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Oeuvre Constantine Ronquillo SELECTED WORKS 2002-2012
OeuvreConstantine
RonquilloSELECTED WORKS 2002-2012
ConstantineRonquillo,uapt 912.850.1774e [email protected] www.rrrchitecture.com Constantine Ronquillo is a architectural and planning professional with 10+ years of well-rounded experience working on notable projects across the globe. He holds a Master’s degree from one of the country’s top art schools, the Savannah College of Art and Design and was the sole recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award for Architecture/Urban Design (2011). He was featured on the SCAD Article “Meet Constantine Ronquillo”
2011 postprofessional master of architecturesavannah college of art & design_ savannah GA2006-09 architectural and planning professionaldp architects_singapore2005-presentArchitecture and planning professionalConstantine Ronquillo,uap, 2003-06architect leandro v locsin partners_manila2002-03junior architectandrews and partners_manila2002bachelor of science in architecture (professional) far eastern university_Manilahonorsbest thesis shortlist outstanding Achievement Awardoutstanding Student Profilescholarshipcombined Academic and Artistic grant- SCAD
tools_rhino+grasshopper_3dsmax_vray_autocad_microstation_revit_photoshop_illustrator_indesign_paracloud gem_sketchup
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heightfield experimentations- Grasshopper+ Rhino
Press2011 scad news & media meet constantine ronquillo, scad ud student and international architect
2010 calhoun times dalton’s future will be topic of college class
2010 dalton daily citizen scad students want to know what you think
2009 RRRchitecture official website www.rrrchitecture.com
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Skin Experimentations- Grasshopper+ Rhino2
ContentPROFILE iPRESS ii
selected works academicURBAN SYMBIOSIS Los Angeles 6PROJECT INSPIRATION Orlando 14MODERN SOUTHERN Beufort, SC 22
selected works professionalRESORTSWORLD SENTOSA Singapore 28MARITIME XPERIENTIAL MUSEUM Singapore 34DE GRISOGONO HQ Switzerland 38SENTOSA BOARDWALK Singapore 42TID HANOI Vietnam 46RESORTSWORLD MANILA Philippines 48SMOE OFFICE Singapore 50SAINT ANDREWS SCHOOL Singapore 52RWS CORPORATE OFFICE Singapore 56L’ISLE RESORT Maldives 58FUSIONOPOLIS 2 Singapore 60THE RESIDENCES Manila 64AMBASSADOR’S HOUSE Manila 65SATURO HIKI HOUSE Cavite 66SHINKENCHIKU ENTRY Tokyo 69SOHO LOUNGE Manila 70MOCKASHIN HOUSE Riyadh 71[R] HAUS Philippines 72INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS Manila 73MEWR GALLERY Singapore 74
computational design 76
Skin Experimentations- Grasshopper+ Rhino3
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Team Constantine Ronquillo, Sejin Jang
Program Public Space, Commercial Area, Housing, Urban Development
Status Built 2011Area 11.3 Acres
Urban SymbiosisSanta Monica [Cool]ture Hub | Los Angeles
The ambition of an urban concept such as this is not solely on the development of underused site but also provision of urban elements and improvements that will widely benefit the whole area. A development that is not self-serving and self-centered but morphed into serving the larger urban ecosystem- an urban symbiosis. Santa Monica’s Pacific beach and its famed pier has been the city’s prime representation since it was developed during the 1875. As its success nurtures its own unique Ecological environment (of culture, people, time and activities), there remains an arbitrary disconnection between the beach populace and the rest of the city.
Ten years ago, the redesign of the Third Street Promenade, improvements of the Santa Monica Pier, the Beach, Palisades Park further demonstrated efforts to develop adjacent underutilized lands within the area. This led for the city government to make use of one of its prime lots, converting it to a public spaceThe site is a goverment-acquired lot located right in the middle of the said landmarks and was primarily intended to be developed as a park. We ought to assimilate critical thinking, reinvestigate the disconnectivities in the urban fabric and arrive with the most viable solution concurrent to the urban issues that surrounds the site.
The given circumstances and program allow greater flexibility in design and opportunities. As the imperatives seem to be limitless, the concept has resorted to an organic approach/ natural selection of the better combination of solutions.
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1 _Santa Monica Pier2 _ Beach3 _Third Street Mall4 _Third Street Promenade5 _Future LRT Station6 _City Hall7 _Performance Theater8 _RAND Corporation headquarters
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9 _Neutral Zone10 _Themed Gardens11 _ Elevated Walkways12 _Hotels13 _Strip Walkway/ Artists Park14 _Urban Farms and Recreational area15 _Museum
We Converted the Urban Voids into a Unifying Zone that Connects the Beach, Shopping Centers and the Public to Each Other
Beach
Shopping Residential
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The current state of the site shows urban voids that causes a certain level of visual and functional disconnect between usable spaces within and outside the area. We ought to rethink, optimize and reactivate the site.Several constraints brought by the site and circumstances presented an opportunity to develop a rather new approach in urban development: URBAN SYMBIOSIS. This allows the 11.3 acre site to be broken down further to smaller zones and subsumed by the character of the adjacent areas. This allows a well needed diversity of activities and redistribution of the currently overwhelming tourist attendance in the city.The site in itself is divided to four [4] main zones: Dynamic Zone, Quiet Zone, Communal Zone and Neutral Zone.The Dynamic Zone, is a zone adapting the Colorado and Ocean Avenues’ commercial character. It has a shopping mall, an elevated walkway, 2 high rise hotels and pocket stages for the artists and performers.
The QUIET ZONE provides the lush green space that the whole area lacks. Several themed gardens, artist centers, ponds, and jogging paths are found in this area.
The COMMUNITY ZONE’S character is defined by the residential zone adjacent to it. Its main role is to innovate sustainability and advocate a healthy and green lifestyle for the whole area. Facilities such as Condominiums facing Urban Gardens, Green house, Teen Center and Community Center are located in this zone.
The NEUTRAL ZONE , located at the heart of the development, is the most dynamic, temporary and ‘unstable’ zone of the site. It is subdivided into 72’ x 72’ grid that changes its functions and character depending on the current requirements of the site. This could cater seasonal activities and events such as concerts, festivals, art galleries, stalls, etc.
site conditions
We Converted the Urban Voids into a Unifying Zone that Connects the Beach, Shopping Centers and the Public to Each Other
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Our Site is in an Urban Food Chain- We Give, Take and Transform.
SYMBIOSIS
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HYPER GRIDS
What usually takes decades of zonal transition could be reduced to months. This is a set of dynamic modular mini-zones that cater to sudden changes brought by urban progress.
Our Site is in an Urban Food Chain- We Give, Take and Transform.
49 corners= 49 node options=49 public sculptures/ 49 public performances36 tiles= 36 building options= 36 landscaping/ public space optionsZones could change every period of 6 months , depending on the spatial demand.
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Team Constantine Ronquillo, Ashley Foster, Chris Broughton
Program Public Space, Housing, Art School, Research Center, Leisure Area, Commercial Center, Elevated Walkways
Status Built 2011
Area 113.0 Acres
Project InspirationMasterplan | Celebration, Florida
OverviewA non-disclosed clientel, which builds and manages world-renowed themeparks, holiday resorts and family-oriented leisure attractions, have decided to utilize their property in Celebration, Florida to fulfill an ambitious vision that would represent the culmination and the direction of their company- a Micro-city.This vision includes high-end hotels, boutiques, shops, residential area, an art school, and nature parks; all to exemplify a new kind of lifestyle and urbanism that represents the near future, and addressing issues concerning sustainability.With 50% of the global population living in cities and wasting an average of 3 hours of travel time to and from work, the fabric of the cities worldwide has increasingly been tedious and congested. Project Inspiration is a model city that recognizes the requirements of this dynamism and change, and has acknowledged current urban issues of this sort.
As much as this project has implied a standard that applies everywhere, certain circumstances that surround the site have affected its imperatives and form:1. Celebration, a census designated town- its success and failures2. Disney Themeparks3. the now-defunct $2.4 billion high-speed rail project that connects major cities of Florida
Our current dispositions of cities and social sustainability enables the concept to form a new and more interesting blueprint of how we should live our lives in the future, eliminating urban voids and be less and less dependent on goods and fuel.
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MONORAIL
Learning from Lerner: Curitiba, BrazilSustainability does not imply compromise in style and comfort but rather, its is about responsibility to its basic essence. The project has looked into model cities around the globe.Curitiba is arguably the most succesful city in the world in terms of self-sufficiency. Its path to success was implemented by its then mayor for 20 years, Jaime Lerner, a visionary urban designer and architect.Curitiba has the highest recycling rate in the world with 70% recycables, it also has plent of parks which doubles as flood control system, using sheep to cut its own grass- far cheaper than lawnmowers. Curitiba has pioneered the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) which is 10x cheaper than the light rail transit; it so effective that car traffic decreased by 30% as the population trebled for a 20 year period. Most importantly, It’s average income is 66% greater than the Brazilian average. As a result, it is a city with 99% happiness rate, of which 70% of Sao Paolo’s residents want to live in Curitiba.
CULTURAL/ PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
BERM/URBANAUT STATION
TOP YARDS
CELEBRATION, FL
ART COLLEGE
URBANAUT LINE
THE L-WAY (ELEVATED WALKWAYS)
TOP YARDS
WETLANDS/PARK
The Key is to Introduce A Unique and Creative Model of Sustainability
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The client’s goal is for the development to exemplify innovation and build a town that is “ not seen nor experienced on their current themeparks”. An environment that is sustainable and will eventually be a haven for residents, shoppers, artists, joggers and ‘actors’. - Art School- Commercial Area- Residential Area- Industrial Area- High Speed train station
The design evolves on imperatives that helps attain its outcome based on natural selection and filtering of factors that more or less have lesser impact on its growth.
Organic Urbanism. We answer bigger questions that needed to be dealt with: how do we optimize space? how do we lessen building footprint? which urban layout do we use? how about circulation and transportation?
Such questions collectively form a myriad of solutions in the form of a new conceptual framework.
Imperatives
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dynamicgreens
educational
cultural
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commensalism: form follows nature
Sustainability involves more than just growing trees, there’s also Social Sustainability thru Parasitic Approach18 Urban Design
Sustainability involves more than just growing trees, there’s also Social Sustainability thru Parasitic Approach19 Urban Design
Shrink Our Cities. Densify. Walk More. Rebrand the image of Public Transportation. We are happier on Smaller and Livelier Spaces.This Is How its Done.
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Shrink Our Cities. Densify. Walk More. Rebrand the image of Public Transportation. We are happier on Smaller and Livelier Spaces.This Is How its Done.
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Client City of Beaufort
Team Constantine Ronquillo, Ammar Munshi
Status Competition
Program Urban Development and Design
Modern[ist] SouthernUrban Design | Beufort, SC
Beaufort is a historical Lowcountry city located approximately 50 miles from Savannah Georgia. The city is renowned for its scenic location and maintains a historical antebellum character and architecture. The downtown area is the historical center of commerce and is now focused towards visitors and tourists. As the city gained prominence and increased its tourism attendance, the need for urban revitalization in the surrounding areas adjacent the downtown has become inevitable.
Bladen Street is a street corridor adjacent to Bay street, where the downtown is located. The city has explored the possibility of taking advantage of the situation by means of redeveloping the street to its full potential and eventually expanding the tourism area. A full analysis of the area and design solutions have been requested. At present, the area is occupied by single- family houses, law offices, voids, cemeteries and torn-out buildings; all of which present urban elements that are needed to be dealt with.
The project focused on building a new environment that promotes a distinct character of its own, deviating but complementing the predominant antebellum architecture of the area. The only viable way of uplifting the economic profit on the location is through optimizing commerce and residents and to entice in wide variation of activities and participants. The program includes: array of modernist and multicolored buildings,retention of selected residential buildings, restaurants, roof gardens, pocket parks, mini stages, outdoor benches and a midrise apartment building.
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BackgroundThe Northwest Quadrant is a neighborhood in the city of Beaufort located in the northwestern portion of city’s original street grid, loosely defined as the area between Charles Street on the east, Prince Street to the south, Ribaut Road on the west, and Boundary Street to the north. This area has for generations been the center of Beaufort’s African-American community, though it has been racially mixed, and is composed of turn-of-the-century homes, many in a shotgun house architectural style. Bladen Street serves as the principal street through the community and is undergoing a streetscape renovation to improve utilities, sidewalk access, landscaping and lighting.
HistoryThe Quadrant started as a predominantly black neighborhood, but it was -- and remains today -- racially mixed. Research shows that some houses were probably built in the area before the Civil War, most likely by white people.When Union troops arrived and occupied Beaufort in 1861, area slaves were freed, and some formed their own communities. The Northwest Quadrant, then called “freedman’s village,” was settled primarily by black tradespeople, laborers and small business owners, according to the 2006 Beaufort Northwest Quadrant Strategic Plan.
AnalysisBladen Street serves as an arterial link between the downtown’s main roads: Boundary Street on the north and Bay Street on the south; It is currently categorized as a General Commercial zone ( stretch from Washington and Bay Streets). What interests us most about the site is how contrasting zones are located adjacent with each other on both ends of the street:- heading north from Washington , a series of cemetery zones and support services (funeral homes) had occupied most of the area; the street ends abutting the rather larger-scaled Bethesda National Cemetery- from Washington Street heading south is presently made up of small- scaled law offices, apartment buildings, abandoned structures, and a blank lot.
The potential of the site is geared towards provision of mixed-use commercial spaces and control (or rather, blockage) of the cemetery zone and services’ possible expansion to south, which will in effect, pull down real-estate values located on its vicinity.
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BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCETO BE DEMOLISHEDVACANT LOT FOR SALE (2.4 ACRES)EXISTING RESIDENCE TO BE DEMOLISHED
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UNITED HOSPICE OF BEAUFORT
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MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL CONDO AND SHOPS
EXISTING HOUSES
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SolutionAs we have assessed Bladen Street based on its current configuration and future potential, we did a three (3) step process on concept building in arriving with an optimized proposal:\1. Identify current structures and assesment of desirability levels: most desirable area being the southmost part facing the Bay and the less desirable located on the other side.2. Zone. We separated the 2 contrasting areas by introducing a 3 zone sequence: PUBLIC (Commercial, mixed use), TRANSITION ZONE (residential and funeral homes), and CEMETERY ZONE3. Opportunities. More dense commercial shops, public spaces and a mixed- use building exhibits the potentials being brought by current circumstances and the site. We have also taken the opportunity to elevate the southern vibe on a more contemporary and near-futuristic setting.
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selected works professional
Resort and Themepark planning and executionK12Addition and AlterationResidential- Single Family HousesResidential- High Rise CondominiumsMasterplanningWater parksOffice Buildings
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Team DP Architects- Studio 3, Michael Graves Associates (Design Consultant), Genting
Program $5B Island Resort Development:- Casino- Signature hotels- Oceanarium- Water Park/ Marina- Universal Studios
Status Built 2011
Role in the Project
Design, Development, Architecture, Coordination and Project Management
Resortsworld Sentosaleisure resort development | Singapore City 2009
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OverviewOccupying a prime 49-hectare site on Sentosa Island, Resorts World at Sentosa is a $5 billion world-class tropical resort and a tour de force of architecture design, process and construction.
The key attractions include one of Singapore’s two casinos, a Universal Studios theme park and the world’s largest oceanarium. DP Architects, along with Michael Graves Associates, won the bid over a competition held by Genting International last 2006.
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Resortsworld Sentosamasterplan30 Architecture
Resortsworld Sentosamasterplan 31 Architecture
vegetation lighting
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lighting axis shading
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Team DP Architects- Studio 3, Michael Graves Associates (Design Consultant), Genting
Program Museum
Status Built 2010
Role in the Project
Design, Development, Architecture, Coordination and Project Implementation
Maritime Xperiential MuseumMuseum | Singapore City 2008
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OverviewOccupying a prime 49-hectare site on Sentosa Island, Resorts World at Sentosa is a $5 billion world-class tropical resort and a tour de force of architecture design, process and construction.
The key attractions include one of Singapore’s two casinos, a Universal Studios theme park and the world’s largest oceanarium. DP Architects, along with Michael Graves Associates, won the bid over a competition held by Genting International last 2006.
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Team Constantine Ronquillo, David Liauw, Tan Jian Woei, Angelene Chan, Christian Tjan
Program Office Headquarters, Showroom Gallery, Cafe
Status Competition 2008
Role in the Project
Conceptualization, Form, Architecture, Interiors
de Grisogono HQoffice headquarters + gallery | Geneva, Switzerland 2008
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Overviewde Grisogono SA is a company based in Plan-les- Oates, Switzerland,that engages in the retail of jewelry, watches and gemstones. Its products include ear rings, bracelets, chains, necklaces, and accessories. It sells its products through stores located in Switzerland.
ConceptThe program calls for an architecture that speaks of de Grisogono’s legacy and foundation. We have pushed the black diamond, one of the rarest gem in the world, as the core idea behind the conceptual development of this project. Such gem implies strong characteristics related to elegance, longevity and strength; all reflecting de Grisogono’s image as a strong force in the industry.
SpaceTwo main spatial volumes define the proposal: the main building and the ‘shaded’ exterior Gallery.As the climate of Geneva could oftentimes be cold and rainy, protecting the outdoor gallery from these elements would bring a feeling of outside without the compromise brought by the weather. The protective membrane will define its final form, which is the black diamond.
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ROOF DECK
SECOND FLOOR
FLOATING DIAMOND(SHOWROOM)
FIRST FLOOR
GROUND FLOOR
OUTSIDE FACADE(GLASS)
FLOOR PLAN
BASEMENT
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de Grisogonogallery and building design
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Team DP Architects:David LiauwConstantine RonquilloWang Mun Chin
Program Masterplan, Architecture, Planning
Status Design 2009
Role in the Project
Presentation and Graphics
Sentosa BoardwalkReclamation and Planning | Singapore City 2009
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The Sentosa Boardwalk will create a new exciting gateway to Sentosa Island’s many attractions. With the opening of Resortsworld Sentosa, the number of visitors will increase dramatically, necessitating additional means of access beyond the existing monorail and vehicular routes.
The boardwalk will be concieved as a pedestrian promenade between the iconic Vivo City (Toyo Ito) and public transportation hubs to the north and the South of Sentosa Island.
The masterplanning conforms with the requirements set by the URA in terms of accessibility, circulation, GFA and occupancy while the architecture has remained consistent with the adjacent Resort destination which is Gravesian.
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Architectural Profile and Masterplan
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Architectural Profile and Masterplan
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Team Tan Jian WoeiConstantine Ronquillo
Program Mixed Use Residential and Commercial Tower
Status Construction
Role in the Project
Design, Development, Visual Architecture, Coordination and Project Management
Tid HanoiCondominium | Hanoi, Vietnam 2008
+ =current site, construction progress 2011
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The TID Hanoi aka. Dolphin Plaza marks Hanoi’s growing demand for high scale retail and residential real-estate. This multifunctional hub showcases exciting spaces and features such as sky gardens, nature pods, floating pools. The focus of its design is on the creative integration of leisure, retail and living spaces.
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Team DP Architects- Constantine Ronquillo, David Liauw, Christian Tjan, Angelene Chan
Program Resort and Themepark Development
Status Concept 2007
Role in the Project
Planning and Presentation, Architecture
Resortsworld Manilaleisure resort development | Manila 2007
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MasterplanMedium: Manual Pen and Ink on 30”x40” board
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Team David Liauw, Constantine Ronquillo
Program Industrial Office
Status Design Development
Role in the Project
Design, Development and Architecture
SMOE OfficeOffice Building | Singapore City 2007
The client assigned an existing warehouse lot located on an industrial zone to be demolished and redeveloped to cater an office building and parking lot. The original scheme was set to cater approx 150 workers within the given sufficient space. However, latest requirements called for more occupancy load up to approx. 300 people on the same space.The challenge was an obvious one. In this case, I have reapproached the form concept by stripping off angles and curves that eats up floor area
until what was left off was the essentials .The resulting concept was reduced to the simple Workspace-Spine- Public Areas” approach. This is of which all of the alotted zones are strictly organized and arranged formally to complement a rather Purist approach of an exterior architecture. The level of demand in
productivity and activity, along with possible future morphosis on the inside, calls for an architecture that frees up spaces by eliminating the interior columns and placing them outside...
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STRUCTURE“The level of demand in productivity and activity , along with possible future morphosis on the inside, calls for an architecture that frees up spaces by eliminating the interior columns and placing them on the outside..”. The exterior exoskeleton assures an optimized flexibility interior spaces in times of renovation and disassembly...
PROGRAMThe program is geared towards categorizing all activities of similar nature and arranging them in a logical manner. The philosophy behind the design is for the program to eliminate cluttering and free up more valuable space for flexibility. We also acknowledge the fact that we can only contain a certain number of predicted activities in the future, therefore, it is imperative that the compartmentalization of spaces remain minimum to make way for other spaces.
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Team David LiauwConstantine Ronquillo
Program Historical Preservation, Addition and Alteration works of an Existing Heritage school village in Singapore
Status Built 2011
Role in the Project
Design, Development, Architecture, Coordination and Project Management
Saint Andrews Villageaddition and alteration, historic preservation | Singapore City 2007
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before_ca 1950’s
after_2008
OVERVIEW
Saint Andrews Village (SAV) and School is one of the oldest and most important educational centers in Singapore. DPA is tasked to be its administrator to all Conservation, Expansion and Design works. Such tasks can be challenging as it is, since the whole is a heritage site thus, limiting any alteration of its existing conditions.
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Team MGA, Constantine Ronquillo, David Liauw, Wang Mun Chin
Program Temporary Office , Cafe
Status Built 2008
Role in the Project
Design, Development, Architecture, Coordination and Project Implementation
RWS Corporate Officetemporary office structure | Singapore City 2007
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Several mock-up facade studies experimentations and decisions were made using the site office as its “conceptual canvass” during the course of RWS’ construction phase..
The function of this building goes well beyond that of an ordinary temporary office structurel; its elevations are designed to such way that they have collectively reflected within its facade the important elements of the ongoing Resortsworld hotels and structures of which its office oversees.
Blank Canvass- Temporary Office Structure that Doubles as a Mock up Facade
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Team Constantine Ronquillo, Leandro Llorente, KayAnne Tejada
Program Island Resort Development
Status Competition
Role in the Project
Design Development, Visual and Presentation
L’Isle Island Resortleisure resort development | Maldives 2004
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Team DP Architects- Chan Sui Him, Constantine Ronquillo, David Liauw
Program Research CenterOffice Hub
Status Design Development
Role in the Project
Design, Development, Architecture, Coordination and Presentation
Fusionopolis 2medical research center | Singapore City 2006
OVERVIEW
Located at the epicenter of Central Xchange, Fusionopolis 2 is poised to channel activities across One- North Gateway and towards One- North Park. In response to the unique features of the Xchange, the vital relationship it has with One North Park and Fusionopolis 1 (the heart of the Xchange), is enhanced by a prominent public plaza through the parcel. This respects the One- North bent grid and at the same time defines the Xchange’s key visual and activity corridor to the Park.
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Fusionopolis Masterplan
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Team Constantine Ronquillo, Lulu Sarmiento, Sheila Tabas
Program Interior Design, Main Areas and rooms
Status Built 2006
Role in the Project
Design, Development, Architecture, Coordination and Project Management
The ResidencesInteriors | Manila 2006
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Team Lulu Sarmiento, Mae Cruz, Constantine Ronquillo
Program Addition and Alteration
Status Built 2006
Role in the Proj-ect
Design, Development, Architecture, Coordination and Project Management
Singapore Ambassador’s Houseaddition+alteration works | Manila 2006
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Design Constantine Ronquillo
Program Interior Design
Status Built 2006
Role in the Project
Freelance Architectural and Interiors, Specifications, Plans, Supervision
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Saturo Hiki HouseInteriors | Cavite 2006
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GROUND FLOOR
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OPPOSITIONS
The narrative is straightfoward: Build a Japanese Contemporary interior space inside a Mediterranean-Italian designed shell. The strategy is to reduce the space to its essentials, strip off all ornamentation and project elegance out of simplicity. Variation is limited; but details are meticulously designed. The interior features of this house includes, a cherry wood veneer finishing, spherical chandeliers, conceiled elements (doors, floors etc.)
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Shinkenchiku Housingconcept competition | Tokyo
Concept- backyard Concept-ramp Concept- Loft
The ‘ Wall less’ House It is generally thought that the plan is a means for describing lifestyle. The fundamental principle of this descriptive technique is division. It is thought that the lifestyle inside a house is divided with the device of WALLS. Therefore, if only the elements called ‘walls’ are picked out, and given an expression in which they are emphasized, people may understand the lines on a drawing that indicate the ‘walls’ as describing the essence of a house. Yet, should a house be ‘walls’? Why can we not describe a house just by furniture, a tableware and so forth. Or what about a descriptive method using only floor textures? As the floor is the only component that the human body only touches (actually there are doorknobs and toilet seats), if we are to describe a house by a technique of scanning with the body,the house would be described as a collection of textured floors. Or it would also be possible to describe a house in terms of air temperature, or in terms of malodorous places due to wind flows
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Team Chut Cuerva, Constantine Ronquillo
Program Interiors, Visualization
Status Built
Role in the Project
3d Design
SOHO LoungeInteriors | Manila 2005
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Team Constantine Ronquillo
Program Facade Design
Status Built
Role in the Project
Architect/Designer
F.Mockashin Housefacade design | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2005
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Team Constantine Ronquillo
Program Residential
Status Concept
Role in the Project
Architect of Record, Designer
[R] Hausresidential proposal | Philippines 2005
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The project is situated in a suburban setting and was intended to house a couple on their 50’s on a tight budget ($25,000).The schematic solution uses the discreet play of 2 blocks and optimization of their surfaces, where in one face becomes an open garden/terrace,and the other housing vehicles.
OPTIMIZING 2 BLOCKSHere is the limitation: if, by financial limitations, allow you to optimize two small block massing and build a house out of it, what configuration would you choose?
The final solution has taken numerous factors into consideration- Site - Orientation- Desired Functionality- Exposure to Main Street- Potential Shaded areas created by the massing- new environment created by the massing- versatility and expansion
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Team Lulu Sarmiento, Constantine Ronquillo, Sheila Tabas
Program Renovation, Interior Design
Status Built
Role in the Project
Design, Development, Architecture, Coordination and Project Management
International Schools ManilaAddition+Alteration | Manila 2005
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Team Constantine Ronquillo, Pico Art International
Program Exhibit Gallery
Status Built
Role in the Project
3d Design and Visualization
MEWR GalleryInteriors | Singapore City 2008
Band of Light @ Entrance Backpainted Glass
Holographic Concept
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selected works computational design
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Skin ExperimentationsGrasshopper+ Rhino+ Vray
Using the ‘ Attractor’ logic, preconditions were set and embedded in a single formula that instructs panel entities to react on designated forces aka. attractors dependent on the distance and level of attraction power.
In this example, the panels’ condition [open /closed] is dependent to where the attractor’s location is.
As an application, these forms emulate building skins that react to the solar orientation; this helps the architect identify specific locations of light and heat exposure
CLOSED= direct exposure to the afternoon sunOPEN= indirect exposure
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weaving panels
Panelling exercises
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Hyperbolic ExperimentationsRhino+ GrasshopperVarious forms are generated by parametric values from a single formula or germ code processed by Grasshopper.
A value=-31, Pi value=1 A value= -30, Pi Value= 1
A value= -35, Pi Value= 2 A value= -35, Pi Value= 2
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