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Design and Architecture works of Iowa State University undergraduate program of 2009~2013
515-450-6570 tthomaschoi@gmail.com
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Hotel VIV
Waterfront Hotel / Miami, FL 4th year Multi-disciplinary Project The waterfront hotel ‘VIV’ seeks for new ways to involve the fun-seeking young tourist populations in the Miami. This hotel. The architecture and landscape design of the hotel works to provide a backdrop in which social interaction can occur. In the design, social interaction is promulgated by view. The sociability of space and interaction of people within the hotel is encouraged by a ‘see and be seen’ atmosphere. Formally, the tower breaks apart into two pieces which turn inward to allow optimal views to both the ocean and the pool decks below. The landscape derives its geometry from the towers and tiers down to allow views to the ocean and the landscaping below it.
+Hospitality Design Magazine Competition Entry Professor: Jason Alread / Cigdem Akkurt Team: Thomas Choi / Seth Lehman / Youngjae Ahn / Charlie Zhong
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SITE
PROGRAM
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‘W’ Hotel
Collins Ave Access
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Guests & Public Service Access
Beach Access
Setai Hotel
Administration Back of House
The amenities of the hotel, including the restaurants, café, spa, exercise room, and bar, are located on the edges of both towers which creates a centralization of the building between the two towers and becomes the primary social core. Additionally, the amenities on the side create a triangulation of views for people interacting with each other, once again creating a ‘seeand-be-seen’ atmosphere. Lastly, the exposure of the amenities to the outer edges of the hotel increases visibility and draws people from the street into populating the social spaces of the hotel. An escalator runs between these two edges and binds them together, lifting people off the street and into the hotel through a highly visible circulation core.
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SOCIAL
Meeting / Function Food / Drink / Party Lobby
SOCIAL
SOCIAL
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Guestrooms
LOBBY
Offices etc.
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COMPETITORS
LOBBY
SOCIAL
VIV
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Building mass oriented North and West to maximize view and sun exposure to the pool
Void in the middle to open up to the street sides Connecting separate mass for program adjacency and view
Tiered Pool and rotated building mass for optimized view toward the ocean and pool
Void penetration for program division and social gathering green space
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Bungalows Boardwalk South Beach
Atlantic Ocean
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elevator
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UP
UP UP
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meeting room 2 meeting room 1
conference room conference room
backroom cashier and baggage
UP
communications room
UP
meter room
fire pumps
emergency generator
lobby retail
electrical switchboard
janitor and support area for business center
chair storage
catering station for business lobby bathroom
main pantry
refrigerated food storage
bathroom
mechanical space
retail 2 locked storage transformer
food prep area
china storage
retail 3
purchasing office
dry food storage main kitchen area general storage
bathroom freight elevator
maintenance shop
food controller office
bake shop
bld. engineer groundskeeping
UP
storage
UP
grounds equipment trash/ recycling
recieving office
wash basin
recieving area
energy mgmt control
kitchen recievables
employee entrance loading dock
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laundry
UP UP UP UP UP laundry
elevator
UP
UP
UP
meeting room 2 meeting room 1
conference room conference room
backroom cashier and baggage
UP
communications room
UP
meter room
fire pumps
emergency generator
lobby retail janitor and support area for business center
electrical switchboard chair storage
catering station for business lobby bathroom
main pantry
refrigerated food storage
bathroom
mechanical space
retail 2 locked storage transformer
food prep area
china storage
retail 3
purchasing office
dry food storage main kitchen area general storage
bathroom freight elevator
wash basin
food controller office
maintenance shop bake shop
bld. engineer storage
UP
grounds equipment trash/ recycling
recieving office
groundskeeping
UP
recieving area
energy mgmt control
kitchen recievables
employee entrance loading dock
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laundry
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UP UP
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The amenities of the hotel, including the restaurants, café, spa, exercise room, and bar, are located on the edges of both towers which creates a centralization of the building between the two towers and becomes the primary social core. Additionally, the amenities on the side create a triangulation of views for people interacting with each other, once again creating a ‘see-and-be-seen’ atmosphere. Lastly, the exposure of the amenities to the outer edges of the hotel increases visibility and draws people from the street into populating the social spaces of the hotel. An escalator runs between these two edges and binds them together, lifting people off the street and into the hotel through a highly visible circulation core.
Void
Amenities
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The interior spaces are likewise externally focused, with an emphasis placed on viewing the landscape tiers and the ocean. Through choreography of space and attention paid to lighting, each room draws a guest’s eye from the interior to exterior, in effort to encourage the guests to observe and participate. These spaces focus on allowing a range of scales of social contexts, from a dinner for two to a party of ten.
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Boston Performing Arts Center
Performance Hall / Boston, MA 5th Year Studio Project The Boston Performing Arts Center provides home for the busker artists looking to expand their career by opportunity created by the neighbor-friendly concert hall setting. Building provides 300 seat experimental hall for the busker artists to perform on their own will, and main hall with 1200 seatings for more refined buskers
Professor: Chris Nelson Team: Thomas Choi / Brent Hebert + Iowa State CSI competition FINALIST
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MERGE
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Ticket Office
Rest RM
DN UP
Folding Window Panel
UP
Neighborhood Mechanical
Coffee Shop
UP Fire Shutter
Bar
Childrens Museum
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Folding Window Panel
UP DN
Preperation Studio Tickets
Lobby
Experimental Hall
Full Size Rehersal Stage
Air Handling Muffler
Childrens Museum
Performance Center Shop
UP DN
Fire Shutter
Boardwalk
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Childrens Museum
Site Blend Childrens Museum Landscape design by ‘MVVA’
Boardwalk
Main Hall
Experimental Hall
Parking Lot
Northern Section
Maintane
ence
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Back of House
Flexible Space Public Area
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Louver system is made of prefabricated metal structure with the wood finishings covering the structure clipped in place on top and the bottom of the roof and flooring system. Functions of this intricately designed facade consist of multiple usage including blockage of undesirable western lights shining from the riverside. Also the louver is oriented 90 degrees to the landing area for unobstructed view from the grand staircase, and 30~45 degree angle orientation for the view when walking parallel to the river when entering the mainhall. Lastly, they are meant to be the blind to minimize the visual noise after experiencing the inspiring music and help sustain the arousal from the concert that they just witnessed.
Busker theater and lobby area
A busker’s theather which is combined with the main lobby space to accomidate for impromptu performances, street performers, and public performance competitions. This space is to share a relationship with the flex/prep space adjacent to the plaza. Once a performer has proven his/her talents in this non formal public theater setting, they are then welcomed into the formal main hall above.
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Walking into main performance hall
1 Framing view depending on the movement
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Limiting the distraction for the audiences exiting the building after the performance
Louver Functions Exiting the main performance hall
Blocking low western sunset glare
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MERGING AUDIENCES WITH PERFORMERS VIA PROXIMITY
The main hall his arranged according to an “in the round” setting to allow visitors to see others accross from them and respond to other individuals’ body language. The stage is very small and intimate, encouraging interaction with the visitors. The theater is meant to be the compliment to the experimental theater. The feeling that one has “made it” is the focus of this theater, a privilage given to those who have proven themselves.
Human BEEing
Residential Complex / Paris, France 4th year semester competition entry The Infrastructure and the architecture have been stimulating each other to grow along with the advancement of technology. Town expansions increased the distance between the destinations, which lead to the invention of faster transportation. Not only that the cities started to enlarge, but also started to become more compact. Now that the cities are too saturated with population, new proposal for resolution of this density problem needs to be addressed. Possiblity of using the broad unused space above the existing infrastructures can be claimed to be the key to this probems.
Student Initiated Work Team: Thomas Choi / Han Kwon / Yeonkyu Park / Jin young Han +eVolo Competition Entry +work featured on eVolo publication
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Ansung Sky House
Residential / Ansung, South Korea ‘Studio EU Concept’ Intern Work This residential housing is for a family seperated in two massing to create blending space in between old and young couple. The building occupies 1245 sq ft which is constructed in 2x4 wood framing members with wood sidings, zinc roof panels, and stucco finishings.
Architect: Jungwoo Ji / Joori Suh / Kyoung Eun Kwon Intern: Thomas Choi + 2012 Kansas AIA Yound Architect Award - Residential + INTERN WORK
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BLEND
Local pear orchard in the neighboring site MERGING and BLENDING in the middle
Mountains in the wedged shape of V right in front of the site
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Making Privacy
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Traditional House Typology
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Separated Masses
Diffrent Proportion
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Tie Together with Roofing
Making Family Space
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OFFICE
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BR
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FAMILY SPACE
LDK
BR
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ATTIC
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Synthesis
Synthesis ‘Useful Mutation 2.0’ Idea Competition 3rd year competition work The design explores the possibility of the useful mutation via space, time, and memory. Mutation occurs when one affects the other. For example, the interaction of a human triggers an object to change its original for to embrace the distortion of external force. This induces a synthesis between a human and object making it as a whole. This is an example of a mutation, since human can be understood as force that influences an object to put synthesis into motion. An object changes its function depending on how human occupies it, stimulating an object to mutate.
Student Initiated Work Team: Thomas Choi / Han Kwon + Useful Mutation 2.0 Festival Organizing Committee Award + 2nd Place on Object Design Division
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3 Cube
Lighting Design The lamp is illuminated via soft light through the planer sides of the lamp and the direct light on the inner edges of the geometry as the highlight. Overall form exploits the minimalistic simpleness that can be oriented in any direction the user wants. Extended application may include but not limited to tabletop storage for small object like office utencils.
Files to Fabrication Design + Assembly
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