Katherine Lo | Architecture Portfolio 2021

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Katherine Lo Architectural Portfolio of Selected Works


Katherine Lo

Profile

A dedicated architectual designer with a background in teaching, physics, and art. Adept at organization and research for various academic projects. Looking towards obtaining achitectural licensure, with a focus in sustainability.

Table of Contents

(949)-232-3375 katherine184@sbcglobal.net

Education

Master of Architecture University of California, Berkeley College of Environmental Design

Fall 2017-Spring 2020

Bachelor of Arts, Physics University of California, Berkeley College of Letters and Science Minor in Art

Fall 2013-Spring 2017 GPA 3.56

3D Modeling/Render: Rhino Enscape Revit Software: Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Computer Languages: Python

Additional Skills

Worth Ryder Art Gallery Berkeley, CA Gallery Intern Spring 2017-Spring 2020 Performed gallery setup duties, such as hanging paintings, setting up projectors, and helping install other kinds of work in the gallery. Hosted openings for art exhibitions in the gallery space, as well as other maintenence duties. UC Berkeley, Physics Department Berkeley, CA Graduate Student Instructor Summer 2018-Fall 2019 Taught thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and related topics in the course Physics 7B to undergraduate students during discussion and lab sections. Performed other proctoring, grading, and administrative duties. ChinaCache Diamond Bar, CA Market Intern Summer 2017 Assisted in advertising and developing the company image in the marketing department. Managed the design and acquisition of company T-shirts.

Languages: Familiarity with Mandarin General: Drawing/Painting Power Tool Use

Competitions

Honorable Mention, SKYHIVE Skyscraper Challenge, 2021

AIR X CHANGE EVOLO COMPETITION SUBMISSION | 2021

GPA 3.56

Experience Technical Skills

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THE WAVE INSTITUTE GRADUATE OPTION STUDIO | SPRING 2019

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GLASS BOX CITY THESIS STUDIO | SPRING 2020

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KILN CYCLE

INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE II | SPRING 2018

ANCHORED COMPLEX INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO | FALL 2019


AIR X CHANGE

PA R T C U L AT E F I LT R AT I O N T O W E R COMPETITION: EVOLO COMPETITION SUBMISSION | 2021 TYPE: MIXED USE/RESIDENTIAL SITE: JUDGE HARRY PREGERSON INTERCHANGE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA TEAMMATES: NATHAN NGUYEN, JERALYN TSENG, & ALEX CHAU


AIR X CHANGE

PERSPECTIVE SECTION

CONTAMINATED AIR EXHAUST

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL SEMI-OPEN SPACE

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE GREEN OPEN SPACE

SCHOOL

GREEN OPEN SPACE

BACKGROUND: The AirXchange is a multipurpose tower centered around community support with a flexible education program. It is designed to adapt to issues of air quality in Los Angeles, where insufficient infrastructure has led to the city’s failure to adequately weather various crises. During the year 2020 in particular, Los Angeles oversaw the increasing spread of cases during the COVID-19 pandemic, giving rise to mandates that discouraged situations of indoor congregation. On the other hand, the increase of wildfires in 2020, from the Lake Fire to the Bobcat Fire, has severely affected the external air quality both within and outside the state. As such, the possibility of safe and breathable public air has been limited for both indoor and outdoor spaces. In preparation for a post-pandemic world of possible future crises, including the universal necessity of clean air as well as the convergence of home, work, and school, the AirXchange seeks to provide a space for public use, education, and residence. These three functions tie into the fabric of Los Angeles, whose sprawl gives way to specific deficiencies in public accomodations for underrepresented communities. SCENARIOS: The AirXchange also focuses on the understanding that both the exterior and the interior airflow must be filtered and regulated in order to protect its occupants. However, the methods of providing safe air varies from one situation to another, which leads to the adaptive nature of the tower. The design seeks to provide the highest quality air possible throughout the building by configuring the airflow system to four scenarios: clean air days, wildfire or pollution (high levels of AQI for PM2.5), epidemic or disease (i.e. flu season), and the concurrence of both wildfire and disease. While the last scenario is the most severe, the overlapping pandemic and wildfires in California has shown that it is still a scenario that must be accounted for. The building system consists of a central atrium surrounded by three main cores enveloped by a layer of glass curtain walls, which vary in the enclosure system depending on the program.

PUBLIC OPEN PARK BIKE ORIENTED RETAIL

UNDERGROUND PARKINGRETAIL

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AIR X CHANGE COVID-19 VUNERALBILITY

LOS ANGELES INFOGRAPHICS L.A. INTERCHANGES

HIGH SCHOOL DISTRIBUTION

AIR CIRCULATION: A typology uniquely focused on maintaining high air quality for its users is the hospital’s air filtration system. The AirXchange ventilation system integrates the displacement and filtration methods of the hospital’s isolation and operating rooms, adapting them into public and residential scales. Of the three main programs in the building, the lowest levels are public space, being always open to outside air. Above is the school, where classrooms can be closed during scenarios of contagious disease, but select facilities can still be accessed by the general public. On the upper levels, each private residential unit contains an independent airflow system that provides pressurized air filtration.

TRANSLATION OF HORIZONTAL HOSPITAL AIR SYSTEM INTO SKYSCRAPER TYPOLOGY

PATIENT ROOM

RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD vs INTERCHANGE SCALE

STADIUMS vs INTERCHANGE LOOP SCALE

MIXED USED BUILDING vs LOOP SCALE

CORRIDOR

CONTAINMATED AIR EXHAUST MACHINE

CLEAN AIR SUPPLY PIPE

THRESHOLD

CLEAN AIR SUPPLY MACHINE

EXHAUST PIPE

RESIDENTIAL

SCHOOL

CONTAINMATED AIR EXHAUST MACHINE

CLEAN AIR SUPPLY PIPE

ATRIUM/ NATURAL VENTILATION

CLEAN AIR SUPPLY MACHINE/ AIR FILTER

CONTAMINATED AIR/ EXHAUSE PIPE

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

INDOOR vs OUTDOOR DISEASE TRANSMISSION

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SMOG LEVELS OVER TIME

PUBLIC FLOORPLANS L1-L8

OPEN PUBLIC SPACE

SCHOOL FLOORPLANS L10-L16

RESIDENTIAL FLOORPLANS L16-L48

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AIR X CHANGE

AIRFLOW SYSTEM BY SCENARIOS CLEAR

WILDFIRE

DISEASE

WILDFIRE+DISEASE

CONTAMINATED AIR EXHAUST

CONTAMINATED AIR EXHAUST

CONTAMINATED AIR EXHAUST

CONTAMINATED AIR EXHAUST

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

SCHOOL

SCHOOL

SCHOOL

SCHOOL

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

PUBLIC SPACE

PUBLIC SPACE

PUBLIC SPACE

PUBLIC SPACE

BUILDING SYSTEMS

BUILDING

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CORE

COLUMNS

INTERIOR WALLS

SHADING FACADE

EXTERIOR FACADE

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AIR X CHANGE

GREEN OPEN SPACE BETWEEN PROGRAMS

SEMI-OUTDOOR SPACE DURING WILDFIRE

OPEN PUBLIC SPACE ON CLEAR DAY

MULTIPURPOSE SCHOOL SPACE

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AIR X CHANGE

EXTERIOR FACADE AND SITE RENDER

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THE WAVE INSTITUTE T I B U R O N

R E S E A R C H

C E N T E R

ACADEMIC TERM: GRADUATE OPTION STUDIO | SPRING 2019 COMPETITION: COTE TOP TEN FOR STUDENTS PROFESSOR: WILLIAM LEDDY & MARSHA MAYTUM TYPE: RESEARCH CENTER SITE: ROMBERG TIBURON CAMPUS TIBURON, CALIFORNIA TEAMMATES: MARSHALL GIFFORD & QI FENG


THE WAVE INSTITUTE

CAMPUS MASTERPLAN

BACKGROUND: The Wave Building and the redesign of the Tiburon Center is for a campus for inspired community learning that is focused around ecology, wellbeing and community. The campus renewal takes cues from the existing historical architecture existing on the site while introducing a major new lab building that interfaces with Building 20, the prominent trestle and a newly added shoreline berm. The building creates a dialogue between the new and the old to enhance the surrounding natural beauty upon which the research center and campus is focused. The redesign takes account for the importance of water to the site and research, while also preparing for the dramatic and unpredictable effects of climate change. The new design prepares for the future, encouraging the growth of a community at the Tiburon Center amongst scientists and the visitors of the greater Bay Area.

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THE WAVE INSTITUTE

SITE PHOTOS

ENERGY CONSIDERATIONS: Part of the research for constructing this project would making it a resilient and energy efficient building. Making the Wave Institute innovative is its use of passive design and sustainable energy to the buildings themselves. The new research building is designed to be net zero with high insulation, as well as solar orientation for north facing daylighting and south facing photovoltaic (PV) array. The window to wall ratio is an ideal 35% such that windows are only used where necessary to decrease thermal bridging. To make up for the difference of energy needs, especially for the lab spaces, the design capitalizes on its solar exposure for buildings to be more energy self-sufficient.

FLOORPLANS AND PROGRAM

DAYLIGHT AUTONOMY SIMULATION USING DIVA

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THE WAVE INSTITUTE

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM DIAGRAM

BUILDING MODEL 1/8”=1’ SCALE

BUILDING MODEL 1/32”=1’ SCALE

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Roof Trusses

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HVAC Water System

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Column/Beam Supports

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THE WAVE INSTITUTE

EXTERIOR VIEW

ROOF & BALCONY VIEW

COURTYARD VIEW

INTERIOR CLASSROOM VIEW

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THE WAVE INSTITUTE

AERIAL SITE RENDER 23

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GLASS BOX CITY

DISSOLUTION OF PERCEPTION ACADEMIC TERM: THESIS STUDIO | SPRING 2020 ADVISORS: LISA IWAMOTO &DAN SPIEGAL TYPE: PAVILION SITE: DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA INDIVIDUAL WORK


GLASS BOX CITY

STREET ELEVATION VIEW

THESIS STATEMENT: The proliferation of glazed surfaces in the modern city can create new images, new spaces, and new skylines beyond them. Transparency and reflectivity thus add new dimensions to the urban experience. From this as the starting point, the aim of the Glass Box City as a thesis was to focus on framing mirror shapes, and to design a pavilion along Beale Street with these ideas in mind. Architecture is the design of space, but moreover, the design of occupied space. However, there is an additional element in many people’s experience, and that is perceived space. As architectural theorist August Schmarsow says, paraphrased, “the architect can be seen as the constructor of worldviews“, and so an additional world is thus created as the body and the individual moves through it. In the collision and intersection of views, the collision and formation of shape takes place. Occupants can move through and between these levels through spaces carved out of these forms. The composition of this strategy is meant to break down and reveal new spaces, and this thesis is ultimately a push to transform and carve out space from perspectives. For each of the three main skyscrapers surrounding the plaza, a single view was chosen where all the reflective surfaces of a building be framed, and from that, form was generated. The result is a multilevel pavilion along the sidewalk that one can ascend and occupy, which reacts to its surrounding context in particular ways.

CONCEPT SKETCHES

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GLASS BOX CITY

GROUND LEVEL VIEW

BACKGROUND: The site is located in between Market Street and the new Salesforce Park and Terminal, Beale Street Plaza is at the heart of the stereotypical downtown and office area, surrounded by the street and three sides of heavily glazed buildings. Starting from the sidewalk level, one can look up and see the framing of the Gensler building and its glazed surfaces at a specific point, but elsewhere the view would be blocked. From there, the next viewpoint is on an upper level and aligns toward the next framing building. Finally, the third viewpoint is on a platform facing the opposite skyscraper, well above street level, where one can not only see the building behind, but the levels below as well. The result leads to the collision and intersection of views, which results in the collision and formation of shape.

CONCEPT MIRROR DIAGRAM

SECOND LEVEL VIEW

THIRD LEVEL VIEW

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GLASS BOX CITY

EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC INTERIOR HALLWAY VIEW

EXTERIOR STREET VIEW

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GLASS BOX CITY

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KILN CYCLE

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LIASON ACADEMIC TERM: INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE II | SPRING 2018 PROFESSOR: DAN SPIEGAL TYPE: CERAMICS STUDIO/GALLERY SITE: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA INDIVIDUAL WORK


KILN CYCLE

SITE AXONOMETRIC

BACKGROUND: The Kiln Cycle is a museum liason with the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, focused on the creation and exhibition of sculpture. It is located in a former industrial center by the city canal that is targeted for renovation and transformation into a new cultural site. The central conceit of this building is that it houses a fifty foot long anagama kiln, a traditional kiln which can fire large amounts of ceramic pieces two to three month creation cycle. The combination of large scale traditional crafting methods is set to juxapose with its modernist formalist encasing and its postindustrial surroundings. PROGRAM: Over time, pieces made by artists occupying the studios and other visitors will move through the building as they are created, fired, and viewed in the gallery. While the kiln pierces through all three floors of the building, each floor has its own program, with the gallery on the ground floor, art classes on the second floor, and artist studios as well as storage on the top floor. CONCEPT MODELS

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KILN CYCLE

GROUND FLOOR

TRANSVERSE SECTION

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SECOND FLOOR

THIRD FLOOR

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

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KILN CYCLE

SITE MODEL FRONT VIEW 1/16”=1’ SCALE

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SITE MODEL SIDE VIEW 1/16”=1’ SCALE

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KILN CYCLE

SECTION MODEL EXTERIOR 1/8”=1’ SCALE

SECTION MODEL INTERIOR 1/8”=1’ SCALE

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ANCHORED COMPLEX F L O A T I N G

L I N K E D

H U L L S

ACADEMIC TERM: INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO | FALL 2019 INSTRUCTORS: MARK JENSEN & STEVEN HUEGLI TYPE: COMMUNITY/ RESEARCH CENTER SITE: SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA INDIVIDUAL WORK


ANCHORED COMPLEX

SITE MODEL 1/32”=1’ SCALE

BACKGROUND: The Anchored Complex is centered around the idea of addressing both seismic and flooding threats through various strategies. By having the project actually be a series of buildings that can float and thus rise and fall with the water, the project itself can deal with both issues by avoiding direct contact with the ground. The main program of this project would be a research center focused on the study and purification of water, as well as providing other community programs. However, each unit would have its own distinct program, going from public outreach spaces to more technical and support-based places. In times of crisis could also serve as a community support center. It is also directly connected to the canal, so visitors can board boats and participate in activity on the water.

STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM

STRUCTURE: With the concrete hull serving as a foundation for a singular unit, metal supports are embedded within the hull to form the rest of each building. Concrete pillars that connect to the ground are also equipped with with base levelers to both provide an even plane for when the tide is low and to provide support for the bridges connecting the buildings. Using the fundamentals of buoyancy, the concrete hull serves to offset water providing the force for the rest of the building to float. The concrete piles in the base of the canal would serve as moorings fixing the building in place so that it would not float away.

BUOYANCY DIAGRAM

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ANCHORED COMPLEX

TRANSVERSE SECTIONS

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

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ANCHORED COMPLEX

FLOORPLANS

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DETAIL WALL SECTION

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ANCHORED COMPLEX

STREET VIEW

BRIDGE DOCK VIEW

CANAL/BOAT VIEW

INTERIOR ENTRANCE VIEW

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ANCHORED COMPLEX

WALL SECTION MODEL EXTERIOR AT 1/4”=1’ SCALE

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WALL SECTION MODEL INTERIOR AT 1/4”=1’ SCALE

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