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) Master of Landscape Architecture University of Tennessee, Knoxville expected graduation: 2020
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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
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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.
right: axonomic study of site conditions
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aerial perspective of site in context
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visualizing initial impressions of the site
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axonomic study from GIS data
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designed plan (left) and preliminary sketch (above)
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sectional study of different programs on site 7
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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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tonal study of the project
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plan of site (above), programming and remediation tactics (next page) 13
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project schematic and aerial perspective of site 15
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projected use of the refined depression
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anticipated experiences throughout circulatory paths
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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. Different priorities were chosen: legibility, clear delivery of complex information, and aesthetic experimentation. In my projects, I focus on creating graphics that achieve these important goals. These projects represent my design communication skills.
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abstract line study in Adobe Illustrator (digital communication I / fall 2017)
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Tesseract & Dr. Selvig
Thanos “The Other� loki
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loki Tesseract
Dr. Selvig barton (hawkeye)
hawkeye & Goons
tony
loki
steve
romanoff
Nick Fury Agent Coulson Agent Hill
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rogers (Cpt. America)
thor
steve tony
s.h.e.i.l.d. hq
loki thor banner
bruce banner (the hulk) natasha romanoff (blackwidow)
agt. coulson steve
fury agt. hill
tony stark (iron-man) pepper potts
s.h.i.e.l.d. hellicarrier
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Chtauri alien whale Chtauri
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alien whale
hawkeye blackwidow
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narrative plotline chronicling the plot of The Avengers (2012) (digital communication I / fall 2017)
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tony & steve Goons
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hawkeye romanoff steve
thor the hulk
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baseball cards (Vintage)
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hulk cage
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iron man
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Chtauri
Thor
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design charette: the systems of a 1 x 1 m² patch on campus collaboration with Payton Myers (sustainability) and Mitchell Kanak (environmental science), non-design majors; utilized Google Slides to create drafts online simultaneously. I translated the resultinh draft to a systems diagram. (urban ecology / spring 2018)
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spatially visualizing Census population data of Nashville across the city. (Andrew Madl / “Dendritic Taxonomies� / Spring 2018)
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4 HAND-DRAWN SKETCHES 2016-2018
I have been consciously drawing since second grade in elementary school. I am grateful to have received a classical training for drafting in my undergraduate education. Sketching is a method of documentation and observation. While a personal activity, it is also a method of communication for me. I have displayed a range of works from quick observations to thorough figure drawings.
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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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