Graduate Portfolio - 2017-2020 - UCB - M.Arch. 2020

LOC H NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY M. ARCH. | 2020

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EDUCATION

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

University of California, Berkeley Master of Architecture

Architectural Internship MASON Architects – July 2019 – December 2019

May 2020

University of California, Los Angeles B.A. in Architectural Studies June 2016

• Assisted in managing and producing Construction Documents for Barbuda Beach Village.

• Worked in a team to render Salalah Heritage Village Luxury Hotel’s master plan.

Projects: Barbuda Beach Village (CD) // Salalah Heritage Village Luxury Hotel (SD)

Architectural Internship ELS Architecture and Urban Design – August 2018 – May 2019 •

Designed and assembled material sample boards for Redwood City Veterans Memorial Senior Center.

• Performed LEED Material and Resource research, Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses calculation for Redwood City’s Veterans Memorial Senior Center.

• Assisted in the production of Design Development and Construction Documents for Redwood City’s Veterans Memorial Senior Center.

• Worked on Concept Design models and assisted in the production of presentation drawings for Fremont Bank client meeting.

• Performed daylighting study and analysis for Fremont Bank’s building facade, collaborated with team members to develop a Grasshopper script for its twisted fins.

• Assisted in translating SketchUp model to Revit model for Marin JCC’s Aquatic Center.

• Produced presentation drawings, marketing documents for Marin JCC’s Aquatic Center client meeting.

Projects: Redwood City’s Veterans Memorial Senior Center (DD + CD) // Fremont Bank (Concept) // Marin JCC’s Aquatic Center (Concept)

ACHIEVEMENTS • • • •

SARA National Student Design Award - 2020 - Award of Excellence + Merit College of Environmental Design Circus - 2020 ARCH and LAEP Annual Student Exhibition - 2019 UC Graduate Opportunity - 2017 - Fellowship

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SKILLS Revit

AutoCAD

Rhino

SketchUp

Grasshopper

V-ray

Photoshop

Indesign

Illustrator

Sketching

Insight360

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table of contents

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CHANGE

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POP-UP VOLUMES

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REDEFINE REFURBISH RESILIENCE

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HOW TO PRODUCE MUSIC VERTICALLY

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THE ROLLING CITY

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ALMOST GROUNDED

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PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

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PA R T I C U L AT E F I LT R AT I O N TOWER DESIGN COMPETITION: VEVOLO | 2020 TYPE: EDUCATION/MIX-USE SITE: LOS ANGELES TEAM MEMBERS: LOC H NGUYEN + JERALYN TSENG + KATHERINE LO + ALEX CHAU

The AirXchange is a multipurpose tower centered around community support with a flexible education program. It is designed to adapt to issues of air quality in Los Angeles, where insufficient infrastructure has led to the city’s failure to adequately weather various crises.

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01. RESEARCH

Number of Smog Day + Temperture + Forest Area Burned From 1984-2020 Despite the overall trend of cleaner air and decreasing L.A. smog that began in the 1990s, recent years have seen the reversal of this progress.

The year of 2020 saw the worst air quality in Southern California in decades. In addition to the growing threat of the climate crisis and the subsequent exacerbation of wildfires foreshadows a more pressing need for clean air. The possibility of safe and breathable air was limited in the public for both indoor and outdoor spaces, and will continue to be limited in the future.

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Indoor v.s. Outdoor Disease Transmission The decreased likelihood of infectious disease to spread to others in outdoor spaces compared to indoor spaces should be an incentive to designers to not only increase outdoor integration of new spaces, but to find new ways to make indoor areas less viable for the spread of any sickness.

LA v.s. SF Covid Cases + Hospitalization Rates APRIL

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San Francisco Covid Cases

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Below Average Average Above Average POVERTY

315-2700 225-314 151-224 89-150 0-88 COVID-19 VULNERABILITY

SCHOOL

02. SITE LA Covid-19 Vulnerability Index + Poverty + High School Distribution With the need for clean air in mind, along with the disappearing divide between home and school, the AirXchange seeks to provide a space for public use, education, and residency. In particular, these three functions tie into the fabric of Los Angeles, whose sprawl gives way to certain deficiencies in public amenities for underrepresented communities.

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Residential Neighborhood v.s.

Interchange Scale

Stadium v.s. Interchange Loop Scale

Mixed-use Building v.s. Loop Scale

LA Interchange Analysis Los Angeles itself is home to many highways which cross over each other to make a net that defines the landscape. Where these highways and freeways intersect lead to vast areas known as ‘dead space’, where development and use is severely limited. However, in our efforts to redefine the urban landscape, these dead spaces can provide potential sites for new life.

03. SOLUTION/CONCEPT

Translation of Horizontal Hospital Air System Into Tower Typology A typology uniquely focused on maintaining best quality of air for its occupants is the hospital’s air filtration system. The AirXchange ventilation system integrates the displacement and filtration system of the hospital’s isolation and operating rooms, adapting them to a public and residential scale.

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CONTAMINATED AIR EXHAUST PIPE

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL SEMI-OPEN SPACE

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE

GREEN OPEN SPACE

SCHOOL

GREEN OPEN SPACE

PUBLIC OPEN PARK+ BIKE-ORIENTED RETAIL SPACE

UNDERGROUND PARKING

Section @ Composite Airflow System

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CONTAMINATED AIR EXHAUST PIPE

L18 - L48 Residential Typical Floor Plan RESIDENTIAL

OPEN SPACE

SCHOOL

OPEN SPACE

PUBLIC

L10 - L16 School Typical Floor Plan

CLEAR DAY SCRENARIO + Render @

WILDFIRE DAY SCREN

Open Oublic Space

Semi-Outdoor Space

In an ideal scenario, where the exterior air quality is at acceptable levels and there are no highly contagious threats, both the atrium core and the facade can be open.

When the outside air is smog, or any other facto the main air flow would

04. AIRFLOW SYSTEM BY SCENAR

L1 - L8 Public Typical Floor Plan Project 00/00

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CONTAMINATED AIR EXHAUST PIPE

CONTAMINATED AIR EXHAUST PIPE

CONTAMINATED AIR EXHAUST PIPE

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

SCHOOL

SCHOOL

SCHOOL

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

PUBLIC

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PUBLIC

NARIO + Render @

extremely polluted due to wildfires, ors, the facade would be sealed, and d be mediated by the three cores.

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DISEASE SCRENARIO + Render @

WILDFIRE & DISEASE SCRENARIO + Render @

School’s Multipurpose Space

Green Open Space Between Programs

With the understanding that it is increased air flow that helps prevent the spread of contagions, while the facade could allow free air flow, the atrium would be closed off to limit the spread of disease.

When outside air is unsafe to breathe and interior air stagnation lead to disease proliferation, both the facade and the inner atrium is closed, and air flow would be exclusively be mediated by the three cores.

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05. BUILDING SYSTEM

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00. Building

01. Core

02. Columns

03. Interior Walls

04. Shading Facade

05. Exterior Facade

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0 2 POP-UP VOLUMES SAN RAFAEL COMMUNIT Y CENTER ACADEMIC TERM: INTEGRATED STUDIO | 2019 PROFESSOR: MARK JENSEN + STEVEN HUEGLI TYPE: CULTURAL/COMMUNITY CENTER SITE: SAN RAFAEL

Pop-up volumes move beyond the conventional concept of a pop-up store to form a community center that brings people together, reconnects with the water, protects, and serves the community during the extreme weather conditions of the future.

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01. SITE CONTEXT

ASIAN 6.6 % TWO OR MORE RACES 4.2 % OTHER RACE 2.2 % BLACK 1.8 % NATIVE AMERICAN 0.2 % NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.06 %

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SAN RAFAEL’S POVERTY VALUE

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RACE & ETHNICITY

At 55.4% White, 30.1% Hispanic or Latino, 6.6% Asian, and more than 7% of other races, San Rafael is a community where diverse cultures come to celebrate. The site’s location is adjacent to the San Rafael Creek. However, access to the waterside is significantly limited. With little to no waterside accessibility, street activities have missed the opportunity to fully engage with the water activities. The rise of the sea level also denotes the site as one of the most vulnerable areas in the Bay, threatening its canal condition and putting its future in jeopardy.

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02. CONCEPT In response to the diversity, vibrant culture, the need to engage with the water, and the vulnerability to the climate crisis, Pop-up Volumes is a juxtaposition of extruded volumes that are risen by concrete piles to create direct access from the street front to the back canal. Each volume assigns to a unique program, yet united by a flexible space that serves as primary circulation and rentable pop-up space.

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01. Original Triangulated Site Condition.

02. Site Extrusion.

03. Formal Subdivision.

04. Formal Adjustment.

05. Volumetric Identification.

06. Elevation, Structural Piles Installation.

07. Ground Level Transformation.

08. Pedestrian Expansion, Bridging Two Sides of the Canal.

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Roof Plan

First Floor Plan

Site Plan

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View form Crossing Bridge

View form Circulation Volume 01

View form Ground Level

View form Circulation Volume 02

View form Cross Circulation + Pop-up Space

View form Crossing Bridge (under) + Library Entrance

Section @ Multi-purpose

Section @ Library

Long Section Across Multiple Volumes

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Section @ Circulation

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METAL PANELS

GRAVEL BOARD FILTER FLEECE MECHANICAL PROTECTION FABRIC

EXTERIOR

INTERIOR

CEILING WOOD GRILL

EXTERIOR WOOD LOUVERS

EXTERIOR GLAZING PANEL

METAL PANELS

CONCRETE PILE (EXPOSED)

PILE CAP

CONCRETE PILE

Building Wall Section + Enlarge Elevation @

03. MATERIALITY To further express the conceptual celebration of diversity and inclusion, each volume is either skinned with a wood screen/metal screen or clad with metal panels in relationship with their primary function but unified by color and the direction of cladding and screening patterns. For example, the wood’s warm texture is assigned to the learning volume (library), while the metal’s metallic and robust surface is applied to circulation volumes.

However, the volumes promote a certain degree of similarity from the material pattern and coating color.

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Sustainability Diagram + Perspective Section @ Library Project 02/06

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View form Crossing Bridge

View form Ground Level

View form Circulation Volume 02

View form Circulation Volume 01

View form Crossing Bridge (under) + Library Entrance

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Conceptual Site Model 01

Site Model - View from Canal Project 02/06

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Conceptual Site Model 02

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Sectional Model 01 Project 02/06

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Sectional Model 02

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0 3 REDEFINE REFURBISH RESILIENCE NANSHA, GUANGZHOU’S PROJECT 3R’S ACADEMIC TERM: INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIO | 2019 PROFESSOR: PAZ GUTIERREZ + TOMAS MCKAY TYPE: MIXED USE/RESIDENTIAL/URBAN SITE: NANSHA, GUANGZHOU TEAM MEMBERS: LOC H NGUYEN + JUANITA BALLESTEROS + YUXI WEI

Nansha’s project 3R’s is actively intended to protect the site form the temptation of gentrification and the possible damage of climate change by redefining its agricultural land, refurbishing its canal condition while preparing it with the ability to resile from the potential threat of sea-level rise.

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01. SITE CONTEXT

Salinity Map

Nansha, Guangzhou is an artificial filed island with a rich history in water agriculture, fishing agriculture, and an international scale port developed along its Eastern edge. In conjunction with increased precipitation yearly, Nansha’s flat laying condition makes it extremely vulnerable to seasonal flood and saltwater intrusion. In recent years, the region experiences shortness in regional produce due to giving up agriculture land to industrial and gentrification expansion.

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Infill Map

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Transportation Map 4

People’s Republic of China

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Site Photos

Site Serial Section

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Land Typology Study

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SCENARIO A - SEAWEED PRODUCTION + VERTICAL FARMING Team Member: Loc H Nguyen - Designer

FARMING

DRYING

PRODUCE

EXPORT

NANSHA’S MASTERPLAN

SCENARIO B - INDUSTRIAL + PORT

Team Member: Juanita Ballesteros - Planner

Team Member: Yuxi Wei - Designer

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NEWCONSTRUCTED

NEWCONSTRUCTED

CANAL

CANAL

PORTOFNANSHA

PORTOFNANSHA

EXISTINGAGRICULTURAL

TRANSFORMING

LAND

WETLAND NEWCONSTRUCTED

EXISTINGRESIDENTIAL

CANAL NEWWALL/BLDG. CONSTRN.

PORTOFNANSHA EXISTINGAGRICULTURAL

PORTOFNANSHA NEWWALL/BLDG.

LAND

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EXISTINGRESIDENTIAL

NEWWALL/BLDG. CONSTRN.

PORTOFNANSHA EXISTINGAGRICULTURAL

PORTOFNANSHA TRANSFORMING

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WETLAND

EXISTINGAGRICULTURAL

TRANSFORMING

LAND

WETLAND

PORTOFNANSHA

PORTOFNANSHA

HIGHWAY

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TRANSFORMINGWATER TRANSPORTATION

PORTOFNANSHA NEWWALL/BLDG.

NEWWALL/BLDG. PORTOFNANSHA CONSTRUCTEDWETLAND

CONSTRUCTEDWETLAND PORTOFNANSHA

SEAWEED+FISHFARMING

PORTOFNANSHA NEWCONSTRUCTED CANAL

TRANSFORMING WETLAND

EXISTINGAGRICULTURAL

CANAL NEWWALL/BLDG.

CANAL

LAND

HIGHWAY

NEWCONSTRUCTED

PORTOFNANSHA NEWCONSTRUCTED

EXISTINGAGRICULTURAL

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SEAWEED+FISHFARMING

PORTOFNANSHA TRANSFORMINGWATER TRANSPORTATION TRANSFORMING

LAND

WETLAND

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EXISTINGAGRICULTURAL

TRANSFORMING

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WETLAND

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CONSTRUCTEDWETLAND

PORTOFNANSHA NEWWALL/BLDG.

SEAWEED+FISHFARMING

PORTOFNANSHA

CONSTRUCTEDWETLAND

PORTOFNANSHA

Site Formation Projection

02. CONCEPT Inspired by a rainwater harvesting mechanism, flood-protected barrier, and the local traditional boathouses, the project proposes a series of elongated architecture that takes on the form of an occupiable wall with massive rainwater collecting roof. These buildings come in pairs and place perpendicular to the North and South axis of the island on both pre-existing canals and newly developed canals system.

03. BUILDING SYSTEM Each wall (building) functions as a closed ecosystem where water is collected from the roof, and distributed to the residential cluster, seaweed production and vertical farming below.

The space between two walls (buildings) is a single direction water flow canal that serves as the primary transportation and prevents

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dirty port water from contaminating the land. Between each pair are constructed wetlands and are designated for seaweed and fish farming.

Wetland will be responsible for treating and filtering contaminated water from farming production and everyday uses.

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LARGERROOFSTRUCTURE

EXPOSEDWOODTIMBER

SMALLERROOFSTRUCTURE

EXPOSEDWOODTIMBER

OCCUPIABLEPLATFORM

UN-OCCUPIABLEPLATFORM

STRUCTURALCONCRETEWALL

STRUCTURALWOODSCREEN SUPPORTINGCOLUMNS

CONCRETESLAB(RESIDENTIAL)

STRUCTURALCONCRETEWALL

CONCRETESLAB(SEAWEED PRODUCTION&VERTICAL

Building System

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04. MATERIALITY Local wetland palm leaves are selected as the building material to respect the site’s history as agricultural land and to create a light and airy spatial quality that provides comfortability in sub-tropical climate living conditions.

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RAINHARVESTROOFSYSTEM RAINHARVESTROOFSYSTEM

TYP. RESIDENTIALSPACE LONGITUDINALCIRCULATION

LONGITUDINALCIRCULATION

LONGITUDINALCIRCULATION LONGITUDINALCIRCULATION

VERTICALFARMINGFACILITY PUBLICTERRACES SEAWEEDPACKINGFACILITY VERTICALFARMINGFACILITY STOREDRAINWATER PRODUCTIONCIRCULATION

SEAWEEDPRODUCTION

Cross Section

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Plan @ Crossing Bridge

Section @ Seaweed Production

0 4 HOW TO PRODUCE MUSIC VERTICALLY MOCA’ S T HE AT ER A ND C ENT ER OF PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMIC TERM: INTRODUCTION STUDIO | 2018 PROFESSOR: DAN SPIEGEL TYPE: MUSIC PRODUCTION/PERFORMANCE SITE: LOS ANGELES

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01. CONCEPT The initial concept of the project is to create a spatial clarity between music production and performance.

Base on the idea of a sound isolation system, the music production space is placed below ground to separate itself from the above performance spaces.

A public zone is created on the ground level to further emphasis this clarification. At a larger scale, this public zone also works as a site activator to draw public attention to this industrial neighborhood of the Art district.

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Formal Exploration

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01. Pre-Exist.

02. Excavation.

03. Extrusion.

04. Subtraction.

05. Addition.

06. Subdivision.

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Concept Model 01 - Massing

Concept SIte Model

Concept Model 02 - Program

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Plan 01

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Plan 02

Plan 03

Plan 04

Plan 05

Plan 06

Plan 07

Plan 08

Plan 09

Plan 10

Section 05

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Section 07

Section 08

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02. PROGRAM The project’s spatial division can be identified as public programs and private programs, also known as aboveground space and underground space.

Public spaces include a lobby, café, main performance hall, outdoor performance space, public lounge, and artist lounge/backstage.

Private space includes reception, recording studios, rehearsal space, artist’s lounge, and storage.

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Plan +1

Section @ Main Performance Hall

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View @ Vertical Circulation

Building Elevation Project 04/06

View @ Public Cafe

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Sectional Model 01 Project 04/06

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Sectional Model 02

Sectional Model 03

0 5 THE ROLLING CITY RECONNECTING THE DISCONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS ACADEMIC TERM: URBANISM STUDIO | 2018 PROFESSOR: MARK ANDERSON TYPE: MIXED USE/RESIDENTIAL/URBAN SITE: OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

The rolling city aims to solve the City of Oakland’s housing problems, economic problems, and connectivity problems caused by an 80 feet wide I-880 freeway.

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01. SITE CONTEXT For decades, this highway has divided the city into two distinctive halves with distinctive cultural identity, ethnicity, and income. It also results in a missed opportunity to link the city’s entire Eastern financial district to the beautify Western waterfront district. For that reason, this project arrives to blur this fine line to reconnect and to activate the potential benefits the city has been missing.

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Concept Diagram

02. CONCEPT The project is a collective unification of five residential and commercial skyscrapers. Although the rolling city is perceivable as five independent skyscrapers, its formal and spatial continuity express otherwise. The project formally lifted the transportation infrastructure to activate the space underneath and unclog the City’s East and separated Western communities.

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Urban Strategy

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Site Plan

View from Commercial Floors

COMMERCIAL

RESIDENTIAL

PUBLIC/OPEN SPACE

CONDITION

CONDITION

CONDITION

TOWER BASE

FREEWAY ADJACENT CONDITION

03. PROGRAMS Five residential and commercial skyscrapers are associated with five stations for a mixed type of public transportation such as BART, Ferry, and Buses. The gold is to provide easy access throughout

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the city by adding and evenly distributing the station entry points at each tower. The towers’ upper portions are clusters of either residential units or commercial office unites to provide each of them

a unique functional identity curvilinear infrastructure to the towers, functioning as

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FREEWAY SUBJACENT CONDITION

y, while the base portions adjoins the o serves as secondary circulation between retail units, open spaces, and public parks.

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Enlarge Section @ Commercial Tower

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Plan - Typical Residential

04. STRUCTURE The building system is supported by the pre-cast concrete vertical and horizontal system columns. The columns are hollowed at the center to feature traditional and horizontal elevators, serving as the primary circulation for rapid and direct access across the project’s elongated expansion.

Plan - Typical Commercial

Unrolled Section

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0 6 ALMOST GROUNDED R E T HI NK I NG T HE G ENER AT I V E POTENTIAL OF THE SECTION ACADEMIC TERM: THESIS STUDIO | 2020 ADVISORS: LISA IWAMOTO + DAN SPIEGEL TYPE: MIXED USE/RESIDENTIAL/URBAN SITE: HO CHI MINH CITY

THESIS STATEMENT Almost Grounded adopts the legibility of the section to create a new urban structure that supports the contemporary city’s social condenser. How would the future urbanization increase human interaction by reactivating the ground through spatial, social, and transportation interconnectedness?

This thesis questions the planning potential of a “Master Section” in response to the city’s rapid population growth, its necessity for vertical expansion, its complex multi-layered urban reality that cannot be described by a conventional masterplan.

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The “MASTER SECTION”

PART I: RESEARCH A. SECTION AS THE GENERATOR Sections and plans are similar representational conventions. Both describe cuts—the one horizontal, the other vertical. However, the section is typically understood as the result of the plan, produced afterward to represent the effects of the plan through spatial expression. Le Corbusier has reminded architects that: the plan is the generator, the determination of everything, and is the primary motive that determines the design conception.

The Reconstruction of Deconstructed Villa Savoye This drawing deconstructs Villa Savoye to reconstruct it with a sectional implication.

What if the section is the generator, what if the section is the determination of everything and is the primary motive that determines the design conception?

While there is only a small amount of past literature investigating the history, development, and use of section in the practice of architecture, there are projects that show evidence attesting to the sectional intention embedded within the design process.

Such as Downtown Athletic Club And Seattle Public Library. However, the issue with these examples is that they all fail to explore the generative potential of sections further.

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B. THE SECTION AT URBAN SCALE Similarly, at the urban scale, the planning typically begins with a masterplan, the section arrives after to resolve for the most critical intersection of the city. However, in response to the exponential increase of the population, the city is dealing with more problems related to the verticality, putting the plan’s compatibility in question. As an effort to prevent urban sprawl, the city planner has stretched the City vertical, results in a new type of sprawl, vertical sprawl being described as a series of tall buildings that fail to address the connectivity between the city and humanity.

City of Tomorrow - The Reality This drawing shows the reality of the city today, putting the concept of urban sprawl and vertical sprawl in conjunction. When Le Corbusier’s residential towers are represented by some of the world record tall buildings creating an isolated community that is neither talking to each other nor connected to the ground.

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PART II: DESIGN A. HO CHI MINH CITY The site locates in Ho Chi Minh City, the south economic center of Vietnam. Among the total population of 13 million, 4 million are students and undocumented workers who live below standard dwelling conditions.

According to Climate Central’s, most Ho Chi Minh cities will be flooded, primarily where students and undocumented workers are located. As one of the most vulnerable cities in the world that is affected by climate change in conjunction with the exponential growth of the population, the need to expand vertical of the city is undeniable.

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2050 FLOOD PROJECTION

NEW HOUSING DISTRIBUTION

EXISTING + NEW INDUSTRIAL ZONE

EXISTING + NEW EDUCATION ZONE

2015 POVERTY MAP

HO CHI MINH CITY’S DISTRICT MAP

Ho Chi Minh City’s Land Uses + Flood Projection Analysis

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PROJECT SITE

CITY’S PROPOSED FLOOD WALL

B. THE COUNTERPROPOSAL In 2008, the city proposed a continued flood wall to protect the important side, while delaying the protection to its opposite side. This thesis works with the scenario where the city has decided to keep its substantial side and while letting the other side be flooded, instead of a wall that fails to connect people with the waterfront, and far less consideration to the flooded region.

It proposes a flexible barrier that utilizes the section to create an important link to the two opposite sides and reconnect the vertical community back to the ground level.

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C. THE MASTER SECTIONS The core concept is expressed through two master sections, which phases are developed according to the projection of sea-level rise.

GROUND MASTER SECTION: focuses on activating the ground and provide it with programs that have a different relationship to the water. As the sea level rises, this ground manipulation will experience a dynamic transformation when the existing ground becomes underground, and the secondary ground will become new ground.

VERTICAL MASTER SECTION: is a process of densification and relocation of public programs that are subject be disappeared in the flooded region.

These two master sections work as a framework to plug in different programs with different attitudes to the water, creating dynamic sectional conditions that are together sculpting the formation of the new wall.

The master sections divided into 3 phases which can be identified as: 1. Ground Activation 2. Transformation + Relocation 3. Extreme Scenario Phase 01: the ground is retained and sculpted with a concrete piles system that functions as soil retention + foundation + landscape.

Shophouses and other public programs interlace upward and perform as the transitional program to bring people from the above level back to the ground, avoid the isolated nature of the vertical community.

Phase 02: as the water rises 4 feet above the current level, the ground condition has significantly transformed overtime. This phase expected to provide the density and lost amenity and leisure to the vertical community in the future.

Extreme Scenario: water rises 20 feet above the current sea level. The highest circulation layer will facilitate the connectives between the highest points along with the site, creating a complete loop floating above the water.

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residential

PHASE 03: EXTREME SCENARIO

PHASE 03: EXTREME SCENARIO

Sea Level Projection: 20’ Programs:

Sea Level Projection: 20’ Programs:

2 story shophouse + public amenities

residential + open space + commercial

PHASE 02: TRANSFORMATION + RELOCATION

PHASE 02: TRANSFORMATION + RELOCATION

Sea Level Projection: 4.0’ Programs:

Sea Level Projection: 4.0’ Programs: 3 story shophouse + residential + relocated public programs

2 story shophouse + public amenities

2 story shophouse

PHASE 01: GROUND ACTIVATION

PHASE 01: GROUND ACTIVATION

Sea Level Projection: 0.0’ Programs:

2 story shophouse + public amenities

Sea Level Projection: 0.0’ Programs: 2 story shophouse + 3 story shophouse + public amenities

residential

open space

2 story shophouse

SEA LEVEL PROJECTION

SEA LEVEL PROJECTION

(0.0’, 4.0’, 20.0’)

(0.0’, 4.0’, 20.0’)

GROUND MASTER SECTION

VERTICAL MASTER SECTION

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VERTICAL COMMUNITY 04

AMPHITHEATER (above water level) HORIZONTAL COMMUNITY 05 AQUARIUM (below water level)

HORIZONTAL COMMUNITY 04 VERTICAL COMMUNITY 03 BOAT LOADING DOCK (at water level)

HORIZONTAL COMMUNITY 03 VERTICAL COMMUNITY 02

HORIZONTAL COMMUNITY 02

OBSERVATION POINT (above water level)

HORIZONTAL COMMUNITY 01

VERTICAL COMMUNITY 01

FERRY TERMINAL (above water level)

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3 STORY RESIDENTIAL TYPE 1

3 STORY RESIDENTIAL TYPE 1 + 2

3 STORY RESIDENTIAL TYPE 1 + 2

3 STORY RESIDENTIAL TYPE 1 + 2

3 STORY SHOPHOUSE TYPE 1

3 STORY SHOPHOUSE TYPE 1 + 2

3 STORY SHOPHOUSE TYPE 1 + 2

3 STORY SHOPHOUSE TYPE 1 + 2

2 STORY SHOPHOUSE

3 STORY SHOPHOUSE (X2)

3 STORY SHOPHOUSE (X2)

3 STORY SHOPHOUSE (X2)

RESIDENTIAL LEVEL RESIDENTIAL LEVEL SHOP LEVEL SHOP LEVEL

RESIDENTIAL LEVEL RESIDENTIAL LEVEL SHOP LEVEL SHOP LEVEL

D. THE SHOPHOUSES The mediator that connects these sectional zoning is the shophouses and the multilevel street layers they create. Shophouse, an existed program on the site, already has a sectional implication to its spatial organization where the residential unit is stacked directly above the commercial floor. In this scenario, the shophouse is reinvented to preserve its sectional implication and allow the units to be interlaced at multiple levels and allow spaces for circulation in a high-density environment.

79 LEVEL 38 + 380.0’

LEVEL 37 + 370.0’

LEVEL 36 + 360.0’

LEVEL 35 + 350.0’

TYP. RESIDENTIAL

LEVEL 34 + 340.0’

LEVEL 33 + 330.0’

TYP. COMMERCIAL OFFICES TYP. OPEN SPACE

LEVEL 32 + 320.0’

LEVEL 31 + 310.0’

TYP. COMMERCIAL OFFICES

LEVEL 30 + 300.0’

LEVEL 29 + 290.0’

LEVEL 28 + 280.0’

LEVEL 27 + 270.0’

LEVEL 26 + 260.0’

LEVEL 25 + 250.0’

TYP. RESIDENTIAL

TYP. RETAIL

LEVEL 24 + 240.0’

LEVEL 23 + 230.0’

LEVEL 22 + 220.0’

TYP. COMMERCIAL OFFICES TYP. RETAIL

LEVEL 21 + 210.0’

LEVEL 20 + 200.0’

LEVEL 19 + 190.0’

LEVEL 18 + 180.0’

OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE SPACE

LEVEL 17 + 170.0’

LEVEL 16 + 160.0’

TYP. RETAIL

LEVEL 15 + 150.0’

LEVEL 14 + 140.0’

LEVEL 13 + 130.0’

LEVEL 12 + 120.0’

TYP. RESIDENTIAL

LEVEL 11 + 110.0’

LEVEL 10 + 100.0’

LEVEL 09 + 90.0’

TYP. 3 STORY SHOPHOUSE TYP. RETAIL

LEVEL 08 + 80.0’

LEVEL 07 + 70.0’

LEVEL 06 + 60.0’

LEVEL 05 + 50.0’

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TYP. 3 STORY SHOPHOUSE TYP. 2 STORY SHOPHOUSE

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LEVEL 33 + 330.0’

LEVEL 18 + 180.0’

LEVEL 04 + 40.0’

LEVEL 00 + 00.0’

LEVEL 00 - 04.0’

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PLAN @ TYPICAL GROUND MASTER SECTION

PLAN @ TYPICAL VERTICAL MASTER SECTION Project 01/06

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The proposal physically and figuratively dissolves the edge of the site with a sectional approach that allows a dynamic mix of programs to happen simultaneously as they move upward. It intended to layer up and to connect the horizontal and the vertical dimension of the city. This proposal expresses the importance of the multilevel public street to reconnect people to each other, the urban fabric in the current condition, and the extreme urban density condition. By using the legibility of the section create an opportunity for this to happen.

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FREMONT BANK HQ // ELS

IN PROGRESS

Type: RETAIL/MIXED USE Site: FREMONT, CALIFORNIA INVOLVEMENT PHASE: CONCEPT •

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Worked on Concept Design models and assisted in the production of presentation drawings for Fremont Bank client meeting.

Performed daylighting study and analysis for Fremont Bank’s building facade, collaborated with team members to develop a Grasshopper script for its twisted fins.

Project description: “The future Fremont Bank Headquarters building, planned as a new gateway for the corner of Capital Avenue and Fremont Boulevard, will be an iconic landmark for the City’s new Downtown district.

ELS’ design for the new 34,000-square foot, 6-floor headquarters building includes a two-floor, twenty-six-foot tall banking hall reminiscent of the original bank space at the same address. Floors three through five will house Fremont Bank corporate offices, and the sixth floor will be home to a client-focused boardroom and indoor function space that opens out to a roof terrace with views of Fremont and the surrounding hills.

The distinctive design includes torqued vertical fins on the upper floors along with an angular roof trellis. In addition, ELS has worked closely with engineers and manufacturers to identify and propose the use of electrochromic glass for large portions of the buildings’ exterior glazing. This automatically tinting glass keeps heat and glare out of the space without the use of additional window treatments. In combination with the vertical fins, the system provides a higher level of daylighting, views and comfort for occupants while maximizing energy conservation.” (ELS ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN)

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VETERANS MEMORIAL SENIOR CENTER // ELS

IN PROGRESS

BARBUDA BEACH VILLAGE // MASON ARCHITECTS

IN PROGRESS

Type: SPORTS/RECREATION I COMMUNITY/EDUCATION

Type: RESIDENTIAL

Site: REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA

Site: BARBUDA, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

INVOLVEMENT PHASE: DD + CD

INVOLVEMENT PHASE: CD

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Designed and assembled material sample boards for Redwood City Veterans Memorial Senior Center.

Performed LEED Material and Resource research, Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses calculation for Redwood City’s Veterans Memorial Senior Center.

Assisted in the production of Design Development and Construction Documents for Redwood City’s Veterans Memorial Senior Center.

Assisted in managing and producing Construction Documents for Barbuda Beach Village.

Project description: “Set along the finest beaches in the West Indies, Barbuda’s distinct collection of private seaside residences employ fresh, modern Caribbean style. Families can build their dream island home by selecting from a diverse mix of beach front and golf home site opportunities or choose one of the elegant Casitas and Cottages for the ease of turnkey ownership.

Project description:

The designer homes provide effortless luxury and an exceptional variety of

“Replacing aging facilities at Red Morton Park, the new Veterans Memorial

residential options. Selections include waterfront cottages, lagoon-front cottages,

Senior Center and Joint YMCA provides additional space for both facilities as well

golf and ocean-view cottages, as well as Beach Club units. Floor plans range

as adding new green space to Redwood City.

from 2,000 to 7,500 square feet. ” (BARBUDA OCEAN CLUB)

The new senior center will include a 400-seat theater, gymnasium, kitchen, multipurpose rooms, garden space, and a technology hub and will be completely accessible. The new YMCA will include a health and wellness center, multiple swimming pools, child care, locker rooms, and space for adult, youth, and family programs. The transparent design brings in more natural light and gives the building a more welcoming tone by allowing passers-by to see inside and watch the programmed activities bustle away.” (ELS ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN)

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