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La Casa de Los Espíritus (House of Spirits)
Arch Table
Quercus Kelloggi Village (Black Oak Village)
El Tejido (The Weave)
El Tejido (The Weave)
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Studio 4: “Home Economics” Instructed by Janette Kim CCA Spring 2023 Completed in 15 weeks Tools Used: Rhino, V-Ray, Adobe Photoshop
This studio titled “Home Economics” explored how a variety of ideologies surrounding home and domestic life often reflect the larger urban systems to which they belong. This project is based in San Francisco’s Mission district, a historically Latino neighborhood and home to a variety of people from several socio-economic backgrounds. In an attempt to resolve housing through a lens of fabrication this building brings in affordable housing and new commercial spaces modeled after weaving cooperatives. There are “Make. Mend. Sell.” spaces containing maker spaces, weaving rooms, sewing rooms, a retail space, and a recycling center to repurpose old fabrics, clothes or yarn. The design both weaves program and form together by literally wrapping the building in a weaving design with tensile ropes, a facade that resembles a pattern, while the curvature of the walls resemble the sweeping motions of fabric. This building serves as an incubator for a more dynamic style of living and functions like a community center in the heart of the Mission.
Design Process
Residential Outdoor
Make, Mend, Sell
Community Space
& Circulation
Circulation
Elevator
Stairs
Circulation Path
4 Program
Living with Retail in the Mission Site Location
Tools Used: Rhino, V-Ray, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
A. Public Patio / Main Entrance
B. Entrance
C. Check Out Counter
D. Retail Space
E. Dressing Room
F. Sewing & Tailoring Room
G. Back of House
H. Material Recycling Center
I. Fire Stair
J. Stair
K. Public Restroom
L. Community Workspace
M. Retail Display
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
5 Tools Used: Rhino, Adobe Illustrator
6 Tools Used: Rhino, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Section North
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Illustrator,
Sewing Section West Main Entrance
Adobe
Adobe Photoshop, Laser Cutter, Hand Cutting,
City Tree: Axial Plant Weave
Advanced Studio: “Embedded Intelligence”
Instructed by Negar Kalantar
CCA
Spring 2024
Completed in 4 weeks
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Tools Used: Rhino, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
The studio “Embedded Intelligence” focuses on nesting in fabrication in both 2D-3D form. Testing methods through computational programs such as Grasshopper, Rhino in order to produce objects and structure through 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC, and Potterbots. The goal of the studio is to minimize waste through nesting in which these nested forms can then produce its final form with minimal waste. This project is for a city tree located in Salesforce Plaza in San Francisco, CA an urban area with little natural vegetation. This city tree explores nested 3D fabrication methods to explore who we might introduce greenery without “landscaping”. The form of this city tree was explored with a simple idea: “a push and pull form” and a small degree of rotation. This creates an undulating form and gives off a twisting appearance to the eye.
9 Sprinkler System Metal Fishing Cord Reference Lines Contour Form Nested Plan Plan Section 16.5 ft. 15 ft. 13.5 ft. 12 ft. 10.5 ft. 9 ft. 7.5 ft. 6 ft. 4.5 ft. 3 ft. 1.5 ft. Reference Lines Contour Form Nested Plan Plan 16.5 ft. 15 ft. 13.5 ft. 12 ft. 10.5 ft. 9 ft. 7.5 ft. 6 ft. 4.5 ft. 3 ft. 1.5 ft. Reference Lines Contour Form Nested Plan Plan 16.5 ft. 15 ft. 13.5 ft. 12 ft. 10.5 ft. 9 ft. 7.5 ft. 6 ft. 4.5 ft. 3 ft.
Tools Used: Rhino, Lumion, Adobe Illustrator
Layered Tessellation
Design Media 3: Material Cultures & Crafts
Instructed by Alex Schofield
CCA
Fall 2022
Completed in 3 weeks
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Tools Used: Rhino, Grasshopper, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Painting
This was a Grasshopper study of field conditions to explore geometric relationships. The design is both a result of drawn tiled elements and then inserted into a Grasshopper script. The script would allow for variations of complex spatial relationships that could be generated quickly and unpredictably. The final tessellated design is about data compilation. The layers are meant to highlight the geometric, mathematical, and physical relationship and depending on the placement of the layered fit together like a puzzle. The final physical object needed to fit in a 8” x 3-5/8” rectangle. The object is made of opaque and transparent acrylic which was cut and engraved using a laser cutter. Then each piece is layered on top of each other or placed within its slots deliberately to emphasize the transparency or opaqueness from top to bottom to reveal the final pattern.
a. b. c. d. e. Tiles
a. b. c. d. e. Tiles
Final Tesselleted Design
Final Tesselleted Design
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Bottom Layer
Layer 2a
Layer 2b
Top Layer
8”
3-5/8”
Bottom Layer
Layer 2a
Layer 2b
Top Layer
3-5/8”
Tools Used: Rhino, Grasshopper, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Painting
La Casa de Los Espíritus
(House of Spirits)
Studio 1
Instructed by Maryam Malek
UC Berkeley Extention
Spring 2020
Completed in 5 weeks
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Tools Used: Revit, Adobe Photoshop
This studio project was for a design of a non-residential space for any individual of our choosing. The original footprint of the building had to remain the same, the only alteration to the rectangular form could be made through the interior architecture or glazing. This space located in Sausalito, CA is intended for famous Chilean writer Isabel Allende. Curvilinear forms of the building seen in the arches, windows and skylights follow those found in Chilean mines and the famous murals called “Brigada Ramona Parra”. There are two parts to this building: the loud and the open, the quiet and the intimate. The small office is meant for Isabel to write and be alone.he main salon is intended to host a variety of events like writing workshops or gatherings with friends and extends outside with pivot and stack door systems.
Section East
Section West
Section North
Section South
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Floor Plan
Ground
Tools Used: Revit, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Entrance Kitchen
14 Tools Used: Revit, Adobe Photoshop Salon
Quercus
15 Advanced Studio: “Property In Crisis” Instructed by Janette Kim CCA Fall 2023 Completed in 15 weeks
Tools Used: Rhino, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Kelloggi Village (Black Oak Village)
“Property in Crisis” studio focused on solutions for members who lost their homes to the Dixie Fire in Greenville, CA. This project is designed exclusively for Maidu members centered around the ecological restoration of the California Black Oak. For this to be possible new methods of ownership must be considered and examined. Here oaks are not owned, they are tended to. The form consists of a series of L shaped buildings stacked on top of each other. The stacked L’s produce a double height pronging system gesturing towards and enveloping the Black Oak. The landscape is designed employing a traditional ecological mindset,which begins to form a pattern and tell a story.
16 Staff Owners Resident Owners Youth Elder Relationships Community Owners Maidu & US Government Investor Owners Kelloggii PREC Staff Education Through Recreation Maidu Acorn Cooking Owners Board Cultural Burns Craft Preservation Resident owners will pay purchase price for long-term lease which can transfer future generations low market value Staff work alongside residents on daily basis to maintain the propert and in return accrue dividends over time Tending an caring for the Black Oak collective responsibility The buy is low which allows anyone from local citizens, non-profits, youth camps, to small businesses to invest in cultivating diverse community Large investors or institutions that may be non-local Adjacency to land owned by the United States Forest Service an opportunity for partnership land managment and restoration between government and Maidu Over time residents can pass down their share to family members and younger generations fostering inter-generational relationships Traditional Ecological Practices Different organizations like Greenville Rancheria or Acorns and Arrows camp can collaborate with residents and staff educate youth on Maidu culture
Tools Used: Rhino, Adobe Illustrator
17 1/8” = 1’ N Community Kitchen Bridge Apartment Lounge Apartment Lounge Apartment Community Kitchen Apartment Apartment Community Meeting Center TEK (Traditional Ecological Knowledge) Center Makers Space Community Kitchen Wellness Center Youth Center Community Kitchen Tools Used: Rhino, Adobe Illustrator Second Floor Plan Ground Floor Plan Site Plan Section South
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Axonometric Perspective
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Adobe Photoshop
Traditional Ecological Knowledge ( TEK) Center
Courtyard
Arch Table
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Tools Used: Router Saw, Sander, (Marble was proffessionally cut and finished)
As a furniture design consultant worked closely with the artisans who worked in upholstery, welding, or glass blowing in creating made to order customizable furniture. Through this experience my own desire grew to develop my own exploration in furniture design and making with my own hands. This table stems from that desire to learn and to make from inception to completion. started with a simple design that was made using leftover material such as extra walnut for a custom credenza project and a showroom marble sample.
Saw, Sander, (Marble was proffessionally cut and finished)
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Tools Used:
Router