Design Portfolio 2023

김왕규 Wangkyu Kim Design Portfolio

As much as we shape our space, our spaces shape us. It is our job as designers and site planners to create experiences, evoke emotions, and generate genuine interactions through our designs. With looming challenges of climate change and ever growing cities, the need for smarter, efficient, and dynamic designs has never been more pronounced.

Our roles should not only allow the creation of aesthetic spaces and comprehensive plans, but should be a result of collaboration, effective communication with clients, users, and related professional fields to create sustainable, relevant, and practical design for our evolving urban spaces.

Table of Contents Professional Work Samples

01 Looney ricks kiss

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Planning and Urban Design)

02 SOLTO Landscape Architecture Seoul, South Korea (Corporate Landscape Design)

03 Doyle Herman Design Associates Greenwich, Connecticut (Complex Residential Design)

Academic Projects

04 league island north MCP Site Planning 1st Year Studio

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Landscape Architecture Project: Connecting Weststadt to Bonn

06 Muncy center for resiliency Landscape Architecture Project

professional work samples

Professional Work

01 looney ricks kiss Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

Looney Ricks Kiss is an Architecture and Planning Firm with 8 offices across the United States.

The firm covers a wide scope of projects spanning across the fields of Architecture, Planning, and Interior Design.

Projects in the Philadelphia office spanned a wide scope of work which included site planning and layout, site framework planning, spatial demographic data analysis, parking density calculations, and graphic rendering.

Sketch Perspective Renders

Sketch Perspective Renders

LRK 2021 Summer Internship Project - Philadelphia Streeteries In collaboration with Richard Sodeinde (B.Arch Candidate, Penn State) Following the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Philadelphia responded to the struggling restaurant industry by allowing the establishment of “Streeteries” (Street + Eateries). The LRK Intern team in collaboration with Design Advocacy Group of Philadelphia created a best practice guidelines document and website that would aid restaurant owners navigate city regulations and design their own streeteries.

Sketch Perspective

Sketch Perspective

Guideline Diagrams

Professional Work

02 solto landscape architecture Seoul, South Korea

Solto Landscape Architecture is a Corporate Landscape Design firm based in Seoul, South Korea. The office specializes in designing greenspaces at varying scales within highly urbanized sites in Seoul and throughout the country.

The office is responsible for landscapes in high profile projects such as Naver Headquarters & Green Factory, Yeongdeungpo Times Square, and Gangbuk Samsung Hospital.

Work in the office consisted of permitting, site spatial design, participation in design competitions, design bidding for Local Projects , as well as design development and construction documentation for International Projects in China and Vietnam.

Interior and Rooftop Landscape Concept Sketches

International Healthcare Landscape

Healthcare Landscape Masterplan Design: Eastern China

Masterplan Render Design Intent This Healthcare facility located in China was a project in collaboration with South Korean architects. The site proved to be a challenge for the landscape as there was limited square footage for spatial design due to a canal system running throughout the site.

Considerations to patient and pedestrian accessibility as well as pathways to encourage pedestrian circulation throughout the site was a crucial factor in determining the overall spatial design.

Landscape Spatial Studies

Personal Scope of Work Personal scope of work included working with lead landscape architect on spatial design of riverfront paths, site furnishings, rooftop spatial design elements and planting research and design. Additionally was tasked with masterplan rendering, relevant diagrams and sketches, and assistance with lumion renders.

*Project Location and site details cannot be disclosed due to request from employer

Lumion Render (Landscape Elements): Phase 1 Rooftop

Lumion Render (Landscape Elements) Main Entry

Lumion Render (Landscape Elements): Public Park

Lumion Render (Landscape Elements): Central Rooftop Garden

Corporate landscape: Songdo Oasis Plaza Landscape Bidding Project

Conceptual Plan Design Intent The site, located in the new landfill extension of Songdo City, South Korea is to be home to the headquarters of a chemical research and development facility.

informed a design based on landscape mounds and a central plaza park surrounded by green terraces.

Site constraints such as low soil nutrition, rooftop greenspace requirements, and high winds

Concept Diagrams *Project Specific Location and site details cannot be disclosed due to request from employer

Landscape Plan

Green Coverage

Building Entry and Circulation

Public Space

Wind Flow Screening

Vertical Green Flow

Sun and Shade Proliferation

Spatial Design Elements *Project Specific Location and site details cannot be disclosed due to request from employer

Professional Work

03 Doyle Herman design associates Greenwich, Connecticut, USA Professional Work Samples

Doyle Herman Design Associates is a Residential Design-Build firm located in Greenwich, Connecticut. The office offers complex residential design solutions for clients across the United States and internationally.

Designs combine local context, client demand, and sustainability in design, for all phases of design starting from site preparation to site furnishings resulting in a comprehensive and unique design for the client.

Work in the office covered all steps of the design process, starting from conceptual design, and ending with project administration, site maintenance, and additional site furnishings per client demand.

Private Residence: Scope - Spatial Design and Concept Sketches

Private Residence: Scope - Plan Render

Private Residence: Scope - Plan Render

academic work samples

Academic project: University of Pennsyvlania | MCP

01 League island north Neighborhood site design

Collaborative Group Project: David Kim (MCP - Urban Design a & Helen Lea MCP - Urban Design)

League Island North is an imagined new neighborhood in Philadelphia .Located on the site of the current South Philadelphia Stadium District, this project tasked us with planning and designing a neighborhood with housing density, aesthetics, sustainability, and programming in mind.

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Program Diagrams

Site Location

Site Plan

Block Detail

Academic work: University of Pennsyvlania | MCP

1.5 additional academic work samples

Academic project: Pennsylvania State University | BLA

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Connecting Weststadt to Bonn: Bonn, Germany

Collaborative Group Project: Penn State Landscape Architecture & Texas A&M Urban Planning) Project Duration: 1 Semester

The city of Bonn, Germany is located in the North Rhine Westphalia region of Germany. As the former capital of Western Germany, the city retains its identity of a small, yet culturally and historically rich city.

However, with recent developments and expansion projects to the city, a disconnect has been formed between the Northern part of the city and the Western part of the city, this project aims to form a connection through urban planning and landscape design to revitalize the industrial Weststadt, repairing and unifying the identity of the city once more.

Personal Scope of Work Personal scope of work included on-site research, corresponding with locals for feasible amenities, digital site mapping, masterplan drawings and renderings. Collaboration with Texas A&M Urban planning students included housing-type research, site access routes, and placement of high-density community housing.

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Site Existing Greenspaces Existing Conditions The presence of existing rails allows for the proposed design to utilize these site elements to integrate pedestrian circulation and bike paths that lead to and from Central Bonn.

Concept Perspective Sketch

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LEGEND: 1. Community Plaza 2. Community Center 3. Residential Apartments 4. Greenway Buffer/Bike Path 5. Community Park/Dog Park

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Masterplan Render

Site Program Three main areas serve the site: a semi-public housing complex, a central public community space, and a transitional greenway/buffer.

Site Program

These spaces address the need for affordable high density housing apartments near Bonn’s city center in addition to providing green spaces and a plaza for passive and active recreation for residents and visitors alike.

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Pedestrian/Bike Circulation Path Detail Plan Design Intent With relatively little grade change throughout the existing site, the proposed masterplan calls for open spaces between buildings to maximize open plaza spaces and encourage gatherings and pedestrian activities.

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Site Sections

Academic project: Pennsylvania State University | BLA

03 Muncy Center for Resiliency Designing a Resilient Town Center: Muncy, Pennsylvania

Collaborate Group Project: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, & Architectural Engineering students Project Duration: 1 Semester

The town of Muncy, PA has historically been faced with frequent floods in the region. Flooding of the adjacent West Branch of the Susquehanna River and Muncy Creek in the past resulted in large amounts of damage to the infrastructure of the town as well as private homes and property.

As a team of architecture, landscape architecture and architectural engineering students, we were tasked with building a center for resiliency that would serve as a town center as well as a shelter in times of serious flooding in the area. The adjacent abandoned warehouse district was also prompted for a redesign to better fit the needs of the town.

Personal Scope of Work Personal scope of work included general site plan drawings and renderings for both The Resiliency Center and Mill Street warehouse complex in addition to on-site research, collaborative work with the architectural and civil engineering students for feasibility for drainage and landscape features.

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Site Plan: The Resiliency Center

Interior Plaza In order to take full advantage of the relatively small plaza footprint in the interior of the architecture, a plaza with elements such as permeable paving, stormwater basins and flood tolerant seasonal plantings allows for visual interest and sustainability.

Interior Courtyard Render

The Resiliency Center Planting Plan

Planting Design The planting design for the Muncy Resiliency Center utilizes mostly native plant species. Planters in the central plaza can be swapped out with different plants depending on the planting season.

Considerations to the building foundation prevents the planting of larger tree species, while shade tolerant species are favored due to the relatively high profile of the architecture.

Planting Diagram

Mill Street Warehouse Complex

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In addition to The Resiliency Center, a nearby disused warehouse complex was designed and revitalized into a community center and park area for the residents of Muncy.

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Masterplan: Mill Street Warehouse Complex

Site Perspective: Mill Street Warehouse Reclamation District

The site features indoor community recreational facilities as well as event lawns and sports courts for active recreation for residents. Due to the tendency of the site to floor due to its low elevation, a central bioswale is established to direct stormwater drainage off site.