KENN CHAN SELE WO R K 2011
Y CTED S -2013
CONTENT 01
YMTA
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P L A T F ORM
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FUN I CULAR
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H . U . B .
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CROSSROAD
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CARSL I DE
SHELL
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YMTA
A TRANSIT-RECREATIONAL HUB ADVISED BY MEEJIN YOON The YMTA seeks to redefine the public-member relationship between the various user groups that frequent the Mass. Ave – Boylston intersection. Instead of identifying a user by status, he will be defined by what they do. The complex program of the building is categorized into 3 independent bands of program (Transportation, Social and Recreational) that adhere to the respective needs of their user groups (Bypasser, Talker, Athlete). As these programmatic bands interweave across the site, newly found adjacencies between user groups allow for programmatic hybridization and social exchange, while physically shaping opportunities for open, close and intermediary spaces.
BY-PASSER LOITERER
TALKER
QUICKIE
TEAM PLAYER
ATHLETE
CHARACTERS AS SPACES : USER NAVIGATION MAP A CATEGORIZATION OF PROGRAM ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHARACTERS. IDENTIFY POSSIBLE CROSS-HYBRIDIZATION OF USERS. A DIFFERENTIATION OF SPATIAL CONTINUITIES - ENFILADES OR ADJACENCIES.
SWIMMING POOL DAYCARE
RUNNING TRACK PLAYGROUND
HUBWAY
DANCE STUDIO
LOUNGE
CAFE
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DECK
CLASSROOMS
COMMUNITY LECTURE HALL
MULTI-SPORT COURT
PECTATOR SEATING BUS STATION
SUBWAY STATION
WORKOUT GYM
TALKER
ATHLETE
BYPASSER CLIMBING WALL
| M1 GRADUATE WORK TALKER LOOP ATHLETIC LOOP BYPASSER LOOP
DANCE STUDIO PLAY GROUND GAME COURT CAFE
COMMUNITY HALL CLIMBING WALL
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC ORGANIZATIONAL DIAGRAM The building circulation consists of 3 loop paths characterized by their individual architectural tectonics. As they twist and curl around the site, they not only create adjacencies to merge programmatically or splits to accentuate their differences, but also enclosures, light wells and ventilation paths to complement the functionality of the spaces.
The cladding system consists of a set of parametrically modulated louvers that alternate its bending angle based on the criterias of the interior space: use, privacy, light, infrastructural, etc.
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BOYLSTON STREET PERSPECTIVAL VIEW PHYSICAL MODELS
| M1 GRADUATE WORK
3/F :: ATHLETIC LO
20. Workout Gym 21. D 22. Table Tennis Deck 2 24. Running Track
2/F :: SOCIAL DECK ::
16. Performance Stage 17. Observation Deck 18. Informal Seating 19. Bleechers
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1/F :: SOCIAL LOOP ::
12. Lecture Hall 13. Dance Studio 14. Classrooms 15. Amphitheatre
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G/F :: CONCOURSE ::
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1. Community Hall 2. Cafe 3. Amphitheatre 4. Bleechers 5. Daycare 6. Playground 7. Game Court 8. Climbing Wall 9. Subway Exit 10. Bus Stop 11. Bike Racks 10 1
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Dance Studio 23. Swimming Pool
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COURTYARD PERSPECTIVAL VIEW
| U3 UNDERGRADUATE WORK
PLATFORM
U.N. DELEGATIONS BUILDING ADVISED BY SINISHA BRDAR Inspired by the conditions of site, we imagine the delegations’ building to be a shared theatrical stage where various users meet, confront and relax. The newly extended UN plinth will act as an open social platform which will stage the interactions between country delegates, NGOs and the visiting public. The offices every nation will be consolidated into objects that shape up the constructed landscape.
1:750 PHYSICAL MASSING MODEL PUBLIC CIRCULATION PRIVATE CIRCULATION
OFFICE BLOCK
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY’S DELEGATION OFFICES
INTERNATIONAL MEETING HALLS INTERNATIONAL
THE FOOD COURT CONCOURSE
WATERFRONT + ROOF DECK UN TOURISM HUB
ORGANIZATIONAL + CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
| A COLLABORATION WITH TARA HAGAN
Interweaved circulation between different user types
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Site as a topographical plinth uplifted from the FDR freeway
Complete the UN Complex logic by extending the plinth and adding objects on top of it
HUDSON RIVER VIEW OF THE UN CAMPUS Waterfront Deck Lecture Hall
Assorted Meeting Rooms Courtyard Food Court Roof Deck Access
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
| U3 UNDERGRADUATE WORK Each continent is expressed as a hovering cube, while their corresponding country offices are organized around large open atriums, allowing daylight to enter the plinth level and provide programmatic transparency. On the exterior, these volumes form a landscape, defining a series of spaces accessible at the roof level.
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC DIAGRAM OF OFFICE BLOCKS
| A COLLABORATION WITH TARA HAGAN
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SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE CONCOURSE LONGITUDINAL CROSS-SECTION
| M1 GRADUATE WORK
HUB
AN INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION ADVISED BY JOEL LAMERE, CRISTINA PARRENO & BRANDON CLIFFORD HUB explores the potentials of kinetic architecture and how it can alter the structure of a given space given its configuration. By aggregating a series of arm members controlled by a string systems attached to the door, the installation acts as an airlock space around the open threshold that would temporarily withhold the user. As the door closes, the arms gradually unravel back to its neutral state, ushering the user into a new space.
| A COLLABORATION WITH JINHUI HUANG, NAMJOO KIM, DAN LI & JIE QIAN
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| U3 UNDERGRADUATE WORK // LYCEUM FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION 2011
CROSSROAD
A GLOBAL | LOCAL REST AREA ADVISED BY SINISHA BRDAR ‘Crossroad’ re-invigorates a sense of depth to the Salt Lake Desert that has been long flattened by the car windshield perspective. To resolve the abrupt transition from civilization to wilderness, the scheme proposes 3 intersecting axes that carve out an entry point, and from which the body re-orients itself from the car to the expansive desert.
1 LONGITUDINAL CROSS-SECTION ACROSS THE SITE
UNIT CONSTRUCTION OF THE DWELLING UNITS
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| INDEPENDENT COMPETITION ENTRY // [ AC-CA ] INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION 2011
CARSLIDE
AN ALTERNATIVE CAR PARK TOWER Located in Central, Hong Kong, Carslide is an open platform which alternates between storing 1500 vehicles and hosting celebrations along the edge of the Victoria Harbor waterfront. Admist the eclectic array of idiosyncratic skyscrapers, the park tower resorts to neutrality, acting as a shell that harvests the energy of its inhabitants and radiates it back with all its noise and ecstasy.
Site Approach
| A COLLABORATION WITH CHLOÉ BLAIN & HARRY LAM
Vertical Circulation
Parking / multi-use clusters
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Exit car ramp serving each cluster
SECTIONAL PERSECTIVE VIEW