Selected Works
2013-2020
Jin Park
Academic Projects
Post-Pandemic Community Center eastlake community forum | master 's thesis
Inhabiting the Section prosthetics research center
Porosity x Promenade northwest media lab
Shelf Bench + 2x Stool small space bench w. shelf + backrest
Seattle Phoenix Present Future Research
speculative future
Suppressed & Expressed investigation into spatial forms | master 's thesis
Table of Contents
studio urbis
Mid-Century Renovation
Documents
building lab
+ Curriculum Vitae
2013-2020
Jin Park
Built Works
House at the Edge of a Creek
Post-Pandemic Community Center eastlake community forum seattle, wa thesis | winter+spring 2020 type: institutional, assembly, public space project size: advisors: jim nicholls + mary johnston Designed for the post-pandemic future, the Eastlake Community Forum reimagines the role of a community center as a civic institution that protects democracy through transparency. It is an architectural and programmatic reaction to the inefficacies of the current status-quo whose curtains have been peeled back through the COVID-19 crisis. Through a holistic consideration of its site, building, program, and details, the forum equally prioritizes decmoractic access to information, space, as well as strategies for resiliency.
The forum’s neighbors are biotech research companies at the forefront of this industry. Fred Hutch, a leader in cancer research with experiences in both AIDS and Zika epidemic, is located just south of the site in the historic Lake Union Steam Plant building. Their current engagement with COVID-19 includes tracking the virus’ spread, developing diagnostic tests, designing vaccine trials, and working to prevent future outbreaks. Adaptive Biotechnologies, an immune-driven medicine company currently working on antibody therapy, and Bloodworks NW Research Institute, a blood transfusion research companies, are directly next door, just north of the site. Nohla Therapeutics, working on cellular therapy with Fred Hutch, and Gilead Sciences, the pharmaceutical giant with exclusive rights to Remdesivir, are located one block north. These companies’ significance in the development of a treatment for the current
1. eastlake community forum 2. lake union drydock 3. bloodworks nw institute + adaptive biotech 4. nohla therapeutics 5. gilead sciences 6. fred hutch 7. i-5 freeway
site development diagram
Site The site is afforded a high level of visibility and accessibility through its central location in Seattle on the Lake Union waterfront. While maintaining vehicVECTORWORKS EDUCATIONAL VERSION ular access to site, the development of the site takes full advantage of the pedestrian, bike, and public transportation connection. The primary pedestrian connection is the Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop trail.
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pandemic was a contributor to the idea for the program. The vision for the community forum being one where various stakeholders can be present from the public to the experts of these research companies whose street frontage seems to indicate anything but transparency. The site’s condition as an urban threshold is both embraced and intensified in its development. Recognizing the history of regional development that has led to the transformation of the shoreline, a restorative strategy is undertaken to displace the shoreline between 30 to 80 feet along the site’s length to make it a wetland. Around 100,000 cubic feet of excavated brownfield soil is maintained on site by berming the north and east edges of the site. A remediative memorial grove in recognition of the lives lost to this pandemic is planted at the east edge of the site along Eastlake Avenue. The grove functions in both an expressive and suppressive manner, buffering the site from the heavy traffic of Eastlake Avenue while becoming an anchor and a marker at the south end of Eastlake neighborhood, visible from the streetscape and the passersby on I-5 freeway. Building The building is located in between the wetland and the grove in the middle of the site. It is organized into two halves of forum (north) and tower (south) with a frontage to the plaza at its west face. The displacement of the two forms generates a small courtyard for entry at the grove to the east. It’s primary structure (large scale detail) is composed of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) panels,with parallel CLT frames housing the forum and CLT fin walls functioning as both vertical load-bearing and lateral load-resisting structure at the tower. Both CLT and DLT (Dowel Laminated Timber) panels are used to stiffen and span across the primary CLT structure, as floors, roofs, beams, and guardrails. The structural system was chosen not only for its direct expressiveness, but also to take an environmentally positive approach just as it is done for the site. Through their deployment as parallel elements, the system’s spatial potential is heightened. As a response to the pandemic, copper standing seam is used as the primary cladding of the building (large scale detail). This material, not only has antibacterial qualities, but is also used as a reference to the industrial character of the amphibious buildings surrounding Lake Union. It’s suppressive quality as a detail is leveraged to unify the forum and the tower, and CLT fin walls and guardrails, where exposed, are typically clad in sheets of copper that are detailed to join the standing seam panels. The antibacterial strategy is extended to the building’s programming as well as the use of shou-sugi-ban as the secondary cladding material. The forum is designed to accommodate various seating arrangements for different types of gatherings, but also socially distanced ones. It is also designed to be transformable, with folding shou-sugi-ban clad wall to the west (medium scale detail) that allows an exterior extension of gatherings and pivoting shou-sugi-ban clad walls to the north (medium scale detail) that allows for the forum’s transformation into a drive-through test site. During normal times, these pivoting walls can become stalls for various purposes. Copious amount of outdoor spaces are programmed into the building also. They consist of a contemplative roof space, a triple height terrace, and various balconies directly accessible from interior spaces. An outdoor staircase with direct access to the roof is also given prominence at the south-west corner, indicated by both the opening of the copper cladding and a 7 story shou-sugi-ban wall (large scale detail) that elicits an emotional response through the sense of smell as one approaches the roof. This extension of a contemplative experience into a promenade is reinforced further by copper inserts (small scale detail) that also recognize the lives lost to this pandemic. At the most practical level, interior circulation is given additional room with a 7’ wide interior staircase and generous hallways throughout the building. An interior sink at the lobby (small scale detail), as well as an exterior sink at the grove, are also provided transforming the practical need for cleansing into a celebrated ritual.
Inhabiting the Section prosthetics research center seattle, wa architecture 504 | winter 2019 type: institutional, research, recreational, public space project size: instructor: rob corser
Located at Pier 48, an urban junction where the city and the industrial meet, the northwest prosthetics research center leverages its unique program and context to meet the needs of its diverse community. A series of parallel, steel vierendeel trusses are not only the primary structure of the building, but also the spatial generator -- Both its frame and cantilevered ends housing research and mechanical spaces above with light filtering down to the lower levels via alternating light wells on both the east and west sides of the building. The steel structure allows the more private spaces of the building to hover above a modified, open ground plane that connects generously to the urban life of its waterfront site.
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Project Description Prosthetics is among the most ground-breaking areas for the application of new technological advances and its practice and research entail a variety of expertise to serve the needs of its users. A new center located at the Seattle waterfront is being envisioned that will consist of research labs, offices, user support spaces and facilities for the testing and evaluation of new prosthetic designs. It will also be a community hub, linking researchers and users of advanced prosthetics with the general public. The site is located at the footsteps of Pier 48, a juncture along the Seattle waterfront where the urban, industrial, and recreational fabric of the city comes together. It is directly west of the Pioneer Square neighborhood and directly north of Terminal 46, a heavily utilized industrial shipping port. The site along with ballast beach serves as a gateway to Pier 48 which has been redesigned as a recreational pier as a part of the waterfront development plan. The primary access to the center from Pioneer square is through Main St. and Jackson St. The primary access from North and South of the site is through the newly designed waterfront park at Alaskan Way by James Corner Field Operations.
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It’s programs include labs and offices for a research center focused on both fabrication and performance, as well as a testing facility that will double as the primary community interfacing recreational area of the building. The steel frame is left exposed where possible as a not-so-subtle nod to the character of the neighboring industrial port. The cladding materials of perforated zinc at the labs and copper of the mechanical box further this reference while introducing a level of refinement. The didactic character of the building’s construction embraces both the fabrication and performative sides of prosthetics research.
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Porosity x Promenade northwest media lab seattle, wa architecture 503 | fall 2018 type: institutional, research, public space project size: 55,000 sf instructor: mary johnston
The Northwest Media Lab is an antidisciplinary research and advocacy organization that aims to make our lives safer, cleaner, healthier, fairer, and more productive by leveraging the best technology has to offer, and connecting technology back to the social and the human. Internally, the Media Lab seeks to foster exchange of ideas through transparency and vertical connection between the labs. The building is located adjacent to the marion street bridge, one of the busiest pedestrian corridors of downtown Seattle. This location allows the lab to showcase its research to the public on daily basis. The building provides large open public spaces at ground and second floor and its various outward facing programs engage with the city.
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Project Description The media lab activates the street level for pedestrians on all sides through the introduction of a media library on the corner of Western Avenue and Marion Street, a ground level plaza at the building’s west entrance on the corner of Marion Street and Alaskan Way, a planted green space under the Marion Street Bridge along Marion Street, and a cafe/restaurant along Alaskan Way. The building also integrates with the Marion Street Bridge by providing two entrances into the building directly from the bridge. The bridge level is further developed as a raised street through the introduction of a plaza that generates another urban space that people are able to linger. In order to ensure that the life of the street, a generous 30’ wide sitting staircase is introduced as a continuous “ground” between the two levels.
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The public components of the building, such as the lecture halls and demonstration spaces are placed at upwest west elevation
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per floors to generate opportunities for visitors to look into the labs as they circulate through the building. These spaces are also directed towards either the city or the water to generate additional exposure to the city; the east media labs engage with the Western Avenue while the west media labs engage with Marion Street Bridge. To integrate with the larger infrastructure, bike parking is provided at the ground level activity along Western Avenue, Marion Street, and Alaskan Way based on data gathered from the Urban Analysis. The media lab’s contribution to its surrounding context expands beyond the boundary of the building through the development of the Marion Street Bridge as NW Media Bridge with pavilions that change in
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use throughout the day. These pavilions located under the bridge not only activates the southern side of Marion Street, but also allows for additional presence of people along Marion Street and Western Avenue. The design of the NW Media Lab and the urban design proposal for the downtown study area are developments that encourage pedestrian activity in multiple ways. The way the building interfaces the street both at ground level and above are carefully articulated to support vibrant pedestrian activity along Western Avenue, Marion Street, and Alaskan Way based on data gathered from the Urban Analysis.
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architecture 506 | summer 2019 type: furniture instructor: jim nicholls
Shelf Bench Many pieces of furniture have a specific function. A chair is intended to hold the human body, a table allows the placement of objects for engagement with a seated person, and a shelf stores objects and allow access. Often, these objects are designed for a singular use rather than accommodating a variety of them. In contemporary society, space has become a valuable commodity. This is especially so in the American context where there is a clear trend of people moving back to urban centers following a lengthy period of single -family residential living that persisted following the post-war era. The spaces that we inhabit adjusts as our living habits change. So it seems only fitting that the objects and furniture that we fill our spaces with should also change and adapt to new needs. The shelf bench addresses this constraint by allowing for a variety of uses to occur within its 19�x37� footprint -- It is at once a bench (or a chair), a table, and a shelf. The entire piece is composed of seven major components of three panels and four legs. The design seeks to not only integrate multiple functions into a small footprint, but combines its use, form, and structure into an integrated whole.
2x Stool
“Make a stool with 2x4’s only employing glue joints.� Given such a constrained, yet open brief, the 2x stool was an exploration in improvised making. Beginning with a general idea of its form and how it might stand, ideas were dialed back for directness while allowing vestige of aspirations to remain. The final end-grain pattern of the seat is a simultaneous consideration of rigidity and composition. Extremely light, yet durable, it is a playful stool that invites variety of placement and uses.
Seattle Phoenix
be 505 | spring 2019 type: speculative, urban instructor: david miller + ken yocom It is the year 2028. Climate change causes Washington State to lose 100% of its snowpack, leading to a decrease in water supply and loss of hydropower for the city of Seattle. Due to severe drought in Arizona, the city of Phoenix is cut off from water coming in from the Central Arizona Project and agricultural land outside of the city is lost. A new federal government has been elected that has no plan to respond to the dramatic changes in climate and in response. As a result, the cities of Seattle and Phoenix as well as their immediate watersheds secede from the union to manage their resources and economy at a local level. Given this scenario, how do we imagine a speculative future grounded in real conditions? What kind of differences are reflected in the two vastly different cities?
Present Future
Suppresed & Expressed investigation into spatial forms | master’s thesis research
Titled S,M,L,detaiL, my Master of Architecture thesis seeked to understand the syntactic use of expressive and suppressive details as a strategy for constructing space by identifying construction elements (details) as a set of nested scales within works of architecture. By incorporating pre-existing theories of details, tectonics, and space with case study analysis of three distinct buildings, a system of describing and analyzing works of architecture was developed-- An S,M,L analysis that would describe the constructed building as a spatial consequence of both expressive and suppressive details. A fair amount of effort was also devoted to exploring both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional methods of drawing and diagramming to better understand specific spatial output of each details as well as their hierarchical relationships. Focusing on threshold conditions in particular, a space of analysis was simultaneously studied in both plan and section.
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Processional Area place along promenade: entrance path-space relationship: pass through
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2nd.protagonist.detail - textured plaster primary definer of spatial form generator of connection to adjacent space
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supporting.detail - cruciform recess + resin glazing reinforcer of spatial direction
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Located on a flag lot with native oak trees and a creek, the house is designed to engage with the entire site. The house is composed of three independent structures with a variety of outdoor spaces outside of and between them.
House at the Edge of a Creek
studio urbis lafayette, ca 2015-2018 type: single-family residential, new-construction project size: 4,300 sf budget: $3.5 million
The main house is flanked by two shed roofs housing the master suite and the main living spaces that open towards the landscape. Peninsula-like forms of the master bedroom and living room brings users closer to the trees and the creek, and a cantilevered deck at the living room allows one to move out even further towards the creek. Open corners intensify the experience of being a part of the site by providing constantly transforming views of the surrounding environment as one moves throughout the building. The two shed roofs are bridged by a flat roofed portion of the house generating outdoor spaces to its North and South. The placement of the garage at the entrance of the site forms an entry courtyard between the garage and the main house with a framed view of a large oak tree and the hills beyond. From the courtyard, one is able to enter the house or continue into the landscape through a sequence of outdoor spaces generated between the main house, garage, and guest house.
*Photos by MN Builders
Project Role -Construction Administration -Production and Management of Drawing Sets (DD to CD) -Detailing -Materials Research -Design Assistance to Principal -Consultant Management/Coordination
Mid-Century Renovation
building lab larkspur, ca 2014-2015 type: single-family residential, renovation project size: 2,400 sf budget: $300,000
A renovation of a mid-century home with original wood paneling and t&g ceiling, the house suffered from both the dreariness of a dark interior and less than ideal compartmentalization of the communal spaces. The project improves the flow and feel of the home, as well as providing much needed upgraded functions for family living. The kitchen is redefined as a volume with an active, open corner that serves as the center of all family activities. Walls and doors between the kitchen, dining, and living rooms were removed.
*Professional photos by scott hargis
To brighten and organize the newly open communal spaces, the wood paneling is stripped away and selectively reintroduced as a series of parallel walls that contain and separate the spaces. They are programmed for storage, working, sitting, and gathering to support various activites of the family.
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Work Samples
STUDIO URBIS
STUDIO URBIS
Education University of Washingon - Seattle, WA Master of Architecture 2018-2020 Teaching Assistantships
- Design Development Winter.2020 [m.arch] - Const. Materials & Assembly Spring.2020 [m.arch] - "Raft Museum" Studio Spring.2020 [ba.arch.des]
Jin Park
University of California, Berkeley - Berkeley, CA B.A. in Architecture 2008-2012
jinpark120@gmail .com 925.286.4053 2325 10th ave. E #306 Seattle, WA 98102
Compostela Institute - Santiago de Compostela, Spain Summer Studio 2011
Professional Experience Studio Urbis - Berkeley, CA Project Designer October.2015 - August.2018 - Worked primarily on a 4300 sf New Construction Residential project from DD to CA; Responsibilities included involvement in design, preparation and management of drawing documents through all phases, development of details, and construction administration. - Some involvement with ADU, Multi-Family Residential, and Institutional Projects; Typical tasks included code research, presentation drawings, permit drawings, and involvement in design. Building Lab - Oakland, CA Project Manager/Lead Designer July.2015 - October.2015 - Performed construction project management duties for a renovation of a 4-story home; Responsibilities included preparation of construction cost estimate, management of subcontractors and consultants, scheduling of inspections, and leading weekly client meetings. - Lead design for a renovation of a 2-story home; Other responsibilites included preparation and management of drawings and specifications for all stages of design and permitting process, presentation at client meetings, and selection of materials. Junior Designer January.2013 - July.2015 - Worked on remodels of various scales from kitchen and bathroom remodels to full house renovations and additions; Typical tasks included working closely with the project architect in development of designs and details, guiding of projects through the permit process, preparation of construction documents, and management of RFI/SK log to assist lead carpenter for design/build projects.
Skills
Proficient in - Vectorworks, Sketchup, Rhinoceros, Adobe Suite, Hand-Drawing, Model Making, Working Knowledge of - Woodworking, CNC Router, Ceramic 3D Printer, Grasshopper, Python, AutoCAD, V-Ray, Enscape
Awards/Recognition Valle Scholarship Fall 2019 - Conducted an independent research on public spaces and their relationship to varying urban morphologies of Copenhagen and Stockholm. Roland Terry Endowment for International Travel Fall 2019 - Visited the works of Alvar Aalto, Carlo Scarpa, and Enric Miralles in preparation for master's thesis research. Department of Architecture End of Year Show - Studio projects from Fall 2018 and Winter 2019 were selected to represent the Department of Architecture to the university and the wider professional community.
Curriculum Vitae
Jin Park | Portfolio | 2013-2020