2011 Architectural Portfolio by Christopher Wong

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“PLACES OF PROTEST: INTERGRATED STREETSCAPES” ARCH10B: DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS INSTRUCTOR: COLEMAN GRIFFITH, SPRING 2011

CASE STUDY: VILLA NM ARCH12B: VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS II INSTRUCTOR: NEIEL NORHEIM, SPRING 2011

SURFACE & FORM DESIGN ARCH12B: VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS II INSTRUCTOR: NEIEL NORHEIM, SPRING 2011

MINIMAL SURFACES ARCH12B: VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS II INSTRUCTOR: NEIEL NORHEIM, SPRING 2011

BODIES & SKINS ARCH12B: VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS II INSTRUCTOR: NEIEL NORHEIM, SPRING 2011

CASE STUDY: SPATIAL SEQUENCE ARCH10B: DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS INSTRUCTOR: COLEMAN GRIFFITH, SPRING 2011

“PLACES OF PROTEST: INTERGRATED STREETSCAPES” ARCH10B: DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS INSTRUCTOR: COLEMAN GRIFFITH, SPRING 2011

PLACES OF PROTEST: “INTERGRATED STREETSCAPES” PROJECT: ARCHITECT: ----LOCATION & DATE: Westwood, California | 2011

CONCEPTS & OBJECTIVES The Places of Protest: “Intergrated Streetscapes” was a project to create a experiental sequence for protesters and transients that would take them to the Westwood Federal Building. Our class was assigned the topics of march protests and social media. Using the research we conducted on the two topics, we were given the task of creating a design that incorporated the two ideas. Located in Westwood, the site contained a small slice of both the large urban environment of skyscrapers and highrises, while also holding small businesses and cafes. After considering all these points, the design process began with the creation of marquees leading from the proposed metro entraced down Westwood Avenue towards Lindbrook Avenue. These marquees will lead protestors and transients from the public transportation hub towards a proposed protest space located on Lindbrook Avenue and Gayley Avenue.

INTERIOR VIEW OF METRO ENTRANCE

TRANSPORTATION HUBS VS. METROPOLITAN AREAS WITH GATHERING SPACES CONCEPT: “HYPERTENSION VS. COUNTER-TENSION DEFINE EQUILIBRIUM”

TRANSPORTATION ZONES METROPOLITAN ZONES GATHERING ZONES INTERACTION ZONE

PROTESTERS EXECUTE THEIR PLAN TO DISRUPT DELAGATES BY MARCHING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS TO THE CONFERENCE

PROTESTERS BEGIN GATHERING FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO SEATTLE, WA

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POLICE ASSIGNED TO GUARD THE CONFERENCE ARE CUT OFF AND ARE SURROUNDED BY THE OVERWHELMING PRESENCE OF PROTESTERS

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DELAGATES BEGIN TO ARRIVE FOR THE CONFERENCE

SEATTLE POLICE BEGIN PREPARATIONS WITH SECURITY FOR THE WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE.

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SMALL PROTEST GROUPS FOLLOW UNDER D.A.N. GROUP AND DEVISE A PLAN TO DISRUPT THE CONFERENCE

WTO MINSTERIAL CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN SEATTLE, WA

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DIFFERENT N.G.O.s & INTEREST GROUPS OPPOSE POLICIES OF THE WTO WTO MINSTERIAL CONFERENCE OF 1999

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MAYOR PAUL SCHELL IMPOSES A CURFEW AND 50-BLOCK “NO-PROTEST ZONE”

POLICE BEGIN TO DISPERSE THE PROTEST AS AN UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY, MANY ARRESTS ARE MADE RANGING FROM ACTIVISTS TO ANARCHISTS

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NF CO POLICE CLEAR OUT RIOTERS AND DEMONSTRATORS WTO CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT A LATER DATE AND LOCATION

HEIGHTS AND INTERACTION

BUILDING TYPE AND ACCESSIBILITY COMMERCIAL, PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL, PRIVATE

POLICE & SHERIFF DEPT. FIRE PEPPER SPRAY, TEAR GAS, AND STUN GRENADES TO CLEAR OUT PROTESTERS

PRIVATE

DELAGATES FAIL TO AGREE ON AGENDA MANY DELAGATES MISS THE MEETINGS AND ARE FORCED TO CONVENE THE CONFERENCE.

PUBLIC

PROTESTERS CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR INTERSECTIONS AND DISRUPT COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE

A BLACK BLOC FORMS AND BEGINS TO ESCALATE VIOLENCE BY VANDALIZING BUSINESSES AND STORES AROUND THE PROTEST

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PROTEST DIAGRAM - CASE STUDY: WTO CONFERENCE OF 1999

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INTERACTION VS TRANSFORMATION

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MARQUEE HEIGHT

INTERACTION

FIRST LEVEL HEIGHT STREET LEVEL HEIGHT

CONSTRAINT DIAGRAM - AREAS OF TRANSFORMATION & INTERACTION

CONSTRAINT DIAGRAM - HEIGHT DATUMS

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WILSHIRE BLVD. METRO ENTRANCE SECTION

SITE PLAN

WESTWOOD BLVD. VIEW

WESTWOOD BLVD. ELEVATION

WESTWOOD SECTION

UCLA EXTENSION TERRACE VIEW

LINDBROOK DR. ELEVATION

LINDBROOK DR. SECTION

LINDBROOK DR. VIEW

LINDBROOK DR. DETAIL VIEW

COMPOSITE AXONOMETRIC VIEW

CASE STUDY: VILLA NM ARCH12B: VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS II INSTRUCTOR: NEIEL NORHEIM, SPRING 2011

CASE STUDY PROJECT PROJECT: Villa NM ARCHITECT: UN Studio LOCATION & DATE: Bethel, New York | 2006

CONCEPTS & OBJECTIVES The concept and objective of the Villa NM project is an introduction for ﬁrst year students on teaching digital modeling skills and techniques using various programs to recreate the building designed by UN Studio. This project consisted of background research, analysis of features and details, and model creation of the home. The home was a summer vacation house designed on a hill with surrounding woodlands.

As a intimate and private getaway home, its

compactness does not restrict any program, leaving you with a simple, private, family and nature oriented retreat from urban life. Ben van Berkel, one of the lead designers on the project, described the interaction of the design as a "bloblike moment" and “a simple shoe-box shape to bifurcate into two separate split-level volumes, one clinging to the northern slope, the other detaching itself from the ground to leave room underneath for a covered parking space.” The sloping site is used as device for programmatic and volumetric organization of the house, enabling spatial relationships between the ground and interior. The surfaces of the home transition as they rotate along a horizontal axis from vertical to horizontal. The internal spaces maximize potential by freeing up outer walls containing large glassed windows with wrap around views. INTERIOR VIEW

STRUCTURE DIAGRAM

PROGRAM DIAGRAM MASTER BEDROOM SECOND BEDROOM LIVING ROOM KITCHEN

RAMP DIAGRAM

TWIST DIAGRAM

NORTH ELEVATION

SOUTH SECTION

EXTERIOR VIEW

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

SURFACE & FORM DESIGN ARCH12B: VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS II INSTRUCTOR: NEIEL NORHEIM, SPRING 2011

S U R FA C E A N D F O R M D E S I G N PROJECT: Public Gallery & Exhibition for Art ARCHITECT: ----LOCATION & DATE: Bethel, New York | 2011

CONCEPTS & OBJECTIVES T h e s u r fa c e a nd for m proj ec t was an assignment t h at co mbi ned l ec tures of m i ni mal surfaces and fo rm c reation by usi ng pa ra m et rics to create a p avi l i o n o n the exi si ting si te of the V il la NM. The p avi l i o n woul d a c t a s a repl acement for t he h o m e t h at bur ned dow n a nd a c t as an art galler y a n d ex h i b i tion for a rt pi ec es. The requirement s fo r t h e p avi l i on wa s to desi g n an architect ual s p a c e u s ing a til e c reated by t he st udent and d e s i g n a s pa c e to hol d spec i ﬁc spati al programs. S u rfa c e geom etr y a nd previ ous knowl edge of m o d e l i n g tec hni ques l ea rned t hroughout t he co u rs e h el ped a c hi eve our ﬁna l s result s. Prior to t h i s p ro j ec t, students have used inspi rati on from other

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c reati n g a til e a nd usi ng tra nsformati ve acti ons l i ke co pying , m i rror i ng , a nd sm al l scale changes, t h i s co m p lex form em erged at the l ower bottom o f t h e p a ge.

EXTERIOR VIEW

INTERIOR VIEW

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

LONG SECTION

BIRDS EYE VIEW

SECOND FLOOR

SHORT ELEVATION

EXPLODED COMPOSITE AXONOMETRIC VIEW

MINIMAL SURFACES ARCH12B: VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS II INSTRUCTOR: NEIEL NORHEIM, SPRING 2011

MINIMAL SURFACES: PROJECT: Minimal Surface Modelling ARCHITECTS: ----LOCATION & DATE: -----

CONCEPTS AND OBJECTIVES The minimal surface project was a group project to digitally recreate a minimal surface by documenting how to create and show how the minimal surface looks and replicates. This project introduced our class to minimal surfacing and acted as a precursor to the Surface and Design ďŹ nal project for my class. The requirements pushed students to think of the model in 3D, understand and describe the steps on how to create the tile for the surface, and show how the tile was able to replicate as a surface. For my part of the presentation, I created the serial sections of the Batwing, while my other groupmates diagrammed how to make the tile to make the minimal surface and reconstruction of the surface using the tile.

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SECTION 3

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SECTION 4

SECTION 5

SECTION 9

SECTION 10

BODIES & SKINS ARCH12B: VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS II INSTRUCTOR: NEIEL NORHEIM, SPRING 2011

BODIES & SKINS PROJECT: SQUARE MANIPULATION ARCHITECT: ----LOCATION & DATE: -----

CONCEPTS & OBJECTIVES T h e Bo d i es & Ski ns proj ec t was an assignment t h at int roduc ed a nd i m pl em ented paramet ri cs g u id eli n e s for m a ni pul ating a nd deformi ng an o rd i n a r y box. Usi ng a si m pl e r ul e set deci ded by t h e st u d ent, we were to di agram how we d e s i g n e d our box. T h e o b j e c tives of thi s proj ect was a

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int ro d u c ti on to 3D di g i ta l m odell ing , rendering , an d i l l u strator prog ra m . Student s were al so tau g ht o u tput tec hni ques a nd preparati ons for la s e r c u tti n g /m odel bui l di ng .

COPY THE CURVE 6x TIMES

STEP-BY-STEP MODEL DIAGRAMS

BEGIN WITH A 7 POINT CURVE

USING THE RULESET: MOVE THE EVERY OTHER CV 1x POINT UP AND THE LAST CV MOVE IT 2x POINTS DOWN

ROTATE THE CURVE UP IN “RIGHT VIEW”

ROTATE THE TWO CURVES IN “TOP VIEW”

ROTATE THE OTHER TWO CURVES IN “TOP VIEW”

ROTATE THE PREVIOUS CURVES IN “RIGHT VIEW” UPSIDE DOWN

LOFT THE CURVES TO CREATE A SURFACE

CREATE A SURFACE AND LINE IT WITH THE EDGE OF THE OBJECT

COPY AND ROTATE THE SURFACE UPWARDS IN “RIGHT VIEW”

TRIM THE SURFACE TO GET A TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACE FOR THE OBJECT

COPY THE TWO SURFACES AND ROTATE THEM UPSIDE DOWN IN “RIGHT VIEW”

REORIENT THE OBJECT FACING UPWARDS BY ROTATING IN “RIGHT VIEW”

PLACE BOTH SURFACE PIECES TOGETHER AND LOFT EDGES

CASE STUDY: SPATIAL SEQUENCE ARCH10B: DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS INSTRUCTOR: COLEMAN GRIFFITH, SPRING 2011

CASE STUDY PROJECT: SPATIAL SEQUENCE ARCHITECTS: Miguel Barahona, PYF Arquitectura PROJECT: “The House on the Hill” LOCATION & DATE: Madrid, Spain | 2007-2010

CONCEPTS AND OBJECTIVES The concept and objective of the spatial sequence project is an assignment to teach students of circulation and program within adjacent & interlocking spaces. This project breaks down the spatial ordering, organizations, and relationships taught in the earlier lectures to be applied with real life buildings. The project consisted of students to diagram the organizations and relationships of the chosen building and to create a model using diﬀerent materials as representation of spaces. For this example, the walnut wood refers to the base and the adjacent spaces, acrylic as the interlocking spaces, and the basswood as the circulation of the building. How the spatial sequence model works is that each piece of circulation that is removed from the model, an interlocking space is removed as well. This process will lead the viewer through the movement of the building and also the diﬀerent spaces that create the building as a whole.