Architecture Portfolio

2 0 PORTFOLIO 1 7 BENJAMIN LUONG // selected works from 2014-18

INFO

BENJAMIN LUONG Email: bluong28@gmail.com

Citizenship: Canadian

2016 Oct

B.ach Architectural Science: Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

2017 July - Present

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

CUMULUS Architects Inc: Designer + Marketing Assistant, Toronto, Canada -Assisted with the development of project proposals ( writing, editing, graphic design.. etc), brand development of the firm and researched client collaboration opportunities -Took responsibility over the update of firm’s marketing and communication resources including staff information and completed projects -Developed SD, DD, and CD drawings for large multi-phase entertainment complexes, small retail projects and healthcare projects and mid-sized office projects -Developed PPR, Tender and Permit packages including drawings and submittals -Assisted in Construction Administration through shop drawing review, reponse to RFI’s, and conducting daily project progress meetings with consultants RUSSELL PICCIONE DESIGN: Junior Designer, New York City, United States -Developed 100% SD and DD drawings for high-end interior projects -Assisted client with tender process and contractor selection through cost break down analysis -Conducted daily site meetings to review construction progress -Assisted with development of material palette for schematic design -Assisted with the development of custom interior millwork and research for hardware, appliances and furniture

2016 Aug - 2017 July

C.Y. LEE ARCHITECT: Student Intern, Toronto, Canada -3D modeled and rendered residential, commercial, and religious architecture for schematic design visualization and client use -Produced and completed the C.Y Lee Architect standards library which includes architectural details and partition types that the firm utilizes -Attended site visits and created as-built drawing for new construction

2015 May- 2015 Aug

THAT MAN COMPANY: Creative Director, Toronto, Canada -Took leadership role over the artistic direction and branding of the start-up company -Designed company logo, campaign ads, presentation slides and collaborated with website developer on the font-end aspects of the webpage

2014 Oct - Feb 2015

2012 Oct - 2016 June

Architecture mentor at Ryerson University

2012 - present

AWARDS

VOLUNTEERING SOFTWARE SKILLS REFERENCES

City on a Hill children’s teacher

Achieved third place at the Schulich Startup Day 2014 competition hosted by Ernst and Young and Kinetic Cafe

2014 Nov

GRAPHIC DESIGN

3D MODELING

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN

BUILDING SCIENCE + OTHER

adobe photoshop

autodesk revit

autodesk autoCAD

adobe illustrator

rhino 3D modeling

vectorworks

THERM heat transter modeling software

adobe indesign

google sketchup

C.Y. Lee, Principle of C.Y. Lee Architect Email: cylee@cyleearchitect.com

Edgar Nho, Children’s department director at COAH Work phone: (647)-300-4700

microsoft office

Randy Pipher, Ryerson Sports Day Camp Director Work phone: (416)-979-5000 ext. 7360

//01 DATE COMPLETED: December 2015, individual PROGRAMS: Revit, AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign THE GALLERY OF CRAFT AND FABRICATION focuses on the public promotion of the art of creation.

Situated on the site of the McLaughlin planetarium, the building not only invites the public but artists and professional craftsmen as well to create, display their works. For this reason, a collaborative artist studio and workshop is included as one of the main programmatic elements to this project.

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GALLERY OF CRAFT & FABRICATION// URBAN REVITILIZATION PROJECT

SITE PLAN

interior render from level +2.0

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level +2.0

PROGRAM 1.Gallery space

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2.Gallery space

level +1.0

3.Gallery space 4.Studio 5.Workshop 6.Mechanical

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5 level 0.0

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level -1.0

PROGRAM gallery multipurpose office studio

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workshop demonstation

SOUTH ELEVATION

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CONCEPT

STORAGE

UP LOADING DOCK

GENERAL WORSHOP

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STORAGE

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LOADING DOCK

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MECHANICAL ROOM

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STORAGE

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STORAGE

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exterior render from street

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The building itself was designed based on the various notions of craft. The staggered spaces where visitors can observe the same gallery from various points speak about reveal and how in craft, construction and how things are put together can be observed. The way visitors orient themselves inside the building is focused around the origins of a completed crafted piece which starts with a general material and then slowly transforms into something unique.

A general space is set up, indicated by a formal, circular geometry which all visitors start in until the circulation causes one to break off into the more specific programs of the building.

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MECHANICAL ROOM GALLERY HALL NO.1

ARTIST STUDIO GALLERY HALL NO.1

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DIGITAL FABRICATION LABDIGITAL FABRICATION LAB RECEPTION DESK

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RECEPTION DESK

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PUBLIC WORKZONE

PUBLIC WORKZONE

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COAT CHECK

RECEPTION DESK

STORAGE

support spaces circulation core

main program

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COAT CHECK

RECEPTION DESK

STORAGE

LEVEL -1.0

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LEVEL +0.0

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GALLERY HALL NO.3

GALLERY HALL NO.3

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GALLERY HALL NO.2 (O.T.A)

GALLERY HALL NO.2 (O.T.A)

EAST ELEVATION

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OFFICE SPACE STORAGE

STORAGE

LEVEL +1.0

MULTIPURPOSE

MULTIPURPOSE

LEVEL +2.0

WEST ELEVATION

DATE COMPLETED: October 2014, partner project

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PROGRAMS: Revit, AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign EXPEDITION is a mutli-purpose educational facility that located in the Kortwright Centre of Woodbridge, Ontario that is dedicated towards the public display and research of environmentally innovate technologies. The main programmatic elements of this project is as follows; a space for collaborative research, a visitors holding area, meeting room and public exhibition area. To promote the notion of eco-friendly design, PV panels, operable louvers and a feature green wall is showcased by EXPEDITION.

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EXPEDITION// KORTRIGHT VISITOR CENTRE

SITE PLAN

//02 PROGRAM 1.Meeting Room

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2.Reception 3.Display area 4.Research lab

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5.Green roof

EAST ELEVATION

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SECTION A-A’

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NORTH ELEVATION

UP

waiting area

UP

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exhibition hall

reception desk

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

MEZZANINE PLAN

research room

O.T.B

LEVEL +1

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NORTH ELEVATION

PROGRAM 1.Exhibition Hall 2.Meeting Room

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3.Waiting Area

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SECTION B-B’

electrical load

WEST ELEVATION

sloped roofs for rainwater collection to water tank

water from sloped roo goes through green wall

operable louver system

rainwater from greenroof leads back to water tank photovoltaic cells

structural wall

//02 CONCEPT EXPEDITION focuses on the interior experience as felt by the user. With the focus of education being a journey, the execution of this project seeks to create a journey where one would travel from reception, to the exhibition hall, research lab and then the green roof to enrich the learning process of sustainable buildings.

For this purpose, the crculation of the building revolves around the green wall which orients the main programmatic elements.

interior render from exhibtion hall

CIRCULATION DIAGRAM

//03.1 DATE COMPLETED: December 2015 PROGRAMS: Revit, AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign

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INTERGRATION + is founded on the idea that the two main programmatic elements of library space and CSI office should be read as a singular volume.

By creating double height conditions through staggered floor plates, the user within the building experiences space and views that flows from one program to another. To further encourage the notion of a collabrative area, meeting rooms and study spaces are pushed into the main atrium to create a unique expression.

INTEGRATION + PT.1// LIBRARY AND CSI OFFICE

SITE PLAN

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level +5.0

level +4.0

level +3.0

SOUTH ELEVATION level +2.0

level +1.0

PROGRAM library OTA

csi office OTA

level +0.0 OTA

study room multipurpose cafe loading dock

WEST ELEVATION

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LOADING DOCK CHILD DROP-OFF

MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

GARBAGE ROOM

RECEPTION

CHILD DROP-OFF EXHIBITION HALL OTA

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RECEP

SELF CHECK-OU OTA

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MECHANICAL

SELF CHECK-OUT MECHANICAL

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN 0

1m 2m

4m

8m

CONTEXT PLAN

SECTION B-B’

MUSIC ROOM

LOADING DOCK

MUSIC ROOM

LOADING DOCK MULTIPURPOSE ROOM MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

CHILD DROP-OFF MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

CHILD DROP-OFF

MULTIPURPOSE ROOM GARBAGE ROOM

MULTIPURPOSE ROOM MUSIC ROOM

GARBAGE ROOM

OTA OTA

LIBRARY

CSI OFFICE

MUSIC ROOM

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LIBRARY

RECEPTION RECEPTION EXHIBITION HALL OTA

EXHIBITION HALL OTA

SELF CHECK-OUT OTA

SELF CHECK-OUT

CSI OFFICE

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CAFÉ

CSI OFFICE

CAFÉ

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LIBRARY

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LEVEL +1.0

LEVEL +2.0

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MECHANICAL

MECHANICAL MECHANICAL

PROGRAM

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1.Storage 2. Exhibtion space

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3.Self check-out

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4.CSI office

LOADING DOCK

MUSIC ROOM

5.Library MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

MULTIPURPOSE ROOM MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

CHILD DROP-OFF CHILD DROP-OFF

MULTIPURPOSE ROOM MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

EXHIBITION HALL OTA

LIBRARY

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LOADING DOCK LOADING DOCK

PTION

MUSIC ROOM

GARBAGE ROOM

GARBAGE ROOM GARBAGE ROOM

MUSIC ROOM MUSIC ROOM

6.CSI office 7. Library

LIBRARY

OTA OTA

8. Library

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MUSIC ROOM MUSIC ROOM

LIBRARY

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RECEPTION RECEPTION EXHIBITION HALL

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EXHIBITION HALL OTA

CSI OFFICE

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CAFÉ

LF CHECK-OUT OTA

SELF CHECK-OUT

CSI OFFICE

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CSI OFFICE

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SECTION A-A’

LIBRARY

COMPUTER LAB

LIBRARY LIBRARY

COMPUTER LAB

LIBRARY

COMPUTER LAB

LIBRARY LIBRARY

CSI OFFICE OTA

CSI OFFICE CSI OFFICE OTA OTA

LEVEL +3.0

LEVEL +4.0

LEVEL +5.0

DATE COMPLETED: April 2015, individual

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SOUTH ELEVATION

PROGRAMS: Revit, AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign

SHERIDAN LIBRARY

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8m

1m 2m SHERIDAN LIBRARY

SOUTH ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

0

1m 2m

4m

SOUTH ELEVATION

8m

WEST ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

INTERGRATION + pt.2 is a closer investigation of the original building where the contructablity of the exterior envelope was analyzed and detailed.

The facade was remade according to the program of the building where a perforated aluminum screen over curtain wall was used in accordance with CSI Office space and aluminum cladding in accordance with library.

The design was so that the elevation would still be unified but the viewer is able to distinguish the changes of use throughout the building.

INTEGRATION + PT.2// CONCEPT TO REALITY

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1m 2m

8m

WEST ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

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1m 2m

4m

8m

SOUTH ELEVATION

WEST ELEVATION

SITE PLAN

//03.2 3 mm ALUMINUM PANEL 40 AIR GAP 50 mm RIGID INSULATION WEATHER BARRIER 16 mm SHEATHING 2X6 STEEL STUDS 150mm SPRAY FOAM INSULATION 16 mm SHEATHING ROOF MEMBRANE

ALUMINUM CAP WITH WEEP HOLE

CURTAIN WALL MULLION

3.5`` x 3.5`` BYPASS CLIP

2X4 STEEL STUDS 150mm SPRAY FOAM INSULATION 16 mm SHEATHING ROOF MEMBRANE SPANDREL PANEL 100 mm FIBRE BATT INSULATION

Z- GIRT ATTACHED TO 2 mm ALUMINUM PLATE

PERFORATED ALUMINUM SCREEN

50 mm GRAVEL LAYER ROOF MEMBRANE 50 mm RIGID INSULATION

SOLID ALUMINUM PANEL ENDS HERE SPANDREL PANEL 100 mm FIBRE BATT INSULATION

3 mm PERFORATED ALUMINUM PANELS WITH1/8’’ HOLES

1:5 PERFORATED SKIN AND CURTAIN WALL ASSEMBLY

1``STEEL DECK L4 X 4 X 4 STEEL ANGLE

W310 X 28 BEAMS

ALUMINUM CLADDING

ALUMINUM SILL

3.5`` x 3.5`` BYPASS CLIP

3 mm ALUMINUM PANEL 40mm AIR GAP 50 mm RIGID INSULATION WEATHER BARRIER 16 mm SHEATHING 2X6 STEEL STUDS 150mm SPRAY FOAM INSULATION VAPOUR BARRIER 16mm GYPSUM WALLBOARD

1:5 PARAPET DETAIL ALUMINUM CLADDING

1:20 ELEVATION A

1:5 PERFORATED SKIN AND CURTAIN WALL AT SLAB

WALL SECTION B DOUBLE PANE CURTAIN WALL CURTAIN WALL MULLION 50mm RIGID INSULATION WEATHER BARRIER SPANDREL PANEL 16 mm SHEATHING 2X6 STEEL STUDS 150mm SPRAY FOAM INSULATION VAPOUR BARRIER 16 mm GYPSUM WALL BOARD

50 mm GRAVEL LAYER

Z-GIRT ATTACHED TO CURTAIN WALL MULLION

W310 X 28 STEEL BEAM VAPOUR BARRIER 2X6 STEEL STUDS 150mm SPRAY FOAM INSULATION 16 mm SHEATHING WEATHER BARRIER 50 mm RIGID INSULATION

10 mm GROUT CURTAIN WALL 10 mm CARPET TILE

SUSPENDED CEILING

SPANDREL PANEL

1:5 CURTAIN WALL TO SOFFIT

SPANDREL PANEL

CURTAIN WALL MULLION

1``STEEL DECK L4 X 4 X 4 STEEL ANGLE

CURTAIN WALL

SPANDREL PANEL 150 mm FIBRE BATT INSULATION

1:5 CURTAIN WALL TO PARAPET LEVEL

W310 X 28 STEEL BEAM VAPOUR BARRIER 2X6 STEEL STUDS 150mm SPRAY FOAM INSULATION 16 mm SHEATHING WEATHER BARRIER 50 mm RIGID INSULATION

1:20 ELEVATION A

WALL SECTION A

C-CHANNEL

1:5 CURTAIN WALL TO SLAB

WALL SECTION C

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DATE COMPLETED: October 2015, group project PROGRAMS: Rhino, V-ray, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign WARMING NUT is the response to the Warming Hut competition held alongside the Red River Mutual Trail in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Inspired by the vernacular huts within the region, the team believed that the sensation of warmth can be invoked architecturally through form and materiality.

The intricate form of Warming Nut is created through the use of a steel frame. Once set up, wood veneer strips would be used weave in and out of thin rods to create a unique yet intimate environment within.

WARMING NUT// WARMING HUT COMPETITION

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2” x 1/8” STEEL FLAT BAR 1/4” DIAMETER STEEL ROD

3000 mm

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UNGLUED WOOD EDGE BENDING VENEER TAPE

WIND DIRECTION DISTRIBUTION (YEAR)

3000 mm

2500 mm

1/4” DIAMETER STEEL ROD UNGLUED WOOD

EDGE BENDING SECTION VENEER TAPE SCALE 1:50

2” x 1/8” STEEL FLAT BAR

500 mm

SECTION

500 mm

2” xx 1/8” 1/8” 2” STEEL STEELFLAT FLATBAR BAR

2500 mm

SECTION SCALE 1:50

3500 mm

WEAVE PATTERN B.

WEAVE PATTERN C. WEAVE PATTERN A.

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WEAVE PATTERN A.

EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC

DATE COMPLETED: April 2016

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PROGRAMS: Revit, AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign Studio for 3 Jazz musicians places focus on the notion of improv within Jazz music and the ability for artists to freely collaborate and jump in a piece to create an entirely new experience. What resulted within this project architecturally is a flexible, transformable area that is controlled through movable partitions which allows the musicians to open their own private studios to one another and play.

EAST ELEVATION

STUDIO FOR 3 JAZZ MUSICIANS// STUDIO AND PERFORMANCE SPACE

WEST ELEVATION

view from studio no.3

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SECTION B-B’

NORTH ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

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EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC

//06 I believe that each musician would still like to maintain a sense of individuality inside their own studio space. Associating this particular area to be a place where artists would possible write and compose music, the integrity of these privatized spaces are kept by visually removing them from the performance spaces that connect back into the collaborative area.

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studio

meeting room UP

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library

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STUDIO NO.3 PLAN +0.9m

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The position of the slit windows were organized in accordance with “Timbre” the quality of sound in which I associated with the quality of space. Upon opening the partitions for collaboration, natural lights from the windows behind can spill into the collaborative space, drastically enhancing the lighting conditions of the room.

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DATE COMPLETED: December 2015

PROGRAMS: Revit, AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign RESONANCE is a small, outdoor performance venue whose principle is to naturally amplify sound through architectural material and form. Situated on Bluffer’s Park in Scarborough Bluff, Toronto, Ontario, the performance venue takes the shape of a long tube, a technique used to enhance acoustic power. With the main material of the building being concrete, a strong reflector of sound waves, further consideration was taken into acoustic diffision so a pure noise could be achieved . Using the principle of the Helmholtz resonator, perforated steel was utilized to punch into the concrete to regulate the noise levels and to create a unique, exterior expression.

Steel plate welded to steel plate on concrete wall

250 mm Concrete wall

Steel plate connection to concrete wall by anchor bolts

RESONANCE// OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE VENUE

perforated steel panel welded to steel plate 13� concrete anchor bolts

aluminum sheet to concrete wall detail

//07 SKYLIGHT +11000

33 mm Laminated Glazing at skylight

SEGMENT 3 +7500

2 x 10.16 mm perforated Steel Cladding

SEGMENT 2 +5000 250 mm concrete wall

SEGMENT 4 ARRANGEMENT

SEGMENT 1 +2500

PODIUM +700

SECTION B-B’

SITE PLAN

SECTION A-A’

NORTH ELEVATION

SEGMENT 1 + 3 ARRANGEMENT

EAST ELEVATION

//08 NEW CONSTRUCTION PLAN

DATE: October 2016 - Present LOCATION: New York City, NY, United States RESPONSIBILITIES: -Production of schematic design drawings, construction drawings and millwork drawings -3D modelling existing conditions and schematic designs

REFLECTED CEILING PLAN

-Maintained close relationships with key parties including clients, contractor, vendors,and sub-contractors

My experience as a Junior Designer at Russell Piccione design has given me responsibility over an aparment renovation in the SOHO district of Manhattan. Connected by a single pathway, the two buildings were retrofitted to become a living space for a family of three. Attention was placed onto the larger building bar where the designer focused on the use of mixed materials and monumental objects to activate views and give the sense of an unbreakable yet multi-paletted space.

APARTMENT RENOVATION IN SOHO// RUSSELL PICCIONE DESIGN

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INTERIOR ELEVATIONS

//09 DATE: May 2015-August 2015 LOCATION: Toronto, ON, Canada RESPONSIBILITIES: -3D modeled and rendered commercial, residential and religious building typologies -Measured and developed as-built drawings and drawings for schematic design -Produced and completed the C.Y Lee standards library which includes details and partition types

C.Y Lee Architect was my first step into understanding how a building is built and the many steps that a firm takes to complete a project. My experience at this firm allowed me to partake into the early stages of the design project and see how the product is developed from a 3D render, to construction drawings.

C.Y. LEE ARCHITECT// SUMMER STUDENT INTERNSHIP

exterior rendering: office building

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exterior rendering: live/work building

COMPONENTS + DETAILS

exterior rendering: office building

Email: bluong28@gmail.com