June You 尤娟
June You Resume
juanyou@ku.edu issuu.com/juneyou 1016 Ohio St. Lawrence, KS, USA 66044 Phone: 785_580_8767
[education] 05 2011_current
Master of Architecture _05 2014_GPA 3.75 University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
09 2007_12 2008
Business Administration _Undergraduate University Of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
09 2004_06 2008
International Business _Bachelor of Economics Wuhan University Of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
08 2012_current
Woodshop Technician
[experience]
Instructing and assisting students in using woodworking equipment; demonstrating safety procedures in using power tools; offering recommendations and help to precision in architectural model making; cleaning and maintaining tools and the woodshop work environment. School of Architecture, University of Kansas Phone: 785_383_8265 06 2012_08 2012
Studio 804 Warehouse Management Helper being familiar with building materials, especially inventive, sustainable and affordable materials that Studio 804 focuses on, creating new floor flans for electric outlets and shelves layout, moving materials and cleaning the warehouse. School of Architecture, University of Kansas Phone: 785_383_8265
05 2010_12 2010
Barista In charge of daily business and customer service, providing excellent service, using interpersonal skills and networking House of Cha, 21 West 9th Street Lawrence, Kansas Phone: 785_856_6688
01 2009_06 2009
Assistant to the Fashion Designer Taking online orders, sewing clothes taking photography, doing graphic design, sketching basic fashion design drawing http://wikstenmade.com Phone: 785_580_8318
[Publication]
[Involvement]
Frozen Moment of Drama Kiosk magazine issue 47
Volunteer and Mentor Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Douglas County
[skills]
[hobbies] Computer
Furniture making
Revit
Upholstery
Autocad
Sewing
3D Max
Knitting
SketchUp
Photography
PhotoShop, Indesign, Illustrator
Scrap booking
Microsoft Office
Chinese brush painting
Hand
Chinese calligraphy Chinese poetry
Woodworking
Fashion
Blacksmithing
Cooking
Welding Laser Cutting
Language Mandarin _Fluent English _Fluent
[references]
Academic Chad Kraus
Assistant Professor
ckraus@ku.edu
785_864_4129
Denton Nichols
Lecturer
dnichls1@ku.edu
785_864_3087
Fashion Designer
jennygordy@gmail.com
785_580_8318
Professional Jenny Gordy
[ About Me ] Even as a five-year-old, I learned that a house could mean a lot more than mere shelter to a family. In a small village in southeastern China in 1991, an unusually long rainy season created the biggest flood in village history. Like all the other poor villagers, my family was living in a house built of adobe with a wood and rice-straw roof. One afternoon, the rain was pouring down like a waterfall, and a “boom” sound, much greater than the thunder, broke through the heavy rain. We hurried outside to see hundreds of adobe bricks fall into the deepening pond in our yard. Our kitchen, which was a separate hut, had collapsed. After the flood subsided, my father used his knowledge of furniture-making to rebuild. This time he constructed the house with strong wood and fired bricks.
Growing up in an undeveloped area in China, I had never even heard of the word “archi-
tecture” until the age of ten when I first saw the modern skyline of Shanghai. Dreaming of becoming someone who was able to build something great, I learned furniture making from my father and clothes making from my mother when I was a kid. Because my father believed international business to be China’s future, he thought it should be mine too and hoped I would help expand his successful paper recycling business. Though I could not study architecture as I wanted, I was able to develop strong communication, mathematics, planning and management skills through business school in China and Canada, which are valuable assets in today’s competitive architecture design world.
Having lived in three different countries, I valued the opportunities to experience cultural differ-
ences in architectural design, which is often derived from considering responses to climate, technology, culture and site. Charles Eames said: “Design is the appropriate combination of materials in order to solve a problem.” Along with the aesthetic side to design, I have also understood the more logical side. This was due to an internship with Jenny Gordy, an independent fashion designer who has gained a lot of attention and business on the Internet (http://wikstenmade.com). Through the fashion design profession, although not exactly the same as the world of architecture, I found confidence in my creativity and design skills. Although I have witnessed the many challenges of being a creative designer, such as demanding clients, late hours and the need for efficient business management, I have also found it extremely rewarding.
Still dreaming of becoming someone who was able to build something great, I decided to
go to University of Kansas to study Architecture. I learned, however, architecture is about enhancing the quality of everyday life. Having been brought up in a densely populated nation like China, I have become especially curious about environmental and sustainability issues and have developed an interest in their application through architectural design. After my education from the School of Architecture at the University of Kansas, I hope to take part in building a sustainable, living environment for future generations to make place and memory. Since growing up in an adobe brick house, never have I doubted that, beyond the obvious fact of shelter, architecture makes life better.
[ Design is One ] Design is everything. Design is passion, discipline, and skills. As architects, we don’t design for one single purpose. For me, design is one, it is not many different ones. The discipline of architecture design is one and can be applied to many different subjects, regardless of style. Design discipline is above and beyond any style. All style requires discipline in order to be expressed. Very often people think that Design is a particular style. Nothing could be more wrong! Design is a discipline, a creative process with its own rules, controlling the consistency of its output toward its objective in the most direct and expressive way. Architecture is about experience and expression. To achieve the desired outcome, I believe a creative process with a discipline to be the generator. Throughout my educational and professional life, I always like to find opportunities to diversify my design interest: from architecture to interiors, from furniture to drawing, from wood to pottery to plastics, from printing to packaging, from clothing to costumes and more. From working in the wood-shop of the architecture school at the University of Kansas, I have developed design and build skills. During the summer of 2012, I helped to work on the warehouse management for Studio 804, which is a not-for-profit organization for graduate students entering the final year of the Master of Architecture program at the University of Kansas (http://studio804.com). I became familiar with building materials, especially inventive, sustainable and affordable materials that Studio 804 focuses on. I have also enrolled in a blacksmithing class at the University of Kansas to expand my interest in design and build. To truly understand and master how things work together as parts of architecture is always enticing to me.
For me, everything is a tempting challenge to test the interaction between intuition and knowl-
edge, between passion and curiosity, between desire and success.
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Designs
Index
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A SYSTEM OF NODES 0 50FT 100FT
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CRACKING
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AGING IN PLACE
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retreat
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100FT
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WOODWORKING
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DRAWINGS
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FASHION
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PHOTOGRAPHY
A System of Nodes
site
diagramming of public space // kansas city, missouri, fall 2012
Architecture is place making. Before
focusing on developing a cohere architecture project – the Monarch Institute, we explored the site – located in the river market neighborhood of downtown Kansas City-through diagramming as a form of thinking. My specific filter was public space, and through site visits, interviews and careful analysis, I crafted a diagram of public space study of downtown Kansas City. Bounded by towering skyscrapers in the new Central Business District to the south, and with the Missouri River to the north, the River Market neighborhood is a common ground for urban social activity. My investigations of how some public spaces work better than others were mainly carried out around the River Market area and the downtown freeway loop.
river market
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0
a system of nodes
500ft
1000ft
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
RIVERFRONT TRAIL
PARKINGS/GARAGES
PUBLIC SPACES GREEN SPACES
When comparing different open and
public spaces such as parks, plazas and trails, I find small urban spaces that are more inte-
E 3RD
ST
grated with surrounding communities are used more often than large spaces. For instance, the
CITY MARKET PARK
E 5TH
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City Market Park, occupies only half of a block, but has a higher person to area usage than the Riverfront Heritage Trail. This is also true of the LOCUST ST
Oppenstein Park in the business district. A variety of people can regularly be seen in this small and intimate urban park. To account for amenities that help make public spaces successful, I compared all three places based on Kevin Lynch’s five key elements of the urban form: path, district, edge, node and landmark.
11TH ST OPPENSTEIN PARK
12TH ST
The path for the desired public space should be constructed with natural materials such as brick and stone, instead of con-
or sculptures, which the individual perceives as a barrier, are more desirable than physical boundaries like iron fences. Places to sit help create a node where people can gather. Landmarks like the sign for the entrance of the River Market or even a tree in Oppenstein Park can attract locals.
MAIN ST
often. Less well-defined edges such as planters
WALNUT ST
district attracts people to use the space more
GRAND BLVD
crete or asphalt. Food available in the nearby
planters to define edges
food location
city market area
brick & stone as paving materials increased attractiveness & distinctiveness of the pedestrian paths
trees to provide shading
In consideration of these amenities, I think that a system of small public spaces
path woven into other components
distributed throughout the urban fabric works better than a few large parks or plazas isolated from neighborhoods.
0 50FT 100FT
city market front entrance as a local landmark concrete & asphalt as paving materials lack of distinctiveness from the surrounding vehicle paths
planters edge for sitting
0 50FT 100FT
oppenstein park
a street-corner hangout node 0
50FT
100FT
riverfront trail 11
Cracking The Monarch Institute
// kansas city, missouri, fall 2012 Architecture in service of life. After the previous exercise of site analysis, I started to engage in the formation of design strategies and underlying concepts for the Monarch Institute Build-
kansas missouri river
ing. The Monarch Institute (20,000 NASF) will serve the River Market neighborhood, downtown Kansas City, and the larger metropolitan community. The building will contain a butterfly vivarium, a black box theater, a reading room, a butterfly garden, a cafe and research areas. Architecture is about experience. Architecture has the capacity to act upon our imagi-
River Market
native faculties beyond what may be captured through strictly analytical methods. Architecture is experienced through the senses, memories, beliefs and desires. In this project, the butterfly vivarium is an open space to accommodate thousands of butterflies accompanied by elements of their natural habitat. Well designed natural and artificial lighting is essential. What is more Important, this space should provide a full sensory experience to visitors and a living laboratory for researchers.
downtown kansas city
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butterfly vivarium
sunlight study
cracking space
site mass
adjacent buildings
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Winter
Noon
material study ce No on
cracking forces
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830FT
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820FT T
GRAND BLVD
WALNUT ST
MAIN ST
LOCUST ST
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basement
level 1
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32ft
8ft
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UP UP
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level 2
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level 3
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
theater mechanical administration reading butterfly vivarium lobby / cafe research dry lab roof garden research wet lab
floor plans
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Architecture is about making. To strengthen the overall design through a careful consideration of tectonics, materiality, and building systems, details for the Monarch Institute needs to be developed. I created an axonometric wall section that cuts through the reading room and the research labs with roof top garden. The axonometric drawing of the building illustrates the proper address of structural, life safety, and environmental response systems.
planter concrete form wood chips planting soil insulation & filter fabric weeping tile
roof slab paving stone sand for leveling compacted gravel filter fabric rigid insulation waterproof membrane structural concrete slab
PERFORATED MESH MOUNTING
basement wall 8’’ concrete wall 3’’ wood wool acoustic board 3/4’’ plywood panel 3’’ insulation membrane 4’’ concrete floor slab 2’’ protection board membrane fluid-applied waterproofing gravel drain pipe
basement foundation 2’’ concrete floor finishing 4’’ concrete floor slab 2’’ protection board membrane 3’’ mud slab 6’’ gravel bed
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metal mesh screen cladding to reduce heat gain from west sunlight
environmental system LEED certified polygal sheets for better thermal insulation
green roof garden
egress system
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2
36'
structural system
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Aging in Place home for field station researchers
// lawrence, kansas, summer 2012 The client is a Field Research Station who requires three houses for their researchers and a grounds keeper/maintenance person. The site has a slight southern slope, and is populated by wild grasses and a small forest of early-successional deciduous trees. The ecosystem here is an ecotone, a transition space between forest and prairie. There are three existing buildings on the facility, but the houses will be located about 500-100 feet away, and shall be connected by a path.
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Straw bale is a local and
ecological material found abundantly in Kansas farmlands. Prefabricated panels improve the aesthetic of completed straw bale construction, as well as decrease the on site construction footprint.
Native Kan-
sas architecture have been important precedents, as it is ideal to retain the culture of rural Kansas. Many residents of the country tend to live in the same house until the end stages of life. Because of this, designing for aging in place needs to be a priority. The residences are comfortable for able bodied individuals, as well as the elderly and disabled. Designing for adaptability is required to provide for all stages of life.
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Ecological Design of site 1. Maximum southern solar exposure for heating and natural light 2. Body of water for evaporative cooling and excess storm water drainage 3. Coniferous trees for winter wind protection
The Prairie: Smooth Brome, Fescue, Bluegrass
Main access road to KU Field Station
Existing trees: American Elm, Osage orange, Hackberry, Redbud
Planted trees: Red Cedar for winter wind protection
Shared or private social deck space for residents
Residence Housing
Native species: Willow, Indian grass, Switchgrass, Big Bluestem
Expanded use of existing pond
Reserved forest for least disturbance of the habitat for wildlife
Short walking trail for residents and foot entrance to KU Field Station
Existing shrubs: Dogwood, Coralberry, Grape, Poison Ivy
existing modular home KU field station main entrance 1080
residence parking 1075
public parking
kitchen compost 1070
wild horse road
walking path 1065
original pond size
enlarged pond
1060
1055
1050
floor plan
0'
2'
4'
8'
16'
Level 1 Total Square Footage: 1540
DN
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10
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9
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11
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 11.
Full Bathroom Safe Room / Store Room Kitchen Laundry Room Wet Room Full Bathroom Master Bedroom Living & Dinning Room Move-able Green Wall
condition 1 Single / Graduate Student 9. Guest Bedroom 10. Office
condition 2 10
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Married / Children 7. Master Bedroom with Office Space 9. Bedroom 10. Bedroom
condition 3 7
Retired / Caretaker 7. Master Bedroom with two beds 9. Caretaker’s bedroom 10. Library
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adjustable + adaptive
Vertical garden, louvers and appropriate interior walls are attached to a track system for movability to create different spaces or to maximize or limit sun exposure
passive &
& active systems
metal
wood
glass
straw bale
wood
plastic
concrete
west elevation
south elevation
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Retreat vacation home for a food & wine critic
// lawrence, kansas, fall 2011 This design problem is a weekend retreat on Lake Perry for a professional food critic. She requires an inspirational space, utilizing natural light expressively, as well as a spatial and visual release from traditional housing. As the home of a food critic and wine connoisseur, the architecture should express the centrality of cooking and dining rituals. The 1st floor is designed to be more open and communal, while the 2nd floor is to be more private and peaceful. The site was chosen with relic walls because it was her favorite fishing spot with her father growing up in Kansas.
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south elevation
west elevation
section
floor plan level 1
site plan
Level 2
Woodworking
70 degree bench/coffee table 2011 solid pine wood
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70 degree bench/coffee table 2011 solid pine wood
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1.
2 by 4 by 12 pine wood
2.
cutting and gluing
3.
clamping
4.
dowel joints
5.
sanding, sanding & sanding
6.
applying finishing
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Drawings Antoine Predock’s design of the Nelson Fine Arts Center at Arizona State University in Tempe is one that has an experiential, metaphysical, and poetic link with the desert. Instead of denying or hiding the harsh and relentless desert presence in Arizona, the architect created spaces that are more than mere additional ingredients to the urban university surroundings. In order to represent my interpretation of Predock’s design, I decided to use pastel on a birch plywood panel because I wanted to create a powerful image in which sunlight is captured and experienced with a strong attitude of celebration. My work was also influenced by Giorgio De Chirico’s paintings from his metaphysical period, which are memorable for the haunted, brooding moods evoked by their images. In the foreground, a curving arcade, covered with louvers that form a trellis, provides a conventional path for visitors and acts as a frame in my work. When the powerful desert sunlight comes through the open arches, architecture and nature are joined in the metaphysics of place. Beyond the classical shape of arches, there are more dramatic buildings in square and triangle forms. Structures and forms interlocking with the perceiver’s senses provide the detail that moves us beyond acute sight to tactility. The dramatic experience is enhanced by the terraces toward towers that extend one’s journey to the sky. A human figure running in middle ground with a long shadow creates a strong contrast and indicates the time of the day. A desire to unite the self and the world, the realm of man and the universe is expressed at this sunset moment. Through representation of desert lights, architecture forms, human action & sight imagination, a moment of drama is captured and frozen in time. *published on Kiosk magazine issue 47
frozen moment of drama 20’’ by 20’’, 2012 soft pastel on birch plywood
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sketchbook 2012
vellum drawings 2012 charcoal, pastel, watercolor pencil
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Fashion
blue tank 2012 hand printed cotton fabric
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Photography
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谢谢. thank you.