Xuberance

2011-06-03T15:52:00.000-07:00

2011-04-24T11:19:00.000-07:00

Sy(e)nergetic Ecologies

2011-03-19T15:20:00.000-07:00

Steven MA lecture @ The Bartlett School of Architecture
JUNE 3rd 2011_6:30pm_Wates House_22 Gordon Street_London_WC1H 0QB

Project List-Draft

Just too mainstream to be avant-garde?
Much avant-garde contemporary parametric design suffers from the lack of love……

2010-10-31T12:37:00.000-07:00

Taiwan Tower_Sustainability Aesthetics & Nature
International Competition_Conceptual Design
Host Organization:Taichung City Government, Taiwan, R.O.C.
http://www.twtower.com.tw
Honorable Mentions

\\Theme_Sustainability Aesthetics & Nature
"Mother Earth nourishes everything. Rotating seasons bring
in abundant harvest. Agriculture is the origin of Taiwan,
and cohabitation with nature is the goal that we purse with.
We piled the harvest of rice, spread out beautiful flower
petals, rise up the basket, and we thanks for the land,
thanks for God. The spirit of the design comes from the
dialogue between human and nature, through the
transformation of traditional cultural celebrations as a
symbol of the essence of Taiwan......"

"大地之母滋養萬物，四時輪轉孕育豐收的穀物，

農業是台灣的根本，和自然共生是我們追求的目標。

我們堆起了秋收的稻穀，灑遍美麗的花瓣，

高高撐起至謝的花籃，我們感謝萬物，感謝大地，

感謝上蒼。本設計精神主軸，取自人與大自然的對話，

藉由傳統文化慶典的轉化作為台灣精神的象徵......"

Circular design elements are a symbol of an abundant
harvest of grain. Layers upon layers of petals combined
and framed the foundation of the Taiwan Tower with a
traditional Chinese rectangular courtyard. Bamboo
structure as an inspiration for the creation of this free-
standing light-weight structure of the "Double-Towers"
to form a nature "Gateway" to Taichung. A Floating
Orchid as a symbolic tribute of a flower basket presented
to the people and to god......

\\Functional Schemes & Design Concepts
Taiwan Tower is to be located at the southern tip of Central
Park, across from the Economic and Trade Park to the north.
Its 360m height surpassing the Dadu Mountain vantage point
and affording a view of the Taiwan Strait. Here, visitors will
be treated to a panorama view of the parks, the city and the
natural surroundings. Taiwan Tower will become the first stop
for tourists visiting Central Taiwan. It is designed to be a
portal or tourist services as well as the most important
landmark building in Central Taiwan. As a key tourist stop,
Taiwan Tower is anticipated to receive tourists 24hrs a day
and it will accommodate round-the-clock tourist and
recreational activities.

Taiwan Tower is a "Double-Tower" scheme with sightseeing
and recreational functions and as a model for green building.
Its overall functional scheme can be divided into three main
parts from top to bottom;
1) Observatory [Entertainment]
2) Double-Towers [Ecology]
3) Museum Complex [Educational]

The main functions of the Taiwan Tower consist of Observatory,
Environmental Quality Monitoring Station, Radio and Digital
Signal Transmission Base & Museums. Besides its sightseeing
functions, the ecological "Double-Towers' will also consist of
Four Season Vertical Farms, Aviary Habitats & Multiple
Viewing Platforms with Sky Gardens

\\ Experiencing Taiwan Tower
The Taiwan Tower experience starts from the Educational
Development [Museum Complex] on the ground level, visitors
are forced to walk into the centralized courtyard which features
a 360m High Atrium Lobby that looks up the "Double-Tower".
Giving the first impression of an ecological designed
environment. Each Theme Museum [Past, Present & Future]
will feature and exhibits city's development including is history,
urban design and planning. It is an interactive and flexible
space that each museums is designed to attach a special
entertainment facility, such as Outdoor Performing Stage,
Water Plaza, Shops, Cafe and a Green House Complex.

Visitors continue the journey up and through the Ecological
Environment [Vertical Farms & Aviary Habitats]. The elevator
channels are designed to be located in-between the four-
season Vertical Farms and Aviary Habitats which allow
visitors to experience the atmospherical affects while going
up the tower.

The tour concludes as visitors are led up the "Double-Tower"
to the Entertainment Amenities [Observatories & Restaurants]
for a bird's-eye view of Taichung City. At the highest level,
visitors can walk freely on the two separated floating podium.
An external interior Sky-Walk suspended and connected the
north podium to the south podium giving visitors a totally new
experience to walk in the sky.

\\Iconic Landmark
Taiwan Tower play an inevitable role to a city's aesthetics.
This iconic landmark not only includes good functioning with
usability, but also be able to attract public attentions. The
form of the Taiwan Tower not only emphasize the building's
uniqueness and self-charateristics, Taiwan Tower also
represent localization, having ecological properties, and
cable to reflect the era's mainstream of aesthetics according
to folk culture and climate. Taiwan Tower is to possess a
form with the characteristics of "Sustainability Aesthetics".

Project Designer: Steven Ma
Team members: San Liu/ Xinyu Wan/ Emre Icdem

2010-09-30T13:04:00.000-07:00

Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award 2010/ Practising Designers/ Portfolio

Image: Page 001_Steven Ma Tze Chung- 2008-2010 Collections

Image: Page 009_HKBCF International Idea Competition_2nd Prize_Open Group

Image: Page 002-003_Profile

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Image: Page 006-007_Xuberance WORKS

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Image: Page 108-109_Xcessive WORKS

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Image: Page 152-153_Publications/ Exhibitions

Image: Page 154-155_To be continued

Image: Last Page_Xuberance-Graphics

Image: Perfect Binding

Image: Section 02/04_Xefirotarch WORKS_Graphics

2010-06-14T05:46:00.000-07:00

Excessive Final Review + Essence End Year Show 2010

2010-05-18T11:22:00.000-07:00

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities
International Design Ideas Competition

2nd PRIZE |open group
Project Designer
Ma Tze Chung, Steven
Team Members
Fok Wei Yue, Wendy
Strzelec Dominik

2010-04-30T16:51:00.000-07:00

Prize Presentation Ceremony & Exhibition will be held on May 14th 2010 in Hong Kong @ 3:30pm.

2010-04-30T14:17:00.000-07:00

exterior lighting grant 2010: street furniture/ec-O_Bench

image_01/05_Extreme Lighting
ec-O_Bench infuses nature into pedestrian traffic zones by creating a self-sustaining eco-system that envelopes sitters in living and growing plant-life. ec-O_Bench collects and filters rainwater and harnesses sunlight using thin-film photovoltaics, creating a welcoming resting spot even when it's dark outside.

image_02/05_Overall Concept
ec-O_Bench is a multifunctional green concept bench system which generates electricity through solar panels that are embedded into the top of the extended structure which hovers above the suggested seating area. These panels harness electricity during the day to illuminate the seating are at night. A built-in system collects and filters water that is used for healthy plant growth. As they grow the plants wind around the bench's circular structure, creating a jungle-like canopy dangling above the user.

image_03/05_Formal & Functional Concept
The continuity, twisted and visual dynamism is generated through the unique properties of a [mobius strip] concept. Double [mobius strip] ws used to transform and mutate.

image_04/05_Technical Drawings & Specs

image_05/05_Materials Research & Environmental Affects
ec-O_Bench design is intended to be constructed of Bio-Luminum and Bio-Glass. The Bio-Luminum tiles are made from salvaged parts from retired airplanes and are an excellent long-lasting and high-strength materials. Bio-Glass is engineered from recycled glass with no additives or colorants. Both materials will contribute towards LEED certification.

2010-04-26T07:16:00.001-07:00

publication_[sci-arc.graduate.thesis]

This title of AD heralds a new era of exuberance in digital design. Having overcome the alienation and otherness of the cyber, having mastered the virtual qualities and protocols of the parametric, having achieved the intricacy and elegance of the digital, and having fully embraced the potential of 3D computer software and CAD/CAM manufacturing technologies, it is now time for architects to show off! Conjure up the extravagance of furniture design, the abundance of CGI in Hollywood, the profuseness of bio-techno ornamentation or the lavishness of Middle-Eastern and Asian super-urbanism. Exuberance not only celebrates new Baroque theatricality, formal sophistication and digital virtuosity; it also debates a plethora of joyful and intelligent ways in which experimental architecture manages to cope with the contemporary turmoil in global politics, economics and ecology.

Includes the work of seminal figures such as Peter Cook and Wolf D Prix
Features Hernan Diaz Alonso, Marjan Colletti, CJ Lim, Ali Rahim, Yael Reisner, Neil Spiller, Kjetil Thorsen and Tom Wiscombe.
With contributions by Robert Harbison and Judith Clarke.

2009-06-11T09:55:00.001-07:00

X-aperitivo series 2009

2009-04-11T15:08:00.000-07:00

sci-arc.graduate.thesis 2008

2009-03-19T20:40:00.000-07:00

sci-arc_graduate.thesis_morphological study

advisor: Hernan Diaz Alonso
designer: Steven Ma

2009-03-13T21:23:00.000-07:00

Selfridge_X-Installation
Location: London

Principal: Hernan Diaz Alonso
Project Architect: Steven Ma

2009-03-13T12:25:00.000-07:00

Seroussi_Pavillion
Location: Paris

Principal: Hernan Diaz Alonso
Project Architect: Steven Ma

2009-03-13T12:21:00.000-07:00

Seroussi_Bench
Location: Paris

Principal: Hernan Diaz Alonso
Project Architect: Steven Ma

2009-03-12T21:46:00.000-07:00

Lautner Redux_2008
chemosphere_sticky_fingers

Location: Hammer Museum_Los Angeles

Principal: Hernan Diaz Alonso
Project Architect: Steven Ma
Team Members: Edward Kim/ Thorne Ransom

On the occasion of the retrospective exhibition of John Lautner, the Hammer Museum and the Getty Center invited Xefirotarch, as well as three other architecture firms, to create an addition to four of Lautner's radical houses.

2009-03-12T20:28:00.000-07:00

sci-arc_2gbx-sp07_robust morphologies

Instructor: Peter Testa
Project Team: Steven Ma/ Tri Do/ Sanna Kampinga

"the intercalated urban system extends to the integration of horizontal, vertical, and diagonal movement at a range of speeds and viscosities. movement patterns develop as an emergent system of organization, and in combination with tectonic ordering systems, challenge the tyranny of centralized core and associated striation of space. this urban topology implies seamless connectivity through circulation patterns, extending into and reprogramming adjacent systems and spaces within the moma. through the analysis of these circulation patterns, and the implementation of switch-stops and a distributed core, morphological patterns are extracted to inform the overall structure, organization, and programming of the tower."

2009-03-10T21:03:00.001-07:00

sci-arc_xlab-f07_exuberance.sensation

// final presentation //

2009-03-08T15:12:00.000-07:00

sci-arc_xlab-f07_exuberance.sensation

// mid-term presentation //

2009-03-08T13:42:00.000-07:00

tabakalera competition_2008

new.media.art.museum_san sebastina_spain

Principal: Hernan Diaz Alonso
Project Architect: Steven Ma
Team Members: Edward Kim/ Prabu Sugumar/ Doug Wiganowske

The logic of the project is not working on the idea of building types, but developing a concept of "species". Create a new dynamic logic that allows the project and the city develop a relationship over the game and joy. The project is not based on an organization of functions but in the generation of sensations through cells that are multiplying producer for the building. The addition also operates as a prosthesis, adding, transforming but not completely replacing, producing a dialogue between history and the past. Museums, has been said, are the cathedrals of today, this is a concept that has concerned us since we are convinced that the project is a new icon for the city but also a place where the interior creates an atmosphere that involves the visitor. We propose that space are continuous, and try not to emphasize the separation between exhibitions and service areas. The art of digital media and is in constant evolution and transformation, we wish the building will be an element of dialogue with the art and not just a framework. The ambitions are clear, to produce beauty in terms of future and not a condition that we already know, a city like San Sebastian always is surprising, such is life such is love ...

Maita_001

Maita_002

Maita_003

Maita_004

2009-03-04T10:10:00.001-08:00

sci-arc_vs-s08_mega.church

Instructor: Hernan Diaz Alonso/ Benjamin Bratton
Project Team: Steven Ma/ Thorne Ransom

The contemporary Megachurch is sometimes an opportunistic adaptive re-use, taking over arenas, warehouses even parking lots as needed, and always inheriting some of the atmosphere of these. As forms, they have scale but often not sufficient sacrality; they don’t achieve the same resolution of political and sensual grandeur of Cathedrals of the past. This project intends to give a more contemporary, more official, and more fantastic form to these emergent political bodies.

By studying Gothic religious architecture through the lens of new technologies in considering their success in marrying the social, spiritual, political and sensual into a single design. Immerse ourselves in local mega churches to directly empathize with the needs of this varied, complex client base. Like many other masters, Gaudi understood that religious architectures should be pronounced as transcending the technology of its production, something is invited to appear - what god then is now the phantasic mutation.

Collectives, Congregations and Congresses: Post-Secular Aesthetics and the Wounded Ironies of Christianity USA.

2009-03-03T21:41:00.000-08:00

cv-portfolio

2009-03-03T15:41:00.000-08:00

eVolo skyscraper competition_special mention 2009