Architecture Portfolio
Narongsak Chhuoy
Architectural Design | Selected Work | 2023-2024
Resume
Name and Contact:
Narongsak Chhuoy
Email : chhouynarongsak@gmail.com | nasak@uw.edu
Phone : (206) 915-2068
LinkedIn : Narongsak Chhuoy
Employment and Volunteer Experience:
2021-Present | Barista at The MARKET SEATTLE
- I currently work as Barista in the only Eastern style seafood restaurant in Seattle.
- My tasks involve not only making coffee but also working on other responsibilities such as organizing, cleanings, and hospitality.
- I also helping with the marketing team when it come to creating graphics or posters for the restaurant.
2018-2019 | Waiter at Thai on One Restaurant
- I worked as a waiter in Thai restaurant during summer of 2018 to Autumn 2019.
- This job expose me to the hospitality industries for the first time and it allow me to practice my social interaction, organization, and coordinate skill within the professional realm.
2017-2019 | Teacher Assistant at Rainier Beach Highschool
- I worked as personal assistant for my teacher (IB Sport & Medicine) which involved tasks such as preparations for science experiments, coordinating with other science teachers when we had a joint classes session, and explaining the procedure before the experiment began.
2017-2019 | Ceramic Teacher Assistant at Rainier Beach Highschool
- I also worked as student assiatant for Ceramics class as well. I usually task with organizing classroom after class, preparing artist materials, paints, clays, and managing finish works into shelf.
Education:
2019-2025 | University of Washington, Seattle
- B.A. in Architectural Design
- Minor in Landscape Architecture
- Cumulative GPA: 3.6
- UW Dean’s List: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
2017-2019 | Rainier Beach High School, Seattle
- Cumulative GPA: 3.75
- International Baccalaureate Program (IB)
- Senior Award: Seal of Biliteracy
- Senior Award: Best Sculptures
Community Involement:
2024 | Member of AIAS (American Institute of Architecture Students)
- Fulltime member within the mentor program of UW AIAS
- Helping and assisting incoming students who trying to get into the Architecture/ Architectural Design Major Program at UW
- Offering advices, skillsets, porfolios, and analysis drawing skills.
Skills and Interest:
- Skills:
- Rhino 7
- Revit
- Enscape
- Adobe Suit
- Autodesk Forma
- Architectural Drawings
- Interest:
- Sustainable Design & Stratergies
- Affordable Housing
- Alternative Urban Planning & Design
- Languages:
- Cambodian
- English
Selected Works
Re:Connected Home
Farnsworth Sculpture Sanctuary
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Seattle, WA
Plano, IL
FUBECHI
Seattle,
The Ceramic Corridor
Seattle, WA Seattle, WA
Neighborhood Fire Station Seattle, WA
Re:Connected Home
Course: ARCH 401 W24
Professor: Elizabeth Golden
Project: Home
Location: University District, Seattle, WA
Software: Rhino 7, Photoshop, Illustrator, Enscape
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
Lobby and Dinning Area
Farnsworth Sculpture Sanctuary
Course: ARCH 400 F23
Professor: Jim Nicholls
Project: A Refuge for Edith
Location: Kendall County, Plano, IL
Software: Rhino 7, Photoshop, Illustrator
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
Filling Mass + Compostion
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
Software: Rhino 7, Photoshop, Illustrator, Enscape, Procreate
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 2nd
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
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
Software: Rhino 7, Photoshop, Illustrator, Enscape, Procreate
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.
Concept Manifestation
Interior Spatial Concept
Building Elements
Reception
Welcome
Glasses Roof
Ramp Walkways
Central Walkway Reception
Reception Area
Central Galleries
Neighborhood Fire Station
Course: ARCH 487 F24
Professor: Casey Riske, Chris Grammens
Project: Building Model + Documentation
Location: Bothell, Seattle, WA
Project Partners: Alex Huynh, Eli Hollon
Software: Autodesk Revit
This project involve creating fire station on a site of land with existing building sit next to it. Program include 7,000 SF of usable space, minimum of 2 floors, and include 1 elevator and 2 stairs for egress.
In this project, my job revolve around creating plans and section, developing skill foundation in Revit through the design and documentation of a Fire Station and its context. As a team, we coordinate on building programs and design layout as well as shared responsibility on building structure.
We were tasked to create custom families on Revit families for usage in this fire station as well.
Custom Families
Thank You!
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