[old] Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio

TIMOTHY NIOU ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

1904 NW 108th St 360.521.0795 Vancouver, WA 98685 timothy.niou@gmail.com

Resume education

University of Oregon - Portland | Portland, OR Master of Architecture Candidate

Sep 2012 - June 2014

Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA Aug 2009 - May 2012 Bachelor of Science in Architecture Honors Certificate in Chinese Involvement: AIAS, Vitalis Colony Architecture Fraternity (treasurer, cofounder), Photography Club (equipment manager, webmaster), Chinese Student Association (historian) Shoreline Community College | Seattle, WA Sep 2007 - June 2009 Engineering Transfer Involvement: Math Learning Center (tutor)

experience

Timothy Niou Photography June 2008 - Present Freelance Photographer and Designer: Provided photographic services in portraits, events and food.

Designed business cards and logos

上海论达李林建筑设计有限公司 | Shanghai, China May 2010 - July 2010 (R&D Design Group http://www.designrd.net) Summer Intern: Worked with a team to design a large residential/shopping development. Improved master site plan and tasked with designing one of the hotels. Designed templates for presentations and proposals. Helped translate between English and Chinese.

OfficeMax | Seattle, WA Sep 2007 - July 2008 Sales Associate: Improved customer experience by providing insights and knowledge of store products. Filled in for other positions including cashier and printing services when needed.

skills

Drafting 3D Modeling Graphic Web Design Photography Office Language

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AutoCAD 2008-2011, hand-drawn Rhino, 3D Studio Max, SketchUp, physical Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign HTML, CSS Adobe Lightroom 3, dSLR Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook English, Chinese (Mandarin)

Architecture begins where engineering ends.

Walter Gropius

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Table of Contents

architecture studio Clone Trooper Helmet

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Skyway Bridge Redesign

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Skiles Courtyard Pavilion

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Gallery in the City

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Oxford Arts Center 22 DOE SunShot Initiative

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independent work Photography 48 Graphic Design 50

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Clone Trooper Helmet Program: Eye wear Assembly Study Site: A galaxy far, far away Team: Timothy Niou, Shota Vashakmadze Duration: 3 weeks

Class: CFY Studio Year: Fall 2009 Instructor: Joseph Minatta

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This project had a simple objective--to explore the intricate components that make up a piece of eye wear. This was completed by doing four studies: measured, assembly, operation, and material. This study was expanded to also include an exploration into eye wear-helmet integration.

The helmet of choice is a standard issue Phase I Clone Trooper helmet from the Grand Army of the Galactic Republic.

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Clone Trooper Helmet

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Skyway Bridge Redesign Program: Window Situation Design Site: College of Architecture East Georgia Tech Team: Timothy Niou, Janie Park Duration: 3 weeks

Class: CFY Studio Year: Spring 2010 Instructor: Jihan Stanford

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The skyway bridge that connects the auditorium to the studios in the COA East building can be utilized in many different ways. First and foremost, it is a bridge that connects the two buildings. Secondly, it can be utilized as a gallery space where studios can hold juries. Unfortunately, the two functions cannot coexist without significantly hindering one of them.

The objective of this exercise was to change the space by redesigning the windows after doing an in depth study of the space. The windows were changed from simple operable ones into sliding doors with access to an outdoor balcony--solving the problem previously stated while also adding a third function as a space for social lounging.

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Skyway Bridge Redesign

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Skiles Pavilion Program: Nine-Square Pavilion Site: Skiles Courtyard, Georgia Tech Team: Timothy Niou Duration: 4 weeks

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Class: Second Year Studio Year: Fall 2010 Instructor: Fred Pearsall

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This project utilized the classic architectural nine-square grid problem as a scaffold with a specific amount of material that can be used. The location of the site is inside a courtyard of the Skiles building on Georgia Tech’s campus in front of the main courtyard staircase.

Design Process + Concepts The design process primarily revolved around the three concepts--limiting/directing peripheral vision, ambiguating boundaries/definers of space, and dispersing linear traffic flow--such that the space can be thresholded and provide varying experiences for different people.

The design process primarily revolved around the three concepts--limiting/directing peripheral vision, ambiguating boundaries/definers of space, and dispersing linear traffic flow--such that the space can be thresholded and provide varying experiences for different people.

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Skiles Pavilion

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The Gallery in the City Program: Museum Site: Midtown Atlanta, GA Team: Timothy Niou Duration: 5 weeks

South Elevation

Class: Third Year Studio Year: Fall 2011 Instructor: Judy Gordon

North Elevation

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The primary concept behind the design of the Gerhard Richter museum was derived from the collection of the five Richter pieces (two sculptures and three paintings) that the museum will house. Each one of his artworks have some level of dialogue between what is revealed and what is concealed through a shift in layers. This sense of concealing and revealing can be experienced throughout the museum from the processional pathways to the interaction between the physical materials and the arrangements of the Richter pieces themselves.

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The Gallery in the City

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1. Entrance / Lobby 2. Bathrooms 3. Storage / Prep Room 4. Open Garden for Nearby Residents 5. Cafe and Bookstore

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6. Private Museum Garden 2

7. Rotating Gallery

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8. Private Deck

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9. Gerhard Richter Gallery

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10. Research Library Center

Second Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan

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First Floor Plan

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28' 20'

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The Gallery in the City

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Oxford Arts Center Program: Media and Arts center Site: Oxford, GA Team: Timothy Niou Duration: 6 weeks

Class: Third Year Studio Year: Fall 2011 Instructor: Judy Gordon

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The concept that drives the design of the Oxford Arts Center stems from exploring the natural phenomenon of motion. Motion can be visually represented by a shifting or blurring of an object. With the advancement of technology and the foray into digital arts, a blur between analog and digital become more apparent.

Two bar-shaped wings that are offset in both plan and elevation provide the form of the arts center. The wing on the ground houses the analog arts while the wing that is elevated contains the digital arts. The two wings are connected together by a central atrium that incorporates both studios main presentation spaces.

The analog arts wing is a glass box while the digital arts wing is a metal-cladded solid box. The contrast in material between the two wings are then combined in the central atrium space--representing the blur between the wings and the arts.

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Oxford Arts Center

Entrance

Primary Views

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24' 16'

56' 40'

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Oxford Arts Center 6

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1 3 1. Balcony 2. Lounge Hall 3. Auditorium 4. Classroom 1 5. Classroom 2 6. Digital Studio

Third Floor Plan

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6 1. Auditorium Stage 2. Waiting Room 3. Directors Office 4. Staff Office 5. Conference Room 6. Lounge Hall 7. Screening Room 1 8. Screening Room 2

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Second Floor Plan

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1. Lobby Atrium 2. Main Gallery 3. Rotating/Student Gallery 4. Library 5. Working Courtyard 6. Workshop 7. Analog Studio 8. Mechanical Room 9. Women's Restroom 10. Men's Restroom 11. Cafe 12. Social Courtyard 13. Reflecting Pool

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South Elevation

East Elevation

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Section B

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Oxford Arts Center

North-facing Skylight

South-facing Solar Panels

Indirect Light

Direct Sunlight

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DOE SunShot Initiative Program: Building Integrated Photovoltaics Site: Atlanta, GA Team: Timothy Niou, Michael Fox, Brittany Porter Duration: 14 weeks

Class: Third Year Studio Year: Spring 2012 Instructor: Tristan Al-Haddad

Russell Gentry

Joseph Goodman

As part of the US Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative, the Spring 2012 Junior/Senior studio was able to be a part of a multi-disciplinary studio that was a first for Georgia Tech. This studio worked with senior mechanical engineering students, the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and Georgia Tech’s Center for Biologically Inspired Design (CBID). In addition to Georgia Tech resources, this studio also worked closely with industry partners such as Suniva, as well as Radiance Solar.

This studio focused on the development of architectural design strategies for the integration of next generation photovoltaic systems through four scales: extra small (playhouse), small (residential), medium (commercial), and large (urban/ utility). Each one of these situations presented new and unique challenges with the ultimate goal of eventually making solar energy affordable and appealing to the public.

The intensity and focus of this studio on photovoltaics has allowed for a deep understanding of the current and future trends of photovoltaic technology. For the most part, this studio worked in teams of three with a site analysis phase, an individual ideation phase, and a final collaboration phase to develop an idea for final presentation.

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DOE SunShot Initiative Studio Thoreau House 32 Sol-Louver 36 Solar Canopy 40 Solar Container 44

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Thoreau House Program: BIPV + Playhouse (1 kW) Site: Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA Team: Timothy Niou, Michael Fox, Brittany Porter

Brendan Nichols, Ronak Vaidya Duration: 3 weeks

Class: Third Year Studio Year: Spring 2012 Instructor: Tristan Al-Haddad

Russell Gentry

Joseph Goodman

3D House Model by Ronak Vaidya

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Personal Responsibilities: Ideation, detailed Rhino model of PV system, fabrication, photographer, installation

The Thoreau House project started out as a quick design-build charrette to let the studio get some hands-on experience with designing and installing a solar panel on existing playhouses built by another class. Due to a slight delay in materials arriving, the charrette was turned into a mini-project for the teams to create working analogs of the more intricate ideas. This project provided an invaluable experience with digital fabrication technology including a 5-axis CNC router, a plasma cutter, drill presses, manual routers, so on and so forth.

This particular design was based off a concept of a book or a briefcase where two panels are hinged along an edge or a spine, allowing for it to have an open setting and a closed setting. One of the primary objectives of this concept was to minimize the amount of roof penetrations necessary. During transportation and installation, the panels are in the closed position. Once installed into place, the panels are unfolded into the open position--creating a slight awning.

Installation time-lapse video. http://youtu.be/7jFlB4TVB4I

Scale: 1� = 1’

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Thoreau House

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Sol-Louver Program: BIPV + Residential House (3 kW+) Site: Ansley Park Atlanta, GA Team: Timothy Niou, Michael Fox, Brittany Porter Duration: 4 weeks

Sol-Louver Tim Niou Brittany Porter Michael Fox

PV PANEL MEETS LOUVER - Clipmechanism on the back dismisses installation and panel penetration.

- Clips into preinstalled wiring - “Plug and Play” - Overhanging glass seals off louver - Ethylene-vinyl acetate band seals off connections - And takes the heat-related motion of the adjacent wood

Class: Third Year Studio Year: Spring 2012 Instructor: Tristan Al-Haddad

Russell Gentry

Joseph Goodman

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Sol-Louver Personal Responsibilities: Ideation, 3D model, Site Analysis, Diagrams Tim Niou Brittany Porter Michael Fox

Residential systems require a good amount of custom work; the aesthetics will usually outweigh economy and efficiency. The most likely culprits as to why most homeowners are hesitant when it comes to adding solar panels to their homes are either that it is unaffordable up front, too ugly, or both. It also seems that owners that are able to afford the initial costs are also the ones that are more concerned with the aesthetics.

This issue was addressed by integrating PV with “residential accessories” that SITE PLAN are typically applied to higher end homes such as decks, patios, pergolas, or Drawn with at 1/6” = 1’-0” pool houses. Many of these attachments are found to be constructed either wood, metal, or plastic planks. This led to integrating with sun shading louvers and the concept for a patio cover or facade screen made from PV. The system is then able to be customizable to each house through a plug-and-play cassette system.

Sol-Louver Tim Niou Brittany Porter Michael Fox

Sketches by Michael Fox

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FRAME MEETS ROOF -Frame connects with integrated steelangle in precut void.

- Frame meets column with inverted steelangle in precut void.

-Column meets ground/roof (concrete) with precut void -Distance is kept by steelangles

Detail Drawings by Michael Fox

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Sol-Louver Tim Niou Brittany Porter Michael Fox

Summer Settings | June 21

Winter Settings | December 21

Winter Settings | December 21

WIND

Safety Mode | High Winds Unidirectional

Sol-Louver Tim Niou Brittany Porter Michael Fox

Winter Settings | December 21

Safety Mode | High Winds Omnidirectional

Safety Mode | Precipitation

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Summer Settings | June 21

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Solar Canopy Program: BIPV + Commercial Roof (100 kW+) Site: Ponce City Market Atlanta, GA Team: Timothy Niou, Michael Fox, Brittany Porter Duration: 3 weeks

Class: Third Year Studio Year: Spring 2012 Instructor: Tristan Al-Haddad

Russell Gentry

Joseph Goodman

Sketches by Michael Fox

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Personal Responsibilities: Ideation, 3D model, Site Analysis, Diagrams, Trapezoid Cell/Panel Design

For the commercial scale system, the studio worked with the developers of Ponce City Market to develop a potential PV rooftop space. The developers had envisioned the roof to be an accessible social space for the public and were not too keen on using the roof only to generate solar energy.

This solar canopy system maintains the potential for occupying the roof with varying programs. The columns follow the building’s structural grid system. This system is composed of three main parts: the arm, the ‘claw’, and the panels.

Each panel is structurally connected to the adjacent panels either through the arm or the claw and is held together by tension wire.

This design also incorporated an experimental trapezoidal PV cell/panel design to push the industry partners into exploring more options of panel and cell designs.

Solar Canopy Michael Fox, Tim Niou, Brittany Porter

Diagram by Brittany Porter; Site Drawings Provided by Green Street Properties

The 20’x20’ structural grid language is carried up onto the roof, thereby creating a new uppermost “floor”.

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Michael Fox, Tim Niou, Brittany Porter

Tension Cable Detail

Michael Fox, Tim Niou, Brittany Porter

Tension cable Solarpanel

Frame screwed in claw Welded

Arm bolted in column

Column Claw Column

Wires

Tension Cable Detail Combiner box

Bolted in concrete

Column Joint

Claw

Arm

Detail Drawings by Michael Fox

Claw sinks into arm

Compression/Tension Force Diagram

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Solar Container Program: BIPV + Urban/Utility (1 MW+) Site: Midtown Atlanta, GA Team: Timothy Niou Duration: 4 weeks

Class: Third Year Studio Year: Spring 2012 Instructor: Tristan Al-Haddad

Russell Gentry

Joseph Goodman

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For the utility/urban scale project this semester, each group was given a specific site and with that a specific design problem. This group was given an underused lot in Midtown Atlanta and tasked with designing a PV system that was both easily deployed and temporary yet rugged enough to last for up to a year or longer.

Instead of combining/developing a single idea within the group after the initial ideation phase, each member of the group was told to develop their own ideas due to the uniqueness and potential of each idea.

This specific design takes advantage of unused shipping containers and fits them with an array of PV. It is easily deployed in the field with simple mechanics and can also provide programmable space within the container. There are sensors that can trigger a safe mode during severe weather. Currently, this design is in the process of becoming further developed by the GTRI and DoD.

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Solar Container Shipping Container Specs: Exterior Dimensions: 20' x 8' x 8'6" Interior Dimensions: 19'4" x 7'8" x 7'10" Weight: 4,916 lb Max Cargo: 47,900 lb

Solar Panel Specs: Model: Suniva 300W 72-cell Dimensions: 3' x 6' Weight: 50 lb Efficiency: 16%

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Solar Container Specs: # of PV Panels: 36 Total Energy Output: 10.8 kW Total Panel Weight: 1800 lb Total Racking Weight: 600 lb

Aluminum: 470 lb

Stainless Steel: 130 lb Total Counterweight: 2400 lb Total Container Weight: 9,716 lb Material Weight per Watt: 0.89 lb/W

Basic System Cost Analysis: Cost of Container: $2000 Cost of Modifications: $2000 Cost of Aluminum at $1/lb: $470 Cost of Stainless Steel at $1.50/lb: $195 Cost of Concrete Counterweight at $100/cu-yd: $61 Cost of Total Actuators: $1600 Total Cost of System: $6326 Cost of System per Watt: $0.59/W

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Midtown Site:

Site Plan

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Site Section

# of Solar Containers: 328 Total Energy Output: 3.54 MW Potential Uses: Marketplace, Festivals, Conventions, Garden, Construction Site Offices, EV Charging Stations, Climate Controlled Storage

Other Applications: Department of Defense, FEMA/Red Cross

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Hinge

Pulley

Container Top

Modified Shipping Container

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Stainless Steel Structural Tube

Pivot

Cable

Counter Weight

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Modified Shipping Container

Cable

Counter Weight

Rubber Padding

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Stainless Steel Plate Compression Springs Shock Absorbing Polymer Rubber Footing

Detail Section

Detail Section

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Photography

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Graphic Design

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