A water facility consists of bathhouses and water filtration systems, set in the future to celebrate the Gowanus Canal and water culture in New York
BAO (HUG) HOUSE
Explores the definition of ”hug” linguistically and architecturally, bringing people closer together beyond physical connection. Construction drawings are drafted in Revit.
WORK SAMPLE
Selected works from my internship at PRC, including intercom templates and elevation of apartment rennovation. All drawings are drafted in AutoCad.
HINGE HOUSE
a work-live communal living collective for artists and writers, where work and leisure collide.
IDLE VILLAGE
VIVA NATATIO 1 2 3 4 5
a work-live institution working as a machine for healing and nurturing and a device to investigate the separation between work and life.
Viva Natatio
Site: Gowanus, BK, NY
2023
As flooding becomes more frequent due to climate change in New York, having facilities that utilize this excessive amount of water and contribute to building a new culture or reviving the water culture in New York could bring nuance to how the environment changes. Specifically, an ecological change can be seen as an opportunity for a change in lifestyle instead of a crisis.
This water facility project, the Gowanus Water Center, contains a water filtration system that integrates into the city’s waterworks and a bathhouse portion for human wellness. As water enters the project, rainwater is collected by water tanks, then enters the filtration system inside the water facility. Water in the bathhouse nurtures the human body, relieving urban stress. As the water leaves the bathhouse portion, it enters the filtration system to be cleaned and reused on-site. The “waste” will become renewable energy to supplement other mechanics in this facility.
Namely, this water facility aims to be self-sustainable and support the community in an emergency.
Site analysis of heat and flooding situatio in Gowanus
Site map, satellite bathouses in NYCHA, main complex is across from local bar/music venue
Sewerage system in NYC
Water Filtration system in the bathhouse to filter used water and flood protection
Concept digram for the olfactory room, fragranced streams will bring humidity to the room.
composite sections
suana/extreme heat (1)
satellite bath houses (2)
bath house (3)
courtyard view, occupants can walk into the project from the street for a casual walk or enter the bathhouse
抱 宅 Bào HOUSE HUG SAFELY
Site: Brooklyn, NY
2020
This project was accomplished during the lockdown in 2020, as a reaction to confinement at home. It explores the definition of “hug” both linguistically and architecturally.
“Hug” as a verb describes a human interaction happening in a co-living housing complex; it also generates architectural operations. Communal spaces like the kitchen are defined as the unit’s front, whereas individual spaces like bedrooms are the unit’s back.
When the units are hugging each other, walls in communal spaces disappear and two volumes flow into one; they work as a terminal for movements, whereas the back walls double up. The change in wall thickness plays with permeabilities and occupants’ senses. Thinner walls allow sound to penetrate from one space to another, whereas thicker walls trap sound inside.
living room looking towards the kitchen
NEO-KNOT (typical unit)
The Neo-Knots are connected by the kitchen in the middle. Bed rooms are shown as blue.
The Knots are connected by a communal cafe in the middle. Units are connected by corridors and stairs.
KNOT (typical unit)
drawings done in Revit
Egress Plan
Egress Elevation
Exploded axon showing vertical connections between units and facade connection
Clip on Terracota Panel & Glass connection
Double Glass System
Window Detail Done in Revit
Living Space Facing the Street
Work Sample
Site Axon
Train Station
Train Station Elevation & Event Space Section
Train Station Exterior View & Event Space Section
Bathroom Accesibility to Classroom Program Axon
Volume/ Accesibility Analysis Before Starting Renovation Plane
Hinge House
Site: Venice Beach,LA 2022
The HINGE HOUSE is an artist colony located in LA. As a distinct figure in the neighborhood and a re-imagination project of the Dingbat typology, this program aims to redevelop the ground plan through a gradient between communal and private programs from the ground to the top.
The obliques in this project work as the form generator, as well as the device to adjust the lighting condition of the interior. The obliques shear the facade formally to shift the residents’ view, like turns in a Chinese garden; they penetrate the facade to provide additional light to the interior, emphasizing connectivity of internal programs.
Communal programs in the ARTIST LOFT CLUSTER wrap around the artist lofts. The ground floor contains galleries open to the public, allowing the artists to interact with their audiences in real-time and open the ground partially to the public. The studio at the 1.5 level hinges the 3 artist lofts together visually from the exterior.
The CENTRAL CLUSTER is working as the campus for the residents of the artist colony.
The ground floor contains two archive/study rooms, kilns for sculptors, and a central atrium courtyard for meetings.
Exploded axon showing program arrangements
Unit prototypes before deciding on the final massing. The pink represents individual work space, the gray represents public communal area.
6. PATIO / OPEN STUDIO
1. ARTIST LOFT (SINGLE) 5. PRIVATE STUDIO
2ND FLOOR
1. ARTIST LOFT (SINGLE) 6. PATIO / OPEN STUDIO
5. PRIVATE STUDIO 4. ARCHIVE / LIB
3. ARTIST SHARED STUDIO (KILN)
2. PUBLIC GALLARY GROUND FLOOR
7. ARTIST LOFT (SHARED DUO)
LIVING (DOUBLE HEIGHT) 5. PRIVATE STUDIO
ARTIST LOFT 3RD FLOOR
PATIO / OPEN STUDIO
East Elevation
Artists are connected by communal kitchens in between e
North Elevation
Artist lofts are on top of art gallary on the ground floor for easy access.
Mass represents public/collective programs, white represents individual artist studio space.
Blue
ing Models
Prespective section showing different artist studios and gallary space.
IDLE VILLAGE
SITE: On Top of BQE, NY 2022
This project is a masterplanning project built on top of the BQE to bridge the two sides of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway.
The project is driven by this idea of walking as meditation and embrancing idleness as a way to heal the mind and body. Walking as the common theme or activity in this project is not meant to be just a daily exercise but to cultivate the habit of reserving time for oneself to not do anything, including any form of work.
The practice of pausing helps one to reflect on their behavior and work, and also trains them to be self-disciplined, to regain control over their body and mind from being capable of pausing themselves in any situation.
The idle village intends to challenge the urge to design for efficiency and redefine the relationship between work and idleness. In other words, Idle village is a machine for healing, nurturing and a device to investigate the separation between work and life. It consists of an artist foundation, halfway houses, and housing for low-income workers. The in-efficiency aspect of the idle village involves the long walkways that require the occupants totravelfrom one place to another.
The site is building on top of the BQE to make the highway a tunnel, and patch the groundfloor to recoonect the existing neighborhood that were seperated by the BQE highway.
Through walking, the occupants are able to engage with the idea of idleness through meditation in the halfway house cluster (North) as they walk through the single strand of the walkway that curates the views and elevation. The meditation tower is inspired by traditional bell towers in churches, the almost endless walk towards to the top of the tower and cureated views are the fuel to this meditating journey of the mind and body.
Meditation tower and curated view.
The artist foundation (South) pulls apart the studio and living, like pulling apart a marshmallow, this reflects the idea that idleness as a momentary phase that forces the artists to separate work and life
