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Arch 505A Fall 2010
charter school
The design of this Charter School was influenced by the concept of creating a link between the school and the community. As a center for the neighborhood, the design relates to the surrounding site. Its form is driven by two main buildings which serve as nodes. These buildings are rotated toward the grid pattern of the site at the intersection between Hoover Street and Adams Boulevard. They consist of classrooms and faculty offices and are connected through an underground level. Representing the link to the community and the nearby park, a physical connection is also created between the two nodes by slanted green roofs. These roofs blend the landscape with the building while creating inviting outdoor gathering spaces for the students, faculty, and community.
Hoover Street
conceptual strategies
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Site Plan
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Hoover Recreation Park
Building program of 31,000 sf.
Two main nodes rotated toward street.
Creating a link between nodes and community.
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Creating a link between the school and the community, this design blends the landscape with the building while creating inviting outdoor gathering spaces for its students, faculty, and community.
Hoover Street Section
LANDed Studio Summer 2011
museum
sacred space + the body object
The design of this Art Museum was influenced by a promenade of trees that is unique to the site found within Exposition Park. Located across the street from the University of Southern California, the surrounding area consists of museums, sport facilites, and places for recreation for local residents, visitors, and students. However, while the park is full of gathering and activity, the promenade of trees lacks the same livelihood. With the potential to serve as a wonderful promenade full of activity, the design of the Art Museum weaves under, above, and between the trees so to create various indoor and outdoor museum gallery spaces.
An art installation design was first developed as a conceptual mapping study of the site. This installation created a pattern and encouraged activity from people passing by.
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building design process through operational strategies
Highlight the promenade between the trees of the site.
Extrude form to connect design to surrounding site and buildings.
Raise height of parts of design to mimic the change in height of surrounding trees.
Emphasize circulation of the design by utilizing circulation as gallery space and creating movement through the design.
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green roof reduces heating below
low e glazing opaque glass
allows some natural light in and Section AA reflecting heat
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overhang and tree provide a natural shading device
Section BB 0’ 100’ 250’
Environmental Systems Diagram passive and active cooling and heating systems
Section BB 0’ 100’ 250’
South Elevation 0’ 100’ 250’
South Elevation 0’ 100’ 250’
Isometric Diagram
concrete columns of facade pattern bearing walls
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reinforced concrete walls
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Structure Structure Diagram Diagram
Encouraging circulation and movement, this design weaves indoor and outdoor museum gallery spaces throughout the promenade of trees that are unique to the site.
Located at the LA River, this Knowledge Center is 1,000,000 sf of mixed use program. A work and live environment, the Knowledge Center also consists of various green spaces along the river for landscape and gathering. This design focuses on the issue of urban planning and revitalizing the LA River to create environmental, social, and economic benefits to the community. The design of the Knowledge Center consists of two buildings each with a work tower for offices and live tower for residences. With the surrounding zoning consisting of work on one side of the river and live on the other, each building creates a bridge that crosses the river to integrate the work and live environment of the site with the work and live towers of the building.
Arch 605B Fall 2011
mixed use work + live
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Along the LA River is one side full of work spaces and offices while the other is mostly live spaces and homes. Two buildings along the river fill the 1,000,000 sf of program.
To revitalize the LA River, the design creates green spaces for landscape and gathering. Revitalizing the river will then provide environmental, social, and economic benefits to the community.
live To integrate both existing programs of the surrounding community, this design crosses across the LA River to provide live spaces to the existing work and work spaces to the existing live.
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live The design and its crossing serves as a bridge to allow for residents and employees to cross from one side of the LA River to the other.
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live On each side of the river is one tower for work and one for live to integrate the program of the design with the existing program of the community.
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A bridge crosses over the LA River to integrate work and live with the existing zoning and allows residents and employees to walk from one side to the other.
BIM projects
google sketchup
residence
Apparel Product Design and Merchandising 370 | 2010
market rate apartmentsmarket rate apartments 1,000 sq. ft 1,000 sq. ft
Arch 505B | Spring 2011
non-typical apartmentnon-typical apartment 850 sq. ft 850 sq. ft
apartment units
Purpose of assignment was to take an existing house and build a Revit model with renderings.
revit
house
Arch 507 | Spring 2011
shielded by overhang
greenery reduces heating supply
rhino | vray
air ven tilation
sun from southeast shielded by overhang
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greenery reduces heating below supply
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air ven tilation
to ret u
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natural ventilation fr operable balcony do
radiant floor heating for heat distribution/thermal efficiency
low-e glazing to a light in and reflect
natural ventilation from operable balcony doors low-e glazing to allow natural light in and reflecting heat
radiant floor heating for heat distribution/thermal efficiency
environmental systems diagram
passive and active cooling and heating systems
Arch 505B | Spring 2011
apartment units environmental systems diagram
passive and active cooling and heating systems
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vasari
allow natural ting heat
skyscraper
Arch 507 | Spring 2011
This 2,000 sf High-End Residential apartment is an actual project located in Manhattan, New York. As part of the renovation of the apartment, Construction Documents for a Landmarks Approval Package were developed for the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission. Along with making changes to the Demolition Plan and Construction Plan, a Window Section and Window Schedule were created. Approval was needed in regards to the change of the window facades and window materials.
high-end residential
Professional Experience | FZAD Architecture + Design | New York