KRYSTAL LUNG DESIGN PORTFOLIO
THE NEW WORLD Lab City Campus Industrial Landscape in Delray, Detroit - Briggstow RELOCATION/ RECLAMATION/ RESTORATION Floating Theater Lyceum Competition - Obelisk , reclamation of abandoned quarry Restore Abandoned Expo 67 site - Labyrinth in the Air
HOUSES FOR LIVING House for Hero , Sherlock Home 2:1 Ratio House Straits Fare, Assisted Living
SINGAPORE Theme
Left top to bottom Singapore map Storyboard of Marina Bay and Singaporean cuisine Ebenezer howard, Garden city of To-morrow Cover: Ferran Adria, Spanish Chef Right top to bottom Site plan Food for Thought: Thought for Food
LAB CITYname CAMPUS (LCC) Project
Singapore, is an island state with the third highest global density of population, and is highly pressurized in terms of development from the adjacent economic demands of Southeast Asia relative to its security as an “democratic partner” of the USA. Singapore is extremely dependent on food imports 90% with almost no local food production except a strange ecology of chicken eggs, which generates 25% of total egg consumption on the island. With strong international trading relationships and human service importation,
immigration has greatly influenced Singaporean cuisine, rendering popular a multiplicity of multicultural cooking techniques. Prepared food is plentiful, cheap and easily accessible within a city block, and dining out is a common practice for Singaporeans. However, this leads to packaging waste, and negligence for food ecology, cultivation and food preparation in this concrete jungle. As an island state with a ‘democratic’ dictatorship, Singapore is planning for its future in a food- constrained global economy.
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This thesis utilizes the space adjacent to Marina Bay as an agrarian campus to formalize food production issues within Singapore. A Sitopia (“sito” for food and “topos” for place in Greek) is proposed as a means to formally radicalize current “non-sustainable” traditions and challenge current practices. This design will recalibrate the traditional food production chain, and launch a new Sea-based food
production ecology for Singapore while integrating spaces for public education, housing, and leisure activities for the general public, and attracting global research and resource partners. New ways of producing food and examining the limits of democratic dictatorships will be tested.
THESIS Theme
Top Sections Bottom Planting schedule (2 years)
LAB CITYname CAMPUS (LCC) Project
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THESIS Theme
LAB CITYname CAMPUS (LCC) Project
Agrarian Megastructure
Consists of three elements: Public Domain, Research Campus, Production Landscape Factory
Public Domain
Provide space for leisure, public education & everyday living (housing)
Research Campus
Scientists, Researchers, Students gather here for food technology study, research and experiments
Production Landscape Factory
Creation of these farming barges, floating landscapes that allow growing and cultivation of foods on top of water body, to minimize the demand for limited land, thus providing local food source and possibly lower food prices & reliability on imports.
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Top right Exploded axonometric drawing Top left Building Matrix Bottom Colleges
THESIS Theme
Top right View from the drone Bottom right Concept models Left (Top to Bottom) The field The night market scene The middlescape
LAB CITYname CAMPUS (LCC) Project
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THESIS Theme
LAB CITYname CAMPUS (LCC) Project
Dishes served at the dining tower of LCC uses ingredients grown and harvested at the campus. The timeline drawing on the next page depicts the whole production-to-consumption process: from the growing of raw materials and the harvesting of crops at the right time, to the cooking of and the decomposition of these foods. Visitors will be educated as they observe the chain, and can enjoy a meal after a day of work in the field, handled by the experienced chefs and cooked with the freshest ingredients at the kitchen located on the ground floor. Chilli Crab and Hainanese Chicken Rice are the most popular among visitors. On top of serving them their signature dishes, chefs would sometimes surprise their guests with experimental, fusion dishes. Bon AppĂŠtit!
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THE PHALANSTARY Theme
BRIGGSTOW
Project name Briggstow is located in DelRay, Detroit, in a region whose history is deeply embedded in the heavy manufacturing and processing tied to the automobile industry and its extended territorialization. Careful consideration of these industrial networks and flows has informed this proposal for a plausible society, firmly rooted in the context of the site. Our analysis of the industries currently operating within DelRay revealed only 21 manufacturing-related companies. The companies are small in scale (consisting of only 2–20 employees), yet are making sales worth millions of dollars – with some generating gross sales of $2.5million per person!
Cue: The arrival of the new US-Canada Bridge Crossing in DelRay, Detroit.
A Landscape of Industry
Briggstow The Meeting Place at the Bridge
The current form of industrial infrastructure defining DelRay constitutes a twilight pattern that may be significantly transformed by the arrival of a new US-Canada bridge crossing. In this context, a radical reconsideration of patterns of work, organization and the strategic organization of industry in DelRay is warranted. We propose a highly efficient, tightly organized, astutely resourceful framework for manufacturing in DelRay. Companies will be encouraged to work profitably together, by rearrangement into a streamlined strip of intense production. The new ground level becomes a LANDSCAPE OF INDUSTRY, where the two major production processes – of concrete and metals – will be reorganized to flow seamlessly from one stage to the next, where one company’s product or waste will link directly to another on-site for further processing. The arrival of the bridge will displace many existing company facilities, so the proposal does not call for unreasonable investment.
Instead, less time and money will be wasted on tedious transportation logistics, and good reliable deals will be sought between these companies due to their extreme interdependence. Briggstow will become a modern “factory town” of aggregated businesses, whose centralized organizational hierarchy will promote a democratic collective in which every member is fully invested. The system will become so profitable that more companies, introduced by way of the bridge, will desire to relocate to the site: spaces are left expectant for these immigrant agents.
Increasing work on site will require and attract more workers. Facilities, particularly living accommodation, must be provided. The site’s manufacturing history has left the ground heavily contaminated, and any alternative developments would require extremely expensive soil remediation costs. Thus, all living quarters have been elevated above ground level, by means of buoyant dwellings and a public armature, constructed in the form of a bridge, giving rise to the name BRIGGSTOW, meaning MEETING PLACE AT THE BRIDGE.
PARTNER: LAURA W.
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Buoyant Dwellings Living accommodation is provided for the workers in the form of BUOYANT DWELLINGS that hover in the sky, with steel tension cables connecting them to a maglev track on the public bridge. The dwellings have a strong cylindrical form with rounded ends. They can be clustered together in communal groups or separated to form private enclaves. Each dwelling fits into a compact 4.5m x 4.5m square plan, which provides depth for outdoor living and privacy between the dwellings. Their design assumes that cooking, living and sleeping activities do not occur simultaneously, and proposes a moveable wall that can open up either a kitchen-dining-living space, or a sleeping space.
Shower and toilet facilities are provided as fixed elements. The dwellings are lifted by means of hydrogen gas, which is carefully protected in carbon fiber reinforced polymer shells. Each dwelling also has its own hydrogen fuel cell stack, which generates enough electricity and water for the residents’ living needs. All organic waste generated in the dwellings are channeled to an anaerobic digester at the base of each unit, which extracts the solid, liquid and gas biowaste for further processing on the ground. The biogas will be used to generate electricity for operations on site.
DELRAY, DETROIT Theme The Elevated Public Bridge
BRIGGSTOW Project name The ELEVATED PUBLIC BRIDGE mediates between the industrial ground plane and sky accommodation, forming the place of connection for all residents, workers and visitors. The buoyant dwellings are pulled along the primary maglev track, and as they approach their destination, the dwellings can reel in their tension cables and descend to the bridge level for dismounting. From the bridge, workers can descend in elevator cores to the work plane on the ground. In addition to this vertical connection, the bridge also provides horizontal interaction through its infinitely interchangeable combinations of activities and services. Along its length, the bridge is divided into a moveable walkway and the Zone of Transformation, where a modular structural system frames the spaces for various educational, political, celebratory, and entertainment programs. These modules can be transported by crane to any available spaces along the bridge, giving rise to a multitude of programmatic combinations. Varied, and sometimes strange, juxtapositions of activities and their implicated user groups produce a continuously unfolding spectacle of public space. The bridge aims to democratize these very different activities and make them freely accessible to all, as a means of improving social mobility and equity. Various citizens are connected by creating opportunities for informal and formal encounter, through recreation and contemplation, through self-expression and collective projects. Constantly reconfigured through collective debate and decision-making, the public bridge is a platform for the regeneration of contemporary social structure and its discourse for our future. On behalf of the other residents at Briggstow: – Welcome.
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Project name
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RELOCATION Theme
Project name
FLOATING THEATER a
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Basement Floor Plan
Ground Floor Plan
Scale 1:400
Scale 1:400
Rehearal space & Mechanics room
Theater
Balcony Floor Plan Scale 1:400
Exhibition Floor Plan Scale 1:400
Circulation Café Interior balcony
By cutting and carving a simple box into a geometric shape. It is similar to a prefect diamond being carved from a raw stone. When sunlight and water create refraction on this “diamond” pavilion, it becomes the protagonist of the water show. Therefore, the protagonists (both actors and the pavilion) perform their splendid talents to the audiences, and provide them many incredible dramas, musicals and shows in the old port. The architecture also provides a stage for life, with old montreal acting as backdrops for life's experiences
handicap accessible: two entrances at upper dock and lower dock
Section a-a
Exhibition
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RESTORATION Theme
LABYRINTH IN THE AIR Project name
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Physical Model 1:250 Plexi glass, cloth, wood
LABYRINTH IN THE AIR In 1967, La Place des Nations was a centerpiece of much of the activity, including the opening ceremony during one of the greatest event- Expo 67 in Montreal. However, it has failed to find a place in the contemporary cultural landscape of Montreal. My design intention is to create an inhabitable roof space that provides the opportunity of experiencing La Place des Nations from a complete different perspective. To redrawn visitors back to the plaza, exposed to the beautiful surrounding cityscape that has not been celebrated sufficiently. One could notice that the roof structure is formed by the rotation of a giant beam which results in a radiating web with two central openings. One is located above where the main visitor flow enters
the plaza, and the other one, above a reflective pool. Since the structure is located at the tip of the St Helene Island, which is surrounded by St Laurent River, water becomes an important element. The interior of the roof is a labyrinth for public to explore. Glass panels are installed within the steel lattices; by using different the opacity and reflectivity of glass, layering of the panels creates various optical results (darker zones & clearer front view). While one walks in the labyrinth, one can explore the space by finding one’s way through it, getting lost in the process, and eventually reaching one of the lookout points for Montreal’s wonderful cityscape. Walking within the labyrinth can symbolize a journey of realization of oneself.
RECLAMATION Theme
OBELISK Project name
OBELISK The concept of the landscape as architecture has become an act of imagination. I remember looking at buildings made of stone, and thinking, there has to be an interesting landscape somewhere out there because these stones have been taken out of the quarry one block at a time. I had never seen a dimensional quarry, but I envisioned an inverted cubed architecture on the side of the hill. Edward Burtynsky An abandoned quarry containing rust stains and drill holes on its surrounding walls became the evidence for an enormous industrial process. One of the most memorable photos of The WellsLamson Quarry shows the derrick towers located on islands with interconnecting cables. These derricks are thin vertical structures which were essential for lifting granite out of the quarry over 500’ depth. It is the image of the quarry derrick that inspires my design, which addresses the importance of memory. The design of a suspended structure located on the middle island evokes and expands on the image of the industrial derrick as a tool to simulate history and to bring back the memories of this abandoned quarry.
Wells-Lamson Quarry, Vermont, USA
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RECLAMATION Theme
OBELISK Project name
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HOUSE FOR HERO Theme
HOLMES’ HOME Project name
SHERLOCK HOME The concept of this house is observing people on the street while they walk under the building. The house is being the observer. The twin house shows the unbreakable friendship of Holmes and Dr. Watson. Therefore, circulation is a crisscross pattern: it is divided into two bachelors. The spiral stairs in the middle will lead the inhabitant from one half of the first floor to the other half of the second floor. The staircase is made of cylindrical glass wall formed by translucent glass cubes. In order to easily introduce light in, to let the two inhabitants feel each other’s presence while maintaining privacy.
Since the real arrangement of the house cannot be discovered from the outside, the use of horizontal and vertical strip of wood on the exterior wall will give a hint for distinguishing the twin house. As for the openings, the south facade is full of big and long openings, facing the garden, while the north facade has considerably less amount of windows, facing the street. This decision is made not only for architectural purpose, but also because of Holmes lack of public communication interests.
ERLOCK HOME (HOLMES)
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2: 1 RATIO HOUSE
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Project name
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Project name
HOUSE FOR LIVING STRAITS FARE - ASSISTED LIVING
PARTNER: MONICA C.
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0.4MI to the closest grocery store
0.25M
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E CESAR CHAV EZ STREET
RED BL UFF RO AD
N resturant industrial / light manufacturing commercial
Food desert
Straits Fare is located in East Austin, Texas. The project site is situated between the airport and downtown Austin, being a link of the two, the region is dominated by light industrial manufacturing ware houses and commercial activities. Careful consideration of the industrial nature of the site, we noted that there is only one restaurant within the quarter mile of walking distance from the project site, the lack of fresh produce and food choices becomes one of our main concerns for the project; hence our proposal of urban agriculture integrated with the food truck culture of Austin.
site plan
Being sandwiched in between the busy Casea Chvez Street to the quiet and more relaxing Colorado River, we see the opportunity to arrange our program according to their speed and sound. From food trucks coming in and out from the food truck depot (Band 1); to the clinking of cooking utensils in restaurants and commisary kitchens (Band 2); to the chatting and laughing sound of residents harvesting in the communal garden (Band 3); to lastly a relaing bath in the private outdoor bathtub in individual units (Band 4). These bands of activities serve to connect land and water, weaved with the cross grain of people and water moving from the garden side to the river side, meandering through the community garden.
AUSTIN, TX, USA Theme
Site Characteristics
STRAITS FARE - ASSISTED LIVING Project name
While maintaining the bifurcated character of the devlopment, two halves of the site, river side and garden side, will be connected by strips of communal planters in replacement of the existing Red Bluff Road. The closure of the road ensures safety crossings between the two sites, existing curbs and sidewalks are rearranged according to the program, curb near Cesar Chavez is redirected to facilitate the in and out of the food truck with a wider sidewalk serves to separate truck traffic and pedestrian traffic. Curbs alongside of the original Red Bluff Road are removed to create an unified plane for easy access between the two sites. Living clusters are arranged at angles corresponding to the contour line along the bluff at the riverside with consideration to all the existing trees at the shed side. The units on the river side are sunken 18� below ground to provide anchor of the entire development. Such approach takes
advantage of the retaining walls to be erected on the bluff and brngs the outoor courtyards even closer to nature.
Residential units are provided at both sides of the devlopment, each provided with the same elements that are studied since the beginning of the semester: porch, courtyard, kitchen and bathtub. At the river side, each unit has a private courtyard with an outdoor bat, taking advantage of the spectacular view of the Colorado River. Meanwhile at the garden side, units have a shared courtyad to promote assistance across units. As we see kitchen as a performing space where friends and family gather, each kitchen in the one-level unit can be opened to the porch by rolling shutter, countertop connects the outdoor and indoor spac where food can be shared and celebrated.
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Building Squre Footage | 150,985 SF Site Square Footage | 134,817 SF FAR | 1.1 Number of Units |
banera rivera jardin del cielo patio de flores el corbertizo
(915 SF) (627 SF) (681 + 501 SF) (532 + 378 SF)
x 30 x 26 x 15 x 13
Site Density Ratio | 31,656 / 134,817 = 0.23 Impervious Cover Ratio | 82,358 / 134,817 = 0.61 Business Occupancy Groups | B R-2 Residential Program |
food truck depot commissary kitchens & start-up restaurants communal gardens residential units (river side) residential units (garden side)
WATER MANAGEMENT Theme
STRAITS FARE - ASSISTED LIVING Project name
vehicular people water (via permeable pavers)
In addition to the living clusters, the proposal offers a community garden in between the two halves of the site, acing as a connecting band where residets from the river side and garden side can gather and socialize while growing and harvesting fresh produce for each other. The front half of the site facing the Cesar Chavez is programmed with commissary kitchens, start-up restaurants and a large shed for food trucks to come in and prepare for their day of business, and also to return at night for washing and cleaning up; thus residents can also gather and prepare meals in the commissary kitchens. Water as element
With all the water we aim to collect to facilitate the different programs on site, water channels and porous pavement are proposed to collect on site storm water on the ground plane; while a rain water roof
harvests water from the sky, filtered then distributed across the site and eventually flow back to the Colorado River. We imagine the project evolves beyond integrating food and architecture. Residents are encouraged to work together within the notion of assisted living. While grandmother grows in her private courtyard and cooks in her kitchen, she has the opportunty to provide for the community as well, while the restaurants and food truck drivers provide her with cooked food and services in return. We see the concept of assisted living as a reciprocal relationship, to assit and be assisted. The project represents the possibilities of intertwining activities to promote a stronger sencse of community wihin an expansive, production context in both micro and macro scales.
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water path: water collective roof > drainage pipe > cistern
water path: shading device > acequia > filter planter> pool
water path: shading device > planter
UNIT TYPE Theme
STRAITS FARE - ASSISTED LIVING Project name
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WALL SECTION Theme
STRAITS FARE - ASSISTED LIVING Project name
drainage pipe rectangular channel ETFE
Roof 38’-0” 3/8” base coat 1/8” finish coat of stucco mortar joints struck flush cmu block stone tile
open to below
egg block rigid insulation Loft 28’-0”
accordion door
precast concrete hollow slab plank flooring treated plywood leveling screed Level 3 20’-0”
backer board glass block tile grout
Above Sunken 8’-6” wooden pergola
Level 1 0’-0” Sunken -1’-6”
tapered edge gypsum board
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ETFE rectangular channel 3/8” base coat 1/8” finish coat of stucco mortar joints struck flush cmu block stone tile
open to below egg block rigid insulation
Loft 38’-0”
accordion door
precast concrete hollow slab plank flooring treated plywood leveling screed
Level 4 30’-0”
backer board glass block
Level 3 20’-0”
Level 2 10’-0”
Level 1 0’-0”
tapered edge gypsum board roller shutter
cast in place concrete metal decking
UNIT PERSPECTIVES Theme
STRAITS FARE - ASSISTED LIVING Project name
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DAY IN A LIFE Theme
STRAITS FARE - ASSISTED LIVING Project name
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MODEL Theme
STRAITS FARE - ASSISTED LIVING Project name
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