sue choi
landscape architecture portfolio 2018
SUE CHOI full name: Suehyun Choi
suechoiart.com schoi21@vols.utk.edu +1 (615) 438-6095 @suechoiart (tw&ig) candidate, Master of Landscape Architecture University of Tennessee, Knoxville expected graduation: 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 CLAYBOX: OUTDOOR CONVENTION GARDEN studio - fall 2017 - page 4 →
2 NEW HORIZONS: (RE)DEVELOPING KNOXVILLE’S SOILS studio - fall 2017 - page 14 →
3 GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION 2017-2018 - page 26 →
4 HAND-DRAWN SKETCHES 2016-2018 - page 34 →
1 CLAYBOX: OUTDOOR CONVENTION GARDEN Professor Gale Fulton / “ECO-SPEC-TECH” / Fall 2017
This project capitalizes on the impermanence of materials and events to stage an urban spectacle on a post-industrial vacancy in Knoxville, Tennessee. Beyond the spectacle of the site itself – surrounded by highway infrastructure, light industrial buildings, and a channelized creek, CLAYBOX harnesses the unstable tendencies of ‘ground’, along with discarded materials including glass and cardboard, to create an infrastructure of impermanence.
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right: axonomic study of site conditions
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this page: texture and tonal study of site conditions next page: diagrammatic sketch of CLAYBOX
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above: aerial perspective of site left: plan view and narrative next page: sectional diagrams of four programs
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before and after of circulatory paths in depression ponds
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before and after of degrading box tunnels
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2 NEW HORIZON: (RE)DEFINING KNOXVILLE’S HORIZONS Professor Gale Fulton / “ECO-SPEC-TECH” / Fall 2017
A recapitulation of Claybox, NEW HORIZONS is a long-term project designed to demonstrate the process of reclaiming and redeveloping the soil to a rehabilitated lush state. In doing so, the project addresses four main issues of post-industrial urban soil: compaction, acidity, toxicity, and displacement of organic matter, this project utilizes mycoremediation and resilient plantings that will pioneer the process of establishing a new ecosystem. New Horizons is an experiment for a new generation of vegetative, fungal, and animal life.
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right: tonal study of the project
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above: photographs from site left: existing conditions and industrial history of site next page, left: axonomic breakdown of programming and ecological remediation next page, right: ecological remediation palette with educational text
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above: project schematic diagram left: aerial representation of site
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above: anticipated reaction to early stages of succession at site right: plan drawing of site
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this spread: varies experiences through New Horizons
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3 GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION Fall 2017 - Spring 2018
This section includes various graphic exercises conducted during my time at the School of Landscape Architecture.
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right: linework study in Illustrator
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above: diagram from Urban Ecology charrette - the systems of a 1 x 1 m² patch on campus left: sketched diagram of the project patch upper left: collaborative work done through Google Sheets Group members: Payton Myers & Mitchell Kanak
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top: census data by administrative office points in popular Nashville neighborhoods bottom: population trends in Nashville in sectional view
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4 HAND-DRAWN SKETCHES 2016-2018
I am comfortable with communicating via hand-drawn sketches. I have displayed a range of works, all drawn from life or as a diagram, to demonstrate my hand drawing skills.
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top: site exploration and impressions below: free-hand iterations of possible spectacles
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top: impression of a nice day outside bottom: recording my experience from the Solomon Residence
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this page: translating texture and tone from a photograph
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waiting for a convocation to start
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this spread: sketches from various drawing sessions, from life
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SUE CHOI suechoiart.com schoi21@vols.utk.edu +1 (615) 438-6095 @suechoiart (tw&ig)
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