Architecture Portfolio

GIEUN KWON

ARCHITECTURE + INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

GIEUN KWON

ARCHITECTURE + INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

ARCHITECTURE

01 SHIFTING BOXES: LAYERING LIGHT SPACES Kyoto,

Apartment Complex |Il Kim Studio | Fall 2023

The location of the site in Kyoto has two main canals. To convey the hint of water from the larger street, the ground floor of the apartment complex includes a thin layer of water with shops. The pathway of the ground is open to outside to connect with the water and to invite visitors. The floors in between the sixth and the first floor are enclosed by a glass box, which is made out of channel glass to differentiate from the apartment units. The glass box that determines the perimeter of the interior shrinks as it moves towards the upper floors. The

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corridors are double height spaces to feel the lightness and to interact with families in the lower level. Each apartment has a core with three surrounding transparent glass walls, the latter conveying a sense of weightlessness. The sliding panels that divide up the space can be stored in the core, allowing for flexibility in size and number of rooms. Each apartment is similar to a small shop composing a small street district. The shifting of individual apartments within the whole amplifies the effect of lightness.

Basement Floor Plan

Site Plan: Kyoto City

Diagram of apartment arrangements

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-Conceptual model in context

- Axon View of terraced apartments

- Perspective of the circulation space on the ground floor

- Site Plan with ground floor plan having a connection to water

Diagram of the interior box

West Elevation: Kiyamachi Street

- Detail Wall Section

- Unit Plans

- Perspective of the upper double height space

- Perspective of the second floor with double height space

North South Section

North Elevation

02 GRADATION Aarhus,

Denmark

Aarhus Market Hall|Matt Hall Studio | Spring 2022

Located in Aarhus, Denmark, the site was open in the various directions of people approaching the site. Thus, the design became a permeable container that allows people to access the market hall in multiple directions. The angled walls are all different on the four sides of the building to make them appropriate based on different situations. The design also tested a low open public space since it would create a very different atmosphere from other tall public spaces. It would also generate a closer connection between the

people in the ground and roof. The main material in this design is bricks since Denmark produces various bricks. Thus, the angled walls started to get a graduation of bricks from dark gray bricks to yellow glazed bricks. This allows for the market hall to glow up from the inside on cloudy days, which is how the weather is like in Denmark most of the time. Along with the graduation of bricks, there is a gradation of the floor tiles and various table sizes and layouts for people to enjoy the time in the market hall.

Ground Plan: gradation of market stalls, skylights, tables, and tiles

Roof Plan: gradation of skylights, tables, and tiles

- Section of the higher ceilings for market stalls compared to the overall ceiling height

- Existing photos of tall surrounding buildings

- Section of the low public space in relation to the nearby buildings

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03 THREE VOLUMES AND IN BETWEEN Mobile,

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Mobile Dance Center|Jim Doerfler Studio | Spring 2023

The program is divided into 4 segments: studio, atrium, theater, and production/office. The division of the programs push and pull, allowing an emphasis on the studio and the theater. This movement creates separate in between entrances for the public and for the production staff. The front facade continues the fabric of the city by its subtle terracotta panels. The black box theater is made out of glazed terracotta tiles to create a heavy mass and to connect with the movement of water. The glazed tiles are made out of a repeated

pattern of angled terracotta panels, which help locate the theater both on the interior and the exterior. As one enters the building through the main street, a low dim lobby welcomes the visitor, which contrasts with the atrium space. The two angled skylights help separate the different programs. The studio spaces have eight trapezoid skylights and thick walls with windows and adjustable screens to control the intensity of light. The thick walls also provide seats along the windows.

- View contrasting the lounge and the atrium

- Plan diagram of program

- Section diagram of program

Theater

Atrium

Studio Production

Atrium Studio

Prod. Theater

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Section through studio, lounge, atrium, theater, and office

Northeast Elevation

- First Floor Plan, Second Floor Plan, Third Floor Plan

- Sustainability Diagram

- Mechanial Diagram

- Structral Diagram

- Life Safety Diagram

- Progress of Physical Model

- View of the studio space with skylights

- 2D detail wall section

- Southeast Elevation: existing and new

- Glazed terracotta tile

- Model image of roof condition

- Module of glazed terracotta tile

04 NESTING LAYERS Chicago,

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Extended Stay Hotel|Kevin Moore, Jennifer Pindyck Studio |Summer 2023

The extended stay hotel is an experimentation of nesting spaces that dive up the spaces while connecting the spaces with openings, which allows for each zone to feel spacious. The three nesting layers occur three times: the lobby, the corridor, and the rooms. The corridor is shaped like a donut to create layers within layers. The corridor has three zones: the alone space, the closed lounge, and the open lounge. The open lounge is a double height space with a wood panel layer. The corridors have colored, translucent, and transparent windows that connect directly to the hotel rooms. The individual rooms has three layers: the living area, the bed room, and the bathroom. The rooms includes layers that have holes and movable panels to allow the room to feel more spacious.

Section with section perspective of the corridor

The corridor has three zones: the alone space, the closed lounge, and the open lounge. The egg chairs divides the space for each individual; nevertheless, it is still open and connected to the corridor. Next, the enclosed space provides a quiet group seating. The open lounge has wooden panels with holes that connect to the corridor.

- Site Plan with lobby

- Model photo of lower corridor

- Typical Floor Plan

While the lower corridor has window like openings, the upper floor has various openings that connects the room to the corridor. Thus, one feels connected because when the rooms glow up, one is aware that someone is present even though they have never seen each other.

- Model photo of upper corridor: the colored, translucent, transparent windows connects the corridor to hotel rooms

- Study of the nesting spaces in House N by Sou Fujimoto

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- Model photo of room elevation

- Collage 1: experimentation of material, furniture, and lighting

- Collage 2: experimentation of material and furniture

- Model photo from the entry door

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Black Paint White Paint Oak Wood Wood Panel

Material Palette

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The first layer in the hotel room has white walls and ceilings with a washed out wood flooring, including a kitchen, dining area, and a living area. Next, the exterior of the second layer includes light colored wood panels with linear lighting to emphasize the next layer. The inner side of the second layer has darker wood with a bedroom and a closet. Lastly, the third box has a soft blue felt on the exterior to put a soft accent with reflective blue tiles on the interior of the bathroom.

- Continuous Room Section Top Left Bottom

- Secition Persective of the layers of the room

- Model photo of the three layers of the hotel room

The layers allow for the bathroom and the bathroom to spatially extend to the previous layer without feeling open to the rest of the areas. The furniture are designed and placed as an object; thus, they all have legs to emphasize the effect.

- Model photo of the dining area

- Room Plan with dimensions

- Model photo of the closet

- Model photo of the bedroom and living room

- Model photo of bedroom and bathroom in the morning

05 INTERIOR PUBLIC REALM Atlanta, GA

Atlanta New Program|Jennifer Pindyck Studio | Fall 2022

Currently, most public spaces are not for everyone and sometimes require an entry fee. Thus, truly public spaces are considered to be spaces that are in relation to the exterior spaces. However, due to climate issues and increase in population in Atlanta in the future, this program explores the interior public realm that provides spaces for diverse group sizes. The seating types include group benches, group table seatings, group study seatings, individual stools, and individual

study seatings. With five entry points at different levels leading to different areas, users are able to experience different views. Each of the floors does not extend to the wall, so the layers of the floors are open throughout the space. The floors are influenced by the construct, which is an abstract piece made based on an artwork. The lower areas are warm and light, and the floors change to cool and darker as it moves to the upper floors.

Building Section of Floor Relationship

First Floor Plan: lobby, couple seating areas, standing table area

Basement Floor Plan: auditorium, gallery, coffee shop

Third Floor Plan: table seating areas, rentable office/study areas

Second Floor Plan: group seating areas, enclosed seating area

- Exterior view of the existing facade with new interior public space

- Map of future resident development

- Exploded Axon: layers of the floors

- Auditorium area being used as a large gathering space on ground floor

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Entry, Path to Basement, Bench Seating, Art Exhibition

The progression of the floor material depict the level of groups of people and the noise level. In the basement floor, the wood flooring are lighter in tone along with warmer light. The programs in the basement include a large open floor for a concert or various sizes of group tables, bench seatings, and an exhibition space. The first floor has the same type of flooring as the basement floor since there are group seatings and is the entry level, indicating the main circulation level. On the second floor, color of the wood flooring are darker since there is an enclosed group seating and other smaller seating areas. Finally, on the third floor, there are rentable rooms and seating types for studying, which is quieter compared to the rest of the floors; thus, the tiles are monotone with cooler lighting condition.

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- Floor tile palette

- View of the first floor from entry door

- View of the vertical circulation and relation of the floor material

- View of the study space on the third floor

Detail Section: showing the cables hanging from the trusses

06 PRIMITIVE HUT Kyoto, Japan

Primitive Hut|Il Kim Studio | Fall 2023

Group Members: two Auburn University students and four Kyoto Seika University students My roles: concepts, knotting, gathering natural resources, weaving leaves for the floor

During the first week in Japan, six students collaborated to create a 21st century version of a primitive hut. The materials were limited to 35mm x 35mm x 1800mm (1.3in x 1.3in x 71in) wooden sticks, hemp string, and found resources found from the landscape behind the architecture building. Even though there was a language barrier, we communicated with sketches and body movement. We tied the wooden sticks to create a longer length to tilt them and experiment with the main structure of the primitive hut. To create a light structure, we used two sets of triangular structures that could stand by themselves. Then, they were placed in the mountain hidden behind the architecture building. The two sides of the hut are

sides of the main pathway are covered with rough cladding with layers of wooden sticks. The other two sides have straight wood sticks and bamboo as a support structure for the fern and bamboo leaves. Thus, as one approaches our primitive hut, it blends in with the landscape; however, as one follows the rock path, one enters a seclusive space covered in different types of cladding. The floor materials are contrasting along with the claddings. The floor textiles are a pattern of smooth leaves weaving together and rougher leaves that gradually change color from green to brown. Through the two triangular openings at the bottom of the structure, the users still have a connection to the outside nature of the landscape.

07 Denmark Study

Abroad Spring 2022

During the Denmark study abroad program, I had the chance to closely observe each building and take time taking photography and sketching on site. The sketches and photographs depict the unique aspect in each building through my lens. The use of bricks with the roughness, shape, and color was very different in every project, which also inspired the 02 Gradation project.

08 Japan Study

Abroad Fall 2023

During the Japan study abroad, I noticed that every detail, furniture, and material should help create a whole building and support its theme to amplify the overall language. The drawings and photographs depict the layers of space, material, and form in both traditional and contemporary architecture. In addition, I have started to realize how paths can drastically change the experience. Some gardens and museums had paths that made one turn and hid the architecture before arriving at the final designation.