Awarded Special Selection (4th place) for  Busan Mulmangol Bunker Regeneration (Busan International Architectural Culture Festival)

Time    Summer 2016
PROJECT DURATION    1 Months
PROJECT PARTNER    Minyoung Kim

Published on The Bunker | Korea,
                      A&C | Korea

In order to restore the bunker that was abandoned within urban areas without any functions as a cultural center of Busan, we suggested ‘Vertical Platform’ which was a modular type of cultural space. The basic idea was to ‘preserve nature as it is’ while designing a ‘landmark’ so that people could remember the site as a symbol of culture and tourism. Nature (Hwangnyeongsan Mountain), the existing context (Cultural and historical), and the bunker which has a value of preservation and utilization in a historical aspect, were interconnected to emphasize the vertical connection of the space. A culture deck was created to focus on its availability as vertical space so that people could enjoy various kinds of experiences. Our project was composed of three programs comprising a lobby space named Vertical Platform, a parking tower and a culture deck of a modularized circular structure.

In Mulmangol, the highest location would be a lobby based on the geographical features of the mountain. At the entrance, a museum is located so that many people can access the bunker with a stimulated cultural interest. Starting from the place serving as both on observatory and a lobby, a variety of places such as exhibition hall and museum, performance hall, and café are set up, along with sliding and elevating cores so that people can easily get in and leave the bunker. In particular, sliding and elevating cores bring a dramatic experience for visitors, creating the feeling that the place is totally different from others. Inside the bunker, spaces are divided into storage, production and utilization areas. Storage is to be used for storing wine; production is for cultivation and production of mushrooms, cheese, and tomatoes by using the temperature and humidity inside the bunker; and the last area is composed of ‘Mulmangol Market’, restaurant, wine bar and café in which products from the bunker are sold and served. 

Awarded Honorable Mention for The Bench 2016 (STUFFgroup)

Time    Summer 2016
PROJECT DURATION    1 Months

This Flexible Rope's idea is inspired by the slacking/tightrope with two different kinds of knots; climbing knots (Figure eight knot) and loop knots (Sliding knot). In order to achieve various seating options within scaffolding structure, Figure eight knot is used the end of the rope and Sliding knot is used the middle of ropes for changing configurations. 

Rope Knots
A knot is a common method to fasten or secure linear material such as ropes or strings by tying or interweaving. The rope knots is commonly used for simple tying, or specific situation; climbing, rescue, boats, and all outdoor tasks. 

Scaffolding
Scaffolding has been used for a very long time, across the globe. Essentially, it is a temporary structure that supports people or materials during the construction process. There is no reason scaffolding structure can't be just as efficient, if not more efficient than other materials, and provide a more flexible space, even if it is only used for temporary structures. 

Awarded Finalist for Sleeping - Non Conventional Hotels (Non Architecture Competition)

Time    Spring 2016
PROJECT DURATION    1 Months

Fundamentally different spatial paradigm within the existing office building

In the hotel industry, there is a disparity between luxury and budget hotels. This polarization will only increase in the future. It will mean more travelers will be placed in rooms with inconveniently-sized beds and bathrooms. Under these circumstances, new hotels will increasingly veer towards budget hotels, comparable to what one might see in office sharing.

One possibility is for us to look at the existing infrastructure, especially around this idea of sharing. The most important idea of the “Floating Room” concept is the notion that office space is generally empty at night, and might as well be used. So, in order for this idea to work in a hotel scenario, it should bring issues of sourcing and energy together with thinking on real estate, energy saving, and space sharing overall. The rooftops of office buildings can be converted into publicly accessible new hotels with amazing views and terraces. The common room area of the building can be used regardless of whether it is day or night.

As an idea of physical space for a rooftop hotel, it would mean an area that accommodates many people at the same time, such as the capsule hotel, sleeping box, or nice hostels. The capsule hotel, originally started in Japan, provides cheap and basic overnight accommodation for people with a number of small rooms—one capsule hotel in Tokyo has more than 600 rooms available. In addition, there are small cabins and boxes enabling people to take a nap or get a solid night’s sleep inside of an airport without leaving a terminal. These days, this kind of concept can be seen from London to Moscow, where it is commonly known as a “Sleeping Box.”

A “Floating Room” is located at the rooftop of an office building, using a similar concept. During the day, it serves as a regular office space, but at night, it becomes a nice hotel with spacious accommodations and stunning views. This project does not take into consideration the design of a hotel, but rather it shows a concept of how a new type of hotel might work. New York City was chosen as the ideal testing ground because of its high structural density, and heterogeneity of both building heights and types. It is also one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with numerous office buildings serving as potential candidates. Functionally, this serves two purposes: first, to provide hotel space with self- producing energy on top of the office building. And secondly, it is an energy exchange platform that enables the co-existence of two different programs: that of an office, and that of a hotel. With this project as momentum, this sharing concept can trigger a conversation regarding the opportunity to present new hotel typology.

Awarded 1ST PLACE in Lisbon Open Room competition (ARCHmedium).

Awarded BRONZE in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category (A' Design Award & Competition)

Awarded Red Dot Design Award for Design Concept (Red Dot Award)

Awarded Honorable Mention for Public spaces (International Design Award 2016)

Time    Fall 2014
PROJECT DURATION    2 Months
PROJECT PARTNER   Minyoung Kim

Published on Archdaily | USA,
                     WA(wettbewerbe aktuell) | Germany,
                     competitionline | Germany, 
                     PA (prfessionearchitetto) | Italy,
                     On Design Magazine | Italy,
                     A' Design Award and Competition | Italy,
                     Sección | Spain,
                     e-architect | UK
                     Yanko Design | USA       

INSPIRATION:
There is no reason Scaffolding structure can’t be just as efficient, if not more efficient than other materials, and provide a more flexible space, even if it is only used for temporary structures.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Our goal of project is to capture this experience with minimal interference to its surroundings. We used scaffolding like structure to not take away focus from the city; rather the structure is designed to be invisible from the distance. The proposed structure would allow visitors to relax, play, watch, listen, sit and mostly importantly experience the city as much as walking around. The structure composed of five different modules, Steps, Stage, Void, Enclosed space, and Miradouro.

OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION:
According to five different elements, people can easily assemble and disassemble for their needs. Five elements which are: 1. Steps, 2. Stage, 3. Void, 4. Enclosed Space and 5. Miradouro, allow a various activities and events to make it a very exciting place to visit.

PROJECT YEAR AND LOCATION:
2014, The project is located in the city of Lisbon, Portugal.

PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY:
Scaffolding has been used for a very long time, across the globe. Essentially, it is a temporary structure that supports people or materials during the construction process. This unit platform is able to transform into a fully immersive environment for events and activities, from an ordinary scaffolding structure right next to Monastery of São Vicente de Fora. The entire unit structure is merged with specific settings, such as stairs, sitting stairs, restrooms, etc. Each stage captures the environment that is projected onto the scaffolding unit, melding with the surrounding area. It allows an adaptable structure that can work in varied settings and events. The structure remained as an elevated public platform itself, allowing people to experience the space and environment beneath the platform.

SPECIFICATIONS / DIMENSION / PACKAGE / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES:
Plot size: 2100 sqm. Built up area: 172 sqm. Material: Aluminum tubes

 RESEARCH ABSTRACT:
The great earthquake of 1755 hit Alfama and the adjacent districts resulted devastating damages. Fortunately, many buildings of great heritage value survived through the incident and still fulfil its purpose. The city has rich history and architecture with high contrast in elevations allows dynamic views. Thousands of people visits Lisbon every year; and one of popular method of experiencing the city is by walking tour. There are different types of walking tour available which takes one to various sites including churches, plazas, ruins and neighbours.

CHALLENGE:
The challenge was to design a five different modules which are easy to build, disassemble, and maximize the potential events with all the demands of the architectural aspects.

Awarded Honorable Mention for Other Architectural Design (International Design Awards 2016)

Time    Winter 2014
PROJECT DURATION    2 Months
PROJECT PARTNER   Sophie Dulau

 There are the elements in nature we encounter every day. Blades of grass, the branches of trees, the ripples of a pond, the petals of flowers. There is, however, another deeper universe that exists beneath; it’s harder to see, but no less crucial. This installation uses transparent columns as ethereal pedestals to showcase all the natural beauty that normally escapes our eyes, both above and below the surface. It is, in effect, a glimpse of nature in its most complete and holistic state, and a rarely afforded view of wonders undiscovered and worlds unseen.

 «Worlds Unseen» is intended to be a revelation. Of many things, but at its most basic level, it will reveal the beautiful elements of nature that normally escape our eyes. On a daily basis, we encounter the branches and leaves of a tree, but we are totally blind to the intricate structure of its roots. We notice a lily pad on the top of a pond, but we’re unaware of the tendrils that coil and reach beneath the water. And we are cognizant of the insects and worms that scamper across the sidewalk, but we’re oblivious to the complex structure of their tunnels below the soil.

The purpose of this installation is to change all that. Using an array of transparent columns, each showcasing a different environment and form of wildlife, we will display nature in its entirety, and in doing so, re-instill a sense of childlike wonder in those who confront it. In each of our eight carefully layered terrarium-structures, we will feature rainbow carrots, leafy ferns, wildflowers, aquatic plants, and a worm farm. Magnifying panels will allow viewers to approach each microcosm and study it in depth; they will see the portions of the natural structures they are already familiar with, but at the same time, meet face-to-face with all the beauty that exists below. And each column will change over time, giving viewers a reason to come back and follow its progress. The brightly-colored carrots will slowly take shape beneath a layer of mulch and dirt; wildflowers will bloom and open their petals under the sun; earthworms will carve intricate tunnels through striations of soil, and aquatic plants will stretch their tendrils downward, creating a magnificent plume of emerald green.

Ultimately, our hope is that «Worlds Unseen» will bring people closer to nature, and also to a more complete understanding of it. By displaying the natural world from both above and below, we hope to reveal its profound interconnected-ness, but also the rich totality of its beauty. There is always more than meets the eye, and as this installation will clearly demonstrate, a whole universe awaits just beneath the surface.

Staging Nature
Each column will show the worlds unseen, showcasing a piece of the great beauty of nature, staging what we already know above grown, as well as the unknown underground. The viewer will be able to admire the architectural roots and their interactions and symmetry with the plant, with each growing up and down at the same time. Magnifiers will be added on the surface of the plexiglass; the magnifier will zoom on details of the underground life inside the column. Each visitor will be able to look closer and see how nature is growing both underground and above.

The Columns will grow over 3 months
Seeds, bulbs, and young plants will be planted in May, at the beginning of the installation. The plants inside the column will grow week after week to the top of the column. The visitor will see the columns evolving over time, and each week the installation will change and grow from the seed to the flower.

Transparent Columns + Layers of Soil
Each column is made out of clear plexiglass. Small holes in the plexiglass will allow excess rain water to drain. Each column will be deeply dug into the ground to form a foundation. The surrounding earth will be compacted, then each column will be filled in accordingly with specific layers of gravels, sand, sub soil, top soil, etc. Each column will have appropriate earth layers according to its own plant.

Column 01. The Ferns Pteridophyta
Layers of soil with a cluster of tall, delicate ferns growing within. Both the green tendrils and root system will be visible.

Column 02. The Money Plants Pilea Peperomioides
A distinctive Money Plant with striking round leaves, planted in a rich laye­red mulch. Both the branches and leaves, as well as the root system will be visible.

Column 03. The Aquatic Garden
An array of aquatic plants will float on the water. The tops of the plants and their complex system of underwater tendrils will be visible.

Column 04. The Lily Pads Nymphaeaceae
This column is filled with water, with a lily pad growing on the surface. Both the actual lily pad, and its underwater root system will be visible.

Column 05. The Wildflowers Papaveroideae
A cluster of bright wildflowers, poppies flowers will grow in a bed of grasses and soil. The tops of the flowers and their root system will be visible.

Column 06. The Tulips Tulipa
Bulb flowers planted in soil will sprout and blossom over time. Both the flowers and the underground bulbs will be visible.

Column 07. The Carrots Daucus carota
Rainbow Carrots of different colors planted in garden soil. Both the green tops and the actual brightly-colored carrots will be visible. The carrots will grow over time.

Column 08. The Earthworms
This column is a wormery, filled with a colony of earthworms. The worms will create a series of tunnels and burrows, all of which will be visible from the surface.

Awarded HONORABLE MENTION, Architecture Podium IAA  2015 (Temporary Structure Category Built)

Time    WINTER 2014
PROJECT DURATION    2 Months
PROJECT PARTNER   Evelyn Ting, Shiyu Wei
BUILT BY Evelyn Ting, Shiyu Wei

Published on Archdaily
                     monograph,
                     MIT  Architecture

Unblocked is a prototype for a new kind of pop-up exhibition space under the theme: fast, cheap, and light. Made from mylar, it is a lightweight system that can be pre-cut to specific geometries, stitched together off-site, and then expanded and assembled on-site. Tension ties are used to preserve the expanded form, from which a section is carved to produce both an inhabitable space and a rippled texture in the facade. Made from inexpensive materials, it is both easy to build and disassemble. This installation enables several things—a line of vision that is partially concealed, a series of enfilade zones that can serve as a medium to large-sized gallery space, as well as special pocket niches for additional displays. Unblocked is a site-specific installation that helps highlight artwork.   

This specific installation is situated around Jacques Lipchitz's 1950 bronze sculpture "Birth of the Muses," and is intended to prompt future pop-up spaces that will highlight MIT's extensive public art collection on campus.

This project is funded by the MIT Department of Architecture and the Council of the Arts at MIT.

Awarded Honorable Distinction in International Design Competition (Fakro Space for new vision).

TIME  Spring 2015
PROJECT DURATION    1 Months

Published on A10  | The Netherlands

Three different types of lighting in a single structural system
Although we are surrounded by it daily, it is not common that we appreciate the beauty of light without an artificial device or a temporary arrangement of nature. Water is the primary material of this light design and it is used to emphasize and parade the beauty of light. Water attracts people in unknown ways and thus affects their senses differently too. The radiation and flickering of water differ in their various effects on the senses. This may be due to the figure caused by the flow of the water, or its visible spectrum and various forms that are reflected in the surface.

After numerous experiments and surveys on the studies of light with water, it has been possible to develop a design principle, such as how to form light reflections or to show the flow of light waves, to pull light into a space with the help of water.

COURSE    Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MIT Master Thesis
SEMESTER    Fall 2013
PROJECT DURATION    4 Months
ADVISOR   Michael Dennis
READERS   Adele Naude Santos, Brandon Clifford
SITE   Seoul, Korea

There has been a desire for new and unique design/environment such as by returning to the designs of Korean classic style, inviting star architects or holding international competitions. But, the reality of their design does not really express any new voice. Typical floor -plan is  multiplied in vertical, served three or four units, connected by weird mirror-surrounded elevators and emergency stairs. Small and narrow corridors cannot really offer any proper space for social interaction. 

Let’s talk more about the inside of an apartment housing complex. First of all, even though there is trash in front of the apartment building, nobody picks it up until the cleaning woman does something. This is the irony of high-rise apartment housing. No one wants to behave as if they own the place. After parking their cars in the lot, people try to go to their private space as soon as possible, before they meet someone. That’s why the elevator hallway or inside of the elevator is the most uncomfortable space in the apartment building. There is no longer any kind of classic alley as in old villages which was a buffer area between public and private space. Without a buffer, combination of public and private space, there are just two extremely different areas, public and private spaces in apartment complexes.      

The thesis proposes a high-rise residential building by means of rethinking circulation and infrastructure. This new type of a high-rise residential building enables residents to have a buffer zone between public and private space with a specific elements such as a elevator, a stair, or more than that. This buffer zone in high-rise building helps to activate a semi-public space as a real neighbor. 

COURSE    Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Course 4.154 : Architectural Design Option Studio
SEMESTER    Spring 2013
PROJECT DURATION    4 Months
INSTRUCTORS   Yunh Ho Chang, Joel Lamere
PROJECT PARTNER   Evelyn Ting, Shiyu Wei
SITE   Anren, China

An ever expanding collection of artifacts leads to an ever expanding museum to facilitate the display of different objects. We want to develop a method for the museum that would be light, fast, and cheap in order to accommodate growth in the collection as well as the various sizes of the collected objects.
Looking at the conventional museums for modern art, where the standard has become a nondescript box-like with a white interior, with little connection with the displayed pieces. Inspired by some of the existing museums in the Jianchuan Museum cluster, we are interested in making a museum architecture that moves to incorporate the display of the objects.

The primary material investigation was directed at developing a composite between a thin and flexible sheet material and an infill material. The sheet material is utilized primarily to create the particular geometries of the museum, to give shape to the building as well as take any tension forces within the overall structure. The infill, on the other hand, serves to give rigidity to the sheets once they have been expanded to take on the specified shape. It simultaneously fulfills the functions of insulation and acoustic barrier, as well as receiving compression forces within the system.

Structure strategy
The honeycomb as a structure has the property of being able to expand and contract. The photo on the left shows the structure as being in the natural compressed state, and the photo on the right shows the expanded state. However, one notices that the honey comb needs an external force to keep it expanded. Using polypropylene and rigid expandable foam, we are able to create a system of composites where minimal material is wasted. The polypropylene sheets create a honeycomb structure, acting both as formwork and structure for the museum. The tenacity and strength of the polypropylene allows the material to perform well under tension forces. The expandable foam is a two-part liquid mix that once fully expanded, acts as the light-weight and rigid insert to keep the honeycomb structure in its most structural form, while handling compressive loads that flow through the structure.

Foaming strategy
We perforated the sheets of polypropylene in order to make connections between each foam cell. This  makes the foam from each cell stick to each other, and the whole foam block work structurally as a cohesive whole.  Sheet materials that were considered throughout the material research phase included Mylar, polyethylene and polypropylene sheets. The goal was to use a sheet material thin enough to be easily packaged and transported to the site, and one that would require an infill to be structural. Initial tests using 1/32” polypropylene proved too rigid, and ultimately we proposed using 1/64” polypropylene.

The infill material consists of using rigid expandable polyurethane foam for the structural cells, and flexible polyurethane foam for the exterior and interior finishes. People who are using this museum can experience the same environmental condition without any differences from outside to inside. Thus, the walls that are exposed to the museum users are soft, important not only for their tactile quality but to allow our museum “blocks” to fit together and furniture pieces to slot into the walls.

Fabrication Process - off site
At full scale. rolls of polypropylene would be cut to the size of each block of the museum; 5 meters tall by 13 meters long (a corrugated length of 10 meters). A CNC milling machine then would cutout the geometries of each sheet in the pre-corrugated form. Once the sheets are cut, high bond tape (which works particularly well with smooth surfaces) is laid down along alternating seams forming the expandable geometry. Weld plates are attached to specific parts of the polypropylene to form attachments to the ground. 

Fabrication Process - on site
Once on site, sheets would be assembled at a staging area close to the site of the museum. Two trussed-walls would be erected to expand the polypropylene sheets. Using rope, hooks, and rachets, the polypropylene sheets would be loaded onto the truss. This process happens with the sheets oriented upside down. A layer of adhesives would be applied to the current bottom (actual roof) of the expanded sheets to act as a sealant for the foam. Automated nozzles would mix and then extrude the expandable polyurethane. Once foamed, the each block would then be rolled from the staging site to the site of the museum. The weld plates attached earlier would then be bonded to the helical anchors drilled into the ground. 

Geometry Strategy
Using a boolean strategy to cut into the grain of the cells, we are able to achieve several things - a line of vision that is partially concealed, a series of enfilade spaces that could act as medium to large sized galleries, as well as special pocket niches for displays. We decided on the conic boolean as a formative the system for the museum based on the variety of geometries produced as well as the flexibility of spatial accommodations it provides. The horizontal cone acts as the circulation / long gallery, where the vertical cones are the individual special galleries. 

COURSE    Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Course 4.182 : Architectural Design Workshop - MIT & SEU in Nanjing, China
SEMESTER    Summer 2013
PROJECT DURATION    1 Months
INSTRUCTORS   Yung Ho Chang, Joel Lamere, Adele Naude Santos
PROJECT PARTNER   Eric Morris
SITE   Yixing, Wuxi, Jiangsu  

In collaboration with Southeast University, the project explore alternative housing strategies for the development of a site near Nanjing, China. In contrast to the conventional, we propose new type of urban housing appropriate to the specific context. While satisfying the basic constraints of urban housing, this proposal will try to establish crucial relationships between public and private, interior and exterior spaces by water, infrastructure. 

Our site is assigned to "grain". The site has to deal with the grain and get a better profit from it. Main grain we choose is rice and other grains are also supposed to cultivate by double cropping method. Because water is surrounded by water on two sides. Main idea of project is using "water" as a design element and infrastructure for rice as well. Important considerations that will influence the design research will be zoning strategies, infrastructure, landscape systems, ecological and other diversity, new typologies, and spatial flexibility.

Awarded HONORABLE MENTION, RTF Sustainability Awards 2014 (Public Building Concept)

COURSE    Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Course 4.154 : Architectural Design Option Studio
SEMESTER    Spring 2012
PROJECT DURATION    4 Months
INSTRUCTORS   Maria Alessandra Segantini
SITE   Venice, Italy

Venice is one of Italy’s top travel destinations and a beautiful, romantic city with many attractions. However Venice also faces some problems, specifically flooding, unstable land. The proposal offers visitors an experience, a way to understand how flooding effects the Venetian landscape. For example, where erratic shorelines change with the rise and fall of the tide, the project can reveal natural patterns that operate within the lagoon.

Moreover the project brings passive and active forms of leisure out into the lagoon by realizing and experiencing Venice. This building is not only a buffer zone between a land and water, but also a new facade of Venice.

Idea of geometry
As you see in images above, there is distinction between the real profile of Venice and projected version of Venice's boundary. If a person stands on edge of the land and looks ahead toward Venice, the perception about Venice is considerably different than the expectation.

Tensegrity_Buckminister Fuller
Tensional integrity is a structural principle based on the use of isolated components in compression inside a net of continuous tension, in such a way that the compressed members do not touch each other and the pre-stressed tensioned members delineate the system spatially. The term tensegrity was coined by Buckminster Fuller as a contraction of tensional integrity. This structure will only fail if the rods buckles which means there is no bending moments. It allows to be called as a rigid structure.

Structure_Detail
Within the tensegrity structure, interior space is held together by each column of tensegrity. Steel cables, aluminum poles support the interior space which is covered by fabric.

Specific land condition in Venice
Land subsidence is a widespread phenomenon that may have either a natural or man-induced origin. In Venice, sea-level rise isn’t the only thing that has Venice’s famous canals rising ever-so-slightly every year: the city is also sinking.

Venice’s subsidence was recognized as a major issue decades ago and the forces causing the subsidence now are likely natural ones that have been impacting the area for a long time, particularly plate tectonic. In order to realize and understand the situation, adapting to a constant unstableness is a building construction for this site. The tensegrity structure system which is a rigid structure by itself is an ideal implementation on an unstable land base.

Awarded 3RD PLACE in Han river, Yeoju Kangchun island rehabitalization ideas competition.

Time    Summer 2012
PROJECT DURATION    2 Months
PROJECT PARTNER   Minyoung Kim

Gangchun island which is supposed to be famous for a tourist area is cultural heritage designed by Han river. This site is quite important for people and nature to have because there are endangered species such as "Aster altaicus Willd. var. uchiyamai (Nakai) Kitamura" and swamp for the local flora and fauna. In reality, even though it has lots of attractive points to draw people, it is not working at all. 
We discuss the balancing the development of natural resources with environmental preservation. In order to draw people to activate this island, we suggest making a tourist attraction spot with leaving it in its natural state as much as possible. 

First, Clear and arrange the bike path
Second, place the various and specific programs 
Third, adopt the barge system with re-usable containers. 

We suggest that the way of re-using the abandoned containers with barge system which can be designed another island on the water. This system helps to protect itself from flooding as well. Even if it rains a lot, people still can across the river and enjoy the programs in the island.  
According to direction of opening in containers, we create specific programs such as camping, educational, cultural facilities and community, market.  

Concept / Idea and visualization

OFFICE    h2o architects

TIME    Summer 2011
PROJECT DURATION    2 Months
LEAD ARCHITECTS   Jean-Jacques Hubert, Antoine Santiard
SITE   Lille, France

It presents a specific methodology for rehabilitating old canal areas which are not existed any more. As these are initial ideas that may seem very formalized, these assumptions show options which allow to see all possilibilites objectively without historical bias.  

The garden of channels
-The space is a hybrid between private and public. The project propose the creation of new places which is capable of reproducing public uses in resonance with the history of the place. Created spaces will be activated in time by changing their numbers and device. Space is stimulated at key locations in continuity activities nearby.

Schematic design and visualization

OFFICE    NodePlan Architects & Planners

TIME    Spring 2010 
PROJECT DURATION    1.5 Years
LEAD ARCHITECTS  Hyungjin Lee
SITE   Un jung-dong, bundang-gu, Seongnam, Korea
Site Area  234.10 ㎡
Total Floor Area  296.13 ㎡
Building Area  116.30 ㎡
Building Scope  B1F/2F
Photographs  Ji Woon Seok

Designed transforming stage part and lobby.
/ All renderings and graphic design

OFFICE    Beyond Design

TIME    Winter 2009 
PROJECT DURATION   2 Years
LEAD ARCHITECTS   Kyungdoo Ahn
SITE   Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea

CJ Entertainment & Media Center Design Competition - 1st Prize Award

Submitted in Raemian Design Fair Architecture Competition

Time    Summer 2008
PROJECT DURATION    1.5 Months
PROJECT PARTNER   Hyungyong Park

There is a geography which follows the flow of Guryong moutain. This natual lines running parallel with contour lines are static. Statically natural lines with vertical geography form toward hiking mountain. The geography make residences to link and communicate each other.  

It forms the district appearance with the extension of contour line of the mountains. It provides various types terrain appearance, configuration of the ground and  the inside of the building. Green zone is on whole complex by contour line. Ridge is the entrance for residents, valley is the hiking track for people to use with the terrain appearance to the mountain. This means whole areas could be a public space below the private limit to all people. Inside the complex, there is an arcade to connect buildings. Arcades link buildings with interaction halls which organize community facilities, commercial spaces and parks.

The existing apartments could not be satisfied by various people.  Most appearances look same. Moreover, some apartments are using  mountains behind them like their own properties. We try to open mountains to all people, not only residents in front of mountains. 
 

It is possible to flow into the plot of two ways with the mountain-climbing which used the terrain appearance  and entrance entering the complex. It allows many people to use the complex not only people living in this area but also neighborhood around complex.

Submitted in Shinkenchiku Competition

Time    Summer 2008
PROJECT DURATION    1.5 Months
PROJECT PARTNER   Dawoon Jung

We always go to work from our unchanging house and come back to the same house from the office.
 
This situation is regarded as a natural phenomenon, yet this could be quite unhappy. Without trying to move our houses, we have to see the same scenery around house and pass the time of the day with the same neighbors.
 
Subject is the house being center, object is the outside house. 
People experience the nature from inside the houses.

Forecast which private spaces will reduce because of exposed each program is wrong. Hard to figure out where you will be, private infringement decreases rather.

Each house has still same possession right and usage right in the given area. The ratio of the usage right become larger 4 times than before. 
                                                  

Model Maker

OFFICE    Artech

TIME    Winter 2008
PROJECT DURATION    2 Months
LEAD ARCHITECTS   Kwan Seok Kim
SITE   Yeonki-Gun, Chungchunnamdo, Korea

Ministries at the Gwacheon Government Complex just moved into the newly built Sejong City adminsitrative capital.

Sejong City has been designated as a new administrative hub of the country and about 1,700 workers are going to relocating to.

COURSE    Hongik University | Architectural Design Studio
SEMESTER    Fall 2004
PROJECT DURATION    4 Months
INSTRUCTORS   Hahn Joh
SITE   On Campus (Hongik University)

Many children are in confinement. They are slaves to their computers in modern society. They don’t go out because they don’t have where to go out.
Children know nothing but the computer games. Moreover, there is no place to play comfortably. 

Pavilion; Vertical

Exercise plays a vital role when trying to increase child’s height. 
The most important time for exercise is during puberty. 
Exercise releases growth hormones that stimulate the cartilage growth plate at the end of the bones. 
The reason why exercise is so important going through puberty is that once these growth plates fuse into bone after children are through puberty they will never grow again. 

Pavilion; Horizontal

Posture is also extremely important, both for children’s appearance and health. While slouching can actually make people look shorter and results in a plethora of health complications, sitting up straight with your shoulders back and your head up can not only make you look taller, but it prevents backaches, neck aches, and even carpal tunnel syndrome. 

Most children need exercises including stretching from computer life.

This is why its important to diet and exercise to increase height while they are young. Doing so will ensure that your body flourishes and grows as much as it can during this vital period. 

COURSE    Hongik University | Architectural Design Studio
SEMESTER    Spring 2008
PROJECT DURATION    4 Months
INSTRUCTORS   Heakyung Cecilla Yoon
SITE   Seokyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea

This gallery is located around Hong Ik university in Seoul. This university is famous for the art and architecture. Yet, many bars and clubs increased instead of contents about the culture or art.  That is why we choose this area for making a gallery at main point in front of university. It is supposed to spread the contents with attractive features.

The gallery takes people from the other spaces, guiding them through nature sources;  Light, Water, Wind

Water as a light device 

It is not common we appreciate the beauty of light without an artificial device or a temporary arrangement of nature, although we see it in our daily life. That is why we use water, as the prime material of this light design, to emphasize and to parade the beauty of light. Water attracts people in unknown ways and affects their senses in different ways. The radiation and flickering of water differ in their various effects on the senses. This may be due to the figure caused by the flow of the water, or its visible spectrum and various forms that are reflected in the surface. 

In the main façade of this gallery, people see a flickering image of light by flowing water. Since the façade is facing the north side, 
it is relatively darker than the other sides. The sunlight, which comes with water from the roof, shines to the main façade where the vertical water membrane makes light up by the water.  So, at the entrance of the gallery, the flickering image makes people interested in light.

The open space on the roof plays a role as an experimental space, which means that people can change the flow of water waves without intentions. If people play with the water at the experimental space, a new flow of water waves is seen inside the gallery.  Due to the actual motion of water particles in waves, they make unbelievable flickering figure through inside the space.

COURSE    Hongik University | Architectural Design Studio
SEMESTER    Fall 2007
PROJECT DURATION    4 Months
INSTRUCTORS   Kyungdoo Ahn, Yoojong Park
SITE   Seokyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea

The Shopping center in Korea has more or less the same function as Western malls. The alley areas, with their shop buying and selling, stimulate customers’ desire. Thus, shopping mall sometime become the meeting points where meet and greet one another. 
However, the number of new brands throughout the country is decreasing every year. This led to considerable problems, such as difficult access among other popular brands to customers.

The key question is: what kind of appearance should the store for new brands, as a new features, with a view to retaining competitive capacity while maintaining the idea of place and time. 
This project is a potential answer to the question

What do I think the way of linkage between spaces? 

COURSE    Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Course 4.315 : Adv Workshop Artistic Practice
SEMESTER    Spring 2013
PROJECT DURATION    4 Months
INSTRUCTORS   Renee Green
PROJECT PARTNER   Joshua Choi

Inspiration

                The main idea for this project is about different perspectives that are allowed to show more other meanings than the ball itself. Even if people see the same things, their reactions are pretty different from each other sometimes. In movies, I was always interested in cameras which used unique perspectives or different perspectives from usual. It could be a different style of making films like having a camera set up with a fixed focus or moving a camera to follow some objects. I have several movies in mind. Unfortunately, all my reference points are more like commercial movies instead of art movies or artists. One of my favorite movie directors is David Cronenberg, who made The Fly, Crash, eXistenZ, etc. Among his movies, I was most impressed with two movies; A History of Violence and Eastern Promises. Actually, these two movies are more commercial than his other works. His style changed in 2005 with A History of Violence, and his transition from little-known cult favorite to commercially viable visionary was furthered in 2007 with Eastern Promises. Both movies are much easier to understand and watch than his works that were still exhibiting early Cronenberg style. These two movies are talking about very similar subjects, but the method of expression is quite different. A History of Violence is about the desire to escape from ennui of daytime life. It is a story about a person who wants to escape from a violent situation. Eastern Promise is about madness from fear of night. It is a story about a person who tries to become a form of violence. Moreover, in order to make it more realistic, Cronenberg used real mafia tattoos, existing Russian mafia names, and research on how the mafia acted at that time. In my film, I want to take these two opposite styles and put them into one video clip in various ways.  

 Technique

                Using different perspectives with two different opposite style of camera technique, such as facing a specific object or environment, and slow or fast, and forward or backward, we try to make this video clip have more richness in order to express our ideas. A mirror ball reflects the environment around it. As you see the balls in the video, the upper part of the balls reflect the ground and the lower part of the balls reflect above the ground in a interesting way. Moreover, each ball distorts the environment in its own ways. The ball absorbs information and doesn't seem to neglect it, but it doesn't really convey a true idea or information. Or even if it was true to one specific ball, it could be wrong information to other balls. In this movie, there are a lot of moments you can find some transitions such as alone or gathering, and rolling or bouncing, and going up or going down. This means that experience is important factor to interpret differently.

  Why balls?

                I will go with a really simple answer. Many people in today’s world feel overwhelmed with the complexities and stresses that seem to invade their lives. Some people feel they’ve reached that insurmountable wall, and give up on life. Others manage to look beyond immediate problems and see ways to turn negatives into positives. Even in an architecture field, we can easily find these differences. There are a lot of different people and each of us has a totally different reaction and behavior according to our daily life. Life is like a bouncing ball: the harder it hits the floor, the higher it bounces up in the air, and we cannot really predict where it will bounce and go. Our life or destiny is like a bouncing ball. There are going to be tons of ways we accept it in accordance with each situation. Even if we have no idea about our future or see some hopelessness for our future, we had better get our heads on straight to find some directions.

COURSE    Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Course 4.562 : Advanced Visualization 
SEMESTER    Fall 2011
PROJECT DURATION    4 Months
INSTRUCTORS   Takehiko Nakagura
PROJECT PARTNER   Joshua Choi

Awarded Honorable Mention in MVIO (SAMSUNG) Graphic Contest 

Time    Summer 2007
PROJECT DURATION    1 Months
 

Organized with many small alphabets brand name, "MVIO" to come up with the drawings "wings".

There is a saying that "apparel makes the men"

Using a logo like a man standing, making wings with brand's name