Architecture Portfolio 2018 - Leah Hong

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Leah Hong Portfolio 2018

Waiting Watercolor Personal Spring 2015

Contents Rendering

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Modeling

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Drawing

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Observation 39 - 42

Rendering

Using extrusions derived from intersecting elements of the pre-exisiting Campo Marzio plan, I composed an arrangement for a roaming garden. Inspired by the “false interiors� that seemed to appear during the design process, I experimented with the ambivalence of partial structures to imply an inside while also framing the landscape.

Garden of Partials Arch 211 Instructor - Zain Abuseir Rhino, V-Ray, Photoshop, Illustrator Fall 2017

Extrusions Intersected Rhino, Illustrator Arch 211 Instructor - Zain Abuseir Fall 2017 7

Tiles Rhino, Illustrator Arch 211 Instructor - Zain Abuseir Fall 2017 8

Modeling

“Initiative for an Inclusive Campus” was the Initiative for Inclusive Design’s entry for the University of Michigan’s Campus of the Future Competition. Our intent was to imagine spaces that create equitable academic environments for people of a broader range of ability. This project reached the final round of the competition.

My main roles in this colloborative project involved research of existing architecture on U-M’s campus and heading the design and construction of the hexagonal classrooms and the bathrooms, as well as the furniture within them.

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Initiative for an Inclusive Campus Campus of the Future Design Competition Finalist Collaborators - Mitchell Lawrence, Ellis Wills-Begley, Courtney Klee Museum Board, Acrylic Summer/Fall 2017

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This cube is meant to be a representation of the verb “drag.� After two study models that approached the word in different ways, I synthesized the two to make a model with forms that resulted from a dragged removal of material.

Verbiage (Part 1): Drag Chipboard, Basswood Arch 218 Instructor - Michael Jefferson Winter 2018 16

Taking the elevational and section drawings of the “Drag� cube, I rearranged and translated them to create an abstract mat drawing. I then overlaid topographical lines derived from my thumbprint using an acetone transfer of a laser-printed image. After several iterations, I then used the reconciled mat drawing as a plan for a three-dimensional site.

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Verbiage (Part 2): Mat Drawing Graphite, Hand drawing Arch 218 Instructror - Michael Jefferson Winter 2018 18

From the series of drawings derived from earlier stages of this project involving a cube meant to represent the verb “drag�, I created a model that explored it as three-dimensional forms in relation to topography based on my thrumbprint. Using structures as frames, I sought to play with the illusion of solidness and how that affected procession through the site.

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Verbiage (Part 3): Illusory Solidness Basswood, Museum Board Arch 218 Instructor - Michael Jefferson Winter 2018 20

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After creating a model of a “perfect” 6”x6”x6” cube, I then created a model that conceptualized how that same cube would appear with sixteen 1”x1”x1” voxels removed from it. The concentration of extraction occurs at the center of the cube, spreading outwards to give the impression of erosion and inward collapse.

Edited Cube Chipboard, Graphite, Hand drawing Arch 218 Instructor - Michael Jefferson Winter 2018 24

Drawing

Maison Bordeaux (OMA) Graphite, Hand drawing Arch 202 Instructor - Dawn Gilpin Winter 2017

Cube Exploded Graphite, Freehand drawing Arch 201 Instructor - Melissa Harris Fall 2016 29

Pencil Sharpener Exploded Graphite, Freehand drawing Arch 201 Instructor - Melissa Harris Fall 2016 30

Plan to Elevation Graphite, Freehand drawing Arch 201 Instructor - Melissa Harris Fall 2016 31

Cubic Yard Graphite, Freehand drawing Arch 201 Instructor - Melissa Harris Fall 2016 32

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Sections of a Classroom Graphite, Freehand drawing Arch 201 Instructor - Melissa Harris Fall 2016 34

Through a close study of a stairwell in the architecture building of Taubman College, I attempted to document how light creates space by giving shape and texture to forms and how a read on what is made visible by light is not always equivalent to what is actually present.

Light Spaces Graphite, Freehand drawing Arch 201 Instructor - Melissa Harris Fall 2016 36

Observation

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The waterolor paintings featured in this portfolio are part of a series of paintings in which I studied the relationship between light and environments both built and natural. I was interested in how light augmented shape, texture, and color while simultaneously being shaped and colored by the environment that it permeates.

Selected Watercolors Personal 2015-2018 40

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Thank you.

Leah Hong (256)653-2080 leahhong@umich.edu