Selection Works of Yi-Lin Khor

CONTENTS 01 Spline eco-district | systematic site design / Lair 02 Layer cultural heritage | contested landscape

Park 03 Groove stormwater treatment | park

city 04 15-minute mapping Yi-Lin (Elaine) Khor ykhor@uw.edu (206) 419-0180

Winterbottom:Sketching as Witness 05 Daniel exhibition design

Coming from a background studying the Japanese Language and literature, I am intrigued by the concepts of Wabi and Sabi, which emphasized the harmonious coexistence of nature beings.

I firmly believe to fulfill the euphonious world, systematic thinking toward a site and the design for livings are important for facing unpredictable climate change, which are the values I want to bring to every project.

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Seattle, WA

ABOUT ME

Concept Spline

Land

Water Traditional Industry

Spline Waterfront | Systematic Design | Streetscape Group Work | 3 month | City of Bellingham, WA SCAN Design Foundation Studio | Instructor: Nancy Rottle Rhino Building | iPad Drawing | Adobe Suite The Bellingham waterfront is characterized by severe environmental degradation beginning when this land was formed through the dredging of the Whatcom canal, followed by a century of industrial pollution. We see this project as an opportunity to mend the green and blue ecology of this space through the creation of a Living Industry eco-district.

A spline is a woodworking joint where a secondary wood is inserted between two unmatched surfaces resulting in the strengthening of disparate parts. We envision green industry as a spline that joins and strengthens the ecologies of land and water allowing us to address our three primary historical challenges: i. single-use industry ii. separation of people from the waterfront area. iii. environmental degredation.

We bring our vision to life by expanding on the existing area plan and context. Just south of the planned housing, green space and hotel areas, this industry district requires lowered noise and accessible spaces that are healthy for people and the environment.

The group agreed with the concept together, then each of us take on different part of focus area: Akeo Maifeld-Carucci focus on the system of the site, Lauren Corn focus on the Hawk Hill, , Seyyada Burney focus on the Tidal Garden, I focus on the middle symbiosis district area, the Spline, also researching on phytoremediation methods and vegetation, and the flow of the industry.

Focus area in project Yi-Lin Khor

Strategies (Site History Credit to Burney)

Break into Diversified Industries Multi-modal ‘spline’ path centers access, moving the train to its historic line along bluff We lift the bluff side and drop the water edge, reducing train noise and connecting the city to the waterfront

This creates a palette on which we build our symbiotic living industry

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Historical and Ecological Analysis

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Internal Flow Diagram Yi-Lin Khor

External Flow Diagram

Our proposal uses our conceptual Land, Industry and Water stakeholders to create three overlapping regions, joined and strengthened by our industrial spline: i. Hawk Hill covers the train, contains and remediates contaminated soil, while adding connection to the waterfront. ii. The central industry spline, creates a lively working zone where symbiotic industry connects land and water in an experiential public space. iii. The Tidal Garden processes stormwater and dry-dock effluent to release clean water into a softened, resilient shoreline.

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The view southwest down the multi-modal spline path from in between the Food Campus and Green Incubator. Railroad planter beds on the left and open display windows connect people to the past and current industry.

Carbon sequestration

Camassia quamash

Prairie Planting Palette

View from next to the Greenhouse looking in between the Food Campus and Office through the semi-public worker’s space and up at Hawk Hill and Bellingham.

Forest Planting Palette Carbon sequestration potential Helianthus annuus

Roemer’s fescue Lupinus polyphyllus

(Section Drawing Credit to Corn)

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Populous nigra

View of the southern end of the spline with the biomass and biochar plants on the left. Ahead, the shipping container passage connects people from the berm to the Mass Timber Plant’s public green roof.

Looking from the spline across at Footprint Plaza, the education center and the Mass Timber plant behind. The Plaza is shown being used for a mass timber demonstration and a temporary food truck stop.

(Section Drawing Credit to Corn)

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Layer / Lair Cultural Heritage | Contested Landscape Individual Work | 3 month | Taipei City, Taiwan Advanced Studio | Instructor: Jeff Hou and Selina Chiu Rhino Modeling | Illustrator & Photoshop Rendering | Model Making Layer/Lair is a project to re-envision the previous military dictator memorial space, Chaing Kai-Shek Memorial Hall (CKS Memorial Hall), by transforming the site’s narrative from homogenous to heterogeneous. Layers act as spaces for breathing air from the supreme authority, distractions for the admiration underlying the design of the main building, and provide welcoming areas for new thoughts of usage in the future.

The etymology of the word, Layer, has long been argued to be a respelling of an obsolete agricultural use of lair. The old English of the word, Lair, origins in Germanic origin, means a resting or sleeping place.

Layer/Lair can mean “layer-layer”, to arrange a single thickness of the material covering a surface in order. Or it can means layer lair, to arrange the layers of different resting places.

Although the authoritarian rule has ended in Taiwan, the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall remains in the center of Taipei City and has become one of the main tourist spots. The evidence of authoritarian existence has lived in one’s memories ever since.after years of democratic transition, the story of CKS Memorial Hall is no longer just to commemorate a past ruler. Instead, it has become a place where people gather for demonstrations and protests. Stories with more diverse voices are being told here. Now, a chance to reform the narrative of the space is given, yet there are still untold stories lying beneath.

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Strategies

Historical Contexts and Issues

Contend

Intrude

Compromise

Preserve

Connect

Balance

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Master Plan

Section A People eyesight is distracted by the layered platform, creating disorientation toward the original “Admiration and Worship” feeling from the main CKS memorial building.

Section A

Section B

Section C

Section B Layered platforms are intruding towards the structure itself, increasing accessibilities and new viewpoints to the once milatary dicator Chiang Kai-Shek.

Section C The platforms provide more usages toward the surrounding vacant space and given more breathing for people who want to showcase their thoughts.

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Programming

Multi-functional Exhibition Platform

Diaglogue Platform

Semi-private Platform

Recreational Platform

Open roof Platform Protest Platform Traditional Cultural Platform

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Groove Park

Stormwater Treatment | Park Group Work | 3 month | City of Seattle, WA Design Implementation | Instructor: Aaron Luoma Handdrawing | Grading & Drainage | CAD Drawing The site locates at 12004 31st Ave. NE, Seattle City, WA 98125. The project is a site improvement and demonstration area for stormwater treatment. Given the premise that in a team of two, we are an imaginary company hired by the Seattle Public Utilities & Seattle Parks & Recreation. The goal is to solve the significant flows of untreated stormwater directed to the Thornton Creek to the south, and the site is selected to capture a large portion of water to store and treat the water before naturally infiltrating.

Other requirements such as a low-maintenance design with a planting scheme that is relatively drought-tolerant, 40% of the site area is an accounted for stormwater treatment, two large conifers trees are preserved on-site, and a minimum of one ADA compliant pedestrian connection between 31st Ave. NE to NE 120th St. The park design aims to create as much habitat for the urban creature as possible by bridging the main crossing pathway. Moreover, viewpoints and experiences when transferring through the site are also considered in the design. The pedestrian bridge comes with two sides seating benches. In addition, the middle area is designed for more seating areas with canopy from the tree planted beneath. Visitors can either rest and enjoy the rain garden view when facing southwest or enjoy the sun in the lawn area at the northeast of the pedestrian bridge.

Perspective View Drawing looking from the 31st Ave. NE path toward the pedestrian bridge.

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LA Fitness

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Idea Sketch of relationship between space created by pedestrian bridge and the sidewalks on both sides

Grading Plan of the Groove Park

Schematic Design Plan from the second week

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15-min city

Daniel Winterbottom: Sketching as Witness

Mapping Individual Work | 2 weeks | Seattle, WA Mapping of the Duwamish | Instructor: Julie Parret

Exhibit Design | Installation Individual Work | Jan-Feb 2023 | In-person in Seattle, WA Work Experience | Daniel Winterbottom Model Making | Video Shooting | Adobe Suite

Mapping South Park neighborhood have endured lack of accessibilities from public transits and safe pedestrian walkways historically, being seperated by route 99. The aim for this short project is to showcase the 15 minute accessibility in the neighborhood, with red indicates the bus and people footage.

This exhibit features the sketches and watercolor works of Daniel Winterbottom from his neighborhood wanderings and observations of pandemic life: “deserted streets, businesses closing overnight, and a dramatic increase of homeless encampments.”

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