UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA _NAME _PORTFOLIO_NAME _INSTITUTION
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
CONTENTS
ENTWINED CONNECTIONS
HOUSING
New York City, New York
SKEUMORPHIC PROJECTIONS
CAR SHOWROOM
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
DANCING DIAGONALS
PAVILLION
An Icy Cold Area, Anywhere in Cold Reigions
DUPLICITOUS ACCESS
MUSEUM EXTENSION
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ALTER EGO A SET OF WING AND CROWNS
STICKY BOXES A FIGUREGROUND COMPOSITION
FALLING WINDOW A CONCRETE WINDOW
DEER ISLAND A RENOVATION + AN ADDITION
ABACUS REBRAND A REIMAGINING OF A RESIDENTIAL
PETALS AND PALETTES
ORGANIC COSMETICS FARM
Ojai, California
UNHINGED
GRASSHOPPER FARM
New York City, New York
TRANSIENT PERMANANCE
PUBLIC EATERY
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
_Hina Jamelle _Zihua Mo
ENTWINED CONNECTIONS
MIXED USE HOUSING
Entwined Connections serves to be an innovative adaptive reuse of the Corbin Building In New York City. How does one approach an intervention into an existing building that already serves a marker for the character of New York? The new housing units swarm as studio, one story, two story lofts, interlocking and stacking down towards the multicultural public space.
FOUNDATION 601 | University of Pennsylvania Corbin Building Intervention New York City, New York
Oblique Cutaway
i.1 Unit Formation
New units are nestled into the existing facade, scaffolded by a parasitic wire framework. The unit nestles into and gradually protrudes across the façade as the framework system transitions from thinner framework of the exterior railings aid mullions into the thickened interior walls for the units.
Unit Interrelationship:
Unit Interrelationship:
Studio Unit
One Bedroom Unit
Nestle
Cantelever
Unit Interrelationship: Compression
Two Bedroom Unit
_HARD AND SOFT
_MISPERCEPTION AND GEOMETRY
-MATERIALITY AND PROJECTION
_Ali Rahim _Amy Wu
SKEUMORPHIC PROJECTIONS
CAR SHOWROOM FOR THE ESCAPE OF MIGRANT WORKERS
Skeumorphic Projections plays on notions of the Skeumorphic within the context of Dubai. Skeuomorphism also exists in Dubai as an imitation of opulence, where qualities of shininess, ornamentation, and the color gold exist on various levels of the socioeconomic spectrum. Therefore the project seeks to challenge perceptions of power, opulence, and luxury by offering hybridized forms, extracting those qualities and juxtoposing them in strange conditions. Through the imitation of various elements such as stitching, fabric softness, and metallic hardness, we hope to subvert material and formal expectations in the project.
CORE 704 | University of Pennsylvania Car Showroom and Living Quarters Dubai, United Arab Emirates
GROUP COLLABORATION GRACE INFANTE
ii.1 Techniques from the Lamborghini
Using the Lamborghini as the source of the design language, this model focuses on the sinousity and facets of the car, reinterpreting the language into a potential architectural form. Two elements of the Lamborghini were considered, the interior soft upholstery and the exterior hard shell. The interior and exterior is merged, where seams splits the forms apart, and stitches connect them together.
Detail Studies: Soft and Roundness
Detail Studies: Stitching and Fabric
Detail Studies: Facets and Seams
Stitched Mullion
Subverting Element
Hard Vs. Soft
ii.2 _ Dubai’s Worker Crisis
Migrant workers are signed onto work in Dubai, without their knowledge of how long they are to stay. Migrant workers are exploited from thier inability to read or write, which inadvertently makes them sign contracts that would lead to thier entrapment. Workers are then trapped in Dubai as a form of indentured servitude, with no legal basis to return home to their families.
This project proposes to train migrant workers in car mechanics and service, while the building secretly (and skeumorphically) houses the migrant workers, which then the project facilitates their ability to escape. Secret tunnels, deceptive thickness in walls, and subversive expectiations in spatial qualities all serve to misalign expectations with space, materiality and structure.
1. Prayer Room
2. Migrant Worker Bunker Beds
3. Bathroom
4. Reception
ii.2.a Legend
5. Car Showroom
6. Migrant Worker Escape Waiting Room
7. Escape Tunnel
8. Negotiation Room
9. Conference Room
10. Carousel Viewing Cart 11. Mechnainic Room
12. Lamborghini-Shaped Escape Pod
Chunk: Spatial and Structural Skeumorphism
Detail 1: Tucked Envelopes/Skeumorphic Thickness
Detail 3: Hard and Soft Floors/ Skeumorphic Materiality
Detail 2: Wall to Seam/Skeumorphic Architectural Element
Physical Chunk Model 3/16” = 1’
AND PUSHING
DANCING DIAGONALS
PAVILLION FOR CONTEMPLATION
Dancing Diagonals focuses on a small architectural structure that plays with leaning frames and layered facades. Made out of mostly glass, the pavillion celebrates the layers of structure that dances across the facade. It is a space for contemplation where the shimmering layer glass reflects the occupant and encourages to see one self.
DESIGN 8 | University of Florida Public Pavillion and Seating
INDIVIDUAL
PAVILLION
vii.1 Layering Structure
Diagonals are big motif both structurally and through the seams and edges of the glass connections. The two layers of leaning frames are tilted at different angles. This effect is juxtaposed with the triangulated glass where the seams of the glass interplay with the structure.
PAVILLION STUDY ABROAD
Triangulated Glass Glass Enclosure
Horizontal Bracing Bolts
Primary Leaning Frame
Secondary Leaning Frame
Ceiling Trusses
CRITIC
TEACHING ASSISTANT _Dorian Booth _Miguel Matos
iv. DUPLICITOUS ACCESS
MUSEUM EXTENSION
Duplicitous Access is concerned with how architecture can subvert ways we view displayed art and artifacts. Here, objects of display appear in view from juxtaposing programs, without allowing the observer a clear idea on how to access the displayed object. For example, one can view an artifact from a reading room or the lobby or even the restroom, while the displayed object exists in a different space. Visually, these displayed objects are discovered or aligned into view with the aid of optical illusions that prompt the observer to snap the illusion in place.
FOUNDATION 501 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Museum Extension and Waterworks Public Theater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Section Chunk Model 1/8” = 1’: Corner
iv.1 Spatial Subversion from Exterior
The project plays on deceptive textures onto a mass. The texture serves to allure the visitor into the building, while alluding to the spatial quality inside the mass. Boolean operations from projected diagrams allow for the formal exploration of the atrium space.
There are 8 vantage points in which the illusions are seen from. The textures project onto the ground as well as the massing. The projected image itself is a pseudo-peerspectival illusion that has comprised of a black and white alpha, which serves as a marker for any material
AND STRENGTH
AND IDENTITY
ALTER EGO
WINGSETS AND CROWNS FOR A FASHION SHOW
Alter Ego serves to embrace femininity thorugh strength and resilience. Inspired the qualities of Hera, the Greek goddess of marriage, the design of the wings and crown exude a language of intertwining, representing the crossing and linkage of two souls in marriage.
Black Wingset
White Crown
Black Crown
PENN CHARITY FASHION SHOW
1ST PLACE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GROUP COLLABORATION
MARJORIE TELLO WONG
LUCY ZHONG
SPONSORS
PENNLOOKS
HERA CONCEPT
White Wingset, Unassembled
White Wingset
Day of Show at Philadelphia Museum of Art Display: Crowns (Photo Credit: Kimberly Graydon)
Day of Show at Philadelphia
Museum of Art Display: Wings (Photo Credit: Kimberly Graydon)
CRITIC
TEACHING ASSISTANT
_Florencia Pita
_Katarina Marjonovic
PETALS AND PALETTES
ORGANIC COSMETICS FARM
Petals and Palettes seeks to intervene into Ojai, California’s agricultural landscapes, drawing inspiration from Albert Hoffman’s graphic techniques to cultivate a unique visual language. Various notations, inspired by pixel farming and zone overlap, signify potential planting spots and the cohabitation of varying plant species. The project distills pixel farming methods into speculative drawings and models, bridging the gap between abstract representation and practical farming experiences.
CORE 701 | University of Pennsylvania Organic Cosmetics Farm Ojai , California
GROUP COLLABORATION
MARJORIE TELLO WONG
Top Zone: Rose water springs, factory building, sunflowers
ORGANIC FARM CORE 701
Black and White Study Diagrams
Black and White Study Diagrams
Study Diagram 2:: Notations and Overlap
Study Diagram 3: Deriving Figures from Grid
Study Diagram 4: Overlapping Figures
Middle Zone Persepective: Entrance building at forground, pixel farming of rose bushes, lavender bushes, olive trees, grapevines, solar panels, bee nucs
iii.1 Notations, Zones, etc.
The physical models serve as three-dimensionalizing the initial black and white diagram studies, studying overlap of zones and varying notations of pluses, stars, circles, and Xs. Color is then introduced to inspire ideas on crops and vegetation, which is then used to compose the “picturesque”.
Oblique Aerial: Top Half
Oblique Aerial: Bottom Half
ORGANIC FARM CORE 701
FALLEN WINDOW
A CONCRETE WINDOW OPENING
Fallen Window is a concrete panel that plays on notions of how a window can be expressed. The window can be expressed beyond its opening, and can begin to express a tale as to its origins, through relief and impressions onto the form. The final output was cast as a 10 feet tall panel, weighing over 2000 lbs.
FOAM MOLD TICKET
ELECTIVE: CONCRETE PRECAST
ADVISOR: Richard Garber
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
FRANCISCO ANAYA
JENNA ARDNT
ALEXA ROJAS
EXTERNAL COLLABORATION
NORTHEAST CONCRETE
Opening Logic
Panel Close Up
Panel Close Up
Panel Close Up
GROUP Francisco Anaya + Jenna Arndt + Alexa Rojas + Khang Truong
INSTRUCTOR Richard Garber + Drew Busmire // University of Pennsylvania
DRAWINGS: REBAR TICKET
GROUP Francisco Anaya + Jenna Arndt + Alexa Rojas + Khang Truong
INSTRUCTOR Richard Garber + Drew Busmire // University of Pennsylvania
PROJECT MANAGERS
Taylor Wigglesworth + Laura Marandino // Northeast Precast
CRITIC
TEACHING ASSISTANT _INSECTS AND
_EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR -CONSUMPTION AND SUSTAINABILITY
_Nate Hume _Kyle Troyer
UNHINGED
GRASSHOPPER FARM FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
Unhinged begins with the game of how to utilize the existing airrights of the neighboring buildings. Doing so will create a new postured form on the site. Therefore, the project brings the notion of hinging in order to organize and cantilever varying masses on the site. Through hinging, these masses hinge apart to create exterior cracks and hinge inward to create interior overlap.
CORE 602 | University of Pennsylvania Grasshopper Farming and Kitchen Facility New York City, New York
GROUP COLLABORATION FRANCISCO ANAYA
1. Semi Exterior Dining Space
2. Kitchen
3. Grasshopper Condos 4. Sieving Area 5. Loading Room 6. Freezing Area 7. Dehydration Area 8. Crushing Area
Retail Area 10. Lounge Area 11. Exterior Garden
v.1 Legend
Hinged Massings
Cladding and Volumetric Imprints
1. Semi Exterior Dining Space
2. Kitchen
3. Grasshopper Condos 4. Sieving Area 5. Loading Room 6. Freezing Area
7. Dehydration Area 8. Crushing Area 9. Packaging Area
Legend
Physical Chunk Model 1/8” = 1’
Physical Chunk Model 1/8” = 1’
STICKY BOXES
A COMPOSITIONAL FIGURE-GROUND STUDY
Sticky Boxes is a figure ground study on the play of exterior and interior. Boxes mirror and rotate about each other, allowing the arcs to create transition spaces to connect one box to another. The oval was studied as the result of overlapping circles, which then is used to slice through the figure-ground diagram to impose exterior conditions.
Single Mass Turned Housing Masses Generated from Diagrams
INDEPENDENT STUDY
ADVISOR: Nate Hume
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
INDIVIDUAL
Figure-Ground Diagram
TRANSIENT PERMANANCE vii.
Transient Permanance aims to revitalize a block of Callowhill that has been neglected thus far by the revitalization efforts. But despite the frequent traffic in the area, there are currently no eateries within two blocks of our site. The project proposes a gathering place for food trucks, with a particular emphasis on international flavors to suit a multicultural neighborhood that already boasts American, Asian, and Latin American cuisines, placing heavy emphasis on the adaptability of our site for night programming and pop-up bars.
SHENCK-WOODMAN COMPETITION | University of Pennsylvania PUBLIC PLAZA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GROUP COLLABORATION
RACHEL SETO
YANJIE ZHANG
EATERY PAVILLION
2022 SCHENK WOODMAN COMPETITION
Assembly and Circulation
CHAPTER 7
TRANSIENT PERMANENCE
LED Lights
Light Guage Steel Frame
Circulation
Modular Furnitture
Dining Bench Picnic
Frosted Glass (4 Opacities)
vii.1 Landmark for the Neighborhood
The central location of our site lends itself as an anchor for the flow of traffic around the area. Despite the temporal nature of visitors and food trucks, the structure itself will remain a landmark for the neighborhood that can be utilized for all types of gatherings at any time. This antithetical balance is also perpetuated within the structure. The painted steel frame is heavy and solid on its own, but when paired with glass and LED lighting, it takes on a transient and evanescent quality.
Entrance
DEER ISLAND
A RENOVATION + A NEW GARAGE
1) CODES:
1.1 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2020
REQUIREMENTS FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE (ACI 318-07).
1.3 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS MINIMUM DESIGN LOADS FOR
2) CONCRETE: BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES (ASCE 7-07).
2.1 CONCRETE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AT 28 DAYS: GENERAL NOTES FOR P.C. LINTELS
2.2.1. STEEL PLACED IN PRECAST LINTEL AT TIME OF FABRICATION ASTM A615 (GRADE 60).
2.2.2. STEEL IN LINTEL AND KNOCKOUT BLOCK (PLACED IN FIELD) ASTM A615 (GRADE 40).
2.3 PRESTRESS STRANDS ASTM A416 7-WIRE
2.4 DETAIL REINFORCEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACI 315.
2.5 CONCRETING OPERATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH ACI STANDARDS.
3) MASONRY:
3.2 MINIMUM MASONRY UNIT STRENGTH: f'm 1250 PSI.
3.3 MORTAR SHALL BE TYPE S.
4) STRUCTURAL: NATIONAL CONCRETE MASONRY ASSOCIATION AND ACI 530.
FIELD CONDITIONS, OTHER DESIGN PROFESSIONALS' SHOP DRAWINGS, CONTRACTORS'
BUILDING METHODS, AND THESE SIGNED AND SEALED DRAWING MUST BE BROUGHT
ATTENTION OF ABACUS CONSTRUCTION SVCS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF
Deer Island is the location of a house renovation job as long as with a new garage. Located in Florida, this job was done with Abacus Construction Services during my time there in 2020.
ABACUS CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
Winter Springs, Florida
DRAFTING: PLANS, SECTIONS, ELEVATIONS
Logo Rationalization and Iterations
Reusing: Firm’s Old Color Palettes and Codes become new
Old Business Card
ABACUS CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
Winter Springs, Florida
CONTRIBUTION
REBRANDING: GRAPHICS, WEBSITE DESIGN
Understanding the Deliverables of the Firm: Making services clear for the client
Physical Advertising: Brochure
Customer Form for Streamlined Services
Tom Wiscombe
President, Tom Wiscombe Architecture, Inc
Email: tom@tomwiscombe com
Phone: (213) 842-3894
September 22, 2023
To Whom This May Concern:
It is my pleasure to recommend Khang Truong for employment within your organization Khang was a Project Design Intern at TWA during the summer of 2023.
Khang is very bright and highly motivated, and he maintains a constructive approach to challenges During his time in my office, he helped with a variety of design and produc tion tasks for several fast-moving and complex architectural projects. His work included developing or thographic drawing sets, 3D Rhino modeling, 3D printing, model assembly, and assembling a library of Rhino assets sourced from previous office projects Khang proved to be a quick learner and a hard worker, and his software skills are top notch.
I am confident that Khang will be an asset to any office he joins after graduation I recommend him without reservation Please feel free to reach out if you need additional information
