San Lae Lae Cho Architectural Portfolio Selected Works
SAN LAE LAE CHO
312.307.8191 · scho21@hawk.iit.edu · Chicago, IL · linkedin.com/in/sanlaelaecho
EDUCATION
May 2018
Bachelor of Architecture
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
June 2015
Faculty-led IIT Architecture Study Abroad Program
Rome, Italy and London, United Kingdom
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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND WORK EXPERIENCE Scholar of Leadership Academy of Illinois Tech
Apr 2015-Present
AIA COTE Top Ten Competition: Innovative Student Housing
Aug 2016–Present
Speaker for TEDxIIT 2016 Talk http://bit.ly/2fJBD9i
Apr 2016
IPRO 397: Innovating Solutions to Urban Problems to Improve Livability
Jan 2016–Apr 2016
Vice President of TEDxIIT
Feb 2015–Aug 2015
Vice President of Residence Hall Association (RHA)
Aug 2014–May 2015
Computer Lab Assistant in Illinois Institute of Technology Assistant volunteer in AIAS Forum 2013
Feb 2014–Jan 2015 Dec 2013–Jan 2014
·Facilitate and lead the sophomore leadership retreat experience for students of IIT ·Meet with Alan Cramb, President of IIT, Vice Provost and other professionals from different careers ·Brainstorm, market and participate in a series of leadership seminars and leadership training workshops
·Worked with a partner on abandoned Bailey Hall, student housing of IIT, under Professor Eva Kultermann ·Designed sustainable incubator building which generates green energy to feed the old Bailey studnet housing ·Selected from a group of approximately 40 speakers; 1 of the 2 student speakers among all the finalists ·Prepared and practiced together with other 20 speakers ·Gave live speech to approx. 30,000 global viewers and 100 audience
·Worked with 4 other members from different professions (MSE, CE, ME, AERO) ·Designed and prototyped a working, sustainable, portable, solar charger for daily devices’ charging ·Finalist for Innovative Showcase Award
·Held weekly meetings with Amy Lee Segami, Founder and 17 members of the planning team ·Reached out to external companies and Deans of Colleges of IIT to expand the network of TEDxIIT ·Designed Program Book, Resume Book, name tags, flyers, certificates and the event poster ·Held weekly meetings with the Resident Hall Director of Residence and Greek Life and executive board
ACHIEVEMENTS Dean’s List, College of Architecture, IIT Third Year Faculty Award Nomination, College of Architecture, IIT Spring 2015 Awards Nomination, College of Architecture, IIT
1 bailey renovate! 2 montessori school 3 gravity well 4 lafayette park 5 others 6 photography
contents With Carolina Almeida
1 bailey renovate! Sustainable student housing Douglas, Chicago, IL
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Gunsaulus tennis court
Carman Hall
parking lot
academic buildings
McCormick Tribune Campus Center
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This project aims to compete in AIA Cote Top Ten Students Competition, which focuses on different measures of innovative sustainability. The site, Bailey Hall is an unoccupied student housing in Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, IL. With the current trends and available housings on campus in mind, Bailey Hall was retrofitted into a sustainable housing. Instead of fully retrofitting sustainability innovations into the old building, we decided to create a new “brother” building which will be a makers’ space that also generates green energy for its older “brother” Bailey Hall. The “brother” building not only houses grocery store, labs, event spaces, energy gym, open studio and roof top restaurant, but also has rainwater harvesting tank, greywater recycling tanks, water filtering fish tanks and living machines. These innovative technology will allow the students in the lab to learn directly as a hands-on experience. Many under-used, surrounding sites have been improved to drain stormwater, engage community or generate even more green energy!
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large car parking lot the only use for parking cars
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terrazzo paving on ground floor no light into the basement
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large car parking lot solar panels roofing generate green energy while shading cars
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glass blocks in the terrazzo on the edge of the building allow light to the basement
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large lawn, high solar in summer occasionally used for frisbee
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uninsulated facade, exposed floor slabs, uninsulated windows, poor ventilation
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large lawn, high solar in summer bordered with native plants, grown with reused greywater community farm for organic growing natural landscape slopes down to retain stormwater
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innovative glass-and-dark-brick-screen trombe wall on south and west sides for solar heating simple brick pattern facade for east and north sides
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abandoned playground
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an isolated building
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retention pond for storing excess stormwater before transferring to living machines to be purified for reuse
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sustainable energy generated from “battery” building fed into renovated student housing
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permeable paving with natural pattern taken from usual routes
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varying corridor with large social space for gathering and small, quiet nooks for private studying four varying floor plans with communal kitchen for choice movable furnishing for students’ personalization of rooms high sound proofing for high quality privacy in the units
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public plaza for gathering with native, wild plantings
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beautiful views on rooftop accessible through the rooftop or rooftop cafe in incubator building solar panels roof generate solar energy while also harvesting rainwater for reuse
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therapeutic garden to destress students and community members connection to the community with inviting flowers
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“battery” building (incubator building) uses high, innovative technology to generate green energy while requiring low energy itself provides flexible, multi-purpose spaces for social events, hang-out, formal, informal occasions
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thinly paved, concrete walkways (mostly unused)
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dark, narrow corridor with no social space for gathering large, strict, repetitive floor plans for very high privacy low sound proofing
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grass and trees around entrance
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beautiful views on rooftop (unaccessible)
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area with trees
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no sustainability integrated
1 Awning Window
2 Window Framing
3 Single Pane Laminated,
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Low-E Glazing
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4 Flashing
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5 Pre-Manufactured
Window Box Frame Anchored to Masonry Wall, Light Weight Metal
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6 Window Framing 7 Double Glazed Glass 8 Awning
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9 Wood Window Box
10 Double Wythe Open
Weave Mansory Wall
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East Elevation
1 Single Pane Laminated,
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Low-E Glazing
2 Double Wythe Open
Weave Mansory Wall
3 Triple Pane Laminated,
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Low-E Glazing
4 Window Framing
5 Awning Window 6 Kawneer 1600
Curtain Wall Sys.
7 Existing Concrete Slab
8 Steel Angle
9 Aluminum Ventilation
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Louvers
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10 Steel Shelf Angle
11 Separating Plate for
Louvered Ventilation for Inlet at the Top Outlet at Base
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PV Solar Installation Butterfly Roof
Restaurant Kitchen
Swiss Chard
Ulmus Patriot
Quercus Imbricaria
Peas
Sassafras Albidum
Iris
Sassafras Albidum
Lettuce
Ulmus Patriot
Lonicera
Eutrochium Maculatum
Leek
Energy Production Gym
Fish Tanks Ballroom
Open Studios
Dalea Purpurea
Juncus
Lobelia Siphilitica
Kale
Schizachyrium Scoparium
Lobelia Siphilitica
Liatris Spicata
Brussels Sprouts
Greywater and Blackwater Storage Laboratory
Living Machine Showcase Event Spaces Small Group Meeting
Rainwater Storage Tank Workshop
Grocery Store
Activated Landscape
Filters Waters
Vegetation
Path
Vegetation
Path
Vegetation
Path
Vegetation
Farm
Filters Waters
Activated Landscape
Incubator Building
Connection Path
Bailey Hall
storage
up
elevator
Laundry
down
up
elevator
laundry bean bags
kitchen
down
kitchen
elevator
elevator
down
down
up
up
Gallery bridge
fish tanks for water treatement
open studio
up down
up down
stage
ballroom
5th Floor
elevator
6th Floor
1’ = 3/32” +1-2
up
elevator
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1’ = 3/32”
fish tanks for water treatement
elevator
16 Units @ 27 - 43
14 Units @ 20 - 34 +1-2
down
elevator
Laundry
Storage
elevator
Laundry
up
kitchen down
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down
bean bags
elevator
storage
Kitchen
up
Gallery bridge
constructed wetland
energy running machines
restaurant up down
electricity or energy production gym
up down
kitchen 1’ = 3/32”
2.1 million gallons harvested rainwater
100%
80%
25% distributed .5 million gallons
35%
rainwater harvest 9,600 sq ft blackwater and greywater storage
energy gym
living machines
filtered water storage sprouts hydroponics
compost collector
heat recovery
harvesting rainwater from site, waiting to be purified
steam from Illinois Tech
processed water distributed to site
70% efficiency for pressure steam system
average use of electricity byBailey
780,000
kWh per year
wind energy
32,000
15%
out of total
kWh perenergy year consumed
spring + summer winds
summer + spring breeze
60% efficiency for solar heating system
engagement to the community through means of growing
10%~60%
cooling energy saved
windows placed high on NE side to exhale warm air out
mechanical room in the basement
rooftop garden for growing
wind turbines
photovoltaic triple-glazed glass vertical wind turbines
into electricity
into other uses
solar heating
growing beds fish tanks rainwater harvest 66,000 sq ft
+1-2
resultant energy used to pump water
radiant steam heating
distribution tank
14 Units @ 24 - 38
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efficiency for conventional generation
85% reused 2.9 million gallons
1’ = 3/32”
elevator
16 Units @ 26 - 42 +1-2
2.6 million gallons used by residents
8th Floor
7th Floor
energy bikes elevator
excess energy can be supplied back into the school system
photovoltaic glass
250,000
kWh per year
therapeutic garden cool air being inhaled into the double glass windows placed low on the SW side facade to inhale the cool breeze
community farm
energy supplied to the electricity
energy immediately used
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Three residents occupancy (Optimal operation)
One resident occupancy
Two residents occupancy (Optimal operation)
Two residents occupancy
Couples occupancy
Foldable and expandable furnishing to reduce space occupied
Approx. 6’ x 9’ bathroom
Approx. 6’ x 9’ bathroom
Approx. 6’ x 9’ bathroom
Spacious and generous furnishing
Storage underneath bed to reduce space occupied Typical dorm room style Storage underneath bed to reduce space occupied Foldable and expandable furnishing to reduce space occupied Tight minimalist living style
Storage underneath couple bed to reduce space occupied
Approx. 4’ x 9’ bathroom
Approx. 4’ x 9’ bathroom
10‘ x 20’ Unit
10‘ x 20’ Unit
Single Unit
Single Unit
300 sq ft
300 sq ft
300 sq ft
Double Unit
Double Unit
Double Unit
Housing
Lobby
Housing
Lobby
Housing
Lobby
Communal
Business
Communal
Business
Communal
Business
Stairs
Outdoors & Atrium
Stairs
Outdoors & Atrium
Stairs
Outdoors & Atrium
Stairs 4
Perspective
Stairs 5
Perspective
Stairs 6
Perspective
2 montessori school Primary Education for free, independent children Chinatown, Chicago, IL
“They [misbehaviors] are merely his reactions to an environment that has become inadequate... But we do not notice that. And since it is understood that the child must do what adults tell him, even though his environment no longer suits his needs, if he does not comply we say that he is “naughty” and correct him. Most of the time we are unaware of the cause of his “naughtiness”. Yet the child, by his condut, proves what we have just said. The closed environment is felt as a constraint...” (Maria Montessori, From Childhood to Adolescence) Rather than making a child learn to adapt to his environment, this design focuses on giving the children options in their surroundings. Whether in the classroom or in the hallway, the students are always given a choice on what they want to see, act, go and explore. Scale
Adult
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Juxtaposition
Child
Single No choice
Two different options
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Learning Corridor
Dependent Child Independent Child Mutual Vision vs Overseeing Vision
Bypass route to Discovery every destination vs corner
Coexistence
Natural
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Structural
Culture
Language
Music
Sensorial
Biology
Music
Mathematics
Language
Geography
Culture
Arts
Language
Music
Practical
Practical
Culture
Sensorial
Arts
Practical
Geography
Arts
Geography
Mathematics
Mathematics
Biology
Biology
Arts
Biology
Culture
Sensorial
Practical
Materials
Sound bottles
Thermic bottles
Chairs
Zones
Smelling bottles
Counters Shelves Cabinets
Biology
Practical Mathematics
Baric Tablets
Language
Pink Tower
Sinks
Sensorial
Culture
Bulletin Board Trays
Music
Boxes Stands
Arts
Brown Stairs
Charts Whiteboard
Geography
Botany Cabinet Tesselation
Easel Number Rods
Binomial Cube
Red Rods Trinomial Cube
9-12 years
Geography
Language
Child
Tables
Sensorial
Music
Mathematics
Music Practical Language Arts
Corridor Mathematics
Entrance Culture
Geography
Biology
Sensorial
Culture Sensorial Entrance
Geography Biology
Kitchen Practical
Language
Reading
Personal
Biology
Kitchen
Sensorial
Practical Geography
Entrance Culture
Language
Restrooms
Reading
Personal
Sensorial
Biology Entrance
Culture
Language Geography
Kitchen
Practical
Reading
Personal
Home
6:00 am ~ 7:00 am
Commute through the neighborhood to school
Inside Car
7:00 am ~ 9:00 am
Lobby, Corridor, Gathering Spaces
Montessori Learning
Outdoors, Parks
8:00 am ~ 6:00 pm
Home
Classrooms
6:00 pm ~ 8:00 pm
8:00 pm ~ 9:00 pm
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Starbucks
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Basketball Art Art
Stairs
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Pool Table
Volleyball Stairs
Skate and Bike Park Cafe’
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Situated in the conjunction of 3 different wards and 2 different neighborhoods, Park 567 of the Bloomingdale trail is a pretty quiet, divided place despite the 606’s popularity. In order to bring the people in the surrounding back together, the Gravity Well houses the essential activities of the area such as restaurants, mini basketball court, mini tennis court, art gallery and more. These activities will attract people from all over the area. So, the ramps which also act as bridges, will draw people in from different corners of the site. The building itself is a warm, glulam structure with glass walls to allow transparency. Louvered with wood panels, people passing by on the ramps or the ground will be enticed by a glimpse of the activities happening inside. The site is activated with seasonal events and more trees to spread out the greenery of the 606 more into the site.
Political Boundaries
Programs’ Relationships
Ward 32
Logan Square
Ward 2 Ward 1
Humboldt Park
West Town
Proposed Priority
Existing Availability
Opportunities
Biking
Leo’s Shoe Repair, Classique Studios, Direct Phone Fix Bucktown Food & Liquor, McDonald’s LOLA Event Productions, PRO Wicker Park, King Chimney & Fireplace Easel Art Studio, Huma Salon, Crosstree, Cellar Door Salon & Studio All Star Pet Care, Inc Unibody Auto Collision, Dance SPA, Bucktown Music, Inc, Ymg Upholstery AA Plumbing Supply, Motorcycle Chicago, Irazu
Art
Young’s Cleaners, Red and White Wines, Karen Marie Salon Silom 12, Chicago Teacher Store, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Zen Yoga Garage
Running
Park 567
A K Tax Services, Illingworth Communications, Odd Obsession Movie Rental Uprise, Grey Lark Show Room, VLF Development
ALDI
Music
Spa Soak, Hot Vapes, Small Cheval Filter Cafe, CorePower Yoga Bucktown-Wicker Park Library
Cafes/Bars
Children’s Learning Place Hair Cuttery, Toppers Pizza, Ultimate Exposure Tanning Centers, WP Racquet The UPS Store, 7-Eleven Wons Auto Werks, Concord Auto Body Shop
Skateboards
Public
Food
Service/Goods stores
Cultural
Personal Care
Exercise
Ramps Amount of Space Proposed
Buzz Killer Expresso Enterprise Car Share, Payment Alliance International, Inc, Verizon, T-Mobile Wingstop, Sushi Para M, Trim, Tan Club, Chabad of Bucktown/WP Bucktown Athletic Club IHSP Chicago Hostel, Northside Bar & Grill, Lululemon Athletica Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Dimo’s Pizza Walgreens, Wicker Park Tavern Subterranean, Geek Bar Beta, Starbucks, Flash Taco, Cash America Pawn MK Waxing and Spa, Bank of America, Flatiron Arts Building, Double Door
Stairs MEP Lifts Offices Storage Car Parking
Highest Opportunities
Lowest Opportunities
Highest Opportunities
Lowest Opportunities
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Green roof
Stage
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Stairs
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Starbucks
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Basketball Art Art
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2’
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dec 12.00
dec 17.00
jun 8.00
jun 12.00
jun 17.00
North Elevation
East Elevation Scale
1/16” = 1’ 0”
Scale
Section Scale
1/16” = 1’ 0”
1/16” = 1’ 0”
Wall Section Scale
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Wall Elevation Scale 1
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High-rise and mid-rise residential Lafayette Park, Detroit,
The townhomes were intended for middle class people. The design is based on the popular suburban style, meaning there are a lot of greenery and the automobile is discouraged. The townhomes have 3 levels: the basement, the first floor and the second floor. The first floor has a much wider multifunctional space which allows a loop-like circulation with the bathroom and closet in the center. This simple Miesian style can be seen in Crown Hall as well as the Farnsworth House. The second floor is more divided into rooms , mainly the bedrooms. So the second flor is more for private purposes where the first floor is more public and welcoming. The curtain walls at the front and back of the house blur the exterior landscape and the interior of the townhomes.
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Threads in the Fabric
Threads in the Fabric
Norrebro District, Copenhagen, DenmarkNorrebro District, Copenhagen, Denmark 1:100 1:100
The interior circulation of the Norrebro's megablocks is mainly interpreted as vertical. Each two or three units share a core stair. Therefore, the stairs allow the vertical neighbors to interact and meet each other more often than those living on the same floor a couple units far. All the units have multiple stairs which open up to the inner courtyard and the outter streets with the facades equally treated on both sides.
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