Pete Paueksakon 2021 Portfolio

P E T E PA U E K S A KO N U n i v e r s i t y o f Vi r g i n i a

M.ARCH | CURRENT WORKS

PETE

PAUEKSAKON

www.petepauek.wixsite.com/atlasdesign

pp2dj@virginia.edu

Architecture is the intersection dialogue between my vision of the world and the built environments. It has never been static as I keep advancing my life and study. The projects selected represent two of my current interests in architecture. The first is how we architects, as the intellects of creativity, could make our discipline and industry catch up with the pace of external development, by critically integrating knowledges beyond architecture. The second is how we pursue the beauty of architecture, which I believe is a poetic moment when every concern has been composed harmoniously; it is even beyond the juxtaposition between content and form, order and intervention.

EDUCATION University of Virginia, M.Arch Path 2 | Aug 2020 - Current

NATIONALITY United States of America | 2009 - Current

Urban Design Certificate | 2023

Lived in Nashville, Knoxville, and Charlottesville

University of Tennessee, B.Arch | Sep 2014 - May 2019

Thailand | 1995 - 2009

NCDC Urban Design Seminar Program | Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

Lived in Bangkok for 10 years

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE StudioGang | Externship | Jan 2021 - Jan 2021

SKILLS SUMMARY 3D Modelling & 2D Draft | 2013 - 2021

Developed drawing developments of Mira Tower for Publication Part of StudioGang client and contractor remote meetings

3D modeling and 2D Drafting experience in conceptual and design development phases using Rhino3D and AutoCAD

Filament Tower | Project Assistant | May 2019 - June 2019

Adobe Suites | 2013 - 2021

Developed strategies for simulation of geometry, file fabrication,

Masterful use of photoshop, illustrator, lightroom, indesign compelling

representation, and project organization

graphics for graphic presentations

ARCH321 Digital Workflows | T.A. | Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

BIM | 2018 - 2020

Guided students using architectural softwares such as Rhino 3D,

Intermediate proficiency with building information tools using

Grasshopper, and Revit to develop workflows and representation

Rhino3D, Revit and AutoCAD workflows

UTK FABLAB | Woodshop Assistant | Sep 2017 - Aug 2018

Rendering | 2014 - 2021

Assisted students with laser cutter, 3D printers and fabrication

Proficient use of Photoshop, V-Ray, Lumion, and Twinmotion to

Task and development of work support from students and professors

develop visual narratives for architectural representation

ACHIEVEMENTS Undergraduate Awards, USA Regional Award | Sep 2019

PUBLICATION / EXHIBITION Filament Tower, Exhibit Columbus | Sep 2019

Selected Architecture Regional Award Winner out of 905 entries

Design development of Filament Tower pavilion

Attended sponsored trip to Dublin for presentation at Trinity College

2020 ACMA Awards for Composite Excellence

Tamayouz Inter-Graduation Awards Long List | July 2019

Study at KAFe | Aug 2019

Selected Graduation Project as part of 50 out of 908 entries

Competition submission for the Kaunas architecture festival

Sole Long List Graduation Project from USA

Project exhibited at Kaunas city center

UTK CoAD MaxMin Competition | Jan 2018

Towards Fibrous Architecture, UA Journals | Sep 2019

Winner of in house university Max Robinson competition addressing Diversity through Architectural Design

Initialized research of Fibrous Modularity project submission for Undergraduate Awards Journals of Publication

USA Lumion Student Competition | Dec 2016

Fibrous Modularity, Exhibit | Jun 2018

Second Place - out of 28 entrants

UTK CoAD demonstration of emerging Architecture Technologies

Proficient use of Lumion to produce animations in timely manner

Model exhibited at Gallery in Downtown Knoxville

LANGUAGES

INTERESTS

English

World Building | Concept Art | 3D Environments

Thai

Tennis | Biking | Hiking | Piano | Animation

CENTER OF INJUSTICE AND MEMORIAL A Place of Demonstration at Downtown Knoxville | 2019-Current

TESSELLATION Affordable Housing Complex Proposal at East Harlem | 2020

TRINITY TOWERS Three Interlocking Skyscrapers at Central Bangkok | 2018

FIBROUS MODULARITY Composite Materials Design Research and Pavilion Installation | 2018

FILAMENT TOWER Pavilion Installation at Exhibit Columbus | 2019

OTHER WORKS A Collection of Past and Current Speculative Projects

| 2016-Current

CENTER OF INJUSTICE AND MEMORIAL Project Type : Orchestration of Architecture Form and Function Project Year : Spring 2019 - Fall 2020 Category : Public Cultural Institution Role : Self Directed Project Site : Downtown Knoxville, Tennessee Intersections : The National Memorial for Peace and Justice by Mass Design Group

: World Trade Center Transit Hub by Santiago Calatrava

: Fibrous Modularity | Design as Modular Systems

: Alvorada Palace by Oscar Neimeyer

8 | MANIFESTO

“Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere” - Martin Luther King Jr.

What if Architecture can be a voice for public action? This proposal is to provide a neutral ground for public protest within the vicinity of Knoxville.

The goal of having a designated space to freely voice the injustices upon government and society. The main area in the center composes of a grid that features spatial components with repetitions of arch ratio columns standing in an asymmetrical balance for each module space. The primary material is concrete and stone for its tactile ability to be weathered and enclose in the ground. While also free-form concrete is used to achieve the curvature of the roof and the flexibility of the columns. The public forum translates into a campaign by the hierarchy of spaces transitioning from one connected zone to another in an ascending and descending flow. It is a monument of reflectance, honor, and power for people voicing the injustices in the city.

The architecture is a forum of inquiry by performing the overall layout of the site to situate through rectilinear forms within the landscape. The orientation of the Injustice Center aligns in axis with the memorial. Thus, the intervention establishes clear landmarks for the people congregating within the site to demonstrate their voice and reason for the injustice.

The memorial consists of people with names who have been victims of systemic oppression. Their names are carved into each archway under the public forum to be honored and remembered.

PROCESS | 9

1. Grid System

2. Site Program

3. Spatial Massing

4. Heirarchy and Void

5. Programmatic Functions

6. Outdoor Garden

10 | SITE PLAN

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4

6

1

3

2

1

ART WALL

2

CORNER

3

PARK

The public interaction area allows for people or visitors to have an interplay between dialogue and expression. Upon the art wall, expression of voice can be visualized freely through different art interpretations such as murals or graffiti. Other public spaces such as parks are designed for gathering in mind for people to voice their point of view or dialogue.

4

COURTYARD

5

GARDEN

6

FORUM

The public discourse continues within intermediate spaces. While inside the courtyard or the garden, the quality of spaces is highlighted by axes of architecture hierarchy and grand atmosphere. The forum is an openair amphitheater for people to gather and listen from different countless stories relating to inequality.

PLAN | 11

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12 10

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RECEPTION

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GALLERIES

9

SKY SHAFT

The artwork consists of human interpretations of injustice. Here they are presented in the gallery. By proposing to separate the area into three phases.

Gallery one contains the art of oppression, gallery two hosts the art of injustice, and gallery three contains artworks and photographs of the inequality.

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STORAGE + BOH

11

EVENT HALL

12

KITCHEN

The modularity contains openings for sunlight to come indirectly inside the event spaces. This allows for the best possible view within the most efficient space.

The staff and storage areas are located near entrance points at the ends of the complex to facilitate the loading of supplies and for the storage of gallery items.

12 | SECTION | ELEVATION

ORCHESTRATION OF SPACES Similarly to an instrument, the role of space performs in conjunction with different scales of structural order. The performance of space creates a dialogue transition of movement between monumentality and past, present and memory.

AXONMETRIC | 13

HIERARCHY OF STRUCTURAL FUNCTION By following through the grid established from the site, the organization of hierarchy space is an apparatus of functions seamlessly associated with the contextualize scale of Landscape, Architecture, and interiority.

14 | DIAGRAM

Vestible

Arch Hallway

Bask Space Arch Entry

Arch Corridor

Arch Unit

Gallery Hall

Office Hall

Public Forum

MODULAR ARCH SYSTEM The modularity of arches creates individual patterns of repetition, defining each spatial condition in a clear hierarchy. Inside, the hallway uses longer arch spans for capturing the grand structure while the entrance vestibule benefits from a smaller span dividing and directing the corridor. These order of patterns are necessary for establishing harmonious alignment towards form and function.

PERSPECTIVES | 15

Courtyard Axis

Exterior Garden

Forum Theater

Forum Theater

Gallery Hall

Entrance Hall

Main Hallway

Event Hallway

TESSELLATION COMMUNITY Project Type : Affordable Housing Project Year : Fall 2020 Instructor : Matthew Jull Category : Advance Architecture Studio Role : Group Work (Partner : Lizzy Fentress) Site : Manhattanville, New York City Intersections : Sugar Hill Development by David Adjaye

: Tetris Apartments by OFIS Architects

: CLT Apartment Block by Generate

: La Tour Tower by 3XN

18 | SITE INTRO

The Studio Museum in Harlem.125th is a cultural hub for Manhattanville, and more specifically the intersection of 125th and Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard is home to multiple annual events as well as parade and protest routes. By being mindful of the already existing and thriving neighborhood culture, these strategies look to add to its context and give to its inhabitants.

The project looks at different ways to approach the existing warehouse as well as different ways to build upwards. This site offers unique opportunity to soar with no height restriction. Although possible, the fundamental idea of constructing a high-rise was problematic for the older neighborhood the site is situated in. Instead, the project aimed ways to create moments of community within the space; a neighborhood within itself. This schemes represent that idea, while also bearing in mind the affordability of the construction. Geometries are kept simple to allow for repetitive units, which lowers costs. The warehouse in the back remains intact and is used for a stripped, industrial gallery space.

20 | PROGRAM MATRIX

1 UNIT

2 UNIT

3 UNIT

4 UNIT

FLOW

GALLERY SHARED

PUBLIC

Pixel

Linear

Castle

Hyper-Density

Perimeter Ver.1

Perimeter Ver.2

Perimeter Ver.3

Perimeter Ver.4

MASSING STRATEGIES PROGRAMMATIC FAR BLOCKS

MASSING | 21

The perimeter scheme allows for a large open courtyard to efficiently use the space for public interaction through a twenty-four-foot topography change from the southwest to the northeast side.

Massing Layout

Corner Interactive Programs

Circulation Cores

Unit / Access to Public Realm

The building is essentially a perimeter block

for a variety of ways to set up space for the

with a central single-core of units existing on

resident agencies. The aggregation of the units

the outer perimeter. The layout of the building

can be random at first, but each one that aligns

was made through the unit arrangement and

another unit leaves significant space for a three-

tessellation. Each square is its unit, ranging

foot-wide window to allow for more light into the

from one to four bedrooms, and composing one

space or for a better view down the street. This

type of each unit. In the aggregation typology,

means that smaller-sized units are placed next

the process is mirrored with each unit due to

to larger size units, which could allow for more

efficient construction costs from the number of

cross-cultural interactions between the residents

bedrooms, bathroom, and kitchen. While inside

because the aggregating from the units and plan

these units also have large living areas to allow

have shown to be advantageous for accessibility.

22 | PLANS / ELEVATION

Third Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

UNIT FLOW GALLERY SHARED PUBLIC

The courtyard offers both open air public space and a health and wellness program that is utilize in affordable housing strategies. This typology creates a dichotomy between the pure vernacular exterior of the block and the transformed courtyard. The transformed courtyard continues vertically to the central axis stairs at the end of the green courtyard as one rises to circulate above the sky courtyard.

UNIT PLANS | 23

UNIT A

UNIT B

One Bedroom

Two Bedroom

UNIT C

UNIT D

Three Bedroom

Four Bedroom

24 | PERSPECTIVES

Connector View

Gallery View

Amphitheater Seating View

Balconies View

Main Street View

Stair Access View

PERSPECTIVE | 25

White Christmas

TRINITY TOWERS Project Type : Geometric Architecture | Tower Paradigm Project Year : Spring 2018 - On going Concept Category : Personal Work Role : Self Directed Project Honors

: (2018) CTBUH Student Design Competition Submission

Intersections : Commerzbank Tower by Norman Forster

: Tencent Seafront Towers by NBBJ

: Huamu Lot 10 by KPF

Trinity Tower stands at the triangulate gateway facing Bangkok’s metropolis intersection of Ratchadapisek road. Where the scale of makeshift market stands, mid-rise mall plazas, and high rise financial centers are clumped together in an urban crammed density. The tower is positioned as a cultural mediator for the city, imparting the theme of wellness for the community as the headquarters of Thailand Ministry of Culture and Fine arts. The design centralizes themes of Thai culture upon Buddhism’s structure through the mind, body, and spirit. While standing at 832 feet, the tower is divided into three slender spires of functionalities while interconnected at three sky bridge areas. Within this integration, a balanced ratio of office spaces between public and private spaces offers a shared density of its users. As a vertical hub, the site is accommodated with a redeveloped sustainable park capitalizing on open space accommodation and underground parking. The structure also benefits the facade’s translucency creating an inside out addition to Bangkok’s skyline.

28 | PROGRAM MATRIX

MIND

BODY

SPIRIT

IDENTITY

Tile Pattern

03 03 03

Temple

Traditional Houses

Site Context

TRINITY PROGRAM Culturally, Thailand has many distinctions of “three” present in its art and architecture, which presents an opportunity upon the triangulate site. The theme of trinity becomes the convergence of connection with three programs mixing as an interconnected tower.

DIAGRAMS | 29

Site Lines

Massing

Formation

Division (A)

Division (B)

Division (C)

Structure

Program

Green Spaces

Frame Design (A)

Frame Design (B)

Frame Design (C)

ITERATIVE PROCESS These diagrams highlight vital decisions of the project design of how the triangulation and spatial division were accomplished. The tower design began as a site investigation of converging three intersecting corners which led to the concept of interconnected tri-centrality.

30 | SITE PLAN

FIELD FOR THE CITY VICINITY The design tries to provide park space by juxtaposing between the city grid and the triangular organization of the site. This community park center becomes a mediator zone of public space for people hosting wellness events or setting up night markets stand.

PERSPECTIVES | 31

GROUND CORE AXIS PLANE The ground plane directs the site centrality where three cores interconnect as one programmatic axis. This layout congregates people coming in and out of the center where mix-use amenities such as cafes and cultural centers present a unique intersection for Bangkok.

32 | CONCEPT PLANS

MIND

B.

A.

BODY

SPIRIT

C.

TRI-AXIS PLAN FORMATION The three triangular axes are created through each intersection midpoint connecting diagonally and equally across every three vertices’s.

This geometry formation establishes the tower structure functionally while providing sleek views of Bangkok’s skyline at converging areas.

The tower’s core also benefits from the straight forward organization of spaces, making it clear for users to navigate.

MAIN SECTION | 33

(SKYLINE VIEW) D.

(AMPHITHEATER) C.

(EXHIBITION) B.

(SKY DINING) A.

FIBROUS MODULARITY Project Type : Computational + Integrative Design Project Year : Spring 2018 Instructor : Marshall Padro Category : Advance Architecture Studio Role : Lead Group Work (Partners : Geng Liu, Paula Mejia) Honors

: (2018) UT CoAD Exhibition at Downtown Knoxville

: (2019) Global Undergraduate Awards Regional Award (USA and Canada)

: (2019) Selected Precedent Project for Installation at Exhibit Columbus

Intersection : ICD / ITKE Computation Design | Design as Modular Systems

The project focuses on design research utilizing principles of natural fiber composites in architecture applications. In this case, the research mimics the fibrous nature of bone to create multi-nodal modular components using glass fiber, resin and a novel winding process. The intention of the project was to create an adaptive fabrication system in order to create highly differentiated components from a simple process and a small kit of parts. The project employed a removable and reconfigurable frame to create two, three and four-node configurations onto which resin-impregnated glass fibers would be wound and cured. The development of the winding process enabled the fabrication of smooth composite surfaces with minimal material. The integrative design and fabrication process required both physical and digital modeling techniques to achieve a more streamlined understanding of the overall geometry. The project resulted in the design and fabrication of a small architectural pavilion. This demonstrator was comprised of twenty-two uniquely fabricated components assembled into a lightweight fiber composite structure.

STRUCTURAL FORMS

STRUCTURAL FORMS

36 | RESEARCH

M U LT I - N O DA L SYST E M S D E S I G N R E S E A R C H

Lattice

Divaricate

Tensile

Modular

Fibrous

Leaf

Branch

Web

Bone

Fiber

This research began with an assumption that filament materials came through the inspiration of biology and from the principals of fibrous tectonics. The study investigates material properties specific to modular component design, each establishing its unique surface. As the goal is to fabricate a system for the investigations of New Spatial Morphologies using bone structures.

System Translation lattice-structure exo-skeleton

Modularity exo-skeleton

branch-structure

exo-skeleton lattice-structure

web-structure

branch-structure

web-structure

lattice-structure

branch-structure

Structure

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Multi-Nodal

Fabrication

Winding Methodology

=

web-structure

STRUCTURAL FORMS

Component Workflow

Order

Direction

Tension

Compression

web-stru

STUDIES | 37 HAND SIZED X-RAY MORPHO-SPACE MODELS

Square Frame

Triangular Frame

Elipse Frame

Circular Frame

T-Shape (T1) Frame

T-Shape (T2) Frame

T-Shape (T3) Frame

Y-Shape Frame

Quad Twist (T1) Frame

Branch Shape (T1) Frame

Cross Shape Frame

Cross Twist Frame

Twist Frame

V-Shape Frame

Quad Shape (T2) Frame

Brach Shape (T2) Frame

38 | FABRICATION FA B R I CAT I O N C O N F I G U R AT I O N

Component Winding Technique

T-Shape Frame

T-Shape (45°)

Y-Shape (90°)

Y-Shape (60°)

Branch (90°)

Branch (60°)

X-Shape (90°)

X-Shape (45°)

Full-scale MockUp (2 Node)

Full-scale MockUp (3 Node)

COMPONENT CONSTRUCTION After the small scale model iterations, the morpho-space was achieved through seven key designs, which produced the highest degree of flexibility. These components were later tested with different winding techniques to capture the geometry of the frame entirely.

GENERATIVE | 39 D ES I G N A P P L I CAT I O N

A Collage of Components as a Kit of Parts

Kit of Parts

Enclosure

Bay

Assembly

Wall

Arch Unit

Iteration 1

Iteration 3

Iteration 5

Iteration 2

Iteration 4

Iteration 6

Digital Model Process Investigation

COMPONENT CONNECTION During this process, digital techniques were used for stimulating in understanding the overall holistic design. By translating the rigid curves through grasshopper allows the model to demonstrate cohesion along with the global geometry.

40 | DESIGN BUILD PAVILLION CONSTRUCTION

FABRICATION PROCESS

Frame Construct

Reusability

Joint Assembly

Hand Winding

Disassembly

Glass Fiber

MATERIALS

CONSTRUCTION

Fiber Tension

Volumetric Winding

Fiber Orientation

Resin Bath

Light Materiality

Cured Fibers

Transportability

Form Test 1

Form test 2

Form test 3

Global Geometry

Karamba Analysis

“KIT OF PARTS” INVESTIGATION

INTEGRATIVE DESIGN SPACE Removing the glass resinated fibers was achieved by having the straw washers applied with acetone for the threads to not stick on the frame. As it hardens, the structure was deconstructed by removing the screws. The component was later connected together by white zip ties capturing the overall pavilion.

FORMS | 41 CURED COMPONENT FORMS

Component 1&2

Component 3

Component 4

Component 6

Component 7

Component 8

Component 9

Component 10

Component 11

Component 12

Component 13

Component 14

Component 15

Component 16

Component 18

Component 19

Component 20

Component 21

Component 22

Component 17

Component 5

FILAMENT TOWER Project Type : Fabrication + Integratative Design Project Year : Spring 2019 Instructor : Marshall Padro Category : Advance Architecture Seminar Role : Lead Group Work (Partners : Geng Liu, Michael MckEver) Honors

: (2019) Selected Precedent Project for Exhibit Columbus

: (2020) ACMA Awards for Composites Excellence

Intersection : ICD / ITKE Computation Design | Design as Modular Systems : Proto Architecture | Architectural Systems in Nature

Featured Project Composite Manufacturing Magazine

Excellence Award American Composites Manufacturers Association

Featured Project 2019 Installation Exhibit Columbus

INTRO | 43

Exhibit Columbus Presentation

Course Team Members

Modularity Model Exhibited

Cholla Cactus Bio-Mimicry

Axis Demonstration

Design Morphology

Overall Plan Axis

Glass and Carbon FIber

Robotic Fabrication

Axonmetric

Cross Section

Group 3D model (Assisted)

This project was the next phase from the Fibrous Modularity investigation, where it became a full seminar course. Filament Tower explores the computational design and robotic fabrication of lightweight fiber composite structures for architectural applications. The course was part of a project under the guidance of Professor Marshall Padro to developed a filament tower for the Exhibit Columbus event in 2019. During the course, I developed the prototype frames and winding technique studies with my partners Geng Lui and Michael McKever to further explored fiber orientations for the Filament tower. Throughout the course, I was able to experienced workflows of digital fabrication and collaboration with peers undertaking a large-scale fabrication project. As part of the WInding group, I was task with developing computational strategies for simulation of complex geometry, file to fabrication, representation, and project organization.

44 | ROBOTICS 1 : 1 S CA L E W I N D I N G I N V EST I G AT I O N

After the Exhibit Columbus trip, the winding group was in charge of making coreless filament winding principles through the development of a lightweight composite prototype. My partner and I had to teach the seminar class team members the basic principle winding techniques and informed them about the taboos of working with resin. The other members were then able to wind and developed other design tests.

FABRICATION | 45 WINDING DEVELOPMENT

P.1

A. Prototyping

B. Layer Winding

C. Material Testing

D. Syntax Formation

3D Printed Component Frame Construct

E. Syntax Design

Poly-Curve Winding

P.3

Syntax Testing

F. Winding Analysis

G. Robotic Testing

H. Workflow Testing

I. Component Making

J. Wind Component

Full-Scale Design Winding

D E V E L O P M E N T

D I G I T A L

P.2

Preliminary Hand Winding Prototype Models

P H Y S I C A L

D E V E L O P M E N T

Grasshopper Component Generation

Syntax Augmentation

Integrative Component Workflow

Winding the Whole Component

Glass Fiber and Carbon Fiber Composite

WINDING DESIGN SPACE During this process, I used my winding expertise to find errors within the global component by testing small winding models. After several iterations, we developed a poly-curve syntax capable of winding both the frame’s three and four side nodes through a consistent design logic.

Then it was used in the final robotic code to test for extremes curves axes in each component’s morphology.

46 | DESIGN BUILD

COMPOSITE FABRICATION CONSTRUCTION The base of the tower were made on the with carbon reinforced ABS plastic in partnership with ORNL Manufacturing Lab. The main tower is a 30-foot spire consists of 27 composite components, each weighing 20 pounds and measuring 3-8 feet in length. The project was then transported with each component and constructed at Columbus, Indiana, where it stands beside Eero Saarinen’s North Christian Church.

SECTION | 32

48 | SPECULATIVE PROJECT

Biodiversity

Mutualism

Habitat

Art

SPIRIT NEST Project Type : (Living Future) Speculation Project Year : Fall 2019 Category : Architecture Competition Role : Self Directed Project Honors

: 46th Nishin Kogyo International Design Competition Submission

Intersection : Design for Ecological Democracy by Randolph T. Hester

: Modular Dwelling Housing Concepts

: Primitive Future by Sou Fujimoto

Nature

IDEA | 49

Spirit Nest aims to set a precedent for our future living environments not to be a product from nature but rather “be nature” as part of our planet’s life cycle. The nest is a mutualistic living environment without the cost of nature.

Instead, it features a bonus-shared ecosystem between humans and other species living together in harmony. Space is shared by having the outer shell capable of plant growth containing habitats for insects and animals alike. While the interior is primitively a micro-climate cave that values natural light, ventilation, and water for humans to live in well without impacting the environment. The shell is constructed artificially through a process of 3D printing biodegradable clay as the main structure then afterward covered by natural clay to achieve the smooth surfaces of a traditional rock mound. The program of the nest begins as a temple, to teach people a monastic way of life by coexisting with nature and recognizing the importance of living beside the spirit of our mother earth.

50 | SPECULATIVE PROJECT

KNIT DWELLINGS Project Type : Shared Housing Typology Project Year : Fall 2018 Category : Architecture Research Role : Self Directed Project Honors

: Shelter International Design Competition 2018 Submission

Intersections : “In Between” Japanese design concepts

: Housing concepts by Moshe Safdie

: Haus Gable by Jennifer Bonner

CONCEPT | 51

The project explores houses of families, neighbours, and friends, living together in one continuous community.

Space is shared between each household to connect communal activities. For this project situation, it can be used in scenarios of large scale disasters where cities require quick housing needs for large numbers of people in small concentrated areas. Similarly to the Japanese Castle, there are different programs in each various estates. In this case, the housing complex is a checkerboard by having the housing (white) and communal (brown) connected by a transitional platform cutting through the entire complex. The material of these houses uses CLT for its quick premade construction. This housing concept serves as a place of living and sharing as one dwelling community.

52 | PAST PROJECTS

Project: AMAZON HQ 2 CAMPUS Type: Master plan / Urban Design Site: Nashville, Tennessee

Project: GAIA SEROTINY Type: Speculative Future Site: Antarctica

+ Massing iterations for adjacent site to address and negotiate the City of Nashville’s waterfront responses.

+ Collaborated with team of three students through the competition + Fairy Tales 2018 Submission

Project description:

Project description:

The project was a response to an RFP put out by Amazon in 2017 for new

Serotinous plants are known for the dispersal of their seeds upon

campus proposals. Our goal was to connect employees with the natural

environmental triggers rather than seed maturation; similarly thinking of the

environment and focus on well being of individuals. The mall would connect

earth. The Cosmic Preservation Cores are centers for humanity’s dispersal in

all three phases of the project, making traversing the large site more

the event of irreparable global catastrophe. Scattered around the globe near

viable and pleasant at a human scale. The campus layout echoes the grid

the centers of earth’s tectonic plates these centers [7 in total] will provide

of downtown Nashville, establishing itself as part of the city even while

shelter for up to one billion people. The largest shelter is Cosmic Preservation

separated by the Cumberland River.

Core 07 located in Antarctica in the thickest portion of earth’s crust; it is

Three focal towers are placed on axis with Broadway to become an icon for

designed to shelter three-hundred million people against extreme global

the campus and invitation for the people of Nashville.

threats and catastrophic scenarios.

IN PROGRESS WORK| 53

Project: EROS NOMAS THANATOS Type: Speculative Intervention Site: Mojave Desert, United States

Project: PAGODA RISING Type: Wood Tower Concept Site: Tokyo, Japan

+ Selected Graduation Project as part of 50 out of 908 entries + Sole Long List Graduation Project from USA

+ Past, Present and Future analysis of wood buildings + Studied potentials of CLT technology and feasibility

Project description:

Project description:

The project explores a monastic architectural pilgrimage in the California

The Pagoda tower structural design comes from the pattern of frames used

Valley. Which starts from Las Vegas to a site destination situated in the

locally from traditional windows to hold filters for wind while bringing in

Mojave Desert. The trail celebrates a spiritual journey for participants to

cooled air. This approach is used within the tower by combining vernacular

reconnect their identity and conceivably have a reawakening within their

and high-performance design to feature a structural identity that is expressed

life. The design of monastic themes is focused on the approach of “Pure

in Tokyo’s fashion. The building structural frame consists of an integrated

Architecture,” a bare-bone architecture methodology by using elementary

system to overall adapt the functions of different floor plates. Follow by the

geometric shapes as monument articulation towards spatial configurations

approach of a structurally expressive design to vertically connect the floor

and structure. “Trails of the Mojave” is an interplay of architectural passage

elements of multiple program masses. While the screen inside uses a system

for transcendence and tranquility.

integrated with water absorption, providing micro-climate cooling.

54 | MAPPING

NEW YORK CITY “RED ROOTS” OF TRANSIT

PHOTOGRAPHY | 55

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