Palimpsest Harrison Phan
Selected Works & Reworks 2018 - 2021
Contents
1.1
Nested House A House Within a House
1.2
Nested House - Reworked Reworked with Accessibility in Mind
2.1
Automated Design Output Designing a Design Process
2.2
Automated Design Output - Reworked Preparing for Future Climate Change
3.1
Sectioned Wall Exploring Construction Methods
3.2
Sectioned Wall - Adaptive Reuse Retrofitting Composed Spaces
4.0
DDV Project [Urban?]
Initial
Nested House A House Within a House Location: None UCLA Study Project Studio II Fall 2018 Instructor: Katy Barkan Individual Project
Initial
Nested House’s narrative stems from the idea of voyeurism as the force of interaction between housing tenants. The houses are physically separated by a party wall and their circulation paths embedded in the design. However, gaps nestled within the design create moments where each homeowner are able to peek into their neighbor’s private space without their knowledge. This voyeuristic interaction is what connects the houses together. Each tenant has an interest that serves as a spectacle for their neighbor, one house’s family enjoys cooking and putting on a show with their creations while the other are a family of avid movie critics.
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Kitchen
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Library
Cinema
Living
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Plan One B
Indoor Garden Eating A
Living
Eating
Living
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Plan Two
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Bathing
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Bathing
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Plan Three B
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Sleeping
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Plan Four
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Section B
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Program Diagram
Circulation Diagram
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Cinem
Rework
Nested House - Reworked Reworked with Accessibility in Mind Location: Suburban Los Angeles, CA UCLA Study Project Studio II Revisited: Summer 2021 Instructor: Katy Barkan Individual Rework
Rework
Revisiting the Nested House project and its narrative while combining new knowledge on accessibility and inclusion; the updated Nested House includes ADA compliant circulation to provide access to a broader spectrum of tenants while still maintaining the original ideology of utilizing conbined circulation as a party wall. Restructuring of the spaces opened up new moments of visual interaction between the tenants on private floors, while interaction on the public floors were broadened to allow for more direct points of contact between the inhabitants.
Rework
House within a House
Elongate
Shift Exterior
Insert Circulation
Shift Interior
Insert Peepholes and Views
Bedroom Side A Bedroom Side B Bedroom Side A
Bedroom Side B Changing Area Bathroom Bathroom Changing Area Living Room View Kitchen / Dining
Cinema View
Living Room
ADA - Staircase A
ADA - Staircase B Kitchen Viewing
Indoor Cinema Dining Area
Experimental Kitchen
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Design Process Exploded Plan Exploded Axon
Rework
Initial
Automated Design Output Designing a Design Process Location: None UCLA Study Project Studio I Winter 2018 Instructor: Erin Besler Collaboration with 2 Partners
Initial
This project is a product formed by a predetermined set of procedures that allow for the input of randomized numerical variables that lead to an output of unintentional geometry. This exercise is a study on the X, Y, and Z axis and their influence on a base geometry and how different modeling procedures — stack, split, rotate — would affect an outcome based on the axes’ impact. The project’s aim was to provide a point of analysis on how designing a process, rather than a structure directly, could result in variable outputs and to speculate on how the future of automation and architecture would coincide and influence each other. By exploring this new territory, realizing the capabilities and deficits of automation helps in the understanding of how Parametric Design is utilized in current day architecture.
Initial
Grasshopper Operations
H Top H Top Plane H Bottom H Bottom Plane
H Rotate on Y-Axis 4° Rotate on Y-Axis 41° H Rotate on Y-Axis 13° Rotate on Y-Axis 124°
Base Geometry
H Top H Top Plane H Bottom H Bottom Plane
Rotate Y-Axis
H Rotate on Y-Axis 4° Rotate on Y-Axis 41° H Rotate on Y-Axis 13° Rotate on Y-Axis 124°
Top ‘H’ - 4°
Plane One - 41°
Plane Two - 124°
Bottom ‘H’ - 13°
Rotate Z-Axis Rotate on Z-Axis 102° Rotate on Z-Axis 35°
Rotate on Z-Axis 102° Rotate on Z-Axis 35°
Split H using Split H using
Split H using Split H using
H Rotate Top Half 69° H Rotate Bottom Half 98°
H Rotate Top Half 69° H Rotate Bottom Half 98°
Plane One - 102°
Split with Planes
H H
Boolean Intersect
Plane Two - 35°
Rotate Halves H H
Boolean Intersect
Top ‘H’ - 69°
Bottom ‘H’ - 98°
H Boolean Union H
H Boolean Union H
Boolean Intersect Bounding Box
Images by L. Lasting
North Elevation
East Elevation
Initial
2nd Floor
4th Floor
6th Floor
9th Floor
11th Floor
13th Floor
South Elevation
West Elevation
Rework
Automated Design Output Preparing for Future Climate Change Location: Koto City, Tokyo, Japan UCLA Study Project Studio I Revisited: Summer 2021 Instructor: Erin Besler Individual Rework
Rework
Utilizing previously established design procedures, the process of reworking this project was focused on building use and the interaction with changing weather climates in the foreseeable future. This is done with intentional use and research of numerical values and their output and studying the potential for program distribution and possible climate interactions of the geometry before committing to a final form. This new form aims to function in a city forecasted to be exposed to flooding in the future. The design is meant to have dual usage as an dance and performance arts studio in the present; while acting as an area of refuge and flood shelter in the inevitable future.
Rework
Base Geometry
Rotate Top H - 79°
Rotate Bottom H - 27°
Split & Rotate Bottom Half - 270°
Trim with Bounding Box
Final Output
Above: Simplified Design Process Right: Weather Interaction Diagram Below: Programmatic Diagrams
Dance & Performance Studio
Rework
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Flood Refuge Shelter
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Slant to Deflect Rainwater
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Rainwater Collection and Channel
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Hydrodynamic Angle Splits Floodwater
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Floodwater Channel
Initial
Sectioned Wall Exploring Construction Methods Location: Westwood, Los Angeles, CA UCLA Study Project Technology II Winter 2019 Instructor: Gabriel Fries-Briggs Collaboration with 3 Partners
Initial
Beginning with the study of the Beaux Arts Model and the utilization of BIM as a pedagogical tool, this project attempts to push both the design model and the innate constrictions of BIM software to their limits. Acknowledging how design processes are forced to start in plan or elevational view in the Beaux Arts Model and Revit, the wall was a study project on how a design process that focuses on starting in the oblique view would affect the following steps and final outcome of an architectural structure. This project aimed to create better understanding of how traditional design methods are established and why these methods and BIM programs are utilized in architectural pedagogy and the role they play in the modern-day built environment.
Initial
Concept Development
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Isometric View Fragment
South Elevation
Section A
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Fragment_Iso
Fragment_Plan
Fragment_Elevation
Rework
Sectioned Wall - Adaptive Reuse Retrofitting Composed Spaces Location: Westwood, Los Angeles, CA UCLA Study Project Technology II Revisited: Summer 2021 Instructor: Gabriel Fries-Briggs Individual Rework
Rework
Realizing the shortcomings of designing a structure that functions as a folly on UCLA’s north campus, adaptively reusing the structure to function as a pavilion to showcase student artworks and creations. Taking advantage of its location near centers of arts, culture, and theater in UCLA’s North Campus, the pavilion aims to showcase creative works of students in order to bring attention to the hardwork and productions that the student body is making.
Rework
Right: Combined Context Map Isometric Section Below: Programmatic Plan of Student Works Pavilion
Projection Screen
Outdoor Gallery Exhibition Space
Artwork Gallery
Rework
Dept. of Arts
Dept. of Theater, Film and Television
Sculpture Gardens
Dept. of Architecture and Urban Design Royce Hall (Theater)
Relation to Arts, Culture, and Theater Campus Buildings Greenspace
Fowler Museum
Roadways Pedestrian Pathways
Thank You