Bachelors of Environmental Design Architectural Studies(2019-2023)
AWARDS/ ACHIEVEMENTS
(Jan 2024)
EXPERIENCE
May 2024- August 2024)
(June 2023- August 2023)
(April 2024)
(April 2022)
(August 2024- December 2024)
INVOLVEMENT
(2022-2023)
▪ (2021-2022)
▪ (2021-2023)
(Jan 2024- December 2024)
(May 2022- October 2022)
SKILLS/ SOFTWARE
(Spring 2021)
CONTENTS
01/ A Harmonious Step 03-10
02/ New Rooms 11-18
03/ Oblique Gardens 19-24
04/ Radial Response 25-30
05/ Drawing Tangents 31-38
06/ Cluster Cooperation 39-46
07/ Building Blanket 47-48
08/ Ascending in Scales 49-50
01/ A HARMONIOUS STEP
Instructor: Georgina Baronian Team: Youyu Lu
Contributions: research, form generation, graphic representation, details, design models
CONCEPT:
MIDRISE HOUSING
This project seeks methods to not only increase housing- stock through a dense urban proposal, but also consider ways in which spaces for dwelling interface with communities, the city, and the environment.
The building is sited in the Tomigaya District of the Shibuya Special Ward. The name, a Harmonious step, suggests a sense of balance, unity and progression, some of the qualities of the space we aimed to achieve through our design. The multi-unit building consists of 18 residential units, a cafe and three shared car parking garage on the ground floor. The unique plot line, described as a Venn-diagram of two rectangles meeting at a hinge point, granted us an opportunity to utilize a structural logic that optimized these parameters.
The structure uses concrete two way flat slabs as the main structural system. The decision to introduce a 9 degree rotation of the slabs relieved the units on the lower levels from adjacent buildings and ultimately provided greater amounts of daylight. To support the rotation efficiently, we opted to use a walking column, avoiding a jogged structural systems and allowing for the line of rotation to be clearly registered from the street.
The building is wrapped in a hanging metal mesh to maintain an overall reading of the two volumes rotating synchronization with one another. Additionally the porosity of the mesh provides enough privacy while preserving its ability to allow the building to breath through its open central corridors.
First Floor Plan- Cafe and Shared Garage
Unit Diagram and HVAC Zones
Structural Plan
The circulation cores are placed in the center of the masses of which the units are organized around, maximizing glazing and daylighting in each unit. Each unit layout is a modification of the traditional Japanese room organization of the LDK. We use the core as a central hub for plumbing and an organizational tool to partition the living and bedroom. Additionally, the decision to remove the Kitchen from the unit and provide a shared amenities area on each floor, plays into the economy of means for all residents. This ultimately allowed for the design to give way to a larger private balcony and patio space for each occupant.
1/4”=1’ Physical Scale Model
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03. 02. Interior Shared Kitchen Render
03. Exterior Commercial Street Entrance Render
02/ NEW ROOMS
Instructors: Lap Chi Kwong and Alison Von Glinow- Kwong Von Glinow Architecture Firm Contributions: research, graphic representation, details, drawings, models, photographs
CONCEPT:
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY
This studio re-imagines the neighborhood gallery within the urban fabric of Chicago, a city with a rich history evolving from a trading post to a thriving metropolis known for its vibrant art scene. The project aims to enhance the gallery network by integrating an adjacent program that enriches its role in the community.
Inspired by Remy Zaugg’s analysis of the ideal museum and the concept of the ‘Room,’ the proposed gallery emphasizes proportionality and the interaction between art and viewer. It introduces a hybrid Art Therapy and Gallery space in the North Loop of Chicago, integrated within the urban context
The design consists of clusters of four rooms, with two positioned at a 45° angle. Art Therapy rooms are strategically placed at the ends of each cluster, allowing them to be closed off for privacy when in use. Meanwhile, the gallery rooms open at the intersections of these angled spaces, ensuring an uninterrupted procession through the exhibition when the therapy rooms are closed.
KWONG VON GLINOW, FALL
01. First Floor - Main Gallery and Art Therapy Rooms 03. 1/2” Scale Section Model 01.
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01. 1/2” Scale Model - Interior Art Therapy Room
02. Interior Corridor Gallery
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01. 1/2” Scale Model - Interior Art Therapy Room Looking Towards Stairwell
In conjunction with a local community partner, Hope Farms, the studio explored various urban farm designs to support the SunnySide neighborhood and adjunct areas currently categorized as a food desert. Through our research we were able to gather there was an overwhelming lack of accessible fresh food, green spaces and community gathering opportunities for the surrounding neighborhood. Additionally we recognized the low educational attainment levels and wanted to provide a space that directly addressed the needs of the neighborhood. Working to imagine an urban farm for hope farms, I wanted to consider the clients mission statement and goals of the project. The intention of the design
is to create an interactive and engaging environment that creates food experiences and relationships, provides educational courses and mobilizes food production throughout the community. The obliqued masses created shared intimate spaces of community gathering and interaction. The building layout was programmatically driven by the surrounding adjacencies on the site creating an important interaction between food and community. The obliqued masses play an important role in this interaction as well, as they act as an extension of the terrain onto occupied roofs and really integrate the building into the site.
WEATHER PLANTS
04/ RADIAL RESPONSE
Instructor: Marcel Erminy Team: James Cordero
Contributions: research, design, form generation, structural computation, graphic representation
CONCEPT: FIRE STATION
Radial Response reinforces the idea that the Fire Station and Firefighters lie at the heart of the community and exemplify actions of safety and protection that radiate throughout the community. Taking into account the context of the area, we wanted to address the nearby educational institutions and draw connections between the resources firefighters can provide and encourage the engagement of the community in a singular building.
In addition to the Fire Station we decided that a children’s museum, as a hybrid program would provide an opportunity for the community to gather and serve the needs and educational interests with exhibits that stimulate curiosity and motivate learning.
This would also allow the Firefighters to be able to interact and engage with younger generations to instill safety protocols through training exercises and demonstrations in a safe and fun environment. We wanted to see how we could push the limits of the rigidity of the organization of the fire station while still maintaining efficient circulation and organization of spaces.
01. First Floor - Admin , Apparatus Bay, Crew Area, Childrens Museum Spaces
03. Transverse Section of the Gym, Locker room, Mechanical Room, etc.
02. Second Floor - Fire Crew Area, Dorm Rooms, Kitchen, Day Room
02. Apparatus Elevation Detail - Sawtooth Roof Line
01. Apparatus Clerestory Detail - Vierendeel Truss and Joist Connection
Given the Menil Campus as an urban context, the idea of this proposal is to develop an architectural autonomy that operates as both the working and living areas. Simultaneously, the design is needed to be mass produced in order to satisfy the density requirements per plot of land. By designing this specified typology, the ADU, the architect is allowing the inhabitant to become part of the community and interact with the built environment. The future of communities may be seen with increased density living and affordable housing units. This proposal demonstrates both as such, through the type of materials used and the intended layouts of the units.
Beginning with a variety of circles, the use of tangents influenced the location of the buildings’ interior and exterior walls. The incorporation of the dogtrot acted as an implied divider of workspaces and encouraged circulation through, as well as into the unit. The various sizes of punched windows were generated to align with the exterior wall paneling while simultaneously framing interior spaces. Similarly, the second level was organized around the tangents, aiding in alignment of the kitchen, living room, balcony and bedroom.
Transverse Section 2.1
06/ CLUSTER COOPERATION
Faculty: James Michael Tate
Team: Maggie Martin, Ekaansh Kalra, Jade Radford
Contributions: research, form generation, graphic representation, model photos
CONCEPT:
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
In conjunction with The REACH Project, a local non-profit, the mission of the clients was to design clusters of unconventional detached housing for a community of Essential Aggies in Bryan, TX. Preservation of independent units and encouragement of community interaction was important to consider in the design. By tackling a multiplicity of scales, while maintaining use of the modular unit, the group produced an understanding of the relationship between singular buildings and the collective as a whole. This flexibility allowed for us to accommodate single family units, elderly, multi-family units etc. Through precedent and massing studies the group developed various organizational strategies that enhanced the micro-urban environment at an intimate scale.
In addition to the housing units, high impact services such as health clinics, financial literacy courses, and micro gardens were also incorporated to support the sustainable community.
Zoom- In of Pop-up Clinic
01. Elevation Oblique of Cooperative Clusters
12’x30’ Singular Unit Floor Plans
Stacked Duplex Unit Floor Plans
01. 12’x24’ Singular Unit Floor Plans
03. 12’x36’ Singular Unit Floor Plans
Interior Perspective of Unit
05. Three Bed / Two Bath Unit Floor Plans
Periodic discussions and meetings held throughout the design process, initiated conversations of resident needs and increased the transparency between the designer and occupant. Careful consideration went into grounding the architectural object to the placement on the site.
03. Group Conversation with Clients, Non-Profit Org.
1/32”=1’ Scale Single Cluster Model
Pictured: Myself - Discussing the Relationship of the Modular Units
06. 1/32”= 1’ Scale Physical Model
05. Cluster Drawing
07/ BUILDING BLANKET
Instructor: Georgina Baronian
Team: Eva Liu and Yuxun Dai
Contributions: research, graphic representation, details, model
CONCEPT:
RETROFITTING
Recognizing that most sustainability efforts today focus on new construction, this seminar addressed the overlooked challenge of rehabilitating inefficient structures. Through research and discussions on contemporary retrofitted buildings, this semester -long design project explored approaches to retrofitting existing buildings to improve their environmental performance while preserving cultural and aesthetic value.
The selected building for this investigation was the Pepsi-Cola Corporation Headquarters located on 500 Park Ave. New York, NY. Given the historical aesthetic expression that the architecture firm S.O.M. articulated on the facade, as well as the buildings performance rating, our group proposed a minimal but enhancing design interjection that would result beneficial to the buildings overall energy allocation.
Our proposed retrofitting interjection is a double skin ventilation system with mechanized louvers. On the East Facade, there will be an additional layer of glass and thermal curtains that will replace the existing blinds. The North facade, we propose a 6 foot extention of the floor plate and additional layer of glass. This space then becomes a localized ventilated terrace controlled through the mechanical louvers.
