MYO M. HAN
SELECTED WORKS 2021-2024
A FOREST IN A CITY
Multi-Generational Healing Center (+)
ARCH 7040 | 2025 Spring
Instructor: Pascal Flammer | Ewa Kazuba
Project Location: Center City, Philadelphia PA
A FOREST IN A CITY is a multi-generational healing center where architecture and nature blur into one another. Drawing from Japanese architects, the project softens the boundary between the artificial and the natural—creating spaces that support physical, emotional, and communal healing.
The spatial concept evokes the experience of being within a forest at the center. Forest-reflective glass, mirrored water, canopy-like slabs, and tree-like columns generate shifting perceptions of depth and immersion. Water plays a key role—flowing horizontally and vertically to connect layered landscapes across the site—forming a fluid relationship between architecture and nature.
Programmatically, the center weaves together non-traditional healthcare, adult and child day care, and sensory-focused cafés and bakeries. These are not isolated amenities—they are intergenerational, overlapping, and cohabited. Users move freely through moments of stillness and activity, in spaces designed to restore body and mind.
Rather than mimic nature, the architecture blends with it—blurring, adapting, and regenerating over time. This is a space for healing, not only for individuals, but for communities across generations.
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PUSH | PULL
Redhook Cruise [Living]
ARCH 6010 | 2023 Fall
Instructor: Ben Krone
Project Location: Redhook, Brookyln NY
PUSH | PULL project starts from an analog model which plays with varying degrees of tension to create public and private moments. A retrofit project, PUSH | PULL sits atop of a historic warehouse in Red Hook.
The form flows and the materials of old brick and new concrete weaves together within the existing grid system of the warehouse. The goal of this project is for the modular units to grow while maintaining structural integrity and visual continuity.
The project is a mixed-use program, featuring four primary residential unit layouts, double-height public commons, and an artist’s arcade.
The arcade row consists of local artist shops and studios for visitors to communicate with the artists through a transparent medium of glass. The public commons are located at each end of an arcade which perform as open, flexible spaces to host various programs in specific to Red Hook community such as public talks, gallery shows, and after-block parties.
Red Hook is a truly unique and vibrant neighborhood. The PUSH | PULL project aims to reflect and celebrate those qualities of Red Hook community.
04 SHIFTING PLANES
NOAA Research Center
ARCH 6020 | 2024 Spring
Instructor: Richard Garber
Partner: Shaohong Tian
Project Location: Sandyhook, New Jersey NJ
Sandyhook bunkers are an important part of military history which served as coastal fortifications to defend New York Harbor. Integrated into the landscape, these massive concrete structures served as protective walls to withstand bombings and shelling.
SHIFTING PLANES, inspired by the history of military bunkers, is a NOAA research and visitor center designed to withstand coastal tides and surges.
Situated at the edge of the coastal front, the project integrates seawalls that provide coastal surge protection and to provide humans and non-humans to interact or inhabit. The overall project is designed to flow—from the building to the seawalls and from the seawalls into the ocean.
The program includes wet and dry labs, a welcoming center, public spaces, offices, and non-human habitats. SHIFTING PLANES is aimed to pay homage to military history while embracing the future. Concrete here serves as a perfect medium to design spaces for harmonious coexistence between humans and non-humans.
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TOWERS
IN OF THE PARK
Retrofitting NYCHA Housing
ARCH 7010 | 2024 Fall
Instructor: Matthijs Bouw
Partner: Harry Hale
Project Location: Bronx River, New York NY
The “Towers in the Park” concept, first popularized by Le Corbusier’s Ville Contemporaine (1922), dominated urban renewal design throughout the 20th century. However, in the 21st century, it has led to challenges of isolation and over-policing.
The project is aimed to improve NYCHA housing and mitigate the negative stigma surrounding public housing in the United States. It prioritizes resilient and sustainable design strategies to withstand and combat future climate risks such as heat stress and flooding. The goal is to finally give back to the NYCHA community by providing practical and functional green spaces that enhance overall well-being.
As a Phase 1 initiative, the project focuses on establishing a strong foundational structure. This framework is crucial as it will allow NYCHA communities to thrive and grow while maintaining flexibility for future developments in specifics to each NYCHA campus program needs/requirements.
By weaving landscape architecture and architecture with climate-conscious design solutions, the project aims to create a stronger, healthier, and happier public housing system in the United States, specifically New York, where nature and community thrive together in a dynamic, evolving environment.