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Helios Modular School System Raleigh Media Arts Center Raleigh Urban Housing Matrix Dwelling For A Sculptor Opacity: CMU Wall Competition PRECEDENT STUDIES:
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Sendai Mediatheque by toyo ito Gifu Kitagata Apartments by kazuyo sejima Farnsworth House by mies van der rohe
D AV I D J I EDUCATION
3606 Corbin St. Raleigh, NC 27612 919-803-9845 | dyji@ncsu.edu
May 2014-2015 (expected)
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Raleigh, North Bachelor of Architecture
May 2014
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Raleigh, North Carolina Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture GPA: 3.66 / 4.00
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Jun 2012
May 2011 - Aug 2011
Feb 2012 - May 2012
May 2012 - Dec 2013
May 2014 - Present
ACADEMIC HONORS + ACTIVITIES Sep 2013 Dec 2012 Apr 2011 Dec 2011 May 2012 Aug 2010 2010 - Current
Design Camp Counselor, Raleigh NC Mentored young aspiring designers to consider design as a field of study through a weeklong summer program. College of Design Summer Assistant to the Dean, Raleigh NC Maintained and renovated facilities in the College of Design. Film scanned the Dean’s personal drawings and photos. Assembled panel dividers for the Contemporary Art Museum. Sustainability Office Street Team Member, Raleigh NC Promoted environmentally sustainable habits to students on NCSU campus through publicity. Facilitated surveys to assess data of campus’s energy use. McKimmons Center Setup Crew Member, Raleigh NC Arranged furniture in multipurpose event rooms for professional gatherings such as meetings, conferences, trainings, classes, lectures, and graduations. Assistant Daytime Music Director, Raleigh NC Reviewed new music to be played at NCSU’s college radio station. Played electronic music every week on NCSU’s college radio. Assisted in reviewing newly released music and supporting WKNC sponsored events.. Brian Shawcroft Drawing Competition nomination Triangle AIA Scholarship Finalist CMU Blockfest Competiton 1st place Represented NCSU School of Architecture Reaccreditation Exhibition KSEA Undergraduate Scholarship recipient Eagle Scout Award Dean’s List recipient
SKILLS + PROJECTS Digitally competent in AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, Google Sketchup, Bentley Multiframe, and Microsoft Office. Experienced in hand model building and hand drafting Strong oral and written communication skills.
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HELIOS MODULAR SCHOOL SYSTEM YEAR: Spring 2012 COLLABORATIONS: Prof. Dana Gulling and Alex Backeris
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Wake County Public School Systems could increase classroom seating by utilizing a demountable and transportable system of prefabricated modules that assemble to support a full-sized campus of 6th-12th graders. The Helios Modular School System pushes ordinary modular design by introducing a variety of social arrangements and classroom types that suggest communal and collaborative learning while improving upon the well-being of students through spatial qualities, daylighting, circulation, security and aesthetics.
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The undulating tri-form is composed of three radial wings linked to a continuous singleloaded corridor. Students are educated to live balanced lifestyles as they rhythmically circulate between the program of the mind [library, science, math classrooms, and horticulture garden], body [gymnasium, cafeteria, healthful living classrooms, locker rooms, and administration], and soul [auditorium, music, drama, and art classes]. The design process was driven by a rapid, iterative decision making system to keep pace investigating mechanical systems and construction details. Assuming that the projectThe roof structure is made up of a series of sweeping glulam beams lifting towards the interior. Translucent Kalwall+ Lumira aerogel roofing panels allow for maximum daylight to enter the building while shading could be controlled through dynamic terracotta louvers. Air-conditioning units recede behind horizontal terracotta screens to maintain the smooth surface gesture.
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electrical conduit deep, wood box beam Kalwall + Lumira aerogel roof panel arched glulam beam florescent pendant lighting laminated veneer lumber beam zinc-plated aluminum gutter sealant and backer rod dynamic louver chain guard Kawneer sliding window glulam end cap steel louver frame aluminum louver endcap fasteners tieback member stainless steel housed ball bearing
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gypsum board wood stud 16" o. c. batt insulation plywood sheathing vapor barrier aluminium panel clip vertical panel support clips horizontal panel support clips Longoton terra cotta panels
carpet plywood subfloor 4" deep sips panel steel w-section joists formed aluminum flashing steel mitered c-channel welded L-angle field welded plate
brick panel bracket post-tensioned brick panel skirting concrete pier foundation gutter downspout
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RALEIGH URBAN HOUSING MATRIX YEAR: Spring 2014 COLLABORATIONS: Prof. Tom Barrie and David Gallo
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Located between Raleigh’s Fayetteville District, home to the city’s skyscrapers and the Southeast District, a historically black neighborhood comprised mostly of singlefamily housing, the Raleigh Matrix is a vision that proposes to redefine the American urban fabric. While providing affordable housing is its primary purpose, the project transitions residents and visitors from the public city block sidewalks into its intimate micro-communities through an order of scales. A main objective in designing the scheme was to use a matrix in providing a systematic variety of housing units that unify around a flexible space in support of mixing social classes through community organization. The relatively thin L-schemes of stacked townhouses and apartments allow for daylight to enter on at least two sides of each unit while also providing the ability for cross ventilation through operable windows. The windows are organized around 3 window types that correspond to the interior room functions. The primary building materials for the whole complex is a reinforced concrete underground parking podium, storefront retail level, and a wood-frame construction housing level coated with painted stucco accented with wood mullions, sun-shades, railings, and bay windows.
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RALEIGH MEDIA ARTS CENTER YEAR: Fall 2012 COLLABORATIONS: Prof. Matt Griffith
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Building an art center where the public could visit art exhibitions, watch movies and be educated in contemporary arts would draw more life and attention into Raleigh’s city center. However cohesively fitting the program and its supporting functions on the tight 3,446 square foot site requires an understanding of spatial efficiency, urban site conditions, and their interior/exterior relationships. The project is grounded upon the tight 3446 sq foot site. and attempts to maximixe gathering functions for the public while maintaining pragmatic conditions. The building is organized by strategically anchoring four service and egress cores into the site. These cores imply the regulated lines to delineate the dimensions of the vertically stacked and shifted theater, lobby, library and gallery volumes.
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Semi-private support spaces such as the storage rooms, reception desk, offices, conference room, and rooftop garden are discreetly tucked away towards the back of the site but are stacked in relation to the floor’s primary function as well as the outdoor views to the existing trees, occasional passing train, and Raleigh skyline. The front façade of the building allots outdoor spaces for bus stop seating, bike racks, ticket box threshold, and a street-front roof terrace. The shimmery media screen wraps around the glazed facades of the protruding library volume to filter western light. The opaque, south-facing party wall formally wraps over the transparent primary volumes while responding to the potential future development of the neighboring vacant lot.
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DWELLING FOR A SCULPTOR YEAR: Spring 2011 COLLABORATIONS: Prof. Rebecca Necessary
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The 60-year-old sculptor works by casting outdoor bronze sculptures to display the public, but wishes to live privately in connection to the landscape. By assessing the client’s daily activities in proportion to the site through three comparative lenses: work vs living, public vs private, and interior vs exterior, the dwelling is ultimately formulated with two volumes that emerge from the earth and intertwine towards the forest. As the traversing gesture conforms in plan and elevation, a range of different rooms emerge, each emitting a distinctive experience while suggestively contrasting adjoining rooms, resulting in a spatially rich, yet compact resolution. Using this conceptual framework, the activities are appropriated to each of the rooms depending on the space’s particular quality and situation relative to the other rooms. Because the dwelling is open to visitors, the varying floor levels were resolved by defining an intuitive distinction between public and private space . The visitors’ path widens towards expansive spaces and descends with the slope of the site to achieve an instinctive flow of public circulation, while the occupant’s path flows against gravity towards darker pathways in order to deter public access from private spaces. The exterior walls are formed in an introverted manner to establish privacy from the neighboring lots while preserving the vivid view towards nature.
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OPACITY: CMU WALL COMPETITION YEAR: Spring 2012 COLLABORATIONS: David Gallo, Stephen Killian, Samantha Thimsen
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PRECEDENT STUDY: SENDAI MEDIATHEQUE YEAR: Fall 2012 COLLABORATIONS: Prof. Matt Griffith and Andrew Shields
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Toyo Ito elaborates on the concept of the human body as a fluid while architecture can be seen as a device for storing and transmitting information. These ideas are clearly exemplified in the Sendai Mediatheque, which stands as one of the most important works of contemporary architecture. The essential elements of the building are composed of the tubes, plates and skin. However, the way these elements assemble and are expressed is what reinforces the clarity of the concept. Through the mediums of drawing, diagrams and physical model, the details and tectonics of the architecture were studied and communicated. The building was critically analyzed and diagrammed under five basic architectural lenses: orientation, enclosure, circulation, program, and structure.
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PRECEDENT STUDY: GIFU KITAGATA APARTMENTS YEAR: Spring 2014 COLLABORATIONS: Prof. Tom Barrie
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The Gifu Kitagata Apartment Buildings was completed in 2001 with intention to provide affordable housing while maximizing living conditions. In order to control the massiveness of the housing block, the whole volume is reduced into a thin slab, randomly perforated by 107 voids (terraces), which allow for glimpses through the building. Through a series of structural pilotis, the ground level is open to access from all directions and is used as bicycle parking. The residential units occupy the second through tenth floors. Each dwelling unit is made up of a terrace, dining kitchen, bedroom, and Japanese-style tatami room, which are all linked by a narrow sunroom. The bedrooms tend to stack in pairs as they also contain bathroom facilities for efficient plumbing, and the double heighted spaces are linked to a dining kitchen. Each room has its own entrance providing a minimum of 3 access points per apartment and up to five entrances that connect to the exterior. The sunrooms line up along the south facade of the building and the access stairways cascade along the north facade of the volume.
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PRECEDENT STUDY: FARNSWORTH HOUSE YEAR: Spring 2011 COLLABORATIONS: Prof. Rebecca Necessary
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The Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois served as the weekend retreat for Dr. Edith Farnsworth where she could simply relax and engage in her hobbies. The residence sits upon a 60-acre estate site filled with prarie grass and black maple trees along the Fox River. The weekend retreat is made purely of glass, steel, travertine and primavera wood as the minimal framework in turn provides maximal intake of outdoor visibility. The three floating horizontal planes elevate and transition the inhabitants through a series of public, semi-public, semi-private and private spaces. And while the geometry is rigid and pure, the flow of traffic, daylight, and ventilation throughout is fluid and everchanging.
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DAVID JI dyji@ncsu.edu