ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO WUT YEE HTWE
CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION 2008-2010
Hua Qiao University, Xia Men, China
2010- 2013
City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
2013- 2016
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California, USA
(anticipate)
Archiecture
Associate Degree of Architecture Bachelor of Architecture
SKILLS COMPUTER SOFTWARE
3D Modeling: Autocad, Revit, Sketch Up, Rhino, Maxwell Visual Communication: Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, Lightroom, Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint
PHYSICAL
Sketching: Pencil, Ink, Charcoal, Chalk, Watercolor, Marker Fabrication: laser cutting, CNC Router, 3D printing
LANGUAGE
English, Burmese, Chinese
EXPERIENCE 2009-2010
Vice President of International Student Organization, Hua Qiao University, China
2011-2012
Administrator, CCSF Oxfam Club, USA
2013- Present
Vice President of Youth Society for Education, non-profit organization, USA
2014- Present
Event and Project Assistant of Architecture Division, California College of the Arts, USA
2013- Present
Campus Tour for international students, Managing different activities and events
Writing Meeting Minutes, Organizing documents and files, Communicating with Associated Student Councils
Meeting with private business, filing related with government documents, Helping in designing logos, banners, posters, website, and building Preparing for exhibitions and events, Data Entry, Collecting materials for recycle
Photographer in Online Shoe Store, USA
Taking photos of shoes, Editing photos in Lightroom
PROJECTS
SKETCHES & RENDERING
MODEL MAKING
SAILING, FREEDOM, ADVENTURE
CONTINUITY & CONNECTION
WATER IN THE STRUCTURE
SKETCHES & RENDERING 2009 - 2012
HUA QIAO UNIVERSITY l CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO
HAND DRAWINGS Using different kinds of techniques and mediums to practice the hand drawing skills. Even though, nowadays we use different computer softwares as design tools, I believe that we need to know how to produce a drawing in short period of time. We usually sketch out our ideas and thoughts of the relationships between space and people, connection of outdoor and indoor. Sketching is requried in every single step of design process. In my practice, I learn not only sketches, but also the rendering with watercolor, markers, charcoal, ink and chalk.
SKETCHES
Practicing One Point Perspective
Practicing Two Point Perspective
Medium: Size: Year:
Medium: Size: Year:
Ink drawing 8” x 8.5” 2010
Pencil drawing 11” x 8.5” 2011
Doric Order: Black and White Tones
Expansion of Piranesi Drawing
Palace of Fine Arts
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Medium: Size: Year:
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Graphite Pencils drawing 18” x 24” 2012
Color Pencils drawing 20” x 15” 2012
Color pencils drawing on Color Paper 15” x 24” 2012
RENDERING
In Class Practice:Drawing within 3 minutes
Rendering Elevation Medium: Size: Year:
Medium: Size: Year:
Marker and Ink 8” x 8.5” 2010
Watercolor painting 24” x 18” 2011
Rendering Section
Rendering Perspective
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Medium: Size: Year:
Chalk and Color pencils 24” x 18” 2011
Watercolor and Ink 36” x 24” 2009
MODEL MAKING Work House Los Angeles I West Hollywood l California
Fall 2013 l California College of the Arts l Material & Methods l David Maynard
HAND MADE
Understanding the details of the primary elements of the building such as floor, roof, walls and openings of the “Work House� designed by Guthrie and Buresh, our team needed to build a section of the building. Since, the building has rectangular volume, long and narrow, we three members selected the longitudinal section to learn about how work space and living space are interlocking orthogonally formed spaces in simultaneous and multiple containment and release. In model making, we used rockite for concrete and bass wood for plywood and MDF for the foundation.
TEAM WORK
MODEL MAKING
SELECTED SECTION
SOUTH ELEVATION
MODEL MAKING
SAILING
FREEDOM
ADVENTURE
Exhibition Hall for “Free China” Junk San Francisco l California
Spring 2013 l City College of San Francisco l Studio 3 l Andrew Chandler
FREEDOM
SALING
The Chinese junk boat called “Free China� was constructed for sailing in 1955 by five young men to set out on a jounery. Even without sailing experience, it was successfully sailed across the occean, from Taiwan to the United States. Recently, some portions of the Junk were destroyed and it will not be a good idea to display the junk in outside atmosphere.
ADVENTURE
EXHIBITION HALLS
HISTORIC RESOURCES The site is rich in historical character derived from a convergence of cultural and natural resources, associations with historical events, and distinctive design. The site itself is included in Northeast Waterfront historic district, part of a former maritime and industrial district that has evolved into a vibrant urban neighborhood.
EXHIBITION HALLS RESPONSE: To infuse the building with certain sensitivity, to explore the adventure work of sailing the “Free China� junk from Taiwan to America, to integrate the outside and inside atmosphere, and to prepare the exhibition space for the current usage and the future usage.
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Grid System
Private & Public
Circulation
EXHIBITION HALLS
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECTION B-B
1. Junk Hall 2. Exhibition Spaces 3. Theater 4. Staff Offices 5. Rrestrooms 6. Small restaurant
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
SECTION A-A
EXHIBITION HALLS
Exhibition Space
Theater
Museum
Offices
Interior Circulation
Exterior Public Spaces
-The “Free China” Junk itself have the spirit of sailing in the ocean under the sunshine, the large network roof structure which covers the Free China Junk, allowing natural daylight and also protect from direct sunlight. -The massive transparent glass wall is designed in the facade of the building, stands dominently along the Embracadero Street. These glass walls’s are operated differently during the Day time and the night time since in the future, the hall will be used as the Exploratorium pavillion. -The Brick wall is designed for the offices, located on the west, to have a consistency with surroundings and to have privacy.
CONTINUITY
CONNECTION
Recreation- Research- Culture Center San Francisco l California
Spring 2014 l California College of the Arts l Studio 2 l Jason Anderson, Eric Bloom, Lian Eoyang
CONTINUITY With the use of the geometric shape of the infinity , the building itself provides a continuous path in a public open space. With two different inner courtyards: the marsh and small gardens, people can sense the outside atmosphere even when they are inside the building. Meanwhile, it creates the active public space with the combination of 24 hour accessible routes and daytime accessible routes.
CONNECTION
RECREATION- RESEARCH- CULTURE CENTER
MASON ST
PRIVATE
PUBLIC
OFFICE AREA
ACTIVITIES AREA
CIVIC AREA
NO PREDESTRIAN AREA
MARINA BLVD
MASON ST
ONE WAY
TWO WAY
ESTABLISHING SITE: PRESIDIO
SITE PLAN
CANTILEVER BRIDGING
EXCAVATION
BRIDGING CANTILEVER BRIDGING EXCAVATION
THREE OPERATIVE TERMS: CANTILEVER, EXCAVATION, BRIDGING
RECREATION- RESEARCH- CULTURE CENTER
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Green Ro
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Cultural
Center
Walkway- Green Roof
Walkway- Green Roof
Visitors can circulate through different paths: coming down from the top of the slope, going up from the bottom of the slope and the middle pathway, which connects directly to the library. Since, the circulation is the same as the infinity sign, visitors are forced to go around all the program spaces by experiencing outside atmosphere.
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Green Roof Terrace Resear ch Facil
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Library
Concrete Texture Glass Pathway Amenities Entrance
RECREATION- RESEARCH- CULTURE CENTER
SECTION A-A
Entrance
A
Loading Dock
Gift Shops
Marsh
Offices
Lab/ Lab Support
Automatic Data
Kitchen Storage
Painting Room
B
A
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
RECREATION- RESEARCH- CULTURE CENTER
SECTION B-B
SECTION C-C
B
Library
Marsh
Marsh
C
Workshop
Gathering Space
C
Yoga
Cafe
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN
RECREATION- RESEARCH- CULTURE CENTER
RECREATION- RESEARCH- CULTURE CENTER
Visitors can sense the outside atmosphere even when they are inside the building. Circulating around the building, people also can enjoy the marsh and the activities inside the program spaces at the same time. If they are in the program spaces, they can see the panoramic view of the presidio. In that way, the building provides the horizontal program arrangement which gives clear linear organization, vertical hierarchy of program spaces and diagonal relationships.
WATER IN THE STRUCTURE HOTEL NEAR TOURIST ATTRACTION NEW YORK l NEW YORK
Spring 2014 l California College of the Arts l Studio 2 l Jason Anderson, Eric Bloom, Lian Eoyang
HOTEL The site is located near the High line, New York, which is the tourist attraction, designing the aquarium in the hotel creates a new atmosphere for all visitors. They have a chance to get different experience even though they pass through the hotel by looking up the aquarium or going inside the hotel and experience the outdoor aquarium. Moreover, the sense of water brings peacefulness and pleasantness to the users of the space.
OUT DOOR AQUARIUM
HOTEL N
SHAPING THE CENTRAL ATRIUM CORE, PLAY AREA
Swimming Pool
Aquarium
Waterfall
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Dividing the main play area, the central core into three sections as swimming pool, aquarium and the waterfall, the hotel will be full of different spatial events and it will become active in both day and night. In that way, more people will come in and enjoy open public spaces which is directly connected to the High Line Level.
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Interactions between Outside and Inside
W 21st Street
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W 20th Street
4
Ground High Line New Buildings
3
Buildings across the High Line
Hudson River
11th Ave
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Spaces pass through High Line
10th Ave
W 19th Street
2
Difference Moments Along the High Line W 18th Street
MAPPING: THE SPACES SHAPED BY THE HIGH LINE AND THE BUILDINGS
SITE PLAN
HOTEL THE SLEEPING PLOT & CIRCULATION ARE ATTACHED TO THE STRUCTURE
Connecting the hotel rooms and the cirulation
Relationship between Circulation & Sleeping Area
Relationship between Circulation, Program Spaces, & Structure
WATER SYSTEM FLOW WITHIN THE STRUCTURE
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5 3 4 5
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Rain Water Collector Filter + Treatment with salt water Water In Waste Filter + Water Out
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Recycle Water In
6
Oxygen Pump
1 2 3 4 5
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Water Tank Flow to the earth (underground) Equabalance the temperature of water Temperature control water flow
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Primary Diaphragm
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Secondary Diaphragm
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Warm up/ Cool down the sleeping plots
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The Geothermal water system is treated in the underground and it is used for all four seasons in New York, and water is running through the whole structure of the building including the one which is holding the aquarium and swimming pool. All the structure and trusses are exposed to outside the show the community that how water is essential and treated in different ways.
HOTEL
FAMILY BED ROOM
Sleeping Plot
Circulation
DOUBLE BED ROOM
Circulation
Sleeping Plot
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SLEEPING AREA AND AQUARIUM
SINGLE BED ROOM
The whole building is connecting the hotel rooms and the circulation path by using bridge system. There is no actual floor plates running through each floor. Only the back of the building, which is the center circulation area has floor plates. The rest are intertwined with individual sleeping plots and the bridge.
HOTEL Roof Top Bar
Rain Collector
DN
DN
ROOF TOP FLOOR PLAN
UP
SCUBA DIVING EXPERIENCE
OUTDOOR AQUARIUM EXPERIENCE
UP
SINGLE ROOM FLOOR PLAN
UP
UP
UP
UP
UP
HIGH LINE LEVEL FLOOR PLAN
Entrance
Storage
UP
UP
UP UP
Reception
Office
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
WEST ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
“Any work of architecture that has been designed. Any work of architecture that has the potential to exist, or that exists, was discovered.
It wasn’t created; our role is to be the discoverer, not the creator.” Glenn Murcutt.
-Within these two years, I learned about the process of designing and constructing a space, building or an object. In every project, I start from mapping and researched about the surrounding atmosphere of the site. Based on the proposal of the project, I explore about the connection between the content of the project and my study of the site. Relating these two things, form of the building, organization of spaces and circulation are designed. - I need to more focus on choosing materials, designing new systems to create green environment.
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