Kim Tse Architecture Portfolio

Kim Tse archtiecture portfolio

Professional experience 2019-2020

R e s e arc h s t u d e n t Dialog Design - Mitacs Accelerate Internship Parametric modeling and visual scripting with Rhino and Grasshopper to develop building performance simulation tools for early stages of design

Kim Tse

2019-2020

G ra d u at e T e ac h i n g A s s i s ta n t SAPL, UofC - EVDS683.06 Computational design for architecture EVDS 683.54 Integrative design, masonry and robotics EVDS683.81 Robotic fabrication

kimtse.com Calgary, Alberta kim.tse1@ucalgary.ca 587-894-0244

Robotic fabrication and programing with Grasshopper to create art installations and student projects. Research, and teach visual scripting workflows for form generation and robotic fabrication .

2017-2020

G ra d u at e R e s e arc h A s s i s ta n t Laboratory for Integrative Design, UofC Apediment designer, RFP writing and developing design to fabrication workflows with Grasshopper Livewire furniture installation, robotic hot wire cutting, design and programming CYSOA Beacon, competition finalist Furbaniture, production assistant Solium Capital Stock wall, production assistant Taylor X, website design Lampshop 2.0, designer and workshop leader

2016

S t u d i o R e s e arc h A s s i s ta n t David Lieberman Architect, Toronto Physical modeling

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Student Intern Tamon Architecture, Edmonton CAD modeling, Sketchup Modeling

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M a s t e r o f E n vir o n m e n tal D e s ig n University of Calgary, School of Architecture Planning, and Landscape Calgary, AB

2016-2019

M a s t e r o f A rc h i t e c t u r e University of Calgary, School of Architecture Planning, and Landscape Calgary, AB

2012-2016

H o n . B ac h e l o r o f A r t s . Hig h d i s t i n c t i o n University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Planning Toronto, ON

Sk i l l s a n d C e r t i f i c at i o n s R o b o t ic s

IRC5 Programming 1 for ABS Robotic Arms Robot Studio and Robo DK for Universal Robots

Scrip t i n g

Grasshopper Arduino

3 D m o d e li n g

Rhino 3D Revit Sketchup Blender

2D and G rap h ic s

AutoCAD Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier Pro

R e n d e ri n g

Vray

Web

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M i tac s R e s e arc h B u il d i n g p e r f o rma n c e Sim u lat i o n

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C o llab o rat iv e M o rp h o l o g y Emba s s y f o r A rc h i t e c t u r e

As an aspiring architect, I believe that the design of our built environment plays a crucial role in nurturing the physical and mental health of people and communities.

The selection of academic and professional projects in this portfolio reflect my proposal for the potential of architecture to empower inhabitants and improve physical environments, and that the use of parametric workflows and advanced fabrication methods can help enhance design decision making and provide richer and more economic avenues for design expression and healthier spaces.

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B a n f f I n t e rc e p t Parki n g

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Empat h y M u s e u m f o r H u ma n R ig h t s

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S h u kat s u C E n t e r c e n t e r f o r e n d - o f - li f e l e ar n i n g

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R-City M o d u lari t y f o r R e s ili e n c e

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T h e C o mm o n s M i x e d - u s e Hig h ri s e

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A p e d im e n t E d m o n t o n P u blic A r t w o rk

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R o b o t ic s El e c t iv e A d va n c e d fabricat i o n t e c h n i q u e s

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M i ta c s r e s e a r c h DIALOG P r . J o s h u a Tar o n P r . C ar o li n e Hac h e m J e s s e Si e gl e Ay o y imika E d u n K im T s e As part of a collaborative research internship at Dialog with fellow MEDes students Ayoyimika Edun and Jesse Siegle, our focus for two three month terms was to help develop digital tools to better integrate building performance simulation in the early stages of design. For this research we used the environmental plugins (Honeybee and Ladybug) for Grasshopper and Rhino to create user friendly tool interface with Human UI so that designers could access the visual script without needing to have prior visual scripting knowledge.

Two single-aspect simulation tool sets were developed over the course of the two terms to investigate custom facade designs and massing configurations.

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Tilt e d faca d e s im u lat i o n r e s u lt s

The first tool developed focused on using shoebox simulations to simulate specific facade level aspects and their effect on energy performance. Modeled within a parametric workflow, designers can manipulate aspects like window-towall ratios, orientation, shading design, construction types etc. and simulate multiple variations to explore the effect of each trend or combined trends on energy use.

This tool was exercised on Dialog design project to generate design iterations for two glazed alcoves in an multi-use sport hall proposal. Using the tool, angles for the inclination of the alcoves was simulated to understand and guide Dialog’s design team on optimal incline angles as well as potential energy losses for non-optimal angles, requiring additional passive energy strategy implementations like shading, or different glass treatments.

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The simplified version of the current design will be used as the base case to compare any design changes to.

H I G H - R I SE R ES I DENT I A L STUDY The second tool focused on massing studies, developing the means to iterate and compare through multiple massing strategies and compare their potential for passive energy efficiencies in the early stages of design. Using this tool, designers can model massing geometry in Rhino and automatically convert and simplify models into voxelized thermal zones. By consistently simulating and comparing massing options with this voxel method, the effect of the massing geometry on energy use is isolated and understood in these studies, creating a clear connection between surface solar insolation and various energy uses (cooling, heating, lighting).

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The base case and all other simulations are maintaining default inputs for most of the simulations and maintaining constants in the geometry.

H e n d ri x T o w e r ba s e li n e v o x e l s im u lat i o n

V o x e l s im u lat i o n i n t e r fac e

This tool was tested out on an existing residential tower project in Dialog, producing multiple massing options to create a better understanding of optimal geometries for residential tower typologies.

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ENVELOP RADIATION 694.86 kWh/m2

HEATING 31.01 kWh/m2

FLOOR RADIATION 91.17 kWh/m2

LIGHTING 16.77 kWh/m2

COOLING 30.41 kWh/m2

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C o l l a b o r at i v e Morphology S e n i o r R e s e arc h S t u d i o Pr. Jason Johnson K im T s e Collaborative morphology re-imagines the Castell Building Design Lab in Calgary’s Downtown as a self-renewable adaptable embassy for architecture (EFA). Using ceiling-rail mounted robotic arms to form, transport, install, and rearrange interior and exterior glass partitions, spaces can adapt and evolve to fit changing needs and optimize spaces for specific uses.

Collaborative morphology takes glass as an idealized system that can be formed, deployed, and reused without downcycling, simply requiring heat to form and reform into various surface topologies. As a proxy, PETG was used for prototyping to explore robotic means of form making using a UR10 collaborative robot arm.

Different surface textures were created using a heat gun mounted to the robot arm, programmed in Rhino using curves as tool paths, to create different effects for visual privacy, acoustic dampening, differential air flow, self shading from solar incidence etc.

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vertical ripple

G la s s T y p o l o gi e s

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P r o gram a n d Fl o w s In response to the program of an embassy for architecture, and as a way to activate the building as a smart AI assisted ecosystem capable of evolutionary change, the building is configured as an IKEA like filtration system. By providing direct access to the fourth floor via an escalator from the ground, this EFA draws people into the building and percolates through the multiple public programs: bookstore and retail, restaurant, gym, and finally a showroom floor at ground to expose the public to new ideas by students, faculty, and professionals. In this way, the public programs help amass user data for students and researchers in the north wing of the building which houses the academic and professional practices.

The robotic inhabitant also inhabits two roles within the EFA: as a tool for students and researchers in the northern portion, allowing designers to operate in glass prototypes at a 1:1 scale; and as a curator in the southern public programs, configuring and reconfiguring space in a generative fashion based on user data.

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G e n e rat iv e D e s ig n P ri n cipl e s

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Gr ound floor.

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G y m a n d O f f ic e

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B o o k s t o r e R e tail a n d s t u d i o wi t h L ibrar y

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Ev e n i n g r e c o n f ig u rat i o n . S o u t h p e r s p e c t iv e

E f f e c t s a n d At m o s p h e r e And so, the robotically enabled EFA becomes a diagram of space over time, a series of layered visual, acoustic, thermal, and dynamic effects that tell the story of the evolution of space over time to fit and mold its inhabitants. Not only allowing for architects and designers a greater capacity to intervene in their everyday environment but also allowing the everyday user to gain insight into how their spaces are designed and discover new ways to interact with their environment. As layers of specifically shaped glass accrue on surfaces and in spaces, the occupant can begin to get a sense of the immaterial and invisible flows that surround them, as well as a sense of the times scales that operate within that space. With each striation, and pock mark, the EFA becomes more and more context specific, tracking the intensities of environmental and human interactions with the building. In this way, the EFA becomes a catalogue of design, legible both to the professional and the layman, a shared resource for the design and use of space.

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S h o wr o o m I n t e ri o r . G r o u n d f l o o r

R o b o t s o n t h e m o v e : T y pical i n t e ri o r p e r s p e c t iv e

Ea s t - W e s t S e c t i o n . P u blic pr o gram s

F u ll El e vat i o n . L e f t t o R ig h t : E . N . W . S

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B a n f f : I n t e r c e pt Pa r k i n g I n t e grat e d I n f ra s t r u c t u r e P r . L i n a K at ta n P r . P o o r n ima J aya s i n g h e V iraji B a n d ara M o h ama d Er s h a d Y o u s e f G h aribi yamc h i S h r e ya s h V e n katarama K im T s e A collaborative project between with fellow architecture students and traffic engineers, this intercept parking design project envisions a car-free Banff with resident only vehicle passes. Due to the high volume of visitors each summer, Banff experiences massive traffic congestion during peak tourist seasons. Taking the empty lot across from Banff’s Rocky Mountaineer Train station, connecting Banff to the Trans Canada Highway, this project proposes a 500 vehicle capacity intercept parking lot and transit hub for visitors to park and transit into Banff. Existing parking lots within Banff are propose for temporary to longterm conversion with easy-to-transport modular infrastructure into event spaces and multi-purposes recreational areas.

Together, this proposal seeks to improve the resident and visitor experience of Banff and increase Banff’s walkability.

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Tra n s i t H u b

I n t e rc e p t Parki n g P la n

I n t e rc e p t parki n g P e d e s t ria n a n d V e h icl e Fl o w s

Pedestrian flow Vehicular flow (personal) Public transit flow Autonomous vehicle flow

S tall c o u n t e r s a n d mark e r s

Parki n g A vailabili t y Di s play

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Phase II

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Parki n g R e u s e : f o r Hig h - D e n s i t y s a n d wic h l o t s Kim Tse Portfolio 2020

Parki n g R e u s e : F o r L o w - d e n s i t y o p e n l o t s

P h a s e I : F u rba n i t u r e i n f ill

P h a s e I I : M o d u lar I n f ill

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E m pat h y C o mpr e h e n s iv e S t u d i o P r . M arc B o u t i n C h ri s t o p h e r B e rg K im T s e Empathy is a Human Rights Museum (HRM) proposal located by Olympic Plaza beside the Teatro. Drawing on the concept of polyvalent architecture, this HRM design uses the participant interaction and determinacy of the abstract qualities of polyvalent architecture to foster greater self awareness in visitors as they rearrange and appropriate spaces to fit their mood and needs. In doing so, the differences in behavior between visitors help reflect the diversity of the community partaking in the space, creating a greater awareness of our surroundings and building a platform for empathy between different groups.

Polyvalent architecture is implemented in this project in the creation of openended spaces, overlapping spaces of different horizontal and vertical scale with varying access points and adjacencies to social infrastructure to allow for multiple modes of inhabitation. This concept is also distributed across the site of the Olympic plaza, creating clusters of open archways across multiple thresholds of grass, path, and skating area.

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C o n c e p t u al pla n i t e rat i o n s

Empathy

Polyvalence

In terms of practicing empathy, one can only understand another as far as they understand themselves. Therefore, it is thorugh self-awareness where the ability to empathize for others strengthens.

Polyvalent architecture uses abstraction and incompleteness to provoke people to make their own interpretations, strengthening one’s self-awareness in their re-appropriation of space.

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El e vat i o n s : W e s t a n d S o u t h e l e vat i o n s

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Large public lecture setup

Open gallery and classroom setup

Typical distributed setup

M u lt ipl e s pac e arra n g e m e n t s

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E f f e c t s a n d At m o s p h e r e In Empath, spaces are defined by series of glulam arches varying in width and height to produce a gradient from open light spaces for public gathering to intimate dark spaces for private contemplation.

The central stair leading to administrative offices also acts as seating infrastructure, facing the gallery space, where movable gallery walls and book cases can be dispersed to create a lecture hall or theatre.

A d jac e n c y b e t w e e n arc h iv e a n d gall e r y s pac e

Material choices were also made to increase interaction. Choosing glulam wood arches for their warmth and tactility, encouraging touch and contact for people to sit and lean against when it soaks up warmth from sun light. Polished concrete floors reflect the visitor within space defined in the arches, prompting a sense of self relfection as they interact with and alter the space.

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Flashing T.P.O Densdeck Rigid Insulation Vapour Barrier Densdeck Steel deck I-beam Steel Deck Spray Insulation Z-gurts (600mm from center) Ceiling substrate Face screwed white powder coated Aluminum panels

[Left] Polished Radiant Concrete Slab Rigid insulation Concrete [Right] Paver for access to glazing pressure plate Brush Finished Concrete Rigid Insulation Drainage

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S h u k at s u C e n t e r T o k y o A br o a d S t u d i o Dr . B ria n Si n clair M arc u s Pari s i K im T s e Shukatsu center is an urban intervention, combining landscape design and infill architecture to soften the boundaries between cemeteries and their surroundings. While cemeteries are respected spaces and valuable to Japanese culture in observing the proper rights for the dead and allowing ancestors to be remembered by families, the new generation of Japanese families live by them in fear of property value decline and in disconnect with their cultural significance. Together, the proposed set of infill buildings and landscape design along pathways connecting cemeteries to their nearby temples seeks to reconnect residents and educate visitors on the heritage and traditions surrounding endof-life ceremonies and cemeteries.

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Legend KIYOZUNI-SHIRAKAWA STATION

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Programmatically, 4 buildings are proposed, with each offering one more step into the rich traditions associated with end-of-life practices that are tied to Japan’s spiritual practice of Shinto Buddhism.

Tomioka Hachiman Shrine

proposed garden

MOZEN-NAKACHO STATION

existing cemeter

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buddhist temple

Kiba Koen Urban Green

Fukagawa Park

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P r o grammat ic pr o gr e s s i o n i n cr e a s i n g t h e e x p o s u r e o f vi s i t o r s t o c e r e m o n i e s r e lat e d t o d e at h a n d b u rial

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M u s e u m a n d G all e r y

J i n s e i W ri t i n g v e r t ical gar d e n

For the casual visitor, the gallery offers a wide overview of end-of-life traditions across Japan, displaying various artifacts, artworks, poems, and writings. Connecting walkways lead out towards the Jinsei writing garden and consultation space overlooking the existing cemetery. Combined with the contemplation building, learning, and resource center, these spaces act as a resource and bridge for those planning for end-of-life for themselves or others to consult with experts and observe the proper customs.

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V i e w f r o m c e m e t e r y t o war d s J i n s e i gar d e n a n d C o u n s e li n g s pac e

E n d - o f - li f e c o u n s e li n g s pac e s

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R-City

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M o d u lari t y a n d R e s ili e n c e P r . J o s h u a Tar o n K im T s e R-Ctiy, is a modular building proposal for fast-paced affordable mixed-use residential infill as a solution to potential environmental and political disaster leading to an influx of refugees or need for new housing and commercial space. Taking empty lots and carparks in Downtown Calgary, R-City envisions the rapid dissemination of residential and commercial modules along major arterial roads by convoys of trucks for installation by crane onto structural columns, holding them up from potential flooding while providing the necessary service connections for water, electricity, and waste. In these response structure, construction infrastructure will also act to provide services, integrating cranes as elevators, and the excavated site as storm water management, water feature, public plaza, and skating rink in the winter.

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The Commons R e s p o n s iv e A rc h i t e c t u r e Studio P r . B ra n k o K o lar e vic K im T s e The Commons is a mixed-use high rise project located in Downtown Calgary that seeks to provides occupants with a framework for self-expression and actualization in the layout and identity of their unit. Structured as a series of open floor plans around a main core, the Commons is programmed as a gradient between commercial and residential programs from the ground floor to the top, intersected by a communal amenity areas in the middle. Along this open floor plan grid, business owners and residents can outline a variety of spaces to house their restaurant, retail space, office, home office, dance studio, art gallery, multifamily unit, single unit studio apartment etc. Owners can ten advertise their space by customizing the facade panels along their unit, changing the color and adding lettering and signage to advertise their business and service to the surrounding neighborhood. With each new owner or vacancy, the Commons will reflect the economic health and trends of Calgary.

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Ap e d i m e n t L ab o rat o r y f o r I n t e grat iv e D e s ig n Pr. Jason Johnson G u y G ar d n e r C h arl e n e K arl Da n i e ll e K im K ara n S h arma C h ri s t o p h e r G r e e n K im T s e Apediment is public art project proposal for the Edmonton Arts Council to be installed on top of one of the transit canopy along the new Edmonton Valley LRT line. Apediment takes its concept from the role of the pediment in classical architecture as a mural/communication device. Whereas pediments traditionally convey the importance of the building or the status of the owners, Apediment takes images gathered by the community by the selected transit stop and embeds them into a highly articulated sculpture using computer vision algorithms to produce a dynamic collective art piece with multiple interpretations. As the primary computational designer on this project, my role was to design and develop the parametric model to interpret images into structures of fabrication, creating working drawings and material amounts for fabricators and budget calculations.

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*Images could be selected in collaboration with the community to develop an identity that becomes embedded into the project

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MERIDIEM DARRYL POLLOCK R UT V I G A J J A R A N A G H A PAT I L J I SON G SUN

Meridiem was a proposal submitted by Darryl Pollock for the design of three interlocked tree structures to be 3D printed in translucent PLA and lit up in green and blue.

As visitors would approach the trees, LEDS withing the trees would transition from green to blue, a reflection on the impact of humans on the environment. The sculpture was fabricated with a robot mounted plastic extruder and supported by three internal steel frames connected at the top to produce a stable pavilion type structure.

R o b o t i c s ELEC T IVE G UY G A R DNE R K I M TSE ( TE A C H I N G A SS I SSTA NT ) As part of the curriculum for the Robotics elective offered by Guy Gardner in the Fall of 2019, three teams of students were gathered to produce art pieces for the Edmonton Zoominesence festival, a winter lights festival showcasing local artists in the Edmonton Valley Zoo. My role as teaching assistant was to aid students in the fabrication of these art pieces using the robotic fabrication technology at the School of Architecture Planning and Landscape at the University of Calgary. This involved the design of visual scripts in Rhino’s Grasshopper using TACO and Silkworm plugins to convert design ideas and models into tool paths for robot arms mounted with a plastic extruder, a hot-wire foam cutter, and an industrial 3D printer for fabrication.

Additional expertise was also provided in the coding and setup of Arduinos, LED lighting and PIR sensors, to create dynamic and interactive art pieces for the festival.

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T EX T URA C h ri s t o p h e r G r e e n K A R A N SH A R M A I NDE R PA B L A A NUDEE P M U M M A R EDDY B H R U G G OH I L ZAINAB AHMAD

FLOAT DANIELLE KIM J OY O L A G O K E XUEFE I W A N G Z A C H WA R D

Textura was a proposal submitted by Christopher Green for the design of modular pavilion structure covered in textured foam panels lit to emulate the rich variations of color from Northern lights on wind-swept snow.

Foam panels were cut using a robotic hot wire cutter to create multi-directional cuts. Foam panels were then mounted onto modular wood box frames, making for easy assembly on site by bolting frames together.

Float was proposed by Danielle Kim as an ethereal and interactive hanging light sculpture, composed of a series of textured 3D printed lamps resembling jellyfish, swaying to wind and touch and glowing as people pass by. Lamps were fabricated with recycled PLA using the Wasp Delta 3MT printer and tied together with bungee chords to be suspended from an existing tent structure supplemented with an air-craft cable grid. LEDs hanging inside the lamps would react to overhead PIR sensors, lighting up in different patterns as visitors approach.

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