architecture portfolio Suzanne Agbayani
pg 19 remofo
pg 2 intervention meets nature
pg 20 ARTIFICIAL MEETS NATURE
pg 4 intervention meets Modified nature
pg 21 a drawing process
pg 6 the bus stop
pg 22 surface/scape prt i
pg 8 design + research
pg 24 surface/scape prt ii
pg 12 climate response
pg 28 sketching
pg 16 the urban theatre
SELECTED WORKS
Second Year Studio Fall 2010//Arch 201 Duration: 4+ weeks Goal: Gain hand drafting and model making skills Each student was to draw inspiration from the conceptual model created from a first project, and design an intervention with nature. This project challenged our skills in using abstract ideas to interpret information. In my case, focusing on the silicon microchips. I created a fifteen-story high-rise that ‘grows‘ out and follows the contours of a lush green mountain. To emulate the look of the chip, copper and green materials are used to create the structure of the high-rise. Green is used as an important element to help tie in the building with the greenery of the mountain, making both become intertwined. From far away, the high-rise blends in with the mountain but sharp angles introduced in the design of the high-rise’s profile are meant give itself away. These angles imitate the mountainous curves, letting the audience know of its manmade value.
1. floor plan of housing studio and complex unit 2. physical model in 1/32” scale. Materials: plexi, artificial moss, cardboard
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3. left section elevation showing high-rise embedded into mountain
INTERVENTION MEETS NATURE 3
Second Year Studio Fall 2010//Arch 201 Duration: 4+ weeks Goal: Undestanding importance of site analysis to better a concept and design
To further the understanding of diverse needs in an academic culture, the idea of Urban Revitalization was introduced to campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM). Each student was asked to pick out a part of the campus where they planned to revitalize. I chose to introduce a new student lounge that rest comfortably into the hillside of the Manoa Stream by the East West Garden at UHM.
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cantilevering beams
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I planned for a lounge that cantilevers over the stream, connecting the audience in a static space with the active surroundings. It hardly carves into the hillside and permits existing trees to stem from the interior of the building. Holding a transparent manner in a small space, the lounge is able to be open to its serene surroundings and still capture a cozy and intimate atmosphere from the inside.
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1. Final 3/32” scaled intervention. Materials: balsa, 3. Concept model representing cantilever over Manoa Stream , artificial moss, tree trunk spatial organization, and transparency
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2. Site Analysis: The red line represents an axis that 4. Floor plan and section of intervention runs through Correa Road and is aligned with Sinclair Library and Campus Center. The blue line represents Manoa Stream. The intervention is placed right at the intersection of the axes.
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Computer Application Spring 2011//Arch 235 Duration: 4 weeks Goal: Apply BIM software and digital graphic programs to architectural designs
To show our abilities in computer-aided geometric modeling, groups were assigned to develop a bus stop located near UHM. I was placed in a group of three, partook in initial indesign ideas, and took responsibility of designing a model and generating graphical renders through v-ray on Rhino3D. A final board presentation was produced with the help of Adobe Illustrator. 3D printing was introduced to create a physical model.
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Noting that the bus stop is in axis with a row of trees that frame the sidewalk of University Ave, an idea to incorporate an abstraction of the branches into our design was sketched out. From there two models were made, one following a minimal and planar design with solid and repeating forms, and another taking the lines created in the initial sktech to construct interpolated curves and open spaces. By combining the layout of the first vision and following the form of the initial sketch similar to the second vision, a final model was fabricated.
1. Three-dimensional renders of final bus stop 3. From left to right: initial sketch, first conceptual model, second model conceptual model 2. Cross elevation and section of bus stop
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Third Year Studio Spring 2012//Arch 342 Duration: 8+ weeks Goal: Design a house based on research of a client’s favorite architect (Rem Koolhaas)
To strengthen the understanding in the fundamental of both natural and formal ordering systems, each student was set to define an approach and develop creative functional/experimental goals for programmatic spaces. An architectural complex of housing unit and design studio, set in Hawaii, was constructed for an architect who happens to be an ardent admirer of a selected architect of our choice (Rem Koolhaas) and wants to reflect the architect with this complex design.
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Office Studio Meeting Room
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Garage
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47-83 kamehameha hwy, kahaluu
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Inspired by Rem Koolhaas, this project incoorporated his design strategies by creating a sense of privacy through scale, making full use of volume and space, and playing with solids and voids. Because Koolhaas is also an avid fan of cinematography, the design follows the idea of framing viewpoints with dynamic views. Triangular cuts are also a motif that frequent his works. From said inspiration, a strategical response to site, brainstorming spatial sequencing, inventing an arhitectural skin, and other details were developed in the design process to create a final model.
1. Three-dimensional render of complex
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2. From left to right: entrance to architectural lab, 4. Cross section entrance to housing units, view from kitchen into living room
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DESIGN + RESEARCH 9
in-situ concrete
ARCHITECTURAL SKIN As part of on-going development
DESIGN RESPONSE By incorporating Rem Koolhaas’
during this project, an architectural skin is developed to reflect our choice of architect. The duration of this assignment was given a week to design and construct. I was inspired by Koolhaas’ frequent use of glass - a paradigm of reflections where contemporary people live in a world dominated by reflections. From this, I designed a skin that translucent, modular, and held radial symmetry.
design strategies of scale, solid and voids, and framing view points - spatial configuration, a view grid, and circulation digrams are developed. To emphasize on scale and privacy, there is a distinct split of two units from private (housing units) and public (architectural lab). Spaces open up to the ocean for dynamic views in each unit allowing for multiple framed points. Similar to spatial configuration, the public and private circulation are distinctly split into two seperate paths, creating a different experience in each unit for the client and visitors.
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pre-cast concrete planks reinforced concrete slab with timber
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public indoor private indoor semi-private indoor semi-private outdoor public outdoor
supporting timber frame
spatial configuration
glazing facade
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WALL SECTION Through research upon Rem Koolhaas’ favored construction methods, a wall section is created to emphasize the basic theme of construction and materiality for the client - In this case, a connection between glass, steel, and concrete.
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Third Year Studio Spring 2012//Arch 342 Duration: 5 weeks Goal: Create a climatic response based upon previous Design + Research project
Program// 1 garage 2 kitchen 3 dining 4 living 5 studio 6 study 7 bedroom 8 cello room
Through developing an alternative design with a dramatic change in climate with consideration of the previous Design + Research project, a better understanding of architecture placed in a different climatic setting is achieved. Challenges placed in design conciderations no longer only include functional factors, but they now also environmental factors, in this case, Minnesota.
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To combat such conditions, passive design strategies were invented. These strategies include metal roofing, underfloor heating, trombe walls, thermal zoning, and lanscape windbreaks. Trombe walls, which follow the architectural skin design developed from the Design + Research project, are placed along south facing walls to allow for solar gain. To create a wind buffer from the north NW winds, the building is carved into the site and trees are strategically placed as a barrier. In turn, these strategies mold and develop a new design that implicitly tie in initial design intent from the Design + Research project.
1. Three-dimensional render of complex
3. Floor and site plan
CLIMATE RESPONSE
2. Left: driveway to building, hidden and mysterious Right: main entrance, opening up to dynamic views
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Backyard
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PASSIVE DESIGN STRATEGIES Drastic change in climate were considered which shaped the overall design. Environmental strategies such as metal roofing, underfloor heating, trombe walls, thermal zoning, and lanscape windbreaks were incorporated into the design. Trombe walls, are placed along south facing walls to allow for solar gain. To create a wind buffer from the north NE winds, the building is carved into the site and trees are strategically placed as a barrier. Private and public spaces are combined and unified as a response to climate. The private spaces are closer to the lake for a more intimate setting.
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WALL HIERARCHY The walls facing towards the south, which is exposed to most sunlight, is thicker in mass to absorb and store solar energy. The wall hierarchy also in turn helps define public and private spaces. wind direction
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physical model in 3/32� scale materials: foamcore, basswood, plexi, aluminum sheet, dried flora
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Third Level
Besides the path to the garage, the circulation flows from a public, to a semi-private or private direction depending on what floor or program a person arrives at.
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Third Year Studio Fall 2011//Arch 341 Duration: 10+ weeks Goal: Gain an understanding of space and perseption to develop livable environments
An Urban Theatre focued on youth art, located on an abandoned lot in Hawaii, is designed to include an array of public to private spaces such as residential units for youth artists, studios for visiting artists, a public gallery, and art workshops. An understanding of perception though multiple users, strengthening presentation, and developing a sense of ordering systems through massing is achieved.
Keeping the Hawaii youth culture and the local climate setting in consideration, a passive design system is developed. Once massing is composed, circulation and materiality of the Urban Theatre can be constructed. The final model results is a theatre that is inviting and suitable for the youth in Hawaii trying to find comfort in art.
1. Three-dimensional render of theatre showcasing 3. From left to right: interior shot from second floor lanai, interior of glass elevator, large concrete forms, glass gallery gallery looking at floating aquarium, rendered perspective 2. Three-dimensional rendered section perspective
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MASSING
The heart of the project, the art workshop, is placed behind the gallery and is enclosed in a lively terraium-like environment, which show cases the artists in action and transforms them into an exciting form of artwork. A roof garden, a place one may want to venture for temporary escape, is only accessible though the northwest fire escape making the residence eventually bump into each other, promoting social interation within the Urban Theathre.
Third Year Studio Fall 2011//Arch 341 Duration: 2 weeks Goal: Design an architectural folly from randomly assigned attributes
To help grasp the ability in using basic architectural and environmental principles in design, each student was given a system to research and incorporate into designing an architectural folly. I was assigned the system of louvers along with other attributes to help visualize, design, and mold our folly. After research on louvers and given attributes, a number of design concepts were materialized and decided upon.
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The higher the floor, the more private the space becomes. A heavier array of louvers brings this sense of privacy to life and helps create natural ventilation brought in by the trade winds of Hawaii.
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system: louvers, cantilevers, stairs program: gardening metaphor of experience: being on a boat charateristics: squeezed, light
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program// 1 garage 2 movie theathre 3 residential staff 4 first level art workshop 5 gallery 6 theathre lobby 7 theatre stage 8 dressing room 9 recording studio 10 storage 11 second level art worshop 12 residential youth artist studio 13 visiting artisits studio 14 roof terrace
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3. Final three-dimensional render of folly .
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Second Year Studio Fall 2010//Arch 201 Duration: 2 weeks Goal: Create a conceptural model that intertwines with nature
Second Year Studio Summer 2010//Arch 132 Duration: 2 weeks Goal: Understand the importance of process to create a refined architectural model
1. Aerial view of cityscape 2. Top of cityscape, central area 3. Showcasing transit system through pins 4. Closeup of silicon chips and computer receptors which represents statuesque building
1. Final ink sketch rendered model with photoshop 2. Initial study model 3. First refined model 4. Second refined model 5. Pencil hand renders of model and detail
Holding strong architectural qualities, silicon chips change position and evolve into statuesque buildings. From this, a conceptual model and the idea to create a mountainous cityscape is developed. A rock covered in moss was used to represent a mountain, and silicon chips and computer receptors ‘grow’ out of the rock to represent housing and building communities. Metal pins that follow the contour of the rock and form to represent a transit system connect these communities. The final composition embodies a mountainous cityscape that overlooks the vast sea, and hopefully gives off an ethereal feel. This project showcases ability in using abstract ideas to interpret information.
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To challange our communication skills through drawing, students were asked to assemble a quick study model, refine, and sketch the result. From there, the sketch was trasnfered to photoshop to render and refine an idea. The result - The Oasis: Inducing curiosity within the audience, long truncated forms are stacked in an tortuous manner, and is set in the rustic open.
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Fourth Year Studio Fall 2012//Arch 415 Duration: 3 weeks (Study Abroad) Goal: Discover materiality and construction to develop a surface scape
During the Fall of 2012, I was selected among a few other students to attend a curriculum under one of South Korea’s upcoming and well-known architects, Byoung Soo Cho, in Seoul for a semester. Under his direction, we focused on materiality and construction, and produced a surface scape that would be inegrated in our final project, which involved incorporating the surface scae into South Korea’s urban integrated in our finallandscape. project, which involved incoporating the surface scape into South Korea’s urban landscape.
Through an exploration on materiality, students were able to contruct an object, which became a surface scape for further development. The process of this project helps students visualize what materials work when designing an architectural structure. After exploring materiality of wire and metal in both a natural and artificial fram, a concept to create warm spaces with translucent walls was invented with malleable pieces of perforated metal and wire. By folding triangulated petals of perforated metal and tying each piece with wire, a sculpture was materialized
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1. Top of view of surface scape
3. upclose of triangulated petals to show pressed flowers
2. Surface scape along a mirror box to visualize repetition
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Fourth Year Studio Fall 2012//Arch 415 Duration: 8 weeks (Study Abroad) Goal: Discover materiality and construction to develop a surface scape
1. Initial surface scape 2. First refined surface scape with repeation and connection 3. Second refined surface scape straightened out 4. Final surace scape design with deconstruction from previous models 5. Front elevation of final surface scape 6.
Through many steps of simplification, the final result is a forest of wires and metal created through gestures of sharp angles. A 1:10 scale model is made of metal with a mirror finish and tension wire. Because the wall is made of vertical tension wires, a connection is necessary to hold each individual wire in place. This is done by a simple metal clasp connection. The spacing of the wire varies, depending on how much light is meant to pass through. Finally, the mirror finish of the metal gives the surface scape the characteristic of reflectivity and is heightened by the distorted placement, giving the audience an expereince of different complex spaces in a small area.
Front Elevation 3/8” scale
With the first process of creating a sculpture in surface scape, a wall/divider was designed. This was achieved by deconstructing and simplifying the first surface until the final form came into being. Through wire and metal, a wall is fabricated. An array of tension wire controls the amount of light allowed through a space and creates a variety of privacy. The closer the array of wire, the more private the space becomes. The result is a forest of wire. Various angled reflective surfaces are added to heighten sense of space. The form is represented by reflectivity and a gesture of sharp angles. 1mm tension wire
Plan 3/8” scale
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Roof Garden Interior Lounge The community can grow and
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harvest their own produce on the third floor roof garden.
Surface Scape x vegetation The surface scape is positioned in multiple areas and act as a divider to create different experiences of space, privacy, and reflection. Vegetation, meant for communal use, grows in a vertical manner on selected areas of tension wire throughout the building for a more lively and lush atmosphere. Restaurant Cafe Local produce harvested from
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the rood garden can be used for items on menu
Local Produce Farmers’ Market
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Grocery market for residents who are interested in local and fresh produce
SURFACE SCAPE Programmatic DEVELOPMENT To further the use of our surface scape, a task was made to create a conceptual program set in a residential area near the thriving art district of Gyeongbok, Seoul. The location and system could be of our choice, as long as we intertwined the surface scape into our program. Because the residential area currently lacked in grocery markets, I chose to introduce a local produce market, which includes a restaurant, cafe, and roof garden for the use and benefit of the community.
1. Section cut to show vegetation
4. Second floor restaurant/cafe space
2. Third floor roof garden
5. Staircase leading to roof garden
3. Third floor interior lounge
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Selected Creative ARTWork outside of architecture Goal: Undestanding importance of value and line weight
CHILDLIKE graphite 30” x 30” self-portrait understanding value
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FISH PENDANT STUDY graphite and ink 7” x 7” still life understanding light weight
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