2023 Sanghyun Park Portfolio

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

I am Chicago-based architecture designer and passionate about designing with light/lighting, space and easy-access. I currently pursue the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an emphasis in Architecture and Interior Design. I am open to a full-time design coodinator position starting in 2023.

Intoduction

In my portfolio, I am focusing on the impact of natural lighting on both interiors and exteriors. Even before I began studying architecture, I was fascinated by the interplay between light and space, drawing inspiration from renowned figures such as Tadao Ando, James Turrell, Jean Nouvel, and La Praire. I am not only interested in natural lighting but also enjoy working with artificial lights to create specific moods for visitors.

This portfolio will showcase the process of developing not only the architectural design itself but also how I have utilized lighting to enhance the interior spaces.

01. Community Bridge Public Restroom

Goal: The goal of this project is to design the public Restroom, which opens to everyone.

Challenge: The challenge of the project was studying about personal persona, site analysis, basic structures and materials in architecture.

Site: S Woodland Ave, Midway Plaisance Park, Chicago, Illinois, United State. 60637.

Section of Light and Wind

Rendering

Personal Challenges:

My personal challenges were not only making the public bathroom, includes the natural light and wind, but also making another public place, which can also be used as a landmark . When I visited the site, there were many people enjoying the picnic, even during the pandemic, but it did not have any public bathrooms in that location. Also, in 1830's, the Midway Plaisance Park was landscaped as a connected stream before, which has a straight path. So I decided to make a public bathroom that also works as an observatory and a landmark .

Site: S Woodland Ave, Midway Plaisance Park, Chicago, Illinois, United State. 60637.

02. Let the Light Will be Labor Union

Goal: The goal of this project is to design the Labor Union Hall, that contains many people.

Challenge: The challenge of the project was studying about site analysis, basic structures and materials in architecture.

Site: 37 N Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL, 60607

Section Rendering

Personal Challenges:

My personal challenges were while making the union hall, which making the hope to the workers. The challenges of this project was the required programs, such as size of hall, restroom, and the others. The other challenges was how to intrude the light into the building. The other challenge was the material choice for the interior and exterior. Because of the hall inserted, the hall needs to be built with sound barrier material, and I placed the sliding door to place extra space by dividing the entry hall for another quiet place or use it as the entry hall itself.

Site: 37 N Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL, 60607

Site Analysis

Section AA

Section BB

Collage Section and Elevation

03. Everything in Circle Park and Utilites

Goal: The goal of this project is to design in square area, free themes.

Challenge: The challenge of the project was attemption of circular plans, and making the personal space in park area.

Site: N/A

Personal Challenges:

This project was about studying the basic drawing of plan and section, which has free functions and placement in a square site. So I decided to make an architecture that contains the park, and additional facilities around the park. So I started with big circle on the middle, and started to make buildings which overlapped between circles and the other circles and lines. On the park area, I set the thin walls to make divided spaces to enjoy the personal space that less interrupt to the other sight, noise, and people.

Section View 1 1'=1/16"

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Section AA

Goal: The goal of this project is to design the healthcare building, which contains the women's imaging, family/internal medicine practice.

Challenge: The challenge of the project was research of pricing, concept, required programs

Site: 900 W Wayman St, Chicago, IL, 60607

04. Hope Healthcare

Personal Challenges:

My personal challenges were the research before diving into the main design, which contains the pricing, site identifying and analysis, light industry district, land usage, and the others. Through this process, it was good to build architecture according to law, research and analyze the data in excel. After this process, it is easier to make a concept, and consider surrounding landscapes. The main concept of the Hope, I used a stair shapehollow space on the ceiling to make the light come through, that represent the light came through the sky, which most of patients want for their cure.

Site: 900 W Wayman St, Chicago, IL, 60607

Site Map: 900 West Wayman St, Chicago, Illionis

Site Analysis: Zoning

Design Parameter

Second Floor Plan Basement Floor Plan

Ceiling Window Pattern in Grasshopper

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05. Pencil Observatory

Goal: The goal of this project is to design the observatory on the island, which is the one of the bike trail through the island planning in 2027.

Challenge: The challenge of the project was making the concept, and using the natural lights as much as it can.

Site: Yudal-dong, Mokpo-si, Jeollanam-do, South Korea.

Personal Challenges:

My personal challenges were thinking about the concept. Even though this is my personal work while I was doing an internship, I need to be concerned about many things, such as sun, future visitors, landscaping and the others. I focused on the natural lights to present the solar time on the surface of the square on the middle, that able to see the sunrise and sunset through under the bridge, making the wonderful moment to the visitors.

Site: Yudal-dong, Mokpo-si, Jeollanam-do, South Korea

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06. Walnut Mini-Bar Table

Goal: The goal of this project is to design the mini-bar table without using walnut wood.

Challenge: The challenge of the project was using the tambor door study, and translated into the fake tambor door.

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Personal Challenges:

My personal challenges were not using the walnut wood. In school shop, it have white oak, cherry, maple, and walnut. Walnut is one of the good material to make luxury mood on the crafting. However, I want to make luxury mood without using the walnut wood. So I mostly used white oak for the base, and made a point with using cherry wood. On the process, I was focused on the tembor door, and studied about tambor doors to make on my mini-bar. The sliding tambor door is really attractive, on the other hand, it makes extra dead-space inside. So I changed the plan to make fake tambor door instead of original plan, that represent the lights and shadow, and present the wooden shape and luxury moment on the front.