UNDERGRADUATE WORKS

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SkiIIs and Proficiency
Modeling / Drafting Tools
AutoCAD 2010, Rhino 3D, SketchUp, Revit 2011
Rendering Engines
Maxwell, V-Ray
Graphic Design
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Corel Draw
Structural/ Energy Analysis
SAP 2000, Ecotech
Geographic Information System
ArcGIS
Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat
Internship Experience
Jan 2011 current
Simpatico Homes & Swatt Miers Architects
Feb 2007 May 2007
Page & Turnbull Architects
Oct 2006 Jan 2007
Forell Elsesser Engineers
Competition
Nov 2011
Architecture at Netzero
Education
FA 2007 SU 2011
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ARCHITECTURE, University of California, Berkeley
Recipient of Cal Opportunity Full-ride Scholarship
FA 2006 FA 2007
Build San Francisco Institute High School Program
Language
English, Cantonese, Mandarin
PersonaI Information
611 Chestnut St San Francisco, CA 94133
ling@simpaticohomes.com
415-627-7886
P R O F E S S I O N A L
ACADEMIC
CONTENTS
SWIMSCAPE

STORM WATER TREATMENT

PROJECT ASSEMBLING

METALLIC BLOSSOM

TRELLIS

DRAWINGS
SIMPATICO HOMES FACADE MOIR HANGING TERRACES
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2011 2011 2011
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SWIMSCAPE
Summer 2009
Environmental Design 11B
GSI John McGill
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case study
As the first project for the studio, we examined a notable work of architecture by
diagramming its internal relationships. I specifically looked at Weiss/Manfredi s Olympic
Sculpture Park in Seattle. The below diagrams attempts to map the active and static level in
accessible area of the park, with the use of a 30ft X 30ft grid, and a series of determining
criteria. This is an exercise to diagramming site conditions and relationships systematically.
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original plan 20" x 20" grid overlay assigning activeness value
The next task is to create an analytical model from the diagram, resulting in
form of 3d mapping. Exploiting the property of corrugated cardboard, which
has gaps in its corrugation that allows metal rods to be inserted, I designed
a diamond shaped module that can describe a single value in my diagram by
varying the module's amplitude. Once the modules are aggregated through
the use of metal rods, each module began to push or pull its neighbor ,
resulting in warping across general regions of the model. By observing which
region expand or contract, the analytical model revealed latent qualities of
Weiss/Manfredi's work.
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Latter half of the term was devoted to the design of a public swimming landscape and
park located at the Berkeley Marina, at the foot of University Avenue on the water front.
Program requirements:
1 competition size pool (164-1 x 75x 8 deep)
1 competition diving pool (60 x 75 x depth slopes from 3 to 14)
1 childrens pool (min. 40 x 40 x 1 - 3 deep)
2+ informal outdoor recreation pools
public waterfront esplanade and park (no required size)
indoor/outdoor caf (2500 sf total, include 500 sf kitchen)
indoor/outdoor performance space (10,000 sf w/ seating for 250)
multiuse playing field (min. size 200 x 150)
lockers/bathrooms for men and women (2000 sf each)
mechanical equipment room (1500 sf)
4 administrative offices and conference room (600 sf)
covered parking for 50 cars (each space 19 x 9)
GROSS (incI. circuIation, etc.) 96,000 SF
SITE FOOTPRINT 108,000 SF
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The early case study provided a formal
language for the public swim park. Based
on the module I created in the early case
study, the diamond module transformed
to a hexagonal module to become
capable of making space. The modules
would be aggregated, due to the joining
logic of modules and program
requirement such as size, each module
morphs and twists to accommodate the
adjacent module/ program.
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informal pool two
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operations center [5,000ft]
exhibition space [8,000ft];
lecture hall [2,400ft];
administration/offices (2) [1,000ft];
services [600ft]; and a caf [1,000ft]
retention pond: [44,000ft], 5 to 15 deep
series ponds: 1/4 acre, 12 deep
Program Requirements
railroad track
park entry
potter creek
existing storm drains
highway
site
Isolated from the rest of the city by barriers of train tracks
and highways, the Berkeley Aquatic Park is a sanctuary in
prison. Ever since its creation by the WPA during the New
Deal era, Aquatic Park has been an important recreation
and remedial site for the city of Berkeley. During each year's
winter wet season million of tons of storm water gathered
from the city's storm drains and underground covets
marched down to the Aquatic Park lagoons, where they
serve as temporary detention ponds before the polluted
runoff rushes into the San Francisco Bay.
The task is to design a storm water treatment facility and
education center on a bridge of land between the middle
and main lagoons capable of cleaning polluted runoff before
it discharges back to the lagoon/bay and educating public.
BERKELEY STORM WATER
TREATMENT CENTER
TYPICAL EAST TO WEST SECTION @ PARK
SPRING 2009 ARCH 100A W/ PROFESSOR MARVIN BUCHANAN
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Formal study of flow. Form is liquefied and liberated to allow programs to flow into one another. The three
separate zones were bridged by the structure.
The earliest conceptual stage of the project was inspired by lotus and water lilies. These
aquatic plants cleanse water by absorbing pollutants from roots, blooming into beautiful
flowers. My proposal was to integrate the facility into the site as a lotus plant where
storm water were absorbed via "roots" and be cleansed as it traveled through various
pedals, which simultaneously contain volumes to support the various programs, allow-
ing the public to directly engage with the treatment process. To further address Aquatic
Park's access difficulties, the facility as a lotus not only absorbed storm water but it
absorbed also the public inside and outside the park's boundary by extending its roots to
the public. The facility is an attractor and cultivator. The formal study gave the project a
formal language that would be used consistently
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The first act of rooting is to rechannel the potter creek outlet and the main storm drain to the same location at
the Potter street end. Due to sunken elevation of the park, a tunnel can be dug at the end of Potter street,
under the train track to expose the outlets and provide pedestrian access.
Pedestrian will be aware of the existences of the drain, making it the first step in public education. Skylights
will also be created to allow additional sunlight to enter the tunnel.
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My strategy for the facility attempts to bridge the city, the park and the waterfront via "roots", the facility exists
as the gathering of the roots, to become the new transcendence.
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1/ city to park pedestrians tunnel
2/ planter garden
3/ main public entrance
4/ roof terrace
5/ overhanging offices (pedals)
6/ laboratory entrance for staffs
7/ exhitbition / cafe
8/ north entrance / cafe
9/ park & waterfront bridge
1/ urban storm drain and creek outlet
2/ channeling and planter garden
3/ centrifuge x 6,
for extraction of large debris
4/ pumps
5/ main detention basin
6/ filtration basin, gravity fed
7/ outlet
Pedestrians circulation
storm water circulation
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Under track tunnel. The tunnel provide additional access
to the park and educate the public by revealing drains.
The skylights help to make the space well lit while
keeping pedestriant fully aware of the presence of trains
crossing. Aquatic park is a popular biking location, thus
the tunnel is made biker friendly, where bike racks are
integrated with the design of the tunnel (peeling).
After storm water exits from the drain revealed at the
tunnel, it navigates through channels cover by planters
(where plants with long roots would be grown) and rush
to the facility. The channels are the literal roots of the
facility, attracting storm water and visitor.
The facility is design entirely with the formal language of
strips that were interpreted as roots, these strips come
together at the main facility and form a blossom.
Pedestrians have full access to the roof of the facility
which is designed to bridge the waterfront and preserve
existing connection to the rest of the park. Administrative
offices have direct access to the roof terrace.
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Roof terrace allow observation of operation at filtration
basins from above Entrance and lobby
The formal language of "roots" informs the form of the
bridge. Coming from the sea and become one with the
facility.
The exhibition space is organized in steps akin to a
theatre, while the laboratory goes below.
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15 Project: Assembling
We continue our explorations in form and use and add a
new focus on assembly: the relationships between materials
and their construction with experience and use. We will also
explore the expressive qualities of building assemblage,
how buildings meet the ground, how spaces are
built/spanned, how they connect- with light, sky, context.
Case Study: Double House
First phase of project assembling focuses on
precedent case study. All information about the
precedent building are rigorously sought for,
including the history, the relationship of the
building to the practice that designed it, the
relationship of the building to its physical, social
and climatic setting. The Double House by
MVRDV in Utrech, Netherland was the building
I investigated. The building is unique because it
housed two different families simutanouly on
one lot by dividing the house in section rather
than in plan, this allowed MVRDV to alternate
the section and exchange space between two
homes differently on each level to stimulate
various spatial experiences. The exchanging of
spatial volumes has created an interlocking
architecture, an idea that I will carry forward to
the next phase of the project.
lateral structure vertical structure facade structure
original diagram by MVRDV
FALL 2010 ARCH 100B W/ PROFESSOR HARRISON FRAKER
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The second phase of the project involves designing a building housing
galleries, offices and reading rooms using the assemblage technique of the
case study project. A schematic plan was provided to serve as the begin-
ning of the exercise.
Previous investigation of MVRDV's Double House revealed the
idea of interlocking volumes, base on the schematic plan, an 8"
X 8" grid is created to serve as the basic structural grid. By
adding an extra dimension to the plan grid, volumes exchanges
between adjacent programs can begin to happen. The
exchange allows programs to break their original boundaries
and reach out to their neighbors and surroundings, generating
new spatial experiences.
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The spatial volumes interlock three dimensionally,
a circulation spine connects all the volumes
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metallic
Tables are everywhere, and just like many
other everyday utilities, they can be easily
overlooked. In the second of the three core
projects in the course of introduction to
construction, the steel project focuses on the
design of a coffee table, which tests our
understanding of metal's materiality and the
ability to materialize concepts into functional
realities.
The project provided excellent opportunity to
rethink the ordinary table, and transcand it
from an everyday object into something
higher. In order to create a design that
engages with users, a design with the ability to
transform is proposed. The aim is to
reinterpret the table as an active object that
not only serves basic functions, but also
interacts with and talks back to its users.
Create a coffee table with a supporting structure made entirely of steel or aluminum.
The design must take full advantage of the unique material properties of the metals while recognizing their inherent limitations
A piece of glass from the following four sizes will be used as the tables surface:
18 square,18x36 rectangle, 18 circle, or 18x36 oval
The glass is not allowed to be manipulated in any way.
The cost of material shall not exceed $100.
Basic Requirements
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SPRING 2011 ARCH 160
STUDY. Abstraction of rose form and lateral
transformation. The basic structure are the
arms (green) hinged at the corner of the
triangular core (white).
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Although the idea is simple, it began to
suggest more complex transformations; I
started to explore structure that expands in
different ways, not only vertically but also
laterally, and find ways to incorporate the
transformation into the function of storage.
The cube is the initial study on transformation
and function of the table. By introducing pivot
joints to the vertical sides of the cube, the
sides can swing upward and create
additional surfaces.
The form of rose flowers and the way they
bloom consistently lingers in my mind;
pedals each swirls open, revealing voids
that have storage potential.
initial study
a ability to expand or contract to increase or diminish surface area depend on need.
b ability to adjust surface height depend on need.
c provide storage for items such as cups
following goals were established to give creativity a focus:
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1. center plate rotate CC about center axis
2. moment transfer from center plate to pedal
3. outer columns (blue) exerts reaction force
pushing pedal outward
center plate (stamen), attached to turnable axis
pedals with storage compartments, revealed when open
18" diameter glass, fixed to center plate
Elevation view. The outer columns (blue) or
exert reaction force pushing the ground and
the pedals when center plate rotates about
the axis (red).
Once the pedals spread, the table top lowers
due to the further tilting of the outer columns,
this effect is kept since changing height is one
of the original goals.
functions and mechanics
Previous study yield a geometric system capable of opening its "pedals", and
closing into a equilateral triangle. The elegance and storage potential of the
form is immediately recognized. The next step is design the mechanism so the
pedals "bloom" when the table top is turned.
Once the glass rotated counter-clockwise 90 along
with center plate, pedals will glide out revealing the
storage compartment that were concealed. In order
to achieve this blossoming, there must be an
element that push the pedals outward to react
against the counter clockwise turning of the center
plate. Three outer columns are created for that
purpose.
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1/ 2" L SECTI ON ( PEDAL + TOP FRAMI NG) - - - - - - 10FT
1" WI DE FLAT BAR ( PEDAL FRAMI NG + CENTER PLATE) - - - - - - 6FT
1/ 2" SQUARE BAR ( PEDAL CURVE PATH) - - - - - - 6FT X3
1" HOLLOW SQUARE SECTI ON ( BOTTOM PLATE) - - - - - 3FT
2" DI AMETER TUBE ( CENTER COLUMN) - - - - - - 3FT
1- 3/ 4" DI AMETER TUBE ( COLUMN WI THI N COLUMN) - - - - - - 3FT
3/ 4" SQUARE SECTI ON ( OUTER COLUMNS) - - - - - - 1FT
1" C SECTI ON ( GLASS ATTACHMENT) - - - - - - 6I N
1/ 2" DI AMETER TUBE FOR BLOCKI NG - - - - - - 1FT
1/ 4" BOLTS SHORT X 21, LONG X 9
3/ 4" UNI VERSAL JOI NT X6
18" DI AMETER TEMPERED GLASS
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The work is currently held in display in CED lobby
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Butterfly Trellis
Fall 2009 ARCH 150
The trellis project is a design exercise with a structural
focus. While trying to come up with a functional
structure that transfer loads safely to the ground,
challenge is taken to find a meaningful form that make
the object more than the sum of its parts. The
butterfly trellis liberates from the rectangularity of
conventional trellises, embracing curves made
possible by glue laminated beams. The hierarchy
of wood members and the draping form
supporting by a heavy column express the
force transfer vividly.
curve beam profiles
imitated flight
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The Balancing Act color pencil drawing
tonal drawings with charcoal
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PROF
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WORKS
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The first Simpatico home - the Prototype
House started factory construction in
March 2011, in July the modules were
transported to the site in Emeryville and
installed in one day. When fully finished in
early November 2011, the netzero energy
Prototype House is expected to receive
LEED for Homes Platinum certification.
My main invovlement with the house was
the design and drafting of the three-story
stairway.
modular residences
Swatt Miers Architects & Simpatico Homes
Major works emerge from my internship at Swatt Miers Architects &
Simpatico Homes partners, are renderings and construction
documents of the Orinda Prefabricated House. Swatt Architects are
well known for their highly crafted California modern residences, and
Simpatico Homes has partner with them to bring affordable modern
style living to the market by creating an efficient design and delivery
system that is highly customizable to individual clients.
Unlike typical house construction which does most the works on site,
all Simpatico homes such as the Orinda House is intended to be built
as separate modules in an offsite factory and be shipped to site for
final assembly. The Orinda House is the second project for
Simpatico Homes, I worked closely with the founder of Simpatico
Homes and Swatt Architects to produce a system of details that
would be used consistently on future Simpatico modular homes.
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railing study
Alamo / Orinda Prefabricated Residences
Swatt Miers Architects & Simpatico Homes
Renderings of the second and third home designed by Swatt Miers
Architect and Simpatico Homes. Generated from Google SketchUp
and post processed in Adobe Photoshop.
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Left. Alamo Residence Above. Orinda Residence
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9 CEILING MODULE STANDARD SECTION
Orinda Modular House
Selected standard construction details
Simpatico Homes developes its own
system of standard construction details
to be be use in all of its residences.
The standard details allow the design
process to be more efficient while
keeping the system versatile to suit
client needs.
Literal means the mouth of ocean , Haikou locates at the north east tip of the
Hainan Island where Nandu River begins, which makes it the most important port
city that links the Hainan island to mainland China. My objective is to develope a
skin that is not only visually provocative but also uncover the citys identity as a
port city by envisioning the facade as a garment of waves.
The Chinese firm Architectural Design and Research Institute of Guang Zhou
needs a new facade design for their recent-proposed International Friendship
Plaza in the capital city of Hainan Province, Haikou. With another teammate, we
were asked by the firm to each propose a design concept for the facade. The only
requirement was the design must be constructible and provocative.
In order to rid the design of its original box appearance, moire effect is
exploited on the building skin. Moire pattern occures when two or more
meshes overlaped each other. If the meshes are seperated by enough
distance it will create wave patterns and depth illusions as the observer
moves and changes perspective.
Facade Moir
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Facade of original proposal (front view), coutesy of ADRIGZ
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light wavy fabric
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Skin is unfolded, then a pattern of silk fabric is first drawn on the envelope by referencing the
way silk fabrics form creases. The shapes marks the placement of windows, therefore is
drawn strategically to suit programs needs.
Tilted windows, the inner pattern
Vertical steel bars, the outer pattern
Inner and outer pattern overlap to produce an moire effect
Divided vertically into one-meter-wide strips
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The Garment
Stairway to roof terrace
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The competition calls for the design of a net zero energy residential
complex on an urban brownfield in the city of Emeryville, California. The
site was once the factory for Sherwin William Paint Company, now
cleared as part of city's effort for redevelopment, which includes project
like the nearby Bay Street shopping district and the Greenway linear
park, which terminates at the site.
As part of the requirement, the design must include the ability to generate
energy onsite while minimize energy use to achieve zero net energy
consumption throughout the entire year. A new street and extension of
the greenway would also be inserted into the site. The existing Sherwin
William building was designated as an historical building and therefore
remains in the design.
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The building are to include 240 residential units (average 900 square feet
each), one 1200 square foot retail space, and a new 4000 square foot
public library branch.
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Architecture at Zero Competition 2011
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Emeryville is in California climate zone 3, with a total of 2909
heating degree days and 128 cooling degree days, meaning
that heating would be the dominant energy expenditure for
the design, seconded by lighting.
In order to produce energy onsite, solar voltaic panels and
wind turbines are used. To maximize gain from wind
turbines, wind funnels are integrated into the form of the
building to accelerate wind speed to the turbine's rated
speed.
The form is the result of the brick typology, a facade material
that were used extensively on the historic Sherwin William
building, as well as many older structures in Emeryville. By
treating each apartment unit as bricks, each floor obtains
approximately 2000sf of outdoor terrace space that are
shared among the tenents, this allows the building to
maintain the maximum outdoor space available for the
community and still keep a low footprint.
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