Portfolio 2021 Dongzoo Han

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DONGZOO HAN Selected Works 2013 - 2021


Dongzoo Han dhan06@risd.edu (401) 243-5377 linkedin.com/in/dongzoo-han/ dongzoohan.cargo.site

Dongzoo Han is a designer who is enthusiastic about architecture projects with cohesive analysis upon enormous research penetrating both physical and social context. Her passion for sustainable architecture led her to the master’s course of Interior Architecture at Rhode Island School of Design. During two years of graduate school, she expanded her appreciation of the built environment upon advanced research and analytic skills. Before the master’s program, she worked as a junior designer at an integrative design firm Sigongtech for three years. She provided insightful spatial designs and delivered them with effective representation.


Contents Oasis Unraveling the Living the Edge Peddocks Sanctuary Dahm_deog Whirl Tower

Professional Projects

Ulsan Safety Center National Museum of Technology


Oasis Compound shelter for homeless children in NYC

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The project embraces the critical social issue of homeless children that the city encounters. With the advantage of the location at Midtown New York, the James A. Farley building is proposed to be reused as a central ground for the homeless children. In addition to the living units, a secure environment allows the children to enjoy various activities within the building exploiting the courtyard of the building.

Rhode Island School of Design Studio 2020 Fall Individual Work


Oasis

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Floating in NYC

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The project started with the analysis in an assumption that there are always societal refugees looking for temporary housing, not just war refugees, but also evicted young professionals due to COVID.


Oasis

Societal Refugee;

Homeless Children

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Among all the groups that are included in the research, homeless children in NYC are confronting serious problems. More than half of homeless people in NYC are children or families with children; they don’t have any places that they can go other than schools and shelters. Thanks to the location of the Farley building next to the biggest transportation hub, it could be turned into a stable place that children can easily access even if they transit shelters often.


Safety & Circulation

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Homeless children’s safety was an urgent requirement. To provide a secure environment only for children, the eastern elevator will be the only entrance to this center. The elevator will directly go to the top floor from the ground level, so the main circulation is going from top to the bottom. The whole program will occupy only the top four floors on the eastern wing.

The courtyard was an essential part of the building because it is in a condition perfectly protected from the outside while providing outdoor space. An area for outdoor activities including a playground is planned in this courtyard. The main circulation occupies the upper air of the courtyard by ramps. Ramps are not only used for walkways, there are wooden decks so that events can be held on the ramps.


Oasis

Circulation

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Program As the ramps are bridging different sides of the building, half of each floor could remain private for residential purposes. Each floor is planned for different age groups and they can be clustered and closed in emergencies like COVID. There are also some family housing units including bathrooms within the units. There are different kinds of shared spaces planned in the building. Details can be seen in the plans. Briefly, the top floor has a rooftop garden and individual counseling cells. Technical support is located on the 4th floor, dance and music studios are on the 3rd floor, and an open kitchen and atrium are on the last floor.

Recycling Lab The bottom left corners of all floors are the only part of the building that is not closed for housing. The floors on this section will be open visually allowing for vertical communication.

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Program-wise, recycling labs for children will be placed here to enhance the awareness of trash problems in NYC. Recycled materials will be abundant sources that children can experiment with in many ways. They can make garments to hang on their windows or reuse trash and find useful purposes for it. Each floor will hold different levels of workshop tools as different age groups of children are staying on each floor.


Oasis

Rooftop Garden Staff Office Single Residential Units Counselor Office

Plyground for All Ages Shelter for Age 9-11 Recylcing Market Cafeteria

Shelter for Age 12-14 Family Units Dance & Music Studio Tutoring Area

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Shelter for Age 15-17 Family Units Atrium & Exhibition Hall


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Inside a Housing Unit


Oasis

Playground for Children Age +15

Playground for Younger Children

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Unraveling the Living Reframing cramped housing as a social living Interwoven sociological issues produced the typology called sliced housing. It requires new architectural proposals that improve the physical and mental wellbeing of the people in poor housing situations. This thesis demonstrates possible architectural interventions that will enhance the quality of life and support systems within Seoul’s “sliced housing” villages.

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Rhode Island School of Design Design Thesis 2021 Individual Work https://issuu.com/dzhan/docs/dong-zoo_han_thesis_2021


Unraveling the Living

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Unraveling the Living

Sliced Rooms Counseling center / Charity Site of intervention

Sliced Room Sliced room is a cramped housing typology called “Jjok bahng” in Seoul, Korea. It’s about the size of 32 square feet which hardly fits just one person to lie down on, but they function as a home for people in the poorest bracket.

Plan of a Sliced Room

Dong-ja Sliced Housing Village

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Five sliced housing communities are recognized as slums by the city government. Municipal counseling centers were established in each village to help them live in a better environment. Charities and non-profit organizations provide services like free meals, and cooperative associations are created with the help of those organizations.


Program Strategy

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Each unit will be vacated, removing extra programs out of the room. The new intervention leaves the most basic function in a single room. Other functions like cooking, eating, resting will be taken out so that the room can serve more personal needs. This is the key strategy not to evict any resident out of the units. The residents are at the Maginot line of being homeless, so they are afraid of losing their community and kicked out on the street while urban development plans.

Ultimate Goal

to improve living envrionment for the low-income bracket in a densely populated context to support themselves and each other with mere eviction


Unraveling the Living

Physical Strategy The context wouldn’t allow an open land, instead, even the small gaps between the buildings are explored for the intervention. There were empty spaces that could be molded out if the site block is considered as a box. Original living units will be unraveled over this empty space.

Volume Study

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Plate Study


Elements of Home The intervention aims to provide a sense of home, not just rush to equipping necessities. Even though facilities can’t be privately owned, the elements of a home need to be brought into the block. The elements of a typical home were aligned according to the necessity and frequency to equip more urgent facilities prior and distribute them as evenly as possible. A bubble of a home is completed with a toilet, shower, kitchen, dining room, and living room.

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private

shared

single room

basic facilities

shared facilities

bedroom

toilet

shower

kitchen

dining

living

garden

workshop

1 unit per 1 person

1 toilet 4-13

1 booth 4-9

1 kitchen 3-13

1 dining 7-32

1 living 18-32

1 garden 40 - open

whole area open

3m2

1.7m2

2.95m2

6.4m2

15m2

35m2

77.5m2

241.4m2

comfort area

cooperative facilities


Unraveling the Living

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Community Living The sliced housing community serves more than a home. Communal spaces for these purposes exist near the community, but they lack accessibility. The intervention will bring the program into the block for more active interaction.

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Shared facilities like shower and kitchen function as a stem of the intervention as they require more water supply and duct pipes. Comfort areas like dinings and living rooms sit on the upper level with more light

and space. Then cooperative programs are allocated onto the existing roofs and side wings of the intervention. Existing roofs will be turned into community gardens. Edible plants will provide fresh and healthy nutrients. Also, as existing roofs are located at different levels, they will allow various environments to be created within the additional intervention.


Unraveling the Living

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Corridor Between Old & New

Wood Workshop


Unraveling the Living

Communal Kitchen & Shower

Cooperative Facilities

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The Edge Residence with occupational therapy to overcome mental illness

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The narrowest building in Providence downtown is turned into a residential building with a cafe and flower shop on the first floor. It is specifically designed for those who just got out of the hospital with mental issues. As a threshold between the mental hospital and public with vocational training and residence, it supports the targeted group to stay under managed condition and practice how to interact with the community.

Rhode Island School of Design Studio 2019 Fall Individual Work


The Edge

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Site

Mental Disease in RI

Brief

Frequent Mental Disease Rate

14.6%

Suicide Rate

11.6%

George C. Arnold Building 98 Washington St, Providence, RI 02903

Mental Provider 5th Highest in USA

Public Flow

395.4 Public Flow

Office

Residential

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Retail Mental Health Facilities near Providence Downtown


Rhode Island is the state with the 5th highest number of mental health providers. However, frequent mental distress is also increasing every year. To support patients to adapt to the environment outside the hospital, the building equips vocational training along with providing safe residential space. Training services will

The Edge

Occupational Therapy allow practice on how to build interaction between residents and the public. Also, it will help them to overcome problems that patients meet when they get de-hospitalized; stigma, low economic status, safety, and lack of long-term housing.

Program

LEVEL 4

LIVING SPACE

CONSELING THERAPY

LEVEL 3

INTERACT BETWEEN RESIDENTS

SHARED FACILITY

LEVEL 2

SHOP GARDEN

LEVEL 1

Private

INTERACT WITH PUBLIC

Public

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The Edge

Interaction With Public

2-4F

Residential Area Family Meeting Room Shared Facility Group Therapy Counselor Office Private Units

B1-1F

Shared Facilities

Private Units

Training Area Cafe Retail Seminar Area Manager Office Storage / Gym / Laundry

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Rear Facade


Floor Level Up

Existing

New

Facade

Old & New The existing structure acts as a noise buffer from the main street in front of the building letting a calm environment solely in bedrooms. Hallways and necessary facilities such as bathrooms are located in this part of the building.

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Newly built intervention is attached one step below the existing floors, dividing the private rooms from shared space and facilities. For accessibility, few units are planned without height difference and wider space. The old facade remains the brick walls, while the new facade is made of glass. The first floor is covered with transparent glass. The upper floors are fully covered with channel glass which protects privacy but lets sunlight shine through. As the whole facade is made out of glasses, exposure to sunlight is maximized even though the residents stay inside.

Unit A

Unit B (Accessibility)


The Edge

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Level 4

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

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Basement


The Edge

Channel glass facade lets as much as sunshine into the residential units

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Flower shop for vocational training also brings natural ambience into the building


Peddocks Sanctuary Redeveloping Peddocks Island regarding the future change in shorelines Peddocks Island is the place where various kinds of wildlife coexist with human presence with mere interference from each other. The project converts the island into a wildlife sanctuary that serves as the research and educational hub of the Boston Harbor Islands. The proposal includes the new master plan of the island to the interior architecture with precise consideration of the four user groups; the birds, turtles, visitors, and scientists. The overall design takes into account the existing architectural structures; the monumental concrete batteries and the utilitarian brick buildings.

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Rhode Island School of Design Studio 2020 Spring Individual Work https://issuu.com/dzhan/docs/peddocks_sanctuary_dongzoo_han


Peddocks Sanctuary

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Climate Change Peddocks island will not be able to avoid the impact of the sea level rise. Fortunately, the island will remain with mere connections between each head. As inundation occurs, the area that will be threatened by storm surges will be expanded. Land loss is expected to accelerate as the speed of climate change is

quickening. The master plan of future Peddocks Island should follow the estimated 3ft of sea-level rise until the year 2070. Also, the plan has to account for the tidal flow around the island which affects both the program and possible land erosion.

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Sea Level Rise, Storm Surge, and Tidal Flow around Peddocks Island


Peddocks Sanctuary

Central Location of Boston Harbor

Natural Resources The island is located in the center of the whole Boston harbor area. Geographically, there is a possibility that it can serve as a central hub that connects the outer area and the mainland. Boston Harbor Islands are important for both natural habitat and climate change research. Their mid connection from the mainland to the bay not only serves the natural habitat but also allows people to explore endangered species such as birds and turtles.

Wildlife & Vegeation

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Historically, after the whole area was absorbed as a National Park, the island provided recreational functions like fishing, hiking, and camping.


Master Plan Overall, the master plan repurposed Peddocks Island for research and educational hub regarding the possible climate change in the next 50 years.

various activities including kayaking. Extended from the east head, two parts will hold programs for teenagers about vegetation and the history of the island.

Half of the east head will be restricted to create the sanctuary. To tour and visit the lab and sanctuary, visitors must go through educational programs provided on the island. Public facilities on the east head will be delivering educational programs about wildlife and climate change.

To support the island responding to climate change, three tactics for the new landscape are outlined; Protective, Responsive, and Adaptive. They include the tidal energy system which will be constructed on the north side of the island. A circular dike between the east head and middle head is planned to collect sand which moves with tidal waves.

The west head and middle head of the island will be open to the public providing

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RESEARCH HUB

NATURE EDUCATION

SUPPORTING FACILITIES


RESPONSIVE

Peddocks Sanctuary

PROTECTIVE

ADAPTIVE

PREVENTING STORM SURGE SEAWALL

LOWERING STRENGTH TIDAL ENEGRY BREAKWATER

FLOURISHING ECOLOGY ECOLOGY NET MARINE AGRICULTURE

ON-LAND ACTIVITY RECLAMATION GROWING LAND

SALT MARSH EXPANDING SALT MARSH

SUSTATINBLE CONNECTION BOAT TRANSECT TRAIL

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SALT MARSH

KAYAKING FLOATING TRAIL

FOREST EXPLORATION

HISTORICAL MONUMENT

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HIKING

HOTEL


Peddocks Island is open to the public as a recreational area based on abundant natural resources. The program follows the activities that are currently present on the island. The future plan lets visitors stay longer and explore further down to the west head.

Peddocks Sanctuary

Program Floating trails and land reclamation dikes are planned to temporarily protect the activities from the threat of sea-level rise. They are not the ultimate tools for Peddocks Island to completely survive inundation. The intention is to extend the life of Peddocks and allow visitors to enjoy their time there.

SANCTUARY

VETERINARY RESEARCH HUB

LAND RECLAMATION

CAMPING

BEACH

EDUCATION CENTER

DIKE FISHING

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Major Toolkits Reclamation Plan 2020 0FT SLR

2050 1FT SLR

2070 3FT SLR

2020

2050

2070

WITHOUT DIKES

WITHOUT DIKES

WITHOUT DIKES

Managing Access

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FENCING TREE

CROP LAND

PAVED PATHWAY


Peddocks Sanctuary

GRAND HALL

EAST PLAZA

RESEARCH HUB

CIRCULATION PUBLIC LIMITED STAFF

East Head figured out to manage the level of access that regulates the right amount of people on the northern side of the island. Instead of artificial fences, trees and plants are exploited to give a notion of the restricted area. Abundant natural elements will greet people as the East plaza is the central area for all regardless of their purpose of visit.

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East head functions as the grand plaza of Peddocks Island. The only pier allowing the public to arrive on the island is located on the east head. To serve all the visitors, including staff, the East Plaza needs to be planned with the calculated number of people that can stay on the east head. In addition to the function as a reception of the whole area, the east head holds the wildlife research hub. The toolkits were


Intervening Battery Whitman

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Battery Whitman is the connecting structure between experts and visitors. The location between the existing Quartermaster building and the Grand Hall allows the visual interaction between the two groups. Also, not easily observed, but it stretches from the edge of the north drumline.

The Battery Whitman is the in-between structure in many ways. Geographically, it is located between spaces mainly dominated by two main groups. Spatially, it doesn’t divide inside and outside. Phenomenologically, the structure is taken by nature. With unique aspects and importance of the location, the battery holds the potential ability to serve as the key architecture along with the master plan.

TORTOISE

EXPERTS

Release Dock

Rescue Center

LEVEL DOWN

EXPAND


BIRDS

EXPERTS

Peddocks Sanctuary

TORTOISE

VISITORS

BIRDS

Exploration Route

Bird Watching Shelter

CAMOUFLAGE

RESTORE

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VISITORS


Turtle Rescue Center

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Release Dock


Peddocks Sanctuary

Bird Watching Shelter

Exploration Route

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Dahm_Deog Reimagining boundary space between school and outside

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Dahm_deog repurposes the area where the fence separates the school area and outside for the extended education programs for the community. By exploiting a neglected space from developers, it opens spaces for the community to share interests and people to develop their hobbies into a more expert level.

Hongik University Studio 2015 Spring Individual Work


Dahm_Deog

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Open Space Recess Event Outdoor Activities

Open Studio Workshop Meeting Class

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Park


Dahm_Deog

Private Studio

School

For Devotee Workers

Commercial Space Shops Cafe Library

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Serious Leisure Serious Leisure is a concept that involves beginners to experts to encourage people to practice their interests at a professional level. In typical cases, participants seek career opportunities with acquired skills. Demands for having multiple and longer careers have been increasing for various reasons. This project proposes an architectural solution to open space for participants and to foster the concept of serious leisure.

PROFESSIONAL

INTERMEDIATE

BEGINNER

Interaction with Producers Consuming Products

Education (Professional Skill)

Contents Products

Economic Interst Possible Market

Networking

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Educational Contents Interaction with People

Various Contents Leisure Activities


Dahm_Deog

Site

School Park Fence

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Schools were appropriate spots for the program for their surrounding context and accessibility. Many public schools in Korea are located near greeneries like mountains because of the high price of land. This brings opportunities to be expanded for community uses on weekends when the whole facility is closed from the public.


Spatial Study

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Rooms for each participant group can be classified by their closure or openness. Professional workers need an isolated space to focus on their work. On the other hand, accessible spaces like shops, open classes, or even a public library are to be included to let non-participants also experience activities.


Dahm_Deog

FENCE PUBLIC SCHOOL

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View from Outside


Dahm_Deog

Interior - Second Floor

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Whirl Tower Airpurifying skyscaper for deadly ultra fine dust problem

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Whirl Tower is the skyscraper in the central city of Shanghai that is suggested to solve the disastrous air pollution. Three solutions are provided with the design of the building; air purification, air circulation, and green space. Among them, the facade system is the key compartment of the building mechanically extracting dust particles from the air.

Hongik University Digital Design 2013 Fall Team Work with Kyung-min Kim


Whirl Tower

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Ultra Fine Dust Smog in China brings more damaging results to humanity and nature than anywhere in the world, with small dust fragments called ultrafine particles. Those harmful fragments are finer than 2.5μm, which means the diameter of the particle is 1/30 smaller than that of hair. These particles can permeate into blood vessels and cause severe diseases, even to the heart and brain. They also carry deadly chemicals. Those chemicals cannot be easily removed once they get into the human body. With ultrafine particles, noxious chemicals can penetrate much deeper into the body and remain longer. This pollution already caused 9900 premature deaths in 2011, and its impact is increasing.

Future Skyscraper in Shanghai FACADE

SHAPE

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PROGRAM

PURIFY

VENTILATE

GREEN


The shape of the tower is a twisted curve that leads the air to move smoothly in and out of the city center. The whole concept of the building’s outer shape is from wind power turbines, which are already motivated by wind movement.

Whirl Tower

Air Circulation

Wind Resistance Coefficiency

1.05

0.47

0.42

0.40

Natural Purification Suggesting a permanent solution, space for green plants is planned as much as possible. Even with uncountable benefits, dense trees will obstruct air circulation. So the green part is divided and spread.

Rooftop Garden

Green Facade

Open Ground

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Air Purifying Facade The facade system equips an active solution to filter out toxic particles from the air. It is fabricated using water ionization which is used for air purifier products. It sends out small water molecules to extract dust particles, and the molecules are absorbed back into the facade. Dust particles are collected and mixed into substances that are used for facade gardens. Water keeps circulating around the building resulting in a cooling effect.

Purifying buds

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Green Facade


Whirl Tower

1. Disperse Ionized water molecules are through each bud on the facade.

sprayed

2. Magnetize Water molecules drag dust particles by polar attraction. Dust particles and water molecules are then absorbed back into the facade.

3. Extract Water molecules are detached by the opposite magnetic surface of the first tube. Dust particles are collected through the second layer.

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Ulsan Safety Center Education center to learn and practice how to respond to disasters

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With the rising demand for safety education after the Sewol tragedy, Ulsan Fire Department asked to build a safety education center. Apart from education conducted at schools, our team proposed the center that provides practicing programs in a similar environment of actual disasters. In addition to common accidents like traffic and fire, the project includes the disasters which occur relatively often in the region of Ulsan. Through the center, audiences will learn how to prevent possible accidents and also how to respond to great disasters.

Sigongtech for Ulsan Fire Department Team Work: Junior Designer


Ulsan Safety Center

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Ulsan Safety Center

Specialized Disasters Earthquake Zone Chemical Disaster Zone Radioactive Disaster Zonw

Daily Safety Rules Road Safety Zone Fire Safety Zone Ship Safety Zone First Aid Zone

Orientation & Exhibition Safety Village

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Safety Village

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Safety Village was planned for children who are younger than 8 years old. Along with their safety concern, the program aims at educating safety rules while playing, so younger children would not freak out with the situation.

As the program organized, the firehouse playground was located at the center to give children a first impression of joyful playing. With firefighter’s clothes on, children are pretended to become local protectors rather than victims of disasters.


School Bus Safety

Ulsan Safety Center

Fire Fighter Playground

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Chemical Disaster Zone

Earthquake Escape


Ulsan Safety Center

First Aid Zone

Traffic Safety

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Museum of Future Technology New museum showing key innovations and their impact on society

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This is a new museum about future technology as a part of the Central National Science Museum of Korea. The museum helps the audience to broaden the appreciation of future technology by showing how daily lives will be changed with innovative technology. I participated as a junior designer in all design processes from schematic designs to detailed designs with profound research about upcoming technologies and their expected influences.

Sigongtech for National Science Museum Korea Team Work: Junior Designer


Museum of Future Technology

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Digital House

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Digital house simulates a future living condition where a central artificial intelligence collects all the data and provides customized services. The integrated service manages every part of the daily lives without manual control.


Museum of Future Technology

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Brain Control Lab

Body Scanner

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Biomedical Center Medical artificial intelligence takes the role of a human doctor; from diagnosing the illness and managing all the treatments. Microrobots for brain surgeries, artificial organ centers, and other medical technologies are introduced as gaming formats for better understanding while enjoying the museum.


Museum of Future Technology

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