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eco-district | systematic site design ykhor@uw.edu

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Coming from a background studying the Japanese Language and literature, I am intrigued by the concepts of Wabi and Sabi, which emphasized the harmonious coexistence of nature beings. I firmly believe to fulfill the euphonious world, systematic thinking toward a site and the design for livings are important for facing unpredictable climate change, which are the values I want to bring to every project.

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15-minute city mapping

Spline

Waterfront | Systematic Design | Streetscape

Group Work | 3 month | City of Bellingham, WA

SCAN Design Foundation Studio | Instructor: Nancy Rottle

Rhino Building | iPad Drawing | Adobe Suite

The Bellingham waterfront is characterized by severe environmental degradation beginning when this land was formed through the dredging of the Whatcom canal, followed by a century of industrial pollution. We see this project as an opportunity to mend the green and blue ecology of this space through the creation of a Living Industry eco-district.

A spline is a woodworking joint where a secondary wood is inserted between two unmatched surfaces resulting in the strengthening of disparate parts. We envision green industry as a spline that joins and strengthens the ecologies of land and water allowing us to address our three primary historical challenges: i. single-use industry ii. separation of people from the waterfront area. iii. environmental degredation.

We bring our vision to life by expanding on the existing area plan and context. Just south of the planned housing, green space and hotel areas, this industry district requires lowered noise and accessible spaces that are healthy for people and the environment.

The group agreed with the concept together, then each of us take on different part of focus area: Akeo Maifeld-Carucci focus on the system of the site, Lauren Corn focus on the Hawk Hill, , Seyyada Burney focus on the Tidal Garden, I focus on the middle symbiosis district area, the Spline, also researching on phytoremediation methods and vegetation, and the flow of the industry.

Strategies

Multi-modal ‘spline’ path centers access, moving the train to its historic line along bluff

We lift the bluff side and drop the water edge, reducing train noise and connecting the city to the waterfront

This creates a palette on which we build our symbiotic living industry

External Flow Diagram

Our proposal uses our conceptual Land, Industry and Water stakeholders to create three overlapping regions, joined and strengthened by our industrial spline: i. Hawk Hill covers the train, contains and remediates contaminated soil, while adding connection to the waterfront. ii. The central industry spline, creates a lively working zone where symbiotic industry connects land and water in an experiential public space. iii. The Tidal Garden processes stormwater and dry-dock effluent to release clean water into a softened, resilient shoreline. ykhor@uw.edu

The view southwest down the multi-modal spline path from in between the Food Campus and Green Incubator. Railroad planter beds on the left and open display windows connect people to the past and current industry.

Carbon sequestration

Layer / Lair

Cultural Heritage | Contested Landscape

Individual Work | 3 month | Taipei City, Taiwan

Advanced Studio | Instructor: Jeff Hou and Selina Chiu

Rhino Modeling | Illustrator & Photoshop Rendering | Model Making

Layer/Lair is a project to re-envision the previous military dictator memorial space, Chaing Kai-Shek Memorial Hall (CKS Memorial Hall), by transforming the site’s narrative from homogenous to heterogeneous. Layers act as spaces for breathing air from the supreme authority, distractions for the admiration underlying the design of the main building, and provide welcoming areas for new thoughts of usage in the future.

The etymology of the word, Layer, has long been argued to be a respelling of an obsolete agricultural use of lair. The old English of the word, Lair, origins in Germanic origin, means a resting or sleeping place.

Layer/Lair can mean “layer-layer”, to arrange a single thickness of the material covering a surface in order. Or it can means layer lair, to arrange the layers of different resting places. Although the authoritarian rule has ended in Taiwan, the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall remains in the center of Taipei City and has become one of the main tourist spots. The evidence of authoritarian existence has lived in one’s memories ever since.after years of democratic transition, the story of CKS Memorial Hall is no longer just to commemorate a past ruler. Instead, it has become a place where people gather for demonstrations and protests. Stories with more diverse voices are being told here. Now, a chance to reform the narrative of the space is given, yet there are still untold stories lying beneath.

Strategies

Historical Contexts and Issues

The platforms provide more usages toward the surrounding vacant space and given more breathing for people who want to showcase their thoughts.

Groove Park

Stormwater Treatment | Park

Group Work | 3 month | City of Seattle, WA

Design Implementation | Instructor: Aaron Luoma

Handdrawing | Grading & Drainage | CAD Drawing

The site locates at 12004 31st Ave. NE, Seattle City, WA 98125. The project is a site improvement and demonstration area for stormwater treatment. Given the premise that in a team of two, we are an imaginary company hired by the Seattle Public Utilities & Seattle Parks & Recreation. The goal is to solve the significant flows of untreated stormwater directed to the Thornton Creek to the south, and the site is selected to capture a large portion of water to store and treat the water before naturally infiltrating.

Other requirements such as a low-maintenance design with a planting scheme that is relatively drought-tolerant, 40% of the site area is an accounted for stormwater treatment, two large conifers trees are preserved on-site, and a minimum of one ADA compliant pedestrian connection between 31st Ave. NE to NE 120th St.

The park design aims to create as much habitat for the urban creature as possible by bridging the main crossing pathway. Moreover, viewpoints and experiences when transferring through the site are also considered in the design. The pedestrian bridge comes with two sides seating benches. In addition, the middle area is designed for more seating areas with canopy from the tree planted beneath. Visitors can either rest and enjoy the rain garden view when facing southwest or enjoy the sun in the lawn area at the northeast of the pedestrian bridge.