CINDY HO
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO FALL 2020
Historical Map of Lawrenceville, GA, 1994
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PROJECT 1:
THE STRUCTURE OF PLACE HOMETOWN
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P1: The Structure of Place - Hometown
Cindy Ho
These maps illustrate the city of Lawrenceville, Georgia on three levels of scope: the city, neighborhood, and immediate surroundings. 1”=3,000’, 1”=300’, and 1”=30’ scales were utilized respectively on a 10”x10” board. Each of the colors on the maps and sections represent a different zone or characteristic. Rather than solely reproducing existing maps of the city, we analyzed the history and contexts in order to create an abstraction of the city’s geometries and functions.
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Lawrenceville, Georgia
Urban Areas/ Major Buildings
Suburban Residential/ Open Public Spaces
Special Features/ Private Interior
Circulation
Private Open/ Service Areas
Zones of Transition 4
East Architecture Building, Bush-Brown, Gailey and Heffernan, 1952
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PROJECT 2:
THE ESSENCE OF ARCHITECTURE SITE EXPLORATION
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P2: The Essence of Architecture - Site Exploration
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In this site exploration, the East Architecture Building (of the Georgia Institute of Technology) was analyzed in order to create freehand orthographic drawings. The primary focus was to take a pre-existing three-dimensional structure and, after observation, represent it as two-dimensional drawings and diagrams. The complexity within the building’s facades, sections, and other views were abstracted by identifying the main repetitive modules of the rectangular windows. The left page shows the building’s figure ground, north elevation, section, main floor plan, and axonometric view with context, respectively. The right side illustrates six diagrams derived from the plans, overall mass, and various facades. From these, we can learn more about the East Architecture Building’s basic geometries, site, surroundings, interior, and structure.
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Cube Constrains Diagram Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Architecture ARCH 1016: Foundations Studio 1
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PROJECT 3:
FORMAL ORGANIZATION CUBES
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P3: Formal Exploration - Cubes
Exercise B introduced an element of non-orthogonal organization as it combined the initial radial system of Exercise A with a new linear strategy. This exercise was composed of more voids than solids to contrast the previous model. The diagonallyplaced voids would overlap to form a line that allows vision through the center of the composition. The drawings for Exercise B also show a 6 step axonometric of each of the added/subtracted cubes while the model pictures show each corner, a top view, and a detail.
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Given the constraints of utilizing 12 predesignated cubes (see pg. 9), Exercise A was an orthogonal composition that followed a radial strategy of adding and subtracting masses. The main syntax of this composition was to have a slightly skewed balance along the main horizontal, vertical, and diagonal axes. It largely consisted of solid cubes. The axonometric drawings (1/2” = 1”) show a 6 step sequence of the addition and subtraction of solids and voids. Iterations 3-6 demonstrates how each addition or subtraction has an opposing counterpart. The model pictures (1/4” = 1”) shows an axonometric from each corner view, a top view, and a detail.
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Pavilion on East Architecture Building Courtyard
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PROJECT 4:
BODY, SITE, PROGRAM, STRUCTURE THE CORNUCOPIA PAVILION
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P4: P3: Body, Formal Site, Exploration Program, -Structure Cubes - The Cornucopia Pavilion
Elevation 1
Elevation 2 15
Light and V
Huma
Ventilation
an Use
Folding/Slicing Sequence
Viewshed 16
P4: Body, Site, Program, Structure - The Cornucopia Pavilion
Front Elevation
Top View
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Side View
Interior Detail
The pavilion was designed in order to address the relationship between the structure, the human body, its surrounding context, its program/functionality, and its material properties. It needed to be able to accommodate collective activities and sleeping experiences for at least 5 students. As for its materiality, we were given 40 sheets of corrugated polypropylene (60” x 60”) and 300 sets of 1/4” nylon hex nut and bolts. It was to be placed on the site of the East Architecture Building courtyard.
The Cornucopia Pavilion primarily used folded modules that was sliced/cut from the larger piece of polypropylene (model equivalent: 5” x 5” cardstock). They were assembled to form several arches. The arches were then weaved and bolted (model equivalent: glue) together for stability while leaving small apertures to allow for natural lighting. The overall form was a cone-like shape with a larger front opening and smaller rear.
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Abstraction of St. Peter’s Basilica Elevation
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ARCH 1060 -
INTRO DESIGN & BUILT ENVIRONMENT
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ARCH 1060 - Intro Design & Built Environment
Lines and Planes Dowel Model Triadic Colors
Lines and Planes Dowel Model Direct Light Charcoal
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Continuous Plane Model
Continuous Plane Analogous Colors
Starting Point: Cube
Transformation 1: Stretch
Transformation 2: Pinch
ARCH 1060 integrated various principles of architecture as we examined precedents and designed our own drawings, models, and diagrams. Artisan House, Morphogenesis, 2015
The left page demonstrates principles such as a continuous plane versus a combination of lines and planes. These were then expanded upon through the lens of light and shadow or different categories of color. The top of the right page shows the sequence of a transformation within a threedimensional clay model. This was one of the various mediums we worked with. The last set shows the elevation of a 21st century precedent and its corresponding diagram of the additive and subtractive elements of the planes. It required an analysis and abstraction of the original. 22