Katherine Lo | Work Sample Summer 2021

Katherine Lo Architectural

Selected Work Sample

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AIR X CHANGE

EVOLO SKYSCRAPER COMPETITION | SPRING 2021

KILN CYCLE

INTRO TO ARCHITECTURE STUDIO II | SPRING 2018

ANCHORED COMPLEX

INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO | FALL 2019

AIR X CHANGE

AIR X CHANGE

RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD vs INTERCHANGE SCALE

STADIUMS vs INTERCHANGE LOOP SCALE

MIXED USED BUILDING vs LOOP SCALE

PARTCULATE FILTRATION TOWER COMPETITION: EVOLO COMPETITION | 2021 TYPE: MIXED USE/RESIDENTIAL SITE: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA TEAMMATES: NATHAN NGUYEN, JERALYN TSENG, & ALEX CHAU

BUILDING SYSTEMS

BACKGROUND:

The AirXchange is a multipurpose tower centered around community support with a flexible education program. It is designed to adapt to issues of air quality in Los Angeles, where insufficient infrastructure has led to the city’s failure to adequately weather various crises. The design seeks to provide the highest quality air possible throughout the building by configuring the airflow system to four scenarios: clean air days, wildfire or pollution, epidemic or disease, and the concurrence of both wildfire and disease. While the last scenario is the most severe, the overlapping pandemic and wildfires in California has shown that it is still a scenario that must be accounted for. In preparation for a post-pandemic world of possible future crises, including the universal necessity of clean air as well as the convergence of home, work, and school, the AirXchange seeks to provide a space for public use, education, and residence.

LOS ANGELES INFOGRAPHICS HIGH SCHOOL DISTRIBUTION

COVID-19 VUNERALBILITY

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L.A. INTERCHANGES

POVERTY MAP

DEMOGRAPHICS

EDUCATION INDEX

TRANSLATION OF HORIZONTAL HOSPITAL AIR SYSTEM INTO SKYSCRAPER TYPOLOGY

CORE

L1-L8 PUBLIC FLOORPLANS

COLUMNS

INTERIOR WALLS

L10-L16 SCHOOL FLOORPLANS

SHADING FACADE

EXTERIOR FACADE

L16-L48 RESIDENTIAL FLOORPLANS

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AIR X CHANGE AIRFLOW SYSTEM BY SCENARIO CLEAR

WILDFIRE

DISEASE

WILDFIRE+DISEASE

SMOG LEVELS OVER TIME CONTAMINATED AIR EXHAUST

RESIDENTIAL

INDOOR vs OUTDOOR DISEASE TRANSMISSION

CONTAMINATED AIR EXHAUST

CONTAMINATED AIR EXHAUST

CONTAMINATED AIR EXHAUST

CONTAMINATED AIR EXHAUST

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

SCHOOL

SCHOOL

SCHOOL

SCHOOL

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

PUBLIC SPACE

PUBLIC SPACE

PUBLIC SPACE

PUBLIC SPACE

RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE RESIDENTIAL

SEMI-OUTDOOR SPACE DURING WILDFIRE

EXTERIOR FACADE VIEW

RESIDENTIAL SEMI-OPEN SPACE RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE GREEN OPEN SPACE

MULTIPURPOSE SCHOOL SPACE SCHOOL

GREEN OPEN SPACE

OPEN PUBLIC SPACE ON CLEAR DAY PUBLIC OPEN PARK BIKE ORIENTED RETAIL

UNDERGROUND PARKINGRETAIL

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KILN CYCLE

KILN CYCLE

SITE AXONOMETRIC

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LIASON ACADEMIC TERM: INTRODUCTION TO ARCH STUDIO II | SPRING 2018 PROFESSOR: DAN SPIEGAL TYPE: CERAMICS STUDIO/GALLERY SITE: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA INDIVIDUAL WORK

BACKGROUND:

The Kiln Cycle is associated with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles is for the creation and exhibition of sculpture. It is located in a former industrial by the city canal that is targeted for renovation.

The central conceit of this building is that it houses a fifty foot long anagama kiln, a traditional kiln which can fire large amounts of ceramic pieces two to three month creation cycle. The combination of large scale traditional crafting methods is set to juxapose with modernist formalist encasing and postindustrial surroundings.

CONCEPT MODELS

CONCEPT SKETCHES

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KILN CYCLE TRANSVERSE SECTION

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

SITE MODEL SIDE VIEW 1/16”=1’ SCALE

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

SECTION MODEL 1/8”=1’ SCALE

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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ANCHORED COMPLEX

ANCHORED COMPLEX F L O A T I N G

L I N K E D

SITE MODEL 1/32”=1’ SCALE

H U L L S

ACADEMIC TERM: INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO | FALL 2019 INSTRUCTORS: MARK JENSEN & STEVEN HUEGLI TYPE: MIXED USE/COMMUNITY/ RESEARCH SITE: SAN RAFAEL ,CALIFORNIA INDIVIDUAL WORK

BACKGROUND:

The Anchored Complex is centered around the idea of addressing both seismic and flooding threats through various strategies. By having the project actually be a series of buildings that can float and thus rise and fall with the water, the project itself can deal with both issues by avoiding direct contact with the ground.

The main program of this project would be a research center focused on the study and purification of water.

However, each unit would have its own distinct program, going from more public outreach spaces to more technical and support-based places. In times of crisis could also serve as a community support center. With the concrete hull serving as a foundation for a singular unit, metal supports are embedded within the hull to form the rest of each building. Using the fundamentals of buoyancy, the concrete hull serves to offset water providing the force for the rest of the building to float.

STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM

BUOYANCY DIAGRAM

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ANCHORED COMPLEX TRANSVERSE SECTIONS

STREET VIEW

BRIDGE DOCK VIEW

CANAL/BOAT VIEW

INTERIOR ENTRANCE VIEW

WALL SECTION MODEL EXTERIOR AT 1/4”=1’ SCALE

WALL SECTION MODEL INTERIOR AT 1/4”=1’ SCAL E

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

FLOORPLANS

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DETAIL WALL SECTION

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