Architecture Portfolio by christine min

sunchung christine min

thesis

comprehensive

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Selected Works

Modus Vivendi ..........................................................3 Thesis | Paju, Korea | Spring-Fall 2011

Pocket-Port .............................................................13 Comprehensive Design Studio | Brooklyn, NY | Spring 2010

Plaza COAHSI .........................................................19

personal

NYC Studio | Staten Island, NY | Summer 2010 In collaboration with Ilka Lin Clients: COAHSI Center for the Council of Arts and Humanities of Staten Island Artists

Projected [id]eas ....................................................23 Studio | Syracuse, NY | Fall 2009

Jordan Embassy .....................................................27 Studio | NY, NY | Spring 2008

Florence Travel Sketches .......................................29 Personal Work | Florence, Italy | Fall 2010

Gugal Station Competiton .......................................35

office

Office Work | Seoul, Korea | Summer 2011 Siaplan Architects & Planners

wooden frame

wooden lattice

skylight frame

steel mullions

glass panels

sunchung christine min bachelor of architecture thesis | syracuse university | 2011 randall korman advisor

modus vivendi

steel frame

an ecological intervention in the future korean dmz

wooden steel beam

wooden cover steel frame

bolts

wooden steel column

The thesis project is a prototype demonstration for developing the DMZ with ecological interest. The prototype is an ideal facility for functional and leisurely use of current residents and future users . The purpose for proposing an ecological intervention is not to reiterate the political militarized lines, but to preserve and strengthen the current populations’ existence and habitat. During my research I investigated different types of interest groups and people who are involved with the DMZ and CCZ’s natural habitat. People like farmers and artists have dedicated their career and life towards the evolvement of these lands after the demarcation of Post-Korean War . I considered their efforts as a network of social activities along the border. Strengthening this network by zoning the CCZ border as a cultural district will benefit each individual group or resident through their role within the network. This thesis is a proposal for progressive architecture that combines environmental and cultural aspects as a way to promote sustainable design. The project promotes an ecological lifestyle and physical setting that is both appropriate for the context of the environment—in the sense of physical site, climate, social culture and economies—and is appealing to a wide audience.The motivation for the thesis is to demonstrate that cultural excitement can be created by a responsible ecological design, which balances environmental sustainability and a concern for people in the region. Rezoning the CCZ from a war zone to a habitable greenbelt will redefine land as a viable regional and cultural identity.

modus vivendi

an ecological intervention in the futre korean dmz

The buffer zone near the South Korean and North Korean demilitarized border is currently evolving into an ecological phenomenon. Since the Korean War, the land was preserved from urban development and has evovled into a natural wildlife and pollution-free agricultural and production zone. I am interested in how the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and Civilian Control Zone (CCZ) have evolved despite their political limitations. The series of diagrams below illustratrate the evolution of the DMZ and the impacts it imposes on its current residents, workers, students, and the wildlife. I am concerned that urban encroachment will swallow the existing ecological strip and transform it into a new urban center. I hope that the strengthened network can deflect deveopments that can drastically alter the natural landscape of the CCZ . I intend for a prototype of interventions that is both ecologically and socioeconomically mindful of the current CCZ and DMZ. While it addresses the need for preservation , it will also attract outsiders to visit and participate in shaping the preservation of the land as a last remaining natural landscape absent of human touch. Furthermore, I believe that by prioritizing the preservation of the landscape, South Korea and North Korea have a balanced opportunity to build relationships beyond their political differences. Respecting nature and building stewardship for wildlife can be the base for both national cultures to grow towards a cooperative future after unification. I have selected Dorasan Complex--Train Station and Peace Park as the first site for ecological demonstration and intervention because it has the potential to act as a main gateway at the CCZ border. I view this thesis as a prototype for facilitating an initial exchange of trade and knowledge between outside visitors and local farmers for both countries. The project is intended to educate and celebrate the effectiveness and economic viability of ecological building practices. The intervention supports local production by bringing outside visitors to the CCZ , so that resident farmers can display their sustainably produced products and methods that are important in preserving CCZ’s history and ecology of the environment. The railway will help transport visitors in South Korea without traveling by car, but also establish a route in which the knowledge of preserving the CCZ can travel between South Korea and North Korea, when the railway becomes publicly accessible after unification. Secondly, my project shows how existing infrastructure has the potential to be reused and redeveloped with ecologically conscientious purpose, when the two Koreas are united. The proposed Centre at Dorasan features exhibition spaces, galleries, informal market spaces, formal seminar rooms, accommodations, a spa, facilities for testing and research, and an interactive restaurant with characteristics of BYOF (bring your own food) or (PYOI pick your own ingredients). The project will simultaneously embody sustainable strategies through building material choices, site organization, structural design, building and site performance such as, natural ventilation, reduced energy consumption, and on-site purification and waste disposal. The thesis promotes socioeconomic engagement and respect for the cultural context of the site’s conditions. At the same time, it strives to sustainably interact with the existing natural environment.

thesis abstract

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Collage explaining ecological transformation and suggesting that the government’s roles in the future will be to enforce environmental policies.

WOLJEONG STATION TRIUMPH OBSERVATORY

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Above: Diagrams describing Dorasan of Paju City, South Korea as the primary site for ecological intervention Right: Site Plan drawing, drawn using autocad, illustrator, photoshop

railway roads trail

PEACE ROAD HAESAN TUNNEL ANDONG BRIDGE WORLD PEACE BELL PARK BISUGUMI BIMOK PARK PAROHO LAKE JIGYEON WATERFALL DUTAYEON POND PARK BANGSAN PORCELLAN MUSUEM PEACE DAM

entry points

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DORASAN

PEACE DAM 12 SEON YEOTANG POND PEACE & LIFE HILL JINBURYEONG PEAK HYANGROBONG PEAK HWAJINPO LAKE MANHAE VILLAGE BAEKDAMSA TEMPLE JINBURYEONG ART GALLERY GEONBONGSA TEMPLE GANSEONG CONFUCIAN ACADEMY HWAJINPO HISTORY AND NATIONAL SECURITY MUSEUM

defining the border

TO KAESONG, NK

DORASAN STATION UNIFICATION ROAD DORASAN OBSERVATORY DORASAN PEACE PARK IMJINGAK PEACE NURI PARK IMJIN RIVER PANMUNJEOM/JSA BRIDGE OF FREEDOM THE 3RD INFILTRATION TUNNEL e future will be to enforce environmental policies. TAESONGDONG NEUTRAL VILLAGE A KICHONDONG NEUTRAL VILLAGE CAMP BONIFAS THE 1ST INFILTRATION TUNNEL

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DMZ EVOLUTION

RASAN, PAJU CITY SOUTH KOREA

social context

potential eco-interventions

prototype

4. presence along the border

4. CCZ + ecotrail crossings: the farthest one can enter into the CCZ

5. dorasan’s location + context

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INTERSECTION BETWEEN CCZ AND TRAIL

city of HAEJU

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Kichongdong Neutral Village North Korea

PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA

modus vivendi

an ecological intervention in the futre korean dmz

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Previous page, clockwise from top right corner: -(2) Plans of Level 2 bay unit subdivided at hotel suite and conference, drawn in autocad and illustrator. (orange represents the floor surface pattern for balcony bridge, and hallways) -Level 2 masterplan -Level 1 masterplan (brown represents the dock and deck floor surface; orange solid color represents the private and enclosed spaces; orange hatch represents the wooden shades of the ginseng gardens)

gallery hotel

central axis

This page, clockwise from top riht: - sketch model showing the division and axis of the complex - digitial rendering of entry gate from the south bridge, modeled with autocad and rhino and rendered with cinema4d and photoshop -diagrams of design process, hand drawn using ink and watercolor

openings through the building

modus vivendi

an ecological intervention in the futre korean dmz

Clockwise from top left corner: - Digital rendering of hotel atrium from second level, modeled with autocad and rhino, and rendered with cinama 4d and photoshop - Digital rendering of loggia from first level of the gallery (autocad, rhino, cinema4d, and photoshop) - Series of light study of roof lattice system during design phase - Diagrams of cross section, ink and watercolor - Series of examples of the lattice roof as a flexible space for various range of programs such as market, gallery, memorial, and storage. Center images: - Transverse-section a-a is a cut galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loggia and exhibition spaces on two levels. - Transverse section b-b is a section of the retail shops, atrium, restauraunt, conference rooms, and hotel suites. - Master section illustrates the complexâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relationship with the water and ginseng garden. The path to the gardens is a downhill slope and the markets are eight feet lower than the hotel grade level. July 21

December 21

transverse section a-a A

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transverse section b-b

modus vivendi

an ecological intervention in the futre korean dmz

Clockwise from top left corner: - Diagram of a bay portion of the southern facade - Composite exploded sections of the roof components and materials. - Elevation-section of southwestern facade. The section is cut at the main gate and entries to the hotel and gallery. The facade survace is comprised of material layering of horizontal and vertical wooden louvers, sliding wooden doors, balconies, and translucent glass. - Exploded axon model of a bay segment and single bay unit axon, modeled with autocad, rhino and rendered with cinemas4d, photoshop and illustrator -Roof and side view of model that represents the prototype bay unit, 3d print model 1/8â&#x20AC;? = 1â&#x20AC;&#x2122;-0â&#x20AC;? The prototype unit can be modified for future interventions at different sites, program, and building type.

This prototype structure is a module that can be reconfigured in different ways. The project displays three different methods--the hotel, gallery, and the market all use the same structural principal but organized differently from each other. The hotel is configured as double row bay with a center atrium. The gallery is a singl row bay building with onesided exterior loggia. The market a free-plan space without a pavilion.

steel frame

PROTOTYPE UNIT STRUCTURE

wooden steel beam wooden frame

roof cover lattice

wooden lattice

beams columns

wooden cover

skylight frame steel mullions

pavilion

steel frame

glass panels bolts

wooden steel column

modus vivendi

an ecological intervention in the futre korean dmz

sunchung christine min comprehensive studio | syracuse university | 2010 professor michael pelken

pocket park CABLE SUSPENDED ROOF SYSTEM W14X10 X 82LB/FT CABLE SUPPORT COLUMN OPERABLE GLASS LOUVRE 3’X4’ SPACE FRAME SUPPORT SLANTED GLASS WINDOWS AT UPPER LEVEL 13‘-5” ROOF OVERHANG REFLECTOR ROOF COVERING AT NORTHERN SOUTH FACING WALL DRAINAGE PIPES AND WATERPROOFING AT COLUMN CONNECTION

W8X8 X 40LB/FT FLOOR COLUMN WIDE-FLANGE I-BEAM OF DEPTH 1’-8”, WIDTH 7“ POURED-CONCRETE IN FLOOR COVERING 3” RADIANT FLOOR HEATING PIPE INSULATION AT 1.7” COMPOSITE METAL AND CONCRETE DECKING AT 10’-0” JOISTS SPANS METAL DECKING DEPTH= OPEN WEB-JOISTS METAL DECKING DEPTH OF 36”

Manhatten and its neighboring bouroughs have multiple means of transportation-there are three airports and numerous heliports in the greater NYC area. However, most residents must travel an extra 10 miles on average to travel to the airport from the city. The city is not directly connected to these airports and creating an easily accessible and efficient airport can be beneficial for more frequent air travel in the future. The design challenge was creating a 155,000 sqft airport in the existing site of the Brooklyn Navy Yards for a hypothetical client, Richard Branson, who is seeking a new building for his new business venture Virgin SolAir, a commercial airline for sports aircraft.

HUNG CEILING PANEL OPEN WEB JOIST FLOOR FRAMING 24KG SPANNING 36’-0” EXHAUST VENT PIPELINES AND VENT EQUIPMENT SUPPLY AIR UPDRAWN FROM PE-CONDITIONED GEO-EXCHANGE HEAT AND COOLER

FOUNDATION FOOTING 2’X4‘ DRAINAGE PIPES AT FOUNDATION WATERPROOFING AT SILLPLATE

pocket port

virgin solair airport | brooklyn, ny

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92'-7 316" 34'-314 "

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159'-41516" 102'-01116 "

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29'-5 1116 "

89'-2 316 "

3 46'-7 7 16"

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LEVEL 2

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VIRGIN SOLAIR 50

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1. BNY OFFICES

VIRGIN SOLAIR

2. VIRGIN SOLAIR HEADQUARTERS

BROOKLYN, NY 3. SHARED OFFICES 4. ATRIUM

VIRGIN SOLAIR

BROOKLYN, NY SITE PLAN

1 5 10

LEVEL 1 8. STAFF FACILITY

1. CHECK-IN/ TICKET BOOTH

5. VIRGIN SOLAIR CHARTER CLUB LOUNGE

2. SECURITY

6. VIRGIN SOLAIR GRILL AND BAR

9. HANGAR

3. DEPARTURE LOUNGE

7. PRIVATE JET ACCESS

10. VIRGIN SOLAIR FLIGHT ASSOCIATION OFFICE

4. BAGGAGE

11. REPAIR SHOP

Top left: Series of views of 1/16”= 1’-0” model on site Middle: Level 1 plan (solid gray represents the public terminal) Bottom: Long section The long section reveals the bay system’s repetitve and how it becomes stretched in the hangar portion of the airport. Previous layout: Left page: Sectional axon of the bay and comprehensive analysis of the systems and constructional detail Right page: Site plan with extensive context of Wallabout Bay, Williamsburg and Brooklyn Bridge, and DUMBO district

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1. NATURAL-DRAFY PACKAGED COOLING TOWER 100 X 144 X 112 150 TONS 2. HEAT EXCHANGER GEOEXCHANGE SYSTEM NEIGHBORING WATER BODIES 3. MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY 4. GRAY WATER STORAGE 5. CHILLER

pocket port

virgin solair airport | brooklyn, ny

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Clockwise from top left

- Roof unit module and system The roof is a double winged and supported by pre-stressed steel columns and tension cables. - Series of views from digital model built with sketchUp, Vray, and photoshop From L to R: entry, hangar, sectional perspective, bird’s eye view, aerial - Transverse section of the building at the public terminal and offices.

CROSS SECTION | SCALE: 1/4” = 1’

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LIGHT- GAUGE STEEL JOIST

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CONCRETE 3” RADIANT FLOOR HEATING TUBES INSULATION 2” AISC TYPE 2 CONNECTION SEATED BEAM-TO-COLUMN WEB CONNECTION

AISC TYPE 3 CONNECTION FOR SHORT CANTILEVER WELDED/BOLTED END PLATE BEAM COLUMN CONNECTION

51'-8132 "

DEPTH OF METAL DECKING 3/8”

15'-13 4"

COMPOSITE DECKING 3” 10’ JOISTS SPACING

OPEN-WEB JOIST FLOOR FRAMING 24K9 SPANING 36’ HUNG CEILING PANEL OPERABLE GLASS LOUVRE

EXHAUST VENT PIPELINE SUPPLY AIR PRECONDITIONED WITH GEO-EXCHANGE HEATING AND COOLING

WEEP HOLES WATER PROOFING MEMBRANE DRAINAGE MAT SILL PLATE WATER PROOFING SUBSOIL DRAINNAGE SYSTEM CONCRETE FOUNDATION 2’X4’ STRIP FOOTING

pocket port

virgin solair airport | brooklyn, ny

Clockwise from top left of page: - Sketch of exploded axon of the plaza - Photographs of sketch model that show the concept of the design scheme of the plaza - Diagrams of the plaza as architecture that invites the public to the site and buidling. - Exploded axon of the plaza and renovated building, digital model built with autocad, rhino, and rendered with vray and photoshop

Next page: Birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye perspective of site plan + Diagram of plaza as a connector between waterfront and street

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COAHSI extends out to the public COAHSI through its plaza.

COAHSI PUBLIC

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COAHSI PUBLIC

sunchung christine min nyc studio | syracuse university | 2010 professor jon lott

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plaza coahsi The Council of Arts and Humanities of Staten Island (COAHSI) are seeking a renovated space to create a larger facility for their current local artists. The main design challenge for this project was closely meeting the clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs and complying to a regulations regarding renovation and reuse of the current industrial site on Staten Island waterfront site. The site is located next to the Staten Island Ferry Station and it is a historic landmark. The client expressed her needs for their diverse artists and performers who will be actively using and exhibiting in the space. She desired for artists workshop studios, galleries, performing arts auditorium, and offices for the Council. COAHSI was granted funds and support from the Rockerfeller Foundation and were seeking architects to begin their design process. This project was worked as a team; the complete design and production was collaborated with Ilka Lin. Visiting critics for the studiowere Craig Dykers from Snohetta and Marc Tsumaki from LTL Architects. The design concept was using plaza as architecture that readdresses the entry, invites the public, functions as an urban connector, and frames views, and invents a new way to display artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; production process from the plaza.

plaza coahsi

artists center | staten island, ny client: Melanie Franklin Cohn, Executive Director of COAHSI Center for the Council of Arts and Humanities of Staten Island Artists

Top Left: Series of views from 1/4” = 1’-0” model built with foam core, plexi and strathmore Above: Rendering from digital model built with autocad, rhino, vray, and photoshop. This rendering is focusing on the plaza’s function as a lifted extension from the street to the bayside’s waterfront edge. Below: Long section of the plaza that reveals the studio and theater below grade. The floor windows allows for passerbys to still view art from the plaza and encourages the public to enter the building and engage with local Staten Island artists.

Above: Rendering fron digital model built with autocad, rhino, vray, photoshop. This is the view from the street entry; there is a natural slow and the plaza utilizes the natural site conditions as architecture that funnels the public between the water and the street. Right images from L to R: - Interior viewe of the auditorium level below the plaza. Openings and windows on the plaza surface creates dramatic interior lighting and windows the plaza level to look inside. - Sectional perspective view of plaza and artist workshop studios below. - Preliminary phase collage illustrating the diverse range of artists who are being represented by COAHSI

plaza coahsi

artists center | staten island, ny client: Melanie Franklin Cohn, Executive Director of COAHSI Center for the Council of Arts and Humanities of Staten Island Artists

sunchung christine min third year studio | syracuse university | 2009 professor arthur macdonald

projected [id]eas museum and informational display

The design challenge was to create a musuem that engages the public at Syracuseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historical landmark of Clinton Square. The siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main facade on the east addresses the square and could serve as a potential platform for digital informational exchange. The idea to create an interactive digital screen that individuals can access and use through USB connection from their handheld devices reestablishes the historical Clinton Square as a technologically advanced communal square.

projected [id]eas

museum and informational display | syracuse, ny

LEVEL 4

top left: top right:

view of digital model, built in sketchup, rendered in vray and photoshop plan drawings, autocad and illustrator; R to L: ground, first, second, third, fourth floor; first level is where the digital facade can be accessed for public use; the second level is the gallery, the third level is the auditorium, and fourth level is offices

middle left: 1/32” = 1’-0” cross-section, drawn with autocad and illustrator; The cross-section cuts through the southern glass stairscaircase and auditorium. middle right: 1’-0” longitudinal section, drawn with autocad and illustrator; The lognitudinal section depicts the the proposed digital screen as botha a display for the public Clinton Square and as the back wall of the auditorium. right:

two perspective views of digital model built with sketchup and rendered on vray + two views of 1/8” = 1’-0” model, chipboard and basswood L to R: Primary structural model, structural model with glass enclosure, aerial view, view from across Clinton Square

BASEMENT

LEVEL 1

LEVEL 2

LEVEL 3

VIEW FROM SOUTH SECTION B 1’-0”= 1/8”

projected [id]eas

museum and informational display | syracuse, ny

Clockwise from top left corner of the layout - Series of 1/4” - 1’-0” model built with strathmore - Folded surface study as a facade. A perforated surface with a steel frame can make the facade appear as sa lantern at night and the slit entries would glow from the interior. - Section and elevation of the facade, graphite on strathmore - Sectional perspective collage of the roof terrace. The roof garden is a continuous ramp that creates a circulatory path. The facade’s slit openings on the vertical surface is transformed as a floor to ceiling opening Center images: Left: Plan drawing of first level of the building Right: Pland drawing of the roof garden level 27

sunchung christine min first year studio | syracuse university | 2008 professor marissa tirone

jordan embassy folded facade

The design challenge was designing a facade and public roof terrace for an existing buildilng as a renovation for the embassy for Jordan. From my analysis of Jordan, I was influenced by Petra and its exquisite heavy to light transformation produced by carving. I interpreted Petra monument as a folded surface that shows both heavy and lightness. While folding creates bulging geometry that alludes a massive appearence, openings from the folds that creates entrances in the facade allows for light to enter and reveal the actual thin depth of the facade material.

jordan embassy

facade and roof terrace renovation | ny, ny

santa croce

analytical sketches These sketches are from a series of urban analysis of Florence. The duomo is the central monument and urban focail point that people orient themselves in the city. The concept was to reillustrate Florence with stronger emphasis on the duomo as a central piece, and how it would reveal different urban relationships and hiearchy. The images are drawin using ink and graphite. The left image is an arched birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye view. The image below is a fish-eye of the florence.

sunchung christine min personal work | travel sketches | 2010 peter moore scholarship for hand drawing recipient

duomo as the center

analytical sketches

These sketches are from a series of urban analysis of Florence. The duomo is the central monument and urban focail point that people orient themselves in the city. The concept was to reillustrate Florence with stronger emphasis on the duomo as a central piece, and how it would reveal different urban relationships and hiearchy. The images are drawin using ink and graphite. The left image is an arched birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye view. The image below is a fish-eye of the florence.

duomo as the center graphite

sunchung christine min personal work | travel sketches | 2010 peter moore scholarship for hand drawing recipient

via del servi

analytical sketches

Via del Servi connects Brunelleschiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s architecture, the Duomo and Ospedale Maggiore, as an urban corridor that is best realized as a sequence. In these sketches, I am focusing on the differences between the Duomo and Chiesa San Anunziata church and the plaza surrounding the church. In these sketches, I am trying to explore how the public moves through this corridor and where the boundaries of public and private space shape the urban corridor.

florence graphite

san lorenzo

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sunchung christine min personal work | travel sketches | 2010 peter moore scholarship for hand drawing recipient

palazzo rucellai

analytical sketches

pazzi chapel

analytical sketches florence graphite

sunchung christine min office work | siaplan architects&planners| 2010 gugal train station competition entry, 1st prize winner

Gugal Station in Yong-in, South Korea is a new railway station for Seoul Metropolitan subway system. Yong-in is a suburban city on the southern outskirts of Seoul and the urban development for new housing, shopping centers, businesses, and office complexes have only arised in the last ten years. As the new station is expected open in 2012, developers hosted a competition for building a complex around the station that give rise to a new urban center. Siaplanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design concept is an outdoor complex that has a connecting bridge from second and third level to the plaza at the ground level. The geometry and form reiterates the topographical features of the site and allows for scenic views of the mountain in the north. I assisted work during the physical model building and photoshop process.

gugal station master plan siaplan architects & planners competition entry & 1st prize winning design

Clockwise from top left corner: - birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye view of plaza and office towers - final entry model images, 1:50 foam and plexi - digital rendering of complex from the highway, modeled with sketchup, vray, and photoshop - aerial image of office and residential towers

gugal station

competition entry| yong-in, korea

About Sunchung Christine Min, B. Arch, is an aspiring architect and designer. She is a recent graduate of Syracuse University School of Architecture in December 2011, and she is eager to start her career. Born in Seoul, South Korea in 1988, Sunchung moved between the U.S. and Korea twice before becoming a citizen in 1997. Sunchung studied music and violin since she was three-years old and she dreamed of becoming a professional violinist before becoming an architect. She chose to become an architect because she believed that architecture has the influence to reflect and address cultural context. Sunchung began her studies in architecture at Syracuse University in 2007, and received awards throughout her academic career, such as Citation for Excellence in Thesis Design, Crown Award, and Peter Moore Scholarship for Hand Drawing. Her final project, Modus Vivendi, is a thesis project that proposed a prototype that both preserves and inhabits the Korean DMZ in the future, without drastic environmental changes. She hopes to continue exploring the idea of projects that is built upon cohabitation of natural environment and urban development. Sunchung studied abroad in Florence and NYC and has traveled to Austria, Australia, Belgium, France, Italy, Korea, Peru, Switzerland and U.K. Sunchung has worked at a Seoul based architecture and planning firm, SIAPLAN, in which she contributed towards competition entries for Gugal Train Station master plan and Sejong City Office Complex. She has also assisted Francisco Sanin in the 2011 Gwangju Biennale Exhibitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s folly and exhibition design. Her hobbies include painting, photography, violin, yoga, and swimming.

sunchung christine min

Contact Information: 558 Ridge Lane Fort Lee, NJ 07024 469.396.3931 | sunchung.min@gmail.com