Taek Ho Han_ architectural design portfolio

taek ho han architectural design portfolio

Existing condition at

site with its industrial

context of Brooklyn with

machines and electrical

transformers pre-exist-

ing on site

Proposal that becomes a

platform for Brooklyn to

be introduced to the dy-

namic view over NYC

View over Manhattan-

pre-existing machines

and electrical trans-

formers on site

The site being located facing the waterline in Dum-bo, Brooklyn near the Navy Yard has an opportunity to be introduced to a vantage point to the entire NYC- somewhat covert in the Brooklyn side with the sprawling low-rises with the mixture of the new high rises decorating the skyline of Brooklyn, but an overt view over Manhattan facing the river. This pre-existing context naturally introduces the site with split approach in its elevation: Top and Bot-tom. Top, the place elevated from everything under-neath: the place where the 360 degree seamless view over NYC can be achieved. Bottom, the place with obscure views to the Brooklyn side but open vantage point over the Hudson river to Manhattan: the place where the opacity comes into play and only provides framed lights and views through the staircase tubes in the interior that make the building constructive-ly sound and naturally ventilate.

bk - nyc - manhattancommunity center for NYC

site_Dumbo, Brooklyn,

current Con-Ed electrical plant

spring 2014

This dichotomy between the top and the bottom is also rectified visually with the use of two completely different geometries, a circle for the top and a square for the bottom. While the bottom square is introduced to the two different side, the Brooklyn side and the Manhattan side, due to the height and exposure to the river facing

Manhattan; the top, circle, achieves sublimity to be away from this polarized condition between the Brooklyn side and the Manhattan side. As a community center for Brooklyn, this building acts as a mediator between the two sides in the bottom, also as a protagonist that activates the connection between the both sides at the top.

Existing condition at site

with its industrial context

of Brooklyn with machines

and electrical transformers

pre-existing on site

View over Manhattan_

pre-existing machines

and electrical trans-

formers on site

Bottom solid of the propos-

al introduces visitors with

framed/limited view, while the

porous top cylinder does the

opposite, and introduces the

public to the entire NYC

Unconditioned lobby that

has limited framed views to

either side of Brooklyn or

Manhattan

Interior of the bottom

solid defiend by coned,

carved views of the sky

and spotlights through

staircase tubes

Section

facing Brooklyn

Section

facing Manhattan Thick exteriors walls in the

bottom become both effective

thermal mass and insulator. Con-

ditioned rooms and spaces are

adjacent to these walls in order

to be thermally benefitted.

level 0_lobby

North facing facade, on

the other hand has glass

opening where the natural

ambiant sunlight can en-

ter into the interior and

atrium spaces without the

harsh heat gain rate from

the direct sunlight.

Porous cylinder

located around the

height of the tallest

neighboring building

level 1_public lecture space

level 2_blackbox theater

level 3_elevated platformfor gallery

level 4

rooms

level 6_enclosed gallery

level 7

lecture space

level 5_gallery

lecture spacelevel 7_elevated platform

for gallerylevel 3

Clear dichotomy be-

tween the bottom and

the top

Dismantling of American Suburban Dreams/[homes] and our Paranoia

As fast, easy, and economic to build our American Suburban Dream, it came with the chronic disease of paranoia in our security from inefficiently using the space with the remaining land surrounding the footprint of the house, becoming the buffer from other neighboring houses, and using trees as both horizontal and vertical boundaries.

This project unwraps our homes to its skele-ton (construction members) where its genious lies. Naked from the house’s plastic wrap-pings, its architectural language of sepa-ration in rooms and the common place comes visible. Each room of our home conglomerates to create the common space as negative space; the front and back yards uncontained in the wrapping of a house enable the rooms to set loose and expand.

site_american suburb (Cupertino, CA)

professor_Michael Bell

fall 2013

Not only the paranoia in our security, the genious of the timber framing construction had to go through layers of further wrappings with plastics, including silicon caulks, gas-kets, drywalls, and Tyvek sheets, due to our obsession of weather-proofing. As much as we want to be part of the nature with trees and greens in the surroundings of our homes, we are, yet, part of it. We are only the ob-server of the surrounding nature and contain ourselves in the plastics.

Dismantling of a cur-

rent american timber

framing house

Entering

the New House

Sub-divided into each

room and its contin-

gent structures

Dismantled parts spread

out in the lot are exposed

to the gravitational force,

thus, are counter-balanced

by cable structures.

The edges of the new house

interact with the neigh-

boring estates on its pe-

riphery. Rather than shut-

ting out its neighbors,

new curved walls keep them

American suburban dream,

achieved by fast, easy, econom-

ic construction of timber fram-

ing homes, mainly composed of

multiple kinds of 2x4 members

as studs, joists, and roofing

members

Rotation of the dismantled

parts due to the gravitationl

force to its remaining struc-

ture members contingent to

the parts

mutually penetratable. The

paranoia in our security,

thus, may reduce and the

new typology for our sub-

urban housing block may

occur.

Expanded common space in the

center, spread out rooms,

smooth transition to the

neighboring house yet clear

definition of boundary

Plan of the New House Use of glass roof reinforces

the view out to the dismantled

parts from the original timber

framing house in constructing

the new house

Rooftop Juxtaposition

Houses pull and push.

A community of our suburban dream

may become realized.

Less deserted land,

More interaction may occur,

and, aimless front,backyard be gone.

As organic as

our suburb can be,

This new block may organically

grow as well.

One house’s input in expansion

will react with other existing

houses, and those affected will

influence others on-site,

a chain reaction.

Application of the methodology

of dismantlement and expansion

to the the entire suburban block

Morningside Heights is home to institutions in NYC, espe-cially for Columbia University. This neighborhood is lo-cated on top of the cliff, running along the west boundary of Morningside Park. For the height difference from the base of the cliff where Harlem and Morningside Park are located, Morningside Heights is provided with a fantastic view over Manhattan Island while Harlem, at the bottom of the cliff, gets a mere view of the edge of the cliff and contours of the top of the buildings on the periphery of the cliff. This disparity in viewpoints can be considered as the consequence of the pre-existing political/societal/economic disparity embedded within these two neighborhoods divided by the “cliff” and the Morningside Park. Through a mapping strategy of the economic status and sectional elevations of Morningside Heights and Harlem, the socie-tal hierarchy becomes even more clear. As a proposal ap-proaching to this polarity architecturally, a certain part of the cliff, in which sits the project, has been pulled out to create an easy mound reaching to Harlem. With this mound as the base, the germinating crystalline forms gen-erate “neutral views” from the both neighborhoods. This architectural gesture of the project attempts to fulfill a middle ground that diminishes political hierarchy em-bedded in the the two neighboehoods and acts as the neu-tral zone that connects Harlem to Columbia and vice versa.

View looking up from Harlem side to Columbia

View looking down from Columbia side to Harlem

View looking down from Columbia side to Harlem

Hint of building foot-print located in Colum-bia visible from Harlem side.

Hint of building foot-print located in Harlem visible from Columbia side.

Hint of building foot-print located in Harlem visible from Columbia side.

zoneneutralthe

Institution forArt and Film

site_Morningside Park

NY, New York

professor_Yehre Suh

fall 2010

Looking down to streets in Harlem from the inside of the armateur

Conceptual Model_ the armateur

Looking up into the armateur Regulated views that will only show the streets and footprints of the buildings

An armateur that controls the views from Harlem to Columbia and from Colum-bia to Harlem. Having this armateur, the architecture becomes the neutral zone that regulates views from both ends of the neighborhoods by providing the same views, which are the views of streets and the footprints of the buildings. This armateur dissolves into crystalline forms to accomodate programs on the neutral ground.

30 ft aboveHarlem ground






columbia

harlem

Bureaucracy of theviewpoints

Higher the elevation,

Better the view

Better the view,

Better the neighbor

Difference in views

= Difference in polit-ical/social status

Bi-polarity embedded

in the site between

Columbia to Harlem.

looking from Harlem side

In and out the armateur, the

views are constant. Once you

enter, you encouunter with

the labyrinth juxtaposition

of crystalline volumes that are

designed to regulate the hier-

archy of the views caused by

the great level difference;

and, you are only seeing the sky

above you and pedestrian’s feet

fleeting on the street. Whoever

you are, whichever neighbor you

are coming from, you get the

same view. THE NEUTRAL ZONE.

looking from Columbia side skylight study 1 skylight study 2

Pre-existing disparity be-tween Columbia and Harlem

Cluster of crystalline volumes rising on the neu-tral zone, which is the middle ground in the site located in Morningside Park

The cluster turning into programmatically function-al volumes

Skylights created by the juxtaposition of volumes

art institutional related programs

2nd flr

film institutional related programs

3rd flr

Longitudinal Section facing North

Cross Section facing West

Excavation of walls aligned with the thresholds between existing columns for the ex-pansion of the role of the newsstand as a provider of necessities

Existing condition with the newsstand in the cen-ter

ab bb cc dd eecde

Under the pavements of NYC, there lies a web of rails that connect citizens of New York from one point to another. The subway’s waiting platform becomes a place for preparation for the rider’s destination. The existing newsstand does the job by providing with necessities. Instead being a small point in the sta-tion, it’s role can be super-powered to the extent of the entire platform. In that way, this excessively elongated platform of ours with deserted space can be re-enacted to actively serve the citizens of New York to prepare for their trip. Direct connections from the street to the train through the thresholds between the existing columns at the platform are created with the capsule-like volumes.

Super-powering of

NYC metro platforms

site_NYC metro subway stationsprofessor_Andres Jaque

summer 2013

cde b a

axon of a

“a” zone, the center of the platform becomes a public capsule for the rest of the capsules.

The excavation creates space for upper and lower capsules connected by ramps. Each cap-sule is occupied by programs needed for the subway trav-elers, such as vending ma-chines, nail salons, bar-ber shops, lockers, massage chairs, study rooms, medita-tion rooms, and etc.

Upper capsules for more pub-lic programs: vending ma-chines, nail salons, and bar-ber shops. Lower capsules for more private programs: med-itation rooms, study rooms, and etc.

axon of b

axon of c

section of b

section of c

axon of c

axon of d

axon of e

axon of b

axon of a

tree house

An opportunity to have a densified housing project has been taken from manipulating a photocopy of a Mies Van der Rohe’s suburban housing project. The pixelated reading of the plan was an instrument to the facade design and the formal and programmatic or-gazization of the newly-designed densified house. The project is proposed to be a tow-er house of three stories, which can also be referred as a “tree house” due to its characteristic of camouflaging into the surrounding nature.

As birds build their nests on trees without damaging nature, this project focuses on how an architecture can be a seamless in-tervention into nature and how we, humans, can live along with the surrounding nature.

Section_facing North

Plan_ 2nd FlrPrivate living/kitchen

Plan_ 1st FlrPublic Livingroom Master Bedroom, Bathroom

Plan_ 3rd Flr

exterior

nature

exterior

nature

Mies’ house plan divides

into exterior and inte-

rior space_ nature vs

living & bedroom space

Hiding behind the

elevation of Mies’

house for spacial se-

curity and privacy

Hiding behind the ele-

vation of Mies’ house

for spacial security

and privacy

Nature folding in

to envelope the in-

terior space raises

spacial security

and privacy.

Interior space

hidden behind

the nature.

nature natureinterior

living space living space living space & bedroom

bedroombedroomtt

u en

Pixels growing on the paper

as if nature is spreading out

onto the plan and disguising

the plan of Mies’, especial-

ly disguising living and bed-

room space drawn on the plan

Pixelated reading ofa phocopied Mies’ plan

The living space and the bedroom

ultimately achieve their privacy by

camouflaging behind the pixelated

reading of Mies’ plan.

‘woolicon’

Originally designed to be an alterna-tive material for glass from flat curtain wall facades, for its poor insulation rate and poor natural ventilation rate, this composite material made of wool and silicon achieves great insulation rate, high natural ventilation rate, and natu-ral water repellency from wool and sili-con. Cast in a waffle-maker-shaped mold, wool and 2-part silicon become pressed and woven to become a composite materi-al, ‘woolicon’. Wool becomes sipped into the 2-part silicon while it is in flu-id state before the cure. This study is still in progress for its future viable application to architecture, interior design, and fashion industries.

spring 2012

thesis advisors_ Aleksandr MergoldYehre Suh

Material investigationComposite material with wool and 2-part silicon

Testing of the materiality of wool and 2-part silicone. The silicone acts as an adhering medium during it’s cure time for the wool.

Pouring and casting silicone with wool in a structured man-ner. Here showing the verti-cal silicone rods cured with wool fiver in criss cross way. A multiple of these lay-ers together will gain higher strength.

trial version

Waffle-maker-shaped mold provides depths to the fi-nal cast material to have a more dramatic lighting effect filtered through wool fibers and translu-cent silicon layers.

water/wind barrier

vertical silicone structurehorizontal silicone structure

facing insidefacing outside

test experiments

Pressing

Pouring

Pouring of 2-part silicone

Pouring of 2-part silicone with wool and pressing with weight when curing.

Pouring of a casting medium onto wool in a bounded case. Wool and the medium cure together to be a composite material.

Pouring of 2-part silicone onto wool in a bounded case. Wool and the medium cure together to be a composite material. The new material gains its flexibility and water repellency.

Molds

Molds to pour horizontally

Molds to pour vertically

Molds to pour

argyle-shaped water barrier

top bottom

These argyle shaped silicon

layer put onto the wool layer

enhances the water repellency of

the final composite material.

Wool roving strips put in criss-cross

way in layers to achieve right thickness

for the material’s final application.

This image illustrates the first layer

with wool strips in vertical alignments

held together by horizontal silicon rods.

There will be put another layer of wool

roving strips on top of the vertically

laid out wool strips, and another verti-

cal silicon rods on top of wool.

This image illustrates a close up

of vertical silicon rods with hori-

zontally laid out wool roving strips

put under the vertical silicon rods.

These two layers are cast in the

waffle-maker-shaped mold for the

wool to be pressed into the 2-part

silicon during silicon’s cure time.

r the r

2-part 2

time.

Rome, Italy

fall 2010

Ecstacy of Saint Teresa by Gian Lorenzo Ber-nini, Saint Peter’s, pope, angels, churches, and clouds, either artificial or natural; all these words stand for this Catholic mecca of the world, Rome. If anyone has to find a heav-enly depiction of holiness of Catholic church-es, Rome is the one and only place to find a variety and the best of this poetic depiction.

The site is located in the park between San Giovanni in Laterano (Saint John the Lateran) and Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome, Ita-ly. This park exists in the special context with these two religious places. Especially, San Giovanni accommodated former popes for the times before Saint Peter’s has been built,

These two holy places, cathedrals, are nodes that conceptually mark the ends on the longi-tudinal axis of the site. The project has been proposed to transform the park into a public space, a theater complex, and to ultimately become part of the poetic depiction of this heavenly, holy place of Rome.

site_a park near Aurelian Wall

a concert hall

between Santa Croce and San Giovanni

professor_Aleksandr Mergold

Ecstacy of a Marble Cloud

In order for the site to behave as

an instrument to tell a story of the

heavenly, holy scene of Rome, it

needed an object that is specifical-

ly Roman. Cloud, A MARBLE CLOUD(!),

here as an object, is placed between

the two nodes, at which the part of

the Aurelian Wall has been destroyed.

And, it begins to tell a story.

As if a cloud has got stuck as it passes the

broken part of Aurelian Wall, this marble con-

cert hall howls its presence. From inside the

wall, the marble concert hall acts as an in-

sertion that creates a public space in a much

larger context, both in the cloud and under

the cloud. However, from outside the wall,

only way one can perceive the festivity in-

side the wall is a sole ray of light radiat-

ing through cracks between the underbed of the

concert hall and the broken parts of the wall.

outside the wallinside the wall

Longitudinal Section facing the cathedral,

San Giovanni in Laterano (Saint John the Lateran)

Cross Section

facing the Aurelian Wall

Melted Mess2015 Milan Expo: Fantasgomoric Landscapes

(a) (b)

a) Rendering of an original peanut

b) Plastic deformation

Light penetration study

The translucency of the material of the pavilion makes it suscepti-ble to the change of climates and lights, thus, makes the visitors experience different effects of the lights onto the facade of the pavilion and also into the inte-rior of the pavilion at different times of a day.

This is a pavilion designed for Milan Expo 2015. The theme of the expo is “fantasgomor-ic landscapes”. Each country gets a stretched rectangle as it’s site. Peanut was the inspiration of this pavilion and the landscape project. The methodology used was an intervention into the orig-inal object, peanut,

that becomes plastically de-formed from the reading of its vertical grooves. And, the reading of those verti-cal grooves turned into the reading of drinking straws which are the most com-mon objects that most pow-erfully represent the word “verticality” with their red stripes and their for-mal shape of hollow plastic tubes.

Elevation

Section

the caterpillar furniture design

structures modelnaitonal assembly for Wales1998-2005richard rogers partnership; arupCardiff, Wales

Barcelona Pavilion Animatronic Study of a Stork

a converse transformation

a sketch_ a cathedral in Pienza, Italya sketch_ a cathedral by Bramante, Milan, Italy

a cathedral in Venice, Italy

Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome, Italy

a cathedral in Rio de Janeiroa cathedral in Ouro Preto, Brazil

Looking at each part of our

body and dissecting them

inspired this collection.

Clothes as facade and shell

to our body, the collections

offers a new skin for our

body to be contained. Not

necessarily following the

given curves of the body,

the re-assemblage of the

dissected parts have been

translated into a new lan-

guage in which new silhou-

ettes can emerge for the

body to speak.

Look 1

Look 2 This look can be worn

around the waist like

a skirt or around the

chest as a dress. Seen

from Look 1, the shell-

like treatment to the

garment accentuates

body parts, such as the

pelvis area, hips, and

thighs and create a new

silhouette.

Look 3

These looks, different from Looks

1-3, do not have the shell-like

treatment to the garment; however,

the tailoring makes these looks pos-

sible to accentuate body parts in

creating a new silhouette, such as

the neck area, the wrists, the hip,

and the deltoids area. And, the use

of velcro makes these looks to be

adjusted to different sized bodies.

Look 4

Look 6

Look 5 Look 6 Look 7

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