KRISTABEL CHUNG Architecture Portfolio
B. arch Class of 2022 Syracuse University
“The Paradox of the Individual”, Acrylic, 35.5” x 48”
CONTENTS
Projects Labor Stories
Jacob’s Pillow Doris Duke Theatre
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Stored Labor
Spatial Practice of Migrant Domestic Worker Accommodations in Hong Kong
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De-Mark Eroding Topographies Intersection of the Street and Cross Programming An Irrational Grid An Elastic Tectonic
Pioneer Homes, Syracuse Design Justice Program Proposal
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Skytop Quarry Syracuse Refugee Center
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Downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee Maker Space Design Proposal
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Westcott, Syracuse Community Center Design Proposal
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Downtown Syracuse Municipal Library Proposal
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Perkins & Will Summer Internship Charrette
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First Place - 2019 NOMAS Student Housing Design Competition
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Perry Kulper Workshop
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Stephanie Lin Workshop Exhibition
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Body and Space Everson Museum Exhibition
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Jewelry, Woodworking, and Fine Art
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Selected Works Cambridge ResilientSEE In the Street Fabulous Fictions Beyond the Surface Angela x HUF Personal Projects
Labor Stories
Jacob’s Pillow Doris Duke Theatre Proposal Spring 2021 Partner: Alaina Marra Professor: Roger Hubeli
Labor Stories reevaluates the social hierarchy between the architect, construction laborers, and the intended occupants of a contemporary dance theater. It engages the typical labor stories behind building materials and how that often maintains these social differences. The modes of material construction for the theater integrates these characters within the same labor force to project new ideas of authorship and control. Learning from textile weaving, which historically has a strong lineage of collective making and community barn raising, a concept the people of Jacob’s Pillow are already familiar with, this project proposes a building experience hinging on social engagement with the goal of a greater sense of empowerment within their collectively crafted spaces.
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Terre O’ Connor Dances: Bleed (Above) Undersweet (Below)
Study Models based on Dance
Final Model
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Details
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Axon Detail
Facade Concrete Pillow Detail
Structural Axon
Glass Facade Detail
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Elevation
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Section AA
Section BB
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Third Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
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First Floor Plan
Weaving on Facade and Stairs to Create Mold for Cast
Opening to Stage from Cast Forms
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MIGRANT DOMESTIC Stored Labor WORKER SURVEY 27 0
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250 cm
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Survey is conducted for research purposes only. Participants: Age 18 and older, Living in HK, Migrant Domestic Spatial Practice of Migrant Domestic Worker Worker, Full-Time employee, Lives in their employer's home. Accommodations
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in Hong Kong
Spring 2021 Collaboration: Mission for Migrant Workers | Faculty Advisor: Professor Lawrence Chua
This project looks at domestic labor laws and “spatial practices” (De Certeau, 1984) in Hong Kong and their impact on the design of private housing developments. Spatial practice is the way people individualize their space from the way it was designed. While most studies of gendered space tend to use US and European domestic models or focus on HK’s public spaces, this study offers an alternative understanding of gender relations, rooted in an urban, post‐colonial context in Asia. This project works on two scales of research, one a quantitative survey of 200 participants, the other is a series of in-person interviews that showcase the accommodations. This survey was done in collaboration with a foreign domestic helper organization, called Mission for Migrant Workers.
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5.2 ft Bathroom
Bathroom (Former MDW Room)
Bedroom
Master Kitchen
Laundry/Guest
Master Bedroom
Bathroom Former MDW Room
9 ft
Master
Bedroom
MDW Room
Accommodation Highlighted on Remodeled Plan
Kitchen
Kitchen
Bedroom
MDW Room
15.5 ft
8.2 ft Bathroom
4 ft
Grandma’s Room
Cast of Wall to Ceiling Cracks due to Humidity from Laundry
Axon of Accommodation
Accommodation Highlighted on Original Developer’s Plan
Laundry/Guest
Master Bedroom
8 ft
8 ft Kitchen
MDW Room
20ft
10 ft
Bathroom
5.5 ft
Grandma’s Room
6 ft 5.2 ft
Cast of Window Sill used for Hooking Ipad when Ironing Clothes
Axon of Accommodation
In Person Survey
Accommodation Highlighted on Remodeled Plan
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160 Participants Draw their Accommodations
Key Kitchen
Maid’s Room
Toilet
Entrance
Storage
Open Space: Circulation (Hallway)
Social Logic Diagrams of Families with Foreign Domestic Worker
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Stair
Kid’s Room
Open Space: Dining Room
Unspecified Bedroom
Open Space: Living Room
Elderly Room
Master Bedroom
Laundry
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Social Logic Diagram of Drawn Floor Plans 157
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De-Mark
Pioneer Homes, Syracuse Design Justice Program Proposal Fall 2021 Partner: Alexander Michel Professors: Ifeoma Ebo and Nathan Williams
This studio investigates the past, current and future conditions of the 15th ward in Syracuse, NY. The collage uses newspaper clippings from the early 20th century that framed the 15th ward as a slum in need of urban renewal. The figures are clothed with disembodied parts of the destroyed homes, carrying and wearing the consequence of urban renewal hidden beneath the lines and lies of the press. Even though Pioneer Homes is not fenced off, the blocks around the Homes actively guard or turn their backs against it. The drawing shows the four sides wrapped either through fencing or the looming buildings themselves. This disrupts members to conveniently access potential public spaces or useful facilities, leaving them in a health and resource-deprived community. The design approach is a series of interventions -- the deconstruction of the existing structure, rehabilitation of the ground conditions, and the siting of a cultural center in the space between. This taps into the emotional, cultural and physical necessities of the residents in the site.
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Long Road
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“Seeing Double” - 180 ° Video Documentation From Pioneer Homes Alex Michel
deo (Prj. 2: Deconstruction)
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“Seeing Double” video (Pr
Cultural Center Design Process
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Eroding Topographies
Skytop Quarry, Syracuse NY Spring 2019 Partner: Tina Lim Professor: Jiong Wu | Special Thanks to Gail Riina, Gaogopolwe Basadi Elang Dibeela
Tadao Ando’s Water Temple studied as a precedent against the harsh landscape of the Skytop Quarry in Syracuse NY. The series of sections reveal the circulation that one takes to enter the temple with the various levels of information on the path. The 12 x 12 concrete blocks continue to explore the sectional voids that expose the layers of the human-generated landscape. Northside, Syracuse was once a poverty stricken neighborhood, is now an urban area filled with war refugees worldwide. They often face fear and lack access to large open areas due to the stigma placed on them by society. Therefore, this proposal aims to design the quarry purposely to fit the recreational and counseling needs of the Syracuse refugees. This includes a storytelling space, soccer pitch, classrooms, and gardening. Throughout this process I have spoken to the refugee immigrants and leaders of organizations that help the community.
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Ground Floor Plan
Study Models
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Intersection of the Street and Cross Programing
Downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee Maker Space Design Proposal Fall 2018 Professor: Molly Hunker
There are many sites across the city that have been abandoned or disregarded as unusable. However, because of Chattanooga’s mission to generate a creative and youthful environment in a former industrial city, there are many groups that reuse these structures for activities completely different from its original intention. The crosswalks and intersections are where there is the most articulation on the street, which allows pedestrians to appreciate the fine details of the city during times of rest. The Chattanooga Logo banners scattered across the major intersections of the district emphasizes the city’s image. The profiles from the context (logos and abandoned site profiles) serve as the silhouettes of the city to generate the two masses that intersect. The intersection is where the major resting spaces are, this creates a major space for collaboration with the dissimilar programs that surrounds it.
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Graphic Narrative of Design
Study Models
Program and Form Diagram
Final Model
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Section AA
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Section BB
Ground Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Third Floor Plan
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Irrational Grid
Westcott, Syracuse Community Center Design Proposal Fall 2018 Professor: Molly Hunker
The Proposal for the Westcott Community center is predominantly based on the site context of Westcott, Syracuse, and the tectonics of the Grandola Meeting Center by Aires Mateus. The datum lines are based on the streets and traffic in Westcott to cater to an inviting entrance to the meeting center. Additionally, the angular form is based on the ceiling of the Grandola Meeting, which denote various spaces within the building. Likewise, ceiling articulation, material difference, and circulation help to reemphasize the major meeting space of this proposal. The entire building is occupied for its members, from the underground to the very ceiling of the project. This allows for a harmonious experience of the building through a single material used for various programs.
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Axon Diagram
Sketch of Site
Study Model
Final Model
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Section A
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Section B
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An Elastic Tectonic
Downtown Syracuse Municipal Library Proposal Spring 2018 Professor: Ryan Ball
The cables wrap around the facade the expose the flexibility and dynamic material that it is. It serves to create an interesting filtering light system as the day passes, and guides pedestrians on the ground floor to the entrance of the building. The use of cables as the tectonics for this project. The cables themselves hold the floor plates to create cantilevers on the ground plane that allows for an engaging exterior public space. They infer circulation of the building. The beams create a structure for the cables to hold the floor plates. Additionally the intersection created by the beams further emphasize the corner condition.
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Final Model
Program, Circulation, Context, Tectonic Diagrams
Conceptual Model
1/4” Scale Small Room
Study Model
Final Model
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Selected Works
“Lone” Acrylic, 8” x 10”
Series of selected works ranging from internships, competitions, exhibitions, and personal projects. Most of the pieces have been done along side academic work to hone in on craft, techniques and realizing individual expression.
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Cambridge ResilientSEE - Perkins + Will Internship Summer 2019
perkinswill.com
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The Cambridge ResilientSEE was a one-week design sprint that tackled the issues of the Charles River in Boston, MA. Research was divided into three lens through the ResilientSEE framework, which includes social, environmental, and economic. These lens were broken down further to create a matrix of the current problems along the Charles River. From the research, three sites were the selected as the most vulnerable sites, but carried the most opportunity for further investment. At the end of the week, research and diagrams were created and presented to the City of Cambridge and Department of Public Works for a successful evaluation a master-plan charette.
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IN THE STREET
First Place - NOMAS Student Housing Design Competition Fall 2019 Syracuse NOMAS Chapter
Flatbush has always been a melting pot of culture, and this community has proven itself to be a site of greatness, specifically for the African Diaspora. We propose a street of our own, one that mobilizes both the old and the incoming community into a vertical hub of life. We acknowledge gentrifications’ inevitability here; but we combat a loss of culture and community. Our central column utilizes the red of the local fire escape through the interior staircase. Each floor has housing which is fully integrated with independent senior living, affordable housing, and market rate apartments, allowing for maximum cohabitation of diverse groups. These programs, the local, the gentrified, and the wellness spaces act in tandem, resulting in checks and balance for the street life here, pulling in a wide array of people and increasing the health of the community as well as the financial success of existing spaces. This project went on to receive 1st in the NOMAS Student Design Competition of 2019.
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Section of Street into Building - Pin Sangkaeo
Perspective of Confetti Market - Hayyatu Deen Ikharo
Confetti Market - Hayyatu Deen Ikharo
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Fabulous Fictions - Perry Kulper Workshop Partner: Luis Lopez | Fall 2021
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Beyond the Surface - Stephanie Lin Workshop Fall 2021
(Left Page) The two images explore the acts of surveillance in the public and domestic realm. The multiple scales and objects show how little privacy subjects will have over their space. The varying use of screens and cameras is a direct symbolism of surveillance, however, the scaling of figures amplifies this act. This workshop proved to be a quick yet intensive exercise that deploys downloadable models with instinctual symbolism to craft a naive understanding of the world surrounding themes of surveillance, domesticity, and colonialism. Rendering them in warmish pink light creates an omnipresent tone that creates more sense of fear beyond the borders of the page.
(Current page) This piece is part of the Stephanie Lin Beyond the Surface Workshop exhibition held in the Slocum atrium in Syracuse University. Each participant selects a corner as the site for a digitally fabricated world. Views are created into a two dimensional drawing, where they are printed and displayed as a three-dimensional spatial installation on chosen corners as “windows”. This piece attempts to appropriate the program and material of the Slocum Hall Atrium and the studio behind it. As the marbling from the right gets larger and plastic wrap covers the marble surface along with the warm light, the marble turns from rich to rotten. Furthermore, the printed view attempts to show the view from a 5’2” person standing by the door.
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Angela x HUF - Body and Space Everson Museum Exhibition
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Partner: Luis Lopez | Spring 2021
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Body Overlay
Sewing Pattern
Study of Holes and Stains of Hoodie
I used my mother’s garment to showcase the result of domestic work through clothing. Since we are similar in stature, we measured the dimensions of my own body to scale the hoodie and used the photos as reference. This was then translated into a sewing pattern that was printed, measured, cut, sewn, and stained to white fabric to recreate this hoodie and make these marks visible. The 23 holes, stains, and tears were marked out then remeasured on the hoodie. The majority of tears were made by chores including taking care of the dog, laundry, cooking, etc that has been expanded over time. The purpose of drawing the 1:1 scale of the tears is to highlight work that is endless, repetitive, and invisible that is physically evident in clothing. Within a matter of 30 minutes we were able to recreate the stain, holes and marks that were made in thousands of hours. It ranged from 5 to 100 slashes with a Swiss army knife were made to make the very same tears drawn from the original garment. The collected evidence reveals the actions, energy, and time needed to damage the original garment.
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Drawing of Holes and Stains of Hoodie
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Abstracted Chess Board Set Pawn
Bishop
King
Queen
Knight
Rook
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Top
Front
Right
Left
Back
Bottom
Axon
Quantity
Drawing Reference for Chess Pieces
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Chess Board - Inside
Chess Board
Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Making a fist can oftentimes be the first signs of expressing anger. It stands in for the overt anger I would like to express that often gets buried. Its raw surface is left untouched on the top to pay homage to the rock’s beginning, while the cut in the center resembles the joint of my finger. When worn as a pendant, its aggressive nature is gone and becomes a calmer object resembling a crystal pendant.
“Ouch!?!”- A three-scale C-clamp series reveal spots on the body with low nerve endings. When these pieces are worn on the designated body parts it is painless to pinch but so painful to bend. The form of the jewelry echoes the thick and melting form when the body is pinched. This set speaks to jewelry as ornamentation and instrument by stifling the body’s movement physically and measuring the amount of skin with low pain receptors, respectively.
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“Room with No Lives, Piece with Watchful Eyes” Ink and China Marker, 9” x 12”
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“The Fallacy of Perfection”, Acrylic, 14.5” x 18.5”
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Email: kwchung@syr.edu Phone: (619)-808-7539 Website: kristabelchung.wixsite.com/kris Issuu: https://issuu.com/kristabelchung