar-
row shophouse plot.
cen-
d not
narrow
tural
e roof and
f and
ell is a
ribute to
house
typical
ace
y to
tical
cross-
back elevation
Old + New
The brief of the project was to
design a shophouse extention
within a local conservation
district.
Constrained by strict con-
servation guidelines, the
design intervention was largely
concerned with how to retain
the existing envelope on the
exterior while mediating the 7
split levels between the old and
new sections of the house.
After consulting conservation
guidelines, a series of sec-
tional studies was done to
produce various iterations of
connections that would yield
interesting new spaces in this
interstice of old and new
Reproducing the cen-
tral courtyard
The introduction of the central void not
only brings light into the long and narrow
enclosure but also encourages natural
ventilation via openings in both the roof and
rear wall.
The intention to create visual relief and
social spaces via the central air well is a
modern intervention which pays tribute to
the original ambiance of the shophouse
typology.
(section diagram from left)
1. air-well brings light and air into typical
shophouse
2. air-well as central courtyard space
3. vertical void extends horizontally to
become an inhabitable space
4. air-well now conceived as a vertical
and horizontal funnel to facilitate cross-
ventilated via the venturi effect
Existing Upper Storey Levels
- Existing level, timber floors and structural system are to be retained and restored.
-Minimium 1.5m setback required when new roof mezzanine floor is higher than top of window/
fan light.
Proposed Pitched tile roof
- Proposed pitched roofs may be higher than the eaves of the main consserved builidng but
lower than the ridge of the main roof
- The material and the pitch are to be the same as those of the main roof
series of models showing level sectional studies
section showing central airwell back elevation
or
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sed
1. front foyer
1a. powder room
1b. reading ledge
2. living
3. dry kitchen
4. wet kitchen
5. yard
5a. storage
5b. service W.C
6. bedroom 1 (guest)
7. outdoor toilet 1 (guest)
7a. shower 1 (guest)
7b. W.C 1 (guest)
8. bedroom 2
9. outdoor toilet 2
9a. shower 2
9b. W.C 2
10. family lounge
11a. W.C 3
11b. maids bedroom
12. granny suite
13. attic
14. roof terrace
15. bedroom 3 (master)
15a. W.C 3 (master) ground floor
2A storey plan
1
1A
1B
2 3 4
6
11B
7
7B
7A
9B
Terrace House
Plystudio
9. Old + New Reproducing the cen-
series of models showing level sectional studies
section showing central airwell back elevation
section model
Terrace + House
Terrace
1. Terrace house- a typology of housing where identical
houses are conjoined into rows
2. Terrace garden- an element where a raised flat paved or
gravelled section overlooks a prospect
3. Terrace (geology)- a step-like landform
1. front foyer
1a. powder room
1b. reading ledge
2. living
3. dry kitchen
4. wet kitchen
5. yard
5a. storage
5b. service W.C
2A storey plan
3A storey/ attic
roof
section model
Terrace House
Section, Elevation, Plans
Terrace House
Study models investigating dif-
ferent circulation options
10. Hotel Rendezvous
Custom designed feature light column and seating
Hotel Rendezvous
Reception counter,
Original design acid-etched on aluminium
12.
7.7.16
Reference Letter
This is to confirm that Victoria Thong has graduated from the University of Westminster with a
distinction in her postgraduate architectural design project MArch. Being in Design Studio 22
and as her supervisors we were very impressed by Victoria’s hard work and outstanding
performance and design skills. Victoria Thong is one of the outstanding Part II students who
have left a huge imprint on the Studio level -- and indeed the school of architecture as a whole
-- with her design work and personality.
Victoria’s Postgraduate design work is very remarkable in terms of its scope, intellectual rigor,
design and creativity.
As practicing architects ourselves we try to emphasie on in our academic teaching and in the
design studio on the process of work and thinking with a similar approach to how we deal with
projects in our architectural practice. Victoria very well responded to that with a great balance
between research conceptual thinking, design and technical awareness.
Victoria is one of those students who have successfully managed to provoke a critical
architectural thinking and unique design with socio cultural awareness,. Very poetic as a designer
with a sensitive eye to materiality and a gentle play between scales.. Her making skills are
delicate with careful attention to details. Above all, she is self-motivated and a great team player.
Both aspects are very crucial when working in an architectural practice.
We therefore strongly recommend taking her as a PART II Architectural Assistant. If working in
the right context and guidance, Victoria can deliver very creative, productive and outstanding
work.
If you require any further information or detail do not hesitate to contact us on the details
below
Best
Yara Sharif
Partner Golzari NG Architects
Design Studio 22 University of Westminster
Golzari - NGArchitects. United House, 39-41 North Rd, N7 9DP Tel. 02036748462
www.ngarchitects.co.uk
info@ngarchitects.co.uk
