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DESIGN STUDIO N;C by NICHOLAS CHUNG tschung@syr.edu
Spring 2020
Terra-Forms
and other matters of landscaped sites
04 Artificial Ground
program: Cultural Center site: Onondaga Lake, Syracuse instructor: Bess Krietemeyer, phd completed: Spring 2020
18 Ground Control
program: Private Residence site: Lake District, New York instructor: Greg Corso completed: Fall 2018
26 Mesotrophic Section
program: Reserve Shelter and Learning Center site: Green Lakes, Syracuse instructor: Bess Krietemeyer, phd completed: spring 2020
26 Nicholas Chung tschung@syr.edu issuu.com/n.chung
2020 SPRING design studio
Education
2018-23 | Syracuse University School of Architecture 2014-18 | West Island School, Hong Kong 2006-14 | St. Paul’s College, Hong Kong
Software
Rhino 6 V-Ray Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Procreate SketchUp
Skills
Visual Representation Digital Illustration Photography Graphic Design Publication Editorial Social Media Operation Event Planning Entrepreneurship
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artificial ground The Onondaga Lake has a mixed history as being home to an indigenous nation, the source of salt that carried Syracuse’s economy, to the canal that has been heavily polluted by years of industry. As restorative effors are underway, a new culture center about the area is proposed. As the name suggests, the project is desgined to be a simulacrum of its landscape context. Two roads go through the site north-south while the shore into the lake is on the west with a marshland to the east. What became an important priority was that the elements that become the built environment should understand the natural tectonics of water, trees, landform, as well as the human body’s relationship to that context.
The site is prone to floods that rise up to 3’ above ground level, but instead of blocking the water, the idea is that the water is naturally brought in as a material texture of the site, creating boundaries and habitats that relates to the human scale, like how a marshland has divits and basins as well as mounds that stay above water.
Onondaga Lake Culture Center, Syracuse NY Instructor: Bess Krietemeyer ARC208 - S20
The east side of the site also has a view to a marshland forest, which provided the vocabulary for not only the landform, but the structure and inhabitable spaces. On the ground, the scattering of trunks and columns create spatial depth and freedom in movement, whereas the canopies above all cluster, but never overlap for equal sunlight gain, to create a series of interlocking volumes that is occupiable as a cantilever. The strucutre is a built representation of a tree, where a trunk runs through the height of the tree and branches extent radially to support the canopy, which is translated into crossframes at the bottom and top of the building. An interesting design preface is that the formal logic of the canopy and the ground is different since in nature, the logics of a canopy and landform have little direct influence on one another in their formation.
Above: North-Eastern Floodplain during Winter Below: Simulacrum Diagram
lake/floodplain foliage tree trunk
water/ground canopy and light structure
basin/pool cantilever column
CHANGES OF LAKE SURFACE ELEVATION 366.0 (ft.)
365.0
364.0
363.0
362.0 Jan 2018
May 2018
Sep 2018
Dec 2018
AATD
bicycle
1-1500
car
1501-4000
rowing
4001-10000
canal
10001-25000
bus
25001-75000 75001-300000
train
recreational residential public/services
366.0 ft 10 Jan ‘18
365.0 ft 5 Dec ‘18 364.0 ft 15 Mar ‘18 363.5 ft 13 Apr ‘18
Pages from Junya Ishigami’s Another Scale of Architecture
Conceptual Interations of ‘Canopy’ Arrangement
arti-scape
arc208 krietemeyer
27 february 2020
massing
flooding
mirror
tree canopy
program / circulation
resultant
Above: Developement Diagrams Right: Axonometrics (Tectonic Chunk and Composition) 366.0 ft 10 Jan ‘18
cross-frame
cross-frame
366.0 ft 10 Jan ‘18
m / circulation
roof membrane
insulation
floor plate
resultant
mirror pan
cross-frame (upper)
cross-frame (lower)
elevated p
366.0 ft 10 Jan ‘18
insulation
insulation
stilts for cross-frames
mirror panels 365.0 ft 5 Dec ‘18
roof panel
elevated platform
364.0 ft 15 Mar ‘18
365.0 ft 5 Dec ‘18
retaining column
363.5 ft 13 Apr ‘18
floor plate
cross-frame (upper)
channel
364.0 ft 15 Mar ‘18
cross-frame (lower)
rainwater c
363.5 ft 13 Apr ‘18
insulation
mirror panels
1:50 site plan (flooded)
program axon
systems
stilts for cross-frames
channel
elevated platform
1:50 site plan (flooded)
rainwater collection
program axon
systems
pin lighting
ventilation
retaining column
strip lighting frosted mesh
flooded section
elevated platform
Level 2
Level 1
Concept Illustration of Flooding
ti-scape
arc208 krietemeyer
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nicholas chung
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1/8” = 1’-0”
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1/8” = 1’-0”
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1/8” = 1’-0”
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Concept Illustration of Continuous Woodland
arti-scape arti-scape
arc208 krietemeyer 27 february 2020 arc208 krietemeyer 27 february 2020
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1. conference room conference 2. cafe room cafe 3. broom closet / storage
broom closet /room storage 4. reading reading room 5. administration / archive administration archive 6. hands-on/learning hands-on learning 7. exhibition space
exhibition spacespace 8. reception reception space 9. vertical circulation
vertical circulation 10. gallery 10. gallery 11. restroom 11. restroom 12. storage / backstage 12. storage / backstage
1/16” = 1’-0” | level 2 plan 1/16” = 1’-0” | level 2 plan
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13. amphitheater 13. amphitheater 14. aquatic animal habitat 14. aquatic animal platform habitat 15. elevated 15. elevated platform 16. basin 16. basin 17. artificial shore
17. artificial shore 18. water pavillion / filter 18. water pavillionplantation / filter habitat 19. aquatic 19. aquatic plantation habitat 20. greenhouse 20. greenhouse 21. lobby / vertical circulation 21. lobby / vertical circulation
1/16” = 1’-0” | level 1 plan 1/16” = 1’-0” | level 1 plan
ground control
The key design motivations are firstly preserving the natural quality of the site, namely the greenery and the view, and secondly, establishing programatic distinction, which is achieved by the rotational zoning method learnt from Peter Eisenman’s House IV. The two resultant forms, perpendicular and rotated, ironically deploy their inverse logics. The space for living is a 90-degree shell housing a 45-degree logic while the opposite is true for the studio and exhibition spaces. Both spatial narratives focus on bringing the occupants closer to nature, specifically the double-story framed views of the lake, which are volumetrically more viscous to instigate the drama of the site. The two volumes intersect in the rear linchpin zone for vertical circulation. The circumabulation takes place around a glass prisim that opens up to the earth and sky, meaning that the plantation and climate of the exterior can exist within the house, further integrating the outside inside.
Private Residence Instructor: Greg Corso ARC107 - F18
etemeyer
mesptrophic section
Instructor: Bess Krietemeyer ARC208 - S20
Green Lakes is a mesotrophic lake near Syracuse University. Its depth is a result of glacial retreat and its steep surround topography prevents vertical mixing of water, allowing a range of prehistoric and unique biological conditions to exist. At the level of the lake is a jogging path and on its side is a 30 feet slope that runs approximately 20 feet. At the top of the first slope is a plateau where a current reserve shelter sits. Beyond the shelter is gentle slope that rises approximately 20 feet to the camping grounds above. The State of New York has been proposing that the current reserve shelter is to be replaced by a learning center for young children on the 30-feet-level, which is accessible by car.
bar
perceptual void
hor plazas
site plan
erior enclosures
ulation
ws
Green Lakes Reserve Shelter and Learning Center
elevation perspective
The proposed project aims to firstly create new additional spaces for social activities as well as leveraging the three sectional conditions of the site. The experience of the body at different depths and at different positions to the earth can drastically affect variables of comfort, light, movement, and concentration. The main enclosed spaces are in a bar set at an oblique angle into the earth, thereby creating a zone that is embedded and introverted, a zone that is at the surface of the plateau, and a zone that cantilevers out of the earth. Figural voids then go through the three zones perpendicular to the bar and the lake to suggest a visual reciprocity between the depth of different spaces. Materiality also contributes to sustain a linear consistency, directing the movement of people as well as differentiating respective frameworks at play. The spaces set into the earth provide a more quiet and contemplative experience whereas the spaces close to the lake provide open spaces that facilitate movement and activity. The front terrace is geometrically radiating outwards whereas the rear ‘anchor point’ balances the socializing conditions by curating specific slices of views that intersect on the perceptual void perpendicular to the lake. These open and enclosed spaces alternate, creating a circulation of continuous compression into program and expansion into site, allowing interior and exterior to be clearly defined, yet mutually responsive.
Mesotrophic Lake
nicholas chung | ARC208 | Krietemeyer
exposed
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compression
[lake] 3. anchor plazas
1. the bar
5. circulation
4. interior enclosures
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[ground]
release embedded
site p exposed compression
[lake]
[lake] 1. the bar
4. interior enclosures
2. the perceptual void
6. views
5. circulation
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PART 1: the bar | isometric
release
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[lake] 2. the perceptual void
3. anchor plazas
3. anchor plazas
The juxtaposition of open and enclosed spaces create a pressure gradient 4. interior ofenclosures compression and release to instigate movement
6. views
A perceptually release continuous volume (blue) goes through the bar to intensify linear quality of traversing down the bar
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6. views
5. circulation
Bar is devided into 3 types of spaces: - open air (yellow) - reserve shelter (green) - learning center (red)
The open spaces are connected to the exterior sequences that gradually bring people down to the bar. They also offer an opportunity for natural light to enter the spaces. These courtyards become less and less radially expansive moving backwards to reflect the more introver ted/introspec tives spaces of the learning center, suggesting a more quiet or contemplative mood
elevation perspec site plan
site plan
compression 4. interior enclosures
PART 2: the hinge | isometric
5. circulation
release elevation perspective
enclosure
ledge
compression
5. circulation
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6. views
ramp
elevation perspective
bar
SE void 6. views
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intersection
delaminated
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Early Concept Model
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longitudinal section: the bar longitudinal section: the bar
longitudinal longitudinal section: section: the the bar bar
longitudinal section: the void longitudinal section: the void
longitudinal longitudinal section: section: the the void void
Iterative Model
nicholas chung | ARC208 | Krietemeyer