Dustin Chan
Selected Works
Portfolio Inventory Resume A Personal Statement B Selected Visual Works: C Clone: Optimus Prism Balance Project N: Aurora Casa de Blas Project M: LightHouse Embrace Reveal Gateway Multi-Story Container Home
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Experience
Education
University of Hawaii: Campus Housing Operations, Intern Architect, 2014 - present
University of Hawai'i, Manoa, 2008 - 2012 School of Architecture, 2010 - 2012, 2014 - Present Bachelor of Environmental Design Doctor of Architecture Degree Candidate
Production of as-built drawing sets and 3D models for restoration & renovation, site measurements etc. Field work includes but not limited to measurements, picture cataloging, and scheduling. University of Washington: Campus Engineering, Intern Architect, 2013 Production of as-built drawing set for restoration & renovation, site measurements etc. Field work includes but not limited to logging ballards, light posts, and storm drains in the database. First Hawaiian Bank, Money Processor, 2009 - 2012 Count and verify customer transactions which include cash and confidential information handling using judgment and discretion while maintaining an efficient, quick, and accurate pace.
Resume
University of Washington, 2013, winter - fall Maryknoll High School, 2004 - 2008
Skills & Certifications Chinese Cantonese (spoken) Architectural Programs Rhino 3DS Max AutoCAD Revit Microsoft Suite Model-making Laser Cut Models 3d Printing
Adobe Photoshop Indesign Illustrator Data Organization
HURRIPLAN Resilient Building Design
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References Dana Yoshimura,
Assistant Director of Housing at the University of Hawaii, 808-551-5832
Thomas Berg, Facilities Architect at the University of Washington, 206-396-4775 James Kaneshiro, Manager at First Hawaiian Bank Money Processing Center, 808-844-3881
2733 Dow St, Honolulu, HI 96817 (808) 398 - 1680 Dustin3@hawaii.edu
"Describe a place you have visited, lived or worked in that has inspired your interest in architecture, and explain why."
Personal Statement
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There is no one work of architecture that inspires me to build. I am not one of those people who have defining moments. The "moment" that directed my pursuit of architecture is a composition of multiple thoughts and events in my life. At an early age I realized Hawaii's outlook is very conservative. Hawaii does not show interest in modern architecture, most of the houses are plantation style or have replicated plans. I would like to take my ideas that I learn from UW and develop them in Hawaii and in Asia, as the next 50 years will require the intercommunication between the United States and Asia, with Hawaii being the middle ground. Escaping the conservative thinking of Hawaii to seize an opportunity in expanding my horizons in the world would trickle down to my architecture. For everything is relative; everyone and everything is connected on some level. In the 5th grade I attended a class sleepover at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, after hours we were given a tour of the museum but I distinctly remember the structural nature of the Hawaiian huts. The height of the hut was catered to trap as much cool air as possible, yet leave enough space left to allow swift airflow across the columned structure; following the principle: cool air sinks and hot air rises. The essence of the final project for Arch 201 was to create a house complementing an assigned case study, Casa de Blas by Alberto Campo Baeza, a Spanish architect famous for his essentialist architecture. Architect Baeza uses the idea of hut and cave or covered and enclosed structure to create space. Reminiscing on feeling from the hut from my field trip, I designed LightHouse, my final project for Arch 201, which sat on a hill, but was supported by columns, that cool the ground floor, emulating the hut. With Aurora I imagined a place opposite of Hawaii, thus I chose the frozen sanctuary of Denmark. A polar extremity of Hawaii, Aurora challenged me to think of problems from how the design can succeed by complimenting or contrasting in this environment to the necessity of a pocket between the glass as an insulation tool. Finally I returned to Hawaii with Embrace, which is a theatre located in Manoa Valley, near the University. Embrace emulates interlocking hands, captured from the moment two people touch for the first time. The canopy has openings in the steel that allows the heat to escape from the building through a heat vacuum known as the stack effect. Emulating Hawaii's strong sense of community, Embrace gathers, reminds, and refreshes the community of those emotions first moments hands touch. Eventually I will start my own firm, but that is just one future that I am aiming for. Architecture is not just a job, it is a passion. Following the examples set by master craftsmen, like Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Mies Van Der Rohe, is not enough, their ideas must be redesigned to fit the current market. Creativity changes with each generation, but ultimately creativity is accepting the redefining of rules that have been set by society to build something greater. So if someone asked me for the defining moment where I knew I wanted to do architecture, I could not safely say there is one sole inspiration for architecture. It is culmination of growing on the past and looking towards the future that is yet to be built.
Selected Visual Examples
Shadow study on Optimus' core
Light study on Optimus' core
Sun & wind pass through him like thoughts on a blissful day
Optimus is unsure whether he should jump
Clone: Optimus
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"The human body is perfect", according to architect and professor Luis Longhi; although the vitruvian man is harmonious, the slight, yet beautiful, differences in people make them Individuals. Creating the clone studied the connection of joints. it created an opportunity to examine how intricate the human body is, for example, how subtle ridges and grooves on the arm can describe an emotion.
Optimus' arm is his most prized limb, it is the combination of interior "space frame" with exterior curtain wall. the divided parts represent the most important part of an arm. i explored the major muscle groups that made an arm: sholders, triceps, biceps, forarm, wrist/hand and how they connect with each other.
Optimus suggest a contradiction between the light limbs and the heavy body is a representation of the battle between minimalist and solid architecture. The panels everywhere allow light to pass through but also support the heavy body.
Optimus' arm Concept
Materials: Cardboard Glue: Super & Hot Tape: Painter
Arch 101 | Spring 2011 4 Weeks Instructor: Kris Palagi
Optimus sits, pondering the reason why he is a composition of juxtaposed ideas
Front view of Optimus' arm
Side view of Optimus' arm
Communication: 3D modeling
Load Distribution Diagram
Perspective view
Prism
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Diamonds, prisms, triangles, the ultimate forms of stability. Triangles are the most structurally sound geometric shape. Prism was designed by dividing chopsticks into varying lengths, then connecting the ends to form triangles, then advancing the triangles into prisms. By understanding triangles as not only a structural member, but also an expression of beauty, the fusion of form and function can be achieved.
Light & Load distribution Study 1
Materials: .014 Fine Beading Wire Chopsticks
Arch 321 | Fall 2012 1 Week Instructor: Kris Palagi
Light & Load distribution Study 2
Light & Load distribution Study 3
Design Thinking: model, diagram
Group Tension-Compression Diagram
Perspective view
Balance
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Balance tests the principles compression and tension in rigid materials. The concrete up front is a weight and utilizes compression in wood to support the concrete and a frame to hold the cantilever to express tension. The frame is further supported by wires and cables through tension to hold the front block in place.
Top View
Materials: Wood Cement 1/4" threaded metal rod Fishing Wire Threaded cable
Arch 321 | Fall 2012 2 Weeks Instructor: Kris Palagi
Front View
Front View
Communication: 3D modeling, Design Thinking: Diagram
Section B
Site Plan
Project N: Aurora
Multiple Interventions on Site to develop Concept "Viewable" Scale Model
Site Selection of Concept Usable Scale Model
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Using water as the natural element is relative considering the rest of the class chose easier materials to intervene on such as rock or tree bark. Capturing time and light alters the way a space is experienced. Water as ice is a representation of a captured moment in time by creating a sense of urgency to exist in the present, as water and ice is constantly changing. Aurora lies along the far northern hemisphere, inspired by the constantly changing Aurora Borealis. We were asked to design the first model to be viewed at "nature's" scale, which means the composition could be viewed as a sculpture to be hand-held or it could be a 1":100' site model. The "viewable" scale model is a "zoomed in" interpretation of the first model, showing slightly more detail, perhaps a concept. The "usable" scale model zooms in further, allowing me to create an equivalent to a site model. The 1/8":1' scale model is the final model, by bringing in all concepts to an architectural scale, Aurora focuses into an architecture project. This method is used to reveal the details only noticed as a user increases his proximity to an object.
Exterior View of Aurora's Path of Light walkway
1/8":1' Scale Model
Aerial View of Interior
Project N: Aurora
Interior view of aurora
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The black exterior attracts heat while the white interior coupled with reflective blue panels congregate to amplify the beauty of light. The marriage between beauty and adventure comes from how the importance of light dances with the longing for adventure. Beauty is seen; adventure is experienced. Each step is progressive in size, focusing on the movement through space. The glass provides openings to the view of the Arctic outside.
Simulated Aurora Borealis
Aerial View of Nature Scale Model
Aerial View of "Usable" Scale Model
Aerial View of 1/8":1' Scale Model
Materials: Ice Paperclip Dow foam Chipboard Plexiglas
Arch 201 | Spring 2012 4 Weeks Instructor: Luis Longhi
Design Thinking Skills
Casa de Blas Models:
1/32":1' Scale Model 1/16":1' Scale Model 1/8":1' Scale Model
1/32":1' Scale Model
10 Parti diagrams investigating Casa de Blas
Casa de Blas Architect: Year(s) of construction: Location:
Alberto Campo Baeza 1999-2000 Sevilla la Nueva, Madrid, Spain
05 1/8":1' Scale Model Interior
Casa de Blas is a house dedicated to the contrasting elements: hut & cave, gravity & light, mass & motion, enclosure & exposure, music & silence, with an emphasis on essentialism.
1/8":1' Scale Model
Materials: Museum board: White, Black, Gray (Textured) Plexiglas Bristol
Arch 201 | Spring 2012 2 Weeks Instructor: Luis Longhi
Contextual Development: History & precedent use, Contextual DevelopmentCommunication 3D Modeling, Design Thinking : Diagrams
Elevation Rendering
Section Perspective
Project M: LightHouse Project M is a case study on Alberto Campo Baeza's Casa de Blas in southern Barcelona, Spain. Alberto Campo Baeza views light as the determining factor in the Architecture. LightHouse emulates the interplay of light and gravity of Casa de Blas. The gaps running through the side and center of the house intensifies the light depending on the time of day.
Perspective View of 1/8":1' Model
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Emulating Baeza's idea of "cave and hut architecture, the main mass becomes the cave, and the top and bottom floors becomes a hut. A cave has a minimum of one entry/exit with select openings for light to filter through much like the cave in LightHouse. A hut has a minimum of one "wall" which creates a shelter; the top floor uses the floor as that wall while the bottom uses the mass's floor and the ground itself as the "wall"
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Communication 3D Modeling, Design Thinking : Plans, Sections
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Varying intensities of light
Openings intensify light as it reflects off the white interior
Project M: LightHouse
View from rooftop terrace
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The rooftop terrace provides an entrancing view of the surrounding Australian islands. the meditation room at the front uses the support beams to partition the light as if a pair of hands are supporting the upper level. Light and shadow flirt within the white interior. The carpark is encased in the six beams that support the front of the house while the landscape clenches the rear in place. Openings in the ceiling, floor, and walls intensify light as it reflects off the white interior.
Materials: Museum board: White, Black, Gray (Textured) Plexiglas Bristol
Arch 201 | Spring 2012 4 Weeks Instructor: Luis Longhi
Exterior view of meditation Room
Perspective view of meditation Room
Communication 3D Modeling, Design Thinking: Model
Concept: Interlocking fingers
Perspective Render of stage and leisure area
Embrace
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Embrace emerged from the moment hands are about to interlock. The brief moments that allow people to experience the first moments. Coupled with the freedom emulating a park, Embrace advertises itself as not only a theatre extension but an extension of the community. Embrace not only calls for communal gatherings, but the structure holding the canopy that emulates fingers also serves as a system to release heat known as the "Stack" effect.
1/8":1' Model
Materials: Basswood Bristol Paper Plexiglas
Arch 341 | Fall 2012 1 Week Instructor: Judith Stilgenbauer
As newlyweds kiss, they are washed by sunlight filtered through embrace's canopy
Communication 3D& Digital Modeling, Design Thinking: Model
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Roof Plan & Circulation diagram
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We were instructed to have an addition to a preexisting site: Manoa Valley Theatre. Our addition did not have a monetary limit, but had to have a stage/gathering area, bring people from the community together, and breathe new life into this old theatre.
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Those three things can all be found in a typical American wedding, which is where i drew my inspiration from. N
Embrace Floor Section Diagram
Embrace
Stack Effect Diagram
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Hawaii Gateway Energy Center, Precedence study Location: Kailua-Kona, HI, United States Architect: Ferraro Choi And Associates, Ltd. In this precedence study i learned that the stack effect works only if there is a heating element, meaning the floor that supports Embrace's arms is heated therefore all the cool air within the building gets sucked out. The floor acts as a buffer agent that allows the cool air to fall and the hot air to rise.
Hawaii Gateway Energy Center, Precedence study
Contextual Development: History & precedent use, Design Thinking: Diagram, plan
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1/2” : 1’-0”
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Reveal Roof Render
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Site Plan
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Section C
Section D
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Reveal
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Reveal emulates the concept of gasworks as a synthetic landscape designed by Richard Haag, commissioned by the City of Seattle to mend the landscape of the previous refinery. The upper most layer of Reveal is a viewing platform that utilizes a curve, but is hollow underneath. In juxtaposition with the Great Mound, Reveal's green roof adds a viewing platform to Gasworks. Users may traverse freely on ramps that extend to the lower levels; lower levels sponsor windows for a near 270 degree view of how remediation works after 40 years. No curtain walls are used as learning does not discriminate, any visitor may sit in a lecture; education without borders. The pond collects and constantly returns water back to Lake Union, just as the City of Seattle and Richard Haag has returned Gasworks to the people.
Section B
Plan A
Plan B
Design thinking skills: fundamental design skills, plan, sections Section A
Section B
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Visitors viewing the remediation process below ground
Visitors taking pictures of remediation in process
REVEALS the
Parti Diagram shows concept of Personal interpretation synthetic Landscape
Reveal The soil and groundwater of the site was contaminated during operation as a gasification plant. The 1971 Master Plan called for "cleaning and greening" the park through bio-phytoremediation. Although the presence of organic pollutants had been substantially reduced by the mid-1980s, the US Environmental Protection Agency and Washington State Department of Ecology required additional measures, including removing and capping wastes, and air sparging in the Southeast portion of the site to try to remove benzene that was a theoretical source of pollutants reaching Lake Union via ground water. There are no known areas of surface soil contamination remaining on the site today. Reveal aims to educate visitors in the phyto-remediation process, as many current remediary processes remain unseen, therefore the process is speculative. Arch 211 | Spring 2013 1 Week Instructor: Gundula Proksch
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Mixed unsorted, boulders, rocks, sand, silt, and clay, deposited by the glacier.
Dark blue-grey clay and silt which accumulated at the base of a huge freshwater lake created by glacial meltwaters.
Loose, yellow-tinted sand deposited by glacial meltwater and mountain streams.
Sediments that accumulated in lakes and streams before the last glacier pushed over the Puget Sound lowlands. Glacial Layers Of Seattle left behind by glaciers
History, geoglogy research
In 2049, a law is passed stating no one entity can dictate necesary resources such as water or electricity (energy). In 2050, sustainability is an integral part of society. Gateway generates electricity through the conduction process of energy exchange between two varing temperatures, amplified by the wind chimney and solar heat. The project stemmed from the idea to be off gird, even feeding power back into the grid.
Gateway stretches the boundries of typical skyscrapers and modern uses of heating/cooling systems because there are no exterior windows. Surrounding towers are also energy HUBs, energy is stored and shared with the community to nullify the brawl in increasing prices for energy. Gateway utilizes the layout of neighboring buildings to absorb and maximize airflow; the relatively symmetrical footprint is contrasted by its organic layout.
HOW GATEWAY STAYS COOL: Gateway uses three methods to control airflow, the first is its kinetic louvers, which moves on x,y, & z axis', allowing full closure during high winds. Second, a bamboo kevlar mesh that stands between the louvers and curtain walls. Last, a curtain wall directs wind up to a gap between the ceiling and the next level above (see interior sky window detail, left).
Gateway
Context site plan (Group)
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HOW GATEWAY GENERATES POWER: The solar shade also acts as a primary energy generating source. Peltier panels absorb heat from solar radiation and convert the differencial in temperature between the hot and cool sides (see section-diagram, left). With the advancement in technology the panels are able to out generate solar panels, thus providing more energy per panel.
Arch 342 | Spring 2014 3 Weeks Instructor: MIrelle Turin
site plan
Contextual Development: Precedence,design thinking: coordinated design concepts, process of refinement
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Top side insulated ceramic panel to absorb heat throught the day
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Solar Heat is absorbed from the sun.
Conduction pieces convert the differencial between temperatures into energy Wind Cooling to increase the difference Interconnect of positive (hot) in temperature, and negative (cool) generating energy
1/2” : 1’-0”
Electrical connection 0 2ft 4ft
8ft Insulated ceramic panel to remain cool
Thermo Electric Generator Shade Section heat - cool = temperature difference = Energy
Peltier Panel
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Top side insulated ceramic panel to absorb heat throught the day
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Conduction pieces convert the differencial between temperatures into energy Interconnect of positive (hot) and negative (cool)
1/8” : 1’-0”
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Insulated ceramic panel to remain cool
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Peltier Panel
Peltier Panel Diagram, How Panels work Inspired by thermo electric flashlight (left)
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Wind flow Diagram
Fast air
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Louvers Detailed Section 6’
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8” Openings maintain passive airflow, severly minimizing energy wasted on active cooling
Ceiling hangs from the floor above via a series of 1/4” cables 3” Electric frosted glass to maintain privacy for interior users
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Bob Erin
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1/8” Bamboo cladding is light and flexible to withstand wind pressure
15’ Kevlar-Bamboo Fiber mesh to keep wind carried debris out while still allowing airflow.
Lazer light technology saves 70% energy consumed by LEDs and can be disposed of in the rubbish safely.
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Galvanized Steel Tip X/Y Axis Rotation
Glass planted into floor to resist against hurricane transported debris in case louvers and mesh fail.
Low Pressure Faster Airflow 8”
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Interior Section Typ.
Gap utilizes Venturi effect by having small openings where wind enters the building and larger openings for interior spaces.
Peltier Panel generates energy to make glass opaque.
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1/4” Steel Cable 1/4” Stopper
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1/4” Steel Tube (Attches to spine) 1/16” Steel Tube (Spine of Louver)
1/32” : 1’-0”
Using ceiling openings as windows to cool units and building down Interior Sky-Window Detail
Z Axis rotation
High Pressure Slower Airflow
NE Tradewind Direction
3-Axis louvers close when winds get too strong or during hurricane Louver Detail Fundamentail deisgn: Sections, Range of design concepts
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Residential Units
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Hotel 550 ft2
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Board Rooms 2100 Ft2
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Offices 3550 Ft2
32ft Down
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Conference Rooms 3550 Ft2
Residential Units 2,000 ft2
Atrium Main Commercial/Office 1/16”Space : 1’-0” 8,000 Ft2
Residential Units
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Commercial-Retail 16ft
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Restaurant
Maintainence Room
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1/32” : 1’-0” 1/32” : 1’-0”
Asymmertical floor plans to divide building into sub-sections for assigned use 35,000 Ft2 Residential/Hotel Floor Plan Typ.
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sections become buildings within a building 38,000 Ft2 Commercial Office Floor plan Typ. 0
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Energy Storage Battery Private:
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38,000 Ft2 Commercial Retail/Restaurant Floor plan Typ.
Residential Hotel
Private : Residential Hotel
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Commercial: Office Hotel
Commercial: Office
Gateway
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Public:
Parking
Retail Restaurant
coordinated design concepts, process of refinement
1':1/2" scale model Simplified stairs on the model.
Rendering interior space of one floor
Multi-Story Container Home
Night shot of 1':1/4" model
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The multi-Story container homes were designed to be a quickly constructible solution to the growing Honolulu population. Each floor can be taken apart and utilized elsewhere. As part of the model building team, i led the team in designing accessible walkways such as stairs, elevator shafts, and accessible paths. After completing the walkways, i proceeded to work with other Doctorate students to stain and assemble three models, 1":100', 1":1/4", and 1":1/2". By selecting my teammates, we completed all three models within a week.
Ecoshade was used as an alternative to a roof beceause it could be opened under normal circumstances and closed under heavy rain and wind conditions, such as in a storm. Rendering of ecoshade.
Rendering of a single story
Arch 692 | Spring 2015 1 Week Instructor: Martin Despang
Leadership role coordination, Renders, Model building
Lemon-Sochu Sashimi Swordfish 1 shot Sochu 1/3 Lemon, Juiced 1 Tsp Sesame Oil These examples are compositions of extra ingredients that I combined to put a new spin on known dishes. These dishes were inspired by projects that subsitute or reuse a material to create something different yet equally beautiful.
After an eventful night, I had some leftover Sochu. It was usesd to sanitize and flavor the fish.
Kimchi Corned-Beef Sandwhich 3 Slices Corned-Beef 3 Tbsp Homemade Kimchi 2 Slices, Toasted Garlic Wheat bread Swiss chese Russian Sauce After trying my hand in pickling, and no access to suaerkraut , This is asian twist to a classis Ruben.
Lemon-Sochu Sashimi 1 lb Swordfish 1 shot Sochu 1/3 Lemon, Juiced 1 Tsp Sesame Oil
Selected Creative Media
This dish Uses leftover Stewed pig's belly instead of Salmon or Crab.
Berry Glazed Lemonbar Berry Glaze Pureed Blue, Rasberries Sugar Lemon Filling 3 Lemons, Juiced 6 Eggs Crust Flour Margrine or Butter
LbCake IceCream Sandwich
French Toast LbCake
Poundcake Egg cinnamon
Poundcake Egg cinnamon