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EDUCATION
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Bachelor of Architecture, 2009-2014
SKILLS
Autocad, Revit Rhino, Sketchup Adobe Suites, GIS Microsoft Office Physical Model Making English, Korean
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Bkon Interior 2012, Intern, Assisting interior designer
MAUD (Urban Design Build and Development) 2013, Intern, Supporting architect, Designing and drafting
Neutra VDL Research House 2013-2014, Docent, Contributing to restoration
Jeffrey Rome & Associates 2014-Current, Project Lead Managing telecommunication facility site projects Documenting projects, Communicating with clients/consultants Preparing submissions, Creating photo simulations
RECOGNITION
2009, Outstanding Freshman Award 2010-2013, Dean’s List 2011 Spring, President’s List 2010-2013, Interim Selected (project selection)
Classical Order, (Ink Wash Drawing) Ink wash painting on cold pressed watercolor paper.
CONTENTS
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Vacation House
Third year, Fall 2011, personal work
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Orthopedic Outpatient Clinic
Fifth year, Spring 2014, personal work
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Aquatic Center
Second Year, Fall 2010, personal work
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South Park Urban Development
Fourth year, Spring 2013, collaborative work
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Tsunami Shelter
Fourth year, Fall 2012, collaborative work
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ChadĹ? (Tea) Museum
Second year, Winter 2010, personal work
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VDL Research House by Richard Neutra Fourth & Fifth year, 2013-2014, docent
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J. Tomson
MAUD, 2013-2014, intern
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Sage Hill Vineyard
Jeffrey Rome & Associates, 2017, Junior Designer
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Vacation House on Mt. Baldy, (Site Plan) Vacation House is located in the middle of Mt. Baldy on a sloped hill.
Vacation House Third year, Fall 2011, personal work
Human beings have been developing the idea and the meaning of “shelter”, but “shelter” still remains as a fundamental need for people. People used to build shelters to protect themselves from the environment. This vacation house is located in the middle of a mountain on a sloped hill. Because the creek runs through the middle of a property, the house had to be built avoiding the flood zone. An advantage that was given was the nature surrounding the house. Wood and concrete are the most common building materials that are sustainable and strong. Aesthetically, these two building materials are different, but when they are put together, it could have more impact. It is important to understand how these building materials adapt to existing site conditions while staying true to each of their fundamental traits. Concrete acts as a “receiver” and wood plays a role as “container” for this vacation house.
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Floor Plans, (Level 1, Level 2) Layout of the plan is simple and easy to maneuver around.
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Section View, (Cross and Longitudinal) Along with the footing, concrete part of the building is embedded into the earth to provide safe and strong base of the house.
Shelter, “Container”
Concrete Base, “Receiver”
Basic System, (Diagram) This method of system helps this house to stand firm and strong on top of a sloped terrain. The shelter lightly sits on top of the concrete base.
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WOOD FRAMING FOR OVERHANG
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4 X 12 WOOD ROOF JOIST
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20' - 0"
4 X 6 WOOD BEAM
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WOOD FRAMING E F
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ROOF FRAMING PLAN 1/4" = 1'-0"
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26' - 6" 18' - 0"
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DOUBLE JOIST 3' - 5 1/2"
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DOUBLE JOIST FOR THE OPEN SPACE BELOW OPEN TO BELOW
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20' - 0"
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WOOD JOIST WOOD COLUMN 5' - 0"
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WOOD FLOOR JOIST
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SECOND LEVEL FRAMING PLAN 1/4" = 1'-0"
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5 RETAINING WALL WITH L- TYPE FOOTING
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A FOUNDATION WITH 1' - 4" SPREAD FOOTING
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RETAINING WALL WITH L- TYPE FOOTING 17' - 6"
20' - 2"
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L- TYPE FOOTING BECOMES SLAB ON GRADE
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CONCRETE WALL
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E F 1' - 0"
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FOUNDATION PLAN 1/4" = 1'-0"
Technical Drawing of the System, (Framing Plan & Foundation Plan) The foundation also act as a slab on grade.
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Panoramic View, (1st Level Living Room) A large window lets natural light come into the space and gives great views.
Panoramic View, (2nd Level Terrace) From the 2nd level terrace, Mt. Baldy can be seen without any obstructions.
East Side of Orthopedic Outpatient Clinic, (Exterior Perspective) The bridges connecting the volumes are in the negative space and they are clearly shown on the East side of the clinic.
Orthopedic Outpatient Clinic Fifth year, Spring 2014, personal work
The ongoing transformation of the economics of healthcare has forced hospitals – the traditional center of all healthcare services – to relocate outpatient clinics and other non-critical functions to more cost-effective locations, often flexible, generic commercial space. As the number of these clinics multiplies to become the dominant healthcare services building, the architecture of these facilities will continue to evolve in response to the changing healthcare landscape. The Children’s Orthopedic Clinic, located in the medical district of East Hollywood, is based on the program of The Shriner’s Hospital, an organization that is also moving from inpatient care to predominately outpatient in response to industry trends. The project explores the organization of this freestanding urban clinic as both an evolving building type and a specific response to a specialized program.
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Facade
Solid and Void, (Diagram) The architecture emerges out of the relationship between solid and void, inside and outside and the experience of movement through and between them.
Mechanical
Rehabilitation Center
Outpatient Surgery Center
Administration
Terrace, Outdoor Rehabilitation
Cafe, Pharmacy, Resource Library
Analysis of Program - Fixed (Specific) Highly specific spaces for physical rehabilitation those places where children spend many long hours during multiple visits - are separated from the rest of the program and given their own identity as a volume raised above a first floor plinth.
Clinic, Medical Media
Environmental Services, Orthotics & Prosthetics manufacture
Analysis of Program - Flexible (Generic) Diagnostic and treatment functions and administration spaces are stacked in flexible lofts.
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Floor Plans, (2nd & 3rd Floor) 2nd Floor - Terrace/ Outdoor Rehab is connected to generic areas by the bridges. 3rd Floor - Rehabilitation Center includes a workout area and a swimming pool.
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Terrace & Rehabilitation Center (Terrace Perspective View) Outpatient clinic gives patient opportunity to spend less hour in the clinic, while making the best use of rehabiliation center.
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Floor Plan& Section, (4th Floor and Cross Section) 4th Floor - Outpatient Surgery Center and Rehabilitation Center. Cross Section - Separated volume and multiple layers of inside and outside is clearly shown in this cross section.
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Separating Voids, (Interior Perspective View) The separating voids create multiple layers of inside and outside and bring natural light deep into the internal volumes.
Southeast Side of Orthopedic Clinic, (Exterior Perspective) The volume can be clearly seen from the street, but not revealing too much of the void space between two volumes.
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich, (Diagrammtic Drawing) Suprematism, 1916 Oil on Canvas Diagrammatically manipulated painting.
Aquatic Center Second year, Fall 2010, personal work
“When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the part of the body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space.� - Tadao Ando What draws people into a building? What differenciates the spaces and what directs people to those different spaces without losing the continuity within the building? This Aquatic Center in Dana Point, CA, has a promenade that continues within the building, connecting all the spaces. The promenade and building design was derived from repetitive pattern and overlapping plans and lines, creating relationships between each other. Walking/strolling through the promenade, people experience various hierarchy within the building.
Painting Extraction
Planes and Lines
Extrustion
Hierarchy of Space
Plane becomes Space, (Diagram) Small piece of 2D painting was taken to generate uniquely designed space. This created different hierarchies of 3-dimensional spaces.
Datum Lines, (Physical Model) Complicated extrusions of divided planes created different datum lines adding new network between spaces.
1 - Promenade 2 - Multipurpose Room 3 - Boat Shed 4 - Yoga Room 5 - Weight Room 6 - Cafe 7 - Pond
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Floor Plan, (Ground Level Plan) The promenade is the main connector of the building, leading and directing people to interact and to get around the spaces.
8 - Mechanical/ Storage 9 - Massage/ Therapy 10 - Hot Tub 11 - Recreational Pool 12 - Locker Room 13- Restroom 14 - Lifeguard/ Staff Room 15 - Store 16 - Ticketing Window 17 - Training Pool
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Floor Plan, (Lower Level Plan) The geometry creates paths and also divides the space into a large program as it does on the ground level.
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Section View, (Longitudinal Section) The promenade makes people to get through the building without missing a glimpse of activities happening throughout the whole aquatic center.
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South Park Urban Development Proposal, (Aerial View- Site Plan) This colored site plan is showing the project proposal for South Park Urban Development.
South Park Urban Development Fourth year, Spring 2013, collaborative work collaboration with landscape architecture students from Cal Poly Pomona The creative economy includes culinary arts, product design, printmaking, digital and mechanical fabrication, and so on. The home grown process of manufacturing is trending in the United States. The South Park Collective utilizes the presence of neighboring entertainment and fashion industry to anchor the ingenuity of this venture. The home grown model seeks to reveal how things are made and cuts the process phasing down from manufacturing to the customer. Both realm of landscape and architecture can improve the daily process of manufacturing through the change of transference and materials. In the urban setting, the architectural component and attitude of the building serves to accommdate this transformation through adaptive reuse, infill, and topical growth; and control both its functions and environmental waste through a shared core at any two buildings.
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BUNKER HILL
FINANCIAL DISTRICT
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ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT
JEWELRY DISTRICT
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HISTORIC DOWNTOWN
LITTLE TOKYO TOY DISTRICT
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ARTS DISTRICT
CENTRAL CITY EAST SEAFOOD DISTRICT
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CIVIC CENTER
FASHION DISTRICT
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WAREHOUSE DISTRICT
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PRODUCE DISTRICT CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
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District Disconnection, (Diagrammatic map of Los Angeles) This map shows many different districts that are located in Los Angeles. These district branding are very disconnected where they create hard boundaries within themselves.
CROWD FUNDING:
passive consumerism to active involvement Crowd Funding: collective to push, fund, and promote
brands consumerism they buy from to active Passive involvement. exposure and interaction create trust and Collective to push, attract crowd fundingfund, and promote brands they buy from. Exposure and interaction create trust and attract crowd funding.
RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS:
demanding brands Responsible Business:
sustainable and socially-responsible
Sustainable and that socially-resposible brands demand their customers also contribute brands demand that their customers promote true belief in the bigger vision also contributes. Promote true belief in the bigger vision.
MADE IN AMERICA:
‘re-local’ Made in America:
rising labor costs in China
Fragile globalsupply supply chain. fragile global chains resurfacing “local” Resurfacing “local”. 3D-printing make-on-demand 3D printing& & make-on-demand.
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Proposed Infill, (Diagrammatic Site Plan) Infill development is built around open space landscape. This infill creates interactions between old and new light industrial typologies.
12th Street
Topical Growth, (Diagrammatic Elevation) Protection of existing structures creates unique connection to new creative light industrial livability.
Pico Station
Pico Avenue
Revealing of Making Process, (Elevation View & Diagram) Architectural components reveal ‘make’ process. Circulation, utilities, and conduction of material by making process are visible. Visual measurement of productivity and energy through manufacturing process.
entertainment district
broadway
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Performative Scenarios, (Site Plan) Adjacencies influence the general programming of open space. Revealation of the making process supported by the architecture and landscape.
The ‘Make’ Process, (Aerial View) Emphasizes horizontal vs. vertical process of making. Reflects a shared vs. individual component of a collective network. Individuality of live and make is expressed within the public realm.
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Kitchen
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Storage Live
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Kitchen Live
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Interior Flexibility, (Perspective View) Live/ Make/ Sell majorities flexible throughout the site. Inteior is flexible with a fixed envelope. Opportunity for various orientation and option to erect walls and create uniuque space with maximum efficiency.
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Tsunami Shelter, (Physical Model) Overall view of tsunami shelter sitting on the site can be seen through this physical model.
Tsunami Shelter Fourth year, Fall 2012, collaborative work collaboration with structural engineer students from Cal Poly Pomona Natural disaster is a natural event that a mankind cannot do anything about once it happens. Even though it cannot be stopped or prevented, there are ways to protect ourselves from a disaster. Tsunami is what people fear unconciously having to live in the Pacific Coast. However, there are no facilities that people can easily find, run, and hide to save their lives. The building is designed to be built fast and easy at many different locations. GFRC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete), is a building material that is quick to install and cost effective. Since it is high flexural and strong in tension, this material is suitable for Tsunami Shelter. This facility structures had to be engineered to make sure that structurally it could resist the load of water and excessive amount of people. In order for people to find the facility quickly and easily, the shelter is designed to have multi-directional means of access.
boolean slope for solar orientation
clear interior forms hold main programs
boolean slope for head room and emdedding into site
interstitial space is filled with minor programs
Process of Generating and Organizing the Space, (Diagram) Easy evacuation was the most important factor that had to be considered in designing Tsunami Shelter. Spaces were created around the vertical access.
vertical ingress punctured on each side
main gathering space
roof deck
GFRC skin
poche’ boundary
interior open space
vertical circulation
columns
ground plane
Elements of Tsunami Shelter, (Exploded Axonometry Diagram) It was important to elevate the shelter and leave the ground plane empty. The coulmns would disperse water coming in while holding up the shelter.
Floor Plan, (Half-Level Plan) Columns are holding up the building. This form of structure lets the water to flow through without having the huge impact on the building.
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Floor Plan, (Second Level Plan) Though the main program of this building is shelter, it could be used as community spaces. Interstitial spaces are for back of the house programs.
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beam design
column design
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#3 Stirrups 1.5"
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#3 Stirrups 3 in o.c. 6 in o.c.
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Building System Engineered, (Structural Analysis) Structural calculation was done to get the sizes of the beam and column.
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near Beam near Center
06 in o.c. 12 in o.c.
corner panel
expanded metal screen sheet metal gutter wood block concrete roof beam 18”x16” drip edge leveling grout base plate
aluminum mullion HSS3x3x1/4 3/4” gypsum board GFRC panel
poured-in-place topping slab panel reveal L3x3x1/4 hollow core slab
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frame anchors HSS3x3x1/4 waterproofing membrane adjustment bolt concrete beam 18”x14”
prefab concrete column #9 rebar soil
caisson sleeve
Connect, (Detailed Keywall Section) From footing to roof, the drawing shows each connections in detail. This also shows how the GFRC skin is attached to the wall.
caisson bell
Skin System, (Southeast Elevation and Unwrapped Skin) The GFRC system gives flexibility in facade design and its’ lightweight makes it suitable for tsunami shelter facade.
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Tea Pavilion, (Exterior Perpective Collage View) This Tea Pavilion was smaller scale study of an exhibition space.
Chadō (Tea) Museum Second year, Winter 2010, personal work
Japanese tea ceremony is Japanese cultural activity that involves preparing, presenting, and serving Japanese green tea, powdered matcha. The formality of the ceremony, elegance of the atmosphere, and the beauty of the utensils are appreciated by true tea devoter. In the Book of Tea, Japanese scholar, Kakuzo Okakura, says that “The tea-room was an oasis in the dreary waste of existence where weary travelers could meet to drink from the common spring of art- appreciation”. Tea House or Tearoom avoids being ornamental and stays simple and pure, aesthetically pleasing the participants. Site is located in one of the busiest places in Los Angeles, CA, where surrounding area is dense with retails. Developing poetic, quiet, and simple narrative was important in designing the Tea Museum. Satisfying “art-appreciation” was as important as emphasizing the architecture.
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Space Study, (Perspective View Diagram) Axonometric view of physical model of small exhibition space. Negative space is created by carving out small volumes out of the whole.
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Progression, (Elevation View) The progression of the space is simple, quiet, and poetic, creating emphasis on an art piece.
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Space vs. Counter Space, (Perspective View) Two different plaster models showing the idea of what the space could become when the counter space is taken out from the whole.
The Light Well, (Exploded Axonometry) The counter space acts as a light well. The main source of light comes through this light well, penetrating and dispersing lights into all the exhibition spaces on different levels.
3rd Floor - Permanent Gallery
2nd Floor - Permanent Gallery
1st Floor - Temporary Gallery
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Floor Plans and Section, (1st, 2nd, & 3rd Floor, Longitudinal Section) The exhibition spaces are organized around the light well, which generates fluid movement of people.
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Plan View of Shoka-Tei Tea House
Elevation View of Shoka-Tei Tea House Small tea house as a permanent exhibition on the second floor.
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Elegance of Atmosphere, (Perspective Collage View) The intersection of counter spaces demonstrates of how natural light is effecting the exhibition floor.
Purity of Mind, (Perspective Collage View) The way of displaying art piece reflects the purity of mind.
OTHER WORKS VDL Research House J. Tomson Sage Hill Vineyard
VDL House, (View Looking at the Reflecting Pool) The most difficult restoration is this reflecting pool due to the drainage issue. The restoration is still in process.
VDL Research House Fourth & Fifth year, 2013-2014, docent
VDL Reserch House, or Neutra VDL Studio and Residences, is operated by College of Environmental Design and Department of Architecture of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Every year, Cal Poly Pomona architecture students help to get donations from visitors by giving tours of the house. Sarah Lorenzen, R.A. VDL House director and chair of the architecture department at Cal Poly Pomona, has been working hard to keep up with the restoration of the house since 2008. I took part in giving tours of the house to visitors on every Saturday. Frequently, I was able to help with easy restorations such as planting and cleaning the house.
Penthouse, (Interior View) The staircase leading up to penthouse is small and narrow. Neutra was influenced by Japanese architecture that he designed the penthouse sittings on the floor and made a low tea table. By doing this, person sitting on this couch was able to look at the framed view of the reservoir across the house.
Penthouse, (Exterior View) Neutra’s one of the key points when designing the house was a reflecting pool. The Silverlake Reservoir was only 100 ft away from the house when Neutra first designed and built VDL I. Now, VDL II is about 600 ft away from the reservoir that the reflecting pool does not visually connect with the reservoir anymore.
J. Tomson, (Store Front View) The main entrance pops up with bold red signage at West Covina Mall, in West Covina, CA.
J. Tomson 2014, Internship, MAUD
J. Tomson, an online apparel store, launched several offline stores in Orange County, California. As an intern, I was able to help the architect to design the display shelves and research the materials. This project got me a hands-on experience with site walking and working on corrections per jurisdiction comments.
Mannequin Display Area, (Interior view during construction) Mannequin display areas are elevated to match the eye level of customers and the light box is overhanging above these areas.
Display Areas, (Interior view during construction) The ceiling stretches all the way to the back and display shelves are set up following the flow of the ceiling.
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Sage Hill Vineyard, (Enlarged Site Plan) The existing and proposed buildings are sitting on a hill side.
Sage Hill Vineyard 2017, Junior Designer, Jeffrey Rome & Associates
The project proposal was to design about 3,571 sq.ft. new building in County of Napa. The client wanted to expand the office building that fits right with their existing office building. My role was to edit the drawings and work to get the zoning drawings look more realistic to the client by collaging materials on top of the line drawings.
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New Building Proposal, (Floor Plan) Large open meeting space is located right in the middle of the building that divides office spaces and break rooms.
Elevations, (West & South Elevations) New building is designed to emulate the existing building that is standing across.
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