Leeju Kang
University of Pennsylvania, Master of Landscape Architecture kleeju@design.upenn.edu
Contents Academic Work
01 Temple to Temple
North Philadelphia Catalyst
02 Resilient Vaduz
Sustainable Vision of Liechtenstein
Professional Work
03 Donhwa Korean Cultural Center
Cardboard Korean Traditiona Building Modeling
04 Pathway design
Pavement Pattern, Lighting Variations
Installation
05 Pavillion - Wood Structure 06 Waves _ Copperplate Corrosion Experiment Resume
Successive bike trail sections anchored by two institution sites, through community nodes
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1.Temple to Temple Academic work_ Philadelphia studio Fall semester at University of pennsylvania Instructor : Nicholas Pevzner Intention : To catalyze depressed North philadelphia Area : North philadelphia , USA Specific site : Between Temple University main Campus and Temple university medical campus Medium of the work : Digital fabrication (Rhino, GIS, Adobe)
The abandoned vacant lots in North philadelphia are opened by the diagonal intervention linking two institutions ‘Temple Campuses’ along the Regional Septa rail. This interstitial spaces would have capacity to gather people through the continuous landscape movement. To achieve it, I propose landscape strands with layers - bike trails, forest, nursery, which is to be gradully incremneted. At the ends, they will create community nodes. It is expected that series of the vacant lots will be changed into connectve public realm for neighborhood as well as to be a mobility corridor for university.
Site analysis Perpetuating vacancy in north Philadelphia Site 2miles Transportation neteworks
The Redlining of the 1930s intended to protect people from bad investment, deepened the disconnection of North Philadelphia from the political center of the city Total value of their homes decrease due to the complete lack of political investment in the changing neighborhood.
Temple hospitals
There is still potential in this area; scattered ‘Temple University’ campus. Anchoring Temple University, I propose project that open vacant lots along Septa regional railway to community as mobility armature.
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Bike trail implementation along the railway : relationship between street and railway
Bike
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Rail forest
Multiuse trail
Type 1 On the ground
Bike
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Underpass
Operation Existing situation
Bike
Type 3
On the bridge
Bridge
Layer 1
Bike trail
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Tmeple University Hospital
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Underpass_open air
Rail forest
Multiuse trail
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Underpass_Lehigh Ave Underpass_temporal program Underpass _ Broad St -2’
Broad street station Base level_0’ +2’
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Bridge_ Cumberland St +6’
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Bridge _ York St
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Bridge _ Dauphin St
Bridge _ Nevada St
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Bridge _ Colona St +2’
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Tmeple University Station
Layer 2
Layer 3
Young tree incubator
Rail buffer_Urban forest
Design process
Topography transformation Connecting vacant lot with lines according to topography.
Infill program
between railway and bike trails
Seamless bike trail
accessbility from nursery to bike trail
Contour modification relationship between street and block
Identify lower points
Define wet streets
Connective territories between Temple university campuses
The topography will be slightly modified to collect the water for iriigation of the young tree incubators and the forest.
Bike program typology mounds
Deck unused railway railway
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resting area in the community park steps
retaing wall
railway rail forest
bike rack young tree incuvator
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resting area in the nursery bike repair station Concrete structure rail forest
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soft surface tennis court
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Bike repair station
Resting area through the bike trails
railway Retaining wall
Young tree incubator
Bike rack
Path way to get to bike trail
rail forest
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Detail drawings of bike related street furniture Bike racks _ glass and steel structure
Seating place, steps, planting beds _ Retaining wall
00 How to occupy a vacant lot.
Perception and experience through vacant lot. To change neighborhood perception, I start to think about the edge condition of vacant lot.
SEPTA regional train
bike trail from neighborhood
Strands incrementat
Phase 00 Detecting potential edge
Phase 01 Young tree incubators+ bike trail
Phase 02 Replantation ; rail forest New Urban edge
01Young tree incubator.
Access to bike trails. It starts with bike trails, a line connecting temple campus to Temple hospitals. Strands would be incremented over the time in 4 layers. Vacant lots would gradually open to neighborhood framing by young tree incubator.
Plan
railway
bike trail young tree incubator
existing neighborhoods
young tree incubator
bike trail on added on railway eliminated boundary path to bike trail
path to trail
02 New urban edges
After the incubator phase, these trees are going to rail buffer zone to create the connective landscape. Young trees urban edge will be changed into new public space. As a result the surrouding area will be impacted by this diagonal movement. Moreover new ground for campus extention through broad street and new diagonal. expected responding area Railway Bike trail rail forest
replanted trees Urban forest
plaza consolidated urban edge
mature trees
bike trail
responds from neighborhood replanted trees rail buffer
young tree incubator.
path to bike trail
2. Resilient Vaduz DMZ
Academic work_ Sustainable Urban Design Studio SS 2010 at Liechtenstein University Instructor : Peter Droege Intention : to suggest Sustainable masterplan for Vaduz Area : research on entire Vaduz Location : Vaduz, Liechtenstein Medium of the work : pencil, pastel, watercolor, Auto cad, illustrator, photoshop
Transect from the Rhine to the Alps The objective of the work is to provide the easy accessibility from the Alpine range to Rhine River. It is not only for the enhance the urban quality, but also for the better understanding of the unique landscape of the capital city of Liechtenstein. There is apparent segregation of pedestrian and car in center city. It impedes vibrant civil life both physically and emotionally. By Transect analysis, some specific sites will be focused for acupunctural interventions.
Design deployment About Vaduz
Lichtenstein is completely is landlocked alpine country in the central Europe, bordered by Switzerland and by Austria. The population is only approximately 35,000, and its area is over 160 square kilometers. When considering the statistic economic figure, it is certain that this principality is stable. From the outside, the country is always tranquil and placid. However, the capital city of Liechtenstein ’Vaduz’ stagnant withough civil activiy in central plaza. This is because physical disconnection - stream, topography, and main road and dry space quality surronded by modernized buildings.
Site Plan
1) Expectation of economic growth proper site for extension should be found 2) Harmony with all age, nationality, occupation User and programs are relevant. 3) Careful touch on the water network of Vaduz Water layer would be key feature of the analysis of vaduz.
Transect Analysis
01 RULAR
02 EDGE
03 GENERAL
01 RIVER SIDE
Along the rhine river, the rich topographical envionment is formed. expectation : to bring leisure activities to preserve fragmented landscape
02 RULAR
Detached houses are located in the middle of the grass land : private garden, agriculture area, empty lot
03 GENERAL
There are already keep the freindely neighborhood just lack of public consideration. Mixture of civic buildings, offices and single family houses.
04 CENTER
Thie stage start to show the city life. A lot of banks and offices and market.
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05 CORE
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Pedestrian with commercials and governmetal buildings are gathered in the Statdle. But it has very short hours that people are actually active.
01 RULAR
06 MOUNTAINS
IF somebodies raise their head, they can see the castle and the Alps
Liechtenstein Castle View from the proposed bridge in the center city
Program by time flow in center city
Acupunctural intervention on intersection points Along the street, several spaces are designed for the pedestrian. The design strategy is simple. The form of stairs would be eqquiped each place and its function would be different according to places. It is followed by the transection analysis. To change entire circulation of the city., I proposed enhanced pathways or stairs along transect area which landscape and city create the specific moment
b Canal promanade
The deck board walk will be placed along the canal. Some structure will be located next to the decks. Some are for definding private land and the others are for outdoor activities.
a Riverside
Dirt promenade should be kept, but the stairs for sitting and climing up the dike will be placed.
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potential area: intersection points
c Pocket park
Street furniture is addded on parking lot in market places. Stripped plantation define the parking area.
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Transit transfer center
Plan
There are two parking lots next to City hall ;on the ground and under ground. Most of tourists came to city arrive at the parking lot first. Many commuters who work in city center use underground parking lot. For this reason this void space posits important meaning in center city of Vaduz. Besides, up to the Mountain, the Castle is locateed.
townhall building
square souvenir
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Stairs are built on the parking lots which circulate the vehicular movements. Stairs toward plaza could be outdoor theater occasionally by providing seating place. On the top of the stairs give direct veiw to the Castle, and the Alpine. The interior space under the staris is filled with program that helps the site to be vitalized 24hrs and everyday. Destail program deployment shows by the diagram under and plan on the right side. (Condition: The traditional town hall building should be protected.)
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transit transfer center ground : tourist center public toilet
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on the stairs : observatory for the catsle seats
public parking lot / tourist bus an electric car
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private parking lot ground/ underground
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5 Pavilion
1:1 scale installation at the University Academic work_ Architectural Stuion FW 2006. Chung-Ang university Instructor : Choi Sunseop Team work : Leeju Kang, Jiwoo Eom
Dimension 1 x 1 x 2 m Materials
Square Wooden Sticks 0.04 x 0.04 x 2 m Wooden Boards 1x1x2m
the pavilion/existing trees position
Panoramic view from the pavillion
Interactive facade creates different view frame toward the pond
3. Don Hwamun Korean Traditional cultural Center
Professional _internship at G.S Architect Supervisor : Kim Yongmi Responsibility : Modeling ( 3d_ Sketchup, cardboard model) , Drawing diagram(Autocad, Illustrator) Area : 1318m2, 805m2 Location : Seoul, Korea Intention : to create traditional center adjacent to Korean cultural property ‘Don Hwamun’
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the Changdeok Palace
Final plan
Carboard Study model
Building placement variations : Slightly changed building disposition and roof angle can change the open space qauility in Korean Style architecture.
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Open space composition Void Semi-void
4. Pathway design
Professional _Internship at OfficeParkkim Supervisor : Yoon-jin Park, Jungyoon Kim Site : JeJu Nine Bridge golf resort, Location : Jeju Island, Korea Responsibility : Designing pavement pattern and lighting, Modeling (Rhino) , Photoshop render Design intention: to make pathway in the old golf resort condomunium in cozy atmosphere.
Instead of entire golf resort renovation, the client asked for the change of open space atmosphere. The edge of pavement is blurred by surrouding natures. Prior lighing intent is to brighten the suface of pathway. Second lights will illuminate plants for keeping cozy feeling. Condition : humid and dark along the path.
between buildings
Frontside of building
Backside building
Studies : scale of the pavement spacing and the lighting intensity.
6. Waves
Personal work _ at Kwon Insuk Atelier Size : 80 X 25 X 25 cm Intention : to impy the transition of plane board by collision of tow plates Medium of the work : copper plate, rice straw, cone, pigment
Diversion
Two plates are accumulated different layers. By the certain amount of power, the plane plates are crashed. The shape of the copperplate explains the sequence of the action. The power of waves is conceived by the volume.
Stable condition
forced by external pressure
Volume without straws
material experiment coppercorrosion process
Reflective pyramids /2013 /Gunpo, Korea
KANG, LEEJU
kleeju@design.upenn.edu EDUCATION
WORK EXPERIENCE
University of Pennsylvanis, PA,USA
- Master of Landscape Architecture - Second professional Degree Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea - Bachelor of architecture Universität Liechtenstein,Vaduz, Liechtenstein - Master’s degree program in architecture (Sustainable Urban Design) - Exchange program
2013.08 2006.03 - 2012.02 2010.03 - 2011.02
Landscape architecture firm Office Parkkim (Yoon-jin Park, Jungyoon Kim), Seoul
2013.02 - 2013.06
Architecture firm G.S. Architects& Associates , Seoul
2011.07 - 2011.08
- Internship program - Participating in Construction document, 3d modeling, rendering - Project : Nine bridge Golf Resort, King Abdula Sports city, Kumho hyundae company building
- Internship program - Participating in Korean-style builidng design competition I&I Architects , Seoul - Internship program - Participating in Urban design competition Gansam Architects & Partners, Seoul Urban design part / Part timer Performing assisting duties for urban design works
SKILLS
Software Auto CAD, Rhino(Terrain, T-splines, V-ray), Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GIS, Sketch-up,
Language Korean, English, German(basic)
2009.12 - 2010.02 2009.07 - 2010.02