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Hi, I am man hin ivan yan or just ivan; but not just man, and not just hin. Alternatively, you may call me: yan man hin [eye-van]

[yuun]

[munn]

[heen]

(like van)

a s m a t t e r i n g o f s e l e c t e d w o r k s b y a p e r s o n w h o b e l i e v e s t h a t

Peanut Butter & Ham Sandwiches are a Legitimate Comfort Food* * w i t h

a d d i t i o n a l

c o m m e n t a r y

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2021

Society of American Registered Architect National Design Awards Award of Excellence: Trash Machine, Student Category

2021

Society of American Registered Architect NY Council Design Awards Award of Honour: Trash Machine, Student Category

2021

NYS Mass Timber Symposium: SUNY ESF Mass Timber Design Competition 2nd Prize: Hygge Pod, Site #2 – SUNY ESF F. Franklin Moon Library

2022

Pratt SoA Awards: Architecture of the Post Anthropocene Award Honourable Mention

2022

W ORK E XPERIENCE ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

BAAO, Brooklyn, New York, USA Architectural Design Intern - Worked on community projects for a family shelter in the Bronx alongside high end residential projects such as a ground-up beach side house, a gut-renovated brownstone overlooking a park, and various custom interior build outs.

2021

E DUCATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Pratt Institute; Graduate Architecture and Urban Design; Brooklyn, New York, USA Master Graduate in Architecture (first professional) - Merit-based Scholarship of 66,000.00 - Awarded fellow grant of 12,000.00, with Prof. Alexandra Barker and Co. (Taconic Fellowship)

2022

Student Associations - Pratt School of Architecture Dean’s Student Council (2020-2022) - Pratt Graduate Student Council Representative (2020-2022) - Pratt GAUD Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Taskforce (2019-2022) Student Employment - Research Assistant under Prof. Haresh Lalvani – Pratt SoA, Center for Experimental Structures (2021-2022) - Assisted on 4D- Cubic Lattice of ChemicalElements and Minimum Surfaces of Fundamental Regionsand Full Polygonal Families Student Selected Works - Pratt SoA Archives – Y1 Spring 2020: School of CellularIndustrial Past; Y2 Spring 2021: Trash Machine; Y3 Fall 2022: Powerbank; Y3 Fall 2022: [OUR]Generation; Y3 Spring 2022: Nanotectonica SEM-GAN - Wast[ED]: Living with Trash; Pratt Parallels, Center for Architecture Exhibition & Discussion: Trash Machine (2021) - Pratt Earth Action Week Virtual Exhibition, hosted by Pratt Sustainability Center: Trash Machine (2021) - RE: Gov. Island GAUD Exhibition/Research Space – RE: SIDING: Flowing and Rupturing Waves (2020) University of Toronto; Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design; Toronto, Ontario, Canada Honours Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies – majoring in Architectural Design and in Architectural History, Theory, and Criticism - Degree conferred by John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design - Coursework in Architecture Design, Architectural History and Theory, Philosophy, and Urban Studies

2019

Student Associations - Director of Design and Marketing – American Institute of Architecture Students (2017-2019) - Editor-in-Chief – The Windows, New College’s Student Publication (2018-2019) Student Volunteering - Daniels Faculty – History of Housing Film Series: The Lives of Others (Overseen by Professor Petros Babasikas)

C OMPUTER L ITERACY ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

- Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom), Rhino 3D (Grasshopper,VRay), and Autodesk suite (CAD, Revit)

H OBBIES

AND

I NTERESTS

- Sport Climbing (V6 boulderer) - Mechanical watches, fountain pens, analog photography

- Custom mechanical keyboard and keycap designer - Kendo (5th Kyu)

i n t rodu ct ion

Fellow of the Taconic Fellowship – Pratt Center for Community Development Project Topic: All Weather Garden Pavilions, with Concourse House and The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum

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A CCOL ADES

Peanut Butter & Ham Sandwiches? When I was a kid, I got really hungry one afternoon; with my parents busy, I decided to invigorate my culinary abilities and combine my favourite (hk style) egg and ham sandwich with my go to peanut butter sandwich, and since I didn’t know how to cook a scrambled egg yet it just became a peanut butter and ham sandwich. This weird combination was something I surprisingly liked, with a silly story to back it up, producing an experience that I still return to from time to time today. This unusual exploration would later come to manifest itself in my thinking, as I believe architecture should be an experience, be fun, and leave a impactful story like a peanut butter and ham sandwich manifested by a child. Peanut butter and ham therefore became more than just a perculiar comfort food, but a means of design ideology. Here I have selected a smattering of work that I have found most fun and enjoyment in, ones that come with its own stories and an attempt at a production of lasting experience. a waste to energy/recycling plant that is also a nightclub; [trash machine]

a chinese garden and memorial to immigrants built underground; [a scarred place]

a middle school biology saying ‘mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell’; [school of cellular industrial past]

a library space of building blocks mixed with complex cnc-clt structures; [hygge pods]

and a gerberette structure house built around two tables or ‘stages’. [the living theatre]

– twenty twenty two

“humans dancing is like trash wiggling; therefore, humans = trash.” otherwise known as — trash machine — 2 0 2 0 — 0 0 1 “something lost; something found; something remembered.” otherwise known as — a scarred place. — 2 0 2 2 — 0 1 3 “all I got from biology is that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.” otherwise known as — school of cell. ind. past — 2 0 2 0 — 0 2 1 “back at Toronto we had Robarts; this is the opposite of Robarts.” otherwise known as — hygge pods — 2 0 2 1 — 0 2 9 “a house I would live in.” otherwise known as — the living theatre — 2 0 1 8 — 0 3 5

smat t er in g of wor k s

twenty fifteen

table of contents

commentary

“ humans

dancing is like trash wiggling;

therefore, humans = trash.

“

Brooklyn Navy Terminal, New York City, United States of America

instructor

Alexandra Barker

partner

Max Sopher

school

Pratt Institute Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

–

sketches intro

Urban life is circumscribed by an endless stream of waste. The fulfilment of our daily needs creates unsightly mountains of trash teetering on the edge of sidewalks. We like to avoid thinking about those piles of trash, but they are part of us. Humans are waste; waste is human. What if instead of rejecting it, we embraced the lifecycle of waste, and our place in it? What if we partied with our trash? Trash Machine - a waste-to-energy plant, recycling facility, and nightclub in Williamsburg, Brooklyn - juxtaposes the energetic flow of humans with the energetic flow of waste.

spring 2021

Digestive tracts

t rash mac h in e

project

arch704 ‘Dsgn 4: Integrated Studio’ Studio ’

details

trash machine

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KENT AVE

IS DIV

KE NT

As people move through the building, converting their stored fuel into dance moves, trash and recyclables move on their own tracks, transforming into heat, electricity, water vapor, and bales. The kinetic energy of dancing footsteps are converted into electricity, driving the conveyor belts. The wasteto-energy process converts trash to electricity, which powers speakers, charges vehicles, and feeds back into the local grid. The community feeds the machine, and the machine feeds the community.

ION

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BUILDING+WATER

AVE

DANCE+RECYCLING

WASTE+DANCE

PEOPLE+TRASH

ROOF+GROUND

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WINTER: DAY heating increased so as to create comfortable conditions for visitors

WINTER: NIGHT heating maintained in lounge/bar areas, lowered in dance spaces; crowd heat equalizes comfort

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SUMMER: DAY occupancy sparse; interior cooled to moderate, pleasant temperature

SUMMER: NIGHT nightclub filled; interior cooling increased to balance heat from crowd

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“ somethings

lost;

somethings

somethings remembered.

“

found;

Castle Mountain, San Bernadino County, United States of America

primary instructor Thomas Leeser

secondary instructors

Kai Uwe-Bergmann;Alican Taycan;Debora Mesa-Molina

school

Pratt Institute Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

– spring 2022

sketches

quarry process

yaodong process

intro

History is filled with scars of humanity, whether it be the physical scarring of the landscape due to our anthropogenic extractionism or the cultural scarring of immigrant history, our current methodology of dealing with them is erasure. The current modus operandi of repairing open pit mines in California is backfilling, a physical act of erasure of the damage; and the Chinese immigrants who have came to the US that toiled on the railways and mines were almost erased from history through the metaphorical burying of their stories.

a scar red place.

project

arch806 ‘Studio of Experiments:+AMBIGUITY-’

details

a scarred place.

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So what if we embraced this damage r

to create a space of healing, remem

I propose a space which offers an ex

in order to highlight the power an

and walk mirroring the immigrant ex

residences allowing one to spend ti

rather than burying it? what if we used the methods of extractionism and the toiling of the immigrants

mbrance, and exposition.

xperience to embrace the grandure of the anthropocenic age, to view the expansiveness of our damages

nd reckoning we have brought onto ourselves. Furthermore, the experience shall produce a memorial

xperience, with spaces geared towards healing and memorializing those who have came before us, with

ime to reflect on the two points.

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The anthropogenic age arose from destr

Using the same power afforded to us th

landscape/nature and provide a place o

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uctive environmental exploitation and the erased history of the immigrants and workers that built it.

hat created those incidents, I aim to architecturally highlight the damaging open pit mines as a new

of healing and remembrance to commemorate the exploited immigrant labor.

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“

all I got from biology is that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

“

Sunset Park, New York City, United States of America

instructor

Maria Sieira

school

Pratt Institute Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

– spring 2020

massing intro

Education, learning, and schooling can be centered around two important motions of engagement. The first is gathering, the second listening. To gather is to prepare for the message, to listen is to absorb the knowledge that is passed forth. In a middle school environment these two elements are integral to the understanding and growth of the students, as they enter a growth period in which a more rebellious yet curious mind starts to form, otherwise known as puberty, and to respect the modes of gathering and listening to each other become pertinent to fostering a healthy environment. It’s imperative to have an agency allowing the children to choose their places of gathering and make it their own, and have places they can choose to listen and share, spaces in which confidence and security can be instilled in them.

sc h ool of cellu lar in du st r ial past

project

arch602 ‘Dsgn 2: Interiorities/Context’ Interiorities/Context ’

details

school of cellular industrial past

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Level 5

Level 4

+64.0

+48.0 D

fourth avenue

+32.0

fortythird street

Level 3

C Level 2

Level 1

+16.0

+0.0 B

-16.0

Level -1

Level 5

Level 4

Level 3

+64.0 Level 5

+48.0 Level 4

+32.0 Level 3

+64.0

+48.0

+32.0

Level 5

Level 4

Level 3

scale = 1":32'

scale = 1":32' 16

In a middle school environment these two elements are integral to the understanding and growth of the students, as they enter a growth period in which a more rebellious yet curious mind starts to form, otherwise known as puberty, to respect the modes of gathering and listening to each other become pertinent to fostering a healthy environment.

+64.0

Level 5

+48.0

Level 4

+32.0

Level 3

+64.0

+48.0

+32.0

Level 5

Level 4

Level 3

+64.0

+48.0

+32.0

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The building form understands and somewhat explicitly reinforces the grand history of sunset park and its industrial past, while its more robust iconography provides a solidity needed within a time of ﬂuidity of growing up.

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“

bac k at Toronto we had Robar ts;

t h i s i s t h e o p p o s i t e o f R o b a r t s .“

SUNY College ESF, Syracuse, United States of America

instructor

Cristobal Correa

partner Max Sopher

school

Pratt Institute Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

– fall 2021

sketches intro

Prefabricated CLT modules create cozy study, learning, and gathering spaces at a flexible small-to-medium scale. Partitioned by a dual layer of sliding door and curtain, modules can be connected to allow for classes or large groups or separated for individuals and small groups. A range of built-in furniture and shelving expands the utility of the existing library. Vertically stacked individual study carrels provide spaces of further focus and punctuate the grid of modules. Common circulation space connects modules to a large central atrium, where shelving, seating, and a cafe create a campus-wide destination for study, focus, and relaxation. Warm wood interiors throughout highlight the beauty and character of mass timber.

hygge pods

project

arch 770 ‘Constructing Complexity’

details

hygge pods

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COMPONENT FABRICATION 1A. Pressure Molded CLT

Module

components

fabricated

are

onsite

using

Adirondack softwoods that are pressure-molded and milled to shape.

The

nonwood all

design

minimizes

components,

components

through

with

interfacing

interlocking with

load-bearing

adhesive.

Mini

split

for

electric

easily

off

individual

depending

demand. Operable windows and clerestory

provide

natural

ventilation.

Two

fabrication

proposed: raw

the

timber

and

routes

first

MODULE ASSEMBLY

units

module heating can be turned on

installed

heating;

assembled

1C. CN

joinery

assembled

allow

1B. Raw Component CLT Piece

are

brings

fabricated fully

2A. Components Flatlay

2B. Components A

Unalam, a regional mass timber specialist, with modules then trucked

onsite

onto

the

direct

raw

roof;

timber

nearby

the

brings

directly

vacant

lot, where Unalam specialists and

equipment

temporary to

assembled.

create

fabrication

assemble

components,

can

the

3A. Components Expansion Possibilities

second,

approach

warehouse

EXPANSION AND MOVEMENT

craned

site

compact

stored,

and

3B. Shipping Methodology

NC Detailing of Raw CLT

Assembly through Joinery

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1D. Completed CLT Component

Notes I: COMPONENT FABRICATION The components are made from a two step process; first, pressure lamination molds the CLT "blank" into its rough overall form; then CNC milling produces the final finish and details of each component.

Notes II: MOLDED PLYWOOD SKIN 2C. Air/Vapor & Insulating Layer

2D. Exterior Rainscreen Installed

To produce the complex combination of molding component fabrication. purpose as an exterior

geometry through plywood through a and cnc finishing not disimilar to the The wood is then treated to withstand its finish.

Notes III: PROPOSED ROUTES

ARRIVAL

4A. Installation of Unit on Site

Two fabrication routes are proposed: the first brings raw timber to be fabricated and assembled fully at Unalam, a regional mass timber specialist, with modules then trucked onsite to be craned onto the roof; the second, more direct approach brings raw timber directly to a nearby warehouse or vacant lot, where Unalam specialists and equipment can create a temporary fabrication site to assemble the compact components, stored, and assembled.

Notes IV: PLUG AND PLAY The prefabricated rooms are lifted into place, plugging onto a prepared foot and skirt, with heating and cooling provided through a mini-split system that connects multiple rooms into one unit, shielded by the curved spaces between the units.

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MODULE BUILD GUIDE B01.

B02.

B03.

B04.

B05.

Cafe and General Study Flexible Rooms Accessibility Rooms Medium Sized Rooms Small Sized Rooms Monkey Carrels

Flexibility is built into the m

Loggia

freestanding furniture and fla

existing structural grid; sized ensures that the addition will D1. Overview of One Potential Assemblage on Franklin Moon Library

D2. Programmatic Possibility of Differently Sized Modules

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B06.

B07.

B08.

B09.

modular design, allowing for customization by the end user. Beyond the mixture of built-in vs.

at vs. sunken floor configurations, modules can be extended to accommodate the rhythm of the

d up; or even stacked vertically. Flexibility both within the design phase and post-occupancy serve and adapt to student and institutional needs for years to come.

“

a house I would live in.

“

Macpherson Avenue, Toronto, Canada

instructor

Alexander Josephson

school

University of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, & Design

sketches

– spring 2018

intro

The Living Theatre was envisioned as a reactionary response and reflection that I realised that architecture was something that transcended civic duty to me - it was personal. Facing a particularly harsh season of my academic career the Living Theatre emerged as a declaration to create something disruptive, something that I wanted to do, something selfish. Spurred on by an encounter during the site visiting where the lawyer next door told me to create a four story condominium with underground parking, the building responds as a stage of counterresponse declaring its existence and proposing that it has something to show. The Living Theatre is a house I would live in.

t h e livin g t h eat re

project

arch361 ‘architecture studio III’cumulative III ’cumulative project

details

the living theatre

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cardinal cliché Committing

one

the

cardinal

clichés

architecture, I patently inverted Casa Malaparte as my first movement in creating my project – in inverting the heavy cliff as the house and the house as the cliff, the beginning ideas of a lifted house and a stage can be seen.

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site analysis and plan to di

Sec tio n A

Se cti on B

Sec tio n C

Se cti on D

Tow ards the City of Mon tréa l, QC

Oper ation al Time s: 24 Hour s, 7 Time s a Week Frequ ency per Day: 0 to 30 train s

t Se cti on Cu

Tow ards the City of Lon don, ON

Oper ation al Time s: 24 Hour s, 7 Time s a Week Frequ ency per Day: 0 to 30 train s

M a t e r i a l i t y

Tad ao An d o Co n cre t e ( ? )

Frank Gehr y House C hainl ink Fenc e (?)

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microtesl

100

10 microteslas

1 microteslas

srupt Macpherson Avenue

The Building is Thrown onto the Site, Fig. 1.

Went to the Site and Scribbled Some n

Sectio

Cut

T he Buildin g is T hrown on to the Site, Fig . 2.

Night

05:13 — 05:47am

Astronomical Twilight

05:47 — 06:20am

Nautical Twilight

06:20 — 06:48am

Civil Twilight

06:48 — 06:51am

Sunrise

06:51am — 18:09pm

Daylight

18:09 — 18:12pm

Sunset

18:12 — 18:40pm

Civil Twilight

18:40 — 19:14 pm

Nautical Twilight

19:14 — 19:47pm

Astronomical Twilight

19:47pm — 00:00 am

Night

Sunpath & Time of Day as of March 5th, 2018

00:00 — 05:13am

C A

C A 06:48 AM – SUNRISE

18:09 PM – SUNSET

12:00 PM – MIDDAY

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illustration of the Artist’s progamming of the diptych The

side

allocated

for

the

artist

represented

reclusive

and

meditative programming, housing the private quarters of the chef and the artist. When the guest observes the area of the artist, one may see him in a monastic state of work, glimpses of his performance that are interspaced by the gerberette structures.

illustration of the Chef’s progamming of the diptych The

side

allocated

for

the

chef

represented

the

social

and

invitational aspect of the stage, creating a space that exhibits the chef and his ‘performance’, with areas to host guests while channeling the focus towards the chef and his kitchen.

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plan of the site and the Living Theatre House

interior plan

T H E

C H E F

interior rendering of th I

wanted

create

‘Living

Theatre’

that

highl

characters that reflected the respective extremeties their performance of skills.

~ THE ARTIST ~

he Living Theatre house

lighted

the

absurdity

home

life

creating

two

s of my personality to envision a house based around