GARRICK HO
Selected Design and Artistic Works University of California, Berkeley College of Environmental Design
garrickho@berkeley.edu 415-971-8404 https://www.linkedin.com/in/garrick-ho/ garrickho.com
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Education University of California, Berkeley, CA College of Environmental Design Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 2016-2020 2019-2020 CED Circus Nominee Noll & Tam Architects, Berkeley, CA Intern Architect 2019 DScheme Studios, San Francisco, CA Intern Architect 2017-2018 Autodesk Autocad Revit Adobe Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Lightroom Rhino 3D + VRay Google Sketchup Lumion Blender 2
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Table of Contents Architecture The Machine
UC Berkeley CED Arch 100C 2019 4-13 Urban Institute UC Berkeley CED Arch 100B 2019 14-17 Social Condensing Center UC Berkeley CED Arch 100A 2018 18-21 Cherryland Community Center Noll & Tam Architects 2019 22-23
AI Inspired Design Forest Waystation
UC Berkeley CED Arch 100D 2020 24-27
Exhibition Design Clean Water Booth
UC Davis Study Abroad 2018 28-29 3
The Machine
Exterior Night Render
The Machine is an intervention of an existing furniture making space, Ohio Design, which introduces the programming and utilities of Southern Pacific Brewery, a popular brewery located next door. The project started as a study of the hidden world of debauchery in the Mission District of SF. Through this study, I identified key “avenues” that held the highest concentrations of popular alcoholic establishments which led to another study of the differing cycles of work/ rest at both Ohio Design and Southern Pacific Brewery. After identifying the work/rest cycles of each establishment, I created a new avenue located at the shared wall of the 2 businesses that would act as an intermediary fluid space that each business could share and utilize to optimize their individual production processes. The avenue not only holds the administrative and support spaces but also a “machine” in the form of an automated storage system that could manage resources while independently and efficiently delivering raw materials or finished products to their ideal location. Furthermore, the machine acts as a metaphysical expression of the work/rest cycle and serves as a spectacle for the customers resting at Southern Pacific Brewery. 4
Machine Storage Detail
Machine Transportation Detail Front Exterior Perspective
Ohio Exterior
Ohio Interior Structure Detail Southern Pacific Brewing
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Section 1 displays a reduced portion of the existing Ohio Design fabrication space, with exposed trusses and columns. Section 2, 3, and 4 reveal the inner workings of the administrative and rest space as well the Machine, exhibiting the rows of storage used to house raw and finished goods and grid path that automated robots will travel on. Furthermore, sections 3 and 4 begin illustrating the intersections between existing structures, with denser heavier materials and assembly, with the new Modernist glass crucifix form. The project relies on taking advantage of the vertical spaces to leverage the most optimal use of space, as well as utilizing the hierachy produced by ground floor assembly space and second floor administrative spaces to allow for clear lines of communication and observation between management and workers.
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Interior Elevation 1
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Interior Elevation 2
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Structure
Entrance
Shared Wall
Heat Map of activity throughout the work day tracked by quadrant illustrating areas of work (darker) and areas of rest (lighter)
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Creation of Avenue
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Pictured below is a section axonometric representation of the existing workspaces of Southern Pacific Brewery and Ohio Design. The workspaces are connected by a single shared wall yet their functions and processes are vastly different. They both need space for storage.
Section perspective of existing spaces
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Perspective of rail system from Southern Pacific Brewery Perspective of rail system from Ohio Design
PIctured above is an early concept for the project’s mechanical storage system. It would have utilized a series of rails for movement and storage, initially situated at the large grain silo and the central avenue produced by the shared wall. 13
The Urban Institute
Exterior Night Render
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The Urban Institute is a mix-used recreational, social and arts building located on an empty lot in lower Soma. Programming includes a street side art gallery, presentation spaces, offices with meeting rooms, and a display space for the WPA model of San Francisco built in 1940. At the center, an open central atrium surrounded by movable sliding glass doors resulting in a varied interior maneuverabilty that produces seemingly interconnected and visible spaces while keeping programming separate. The building also showcases 2 sets of maneuverable wooden facade panels that can independently open and close based on lighting conditions and the need for privacy. The first and fourth floors have wide facade panels with horizontal slits that allow for more light and exterior exposure to account for the public nature of these spaces. In contrast, the second and third floors have smaller facade panels with vertical slits that allow for more variability in light levels to account for the private nature of the programming on those floors. In summation, this project plays with the concept of variable transparency and manipulation of spaces depending on situation.
Facade Mute
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Interior Section Isometric
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Interior Light Shaft
Interior Light Shaft
Exterior Perspective
Exterior Perspective
The social condensing community center is located across the North Berkeley bart station and adjacent to Sacramento Street In Berkeley, Ca. Programming includes a transit hub, a cafe, an art gallery, community storage, computer stations, reading/resting areas and flexible community spaces. This project explores the resultings interior and exterior moments created by a competing dynamic of varied spatial cuts through the building. These cuts produce an interior experience that varies on each floor due to resulting diagonal and vertical interior shafts of air and light and exterior slices creating light exposure within and exterior rest areas. 19
Exterior Grid Alignment System
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Second Floor
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The models to the right are early conceptual interior structure models revealing the movement and relation of spaces. As illustrated through the plans on th left, the circulation is concentrated within a crucifix form located at the center of each floor. The central hallway of each floor is connected to a set of firestairs and an elevator on the opposing side. The central stairs zig-zag diagonally through the central atrium. The project takes advantage of the alternating and irregular windows and exterior terrace moments to introduce light within the interior spaces.
Concept Model Elevation Concept Model Perspective
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Cherryland Community Center
Exterior Render
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Auditorium Exterior
Library
Renders I did for the new Cherryland, Ca Community Center while working at Noll & Tam Architects. After modeling on Revit, I transfered the project onto Lumion where I populated the scenes with entourage, artwork, correct lighting, and miscellanious objects. In post processing, I filtered and edited the renders to create a set of stylized cohesive scenes.
Lobby
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The Forest Waypoint is a
Forest Waypoint
contemplative rest stop within a dense forest that beacons to weary travelers seeking refuge with a large inflated geometric sail that floats upon the wind. Through a process known as pix to pix, I was able to train an AI to recognize form by introducing it to hundreds of sample photos to train a brush that turns a simple line drawing into that very same form. Displayed on the right was my final proposal of the forest waypoint that is compiled of 10 different brushes. The seperate brushes don’t always mesh and those supposed inconveniences and tension give rise to unexpected design decisions and help further a dialogue between the possibilities of human & Section Cut
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computer collaborative drawing.
Geometric Corten Steel
Wooden Base
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Wooden Veneer
Bush Blob
Glass Panel
Wood Quadpod
Wooden Fence
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Steel Truss
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Early Rendition of Forest Waypoint
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Treehousse Variant
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Clean Water Booth
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The Clean Water Booth’s goal is to give access to free clean water to the general public of London. I came to the realization that generally people do not know where their water comes from, or whether the quality of the water is safe to drink. Therefore, in rethinking the purpose of a phone box, I aimed to remodel it as a station that serves water to the public and provides information and resources about the current state of water in London today. In looking at data on where the most options for drinking fountains were located across the city, I also wanted to place these stations in areas that were underserved. While realizing my design, I chose to make the booth a structure that one would lean in to to observe a demonstrative water filtration system. The fountain would be located in place of where a phone would typically sit. The exterior of the booth would include data to educate the public on water accessibility and health issues as well as point them to resources such as Find a Fountain.
Filtration Mechanism
Concept Design
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