Protagonists of Architecture | UPenn Portfolio 2020

MAY 2020

PROTAGONISTS OF ARCHITECTURE THE 2020 KANTER TRITSCH PRIZE

Cover image made in collaboration with M. Green & P. Shelton for the ACADIA 2021.

PROTAGONISTS OF ARCHITECTURE THE 2020 KANTER TRITSCH PRIZE

SYNOPSIS

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y affair with architecture is not rooted in pleasing forms or dramatic cantilevers, but rather in its drawings. I love it when lines on a page describe an inhabitable space, an atmosphere we can feel, or a material we can almost touch. Like Mario J. Romañach said, “ ” Drawings can represent the world not as it is now, but for what it ought image consumption, I can imagine what it would be like if people outside of the design community could love and relate to drawings the same way we relate to the characters in a screenplay.

In this portfolio, drawings are the protagonists of architecture. Engaging with your imagination is their purpose. They will align your goals with theirs as you slowly suspend your judgment of the world around you. Across containers, and overcoming boundaries concerning urban natures, shared housing, historical artifacts, and the changing environment. This visual journey will seduce authenticity to the precedent of architecture, a nearly three-dimensional sense of something emergent and these drawings will exhaust their powers to achieve their personal goals. Watch them design fantastic futures for us in a time when we feel that we may not be able to. Presenting you, the Protagonists of Architecture.

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Postured Natures A C U LT U R E C E N T E R I N Q U E E N S

Living Continuity THE MOSCOW ROUNDH AUS

Accessing Artifacts THE PENN MUSEUM ARCHIVE

Inked Memories AN I N K M AR K E T FO R M AN AYU N K

Seams & Fissures BEYOND DRAWING TECHNIQUES

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Postured Natures A C U LT U R E C E N T E R I N Q U E E N S

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a suite of rooms with aligning doorways. To us, it

Socrates Park: Posture as a means to engage the site’s

CORE 6 02 : CUBOIDS & CYLINDS Instructed by S. Kim Collaboration with M. Kohman Selected for Pressing Matters IX (2020)

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POSTURED NATURES

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CHONK CHOISY (LEFT) / ENFILADE CHOISY (ABOVE) FOLDING THE ENFILADE

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MODEL PHOTO (ABOVE) / CHARACTER SECTION (RIGHT) BETWEEN THE CURATED + THE WILD

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SITE PLAN (LEFT) / AERIAL VIEW (ABOVE) BLACK BOX THEATERS EMBEDDED IN A NATURAL URBANITY

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MULTI-ROOM VIEW (ABOVE) / PARTITION SCHEDULE (RIGHT) ENFILADES AND DETAILS EVOLVING OVER TIME

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ENTR’ACTE

FROM VISUAL STUDIES III ENTR’ACTE I: A REFLECTIVE CEILING PLAN

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Living Continuity THE MOSCOW ROUNDH AUS

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he Roundhaus emerges from its modern ruin in 2039

CORE 6 01 : LIFE IN THE CIRCLE

Selected for Pressing Matters IX (2020) Selected for UNDER PRESSURE on Urban Housing (2021)

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LIVING CONTINUITY

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ELEVATED FACADE VIEW (LEFT) / GROUP SITE PLAN (ABOVE) APPROACHING AND EXTENDING THE CIRCLE

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GROUND LEVEL VIEW (ABOVE) / ELEVATED ALLEY VIEW (RIGHT) WINDOWS INTO PERSONAL STORIES

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ANALYTIQUE ELEVATION (LEFT) / MASSING (ABOVE) EXUBERANT OBJECTS OPENING THE CIRCLE

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CHUNK (ABOVE) / MID-LEVEL PLAN (RIGHT) DUPLEX UNITS AND SHARED ROOMS

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SHARED ROOM INTERIOR (LEFT) / RESIDENT PORTRAIT (ABOVE) THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENCE

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FROM VISUAL STUDIES I ENTR’ACTE II: AN ARTIFACT-ALTERED CASA MILÀ BY ANTONI GAUDÍ

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CHAPTER III

Accessing Arifacts THE PENN MUSEUM ARCHIVE

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reference to a visitor or researchers means of access. The

FOUNDATION

501 : WITHDRAWN GATEWAY

Instructed by A. Saunders Exhibited in the Penn Museum (2018) Featured in Pressing Matters VIII (2019) Featued in SuckerPUNCH Daily (2019) Featured in Babble Magazine Exhibition (2019) Exhibited at the Philadelphia Center for Architecture (2020)

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ACCESSING ARTIFACTS

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INSTRUMENTS OF CULTURE

DESIGN + FABRICATION PROCESS (LEFT) / PENN MUSEUM INSTALLATION (ABOVE) RE-POSTURING THE VISITOR AND THE ARTIFACT

museum’s visitor.

Collaboration with C. Katzelnick, H. Lin, and M, Ai. Photo by H. Wu

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ARTIFACT SILHOUETTE (ABOVE) / MUSEUM CHOISY (RIGHT) AN ARTIFACT COSMOLOGY WITHDRAWN FROM ACCESS

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ACCESSING ARTIFACTS

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COURTYARD PLAN + SECTION (LEFT) / ANCIENT ARTIFACT (ABOVE) ARTIFACT VOID AS THE RESEARCH CHAMBER

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ACCESSING ARTIFACTS

UPPER COURTYARD VIEW (ABOVE) / LOWER COURTYARD VIEW (RIGHT) ALTERED CORNERS + GLIMPSES OF MATERIALITY

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ENTR’ACTE

FROM THE SPECULECTIONS COLLABORATIVE ENTR’ACTE III: A BAY WINDOW IN PHILADELPHIA

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Inked Memories AN I N K M AR K E T FO R M AN AYU N K

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of our surroundings.

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Instructed by B. De Luna Selected for Pressing Matters VIII (2019) Featured in Babble Magazine (2020)

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ANALYTICAL MAPS OF PHILADELPHIA (LEFT) / MAPPING TESTS (ABOVE) MAPPING CITY ADJACENCIES + TESTING DISPLACEMENT TECHNIQUES

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INKED MEMORIES

CLOSE-UP VIEW FROM WATER (ABOVE) / ISOMETRIC CUTAWAY (RIGHT) A FLOODED PUBLIC SPACE ALTERED WITH LIQUID AURORA

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INK FACTORY CHOISY (LEFT) / NIGHT VIEW OF PUBLIC PIER (ABOVE) INNER WORKINGS OF THE INK MARKET AND ITS MIDNIGHT SPLENDOR

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FROM THE MEYERSON BASEMENT COMPETITION ENTR’ACTE IV: A MULTI-VIEW LAYOUT

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SEMINARS: ARCHITECTURAL INNOVATION, ARCHITECTURE & THE NEW ELEGANCE Instructed by A. Rahim & H. Jamelle Collaboration with K. Hohenstein, M. Zmich, M.J. Fuentes Selected for Architectural Design (AD) Magazine Issue: IMPACT (2020)

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FACADE MODEL PHOTO (LEFT) / SEAM DIAGRAM (ABOVE) BESPOKE FIGURES BECOMING FACADE DETAILS

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FISSURE LOGIC DIAGRAM (ABOVE) / ISOMETRIC ELEVATION (RIGHT) THE SEAMS OF A FACADE BECOMING A FISSURED LANDSCAPE

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FINALE

FROM POSTURED NATURES FINALE: AN ENFILADE CHOISY

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CHARACTERS

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

I. POSTURED NATURES Chonk Axonometic Site Plan Partition Schedule Site Section

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II. LIVING CONTINUITY Roundhaus Circle Plan Mid-level Plan ENTR’ACTE II: An Artifact-Altered Casa Mila III. ACCESSING ARTIFACTS Unrolled Surface Diagrams Black Contour Silhouette Archive Addition Choisy Courtyard Plan & Section ENTR’ACTE III: A Bay Window in Philly IV. INKED MEMORIES Analytical Maps Isometric Cutaway Market Choisy ENTR’ACTE IV: A Multi-View Layout V. SEAMS & FISSURES Euclidean Detail Analysis Fizzing Depth Diagram

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PROTAGONISTS OF ARCHITECTURE

The PROTAGONISTS OF ARCHITECTURE is a volume of selected works made possible thanks to my mother, instructors, and the the Weitzman School of Design.

MAY 2020

PROTAGONISTS OF ARCHITECTURE The 2020 Kanter Tritsch Prize in Energy & Architectural Innovation University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design