Duyen Luu Hai-Architecture Portfolio Fall 2012

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D U Y E N L U U H AI architecture 111 fa l l 2 0 1 2


fall 2012 wash in gto n un iversity in st. lo uis


tab le of conte nts

Pl ant Stud y Basswo od Top o grap h y Wire Mode l Top o grap h y and Mode l: Pl an and Se cti on Drawin g Bo tanical Garde n Transfo rmati on Observato ry



Pl ant Stud y

In th is proje ct, I an alyzed the o rdering p rin ci p les of two flowers be longing to Me l astom atace ae p l ant family. My d rawing emp h asized the contrast betwee n the femininity of the flower p etals and the masculinity of the stame n and carp e l, wh ich is only b ased on visu al o rg anizati on, n o t bi olo gy.


pl ant stud y d rawing (p en cil on stonehenge)




Basswo od Top o grap h y

Following the d rawing stud y of Me l astom atace ae, th e an alyzed p attern was transfo rmed into a 3-D structure usin g b asswo od sticks. Fo r m y proje ct, I bu ilt one flower p etal, using water to be nd the b asswo od in d ifferent d ire cti o ns.


Wire Mo dule

A module, containing a hexag on with two circles in the midd le, is made of only one single wire. Attach ing two m odules where the circles met cre ates a set of two modules th at h as a lo t of flexibilities. Each set of two modules is attached to e ach o ther at the side, where the circles meet the hexag on.



wire modules (on b asswo od) (music wire #499)




Pl an and se cti on of Top o grap h y and Wire Mo de l (p e n cil o n m yl ar)



MISS OURI B O TA N I C A L GARDEN observatory proposal



Site Pl an (detail)

During the first visit to the bo tanical g arden, I was immed i ate ly d rawned to a 20 feet tall tuli p tree wh ich is surro unded b y d ifferent interesting views, in clud ing th e fo rest, th e rose bushes, the sh o rter trees. Th erefo re I de cided to d raw a rad i al se cti o n cuts of the site, fo cusing on h ow the views ch an ge as I walk aro und th e tree.



From the exp erie n ce with the tree, I want to build an observato ry th at can d ivide the sp ace into d iffere nt view frames, th at can guide the viewers’ e yes, e nh an cing th e co ntrasts betwee n the views aro und the tuli p trees. I th us came up with “view can ons” - sp aces th at can he lp th e viewers focus on p articul ar p arts of the site wh ile isol atin g th em from th e rest.



Transfo rmati on Drawin g

(p e n cil and coll age on ve lum and sto neh e n ge)


Obser vato ry

Eventu ally I de cided to fo cus on fo ur views aro und the trees: the fo rest (leve l 1), the ye llow trees (leve l 2), the h o use (leve l 3) and the rose g arden (leve l 4). A ramp is inserted to assist the viewers from an extern al to an intern al sp ace.


level 4

level 3

level 2

level 1



Site Pl an 1/16”:1’ scale

(p e n cil on m yl ar and sto n eh e n ge)



Mo de l 3/16�:1’ to p d own view (bristo l)


Mode l e levati on view




Mo de l Drawin g 1/12�:1’ flo o r pl an

(p e n cil on m yl ar and sto n eh e n ge)


Mode l Drawing 1/12�:1’ e levati on

(p en cil on myl ar and stoneh e n ge)




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