Architecture Work Sample

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2015-17

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Contents BARN(E): THE ELECTRIC BARN PARAMETRIC PLUTO WALL ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION

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01 Barn(E) The Electric Barn // 2016 URB PRK Competition Winner // Produced with Daniel Szymanski, Cody Jew, Ivan Au // Website: archisaurus.wordpress.com

Barn(E) is the winning design in the 2016 URB PRK design competition sponsored by CafÊ Mosaics in Edmonton, Alberta. It was installed along the parking lanes of Whyte Avenue, East of 109st during the months of July and August 2016. The space was used as a parklet space that also hosted a concert series once a week throughout the summer. The cladding was made of cedar wood stripped from a 90-year-old barn, all donated to Habitat for Humanity ReStore at the end of its lifecycle, creating an entirely sustainable design. The Edmonton Native Plant Group donated and maintained plants for the structure and reclaimed them at the end of the summer. Another feature of the parklet was an electric bike generator made by Jan Przysiezniak from the Edmonton Bicycle Commuter Society. The bike was used to charge the user’s phone, as well as power LED lights that were strung throughout the structure timed to light up for one hour a night.

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90 Year Old Barn Lumber

Native Alberta Plant Species

Pre-Occupancy

Saturday Concert Series

Hand Built Bike Generator

Occupancy

LEDs Powered by Bike Generator

Wood Donated to Habitat

Post-Occupancy

blocking vehicle noise and to create the amphitheatre Design

The deisng concept aimed to maximize for performances. The wooden slats rotate to achieve community involvement in both the process and final built space. Thus, the donation of the barn lumber was the starting point to the design. Monolithically framed triangles undulate to adjust for sightlines, shade,

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a porosity gradient across the surface. Simultaneously, these allow for the LED lights to spill out of the structure and light up the area. The design opens into the operable spaces of Cafe Mosaics, and can be understood as reaching into the cafe.

North Elevation

South Elevation

Plan

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Exploded Axon of the Parklet Build Logic

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Build System

Built off-site, the parklet required an extremely rigorous and documented build system that could be rapidly transported and erected. All wood cladding was labeled, and framing was disassembled as to separate into five pieces and able to be slotted into a transport truck.

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Barn(E) LEDs turn on from 10-12pm, powered by the collective pedaling from the bike generator

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Parametric Pluto Wall // 2016 Graphics II, University of Calgary // Featured in Inverse Magazine: https://tinyurl.com/j5rcsry // Produced with ten students // Critics: Jody James, Matthew Knapik Design Brief

Given an image of the surface of Pluto, the idea was to use parametric software tools of Grasshopper to digitally extract image data and fabricate a 8’ by 4’ wall panel using the logics of the image. When combined with the panels of neighboring wall panels, the image of the Pluto sunset should appear from the collective, yet disparate image extractions of all 5 teams.

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Method

Point data was extracted from the image based on pixel differentiation and brightness. The Delaunay algorithm was used to generate triangulation from point data, which were then scaled and filleted. The final form was cut out of plywood on an industrial laser cutter. Finally sheets of PET-G plastic were melted through the frames and later mounted to the frames.

Extract Points from Image

Delaunay Algorithm

Scale Triangles based on Image Brightness

Fillet Triangles

Construction Logic

Laser Cut Frames

Melting PET-G

Assembly winston.yuen@yale.edu

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Yale Art Gallery Stairs Pencil on Paper 48� x 72�

Architectural Visualization // 2016 Visualization I and Visualization II, Yale University // Select Individual Works // Critics: Trattie Davies, Miroslava Brooks, Kent Bloomer, Sunil Bald Arts Graduate Scholarship

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Branford and John Edwards Library Walk Pencil on Paper 36” x 48”

IPMS Charcoal on Paper 16” x 24”

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Study in Colour Digital Media 16” x 24”

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