Mok Wei Weis Architecture Mok Wei Weis Architecture Mok Wei Weis Architecture

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The Architecture ofMok Wei Wei
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Mok Wei Wei

• Graduated from National University of Singapore
  School of Architecture in 1982
• Worked in William Lim Associates in 1982
• Willing to take risks
• Execute his move with certainty and directness

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Architectural Style

• Fascinating play between abstraction and cultural
  reference
• Both Artistic and practical

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• Basic features
• White in colour
• Many French windows
• Thick concrete walls
• Simple structure and material
• Minimalist
• Semi-open rooms

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• Feelings inside the buildings
• Bright
• Cool
• Spatial

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Morley Road House

• General description
• Chinese courtyard
• 3 pavilions

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• 1st pavilion (living pavilion)
• The entrance is enclosed with thick walls
• Overlapping striated stonewalls

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• 2nd pavilion (dining pavilion)
• The bridge outside replicates Chinese garden
  characteristics
• A pool outside
• Water helps in lighting

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• 3rd pavilion (entertaining pavilion)
• Master bedroom above
• Longest view to garden

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• Conclusion
• Extension of space
• Minimalist
• Chinese garden characteristics

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Lem House

• General description
• Looks north and east
• Walls facing west and northwest provide shading
• White appearance
• View of the water canal

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• A pond at the entrance
• The site is split long a fracture line

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• Interior spaces
• Bring water and landscape into the house
• Floor-to-ceiling sliding aluminum window frames
  and curtain

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• No air-conditioning is needed
• Yet heat gain due to the use of aluminum
• Minimalist interiors

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• Privacy
• 1st floor - little privacy
• 2nd and 3rd floor - oblique view
• Privacy is allowed at the back
• Desire for concealment and exposure

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Evaluation

• Modernize traditional tropical architecture
• The design and materials used provide natural and
  comfortable feelings
• Minimalist ideas