The Vancouver Pavilion was designed in Vancouver and build in Shanghai. The building was first designed by BIAD architects, then it was passed to us to design the exhibition space. My role included interior structural design, material finishes, and detailed shop drawings for fabrication oversea. The exhibition promotes the BC forest industry hence the abundance of wooden components. It encourages visitors to immerses into the beautiful natural environments in BC and gives a glimpse of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Play Dots is a playground system consisting of circular islands. The playground allows different personalities and age groups to find their own comfort zones while providing amusement and interaction with others. The open-ended layout enables different components to be rotated or expanded over time. Play Dots encourages young children to find their own path and venture out dot by dot.

The playground is a fundamental tool for children’s social and physical development, therefore, what they play with greatly matter for their growth. In cities, the playground is one of the few outdoor facilities where children have free access, but often times, playgrounds are seen as boring, and sometimes abandoned. It is time to redefine the functions of the future playground. Play Dot is developed with the consideration that most social needs of children will not significantly change — to acquire self confidence, social value, and exercise.

Play Dots will act like the heart of a community to provide people of all ages a place to rest, interact and play. For instance, in the morning an elderly walks his dog around Play Dots, and a toddler comes with her caregiver to play on the Babble Balls. After school, children fill up the Crosslide and Bumpswing. In the evening, the teens hang out on the Moon-Go-Round while a couple takes a stroll on the illuminating Musical Bridge after supper. Play Dots can connect the whole neighbourhood throughout different times of the day.

In order to make sure that the elements of Play Dots could be financially accessible to a wide range of communities, the pieces have been designed to be producible using generally accessible technology: metalwork, rotation molding, PUR foam, and recycled rubber.

/Iro/ a highly adaptable prefabricated urban living home. To live and work in proximity may be the kind of lifestyle urbanites cannot practice when they cannot find places to rent or purchase—no vacancy. /Iro/ makes short-term urban living possible when no other developments can be made. /Iro/ can be fabricated locally or shipped to the site location via a single standard 20 feet ISO container. The assembly can be accomplished by local construction trades quickly and efficiently. In urban spaces otherwise considered wasted or out-of-reach, /Iro/ can make it home. The hexagonal envelope allows various stacking options to contour and clear urban obstacles and has adjustable stilts to ensure stability when not connected to neighboring /Iro/ prefab homes. These homes can stand independently or nestle together to form a community that can share resources.

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The design of the wall panels facilitates easy customization options for fenestrations and add-ons such as photoelectric panels or local materials available near the site. The exterior triangular panels provide movable shading and privacy guards. Sliding doors for the entrance and roof garden save space to allow more activity inside. Water and electricity can be connected to the grid or accessory exterior cisterns can be added to supplement water needs by collecting rainwater. As small urban home, electricity not generated by /Iro/ must be tapped from the city. The urban lifestyle does not require the usual home appliances where personal services can be obtained—for example, laundry and dining. The kitchen permits simple cooking only as it is suited to the lifestyle of urbanites who may tend to dine out more often. /Iro/ offers a cozy environment to work and sleep. Entertainment is just outside the door. Simple and straight-forward is key to /Iro/.