SELECTED WORKS
lyee chong
SELECTED WORKS design portfolio
lyee chong
“Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.� -Toyo Ito
PROJECTS wiccan coven of portland sacred space central city concern social housing light art gallery urban infill sellwood weather research station technical documentation butterfly bench digital fabrication alpha hookah industrial design
Wicca is a modern Pagan religion that worships the Earth and nature. It is only about 60 years old. Wicca was created in the 1954 by Gerald Gardner and is based upon Celtic spiritual concepts, deities, and seasonal days of celebration.
WICCAN COVEN Wicca is America’s fastest growing religion, and within the next decade Wicca will become the third largest religion in America, behind only Christianity and Islam.
monotheism
christianity
conventional cathedral
judaism
icon
islam
heavy inversion of function, hierarchy and form
rectilinear
cylindrical
polytheism
hinduism wicca shinto
icon
light
wiccan coven
organization
herb garden
ritual bath
spirit room
spell library
firepit
“the planet itself is a ball of life, and as the wheel of the year turns, we can watch all the aspects of life take place in the earth: birth, life, death, and finally rebirth.” north
“in wiccan covens, such water is used to consecrate the circle and all the tools within it.“
earth
west
water
spirit
air
east
fire
“air carries away your troubles, blows away strife, and carries positive thoughts to those who are far away.”
south “fire creates and destroys, symbolizing fertility” 9
sw
5th
ave
CONGRESS CENTER
sw m ain s t
13
9
12
13
13
second
6
E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Elevator Bathroom Shower Changing Room Ritual Pool Outdoor Herb Room Spell Station Wind Room Firepit Spirit Platform
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5 6
6
33 22 22
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6
6
5
6
6
7
11
E
6
11
7 8
33 11
11
8
first
E
ground 11
spirit
wind
fire
north-south section
13
scale model 15
One person at a time, Central City Concern ends homelessness and helps people achieve their maximum self-sufficiency. Everyone needs a place to call home. And to be successful, everyone needs to feel part of a community.
DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH Central City Concern has developed a housing program to meet these basic needs and offers housing choices for people in need. We safeguard affordable housing for people who suffer from substance abuse or mental illness, individuals recovering from hospitalization, people who have experienced homelessness, recently reunited families and people who are recently employed and moving toward self-sufficiency.
se market st
se 122nd ave
CCC
se lincoln st
organization footprint extrusion
building code offset
establish circulation
classification of site
bisection of site
tabula rasa
existing site condition
19
+ distance from negative influences
shelter
BUFFER
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concept
= housing health + recovery employment peer support
diamond
MONOLITH
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4. inner courtyard typology
3. circulation
2. remove core + facade split
1. the monolith
parti
4. apply screen to facade
3. multifamily housing typology
2. filter of external influences
1. the community center 23
north-south elevation
east-west elevation
north-south elevation
east-west elevation
5
second
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
1
1
1
1
3
3
e
d d
upper
c b
a
ground
1 2 3 4 5
1 bedroom 2 bedroom 3 bedroom zen garden roof terrace
a b c d e
laundry room mail room office childcare community space 25
the monolith
the community cetnter
site model 27
The concept of duality is very evident in light art, as light can only flourish in the presence of darkness. Within the defined dichotomy of black and white lies the gray spectrum, a transitional space that bridges the two.
LIGHT ART GALLERY The building embodies and reflects both qualities through the expression of form, pattern and space; for voids cannot exist in the absence of solids.
ne broadway
LAG
ne 7th ave
ne 6th ave
concept
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5
4
E first
2
1
3
1
E ground
E basement
7
E fourth
6 E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Elevator Bathroom Gift Shop Office Cafe Theater Exhibit Double Volume Exhibit
E
6
third
6
6
E second 33
site model 35
roof terrace
lecture hall
lobby
north facade
south facade
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As a matter of survival, human beings and animals alike confront weather on a daily basis. Shelter is our primal response to protecting ourselves against weather conditions and as such, weather constantly dictates and informs our design of buildings.
WEATHER RESEARCH STATION Its challenges are often faced and overcome through the prediction and understanding of patterns as well as our interactions with phenomenons of weather. This weather research station will focus on a specific aspect of weather to not only enrich the city with pragmatic knowledge but also poetic insight into precipitation.
weather box
concept
open atrium immersion in rain and weather allow deeper penetration of light into interior spaces
vertical wooden louver facade protects south side from solar glare glass curtain wall unobstructed view of river and natural lighting concrete retaining wall provides structural stability and thermal mass
41
WRS
sellwood bridge
43
first
ground
roof
second 45
47
east-west section
east-west elevation
north-south section
north-south elevation 49
1. parapet roof assembly
stone ballast metal coping/ counter flashing roofing membrane 3” polystyrene rigid insulation
2. floor assembly
3. enclosure assembly custom steel cap steel angle 1” rigid insulation 5/8” exterior sheathing metal stud
4. louver assembly 4” concrete slab steel connector plate 1/2” radiant coils 12” o.c. metal panel, 1/8” alum. louver blade 2” corrugated steel decking coped beam-girder shear connection
5. drop ceiling assembly
1/2” acoustic felt panel tongue and groove wood panels suspended linear lighting
51
precipitation exhibition
53
55
section model
57
BUTTERFLY BENCH
grasshopper definition
61
63
ALPHA HOOKAH
67
69
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