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table of contents.

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potrero hill library.

precedent study.

conceptual cut.

good food project.

louisiana museum

freelance design project

emeryville boom town

6909 chambers drive

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architecture 100a.

photography.

architecture 100b.

architecture 140.

architecture 100c.

4existing photos

existing photosinterior render facing view

interior render facing kitchen

freelance design project | 6909 chambers drive | oakland, ca 94611

this is the current project/residency of small scale real estate developer, tae sik son. this was previously the home of a retired architect and recently purchased by tae and his wife (existing photos shown below). these renders were presented to bankers in a presentation for a contracting loan [which tae was success-ful in obtaining]. the house is currently undergoing construction and will be completed and on the market in 2-3 years.

3d model of house

spring 2015

5louisiana museum | arch 140 | spring 2015

the climate of mt. angel, oregon is characterized by moderate temperatures, and a high percentage of cloud cover (overcast sky), with 61% of days in the year cloudy. ue to the cold and rainy climate of this region, the main daylighting strategies of this site are to maximize the amount of desirable, diffused natural light in the gallery space where necessary, while simultaneously limiting it in more light-sensitive exhibit areas.

the design of the gallery is largely driven by the climate’s overcast sky. the angled facets of the roof and walls are designed to reflect the unwanted direct sun-light to first hit one of these surfaces before entering into the gallery. the effect achieved by the central skylight bending the sunlight and reflecting it upon the interior ceiling as it pours into the gallery, is a soft even illumination of the central gathering space. it offers a sense of weather and time of day without having to actually be outdoors, and naturally draws people to the center of the gallery.

6louisiana museum | arch 140 | spring 2015

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louisiana museum | arch 140 | spring 2015

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design daylight factor (%)

ecotect shading maskslouisiana museum | arch 140 | spring 2015

9precedent study | arch 100b | spring 2014

brick facade detailing

analytical sectional model

sky courts, chengdu | chinayihuai hu; archdaily

case study: sky courts by höweler + yoon architecture | chengdu, china

the case study is an in-depth analysis of a recently constructed architectural project. design principles ranging from contextual relationship, to climate responsive perfor-mance, to building structure were carefully researched. an analytical diagram reflect-ing the discovered design decisions, as well as a corresponding sectional model were developed. this project was meant as an inspirational building block for subse-quent projects in the studio course. one of the sky courts’s generative design concepts is a use of a geometric shape, the hyper-bolic paraboloid, in the building’s sloped roof system. this shape heavily influenced the latter two projects of this studio.

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aggregation of units

structural system of columns

alignment of bricks along ns-ew axon

hyperbolic paraboloid vs. planar roof

analytical axon diagram precedent study | arch 100b | spring 2014

11analytical sectional model

precedent study | arch 100b | spring 2014

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shading panels

zoomed in detail

steel i-stud

bolts

steel trusssubfloor platesteel glazing

window

east facade north facade

conceptual cut | arch 100b | spring 2014

the conceptual cut | san francisco, ca

the conceptual cut is the design of a stratiegic building corner, influenced by the precedent study (p. 17-19). this corner serves as a representative cut, revealing essential characteristics, systems, conditions, and qualites of a building. the hypothetical building was to be set in an unspecified [flat] site within san francisco, and the design, orientation, performative features were to coorespond accordingly.

13good food | arch 100b | spring 2014

good food project | soma, san francisco

good food is an aggregation of various programs centered on the awareness and education of food. it challenges the rela-tively recent trajectory of mass food production, and promotes the advancement of food research, urban farming, and the consumption of local and/or organic nutritional options. the working elements included in this project do indeed exist in the bay area, but not under one collective entity. the design draws inspiration from a case study: the sky courts in chengdu, china (researched on page 17-19).

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soma, san francisco site plan

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hyperbolic paraboloid grid to normative grid overlay

program generation

circulation

interior fins

apetures in floor plates

generation of roof lighting

entrance

formation of light well

tapering floors

axon diagrams good food | arch 100b | spring 2014

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ground floor

scale 1/8” : 1’ good food | arch 100b | spring 2014

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level 2

scale 1/16” : 1’ section aa

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good food | arch 100b | spring 2014

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20boom town | arch 100c | fall 2014

ground floor plan

outdoor ampitheater render

boom town | emeryville, ca

the boom town is a proposal of large-scale contemporary housing in emeryville, ca. the site (hatched in the site analysis on the left of this page) symbolizes a crucial bridging mo-ment of recently urbanized areas of the city. this analysis of emeryville is critical of how the city lacks a centralized, uniform civic space in terms of building type, program, and scale. this project intends on utilizing a contemporary housing complex in resolving the analysis via implementation of a large-scale, outdoor ampitheater.

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sherwin street

indoor market space

boom town | arch 100c | fall 2014

22site analysis

reading a: existing civic space reading b: civic space and existing housing complex conditions


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macallen building condimoniumsscale 24” : 1’

borges & irmão bank east facade - alvaro siza

precedent derivation

scale: 128’ : 1”


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housing

art gallery and library

outdoor ampitheater

market space

linear park and parking lot

program placement axon diagram boom town | arch 100c | fall 2014

25elevations and sections boom town | arch 100c | fall 2014

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massing model partition model - mid review

final review modelfinal model + site model


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potrero hill library | arch 100A | fall 2013potrero hill site plan, san francisco

exploded axon of site square block

potrero hill library | potrero hill, san francisco

this project was a final evolution of the double negative (p.30) into a contemporary library. anal-ysis of the site included a pixelization and extru-tion of potrero hill’s topography. this abstraction was combined with of the aggregation of units of the double negative. the merged concepts gen-erated interior and social spaces, vertical circula-tion and sequence, form and envelope, as well as program and its grouping within the library.

29analysis of the site

pixelization of topography of square block

extrusion of pixels

positive.

negative.

potrero hill library | arch 100A | fall 2013

30double negative spatial networking potrero hill library | arch 100A | fall 2013

31circulation axon diagram program grouping exploded axon

roof accesspublic viewing space

community meeting areachildren’s areayoung adults area

stroage spaceviewing space

lobbyadministrative officesreception deskbook displaystorage spaceviewing space

computersstorage spaceviewing space


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section bb potrero hill library | arch 100A | fall 2013

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plan 10 feet

34potrero hill library | arch 100A | fall 2013sectional perspective

35potrero hill library | arch 100A | fall 2013

diagrammatical rendering: aggregation of units

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