architecture | selected works| 2018

frank feng academic and professional portfolio

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+1 505 515 7655

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feng.frank.s@gmail.com

I now understand that architecture is the most of human interaction after having lived in various multicultural yet different areas around the world. This interaction is achieved in our daily lives and is meant to have a sensuous connection between living and memory. Our relationship to architecture begins with desire and curiosity. My intention is to pursue the physical manifestations of architecture through the human condition. The elegance of architecture correlates strongly between us and the built environment. I am more curious about the built environment as my relationship with it grows.

F.F.

selected works privacy temporary fight club sanctum sanctorum 1500 mission *all drawings, models, and visualizations have been completed by myself unless otherwise stated

privacy type academic / individual location albuquerque, new mexico, usa level architectural design studio V - fall 2015 date august 2015 - december 2015 instructor david schneider email dstephens.schneider@gmail.com role designer contribution production of concepts, models, renderings, and drawings award the kosonivich prize for design excellence / first prize

At the start of the project I was interested in the idea of privacy and what that means to the public and to the NSA. In a way, self reflection is privacy. It is what we are and how we display ourselves. We tend to manipulate our image by blending in with society and change how others perceive us. We are hesitant to show our most intimate information to others and because of this we manipulate our image to fit the needs of society.

Further exploring this idea, I noticed that the information we keep most secret can also be physical. These items that we consider important are with us subconsciously, but not physically. We have hidden things in our home to protect what is important to us. I have explored these private conditions and started to understand what they are. For example, we enclose our most private entities in the house, such as the sock drawer. What makes the sock drawer such a private condition? It is the context around the private entity that makes the sock drawer private. The banality of the socks hides what is really there. Making people perceive what is there, but not what is in it.

The project allows society to perceive how privacy is displayed publicly and privately. It is located within the downtown area of Albuquerque, New Mexico next to the Civic Plaza. The architecture creates a thin barrier within the volumes defining public and NSA. The mirrored volumes manipulate our image of what is there and blends itself within the site. It is only in the interior of the space where the public is allowed to enter those volumes and essentially reach into the sock drawer of the NSA – where the most private information is stored and is ultimately disclosed.

diagrams of privacy

site context

activation of site

program interaction

site analysis

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a

c

e

h

fourth floor

a

f

second floor

g

a a

d

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j

a a

b

c

e

a

h

third floor

first floor

a. lobby b. foyer / auditorium c. shops d. NSA server room e. NSA admin offices f. classrooms g. NSA command center h. NSA offices i. research lab j. NSA tech labs

temporary type academic / individual location marfa, texas, usa level architectural design studio IV - spring 2015 date january 2015 - may 2015 instructor christopher beccone email cbeccone@unm.edu role designer contribution production of concepts, models, renderings, and drawings

The site for this project is located in an unlikely art mecca in a desert city called Marfa, Texas. Visitors are attracted by the unique vibe and ambiance that the city has. The design of the building is influenced by the studies of tourism throughout the city. I began to research movements and patterns of people throughout the year based on popular locations. The creation of the density maps visualizes the dissipation and accumulation of visitors through each season. This led to the development of the concept: temporality.

Human experience is temporal when you are in that moment; much like the temporal experience of the visitors. Through more analysis of this idea, I began to correlate temporality through the performing arts such as dance. I started to experiment with the movement of smoke because it is synonymous with the movement of dancing. Each motion is temporal and never stagnant nor static. Architecture can embody the same experience. The performing arts center allows various experiences through the building itself. Occupants are able to access the ramp system (these steel members also function as the structure of the ramps) and experience what a performance arts center is like through out the building. These ramps dictate movement through certain points of the building and offers different perspectives for the user.

tourist density in the winter

tourist density in the summer

tourist density in the fall

tourist density in the spring

third floor

second floor

first floor

fight club type academic / individual location denver, colorado, usa level architectural design studio III - fall 2014 date august 2014 - december 2014 instructor matthew gines email matthew.gines@ucdenver.edu role designer contribution production of concepts, models, renderings, and drawings

Flocking behavior is a natural instinct exhibited by a group of birds. When birds sense danger they will react and alter their behavior. The project explores the same concept, but through humans. The premise of the project is based upon the collective behavior of humans. The architecture questions what it is like to experience a violent space and explores how we interact within it. I researched human flocking patterns and used that data set to generate the form of the building.

The site is located within the proximity of the Pepsi Center (an arena for sports) in Denver, Colorado. My approach on the project examined the massive amounts of people that would wait in line to enter the arena. By examining their movements, this project creates a diversion to the groups of people there and attracts them towards the site. By creating danger based on the three rules of flocking (separation, cohesion, and alignment) the collective human instinct would guide them towards the site.

The program is a fight club that engages in violent behavior, which in this case, attracts the bystanders near the site.

Nicky Assmann of ArtScience. (November 12, 2008). Proto-Performance Human Swarm -Art That Breeds Art [video file]. https://vimeo.com/4267076

data set diagram generated from human flocking

rule: cohesion third floor

rule: alignment

rule: separation

second floor

first floor

sanctum sanctorum type academic / individual location el morro, new mexico, usa level architectural design studio I - fall 2013 date august 2013 - december 2013 instructor kima wakefield email kwake@unm.edu role designer contribution production of concepts, models, renderings, and drawings

This project is located on top of a natural rock formation called El Morro near the city of Grants, New Mexico. This 200 foot tall bluff has been, for many centuries, an important location for cross-country travelers who have left thousands of inscriptions on the surrounding rocks. It has been home for ancient puebloans for many centuries because of the deep pool that holds water all year long.

The program is a sanctum sanctorum; a very private or secret place. It is a place of contemplation and understanding.

During our site visit to El Morro, I felt a great tension between the earth and the sky. As we hiked through the trails to reach the top of this bluff, a storm had developed and intensified my experience. This experience developed my concept of forces opposing. The studio aimed to help our understanding of architectural fundamentals such as tectonic and stereotomic elements. We began by creating conceptual models demonstrating basic architectural elements through our concepts. Furthermore, we were tasked with a hand drawing of our concept through graphite on 24’’ x 72’’ stonehenge paper. For the final, the drawings are hand drafted and presented along with our models.

The final model is constructed out of clear acrylic, basswood, and rockite. These materials are metaphors of the elements to my concept. The acrylic visualized the ethereal sky, rockite visualized the dominance of the earth, and basswood as a medium for what is in between. These materials are representation of the opposing forces that I felt at El Morro.

qualitative site mapping

concept models

third floor

section looking west

second floor

first floor

south elevation

1500 mission type professional location 1500 mission street, san francisco, california date october 2016 - october 2017 role architectural designer contribution assisted in reaching 90% construction document phase owner Related California (Related) lead design architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) executive architect HKS Architects Inc. (HKS) assiociate executive architect Y.A. studio (project manager: David Piper) email princpal architect: Yakuh Askew (yakuh@ya-studio.com) project manager: David Piper (david@ya-studio.com)

Rising 39 stories, this mixed-income, mixed-use development will consist of a 540-unit luxury apartment tower adjacent to a 462,000 square foot office building that will be the new home of the San Francisco Planning, Building and Public Works Departments. The residential tower will include 55,000 square feet of neighborhood serving retail with twenty percent of the residential units for affordable and low-income households. In addition, the owners will salvage the front portion of a historic Coca Cola bottling plant on 11th Street and Mission Street and rehabilitate it into a street retail use.

I was brought on by Y.A. studio in October 2016 to assist on the 1500 Mission project. For the first few months, my scope of work was focused on the salvation and restoration of the historic Coca Cola building (historic significance included its art deco design and its importance to the city of San Francisco throughout the years). My work included accurate 3D modeling of the building, structural coordination with structural engineer firm Structus Inc, the design of the proposed spaces for future tenants, bike parking layout, and site demo permits. The building is currently under demolition according to the documents submitted by David Piper and I. The remaing months of work were on the residential portion with HKS Architects. From there, my scope of work was focused on basement level 2, basement level 1, and level 1. My tasks included the design of circulation for pedestrians and for the parking facility (basement level 1 and basement level 2 which included automobile parking and bike parking). I was also tasked with the detailing of stairs for all levels. The next assignment inlcuded the coordination of the elevator core layout and the coordination of the trash chute.

My duration on the project lasted over year and we completed 90% on construction documents phasing.

The project is currently in construction and it is estimated to be completed in May 2020.

C1

C2

C3

17' - 0"

C4

17' - 0"

17' - 0"

C5

C6

24' - 0"

C7

17' - 0"

C8

17' - 0"

16' - 6"

TOP TOWER ROOF 126' - 8 1/2"

17' - 8 3/8"

RESTORE (E) CLOCK, TYP

15' - 4 3/4"

TOWER FACADE 109' - 0"

TOC - CC TANK FLR 93' - 7"

PORTION OF (N) PENTHOUSE WALL TO MATCH (E) ADJA

REPLACE (E) EXTERIOR LIGHT FIXTURES ALONG MISSION AND 11TH STREET FACADES, TYP

RESTORE (E) DOWNSPOUTS TO (N) ROOF DRAINS, SEE ROOF PLAN

2' - 9 1/4"

63' - 11"

1' - 2 3/8"

C3.2

1' - 11 1/8"

C2.2

63' - 9"

7' - 1 1/4" 1' - 9 5/8"

PENTHOUSE BEYOND, SEE 5/-

20' - 9 5/8"

OFFICE BUILDING BEYOND, SEE PACKAGE 2, TYP

TOP - CC PENT 72' - 9 1/2" TOR - CC PENT 71' - 0"

TOP - CC WEST 63' - 11" TOP - CC EAST 62' - 8 1/2" TOR - CC WEST 60' - 9" TOR - CC EAST 58' - 0"

C1.1

C2.1

C3.1

C5.1

C6.1

C7.1

22' - 0"

C4.1

C1.B.5

C1.B.6

C2.B.4

C2.B.5

C2.B.6

C3.B.4

C3.B.5

C3.B.6

C5.B.4

C5.B.5

C5.B.6

C6.B.4

C6.B.5

C6.B.6

C7.B.4

C7.B.5

C7.B.6

C1.B.1

C1.B.2

C1.B.3

C2.B.1

C2.B.2

C2.B.3

C3.B.1

C3.B.2

C3.B.3

C5.B.1

C5.B.2

C5.B.3

C6.B.1

C6.B.2

C6.B.3

C7.B.1

C7.B.2

C7.B.3

LEVEL 1 - CC 36' - 0"

5' - 11"

C1.B.4

ENTRY - CC 30' - 1"

RESTORE & REPAINT (E) WINDOWS, TYP

RESTORE (E) TERRA COTTA BASE

REPAIR (E) DAMAGED BASE, TYP. SEE A2.1 FOR BALANCE OF INFORMATION RESTORE (E) ENTRY DOORS & WINDOWS, TYP. SEE DOOR SCHEDULE FOR AUTO ACTUATOR RE-LAMP (E) ENTRY SOFFIT LIGHTS

coca cola building - wall section west

coca cola building - mission street elevation

C1

04 A8.02

06

05

A6.10

A6.10

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CC

2' - 9"

DN

STAIR 2

A8.02

1' - 9 5/8"

A5.01/4

A7.04/08

(N) STAIR AND LANDING

202 B6

4' - 7 1/4"

(N) PERMANENT LADDER

4' - 0 1/4"

A5.01/3

TOR - CC PENT 71' - 0"

DN

B - SHELL SPACE (OFFICE)

201

04 A6.10

TOP - CC PENT 72' - 9 1/2"

E203

B6

05

17' - 8"

CUT LINE SEE DEMO PLAN

REFER TO VOLUME 2 (OFFICE) FOR SCOPE OF WORK

SEE SEPARATE PACKAGE, VOLUME 2 (OFFICE)

6 3/8"

1' - 8"

PROPERTY LINE

1' - 2 3/8"

A5.01/6

34' - 10"

C2

03

CB

A6.10 17' - 2"

A5.01/7

7' - 1 1/4"

A5.01/5

1 A6.01

(E) FLAGPOLE

CA

PROPERTY LINE PROPERTY LINE

1' - 2 3/8"

TOP - CC WEST 63' - 11" TOP - CC EAST 62' - 8 1/2"

17' - 0"

A6.10

C3

17' - 0"

C4

C5

17' - 0"

16' - 6"

C6

1' - 11 1/8"

C2

24' - 0"

C7

SEE 4 / COMPOSITE ROOF PLAN FOR ROOF INFO

C8

coca cola building - second level TWO HOUR WALL

02 A8.02

DN

6 A8.02

21 A7.03

3' - 8 1/4"

PROPOSED PROPERTY LINE TO ALIGN W/ CUT LINE

34' - 10"

A5.01/3

03

1' - 11 1/2"

ELEVATOR WITHIN (E) HOISTWAY, ADD 2ND FLR STOP

EQ 17' - 2"

17' - 8"

B2 - TI SPACE B6

(E) ELEVATOR 1

1

1' - 1 1/4"

0' - 5" UP

A6.10

CC

0' - 2 1/2"

CB

17' - 2"

A7.05/04 A5.01/2

17' - 8"

EQ

B6

STAIR 2

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4 A8.4

1' - 1 1/2"

B6

DN

05 A8.02

A6.10

A6.01

REFER TO VOLUME 2 (OFFICE) FOR SCOPE OF WORK

SEE SEPARATE PACKAGE, VOLUME 2 (OFFICE)

2' - 9"

EQ

51' - 9 5/8"

FD

04

F.O. BASEMENT COL

05 A6.10

0' - 5"

0' - 8 3/8"

06 A6.10

1' - 0"

03 A7.04

CUT LINE SEE DEMO PLAN

22' - 0"

6' - 11"

17' - 0"

C1

PROPERTY LINE

12R @ < 7"

02

2 A6.01 125' - 6"

2' - 9 1/4"

4' - 7 1/4" 4' - 0 3/8"

TOR - CC EAST 58' - 0"

01 A6.10 17' - 0"

7R @ < 7"

8R @ < 7"

TOR - CC WEST 60' - 9"

A5.01/1

STAIR 1 ENTRY

CA

E101

PROPERTY LINE PROPERTY LINE

9' - 2 5/8"

16R @ < 7"

A5.01/1

01

02

2

A6.10

A6.10

A6.01 125' - 6"

17' - 0"

17' - 0"

C1

17' - 0"

C2

24' - 0"

C3

17' - 0"

C4

C5

17' - 0"

16' - 6"

C6

C7

C8

coca cola building - first level

0' - 7"

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CC

05

UP

B6

B - TI SPACE MODIFY (E) PIT AND HOISTWAY AS REQ'D

B006

21' - 0"

(E) ELEVATOR 1

1 A6.01

B004

(N) TELECOM

CB

A3

17' - 2"

A6.10

A5.01/3

3' - 6" 5' - 6 1/2"

B003

03

B005

34' - 10"

04

17' - 8"

A8.02

R8

STAIR 2

A6.10

9' - 1"

REFER TO VOLUME 2 (OFFICE) FOR SCOPE OF WORK

B002

B001

CUT LINE SEE DEMO PLAN

B6

19R @ < 7"

A6.10

WALL OF ADJ OFFICE BUILDING SEE PACKAGE 2

SEE SEPARATE PACKAGE, VOLUME 2 (OFFICE) PROPERTY LINE

ENTRY - CC 30' - 1"

10' - 11 1/2"

05

A6.10

F.O. E. COL. TO CL OF EXPANSION JOINT / PROPERTY LINE

0' - 4"

ADJUST STAIR TO MEET CIVIL

06

01 A8.02

5' - 11"

4' - 0 1/2"

A8.01/ 03

7R @ < 7"

LEVEL 1 - CC 36' - 0"

B6

A8.01/ 05

(E) ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM CA A3

A8.01/ 02

PROPERTY LINE

BASEMENT - CC 21' - 0"

A5.01/1

01 125' - 6"

C1

17' - 0" C2

3' - 5" 02

2

A6.10 17' - 0"

coca cola building - stair section

PROPERTY LINE

17' - 0" C3

C4

V.I.F.

A6.10

A6.01

24' - 0"

17' - 0" C5

17' - 0" C6

16' - 6" C7

C8

coca cola building - basement level

EXISTING FIRE HYDRANT

INE PR OP ER TY L

VA N

NE S

SA VE

NU E

OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL PARKING GARAGE ENTRY

UT H

REFER TO VOLUME 2 (OFFICE) FOR SCOPE OF WORK

DIST. FROM ASSUMED P.L.: 10FT<X <15FT GLAZING %:45% CURRENT DESIGN: 15%

OFFICE RE SIDEN TIAL

ASSUM ED PRO PERTY LINE

SO

EXIT

FORUM

DIST. FROM ASSUMED P.L.: 1OFT< X< 15FT GLAZING %: 45% CURRENT DESIGN: LESS THAN 40%

N 169' - 1 1/32" E 339' - 2 9/16" PROPER TY LINE FDC PROPERTY LINE

11TH STREET

EX IT

11' - 3"

N 162' - 6" E 354' - 8 19/32"

RETAIL RETAIL

EXIT

RETAIL

TRASH COMPACTOR ROOM

TOWER FOOTPRINT ABOVE

FUEL PORT

PROPERTY LINE

EMERGENCY GENERATOR

ASSUMED PROPERTY LINE

13' - 1 1/4"

RETAIL

TOWER FOOTPRINT ABOVE

MID BLOCK ALLEY

LOADING

LOADING

LOADING

SEE CIVIL AND LANDSCAPE (VOL 1) FOR BALANCE OF MID BLOCK ALLEY SURFACE INFORMATION

GARAGE ACCESS EASEMENT THRU OFFICE , SEE VOL. 2

VALET

N 43' - 8" E 480' - 8 27/32" FSAE LOBBY

GAS METER ALCOVE

RETAIL/RESTAURANT

FCC

OFFICE RESIDENTIAL

MAILROOM

DN

DIST. FROM ASSUMED P.L.: 15FT<X <20FT GLAZING %: 75% CURRENT DESIGN: LESS THAN 75%

-5' - 2 1/4"

DIST. FROM ASSUMED P.L.: 10FT<X <15FT GLAZING %:45% CURRENT DESIGN: 15% -5' - 0 5/8"

LOBBY -5' - 0"

PROPERTY LINE

EXIT ASSUMED PROPERTY LINE

UP

RETAIL

N 0' - 0" E 0' - 0 3/32"

RESIDENTIAL PARKING GARAGE EXIT

N 44' - 8" E 484' - 7 27/32"

COCA-COLA BUILDING SCOPE OF WORK UNDER SEPARATE ALTERATION PERMIT

PROPERTY LINE EXIT

FDC 48" WIDE (MIN) ACCESSIBLE PATH 36' - 7" FDC

SEE VOL 1 FOR PROPERTY LINE INFORMATION

PLANTED AREA, SEE LANDSCAPE VOL 3

BOLLARD SLEEVES GAS FEED TO BUILDING, SEE CIVIL - CONFIRM REQUIRED DEPTH FROM TO TOPPING SLAB TO TO STRUCT SLAB (30" MIN)

EXISTING FIRE HYDRANT

DEMOUNTABLE BOLLARDS, SEE CIVIL & LANDSCAPE, TYP

FDC (VIF)

EXISTING FIRE HYDRANT

MISSION STREET

residential building - site plan

2.2

3

4

1/4" CONST TOLERANCE FOR TYPICAL PARTITION

4.2

2" 1/4"

1"

STAIR DIM STAIR STRINGER TO STAIR STRINGER

A8.2.11/10

1" CONST TOLERANCE FOR CONC

2"

CLR DIM (SEE PLAN) FINISH WALL TO FINISH WALL

3 1/2" CLR TYP UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE

STRUCTURAL OPENING / EDGE OF SLAB

14' - 4"

10 3/4"

DIM PT INSIDE FACE OF FINISH

DIM PT INSIDE FACE OF HOISTWAY

1' - 2"

7' - 10"

DIM PT INSIDE FACE OF HOISTWAY

DIM PT INSIDE FACE OF HOISTWAY

DIM PT INSIDE FACE OF HOISTWAY

8' - 1"

UP

@ GAP

REFER TO A8.2.11/07 FOR RAILING ELEVATION

DIM PT INSIDE FACE OF CONC.

8' - 1"

24 A8.2.11

@ CONC

REFER TO A8.2.11/11 FOR RAILING AT WALL

3"

7' - 10"

12 A8.2.11

6' - 11"

DIM PT INSIDE FACE OF FINISH

FSAE LOBBY

ELEVATOR HOISTWAY

06 A8.2.11

A8.2.11/09

05

03

Level 3 26' - 6"

A8.2.11/10

A8.2.11

ELEVATOR HOISTWAY

4' - 6"

COOR

A8.2.11

DIM PT INSIDE FACE OF CONC.

3.5

STRUCTURAL OPENING

2.5

DOWN

3"

04

EQ UNO A8.2.11

EQ UNO

HANGER ROD SUPPORT BRACKET REF DETAIL A8.2.11/17

CONC BEAM SSD

A8.2.20/ 17 TYP

NOTE: REFER TO FLOOR PLANS FOR STAIR ORIENTATION.

residential building - elevator section

residential building - typical stair layout

education The University of New Mexico, School of Architecture and Planning Bachelor of Arts in Architecture

aug 2011 - may 2016

experience

Y.A. studio (San Francisco, CA) | architectural designer Involved with project development and documentation of a high rise luxury apartment mainly focusing on basement garage parking and fire stair layouts. Also focused on project planning and design of a high end residential project with a second story addition.

oct 2016 - present

The Social Media Workgroup (Albuquerque, NM) | research assistant Collaborated and assisted a team of interdisciplinary students to design and develop an L.E.D. installation project.

aug 2015 - may 2016

Indigenous Design + Planning Institute (Albuquerque, NM) | graphic design specialist Designed presentation documents, fliers, and posters for events.

jan 2016 - may 2016

William Mcdonough + Partners (San Francisco, CA) | intern architect Created concept layouts and diagrams for presentations.

jan 2016

affiliations

The American Institute of Architect Students, UNM chapter | chief of staff Maintained and inquired overall progress and performance of members. Helped organize meetings and assisted with fundraising events.

jan 2015 - may 2016

The American Institute of Architect Students, UNM chapter | head of installation committee Managed the proposal and installation of a public bench in the student union building.

jan 2015 - may 2016

achievements

Design Excellence award | UNM School of Architecture and Planning Overall achievement of undergraduate work and progress awarded by UNM SA+P.

may 2016

The Kosonivich Prize for Design Excellence | first prize Achieved best project of the fall semester in the undergraduate architecture program at UNM SA+P.

dec 2015

skills +1 505 515 7655 / feng.frank.s@gmail.com / 5322 Broadway Apt B Oakland, California 94618

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