SooBin An | UGA Landscape Architecture Portfolio | 2022

SOOBIN AN

Landscape Architecture Portfolio

University of Georgia

College of Environment + Design

Selected Works 2020-2022

Buford, GA

sba11667@uga.edu

Landscape architecture allows me to explore art through a medium that can positively change how people live, interact, and be inspired with their environment.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT ME

View from Courtyard (7)

Clip Studio Paint

Lineart by Cameron Castorina

THE ORBIT IN ATHENS 2042

A look into the future

Athens, GA April 2022 - May 2022

Madelyn Combs, Cameron Castorina, Gabrielle Dermer

Improving mobility is a vital objective in Athens 20 years from now, and the Orbit is a mixed-use community that prioritizes connecting residents both inside and outside of it. The project was created by putting alternate modes of transportation at the forefront. A single one-way road surrounds the site with bike and pedestrian paths throughout the entire community.

Conceptually, both circles and the grid were used. Circles represent unity and an overall sense of wholeness, and the grid was used to create visual balance with the curvilinear design. All areas of the site were developed to merge toward the central green space to emphasize its value as a place for everyone. Each building mass was developed to create a hierarchy of levels and maximize views. Building typologies were created based on land use and to give each building its own sense of place. Space is maximized by using green roofs as both community and private spaces.

Building Development

Land Use

Massing

Applying Grid

Key Mixed Use

Multi Family

Commercial

Bus Terminal

Adding Cut-Throughs Final

Building Typologies

Commercial

Enclosed central plaza to provide a more intimate experience and lead residents towards storefronts.

Multi Family

Cascading floors to create views for residents and emphasizing central green space.

Mixed Use

Amalgamation of cascading buildings and enclosed plaza to unify building concepts and enhance resident experience.

Graphics by Madelyn Combs and Gabrielle Dermer

Graphics by Cameron Castorina

View from Blueberry Patch (9)

Paint Tool SAI

MADISON COMMUNITY GARDEN

Designing for the community

A2

Madison, GA

November 2021 - December 2021

Madelyn Combs, Ross Monson, Luke Polaneczky

This community garden is designed to bring the residents of Madison, a small Georgia town near Athens, together. Our studio class had the opportunity to work with the Madison community and board from conception to construction. Accessibility, community, hands-on education, and food security are at the forefronts in this design.

Plots were placed in the sunniest areas, and ADA-Accessible plots are located down the center of the plots for easy access. There are community spaces for events and gatherings, providing opportunities for social interaction between all members of the community. Benches are provided as places of solace while looking out toward the best views. Displays for art, whether it be from local artists or schools, are placed throughout the garden.

Planting Bed Types

Goals

Community

Education

Food Security

Plant Specifications

Plants were chosen based on easy maintenance and four main qualities:

Accessible 24” Beds

ADA Accessible 36” Beds

Boys & Girl’s Club In-ground Plots

Standard 8” Plots

Pollinator Plants (Abelia grandiflora)

Seasonal Attractiveness (Loropetalum chinensis)

Fragrant Flowers (Gardenia jasminoides)

Edible and Culinary Plants (Vaccinium spp.)

Master Plan

View from Front Entrance (1)

Paint Tool SAI

Ink and Color Pencil on Bond

Legend

1. Entrances

2. Shed

3. Pavilion

4. Wash

5. Community plot

6. Community area

7. Statue mat

8. Boys & Girls Club inground plot

9. Blueberry patch

10. Herb garden

11. Compost

View

ARTISTIC RESIDENCE

A home fostering creativity

B1

Athens, GA March 2022

This playful single-family residence incorporates an adventurous feel while still maintaining a calm, elegant feel. The space starts out with textured pavement interwoven with layers of planting. This leads to a private gazebo, which connects to the back garden and lawn. There are pocket areas throughout the space for the family to host gatherings and children to play.

Curvilinear lines are prominent in the space to encourage a sense of exploration through the space. Specific views are framed with the trees around the gazebo, the arbor. High shrubs line the yard to provide a sense of privacy from the neighborhood. This space suits an artistic family with its functional capabilities and peaceful pockets of space, inspiring new works of art anywhere throughout the yard.

Goals

1. Deck

2. Gardening Space

3. Playground

4. Gazebo

5. Arbor

6. Open Lawn

7. Water Feature

Bird’s Eye View Photoshop

View of Gazebo (4) Clip Studio Paint

View from Southeast Corner (9) Paint Tool SAI

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM

A synthesis of art and history

Seattle, WA

October 2021

This plaza is located in the Seattle Art Museum's main location in downtown Seattle. It is inspired by Japanese garden design to acknowledge the Seattle Asian Art Museum and the Olympic Sculpture Park, both of which are part of the Seattle Art Museum. The plaza features sinuous curves, sculptures from the Seattle Art Museum, and a reflective pool.

The design was also inspired by landscape architect Louis Benech, who believes in incorporating a strong sense of place by understanding the context of the site from the past, present, and future. Benech has a tendency to blend the formal geometry of French Formalism with the freedom of English Romanticism, both of which are incorporated in a seamless blend with Japanese design throughout the site.

Legend

Japanese Gardens: features organic curves and places of meditation, like reflection ponds.

1. Sculpture associated with the Seattle Asian Art Museum

2. Still water feature

3. Parterres

4. "Seattle Art Museum" sign on wall

5. Uplit, ornamental trees

6. Perennial ornamental grasses

7. Round tables

8. Permeable concrete pavers

9. Tall, evergreen shrubs

Louis Benech: known for his use of lush, wild grasses with parterres.

Seattle Museum of Art: also associated with the Seattle Asian Art Museum and Olympic Sculpture Park.

Process Sketches Ink on Sketchbook Paper

View of Center Statue Clip Studio Paint

"EMBELLISH" SCULPTURE EXHIBIT

The heart of the sculpture park

C2

Athens, GA

April 2021

Source of inspiration: "Pollinator Rhyton" sculpture featured in Franconia Sculpture Park

"Embellish" is a sculpture exhibit that is about an acre of land. It is the heart of a sculpture park in what is a pasture of land in Athens, Georgia. The other exhibits are divided into a sequence of experiences (Accelerando, Adagio, Vivace), and "Embellish" was chosen to be in the center because of its encapsulation of all of the said concepts.

The exhibit "Embellish" is kept symmetrical as it connects the paths to all of the three sequences. It draws visitors inward with the its use of running water and winding paths. The statue displayed in the center is unconventional, so the garden gets less "formal" as one approaches the center.

This unconventional statue is placed in a highly formal garden that gets more "informal" towards the center with the swirling design.

Model Design Process

Step 1: Informal approach

Featured statue: "Pollinator Rhyton" by Rachel Frank

Step 3: Incorporate formal design

Step 2: Radial design implemented as the "heart" of the park

Step 4: Emphasizing radial design

Sculpture Park Bubble Diagram Illustrator

Model Perspectives

Aerial View

View through the threshold

View of circular path

View of center axis

Perspective of center statue

GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER

Refreshing an ordinary office building on campus

Athens, GA

September 2021

The UGA Office of Global Engagement is a two-story Mid-Century Modern brick office in Athens, Georgia. The planting design is kept simple and mostly symmetrical to emphasize the building's classic look, and the arches of the building are echoed in this design's elegant curves. The trees break the roof line of the flat building and frame the main entrance. A mix of deciduous and evergreen plants were used to give color and texture throughout the seasons.

PAINTINGS

Painting is a way for me to express any color and abstraction I wish. This is a brief overview of the many mediums and art styles I'm constantly exploring.

Oil on Canvas

Oil on Canvas Acrylic on Cardboard

Acrylic on Canvas

Digital; Paint Tool SAI

Digital, Paint Tool SAI

PHOTOGRAPHY

My photography evokes nostalgia by capturing the mundane with plays of color and light.

PLEIN AIRS

This is a series of ink sketches all done outdoors for the duration of about one hour each.

Ink on Sketchbook Paper

Watercolor on Mix Media Paper

Ink on Sketchbook Paper, Clip Studio Paint