MATTHEW BONG
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO CONTENTS 01 STELLAR 1: DRIFTING SOJOURN An Adaptive Resilience for an Anthropogenic Epoch
0 2 R E S T O R AT I V E H E A LT H C E N T E R A Flexible Post Pandemic Emergency Department
03 ARCHITECTURE OF SENSE An Archive of Hedonistic Aslyum for Pleasurable Moments
04 URBAN CAMPUS A Contemporary Parasitic Pedagogy
05 HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT Diplomatic Fulcrum: Reimagining the US Embassy
06 OPN MASTERCLASS 2019 Graphic Anatomy of the Modern Epic
01 Stellar-1: Drifting Sojourn An Adaptive Resilience for an Anthropogenic Epoch Architecture of the Apocalypse Competition | First Place 2020 Spring Independent Study Instructor: Hur, Bo Suk Team Member: Ahmed Al-Yaseen, Kim Do Yeun, Lee Wunghee Software: AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop, Rhinoceros, Vray
The condition of earth has been rendered inhabitable. Humanity’s last survivors sought to explore a multiplanetary expedition for the pursuit of survival. Thus, humanity adapted the idea of space elevators to a centralized sojourn. The adaptation of space technology enabled humanity to design a self sufficient, temporal inhabitation. Incidentally, modern innovations enables us to monitor the earth’s condition as we wait for our journey home. As we speculate on the approaches to space colonization, we started to analzye the possibilities with spacw technologies. How far would civilization prevail admist the aftermath a climate collapse? People are often unaware of the role their actions play on a daily basis and the effects on the environment both directly and indirectly. The long-lasting impact of environmental threat is also not experienced by all equally. Therefore, the responsibility of an individual is thus hidden due to the lack of knowledge and awareness. The challenge presented to us for this competition is to design a self-sufficient, closed loop life support system that support regenerative life for the minimum viable population (MVP). Could space technology we develop help colonize other planet or to re-colonize earth once more. 4
Project 1 Independent Studio
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[+] Narration
[+] conflict Political friction increases amongst governmental representative as an ultimatum, demanding a shift in despotism was declared. The condemnation towards the Western hemisphere brought forth an urgency for techno-supremacy while the Eastern hemisphere was condemned as a scapegoat for the pandemic widespread.
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[+] distress The unfathomable war accelerates the violence and technological advancement between the Western and Eastern hemisphere. Secret military experiments and space technologies inflicted catastrophic nuclear turmoil en masse. A colossal white bright light engulfed cities within seconds, leaving nothing behind.
[+] ascend With the impending decline in population and resource scarcity, the existence of humanity became an archetype: a microcosm of the insight and potential inherent in mankind. Humanity’s last survivors sought to explore a multiplantery expedition for the pursuit of survival. Thus, humanity adapted the idea of space elevators to a centrilized sojourn.
[+] evolve The adaptation of space technology enabled humanity to design a self sufficient, temporal inhabitation. Modern innovations enables us the ability to monitor the Earth’s condition as we wait for our journey back home.
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[+] Systems [1] dandelion in space We drew inspiration from a taxaracum (dandelion). A microscopic view of a dandelion seed reveals a unique trait - a detached vortex - that appears to propel and stabilizes locomotion. The seed emcompasses a bundle of bristles atop a stalk, called pappas. These pappas are made of filaments with large gaps between them that allows air to flow up through the bristles and carry the seeds far and wide. The seed dispersal also inspired the idea of drifting soujorn. While the seed floats to a different locale (in our case, space) we adapt to the conditions to fabricate a new living habitat to grow. While we await for the Earth to restore, we continue to sustain always until the day we ourselves are able to disperse the seeds to a new habitat (Earth) The flight mechanism of a dandellion helps to illuminate both the movements in our artificial structure and the porosity of the shell structure.
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
METAL STRUCTURE
[2] solar ring
BATTERY SHELL
BATTERY BANK
The solar ring plays an important role in our design. At 22,000 miles above the Earth, the solar panels would be able to cultivate more “stellar energy� with the photovoltaic panels. Thus, providing enough energy for us to simultaneously run multiple systems embedded within the structure. Batteries are located inside the stellar ring to store excess energy, which will be redistributed to the mechanical systems. With the implementation of this, we are able to create a self-sufficient system for the long-term plan and acting as a substitute for materials such as coal or fossil fuels. Stellar energy also returns a larger amount of power than regular Earth-based solar energy.
OXYGEN GENERATIVE SYSTEM
WATER RECOVERY SYSTEM
[3] sabatier system HYDROGEN +CARBON DIOXIDE AS CATALYST
SABATIER SYSTEM
WATER DISPENSER
METHANE RELEASED INTO SPACE SWEAT + RECYCLED URINE
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Drinkable water is a fundamental assest for survival. While water may seem as a scarcity in space, we looked into many different applications to channel water into our life support system. That being said, we proposed to implement a sabatier system within our construct in order to facilitate the water recollection. The system developed by French chemist, Paul Sabatier, uses a catalyst that reacts to carbon dioxide and hydrogen - both byproducts of current life - support systems. This interaction closes the loop in the oxygen and water regeneration cycle, thus providing a way to produce water. The sabatier system is currently a part of the International Space Station (ISS).
[4] space elevator
[+] superconductive structure
[5] stellar shell
COUNTERWEIGHT CLIMBER GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT
ELEVATOR CABLE
36,000 km
ANCHOR POINT
MAGNETIC FORCES SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET
[5] stellar shell This shell structure has two functions. The first function acts as a protective layer against space debris or incoming asteroids. As of now, there isn’t an efficient method of remediating most debris that’s currently orbiting in space. Thus, the most we can function with is to provide a protective layer as a secondary defense. The second function is acting as additional stellar panels. Although a transparent solar panel seems counterintuitive (sunlight passing through medium), the cells in the new innovation selectively harnesses a portion of the solar spectrum that is invisible to the naked eye, while allowing the normal visible light to pass through. This is all thanks to the incredible feat of transparent luminescent solar concentrator (TLSC). The collected solar energy is used as a power source for the space station and as an energy source in the space colonization.
AXIS OF ROTATION
CONTROL TOWER
COMMAND CENTER
CARBON NANOTUBES WATER PIPE
[6] space colonization
SPACE COLONIES
Our proposal is an orbital settlement design. The settlement is designed for a temporal shelter which would accommodate up to 300-450 residents. We decided to locate our proposal around the Earth’s orbit for resources reason as well as the ability to return back and forth to Earth upon its recovery. This design accounts for internal gravity based upon its own rotation. All energy, such as water and electricity, aims to be produced directly in the system.
SPACEPOD TERMINAL
BRIDGE CONNECTION
SUPPLY DEPOT
[6] space colonization Stellar-1
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[+] Section and Detail command center space colonies
seed bank
stellar panel ring energy harvester
research facilities mechanical operating systems fabrication lab space farming seed bank
space farming lab
meat production
meat production lab stellar panel
brace
carbon-nanotube
elevator construction
BEDROOM SPACE POD TOILET/UTILITY
COCKPIT
emergency core
COMMON SPACE shuttle transportation
MAGNETIC DOCKING
SPACEPOD INTERIOR
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trusses
[+] stellar panel
Far far away... As Astronaut Andre Morgan said, “An earth in crisis is still an earth worth returning to...� Despite implementing new technology and innovation to enable us to dwell in a self sustainable life support loop system, the ultimate goal is to still return back to our one true home, Earth. The structure that was designed to manifest live in space will not go in vain as it would contribute in generating extraterrestrial materials for the pursuit of knowledge. What was once a beckon of salvation, will now carry out the role of a new space research center. Stellar-1
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02 Restorative Health Center An Flexible Post Pandemic Emergency Department 32nd Annual AIA AAH STERIS Student Design Charratte Respresentative Team 2020 Spring Advisers: Cameron Campbell, Dr. Daejin Kim Team Members: Calise Gritter [ARCH], Lexis Ruroden [IND], Emily Serchen [LA] Software: AutoCAD, Illustrator, Lumion, Photoshop, Revit, Rhinoceros, Twinmotion, Vray
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Project 2 Design Charrette
Our post pandemic emergency department was designed to address the physical, emotional and psychological needs of the community today with the ability to adapt to the needs of tomorrow. Since the introduction of COVID-19, we’ve all experience a very rapid shift in our day to day life from the past several months.As a small town in Iowa, ISU and its community residents have also felt this impacts as well. Studies have shown that for students in college, COVID-19 has impacted mental health in ways that we are only starting to realize. Studies are showing that 71% of students are noting increase stress in anxiety, 91% are reporting negative impact due to the pandemic, and 89% are based with sleeping disruption. While there are many factors that contributes to a person’s state of mental health in COVID-19, the mental health of our community will be severely affected by pandemic once it is long gone.
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[+] Analysis
WATERWAY PARK FLOOD RISK BUS STOP BUS LINE
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[+] Site Context
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[+] Spatial Organization
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[+] Interior Render
[+] pandemic space render
While acting as an exam room in the emergency department, natural light will flood the warm, invitin space. The patient’s chair is oriented to face the view, while the staff has the space to utilize the TV monitor, desk space, computer, storage cabinets, sink, and hand sanitizer.
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[+] therapy space render
When transformed into a decompression space for those with mental health concerns post-pandemic, warm tones and scenic Iowa views put the user at ease. The rearrangement of furniture to see the scenic site and feel the warmth of the sun put the user at ease in a home-style interior.
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[+] lobby space render Restorative Health Center
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[+] plaza space render Restorative Health Center
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03 Architecture of Sense
An Archive of Hedonistic Aslyum for Pleasurable Moments H. Kennard Bussard Competition | Nominated - Top 8 2019 Fall Undergraduate Project Instructor: Mitchell Squire Team Members: Kylee Cangas, Seth Andrews, Park Sung Woo Software: Drawing, Illustrator, Model Making, Photoshop, Rhinoceros, Vray
Throughout the semester, we concentrate on the instrumentality of architecture and the capacity to perform as a vehicle of speculation that shapes the world and the people. The approach of our architecture would reflect as a creative incubator for progressive agendas within/beyond the discipline of architecture. While manifesting our project, we look into imaginative and unconventional response to complex, social, geographic, political, cultural, and environmental concepts. It allows us to perceive our habitat through lens of architecture while willingly defying architecture’s most sacred percepts and redefining on its own terms what architecture can/must be in the “future”. In that aspect, we will be attempting to conceptualize a form of imaginative architecture under the premise of “forgetting architecture” 24
Project 3 Speculative Studio
[+] speculative map of venice Architecture of the Sense
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[+] Explorative Details
“We connect our past self to our current self through sensory perception. We remember through the senses.� It is our position that smell is a vital part in the formation of the self. Smell is an artery of memory recalled which are embodied with emotional qualities, that then contribute to the construction of the self. Odors that evoke memory recollection are typically emotionally loaded. They can retrieve in great detail memories of childhood, relationship, travles. Olfactive recall replaces us in former emotional and social states as well as bring up past spatial encounters. Because of this, we pose that smell is an architecture of memory. [+] elements of structure 26
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[+] Explorative Models
[+] dirigeable model
“The Proust Phenomenon is known as the sudden involuntary evocation of an autobiographical memory, including a range of related sensory and emotional expressions. To be alive is to experience, adapt and persist. Subsequently, our identity is created from a curation of past experiences in the form of memories.� [+] experimental fragrance model 28
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[+] Intepretative Drawing
“But when from a long-distance past nothing subsits after the people are dead after the things are broken and scattered. Taste and smell alone, more fragile but more enduring, more unsubstantial, more persistent, more faithful, remain poised a long time, like souls, remembering, waiting, hoping, amid the ruins of all the rest; and bear unflinchingly, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection� Marcel Proust 30
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04 Urban Campus A Contemporary Parasitic Pedagogy 2018 Spring Undergraduate Project Instructor: Hur Bo Suk Team Member: Kim Do Yeun Software: AutoCAD, Hand sketches, Illustrator, Model Making, Photoshop, Rhinoceros, Vray
Technological advancements has since reshaped the 21st century in many aspect; a major industry that has been impacted by that is education. A newer pedagogy emerges as the modus operandi of teaching and - more importantly - learning has shifted. Rem Koolhas previously mentioned, “Manhattan is the arena of the terminal stage of the Western Civilization: Through the simultaneous explosion of human density and an invasion of new technologies, whereby producing a mythical laboratory for the invention and testing of a revolutionary lifestyle; a culture of congestion.” While we investigate the city, we challenge ourselves to create space of innvovation through parasitism and air rights. All while understanding the delicate relationship between an “organism” and the environment to its’ limits. The premise behind our project revolves around the possibilities of pedagogies to morph as an accomodation for efficient and effective learning processes. The conditions we set also identifies the relational aspect between social and economical context as it sits within a gentrified around, Chelsea District. 32
Project 4 Comprehensive Studio
[+] main render Urban Campus
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[+] Abstract Diagrams
[+] parasitic concept
[+] site concept
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[+] vertical abstract sketch diagram
[+] manifesto
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[+] Technical Diagrams
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[+] isonometric diagram
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[5] inhabitant
[4] include
[3] ideate
[2] inspire
[1] interest
[+] section
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[1] interest phase render
Our superstructure is divided into five categories; Interest, Inspiration, Ideation, Inclusive and Inhabitation. Each floor plan equips an open concept to increase interaction amongst sutdents-to-students or students-to-public. We ventured into maximizing student oriented learning and collaboration amongst peer. By achieving this feat, we are hoping for students to be inspired and more passionate about the learing experience while in a contemporary context. Our pedagogy combines both the arts and sciences to illustrates the importance of the interdisciplinary culture within design. 38
Project 4 Comprehensive Studio
[2] inspire phase render
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[3] ideate phase render
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[5] inhabitant phase render
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05 Hiding in Plain Sight Diplomatic Fulcrum: Reimagining the US Embassy Nathan and Lisa Kalaher Competition | First Place 2018 Fall Undergraduate Project Instructor: Ivonne Santoyo-Orocoz Team Member: Tomi Laja Software: AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop, Rhinoceros, Vray
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Project 5 Theoretical Studio
While the designs of American embassies appear at the center of political debates, issues such as security, representation, and finance have split the position of experts, architects and governmental officials. Embassies are no ordinary buildings, they are extraterritorial sites - a home away from ones home country. These are sites that not only represents the nation-state they host, but also the relation between two countries. How can architecture concretize these to realities? How can architecture mediate between the need to host, securitize and operate such a complex building, all while maintaining the possibility of welcoming and relating to the host-country in a civic manner? While the concept of citizenship speaks about the relationship between the many and a nation, in practice, the exercise of citizen’s rights comes in a plurality of forms. In an ever more privatized world, contemporary citizenship appears complex and at times a paradox - connecting some while excluding others. Our proposal represents the multiplicities embedded in the concept of citizenship by fragmenting the embassy into various buildings that are layered and unified through their spatial composition. In doing this, the architecture of the embassy is full of spatial tension that optimistically attempts to walk the tight-rope of a maniputed system.
[+] concept render Hiding in Plain Sight
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[+] fragmented elements on site plan
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[+] typical monolith
[+] vendors
[+] exhibition space
[+] watch tower
[+] amenities wall
[+] administracion
[+] apartemento
[+] waiting pavilion
[+] free gathering
[+] biblioteca [+] fragment exploration and studies
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[+] apartemento render
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[+] administracion render
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[+] administracion floor plan
[+] administracion section
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[+] biblioteca render
[+] biblioteca 1st floor plan 52
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[+] biblioteca 2nd floor plan Hiding in Plain Sight
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06 OPN Masterclass 2019 A Contemporary Parasitic Pedagogy 2019 Spring Graphite Drawing Instructor: Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Team Member: Calise Gritters, Merwick D’souza, Obishek Mandel, Rodcely Muro
The landscapes of Iowa increasingly defy singular narrative depiction. Irreducible to small-town americana and no longer the locality of progmatic agricultural industrialism of heartland rural life. Iowa is perhaprs better understood as a hybrid space - a territorial technology whose machines and geologies are as much a part of global spaces and circulations as they participate in the construction of local life and the networks of everyday modes of existence. We explored this space, compiling ethnographic studies of actor-networks that animate Iowa’s industrial agricultural landscapes, historical accounts of the appropriation, distrubtion and production of this space, and research of this space, and research on the political complexities of its present state. The outcome of this work was an attempt to document both a specific space and its historical production through “public drawing” 54
Project 6 MasterClass
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MATTHEW BONG
PORTFOLIO