Nathan Kim Architecture Portfolio by Nathan Kim

NATHAN KIM

B.AS|M.ARCH (PROF)

C.V / PORTFOLIO OF SELECTED CREATIVE WORKS 2011 - 2016

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Yang Hou (Nathan) Kim 19/03/1993 Kiwi since 2001

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nathankimarchitecture@gmail.com 021 0357 900 I am a graduate of the Master of Architecture programme at Victoria University. My passion for architecture has been growing since I was a child as I believe those in the profession are directly responsible for creating the beauty of the cities we live in. Being a hard working individual and an enthusiastic team player who pays extra attention to detail, I hope to feed my passion by making my mark and contributing to this beauty one day.

EMPLOYMENT December 2014 - March 2015 Engage NZ Promotions Consultant, Christchurch & Wellington Presentation, Communication, Customer Service July 2014 - November 2014 Victoria University Tutor, Wellington Leadership, Decision Making, Communication, Teaching November 2013 - February 2014 Noel Leeming Sales Consultant, Christchurch Presentation, Customer Service, Marketing, Tech Skills & Knowledge November 2012 - February 2013 DreamNZ Tours Administrative Assistant, Christchurch Bilingual Communication, Customer Service, Admin & Accounts

EDucation February 2014 - April 2016 (Pending) M.Arch (Prof), Victoria University of Wellington Postgraduate School, Wellington February 2011 - November 2013 B.AS, Victoria University of Wellington Architecture Major, Wellington January 2006 - December 2010 Burnside High School, Christchurch

Certifications and Awards May 2016 Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 Training Certificate, Wellington November 2014 FGC Safe-in-Store Qualification, Christchurch April 2011 NZQA New Zealand Graphics Scholarship, Christchurch

Publications and exhibitions 2015 Public Space Event Space Thesis research conceptual phase published in SANNZ Journal #2, Wellington 2015 Various Various personal works selected as exemplary resources for VUW School of Architecture academic use and lecture material, Wellington 2013 The Connect Project Urban Design proposal for Upper Hutt City selected for exhibition at Upper Hutt City Council, Wellington 2012 Animal Folly Architectural Folly proposal for Cobblestone Park displayed for VUW School of Architecture Top Works exhibition, Wellington

SOFTWARE SKILLS Many years of experience in: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, SketchUp Pro, Autodesk Flow Design, Autodesk 3DSMax, Autodesk Revit, Microsoft Office

Area’s of interest and specialisation Sports and Recreation Building Design, Public and Civic Architecture, Residential Architecture, Commercial Architecture, Urban Design, Interior Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Space Planning, Graphic Design, Model Making & Craft, Rendering & 3D Visualisation, Client Interaction

Other Achievements & Involvement 2015 - 2016 Director/Leader of “Creative Crew” volunteer mentoring programme, Wellington 2011 - 2015 Strong grade record at tertiary level, particularly in the major architectural design papers achieving straight A’s to date, Wellington 2010 Burnside High School Graduation Diploma Awarded with Distinction, Christchurch 2009 - 2010 Level 2 & 3 Excellence Award First in NCEA Graphics awarded two years running, Christchurch 2010 Senior Prefect of Burnside High School, Christchurch 2008 Canterbury Basketball Association Referee Qualification Received, Christchurch 2006 - 2010 Burnside High School Basketball Team Member, Christchurch

Referees Happy to provide on request

The following are selected image excerpts of a small selection of the many projects I have conducted since 2011. Please do not hesitate to contact me to request more information and/or images of a particular project or of a project not shown in this portfolio. The images presented in this portfolio have been compressed considerably for the purpose of ease of distribution. Consequently, images may appear fuzzy and low in quality. Original resolution images can be presented on request. - Nathan

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Egmont Square

Capital Junction

Te Koki

Te Tahi Wahanga

Light of Resilience

Public Space Event Space

Construction Drawings

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egmont square: Heritage project A REDESIGN OF 27 DIXON STREET, WELLINGTON NZ

Project Commencement: June 2015 Under Tutelage of: Phil Mark Project Coordinator: Simon Twose Programmes: Residential Apartments Retail Rental Car Public Square

his heritage centric design project investigates scenarios in the near future where the expected urban land scarcity of major urban environments hinders the growth of cities. In such cases, the city must exhaust every possible option for development which inevitably includes considering the option of developing on sensitive heritage sites. In order to justify the urban activation and intensification of what has previously been an untouched

heritage site, this design-led research proposes an architectural strategy that attempts to answer the questions: How can architecture revive and celebrate the history of a site to create a respectful dialogue between the past, present and future? How can this architecture take the form of a new built intervention that works to benefit the heritage values of the site rather than parasitically diminish it?

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Conceptual Diagrams

Reviving the ‘publicness’ that activated the site in the 1900’s from theatre, to general goods and community retail. Meanwhile, retaining the rental car programme as a tribute of what occupied the space before the current building was constructed. A rental car programme defines the building to this date. Retaining and enhancing the 1960’s international style modernist aesthetic. Establishing the stance that this existing building acts as a rare remnant of what was a very tasteful era within the context of the site.

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Constructing an addition to the existing building in the form of a residential block in anticipation of the future growth of Wellington. Activating the site by emphasizing through design, a strong public focus. On one end of the spectrum, it may be functionally and programatically more efficient to totally reinstate a new intervention that has no connection to the sites history. On the other hand, not acknowledging heritage can have adverse effects on the environments sense of place. Based off literature articles, this analysis examines three points within the spectrum of heritage debate and recontextualises the findings into the specific site of Courtenay Precinct.

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Physical Model Elevation

Physical Model Close-Up

AN ARTISTIC SPECTACLE

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AN EXCITING PUBLIC SQUARE

Physical Model Birdseye View

Main interior perspective

Capital Junction STATION A LIGHT RAIL STATION FOR CAMBRIDGE TERRACE, WELLINGTON NZ

Project Commencement: July 2012 Under Tutelage of: Guy Marriage Project Coordinator: Martin Hanley Programmes: Light Rail Station Cafe Retail Space Public Boulevard

ellington’s Capital Junction transport hub explores through architectural design, the possibility of a light rail station to improve public transport and urban movement in Wellington. This proposal works to satisfy the primary objective of reviving the lost potential in public transport and public life of Cambridge Terrace through the programme of a much anticipated light rail station that complements a future boulevard landscape stretch installment - Providing a vibrant community environment worthy of the gateway road into Wellington’s exciting

urban context. Making Cambridge and Kent Terrace the destination, not the corridor. The conceptual design was derived from communicating an iconic, ‘construction-inprogress’ appearance to create a landmark building for Wellington that symbolises the future growth and construction of the city’s architecture and infrastructure. The exposed timber framing works to deliver this message which portrays a raw, almost unfinished construction look while adding an aesthetic sense of sculpture that is fitting for the Wellington cultural scene.

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View from Cambridge Terrace

View up the boulevard

ACCESSIBILITY The intervention is designed to go hand-in-hand with a boulevard landscape design that stretches down the middle island between Cambridge Terrace and Kent Terrace. This drives public life into the site and allows for pedestrian friendly access to the station. Strategically placed crossing points onto the boulevard are accounted for to privide safe nodes of access for occupants.

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View of the Cafe

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A boutique style cafe is programmed for the upper floor of the station which allows for convenient access to food and drink for patrons waiting for their trains. It also acts as a destination retail space as customers are provided with elevated views of Mt. Victoria . It also acts as the resting point for pedestrians travelling from one end of Cambridge Terrace to the other. A sports store is also programmed into the site to complement the Basin Reserve sports park that is adjacent to the site.

Scheme elevation diagram

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Longitudinal Section A

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Section Perspective

Te Koki: NEW ZEALAND SCHOOL OF MUSIC

A NEW SCHOOL OF MUSIC CAMPUS ON GHUZNEE STREET, WELLINGTON NZ

Project Commencement: August 2013 Under Tutelage of: Brett Davidson Project Coordinator: Andrew Charleson Programmes: NZSM Campus Cafe

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e Koki is most simply translated as the ‘dawn chorus’. A feature of early Aotearoa - New Zealand was a vocal and melodic dawn chorus produced by an abundance of native birds that dwelt within its dense forests. To Maori the birds are te reo Tane, the voice of the God of the Forest, and from whom many instruments are also fashioned. Traditionally, Maori musicians listened daily to te koki, drawing inspiration from its cadences, melodies, harmonies and rhythms. The name Te Koki thus embodies Maori music learning in Aotearoa, and, in response to a request, was given to the NZSM to provide it with a distrinctive Aotearoa - New Zealand identity.”

The design for the new NZSM campus is primarily inspired from the Maori values the school reflects. By treating the current NZSM as the sole client, the final design works to represent them the way they wish to be represented to the public. Hence, the school’s Maori name “Te Koki” and the rich narrative behind it, influenced the coneptual driving of the building. Just as the kaiwhakatangitangi (Maori musicians) listen, admire and learn from Te Koki (dawn chorus of birds), the building works to allow the students and staff to listen, learn and admire the vast open and aesthetically grand atrium space.

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Upper Atrium Perspective

Ground Atrium Perspective

Auditorium Perspective

Common Area Perspective

Urban Sensitive Massing

The School of Music building is derived of primarily three structural systems tied together mainly by reinforced concrete slab roof and floor diaphragms. These systems are Steel Moment Frames, Eccentric K-Braced Frames, and Timber Truss Post and Beam members. The steel components act as the key structural elements that resist seismic and wind forces as well as contributing to resisting the gravity forces applied by dead loads and live loads that the building will endure. On the other hand, the timber members are essentially gravity resisting members that support the roof of the atrium area. Simplifying the seismic movement into two orthogonal directions, the moment frames are designed to resist horizontal forces in the x direction while the k-brace frames are designed to resist horizontal forces in the y direction. The primary members for the roof and floors are the beams from the steel frames. These will span primarily in the x direction to support the secondary beams that will subsequently span perpendicular to the primary members. Therefore, the flooring and roof will span in the x direction In terms of the transference of lateral loads down to the building foundations, the two contrasting systems are unitised by bracing components that secure the timber truss beams together. This will effectively work as a diaphragm and translate the horizontal movement that is felt in this location back into the steel structure to allow the building to move uniformly. This, in conjunction with the reinforced concrete slab roof and floor diaphragms, will allow lateral forces to travel horizontally across the roof and floors and ultimately down to the foundations through the columns of the steel frames and timber truss posts. Similarly, gravity forces will also travel down the columns of these frames to reach the foundations. The timber truss posts are of irregular profiles and do not follow a completely vertical load path. There are bends at obtuse angles for architectural purposes which are structurally dealt with by making each bend a rigid joint while it is pin jointed at ground level. In addition to this, each member is increased in depth by 15% based on a structural engineer consultation to adequately allow gravity forces to safely transfer down from the roof to the foundations. In terms of torsion, the building resists seismic rotation mainly through the moment frames and K braced frames. At ground plan, the centre of resistance (CoR) is estimated to be to the right of the centre of mass (CoR) which produces an e-value that causes the building to twist clockwise. Therefore, as the arrows show, the perimeter systems resist torsion by acting in the opposite direction. That is, in an anti clockwise manner. +

Structural Model Images

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Ghuznee Street Perspective

1. Main Atrium 2. Reception 3. Meeting Room 4. Cafe 5. Cafe Kitchens 6. Toilets 7. Staff Common Room 8. Offices 9. Large Teaching Room 10. Small Teaching Room 11. Tutorial/Practice Room 12. Recording Studio 13. Keyboard Labs 14. Postgrad Studio 15. Storage and Mainenance 16. Library 17. Computer Lab 18. Crush Space 19. Small Auditorium 20. Large Auditorium 21. Stage 22. Side/back Stages and Crew Area 23. Orchestra Pit 24. Dressing Room 25. Rehearsal Room 26. Workshop 27. Control Room 28. Student Common Area 29. Recording Studio

Floor Plans

External Close-Up

Te Tahi Wahanga: PLACE OF ONE A CULTURAL CENTRE FOR WAITANGI PARK, WELLINGTON NZ

Project Commencement: March 2013 Under Tutelage of: M. van Alphen Fyfe Project Coordinator: Peter Wood Programmes: Eatery Flexible Community Space Exhibition Space

he Te Tahi Wahanga Centre embodies an architectural design project exploring the relevance of the legal realm in the built environment. An architectural solution that parallels and experiments the issue of the stopping of Maori culture in the built environment due to land loss - attempting to answer the key question, what could the nation have looked like if Maori architecture had developed alongside the

western framework? Furthermore, using this as an opportunity to reestablish the identity of New Zealand not just as a bi-cultural country but a multicultural nation. That is, a response in the form of architecture to memorialize and acknowledge the loss of cultural development of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s native race in the built environment of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s multicultural community

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The intervention establishes the site of Waitangi Park to be a pivotal location of the Welington region which makes it suitable to accommodate something as significant as New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first cultural centre. The design incorporates three defining components to reflect a triangular form that points towards the three corners of the city - Extending the idea of bringing all to one place for social and racial harmony.

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The primary outdoor space that is created as a result demonstrates a very flexible public space that allows for a diverse range of cultural activities that engage the communities participation and interaction.

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Ultimately, three programmes surface from such form: a cultural food outlet hub; an international exhibition space and a flexible market space for further cultural promotion.

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Native NZ Timber Use

Eatery Food Court

External Perspective

light of resilience: Earthquake Museum AN EARTHQUAKE MUSEUM FOR THE WATERFRONT, WELLINGTON NZ

Project Commencement: June 2013 Under Tutelage of: Benjamin Jagersma Project Coordinator: Andrew Charleson Programmes: Museum Memorial Space Cafe Educational Spaces Offices

nspired by a victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal recount of the February 22nd earthquake, the Light of Resilience Earthquake Museum demonstrates a design that attempts to narrate what is seen by a person experiencing a devastating earthquake. The sense of time standing still and a feeling of permanence that the victim experiences as soon as the first shake happens goes hand-in-hand with the flurry of fast paced actions that follow immediately after as survivors try look out for one another - somewhat of an immediate resilience. That is to say,

the horrific act of an earthquake provides the canvas for the beauty of resilience among communities to project itself onto. Therefore, the idea of contrast that occurs during an earthquake is architecturalised through the museum where the binary oppositions of slow versus fast is paralled into a building. Allowing something as oppressive as strong monolithic structure and use of rich concrete to provide the canvas for the hopeful imagery of inhabitation, light and shadow to project itself onto.

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“Ask if it’s all worth it to host one game every four years and the answer’s obvious”

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RESEARCH THESIS: public space event space A HYBRID PUBLIC HUB / STADIUM FOR THE CBD, CHRISTCHURCH NZ

Project Commencement: March 2015 Under Supervision of: Dr Maibritt Pedersen Zari Thesis Submission: April 2016 Programmes: 35,000 Seat Rugby Stadium Offices Sports Complex Hotel Community Event Space

hen there is no formal event being held, which is majority of the time, the intervention will function as a highly active public hub. People can freely pass through and around the hub, including the inner turf space, to access a variety of public programmes that remain open throughout the year. Every single square meter of the intervention’s building footprint houses some sort of programme that the public can use and interact with which later transforms into stadium facilities for formal events.

Ultimately, the Peoples Public Hub of Christchurch works to enhance the public life of the city by providing an iconic, carfree and interactive public space within a strengthened pedestrian network. This, in conjunction with adding a range of commercial and recreational programmes, an outdoor movie area, and a flexible civic space to the city infrastructure, is anticipated to catalyse commerce, life and revitalisation for Christchurch.

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public space event space reimagining the stadium typology for a city in need of revitalisation

Like many stadiums across the world, New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sporting arenas demonstrate a sharply bipolar division of use and atmosphere. On event days, the stadium fulfils the entertainment needs of tens of thousands of the public at a time, as well as the potential millions it captivates through television. However, in stark contrast, when no event is held, the stadium lies dormant, usually completely sealed off to the public both architecturally and functionally. It resembles a desolate shell allowing no use to be made of the large chunk of prime urban fabric it resides on. With this, comes a clash of ideals: on one hand the stadium can be seen to conjure extraordinary levels of sporting atmosphere and community upliftment which in turn generates huge social

and economic benefits. On the other hand, it is more often than not a publicly inaccessible white elephant in all its monolithic rigidity. Because of this, the people of Christchurch are currently at odds with the proposal of a new 35,000-seat stadium to replace the quake-damaged AMI Stadium. This thesis uses the current politically focused stadium debate as an opportunity to reimagine the typology of stadia towards a hybrid adaptive public space that is invaluable to the city during its many non-event days. The design-led research establishes that Christchurch does indeed need to focus its resources on the revitalisation of its city centre. Where a traditional stadium may go against this objective, this thesis

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questions architectureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role in how a reinterpreted mixed-use stadium for Christchurch can be designed to actively catalyse revitalisation without compromising its ability to facilitate a top-tier sports event. By reconstructing the traditional stadium typology through an urban-design lens, this thesis proposes how such a typology can be researched by challenging existing models of mixed-use methods and incorporating strategies of permeability to blur the line between public and private. More importantly, tactics to incorporate kinetic and adaptive design gestures to allow a space to transform from a fully functioning stadium to a highly accessible public hub are investigated.

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o explore the aims and objectives of this thesis, the stadium was not to be seen as singular, standalone entity, but rather a part of a much larger working urban assemblage. Thus, the design tests and phases to date has researched stadium design from primarily an urban scale perspective. As such, the final design development sits harmoniously within its inner city context as illustrated by the following masterplan.

The intervention lies where CERA proposed the southern end of the East Frame to be. Consequently, CERAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s medium density housing scheme has been altered slightly by translating the southern housing units eastwards to make way for the intervention. In doing this, the intervention becomes a central pivot between the East Frame and the Retail Precinct while creating a sense of highly accessible legibility amongst the remaining city nodes such as the innovation 26

precinct and the bus interchange. Ultimately, it is argued that by designing the intervention for this location, the pedestrian network becomes strengthened and public life becomes enhanced. This urban scheme works to revitalise and activate the area as per the research aims. Of the delayed anchor projects, the stadium proposal to replace the irreparable AMI Stadium has been pushed back the furthest. The stadium attracted controversy from

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MASTERPLAN AXONOMETRIC LEGEND 1. Stadium Turf and Flexible Community Event Space - Council controlled modular turf configuration 2. Public Wing - Eatery complex, ground floor retail, commercial offices, multipurpose public sports centre 3. Grandstand Wing - Primary stadium seating, adaptive hotel rooms and corporate viewing suites 4. Entrance Wing - Formal stadium entrance, corporate stadium amenities, sports hall of fame museum 5. East Frame - Medium density housing, pedestrian path/park 6. Retail Precinct - Cashel Street pedestrian mall 7. Transport Hub - The Bus Interchange 8. Modular Turf Nursery - Greenhouse facilities 9. CTV Building Memorial - Architectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impression of memorial 10. Innovation Precinct - High Street professional sector 11. Latimer Square - Existing public green space 12. Housing Precinct - Relocated housing units from the East Frame

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the outset as its necessity during a transitional period for the city is, to this day, constantly questioned by the people of Christchurch. During the Super Rugby season, the temporary AMI stadium in Addington designed by Populous to provide a transitional home for the Crusaders, struggles to fill its 17,000 seats. This foreshadows the underutilisation of the permanent 35,000 seat stadium and renders the proposal as questionable during a time when resources

are limited. Due to this, what was meant to have been a 2017 occupancy date has been delayed multiple times with the current completion year anticipated to be 2025. With the debate becoming a highly political argument and more and more professionals and politicians voicing their opinion against the proposal, the very existence of a permanent home turf for Christchurchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prized Crusaders is becoming threatened. However, some, albeit a small 27

group, are acknowledging the importance of a stadium as a significant landmark to the Christchurch community. Rebuild journalist, John McCrone establishes that the absence of a stadium can negatively impact the sense of place that distinguishes Christchurch as a city of rugby culture. Recent literature conveys the importance of a home sports team to its city and how the stadium acts as the passive backdrop for community upliftment.

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Christ church can now secure top-tier events as the public hub is able to transform into an exclusive 35,000 seat stadium for concerts, conferences and rugby and football matches. What was usually a highly permeable and interactive public hub can, through transformative kinetic design techniques, adapt into a sealed and secure event space arena. This stadium provides all the relevant features and amenities that a world-class stadium demands such as corporate spaces, a functional concourse and various spectator amenities. The roofs of the public hub buildings essentially become the seating spaces while the public amphitheatre terracing and embankment can have temporary seating installed accordingly. Interior spaces are designed with adaptive multipurpose strategies to allow such things as hotel suites and office spaces to become corporate boxes, and café’s to become corporate amenities. The presence of a city stadium provides a home turf for the Crusaders while allowing Christchurch to become a viable host city to accommodate major events which will boost the city’s economy. 28

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7.5.4 Corporate Boxes

7.3.2 Memorial Hotel

7.3.3 Community Event Space

7.5.2 Stadium Turf

7.3.4 Permeable Public Wing

7.5.5 Fan Zones

7.3.5 Sports Museum

7.5.3 Corporate Amenities

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Exhibition Model Photographs

Various construction drawings FORMAL ARCHITECTURAL DOCUMENATION

Project Commencement: 2013 - 2015 Courses Coordinated by: Guy Marriage Mark Southcombe

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Egmont Square Project exhibited at Courtenay Central and displayed online Photo by Victoria University of Wellington. 2015.

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SAMPLE OF PERSONAL WORK SELECTED FOR ONLINE DISPLAY, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Selected Projects: Public Space Event Space Exhibtion Stage Public Space Event Space Conceptual Stage Egmont Square Final Exhibition

Public Space Event Space Project exhibited at Te Aro SOAD and displayed online Photo by Victoria University of Wellington. 2015.

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Public Space Event Space Conceptual Stage published in SANNZ Journal #2 Photo by Author. 2015.

Egmont Square Project exhibited at Courtenay Central and displayed online Photo by Victoria University of Wellington. 2015.

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nathankimarchitecture@gmail.com 021 0357 900