Tag: Class of 2020

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ARCH 692B: Building Science Thesis

The intelligent control strategy of kinetic façades for daylight and energy performance: evaluating the daylight effect of adaptive systems based on parametric workflow

The research focuses on the interior daylight environment analysis with kinetic façades in terms of daylight metrics by using parametric workflow. The process of parametric simulation can detect and investigate the existing advantages and deficiencies with respect to the daylight index. By processing simulation data, the workflow uses model-based predictive control as a control algorithm to operate the movable façade for better daylight effects, compared with the static counterpart of a kinetic façade, the research proposes the potential entry point or approach to improve the interior daylight condition. Beyond that, the research applies a systematic approach and integrative view to establish daylighting evaluation and improvement for testing and verifying the interior space daylighting performance of kinetic facades.

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ARCH 692B: Building Science Thesis

A BIM-BASED TOOL FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN STANDARD PLAN CHECK

Accessible design creates safe living and working spaces for aging people and people with disabilities and allows equal access opportunities for them to integrate into society. As the US population is growing older, accessible design is increasingly important in architecture design and construction. A tool for accessible design standard code checks can provide compliance of the project with design regulations to the architect before the submittal, which saves time and money for the plan review.

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ARCH 502: Architectural Design V Gallery: Let's Practice!

ADD-ON

ADD-ON’s role as an architectural practice is to design with the intention of the client engaging in physical self-assembly of highly-specified, curated objects. ADD-ON is represented both as a showroom and as a practice to give visitors an example of what the practice produces in terms of the instructions and assembly kits of potential objects and add-on settings. In turn, the adaptation of a new type of practice that incorporates interaction with the public through 1:1 scale physical modeling would reimagine the current conventions of aesthetics, graphics, and social media.

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ARCH 502: Architectural Design V Gallery: Unholy Alliances, Alchemical Processes and Black Box Magic

Reserve Urbanism

The project explores the need to mitigate the imminent change urban centers will face. Whether it be through climate change, economic crisis, catastrophic events, or a shift in populational demographics, the rate at which most urban centers have been growing is unsustainable, and most cities will face periods of shrink/decline. Using Sao Paulo as a case study, the project looks at the urbanscape through the lens of eight variables that shape our need for space. Based on a study of different possible future scenarios, the final proposal is a reserve of buildings that complement the district and satisfy potential future needs. Composed of nine parts that respond to different variables, each one can be activated as needed in order to prevent the area from blight and decay.

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ARCH 502: Architectural Design V Gallery: The New Realists

“How do I look: The Architectural Selfie in the Age of Collage”

Since the invention of the camera in the early 19th century until today, photography has been used a major method of documentation. In his book, The Documentation of Photography, Jesus Vassallo further discusses how these methods and its purposes have evolved through history with the introduction of technology serving as not only informative of something that existed in a specific time but also introducing a new definition of what and how it portrays it. According to the Japanese photographer, Hiroshi Sujimoto ellaborates that “exploring uncanny spaces through photography is appropriate since the camera and the museum diorama are, in a sense, equivalent devices”.
From that perspective, the virtual diorama serves as an architectural selfie in the age of collage.

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ARCH 502: Architectural Design V Gallery: The New Realists

Apertures

Using both the interrupted walkway as well as the openings to create alternate realities that either relate to a self-reflection of the viewer or allows one to be aware of one’s physical surroundings. The project is a transition of gradating porosities of brick openings that changes as the person walks through the site. The main variables of the mirror surfaces are the angles of reflection as well as the outline and how that relates to the surroundings.

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ARCH 502: Architectural Design V Gallery: The New Realists

Networks^3

The Layered Image is an experimental design method that uses minimal physical intervention to provide solutions to complex problems. My project acts as a case study for this method. Within most cities, the feeling of isolation and loneliness is inherent. I’m proposing a pavilion network that creates community hubs, making community more accessible. The pavilion networks stretch across the Los Feliz area and host three activities – fitness, reading, and art.

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ARCH 502: Architectural Design V Gallery: House Tour: ten new models for domestic life in LA

Interior Space to Object

Architecture domesticity is centered on the reduction of space to object, as shown by the decreasing homeownership rates among younger generations. Domesticity, in this context, refers to the functions of a home, defining the boundaries of privacy and independence from society. While the reduction of space to object is a progressive change to maximize space, mobility, and convenience for its users. Social trends like homeownership are visible within the domestic interior, transforming how we perceive the functions of these spaces defined by their distinct objects.

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ARCH 502: Architectural Design V Gallery: House Tour: ten new models for domestic life in LA

FRESH OFF THE SHELF

A House is not a house, but a brutally honest reflection of self. Through the lens of the subjective, a new standard of off-the-shelf domesticity is unveiled.

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ARCH 502: Architectural Design V Gallery: House Tour: ten new models for domestic life in LA

Urbanism of Post-Catastrophic LA

Post-disaster emergency shelters around the world lack the gathering spaces that displaced populations need to recover socially from their crisis context. Due to prolonged stay times in these shelters, they must emphasize communal spaces to provide inhabitants with a sense of control and belonging to society. The defined boundary of the project is a relief limit from all disaster and chaos of LA’s next major earthquake. A new domesticity centralized on gathering spaces is defined to empower communities and foster the redevelopment of society.