PORTFOLIO
Selected Architecture Work From 2011-2015 by Vivian Ho In Kuong
e-mail: vivikuong2208@gmail.com tel: +1-626-586-5125
PORTFOLIO For M.ARCH I Application
Selected Work from 2011-2015 at University of California, Los Angeles and Pasadena City College
Vivian Ho In
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CONTENT 01
Gas Station Playground
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Portmanteau House
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Shape Museum
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Body Of The Object
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Pointilism Wall
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A Pantheon Of The Pantheonomes
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Bike Commuter Station
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01 GAS STATION PLAYGROUND Spring 2015/Stuio III/Instructor: Jimenez Lai
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he Gas Station Playground is an open park located at Downtown Los Angeles. THe park is ais in a 28,000000sq sf site that crosses over the Los Angeles River. The park links between the separated seoctso of the two sides of the river and aims a connecting different social fabrics of the city, Gas Station prototypes are used as the dominant elemetn in the park to provokes the automobile-dominance culture of Los Ageles. The “gas station� int he aprt variies in size and scales, and are scattered around the whole park for different functions. The gas station follies are used for various functions together with the composition of planters, outdoor seating and bridge. The colorful gas station playground also features sixteen island that groupds follies together. Each of the island has a distanct essence
Gas Station Playground |
Spring 2015
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Existing condition: Program Residential Industrial Transportation Commercial
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market picnic
Proposed condition: Program Cultural Residential Commercial
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Proposed Area: 2,800,000 sq ft
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vegetable farm sports court
folly
pool
forest
tennis
pavilion
Island
greenery
wetland
playground
stage
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cinema
fountain
density stay time age
solidtary garden cafe pet park
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GASOLINE
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Concept Gas stations are the urban monuments of the the Los Angeles area.
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The Los Angeles River separates the city into two different contrasting sectors. The disconnection between the east and the west part result in a lack of social connectivity in the city. The east part of the river is known as Boyle Heights, a low income residential area that is always neglected. The east part of the river contains some of the most vivid cultural activities in the city, such as the art district and SCI-ARC. The park now act as a cultural bridge between the two parts.
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Form: square Structure: double column Condiition: tri-divided
Form: chamfered square Structure: three column Condition: corner
Form: Y Structure: single wall Condition: separation
Form: square Structure: signle column Condition: concentration
Form: circle Structure: single column Condiition: radiation
Form: four sided diamond Structure: double column Condition: linear
Form: T shape Structure: single wall Condition: separation
Form: hut Structure: couble column Site: gathering
Form: zic zac Structure: double column Condiition: zic zac border
Form: chamfered square Structure: single column Condition: gathering
Form: slanted roof Structure: multiple walls Condition: interior
Form: 1/4 circle Structure: cornered wall Site: corner
Form: radiating strip Structure: double column Condiition: flow
Form: vault Structure: arches Condition: civilazation
Form: square Structure: double Y Condition: linear interior
Form: arches Structure: signle column Site: open
Gas Station Taxonomy- description
Gas Station Playground |
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Gas Station Taxonomy - axonometric
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Texture: grass Activities : picnic Big station: 1 Small Station :1
Texture: sand Activities : playground Big station: 1 Small Station :1
Texture: plastic Activities :basketball Big station: 1 Small Station :2
Texture: tree Activities : forest Big station: 0 Small Station :1
Texture: wetland Activities : pet/insect Big station: 0 Small Station :1
Texture: mud Activities : pet park Big station: 0 Small Station :2
Texture: high plant Activities : sitting, thinking Big station: 1 Small Station :0
Island Taxonomy - description
Texture: dry grass Activities : nursery Big station: 1 Small Station :0
Texture: concrete+water Activities : swimming Big station: 0 Small Station :0
Texture: mud Activities : tennis Big station: 0 Small Station :2
Texture: concrete Activities : market Big station: 1 Small Station :1
Texture: marble Activities :performance Big station: 1 Small Station :1
Texture: agriculture Activities : planting Big station: 0 Small Station :1
Texture: concrete Activities : cafe Big station: 1 Small Station :1
Texture: marble Activities : cinema Big station: 0 Small Station :2
Texture: stone Activities : fountain Big station: 1 Small Station :1
Gas Station Playground |
Spring 2015
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Island Taxonomy - illlustration
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Gas Station Playground |
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Islan Model
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Gas Station Playground
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Collaborative 32 x 32 Site Model - monotone
Gas Station Playground |
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Collaborative 32 x 32 Site Model - high contrast
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PORTMANTEAU HOUSE Fall 2014/Stuio II/Instructor: Heather Roberge
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his studio focus on the design of a single family residence that consists of two distinc sector, the living sector and the working sector. The house is not only a house, but also a work place for the master to perform lecture, produce model, and display his/her work. The two distinctive program requires both separation and accessibility between each other . In order to solve the spatial problem, I decided to create six full-height boxes inside the house, to act as wall to separate the program, as well as a visual connector to link the program and visibility of the programs.This approach allow the different sector of the house to connects as a whole, but also create sufficient privacy for the individual program to function.
Portmanteau House | Fall 2014 | UCLA
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2. Establish Grid and Re-Organized Unused Area
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3. Extrude Boxes as Space Divider and Connector
5. Shift Floor Plate Up and Down
6. Add Exterior Encloser per Grid
Formal Diagram
exhibition
3 unit, open,glass eatble plant
vegetation
3 unit, enclosed, glass hanging exhibition
bathroom
flowers
3 unit, open, glass flower plant for view
2unit,enclosed.,concrete verticle circulation
outdoor dining
elevator
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3 unit, enclosed, concrete 6 unit,open,glass utilities day time dining room
Viod Organization Diagram
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GARAGE EXHIBITION WORKSHOP
LIVING
KITCHEN
DINNING
CLASSROOM LEISURE OFFICE
EXHIBITION ROBOT
MASTER BEDROOM GUEST BEDROOM
OUTDOOR WORKSHOP
TERRACE
Concept Diagram
terrace
Third floor master bedroom
office
exhibition classroom
guest bedroom
outdoor workshop
Second floor living
leisure
kitchen garage
First floor
exhibition
dining
workshop
robot
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Program Diagram
Sptial and Sequence Diagram
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Physical Model Material: White Acrylic, Clear Acrylic, Museum Board
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SHAPE MUSEUM
Winter 2014/Stuio I/Instructor: Steven Christensen, Andrew Kovacs
LThisACAM is opening a annex branch in downtown Los Angeles. project intended to create a geometrical solution to the site
for the LACMA Annex. As a starting point, an intensive geometrical investigation between a box and two intersecting pyrimid is performed. By understanding the spatial and atmospheric quaity of the differnet volumes, programs and ciruculations are assigned accordinly. The museums features a grand escalier that lead the visitors to the central gallery of the museum. This concept ensembles the rotunda organization in neo-classical architecture. The central void is the dominant space in the museum that connects to other smaller gallery and auditorium. The two pyramid shape intersect with the box and create six openings, one on each sides of the box. Each openings has a special functions , such as the entrance, skylight, ribbon window or TV screen.
Shape Museum |
Winter 2014
Formal Operation
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Two initial 4-sided pyramide
Interlock two volume, carved out intersection
Intersection with a boxy volume, trim volume outisde box
Final form with +/- sapce of the box and pyramice
Formal Analysis back light tv screen skylight
entrance grand escalier a grand staircase that connect the entrace to the rotunda
“rotunda� an huge 3-level high space in the center of the museum
ribbon window
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roof garden
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cafe
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permenanat collection
special event auditorium
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permanent collection
multi media exhibition sculpture gallery temoporary exhibition 15’-0” permenant collection
administrative art storage 0’-0”
bookstore/ ticket
Program Diagram
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Roof Plan
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1 gallery 2 sculpture gallery
Third Floor Plan
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First Floor Plan
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Shape Museum |
Winter 2014
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Model
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Top: elevation bottom: sectional model
Shape Museum |
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YELLOW STONE
Spring 2014/Technology III/Instructor: Georgina Hujich
A transformation of a crystal. Yellow and white is the two dominant color of the project, whereas the white is concev-
ied as transparent.This project is a rock transformation that has of two parts - the shell and the geometric primitives. The primitives create a circular organization are accumulated at the bottom of the rock. The top part of the shell is conceived as a transparentoutline ofthe model. Both the texture and the first model reinforce the idea of diminishing the top outline of the object. The first model features serial sectioning that is connected by lines and dots from the primitives. The second model is an unfolded version of the rock which shows the spaces inside the rock.
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Front Elevation and Section
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Yellow Stone |
Top: serial section model Clear acryic is each serial section, the colored acrylic is the connector, which is laso a representation of the primitive inside .
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Bottom: sectional unfold surface model White is the color of the exterior surface and yellow is the color of the interior primitive. Surface was unroll to create this model.
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POINTILISM WALL
Winter 2015/Technology II/Instructor: Gabriel Fries Briggs
Collaboration with Malcolm Galang, Ian Roger, Arditha Auriyane, Yani Cui, Zhi Pei, Roojiar Sadeghilalabadi
T hepointilism wall is a materialization of the thermal dynamics of the dymaxion bathroom by Buckminister Fuller.
The project begins with a throurgh investigation of the pipe in the wall of the Dymaxion bathroom. We then take the thermal data of the pipe and wall to create a new notation method - the pointilism wall. the point represents the tempeurature of the wall. Each point was represented using a wax form. The was form was made by heating it up and interacting with water. The time of dipping and the temperature of the water was controlled according to create different size of wax. By using the wax as the basic unit of heat, we then create a wall of pointilism using plaster, solicon and foam. The final product of the project is a 4’ x 8’ foam panel wall .
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The higher the temperature is, the bigger the size of the wax will be. THe longer the time the it is dip into water, the higher the wax form will become. Cold water tends to create smaller wax, hotter water creates bigger waz. Therefore, we use smaller wax “point” to represecnt cold pipes and bigger wax “point” to represent hot pipes.
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Pointilism Wall |
Winter 2015
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4’ x8’ Wall Model - Foam
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A PANTHEON OF PANTHENOMES Fall2013/Technology I/Instructor:Mohamed Shariff
T his project comprises the analysis and original documentation of the 2D plan geometries of the Pantheon in Rome. Using the
found geometries in the plan, students are asked to development a regirously 3D object. The 3D object is then represented in 2D drawings again. This technology seminar aims productin representation of a 3D object using projection lines. The final product of the 3D object was represented in both drawings and physical model.
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Inner shell
Sweep curve from Plan geometry
Shells evolution
Array polar
Connect main legs using Plan geometry (loft)
Connect other legs using The same logic
Shell with no aperture Outer shell
Aperture evolution
Project the geometry one Legto the two shells
Open up aperture to make Doors and windows
Use plan rotated plan Geometry to make aperture
Final finished product
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BIKE COMMUTER STATION Spring 2012/Architectural Design/Instructor: Coleman Griffith
T he objective of the project is to design a bicycle station, together with shading and lighting for the street on Exposition
Blvd for the 2020 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The bike commuter station is a place that people store their bikes, access to private locker, restroom, changing room, as well as providing the service for bicycle repair center. The canopy of the three metro station and the shading area connect the bike station with a unified language. The structure of the bike station is based on minimal surface. The surfaces change in minimal degree throughout the site. The surfaces change orientation and create a bone structure for the station. The station was divided into two parts, one that operate 24hr and the other one are open from 8am-5pm. People with membership can go inside the station anytime and store or take their bicycle. People who do not have membership can also rent a bike in the station.
Bike Commuter Station |
Spring 2012
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repair center rental bike lockers powder changing room bike storage
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Yellow Stone |
Spring 2014
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Rendering: View from across the street
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EXPOSITION BLVD.
Yellow Stone |
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Top: Site Plan Middle: Site Elevation Bottwom: Street View Rendering
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vivikuong2208@gmail.com | +1(626)-586-5125
EDUCATION
University of California, Los Angeles | 2013-2015 Bachelor of Arts, Architectural Studies GPA: 3.64/4.00
Pasadena City College | 2011-2013 Major: Architecture GPA: 3.79/4.00
EXPERIENCE
2015Sept.-Present M-Rad Architecturem, Culver CIty, CA, USA
Design Intern - project type: mixed use, hotel, residential, retail - produce conceptual diagrams for various project from residence to hotel - develope conceptual ideas and rendering for a 15,000 sf house in Malibu
2015 Feb.-2015 Sept. BOSHI Architects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Design Intern|Junior Design - project type: high end residential - produce construction document for two rennovation residential project - create rendering using Rhinoceros and V-Ray to visualize process in schematic design - produce graphic plans and diagrams for firm’s website
2014 Jun.-Aug. Ecoles D’Art Americaines De Fontainbleau Ecole Des Beaux-Arts, FRANCE
Scholarship Receipent - six week travel + design studio in France with architecture student from nine different countries - focus on hand drawing representation of architecture, 4 intensive design studio with international team - cooporate with music student to compose music for each project
2013Jun.-Aug. Coneer Engineer Ltd., Macau S.A.R.
Summer Intern - project type: high desity residential - generate concept for a high density low income residential high-rise in macau - learn building code in Macau S.A.R
2009-2011 Rythmic Musica, Macau S.A.R. | Piano / Music Theory Instructor
EXHIBITION/ PUBLICATIONS
“City with Political Parts”, RUMBLE 2015 UCLA, | 2015 Jun. 8-13
SOFTWARE
Adobe Illustrator
Maxwell Render
Adobe Photoshop
V-Ray Render
Adobe InDesign
Grasshopper
Rhinoceros
Revit
Sketch Up
AutoCAD
SKILL/LANGUAGE
“The Body of the Object”, RUMBLE 2014 UCLA| 2014 Jun. 9-14
Model Making Lase Cutting English Cantonese Mandarin
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