GYUHYEON CHOI PORTFOLIO 2020
| EXPERIENCES 2019.09_2020.03 HONG KONG
HKU DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE Department Photographer | Capturing moments of public lecture series and interview sessions | Photographed multiple studio crit sessions, public lectures, interviews, focusing on the interactions between guest speakers, tutors and students.
2019.07_2019.08 HONG KONG
| Renovation project of the hotel and service apartment in Hong Kong. | Container house project for the modern nomadic client in New York. | New interior project of the Hong Kong restaurant in food court in Bangkok. | Worked with Design Team to develop multiple design schemes for a interior design, with customized furniture series. | Responsible for producing architectural rendering, drawings and 3D models.
G YUHYEON CHOI tel. +852 6991 3467 email. mikechoi970430@gmail.com instagram. @krchoicopie Architecture graduate, born in Korea, raised in Taiwan, China, and currently based in Hong Kong. Interested in contextual design strategies that engages culture and senses, yet utilizing advanced methodology. I am passionate on design, photography, videography, art and music. Aside from curiousities in architecture and designs, I am constantly questioning time, memory, emotions, temperature, and humanity.
DEFT | DESIGN EIGHT FIVE TWO Architectural Intern
2018.11 HONG KONG
COSMOPROF ASIA HONG KONG 2018 English/Chinese Translator
| EDUCATION 2016.09_2020.06 HONG KONG
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG - FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies
2018.07 LONDON, UK
UCL - THE BARTLETT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Summer Studio
2013.09_2016.06 SUZHOU, CHINA
SUZHOU SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - IB DIPLOMA English, Korean, Economics, Math, Physics, Art
| LANGUAGE & SKILLS FLUENT FLUENT FLUENT INTERMEDIATE
KOREAN ENGLISH CHINESE HSK Level6 258/300 CANTONESE ADOBE Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Lightroom, Premiere Pro RHINOCEROS + V-RAY + GRASSHOPPER AUTO CAD 3DS MAX SKETCHUP
| ACADEMIC PROJECTS
THE SLAB TOWER Concrete Transition THE GAP Elderly Housing WEAVING IN Urban Intervention SOUND-TEMPERATURE MAPPING Bartlett Summer Studio ASYMPTOTIC FORMWORK Structural Research RE-IMAGINING HONG KONG Abstract Rendering HOUSE IN DARK Realistic Rendering FLUX Cinematic Drawing
TH E SL AB TOWER CON CR E TE T RANSI TI ONS Partner Yongki Sunarta, Myriem Tlemcani
The analysis of structural mavericks aimed to transform their structural language and soak up its peculiar features in the view of developing an architecture for vertical living. The thin shell structure mastered by Zehrfuss, Torroja and Candela allows large span in the horizontal direction. This lead to the idea of a new slab typology following this principle and translating it into a pressured surface, allowing the slab to overcome its conventional flat characteristic to a multi-level surface. The final prototype outcome is a vertical architecture built from a horizontal structural element: the slab. The slab, without any other architectural elements, it also performs as beam that allows structural stability. Through stacking of multiple slabs, allows vertical load transfer to the ground. The slope is the element that allows the transition to a vertical structure and challenges the idea of inhabiting the space. The logic behind this design is a square grid, which varies the number of slopes in each side of it, ending up in more or less corrugated or folded surfaces. A more sloped surface is more structural and would, hence, be used in the lower levels to carry the load, but would also create more space division and smaller room sizes. The building process is mainly comprised of stacking. This action erects the tower to redefine the typical stories organization, suggesting an alternative for space-saving through mid-level floors as opposed to “condensed agglomerates of sealed units� around a core. The slab design also opens up to a variety of possibilities of room types from average flat units to free open spaces, according to how they are configured. This is how the tower reaches collective qualities on top of the rest mentioned above. Watch the video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Snr68mdX5CI
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STACKING SEQUENCE OF GROUND, MID, AIR Right | Photos
DETAILED PHOTOS OF GROUND, MID, AIR
GROUND
MID
AIR
THE SL A B TOWE R | CON C R ET E T R AN SI T I ON S
Left | Exploded Axonometry
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THE SL A B TOWE R | CON C R ET E T R AN SI T I ON S Top | Line Drawings + Clay Render
GRID RULES & SLAB TYPE PROTOTYPES
Bottom | Exploded Axonometry + Photos
CNC FORMWORK & CONCRETE CASTING PROCESS
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THE SL A B TOWE R | CON C R ET E T R AN SI T I ON S
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THE SL A B TOWE R | CON C R ET E T R AN SI T I ON S
Roof Top Roof Garden Amenities
Penthouse
Standard Flat
Penthouse
Roof Garden
Mid Garden Common Space Type A
Type B Type A
Type B
Residential Flat
Type C
Type D
Type C
Type E
Type D Type E Type F
Type F
Common Space
Type G
Type G
KEY PLANS OF 4 MOMENTS
Type H Type I
Top | Plans
Type H
Left | Section
SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE DRAWING
Residential Flat Type J Type K
Amenities Lobby Entrance
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Type I
Centre | Volumetric Studies
VOLUMETRIC STUDIES OF ROOM TYPES Right | Clay Render
Type J
Type K
INHABITING THE SLOPE
Entrance Lobby
Bottom | Line Drawing
VARIOUS STACKING CONFIGURATIONS Centre | Photos
3D PRINTED DIAGRAMMATICAL MODEL Right | Elevation Drawing
SLANTED ELEVATION DRAWING
THE SL A B TOWE R | CON C R ET E T R AN SI T I ON S
Top | 3D Prints
BUILD YOUR OWN TOWER
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THE G AP ELDERLY HOUSI NG
Partner Hwanseo Lee Site Wah Fu Estate
Wah Fu Estate is located on the South-West end of Hong Kong Island. Wah Fu Estate was built as a new town concept in 1967. It is the earliest successful public housing planning project. Due to its distance from the city, most of the living population in the town is now above the age of 55. This project is exploring the method of reconstruction of old apartment building through implication of “gap� to solve the missing sequence of the living space and the commercial zones. Through reconnection of the spaces, we found this area to be a core of the town. Rich in diversity of people and activities, providing community oriented life for the elderly living in different zones of Wah Fu Estate. Community Scale, the project brings in main circulation from the commercial complex to housing area. We aimed to activate the unused platform to create a hub, by making use of the existing programmes. Where in building scale, the gap inbetween the floor levels, brings in community oriented programmes, perform as a gathering spot among the residents. In unit scale, small shared gap inbetween the units, used for smaller interaction between the residents, to solve the issue of lonliness and possible dangerous moments for elderly.
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THE GA P | E LDE R LY H OUSI N G
MORNING 06:00-10:00
Population Distribution Analysis Morning 06:00-11:00
LIBRARY + CAFE
THEATER + MULTIPURPOSE
HOUSING DEPARTMENT
POST OFFICE
AFTERNOON 12:00-16:00
Population Distribution Analysis Afternoon 12:00-16:00
Left | Research
ACTIVITY ANALYSIS IN VARIOUS TIME Right Top | Rendering
CULTURAL CENTRE PROGRAMME STUDIES Right Mid | Rendering
CULTURAL CENTRE NIGHT 18:00-22:00
Right Bottom | Rendering
RESIDENTIAL HOUSING
Population Distribution Analysis Night 18:00-22:00
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Section 12
LONG SECTION A-A
up
up
THE GA P | E LDE R LY H OUSI N G CULTURAL CENTRE | COMMUNAL GROUND SPACE
CULTURAL CENTRE | LIBRARY
PODIUM GAP
C
Left | Plan
CULTURAL CENTRE AND RESIDENTIAL TOWER Right | Rendering
GAP IN VARIOUS SCALES A
THE GA P | E LDE R LY H OUSI N G
B
A
B
C
RESIDENTIAL HOUSING
Plan
UNIT COMBINATION VARIATIONS
TWO STANDARD UNIT WITH A SHARED GAP
A LARGE UNIT AND A SMALL UNIT FOR FAMILY
A STANDARD UNIT AND A SMALL UNIT FOR FAMILY
A LARGE UNIT AND A STANDARD UNIT WITH A SHARED GAP
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WEAVI NG I N UR B AN I NT ERVENT I ON Site Sheung Wan
Taking chosen topic of Land & Sea relationship, was investigating Sheung Wan from the inner town side to the pier side. Focusing on the land reclaimation that has shaped the Land & Sea throughout the time. Tried to find how that would have affected Sheung Wan. Through the land reclamation and change in transportation through time, car roads and highway were constructed inbetween the newer and older areas of land. This has created obstruction for the pedestrians, so that bridges and underground pathways became the only ways for movement between two lands. Thus, we visualized Sheung Wan as small Hong Kong, where it is consist of small islands, which is seperated by the body of water: roads and vehicles, and they are connected by point to point connections: bridges. Even though the physical land has enlarged, because of the poor accessibility, it feels like tow individual islands psychically, rather than an extended land. Final proposal consists two main zones and redesigned bus terminal. Main pavilions, community one that’s closer to the bus station and leisure one clcoer to the pier side. Main approach of this project is to invite Sheung Wan in-town residents to the pier side, taking advantage of open sight place, activating the leisure park. Re-connecting the disconnected reclaimed land through implementing cultural activities. By pulling out local residents through the bridge Western Market connecting to the bus station, connecting local residents and tourists, making this place a multi-culture zone, blends disconnected islands to become one.
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SEQUENCE OF WESTERN MARKET TO SHUN TAK BUS TERMINAL Center Top | Drawing
IMAGINING SHEUNG WAN AS ISLANDS Right | Model
EXTENSION OF LANDSCAPE STUDIES THROUGH CUT AND FOLDED PAPER Left | Model
ELEVATION OF FINAL MODEL
WE AVING IN | U R B AN I N T ER VEN T I ON
Left Top | Drawing
Bottom | Collage
SEQUENCE IN SECTION
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SOU ND -TE MPE RATUR E MAPPI N G | B ART LET T
SOUND -T EMPERATUR E M A PPING Bartlett Summer Studio 2018 Site Along the River Thames, London
As a visitor in London, sensation of the city was rather fresh. On the site, the main activity to search for concept was to blindfold ourselves to sense the site. Rather than evoking sense of touch and being physical, focused on the abstraction of sound of the space. Image and colors of sounds, physical sensation of sound, layer of sounds and harmony of sounds. The project is exploring the relationship of the hearing to the physical sensation. According to research, people can differentiate the sound of pouring hot and cold water. This refers to the difference in speed of molecular movement. Spatializing the depth of the sounds varies in different thermal sensations. Through the reimagination of the spatial quality through the sound, in molecular unit, allowed new visualization of the sound.
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A SYMPTOTIC CON C R ET E FOR MWOR K | ST R UCTUR AL R ESEAR CH
A SYM PTOT I C CON C RE T E FORMWO RK Structural Research 2020 | Design Research
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HOU SE IN DA RK | R E- I MAGI N I N G H ON G KON G | AR C H I T ECTUR AL R EN D ER I N G
H O U S E I N T H E DA RK
Visual Communication 2018 | Architectural Realistic Rendering
RE- I MAG I NI NG HONG KO NG
Visual Communication 2019 | Architectural Abstract Rendering 18
FLUX | CINE MATI C D R AWI N G
‘VALLEY FOLD’
FLUX | M o M A CHARET TE
Visual Communication 2017 | Cinematic Drawing Partner Hwanseo Lee, Mirae Nam
MoMa Charette is a competition project for MoMA renovation in 1997. Rem Koolhaas once mentioned elevator as one of the key inventions that revolutionized architecture. We approached the project through rethinking OMA’s retroactive and avant-garde influence on the machinery flow in MoMA Charette, by experiencing travelator, escalator and elevator. Flux of travelator, escalator and elevator flows through the whole art museum. Taking the lifted surface as our main subject to have architectural and artistic experience of the museum horizontally, diagonally and vertically, guided with the endless flow of water and wind.
FLUX MOMA CHARETTE
“elevator is one of the key inventions that revolutionized Architecture...” REM Koolhaas ‘VALLEY FOLD’
CHOI Gyuhyeon LEE Hwanseo NAM Mirae ARCH 2055 VISUAL COMMUNICATION
THOMAS TSANG
‘CUT’
‘CUT’
Watch the video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mwr6R7UVZI
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| PROFESSIONAL WORKS HOTEL LBP @DEFT CONTAINER HOUSE @DEFT BEAK APARTMENT @DEFT YUMCHA @DEFT
HOTE L LBP RE NOVAT I ON | D EF T Interior Perspective
HOTEL LBP RENOVATION
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CONTA INE R HOU SE FOR R ELEVAN T GR OU P | D EF T
Interior Perspective
CONTAINER HOUSE FOR RELEVANT GROUP
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BE A K SE RVICE APART MEN T R EN OVAT I ON | D EF T
Interior Perspective
YUM CHA in BANGKOK 24
YU M CHA in BA N GKOK | D EF T
Interior Perspective
BEAK SERVICE APARTMENT RENOVATION
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| PERSONAL WORKS PHOTOGRAPHY GRAPHIC DESIGN CLUB WORKS
LONDON 2018
more photos on instagram @krchoicopie
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WORLD AMATEUAR B AS KETBALL ASSOC I AT I ON Logo Design & Videography
A logo isn’t just a text, it is the summary of the stories beyond the visual, in extension to the history that will be built along with the activities. The focus of the design was to have dynamic motion of sports spirit, while preserving figure of a ball in one. This has been the basis of all designs, from posters to videos. As part of the Korean Basketball team of The University of Hong Kong, always had enthusiasm towards basketball. With other team members, we decided to go beyond university level of league. That was the start of WABA (World Amateur Basketball Association). Amateur league of sports were rarely taken seriously with its identity. Thus, I decided to make WABA, with spirit and identity towards basketball. Promotional Video Directed & Edited by myself: https://www.facebook.com/wabahk/videos/1818530938260589/?vh=e Further details on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wabahk/
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「創意體育」社區服務
資助
8 52 PR O DUCT I ONS Videography Club
852 productions is a videography club, found in 2018, by my friend Jungheum and I, to create a Korean student community in Hong Kong. Started off with HKU, creating videos in reflection to the daily life as a Korean student in Hong Kong. Later, to be further elaborated with Korean restaurants and places to visit, with the persepctive of Korean culture. The logo of 852 productions consists three parts of our team: Planning Team, Design Team, Video Team. Concept of our first set of project, VLOG, is borrowed from Instagram, where it has been essential part of dailylife, documenting and recording thoughts of each individuals. First video of this project has elaborated daily school life of a freshman vs. junior. In Korea, male students returning from the complementary military service, are often called fossils, because of their age, and they are seen as outsiders. We wanted to change this culture, respecting all individuals, so that it became our first video. COVID-19 in 2020 has paused our first project, and allowed to develop special project. Unlike daily life that we that we thought are daily, are not daily anymore. Due to sudden change of academic schedules, some are missing home in Korea, some are missing Hong Kong life. We depicted this contrary perspectives through interviews with VLOG. Before I came in Hong Kong, there were minimal informations on HKU and HKUKSA (Korean Student Association). Thus, after two years of experience in Hong Kong, decided to create a Youtube channel, sharing informations and lifestyle of Hong Kong as a Korean student.
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Watch the video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC55Jmw1YwWHYaRTwmt6JZhQ
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tel. +852 6991 3467 email. mikechoi970430@gmail.com instagram. @krchoicopie