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CHI PHAM 2023

DESIGN SELECTED WORKS

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Rendering Digital + Hand

Hand Drawing Miscellaneous

Jishinhua Museum Exhibition Design

Bjorg House Residential Design

Exhibition

Jishinha Museum

Project

Japanese Earthquake Museum

Foresight through natural movement

Studio 4 - Exhibition design | Collaborative work

Location Atlanta, Georgia

Area

15 300 sf

Project Brief

A 3-person group project, commissioned to design a museum at an existing space in uptown Atlanta that housed the Steelcase showroom. The topic is about earthquakes in Japan and how throughout time, the country has accumulated so much history and knowledge to protect the population from the destruction of earthquakes.

JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE

Japan has a long history of being prone to earthquakes. Japan is an area of high seismicity because of its location near three major tectonic plate boundaries and is situated on the Pacific Ring of Fire.

Every year, over 150 earthquakes take place in Japan, and the geographic location of the country is an important factor of this natural phenomenon.

With so many earthquakes taking place on this island nation, Japan has embraced earthquakes as a natural part of their daily life. Japan has taken several counter measures to make rescue and evacuation missions more efficient and effective.

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3

Storytelling Japan’s geography and history of earthquakes

Site Study

Museum Goals

Traditional architectural and industrial techniques to counter disaster

Architecture and technology to help evacuation of victims and execution of rescue missions during earthquakes

The Jishinha Museum is the place to exchange ideas and share the knowledge that has been gained about Japanese earthquakes.

This exhibition will educate attendees in the following ways:

1. The geography and history of Japan’s earthquakes

2. History of Japan’s efforts to protect themselves from earthquakes

3. The evacuation of victims and execution of rescue missions during earthquakes

4. Technological, industrial, and architectural knowledge that helps protect the Japanese population and their properties from the destruction caused by earthquakes

CONCEPT STATEMENT:

Seismic waves are natural waves of energy that result in the existing environment being left in destructive fragments. The Japanese have gracefully found ways to survive through earthquakes allowing what was destroyed to be born again.

Radical organization from central space | Chapter 1

Overlapping spaces over centralized space Chaper 2+3

image source: google

Narrative

Due to the vulnerable nature of Japan regarding earthquakes, the Japanese are able to predict and avoid disasters by reflecting nature. The seismic wave plays an important role in the most effective prediction of earthquakes, allowing people to save themselves and evacuate quickly. It serves as a sign to remind people that nature should not creep up upon us, there must always be foresight.

Seismic Wave Parti

The ground floor plan is based on the surface waves as the epicenter of Japan map creates earthquake that spreads throughout of the whole exhibition. As for the upper floor plan, body waves create pockets of exhibition spaces that show the aftermath of earthquakes in Japan. And in reverse, the reflected ceiling plan on ground floor will be based on body waves, as for the one on upper floor will be reflected on surface waves to create a whole cohesive seismic wave on each floor.

UPPER FLOOR BUBBLE DIAGRAM - SURFACE WAVES

MOODBOARD

Pared down to its barest essence, wabi-sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in nature, of accepting the natural cycle of growth, decay, and death. It’s simple, slow, and uncluttered-and it reveres authenticity above all.

Wabi-Sabi

Body Waves Parti Surface Waves Parti Museum Logo

Upper Floor Plan

Copper

Accent

Shaw Stipple Carpet Tile

Interlam Pasadena Maple Wall Panel

Woody Wave Bench

Knoll Sandstone Fabric

Ground Floor Plan

Accoustic Wall Panel

Brushed Bronze Wallcovering

Eames Kid’s Area Chair

Decca Wood Flooring

Marble

Countertop

Appropriately built at kid’s height, The totem displays games which stimulate earthquake scenarios and solutions to tackle the disaster

KID TOTEM LED DISPLAY

Fake A Quake Display

Video/ Audio Wall

Kid Totem Display

EXHIBITION VIDEO/ AUDIO WALL

SECTION THROUGH STAIRS

The building structure has plenty of windows which provides much of natural lights into museum. On the ground floor, the glass window wall give pedestrian indoor peek into exhibition. As for the upper floor, the traditional exhibition area has the window covered in order to create a dramatic effect of entering the current era exhibition, with bright lit natural light coming in, welcoming to a new world.

Tadao Ando’s Refugee House

Interactive Robot Stage

Timber Frames

Rescue Robots

Pagoda Earthquake Model

1: 500 MODEL

Replicated 1:10 model of Japanese pagoda that incoporated traditional building techniques that prevented from collapsing in earthquakes

Detail Plan

Section Elevation not to scale not to scale

SECTION THROUGH OPENING

GROUND FLOOR EXHIBITION | CHAPTER 1

ARCHWAY TO THEATER

TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION | CHAPTER 3

TRADITIONAL EXHIBITION | CHAPTER 2

GROUND FLOOR REFLECTED CEILING PLAN

Body Wave Parti

UPPER FLOOR REFLECTED CEILING PLAN

Surface Wave Parti

Residential

Bjorg House

Project Studio 1 | Residential Design

Location Atlanta, GA

Area 880 sf

Project Brief

2 bedroom - 1 bath apartment for a couple, with modern Mid-Century style. The couple specifics their own color theme and materials and textures they wish the residence to pursue.

Mood Board

The residence’s theme is surrounded by glass and metallic materials that complement with bold colors such as vibrant blue and orange. The space replicates modern Mid-Century style. Marble piece is used for countertop, combines the vibrant colors used throughout the residence. Ecclectic pieces of furniture are placed throughout the residence, but also balanced with neutral tone for wall and curtains, as well as wooden and simple carpet floors.

KITCHEN & DINING ROOM

Customize wood cupboard painted with vibrant blue decal

Bronze quarter moon knobs that contrasts the blue cabinet

White marble countertop with pops of vibrant colors

Clear glass suspended light for the island counter

Neutral wall tone, dining table and light fixtures complement with the vibrant kitchen

Cobalt blue exposed

Black vanity

Yellow orange ceramic tile wall with marble stone counter

blue resin glass exposed circular sink

painted wood vanity cabinet with bronze knobs

Cobalt blue resin glass bathtub that corresponds with vanity sinks

Black metal handle fixtures to accentuate the colorful stone walls and cobalt bathroom fixtures

furnitures -

with uniquely crafted light fixtures

Yellow velvet sofa as center piece, complement with whimsical blue armchair

Multiple colored glass suspended lights that combine to a single chandelier

Mirror piece and frame paintings that add reflections to the space

Glass divider between room spaces

contrast

8’

1’

5” 7”

9’- 10”

LIVING ROOM

Neutral colored curtains accentuate the colorful furniture pieces

Pink velvet bed contrasts against navy wall

Wooden bedside tables, armchair and cadenza help the bed as focal point

BEDROOM 6’

Technical Drawings

SLOPED ROOF EAVES DETAIL

RAKE ROOF EAVES DETAIL

GROUND FLOOR ELECTRICAL PLAN

SOUTH ELEVATION

Rendering

Hand Drawing