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Jessica LeongSegment 1 PortfolioBoston Architectural College

Jessica Leong 399 Marlborough St. #4 Boston, MA 02115 408.826.1913 [email protected]

Bachelor of Architecture

My study of architecture has provided an inspiration for my future, fostering a passion for the art of design. While I have much more to learn, the opportunities Ive had at school and Practice have been incredibly rewarding. I look forward to growing as a professional and contributing to the architectural community in the years to come.

The focus of my architectural education at Boston Architectural College has always been about the distinct relationship between the built environment and people. I have enjoyed investigating the role of structures, environmental design, and material usage while understanding the social context of architecture. My work has developed a critical interest in the capabilities and responsibilities of architecture in relationship with the collective whole. While my architectural education is continuously evolving, I am currently looking into the possibility of enhancing my education through graduate school. As a member of AIAS and a featured student in the Fall 2010 Accreditation Visit of the BACs Landscape Architecture program of student work, I take great pride in my education.

My experience in the field has helped to shape my career goals over the past few years. The internships and work experiences Ive had have focused on a direct approach to problem solving in small-scale residential projects. They have helped me to develop a background in understanding how to build and facilitate architecture at this level. Substantial work with clients, engineers, and municipal organizations has helped me to understand the profession of architecture through a variety of perspectives. Most importantly, these internships have guided my perspective on the direction I should take in the future. While I am comfortable with the practice of small offices, I am looking to expand my experiences into different types of architecture. The variety of architecture discussed in school has helped me to understand just how compelling a career in large-scale architecture can be. Specifically, I am interested in being a LEED accredited professional as well as learning more about the capabilities of the Design-Build approach. I will soon begin the IDP program, and fully intend on becoming a licensed architect soon after completing school.

My goal is to be a successful designer who never stops learning, creating, and improving the world. While

I know that becoming an architect takes years of dedication and an extensive education, I look forward to every moment of it.

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Jessica Leong

To be evaluated at the Practice Assessment.

Boston Architectural College - Boston, MA 02115Candidate for Bachelor of Architecture Sept. 2009-[current]

GPA 3.61 / 4.0 Design Tools Sketching, Hand Rendering, Model Building Adobe InDesign & Photoshop, AutoCAD 2D & 3D , Revit, SketchUp

West Valley College - saratoga, CA 95070Architecture Major- GPA 3.71 /4.0 Sept. 2007- May 2009

Communication Studies Certificate Dec. 2008

santiago de Chile Wine Museum Competition BAC Special Projects Team Member Sept. 2010-Dec. 2010

ecotopian House Workshop- sandwich, MA 02563Team Member: Tikkun Olam- 2nd Place Feb. 2010- May 2010

< Design Competition for a modern, Cape Cod home to be built in the Community Green Project funded by HAC. American institute of Architecture students - saratoga, CA 95070Vice President- West Valley College Chapter May 2008 - May 2009

< Directed meetings < Coordinated with architects to create events for students.Inter-club Council Representative Sept. 2007- May 2008

< Presented events and budgets to school officials for approval.

Rebuilding Together silicon Valley -san Jose, CA 95151Project Coordinator Oct. 2007 - April 2009

< Made site visits to record existing homes and its condition. < Pre-designed solutions. < Coordinated teams for project days and built additions and < Restored homes for elderly, disabled, low income homeowners.

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Ann Taylor - Boston, MA 02115Sales Associate/ Store Set Sept. 2009- Oct. 2010 House Modeco - los gatos, CA 95030Student Intern May 2009- Aug. 2009

< Helped start-up a full-service, design-build company integrating modern design and high technology for sustainable living.

Piura, Peru office Building Design Competition 1st place West Valley College Architecture Department June 2005- Aug 2005

June simmons scholarship for students in Construction Oct. 2008

High school Magna Cum laude April 2008

nAWiC CADD House Design Competition June 2007 1st place in Regional (California/Nevada) 6th place in National (USA)

Spanish Club Vice President, 2006-2007 California Scholarship Federation Class Representative, 2003-2006Key Club Member, 2003-2007Chinese Club Member, 2004-2007Martial Arts Demo Team Founding Member, 2004-2007Cross-Country Running Junior Varsity, 2004-2006Track and Field Varsity, 2005


Jessica Leong Bachelor of Architecture

TransferWest Valley College

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Architectural Graphics Spring 2008

30 Minute Sketches8.5x11; Graphite

Transfer

West Valley College Segment 1 Portfolio 4

One-Point Perspective18x24; Graphite



The Golden Pavillion18x24; Graphite and Ink

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Plan and Elevation: Artistically and Technically18x24; Graphite and Ink

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Pavillion of San Jose Spring 2008

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The large concentration of high-technology companies around San Jose has led the area to be known as Silicon Valley.

Pavilion of San Jose is a semi-detached structure used for entertainment and specialized activities. It is a usually temporary structure erected at a fair or show for use by an exhibitor. The site is approximate 20,000 square feet in an urban setting.

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Interception of First Street and San Carlos Street in San Jose, California.


The scheme for planning the Pavilion of San Jose is to use different configurations to create intriguing forms within a clean, rectangular shape to mimic integrated circuits.

Wood and plaster are the main structural system for this project. The pavilion is composed of mainly exhibition space, in which glass curtain walls are used as the faade. The pavilion is divided into two levels. There are a large exhibition space, two private offices and restrooms on the first floor while the two meeting rooms and the other exhibition area are located on the second floor. Several overhanging roofs are designed for shading. The overlapping of the plaster block over the wood block makes up the composition of the pavilion. Elevators and stairs are located on the side with glass curtain wall, exposing them to the outsides so that the two elements inside the pavilion act as a part of the design.

The design of overlaying glass block, wood block, plaster block with overhanging roofs with the exposing elements mimic the design of IC chips on a motherboard.

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Cathedral of Christ of the Light Spring 2008

Cathedral of Christ the Light is the newest, most expensive cathedral in American history. The $191 million, 224,000-square-foot complex replaces St. Francis de Sales, fatally damaged by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.As its name suggests, the Cathedral draws on the tradition of light as a sacred phenomenon. Through its poetic introduction, indirect daylight ennobles modest materialsprimarily wood, glass, and concrete. With the exception of evening activities, the Cathedral is lit entirely by daylight to create an extraordinary level of luminosity.

Craig Hartman, SOM wanted to create a contemporary building that honors the symbolic traditions of the Catholic faith. The most fundamental idea here was to start fresh, he says. We are here on the Pacific Rim in a multicultural place, not in 15th century Europe. The floor plan of the building is in the shape of a Vesica Pisces that creates a spherical elevation. The Vesica Pisces is a shape of religious significance, two intersecting circles of the same radius, connected in such a way that the center of each circle lies on the circumference of the other. this shape is an ancient sign among many Eastern and the Western cultures for a gathering place and a symbol among Catholics for the miracle of the loaves and fishes.

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His scheme for the sanctuary references two connectingspheres in the manner of the Vesica Pisces. Sheltering the lattice-like wooden shells from the elements are two sloping veils of high-performance glass that cradle the sanctuary like two cupped hands. Enclosing each end of the sanctuary is a faceted wallthe south Alpha Wall, which rises above the main entrance, and the north Omega Wall, which answers a request from the bishop by incorporating an image of Christ rendered in a sophisticated array of perforations.

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Cardboard Chair 4 Week Project Fall 2009

The project was to design and build a chair out of cardboard to understand the relationship between design, the human body, and the capacities of cardboard as a building material. From the sense of human scale to the feeling of physical comfort, this chair relates to how people inhabit space.

Defining Principles

Multifunctional Designed for or capable of many particular functions or uses

Stable Resistant to change of position or condition (can be rotated for different uses)

Decorative Ornamental, with artistic design

Instructors Amanda Sanders and Cynthia Bubb A-2 Foundation Studio


In my exploration of connection methods for cardboard, I found inspiration from a weaving technique derived from a childs lanyard craft. The site is my 200 square foot studio apartment. The space limitations pushed me to create a chair that was a multifunctional surface used to elevate a user of undetermined size off the ground comfortably and with stability for any extent of time.


At the outset, I wanted a cube form with triangles incorporated as a motif of the corrugations. My initial design was too simple, so I tried a stacking techniue, but that wasnt practical or study enough. Going back to my box idea, I explored weaves and knots. I created an entirely different form, but it did not hold weight well due to the connections. I found that the design did not work in compression, so segments were added for more support. It became equally important to balance asethetics with actual functionality. Experimentation led to my final design.

Cardboard Chair 4 Week Project Fall 2009

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The Experiential Trajectory 4 Week Project Fall 2009

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The path project emphasizes on the sequence of space. Given a specific contour, I chose a section of the Commonwealth Avenue Mall as my site to explore the very orderly and very flat urban landscape.



The linear nature of Commonwealth Ave. promoted me to design a linear path.

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Light Ocean

The play of light and the symbolic flow of water distinguishes the Hereford Avenue corner of Commonwealth Avenue Mall.

It is the ocean of tomorrow. It is where life originally began and future generations will occupy. The Path departs from modern, urban society into the ocean of light towers leading to shores on the opposite side and the continuation of the park. Pixilated oceanic waves, formed by the grid of a traditional computer keyboard, guide visitors through the path. The interplay with light is integral to the design; as the black polish of granite reflects the colored glass, the visitor is embraced by the wonders of the ocean and the future of civilization.



Final proposal

The trees are removed from Commonweath Ave. Mall. The shadows and feeling of enclosure are perserved by the retaining walls. The linear path of the orginal design is also kept in the new addition to the park.

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Ritual Project 4 Week Project Fall 2009

The purpose of the Ritual Project was to explore the connection between activity and the place of activity.

sense of place: Consider the qualities of built and natural environments that support, complement and enhance human activities.

Ceremony: A formal act or series of acts; rite; observing prescribed procedures.

ritual: An act or series of actions imbued with meaning; a prescribed order of acts that govern conduct.



The Military Ball Ritual

The Military Ball is a formal, social gathering to boost morale and promote camaraderie within cadets, superiors, and their families.

The Forged Gold Battalions annual Military Ball was carefully choreographed. Cadets had spent hours learning etiquette and preparing for the ball. Military balls have their origins before the Civil War, as social events on isolated posts on the Midwestern frontier.

The evening begins with a reception line. Cadets in uniform and their dates in floor-length dresses shake hands with senior officers and guests before finding their assigned chairs in the ballroom.

The cadets and guests remain silent and standing, first as the color guard presented the U.S. and state flags, then a brief prayer is said. Afterward, toasts are offered beginning with, To the United States of America. The others echoed the speaker before sipping the sparkling apple cider in their champagne glasses. Afterward dinner is served, and every waits to be served before eating can begin.

At the end of the dinner period, an intermission is announced and the head tables files out of the main room followed by the respectfully standing cadets and guests. At the end of the intermission, the head table takes their seats, followed by the others. Skits are performed and the evening comes to a ceremonious end with the Retiring of the Colors.

Image credit: Russell MacDonald Photography


Ritual Project 4 Week Project Fall 2009The program of the marketplace was heavily influenced by the Military Ball Ritual. Military Ball is a night that guests who are not in the military are invited to dine and experience some of the militarys rituals.

Using study diagrams of the events timeline and the Sitting/Standing study of the Superiors, Cadets, and Guests, I was able to create a radial section of the building. In the timeline, the night starts with a social hour reception: the time before anything official begins.

Marketplace as Food Court



n Freezer (Preparation before ceremony)n Kitchen (Cooking) n Transition from cooking to sellingn Transition from vendor to customer (divider between)n Walkway For customersn Sitting/ Standing Dividern Seated Eating arean Trash cans organizing the waste and Exit

In the marketplace, the reception became the freezer- the place where all the food is stored before the event. The Recieving line, a time before the seating and food is ready became the Kitchen. These steps leading to the dinner became my kitchen: I preparation of the food. Dinner, the next segment into the timeline is where the vendors are given the opportunity to sell their food. This is what the marketplace is all about. In the Intermission segment became the counter where food is passed over to the guest. It is the transition from vender to buyer, as a midpoint in the event. The next segment, where the guest speaker speaks, is a time not many are interesting in . People linger in it briefly as they do in the food courts walk way, it is the food courts no mans land. The countertop eating area is created by the Awards section. Skits by the cadets in the diagram showed repetitive sitting and standings. This form was translated into the seating area of the marketplace. The ending remarks represent the trash cans on the way out. And lastly, superiors, cadets, and guests trickle out and continue with their own freedom of agendas.

On a grand scale, the vendors represent the 4 Branches of the military: US Army, US Navy, US Air Force and Marine Corps. Each section is treated fairly in terms of space allotted and placement of facilities.



The Bailey bridge is a portable pre-fabricated truss bridge, designed for use by military engineering units that bridges up to 200-foot gaps. It requires no special tools or heavy equipment for construction, the bridge elements are small enough to be carried in trucks, and the bridge is strong enough to carry tanks.

In my marketplace structure, the bailey panels are used as column structures and roof trusses.

Process Bailey Bridge Construction

Image credit: University of Missouri-Rolla



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Schindler House Hand Drafts 4 Week Project Spring 2010materials: Floor Asphalt tile concrete slab Walls Concrete slab and wood partition Ceiling Wood boards Form: - Pinwheel of L shapes - Like a tent, protective back and open front. Cooperative dwelling for 3 households:- 5 adults no children. Each adult was allocated a large studio space for living and working that provided a direct connection to a shared outdoor terrace. - Shared utility space.

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The house represents the basic requirements for a campers shelter: a protected back, an open front, a central fireplace, and roof. The plan has a pinwheel configuration composed of four studios, a guest quarter, and a garage. Each pair of studios forms an L and opens through sliding canvas doors onto a patio used as an outdoor living room.

The home focuses on simple building methods and showing evidence of how it was put together. In the studio rooms, a 4-foot module is demonstrated through the detailing of the connection between the 4 foot tilt-up concrete panels that are joined with a 3-inch glass insert articulating the module and construction progress. The redwood framework of the house further divides the 4-foot module in half with the spacing of roof joists and vertical members. A vertical module is developed with 12-inch segments of horizontal divisions for a framed window wall.

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Schindler House Analysis 4 Week Project Spring 2010

Form:-- Pin-Wheel of L Figures

materials:-- Floor - Asphalt tile concrete slab-- Walls- Concrete slab & Wood Partition-- Ceiling - Wood boards

Cooperative-dwelling for 3 households:-- 5 Adults; no children. Each adult was allocated a large studio space for living and working that provided a direct connection to a shared outside terrace.-- Shared utility room.



Although the home is situated on a suburban parcel, the house is not situated in a common, adjacent to the street manner.

The patio space is on the same ground level as the home. Garden space adjacent to the patio area is 1.5ft lower. Garden spaces not adjacent to the home are sunken.

Walls of shrubbery and bamboo extend the lines of the house into the landscape, protecting it from the street, ensuring privacy to each patio, and articulating the garden into different functional zones.

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materials: Bamboo; Flower, Shrubs. Hedges, Trees -- Used to create privacy and carve out natural rooms int eh landscape as well as views.

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Form: 3 levels--Same level as house; acts as outdoor living room.-- Second level a few steps lower. -- Unwalkable pit


Schindler House Analysis 4 Week Project Spring 2010

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Sectional Study Model Investigating Proportions And Materiality



Schindlers system of construction endevoured to simplify home-building by cutting all of the wall studs to a standard door height thereby providing a continuous belt of plates and spatial datum at this height.


Schindler House Transformation 4 Week Project Spring 2010



In my transformation, I focused on keeping the same program and the set of rules Schindler created to govern the house. I found the original house to be very well designed except for the open bed rooms upstairs. Therefore, I got rid of those 2 rooms. In the garden, I maintained the articulation of the separate sections of the garden with walls of bamboo on a flat site. I adopted the same modular wall system and adapted the L shapes connected to the central fireplace. I broke up the 3 households to create more space between each household. By reconnected them, I achieved a long middle section for all the shared utilities like the garage and the kitchen. I grouped housing by their relationships to one-another. I gave the lone tenant in the guest room more privacy since he is not a close friend of the Schindler and Chace families. On the other hand, the two households of Schindler and Chace create a box. They are oriented to face each other, evoking a further sense of community.


Boathouse 8 Week Project Fall 2009

The Charles River basin and esplanade was created in the early 20th century from tidal marshes and mud flats to an accessible urban park for both land and water recreational opportunities. Its purpose was to provide an escape and relief from the city.

The Esplanade contains:6 miles of walkways and bike paths 5 miles of riverbank3 granite landings6 wooden docks3 boathouses1 performance facility (Hatch Shell)2 playgrounds1 wading pool3 softball fields1 T-ball field5 youth soccer fields1 tennis court2 concession stands10 memorials and statues9 pedestrian bridges over Storrow Drive and into the park266 park benches1900+ trees

The Charles River Esplanade, 1935Image credit: Boston Landmarks Commission Environment Department

Instructor Janet Buck B-1 Foundation Studio


The boathouse project was conceived to reinforce the relationship between the esplanade and the city, and provide a building that draws pedestrians out and away from the city and into the landscape. The project fosters recreational opportunities, directing user views towards the Charles River and complimenting its unique context.

Boathouse Site PlanImage credit: Boston Redevelopment Authority

Esplanade Site Image credit: Boston Redevelopment Authority



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The constant urban sprawl of the people, reach out to the calming esplanade and the water for an escape and relief from the city.



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Analytical Process

After documenting the site through sketching, photography andan agency of maps, I found the sites historical context still playsan important role in the existing spaces, growing features anddeveloped structures. The latent qualities of the site becameclear as I started to think of the urban fabric movement and howthe spatial types aff ected each other through their thresholds.I created diagrams that helped me understand the interactionbetween the thresholds and the growth of the urban fabric.

- Traffic creates highest, most irregular noise level.- Middle of Pathway is most quiet.- Water creates static noise.

Furthur out from city grid creates more serenity within the individual.

Inverse relationshipWhile sound is getting more oranized, thecity grid is breaking down.

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Transformation Process

The transformation site model was built to convey the ideas ofthe analytical and transformational process through its reactionof the urban fabric. The transformation of the threshold treemodel relates to a tree on site that has experiences the constantadaptation on the site.

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The boathouse form transitions from the regularity of the Back Bay city grid on one end into free-form shape derived from waves of the Charles River.



The orientation of the built form is turned 90 degrees from the direction of the city grid to nature transition to create a visible physical reminder for visitors.

The roof form slopes into decks and overhangs to provide additional viewing platforms as an extension of the existing public floating dock.

To integrate the structure into the landscape, I sandwiched my built form.Water to the north.Land to the south.Floating dock to the west.Peninsula to the east.

While balancing the building between these existing conditions, I integrated a platform ramp back onto the existing land and paved trail. The entrance was articulated by an existing concrete form with three steps perpendicular to the entrance. The site was chosen as a literal extension of public viewing deck space.



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Project 0: Tectonics 3 Week Project Fall 2010Chosen Details: Dissected into Elements

This introductory project is an exposure to tectonics, the poetry of construction. Scale-less and site-less details were given to interpret, abtract, and speculate upon.

Elements provide movement and flexibility.

Continuous platform forms new ground line.

Element to hold everything else above ground a certain height

Solid and Void

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Pierced layers allow for rotational movement about a stationary element.

The hinges are free to turn but cannot rotate beyond an obstruction.

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Pierced layers allow for rotational movement about a stationary element.

The hinges are free to turn but cannot rotate beyond an obstruction.

Instructor Tyler Hinckley B-2 Foundation Studio


Iterations of Unit

Set of Constrictions

-- Raised up to a certain point

-- New ground level

-- Adaptable space/pieces. Movement!

-- Covering attached to adaptable pieces.

-- Stationary emements attach to movable parts

-- Piercing objects create movable parts

-- Movable parts joined together with one central element

-- Central element anchored in place

First Iteration

To adapt for corner making

Shortened bottom portion for ease of interloaking and more variablity in interlocking.

Back covering to better block movement(Later taken out because it was an unnessesary waste of material)

Chosen Details: Composed into a Unit


Project 0: Tectonics 3 Week Project Fall 2010

Exploded Axon

Pinned joint provides movement and flexibility, but when linked with another unit, movement is fur-thur constricted and locked into place.

-- A set of constrictions guides the form.

-- A joint is a relational condition, not an object.

-- Assembly logics spring from a combination of two previously given 2-D details.

-- Accumulations of repeating units are organized by planned external constraints.

-- System evolve complexity through the successive addition interacting components.

-- Scale and rotation of the unit creates spatial differentiation and impacts the type and quality of interface between bodies.

Unit Broken into Elements



Horizontal Space

Elements provide movement and flexibility.

Platform forms new ground line. Element to hold everything else above ground a certain height.

Rotational Views Used in Construction.

Wall and Corner Spaces


Project 0: Tectonics 3 Week Project Fall 2010

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Exploded Axon Recomposed Axon

The components allow for multiple directions of fitting together to create walls, corners and a ceiling. In addition, the rotational element with the T allows for an inferred entrance condition.


Project 1: Arnold Arboretum Educational Pavillion 5 Week Project Fall 2010

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As a whole, Arnold Arboretum attracts tourists for the most part of the year. However, most tourists do not venture out to Peters Hill due to the distance from the main entrance and visitors center.

Peters Hill is close to the neighborhood homes making it a more local location. From the neighborhood, visitors enter under a stone bridge holding up part of the train tracks.

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The proposed bridge path replaces minor paths for a direct route through the steep terrrain from the neighborhood to the arboretums main paths.

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The project is an attempt to connect the space between the neighborhood to the pathways and landscapes of Arnold Arboretum. The architecture is porous and transparent and inviting, creating an indoor/outdoor experience, not dominating the space of the park, but framing and sheltering it. The bridge created between the buildings entrances, the circulation equalizes the two approaches to the building from park and neighborhood.

Paths created by tackling with tectonic strategy and bridging from both Arnold Arboretum and Neighborhood entrances to give both visitor an equal opportunity the view the landscape and then enter the visitors center from one starting point.

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Alternation of Apparatus Transition Fall 2010

Original Tectonic Units Tectonic as Kit of Parts. Elements are pushed and pulled for more control in creating rooms and spaces.


Project 2: Chinatown Cultural Center 8 Week Project Fall 2010

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Project 2: Chinatown Cutural Center 8 Week Project Fall 2010

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The vent stack separates the open, sunny Surface Road side from the neighborhood feel of the shady Hudson Street. My building embraces the bisecting microclimate and is separated by a symbolic river between public and private. To take advantage of the light, the form is lower on the Surface Road side and skylights bring in maximum sunlight.



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The Concept of my project is based on the Chinese chess game that is apparent on site as a popular board game played near the site as well as an art piece in front of the gate. On multiple scales throughout the site, the river element separates the park from the mixed use buildings, and the public and private. In the perpendicular direction, the vent stack separates the open, sunny Surface Road side from the neighborhood feel of the shady Hudson Street. My building embraces the bisecting microclimate and is separated by a symbolic river between public and private. To take advantage of the light, the form is lower on the Surface Road side and skylights bring in maximum sunlight.

Chinese Chess

River is a barrier for some chess pieces but not the horse.River contains no program; the open space is devoted to board games, martial arts, and other performing arts practice.

Palace is a zone the King piece cannot leave.Palace towers contain vertical circulation

Horse Piece EntryBuilding Entrances

The concept of my project is based on the Chinese chess game that is apparent on site as a popular board game played near the site as well as an art piece in front of the gate. On multiple scales throughout the site, the river element separates the park from the mixed use buildings, and the public and private.

To accommodate these outdoor players, I propose an indoor public space as an extention of the park.

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My tectonic strategy bridges over the chessboard river element and carves out the movements of the horse My tectonic strategy bridges over the chessboard river element and carves out the movements of the horse piece. The organization of the building is based on the elementary movement of the Chinese chess horse piece.

Tectonic Progression

Using all 3 elements; unconnected. Using all 3 elements; interconnected. Moving forward, I kept the units interlocked like a puzzle.



Tectonic Progression



The 2nd and 3rd floors are formed using my tectonic strategy: a kit of parts consisting of

1) a wood, built-up member,

2) a steel structural element deployed in series, and

3) a monolithic wall.

These elements are sandwiched and pierced to create the building.

Tectonic Use Site AnalysisDesign Develepment Tectonic

Surface Road ElevationScale 1/8= 1-0

Park FacadeScale 1/8= 1-0

Chinatown ElevationScale 1/8= 1-0

Scale 1/32= 1-0

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Section AScale 1/8= 1-0


3rd FloorScale 1/8= 1-0

Conference Room

Shared Office

Directors Office

Office

Kichenette

Artist StudioStorage

Artist Studio

2nd FloorScale 1/8= 1-0

PerformanceBackstage

Dressing RoomBelow

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TechBooth

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Ground FloorScale 1/8= 1-0

LobbyGalleryTheater Entry

Recreational EntryChess Game Room

Performance




Conference Room

Shared Office

Directors Office

Office

Kichenette


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Dressing RoomBelow

Open to Below

TechBooth



Tectonic Use Site AnalysisDesign Develepment Tectonic

Surface Road ElevationScale 1/8= 1-0

Park FacadeScale 1/8= 1-0

Chinatown ElevationScale 1/8= 1-0

Scale 1/32= 1-0

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Conference Room

Shared Office

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Hudson Street Elevation Front Elevation Surface Road Elevation

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Santiago de Chile Wine Museum 8 Week Project Sept. 2010- Nov. 2010

Arquitectum Design Competition Program Size: 4000 s.m.Cerro San Cristobal, Santiago, Chile

I worked on a design competition with supervision from William Boxx AIA.

My concept is focused on the movement of the Cueca Dance. The interior circulation follows the steps of the dance. The exterior form is derived from an abstraction of the dance. The ramp-like form denotes the beginning of the dance from where each dancer approaches. As the dance progresses, the dancers reach opposite ends from where they started. To conclude the dance, both spiral together to an end at the top of the museum.

Cueca Dance ConceptInvitation

Lobby Greeting

Home Front

Circle of Lobby

1920-1930

1940-1960

1970-1980

1990-2000

Exhibition End

Bringing to the Top

Final Height Skybar


Practice

Garden View from Elevator

Looping Back to Front

Clear directional path back to front.

No green space.

Circulation Studies

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Santiago de Chile Wine Museum 8 Week Project Sept. 2010- Nov. 2010In the last years Chile has turned into a leading society in the field of industrial wine production but above all, in the development of the best wine cellars in the world, having successfully merged occidental science and technology with traditional grape growing. Chilean wines assume that it must serve to contemporary taste, while still be an object of design that not only enters through the eyes but through its body that has a sensibility and a unique mixture of flavours. Consistently, Chile has contributed to improve wine style beyond its frontiers, from the simplest flavour design to the most sophisticated, turning into an example of avant-garde harvesting in the world.

This is why the challenge for this competition is to design a Museum that has XX Century History of Wine exhibition areas and also be a landmark for the city of Santiago. To this end, the plot where this project will take place is located at Cerro San Cristbal, since this hill is the most natural and, at the same time, urban backdrop to lay out a natural/artificial product such as wine.

Wine Tasting Room Lobby

Practice


Site

Wine Tasting

Lobby

Administrative

Parking

Warehouse

Store

Bathroom

1920 1930 1940

1950

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Sky bar

1990 1980 1970 1960

First Floor

Second Floor

Third Floor


Ann Taylor Sept. 2009- Nov. 2010

Retail Store Display WorkStore Size: 2000 s.f.

800 Boylston Street Boston, MA

Role and Responsibility:- Use Display Book parameters to set up store displays to Ann Taylor Retail Standards.- Customer service as a Sales Associate.

I gained an appreciation for the care and precision put into display work in retail stores. I learned to quickly adapt from the given plan to the finished presentation with limited materials and display props.


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Wardrobing Room

Backroom

OfficeBathroom

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Shoe Room

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Feature 2Feature 3

Well-Suited

Pant Shop

Petites

Sale

Covetables

Design Inspiration

Store 329Ann Taylor at the Prudential Center


Ecotopian House Project 15 Week Project February 2010- May 2010

PRIVATE LIVING

HEARTH

VERTICAL CIRCULATION

COMMUNITY

CIRC

ULA

TIO

NRibbon Saltbox

Concept

Context

PlanningSite Plan

Practice


Vision

materiality

distressed cedar

cedar shingles

burned wood

life span: 20 years

cost per sq.ft: $1.60 per sq.ft

recyclable: yes

location: Massachusetts

life span: 20 years

cost per sq.ft: $6.00 per sq. ft

recyclable: yes

location: Massachusetts

life span: 35 years

cost per sq.ft: $7.00 per sq. ft

recyclable: yes

location: Japan


Ecotopian House Project 15 Week Project February 2010- May 2010

RAINWATER REUSE

systems

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MORE TEMP FLUX

GEOTHERMAL EARTHDUCT

LESS TEMP FLUX

plans

square footage: 1450 sq.ft

kids play - 90 sq.ftoffice/guest - 120 sq.fthearth - 560 sq.ftroof deck - 700 sq.ftmaster bedroom - 280 sq.ftbedroom - 150 sq.ftfoyer - 80 sq. ft

first floor second floor basement floor

hearth

kids play

office/guest

foyer

bedroom

master bedroom

roofdeck

systems / storagewater cisterns

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North Section

East Section


Habitat for Humanity Summer 2010Role and Responsibility: -Working on Construction Site -Help in the Office

We transformed families and strengthen communities by partnering with volunteers, the community, and qualified families with low incomes, by building decent, affordable housing for long-term home ownership.

Practice


Foundation Work

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Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley October 2007- April 2009

rebuilding communities one homeowner at a time.

Each October and April hundreds of volunteers

come together to rebuild homes and communities

through our Rebuilding Day projects.

Rebuilding Together gathers donated materials and

hundreds of volunteers to repair and rehabilitate

homes and non-profit facilities. Homeowners must

be low-income and elderly, disabled, or families

with children, and unable to do the work

themselves. The work includes nearly all aspects of

repair and rehabilitation where residents can live in

warmth, safety, and independence.

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Volunteering with Rebuilding Together has given me real

experience of working on a construction site. I made site

visits to record measurements, and decide the scope of

work to be done. I designed solutions to the homeowners

needs, and went supply shopping for all restoring and

building materials. I then recruited a suitable group of

volunteers for each project.

On past Rebuilding Days, I have laid out pavers, designed

and built stairs, and climbed under a home to repair

subflooring and installed fiberglass batt insulation.

This eperience has made me futher appreciate manual

labor and the instant gratification in seeing my design

built on the spot.


House Modeco October 2007- April 2009Program Size: 2000 s.f.Los Gatos, CA

Role and Responsibility:

Helped start-up a full-service, design-build company integrating modern design and high technology for sustainable living.

- Notetaking at business meetings- Data entry and other office procedures- Site Visits

House Modeco 1.0 Floor PlanImage credit: House Modeco

Practice


I worked for House Modeco under the mentors Dan Hartl and Curt Cline AIA frm May 2009- August 2009 doing various office jobs like filing and data entry. I also designed flyers like the one above, attended business meetings, fundraisers, and attended exhibits like the PCBC Expo in San Fransisco. In addition, I worked with Dan on a start-up company called House Modeco in collaboration with Architect Curt Cline and Interior Designer Nicole Hollis. It is a design/build company of high design, high efficiency, modern component homes. I visited sites, gathered information, and offered critiques on the design. To the right is one of the companys final designs I was

involved in.

Internship

House Modeco 1.0 ElevationImage credit: House Modeco

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Coursework



Design Principles 15 Week Class Fall 2009Sketchbook Pages

Dirty House by David Adjaye

Thorncrown Chapel by E.Fay Jones

Coursework



Sketch Problem #1 12 Hour Charrette Spring 2010The Morphology of Sustainability

Led by a team of instructors, students were asked to address sustainability in a design for a shelter through the relationship it has with the environment. The relationship was to determine the form. Design decisions were drawn from basic architectural elements for their formal or thermal qualities rather than their materiality. The morphology of sustainability is about ARCHITECTURE and thus engineered, or high-tech devices were forbidden.

The glass faade face East to wake the occupants early and to the Eastern views.Outdoor gathering is done in the summer months. Wind is blocked by the building.Noises is lower on the South End, so sleeping quarters are located there. Sleeping quarters are separated by the curtains. The closure in the front of the building is a release from one section, the lobby into the sleeping quarters.

Coursework



Sketch Problem #2 12 Hour Charrette Fall 2010

Group:Andrew HeidedebrechtJessica LeongJose PolancoCourtney UfnalBrandon Watson

Coursework


We proposed a design of landscape and architecture that accentuates the horizontality of the site. The juxtaposition of these two elements follows a north-south axis that will serve as the recognizable basis for our intervention. Like the Roman wall in Pescile, the North-South orientation allows one to walk in shade during the summer on the north side, or settle beneath the warm winter sun on the southern face. The play of organic and artificial elements is much like an endless waltz. The minimalist organization of structure orchestrates the three beats of materiality, sound, and light that propagate on forever. Ultimately, our architecture is meant to enhance the magnificent garden and ocean shoreline vista in which is placed.

Independent



Travel Journal: Angels Camp, California July 5- 9, 2010

Independent



Parents 30th Wedding Anniversary Book Spring 2009

Independent


Book Created for Parents 30th Wedding Anniversary


2009; 9x12

Watercolors

Independent


2008; 9x12

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