The College of Engineering has identified program and support spaces that are required to be on the ground level, some of which also need direct access to the outdoor. By prioritizing
The College of Engineering has identified program and support spaces that are required to be on the ground level, some of which also need direct access to the outdoor. By prioritizing their placement on the given extent of the site, L-shape building form that hugs the existing Engineering 13 Building emerged as the optimal strategy to respond to both the programmatic requirements and the site constraints.
The northeast corner was identified as the primary entry point with potential outdoor plaza. Along the east face of the proposed building, there would be opportunities for building activities and users to spill out for extended making and assembly. The primary service zone would be situated on the south with service access provided off of California Blvd.
Fabrication programs will be located along the western edge of the site with large area of glazing, exposing the interior space and activities to California Blvd. The student work and engineering projects on display will be the new face for the College of Engineering.
PROJECT DETAILS
CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO, ANIMAL HEALTH CENTER
CLIENT: CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO, COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AHJ: N/A
BUILDING AREA: 20,400 SF SCOPE OF WORK: PRE-DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING STUDY OF NEW VETERINARY CLINIC AND INSTRUCTION
BUILDING FOR COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, INCLUDING PRELIMINARY ARCHITECTURAL,CIVIL, STRUCTURAL, AND MECHANICAL DESIGN. AS PART OF THE REPORT, ROOM DATA SHEETS, COST ESTIMATE, AND SCHEDULING WERE PRODUCED.
PROJECT ROLE: PROJECT DESIGNER
SITE ANALYSIS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
DIAGRAM
SITE FEATURES
CSU BAKERSFIELD, ENERGY AND ENGINEERING INNOVATION
PROJECT TYPE: PROGRAMMING & FEASIBILITY STUDY, ENGINEERING AND
PROJECT DETAILS
CLIENT: CSU BAKERSFIELD, SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, AND ENGINEERING (NSME)
AHJ: N/A
BUILDING AREA: 77,500 SF
SCOPE OF WORK: PROGRAMMING AND FEASIBILITY STUDY OF NEW BUILDING TO HOUSE INSTRUCTION, LABORATORY, FABRICATION SHOP, FACULTY OFFICES, AND ASSEMBLY SPACE FOR SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, AND ENGINEERING. THE STUDY TO INCLUDE CONCEPTUAL BUILDING AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN, PROGRAMMING, ROOM DATA, COST ESTIMATE, AND SCHEDULING.
PROJECT ROLE: PROJECT DESIGNER
QUAD VIEW,
QUAD VIEW, DUSK
CSU FULLERTON, ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE
COMMONS
INNOVATION & INSTRUCTION
NORTHWEST VIEW FROM DOMINGUEZ HILLS PKWY
ATRIUM VIEW
LOWER PLAZA VIEW (EAST)
OUTDOOR TERRACE, QUAD LEVEL LOBBY
PEARL
THE
EXCEPT
COLUMNS, CIRCULATION CORES AND MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL
BUILDING BLOCK OF THE
MODULES MAY VARY IN DIMENSION, NUMBER OF FLOORS, AND CAPACITY DEPENDING ON THE PROGRAM. THE GENERAL DIMENSION MAY BE DEFINED BY THE COLUMN GRID BUT NOT NECESSARILY CONFINED TO. MODULAR UNITS THAT MAY FIT INTO ANY BUILDING IN THE DISTRICT OF KWUN TONG WILL BE THE
URBAN INTERVENTION. MODULAR UNITS THAT VARY IN DIMENSION AND PROGRAM WILL GET FURTHER DEVELOPED WITH SPECIFICITY INTO PREFABRICATED UNITS THAT ARE FLEXIBLE, MODIFIABLE, MOBILE AND RECONFIGURABLE. EACH UNIT WITH ITS OWN UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS WILL START TO OCCUPY VACANT STRUCTURES, GIVING THEM THE “SECOND LIFE”. MODULAR UNITS ARE THUS THEORETICALLY ADJUSTABLE TO ANY CONFIGURA
FOODTOPIA
OF FOOD NEIGHBORHOOD
VISUALIZATIN
SHELVES + BOXES
RETAIL + FOOD VENDORS:
IMPLEMENTATION OF IDEAL SCENARIO:
ALTERATION OF EXISTING ROUTES + ADDITION OF NEW BUS STOPS AND EXPRESS ROUTES FOR NEW “FOODBUS”
- BRINGING BACK THE IDEA OF MODULAR NEIGHBORHOOD FROM IDEAL CITY SCENARIO, EACH FOODSTATION WILL SERVE AN AREA WITH RADIUS OF 500FT, AN IDEAL DISTANCE FOR PEOPLE TO WALK AND PICK - UP GROCERY.
- LOCATIONS AND NUMBER OF FOOD STATIONS ARE BASED ON DISTANCE AND INTERVAL, THUS EACH STATION WILL DEAL WITH VARYING SCALES, POPULATIONS, CONTEXT, AND FOOD DELIVERY CAPACITY.
SHIPPING CONTAINERS
DESIGN STRATEGY: - SYSTEMATIC DESIGN APPROACH USING SHELVES, CABINETS, AND SHIPPING CONTAINERS THAT THEORETICALLY BECAME OBSOLETE DUE TO ELIMINATION OF SUPERMARKETS.
- CELEBRATE AND UTILIZE THE STRICT DIMENSIONALITY AND MODULARITY OF THESE CONTAINERS TO DEFINE SPACE, THRESHOLD, PROGRAM, AND INHABITATION. THROUGH AGGREGATION, THEY ALSO DEFINE ARCHITECTURAL FORM, STRUCTURE, AND CIRCULATION.
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URBAN MAKER LAB
GOWANUS CANAL, BROOKLYN
COLLABORATIVE STUDIO
ACCESS TO GOWANUS CANAL
SATHER
KOUENJI HOUSE INK ON BRISTOL, 2” x 4” 2007
JAMIE RESIDENCE INK ON BRISTOL, 2” x 3” 2008
HOUSE ON HIGHLAND AVENUE INK ON BRISTOL, 1” x 5” 2008
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DOE LIBRARY, UC BERKELEY
ON BRISTOL, 14” x 21”
BANK OF CHINA, HONG KONG
ON BRISTOL, 7” x 7”
MODELS & SCULPTURE
PROJECT FOCUSES ON THE ARTICULATION OF PRIMITIVE FORMS INFLUENCED BY NATURE AND SHAPED BY A GENERATIVE PROCESS. DRAWING FROM GEOLOGICAL PRECEDENTS THAT ARE INTRINSICALLY INFORMED BY SCIENCE YET ORGANIC AND UNPREDICTABLE, THE MODELS SEEK TO RELEASE THE POTENTIAL ENERGY FROM THE RIGIDITY OF THE PRIMITIVE FORMS AND CREATE TENSION BETWEEN THIS MOVEMENT AND ITS BOUNDARIES. THE PRECEDENTS INFORMED THE OPERATIONS ENACTED UPON THE PRIMITIVE FORMS. THE MODELS THAT RESULTED ARE MANIFESTATIONS OF REACTIONS TO A FORCE: EXCAVATION, SEDIMENTATION, GROWTH, TWISTING, ROTATION, WEATHERING, CRYSTALLIZATION, PUNCTURE. SUCH GENERATIONS IMPLY KINETIC MOVEMENT AND TENSION ARISES FROM THIS FROZEN MOMENT IN TIME - THE MODELS ARE COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE ORIGIN, AND RELEASE FROM ARCHAIC FORM.
DIGITAL TRANSLATION AND REPRESENTATION OF PHYSICAL PROCESSES AND GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS MATERIAL STUDY USING PAPER,
STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS FALL 2013 CORNELL UNIVERSITY
TWO LOAD BEARING SUSPENSION STEEL CABLES AND THE NATURAL CURVATURE THEY CREATE ARE THE PRIMARY FEATURES THAT DICTATE THE BUILDING’S UNIQUE DESIGN. SELF - SUPPORTING ROOF STRUCTURE SHELTERS THE INTERIOR SPACE, WHICH ALSO ACTS AS BRIDGE OVER ARTIFICIAL WATERFALL. CAREFUL STUDY OF THE BUILDING’S UNIQUE STRUCTURE, MATERIAL, AND ASSEMBLY WAS CARRIED OUT IN ORDER TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS OF BUILT PROJECT, FOLLOWED BY PRECISE REPRESENTATION/RECREATION OF THE ARCHITECTURE AT A MODEL SCALE.
GROUP PROJECT WITH ALLEN CHHAV, M. ARCH 15’
MOLD + ROCKITE CASTING
MINIATURE GLULAM
PRECISION + DETAIL
EXHIBITION
CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, BENTONVILLE, AR DESIGNED AND COMPLETED IN 2011 BY SAFDIE ARCHITECTS
GRAPHICDESIGN
NONARCHITECTURE COMPETITIONS “EATING”
NONARCHITECTURE COMPETITIONS “MAKING”
NONARCHITECTURE COMPETITIONS COMMITTEE 2016
SELECTED AS ONE OF TWELVE HONORABLE MENTION SELECTIONS FOR THE ENTRY ‘MACHINAPOLIS’. A CONCEPT FOR AN ALTERNATE FACTORY TYPOLOGY WHERE THE ARCHITECTURE ITSELF BECOMES THE MACHINE AND VISE VERSA
