P E T E PA U E K S A KO N U n i v e r s i t y o f Vi r g i n i a
M.ARCH | CURRENT WORKS
PETE
PAUEKSAKON
www.petepauek.wixsite.com/atlasdesign
pp2dj@virginia.edu
Architecture is the intersection dialogue between my vision of the world and the built environments. It has never been static as I keep advancing my life and study. The projects selected represent two of my current interests in architecture. The first is how we architects, as the intellects of creativity, could make our discipline and industry catch up with the pace of external development, by critically integrating knowledges beyond architecture. The second is how we pursue the beauty of architecture, which I believe is a poetic moment when every concern has been composed harmoniously; it is even beyond the juxtaposition between content and form, order and intervention.
EDUCATION University of Virginia, M.Arch Path 2 | Aug 2020 - Current
NATIONALITY United States of America | 2009 - Current
Urban Design Certificate | 2023
Lived in Nashville, Knoxville, and Charlottesville
University of Tennessee, B.Arch | Sep 2014 - May 2019
Thailand | 1995 - 2009
NCDC Urban Design Seminar Program | Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
Lived in Bangkok for 10 years
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE StudioGang | Externship | Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
SKILLS SUMMARY 3D Modelling & 2D Draft | 2013 - 2021
Developed drawing developments of Mira Tower for Publication Part of StudioGang client and contractor remote meetings
3D modeling and 2D Drafting experience in conceptual and design development phases using Rhino3D and AutoCAD
Filament Tower | Project Assistant | May 2019 - June 2019
Adobe Suites | 2013 - 2021
Developed strategies for simulation of geometry, file fabrication,
Masterful use of photoshop, illustrator, lightroom, indesign compelling
representation, and project organization
graphics for graphic presentations
ARCH321 Digital Workflows | T.A. | Aug 2018 - Dec 2018
BIM | 2018 - 2020
Guided students using architectural softwares such as Rhino 3D,
Intermediate proficiency with building information tools using
Grasshopper, and Revit to develop workflows and representation
Rhino3D, Revit and AutoCAD workflows
UTK FABLAB | Woodshop Assistant | Sep 2017 - Aug 2018
Rendering | 2014 - 2021
Assisted students with laser cutter, 3D printers and fabrication
Proficient use of Photoshop, V-Ray, Lumion, and Twinmotion to
Task and development of work support from students and professors
develop visual narratives for architectural representation
ACHIEVEMENTS Undergraduate Awards, USA Regional Award | Sep 2019
PUBLICATION / EXHIBITION Filament Tower, Exhibit Columbus | Sep 2019
Selected Architecture Regional Award Winner out of 905 entries
Design development of Filament Tower pavilion
Attended sponsored trip to Dublin for presentation at Trinity College
2020 ACMA Awards for Composite Excellence
Tamayouz Inter-Graduation Awards Long List | July 2019
Study at KAFe | Aug 2019
Selected Graduation Project as part of 50 out of 908 entries
Competition submission for the Kaunas architecture festival
Sole Long List Graduation Project from USA
Project exhibited at Kaunas city center
UTK CoAD MaxMin Competition | Jan 2018
Towards Fibrous Architecture, UA Journals | Sep 2019
Winner of in house university Max Robinson competition addressing Diversity through Architectural Design
Initialized research of Fibrous Modularity project submission for Undergraduate Awards Journals of Publication
USA Lumion Student Competition | Dec 2016
Fibrous Modularity, Exhibit | Jun 2018
Second Place - out of 28 entrants
UTK CoAD demonstration of emerging Architecture Technologies
Proficient use of Lumion to produce animations in timely manner
Model exhibited at Gallery in Downtown Knoxville
LANGUAGES
INTERESTS
English
World Building | Concept Art | 3D Environments
Thai
Tennis | Biking | Hiking | Piano | Animation
CENTER OF INJUSTICE AND MEMORIAL A Place of Demonstration at Downtown Knoxville | 2019-Current
TESSELLATION Affordable Housing Complex Proposal at East Harlem | 2020
TRINITY TOWERS Three Interlocking Skyscrapers at Central Bangkok | 2018
FIBROUS MODULARITY Composite Materials Design Research and Pavilion Installation | 2018
FILAMENT TOWER Pavilion Installation at Exhibit Columbus | 2019
OTHER WORKS A Collection of Past and Current Speculative Projects
| 2016-Current
CENTER OF INJUSTICE AND MEMORIAL Project Type : Orchestration of Architecture Form and Function Project Year : Spring 2019 - Fall 2020 Category : Public Cultural Institution Role : Self Directed Project Site : Downtown Knoxville, Tennessee Intersections : The National Memorial for Peace and Justice by Mass Design Group
: World Trade Center Transit Hub by Santiago Calatrava
: Fibrous Modularity | Design as Modular Systems
: Alvorada Palace by Oscar Neimeyer
8 | MANIFESTO
“Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere” - Martin Luther King Jr.
What if Architecture can be a voice for public action? This proposal is to provide a neutral ground for public protest within the vicinity of Knoxville. The goal of having a designated space to freely voice the injustices upon government and society. The main area in the center composes of a grid that features spatial components with repetitions of arch ratio columns standing in an asymmetrical balance for each module space. The primary material is concrete and stone for its tactile ability to be weathered and enclose in the ground. While also free-form concrete is used to achieve the curvature of the roof and the flexibility of the columns. The public forum translates into a campaign by the hierarchy of spaces transitioning from one connected zone to another in an ascending and descending flow. It is a monument of reflectance, honor, and power for people voicing the injustices in the city. The architecture is a forum of inquiry by performing the overall layout of the site to situate through rectilinear forms within the landscape. The orientation of the Injustice Center aligns in axis with the memorial. Thus, the intervention establishes clear landmarks for the people congregating within the site to demonstrate their voice and reason for the injustice. The memorial consists of people with names who have been victims of systemic oppression. Their names are carved into each archway under the public forum to be honored and remembered.
PROCESS | 9
1. Grid System
2. Site Program
3. Spatial Massing
4. Heirarchy and Void
5. Programmatic Functions
6. Outdoor Garden
10 | SITE PLAN
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ART WALL
2
CORNER
3
PARK
The public interaction area allows for people or visitors to have an interplay between dialogue and expression. Upon the art wall, expression of voice can be visualized freely through different art interpretations such as murals or graffiti. Other public spaces such as parks are designed for gathering in mind for people to voice their point of view or dialogue.
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COURTYARD
5
GARDEN
6
FORUM
The public discourse continues within intermediate spaces. While inside the courtyard or the garden, the quality of spaces is highlighted by axes of architecture hierarchy and grand atmosphere. The forum is an openair amphitheater for people to gather and listen from different countless stories relating to inequality.
PLAN | 11
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RECEPTION
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GALLERIES
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SKY SHAFT
The artwork consists of human interpretations of injustice. Here they are presented in the gallery. By proposing to separate the area into three phases. Gallery one contains the art of oppression, gallery two hosts the art of injustice, and gallery three contains artworks and photographs of the inequality.
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STORAGE + BOH
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EVENT HALL
12
KITCHEN
The modularity contains openings for sunlight to come indirectly inside the event spaces. This allows for the best possible view within the most efficient space. The staff and storage areas are located near entrance points at the ends of the complex to facilitate the loading of supplies and for the storage of gallery items.
12 | SECTION | ELEVATION
ORCHESTRATION OF SPACES Similarly to an instrument, the role of space performs in conjunction with different scales of structural order. The performance of space creates a dialogue transition of movement between monumentality and past, present and memory.
AXONMETRIC | 13
HIERARCHY OF STRUCTURAL FUNCTION By following through the grid established from the site, the organization of hierarchy space is an apparatus of functions seamlessly associated with the contextualize scale of Landscape, Architecture, and interiority.
14 | DIAGRAM
Vestible
Arch Hallway
Bask Space Arch Entry
Arch Corridor
Arch Unit
Gallery Hall
Office Hall
Public Forum
MODULAR ARCH SYSTEM The modularity of arches creates individual patterns of repetition, defining each spatial condition in a clear hierarchy. Inside, the hallway uses longer arch spans for capturing the grand structure while the entrance vestibule benefits from a smaller span dividing and directing the corridor. These order of patterns are necessary for establishing harmonious alignment towards form and function.
PERSPECTIVES | 15
Courtyard Axis
Exterior Garden
Forum Theater
Forum Theater
Gallery Hall
Entrance Hall
Main Hallway
Event Hallway
TESSELLATION COMMUNITY Project Type : Affordable Housing Project Year : Fall 2020 Instructor : Matthew Jull Category : Advance Architecture Studio Role : Group Work (Partner : Lizzy Fentress) Site : Manhattanville, New York City Intersections : Sugar Hill Development by David Adjaye
: Tetris Apartments by OFIS Architects
: CLT Apartment Block by Generate
: La Tour Tower by 3XN
18 | SITE INTRO
The Studio Museum in Harlem.125th is a cultural hub for Manhattanville, and more specifically the intersection of 125th and Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard is home to multiple annual events as well as parade and protest routes. By being mindful of the already existing and thriving neighborhood culture, these strategies look to add to its context and give to its inhabitants. The project looks at different ways to approach the existing warehouse as well as different ways to build upwards. This site offers unique opportunity to soar with no height restriction. Although possible, the fundamental idea of constructing a high-rise was problematic for the older neighborhood the site is situated in. Instead, the project aimed ways to create moments of community within the space; a neighborhood within itself. This schemes represent that idea, while also bearing in mind the affordability of the construction. Geometries are kept simple to allow for repetitive units, which lowers costs. The warehouse in the back remains intact and is used for a stripped, industrial gallery space.
20 | PROGRAM MATRIX
1 UNIT
2 UNIT
3 UNIT
4 UNIT
FLOW
GALLERY SHARED
PUBLIC
Pixel
Linear
Castle
Hyper-Density
Perimeter Ver.1
Perimeter Ver.2
Perimeter Ver.3
Perimeter Ver.4
MASSING STRATEGIES PROGRAMMATIC FAR BLOCKS
MASSING | 21
The perimeter scheme allows for a large open courtyard to efficiently use the space for public interaction through a twenty-four-foot topography change from the southwest to the northeast side.
Massing Layout
Corner Interactive Programs
Circulation Cores
Unit / Access to Public Realm
The building is essentially a perimeter block
for a variety of ways to set up space for the
with a central single-core of units existing on
resident agencies. The aggregation of the units
the outer perimeter. The layout of the building
can be random at first, but each one that aligns
was made through the unit arrangement and
another unit leaves significant space for a three-
tessellation. Each square is its unit, ranging
foot-wide window to allow for more light into the
from one to four bedrooms, and composing one
space or for a better view down the street. This
type of each unit. In the aggregation typology,
means that smaller-sized units are placed next
the process is mirrored with each unit due to
to larger size units, which could allow for more
efficient construction costs from the number of
cross-cultural interactions between the residents
bedrooms, bathroom, and kitchen. While inside
because the aggregating from the units and plan
these units also have large living areas to allow
have shown to be advantageous for accessibility.
22 | PLANS / ELEVATION
Third Floor Plan
Ground Floor Plan
UNIT FLOW GALLERY SHARED PUBLIC
The courtyard offers both open air public space and a health and wellness program that is utilize in affordable housing strategies. This typology creates a dichotomy between the pure vernacular exterior of the block and the transformed courtyard. The transformed courtyard continues vertically to the central axis stairs at the end of the green courtyard as one rises to circulate above the sky courtyard.
UNIT PLANS | 23
UNIT A
UNIT B
One Bedroom
Two Bedroom
UNIT C
UNIT D
Three Bedroom
Four Bedroom
24 | PERSPECTIVES
Connector View
Gallery View
Amphitheater Seating View
Balconies View
Main Street View
Stair Access View
PERSPECTIVE | 25
White Christmas
TRINITY TOWERS Project Type : Geometric Architecture | Tower Paradigm Project Year : Spring 2018 - On going Concept Category : Personal Work Role : Self Directed Project Honors
: (2018) CTBUH Student Design Competition Submission
Intersections : Commerzbank Tower by Norman Forster
: Tencent Seafront Towers by NBBJ
: Huamu Lot 10 by KPF
Trinity Tower stands at the triangulate gateway facing Bangkok’s metropolis intersection of Ratchadapisek road. Where the scale of makeshift market stands, mid-rise mall plazas, and high rise financial centers are clumped together in an urban crammed density. The tower is positioned as a cultural mediator for the city, imparting the theme of wellness for the community as the headquarters of Thailand Ministry of Culture and Fine arts. The design centralizes themes of Thai culture upon Buddhism’s structure through the mind, body, and spirit. While standing at 832 feet, the tower is divided into three slender spires of functionalities while interconnected at three sky bridge areas. Within this integration, a balanced ratio of office spaces between public and private spaces offers a shared density of its users. As a vertical hub, the site is accommodated with a redeveloped sustainable park capitalizing on open space accommodation and underground parking. The structure also benefits the facade’s translucency creating an inside out addition to Bangkok’s skyline.
28 | PROGRAM MATRIX
MIND
BODY
SPIRIT
IDENTITY
Tile Pattern
03 03 03
Temple
Traditional Houses
Site Context
TRINITY PROGRAM Culturally, Thailand has many distinctions of “three” present in its art and architecture, which presents an opportunity upon the triangulate site. The theme of trinity becomes the convergence of connection with three programs mixing as an interconnected tower.
DIAGRAMS | 29
Site Lines
Massing
Formation
Division (A)
Division (B)
Division (C)
Structure
Program
Green Spaces
Frame Design (A)
Frame Design (B)
Frame Design (C)
ITERATIVE PROCESS These diagrams highlight vital decisions of the project design of how the triangulation and spatial division were accomplished. The tower design began as a site investigation of converging three intersecting corners which led to the concept of interconnected tri-centrality.
30 | SITE PLAN
FIELD FOR THE CITY VICINITY The design tries to provide park space by juxtaposing between the city grid and the triangular organization of the site. This community park center becomes a mediator zone of public space for people hosting wellness events or setting up night markets stand.
PERSPECTIVES | 31
GROUND CORE AXIS PLANE The ground plane directs the site centrality where three cores interconnect as one programmatic axis. This layout congregates people coming in and out of the center where mix-use amenities such as cafes and cultural centers present a unique intersection for Bangkok.
32 | CONCEPT PLANS
MIND
B.
A.
BODY
SPIRIT
C.
TRI-AXIS PLAN FORMATION The three triangular axes are created through each intersection midpoint connecting diagonally and equally across every three vertices’s. This geometry formation establishes the tower structure functionally while providing sleek views of Bangkok’s skyline at converging areas. The tower’s core also benefits from the straight forward organization of spaces, making it clear for users to navigate.
MAIN SECTION | 33
(SKYLINE VIEW) D.
(AMPHITHEATER) C.
(EXHIBITION) B.
(SKY DINING) A.
FIBROUS MODULARITY Project Type : Computational + Integrative Design Project Year : Spring 2018 Instructor : Marshall Padro Category : Advance Architecture Studio Role : Lead Group Work (Partners : Geng Liu, Paula Mejia) Honors
: (2018) UT CoAD Exhibition at Downtown Knoxville
: (2019) Global Undergraduate Awards Regional Award (USA and Canada)
: (2019) Selected Precedent Project for Installation at Exhibit Columbus
Intersection : ICD / ITKE Computation Design | Design as Modular Systems
The project focuses on design research utilizing principles of natural fiber composites in architecture applications. In this case, the research mimics the fibrous nature of bone to create multi-nodal modular components using glass fiber, resin and a novel winding process. The intention of the project was to create an adaptive fabrication system in order to create highly differentiated components from a simple process and a small kit of parts. The project employed a removable and reconfigurable frame to create two, three and four-node configurations onto which resin-impregnated glass fibers would be wound and cured. The development of the winding process enabled the fabrication of smooth composite surfaces with minimal material. The integrative design and fabrication process required both physical and digital modeling techniques to achieve a more streamlined understanding of the overall geometry. The project resulted in the design and fabrication of a small architectural pavilion. This demonstrator was comprised of twenty-two uniquely fabricated components assembled into a lightweight fiber composite structure.
STRUCTURAL FORMS
STRUCTURAL FORMS
36 | RESEARCH
M U LT I - N O DA L SYST E M S D E S I G N R E S E A R C H
Lattice
Divaricate
Tensile
Modular
Fibrous
Leaf
Branch
Web
Bone
Fiber
This research began with an assumption that filament materials came through the inspiration of biology and from the principals of fibrous tectonics. The study investigates material properties specific to modular component design, each establishing its unique surface. As the goal is to fabricate a system for the investigations of New Spatial Morphologies using bone structures. System Translation lattice-structure exo-skeleton
Modularity exo-skeleton
branch-structure
exo-skeleton lattice-structure
web-structure
branch-structure
web-structure
lattice-structure
branch-structure
Structure
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Multi-Nodal
Fabrication
Winding Methodology
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web-structure
STRUCTURAL FORMS
Component Workflow
Order
Direction
Tension
Compression
web-stru
STUDIES | 37 HAND SIZED X-RAY MORPHO-SPACE MODELS
Square Frame
Triangular Frame
Elipse Frame
Circular Frame
T-Shape (T1) Frame
T-Shape (T2) Frame
T-Shape (T3) Frame
Y-Shape Frame
Quad Twist (T1) Frame
Branch Shape (T1) Frame
Cross Shape Frame
Cross Twist Frame
Twist Frame
V-Shape Frame
Quad Shape (T2) Frame
Brach Shape (T2) Frame
38 | FABRICATION FA B R I CAT I O N C O N F I G U R AT I O N
Component Winding Technique
T-Shape Frame
T-Shape (45°)
Y-Shape (90°)
Y-Shape (60°)
Branch (90°)
Branch (60°)
X-Shape (90°)
X-Shape (45°)
Full-scale MockUp (2 Node)
Full-scale MockUp (3 Node)
COMPONENT CONSTRUCTION After the small scale model iterations, the morpho-space was achieved through seven key designs, which produced the highest degree of flexibility. These components were later tested with different winding techniques to capture the geometry of the frame entirely.
GENERATIVE | 39 D ES I G N A P P L I CAT I O N
A Collage of Components as a Kit of Parts
Kit of Parts
Enclosure
Bay
Assembly
Wall
Arch Unit
Iteration 1
Iteration 3
Iteration 5
Iteration 2
Iteration 4
Iteration 6
Digital Model Process Investigation
COMPONENT CONNECTION During this process, digital techniques were used for stimulating in understanding the overall holistic design. By translating the rigid curves through grasshopper allows the model to demonstrate cohesion along with the global geometry.
40 | DESIGN BUILD PAVILLION CONSTRUCTION
FABRICATION PROCESS
Frame Construct
Reusability
Joint Assembly
Hand Winding
Disassembly
Glass Fiber
MATERIALS
CONSTRUCTION
Fiber Tension
Volumetric Winding
Fiber Orientation
Resin Bath
Light Materiality
Cured Fibers
Transportability
Form Test 1
Form test 2
Form test 3
Global Geometry
Karamba Analysis
“KIT OF PARTS” INVESTIGATION
INTEGRATIVE DESIGN SPACE Removing the glass resinated fibers was achieved by having the straw washers applied with acetone for the threads to not stick on the frame. As it hardens, the structure was deconstructed by removing the screws. The component was later connected together by white zip ties capturing the overall pavilion.
FORMS | 41 CURED COMPONENT FORMS
Component 1&2
Component 3
Component 4
Component 6
Component 7
Component 8
Component 9
Component 10
Component 11
Component 12
Component 13
Component 14
Component 15
Component 16
Component 18
Component 19
Component 20
Component 21
Component 22
Component 17
Component 5
FILAMENT TOWER Project Type : Fabrication + Integratative Design Project Year : Spring 2019 Instructor : Marshall Padro Category : Advance Architecture Seminar Role : Lead Group Work (Partners : Geng Liu, Michael MckEver) Honors
: (2019) Selected Precedent Project for Exhibit Columbus
: (2020) ACMA Awards for Composites Excellence
Intersection : ICD / ITKE Computation Design | Design as Modular Systems : Proto Architecture | Architectural Systems in Nature
Featured Project Composite Manufacturing Magazine
Excellence Award American Composites Manufacturers Association
Featured Project 2019 Installation Exhibit Columbus
INTRO | 43
Exhibit Columbus Presentation
Course Team Members
Modularity Model Exhibited
Cholla Cactus Bio-Mimicry
Axis Demonstration
Design Morphology
Overall Plan Axis
Glass and Carbon FIber
Robotic Fabrication
Axonmetric
Cross Section
Group 3D model (Assisted)
This project was the next phase from the Fibrous Modularity investigation, where it became a full seminar course. Filament Tower explores the computational design and robotic fabrication of lightweight fiber composite structures for architectural applications. The course was part of a project under the guidance of Professor Marshall Padro to developed a filament tower for the Exhibit Columbus event in 2019. During the course, I developed the prototype frames and winding technique studies with my partners Geng Lui and Michael McKever to further explored fiber orientations for the Filament tower. Throughout the course, I was able to experienced workflows of digital fabrication and collaboration with peers undertaking a large-scale fabrication project. As part of the WInding group, I was task with developing computational strategies for simulation of complex geometry, file to fabrication, representation, and project organization.
44 | ROBOTICS 1 : 1 S CA L E W I N D I N G I N V EST I G AT I O N
After the Exhibit Columbus trip, the winding group was in charge of making coreless filament winding principles through the development of a lightweight composite prototype. My partner and I had to teach the seminar class team members the basic principle winding techniques and informed them about the taboos of working with resin. The other members were then able to wind and developed other design tests.
FABRICATION | 45 WINDING DEVELOPMENT
P.1
A. Prototyping
B. Layer Winding
C. Material Testing
D. Syntax Formation
3D Printed Component Frame Construct
E. Syntax Design
Poly-Curve Winding
P.3
Syntax Testing
F. Winding Analysis
G. Robotic Testing
H. Workflow Testing
I. Component Making
J. Wind Component
Full-Scale Design Winding
D E V E L O P M E N T
D I G I T A L
P.2
Preliminary Hand Winding Prototype Models
P H Y S I C A L
D E V E L O P M E N T
Grasshopper Component Generation
Syntax Augmentation
Integrative Component Workflow
Winding the Whole Component
Glass Fiber and Carbon Fiber Composite
WINDING DESIGN SPACE During this process, I used my winding expertise to find errors within the global component by testing small winding models. After several iterations, we developed a poly-curve syntax capable of winding both the frame’s three and four side nodes through a consistent design logic. Then it was used in the final robotic code to test for extremes curves axes in each component’s morphology.
46 | DESIGN BUILD
COMPOSITE FABRICATION CONSTRUCTION The base of the tower were made on the with carbon reinforced ABS plastic in partnership with ORNL Manufacturing Lab. The main tower is a 30-foot spire consists of 27 composite components, each weighing 20 pounds and measuring 3-8 feet in length. The project was then transported with each component and constructed at Columbus, Indiana, where it stands beside Eero Saarinen’s North Christian Church.
SECTION | 32
48 | SPECULATIVE PROJECT
Biodiversity
Mutualism
Habitat
Art
SPIRIT NEST Project Type : (Living Future) Speculation Project Year : Fall 2019 Category : Architecture Competition Role : Self Directed Project Honors
: 46th Nishin Kogyo International Design Competition Submission
Intersection : Design for Ecological Democracy by Randolph T. Hester
: Modular Dwelling Housing Concepts
: Primitive Future by Sou Fujimoto
Nature
IDEA | 49
Spirit Nest aims to set a precedent for our future living environments not to be a product from nature but rather “be nature” as part of our planet’s life cycle. The nest is a mutualistic living environment without the cost of nature. Instead, it features a bonus-shared ecosystem between humans and other species living together in harmony. Space is shared by having the outer shell capable of plant growth containing habitats for insects and animals alike. While the interior is primitively a micro-climate cave that values natural light, ventilation, and water for humans to live in well without impacting the environment. The shell is constructed artificially through a process of 3D printing biodegradable clay as the main structure then afterward covered by natural clay to achieve the smooth surfaces of a traditional rock mound. The program of the nest begins as a temple, to teach people a monastic way of life by coexisting with nature and recognizing the importance of living beside the spirit of our mother earth.
50 | SPECULATIVE PROJECT
KNIT DWELLINGS Project Type : Shared Housing Typology Project Year : Fall 2018 Category : Architecture Research Role : Self Directed Project Honors
: Shelter International Design Competition 2018 Submission
Intersections : “In Between” Japanese design concepts
: Housing concepts by Moshe Safdie
: Haus Gable by Jennifer Bonner
CONCEPT | 51
The project explores houses of families, neighbours, and friends, living together in one continuous community. Space is shared between each household to connect communal activities. For this project situation, it can be used in scenarios of large scale disasters where cities require quick housing needs for large numbers of people in small concentrated areas. Similarly to the Japanese Castle, there are different programs in each various estates. In this case, the housing complex is a checkerboard by having the housing (white) and communal (brown) connected by a transitional platform cutting through the entire complex. The material of these houses uses CLT for its quick premade construction. This housing concept serves as a place of living and sharing as one dwelling community.
52 | PAST PROJECTS
Project: AMAZON HQ 2 CAMPUS Type: Master plan / Urban Design Site: Nashville, Tennessee
Project: GAIA SEROTINY Type: Speculative Future Site: Antarctica
+ Massing iterations for adjacent site to address and negotiate the City of Nashville’s waterfront responses.
+ Collaborated with team of three students through the competition + Fairy Tales 2018 Submission
Project description:
Project description:
The project was a response to an RFP put out by Amazon in 2017 for new
Serotinous plants are known for the dispersal of their seeds upon
campus proposals. Our goal was to connect employees with the natural
environmental triggers rather than seed maturation; similarly thinking of the
environment and focus on well being of individuals. The mall would connect
earth. The Cosmic Preservation Cores are centers for humanity’s dispersal in
all three phases of the project, making traversing the large site more
the event of irreparable global catastrophe. Scattered around the globe near
viable and pleasant at a human scale. The campus layout echoes the grid
the centers of earth’s tectonic plates these centers [7 in total] will provide
of downtown Nashville, establishing itself as part of the city even while
shelter for up to one billion people. The largest shelter is Cosmic Preservation
separated by the Cumberland River.
Core 07 located in Antarctica in the thickest portion of earth’s crust; it is
Three focal towers are placed on axis with Broadway to become an icon for
designed to shelter three-hundred million people against extreme global
the campus and invitation for the people of Nashville.
threats and catastrophic scenarios.
IN PROGRESS WORK| 53
Project: EROS NOMAS THANATOS Type: Speculative Intervention Site: Mojave Desert, United States
Project: PAGODA RISING Type: Wood Tower Concept Site: Tokyo, Japan
+ Selected Graduation Project as part of 50 out of 908 entries + Sole Long List Graduation Project from USA
+ Past, Present and Future analysis of wood buildings + Studied potentials of CLT technology and feasibility
Project description:
Project description:
The project explores a monastic architectural pilgrimage in the California
The Pagoda tower structural design comes from the pattern of frames used
Valley. Which starts from Las Vegas to a site destination situated in the
locally from traditional windows to hold filters for wind while bringing in
Mojave Desert. The trail celebrates a spiritual journey for participants to
cooled air. This approach is used within the tower by combining vernacular
reconnect their identity and conceivably have a reawakening within their
and high-performance design to feature a structural identity that is expressed
life. The design of monastic themes is focused on the approach of “Pure
in Tokyo’s fashion. The building structural frame consists of an integrated
Architecture,” a bare-bone architecture methodology by using elementary
system to overall adapt the functions of different floor plates. Follow by the
geometric shapes as monument articulation towards spatial configurations
approach of a structurally expressive design to vertically connect the floor
and structure. “Trails of the Mojave” is an interplay of architectural passage
elements of multiple program masses. While the screen inside uses a system
for transcendence and tranquility.
integrated with water absorption, providing micro-climate cooling.
54 | MAPPING
NEW YORK CITY “RED ROOTS” OF TRANSIT
PHOTOGRAPHY | 55
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