Aung Tun Lin Architecture Portfolio
Table of Contents 1. Centro Juvenile Colmena
2. Integration
3. Garden 1402
4. Tree House 1
5. Bamboo Village
6. Light Pavilion
7. Casa Sculpture
8. Tritessela
9. Spiritual Bath
10. Delamination
11. Inya Myaing Country Club
12. Fire Station 9
13. Plaster Wall
“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.” –Frank Gehry
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Centro Juvenile Colmena
Academic: Architectural Studio II | Arizona State University | Spring 2014 | 12 Weeks
Catalina Mountain Terrain
Flow of Santa Cruz River Over the Terrain
Flow of Water Eroding
Natural Geometric Forms
Location: Centro Barrio Libre, Tucson, AZ Centro Juvenile Colmena Youth Center is an adaptive reuse project upon an existing Sonoran Style grocery store building in the historic Barrio of Tucson, Arizona. The flow of the Santa Cruz River and the surrounding San Catalina mountain ranges inspires the form for the new structure that is added upon the existing old building. The new form of the building is created metaphorically through the flow of Santa Cruz River which then carves out the rigid planes of San Catalina Mountain. This structure is intended to be a youth center for 21st Century Tucson teens, which allows it to possess a bold and radical form of
architecture that represents the attitude and characteristics of teens themselves. The first mass of the new structure is purposely created as a sharp edge that makes a bold statement about the emergence of the new generation in society towards the rest of Tucson. The materiality of this building is a direct response to the surrounding context especially zinc panels and rusted steel cladding in order to integrate with the desert landscape. The building itself is a direct interpretation of its technical programs of digital media and technology of the 21st Century making a statement within the historic Barrio Libre.
21st Century Americans Present Day
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Spanish ( 1700 CE - 1821 CE ) Mexican (1821 CE - 1846 CE ) Paleo Indians (1200 BC- AD 150 ) Hohokham (AD 600 - 1458 CE )
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Experimenters: 11%
Entry Sequence
Socializers: 18% Floaters: 21%
Vertical- Compression & Release
Creators: 22% Readers/Studiers: 28%
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Lower Floor Plan
Upper Floor Plan
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Cutting Edge of 21st Century Teens Progression 21st Cenury (new)- growing out from History
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Integration
Academic: Design Fundamentals IV | Arizona State University | Spring 2013 | 12 Weeks | Winner of Design Excellence
Location: Phoenix, AZ The development of the Project “ Integration” begins from the existing plot grid lines of the Pioneer & Military Cemetery and delineating grid lines of the surrounding city. The notion of orthogonal grid lines signifies the continuity of the city’s gird, which in turn generates the idea of integration through the dissection of the grid lines into feathered edges. These feathered edges define the notion of integration between life and death. The living and the non-living materials are integrated with one another to achieve uniformity
and proportionality throughout the design. This design emerges through the overlay of feather edged plot grid lines upon the existing construction plot lines for the new visiting center. Throughout “Project Integration”, it is not only the design that is integrative but also the building materials and plants that are used throughout the site. The notion of integration is embraced within the design of buildings on site through the emergence from the ground showing in a way that nature reproduces artificial structure.
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Garden 1402
Academic: Architectural Studio I | Arizona State University | Fall 2013 | 12 Weeks
Location: Phoenix, AZ Project “Garden 1402” is a low rise market rate housing project in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona that incorporates community and pedestrian ideals within the design. Courtyards play a huge role within the architectural designs solution for cooling effect in arid regions. This project truly incorporates the green and lush landscape within the built environment. The main form of this housing project is truly a simple and pure form that embraces the intensity of the green central courtyard. The incorporation of a courtyard within the design is to embrace a passive cooling strategy that will bring true comfort towards the occupants living within the building. The form of this project is created through cutting a void within the center of a pure rectangular mass by producing three volumes. The central void is the courtyard space that is surrounded by the two volumes that represent living units of the housing
project. The living units are divided mainly into two-bedroom and studio style units. The major targeted clients for this project are young entrepreneurs, professionals and artists. The ground floor of the building consists of a café, art gallery, and fitness facility to engage the residents and the community. All these spaces will be facing towards the courtyard space to engage with it. The courtyard space provides the café to obtain outdoors seating opportunities form the users. On special occasions the courtyard is converted into outdoor art gallery space on special occasions. It is a full height courtyard that is repeated on every floor of the building within the balcony spaces in a way to engage residents with the public. The main ambition for this project is to revitalize the urban nature of downtown Phoenix and promote pedestrian interaction with residential developments.
Site Plan
Floors 2-6
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Tree House 1
Academic: Building Structures II | Arizona State University | Spring 2014 | 2 Weeks In Collaboration With Richard Norden Vanhorne | Design Development & Renderings
Location: Pando Forest, Utah, USA Tree House 1 is a vacation home for a newly wed couple which possesses unique geometry within its form and spectacular views towards the tree lines of Pando Forest. The form of this tree house is inspired by the surrounding environment especially the forest floor and the blue sky. Pando forest known as the “Trembling Giant” is the oldest organism with a single DNA on earth, since all the Aspen Pines within that forest share a single root system. This systemic notion of nature is interpreted into the design of the tree house through the implementation of a horizontal and a vertical element interlocking one another to form a habitable space. It is a type V wood construction that truly embraces the lightweight structure and attains sustainability. Reflective aluminium panels are used within the design of the structure’s skin to obtain integration within the natural environment of the forest. This space provides a unique experience of living inside a built environment within nature.
Form Derivation
Horizontal Form
Vertical Form
Integrated Form
Living Observatory Bedroom Kitchen Bath & W.C
Foyer
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Bamboo Village
Personal: Conceptual Project For 2008 Cyclone Nargis Relief | Summer-Fall 2014 | 5 months
Location: Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar Bamboo Village is an innovative response towards the devastating living situations caused by cyclone Nargis that harshly hit the Ayarwaddy Region of Myanmar in 2008. It is designed both at architectural and urban scale in order to meet the needs of the disaster victims or rural settlers. The concept of a traditional house and a village is transformed into a more applicable design that can sustain and withstand natural disasters within the environment. Sustainability is one of the key factors that sculpt the design for this project, which in turn serves as a paradigm for 21st Century village development. Vernacular principles that lie within existing local architecture are incorporated within the materiality of the project in order to
embrace passive strategies within the design. The housing developments are set 20 feet above the ground in order to prevent from flooding through the implementation of reinforced concrete plinth and pilotis. Flood was a crucial factor during Cyclone Nargis which wiped out most of the villages in Ayarwaddy region. All the modular individual homes will be laid out along a linear strip just like how traditional homes are laid out in a Burmese village. These modular houses are majorly built out of bamboo due to the surplus supply of bamboo within that region and incorporation of vernacularism. Operable window and door systems are incorporated to embrace natural day lighting and ventilation throughout the interior space. The ceiling is
recessed from the main wooden roof structure to allow hot air to be extracted from the interior space. The ceiling board is made out of bamboo strips in order to allow natural light that is filtered through the clear fiber roof above. The bamboo envelope of the building is wrapped with polycarbonate panels to protect bamboo from weathering in hot humid air and filter natural light onto the interior space. It also helps the aesthetics of the building illumination at night by portraying as a glowing beacon. These houses are designed to be single-family detached homes that embraced the ideals of a central street by overlooking towards the street, which elevates the spirit of community living.
Plan
Ground-Elevated Living
Section
Cross Ventilation
Heat Extraction
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Yangon Light Pavilion Personal: Summer 2014 | 2 Months
Cube
Diagonalization
Extrusion
Distortion
Perforation
Final Form
Location: Phoenix, AZ Fragmentation of the old Yangon City downtown grid is the key formation for the design of the “Light Pavilion�. The strong and harsh geometries of the structure are based on the theory that portrays the harsh and distorted past of Myanmar under military dictatorship. The Light Pavilion will be situated on the so-called new Yangon of Dala region across Yangon River overlooking old town Yangon. The building is purposely
oriented towards the view of old town Yangon in order to reflect and remind the distorted past of Myanmar as a nation under dictatorship for over 20 years. A central void is created within the distorted form of the pavilion to allow natural light to come onto the interior space that symbolizes the hope for freedom and liberation of people souls in a newly democratized nation. The penetration of pure white light onto the interior space
represents the grace that the divine has implemented upon people to be free from inequality and oppression. The dynamic bronze plated skin of the structure reflects the flow of the surrounding Yangon River and also symbolizes the birth of the new progressive nation architectural innovation. This space is designed to be accessible by the public and act as a space of contemplation for individuals to reflect themselves yearning for freedom.
Transverse Section
Longitudinal Section
Existing Site Map
Fragmented Site Map Site Plan
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Casa Sculpture
Competition: Arizona Residential Architects | Summer 2014 | 1 Month
Location: Phoenix, AZ Mountains and canyons of the desert landscape are the driving force for the design of “Casa Sculpture.” The main concept of this design is derived from nearby Camelback Mountain and Salt River that runs throughout Phoenix’s metropolitan area. The distinct fluid forms that made up Casa Sculpture represents how the flow of Salt River carves out the mountains into forming canyons. This sculpted natural form creates habitat for the desert living creatures to thrive, survive, and attain shelter. The form of Casa Sculpture is a direct interpretation of surrounding natural forms and thus provides the occupants with the experience of living not on the landscape, but within it. The curvilinear form of this structure provides the users with different opportunities upon the views of the
surrounding environment. The main strategy for the design of the house is to bring the outside landscape onto the inside habitable space creating the effect of seamlessness with nature. The fluidity of the house creates a gesture towards the Camelback Mountain in the north and pays respect towards the surrounding context. The structure of the lower form of the house is made from cast in place concrete to express the heaviness of the canyon walls in the desert region, while the structure of the upper form is made out of hollow structural steel members and cladded with white aluminum composite panels to express the purity of water that shapes buttes. Casa Sculpture is essentially a natural work of art.
Form Derivation
Upper Floor Plan
Site Plan
Lower Floor Plan
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Tritessela
Competition: D3 Housing & Evolo Skyscrapers | Fall 2013 | 2 Months In Collaboration With Richard Norden Vanhorne & Cathleen Kebert | Conceptual Design & Rendering
Location: Switzerland, Myanmar, Phoenix,Arizona (USA) During the past century, sustainability in dense urban environments has been ignored even though most parts of the world are filled with urban areas that face both overpopulation and pollution. A key aspect of the Tritessela building’s form is the sides’ angles; three singular modules promote sustainable opportunities relating to sunlight. Specific angles assigned to each building modules were determined for three different climatic locations. Although distinctive angling allows individual modules to shade themselves and conserve energy needed for cooling the building from the harsh summer sun while allowing light in during the winter months. Light is promoted within the interior spaces by the central core’s extraction of courtyard at ground level. The
tessellated double-skin façade and form serves as a multi-functional tool that acclimates to its specific climate, promoting a universal system of the architectural realm. Its façade incorporates solar panels that harness energy from the vigorous summer solar radiation. In temperate regions, these panels also increase the building’s thermal insulation by capturing any snowfall in the façade’s pockets. In more humid and tropical regions, the façade can be adapted to be more open, promoting ventilation. The vegetated screens intertwined through punctured openings not only filter light, cooling the exterior pathways through perspiration, but also provide with enough green space back into the urban fabric. The façade is modifiable based on the climate conditions of a region.
Temperate: Switzerland 71째
Plan includes three modules
Desert: Arizona 56째
Plans stacked to increase density
Tropical: Myanmar 43째
Building twisted
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Spiritual Bath
Academic: Architectural Studio I | Arizona State University | Fall 2013 | 1 Week
Spiritual Bath is a space for cleansing all the three sins that a person possesses in life. It is a space that is designed based on the three sins of greed, anger, and ignorance in Buddhism. The three sins concept is embedded in the design through the creation of steps leading up to the shower. Each step has its own dimensions based on the intensity of each sin. In Buddhism, shower is a significant ritual when it comes to cleansing one’s soul. For instance, Buddhist people would go to Pagodas and pour water upon the Buddha statute while making three wishes to cleanse their souls. Hence, this is a space that not only cleanses one’s physical body but also purifies one’s spirit, giving the opportunity to be enlightened. The Northern Light is embraced to focus light on to the prominent central shower space in the daytime while LED lights are installed within the gaps of the dropped ceiling to attain the recess lighting effect. This intensifies the effect of spirituality and lightness on the interior space.
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Grafting: Delamination
Academic: Architectural Studio II | Arizona State University | Spring 2014 | 1 Week
“Delamination� is a crafting project that explores how to modify an existing artifact into a new product through the methods of addition and subtraction. The method of subtraction is implemented upon the chosen Burmese lacquer ware. Subtraction in this design work is interpreted into the process of delamination where a quarter of the lacquer coat within the artifact was removed to attain its basic layer. This project is an interpretation of how Modernism emerged into society by stripping off the ornamentation and decoration of classical antiquity. The ornamentation of the lacquer ware is removed to present the pure nature of the bamboo wood that made the artifact.
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Inya Myaing Country Club
Professional: SPINE Architects | Summer 2014 | 2 Weeks | Construction Documents & Rendering
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Fire Station SECOND FLOOR9
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Academic: Architectural Studio III | Arizona State University | Spring 2012 | 2 Weeks In Collaboration With Andrew Ditchey | Conceptual Design & Renderings
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BATTALION BASEMENT
BASEMENT Location: Phoenix, AZ Fire Station 9 is located in a prosperous, transitional region of metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. This fire station design proposal aims to strengthen the relationship between fire fighters and the community. The increasing density and growth of Phoenix inspired the compact and highly efficient layout of this design. The concept looks towards the future, in which it will one day encourage expansion of fire station to accommodate later needs of metropolitan Phoenix,. We sought after a simple, timeless material palette—masonry, metal, and glass--that respects traditional firehouse design yet holds a contemporary twist.
LONGITUDINAL SITE SECTION
Sleep Bay
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LIVING
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Fire Station Sleeping Quarter
TRANSVERSE SECTION
Battalion Sleeping Quarter
Second Floor- Fire Station
Third Floor- Fire Station
TRAINING SECTION
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Plaster Wall
Academic: Design Fundamentals II | Arizona State University | Spring 2012 | 2 Weeks
Aung Tun Lin
959-5127140, +1-480-745-9979 alin9.aung@gmail.com | www.aungtunlin.com
Education
Tempe, Arizona Fall 2011 - Present
Barrett The Honors College, Arizona State University (ASU) Major: Architecture GPA: 3.84
Employment
Yangon, Myanmar Summer 2010 & Summer 2011
Shwe Thazin Company Ltd. Sales Assistant
Yangon, Myanmar Summer 2012 & Summer 2013
M.Thaw & Associates Architecture Drafter
Yangon, Myanmar Summer 2014
SPINE Architects Architecture Drafter
Yangon, Myanmar Summer 2014
United GP Development Sales Assistant
Yangon, Myanmar Spring 2008 - Present
Conscience Community & Development Co-director
Yangon, Myanmar Fall 2008 - Spring 2011
International School of Myanmar Honors Roll
Tempe, Arizona Fall 2011 - Spring 2014
Herberger Institute for Design & The Arts Dean’s List
Tempe, Arizona Fall 2011 - Present
National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) Member
Tempe, Arizona Fall 2011 - Present
Global Brigades at ASU Architecture Representative
Tempe, Arizona Spring 2013 - Spring 2014
Herberger Institute of Design and the Arts Design Excellence Winner & Nominee
Three-Dimensional Programs: Adobe Creative Cloud 2014: Hand Skills:
Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, & SketchUp, Rhino Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, & Adobe InDesign Manual Drafting, Drafting, Freehand Sketching, & Physical Model Making
Leadership
Specialization