VINCENT YEE | ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO FROM B.S. IN ARCH GEORGIA TECH FOR APPLICATION TO M. ARCH GEORGIA TECH
Through architecture, ideas, imagination, and conviction may be constructed and explored in reality. Architecture is a means of advancing ideas, perpetuating understandings, and inciting revelations. I understand architecture to be an intervention that resonates through the spaces and people that it occupies as well as the world and the society in which it is conceived. Through the composition of tectonics, an architect may be able to materialize not only objects to be seen, experienced, and remembered, but entire worlds for people to find sanctuary, depend on, and flourish. This portfolio illustrates an exploration of strategy and technique toward the resolution of architectural design problems throughout my undergraduate studies.
01 Urban Environmental Research Center 02 Batak Teahouse 03 Le Refuge des Insurges 04 NOMA Competition: The Cordoba Home 05 Velux Competition: GT Learning Center 06 Personal Creative Work: Portraiture
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Urban Environmental Research Center synthesis of volumes 2nd Year The nature of the city block along Edgewood Avenue in Atlanta as a composition of clustered commercial functions serves as a strategy with which to design the urban environmental research center. The project is a synthesis of clustered volumes that house similar functions. Each cluster is wrapped in a cladding system that is functionally congruous and expressive.
program
volume
cladding public | curtain
semi-private | lattice
private | panel
private | guestroom
semi-private | studio office
public | gallery + overlook
7 6 5 2
1
4
8
4
3
3 1st level
1 2 3 4 5
lobby lecture hall public restroom vertical circulation studio office
6 7 8 9 10
meeting room gallery/overlook library/media center guestrooms guest commons
2nd level
10 9
3rd level
rendering | section perspective
rendering | front entrance perspective
02
Batak Teahouse lessons from indonesia 3rd Year The homes of the indigenous people of Indonesia respond to the environmental conditions of the region. The vernacular strategies of extreme-pitched saddle-back roofs and stilted foundations subvert heavy downpours and floods. While the roofs serve a functional purpose, they are also expressive and gestural. This proposal explores a perpetuation of the gesture to constitute the primary structure and inhabitable volume.
elevations
plans | vernacular indonesian house
sections
an open floor plan and stilted floor allow for cross ventilation, and the high ceiling provides space for air circulation
a steep roof allows for downpour to sheet off quickly, and stilts allow refuge from storm runoff extrapolating the trajectory of the curves creates spaces more conducive to a public pavilion while carrying the DNA of the original vernacular
the roof consists of dramatic multiple curvatures that give the indonesian house an expressive and gestural quality
the complex, multi-curvature form of the roof is achieved with timber stick-frame construction
3rd floor
UP
UP
2nd floor
1st floor
plans - proposed deviation on vernacular
sections
exterior rendering | bird’s eye view
construction model
03
Le Refuge des Insurges inciting history 4th Year In the Eighteenth District of Paris, it is apparent the lack of public space that is genuinely accessible to everyone. In a city that is already densely saturated, perhaps the rooftops are a new frontier. Evoking the history of the Commune of Paris, a nearly forgotten social revolution, this proposal is the first access point to the rooftops of Paris. At a site where the communards themselves once took refuge, perhaps it is here that all peoples regardless of gender, class, and race may find their space and reflect on the spirit of a people united. Collaborators: Flora Reymond, Virginie Gimeno
as-is site photograph
vision sketch | rooftop colonization
plan
section
section
exterior rendering | elevation
construction assembly
final model
exterior rendering | street view
exterior render | bird’s eye view
site map
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NOMA Competition: The Cordoba Home 1st prize the move and the moments 3rd Year The objective of this proposal is not to design simply a house, but a home for the Cordoba family immigrating from Bogotรก to the suburbs of St. Louis. Reflecting on the interests and needs of the tight-knit family, what became most important to the design was the inclusion of a hearth space and universal accessibility, as well as careful consideration of the neighborhood context. Collaborators: Audrey Plummer, Ralph Raymond, Chi Chi Ugenyi, Ken Mai
vision sketch - neighborhood context
vision sketch - hearth space courtyard
model interior | ramp
south elevation
north elevation
neighborhood context analysis
section BB
section FF
model exterior | entrance
section DD
section GG
section EE
interior rendering | courtyard
private space
courtyard space
ramp circulation
structure
core cistern
exterior access
operable windows
low-flow plumbing
basement
first + grandparents floors
second floor
roof level
ramp from children’s quarters
ramp from grandparent quarters
living room + kitchen + courtyard
interiors of model
exterior rendering - south facade
05
Velux Competition: GT Learning Center reflecting on reflection 3rd Year Ruminating on the act of contemplation, this proposal explores understandings of reflection both literally and figuratively. Evoking the typology of cloisters, the design situates private spaces over a grand public space, creating a spectacular lightwell and dialogue of illumination for this center of learning. Collaborator: Ali Karimi
clerestory
copper skin
CMU “screen�
cloisters
floor plates
steel structure
basement
parti
components
assembly
Detail
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4
B
fourth floor
third floor
A
2
8
1
AecDbWall (AecArchBase60)
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2 AecDbDoor (AecArchBase60)
AecDbDoor (AecArchBase60)
AecDbWall (AecArchBase60)
AecDbDoor (AecArchBase60)
AecDbDoor (AecArchBase60)
AecDbWall (AecArchBase60)
AecDbWall (AecArchBase60)
AecDbWall (AecArchBase60)
AecDbWall (AecArchBase60)
AecDbWall (AecArchBase60)
AecDbDoor (AecArchBase60)
AecDbDoor (AecArchBase60)
AecDbWall (AecArchBase60)
AecDbWall (AecArchBase60)
AecDbDoor (AecArchBase60)
AecDbDoor (AecArchBase60)
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5
6
second floor
first floor 1. Large Studio 2. Medium Room 3. Computer Lab 4. Cloister 5. Conference Room 6. Shop 7. Office 8. Gallery 9. Mechanical
9 3
AecDbDoor (AecArchBase60)
AecDbDoor (AecArchBase60)
AecDbWall (AecArchBase60)
AecDbWall (AecArchBase60)
AecDbWall (AecArchBase60)
AecDbWall (AecArchBase60)
AecDbDoor (AecArchBase60)
AecDbDoor (AecArchBase60)
6
basement
details
SUNLIGHT ON WALL
light analysis
sections
SUNLIGHT ON WINDOW
SUNLIGHT ON MIRROR
sectional perspective
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Personal Creative Work: Portraiture study of face 2007-2013 By their very purpose and evolution, faces communicate identity, personality, and disposition with as much nuance and viscera as a spoken language. Faces are also formally compelling, containing symmetries, proportions, and hierarchies, across infinite variation, within a common DNA. I explored the qualities of the face through portraiture, using a variety of freehand media including pencils, charcoal, chalk, and colored pencils.
Liberty. Pencil. 8” x 10”
Pacino. Pencil. 18” x 24”
Oberst. Pencil + Colored Pencil. 8” x 10”
Dylan. Chalk + Charcoal. 36” x 36”
Glenn Residence Hall - Georgia Tech
Lennon. Chalk + Charcoal. 36” x 36”
Library - Georgia Tech