Katherine Lo Architectural
Selected Work Sample
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AIR X CHANGE
EVOLO SKYSCRAPER COMPETITION | SPRING 2021
KILN CYCLE
INTRO TO ARCHITECTURE STUDIO II | SPRING 2018
ANCHORED COMPLEX
INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO | FALL 2019
AIR X CHANGE
AIR X CHANGE
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD vs INTERCHANGE SCALE
STADIUMS vs INTERCHANGE LOOP SCALE
MIXED USED BUILDING vs LOOP SCALE
PARTCULATE FILTRATION TOWER COMPETITION: EVOLO COMPETITION | 2021 TYPE: MIXED USE/RESIDENTIAL SITE: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA TEAMMATES: NATHAN NGUYEN, JERALYN TSENG, & ALEX CHAU
BUILDING SYSTEMS
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. 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, epidemic or disease, 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. 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. LOS ANGELES INFOGRAPHICS HIGH SCHOOL DISTRIBUTION
COVID-19 VUNERALBILITY
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L.A. INTERCHANGES
POVERTY MAP
DEMOGRAPHICS
EDUCATION INDEX
TRANSLATION OF HORIZONTAL HOSPITAL AIR SYSTEM INTO SKYSCRAPER TYPOLOGY
CORE
L1-L8 PUBLIC FLOORPLANS
COLUMNS
INTERIOR WALLS
L10-L16 SCHOOL FLOORPLANS
SHADING FACADE
EXTERIOR FACADE
L16-L48 RESIDENTIAL FLOORPLANS
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AIR X CHANGE AIRFLOW SYSTEM BY SCENARIO CLEAR
WILDFIRE
DISEASE
WILDFIRE+DISEASE
SMOG LEVELS OVER TIME CONTAMINATED AIR EXHAUST
RESIDENTIAL
INDOOR vs OUTDOOR DISEASE TRANSMISSION
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
RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE RESIDENTIAL
SEMI-OUTDOOR SPACE DURING WILDFIRE
EXTERIOR FACADE VIEW
RESIDENTIAL SEMI-OPEN SPACE RESIDENTIAL
RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE GREEN OPEN SPACE
MULTIPURPOSE SCHOOL SPACE SCHOOL
GREEN OPEN SPACE
OPEN PUBLIC SPACE ON CLEAR DAY PUBLIC OPEN PARK BIKE ORIENTED RETAIL
UNDERGROUND PARKINGRETAIL
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KILN CYCLE
KILN CYCLE
SITE AXONOMETRIC
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LIASON ACADEMIC TERM: INTRODUCTION TO ARCH STUDIO II | SPRING 2018 PROFESSOR: DAN SPIEGAL TYPE: CERAMICS STUDIO/GALLERY SITE: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA INDIVIDUAL WORK
BACKGROUND: The Kiln Cycle is associated with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles is for the creation and exhibition of sculpture. It is located in a former industrial by the city canal that is targeted for renovation. 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 modernist formalist encasing and postindustrial surroundings.
CONCEPT MODELS
CONCEPT SKETCHES
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KILN CYCLE TRANSVERSE SECTION
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
SITE MODEL SIDE VIEW 1/16”=1’ SCALE
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
SECTION MODEL 1/8”=1’ SCALE
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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ANCHORED COMPLEX
ANCHORED COMPLEX F L O A T I N G
L I N K E D
SITE MODEL 1/32”=1’ SCALE
H U L L S
ACADEMIC TERM: INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO | FALL 2019 INSTRUCTORS: MARK JENSEN & STEVEN HUEGLI TYPE: MIXED USE/COMMUNITY/ RESEARCH SITE: SAN RAFAEL ,CALIFORNIA INDIVIDUAL WORK
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. However, each unit would have its own distinct program, going from more public outreach spaces to more technical and support-based places. In times of crisis could also serve as a community support center. 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. Using the fundamentals of buoyancy, the concrete hull serves to offset water providing the force for the rest of the building to float.
STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM
BUOYANCY DIAGRAM
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ANCHORED COMPLEX TRANSVERSE SECTIONS
STREET VIEW
BRIDGE DOCK VIEW
CANAL/BOAT VIEW
INTERIOR ENTRANCE VIEW
WALL SECTION MODEL EXTERIOR AT 1/4”=1’ SCALE
WALL SECTION MODEL INTERIOR AT 1/4”=1’ SCAL E
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
FLOORPLANS
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DETAIL WALL SECTION
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