Architectural Portfolio 2021 by mytran

R P O R T F O L I O

MY TRAN B I O

C O N T A C T

E D U C A T I O N UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I AT MĀNOA Honolulu, Hawai’i, 2018 - 2021 Doctor of Architecture - Global Track Program TONGJI UNIVERSITY Shanghai, China, 2019 - 2020 Master of Architecture - Global Track Program DIS COPENHAGEN Copenhagen, Denmark, summer 2018 Study Abroad UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I AT MĀNOA Honolulu, Hawai’i, 2015 - 2018 Workshops in Shanghai (CN) and Nagaoka (JP) Bachelor of Environmental Design

I am a recent graduate of the Doctorate Program in Architecture at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa School of Architecture. As an immigrant to America from Vietnam and having traveled to numerous countries for studies and internships, I have experienced the differences among architecture, cultures, and lifestyles, greatly influencing my design thinking. I believe that architecture is not only a design tool but also acts as a common language for people from different backgrounds to communicate and exchange their thoughts. Email: mytran@hawaii.edu LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/my-trann

HONOLULU COMMUNITY COLLEGE Honolulu, Hawai’i, 2011 - 2015 Architectural, Engineering, and CAD Technologies

RESEARCH TOPICS MASTER THESIS - Shanghai, China A Vision Of Future Living Spaces In Shanghai In 2065 DOCTORATE DISSERTATION - Honolulu, Hawai’i Future Floating Stadiums - Case Study: Honolulu, Hawai’i

AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS R E F E R E N C E S BUNDIT KANISTHAKHON Founder of Tadpoles Studio, Honolulu, Hawai'i bundit@tadpolestudio.org NOE PEGARIDO VP at WATG - Honolulu Office npegarido@watg.com SIMON BUSSIERE Associate Professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa bussiere@hawaii.edu

AIA STUDENT AWARD (individual) Award of Excellence, Hawai'i, November 2021 CHOPTICKS AND TOILET PAPERS: TEACHING ONLINE WITH COMMON HOUSEHOLD ITEMS (co-author) AMPS Conference, England, April 2021 AIA STUDENT AWARD (individual) Honorable Mention, Hawai'i, September 2020 BUILDING VOICE 2018 (team) Third Place, Hawai'i, February 2019 I & I STUDENT CHALLENGE (individual) Second Place, Hawai'i, September 2018

WORK EXPERIENCE 09/2021 - present

WRNS STUDIO - Honolulu, Hawai'i Architectural Designer

08/2020 - 09/2021 STUDIO KIOWAO - Honolulu, Hawai'i Project Manager and Architectural Designer Private Residence, Kaneohe Downtown Art Center, Honolulu 02/2016 - present

DESIGN SKILLS CREATIVITY Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, inDesign, Premiere 2D & 3D MODELLING AutoCAD, Revit, Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, Sketch-up RENDERINGS Lumion, Vray, Twinmotion, Enscape

FREELANCE - Honolulu, Hawai'i Drafter and Architectural Designer Work on multiple renovating residential projects

L A N G U A G E S 08/2018 - 12/2020 UHM, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE - Honolulu, Hawai'i Teaching Assistant ARCH 490 - Special Topics: Universal Design GT8 Cohort - Study Abroad: Managing and Scheduling ARCH 235 - Design Studio: Computing Applications 06/2019 - 12/2019

TONGJI UNIVERSITY RESEARCH LAB - Shanghai, China Researcher and Architectural Designer Public Library Renovation Research on Energy Savings for High Density Cities

07/2019 - 09/2019

CHINA STATE CONSTRUCTION CSCEC - Beijing, China Intern Architectural Designer Trophy Design Competion Wajiaqu Commercial District Xing Tang School

09/2017 - 05/2019

UHM COMMUNITY DESIGN CENTER - Honolulu, Hawai'i Architectural Designer Kekaha Kai Beach Park UH Transect Project (unbuilt)

09/2018 - 05/2019

TADPOLES STUDIO - Honolulu, Hawai'i Project Assistant SEEQS School and Office (unbuilt) Repurposing Parking Spaces at Makiki Churches

06/2017 - 05/2019

ZO-KEI ARCHITECTS - Honolulu, Hawai'i Drafter Tim Ho Wan Restaurant Musubi Cafe Iyasume Ala Moana 1304 Olino Residence 1380 Hoona Residence 3604 Woodlawn Residence 675 Pu’ U Ikena Drive Residence Other residential renovation projects

Vietnamese English

C O N T E N T S SELECTED STUDENT PROJECTS Oni Breezeblocks

Chronos Pneumatic Structure

Skylight House

Shanghai Skyscraper in 2065

Kaiwi Floating City

P R O F E S IO NA L

W OR KS

Yamashiro Residence

Downtown Art Center

Xing Tang Middle School

A R C HIT E C T UR E R EL ATED Furniture Design

Discursive Drawing

Sketches

O N I B R E E Z E B LO C KS Location: Honolulu, Hawai’i Time period: 4 weeks Dimension: 6” x 12” x 2” Individual Project Selected as top 2 projects in Studio Review

Hawaiian Tikis [respected authorities, namely principal gods, guardians and spirit powers.]

In ancient Hawaiian culture, the gods, the aina, or land, and the kanaka, or people, shared a symbiotic existence. If the people took care of the land in a pono manner, the gods were appeased. If the gods were happy, they would allow the land to provide sustenance for the people through lush growth. Each god had many kinolau, or forms, including human and animal forms.

Using the sacred tribal Hawaiian figure as the primary element for my design, Oni breezeblock, which means holy ground, represents Hawaiian culture and environment. The layers of the breeze block indicate the volcanic mountain form of the islands. I used curves as the main gesture to show the friendly and easygoing of the Hawaiians to their visitors. The purpose of this design is for decoration, so Oni is a lightweight block that can either stand by itself or combine with other blocks to create friendly opening walls.

Fall 2016

computating design application | fabrication | material

oni breezeblocks

DESIGN EXPLORATION TREE

2.1

Initial Design

2.2

Iteration 1

2.3

Iteration 2

2.4

Iteration 3

2.5

Iteration 4

The design was developed through multiple techniques to create a unique tree of iterations starting from the initial idea. The final design is selected based on the lightness of the material, its aesthetic appearance, and simplicity.

computating design application | fabrication | material

VOLUME STUDY FOR MASS PRODUCTION

MatVpos = 512 in3

MatVact = 215.7 in3

Aface = 360 in2

Avoid = 213 in2

Pattern 1

Pattern 2 9

CHRONOS PREUMATIC STRUCTURE Location: Honolulu, Hawai’i Time period: 4 weeks Dimension: 10’ x 24’ x 17’ Group Project Featured on Campus News

This project is to explore architecture through volume and space rather than fixed or rigid boundaries. The task with developing a

structure and connect all the individual galleries. As the concept as Chronos, we use the timeline as the main element to define the arrangement of spaces and the relationship among them.

multi-space pneumatic gallery, working as a group of five, we are asked to cultivate the relationship between the space and occupant while exploring digital - physical design, construction, and fabrication techniques.

There is a gathering area at the entrance to exhibit our breezeblock designs. The main gallery is separated from the gathering space by a curtain-like opening. There are six smaller shells, and each of them is a private gallery to show our second design works.

We proposed to open the courtyard to allow the light to shine to the middle part of the

Fall 2016

computating design application | fabrication | material

chronos pneumatic structure

FLOOR PLAN

Fan

Entry

RIGHT ELEVATION

Entry

SECTION AA

Fan

LEFT ELEVATION

Entry

SECTION BB

Entry

FRONT ELEVATION

SECTION CC

BACK ELEVATION

SECTION DD

Fan

computating design application | fabrication | material

Main Gallery

Welcoming Area

Exterior View of Chronos

Interior View of the Main Gallery 13

SKYLIGHT HOUSE Location: Washington DC Time period: 12 weeks Dimension: 40’ x 16’ x 10’ Group Project

This project is based on Solar Decathlon Design Competition Requirement. It challenges student teams to design and build highly efficient and innovative buildings powered by renewable energy. The targets focuses on architectural design and engineering excellence with innovation, market potential, building efficiency, and smart energy production. Our team specifically focuses on main three main categories: Technology (Active Systems, Solar Array, Water Recycle and Reuse, Electronic

Loads (lighting and appliances), Material (Insulative Properties, Buildability, Specification and Specability, Availability, Cost), and Climate (Passive Design Strategies, Site, Landscape, Weather Conditions). We expected to use shipping containers as the main structural material because they are easy for transportation, high in strength, available everywhere, and really low cost. To soften the appearance, we added wood as wall finishes and optimize the northern sunlight by using translucent polycarbonate on the north facade while using plants and trees to reduce the afternoon heat from the south.

Fall 2019

self-sustainability | affordability | construction

skylight house

FLOOR PLAN

8'-0"

4'-0"

39'-0"

Bedroom

27'-6"

Kitchen

7'-6"

Dining Area

8'-0"

Private Garden Bathroom

4'-0"

Living Room

3'-8"

4'-0"

9'-6"

Storage

10'-0"

9'-6"

SECTION S1 32'-0" 6

Water & Power Storage

Bathroom

15'-2"

Green Roof 12

Exterior Decking

Laundry

1'-6"

8'-8"

5'-0"

PVs Panels PVs Panels

Add-on Module Core Structure Add-on Module Deck

SECTION S2

40'-0"

15'-2"

10'-9"

Green Roof

Working Area

Bathroom

Private Garden

Living Room

Planters

self-sustainability | affordability | construction

View from Bedroom looking North

Kitchen

Private Garden

Livingroom

View from Livingroom looking Private Garden on South side 17

skylight house

CONSTRUCTION PHASES

1. 40’ Shipping Container Frame as Core Structure

DETAILED SECTION

2” x 6” Fascia w/ Metal Bracket Airspace For Heat Exchange Polycarbonate Skin

6” x 8” Timber Beams Container Steel Frames

Glass Windows

1/2” Wooden Flooring

6 1/2” SIP Panels Covered by Corrugated Sheet 2” x 6” Joists @ 16 O.C.

2” x 6” Double Headers Concrete Columns on Temporary Footings Gravel surroundings Footings 18

2. Partial Walls and Flooring

3. Modules are Attached to the Core

self-sustainability | affordability | construction

*Modules are prefabricated and using shipping container frames as the main structures

4. Decking, Staircases, and Ramp

5. Roof Frames, Louvers, and Posts are Attached above Container Frames

6. Roof Elements are Added to Complete the Structure

Green Roof Medium

4 1/2” SIP Panels covered by Shou Sugi Ban Wooden Panels

Polycarbonate Skin

Gray Water Filttration Garden

skylight house

Kitchen

Livingroom

Parking

Front Entrance at night

Livingroom

Backyard 20

Storage

Laundry Area

Bedroom

self-sustainability | affordability | construction

Closet

Outdoor Dining

View from Bedroom looking North

Bathroom Kitchen

Private Garden Dining Table

Front Sliding Door

Main Hallway to Bedroom 21

SHANGHAI SKYSCRAPER IN 2065 Location: Shanghai, China Time period: 16 weeks Area: 10,000 SF Individual Project 62nd AIAS Award - Honorable Mention

During the 20th century, the earth’s average temperature rose 0.60 Celsius! While climate has changed throughout earth’s history, this is the first time that humans are the leading cause. According to research done by NASA and published in December 2019, most of the southern part of China will be covered by the ocean, and Shanghai, one of the most populated cities in the world, will be in the affected zone. In addition, high density is another issue that the city is facing. It is expected that by 2060, the Shanghai population would be over 50 million, which is over the city’s capacity. Therefore, the need for new types of housing is urgent. On top of that, looking back to history, all the environmental issues we are facing now are what people did in the past, so whatever we do right now will be causes for our future generations. The future is always an interesting topic. It could be divided into utopia, a gleaming white, translucent,

perfect, and spick and span scenario, and dystopia, a dark and dirty dimension, riddled with vice and suffering scenarios. For this project, I wanted to understand what possibilities we could do now to save for our next generation then propose a vision that could happen in the worst scenario for 2065 in Shanghai. They were taking the scenario where the outdoor atmosphere is harmful to human health. Suppose cities in the past were homes for God while the present cities are all about capital and power. In that case, cities in the future should celebrate the relationship of human and nature. in my belief, human is a part of nature, so our shelters should be a part of the ecosystem. Relatively, a tree is in the forest. Many trees become a community. Each community is a diversity of people from different backgrounds. Each background is connected to the other to celebrate humanity in harmony with nature. The world only becomes better if we are willing to help and support each other.

Fall 2019

dystopia future | sea level rise |self-sustainability

shanghai skyscraper in 2065

HOUSING TYPOLOGIES IN SHANGHAI

PAST

PRESENT

Old Shikumen Lilong

Work-Unit Compounds

New Shikumen Lilong

Urban Villages

New Types of Lilong

Highrise Towers

Garden Lilong

Modern Buildings

Apartment Lilong

Green Buildings

Replaced nature with buildings

Separating built and natural environments

dystopia future | sea level rise |self-sustainability

FUTURE?

2020

2040

2060

DENSITY GROWTH

2020

2035

2050

2065

27.06m

34.0m*

43.0m*

50.0m*

SEA LEVEL RISE PROJECTION

CITY EVOLUTION

Shall we enhance the relationship of Human and Nature?

shanghai skyscraper in 2065

17:45 HUANGPU, SHANGHAI FRIDAY - JULY 17, 2065 TEMPERATURE 260C - HUMIDITY 65% WIND SPEED 21.5 km/h - AIR QUALITY 186

Temperature

Solar Radiation

SATURDAY

H28 - L25

Medium

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

19 20 21 22 23 24

H37 - L28 H35 - L26 H30 - L22 H38 - L29 H42 - L30 H36 - L24

High High High Really High Really High High

3D Printer Service Core

3D Printed Pods

Structural Spines

Pilings

Foundation 26

Central Core

Module Installation

Glazing Skin

dystopia future | sea level rise |self-sustainability

Exterior Perspective

shanghai skyscraper in 2065

BUILDING SECTION

COMMUNITY (POD) SECTION

Connecting to the above Pod

3D Printed Concrete Pod

Private Unit

Ramp at Opening Area

Living Space

Food Production Area

Connecting to the below Pod

Vertical Garden

COMMUNITY SPACE (POD) Food Production Ramp Private Unit

Service Area

Opening

Connect to the Core

3D Printing Lab

Shared Living Space Robotic Center Recycling Center

Waste Management

Underground Transit System

Pilings 28

Private Unit

dystopia future | sea level rise |self-sustainability

GLAZING SYSTEM

Wind

High Elevation

Transfer Wind Pressure

Forces on Mesh Structure

Sun

Plants

Move with the sunlight

Photovoltaic Cells sensors the sun

Display Panel

SITE PLAN

Flexible Tubes & Energy Generator

Translucent Kinetic Structure Mesh

Moving Force converts Energy

Convert sunlight to Energy

Photovoltaic Cells

PRIVATE UNIT Typical Floor Plan

Energy Storage Bed

Multi-Functional Space

Bathroom

Typical Section Operating Core • Water Control • Energy Control • Scene Control

Bathroom

Adaptive Bed • Temperature Control • Lighting Control • Comfort Adjustment

Bed

Sensitive Skin • Projection Wall • Temperature Control • Lighting Control

Multi-Functional Space

shanghai skyscraper in 2065

Skylight is placed at of the top of each Pod to optimize natural sunlight from the air-gap among “pods”

Concrete Finishing Floor at the Food Production Area 30

dystopia future | sea level rise |self-sustainability View Map

Smart Glazing Skin

Ramp connects to individual Units

Projection Skin

Community Green Bell includes diversity of edible trees

Community Perspective 31

shanghai skyscraper in 2065

3D Printed Concrete with refined texture on interior surface to reduce echoes and glares from the harsh sunlight

Green Bell, is a home of many herbs, small plants, and flowers, runs along most of the circulation path and public spaces

LEDs automatically adjust its brightness based on the movement of the sun to maintain lighting quality at the best level

dystopia future | sea level rise |self-sustainability View Map

Composite Steel Strusses run around the upper part of the community pod to support skylight above

Smart Glazing Wall enhances the connection of the interior to the surrounding as well as generates energy for building system

Interactive Zone is a series of many activities that allow the residents to experience the lifestyle where human was close to the natural world

Shared Area Perspective 33

K A I W I F LOAT I N G C I T Y Location: Honolulu, Hawai’i Time period: 16 weeks Area: 1,060 acres Individual Project 63th AIAS Award - Award of Excellence Featured on Campus News

Floating structures are always seen as a future vision, though they have existed since the first human settlements in African, European, Southeast Asian, and North American countries. During the 1950s, along with walking building evolution and utopia architecture, proposals for floating buildings and cities from Japan and Europe opened many opportunities and potential for new building typology. Still, none of them was feasible enough to be built. My proposed idea for this project is to develop a simple floating module that everyone can build quickly. Many modules together can form a floating platform to use as a floating foundation for residents’ homes above. The floating platform will help people settle in the water to create a community. A proposed loop ring transportation is developed as my floating city’s spine to connect these

communities into a city. I chose my site three miles south of Sand Island, a heart of water transportation and industrial hub in Honolulu, to start this plan. Kaiwi Floating City includes a system of threeloop rings, mainly used for transportation and energy generation, and it develops in four phases in the next twenty years. The first phase is that the government will play an essential role in constructing a prototype of twoloop rings to attract investors and developers into this new typology while making it as a new tourist attraction to generate income for the floating structure. The second phase will be manufacturing the third loop ring connecting to the future metro line from the Sand Island station. The third phase is to allow businesses and small communities to settle in. The last step focuses on the city and service amenities to enhance the living quality for the residents. The city center is located along with the loop rings while the residential areas and small retail spread outward from the main transportation route. This allows the city to expand freely within each loop.

Spring 2020

adaptation | sea level rise |self-sustainability

Sand Island Lookout

Mixed-use Areas

Residential Areas

Tourist Attractions

Sand Island Access

District Lines

Pedestrian Lines Loop Rings

Wavebreakers

Sand Island

kaiwi floating city

LOCATION Kaua‘i Ni‘ihau O‘ahu Moloka‘i Maui Lana‘i Kaho‘olawe

Hawai‘i

O’ahu, Hawai’i

SEA LEVEL RISE PROJECTION

HNL Airport

HNL Airport Sand Island

Waikiki

Sand Island Waikiki

SLR in 2050

SLR in 2075

Waikiki

SLR in 2100

ARCHIMEDES FLOATING PRINCIPLES

Densityobject < Densitysalt water Salt Water Density: 1,025 kg/m3

Submerged Object Displaced Fluid Fg air tight

foam

Weight of Submerged Object = Weight of Displaced Fluid

adaptation | sea level rise |self-sustainability

EET

FLOATING TECHNOLOGY

T EE 3F

Stainless Steel Frames

Floating Modules

Floating Platform Module

WAVEBREAKER PLATFORM

Building Envelop

Wind 7’ MAX.

Max. High Waves Current

Floating City

Wind Pressure Converter Driveway & Facilities Energy Generator & Waste Storage Below 1,722’

Tension Steel Cables

Concrete Wall Barrier Possible Food Production Air Channel Ocean Floor

FLOATING CITY ELEMENTS

Residential Type 1

Apartment Type 1

Residential Type 2

Apartment Type 2

Commercial Type 1

Residential Type 3

Commercial Type 2 37

kaiwi floating city

Neighborhood Metro

265 residents 22.5 acres

District Sharing Vehicle

Water Taxi & Boardwalks 38

1,025 residents 105 acres

City 10,500 residents 1,060 acres

Sand

Island

adaptation | sea level rise |self-sustainability Access from Sand Island

Kaka ’ako District

Transportation & Storages

State & Offices Residential Area Scattered Residential Area

Public Park Institutional Buildings

Clusters Residential Area Retails & Shops

Marine Museums

Boat Route Shopping Malls Landmark & Public Parks

Tourist Area

Energy Plants

Food Production

Shopping Malls

Scattered Residential Area Wavebreakers Manufactures Retails & Shops 2020 Tourist Area 2025 2030

KAIWI CITY 2035 0’ 5,000’

15,000’

30,000’

2055 + 39

kaiwi floating city

Public Park

Residential Area “octet truss“ Floating Platform

one-story house

two-story house

Pede s

trian

Pedestrian Lines connect to private units in Residential Area 40

Line

adaptation | sea level rise |self-sustainability

Apartment Complex

City Center

Private Boats

n Lin

stria Pede

Water tanks Wooden Frames

Cables

kaiwi floating city

District Line connects to Apartment Complex and Residential Area

Food Production

Loop Ring

Biking and Walking Lanes

Residential Areas

District Line

Shared Electric Cars

Apartments & Shops

Boat Parking

ric t s i

in tL

Acoustic Barrier Service/ Sewage System Air-tight Compartments

adaptation | sea level rise |self-sustainability

Apartments & Shops

“octet truss“ Floating Platform

Tensioned Cables 43

kaiwi floating city Apartments & Shops

Hotels Public Parks

Resort Area

Metro Lines Pedestrian Path

Rin

Loop Rings divide the city into multiple zones 44

adaptation | sea level rise |self-sustainability Wavebreakers

Residential Areas

Neighborhood Line Mixed-use Building

Hotels

Sharing Vehicles

Pedestrian Path

ine

Dis

tL tric

Service/ Sewage System Air-tight Compartments Light weight Concrete Pontoon Tensioned Steel Cables

W O R K

E XP E RIE N CE 08/2020 - present

STUDIO KIOWAO - Honolulu, Hawai'i Project Manager and Architectural Designer Illustrates ideas through sketching, physical and digital model Working with consultants Attends meeting with clients Building prototypes

08/2018 - 12/2020 UHM, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE - Honolulu, Hawai'i Teaching Assistant Teaches ARCH Studio and Electives Organizes class schedule, content, and grading system Explains and consult students’ design ideas 06/2019 - 12/2019

TONGJI UNIVERSITY RESEARCH LAB - Shanghai, China Researcher and Architectural Designer Illustrates ideas through sketching and digital model Researches on sustainable designs and energy conservation

07/2019 - 09/2019

CHINA STATE CONSTRUCTION CSCEC - Beijing, China Intern Architectural Designer Illustrates ideas through sketching and 3D modelling Research about building code and working culture in China

09/2017 - 05/2019

UHM COMMUNITY DESIGN CENTER - Honolulu, Hawai'i Architectural Designer Illustrates ideas through sketching, physical and digital model Attends meeting with clients

09/2018 - 05/2019

TADPOLES STUDIO - Honolulu, Hawai'i Project Assistant Illustrates ideas through sketching, physical and digital model Attends workshops

06/2017 - 05/2019

ZO-KEI ARCHITECTS - Honolulu, Hawai'i Drafter Focuses on technical drawings and 3-D modeling for restaurants,residential renovation and ADU dwellings Studies about detail drawings and laying out the works Renders ideas for client meetings

YA M A S H I R O R E S I D E N C E Location: Kaneohe, Hawai’i Time period: 6 months Area: 420 SQFT Firm: Studio Kiowao

An idea of building a cat house came across The client is a young local musician from our team, and we want to use this opportunity to Kaneohe, Hawaii. She wants to have a small push the concept forward. The idea is to design for Accessory Dwelling Unit next to her mother’s Simba and allow the client to live inside with the cat. house so that she can easy to take care of her mother. The mother’s health is declining, and To achieve the low-budget situation, we she has difficulty walking up the stairs, but she likes to do gardening and stay outdoors. The challenge of this project is that the client only has a fixed amount of money from her saving, and it is much lower than the standard construction fee for a single home in Hawaii. On the fun side, the client expressed an immense love for her cat Simba, and she has specific ways of taking care of the cat.

proposed using a shipping container as the main structure to lower the cost and reduce the project’s timeline. We tried to cover most of the unexpecting budget and consultants’ fees to keep the project alive. Currently, the project is applying for a building permit.

06/2021

reuse | affordability |sustainability

yamashiro residence

FLOOR PLAN

EXISTING ADA RAMP DN

7'-6"

11'-6"

3'-3 1/4" 1'-6"

5'-6"

6'-0"

1'-6"

6'-0"

3'-6"

1'-2"

5'-8"

5'-6"

3'-3 1/4"

4'-2"

BEDROOM AREA: 106 SQFT

EQ BATHROOM

LIVINGROOM AREA

KITCHEN AREA

AREA: 48 SQFT 30" MIN.

AREA: 44 SQFT

AREA: 82 SQFT

AREA: 70 SQFT

7'-8 1/4"

3'-6"

FOYER

7'-8 1/4"

STOVE

REF.

3'-0"

SINK

36" MIN.

4'-9 1/4"

5'-6"

2'-0"

3'-6"

7'-6"

6'-0"

9'-2"

6'-6 1/8"

4'-4"

3'-3 1/4"

NW ELEVATION CORRUGATED METAL WITH CORROSION REPELLANT PANT

STANDING SEAM METAL ROOFING

TRANSLUCENT CORRUGATED SHEET

STANDING SEAM METAL ROOFING

EXTERIOR PLYWOOD SIDING PANEL T1-11

EXISTING RETAINING WALL

20'-0"

6'-0"

20'-0"

3'-4"

TRANSLUCENT SECTION 1 POLYCARBONATE

TRANSLUCENT POLYCARBONATE

11'-6"

WOODEN TRUSSES

20'-0"

6'-0"

20'-0"

3'-4"

3'-4" 0'

EXISTING RETAINING WALL

16'

reuse | affordability |sustainability

North Facade

Patio connecting Existing house and the New ADU 51

yamashiro residence

CONSTRUCTION PHASES

1. Concrete Footings

SECTION 2 2” x 6” Fascia w/ Metal Bracket

Pre-Fab Timber Truss @ 24" O.C., TYP Polycarbonate Skin Container Steel Frames Container Metal Skins Foam Insulation R-13 1/2" Gypsum Board Glass Windows

4"x8" Beams @ Support, TYP.

2” x 6” Joists @ 16 O.C. Composite Decking

4” x 8” Beams 12" x 12" CMU Pedestals 52

Gravel surroundings Footings

2. Container Locations

3. Openings for Windows and Doors

reuse | affordability |sustainability

4. Extensions

5. Trusses, Translucent panels and Roofing

6. Deckings and Stairs

5/8" Thk Plywd Roof Sheathing Over Pre-Fab Trusses

Tile Ceiling

2x Stud Walls

Existing Retaining Walls

Small Rear Garden

Wooden Floor Finishes Container Frames C-Chanel Steel Framings 30"x30" x 12" Concrete Footings

yamashiro residence

View from Backyard Garden to the Main Entrance

Interior View of Bedroom looking toward Bathroom 54

reuse | affordability |sustainability

Aerial view of Catwalk integrating into Furniture

View from Livingroom Area to Kitchen Area 55

DOWNTOWN ART CENTER Location: Honolulu, Hawai’i Time period: 5 months Area: 10,000 SQFT Firm: Studio Kiowao Featured on Hawaii Public Radio in 11/2020

Our solution was to use as much as available We had this unique opportunity to work materials to lower the cost and propose creative ways to on a design-built project with a group of display artwork on moveable partition walls. The partitions local artists, expecting a gallery to display are easy to construct and can perform multi-tasks. local artworks. Besides the challenge of the low budget, we ran into another interesting problem, material shortage. When everything was under lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic, many shipping transportations were delayed, causing the lack of building materials on the island and the unexpected increasing cost.

Time was also tricky for us because three of us were in our last year of graduate school, but we designed and constructed all the parts in a small garage within three months to meet the deadline for the first exhibition.

10/2020

availability | fabrication |flexibility

downtown art center

STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM - Easy to Construct

1. Base 2x4 + 2x6 studs

2. Panels 2x4 studs

3. Joints 2x4 studs

4. Full Frames 2x4 + 2x6 studs

5. CDX Boards 48x96x24 CDX

6. Homasote 48x96x24 Homasote

STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM - Easy to Extend 1

1. Horizontal Frames attached to Partitions

2. Pre-built Additional Panel attached to the partitions

3. Rise up the panel

4. Using wood block to set the height

availability | fabrication |flexibility

STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM - Easy to Connect

1. 2x2 studs Add-on

Original 4x8 ft Partition

4x8 ft Partition

2. Swing-Arm Clamp-On Lamp

8x8 ft Partition

12x8 ft Partition

STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM - Easy to Extend 2

1. Wood Block attached to the base module

2. Pre-built Additional Panel sits on the wood blocks

3. Top Module hold the top of the Panel

4. Possibly Adding vertical studs to strengthen the panel 59

downtown art center

EXHIBITIONS

availability | fabrication |flexibility

XING TANG SCHOOL Location: Beijing, China Time period: 4 weeks Area: unknown Firm: China State Construction (CSCEC)

This project develops a schematic design of multiple buildings on a developed master plan for a boarding school in northern Beijing. We worked in a team of three people, but the lead architect could speak English well, so we mainly communicated through sketching and drawings to explain our ideas. It was a huge learning curve to understand the building code and design multiple buildings within four weeks, but we ended up learning a lot from this intensity. My design is inspired by Corbusier and SANAA on their use of alternative shapes and forms to define spaces.

Information about the school: • The school has 3 main public buildings: library, cafeteria, and gymnasium. There are 4 buildings for primary student classrooms, and 3 buildings for middle school students classroom. There is one building for laboratories and science, and one is for office and administration. Teacher housing is in a 5 story building. • ELEMENTARY (1-6 grade): 2,400 students - 48 classrooms - Have lunch in class - Live off campus • JUNIOR HIGH (7-9 grade): 1,650 students - 30 classrooms - Have lunch in the cafeteria - Live on campus • STAFF: 56-170 teachers - 50 administrative staff 20 janitors - Have lunch in the cafeteria - Live on campus • SCHOOL SCHEDULE: morning shift (8:00 - 12:00) - lunch and nap (12:00 - 14:00)- afternoon shift (14:00 - 17:30 / 18:00)

08/2019

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xing tang school

OVERALL CAMPUS SITE PLAN

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Sunlight Diagram

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Sun Shading Method Diagram

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小学课堂 | Primary School

中学课堂 | Intermediate School

女宿舍 | Girl’s Dormitory

男士宿 | Boy’s Dormitory

图书馆 | Library

办公楼 | Offices

老师宿舍 | Teacher’s Dormitory

健身房 | Gymnasium

自助餐馆 | Cafeteria

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BUILDING INFORMATION 女宿舍 | Girl’s Dormitory 185 dorms 185 x 4 students = 740 students 37 dorms X 5 floors = 185 dorms 4 students per dorm 2 shared toilets

男士宿 | Boy’s Dormitory 175 dorms 175 x 4 students = 700 students 35 dorms X 5 floors = 175 dorms 4 students per dorm 2 shared toilets

老师宿舍 | Teacher’s Dormitory 116 private rooms 29 dorms X 4 floors = 116 rooms 80 private bedrooms 36 shared bedrooms

EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVES

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BUILDING INFORMATION 图书馆 | Library 920 seats

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HOBBIES AND ARCHITECTURE FURNITURE DESIGN Lamp Chair DIGITAL ART WORK Discursive Drawing SKETCHING Selected drawings

FURNITURE DESIGN

Spring 2018

Prompt: Light Dimension: 4” x 4” x 12” Material: Monkeypods, Dragon Eyes, Lime Trees Second Place I&I Student Challenge

Definition: • Light is something that makes vision possible • Spiritual illumination: The light shrines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Purpose: My design is for gathering in group of people. Since the lamp can be adjustable in all directions, it spreads out the light to darkness to connect people into one place.

Enclosed Form

Opening Form

FURNITURE DESIGN

Spring 2018

Full-scale Prototype Dimension: 46” x 21” x 34” Material: 1/8” Bending Plywood, Polar Wood

Narrative: My inspiration came from a childhood memory when my brothers and I hung out under a guava tree in the front yard of our house every afternoon to wait for parents to get home from work. There was a broken chair that my father left outside under the tree, so it became a place where our memory occurred. The chair was not only a place to sit for us but also a toy when we’re bored, or a gathering and sharing place when one of us felt sad. For my design, I imagine it would be a lounge chair that I could sit relaxingly while enjoying the view of the surrounding, or take a nap, and have fun with it just as how we used our poor old chair in the past. Using the curves that shape alongside our spines, I believe this chair would be ideal for relaxation and comfort after a long day.

DISCURSIVE DRAWING

Fall 2020

Prompt: Before / After

Since the beginning of 2020, Covid-19, an invisible enemy to humankind, has made an enormous change in our society in both negative and positive ways; however, technology, a human-made tool, has been controlling our human existence. The virus can incubate inside the human body for more than two weeks before killing the host, while the technology stays and impacts our thinking and becomes a part of our body. What would happen if the human-made tool becomes its host and manipulates our human existence soon? First of all, Before and After are related to a timeline or continuous process of actions and events. These terms also represent the changes, truth, prediction, lessons, and experiences. In the drawing, the pandemic and technology are my main elements to illustrate the meaning of before and after. The pandemic (the virus), technology (coding matrix), and built environment (Waikiki site plan) are not only to explain the meaning of the prompt but also to support the main topic of the virtual world. The more I think about the pandemic, the more I feel that it is a good thing in many ways. We struggled with it from the beginning because it was difficult to change how we used to work and live. But after a while, when we start to feel comfortable with it, we begin to see the positive things. Furthermore, when people hear the word “technology,” they think of something good and positive. But, if you think about how our life depends on technology nowadays, it starts to get scary. Technology is developing super quickly that one way, it would take over our dominance. In that sense, that is even more threatened than what we are dealing with the pandemic. There, the pandemic and technology are running parallel to each other in some way. They are both invisible, but one is human-made while the other is natural (because people still don’t know where the virus came from). In the drawing, I develop an invisible atmosphere that constantly surrounds us. We don’t see even though we know it’s always up there, and it is a mixture of everything that impacts our daily lives in that kind of atmosphere. Lastly, this hierarchy of building functions reserves during the pandemic. The different colors of the buildings represent the contrast of open and close during the pandemic. The “white” buildings are apartments, residential buildings, and small restaurants that remain open during the pandemic. The “orange” ones are restaurants, department stores, and hotels that operate mainly for tourists. They were an icon of Waikiki but now maintain close, or some even went bankrupt. This contrasting image is so different from what we think about Waikiki before. In conclusion, the pandemic has changed a lot to our normal in a short period of our lifetime, but technology significantly impacts our daily lives. The technology could bring us convenience and flexibility, but it doesn’t give us experience and human feelings.

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