Jiyoung Baek Portfolio

Harvard Graduate School of Design MLA 1 | selected works | 2019 - 2023

1Permanent Temporality Manhattan Porticoes

Some of the sidewalk sheds could become permanent and become embedded in the streetscape

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13 x length of Manhattan Island 34% of Central Park The oldest one is13 years old W 8x10, S 4x7.7 ⌀ 88.9mm 2”x10”

Permanent Temporality Manhattan Porticoes

⌀ 41.2mm existing green roof + water retention embeded in the streetscape green roof

The East Village has many short residential buildings so the north and west side of the streets remain sunny throughout the day in summer. Also, there are a lot of restaurants and small shops on the ground floor participating in the open restaurant program, which expanded drastically due to COVID-19.

open restaurants sidewalk sheds street trees

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The new sidewalk sheds integrated with open restaurant program change the street scape of the East Village. Permanent Temporality Manhattan Porticoes

4Reciprocal Vacancies NOAA Intermediate NOAA Int. High NOAA int. High

Site 1 Proposal

Site 2 Proposal

New proposal and existing social fabric are marked in red.

Industrial buildings are marked in black.

5Reciprocal Vacancies

Site 1 - summer afternoon

Site 1 - spring morning

Site 1 - fall night

Site 1 - winter evening

6Reciprocal Vacancies

7Boston City Hall Plaza

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Boston City Hall Plaza

light light old - red bricks new - gray tiles dense dense

9Space | Place Liminal Landscapes

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Space Place : Liminal Landscapes

columbarium cremation urn plots in ground burial

Space|Place offers multiple types of internment, yet with identical metal ring as the plaque. Simply name and dates are engraved. And instead of leaving flowers, visitors can turn on the lights that are attached on the ring, and the lights will remain for a week.

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Space Place : Liminal Landscapes