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master of architecture _ 2012

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labscape**2011 marine biology labaratory st. croix, u.s.v.i.advising professor: geoffrey thn

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g.o.l2012 u.s. embassy proposal rabat, moroccoadvising professor: anca trandafirescu

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* 2012 Thesis Project**2011-2012 International Sustainable Laboratory Competition Submission**2012 Student Exhibition 2G3/3G6 First Prize Winner

c f u a2009 center for urban agriculture detroit, miadvising professor(s): mireille roddier, craig borum, maria aquero

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district library2010 urban district library chicago, iladvising professor: joshua bard

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the normal2011 live work spaces and park detroit, miadivising professor: christian unversagt

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constructions2010 furniture fabrication project 09-11 modeling projects done parallel to studio2010 book construction

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extra__architectural09-11 family and fellowship

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abstract[ly] on m.arch, life and this sample of my work

It might be extremely architecture student-like to have tried to do this, but over the last few years I have been trying to think of simple ways that I might describe myself with a clever phrase or a play on words. I came up with the following: multi-rational.

A play on the idea of multi-national, which is the mixing of dispirate back-grounds. I relish the idea that the mixing is not only a figurative thing that changes an aesthetic like skin color but actually implies a life long access to other ways of thinking about the world. Coming from a family that is multi-race, multi-national, multi-tradition, multi-sexual orientation, multi-class, and located across the U.S. and the world, Ive always been excited about the creativity that emerges out of the coming together of diverse perspectives.

Architecture then, as a profession, was the perfect position for me as the architect is often the negotiator that creatively turns ideas and intentions of multiple voices into a built form meant to be used by multiple types of users.

As far as the sampling of work that follows, Ive tried to find excitement in the forms that emerge as multiple rationalities come together into a single project. Sometimes the contradictory necessities of security and accessibility, or the urban (seed) bank and rural agriculture can yield unexpected architectural results. My projects, having dealt with the dual depressions of nearby Detroit and the recent recession also try and project a certain amount of optimism and aspiration that opposes the dominant narratives of devastating economic conditions, apocolyptic climate change or nuclear terrorism.

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SEAN N. BAXTERseanbax@umich.com | 734-358-99431414 McIntyre, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

education

work

volunteering

University of Michigan, April 2012 - Master of Architecture candidate

Busan National University, May 2004 - Intensive Korean Language Program

University of Oregon, August 2003 - Dual Bachelors of Intl Studies & Chinese Language

Central University for the Nationalities, Dec 2001 & 2002 - Intensive Chinese Language Program

Teacher Busan, South Korea July 2004 - August 2011Taught ESL courses at the following schools and companies in Busan: LCI Kids Club (Jul 04-Jan05), Reading Town (Feb 05-Feb 06), Maersk Logistics (Oct 08-Jan09), Jeong-Cheol ESL Academy (Oct 08-Mar 09), Lee Bo-young ESL Academy (Oct 08-Mar 09), Moojuk School (Jun 11-Aug 11)

Sales and Logistics Milwaukie, Oregon Dec 2007 - September 2008Managed the sales of product and logistics for the shipments of Carlton Company Chainsaw Chain to customers in East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.

Import-Export Beaverton, Oregon August 2006 - July 2007Managed import and export transactions and logistics for shipments of timber between the US and East Asia and also specifically between China and Japan for Ike Trading Co.

World Affairs Council Portland, Oregon June 2006 - July 2006Contacted organizations throughout Oregon to arrange meetings between local professionals and visiting inter-national professionals dealing with similar business or social issues

Namgwang Shelter Busan, South Korea June 2005 - February 2006Taught English to orphaned and under-privileged high school to college-aged boys at shelter for children with-out families

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recent achievements

online portfolio and other work

skills

Student Exhibition 2G3/3G6 First Prize/AIA Honorable Mention 2012

SeAH-Haiam Arts and Sciences Scholarship 2011

University of Michigan Korean Language Program Scholarship 2011

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Recipient 2010-2011

Taubman College Merit Based Continuing Scholarship 2010-2011

http://www.behance.net/baxmac1http://thenormal-detroit.tumblr.com/http://tomorrowhanok.tumblr.com/http://issuu.com/hajusun

Computer Apple & MicrosoftRhinoAutodesk CAD, RevitGoogle SketchUpAdobe Suite (CS4) Illustrator Photoshop InDesignMS Office Word Excel

Personal Language Korean Mandarin ChineseMachine Shop (HS) Wood, Metal, PlasticsShop Work (Michigan) Welding Wood Bending Laser cutting

g.o.l.u.s. embassy proposal rabat, morocco

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Embassy architecture is steeped in layers of rhetorical demands and physical constraints other projects dont usually encounter. The embassy is an institutional building representing the interests and values of one sovereign nation within the territory of another. This places enormous amounts of pressure on making contextual sensitivity coexist with symbollic representation of the foreign.

My thesis project poses the question of whether architectural in-novation can be a catalyst for changes in the diplomatic process itself and how would an architecture, intent on manipulating the way embassy buildings construct relationships with their local communities and environments manifest itself?

Through research and design of a new embassy in Morocco, I wished to wade into the heavily trafficked controversy over the paradox of architecture that simultaneously strives to symbolize the rhetorical strength of the American values of openess and de-mocracy while increasingly seeking to further insolate its foreign civilian work force from the lethal dangers they face as a result of the response to their controversial policies.

For this project, I wished that the embassy not only not be a bun-ker, but also that it be an object that lends itself to the support of a respectful, optimistic, projective idea for the local population who view the embassy and possibly utilize the services it provides. The title Gift of Legation suggests the idea that embassy estabish-ment is not an entitlement but actually an invitation. One nation is admitted into another for the purpose of developing a bond that benefits both parties, and the architecture built for the purpose of maintaining that bond should reflect that attitude.

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32 acre compound in Istanbul, Turkey

Current Standard for Embassy/Consulate Design My Proposed Site for Rabat, Morocco

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PROVIDE THE PREMISES

ESTABLISH FACILITIES

PROVIDE IMMUNITY AND INVIOLABILITY

VIENNA CONVENTION ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

Done at Vienna On 18 April 1961

UUNNIITTEEDD NNAATTIIOONNSS

Article 1, (i)For the purposes of the present convention, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereunder

assigned to them:

(i) the presmises of the mission are the buildings or parts of buildings and the land ancillary thereto, irrespective

of ownership, used for the purposes of the mission including the residence of the head of the mission.

Article 211. The receiving State shall either facilitate the acquisition on its territory, in accordance with its laws,

by the sending State of premises necessary for its mission or assist the latter in obtaining accomodation in

some other way.

2. It shall also, where necessary, assist missions in obtaining suitable accomodation for their members.

Article 221. The premises of the mission shall be inviolable. The agents of the receiving State may not enter them, except

with the consent of the head of the mission.

2. The receiving State is under a special duty to take all appropriate steps to protect the premises of the

mission against any intrusion or damage and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of the mission or

impairment of its dignity.

3. The premises of the mission, their furnishings and other property thereon and the means of transport of the

mission shall be immune from search, requisition, attachment or execution.

Article 11In the absence of a specific agreement as to the size of the mission, the receiving State may require that the size

of a mission be kept within limits considered by it to be reasonable and normal, having regard to circumstances

and conditions in the receiving State and to the needs of the particular mission.

Article 12The sending State may not, without the prior express consent of the receiving State, establish offices forming part

of the mission in localities other than those in which the mission itself is established.

Article 20The mission and its head shall have the right to use the flag and emblem of the sending State on the premises of

the mission, including the residence of the head of the mission, and on his means of transport.

Article 25The Receiving State shall accord full facilities for the performance of the functions of the mission.

Article 30The private residence of a diplomatic agent shall enjoy the same inviolability and protection as the premises

of the mission

Article 413. The premises of the mission must not be used in any manner incompatible with the functions of the mission as

laid down in the present Convention or by other rules of general international law or by any special agreements in

force between the sending and the receiving State.

Article 45If diplomatic relations are broken off between two States, or if a mission is permanently or temporarily recalled:

(a) the receiving State must, even in case of armed conflict, respect and protect the premises of the mission,

together with its property and archives;

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U.S. Embassy, Stockholm, Sweden. Rapson & van der Meulen

Former U.S. Embassy, Accra, Ghana. Harry Weese

Former U.S. Embassy, Accra, Ghana. Harry Weese

U.S. Embassy, London, UK. Eero Saarinen

The thesis references the 1950s modernist embassy project in its use of lifting, structural and material lightness, and the emphasis of transparency. In looking at the Vienna Convention and the historical place of the embassy in the urban centers of nations this project also tries to prioritize the move back to the core city as a necessity for the successful function of the embassy.

The simple move back to a constrained site forces the design to rethink how requirements,

such as the set back security requirement, can be met when a 32 acre compound is not an option.

Diagrammed on the opposite page, the intentions for security and transparency started to intertwine as the site constraints pushed the embassy into a vertical orientation. Security lifted the building and in effect opened the ground. The response of inviting in a parallel public program that first inhabits the ground level but gradually makes its way up to the roof of the building begins to re-shape the interactions between the insular-ness of the embassy interior with the openness of its new exterior envelope that is now not only inhabitable by the Moroccan citizen but also by the larger environment and eco systems that flow around the building.

Lifting Building to Open Ground Create parallel program (an attraction) that gives back space to city for local use.

Lifting Embassy more to meet security requirements Varying the programmatic spaces by weaving the separate paths around each other

Connecting with local ecosystems through habitat creation

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10k sq ft Small Embassy ProgramRegulations Require 100 Setbackfrom all uncontrolled terriitory

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Lifting Building to Open Ground Create parallel program (an attraction) that gives back space to city for local use.

Lifting Embassy more to meet security requirements Varying the programmatic spaces by weaving the separate paths around each other

Connecting with local ecosystems through habitat creation

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10k sq ft Small Embassy ProgramRegulations Require 100 Setbackfrom all uncontrolled terriitory

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Lifting Building to Open Ground Create parallel program (an attraction) that gives back space to city for local use.

Lifting Embassy more to meet security requirements Varying the programmatic spaces by weaving the separate paths around each other

Connecting with local ecosystems through habitat creation

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10k sq ft Small Embassy ProgramRegulations Require 100 Setbackfrom all uncontrolled terriitory

100

Lifting Building to Open Ground Create parallel program (an attraction) that gives back space to city for local use.

Lifting Embassy more to meet security requirements Varying the programmatic spaces by weaving the separate paths around each other

Connecting with local ecosystems through habitat creation

+ =

10k sq ft Small Embassy ProgramRegulations Require 100 Setbackfrom all uncontrolled terriitory

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Lifting Building to Open Ground Create parallel program (an attraction) that gives back space to city for local use.

Lifting Embassy more to meet security requirements Varying the programmatic spaces by weaving the separate paths around each other

Connecting with local ecosystems through habitat creation

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10k sq ft Small Embassy ProgramRegulations Require 100 Setbackfrom all uncontrolled terriitory

100

THE GIFT OF LEGATIONRE-IMAGINING THE US EMBASSY

PROVIDE THE PREMISES

SEAN BAXTER

ESTABLISH FACILITIES

PROVIDE IMMUNITY AND INVIOLABILITY

CURRENT US EMBASSY SECURITY DESIGN GUIDE DIAGRAM

VIENNA CONVENTION ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

Done at Vienna On 18 April 1961

UUNNIITTEEDD NNAATTIIOONNSS

Article 1, (i)For the purposes of the present convention, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereunder

assigned to them:

(i) the presmises of the mission are the buildings or parts of buildings and the land ancillary thereto, irrespective

of ownership, used for the purposes of the mission including the residence of the head of the mission.

Article 211. The receiving State shall either facilitate the acquisition on its territory, in accordance with its laws, by the

sending State of premises necessary for its mission or assist the latter in obtaining accomodation in some other

way.

2. It shall also, where necessary, assist missions in obtaining suitable accomodation for their members.

Article 221. The premises of the mission shall be inviolable. The agents of the receiving State may not enter them, except

with the consent of the head of the mission.

2. The receiving State is under a special duty to take all appropriate steps to protect the premises of the mission

against any intrusion or damage and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of the mission or impairment of

its dignity.

3. The premises of the mission, their furnishings and other property thereon and the means of transport of the

mission shall be immune from search, requisition, attachment or execution.

Article 11In the absence of a specific agreement as to the size of the mission, the receiving State may require that the size

of a mission be kept within limits considered by it to be reasonable and normal, having regard to circumstances

and conditions in the receiving State and to the needs of the particular mission.

Article 12The sending State may not, without the prior express consent of the receiving State, establish offices forming

part of the mission in localities other than those in which the mission itself is established.

Article 20The mission and its head shall have the right to use the flag and emblem of the sending State on the premises

of the mission, including the residence of the head of the mission, and on his means of transport.

Article 25The Receiving State shall accord full facilities for the performance of the functions of the mission.

Article 30The private residence of a diplomatic agent shall enjoy the same inviolability and protection as the premises

of the mission

Article 413. The premises of the mission must not be used in any manner incompatible with the functions of the mission

as laid down in the present Convention or by other rules of general international law or by any special

agreements in force between the sending and the receiving State.

Article 45If diplomatic relations are broken off between two States, or if a mission is permanently or temporarily recalled:

(a) the receiving State must, even in case of armed conflict, respect and protect the premises of the mission,

together with its property and archives;

Figure 1: Key Security Measures at a Notional Embassy Compound

First, the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 19997 requires that office facilities be at least 100 feet from uncontrolled areas, such as a street where vehicles can pass without being checked by security officials. This distance is meant to help protect the buildings and occupants against threats such as bomb blasts. Second, State requires high perimeter walls or fences that are difficult to climb, thereby deterring

722 U.S.C. 4865(a)(3)(A).

CAC Compound access Control facilityPAC Pedestrian Access Control facility

Anti-climb wall

Anti-climb wall

100 setback

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Blast-resistant construction

Anti-ram barriers

Key security standards 100-foot setback all around Anti-climb walls or fences Anti-ram barriers Blast-resistant construction Controlled access to the compound

Sources: GAO (data); Nova Development (clip art).

CAC compound access control facility

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Istanbul, Turkey 2003

Baghdad, Iraq 2008

Abuja, Nigeria 2005

Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2005

Yaounde, Cameroon 2006

An aviary program parallel to the embassy program in this proposal gives the building a new type of connectivity to its local context, simultaneously rethinking the method by which embassies reference or connect to their context and also proposing a new functional positioning for the embassy as having the unique ability to inject something unexpected and controversial into an otherwise ubiquitous cultural landscape.

labscapemarine biology labaratory st. croix, u.s.v.i.

2011-2012 International Sustainable Laboratory Competition Submission2012 Student Exhibition 2G3/3G6 First Prize Winner

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rendering of southern event space

2011-2012 International Sustainable Laboratory Competition Submission2012 Student Exhibition 2G3/3G6 First Prize Winner

Absorbtion Chiller

Solar Vacuum Tube Collectors

1 Photovoltaic Array

Conditioned Lab

Restroom

Water Treatment

Pre-Construction Site Intervention Post Construction Ecology Growth

Solar Vacuum Tube Collector Absorption Chiller

Solar Roof Systems

Solar Water heater

Hot water to house

Solar storage/backup water heater

Cold water supply

Bypass valves

Spigot drain valve(for cold climates)

Batch collector

Solar PV Batteries

Ice StorageBackup System

Solar Vacuum Tubes

Absorption Chiller Plant

Lab AHU

Cooling Tower

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Saint Croix

Annual Average of Daily Sum

US Virgin Islands Global Horizonal Irradiation

The map represents a long-term average over the period 1998-2009. Solar irradiation sourced from SolarAnyehere and disaggregated by SolarGIS method. 2010 Clean Power Research, GeoModel

Mangrove

Mangrove

Salt River Bay

Constructed Wetland

Plated Terracing for Saltwater Remediation

Absorbtion Chiller

Solar Vacuum Tube Collectors

1 Photovoltaic Array

Conditioned Lab

Restroom

Water Treatment

Pre-Construction Site Intervention Post Construction Ecology Growth

Solar Vacuum Tube Collector Absorption Chiller

Solar Roof Systems

Solar Water heater

Hot water to house

Solar storage/backup water heater

Cold water supply

Bypass valves

Spigot drain valve(for cold climates)

Batch collector

Solar PV Batteries

Ice StorageBackup System

Solar Vacuum Tubes

Absorption Chiller Plant

Lab AHU

Cooling Tower

Chiller Plant

Grid

Inverter

Building

Grid-connected Photovoltaic System

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Annual Average of Daily Sum

US Virgin Islands Global Horizonal Irradiation

The map represents a long-term average over the period 1998-2009. Solar irradiation sourced from SolarAnyehere and disaggregated by SolarGIS method. 2010 Clean Power Research, GeoModel

Mangrove

Mangrove

Salt River Bay

Constructed Wetland

Plated Terracing for Saltwater Remediation

This laboratory imagines that the future of scientific exploration will be characterized by its intercon-nectedness to ecosystems, direct connection to the public, and access to global information databases. It also takes a cue from ecology and blurs the boundaries between programs that were traditionally segregated into highly controlled zones. Blurring the edges between programs creates a dynamic environment that is enriched by the potential for spontaneous interactions. The lab scape will be in-creasingly flexible as ubiquitous data allows researchers to move freely beyond the constraints of highly conditioned and controlled space to be in direct contact with the environments they study.

live work spaces and park detroit, mi05the normal

panorama photograph of downtown detroit and the abandoned globe trade building detroit, mi

My proposal is meant to incorporate multiple potential futures which might include a prosper-ous waterfront community or may proceed slowly into a much less vibrant future. By stripping the facade and renovating the interior structure, the ground can be immediately made into a public park space for the users of the Dequindre Cut and the Waterfront parks. I propose that the incredibly sturdy structural frame then be reinforced to allow for prefabricated live work units to be inserted into it above the park. If the neighborhood remains sparsely populated the space is valuable as a part of the larger park system. If developement happens in the near future this proposal allows for the continued use of the historic structure to create a unique new living environment that also allows for the public space to exist below it.

live work spaces and park detroit, mi

panorama photograph of downtown detroit and the abandoned globe trade building detroit, mi

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Source: Sanborn Maps, 1922, Vol. 4 Source: Google Earth

Dequindre Cut

Detroit Riverfront Conservancy Parks

Proposed Parks (Currently Abandoned Lots)

Current Buildings

Globe Trade Building

Inserts into the preserved frame of the building

Live units on the East Side of the building are inserted into the former Machine Shop. The units hang from the large cross member that extends between the trusses.

Work units on the West Side of the building sit between the columns.

One section of the facade will be kept in order to remember the original character of the building.

An exhibition space sits behind the one section of wall that will be preserved and provides public access to information on the history of the building and Detroit.

East Unit Plan

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06c f u acenter for urban agriculture detroit, mi

This project is meant to be aspirational about the future of downtown Detroit. Urban Agriculture is already common in the Detroit area so the question had to be asked about what more the Urban Agriculture could accomplish, what Urban Agriculture means at the very center of the city and how this Center in particular would be useful in pushing Urban Agriculture into the future. The rooftop is raised to meet the view of those who would pass by on the mass transit people mover and is sectioned to allow for multiple crop types to be planted as each section of the roof would contain a different soil makeup and depth. Because the roof is not large enough to produce enough goods to profit from their sale, the facility can be used to harvest varieties of seeds. It will also serve as a catalyst for re-imagining rooftop use in a city that is in the midst of a giant overhaul after reaching dismal levels of disuse in the recent past. Below the roof is a system of thick, long, walls meant to appear structural and exaggerate the weight of the farming plots above. Because the thickness of the walls will not need to be solid structure in order to hold up the roof, the interior poche of the walls will house the other program, which is the seed bank. As the roof is extensive, the seed bank below will easily maintain the required reduced sunlight and temperature levels necessary to preserve the stored seeds until they are distributed to farmers around the city. Other programs in the building will house an lab for seed preservation, and soil toxicity testing for prospective urban gardeners in the city, as well as an educational facility and bank for distributing seeds to the public.

The Center For Urban Agriculture, Downtown DetroitSean Baxter, Arch 589 Case Study Project Option B

Urban agriculture has become a common phrase in and around Detroit and there are currently multiple community and city programs working to solve the multiple problems of abandoned lots, disconnected neighbors, rampant unemployment and lack of nutritious foods by establishing gardens in empty lots around inner city neighborhoods. The eventual goal thoughis for Detroit to return to its former glory. If Detroit recovers, the empty lots ll back up, the unemployed will return to work and the urban garden will likely follow the garden programs of the past into disuse. If Detroit is to be the center of a new movement, like Urban Agriculture, as this center foreshadows, then the center must be geared towards promoting a program that not only assists community members when times are hard, but also is promoting a vision for a brighter furture. This project asks the question, is there a way to reimagine urban farming having a place in the city and as a piece of the worlds eort to go green?

Im proposing a project that focuses the attention of city dwellers on the possibility of a downtownroof-top that is not just reducing urban heat island eects, saving energy, and controlling runo,but is doing all of those things and providing a new element to the productivity of the city. A farmon every roof of downtown Detroit would provide a new economic and social base for the city. A green roof that not only reduces costs but in the long run will provide a return for the businesses that construct and run them. Could we, with this project, provide employment that would attract a new generation of workers into the city, provide nutrition to an urban district that besides being sparcely populated, doesnt have a single supermarket, and start to bring nature and life into an area that has been concrete, brick, and steel for over a century. That is the movement this project aims to promote.

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Farm A: Fully functional farm demonstrating the ability to grow healthy produce in the city. Four separateroof sections operate on a four year crop rotation hoping to manage the farming of a full range of regional over many years in the same soil.

Farm B: Deeper heavier section of roof designed to allow larger plantings like a small scale orchard.

Farm C: A much larger roof section that can be divided into smaller plots for crops that dont interact well with the main crops.

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A potential 4-year crop cycle senario based on the year from October - September. (Taken From The Same Landscapes: Ideas and Interpretations, By Teresa Gali-Izard. Pg. 150-151)

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Vegetable Crop Zone: 2.5 Minimum Depth for soil

Planting Medium: The soil that will serve as a base for the agriculture that takes place. The mixture that creates the medium that will make up the roof will be dependant on what mixture satisesboth the demands of the vegetation in providing a nutrient rich environment while at the same timecreating the least dead load possible as a normal loam can weigh up to 120 lbs per cubic foot by itself.

Filter Blanket: A rot-resistant lter layer of non woven polypropylene is placed overthe drain medium to prevent planting soil medium from entering and clogging the drainage system

Drainage Mat or Medium: consists of a gravel mixture or geotextile matting

Concrete Protective Slab

Insulation Board: Rot-resistantprotection board

Lateral Drain moves water to a main drain that moves runo into a harvestingsystem that treats water and recycles itback for irrigation.

Waterproof Membrane: Elastomeric material designed to create a long lasting seal to prevent water from damaging the roof.

Layers of the Agricultural Roof(Info from Time Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture)

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Skillman Branch Library

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Chicagos 1st District:DiverseRelatively Large Minority PopulationLarger FamiliesLower Household IncomesLower Rate of Higher Education

Chicagos 32nd District:Mostly WhiteYoung Auent Newly Wealthy NeighborhoodSmall FamiliesLarge Household IncomesHigher Rate of Higher Education

Wicker Park Neighborhood:Dense Vibrant Commercial Area

North of Bloomingdale Trail on Milwaukee:Less - Dense, Less - Vibrant Business AreaBusinesses in rst oors with residences aboveSome Occurence of empty buildings

Three infill lots sit vacant around a common street corner in a developing commercial corridor just northwest of downtown Chi-cago. The open lots, currently an informal park space for local residents, has an old raised rail line that cuts through one site and behind another, while the L train line passes 30 feet overhead. The abandoned rail line, renamed the Bloomingdale Trail, is becoming dear to the local residents as a public path for walking and biking and may soon be renovated.

The district library is an excellent oppor-tunity to renovate the park and trail and provide a new center for activity in this neighborhood. The connections are not only new access points to a constructed landscape park space but also aspire for something that is more. These sites sit vacant because until recently they sit on the rear boundary of three neighborhoods that differ widely demographically. This li-brary and park has the potential to bridge differences in class, race, and quality of life. Having this central gathering space would provide a potentially diverse and vibrantly active new space for the city.

The library is set 15 below street level and is enveloped by an inhabitable cellular patterned surface that alternates between transparent and planted spaces. The ubiquitous surface blurs the boundaries of the three neighborhoods, provides a space that celebrates the bloomingdale trail and creates a new relationship between the community and on of its last public resources.

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REFERENCE DESK AND REFERENCE SECTION

PUBLIC RESTROOMS

MAIN COLLECTIONS - INCLUDES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS,MAP COLLECTION, PHOTOGRAPH AND PRINT COLLECTION,ETC.

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B CAFE - AREA OF BAR SEATING WHERE PATRONS CAN PLUGIN AND USE PERSONAL COMPUTERS AND EAT AND/ORDRINK WHILE WORKING/READING

BOOKSTORE/COFFEE SHOP - SPACE FOR BOOK SALE TO BE SET UP

PUBLIC COMPUTER KIOSKS

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DIGITAL MEDIA COLLECTIONS - COLLECTIONS OF MUSICAND MOVIES WITH VIEWING ROOMS FOR MOVIE AND LISTENING STATIONS FOR MUSIC

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void aggregating module book construction

acrylic devicebent wood chairyupo arch

An early studio warm up project

titled multiplicitous void, takes a

museum board box and through

exaggerated cutting and folding

back of sufaces creates a volume

that confuses the perception of

what is a thin surface and what

is a solid poche.

Working in a group and utilizing

the fabrication lab and wood

shop, we built wood steamers,

a table for pegging in mdf mold

peices we designed and routed,

and as an experiment in the

techniques of wood bending

pushed 8 long 2 by 1.5 strips

of white oak to its bending limit

in order to construct the contours

designed to fit the ergonomics of

a lounging body.

Using the material yupo, two

of us worked to create an arch

using small sheets folded to be

structural that joined together.

Given a limited selection of materials, acrylic and string, teams of students were asked to create a device

that critiqued some form of communication. Our project took on talking. As a response to the smart phone

and the evolution of communication into texting, facebook, and twitter, in place of speaking, our team looked

to devices predating those current systems. The form of our device recalls the can and string phones where

two people are distant but remain tethered together and find excitement in the idea that a simple device can

project their voice. It is assembled by laser cut acrylic frame work that is then strengthened by the string.

The components of a childs walkie-talkie were reappropriated and housed in its base. A sound responsive

light was then inserted into the base so that it projected light out through the open end of the can. The

final device then was connected to another via 100 feet of spliced wire, not to imply the need for wired

connection but instead to imply the value of having that physical bond to those we speak to.

This studio warm up assignment was a

challenge to create an emergent object with

a module of our design and to have that

module aggregate through construction that

required no adhesive. My project used a

very simple premise of making a rectangular

module using four pieces of museum board.

What would have been a flat surface with

a stiffer material turned out to be a very

malleable structure as it grew to allow for it

to organically engage the foundation box

it was to emerge around.

During a six week seminar

course I created this book that

experiments with how many ways

the book can reveal information

via its construction. I used a

variation of the french fold to

allow for two parallel narratives

to proceed on either side. I also

used the laser cutter the print via

cutting on chapter title pages

and with a hidden fold allowed

for content to be shown only

through the text that is cut out.

During my second year of three at Michigan I was the recipient of the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship which allowed me to spend a year studying both of my interests, which are International Studies and Language, and Architecture. Specifically, I studied more in depth into East Asian history while also studying second year Korean language. During the summer, I was then lucky enough to be able to travel to Korea and research and add valuable experience to the studying I had done during the year.

extra-architecturalforeign language and area studies fellowship focus Korea

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extra-architectural

Nothing would have been accomplished without the support of my family.

Wife, Kuihwa and Son, Ian.