Tathya Abe | Portfolio of Work by ty-abe

PORTFOLIO OF WORK Tathya Y. Abe www.ty-abe.com

Architecture - and all that it encompasses from its processes to its pitfalls - is one of my greatest teachers. It teaches me how I can relate to and engage with what is around me, both grounding in the physical and imagining alternative possibilities. It pushes me to be curious, to build bridges with other disciplines. It teaches me how to navigate and hold complexities within and beyond the field. Architecture has a powerful impact on the environments in which we exist, from the natural and built to the psychological. It both influences and is influenced. With architecture, I seek to facilitate the creation and care of spaces with and for people and place.

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TIMBERLAND-ISH BRING A BUCKET AND A MOP OBSCURED LIGHT OBLIQUE BAS RELIEF MULTI-SCALAR WEAVE WARP + WEFT SIGHT VOLUMES DOGPATCH SCHOOL SIERRA VALLEY PRESERVE (ATA) FOR ADDITIONAL WORK, PLEASE CLICK HERE

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TIMBERLAND-ISH INTEGRATED STUDIO (CED) instructor:

Sarah Hirschman

group work with

Sam Gebb

Berkeley / 2021

Working with consultants over the course of the semester, this studio focused on the design of both public recreation spaces and a cannabis production and business center on a corner site in uptown Oakland. The site was organized by a series of planes directed towards the corner. The plane system is comprised of two types of planes: minor planes organized parallel to each other and two major planes that disrupt the parallel order, guiding circulation into the site and creating a central wedge that houses larger public-facing spaces and the main greenhouse on the top floor. This project took the opportunity to dive into the capabilities and considerations of building with mass timber, particularly in regards to structure and fire-safety. Copper-clad glulam post and beam construction formed the planes, with nail-laminated timber as floor structure and cross-laminated timber for stair cores. An offset plane on the south facade provides both balconies and shade. While the exterior is clad, detailing of the building's interior sought to expose both the experiential warmth and structural abilities of mass timber.

timberland-ish

CLT PLY GLULAM

32’

NLT

LATERAL SYSTEM

ACTIVE VENTILATION

NATURAL VENTILATION

BRACING

DOAS 01 | NORTH WING 1-4F

INTAKE

DRAG STRUT

DOAS 02 | WEDGE 1-2F

STRUCTURAL WOOD TYPES

MINOR PLANE

PARTI MAJOR PLANE

EXHAUST

SHEAR WALL

DOAS 03 | WEDGE 3F (BIZ INCUBATION) SPLIT SYSTEM 01 | WEDGE W.C.s 1-4F

OPEN-WEB TRUSS

16’

SPLIT SYSTEM 04 | SOUTH VOLUME (OFFICE + CAFE + YOGA) HUMIDITY CONTROL | 4F (GREENHOUSES)

MECH.

CONFERENCE

WC WC

PROCESSING

DRYING

1/16” = 1’ N

TERRACE WC

GREENHOUSE

EVENT SPACE

BATHROOM

INCUBATION OFFICE

UTIL.

UTIL. WC

TERRACE

BATHROOM

UTIL.

WORKSHOP

OUTDOOR GROW

FOCUS GROUP

MECH.

TERRACE

0’

SPLIT SYSTEM 03 | SOUTH VOLUME (GYM)

8’

SPLIT SYSTEM 02 | WEDGE 3F (KITCHEN)

YOGA

KITCHEN

WC AIR HANDLING UNIT

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1F N WEST ELEVATION

1/8” = 1’ 1/8” = 1’

0’ 0’

4’ 4’

8’ 8’

16’ 16’

SECTION

1/8” = 1’

0’

4’

8’

16’

VERTICAL CIRCULATION

DISPENSARY

EVENT SPACE

WORKSHOPS + FOCUS GROUPS

DEMONSTRATION GARDEN LIGHT

COWORK

r OFFICE

GERMINATION

GERMINATION PROCESSING

FOCUS GROUPS

DRYING

STORAGE

SECURITY

north

bright mid

FLOWERING DEMONSTRATION GARDEN

FLOWERING

dark

YOGA

COMMERCIAL BIZ INCUBATION KITCHEN

DRYING

BIZ INCUBATION COMMERCIAL PROCESSING SECURITY KITCHEN WORKSHOPS + MECH/ UTIL

MECH/ UTIL

exterior

AREA

EVENT SPACE VERTICAL CIRCULATION

medium

STORAGE RETAIL

DISPENSARY

small

YOGA

COWORK

INDOOR REC

CAFE

OFFICE

south

large

private

STRUCTURAL STRUCTURAL WOOD TYPESSTRUCTURAL WOOD TYPES WOOD TYPES

LATERAL SYSTEM LATERAL SYSTEM LATERAL SYSTEM

MAJOR PLANE MAJOR PLANE MAJOR PLANE

PARTI

CLT

BRACING

MINOR PLANE MINOR PLANE MINOR PLANE

PLY

DRAG STRUT DRAG STRUT DRAG STRUT

NLT

SHEAR WALL SHEAR WALL SHEAR WALL

GLULAM

BRACING

OPEN-WEB TRUSS OPEN-WEB TRUSS OPEN-WEB TRUSS

summer solstice

winter solstice

timberland-ish

1-HR RATED FLOOR ASSEMBLY NON-WEDGE

ROOF TERRACE ASSEMBLY 1" T&G COMPOSITE DECKING 2x PT SLEEPER (MIN. 2" DEEP) WATERPROOF MEMBRANE RIGID INSULATION (AVE. 5" DEEP) 16" OPEN WEB WOOD TRUSS 5/8" GYPSUM BOARD 1" WOOD BOARD CEILING

1. GREENHOUSE ENCLOSURE 2x3” aluminum framing operable double-glazed window fabric roll shade

1" T&G WOOD FLOORING 1" RADIANT TUBING PLYWOOD PANEL 2" RIGID INSULATION VAPOR BARRIER 16" OPEN WEB WOOD TRUSS 5/8" GYPSUM BOARD 1" WOOD BOARD CEILING

1" T&G WOOD FLOORING 1" RADIANT TUBING PLYWOOD PANEL 2" RIGID INSULATION VAPOR BARRIER 2. GREENHOUSE + ROOF DECK 2x6 NLT (1.5"/HR CHAR RATE DOTTED) 2x6" composite decking

2. GREENHOUSE + ROOF DECK 2x6" composite decking 2x PT sleeper (min. 2” deep) waterproof membrane rigid insulation (ave. 5” deep) 3/4" fire-rated plywood 16" open web truss w/ 3-1/2” mineral wool batt 5/8” type-x gypsum board 1x wood board finish ceiling

2x PT sleeper (min. 2” deep) waterproof membrane rigid insulation (ave. 5” deep) 3/4" fire-rated plywood 16" open web truss w/ 3-1/2” mineral wool batt 5/8” type-x gypsum board 1x wood board finish ceiling

3. GREENHOUSE BALCONY OVER UNCONDITIONED SPACE 2x6" composite decking waterproof membrane 3/4" fire-rated plywood 2x8 sloped PT floor joist 1x wood board finish ceiling

1” = 1’

PARAPET ROOF ASSEMBLY FIRE-PROTECTED 1" WOOD SIDING 1x4" HORIZONTAL WOOD BATTENS 1" T&G WOOD DECKING AIR / WEATHER-RESISTANT BARRIER PEDESTALS 4 (TO ACCOMMODATE SLOPED INSUL) 54 SLOPED RIGID INSULATION (5"3/4" AVG.)PLYWOOD (SHEAR WALL WHERE OCCURS) WATERPROOF MEMBRANE 16" OPEN WEB WOOD TRUSS 2x6 WOOD STUD-FRAMING w/ HEMPWOOL INSULATION 5/8" GYPSUM BOARD GYPSUM-BOARD or CLAY PLASTER 1" WOOD BOARD CEILING

3. GREENHOUSE BALCONY OVER UNCONDITIONED SPACE 2x6" composite decking waterproof membrane 3/4" fire-rated plywood 1” = 1’2x8 sloped PT floor joist 1x wood board finish ceiling

2-HR FIRE-RATED INTERIOR WALL / SHEAR WALL

1-HR FIRE-RATED EXTERIOR WALL / SHEAR WALL

2” rigid(MIN. insulation 2x PT SLEEPER 2" DEEP) vapor barrier WATERPROOF MEMBRANE 3/4" plywood 16" open web truss5" DEEP) RIGID INSULATION (AVE. w/ 3-1/2” mineral wool batt 16" OPEN WEB WOOD TRUSS 5/8” type-x gypsum board 5/8" GYPSUM BOARD 1x wood board finish ceiling 1" WOOD BOARD CEILING

5/8” type-x gypsum board 1x wood board finish ceiling

5. GREENHOUSE BALCONY OVER CONDITIONED SPACE 2x6" composite decking 2x PT sleeper (min. 2” deep) waterproof membrane rigid insulation (ave. 5” deep) 3/4" fire-rated plywood 2x10" floor joist w/ 3-1/2” mineral wool batt 5/8” type-x gypsum board 1x wood board finish ceiling

1-HR RATED FLOOR ASSEM WEDGE 1" T&G WOOD FLOORING 1" RADIANT TUBING PLYWOOD 2" RIGID INSULATION VAPOR BARRIER 2x6 NLT (1.5"/HR CHAR RATE DOTTED)

5/8" GYPSUM BOARD 1" WOOD BOARD CEILING

1” = 1’

1-1/2” = 1’

1” = 1’

EXTERIOR WALL / SHEAR WALL FIRE-PROTECTED 1" WOOD SIDING 1x4" HORIZONTAL WOOD BATTENS AIR / WEATHER-RESISTANT BARRIER 3/4" PLYWOOD (SHEAR WALL WHERE OCCURS)

6. FLOOR ABOVE COVERED ENTRANCE 6. FLOOR ABOVE COVERED ENTRANCE 1x wood flooring 1-HR FIRE-RATED 1x wood flooring plywood-radiant heating panel plywood-radiant EXTERIOR WALL / SHEAR WALLheating panel 2” rigid insulation 2” rigid insulation vapor barrier vapor barrier FIRE-PROTECTED 1" WOOD SIDING 3/4" plywood 3/4" plywood 16" open web truss 16" BATTENS open web truss 1x4" HORIZONTAL WOOD w/ 7” mineral wool batt w/ 7” mineral wool batt AIR / WEATHER-RESISTANT BARRIER 5/8” type-x gypsum board 5/8” type-x gypsum board 3/4" PLYWOOD 1x wood board finish ceiling 1x wood board finish ceiling

(SHEAR WALL WHERE OCCURS)

2x6 WOOD STUD-FRAMING w/ HEMPWOOL INSULATION GYPSUM-BOARD or CLAY PLASTER

1” = 1’

2-HR FIRE-RATED EXTERIOR WALL / SHEAR WALL 1-HR RATED FLOOR ASSEMBLY NON-WEDGE 4. FLOOR 2 + 3 FIRE-PROTECTED 1" WOOD SIDING 1x wood flooring 1x4" HORIZONTAL 1" WOODBATTENS FLOORING plywood-radiant heating panel T&GWOOD 2” rigid insulationAIR / WEATHER-RESISTANT BARRIER 1" RADIANT TUBING PLYWOOD PANEL vapor barrier 3/4" PLYWOOD 2" RIGID INSULATION 3/4" plywood 7" 5-PLY DOUGLAS CLT PANEL 16" open web truss VAPORFIR BARRIER w/ 3-1/2” mineral3"/2HR wool batt CLT CHAR RATE WEB WOOD TRUSS 16" OPEN

ROOF TERRACE ASSEMBLY 2+3 7" 5-PLY DOUGLAS4.FIRFLOOR CLT PANEL 1x wood flooring 3"/2HR CLT CHAR RATE 1" T&G COMPOSITE DECKING plywood-radiant heating panel

MAJOR PLANE COLUMN BEYOND

1. GREENHOUSE ENCLOSURE 2x3” aluminum framing 1-HR RATED FLOOR ASSEMBLY operable double-glazed windowWEDGE fabric roll shade

2x6 WOOD STUD-FRAMING w/ HEMPWOOL INSULATION GYPSUM-BOARD or CLAY PLASTER 7. GROUND FLOOR SLAB 2" finish concrete 2” gyp-crete w/ radiant heating 2" rigid insulation vapor barrier 1' concrete slab 6" rigid insulation compacted gravel base

MAJOR PLANE COLUMN BEYOND

7. GROUND FLOOR SLAB 2" finish concrete 2” gyp-crete w/ radiant heating 2" rigid insulation vapor barrier 1' concrete slab 6" rigid insulation compacted gravel base

2-HR FIRE-RATED INTERIOR WALL / SHEAR WALL

2-HR FIRE-RATED EXTERIOR WALL / SHEAR WALL

PARAPET ROOF ASSEMBLY 7" 5-PLY DOUGLAS FIR CLT PANEL 3"/2HR CLT CHAR 1" T&GRATE WOOD DECKING PEDESTALS (TO ACCOMMODATE SLOPED INSUL) SLOPED RIGID INSULATION (5" AVG.) WATERPROOF MEMBRANE 16" OPEN WEB WOOD TRUSS 5/8" GYPSUM BOARD 1" WOOD BOARD CEILING

FIRE-PROTECTED 1" WOOD SIDING 1x4" HORIZONTAL WOOD BATTENS AIR / WEATHER-RESISTANT BARRIER 3/4" PLYWOOD 7" 5-PLY DOUGLAS FIR CLT PANEL 3"/2HR CLT CHAR RATE

MAJOR PLANE COLUMN BEYOND

1-1/2” =

ANE

DETAIL SECTION THROUGH WEST FACADE

24”

1/2” = 1’

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0”

12” 24”

0”

12” 24”

1” = 1’

EXTERIOR WALL / SHEAR WALL FIRE-PROTECTED 1" WOOD SIDING 1x4" HORIZONTAL WOOD BATTENS AIR / WEATHER-RESISTANT BARRIER

timberland-ish

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timberland-ish

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BRING A BUCKET AND A MOP THESIS PREPARATION SEMINAR (CED) instructor:

Marcel Sanchez-Prieto

Berkeley / 2021

The first semester of a year-long thesis process provided time for defining, clarifying and researching a thesis topic to be further developed the following Spring semester. This project seeks to engage with practices of collective maintenance and repair in our built environments. How might the care of our shared spaces facilitate collaboration and sharing of different backgrounds and skillsets? How might these practices reconnect individuals to their existence in greater communities, particularly in times of resiliency. In thinking about maintenance and repair, architects are asked to think beyond opening day, to think about the lifespan of a building, the people involved in this lifespan, and the lifecycle of its materials. Embracing maintenance and repair embraces the natural phenomenon of cycles at all scales, from seasons to our bodies. As a process, this project intends to engage in conversations with existing organizations, practices and projects that center these values, aknowledging that innovation is not critical when many of these practices already exist within an ecosystem of groups that can be supported and nurtured. to view the full thesis booklet, click here.

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OBSCURED LIGHT instructor:

GRADUATE OPTION STUDIO

Raveevarn Choksombatchai + Luisa Caldas

Berkeley / 2020

This studio approached design through the experience of light and its relationship to form, tectonics and material. To address the program of the building as a center for people with autism, this project explored the idea of oblique or obscured light sources, addressing the sensitivity of the clients to direct light and stark contrasts. The operative concept and massing for the building originated from an analytical precedent model. Typologies of obscured light were developed that utilized curved surfaces to gradually feather the light they receive from hidden sources while panels that 'peel' from the exterior and ceiling allow a wash of light through a narrow opening, the panels themselves concealing the source. The system of fixed and operable 'peeled' panels admit natural light while maintaining privacy from the street. This design process necessitated a consideration for light in terms of its source, movement and receiving surfaces. It encouraged a sensitivity to more subtle relationships to light and how these experiences can be just as powerful.

obscured light

O CR

N BA

SITE IS

EAST ELEVATION

EAST EAST

ELEVATIONS

SOUTH STREET ELEVATION

SOUTH // SEEN FROM DURANT

NORTH STREET ELEVATION

NORTH // SEEN FROM BANCROFT

ELEVATIONS

WEST ELEVATION

WEST

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2ND FLOOR PLAN OBLIQUE

REFLECTED CEILING PLAN OBLIQUE

obscured light

THERAPEUTIC POOLS

ADULT LEARNING ROOM

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SECTION OF WESTERN BAR, THROUGH QUIET ROOMS LIT BY THE SAME OCULUS, REFLECTING THE INTERDEPENDENCE BETWEEN THE DAYLIT AND DIM QUIET ROOMS.

NOON, EQUINOX

NOON, SUMMER SOLSTICE

NOON, WINTER SOLSTICE

LIGHT STUDY OF DAYLIT QUIET ROOM, USING PHYSICAL MODEL + GNOMEN

obscured light

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OBLIQUE BAS RELIEF instructor:

GRADUATE OPTION STUDIO

Raveevarn Choksombatchai + Luisa Caldas

Berkeley / 2020

In rotating the plan of Aires Mateus' EDP building, a true north elevation views the building in oblique. Viewed in oblique, the building's defining fins collapse into each other, creating layers that recede into space, behaving as a perspective might despite being orthographic. Further use of bas relief explored how subleties in the building's form and facade could be expressed with the layering system to break the solidity of the layered mass.

oblique bas relief

24X

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MULTI-SCALAR WEAVE URBANISM STUDIO instructor:

Doreen

liu

+ Eleanor Pries

group work with

Lily Oyler

Berkeley / 2019

The Urbanism Studio asked students to think about urban dynamics and the role architecture can have in shaping and serving urban space. The first half of the studio was dedicated to group research and a master plan proposal for an eight-block area of International Boulevard in Oakland, a diverse and unfortunately disinvested neighborhood. Two characteristics of the neighborhood in particular formed the proposal's underlying concept, Multiscalar Weave: the dominant grain of movement established by International Boulevard and the significance of the eight-block site as an area of intersection between different neighborhoods, ethnic backgrounds and programs. The Multi-Scalar Weave was adopted as a means of integrating proposed paths of mobility, buildings and programs with those that are existings in the hopes of producing a site-sensitive proposal that could increase density while serving existing communities.

multi-scalar weave

The weave, and its subsequent intersections, is incorporated at three scales.

INTERSECTION OF NEIGHBORDHOODS AT SITE

1. Urban Mobility: Weaving of different modes and speeds of transportation. Existing 'gaps' in the urban fabric were translated into pathways for movement flows and 'pools' for slowing down / gathering. 2. Program + Form: Spatial relationships emphasize intersections between different synergistic program 3. Small / Local Mobility: Articulating intersections of individual users of the public and private realms EXISTING GAPS / PROPOSED GATHERING 'POOLS'

1”=100’

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URBAN MOBILITY WEAVE

PROGRAM WEAVE

obscured light multi-scalar weave

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WARP + WEFT URBANISM STUDIO instructor:

Doreen

liu

+ Eleanor Pries Berkeley / 2019

The second half of the Urbanism studio involved developing a proposal for a site and program of each student's choosing employing concepts from the group urban proposal (see pages 18-21). At the building scale, 'weave' was explored through program and circulation. The only assigned programmatic requirement was the integration of housing with another self-selected program, creating distinct private and public realms. The idea of weaving was interpretted as the circulation of pedestrians and different building users, expressed in the alternating depressions. Three types of light well conditions were developed to serve as moments of intersection between warp and weft, public and private, revealing the coexistence of different program and users.

warp + weft

DIAGRAMS SHOWING WEAVE OF PROGRAM (LEFT) AND CIRCULATION (RIGHT)

FIRST FLOOR PLAN WITH DIVIDING GRID OVERLAY BASED ON PROPORTIONS OF EXISTING FACADE

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NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SHOWING LIGHT WELL TYPOLOGIES

LIVING FOOD

FOOD FOOD

LIVING LIVING

warp + weft

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SIGHT VOLUMES INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE II instructor:

Rudabeh Parkravan

group work with

Lillian Zhou

Berkeley / 2019

An analysis of Tham+Videgard’s KTH School of Architecture building, investigating the connections between the thresholds, interior and exterior apertures and the building’s courtyard site. These connections are represented as volumes - three dimensional sight lines - truncated at the moment these volumes hit the buildings enclosing the courtyardx. The building’s interior apertures form visual connections between the windowless ground floor and the windows of the floor above it as well as between the more enclosed spaces at the building’s core and the open spaces at the periphery. In the model (bristol), what began as visual connections have become volumetric, forming intersections as they interact with one another, defining double negative conditions expressed in drawings.

sight volumes

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DOGPATCH SCHOOL INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE II instructor:

Rudabeh Pakravan

Berkeley / 2019

This studio involved the analysis of a precedent (see page 46-49); producing a process for form-making through an abstraction of that analysis and adapting it to its site in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood; and finally, the integration of a program: a school. The challenge became about envisioning how the system of solids and voids created in earlier stages could be translated to serve its program. The voids establish a courtyard, around which stairs circulate, and two lightwell conditions that allow for light and a visual connection between circulation on different floors. An outdoor ramp that appears to grows into the building creates an area for play.

dogpatch school

first floor plan

second floor plan

PLAN GROUND FLOOR

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PLAN SECOND FLOOR

ON B | NORTH-SOUTH

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dogpatch obscuredschool light

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SIERRA VALLEY PRESERVE ARKIN TILT ARCHITECTS principals:

Anni Tilt + David Arkin

Berkeley / 2020-2021 A project for the Feather River Land Trust to develop a visitor center, headquarters and bunkhouse for employees. I developed permit sets for the shop and bunkhouse, graphic material for grant applications and fundraising including renderings (left).

arkin tilt architects

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OBLIQUE BAS RELIEF

BRING A BUCKET AND A MOP

SIERRA VALLEY PRESERVE (ATA