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TIMOTHY AHN KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | MA 2023

TIMOTHY SUNG-HYUN AHN timothyahnn@gmail.com Kansas City, Missouri

I Believe The beauty of architecture is its willingness to challenge our thinking, our perception of what is possible. Like a drop of water in a limitness ocean, architecture’s vast diversity creates an opportunity for us to imagine the future, to facilitate a better world today and for the generations still to come. This is Architecture.

SOFTWARE / SKILL SET

MARKET

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T h e M a n h a t t a n F a r m e r ’s M a r k e t P ro p o s a l

6 | PARTI

CONCEPT Space is not set to stone. It can and will be ever-changing as the space serves purposes beyond a farmer’s market. Non-load bearing partitions are used to shape the space as it is now to shape views to the teaching kitchen and define circulation spaces for pedestrians and for vendors.

STRATEGY Partitions were placed strategically to achieve several different purposes. First, to mask views into neighboring service spaces along the east and south end of the site. Second, to shape views and circulation paths into the market and within the market, creating an emphasis on the path to the teaching kitchen along the north facade. Finally, to allow for passive air circulation/cooling via prevailing southern winds.

EXPLODED AXON | 7

Combination of aluminum and kalwall roofing to allow soft daylighting into the space

Aluminum framing to hold the metal and kalwall panels

10 x 10 grid of steel I-beams acting as the supporting overhead structure

10 x 10 Kalwall Unit

Restrooms and Custodian Closet Teaching Kitchen Bubble Playground Administration office Non-load bearing partitions to define space

Crucifix columns positioned along grid using the 1/5th span rule

Vendor parking/unloading zone

Aluminum framed vendor stalls for customization and versatility

Playground/socializing zone Restrooms and Custodian Closet Service Corridor Teaching Kitchen

Flexible space to allow various arrangements of vendor stalls

Primary pedestrian traffic flow

8 | FLOOR PLAN

SECTION | 9

10 | MARKET

MARKET | 11

DIFFUSE

Maryland Public Library Stair Addition

14 | PARTI

FLOOR PLAN The design demonstrates a uniform staircase that unfolds before you, revealing what is hidden and unknown. The concept of the design revolves around the idea of impulse use. A situation in which a person is unconsciously drawn into a space.

STRATEGY As the stairs wrap around the masses, spaces hidden are revealed which creates a sense of relief. There is also a transition from darkness to light as one travels through the first tunnel. The platform overhead is lifted up and the true scale of the space is revealed, adding to this sense of lightness of the space.

SECTION | 15

16 | OVERLOOKING SPACES

OVERLOOKING SPACES | 17

GEM IN THE GARDEN Farm Incubator / Research Center Proposal

20 | PARTI

CONCEPT A stone, placed into a foreign landscape. The carving of the stone reveals spaces and unveils the hidden gem at the center.

The Centre represents a place where scientists, explorers, students and the general public can come together to witness the future of agriculture as it is being created.

STRATEGY Wedges act to engulf the gem in the garden, adding protection and stability. From these wedges, a series of concrete girders disperse outward to further engulf the gem.

FLOOR PLAN | 21

CROP DUSTER ASSEMBLY CROP DUSTER STORAGE MECHANICAL

TRACTOR STORAGE

LOADING DOCK

CENTRAL GARDEN BEE LAB STORAGE TRACTOR ASSEMBLY

BEE LAB

TESTING CAGE

CUSTODIAN + TELECOM

22 | SECTION

SECTION | 23

24 | CENTRAL GARDEN

CENTRAL GARDEN | 25