M.Arch Portfolio Prototype by NarongsakC.

Architecture Portfolio

Narongsak Chhuoy

Architectural Design | Selected Work | 2023-2024

Re:Connected Home

Farnsworth Sculpture Sanctuary

2 Seattle, WA Plano, IL

Seattle, WA

The Ceramic Corridor

FUBECHI Gallery 3

Re:Connected Home

Course: ARCH 401 W24

Professor: Elizabeth Golden Project: Home

Location: University District, Seattle, WA

This project explore and create an apartment complex for the existing and incoming students coming outside of the Seattle area and around the World and provide a home for them to connect.

Re:Connected Home aims to create a safe space for those who move out of their home into the Seattle area in search of their new “Home” with design intend to encourage “interconnection” and “fostering bond” between residents who reside in this complex and those from the surrounding communities, and ultimately helping them transition to better college life.

This apartment complex is a 3+1 apartment type and it will consist of different programs across the floors. At the ground floor, this building will offer a range of amenities such as a dining area where people can gather and eat, even cook with a dedicated kitchen unit. The living quarters and lounge area allow people to relax and socialize with a view toward the street. Bike storage, laundry room, and a central courtyard which could accommodate casual catering or different types of events.

Building Elevation

Central Courtyard Gym Area

Walkways Lobby and Dinning Area

Farnsworth Sculpture Sanctuary

Course: ARCH 400 F23

Professor: Jim Nicholls

Project: A Refuge for Edith

Location: Kendall County, Plano, IL

This project is the adaptive reuse of an icon of modernism, the Edith Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe. After Initial studies and interrogate the historic glass box typology from the perspective of current and near-future climate and cultural change, my proposal for the new Farnsworth House is a mini gallery of sculptures and garden.

It strives to introduce a vibrant and humanized elements and turned Farnsworth into “Sculpture Garden”, with added structure and grounds featuring pedestrian circulation through a park-like landscape inspired by Japanese Zen garden, with sculptures and outdoor gathering area hope that this will create a blueprint for a new and exciting development for the city of Plano.

Diagrams

Massing/Program Diagrams

Massing Diagram

Climate Adaptive System

Low E-Coat Glass

Steel Frames

Translucent Polycarbonate Panels

Movable Panel for Air Circulation

One major theme that we explored in the studio was how to make Farnsworth house more adapt to the 21st century climate phenomenon and my proposal for this was to integrate a double facade system for the house.

In Winter, the flap of the system closes and creates the air buffer zone which works as a barrier to heat loss. Sun-heated air contained in the cavity can heat spaces outside the glass, reducing the demand for indoor heating systems.

In Summer, the flap can be vented outside the building to mitigate solar gain and decrease the cooling load. Excess heat is drained with air density creating a circular motion that causes warmer air to escape. As the air temperature in the cavity rises, it is pushed out, bringing a slight breeze inside.

Studio/House Plan

Central Courtyard

Studio Interior

View from Walkway

Living Room View

FUBECHI Gallery

Course: ARCH 301 W23

Professor: Angela Yang, David Kagawa

Project: Georgetown Artist Collective

Location: Georgetown, Seattle, WA

Project Partners: Faith A. Fullerton, Jonathan Bechtol, Nicole Hibi

My proposal for the Georgetown artist Collective is a mini gallery, specifically for display sculptures. The aim of this proposal is to create spaces dedicated for sculpture artists to make and live within a single building while offering an experience of public access to the artist’s studio and exhibition area.

My driving concept for this project is inspired by the uniqueness of Georgetown as it accumulates many aspects from the past, the present and the future, and this project aims to capture that.

The project allows a variety of activities while connecting, spatially, with the dynamics of the surrounding neighbourhood, and this will create a blueprint for a new and exciting development into the city of Seattle.

Groundfloor Plan

1st Floor Plan

Courtyard View

Groundfloor Exhibition Space

Initial Concept Design

Collective Concept Exploration Model

Collective Mockup Model

Collective 1/4” Scale Model, Courtyard View

Collective 1/4” Scale Model, Building View

Collective 1/4” Scale Model with Nicole Hibi

1/4” Building Scale Model, Museum Boards + Woods

Gallery

Collective 1/16” Collective Site Context Scale Model

The Ceramic Corridor

Course: ARCH 302 SP23

Professor: Junichi Satoh, Matt Fujimoto, Elisa Renouard, Daniel D Stettler

Project: Leftover Spaces

Location: South Lake Union, Seattle, WA

The Ceramic Corridor propose a building that occupy the alleyway and turn it into center of art where ceramic artists and people could gather and display their creative mindset within the Neighbourhood of South Lake Union.

The Ceramic Corridor introduce vibrant and humanist elements into the communities of SLU and the city of Seattle which have been lost due to gentrification. It’s provide spaces for community to come together and engage, share, embrace their creative potential through ceramic art.