[04] Terra-Forms | Spring 2020 | N;C

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DESIGN STUDIO N;C by NICHOLAS CHUNG tschung@syr.edu

Spring 2020

Terra-Forms

and other matters of landscaped sites

04 Artificial Ground

program: Cultural Center site: Onondaga Lake, Syracuse instructor: Bess Krietemeyer, phd completed: Spring 2020

18 Ground Control

program: Private Residence site: Lake District, New York instructor: Greg Corso completed: Fall 2018

26 Mesotrophic Section

program: Reserve Shelter and Learning Center site: Green Lakes, Syracuse instructor: Bess Krietemeyer, phd completed: spring 2020

26 Nicholas Chung tschung@syr.edu issuu.com/n.chung

2020 SPRING design studio

Education

2018-23 | Syracuse University School of Architecture 2014-18 | West Island School, Hong Kong 2006-14 | St. Paul’s College, Hong Kong

Software

Rhino 6 V-Ray Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Procreate SketchUp

Skills

Visual Representation Digital Illustration Photography Graphic Design Publication Editorial Social Media Operation Event Planning Entrepreneurship

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artificial ground The Onondaga Lake has a mixed history as being home to an indigenous nation, the source of salt that carried Syracuse’s economy, to the canal that has been heavily polluted by years of industry. As restorative effors are underway, a new culture center about the area is proposed. As the name suggests, the project is desgined to be a simulacrum of its landscape context. Two roads go through the site north-south while the shore into the lake is on the west with a marshland to the east. What became an important priority was that the elements that become the built environment should understand the natural tectonics of water, trees, landform, as well as the human body’s relationship to that context.

The site is prone to floods that rise up to 3’ above ground level, but instead of blocking the water, the idea is that the water is naturally brought in as a material texture of the site, creating boundaries and habitats that relates to the human scale, like how a marshland has divits and basins as well as mounds that stay above water.

Onondaga Lake Culture Center, Syracuse NY Instructor: Bess Krietemeyer ARC208 - S20

The east side of the site also has a view to a marshland forest, which provided the vocabulary for not only the landform, but the structure and inhabitable spaces. On the ground, the scattering of trunks and columns create spatial depth and freedom in movement, whereas the canopies above all cluster, but never overlap for equal sunlight gain, to create a series of interlocking volumes that is occupiable as a cantilever. The strucutre is a built representation of a tree, where a trunk runs through the height of the tree and branches extent radially to support the canopy, which is translated into crossframes at the bottom and top of the building.

An interesting design preface is that the formal logic of the canopy and the ground is different since in nature, the logics of a canopy and landform have little direct influence on one another in their formation.

Above: North-Eastern Floodplain during Winter Below: Simulacrum Diagram

lake/floodplain foliage tree trunk

water/ground canopy and light structure

basin/pool cantilever column

CHANGES OF LAKE SURFACE ELEVATION 366.0 (ft.)

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May 2018

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AATD

bicycle

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car

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rowing

4001-10000

canal

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bus

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train

recreational residential public/services

366.0 ft 10 Jan ‘18

365.0 ft 5 Dec ‘18 364.0 ft 15 Mar ‘18 363.5 ft 13 Apr ‘18

Pages from Junya Ishigami’s Another Scale of Architecture

Conceptual Interations of ‘Canopy’ Arrangement

arti-scape

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massing

flooding

mirror

tree canopy

program / circulation

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Above: Developement Diagrams Right: Axonometrics (Tectonic Chunk and Composition) 366.0 ft 10 Jan ‘18

cross-frame

cross-frame

366.0 ft 10 Jan ‘18

m / circulation

roof membrane

insulation

floor plate

resultant

mirror pan

cross-frame (upper)

cross-frame (lower)

elevated p

366.0 ft 10 Jan ‘18

insulation

insulation

stilts for cross-frames

mirror panels 365.0 ft 5 Dec ‘18

roof panel

elevated platform

364.0 ft 15 Mar ‘18

365.0 ft 5 Dec ‘18

retaining column

363.5 ft 13 Apr ‘18

floor plate

cross-frame (upper)

channel

364.0 ft 15 Mar ‘18

cross-frame (lower)

rainwater c

363.5 ft 13 Apr ‘18

insulation

mirror panels

1:50 site plan (flooded)

program axon

systems

stilts for cross-frames

channel

elevated platform

1:50 site plan (flooded)

rainwater collection

program axon

systems

pin lighting

ventilation

retaining column

strip lighting frosted mesh

flooded section

elevated platform

Level 2

Level 1

Concept Illustration of Flooding

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Concept Illustration of Continuous Woodland

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1. conference room conference 2. cafe room cafe 3. broom closet / storage

broom closet /room storage 4. reading reading room 5. administration / archive administration archive 6. hands-on/learning hands-on learning 7. exhibition space

exhibition spacespace 8. reception reception space 9. vertical circulation

vertical circulation 10. gallery 10. gallery 11. restroom 11. restroom 12. storage / backstage 12. storage / backstage

1/16” = 1’-0” | level 2 plan 1/16” = 1’-0” | level 2 plan

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13. amphitheater 13. amphitheater 14. aquatic animal habitat 14. aquatic animal platform habitat 15. elevated 15. elevated platform 16. basin 16. basin 17. artificial shore

17. artificial shore 18. water pavillion / filter 18. water pavillionplantation / filter habitat 19. aquatic 19. aquatic plantation habitat 20. greenhouse 20. greenhouse 21. lobby / vertical circulation 21. lobby / vertical circulation

1/16” = 1’-0” | level 1 plan 1/16” = 1’-0” | level 1 plan

ground control

The key design motivations are firstly preserving the natural quality of the site, namely the greenery and the view, and secondly, establishing programatic distinction, which is achieved by the rotational zoning method learnt from Peter Eisenman’s House IV. The two resultant forms, perpendicular and rotated, ironically deploy their inverse logics. The space for living is a 90-degree shell housing a 45-degree logic while the opposite is true for the studio and exhibition spaces. Both spatial narratives focus on bringing the occupants closer to nature, specifically the double-story framed views of the lake, which are volumetrically more viscous to instigate the drama of the site. The two volumes intersect in the rear linchpin zone for vertical circulation. The circumabulation takes place around a glass prisim that opens up to the earth and sky, meaning that the plantation and climate of the exterior can exist within the house, further integrating the outside inside.

Private Residence Instructor: Greg Corso ARC107 - F18

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mesptrophic section

Instructor: Bess Krietemeyer ARC208 - S20

Green Lakes is a mesotrophic lake near Syracuse University. Its depth is a result of glacial retreat and its steep surround topography prevents vertical mixing of water, allowing a range of prehistoric and unique biological conditions to exist. At the level of the lake is a jogging path and on its side is a 30 feet slope that runs approximately 20 feet. At the top of the first slope is a plateau where a current reserve shelter sits. Beyond the shelter is gentle slope that rises approximately 20 feet to the camping grounds above. The State of New York has been proposing that the current reserve shelter is to be replaced by a learning center for young children on the 30-feet-level, which is accessible by car.

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perceptual void

hor plazas

site plan

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Green Lakes Reserve Shelter and Learning Center

elevation perspective

The proposed project aims to firstly create new additional spaces for social activities as well as leveraging the three sectional conditions of the site. The experience of the body at different depths and at different positions to the earth can drastically affect variables of comfort, light, movement, and concentration. The main enclosed spaces are in a bar set at an oblique angle into the earth, thereby creating a zone that is embedded and introverted, a zone that is at the surface of the plateau, and a zone that cantilevers out of the earth. Figural voids then go through the three zones perpendicular to the bar and the lake to suggest a visual reciprocity between the depth of different spaces. Materiality also contributes to sustain a linear consistency, directing the movement of people as well as differentiating respective frameworks at play. The spaces set into the earth provide a more quiet and contemplative experience whereas the spaces close to the lake provide open spaces that facilitate movement and activity. The front terrace is geometrically radiating outwards whereas the rear ‘anchor point’ balances the socializing conditions by curating specific slices of views that intersect on the perceptual void perpendicular to the lake. These open and enclosed spaces alternate, creating a circulation of continuous compression into program and expansion into site, allowing interior and exterior to be clearly defined, yet mutually responsive.

Mesotrophic Lake

nicholas chung | ARC208 | Krietemeyer

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[lake] 3. anchor plazas

1. the bar

5. circulation

4. interior enclosures

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[lake] 1. the bar

4. interior enclosures

2. the perceptual void

6. views

5. circulation

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PART 1: the bar | isometric

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3. anchor plazas

3. anchor plazas

The juxtaposition of open and enclosed spaces create a pressure gradient 4. interior ofenclosures compression and release to instigate movement

6. views

A perceptually release continuous volume (blue) goes through the bar to intensify linear quality of traversing down the bar

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5. circulation

Bar is devided into 3 types of spaces: - open air (yellow) - reserve shelter (green) - learning center (red)

The open spaces are connected to the exterior sequences that gradually bring people down to the bar. They also offer an opportunity for natural light to enter the spaces. These courtyards become less and less radially expansive moving backwards to reflect the more introver ted/introspec tives spaces of the learning center, suggesting a more quiet or contemplative mood

elevation perspec site plan

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compression 4. interior enclosures

PART 2: the hinge | isometric

5. circulation

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Early Concept Model

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longitudinal section: the bar longitudinal section: the bar

longitudinal longitudinal section: section: the the bar bar

longitudinal section: the void longitudinal section: the void

longitudinal longitudinal section: section: the the void void

Iterative Model

nicholas chung | ARC208 | Krietemeyer