sookyunghan

architects dont build ideas they use ideas to build and they build in order to understand ideas

water taxi station washington, d.c.

working oor plan drawing

500 water taxi site

where water meets land and building. a water taxi station on the cusp of water and land. located south of the lincoln memorial. Soo Kyung Han

ARLINGTON

ROSSLYN

GEORGETOWN

LINCOLN MEMORIAL

NATIONAL MALL

SMITHSONIAN

WASHINGTON MONUMENT

CAPITOL HILL
c

JEFFERSON MEMORIAL

50 site plan

NATIONAL HARBOR

longitudinal section

transverse sections Soo Kyung Han

16 oor plan 01

oor plan 01: cafe, lobby, ticket ofce, lounge

16 oor plan 02

oor plan 02: restaurant

working model

16 roof plan

roof plan

walk around working model Soo Kyung Han

Water meets land and building with this water taxi station designed for a transition from water taxis into a city known for its monuments and museums, Washington D.C. As you enter through the building from the docks, the Lincoln Memorial view is captured by the main axis direct axis enveloped by the thick walls along either side. These thick walls contain the activity of the building as to emphasize the axis towards the city and its monuments even more. The restaurant on the second oor has a direct view to the Lincoln from its higher vantage point, as well as a view towards the river and bridge from its outdoor patio dining area as well. The water taxi station is designed so that the building meets both land and water to truly formalize the idea of the movement from water onto land.

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temporality within the shanghai municipal peoples governments building shanghai, china

00.00

00.23

00.47

00.03

00.27

00.50

00.07

00.30

00.53

00.10

00.33

00.57

00.13

00.37

01.00

00.17

00.40

00.20

00.43

01.03 taking temporality in a literal expression of temporality through destruction; the abstracted form of the shattering of a plaster form is recorded every 3 seconds, and that abstracted line is used as the section cut for every foot of the temporary installation within the Municipal building (continued...)

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section cut using abstracted shattered lines (left) planes formed from joining of section cut lines (right)

shanghai peoples square site plan (left) installment within building (right)

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transverse section

lateral section

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The arts of China are heavily inuenced by its culture and history. The current arts in China reect the peoples anxiety and impatience with the government and politics in their country, through the temporality of certain artworks and the vulgarity and abstractness of others. The arts are proving to be one of the loudest voices within China and its government. Temporality comes in the form of the literal translation of a building being a temporary installment, construction of a new space with the destruction of another space, a building being transformed over time, or a building that takes on the form of destruction. Temporary architecture could be a new option to further grasp the attention of those in other countries and to further speak out against the government. By focusing on the temporality and the destruction of the space within the Shanghais Municipal Peoples Government building, I created a newer space within it and create a form of temporality.

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urban lab and observatory cinncinati, ohio

E 7th S

treet Main S treet

site

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site plan with buildings

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wall section

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section cut

I believe that a building must speak back from its context. The context of Cincinnati includes the urban population that surrounds the site. It also includes the human scale comfort from within the building as well. Context should not be forgotten. The Urban Lab and Observatory is set in Cincinnati, Ohio. In an area known to be a commuter city, I found a draw towards designing to rebuild community and to rebuild Cincinnati as a city to create liveliness back into the city. After a riot ten years ago, which resulted in residents moving out to Kentucky, the number of residents of Cincinnati has dropped, and stayed at a low number. With the programs of the exhibition, archival, and research and housing spaces, by studying movement throughout the site, I hoped to address the issue presented at hand. The site is embraced by E 7th Street and Main Street. When visiting the site, these two streets seemed to be the cut off streets of downtown Cincinnati. The moment one would walk towards the site block and away from Downtown, the area became a bit rough and uninviting. Only the residents of that area would roam about. The area seemed closed off. With my proposal, I have attempted to design to open up the forgotten area of Cincinnati, so that downtown may spill over to that region, and bring about liveliness to the whole.

oor plans (top to bottom) 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, L01, L02

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washington d.c. housing issue

site model (group of 4) 6 x 3

116668

POPULATION_75773_+1.0% | POVERTY_9.9% | AVERAGE INCOME_116668_+9.4%

WARD 4

257386
98485
78559

POPULATION_77152_+4.6% | POVERTY_6.9% | AVERAGE INCOME_257386_+4.8%

WARD 3

POPULATION_76197_+3.9% | POVERTY_16% | AVERAGE INCOME_98485_+27% POPULATION_74308_+3.8% | POVERTY_19% | AVERAGE INCOME_78559_+10%

WARD 1

WARD 5

FOGGY BOTTOM

190692
120526
54677

POPULATION_79915_+16% | POVERTY_15% | AVERAGE INCOME_190692_+11%

WARD 2

POPULATION_76598_+13% | POVERTY_18% | AVERAGE INCOME_120526_+37%

WARD 6

POPULATION_71068_+0.7% | POVERTY_26% | AVERAGE INCOME_54677_-7 .2%

WARD 7

44076

POPULATION_70712_-0.3% | POVERTY_35% | AVERAGE INCOME_44076_-4.4%

WARD 8

POPULATION

AVERAGE INCOME

IS RACE by income and race graphic diagram of d.c. ART wards

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As a class, we created the site analysis of James Monroe Park in Washington D.C. I took part in constructing the site model. Individually, I took on a housing issue in D.C. I approached the housing issue by looking into the income and race of each of the D.C. wards, then located all facilities which provided art of some sort. I discovered that the wards of higher income, which had a majority of Caucasians in their population, tended to have more of the arts present than the other wards of lower income, which had a majority of African Americans in their population. I proposed an African American Arts Center on James Monroe Park to create movement and awareness of African American arts into wards where the arts were already present, and out towards where the majority population is African Americans where the arts barely exist. The form of the center was construed from the parks geometric shape, and was further shaped into sharp forms to represent the uneasy tension between the wards created from the difference in income and race.

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spatial construct

acrylic paint

wire mesh concept (top) rhino (middle and bottom)

oblique with pencil

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Light is a form of spatial concept. As the light is reected and refracted along the motion of the acrylic tring, spatial textures are visible, while the main structures create a cubic space. The string also acts as a secondary structure as it holds the main acrylic elements together.

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darkroom black and white photography

10 x 8 ILFORD MGFB Warmtone paper camera settings: 100 ISO; f22; 1/16 s enlarger settings: f8; 14 s; +3 lter
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graphic print with printing press

mathematical 10 x 10
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cross 10 x 10
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ne art

city lights 36 x 24 gouache acrylic, magazine

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what about now? 19 x 21 poster color, magazine, acrylic paint

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forsaken mansion 16 x 19 pencil

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industrial design

STARLIGHT hang it. mount it. light it.

lamp 24 diameter balsa wood, plastic straw

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screenprinting

7 x 12 on black acrylic

7 x 12 on chipboard

identity 19 x 6.25 on clear acrylic

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