Undergrad portfolio rev.2

John Hu

WU+PCC

Undergraduate

Portfolio

“The success of the masterpieces seems to lie not so much in their freedom from fault-indeed we tolerate the grossest errors in them all-but in the immense persuasiveness of a mind which has completely mastered its perspective.”

Virginia Woolf, From “The Death of the Moth”

CONTENTS NEW SANTA MONICA CONVENTION CENTER

5

THE NEW URBAN HOT SPOT AND THE RECIPROCAL COMMUNITY

18

PAN PACIFIC REHAB CENTER

28

THE ARCHAPRENDER

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NEW SANTA MONICA CONFERENCE CENTER Instructor: Deborah Richmond Studio 4A, Spring 2015

DESCRIPTION The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium has been deserted and unused since 2013. For a variety of reasons, it was no longer a viable venue and represented a net financial loss to the city in maintenance. Currently, the city council is conducting “visioning” workshops to find alternate uses for the aging auditorium.

OBJECTIVE Design a 25,000 SF addition that complements and supports the existing auditorium.

CONCEPT Using data gathered from research, develop a design strategy through precedent studies, with a strong focus on environmental design perimeters such as sun path, wind, daylight and water reuse.

PROCESS (1) Precedent case studies. Inspirations are drawn from three case studies: the California Academy of Science (CAoS), the Adobe cliff dwellings and Lina Bo Bardi’s SESC Pompeia. All case studies are digitally documented and diagrammed.

(2) Site Design. The site is studied regionally for existing circulation and traffic data. Conditions on the site are documented and analyzed. The sunlight diagrams have been a major influence in the structure’s overall form.

(3) Develop a formal strategy. Sun path, prevailing winds are key factors in determining how the form of the building has on its active and passive cooling systems, lightning systems, structure and program.

CONCEPT SKETCH AND DEVELOPMENT

TECTONIC UNIT STUDY: SKIN VS. MODULE

SKIN MODEL

PHYSICAL STUDY MODEL

SUN PATH AND FORM DEVELOPMENT

SANTA MONICA CIVIC AUDITORIUM, LOS ANGELES

PRECEDENT STUDY: ADOBE CLIFF DWELLING

PRECEDENT STUDY: SESC POMPEIA

Ventilation Shaft

Summer

13 MPH Average

Jun. 21

Winter

E

Kive Section: Showing thermal lift

SUNLIGHT

N

VENTILATION

S

Dec. 21

W

PREVAILING WIND

SUN PATH

EXPLODED AXONMETRIC

Brise-Soleli

Primary Structural Ribs

HVAC Systems

Interior Walls

Footings

PHOTOVOLTIC PANELS FOR THE NEW EXHIBITION HALL Integrated, exterior solar photovoltaic tiles can help mitigate and reduce operating cost associated with the new exhibition hall. These solar cells are located at the south-western facade of the building to ensure maximum electricity generation in the afternoon.

Program Boundary

Summer

Winter

Passive Heat Dissipation

Storage Concessions

Gallery

Exhibit Floor B

Exhibit Floor D

Exhibit Floor C

Conference

Conference

Exhibit Floor A

4th Street

Admin Office

Conference

Gallery

N

Prevailing wind: SW @ 12MPH

NORTH-WEST SECTION

NEW EXHIBITION HALL FLOOR PLAN

Gallery

Mech.

Admin.

Office Stage Dressing Room

Gallery

Exhibit Floor D

N

NEW THEATER GROUND LEVEL PLAN

Summer

Passive Heat Dissipation Winter Prevailing wind: SW @ 12MPH

NORTH ELEVATION

NORTH-WEST SECTION

Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete Actuator Retention Bracket 20”x18” I-Beam Sprinkler Supply Line Electrical Duct Mullion Glass Framing Spacer Double-Glass Window Slab-on Grade Concrete Slab 24”x 24” Foundation Bracket (Steel Jointery) 1” Steel Anchoring Bolts 4” Rebar Foam Insulation 12” Main Waste Drain

PHOTOVOLTIC TILES FOR THE NEW THEATER Total (Est.) Surface area..........................................960 sq. ft Power generation per tile (15 sq. ft))............................200 Wh Est. Daily power generation.........................................77kWh Est. Total cost of PV system.......................................$80,000 Est. Daily power usage of New Exhibition Hall.................120 kWh Est. Daily power usage of New Theatre............................85kWh PV system payback period.........................................22 years

AC/DC Invertor

Actuator

PV Module

PV ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM

DETAILED WINDOW ASSEMBLY SECTION

THE URBAN HOT SPOT and RECIPROCAL COMMUNITY Instructors: Gerald Smulevich, Eric Olsen and Micah Rutenberg With Sevana Alexander Studio 4B, Summer 2015

The Evolution of Threshold Spaces: Shaped by user over a long period of time and inducing the change of scale

Continuity VS. Discontinuity

Framing a specific view through change of scale and direction

Spatial differentiation through folding surface

transitional moment by creating change of level

Courtyard

(semi-public)

(private) Plaza (public)

Change of spatial condition between public and private spaces transitional moment by creating interlocking spaces

CONCEPT BOARDS FROM FIELD TRIP OBSERVATIONS AND LANDMARK VISITS These collaged drawing boards contain field trip observational sketches, notes and photographs, for the development of two study aboard urban design projects

BUDAPEST COURTYARD

BERLIN COURTYARD

Enactment

“Transitional Spaces of Addition and Subtraction” The poetic notion of describing the spatial relationships between volume of spaces that shifts, protudes and differences.

Excavation Reciporicity

Transforming City Fabric

Linear and Axial

City Landscape

Reinvented Public Space

Reinvented Living Space

“Vertical Courtyard” Inverse “Mega Courtyard” COURTYARD TYPOLOGIES

GARDEN

SHARED

L- SHAPED

PATIO SHAPED

ATRIUM SHAPED

MULTIPLY SHAPED

THE NEW URBAN HOT SPOT DESCRIPTION The site, located adjacent to the beginning La Ramblas de Poble Nou, a popular tree-lined pedestrian mall frequented by both locals and foreign visitors within the city of Barcelona. La Ramblas has its historical ties with poverty and industrialization, but in recent years it begins losing its urban identity due to the rise of postmodernism and massive tourism.

OBJECTIVE Design and reinvent the empty lot space near the end of La Ramblas, and how this new urban design proposal can enhance and embrace historical values as well as accepting the present and future.

PROCESS (1) Site visit. The La Rambla is a vibrant and modern shopping mall blvd. with rich historical and cultural background.

(2) Site Analysis. The site is looked at the regional for existing circulation at the site. Existing conditions on the site are documented and analyzed.

(3) Propose a site design and program strategy based on field trip research, field trip observational sketches, concept boards, site history and digital documentation. Threshold spaces is the chosen concept that governs the urban design proposal here.

LA RAMBLAS DE POBLE NOU, BARCELONA

TYPES OF THRESHOLD

IN-BETWEEN

VERTICAL

LIGHT AND SHADOW

OPEN TO ENCLOSED

FRAMING A VIEW

Private

Courtyard

(semi-public)

Threshold Space Plaza (Public)

CONNECTION

NEW PROPOSAL

SITE AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

La Rambla Poble Nou

site Location

CIRCULATION DEVELOPMENT

private building

Rambla del Poblenou

Rambla del Poblenou

Rambla del Poblenou

CERDA’S URBAN TYPOLOGY

garden

restaurants

transitional node

SITE DESIGN

transitional node

market

transitional node

PROGRAM PLANNING

Urban threshold spaces

Pocket of spaces on La Rambla are “interpretations of radically different state of affairs�, each of their own unique personality

When two spatial volumes interact with one another, a threshold is created

Threshold as a series of connections and blended spaces

...and these volumes always suggest the beginning and the end of spaces

AXONOMETRIC VIEW

THE RECIPROCAL COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION The site is within the Born district of Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter. (Barri Gotic) It is a cut in the medieval fabric that harbors a very united community of mostly low-income families. Residents in this area has long been critiquing the city government for its attention to urban aesthetics rather than solving urban and social problems.

OBJECTIVE Design and propose a new urban district center for the locals. The design must emphasize on community engagement, improving quality of life of nearby residents and enhance existing facilities on site.

PROCESS (1) Site visit and research. The site is noted for its size, and during what time in the normal workday is the busiest.

(2) Site Analysis. The El Born is a compact and lively urban space. Existing conditions on the site are documented, photographed and analyzed.

(3) Develop a site and program strategy based on site research, a series of sunlight study, digital documentation and field trip observational sketches. Reciprocity is the developed concept from field trip research and sketches prior visiting Barcelona.

EL BORNE, BARCELONA

SITE SUNLIGHT STUDY 12PM

4PM

Summer

8AM

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

Winter

OMA DUTCH EMBASSY

RECIPROCITY

BERLIN JEWISH MUSEUM

NEW PROPOSAL

SITE AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

SUNLIGHT DIAGRAM

CIRCULATION

PROGRAM STUDY

PROPOSAL

PROGRAM AXONOMETRIC

GARDEN

SOCCER FIELD

PLAY GROUND

COMMUNITY CENTER

SHADOW CASTED BY SUMMER SUN

SHADOW CASTED BY WINTER SUN

PROGRAM SPACE

LONGITUDINAL SITE SECTION

PAN PACIFIC REHAB CENTER Instructor: Coleman Griffith Studio 20B, Fall 2011

DESCRIPTION Pan Pacific Park is located at a juncture between the Grove, CBS studio and a residential neighborhood.

The park itself presents opportunities with the theme “transition” as it is a public park frequented by its residents as well as visitors for various activities.

OBJECTIVE Design a rehab center of transitional healing that best fits existing site condition with the theme “transition and reunion.” The architecture should accommodate troubled individuals to undergo transitional rehabilitation, education and employment, and complements existing facilities for park visitors.

CONCEPT “Compatibilism” is developed from the relationship between attraction and repulsion, which also are from project’s theme words: transition, reunion and halfway house.

PROCESS (1) Developing concept. The main idea of the word map is processed from the following words: transition, reunion, and halfway house. Compatibilism is emerged from words during the transition, with bi-nuclear words repulsion and attraction.

(2) Site Analysis. The site is looked at the regionally for existing circulation at the site. Existing conditions on the site are documented and analyzed for known constraints such as zoning, flooding area and wind tunnel.

SITE ANALYSIS

CONCEPT

Compatibilism*

ZONING

FLOOD ZONE

WIND

attract

Repulsion

Attraction

attract

repulse

*Compatibilism offers a solution to the free will problem.

This philosophical problem concerns a disputed incompatibility between free will and determinism.

attract

repulse repulse

attract

attract

MOVEMENT

CONSTRAINTS

GRID

REHAB CENTER AT PAN PACIFIC PARK, LOS ANGELES MATRIX DIAGRAM B

B

A

A

C

A

C

A2

B

C

C2

D

access to parking temperature traffic/noise transition privacy

C2

A2

A2

C2

vegetation neighborhood context best

D

good

bad

D

DATUM REFERENCE

FORMAL STRATEGY

BOUNDING BOX

FLOOD ZONE

CLIMATE PERFORMANCE

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WIND FUNNEL

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ATTRACTION VS. REPULSION

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GROUND LEVEL

EAST ELEVATION

LONG SECTION A

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ROOF ACCESS

EAST ELEVATION

SHORT SECTION B

SHORT SECTION C

ARCHAPRENDER: THE NEW SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Instructor: Coleman Griffith Studio 20B, Fall 2011

DESCRIPTION Reinventing and re-innovating architectural design solutions with transformable and flexible spaces.

The “Archaprender” (chief-learner) is the new design proposal for students and faculty of architecture at Pasadena City College. The design revolves around a series of transformative panels and is situated inside a former boiler building used by the college.

OBJECTIVE Design an architecture school that will accommodate the needs for both students and faculty, with emphasis on spatial efficiency and transformable spaces that can adapt and learn.

CONCEPT Chameleons are born with special cells that have a color, or pigment, and they are capable of changing chameleon’s exterior skin color. The design adopts a similar approach, with an enclosure system that can change, adapt and manage the penetrability of sunlight and wind.

MAIN ENTRANCE

PROCESS (1) Concept development and finding external reference. “Adaptability” is emerged from chameleon’s ability to color change, and the learning theme “operant conditioning.”

(2) Site Analysis. The site is looked at regionally for existing conditions. Sunlight and wind condition is an important factor here as it helps in determining the movement of the wall and roof panels, and the way how they transform.

(3) Developing the roof enclosure system. Floor panels located on the upper level can fold and expand at will, efficiently accommodating the needs of program users based on class schedule and other extracurricular activities ROOF ENCLOSURE SYSTEM

CONCEPT DIAGRAM 

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ARCHAPRENDER, PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, LOS ANGELES

CIRCULATION

MORNING

NOON

LATE-AFTERNOON

ENCLOSURE SYSTEM

THE CORE

SHELL

PLATFORM 

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GROUND LEVEL

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LONG SECTION A, WITH LABELED SEQUENCE OF TRANSFORMATION

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UPPER LEVEL

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ROOF PLAN

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SHORT SECTION B, WITH LABELED SEQUENCE OF TRANSFORMATION

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NO TRANSFORMATION

TRANSFORMATION 2

TRANSFORMATION 1

FULLY TRANSFORMED