Deon Kim | Architecture | Portfolio 2021 by Deon Kim

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+2018-2020 +Portfolio +Deon Kim

+ TABLE OF CONTENTS 01. VERTICALITY, COMPLEXITY & INSANITY Parasitic (Air-Rights) Architecture in NYC : Student Housing + Vertical Campus 02. BEYOND THE WALL: THE MUSEUM WITH A NEW PERSPECTIV TIVE Venice History Archive di Arsenale 03. ENQUIRIUM: THE THINKER’S VALLEY The Virtual and Physical Hybrid Future Education Model 04. MATERIAL AGENCIES: ROBOTICS & DESIGN I Robotic Wire Cut Ceilingscape Designs Motivated by Deep Learning & The Latent Space 05. STELLAR -1: A TEMPORAL SPACE COLONIZATION Arhitecture of The Apocalypse 06. AQUASIS: A PAVILION OF WATER REJUVENATION Hour Glass: Time Is Running Out

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07. RAGUNG HOTEL EXTENSION [Practice] Silla Millenium Park Masterplan & Han-Ok Hotel Extension 08. HOUSING INGREDIENT: 15 x 17 MODULE HOUSING [Practice] Big Ideas for Small Lots NYC: Housing Design Competition 09. DOUBLE VILLA [Practice] Interior Design & Furniture Design for Luxurious Multi-Family Housing 10. SNOOPY IN KYUNGJU [Practice] Design Proposal of Snoopy Gallery & Cafe for Bamsum Island

+ WORK SAMPLE & GLOBAL PRACTICE IN SHANGHAI

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01. VERTICALITY, COMPLEXITY & INSANITY

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+ Parasitic (Air-Rights) Architecture in NYC : Student Housing + Vertical Campus + Iowa State University ARCH 302 : Parasitic Architecture Studio + Engaged in Whole Design Process and Production + Collaborate with Matthew Bong + Bosuk, Hur, Lecturer + Spring 2018

This studio explored the theme of parasitic architecture, a new typology of urban development in New York. The Manhattan, NYC has the lowest vacant lot ratio in the United States. This excessive urban density shows the emergence of parasitic typology of architecture which utilize abandoned air right spaces as new opportunities. To identify New York’s urban context and the potential of parasitic architecture, we explored the development of the city. The beginning of urban construction in New York established on grid planning. Grid-divided cities are breaking down their boundaries with rapid development. As we walk through New York, many skywalks connect between these divided grids, and people cross between these boundaries. PARASITIC ARCHITECTURE

+ Diagram 1. Formation of New York City Formation and Prediction of Urban Context in NYC

Grid/Void

Occupation/Solid

Expansion & Extrusion

Blurring Boundary

Overlap [Parasitic State]

The horizontal expansion of these urban developments has already taken New York’s density into a serious situation, and they are focusing on air rights that have overlooked. Diagram 1 represents these trends and our predictions. If this trend persists, the shape of the city will appear to be merged and overlayed out of the grid: Parasitic state. Furthermore, Diagram 1 shows how horizontal expansion can be converted as vertical expansion (It does not mean going higher, but stacking several different programs in the same construction site). Architects will design sections that are divided vertically according to the air rights. The next step was to illustrate this concept in a cube. Early New York’s form was occupied by a grid divided into spaces, but we would predict that space and space are connected and coexisted in various forms with these boundaries blurred. This typology of architecture we pursue is not a negative parasitic form of space, but coexistence, in which all spaces are organically connected and interact like human organs. The concept drawing here shows how the boundary between the program is blurred and space’s morphosis.

“Manhattan is the arena of the terminal stage of Western Civilization: Through the simultaneous explosion of human density and an invasion of new technologies. Manhattan became, from 1850, a mythical laboratory for the invention and testing of a revolutionary lifestyle: the Culture of Congestion.” (Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan). Rem Koolhaas [1]

“Organism,” Parasitic State Concept Section Drawing Collection

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PARASITIC VERTICAL CAMPUS

Vision: Campus will be dissolved into small pieces and then be stacked together into vertical campus. The new urban campus has access to everything the city has to offer and can incorporate the city’s function in its own system...

[1] Figure 1. Concept of Pedagogy & Program Vertical Stage of Pedagogy & Spatial Language [2] Figure 2. Manifesto Drawing Visualization of the Concept in to the Space [3]

Parasitic Architecture is a proposal that speculates on the possibility of the necessary framework required to realize. Studio project uses vacant airspace over existing building (museum) to propose vertical campus (student housing + student amenity + studio/working space for single department). Studio will improve existing building as well as proposing new design above existing building. The project seeks to utilize abandoned air-right spaces as new possibilities for vertical campus. Air rights of the city that have been overlooked for a long time, while addressing the rising real estate costs and diminishing vacant lot in Manhattan, NYC.

Prosthetic Design School W 24th St, New York, NY (on the exisisting gallery)

To architecturally realize the program of the vertical campus, we have plotted the programs that were separated vertically. In Figure 1, each section is expressed in different languages, with different purposes and activities. Especially in learning spaces, we applied specific stages of pedagogy to each section. It starts with cognition and ends with ideation. As a result, students develop themselves on campus on different programs, following the verticality of the project. Our project was to link these different languages and programs organically as our parasitic concept.

Based on our manifesto (Figure 2), finally, our proposal creates the organically-combined circulation of different programs, where different languages are integrated and coexist. Students can experience a dramatic and fluid change in spatial language from this circulation. Our design was created based on a prediction of what New York will look like in the near future. The project, located in the Chelsea area (Gallery Districts) which is next to the High Line Park, inspired by the iconic designs of several super architects around the Highline. This suggests that the trend of parasitic architecture may come as the future of several super architects designing each section within one site as if the buildings of star architects are laid out along the Highline.

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[1] The View from the Gallery Rooftop [2] “QUEST” Classrooms +Offices [5]

[3] “IDEATION” Open Studios + Robotic Lab [4] “LIVING” Student Housing

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Section Drawing

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02. BEYOND THE WALL: THE MUSEUM WITH A NEW PERSPECTIV TIVE

[Academic]

+ Nathan & Lisa Kalaher Award [Finalist] + Iowa State University ARCH 401 : The Venice Museum of Propaganda + Engaged in Whole Design Process and Production + Collaborate with Shuhan Nie + Mikesch Muecke, Ph.D. + Fall 2018

Is the museum a great educational institution or a propaganda machine? Did not the museum control our consciousness while we were unconscious? Through these questions, we tried to come up with the design that users allows users to participate and experience the flow of history instead of just being informed by the museum. History is always accompanied by numerous interpretations. These inevitable factors of the museum sometimes make it subjective and control our consciousness through exhibition and architecture. So, we wondered how the museum itself could expose itself for people to accept, interpret, and experience it by themselves. The present reflects the past. Venice cannot ignore the role of Arsenale in preserving this beautiful city and prospering in its present form. In order to remind and celebrate this historical value of Arsenale, we are trying to open a new door. Our proposal would be a new approach to Arsenale, which is much accessible to people in Venice, also It will serve as a medium between the present and the past. Based on our understanding of historical importance of Arsenale, we were able to determine the direction of our design. Throughout the semester, our research and design goal has been to explore the aspect of propaganda in museum.

“Museums are managers of consciousness. They give us an interpretation of history, of how to view the world and locate ourselves in it. They are, if you want to put it in positive terms, great educational institutions. If you want to put it in negative terms, they are propaganda machines.” Hans Haacke

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Arsenale once formed the world’s largest cradle of industry and at the same time, it works as a walled fortress for navy and protects the aggression. In that sense, the Arsenale is one of the landmarks of Venice which has been instrumental to the historical, economic and political power of the largest industrial complex in Europe. Every passer-by has certainly admired the beautiful gate and tried to look inside. Nevertheless, the huge walls still seem to hide its history. There are some opportunities to get inside the Arsenale, such as a visit to the Venice Biennale or simply by entering on the north side. However, most of the Arsenale left as empty space nowadays.

Context of Arsenale

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Our approach for the project is that start to expose and reveal the historical elements and contexts of the site. The city of Venice was one of the cities that kept their history as it is, and we could feel the breath of history everywhere. The first thing we wanted to expose was the innumerable wooden piles (stakes) supporting the island of Venice itself.

[1] Figure 1. Sun Study & Shadow Casting [2] Figure 2. Form Follows the Time [3] Figure 3. Axonometric Diagram

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These wooden piles were one of the most essential elements we found in the stories of Venice. Like the role of Arsenale, hidden behind the walls and now hardly felt its importance, the greatness of the foundation of Venice would be easily missed which is hidden underwater. We propose rotunda to users follow intentionally designed circulation which makes users follow the timeline of the history of Venice and at the same time, we want to bring the experience of the site into the museum through the changing viewpoint, landscape and temporality according to the user’s location.

Venice History Archive di Arsenale 30100 Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy

VENICE HISTORY ARCHIVE DI ARSENALE

To further maximize this experience, we distorted the rotunda to an oval shape, which was inspired by the works of Richard Serra. This distortion is based on the exposure of sunlight, which makes the dynamic journey in the building through the ever-changing wall tilt, space condensation, expansion, sunlight inflow, and control. The wet soil that forms Venice is the material of the building, which is terracotta, used as a material for the construction, and terracotta made it possible to distort the form.

The thin pillars that grow from the ceiling toward the ground remind us of exposed wooden piles, which is the present that reflects the past. These pillars are formed in different lengths, wrapping the entire building, with translucent concrete made by local stone and soil, which looks interfere with the users’ view in the building, but making users move one step closer to get a view, closer to history, and Venice itself. It serves as a device to guide users to the museum to see the truth behind the curtains.

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OPEN UP THE NEW DOOR

While Venice has shown off its beauty to so many tourists, Arsenal has been hidden behind walls in people’s sights, failing to reveal itself as a historical shipyard. To connect the city with our project, we actually designed a huge entrance to the wall, facing our project across the water.

[1] Figure 4. Section Drawing [2] Figure 5. Site Section Drawing City Wall The Foreset of Pillars

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Bridge

Museum

Behind the wall, pillars that look like wooden piles underwater rise above the ground, forming another alleyway connecting the city’s context. These pillars, with water in between, rise from the ground on one side and face down from the roof of the museum side, making them feel as if they are reflecting off each other. Finally, as you pass through the forest of these pillars, a newly designed bridge will lead people to the museum. The inconsistent heights of these pillars form a wave-like shape, which portrays Venice as it is being eroded by water.

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PERSPECTIVE & TEMPORALITY

History of Venice lives alive in the city itself. The ultimate goal of our archive was to present a new perspective on the history and the status quo, out of the formal framework in which the museum simply contained and interpreted the historical elements. The narrow, inclined passageways are represented as an extension of Venice’s narrow alleys, which eventually lead to the plaza, the heart of the building. The floor plan thus serves as a new observatory to watch Arsenale at every point of museum. The exterior wall, which forms a passageway inclined various directions, shows the appearance of Arsenale that changes from moment to moment depending on the position and the time. [1F]

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[1] Entrance & Lobby [2] The Forest of Pillars

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03. ENQUIRIUM: THE THINKER’S VALLEY

[Academic]

+ CSI & Bussard Competitions [Finalist] + Archisource Drawing of the Year 2019 [Shortlist] + Iowa State University ARCH 403 : Learning, Unlearning, Relearning Architecture + Engaged in Whole Design Process and Production + Collaborate with Obhishek Mandal, Grant Morthland + Nicholas Senske, Ph.D (Candidate) + Fall 2019

Albert Einstein once said, “If i were given 1 hour to save the planet, I would spend 59 minutes defining the problem and one minute resolving it”. This is a quote that is very relevant today and will become critical in the future. This is because as the innovation of technology progresses we will be capable of producing solutions rapidly and more efficiently as ever. However, the most important factor in the production of solutions is defining the right problem. But how do you know when you’ve identified the right problem? The most important factor in finding a suitable solution is the rigor with which the problem is defined. Without rigor we end up wasting resources on trivial pursuits of innovation stemming from a superficial understanding of the issues at hand. That is why we need to become better at asking the right questions, so we can tackle the right problems. With the abundant resources we will have access to in the future, rigor will be the element that separates an effective designer from a lazy one. That is why the Enquirium is needed. The Enquirium is a school that teaches students to rigorously ask questions and provides the tools to allow them to explore their own initiatives. Students in this institution are encouraged to question anything and everything to find truly meaningful solutions to problems inspired by their own curiosities. Through informal engagements with peers, research, and rapid prototyping the only limit to what students are producing and exploring is their own imagination. The project brief states that “When, due to artificial intelligence or other disruptive shifts, people no longer have the same career, or a single career, over their lifetimes, then one’s learning pursuits – rather than their profession – may become their primary source of identity.”

+ Manifesto The two images on the right are manifesto that encompasses the concept of the

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project as a whole. The first image depicts the process of the development of the flow of human consciousness into concrete ideas and their production. In the second im age, the program required for this space is illustrated based on the concept. In this, we could divide the space into followings: informal space: the space for creating the questions and answers, think tank (stalk): the space for developing various ideas into concrete ideas, studio and fabrication lab: the space for the final product production.

Unlike traditional institutions, Enquirium does not dictate a single path, but a divergent flow of exploration beyond just architecture. The design of the school and its curriculum is based on investigating the unknown, understanding it, and acting upon it. The curiosities of the unknown begins throughout the open informal spaces where students can wander about endlessly, exploring the acts surrounding them. The openness and transparency of the spaces provokes constant movement that materializes into discussion. This ever present dialogue defines the spaces where they were conceived, transforming the physical environment into a canvas which assumes an expression of the life within.

Manifesto

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THE THINKER’S VALLEY

Throughout the architecture lies villages of studios, planned adjacent from each other. As a continuation of the informal spaces, curiosities of the unknown are brought into a more intimate atmosphere. Within the studio is where problems are rigorously identified and acted upon. Through trial and error teams work to pursue thoughtful initiatives that respond to the collective’s quest. The studio is a space for collaboration, research, and production. Each space is designed to be tailored to the needs of the project that it houses, creating distinctively unique experiences within and around the studios.

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These experiences are what define the spaces, and the collection of these identities create varying atmospheres among the villages. This results in a constantly changing experience within the studio itself, its surrounding village, and throughout the rest of the architecture. The technology of the future has allowed architecture to be free from restrictions of various factors. Spaces that are free from structural or formal limitations enable the learner to think freely and increase the likelihood that a variety of conversations and activities can take place.

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[2] [1] Image 1. At the top of the valley, concrete ideas are performed as physical or virtual outcomes. Learners and the public celebrate the result. In the end, all outcomes and ideas will be spread out to the world, while archive in the architecture. [2] Image 2. Everything can happen in The Thinker’s Valley and it is possible to make it happen no matter what you imagine.

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[4] [3] Image 3. Within The Thinker’s Valley, it allows for unintended, continuous contact with people in all areas. This gives rise to conversations that begin with simple questions and continues to offer the possibility to begin an in-depth exploration. [3] Image 4. Most of the circulations in the Thinker’s valley are random, which stimulates learners to find their own way, acquire their “learnability”.

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04. MATERIAL AGENCIES: ROBOTICS & DESIGN I

[Academic_Robotics]

+ Robotic Wire Cut Ceilingscape Designs Motivated by Deep Learning & The Latent Space + University of Pennsylvannia ARCH 801 Material Agencies: Robotics & Design Lab I + Fabrication Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-_o5v7TIrM + Engaged in Whole Design Process and Production + Collaborate with Riley Studebaker + Andrew Saunders, Associate Professor of Architecture + Fall 2020

Reinterpretation of Gabo’s Constructivism through AI Deep Learning Starting from Naum Gabo’s Linear Construction sculpture series, creating the ruled surface between curved rail defines the geometry that we can analyze and utilize. Digitally reproduced sculpture extracts certain fundamental logics and signatures of the geometry into an element. After we analyze this distinct recognizable and reproducible element from the sculpture, we began to feed images of the element as latent space into convolutional neural networks (CNNs), GANs (Generative Adversarial Networks). Building digital models with identifiable visual characteristics, we can feed images into a neural network to generate blueprints from noble spatial relationships. Specifically, we structure explicit visual signatures as embed information. With a ruleset, taken from Naum Gabo’s sculpture's analysis, we can extract instructions from a meaningful 3-dimensional geometric relationship as a latent space. The signature profile is extracted from latent space which comprised five unique interpretations from Gabo’s Linear Construction. [1] Naum Gabo, Torsion Variation No. 3, 1963

Naum Gabo, Linear Construction No.4, 1962

CNNs Mapping

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Robotic Fabrication

[+] Signature Profile from Latent Space [23]

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Convolutional Neural Network Mapping & Robotic Fabrication

Latent Space CNNs Mapping by AI Deep Learning [1] Style Scale: 0.5 Style Weight: 1500 [2] Style Scale: 0.4 Style Weight: 3000 [3] Style Scale: 0.6 Style Weight: 3000 [4] Style Scale: 0.4 Style Weight: 3000 [5] 1/36 Scale Resin 3D Printed Prototype

Building from our combination of geometric logic with neural networking, we proposed a 900 square foot high-density foam bespoke suspended ceiling scape generated from an indicative of ruled surface sculpture convolutional neural networking and robotic fabrication. For the full-scale signature prototype mockup of our ceiling scape proposal, we used a large-scale hot wire end effector articulated by a six-axis robotic arm of IRB-4600 industrial robot by ABB Robotics.

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Torsion Variation No.3

Robotic Hot Wirecut Prototype Micro-Relief Bespoke Tooling for Ruled Geometry 36”x16”x12”

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Signature Profile of Gabo’s Linear Construction Robotic Hot Wirecut Prototype Micro-Relief Bespoke Tooling for Ruled Geometry 36” x 36” x 24”

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Convolutional Neur Upper Gallery 51’ x

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05. STELLAR -1: A TEMPORAL SPACE COLONIZATION

[Competition_Winner]

+ UNI Architecture Competition: Arhitecture of The Apocalypse [Winner] + Collaborate with Ahmed Al Yaseen, Daniel Lee, Matt Bong + Oct. 2020

SYNOPSIS

SPACE DANDELION We drew inspiration from a taxaraxum (dandelion). A microscopic view of a dandelion seed reveals an unique trait - a detached vortex - that appears to propel and stabilizes locomotion. The seed emcompasses a bundle of bristles atop a stalk, called pappas. These pappas are made of filaments with large gaps between them that allows air to flow up through the bristles and carry the seeds far and wide. The seed dispersal also inspired the idea of drifting soujorn. While the seed floats to a different locale (in our case, space) we adapt to the conditions to fabricate a new living habitat to grow. While we await for the Earth to restore, we continue to sustain always until the day we ourselves are able to disperse the seeds to a new habitat (Earth). The flight mechanism of a dandellion helps to illuminate both the movements in our artificial structure and the porosity of the shell structure.

SPACE ELEVATOR

COUNTERWEIGHT

[1] CONFLICT

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CLIMBER

GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT

ELEVATOR CABLE

36,000 km

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[4] EVOLVE

“ The once clear blue sky turned into an inky shade of purple and grey… Roughly a decade has passed since humanity confined themselves in an orbital exile, floating and drifting in the sector of nothingness. It was the inevitable, a blessing in disguise, an escape from reality that is war. Mortality rates increased exponentially as humans were falling victim to the virus. With the world entering a state of paranoia, emotional connectivity and trust amongst earthlings started deteriorating. Hate crimes and arrogance started to fabricate political friction betwixt countries of sovereignty. The impact of nuclear warfare has also generated complications to Earth itself. It was as though tumors were located throughout our planet. We had failed to once again understand the deconstructive damage of nuclear warfare… Only a few survivors are left leisurely swimming in space and fleeing, leaving their iniquity on Earth......” [29]

ANCHOR POINT

In essence, a space elevator is a transportation system to get from point A to point B with key elements that dictate it to be successful. However, our space elevator also reflects the notion of crossing boundaries. The boundary that is referred to not only pertains to the physical realm but also towards climatic and psychological realms. The space elevator is a reflection of the true self as we indulge ourselves with the transition into new context (in this case, the idea of living in space) all while slowly adjusting to a pace of our own boundaries and climate (culture). Spanning more than 36,000 km, the space elevator passes the geostationary orbit in order to spin with earth (anchor point). The internia of the counterweight caused by the earth’s rotation prevents the elevator from collapsing and keeping it tethered.

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MAGNETIC FORCES

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET

[+] superconductive structure: STELLAR PANEL

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Each piece of the solar energy collective shell has magnetic connection and combined structure of this shell is floating around the space station, superconductivity of the core tower formulate the manetic forces which can hold this shell around the core.

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The shell structure that we propose has two functions. The first function acts as a protective layer against space debris or incoming asteroids. As of now, there isn’t an efficient method of remediating most debris that’s currently orbiting in space. Thus, the most we can function with is to provide a protective layer as a secondary defense. The second function of the shell is also acting as additional stellar panels. Although a transparent solar panel seems counterintuitive (sunlight passing through medium), the cells in the new innovation selectively harnesses a portion of the solar spectrum that is invisible to the naked eye, while allowing the normal visible light to pass through. This is all thanks to the incredible feat of transparent luminescent solar concentrator (TLSC). The collected solar energy is used as a power source for the space station and as an energy source in the space colonization.

Our proposal is an orbital settlement design. The settlement is for temporary shelter which accomodate up to 1,000 residents. We decide to locate our proposal around the Earth orbit for resource reason and our proposal is aiming to return to Earth after its recovery. This proposal has the space elevator, so elevator can take you back and forth between Earth and the space station. In the space colonization, its own rotation will create internal gravity. All energy, such as water and electricity, aims to be produced directly in the system.

AXIS OF ROTATION CONTROL TOWER COMMAND CENTER

CARBON NANOTUBES WATER PIPE

SPACE COLONIES

BRIDGE CONNECTION

SUPPLY DEPOT

Command Center Space Colonies

seed bank Stellar Panel Ring Energy Harvester

Research Facilities Mechanical Operating Systems Fabrication Lab

Seed Bank

space farming

Farming Lab

Meat Production Lab

meat production STELLAR PANEL BRACE

[+] solar ring: At 22,000 miles above the Earth, the solar panels could collect way more solar energy. Batteries are located inside the stellar ring to store excess energy that are distributed to the mechanical systems. With the implimentation of this, we are able to create a self sufficient system for the long-term plan and acting as a substitute for materials such as coal or fossil fuels.

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS METAL STRUCTURE BATTERY BANK BATTERY SHELL

CARBON NANOTUBES

BEDROOM

SPACE POD

COCKPIT TOILET/UTILITY

COMMON SPACE

MAGNETIC DOCKING SPACEPOD INTERIOR

EMERGENCY CORE

[+] sabatier system: The sabatier system is the water recollection method which uses a catalyst that reacts to carbon dioxide and hydrogen support systems. This interaction closes the loop in the oxygen and water regeneration cycle, thus providing a way to produce water. The sabatier system is currently a part of the International Space Station (ISS).

The Space Pods are normally used as private residence spaces.These small pods enable short-distance space travel and are used to supply materials and resources to the Earth, and investigate surrounding areas. Otherwise, it may take off by parking in the terminal or by magnetically docking the shell.

OXYGEN GENERATIVE SYSTEM

WATER RECOVERY SYSTEM

SHUTTLE TRANSPORTATION HYDROGEN +CARBON DIOXIDE AS CATALYST

SABATIER SYSTEM

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To build a functional space elevator, it would need a base (anchor point), a counter weight on the opposite end and a calbe with climbers to transport back and forth. Our design dissected into five main parts; columns, structural components, interconnecting parts, the shuttle and an emergency shaft that runs in the center.

WATER DISPENSER

Methane released into space

SWEAT + RECYCLED URINE

BRACE

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06. AQUASIS: A PAVILION OF WATER REJUVENATION

[Competition_Finalist]

+ UNI Architecture Competition: Hour Glass: Time Is Running Out [Finalist] + Collaborate with Ahmed Al Yaseen, Daniel Lee, Matt Bong + Aug. 2020

Ignorance is Bliss: Questioning Intentions The impending effect of global warming has become an increasingly important concern in the context of social-economic, political agendas and public welfare. While we act upon our human tendencies to strive and evolve, we are also simultaneously violating and degrading the environment in numerous ways. Air and water pollution are both key components of an environment that has been polluted severely. The trajectory of environmental degradation spikes as continued industrialization occurs in developed countries. As a result, greenhouse gases are creeping at an alarming rate, thus causing some parts of the world to feel hotter and to also increase water level - leading to drought or floods at the polar opposites. Although there exist many examples of industrialized cities and interrelations with environmental degradation to analyze, we chose to look into Egypt.

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Our site for this proposal is located in close proximity to the Pyramids of Giza and the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. Subsequently, the climate is a subtropical desert with high average temperature and low precipitation. Due to these factors, a large percentage of Egyptians encounter water scarcity. To make matters worse, the country’s rapidly growing population in conjunction with the poor pollutant management has caused its main source of water to become full of contaminants that threaten the lives of many. Other factors that are directly associated with the contamination of water are poorer hygiene and health issues.

Design Concept

DESICCATION Design is started from the context which has lack of sufficient available water resources. General design concept is inspired from the cracked earth

Context Global warming causes higher intensity of dryness [33]

EXTRUSION

We formed a space beneath the earth by opening the crack. It mimics sand dunes of desert terrain

Solar Sintering Solar Sintering utilizes sand as construction material

MOF Water Harvester Metal-Organic Framework collects moisture in the air

SYSTEMIC

Each piece of crack is used as a water harvester and a water stem flows along each column to collect water

Ecosystem Collected water rejuvenates ecosystem growth

HYDRATE

Collection of the water is forming oasis. It will hydrate the site and bring back the ecosystem.

Water Supply Harvested water distributed to cities

Drinking Water Produces drinkable water

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Dare to Dream: Progressive Intention

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+ Longitudinal Section + MOF Water Harvester Day & Night Comparison Solar-Sintered Roof

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Fundametal Aspiration: Cultivating Resurgence [1] The roof carapace is embedded with a solar-powered water harvester which collects moisture from the air. The incorporated device relies on the porous material within, a compound family known as metal-organic frameworks. These MOF form a kind of sponge-like configuration with large internal surface areas. Studies have shown that these surfaces can be made hydrophilic by fine-tuning the exact chemical composition. Moisture from the air is extracted during the night while it is allowed to condense and evaporate during the day.

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[2] Solar sintering is a production technology that uses intense heat and sand to create structural elements. It investigates the potential of desert manufacturing, where energy and material sources are prevalent in abundance. Utilizing abundant resources of sand in Egypt and natural energy resources of the sun helps in minimizing both carbon footprint and transportation cost.

Solar-Sintered Column

1. Collection of water from moisture in the air 2. Condensed moisture on the surface flow into funnels 3. Solar-sintered columns embedded with natural filtration system 4. The collected water will be delivered and distributed

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07. RAGUNG HOTEL EXTENSION

[Practice]

+ Scope of Work: Ragung Hotel Design / In-House Rendering / Masterplan + Position: Architectural Designer at Folio: + Project Type: Masterplan + Project Status: On-Going Project + Project Location: Kyungju, South Korea + Project Year: January 2020

Gyeongju “The city of history” The city, which has been the capital of a country for 1,000 years, is rare in the world. In Gyeongju, the history of the harmonious literary and martial arts in Korean history and the golden age of culture is right in Gyeongju, and many relics and remains convey the prosperity of the time as an open-air museum. Silla Millennium Park Silla Millennium Park is a master plan that includes programs such as hotels, residences, galleries, theme parks and gardens based on the historical context of Gyeongju. The area of the site is about 187,085 square meters, and it is a site previously used as a theme park, hiking trail, park, etc. The site is surrounded by mountains, and various natuⅠ. 계획일반 ral elements with a river flowing in the front are harmonized. 1. 사업개요 Proposal of Concept – 디자인 전략

[1] Figure 1. Aerial View of Silla Millennium Park Master Plan [2] Figure 2. Plan & Program of Silla Millennium Park Master Plan

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Ⅳ. LANDSCAPE N East

Parking Forest

라궁호텔

어메니티동

분양동 리조트

Forest Garden

갤러리

Formal Garden

Kids Zone

Nature Access Program

To a site with these natural and historical elements, we applied three concepts to propose the master plan. The first proposed concept is nature. Naturally or• artificially landform, spring water, garden, etc., Juxtaposition of urbanism, environment, garden and human experience landscape design was made according to the concept of nature, and this is in line with the first proposed concept of fascinated by the purity of nature in the space provided by nature. The second is access. It plays a role as a space that provides genuine relaxation by staying and experiencing nature in space. The third concept is a variety of programs. In order to provide a sustainable lifestyle in a space mingled with the natural culture, we designed the entire master plan under three main programs: healing, play, and education.

북천

라궁호텔 증축동

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분양동 빌라

Iconic Hills

The Garden

Water Garden

Silla Millenium Park

The Terrace

Ⅲ. ARCHITECTURE

라궁호텔 증축동 1-1. 컨셉 – 디자인 전략

MIRRORING LAYOUT

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증축동 배치

회랑

Han-Ok, Korean Traditional Architecture Hanok is a house built in the traditional Korean architectural style. In the case of the existing Ragung Hotel, it follows the traditional Korean style from layout to shape. Through the extension of this hotel, we propose a new experience that blends with the existing traditional style by reinterpreting traditional Hanok styles in a modern way, while increasing rooms and amenities. The building area is doubled by mirroring the traditional Hanok layout, while the long colonnade allows you to feel the passage of time from the traditional to the modern style. At the same time, it attempted to add a new experience as a luxury hotel by reinterpreting the four elements of the existing traditional Hanok style, such as giwa (tile roof), colonnade, chang-ho (window) and courtyard.

라궁 호텔

전통 한옥 기와지붕

창호

중정

MODERN TOUCH

WOVEN

현대적 재해석

호텔 증축

“INTER-CONNECTED”

한옥 배치

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Ⅲ. ARCHITECTURE

라궁호텔 증축동

ast

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HILTON GYEONGJU FOLIO ARCHITECTS URBAN YARDS

기존 라궁 호텔

Ragung Hotel

인공 연못

FOLIO ARCHITECTS

인공 연못

증축동

Extension

TEA ROOM

사무실

로비

경주 신라 밀레니엄 파크 마스터 플랜

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라궁호텔 / 증축동 평면도 N

라궁 호텔 증축동

HILTON GYEONGJU

인공 연못 ROOM TYPE B

ROOM TYPE B

A 2.1

ROOM TYPE B

FOLIO ARCHITECTS ROOM TYPE C

침실

ROOM TYPE C

침실

거실

DECK

침실

중정

침실

중정

ROOM TYPE C

거실

URBAN YARDS 중정

침실

DECK

중정 중정

TEA ROOM

거실

인공 연못

침실

인공 연못

거실

중정

거실

OPEN ABOVE

침실

ROOM TYPE D

FOLIO ARCHITECTS

DECK

중정

화장실 창고+ 가방보관소

호텔 로비

호텔 사무실

화장실

침실

중정

DECK 거실

중정

DECK ROOM TYPE C

중정

경주 신라 밀레니엄 파크 마스터 플랜

중정

거실

침실 ROOM TYPE C

거실

중정

침실

발코니 침실

침실

거실

발코니

라궁호텔 증축동 평면도

발코니

침실

발코니

ROOM TYPE A

ROOM TYPE E

ROOM TYPE F

ROOM TYPE E

ROOM TYPE F

라궁 호텔 증축동 평면도: Upper Level

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A 2.2

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08. HOUSING INGREDIENT: 15 x 17 MODULE HOUSING

[Practice]

+ Big Ideas for Small Lots NYC: Housing Design Competition + Position: Architectural Designer at Folio: + Project Type: Competition + Project Location: New York, USA + April 2019

PROGRAM: We offer three units in the building including two affordable housing units at the upper levels and one monthly rent unit on the ground level. The reason for providing a monthly rent unit is to ensure financial sustainability for residents who stay in two affordable housing units. Existing adjacent and neighbor buildings (R7-2 zoning) have more than three dwelling units such as 111 West 136th Street (5 units) and 109 West 136th Street (3 units) per NYC’s zoning and land use map. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: - Solar panels that provide building hot water needs - Green roofs that also offer valuable exterior living space - Centralized and programmable lighting, heating, and cooling to monitor and minimize energy use - Radiant in-floor heating & Heat recovery ventilation - Balcony Green Planting Area

SKIP-FLOOR: The interior was structured into skip floor using two separate vertical circulations- stair core and skip floor stairs. This fourstory structure holds six split levels of skip floor configuration, where each floor has an open floor plan. Rather than having a horizontal space arrangement in the confined area, the skip floor has vertical space arrangement. It makes the internal space flexible and provides a sense of visual openness. Every single level is designed to distinguish the function of living, kitchen, and bedrooms, creating a vertical relation of the programs.

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FACADE: The perforated panels facing the public pedestrian-passage on ground level can also be opened to allow tenants or visitors to enter into sociable areas of the building directly from outside and vice versa. When panels are open, inside and outside space become connected, which encourage diverse events such as seating, reading, and holding exhibitions. In the upper level, a full-wide front window was set to secure the street view and to provide maximum daylight to residential space. The facade flexibility enables the public to enliven the streetscape. Figure 01. Unit View from Exterior

+ Figure 1. Concept Diagram Figure 02. Concept Diagrams

Single Stair Single Stair

Project Narrative : Housing Ingredient

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Skip SkipFloor Floor

Core Core Stair Stair

SkipFloor Floor Skip

SociableArea Area Sociable

Rent Unit Rent Unit

Two Family Affordable Housing Two Family Affordable Housing

A hom man per to a inc inc ren now soc hou spa new livin hou

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Figure 03. Street View (Daytime)

PROGRAM:

SKIP-FLOOR

We offer three units in the building including two affordable housing units at the upper levels and one monthly rent unit on the ground level. The reason for providing a monthly rent unit is to ensure financial sustainability for residents who stay in two affordable housing units. Existing adjacent and neighbor buildings (R7-2 zoning) have more than three dwelling units such as 111 West 136th Street (5 units) and 109 West 136th Street (3 units) per NYC’s zoning and land use map.

The interior story structure horizontal spa flexible and pro bedrooms, crea

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY:

FACADE:

Modular housing is energy-efficient and includes sustainable elements. -Solar panels that provide building hot water needs -Green roofs that also offer valuable exterior living space -Centralized and programmable lighting, heating, and cooling to monitor and minimize energy use -Radiant in-floor heating -Heat recovery ventilation -Balcony Green Planting Area

Windows perforated pan into sociable a connected, wh community for provide maxim attention from

Project Narrative : Housing Ingredient

113 W. 136th St, Manhattan, NY

t View (Daytime)

Figure 04. Street View (Nightime) [42]

SKIP-FLOOR:

Figure 09. Module Detail Assembly Diagram

living experiments. It helps us imagine new forms of housing and new ways of living together.

MODULE INGRIDIENT Project consists of following ingridient,

[1] Module Ingredient

Living Module x 2 Units ❶ Livingx Module Kitchen Module 2 Units x 2 Units ❶ Kitchen Module x 2 Units Kitchen Module ❶ + +❷Living Kitchen + Living Module Bedroom❸ Module x 4 Units Bedroom Module x 4 Units ❹ Closet / Bath Module x 4 Units Closet / Bath Module x 4 Units ❸ + ❹ Bedroom + Bath Closet Module Bedroom + Bath Closet Module Unit Module ❶+❷ +❸+ ❹ Mezzanine Mezzanine Unit Module ❺ Stair Module x 4 Units ❻ Rent Unit Module Stair Module x 4 Units Rent Unit Module

Figure 10. Module Program Diagram

[2] Pre-Fabrication & On-Site Construction

[1] Pre-Fabrication

[2] Site Delivery

[3] On-site Assembly

This building uses a steel I-beam module structure as its base. We have created prototypes of 17x15x11 feet modules that allows for a fluid configuration of architectural units such as bedroom, living, dining, and terrace. Through the open floor plan, the elements of its design can be customized to adapt to aiswide range to the affordable-housing criModular housing a solution [2]Floor Module Detail Finish of constraints and specifications of the site. Modular sis. The module system is capable of infilling the various lot Accoustric Floor Underlayment Above Dwelling housing is just like assembling Lego The 13 feet to 35 feet that can fit types ranging in blocks. length from ❶ Finish Floor Metal Composite Deck landlord can design andwith make space arrangements as features such as architecture units. The module is made ❷ Accoustic Underlayment Drop Ceiling Assemblage Floor for Duct, MEP, etc they wish. up of steel I-beam and metal decking assemblage system. ❸ Metal Composite Deck Interior Finish Wall (Wood or Metal Frame) material selected for its long life expectancy and its abil❹ Drop Ceiling Assemblage for Duct, MEP One module reflects aThis minimal living space. Stacking Insulation ity make to provide a to thermal mass for New York’s climate. The ❺ Interior Finish Wall (Wood or Metal Frame) modules in a confined area modules disconnect Type X Sheathing Board w/ Waterproof Membrane modular will and be fabricated off-site and trucked to the physically. Although the idea ofblocks skip floor open ❻ Insulation Exterior Wall (Facing to Adjacent Building): site forspace, the assembly can lower the cost of construcfloorMembrane plan does limit physical it providesthat visual ❼ Type X Sheathing Board w/ Waterproof Hardiplank Lap Siding-blind Nail continuity arrangement as ahomes solutionfaster, capitalizing on advances tion and build new ❽ Exterior Wall: Hardiplan Lap Siding-blind Nail and flexible space Metal Beam Structure to the confined area and offers more in also technology andsmall-scale innovative design to expand affordable ❾ Metal Beam Structure living experiments. It helps us imagine new forms of modular housing. Figure 09. Module Detail Assembly Diagram housing and new ways of living together.

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