A design process run within a community client’s own cultural protocols, with the design changing in response.
Offsite and DfMA
A construction system developed with a manufacturer from digital model to production cut files that were actually fabricated.
Low-Energy Design
PHPP modelling, U-value and thermal-bridge calculation, Passive House principles applied in every detail of a verified prototype
U-value and thermal-bridge calculation
Passive House principles applied in details of a verified prototype
Documentation
Assembly instructions and a public guidebook written for non-specialists, the same clarity I aim for in drawing sets and specifications
Cost Awareness
A line-item bill of materials priced from suppliers.
Working across cultures.
Raised in Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi and New Zealand; English and Japanese heritage
Urban and Landscape Thinking
Context analysis, design briefs and masterplanning at suburban and city scale; a thesis designed from the outset as a module of a village-scale community plan and an active interest in growing in this direction
Construction Detailing
Foundation-to-roof details to a national timber-framing standard, with buildability as a design criterion.
