architecture portfolio of charles c. lee
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Architecture Portfolio of selected works from 1st-4th year at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and CSU Firenze, Italy.TRANSCRIPT
Objective
Education
ProfessionalExperience
Affiliations American Institute of Architecture Students [AIAS]
Languages
Extracurricular
Skill sets
I aim to join as an intern in a distinguished firm in order to further my architectural experience byactive participation in the phases of design to delivery while building a foundation for a career in the profession.
September 2008-2011; 2012-2013California State Polytechnic University, PomonaArchitecture [B.arch]
September 2011 - 2012California State University, Florence, ItalyArchitecture [B.arch]
English, Korean, Italian
Studied 9 months in Florence, Italy. Visited numerous world renowned architecture and cities in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Revit Architecture, Google Sketchup, Adobe lllustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Artlantis Studio, Ecotect Analysis, Climate Consultant, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel. OSX/Windows. DSLR Photography.Rhinoceros, V-ray, AutoCAD (in progress)
September 2009 - June 2010PLA Architecture and Design [Intern]Los Angeles, CA
Physical Models for Client Presentations Site Analysis/ Visits Precedent Research Graphical Representation
June 2008 - September 2009Lee’s Gold and ImportLos Angeles, CA
Compose images for consistency Photoshop for online usage
Bellaria Industrial Design Museum
Table of Contents
Western Elementary SchoolChado Museum
Vertical Exhibition Space
ChiamaeraChild’s Lamp
Uffizi Exit
Cube Subtraction
4-17
18-29
30-45
46-57
58-59
60-61
62-63
64-65
BELLARIVA INDUSTRIALDESIGN MUSEUM
While Florence is located in the luscious region of Tuscany, the historic center and its edges has always lacked interaction with nature. Although the Arno River is a strong presence in the area, the city has turned its back after the flood of 1966. The river is ever-present, but the lack of its engagement is evident.
The museum has an enormous responsibility as a port to engage the river, nature and the residential area. The museum should provide spaces to congre-gate, enjoy the outdoors, and to approach and use the river.
Historically, the traditional role of the museum was a physical location that held human “content”. Often, it was the only place to view these items.
The Internet today challenges the role of the museum. This infinitely expanding container allows one to access and view content in one’s home and increas-ingly, anywhere. The Internet is inherently self-curated. Self-curation is the possibility to view only what is wanted. This directly opposes the idea of discov-ery, a major underlying role of the museum. Therefore, the physical museum as a place of discovery should be emphasized. Furthermore, the Internet is reducing the need for social interaction. One can accomplish agendas that traditionally required face-to-face interaction such as keeping in touch and making purchases. Museums are social places. The role of the museum as a social stage should emphasize the interaction and visibility of others beings.
The building is itself a collection of objects in a landscape to be discovered. Inside, volumentric spaces are first easily comprehended then are rediscov-ered. Each volume acts as a social stage where visitors view exhibits and also constantly people watch.
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7Bellariva Industrial Design Museum
b) Objects connected to the main building and each other by a bridge. Landscape is modified to create a park area, connect to existing walking path and engage the river & pedestrians
Objects inserted in landscape.a)
01 Site 02 Mass 03 Elongate 04 Divide
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+20’
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+20’
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Rare opportunity to engage river Openess to river is already commonIn a river-aware city, Availability ≠ Interest
Buidling presence along length of river tomaximize opportunity to engage riverside
Objects limit views to river = InterestBreak up spaces for diverse activities
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Development Diagram
Axonometric Activity Map
9Bellariva Industrial Design Museum
The roles of social theatrics are reversed with the level change. The previously spectating visitors are now the participants of a social stage.
The circulation is now ambiguous. The ambigous cirulation in each volume creates a sense of wandering discovery of items on display.
The invisible [from exterior] connecting tunnels transition the visitor from/to spaces of different volumetric proportions. The progression through constricted and directional tunnels into the sudden expansion of spaces emphasize the spatial and social discovery at the entry of the succeeding space.
Discovery
From the moment of entry into the exhibition, the circulation is immediately evident. Facing down the connecting bridge, the visitor enters the volumes on either side and circulates the 3-dimentional core of the space.
The role of the visitor is the spectator in the volume and of the visitors below.
This role is one of spatial and visual domination.
The domination of volume will emphasize the circulatory discovery soon to follow.
Domination
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DOMINATION vs DISCOVERY
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UP
UP
DN
DN
DN
DN
Street Level
Ground Level
A-A
B-B C-C
A-A
B-B C-C
LOBBY
OFFICE
BOOKS CAFE
CAFE
STORAGE
AUD.
Bellariva Industrial Design Museum 13
Floor Plans
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Section A-A
Section C-C
Elevation [n]
Elevation [s]
Section B-B
WATERLINE0' - 0"
STREET LEVEL20' - 0"
UNDERPASS10' - 0"
WATERLINE0' - 0"
STREET LEVEL20' - 0"
ROOF35' - 0"
UNDERPASS10' - 0"
WATERLINE0' - 0"
STREET LEVEL20' - 0"
UNDERPASS10' - 0"
Bellariva Industrial Design Museum 15
Elevations + Sections
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Bellariva Industrial Design Museum 17
Physical Model
TopStreet View
BottomRirver view
UFFIZI EXIT
The condition of the Uffizi exit in Florence has been a topic of debate for the past decade since Isozaki’s proposal won but was withdrawn soon after. The current state of the exit is an abrupt transition unfitting for a museum of this calibre.
The Uffizi Exit, rather than a directional exit progression, becomes a transi-tional exit space by protecting the leaving visitors with a sense of enclosure. The addition of the cafe divides the currently ambigious piazza into two spaces of different privacy levels.
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21Uffizi Exit
23Uffizi Exit
Development diagram
Left PageStreet View
Right PageSpace development diagram
Canopy Plan
N
+3 m
+3 m
+0 m
+0.53 m+0.27 m
Ground Plan
B-B
A-A
N
Uffizi Exit 25
Plans
SECTION A-A
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SECTION B-B
Sections
Uffizi Exit 27
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Physical Model
Uffizi Exit 29
WESTERNELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Korea town, located in the heart of Los Angeles has been an area of tremendous change within the last two decades. Today, it continues to grow and recently has been deemed as a front-runner of Los Angeles’ urbanization. Korea town has the densest population in the greater Los Angeles and naturally is booming with urban activities.
Placing a suburban model of an elementary school in this active atmosphere would be an act of contradictions and conflicts. On the contrary, the needs of developing children and the services that must be provided by an elementary school remain fairly consistent.
The Western Avenue Elementary is an urban school adaptation to provide -in an active and dense context- the services elementary students require.
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33Western Elementary School
N
UP
UP
UP
UP
DN
DN
2nd Floorplan 1st Floorplan
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A-A
B-B
ClassroomsLibraryKindergartenMultipurpose RoomKitchenCirculationGreen RoofAdmin/Service
WES
TERN
AVE
OXF
ORD
AVE
DN
The surrounding walls act as physical and psycho-logical barriers from the busy environment.
The entrance provides a safe nook away from the street for drop-off and pickup.
The courtyards are quiet and safe outdoor spaces for education and recreation. It is the omnipresent piece of nature in the daily school life. The courtyard allows natural light and views of greenery in, both of which have been proven to aid education and health.
The large green roof offers additional play space in an urban context where it is a rare commodity.
The roof structure, which seems to hover on the western perimeter, asserts the school’s presence on Western Avenue. Its vibrant color and protruding channel glass lightwells visually contribute to the atmosphere of the major avenue.
Parking plan
Site plan
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Plans
35Western Elementary School
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The surrounding walls act as physical and psycho-logical barriers from the busy environment.
The entrance provides a safe nook away from the street for drop-off and pickup.
The courtyards are quiet and safe outdoor spaces for education and recreation. It is the omnipresent piece of nature in the daily school life. The courtyard allows natural light and views of greenery in, both of which have been proven to aid education and health.
The large green roof offers additional play space in an urban context where it is a rare commodity.
The roof structure, which seems to hover on the western perimeter, asserts the school’s presence on Western Avenue. Its vibrant color and protruding channel glass lightwells visually contribute to the atmosphere of the major avenue.
Renderings
Left PageView of hallway from entry
Top RightSecond Floor Classrooms
Bottom RightEastern view of courtyard
37Western Elementary School
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East Facade
North Facade
Wall Section
Sections
Section A-A
Section B-B
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ALUMINUM HOUSINGCHANNEL GLASS
METAL DECKING
CONCRETE SUBFLOOR
RESILIENT TILE
STEEL PLATE
RUNNING ANGLE
STEEL TUBE
RUNNING TRACK
ALUMINUM HOUSINGSTEEL TUBE
MULLION
STEEL ANGLE
STEEL ANGLE
FLASHING
CONTINOUS RUNNING TRACKCLIP ANGLERUNNING ANGLESTEEL PLATE
W27x84
ALUMINUM HOUSINGSTEEL TUBE
MULLION
STEEL ANGLE
CONTINOUS RUNNING TRACKCLIP ANGLERUNNING ANGLESTEEL PLATE
FLASHING
STAINLESS STEEL PANELBACKER BOARD
C STUD
FLASHING
STAINLESS STEEL PANEL
NAIL BASE RIDGID INSULATIONMETAL DECKING
W27x84
TAPERED BEAM
CONCRETE WALL
FURRING CHANNEL
GYPSUM BOARD
MULLION
4" SOG4" SAND BASE
SEALANT
STRIP FOUNDATION
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CONCRETE WALL
FURRING CHANNEL
GYPSUM BOARD
MULLION
GYPSUM BOARD
BACKER BOARD
CHANNEL STUD
ACOUSTIC TILEFLASHING
STAINLESS STEEL PANEL
BACKER BOARD
STEEL STUD
CLIP ANGLERUNNING ANGLE
STEEL PLATE
W27x84
ALUMINUM HOUSINGCHANNEL GLASS
METAL DECKING
CONCRETE SUBFLOOR
RESILIENT TILE
STEEL PLATE
RUNNING ANGLE
STEEL TUBE
RUNNING TRACK
ALUMINUM HOUSINGSTEEL TUBE
MULLION
STEEL ANGLE
STEEL ANGLE
FLASHING
CONTINOUS RUNNING TRACKCLIP ANGLERUNNING ANGLESTEEL PLATE
FLASHINGSTAINLESS STEEL PANEL
BACKER BOARD
C STUD
FLASHING
STAINLESS STEEL PANEL
NAIL BASE RIDGID INSULATIONMETAL DECKING
W27x84
TAPERED BEAM
4" SOG4" SAND BASE
SEALANT
STRIP FOUNDATION
GYPSUM BOARD
BACKER BOARD
CHANNEL STUD
FLASHING
STAINLESS STEEL PANEL
BACKER BOARD
STEEL STUD
CLIP ANGLERUNNING ANGLE
STEEL PLATE
W27x84
RUNNING TRACKFLASHING
Wall Section
41Western Elementary School
* section cut on page 27
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Physical Model
43Western Elementary School
CHADO MUSEUM
The Japanese ideal of beauty, wabi-sabi, is the appreciation of the imperfec-tions and their uniqueness in which an object derives its beauty.
A museum building that exhibits artifacts of wabi-sabi should too, reflect the ideals it represents.
The lightwell, a fragile object to the elements of nature like the rays of the sun or the noises of the rain, is an imperfect cone with its break at the entry space and a chip on the corner.
Naturally, the tea house is located in the embrace of the imperfect corner.
The lightwell is an encompassing object of imperfection that is a constant pres-ent in the space and on the exhibition.
The Chado Museum is an exhibition space containing artifacts of wabi-sabi and lit by a glowing object of its own ideals.
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49Chado Museum
Workshop
Prep Shop
Storage
Ceramics
Store
M
W
MW
M
W
CafeCafe
Temporary Gallery
Dark Gallery
Permanent Gallery
Mechanical
Front Offices
Back Offices
Lobby
Prep Shop
Garden
Tea Room
Workshop Kitchen
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B-B
A-A
Permanent ExhibitionMultipurpose RoomLobby + StoreStudiosCafes + KitchenCirculationRoof TerraceAdmin/Service
Permanent Gallery Roof Terrace
Multipurpose
Mechanical
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Plans
53Chado Museum
Renderings
Left PageStreet View
TopView from permanent gallery
BottomLightwell from tea garden**
** Lightwell is oriented to align directly at the sun on Aug. 11th at noon when the Japanese festival, Nisei Week, begins in Little Tokyo.
Diagrams
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Public vs PrivateCirculationNatural Light
Sections
55Chado Museum
** Lightwell is oriented to align directly at the sun on Aug. 11th at noon when the Japanese festival, Nisei Week, begins in Little Tokyo.
Section A-A Section B-B
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Physical Model
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LeftSection View
MiddleLightwell
RightFront Facade
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61Cube Subtraction
62 EXERCISE
63Chimaera
YARN is perfect for children who constantly have different activities that can benefit from a flexible light source. Whether it be coloring and reading on a desk, block building and demolition on the floor, or even building a well lit pillow fortress on the bed, this lamp allows the flexibility to carry the light to where it is needed most and becomes an interac-tive and glowing “plaything” that can be anything and everything to a child’s imagination.
YARN Child’s lamp
Child's Lamp with two light modes
Approaches to use 2 bulbs in one design.
Singular approach Compromise between light quality of each
Separation approach
Allows for greater manipulation of individual light quality
Individual lamps must read as singular design
What is the di erence between lamp vs child's lamp?
Interaction A child's Lamp should not be viewed as a object of utility but it should become a "toy"
Material Must have good light di using characteristics
Implied softness of material is suitable for children
FlexibilityChildren have a greater variety of lighting needs than an adult
Soft and interactive lamp that is a glowing "toy" and is flexible enough to accommodate many lighting needs by being independent from a stand.
Soft and Interactive "toy" lamp
Cloth/ fabric
Visually/ physically playful and interactive
Two similar lamp objects independent from stand (stand should also be adjustable)
Extremely mobile and flexible for many lighting needs
Two very similar objects but dissimilar to respond to di erent output of bulbs
Concept Map
65YARN Lamp
