PORTFOLIO Steelcase NEXT 4 Pavillon D’Accueil Flaine 10 Special Place 12 Basswood Bridge 14 Logos & Identities 16 Yearbook Design 18 Manual Renderings & Exercises 20
STEELCASE NEXT
STEELCASE NEXT BRIEF
CONCEPT
Envision the NEXT design studio
Welcome to the JUNGLE
A fictitious architecture firm, NEXT, has decided to relocate to the 32nd floor of USC Tower in downtown Los Angeles. The 11,300 SQF space will accommodate 35-45 employees. Its design must embrace collaborative and flexible ways of working in order to facilitate the innovation of tomorrow. Deliverable required: evidence-based design solution and explanation, perspective renderings, section drawings, rendered floor plan, RCP, and FF&E selections.
Design is an amazing journey, with ups, downs, turns, and even some loop-de-loops over the course of every single project. I’ve framed the company NEXT as a group that truly embraces that sentiment--it’s a truly wild and creative innovator of the current era. With that in mind, I knew the space can’t simply be plain and pretty with splashes of color. Instead, I wanted to capture the adventurous spirit of NEXT through my concept, JUNGLE.
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STEELCASE NEXT
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STEELCASE NEXT
Collaboration assumes many shapes. So, NEXT LA’s team spaces will come in a range of sizes and formats, from mobile furniture arranged in a quiet corner to large, formal multifunction zones.
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More than a dining area, WorkCafe is the dynamic social hub for the entire staff. It can be used to relax, do heads down work, or to hold casual meetings.
PAVILLON D’ACCUEIL FLAINE
PAVILLON D’ACCUEIL FLAINE BRIEF Recreate an exemplar of modern architecture. The assignment was to select and accurately reconstruct a 3D Sketchup model of an outstanding example of architecture. A 24” x 36” presentation board would be prepared, illustrating the building through detailed renderings, floor plans, sections, and elevations. Digital renderings were created using V-Ray and Adobe Photoshop. Partner: Troy Mock
THE BUILDING Unfolding the story of Flaine, a timeless prototype of mountain resort design Flaine Visitor Center, designed by R Architecture (Paris) in 2013, welcomes guests to the Flaine Forêt area of the French ski resort. The pavilion provides resort information and lift ticket services on the reception level and sports two studio apartments below. Inspired by Marcel Breuer’s concrete facades and diamond shapes that define the iconic resort’s modernist architecture, the pavilion’s five-sided form reflects its natural and built surroundings. The angular sides evoke snow crystals. Each face has a distinct aesthetic and purpose. The building cantilevers off a mineral hillside base, but its concrete base and timber frame are built to endure winter snow and storm. The concave main facade shelters guests from the elements. Reflective metal cladding wraps the pavilion, integrating it with the site while asserting a contemporary character. At night, the Flaine logo shines through perforations in the metal exterior towards the access road, transforming the pavilion into a lantern.
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SPECIAL PLACE
Overview of model. The open prospect space is perched on top of the structure, analagous to floor-to-ceiling windows. The solid handrail enables the middle floor to be used both as a visual prospect and as a shelter.
Archival image of my childhood home during construction. Note the walkway with a solid rail, which informed the model design. Lighting effect in action; the slatted facade design is inspired by the Kaap Skil museum. The central light shaft connects the three levels.
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SPECIAL PLACE BRIEF
CONCEPT
Childhood memories of prospect and shelter
“There’s no place like home”
Special Place was the culminating project for DEA 1101. The objective was to craft a space providing both prospect and shelter, whose design embodies our personal childhood memories. The challenge was to also incorporate the many guidelines and design concepts from the previous eleven projects. These included patterns, color, style, geometric parti, structural analysis, lighting effects, and environmental psychology, to name a few.
The project is modeled after my childhood home in Manoa, Hawaii. It features a traditional shelter on the bottom, a hybrid shelter/prospect in the middle, and a prospect up top. The lower floor is dim, enclosed, and features healing hues. The second, living floor provides a balance of good visual access and controllable visual exposure. It sports colorful play spaces and decoration that remind me of infancy. The upper prospect has a open, panoramic view.
BASSWOOD BRIDGE
BASSWOOD BRIDGE BRIEF Bridge a two-foot gap with a lightweight basswood structure that supports a stone brick (3100-3400 grams).
CONCEPT A through-arch bridge The primary supports are two angled arches that distribute compression loads sideways into the side walls and downward onto the span ends. A Warren truss maintains the inherently robust arch shapes.
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The shelter mid-span also serves as a stilt for the brick during load testing as a result of a major design change after construction began. The twin arches elegantly angle outwards. While my solution was one of the lightest-in-class, I also strived for a visually light, atypical (trusses would be easier) structure.
LOGOS & IDENTITIES
HAWAII YOUTH SAILING ASSN. A lively, abstracted re-imagination of its predecessor, HYSA’s new logo represents the four boat classes supported, (El Toro, C420, Open Bic, Laser) and emanates the vibrance of its young members.
PUNAHOU SAILING TEAM The ‘P’ icon simply portrays the sails of a Club 420 in Punahou School colors (buff and blue). The type was crafted to strike a balance between athletic strength (think typical ‘sports team’ fonts) and an unconventional sleekness, representative of the unique sport.
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THE CANVAS The Canvas is a student-run co-working space in Hawaii that provides a free learning and collaborating space for local highschoolers. This proposed logo depicts the frame of a canvas. Two wide seams break open the form, representing the public nature of The Canvas, and a wide-open door of inclusion and opportunity.
HONOLULU AREA RAIL TRANSIT Inspired by Paris’ RATP icon, which transforms the Seine River’s path through Ile-de-France into a face, my logo concept for HART sylizes the rail line, and draws from familiar island sights: the tip of Diamond Head, the northern coastline of Oahu, a breaking wave, and the evergreen Ko’olau range.
YEARBOOK DESIGN
“The theme ‘MOSAIC’ reflects the structure of the Punahou community, where numerous individual entities contribute to the whole, much as the tiles of a mosaic make up the larger design. The beauty of a mosaic lies in its ability to magnify the brilliance of its parts; individuals and organizations at Punahou are talented and distinct, but together, they create a vibrant and diverse institution like no other.”
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MOSAIC Oahuan is Punahou School’s academy yearbook; I was its art director for three consecutive years. My responsibilities included creating layouts, materializing the theme, selecting fonts and colors, and designing the cover, slip case, endsheets, titles, and dividers, as well as inspecting all 376 pages for visual consistency and quality and educating editors about the graphic standards. The 2014 book, MOSAIC, had the most dynamic look of the three I designed. With the encouragement of editor-in-chief Noel Lee, I ventured away from my comfort zone of white space, consistency, and conservative aesthetics. Instead, I went
big, bold, and vibrant. Every page had its own uniquely-shaped layout, featuring lively typography, big splashes of color, and a detailed mosaic background. With all its vibrance, MOSAIC was a big departure from its staid predecessors. MOSAIC earned a Gold Medalist award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association in New York City. The judge remarked, “The layouts are contemporary, clean, and engaging. If I were a student, or trustee, of your school, I would be proud to own this book.”
MANUAL RENDERINGS & EXERCISES
KLARMAN HALL Ink & Marker on Vellum Interior view from atrium floor
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STATLER HALL Ink & Marker on Vellum Exterior view from East
MANUAL RENDERINGS & EXERCISES
VIGNETTES OF DAMAGED AND DISEASED SKIN Sumi on Museum Board “Marks and Muses” An exercise in concept and process, the brief was to apply ink in an innovative way. Remembering a poster in the doctor’s office showing different stages of ear infection, I created a map of images representing skin in various conditions. I used different
tools to manipulate the skin-like layered board, and used chemicals found in the kitchen and a first aid kit to affect the ink. From left to right: cancerous growth, light abrasion, pigment loss, eczema, tinea versicolor, tattoo, normal, deep laceration.
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METHOD OR MADNESS? Sumi on Museum Board “Logic, Patterns, Motifs” Brief was to, using a motif derived from “Marks and Muses,” create a logically-justified pattern via motif placement, scaling, rotation, and reflection.
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