Casa Lim #2

Design of this house enquires wrapping of a strip of programs around a central courtyard. I guess the side effects of this method is that it causes a fortress-like building whereby the entired spatial experience is internalised.

Looks cool doesn't it?

Because of the fortified design outcome, the 'programmatic strip' is let loose at the end point to readdress the external space and to allow a more welcoming atmosphere upon entrance.

Sorry Jürgen Mayer + MVRDV, had no choice but to rip the hell out of you. Hohohoho~!

Inside 'char siew' outside 'pao', inside outside 'char siew pao'

MentalRay Settings

Download scene file here.

1. F10 to get into render setup and select MentalrayDaylighting High. Just click 'OK' if it ask for anything. 2. Enable Final Gather > choose your preset... low, medium, high

3. If you got a workstation, go for global illumination. Great fr interiors. If not, doesn't matter. I didn't select this option due to the long ass rendering time. ( which I can fix in Photoshop)

4. Check the options for memory management.

5. Close 'Render Setup' window and press '8' for Environment Control. In the ExposireControl, choose Logarithmic Exposure Control'.
6. Place direct light on target object and use the settings below.

7. You may wanna use sylight. You can try turning it 'on' first and do a test render after step12.

8. Go to Render Setup again (F10), Common Parameters tab > Area to Render > select 'Crop'.

9. Right click the 'Camera' or 'name of vewport', and enable 'Show Safe Frame' and 'Edit Render Region'

adjust render region to test render

10. You're done, press 'F9'

Okay it sucks... i know... that's where photoshop comes in handy

11. In photoshop, select Image > Levels, increase the brightness contrast input levels (the small little white arrow.

TA DAH~!!!~

Not great.. but hei... it's fast and simple.

Go here, if you want some simple Vray settings.

by the way..

3s MAX 2010 default settings for mental has a quality similar to Vray.

Trip to... eerr.. where d ar?

me and ping sie on a trip to somewhere on the east sideeeeee of peninsular malaysia. Wonder who took this picture...hmm..

Villa Lim #2_on the process

It's time for 'us' to change the way we look

Villa Lim #1

MArch Thesis_A Project On Zero Degree

FORM CONTROL: A Research Into Form Animation Through Urban Forces

This project enquires a process in which architecture can be formulated through data sets obtained from a site. In this case, urban forces such as connectivity and density are two parameters chosen as an architectural model for overpopulation.

The departure of this project takes the form of a minimal surace typology, the Gyroid, and the entire process is governed by 2 theoretical framework, namely, space syntax and form animation, each from Bill Hillier and Greg Lynn respectively. One to push form, while the other to deform.



The continuity of the Yarra river has been disturbed by the dead space caused by Crown Plaza. The urban intervention here is to address this disconnection by propose a new connective tissue activated with public green space which also serve as a fashion school.


The idea is engage the form on the site base on density and 'level of interation' (space syntax) so the form + space can be articulated to perform parametrically with the site forces. The distributed network of the internal programmatic configuration is compromised and rationalised base on the number of connection each program requires.