WORK SAMPLES
alban denic
XIX ASIAN GAMES
Sept. 2018 - Jun 2019 Hangzhou, CH KPF
Office Tower
KPF won the masterplan for Asian Games in Hangzhou. The ensemble includes a retail podium, a hotel tower, and a 150m tall Class A office tower which I designed and coordinated.
Items covered : - REVIT Curtain Wall integration. - Core planning and coordination. - Lobby planning. - In house sustainability simulations to achieve
PHASE : Concept to DD submission ROLE : Lead designer for 150m tall Class A Office tower.
LEED Gold and Green Building 2 Star. - Facade design and coordination. - Glass size cooridnation with consultant. - Egress management. - Parapet detailing and BMU strategy.
TOWER WALL TYPE, MOCK UP RENDERING
REVIT CURTAIN WALL INTEGRATION
OVERALL VIEW ENSCAPE RENDERING
WALL TYPES FAMILIES
DETAIL MOCK UP
WALL TYPE SHEET
TOWER FLOOR PLANS (TYPICAL LOW AND TYPICAL HIGH) TOWER REVEAL DETAILING (ALL BELOW)
OFFICE TOWER CORNER VIEW (HOTEL TOWER IN BACKGROUND) OFFICE SPACE INTERIOR RENDER
OFFICE TOWER LOBBY WITH STOREFRONT GLASS
XIX ASIAN GAMES
Sept. 2018 - current Hangzhou, CH KPF
Retail Podium
+38 M
TOP OF FRAME
LARGE VITRINE
+16 M
BOTTOM OF FRAME
+10 M
TO REVEAL
STORERONT GLASSS
+0.0 M MOVIE THEATER SECTION
MOVIE THEATER PODIUM ENTRANCE
MOVIE THEATER DETAILING
PHASE : Concept to DD submission ROLE : Technical Specialist for Retail Podium
The scale and complexity of retail podium required additional support to the team. Alongside working on the office tower, I have been tasked to develop the design geometry into structurally sound systems. This process
helped drive the structure choice for feature attractions of the podium as well as material choices. Structural systems were set and sometimes required massing adjustments to fulfill structural integrity. +37.5 M
+33 M
TOP OF FRAME
TO CANOPY
TENSION CABLE WALL
+9 M
STREET OVERHEAD
STREET WALL
+0.0 M EVENT SPACE SECTION
EVENT SPACE OVERALL SECTION
EVENT SPACE DETAILING
Items covered : - Rationalization of structural elements. - Glass wall structural systems. - Additional wall types with stone / metal panels. - Canopy structure.
SOUTH NANJING Yangzte River Development Along the Yangtze River, a large site opens up for development with a grand vision. KPF was invited to join this massive masterplan competition.
Jul.-Aug. 2017 Nanjing, CH KPF
Items covered : - 500m tall office tower structural coordination. - Gross Area tracking throughout design with parametric tools. - Fast pace drawing to rendering workflow.
PHASE : Competition ROLE : Main designer, parametric design team support.
- Parametric design for towers facades. - Created parametric tools for team. - Renders streamlined post-production.
ATRIUM VIEW
PARAMETRIC FACADE MODELING
SITE PLAN
GROUND EXPERIENCE
SKYLINE FROM THE YANGTZE RIVER
PEDESTRIAN REALM
HUAMAO PLOT A
Oct. 2017 - Sept. 2018 Suzhou, CH KPF
PHASE : SD to DD submission ROLE : 100m residential tower and podium design and detailing.
Residential Tower
Upon Masterplan approval, from SD to DD I became in charge of facade design and coordination with consultants for a twenty seven stories residential tower.
ELEVATION
AERIAL VIEW BY NIGHT
Items covered : - Footprint coordination with retail consultant. - Mechanical integration on podium facade. - Facade design study for tower and podium. - Investigate details through refined modeling.
ILLUSTRATED SECTION
ILLUSTRATED DRAWING SET
- Coordination packages to code,fire,mechanical, technical and structure consultants. - Glass selection for tower and podium. - Parapet study with BMU strategy. - Canopy structure.
HUAMAO MASTERPLAN Overall Masterplan and Office Towers (Plot C) KPF was contracted for full scale masterplan in China. A 442,000 sqm program mix had to be planned in this peripheral site of Suzhou. On top of coordinating overall mission, I became lead designer for Plot C massing and planning.
Oct. 2017 - Sept. 2018 Suzhou, CH KPF
Items covered : - Planning grid for basement coordination. - Retail Mall planning with consultant. - Aware of program overlap complexities. - Versatility of planning process.
PHASE : Concept to SD submission ROLE : Masterplan coordination, and especially 100-150m office towers + retail mall podium detailing. - Planning to appropriate size and needs. - Basement ramps impact on ground floor.
PLOT E
PLOT A
PLOT D
PLOT C
PLOT B MASTERPLAN THIRD FLOOR PLAN
VIEW OF OFFICE TOWER FROM CENTER STREET
AXONOMETRY OF OVERALL BUILD UP
VIEW OF MASTERPLAN FROM INTERSECTION
CATHEDRALE PLACE 100 Condominiums and 320 Rental Units KPF was invited to participate for a proposal around an existing landmark in Philadelphia, PA. It was a fast pace 1 month feasibility study where I was designing in partnership with two other seniors designers.
Nov 2018 Philadelphia, PA KPF
PHASE : Feasibility ROLE : Planning and designing of 100 Condominiums and 320units Rental towers.
Items covered : - Condominium planning. - Condominium lobby planning. - Rental units planning. - Fast pace drawing to rendering workflow.
CATHEDRALE PLACE VIEW
PLANNING SECTIONS
AERIAL VIEW
SITE PLAN AND TYPICAL CONDO AND RENTAL PLAN
KRUPP MASTERPLAN Shanghai post EXPO planning Adjacent to recent Shanghai EXPO, this former manufacturing site is being reconsidered. Part of 3p team, my urban design skills brought consensus. Each feature was then given form, language, and singular pedestrian experience.
Jul.-Sept. 2016 Shanghai, CH KPF
Items covered : - Planning grid design coordination. - Infrastructure/Ramps/Roads. - Large scale detailing and modeling. - Basement planning.
CANAL VIEW AND PEDESTRIAN ACTIVE SPACE
NARRATIVE DIAGRAMS
ZONING PRINCIPLE
VIEW OF MASTERPLAN FROM INTERSECTION
PHASE : Competition ROLE : Main designer and urban planner.
- Market standards for various typologies. - Outsourced model making process. - Outsourced rendering process.
CHINA PAVILION EXPO Milan 2015
After winning competition alongside Tsinghua University, Studio Link Arc has been in charge of designing the China Pavilion for Milan Expo in 2015. I was involved in designing the roof system, playing with shadow play and transparency.
PARAMETRIC MODEL COLORED BY PANEL TYPE
NORTH SECTION, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION.
CHINA PAVILION STANDING AT EXPO 2015 IN MILAN
March 2014 - May 2015 Milan, IT Studio Link-Arc
Before fully engaging in parametrical model, we studied roofing strategy with large scale models. With this project, I have been at the forefront of the parametric tool from design to documentation and installation manual.
PANEL SCHEDULE DIMENSIONED AND ITEMIZED
PHASE : SD to Construction ROLE : Project Architect Roof design team (3 people)
Items covered : - Parametric tools from design to installation. - Multi-software workflow and data management - Performance mock up supervision. - “Unrolled” drawing set & 3D model deliverables.
GARDEN CLUB-HOUSE Intimacy and Luxury
Alongside a large residential development in Shenzhen, Studio Link Arc was commissioned to design a club-house. From massing to detailing, I was tasked to create a singular experience. Through rigorous testing and research, I
was design lead for facade expression of the Club-house. Following my interest for minimal mean and maximum impact, I developed a 5 perforated modules skin that can be combined seamlessly.
SKIN RESEARCH
MODEL EXPLORATION
MASSING STUDY
INTERIOR DESIGN STUDY MODEL 1TO20
TRANSVERSAL SECTION
COURTYARD VIEWS
Feb. 2014 Shenzhen North Bay, CN Studio Link-Arc
PHASE : SD to DD ROLE : Key member design team (5 people)
Items covered : - Rapid massing prototyping. - Physical model design validation. - Large scale interior model. - Perforated copper panelized facade.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
WIEN NEU MUSEUM Intervention in Historic Karlplatz
May 2015 Vienna, AT Studio Link-Arc
PHASE : Competition ROLE : Key member design team (3 people)
Design of a museum extension in Vienna Karlplatz at the border of the historical district of City Center. Not only a museum, the proposal aims to solve chaotic situation of the plaza overall and reestablish Karl Church as a prominent monument. The exhibition spaces are transfered to the extension’s volumes both overground and underground. The park is given large greens to address the lack of nature within the city and respond to the need of civic spaces bordered by many institutions and universities.
SUBMISSION MODEL
URBAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES, RESPECT OF AXIS AND SYMMETRY
URBAN MODEL
COLLAGE, FIELD OF COLUMNS OVER REFLECTIVE PONDS
BAUHAUS MUSEUM Museum in a Park
March 2015 Dessau, DE Studio Link-Arc
PHASE : Competition ROLE : Key member design team (3 people)
In the past two decades the assumed need for ‘ultra-flexible black box museum space’ has resulted in a disorientating and faceless museum volume that can be placed anywhere in the world with little or no relationship to context. The open floor plate and flexible space that curators have once desired so much has become an Achilles heel of exhibition design and engaging museum experience: an empty vessel, empty of inspiration, empty of a truly unique experience for the visitor. Our proposal seeks to undermine this trend by readdressing the museum and exhibition paradigm as both an exhibition specific and place specific response to the program requirements.
LIMINAL SITUATION
NATURAL PROGRESSION
MODEL EXPLORATION
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
SPINE SECTION
WEST ELEVATION
URBAN INTEGRATION
PROGRAMATIC ORGANIZATION
MULTI-USE CULTURAL FACILITY
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
EAST ELEVATION
LAKEFRONT KIOSK Face the City / Filter the Nature
March 2015 Chicago, IL Studio Link-Arc
PHASE : Competition ROLE : Project Architect lead (3 people team)
The kiosk, in modern times, is very much restricted to minimal square footage and maximum function, stripped from non-quantifiable spaces. This design addresses the question of how to reintroduce the notion of a non-quantifiable social space as expressed in the ancient idea of a kiosk. The design has been centered on the use of simple wood modules. Each piece is parametrically tagged and located to ease installation. The enclosure system let the air, sounds and smells of the landscape and the lake permeate through to be an immersive experience, yet offering a refuge during the cold months.
1800s
1850s
1910s
1950s
1990s
2000s
CONCEPT MODEL SOCIAL SPACE FUNCTION IMAGE COMMERCIAL
STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLE PLANS, SECTIONS AND ELEVATIONS
KIOSK ARCHETYPE EVOLUTION IN TIME
UPWARD AND INTERIOR VIEW
ENCLOSURE POROSITY 6000
6000
10,000
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SECTION A-A’
KIOSK INTERIOR
MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
LAB CITY Ecole Centrale
Turn a «Black Out» into a Field of knowledge In an era of privatization, cities are facing a major challenge: investment in the public domain depends increasingly on the private sector. As a result of this reframing of the collective agreement, the role of architecture often misses
its potential contribution to a new educational, social and civic dimension. The Ecole Centrale competition of a new engineering school has become the perfect opportunity to explore ways to answer this demanding challenge.
CAMPUS MODEL SCHEMATIC DESIGN
THE DIAGONALE
RESIN MODEL
STRUCTURE PRINCIPLE
SECTION THROUGH THE AUDITORIUM
STUDENT LOUNGE EVENT SPACE
Oct 2012-Jan 2013 Paris Saclay, FR OMA
PHASE : Design Development ROLE : Key member design team (7 people)
Items covered : - Close collaboration with fire consultant. - ETFE material. - Egress/Firerated furnitures and wfire zones.
GROUND FLOOR - LEVEL 1 PLAN
J.J. BOSC BRIDGE WINNING PROPOSAL
OMA’s stripped-down design for the Pont Jean-Jacques Bosc attempts to rethink the civic function and symbolism of a 21st century bridge. A platform 44 metres wide and 549 metres long is stretched beyond the water on either side,
Sept 2012 Bordeaux, FR OMA
PHASE : Competition ROLE : Key member design team, model specialist
creating a seamless connection with the land. The design is kept to the simplest expression the least technical, least lyrical. The bridge itself is not the ‘event’ in the city, but a platform that can accommodate all the events of the city.
Items covered : - Bridge structure choice and constraint. - Bridge landing construction planning. - White resin model skills and technics. - Civil code for road design in France. daily use
weekly use
exceptional use
EVENT ON THE BRIDGE
NEUTRALITY PRINCIPLE
1:350 MODEL DISPLAYED AT BORDEAUX CITY HALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING
URBAN MODEL OF BORDEAUX
A STAGE, NOT A SHOW
DETAIL OF ENTOURAGE
FLEXIBILITY OF THE PLATFORM
FAMILY HOUSE
House extension: traditional and contemporary
August 2009 Finistère, FR DL Architecture
PHASE : Building Permit ROLE : Main executant under architect supervision
This house extension is designed on top of ruins of previous farm corpus. The new body of the house is meant to express complementarity with the existant stone house and at the same time offer all the advantages of a new construction - space, comfort, economy of energy, new materials, and light. The Bretagne region is indeed a very traditionnal place concerning house construction with a strong expression of vernacular style. Simplicity and sobriety were our tool to find the aesthetic contrast with the existant.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN AND FIRST FLOOR
SITUATION PLAN
WEST ELEVATION
NORTH ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
TERRASSE VIEW
MAGNUM Gallery Remodeling in medieval Saint Germains
Jun - Sept 2009 Paris VI, FR DL Architecture
PHASE : SC to Remodel Permit ROLE : Main executant under architect supervision
MAGNUM - an american photographer collective internationally famous for their work - took the opportunity to reattribute their office space in the historical parisian district of Saint Germains and give room for a ground floor Photography Gallery. The process was delicate since the claystone building already had several lives and dated back from the XVIIth Century. Along several interactions with the client, fine detailing of exhibition wall panels and furniture project made their way to completion.
SITUATION PLAN
PLAN AND INTERIOR ELEVATION
COMMERCIAL FACADE AND INTERIOR COLLAGE
FURNITURE PROJECT
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