Ashani Trinh's Portfolio 23'

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ASHANI TRINH PORTFOLIO ROW HOUSES ON THE PORT

This was an interdisciplinary studio to collaborate with landscape architecture students to develop an urban design for Charlestown, Massachusetts. Our group focused on green spaces and pedestrian connections. The final was an independent development of lowdensity housing on the auto port. A familiar architecture to the Charlestown neighborhood but with a modern twist. Each row house is creatively designed to fulfill different lifestyles focused on biophilia, live/work, and multi-family.

Team members: Genevieve Osterman, Gigi Wong, and Ashani Trinh

All works shown by Ashani Trinh

5 live-work triplex nature & openings 1/4” = 1’-0” ONE CAR GARAGE WORK SHOP UNIT STORAGE UNIT STORAGE UNIT STORAGE KITCHENETTE STORAGE PORCH OFFICE BATH OFFICE WORK STATION GREEN HOUSE DINING DINING DINING KITCHEN KITCHEN KITCHEN BDRM BDRM BDRM BDRM BDRM BALCONY ROOFTOP BATH BDRM BATH BATH BATH LOFT OPEN TO BELOW BDRM LIVING LIVING LIVING BALCONY BALCONY BALCONY DINING KITCHEN BDRM BATH LIVING BALCONY DINING KITCHEN BDRM BATH LIVING BALCONY GROUND FLOOR SECOND FLOOR THIRD FLOOR FOURTH FLOOR first floor plan north elevation second floor plan third floor plan fourth floor plan

A A A A A A B B B C C C C C C C C E F G D D B B A low density mixed-income low density medium density mixed-use medium density rain garden major road minor road 20’ setback 20’ building zone 50’ building zone 20’ private yard 35’ shared yard 300’ 225’ 6’ setback

SITE PLAN BLOCK ORGANIZATION BLOCK “C” AND “A” SITE PLAN BLOCK “A” SITE GUIDELINES SITE CONCEPTS 150’ = 1” 1 2 1 2 urban site plan P nature & openings 20’ x 40’ 20’ x 20’ 20’ x 40’ private yard 20’ x 20’ private yard community pocket park triplex 2-3 levels of living spaces rooftop access or additional living spaces flood-able ground floor P live-work 20’ x 40’ 20’ x 40’ nature & openings

URBAN

7 P live-work 20’ x 40’ 20’ x 20’ private yard rain garden 1/8” = 1’-0” P central park 175’ x 225’ (0.90 acres) 1/8” = 1’-0”

facade studies massing studies

9 perspective rendering

CLUSTERS OF COMMUNITY

Net Positive Design | Aaron Mullins | Spring 2022

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Housing a diverse community within a mixed-use building that not only provides housing and amenities but also a community. Each level contains a richness of diverse units, background, and household sizes. A dynamic cluster of diverse neighbors emulate in smaller rings within one larger community.

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This project focused on developing the apartment complex which houses a variety of unit types. These unit types meet diverse living conditions for families, elders, singles, and co-living.

COMMUNAL FAMILY HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE COMMERCIAL FIRST FLOOR 8’-8” LOFT FIRST FLOOR LOFT FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TINY HOUSE LOFTED HOUSE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE 12’-0” 12’-0” 8’-8” 20’-8” 20’-8” 20’-8” 20’-8” 28’-0” 28’-0” 8’-10” 12’-3” 4 BDRM COMMUNAL 2 BDRM 1 BDRM STUDIO SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE LOFTED HOUSE TINY HOUSE COMMERCIAL FIRST FLOOR 8’-8” LOFT FIRST FLOOR LOFT FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TINY HOUSE LOFTED HOUSE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE 8’-8” 20’-8” 20’-8” 28’-0” CRESIDENTIAL OMMERCIAL 1/8” = 1’-0” FIRST FLOOR 14” Solid Wood Column 36” Depth Glu-Lam Beam 37.5” Depth Glu-Lam Girder 2x4x10 Stud Shading 16’ Bi-Fold Doors GROCERY 646 sqft 4,315 sqft GROCERY INVENTORY GROCERY ENTRANCE BOBA TEA SHOP APT. LOBBY 1/8” 1’-0” SECOND FLOOR 2”x12” Solid Wood Joists 16” O.C. 2”x6” Stud Wall (Bearing) 2”x4” Stud Wall APT. LOBBY 1/8” = 1’-0” THIRD FLOOR 2”x12” Solid Wood Joists 16” O.C. 2”x6” Stud Wall (Bearing) 2”x4” Stud Wall APT. LOBBY mass first floor: commercial second floor: residential third floor: residential extend subtract exploded typology diagram

13 Broadway St NE Community Plaza Small Retail Mid-Rise Lobby Residential Houses Parking Broadway St NE Community Plaza Mid-Rise Staircase Grocery Storage Residential Houses Broadway St NE Community Plaza Small Grocery Store Residential Houses BROADWAY NE

PORTFOLIO

Housing Mixology thoughtfully configured various houses stitched together as one building through mixing, stacking, and clustering. The framework responded to housing people with different diversity, lifestyles, family sizes, and incomes. This housing project offered various sizes and home-ownership opportunities. The design focused on reflecting the urban fabric and connection to nature. Clustered Housing seeks to bring together community and nature to provide housing for all.

Master’s Final Project | Jody McGuire | Spring 2023

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HOUSING MIXOLOGY

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The site proposed is located on the former Ford Motor Factory and is now being developed into Highland Bridge. This project responded to the edge conditions driven by commercial, residential, and nature. The typology palette was based on surrounding housing types which are row houses, apartments, condos, and penthouses.

S WOODLAWN AVE S MOUNT CURV BLVD FORD PKWY MISSISSIPPI RIVER

apartment condo penthouse

Clustering the row houses (purple) together to create a family-friendly neighborhood. Mixing apartments (yellow) and condos (orange) to create a unique diversity of units on every floor. And finally stacking at the corners to optimize density.

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bottom: ground floor top: eighth floor

fourth floor

exploded program diagram

ground floor

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As a Kusske Design Initiative Fellow and Cohort, this independent research study focused on growing biodegradable modeling materials with mycelium Using mycelium as a natural glue to test a variety of substrates: paper, native dried straw, and wood shaving. A rigorous process involved growing, forming, testing, and repeating to formulate sustainable modeling material for design students.

MYCELIUM IN

WORLD KDI Self-Directed Study | Malini Srivastava | 2021-2022

THE DESIGN

Comparing foam to mycelium in a life cycle analysis reveals the end of life for each material. From research, foam is estimated to degrade in 500 years whereas mycelium only takes 30 days.