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BEN TOAM BENTOAM@GMAIL.COM
Resume Ben Toam bentoam@gmail.com 3108063030
Professional Morphosis Architects, Senior Project Designer (June 2007-November 2013) - Project Designer for projects under development. Typical Project Designer responsibilities include design development, systems integration, document creation, SMEP consultant coordination, and staff management. Projects include: HANKING CENTER TOWER, CALIFORNIA MODERN ART MUSEUM, and VIALIA VIGO TGV STATION -Project Designer for numerous international competition entries including a number of winning and placing entries. Typical competition responsibilities include project design, primary systems concept design, consultant coordination, budget development, and team management.Total awarded square footage in excess of 3,500,000 ft². Winning competition entries include: SHENZHEN 4 IN 1 TOWER (CCB TOWER), OCT PARK SUHE CREEK, and HANKING CENTER TOWER. -Intern Co-Manager. Responsible for portfolio review, intern selection, interview, hiring, training and development as well as ongoing intern allocation and review. -Project Team on projects under development designing systems, spaces and drawings. Responsibilities include facade systems design and initial development, detail development, and space design. Projects include PHARE TOWER and EMERSON COLLEGE LOS ANGELES CENTER. Eric Owen Moss Architects, Designer (September 2006-March 2007) -Designer on competitions including REPUBLIC SQUARE COMPETITION and CITY OF THE FUTURE COMPETITION. Additionally responsibilities include concept development, code review and planning for JEFFERSON TOWERS. Xefirotach, Designer (January 2005-July 2006)
-Design Team on winning PS1 COMPETITION as well as participation on projects in a design capacity for exhibitions and product concepts.
Southern California Institute of Architecture, Teaching Assistant (August 2006) -Assistant Instructor for Digital Design Workshop K2 Architects, Project Designer and Manager (June 2001-July 2004) -Project Management and document creation on a number of residential projects. Responsibilities include: code review, document creation (SD, DD, CD), systems design, consultant coordination, permit submission and review, shop drawings and site supervision. -Project Management and document creation for LITTLE BLACK PEARL WORKSHOP. Responsibilities include project management (DD, CD, CA), detail development, facade systems design, permit submissions and revisions, shop drawing review and site supervision.
Education Masters of Architecture (September 2006) Southern California Institute of Architecture Honors: Best Thesis, Merit Scholarship, Deans List Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (May 2002)
University of Illinois at Chicago, Digital Media Concentration Honors: Graduate with Honors High Distinction, Year End Show (1999, 2001,2002)
Software
Bentley Microstation & Triforma, Autocad, Rhino, Maya, Maxwell, Adobe CS Suite, MS Office
CV and references available upon request
INTERNALIZED URBAN SPACE HIGHRISE
hanking HANKING center CENTER TOWER
VIEW OF PRIMARY APPROACH TO BUILDING
OFFICE
MORPHOSIS ARCHITECTS
Project Type Awarded Competition Phases Competition-DD Area 1,650,000 Ft² Program Commercial Office, Retail Location Shenzhen, Cn Client Hanking Group Date 2012-2016 Team Design Principal Thom Mayne Project Principal Eui Sung Yi Project Manager Mario Cipresso Project Architect Hann Shuih Chen Project Designer Ben Toam Core Team Jamie Wu Daniel Leone Carmelia Chiang Sarah Kott Hunter Knight Sille Philak Marco Becucci
TYPICAL TOWER CONFIGURATION
REMOVE CORE FROM TOWER
SPECIALIZE CORE OPTIMIZE BUILDING
LOCATE SERVICES IN OFFICE BODY
CREATE SOCIAL ZONE BETWEEN FORMS
CREATE PERFORMATIVE ENVELOPES
PROJECT DESIGNER MORPHOSIS MORPHOSIS ARCHITECTS ARCHITECTS
INTERNALIZED URBAN SPACE HIGHRISE
hanking HANKING center CENTER TOWER
VIEW OF PUBLIC ATRIUM
2ND FLOOR PLAN COMMERCIAL CIRCULATION IS FACILITATED BY A SERIES OF ESCALATORS AND ELEVATORS FROM BASEMENT THRU THE 5TH FLOOR. PRIMARY RETIAL CIRCULATION IS INDEXED AGAINST THESE NODES AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC ATRIUM PUBLIC CIRC. TOWER CIRC.
PROJECT DESIGNER MORPHOSIS MORPHOSIS ARCHITECTS ARCHITECTS
GROUND LEVEL PLAN WITH CIRCULATION INTO AND THRU SITE
3RD FLOOR PLAN OFFICE TOWER CIRCULATION AND PUBLIC RETIAL CIRCULATION DIVERGE. OFFICE CIRCULATION SPLITS INTO 2 LEVELS TO ACCOMMODATE PEAK TRAFFIC HOURS. RETAIL CIRCULATION ORIENTS AROUND PRIMARY ATRIUM SPACE PUBLIC CIRC. TOWER CIRC.
INTERNALIZED URBAN SPACE HIGHRISE
hanking CENTER center TOWER HANKING
HANKING CENTER SHENZHEN, CN The design for the Hanking Center Tower rethinks the traditional office tower and envisions a new center that expresses the desires and values of contemporary urban life. This global landmark will create an unparalleled work environment that reflects the Hanking Group’s aspirations to cultivate a culture of progress, collaboration and achievement, placing emphasis on openness, individuality and a healthy work life. The Hanking Center Tower will be an expression of innovation and progress in the Nanshan district, Shenzhen’s rapidly developing heart of technology and communications enterprise. The Hanking Center Tower transforms conventional notions of the tower by reconfiguring the spaces of a typical office building. By removing the core as well as the majority of its services from the envelope, large, open and flexible office spaces are thereby created. This design allows natural light and fresh air to invigorate the working environment as it creates social space between the core and the building. The result is a high-quality workspace that evokes an expansive feeling for the user, while offering views of the city and interior green connective and contemplative space. Rising to a full height of 350 meters, the building’s transparent and ethereal glass shell not only reveals the interior mechanics and structure of the building; with glass on both sides, it provides aweinspiring views and an abundance of daylight. Operable windows maximize natural airflow, boosting workers’ comfort and productivity, while the Tower’s uninterrupted floors space provides a sense of openness, flexibility and creativity.
PROJECT DESIGNER MORPHOSIS MORPHOSIS ARCHITECTS ARCHITECTS
INTERNALIZED URBAN SPACE INSTITUTIONAL
cal modern (orange county museum of art)
EAST ELEVATION (MODEL)
MORPHOSIS ARCHITECTS Project Type Commission Phases PS-SD Area 58,000 Ft² Program Art Museum, Office, Retail Location Costa Mesa, Ca. US Client Orange County Museum Of Art Date 2010TEAM Design Principal Thom Mayne Project Principal Kim Groves Project Designer Ben Toam Core Team Jason Minor Scott Severson Alicja Chola Visualization Josh Sprinkling
CAL MODERN COSTA MESA, CA The design for the new California Modern Art Museum reconceives the de-facto preconceptions of contemporary art museums. Weighting the exhibition space above the architectural icon, performance over institutional gravitas , use over image, the museum will create a new standard. The design creates a simple and elegant form housing a performative armature designed with flexibility in exhibition as the paramount design criteria. Integrated into the urban landscape of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts the museum will serve as a bridge that will link the public to a wider arts culture. A series of transitional zones creates a gradation between the public plaza and the exhibition space. This gradation of space and movement both reinforces the public nature of the plaza as well as pulls visitors to the museum. A dynamic cut thru the front of the building mass facilitates the exposition of the interior spaces of the museum. The museum will be entirely geared toward the exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Art. At entry the daylit sculpture gallery is immediately visible. This gallery is tied to the lobby creating an immediate interaction, at entry, of its contents. As the patron moves from the entry lobby thru to the space itself the building form shifts as the patron gently descends to the gallery. Adjacent to the sculpture gallery sits the main exhibition gallery.
PROJECT DESIGNER MORPHOSIS MORPHOSIS ARCHITECTS ARCHITECTS
SITE PLAN
INTERNALIZED URBAN SPACE INSTITUTIONAL
cal modern (orange county museum of art)
NORTH ENTRY PLAZA RENDERING
NORTH ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
PROJECT DESIGNER MORPHOSIS MORPHOSIS ARCHITECTS ARCHITECTS
(U) PLAZA @ SCULPTURE GALLERY (L) BRIDGE GALLERY OVER PLAZA
SETBACK FOR LOADING
SETBACK FOR MOVEMENT SETBACK FOR RICHARD SERRA SCULPTURE
LOT PROFILE
SPLIT NORTH MASS TO ARTICULATE PLAZA ENTRY
2 STORY MASSING
UPPER PLAZA GALLERY
SETBACKS (LEGAL AND ARCHITECTURAL)
LOWER SCULPTURE GALLERY
MASSING DIAGRAM
INTERNALIZED URBAN SPACE INSTITUTIONAL
hanking center cal modern (orange county museum of art)
GALLERY RENDERING (PARTITIONS REMOVED)
PROJECT DESIGNER MORPHOSIS MORPHOSIS ARCHITECTS ARCHITECTS
INTERNALIZED MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT URBAN SPACE
oct development suhe creek
MORPHOSIS ARCHITECTS Project Type Awarded Competition Phases PS Area 1,050,000 Ft² Program Art Museum, Preservation, Commercial Location Shanghai, Cn Client Oct Land Development Date 2010 Team Design Principal Project Principal Project Designer
Thom Mayne Arne Emerson Ben Toam
Core Team Atsushi Sugiuchi Andrea Manning Alicja Chola Satoru Sugihara Alex Fritz Visualization Joshua Sprinkling
OCT SUHE CREEK SHANGHAI, CN Building upon the Suhe Creek master plan development and the City’s commitment to creating a park for recreation, our proposal for Suhe Creek Park (plot 3) creates a new urban park along the revitalized Suzhou River that is a nexus of nature, history, and culture that provides a vibrant destination for the residents of Shanghai. Strategically located along the Suzhou River near the intersection of the Huangpu River and Bund District, the Suhe Creek Park provides a dynamic urban green oasis within the dense urban fabric of Shanghai. To strengthen the Park’s position within the city, our proposal utilizes the site’s location along the Suzhou River to create a moment of relief from the urban grid that provides a critical connection between the city, park, and river. This new green oasis will attract a diverse audience to the Park, creating possibilities for recreation, relaxation, and cultural expression as a part of everyday life. Our proposal responds to the specific nuances of the site to integrate the Suhe Creek Park seamlessly into the fabric of the city. By providing an augmented natural environment, visitors are provided with new perspectives and experiences of the city, the preserved historical buildings, and Suzhou River. In order to weave these elements together, our scheme creates a new axis of continuous undulating contours and three dimensional planted land forms and water.
PROJECT DESIGNER PROJECT DESIGNER MORPHOSIS ARCHITECTS MORPHOSIS ARCHITECTS
MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
oct development suhe creek
RENDERING @ MUSEUM ENTRANCE
B1 FLOOR PLAN SITUATED BELOW GRADE THE MUSEUM GALLERIES ARE TIED TO THE MAJOR CROSS SITE CIRCULATION PATHS. A SERIES OF LINEAR FLOWING GALLERY SPACES ARE DESIGNED IN CONCERT WITH THE PARK ABOVE TO ALLOW LANTERN PATHWAYS TO TRANSMIT LIGHT BELOW MUSEUM LIMIT PRIMARY CIRC
PROJECT DESIGNER MORPHOSIS ARCHITECTS
MODEL PHOTO @ MARINA
1ST FLOOR PLAN THE PRIMARY MUSEUM ENTRY, ADJACENT TO THE FORMAL TEMPLE PLAZA, IS LOCATED AT GRADE TO FACILITATE PUBLIC ACCESS. STAFF OFFICES AND MANAGEMENT ARE ALSO LOCATED AT GRADE TO PROVIDE DAY LIGHTING MUSEUM LIMIT PRIMARY CIRC.
MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
oct development suhe creek
PLAZA RENDERING
PROJECT DESIGNER MORPHOSIS ARCHITECTS