Architectural Portfolio - Michael Hua

Michael Hua PORTFOLIO Selected Works 2015-2018

CONTENT

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Hyper-Hook

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Spring 2017 | Core Studio 602 | Red Hook Transportation Hub

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The Hunger

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Fall 2017 | Core Studio 701 | Urban Fiction in Seoul

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Noah’s Garden

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Fall 2016 | Core Studio 601 | Reading Viaduct Residential

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Tensioned Waves Spring 2016 | Core Studio 502 | Riverfront Performing Center

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Trans-Volution

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Fall 2015 | Core Studio 501 | Russel Wright Gallery

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The Manic Fall 2017 | Elective | Immersive Kinematics

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The Double

Professional | in: Flux architecture | BAITASI 2016 International Competition

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Wudaoliang

Professional | in: Flux architecture | Wudaoliang Housing Development

Michael Hua

SKILLS

Academic Projects

General Autocad Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Word PowerPoint

Modeling Rhino Maya Sketchup Grasshopper Revit

Yi-Hsuan Michael Hua

Language Chinese: native English: intermediate German: basic French: basic

CONTACT

3840 Fairmount Avenue

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Philadelphia, PA yhhua@hotmail.com.tw 217.898.8015

Michael Hua

EDUCATION University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

May 2018

Master of Architecture with a certificate in Ecological Architecture National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

June 2011

B.S. Electrical Engineering RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Summer Internship | Gensler, Chicago IL

May 2017 - Aug. 2017

- Compiled and analyzed data collected from interviews for intern research project - Created animation video for final presentation for summer internship program - Prepared construction documents for chain stores of one of the largest retailers in the US - Contacted building and planning departments for codes for renovation requirements Architectural Intern | in: Flux architecture, Beijing, China

May 2016 - Aug. 2016

- Developed schematic design for a large-scale residential project bordering the Great Wall - Researched site information and road system design for mountain area - Participated the design and produced drawings for a Hutong revitalization competition in Beijing - Prepared drawings and diagrams for monthly client presentations Architectural Intern | YD Architects, Taichung, Taiwan

Feb. 2014 - June 2014

- Developed schematic design for residential and institutional projects - Organized studies of hybrid structural system for small scale residential projects EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Recruiting Coordinator

Mar. 2015 - May 2015

OPTOGO Taiwan Project for Milan World Expo 2015, Taiwan - Interviewed OPTOGO volunteers for local assistance at Milan World Expo 2015 - Organized volunteer schedule at the exhibition foXr OPTOGO Taiwan Project Curation Team Member

July 2014 - Aug. 2014

CxCity CrowdMaking Exhibition, Taichung, Taiwan - Participated in the interactive exhibition design that simulated the development of a city - Led a public workshop that discussed urban issues reflected from the exhibition Participant

Apr. 2014

AA Visiting School Taiwan Project #2 - Mountain, Taichung, Taiwan - Researched on the formation of urban landscape for mountain area in central Taiwan WORK Research Assistant | Power Electronics Lab, NCKU, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Aug. 2012 - July 2013

- Conducted literature reviews for master students - Assisted in contacting committee for a national conference at NCKU Operations Training Officer | Republic of China Air Force, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Aug. 2011 - July 2012

- Monitored air defense radar and conducted weekly reports HONORS La Biennale di Venezia

May 2018 - Nov 2018

- 16th International Architecture Exhibition Pressing Matters 6

May 2017

- “Hyper-Hook� published in Core Studio 602 Schenk-Woodman Scholarship

Jan. 2016

- 3rd place, Schenk-Woodman Competition 2016 PennDesign Scholarship

2015 - 2018

- Design School, University of Pennsylvania

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01 Hyper-Hook Red Hook Transportation Hub Hyperloop X Biking Track PennDesign | Core Studio 602 | Group Project Critic: Ben Krone Site: Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY Hyper-Hook proposes a new transportation system that changes our perception of time as well as the urban landscape. Hyperloop, being the next generation of transportation, can shorten the traveling time from Miami to New York to half an hour. We were interested in how the highly-efficient hyperloop can be integrated with the traditional biking paths that could mitigate the traffic condition in Manhattan as well as connect the Red Hook to the city given its isolated transportation system.

Our ideas of two contrasting systems were tested through the analogue model with experimentations in distinct material qualities. The geometry and interactions between materials learnt from the model were translated into architecture. The space defined in the model were turned into programs including a biking ramp playground, a commercial tower, and a freight distribution center that responses to the industrial history and the current need of the community.

From the perspective of users, business travelers arrived in the hub will be transferred to downtown with existing riverfront bike trails while local residents will benefit from the distribution center and the commercial programs in the hub. The juxtaposition of users and transportation types creates a complex and vibrant system that alters our perceptions of time, space, and urban lifestyle.

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Analogue Model It is a process of exploring the interactions between two systems with materials that possess distinct qualities. At first, the mutual influence were represented with opposite forces (pushing and pulling) acting on the systems. The concept was carried on and experimented with flexible fabric and rigid frame, showing the tension created by the contrasting material qualities. The interstitial space between the skin and the interior frame became an interesting part of the whole syetem, while the exterior frame added in the final stage also created a boundary and a hierarchy of spaces. The geometry, tension, and reaction in the analogue model was transformed into architectural consequence later on.

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SUBWAY STATION TOURIST ATTRACTION BIKE PATH BUS ROUTE METRO EXPRESSWAY SITE

1,000 FT

Site Analysis Looking at the accessibility of Red Hook, it is relateively isolated from the city despite that it was the busiest freight port in the world in 1920s. It is barely connected with the city’s public transportation. Given this current condition, we are prompted to design a transportation hub that combines two extremely opposite ways of traveling - hyperloop and biking - to facilitate the flow of passengers into Manhattan as well as connect the neighborhood back to the city. The hyperloop will bring residents on the east coast to Ney York within half an hour and distributes them with biking paths and existing transportation network.

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Building Section The drawing shows the diverse activities in different parts of the transportation hub. The architecture is influenced by various types of transportation passage, dominated by Hyperloop due to its limitation regarding to its speed and the dimension of the capsule. The curved geometry was constructed with space frame, with three major towers rooted deep into the ground, providing structural support for the Hyperloop concourse floor and platform. The concourse level hovers over a vast landscape that was shaped in response to the geometry of the mega-structure. Biking tracks are directly connected to the platform from the tower, while the storage space at the ground level provide a smooth transition for travelers.

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Bike Track Tower Outdoor Deck Platform and Concourse Bike Path to Platform Bike Storage Commercial Tower Hyperloop

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Detailed Section

The series of drawings show the moment of architectural and structural details. The relationship between hyperloop and biking tracks, the interstitial space between the envelope and the secondary skin, the tunnel that pucntures through the envelope, and the giant enclosure that accomodates the hyperloop platform and biking tracks.

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Biker’s View of Hyperloop

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Concourse Level & Hyperloop Platform

Platform Level Plan

The complex system of hyperloop and biking tracks shows the negotiation between different types of transportation along with three towers, which have distinct characters that responded to their programs. The connections between the platform and towers bring business travelers from hyperloop to local transportation network that move them from Red Rook to Manhattan, making transition process easier as part of their routine life. Biking tracks that puncture through the envelope gives the cyclists a exciting experience of diverse architectural scenarios as they travel down to ground level. The cyclists are able to connect to the neighborhood with existing biking trails.

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02 The Hunger Urban Fiction in Seoul PennDesign | Core Studio 701 | Group Project Critic: Simon Kim Site: Seongsu, Seoul This Hunger is a venerated black box given architectural agency. Its function is to consume plastic waste material for the production of biodegradable architecture. As an architectural character, this black box effectively operates as a mysterious object that is removed from perception in order to focus on fundamental inputs and its unknowable process from which elements emerge: an object that is pure perception. This phenomenon is paralleled

by Timothy Morton’s metaphor for the withdrawal of objects, wherein an octopus disappears from human knowledge into a cloud of black ink (its own amorphous black box). Although all autonomous qualia within the black box have been stripped from the scope of human understanding, our creature slowly reveals its agency as it bio-degrades.

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Black Box Deterioration The diagram shows different lifecycle of the elements in black box as the bio-degradable enevelope deteriotates and starts to show the mechanical equipments which are more durable and has longer lifespan.

Character Catalog The characters of the architecture were investigated with industrial and mechanical topology.

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Site As a neighborhood, Seongsu is best known for manufacturing due to industries that flourished in the 1980s, particularly shoe-making. Factories are still prominent in the area but they are increasingly joined by other various commercial entities such as auto-repair workshops, art studios, and cafes. These new inhabitants most often find a home within the existing building typologies that must be retrofitted to meet the needs of the new tenant. The architectural black box characters that we have previously explored can be observed where retrofits within a common or generic structure result in unexpected equipment punching through building envelopes from within.

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Building Section The character of our creature was investigated through different design media. The atmosphere and nonhuman qualia were initially developed through a 2-dimensinal section drawing. The characteristics and effects that were generated through this section were given a high level of representation.

The section as a design medium was explicitly mined for opportunities in this endeavor. This section is then further developed within an axonometric drawing that began to consider of the site context and the consequences of durational. Both of these studies are included here accompanied by more description detail views of the drawings.

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The Homonculus In this study we are exploring the conditions of matter that are not a recipient of human input. Prototyping through the use of mushrooms, fire, and plaster creates character and blends boundaries between organic and synthetic materials.

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Underground Plan The unapproachable scale and shroud-like exterior of a hyperboloid cooling tower has similar affects to the black ink of the octopus. This however, is limited by duration as the ink will slowly dissipate in the water. In the same fashion, an architectural black box made of biodegradable material will slowly lose its mysterious nature. The bio-aging of our character begins when collected plastic material is infused with a liquid fungus that colonizes and digests plastics through mycelium growth. Just as fungi are decomposers of organic material in their own natural ecosystems, our black box consumes the waste from local manufacturing facilities and produces mycelium brick architecture as a reinterpretation of the industrial building typology of the Seongsu-dong neighborhood.

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Physical Model - Synthetic World

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Detailed Section The lifecycles of different building materials are shown in the detailed section drawings. The mycelium bricks were mounted and attached to the metal frame structure. As they deteriorate with time, it begins to reveal the structure lying underneath. This process tells the influence of time perceived by materials and the different reactions to it. When more plastic wastes are collected from the site, the system produce new mycelium bricks and the architecture rebuilds itself.

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Urban Fiction The world we have created is both synthetic and wild: a combination that expresses the human and nonhuman occupancy simultaneously.

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03 Noah’s Garden Reading Viaduct Sanctuary Noah’s Ark + Edens Garden PennDesign | Core Studio 601 Critic: Scott Erdy Site: Reading Viaduct, Philadelphia, PA This project engages with the historical site of Reading Viaduct Park, which used to be a passageway for New-Jersey-based Lenape people travelling from Delaware River to access to the resource and food in Fairmount watershed. In the late 17th century, the Lenape population was largely reduced because of disease and famine brought by European conquerers. The idea is to transform the abandoned structure that is taken over by nature into a sanctuary where people are provided with clean, secure food, and a shelter.

The community will be a self-sufficient system where three different growing methods — traditional farming, aquaponics, and aeroponics — will be adopted in various spaces. Living units are lined around the spacious atrium, getting sunlight and fresh air from this amazing public space. Four greenhouses for aeroponics system are inserted into the volume, creating connecitons from outside to the atrium. The atrium becomes a place where the residents interact with each other and a facility for aquaponics installation.

Propoganda Paying respect to the history of Lenape tribe, the project aims at providing a place that serves as a shelter where people can access to secure, healthy food. The residents can decide what hey what to eat using different farming technology including traditional farming, aquaponics, and aeroponics.

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Reading Viaduct taken over by nature

Nature v.s. Man-made

dominant

slanted

carve out

insert greenhouse

maximize

atrium

Massing Strategy The project starts from dominating the viaduct to provide residents with secluded, protected environment. The volume gone through stages of modification to incorporate the farming concept. Extended rooftop and public atrium for aquaponics installation are then applied to further combine farming technology and the living environment.

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Aquaponics Shelves

Traditional Farming

Couple Unit

Single Occupant

Family Apratment

Aeroponics Greenhouse

Farming Strategy Farming technology are designed to utilize different parts of the building according to the spatial quality. Traditional farming uses the rooftop for maximized farming surface, aeroponic towers takes advantage of the environmentally-controlled greenhouses, and the aquaponic installations uses the vertical space and natural light in the atrium.

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Food Calories per ft2

Program requirement

2000

92 POTATO 408 kcal/ft2 2,448 kcal/ft2

CORN 282 kcal/ft2 1,692 kcal/ft2

CABBAGE 116 kcal/ft2 696 kcal/ft2

EGGPLANT 255 kcal/ft2 1,530 kcal/ft2

single couple family

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Floor Plan The living units are centered around the atrium space which give the residents access to sufficient sunlight and air that becomes a space for social oppoirtunities. Also, people get a sight of the aquaponic installations as they wonder through the hallways and bridges connecting different program spaces and levels.

Couple Unit

Shared Kitchen

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DAYS

KCAL

average daily calory consumption for an adult

67.2

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total calories needed to support the whole community

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Possible farming area [Traditional]

Farming Strategy 53,500 ft2

10 % EGGPLANT

Roof [Aeroponics]

13 % CABBAGE

73,200 ft2

stack six layers vertically

Greenhouse [Aquaponics]

43,200 ft2

Atrium

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MILLION KCAL

21 % CORN

total calories produced every year

52 % POTATO

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Self-Sufficient Ratio

6th floor

5th floor

Single Occupant 4th floor

Family Apartment 3rd floor

2nd floor

viaduct level

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Structural System

Steel-framed greenhouse

CLT beams & columns

Floor slab and wood facade

Structure & Material Assembly

Hard timber truss

Floor slab assembly`

Facade and greenhouse

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Concept model - Levitation and cantilever

Concept model - Farming unit and porous facade

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Atrium circulation top view

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Green house and CLT porous facade

Relationship between residents and farming installations

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Skylight

Atrium

CLT beam

Shared kitchen

Sectional model - Atrium space and living units

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Rooftop traditional farming space

Aquaponic installations

Greenhouse for aeroponic

Single Unit

Reading Viaduct

Entrance to lobby

Sectional model - CLT structural system and greenhouse

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04 Tensioned Waves Delaware Riverfront Performing Center PennDesign | Core Studio 502 Critic: Annette Fierro Site: Spring Garden, Philadelphia, PA Tensioned Waves is a dynamic waterfront performing center that dealt with the idea of carnival, re-stitching the urban fabric, and the tension between different constituents. The project starts with a narrative of carnival and a story of encounter that includes three characters tied to the context of the site in Northern Liberty, Philadelphia. The movement and reactions of the characters were traced and reinterpreted into drawings with an idea of interstitial space and tension. Based on the drawings, the architecture were developed to reconstruct and question the urban tension between conflicting constituents in the site.

Reinterpreting the site condition, the most sensitive areas were chosen to become dynamic outdoor spaces. Events of different degrees of impact - live concert, yoga workshop, dance night, farmer’s market, and movie night - will take place at the plaza, amphitheater, and the outdoor deck at different time in a day. This gives the community a diversified interactions that deal with the surrounding traffic, living conditions, and entertainment activities regarding both local residents and visitors. Indoor performing space are placed between these open spaces so that the flow of tension still goes on within the site, informing program configuration as well as architectural features of space.

5’10”

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The performing center will increase the diversity of events in the community as actions and sounds pass through the neighborhood with these carnival-like activities going on. The negotiation will be dynamic, instant, and unpredictable, bringing in uncertainty and a new definition of urban lifestyle.

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Carnival Script Drawing The movements and interactions between characters are traced and translated to inform the design strategy of the cultural facility.The movements and interactions between characters are traced and translated to inform the design strategy of the cultural facility.

Residential v.s. Commercial Residential CMX 1 - 2.5 CMX 3 - 5 Entertainment

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Outdoor Activity Negotiation Outdoor Deck Circula�on

1. Farmer’s market, bummer for night owls?

Skin Circula�on

5. Be adventurous at the waterfront

Theater

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Library Concert Hall

2. A�ernoon yoga, a relief from tension of modern life

6. Live concert in the community－a gi� or a curse?

Workshop Space

Major Curved Surface Restaurants/ Bars

Restaurants/ Bars 3. Have a sip of coffee at the most enchan�ng plaza

Black Box Theater

I-95 express

7. Late night R-rated movies!

Outdoor Theater

4. Come dance with friends at the vigorous swing night

8. Treasure hunt at flea market!

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74’- 10”

THEATER

THEATER ENTRY HALL 42’- 0”

CULTURAL FLEXIBLE SPACE

RESTAURANTS & BARS 20’- 0”

Section B-B

91’- 2”

CONCERT HALL 38’- 10”

BLACK BOX THEATER

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Visual Arts Gallery Carnival Plaza Restaurants & Bars Library/ Workshop Trails Black Box Theater

7. Entry Hall 8. Outdoor Theater 9. I-95 Express 10. Delaware River 11. Residential

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VISUAL ARTS GALLERY

LIBRARY / WORKSHOP MAIN THEATER

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05 TransVolution Russel Wright Gallery PennDesign | Core Studio 501 Critic: Andrew Saunders Site: Manitoga, NY Trans-Volution is a project that started from the studies of the modern collection of Russel Wright pieces previously for a full-scale pavilion design. The concept of the polygonal objects was developed based on the studies of the geometry of original artifacts of Russel Wright. The design interest was focused on the change of geometry resolution, which were translated into architectural terms that corresponds to the resolution of space.

Low resolution space is placed with high resolution ones and connected in different patterns. The space and joinery between them become an interesting dialogue.

The gallery for Russel Wright’s modern collections sits on the undisturbed site in Manitoga, the home of Russel Wright’s studio and house. The gallery will be integrated into the layout of part to while relationship with the existing programs acentric to the quarry pond. The walking experience from the guide house to the gallery will give visitors an understanding of Russel Wright’s design preference in the relationship with nature.

The integration of high-res and low-res space form a unit that functions as an exhibition area. The high-res space then become the highlights of the interior, the vessel of light, that brings natural lights from the apertures from above. This strategy well translates Russel Wright’s inclination of interaction with nature in the design.

Site Strategy The site is excavated to accommodate the gallery so that the circulation to Russel Wight house is not disrupted.

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BABY 8

BABY 7

BABY 4

BABY 12

Russel Wright hybrid artifacts

BABY 11

Studies were conducted on the geometry of Russel Wright’s artifact and individual characteristics were taken to produce hybrids, or “monster babies” to intensify the original items’ dominant characteristics.

BABY 10

BABY 4

BABY 6

BABY 9

BABY 2

BABY 1 BABY 1

CREAMER

BABY 7

RESOLUTION: HIGH

GRAVY BOAT

SUGAR POT

TEA CUP

RESOLUTION: MEDIUM

RESOLUTION: LOW

UNIDENTIFIABLE

BABY 11

RESOLUTION: HIGH

RESOLUTION: MEDIUM

RESOLUTION: LOW

UNIDENTIFIABLE

BABY 10

RESOLUTION: HIGH

RESOLUTION: MEDIUM

RESOLUTION: LOW

UNIDENTIFIABLE

BABY 9

RESOLUTION: HIGH

RESOLUTION: MEDIUM

RESOLUTION: LOW

UNIDENTIFIABLE

Resolution Evolving Process

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Element Iteration

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The architectural elements in the gallery were developed based on the selected polygonal object, in which the connection between each object talked about the transition between high-res and low-res geometry.

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1. Creek 2. Courtyard 3. Temporary Exhibition 4. Dinnerware and Serveware Gallery 5. Textiles and Furniture Gallery 6. Exterior Gallery 7. Main Entrance 8. Lobby 9. Trail 10. Public Restrooms

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While the high-res vessel space contrasts to the interior exhibition space, the transition between indoor courtyards and the outdoor plaza, executed with the tile and pavement design, starts to blur the architectural thresholds that responds to the integration of man-made gallery and the nature.

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Resolution

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Gallery West Elevation

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Rooftop deck

Low-res exhibition space

High-res courtyard

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Site Section A-A

Site Section B-B

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Entrance View - Change of Resolution

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06 The Manic Immersive Kinematics PennDesign | Elective | Group Project Critic: Simon Kim As our society and technology advances, functional machines are gaining more resemblance to living creatures, even intellectual beings as humans. Whether they are dependent, submissive, or equal to us, they are altering our perspections and relationships with the environment.

The Manic was a study of a object that owns a homunculus character which responds to violence stimulus. We explored the potential of the creature with varieties of materials so to achieve its synthetic condition. The reference to earlier painters Théodore Géricault and Peter Paul Rubens

The homunculus qualities seen in the creature were referenced to paintings from Caravaggio, Théodore Géricault, Francisco Goya, and Peter Paul Rubens.

Homunculus qualities

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Dungeon Scene

Dinner Scene

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Professional Work

07 The Double BAITASI 2016 International Competition Beijing Courtyard Renewal in: Flux architecture | Group Work Supervisor: Chien-Ho Hsu Located in the low-rise residential district, BAITASI neighborhood is one of the last protected traditional Hutong area in Beijing. Looking to revitalize the Hutong culture, the officials are working with developers and local residents to establish a new model. As we see, the issue with hutong as the urban landscape develops is the lack of public space required for modern living. Our interest lies in the intervention of a public space in the existing context and scale, from which we understand that architectural renovation is not the only goal but creating a new prototype that reinvent the use of shared space in response to its cultural heritage.

The selected Lot is at the intersection of two narrow passageways. Under the restriction of land tenure, limited property area, and height limitations, the building is divided into two parts - a living and working place on the ground level and a public platform on the rooftop. The indoor space provided here can be used for multiple purposes, while the rooftop serves as asocial hub in the community providing local residents with a place to linger, social, and gather.

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The interior space can be utilized based on the needs and preference of users. The system provides high flexibility that caters to the needs and trends of this fast-changing society. The use of the sliding door system blurs the boundary between the courtyard garden and the indoor space, hence making the garden an extension of the interior.

With easy change of fit-in furniture and space arrangement, the room will be able to transform between a private living scenario and a community space shared by the locals.

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08 Wudaoliang Great Wall Housing Project Master Plan & Schematic Design in: Flux architecture Supervisor: Chien-Ho Hsu Located in Hebei Luanping, 170 kilometers north of the Capital City - Beijing, Wodaoliang is a 150,000-square-meter housing development project bordering the Great Wall of China that aims at providing a contemporary mountain village that responds to the culture, the nature, and the history. Starting from the concept of 24 solar terms of traditional Chinese festival, the organization and system of architecture is studied to inform architecture with season, weather, and duration of time.

The project started with the design of a housing sales center complimented by a hotel complex with local-cusine-served restaurants. The development will be completed with 800 housing units with several cultural venues, a horse ranch, a winery, and a educational facility, all of which would provide an alternative living option surrounded by the nature in the suburban area of Beijing.

East elevation of the hotel

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Housing sales center

Resaturant and a public courtyard

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