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Architecture

Graphics | Housing | Education | Urban Study

Graphics

A series of both digital and hand drawn graphics of the getty center was produce to represent elements such as regulating grid, underlying systems, material variations, and programmatic relations etc.

Housing

Los angeles has overgrown to a whopping 500 square miles monstrosity. A city this vast stresses the infrastructure system daily as los angelenos struggle to reach each other even if they are just “in town”. The growing distance between people has caused negative effect on society. The sense of community weakens, and workflow and efficiency drastically drops. Behaviors such as laziness to transverse across town develops.
To refocus and reemphasize the importance of community, the hub is a family housing project that encourages interactions within the community. Starting at a young age, children can learn to interact with each other through many activities without having to travel long distances. A variety of programs taylored to different age groups allow everyone (including the parents) to have an enjoyable time living at the hub.
Sitting on the busy corner of south la brea avenue, and rodeo road near baldwin hills. This site is surrounded by oversized stripmalls on two sides, low-rise apartments on one side, and single family house on the other.
A vibrant inner outdoor space that allows inhabitants to come out and engage in various activities. Children can play on this podium without parents worrying about the danger of cars on the street. The community sport center provides both kids and adults active healthy life style as there are a wide variety of activities to choose from, such as swimming, gym, basketball, dance/yoga, and rock climbing.

Public Building

Based on the concept of duo-mode learning. One bar of the building is designed for focused learning where students could learn from a teacher in a traditional manner. The second bar of the building consist of major public space that encourages interaction and collaboration between students. Circulation for the traditional classrooms are direct while the circulation weaves around the major public space for more chance of interaction. The skin and structure of each bar differs according to programmatic needs.

Urbanism

A vision emerged to revitalize this underperforming area in the southern tip of Glendale. Currently occupied with light industrial warehouse that forms the “Rust Belt”, this site is prime for redevelopment as it holds valuable assets on-site and nearby such as the metro-link/amtrak station and growing media/tech companies in surrounding neighborhood. The vision brings and mixes a broad range of programs to create a vibrant community. The 192 unit live work community sits on the border of the site bounded by San Fernando Rd and Mira Loma Ave aims to serve the high demand of Work-Live Spaces for the creative industry.

Interactive
Installation

B L O O M is a series of interactive flower mechanisms. Derived from a biomimetic study into the ways in which flowers open. Specifically looking at the Detura Flower blossoming motion of how it unwind its spiral and deploy its petals, this motion was mimicked for its efficiency in translating a small rotational motion into a big change of surface area. Taking advantage of the amplification of motion from the small rotational movement to the opening movement of the “arms”, a tensioned system was employed to extend the “arms” even further thus giving it an even more dynamic motion. Through rigorous material testing and prototyping, variations were generated as some sit on the ground while some hung upsidedown.
On the night of December12, 2013, the installation came alive. As part of LA Artwalk in Downtown Los Angeles, hundreds of guest interacted with our studio’s various mechanisms. Some were surprised, some were amazed, some were dazed, some were scared, but none left disappointed. The mix of bewilderment, laughter, and strange mechanical sounds activated the space that would’ve otherwise been left vacant. Each mechanism, by itself, might not seem to relate to architecture, but collectivly, they create an environment in which it transform people’s experience of the space.

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Photography
Architectural | Automotive
Aquatic | Nature

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EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
Candidate For Bachelor Of Architecture | Anticipated Graduation 2015

CREDENTIAL

WORK EXPERIENCE

WORKPLAYS STUDIO* ARCHITECTURE| Summer Internship 2013
-Site and Building Analysis
-Planning & Zoning Regulations
-Schematic Design

-Construction Documents
BIMSCORE | Summer Internship 2012
-contextual/precedents research

COMPETITIONS

EVOLO SKYSCRAPER COMPETITION 2012|Individual| 2011
-Pushed the limit of my abilities as a sophomore in 2011 to tackle design issues beyond college’s coursework
AIA DETROIT by DESIGN 2012: DETROIT RIVERFRONT COMPETITION |Team| 2012
-Planned schedule for team
-Coordinated and led discussion to trigger design responses
SIXTYNINE SEVENTY, THE SPACES BETWEEN: AN URBAN IDEAS COMPETITION |Team | 2013
-self-organized site, conceptual, and programmatic explorations

SKILLS

DIGITAL| Rhinoceros / Revit / SketchUp / Vray Rendering / AutoCAD/ Grasshopper/ Illustrator / Photoshop / Dreamweaver / Max MSP Kinect/ Arduino/ Wordpress
3D| Model Building/ Laser Cutting/ Casting / Metal Fabrication / Welding
2D| Concept Sketching/ Hand Rendering
LANGUAGE| Cantonese/ Mandarin/ basic Japanese

Other Interests/Hobbies/Skills

Traveling/ fishing/ fish-keeping/photography/snorkeling/car restoration

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