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ACHIEVEMENTS
Museum #9066 Selected for publication on Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Center Webpage. Link: http://rohwer.astate.edu/museum-9066-project-2/
2nd Year
MoonCity Creative Incubator Selected for display in MoonCity Lights Exhibition on C-Street Gallery Springfield, Missouri
3rd Year
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REFERENCES
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CONTACTS
Yong Huang Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture Office: HSA 206 Phone: (417) 873-3046 E-mail: yhuang002@drury.edu Hammons School of Architecture Drury University
Maurizio Sabini, PhD, RA, Int’l AssocAIA Professor of Architecture Office : HSA 207 Phone: (417) 873 7494 E-mail: msabini@drury.edu Hammons School of Architecture Drury University
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Zepa Tshendup
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TECHNICAL SKILLS
EDUCATION
Masters in Architecture Minor in Fine Arts Hammons School of Architecture Drury University
May, 2017 May, 2017
Study Abroad at the Drury Center in Greece Aigina, Greece
Spring, 2015
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Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Revit AutoCad
EXPERIENCES
Student Design Competition 2016 AIA Central States conference Student Design Competition Manhattan, Kansas
Rhino
Arts Group Suzhou, China Summer Internship
2016
Word/Power Point/Excel
BCJ Seattle, Washington Spring Internship
2015
2 Guitar
SketchUp
Unity
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INTERESTS
Travel
Photography Painting
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LANGUAGES
English
Music
Knitting
Embroidery Traditional Meditation TED Talks Dancing
Vegetarian
Hindi
Nepali
Contents MARC 590
Thesis Spirituality in Architecture Spring 2017
MARC 520
The City Above The City Metsa Wood Competition Fall 2016
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Dallas Art District Synagogue
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Spring 2016
ARCH 427
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Suzhou Transportation Hub China Summer 2016
MARC 519
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Anderson City Vision - ARCH 427
Fall 2015
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Athens Market Square
ARCH 418
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Springfield Recording Studio
ARCH 466
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Moon City Creative Incubator
ARCH 315
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Tool-Box
ARCH 214
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#9066 Museum
ARCH 213
Greece Spring 2015
Fall 2015
Fall 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
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Thesis: Spirituality in Architecture
ARCH 590 Spring 2017 Tools & Method: Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign and Free-hand Sketches.
“In an age in which some have said that we know ‘the price of everything, but the value of nothing’, I wonder if architects can really only design with their heads or whether they can still bring to their work that “angelic” intellect of the heart and the soul? I wonder, too…and to reintroduce those timeless qualities of harmony, human scale and character that generate a sense of belonging – enriching the soul rather than impoverishing it…” Christopher Day
This research is a study on the spirituality in architecture because architecture that appeals to the emotion has becom rare in modern times where the human emotions are normalized. In an attempt to move away from the detached and emotionless architecture, the focus of this research is understanding the qualities and techniques that make up a spiritual and emotionally rich architecture. Like music, art, and poetry, architecture can enrich our lives if we let it. The thesis is about the sense of space or spirit of space or spiritual quality. With the help of a semester long research, thisproject tries to understand how a user connect with a space, what makes a connection happen, what aspects of environmental elements resonates with our senses that can highten the sensitivity of a space. The chosen program was a school because the spiritual quality is mostly successful in churches and museums but we can hardly find that kind of connection in any other typology. Schools hardly engage students by their spatial environment and also it is one of the most normalized repitition of spaces. So, the project is an experiment to see if architecture can create a harmonious dialogue with nature and evoke a hightened sense of space that inspires learning, thinking and healing. The site is in Bidur, Nepal, they really interesting natural landscape and abundance of nature to surround with.
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Security
Administration
Teacher’s Cabin Housing
Library Classrooms Canteen
Art House
Dance Studio
Plan
Library
Sections Sacred Architecture
Foster a sense of peace, a
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For Hindus, books are rep
Library Section Perspective
akin to an oasis buffered from the outside world.
oddess of knowledge, music, arts, wisdom and learning worshipped throughout Nepal.
presentative of Vidya (Knowledge), which is regarded as sacred in hindu culture.
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Canteen
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Floor Plans
A Classroom
Administration Section Perspective
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Elevations
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The Vertical Network
The City Above The City: Metsa Wood Competition Fall 2016 Tools & Method: Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop and Handmade Models.
The Network City The project is conceived as a vertical network in response to the growing urban population in New York. The building mediates between the existing urban fabric of the Meatpacking District and the addition of more diverse housing. The connecting lines between old and new become public spaces that connect the new apartments to the neighborhood. While the city is typically conceived as a series of horizontal networks, the new building becomes a vertical network, drawing the public street upwards. Bridging through program relationships, views, duplication and public spaces becomes a strategy to generate new vertical networks that exist above and interact with the current urban fabric.
Concept Network City
Connection (Bridging) The new relationships between the private apartments and the public urban spaces are generated by drawing the city vertically into the building blurring the line between public and private. The connections between the public and private spaces are expressed as voids that lend visual identity to the building and allow for fl ux as they mediate between the public and private activities that come together in them. Turning the street plan vertically creates connections in section as well as in plan, creating a dynamic urban environment inside the building. Because the connective spaces are generated based on relationships between the new program and the existing fabric, they can be repeated modularly throughout the city, while still connecting to the specifi c urban environments they are placed into.
Bridging Section Perspective
Timber Due to the importance of the grid, the timber structural system becomes a key component of the buildings expression. The structural integrity of the column comes from the weaving of diff erent members and subtly expresses the grace and fl exibility of timber construction. The multiplicity of columns creates a dense vertical forest that draws one upward into the upper levels. The main floor connection detail functions without metal fasteners, adding an element of sustainability.
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Structural Detail
Structural Model Scale 1:12
Study Models
Interior Column
Shoe
Structural Axon
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Suzhou Transportation Hub Summer 2016 Tools & Method: Rhino, Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator and handmade models.
While working for an architecture firm in Suzhou, China I with two other interns got the opportunity to explore couple of projects. This particular project is located in Suzhou. It was for the main hub of a large multi-modal transportation system, which required collaboration with a local transportation design expert. While having an iconic design, as requested by the client, the design is derived from the context. The form is a representation of the twists and intersections of the transportation modes that surround the site. The facade and interior mimics the spatial experience of the adjacent mountainous nature center and traditional Chinese gardens. Allowing room for a subway, monorail, tour buses, city buses, private cars, scooters, bike, taxis, and rigorous site programs, required efficient landscape design.
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Dallas Art District Synagogue ARCH 427 Spring 2016 Tools & Method: Revit, Photoshop, Handmade Models.
Religion: Religion is a pure essence. Religious architecture is one of the few cords that connects us to the past. Judaism: No representation of G-D so the sanctuary space has to feel a divine presence. Orthodox Judaism is very strict with its rules so it demands a formal layout.
The Dallas Arts District Synagogue is designed to be elegant, pure and dream-like space where people would find peace, calm and close to divine. The design takes the opportunity of the rich architecture in Dallas to create a cloud-like building that will fit seamlessly into its context. The city of Dallas has a high immigrant population causing divides in the community. The amenities of the synagogue would be used by the congregation and the public to educate each group on the traditions and history of the other, bringing them closer together. Similarly, the mosque displays the customs and values of Islam. The programs are inspired by the nature of Judaism and it is divided into three parts: Mundane, threshold and divine.
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Anderson City Vision
ARCH 427 Fall 2015 Tools & Method: Photoshop, Indesign and Color Pencil.
Through close collaboration with the community of Anderson, Missouri, and the nearby towns, we created a “ Community Visioning Tool-Kit.� In this process, we were able to meet our academic requirements while the community benefited from a cohesive visioning study. The tool-kit provided historical research, community surveys, and documentation of their existing demographics, environment, and infrastructure. It also included resource material on urban and sustainable design that would help the community in its goal for sustainable growth. The final aspect of the visioning tool-kit was potential design strategies that could be the mean to meet their overall goal. From this information, Anderson and other local communities would be able to create their own vision in the future. The suggestions emphasized using the under-utilized assets available to the community. By encouraging development of the people, environment, and the economy, Anderson would achieve its sustainable growth goal.
We worked in a group of five members studying and analysing the Community of Anderson. I personally was incharge of the development of environmental aspects of the community. Proposed ideas and methods to improve and develop the greenways, linear parks to maintain the beautiful natural features of Anderson. The designs respond to deep connection with nature and natural healing. Regional trail connections were proposed between Anderson, Pinville and Lanagan in a loop and further extending it to Lamar in the North and Northern Arkansas in the South to get more people to visit Anderson thereby encouraging the local businesses. Recommended different trail heads location identifying the important ones and outlined ways for water retention as the trails are recomended to use the floodplains that doesn’t touch the private properties and takes advantage of the beautiful river view.
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Urban Context ARCH 418 Spring 2015 Tools & Method: Drafting
This project took place during my semester abroad in Aegina, Greece. The project was to redesign the Municipal Market Square in the heart of Athens. The design extended past the limits of the site to engage neighboring micro-squares, and pedestrian zones throughout Athens. The site location was such that people had to cross through if they were in the market area. So the design attempt was to enhance the continuity of the movement that already existed at the same time become a moment in itself. Because it’s a market area, it was crowded all day, the design was to introduce a calmness into the existing chaos. The elevated bridge was designed to encourage and bring the people on the other side of the site, which was almost dead with a huge underground parking lot. To increase activity and pedestrian flow through the site, adjacent roads were converted to pedestrian avenues typical to the area. Shading and other environmental factors were considered to make the space comfortable in the Mediterranean climate. In the evening and night, the structure would be open for public use, especially the restaurants and cafes on the square.
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Springfield Recording Studio ARCH 466 Fall 2015 Tools & Method: Revit
The assignment was to create a set of construction documents for a new recording studio in Springfield, Missouri. In the project we sped through the conceptual and schematic design phases to allow time for production of a construction documentation. The design of the studio was focused on the placement of programming for acoustic purposes while maintaining functionality. The addition of a medium sized concert hall and sustainability strategies challenged the traditional program for a recording studio. Professional Communication: “ An in-depth exploration and development of oral, written and graphic communication techniques and skills in professional architecture practice. This course examines communication between the architect and public, architect and client, architect and contractor and architect and regulator, with emphasis on technical communication methods�. (Drury.edu)
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MoonCity Creative Incubator
ARCH 315 Fall 2014 Tools & Method: Revit, Photoshop and Handmade Models
The goal for this project was to create a creative arts district in the Moon City area of northern Springfield, Missouri, that would ignite the redevelopment and general improvement of Moon City and the surrounding neighborhoods. This would be the first large project under the strategic redevelopment plan created by members of the community. With the addition of a multi-use footbridge, the site would gain a strong connection to Commercial Street which is an existing attraction for businesses and creative people. My approach for the project was rather romantic. Imagining and visualizing a space for creative artists had a unique freedom in itself. The main design approach was to make it very artistic in a playful manner. The idea for the bridge was to make it elegant and have a dancing quality to it. Because the units are intended for artists they are all designed to be flexible livework units allowing them to create any type of art where they live while attracting other creative people to the district.
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Tool-Box
ARCH 214 Spring 2014 Tools & Method: Drafting and Handmade model.
Concept: Maintaining the integrity of the box and at the same time letting it expand creatively. The design makes an efficient use of the box and creates a comfortable working space for an artist. The entire box is divided into three different spaces: 1. Tool-Box 2. Working Space 3. Storage
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Museum #9066
ARCH 213 Fall 2013 Tools & Method: Drafting and Handmade Model. Rohwer Museum Website: http://rohwer.astate.edu/museum-9066-project-2/
The #9066 Museum is on the site of the Rohwer War Relocation Center to memorialize those who were interned there. It was an interment camp for Japanese-Americans taken from their homes on the west coast. The Museum would house a permanent exhibit for art and artifacts of the lives of the internees before, during, and after their time at the camp. The museum would also have space for a traveling exhibit, gift shop, and an exterior reflection space. The driving concept behind the building is representing the life of the internees through a timeline of events. The building does this through its forms and location of exhibits in respect to the entrance. A physically demanding design that emphasizes on the hardships the internees had to go through. The expression of the hardship became the stairs that one would find over and inside the museum. From the bird view, the stairs stand out as a metophorical expression and the rest of the building blend in with the site. The stairs are also one of the main sources of light inside the building. Since, the reason behind the building of the Museum was not something to be celebrated but remembered and remind that such events should not be repeated, the design had to be monumental that act like a strong statement on the site to mark the event. The heavy carved out spaces represents how the stories of these internees has been hidden and forgotten about. Once having going through the museum, the guests could exit and walk on to the grass roof to reflect on the knowledge they just gained and look out over the old site of the interment camp.
A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable. Louis Kahn