Architectural Portfolio & Sample Works

steven park CHAFFER

architecture portfolio + work samples

Contact

Experience

Steven Park Chaffer

Stantec ViBE

Awards

Seoul National University

steven.chaffer@gmail.com

Stantec ViBE Architectural Designer February 2017-Present

Kwangan Marina Competition 1st Place 2011

Masters of Science Architecture Architecture Major September 2013 - August 2016 Seoul, South Korea

Boulder Colorado USA www.stantec.com 1 (303) 447-8202

Busan Metropolitan City Hall Busan, South Korea

Location: Colorado, USA Seoul, South Korea

Language: English (Native) Korean (Limited Work Proficiency)

Skills Rhinoceros 3D Grasshopper AutoCAD Maya VRay Render Maxwell Render Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Revit

Education

Korean Government Scholarship Thesis: The 798 Art District & the Conditions for Confluence of Politics, Art, & Architecture

CCA Choon Choi Atilier Architectural Designer September 2015 - February 2016 Seoul, South Korea www.choonchoi.com 82 (70) 8807 5250

MAD

Design Collaborations

University of Colorado

MAD Architects

eureka!

Assistant Architect June 2014 - August 2015

Designer May 2016 - Present

Bachelors of Environmental Design Architecture Major Boulder, Colorado USA August 2004 - May 2008

Beijing, China www.i-mad.com 86 (10) 6402-6632

www.eureka.archi

Choi Architects

Online Portfolio

Intern Architect November 2011 - April 2012

https://issuu.com/steven.park.chaffer/docs/portfolio

Seoul, Korea www.choiarchitects.com 82 (02) 511-8342

Table of Contents Stantec ViBE West Lot

Denver, Colorado, USA

MAD Architects 8600 Wilshire

Beverly Hills, Los Angeles California USA

Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts Chicago, Illinois, USA

MGM Chapel Macau

Competitions Border Saunas

Demilitarized Zone, South Korea

Seoul Craft Museum Seoul, South Korea

Seoul Animation Center Seoul, South Korea

Trans Siberian Pit Stops Moscow, Russia

Kwangan Marina Busan, South Korea

West Lot Denver, Colorado USA Concept Design - Construction Documentation August 2017 - January 2019

West Lot Denver, Colorado

Concept Design - Construction Documentation Role: Hotel Podium Design Hotel Corner Tower Design Lawn Design Retail Podium Design Canopy Design Public Realm Design Status: Under Construction

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West Lot Denver, Colorado

North Elevation

East Elevation

South Elevation

West Lot Denver, Colorado

West Elevation

North Plaza Elevation

South Plaza Elevation

8600 Wilshire Beverly Hills, California USA Schematic Design July 2014 - December 2014

8600 Wilshire Beverly Hills, Los Angeles California

Schematic Design Team Role: Apartment Design Courtyard Design Villa Design Townhome Design Status: Under Construction

8600 Wilshire Beverly Hills, Los Angeles California

Water Feature Section

First Floor Plan

Main Entrance Section

Second Floor Plan

Fourth Floor Plan

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8600 Wilshire Beverly Hills, Los Angeles California

Living Window Plan

Living Window Section

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4. LIVING WALL WINDOW DETAIL

1. STORE FRONT DETAIL

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Section AA Detail

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LUCAS MUSEUM OF NARRATIVE ARTS Chicago, Illinois USA Schematic Design - Design Development January 2015 - July 2015

Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts Chicago, Illinois

Schematic Design - Design Development Role: Plaza Design Grotto Design Observation Deck Design Status: Under Construction in Los Angeles

Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts Plaza Design

Masterplan

Plaza Level

Plaza Section

Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts Plaza Panel & Constellation Design

Plaza Skylight Pattern

Plaza Constellation Pattern - Medium Light

Plaza Constellation Pattern - Small Light

Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts Plaza Panel Analysis

Plaza Curvature Analysis

Plaza Slope Analysis

Plaza Panel Surface Analysis

Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts Grotto Design

Grotto Column

Grotto - Floor Plan

Grotto - Column Plan

Grotto Column Family Diagram

Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts Grotto Design

Grotto Spiral Ramp

Grotto Thermal Break Plan

Grotto Constellation Floor Lighting Pattern

Grotto RCP

Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts Observation Deck Design

Canopy

Canopy Panelization Top Plan

Canopy Panelization Bottom Plan

Canopy Section Diagram

Observation Deck Elevation

Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts Observation Deck Design Parametric Pipe Parameters Typical Roof Buildup

Monocoque Panels

Glazing

The HALO Canopy was parametrically derived from 2 overlapping pipes in plan. They can be shifted in the XY vectors and the result is a halo like amorphic shape. Metal panelization covers the displacement between the pipes to create a cloud like halo over the observation deck.

Monocoque Panels

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Restaurant

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Observation Deck Axonometric

Observation Deck Floor Plan

Observation Deck Section

MGM Chapel Macau Concept Design November 2014

MGM Chapel Macau

Concept Design Role: Architectural Designer

MGM Chapel Macau

Ground Level Axonometric

Concept Axonometric

Green Roof Axonometric

MGM Chapel Macau

MGM Chapel Macau

Section AA

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Border Saunas Demilitarized Zone, South Korea Steven Park Chaffer + Daniel Inocente January 2017

Border Saunas Korean Demilitarized Zone Bath House Competition

Precedents Borders are thresholds between one side and the next. These political demarcations often define and differentiate the social qualities and amplitudes of states of mind. They are attempts to separate â&#x20AC;&#x153;Habitusâ&#x20AC;?, the system of inherited dispositions by cultural signatures or historical memories shared by societies. This notion also contributes to the process of cultural capital transformed into material artifacts, knowledge and physical behaviors. A concept that unifies society despite the political differences which certain invisible boundaries attempt to overcome. The ensuing boundaries which arise from territorial control often come at a social cost which is to the detriment of the people living between borders. On some occasions, like in the case of east and west Germany, these divides have been reconciled because of the strength that cultural bonds instill. The invisible lines called borders have materialized into features such as walls, roads and even hostile structures. The Korean Demilitarized Zone is such a case with its border defined by a surface area that is 4 kilometers wide, a border territory with its own territory. The proposed subterranean bath is to become an underground representation of history and culture with a vision of bringing two opposing territories together out of a disarmed experience that is removed from body and place. The architecture and image of the design are made increasingly atmospheric with the character of the architecture taken below ground. A unifying spatial experience detached from political properties and detached from the outside world.

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Sauna Narrative Bath houses are embedded in the cultural identity of both Koreas

Concept Space + Light

Preserving Environmental Landscapes

Introducing natural light activates interior spaces and provides a spatial narrative that highlights focal points within the program. The programmatic value of these submerged spaces are accentuated by tones of natural and architectural activators providing an atmosphere that detaches itself from regional political tones and focuses the experience on spatial projection.

The primary mound structure and the sauna light wells emerge seamlessly from the existing landscape, blurring the thresholds between structure and the surrounding environment. The intention is to mediate the impact of a structure within the flourishing ecosystem of the Demilitarized Zone.

Border Saunas Korean Demilitarized Zone Bath House Competition In ancient times, the Korean burial mound was a construct used to commemorate the passing of life to death. The iconic figure of gathered earth was a symbolic representation of the body returned to the terrestrial source. These icons are pervasive throughout north and south Korea and as remnants of cultural heritage are a testament to shared ideas and values. A testament to the physical embodiment of cultural values spanning time and space. The mound in this proposal is both landscape and space, in which the baths becomes a space immersed in the earth as a return to the source where all visitors become equal. Throughout history, architectural and political space have struggled to establish meaningful relationships. While architecture has always been able to organize social life in unique and dynamic ways, the role of an architectural space has been most notably effective through two typologies. The grid which brings extreme coordination, intense organization, and undifferentiated divided space, is a logic which is unable to accommodate instances of difference and disruption. The other typology is that of superimposition, where elements of a larger whole are not visibly coherent but are instead organized by the dynamic relationships of exchanges taking place between differentiated moments across space. The nature of superimposition is one of combined assemblies, bringing multiple meaning and effects to spatial qualities. These models are historically embedded in the organization of space, one is logical, dictated and synthetic while the other is disordered, unpredictable and natural. The degree to which each system provides the capacity to generate a collective shared experience and produce dynamic social interactions is only as effective as its flexibility and stability. There is a need to rethink both of these models due to the failures of each system. A new order of space which can be inclusive of cultural, social and even political space without falling apart.

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Perforated Cast in Place Concrete

Volume Calculation

Pre-cast Concrete Envelope Footbath Green Rooftop

Sauna Pool

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Seoul Craft Museum Seoul, South Korea Steven Park Chaffer + Moojoong Kang + Dookee Chung + Daniel Inocente November 2016

Fabrics of Time Seoul Craft Museum Competition ‘Fabric of Time’ is a craft museum adapted from an educational facility that seeks to expand on the definition of craftsmanship. Poongmoon Girls High School is the backdrop for the Seoul Craft Museum. The existing campus provides a unique opportunity and setting for a craft museum due to its diverse composition of time specific buildings. Each building is defined by craftsmanship delineated from building systems that are time specific. In this retrospect the campus itself falls under the definition of an artifact. An artifact is defined as an object that once served a utilitarian purpose, until rendered obsolete, but is now viewed as a piece of art. ‘Fabrics of Time’ seeks to preserve the existing architectural artifacts of the campus through minimal intervention. Our imprint of time on the site is revealed through programmatic transition and craftsmanship. The Main Building, Science Building, and East Buildings serve as the primary museum facilities and are connected by service corridors to unify the museum experience. K-wall composite façade material and glass bricks represent modern advancements of craftsmanship and are implemented to reveal a contemporary imprint of time on the museum campus. The Seoul Craft Museum is a unique collage of architectural and cultural fragments, allowing people visiting the museum, to experience the full spectrum of craftsmanship from artifacts to architectural reveal.

Concept

White Box

Adaptive Re-use Box

Fabrics of Time Seoul Craft Museum Competition

Vehicular Circulation

Pedestrian Circulation

Vertical Circulation

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Fabrics of Time Seoul Craft Museum Competition

Direct Light Dire Tensile Cable

Connection Plate Textured Glass Text

Structural Glass Brick

Phasing Diagram

Glass Brick Diagram

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Main Entrance Service Core Service Core Storage Roof Garden Pedestrian Bridge

Restrooms Pedestrian Core

Exhibition Storage 2ႈFH

Glass Brick Facade Cafe

Loading Zone

Exhibition Storage

Exhibition Storage Reception 2ႈFH

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Education 2ႈFH

Historic Palace

Vehicular Access

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South Elevation

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Fabrics of Time Seoul Craft Museum Competition

West Section

West Elevation

Seoul Animation Center Seoul, South Korea Steven Park Chaffer + Moojoong Kang + Dookee Chung October 2016

Ani-Mergence Seoul Animation Center Competition Ani-Mergence, the Seoul Animation Center, is located in Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea near Nam-san Tower. The area is a cultural epicenter for domestic and international tourism. This provides a prestine backdrop for an center that reflects the rising popularity of Korean animation.

The Seoul Animation Center provides a venue for occupants to converge in confluence with Korean culture and the animation process with unique spaces for creative production as well as a theater and convention center that provide areas for people to showcase their works.

Ani-Mergence is designed to reflect the animation process. The timber canopy structure not only introduces traditional materials back into the structural manifold but serves as symbolic representation of the creative flows that ground the animation process. The timber structure expands beyond conventional building technologies providing insight into the capabilites of traditional materiality. The canopy membrane is constructed of ETFE allowing light to penetrate into atria and level three creative collabortation spaces.

Ani-Mergence, derived from the convergence of evolving animation and the emergence of cultural actors, is a building that embodies the creativity that fuels the animation development process and reflects the cultural phenomena of Korean animation culture. It is a facility charged with influencing the possibility and creativity.

Concept

FAR Massing

North Elevation

Circulation Massing

Conventional Structure

East Elevation

Developed Massing

South Elevation

Integrated Structure

Timber Canopy Structure

West Elevation

Ani-Mergence Seoul Animation Center Competition

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ROOF + 12.00 M THIRD LEVEL + 8.50 M SECOND LEVEL + 5.00 M

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BASEMENT 01 - 3.50 M

BASEMENT 02 - 10.00 M

PARKING - 14.00 M

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Basement Level 2 Plan

TRANS SIBERIAN PIT STOPS COMPETITION Moscow, Russia Steven Park Chaffer + Daniel Inocente September 2016

Trans Siberian Pit Stops

Motion

Transparency

Adaptability

The vision for this new prototypical pit stop is to be a reflection of Siberian cultures in motion, a response to its natural forces and a future vision of transportation all travelers.

The Trans-Siberian Railway led us to envision a structure that captures bodies in motion through form, structure, and materiality. The structure is animated along the rail as its form lifts and sweeps over the enclosed space and composed of steel ribs that transition fluidly into the ground. The enclosure is made up of a thin membrane composite with solar cells imprinted as a pattern derived from the radiation analysis unique to each site. This solar composite membrane allows natural light to enter while also harnessing solar energy from the printed cells which produce an ever-shifting pattern on the ground. The structural sections are organically transformed through optimization of their structural performance.

The variability in the form, structure, and light, produces a transformative space that responds to the seasons from the inside and outside. As the structure transitions into the ground, the ribs are articulated to delineate the form of the canopy and wrap the enclosure through a series of rings defining a soft and hardscape. This figure-ground is meant to draw travelers as they look for shelter and guidance during their journeys accross the Trans-Siberian Rail

Bounding Box Information Node Structural Movement Pedestrian Movement

Concept Diagram

Energy The site we tested is located in Moscow, which has a humid continental climate with warm, occasionally hot and humid summers and long cold winters. High temperatures are usually experienced during the months of June, July and August with averages reaching 23C (73F). Heat waves can occur anytime between May and September; daytime temperatures can reach 30C (86F). These high-temperature potentials during the warmer 5 months out of the year can be exploited using solar energy systems to offset power consumption.

Moscow Dry-Bulb Temperature

Ulaanbataar Dry-Bulb Temperature

Wind & Snow Snow cover can be high during these months and places a high degree of stress on structures exposed to these conditions. The amount of snow cover between November and March can reach a height of 78 cm according to historical records. This leads us to simulating the effects of wind and snow loads on our design to find an optimal geometry and use of structure. Wind speeds can reach high velocities between May and September mostly as a result of thunderstorms when they can exceed 15-35 meters per second.

Surface Pressure Analysis

Surface Velocity Analysis

Membrane ETFE membrane technology has various characteristics which appeal to enclosure systems requiring flexibility, environmental performance and enhanced daylighting transmittance. Membrane technology allows for free-form surfaces to be exacted with degrees of curvature typically costly using other enclosure systems. The curvature of the system is computed through the boundary conditions of the membrane with minimal structural requirements compared to glazing systems. It is a lightweight solution to enclosing spaced while achieving a level of transparency or daylight transmittance with comparable performance to glazing.

ETFE provides thermal insulation while still being transparent to long-wave radiation. Transparencies between 90-95% of total light with 83-88% of ultraviolet light can be achieved, resulting in a complete daylight performance and the greenhouse effect due to a high absorption of light in the infra-red range.

Annual Daylight

Summer Solstice

Winter Solstice

Annual Radiance

Solar Pattern

Trans Siberian Pit Stops

System Analysis

Panelized Aluminum Ribbon Solar Cell Printed ETFE Membrane

Digital technologies are opening up the possibility of establishing a generative approach to architectural design.

The correspondence between design, environment, geometry, material, energy, forces and biology establish a computationally contingent relationship. Complex relationships in design forces produce an outward character of continuous differentiation across all system elements. This expression in design is one of computational response and interconnection such as in biology or nature. The growth of designed elements is generated out of an established base design initiation. The design goes beyond complex parametric complexity but integrates real-world effects into its generation. Environmental response together with a synthesis of structural performance and materiality leads this design toward achieving matters of concern beyond the digital domain of design and its geometrical articulation.

Membrane Steel Tracks

Steel Structure

Perforated Mesh

Wood Ceiling

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CURVATURE ANALYSIS TOPOLOGY SMOOTHNESS CURVE NETWORK GENERATION

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ETFE MEMBRANE PROFILE PRINTED SOLAR CELLS

ETFE MEMBRANE STEEL ANCHOR

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PRIMARY STEEL RIB STRUCTURE SECONDARY STEEL BRACE BEYOND

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KWANGAN MARINA COMPETITION Busan, South Korea 1st Place Steven Park Chaffer + Mujung Kang February 2011 Steven Park Chaffer Redesigned 2016

Drift Kwangan Marina Competition Kwangan, South Korea is the location of the second largest tourist beach in Busan. Marina related activities largely contribute to the high influx of recreational activities in the area and emphasizes the importance for a facility that can reflect the experience of the Kwangan area.

Kwangan Bridge surrounds the marina site and the adjacent beach and is largely considered to be the structural attraction that sets Kwangan Beach as on of Koreaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most elite beaches.

Drift Marina in Kwangan intends to encapsulate the great experiences of the beach, bridge, sea, and surrounding context into a structure that reflects the iconic nature of the area. Drift Marina internalizes these experiences into its formal and programmatic design paralleling the users experience within the structure to one they would experience while walking around the beach area. This experience creates a dynamic layered experience that redefines the way marina users enjoy the area when not on the sea while simultaneously functioning as an iconic attraction for non-traditional marina users. This unique form of convergence encapsulates the dynamic culture of Busan and provides a platform for the city to continue its success as a premier attraction hot spot.

City

Concept The concept premise of Drift Marina is to guide people through a narrative that encapsulates the incredible visual experience that Kwangan has to offer. Large windows are intended to direct occupants towards the key striking attractions of the marina and the surrounding context.

Each Floor draws focus to these elements and consolidates the entire areas experience into a narrative that works as a revolving door redefining the way visitors experience the marina area.

Kwangan Bridge + City Marina + City

Kwangan Bridge

Kwangan Marina

Floor Plan Program 1. Reception 2. Marina Administration Offices 3. Lobby 4. Bathrooms 5. Cafe 6. Cafe Offices 7. Marina & Bridge Viewing Deck 8. Balcony 9. Kitchen 10. Kitchen Offices 11. Library 12. Education Offices 13. Study Area

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URBAN TERRAINS STUDIO Environmental Urban Investigations in Grasshopper Seoul National University Fall Semester 2015

Urban Terrains Studio Environmental Urban Investigations in Grasshopper The Urban Terrains Studio investigates design strategies through the study of diverse digital mediums to analyze the dynamic environmental, ecological systems of urban environments. Formal iterations reflect the complex relationships shared between ecological processes and contextual precedents.

Site

Site Zone 8

Hannam-dong, Seoul, Korea Zoning Type FAR Building Footprint Building Maximum Height

: Residential 3 : 210 % : 50 % : 28 m

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Original Site Buildings

Developable Site

Massing Footprint

1.50 FAR Massing

Environmental Investigations with Grasshopper

Solar envelope section (winter solstice)

Solar Envelope 2 hours sunlight exposure for adjacent buildings on the winter solstice

Solar rights section (25m height restriction)

Solar Rights

Solar Rights + Massing

Solar Fan + Massing

2 hours per day annual sunlight exposure for adjacent buildings

The solar rights analysis was combined with the FAR massing to create a form that is sensitive to solar accessibility for adjacent properties while maximizing building area.

A solar fan was calculated to allow 2 hours of sunlight per day in then interior courtyard.

Urban Terrains Studio Environmental Urban Investigations in Grasshopper Serial Section

Site Connectivity Analysis

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Environmental Investigations with Grasshopper

Solar Analysis

Solar Rights

Solar Radiance

Rain Water Drainage

Wind Rose

Hourly Data: Wind speed (m/s) Seoul, Korea 1 June 13:00 - 31 August 24:00

Hourly Data: Dry bulb temperature (C) Seoul, Korea 1 June 13:00 - 31 August 24:00

Final Form + Perforated Facade Velocity (m/s) [Pressure (Pa)] 15.954 [51.421] 13.816 [20.690] 11.281 [-10.040] 7.977 [-40.770] 0 [-71.500]

Unfolded Elevation Wind Pressure Diagram (Summer Wind)

Unfolded Elevation Exterior Facade Perforations

Final Form + Wind Analysis