Architectural Design

A study of the relationship between form and aperture where priority constantly shifts. Primitives forms are gradually distorted creating a threshold to the aperture and compete for superiority in the outcome of the object’s overall shape.

Program
Mixed use residential and commercial site.

Site
Barcelona’s former thermonuclear plant; large site faces the Mediterranean Sea, private property, and public streets on two sides. 

Solution
Raised building program that allows for a public space at street level. A density of structures that creates an enviornment like the city of Barcelona.

Materials
Concrete core and structure, steel, aluminum, and glazing

Project Team
Partners: Tingting Lu, Stephan Ritzer Instructor: Eric Owen Moss

Program
Multi-programmed site connecting the elevated walkways of the business district with the platforms of the cultural corridor of downtown Los Angeles.

Site
A triangular site with a large slope to the NW abutted by roads on all three sides.  

Solution
Reinforce the elevated public walkways with more connections and a low multi use structure.

Project Team
Instructor(s): Ming Fung, Tom Wiscombe

Program
Museum in Silver Lake housing outsider art.

Site
Sloped and triangular intersection of Sunset Blvd, Silver Lake Blvd, and Occidental Blvd. 

Solution
Intergration into the terrain surrounding the site, providing both interior and exterior enviornments for exhibitions. One single ramp system brings viewers into and out of the space from either the lower or upper street level.
 
Materials
Steel and concrete exoskeletal structure

Project Team
Instructor: Coy Howard

Program
High end residential condos with elevated park and greenspace.

Site
Downtown Los Angeles at the corner of 7th and Main. Pre-existing building can be built into, above or around.

Solution
A variation on the courtyard with units that connect both in the horizontal and the vertical. Four cores provide access to the individual towers while pathways allow access and connection in between the condos and park.

Materials
Concrete cores and plates. Facade suspension cable, steel, glazing, and metal panels.

Project Team
Partner: Tommy Shao 
Instructor(s): Eric Kahn, John Enright Coordinator: Peter Zellner

Program
A live music and experimental performance venue that contains three halls, two interior performance halls, one outdoor venue, and a public lobby with a through connection to the high-line.

Site
Adjacent to the High Line Park in the the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, contained by the elevated park to the west, 10th Avenue to the east, and to the North and South W19th and W20th Streets.

Solution
Envelope office and administration space and performance hall volumns seperately. Combine forms and remove outlier space. Provides iconic views from the interior lobbys of the tower, and unexpected views for the curious. 

Materials
Curvilinear double skin. A brise soleil steel exterior fin system with glazing, concrete and open interior volumns.

Project Team
Partner: Daniel Park 
Instructor: Russell Thompson 
Coordinator: Devyn Weiser

Program
A single resident home on Silver Lake Reservoir.

Site
Faced by two streets and set between two private homes.

Solution
Two story structure that addresses both streets as entrances, each with their own emphasis on private or public space within the house.

Materials
Concrete structure, glazing, metal panelling, and wood accents.

Project Team
Instructor: Jonah Rowen 
Coordinator: Alexis Rochas

Objective
Document a architectural project addressing issues of building codes, structural and mechanical systems, building materials, fire/life safety, and ADA planning.

Project Team
Partners: Morgan Garrard, Justin Hollingsworth. Kyungjoo Kim, Ralph Sansano, Jose Thomas
Instructor: Herwig Baumgartner, Scott Uriu
Consultant: Jeffrey Landreth, Matthew Melnyk

Objective 
Look at properties of material, identify how it is used, and apply those properties to a potentially new situation.

Material 
Steel

Project Team
Partners: Ting Ting Lu, Julian Ma, Jose Thomas, Kirsten Wehrenberg-Klee, Jennifer Wu 
Instructor: Rob Ley