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MovementInterior DESIGN
MovementInterior DESIGN
Re-Ball: Dupont UndergroundInstallation project for a competition
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In the National Museum of Washington D.C., 650,000 translucent plastic balls were turned into an interactive beach simulation. The future of these balls remained uncertain until the Dupont Underground organization became interested in using them in the streetcar tunnel under Dupont Circle, and opened a design competition.
With two team members, Rachel Kim and Madison Chung, this design proposal for a strand-based installation was submitted. The project, aimed at creating serenity under the hustle of Dupont Circle, takes its inspiration from the stillness of the universe as stars explode. Using the motif of an architectural column as the unit, the space features the column in various states of exploding - dubbed Immerse, Observe, and Rest.
In Immerse, the balls are hung in fragmented strands, as though they are ruins. In Observe, dense columns gravitate up and outward, creating bold gradation. In Rest, all forms come to balance, with a marching distribution and bottom-heavy columns.
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varied densities
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Rest
evenly spaced single unit
Reflected Ceiling PlanScale: 1/32” = 1’ 0”
The Fuel Shop
Industry Performing Arts Center, 2015
Adaptive reuse of Buffalo State Psychiatric Center
This project, designed in an adaptive reuse-focused studio, proposes a performing arts school concept for the redesign of Female Ward G in H.H. Richardson’s abandoned Buffalo State Psychiatric
Center. In 1974, every last patient evacuated the historic asylum. In 2012 - after four decades untouched - the center’s conversion into a hotel and museum began. Since the hotel’s scope only covers
the central portion of the site, complementary future uses for the attached wards are needed. A performing arts center was natural given Buffalo’s vibrant performing arts community.
The project’s focus was providing the performing artists of Buffalo with a home base they could do work in as well as simply be in. Included are a black box theater, a proscenium theater, rehearsal rooms,
classrooms, dance studios, a cafe, office spaces, a resource library, a tech center, and more.
Level 1, “Production”
Level 2, “Rehearsal” NScale: 1/32” = 1’-0”
Reception Desk Section
Reception Desk Detail Scale: 1-1/2” = 1’-0”
Scale: 3/8” = 1’-0”
Level 1 Reflected Ceiling Plan NScale: 1/32” = 1’-0”
Leila, 2015Jewelry store design for a retail studio
Explorations of form and line.
Leila is a fictional character created for this project, which was completed for a retail design studio. She finds sanctuary in the beaches along Lake Michigan’s shore, and when she opened her jewelry store, wanted to pay homage to
their breathtaking power.
Water, in this project, represents a life of leisure. It is the antithesis of weariness; it is a universal serenity. The design takes the glimmering sensation of looking at a horizon of water
and replicates it in another glittering context: jewelry.
For this project, various scales were considered, from user movement throughout the layout to the types of display cases.
Ithaca Visitor Center, 2014Travel center redesign for a user experience studio
This design for the Ithaca Visitor Center, focused on the idea of building your adventure, was done in collaboration with two classmates in a user experience studio.
Interior elevations
The design aims to make the Ithaca Visitor Center one of the city’s attractions. It celebrates Ithaca’s local culture and streamlines the process of providing users with personalized information about the city.
Features include itinerary planning kiosks, interactive feature walls, and a patio.
TouchProduct and Furniture Design
Hayat Table, 2015For a table-themed competition
the Arabic word for ,(hayat) حياة‘life’.
The letters loop around to connect the end of the word to the beginning - a physical representation of life cycles.
The Hayat coffee table is a dynamic and functional piece for living rooms, lounges, and other similar spaces.
Drawing on Arabic calligraphy and geometric art, the design employs angular forms to spell
Dimensions:50” x 28” x 21”
Materials:Cherry wood & black paint
Choco Puzzle,2016How can a gift bring people together? That question stands at the core of the Choco Puzzle packaging project. Drawing from the social aspects of giving chocolate - as a gift or serving it at gatherings - this packaging reimagines the interior of a chocolate box so that it breaks down into puzzle
pieces. As friends and family eat more chocolate, more pieces become available to complete the puzzle. The box’s charm is the intersection of discovery, collaboration, and the enjoyment of chocolate and art.
The model shown contains the above Kandinsky painting.
Abyss Wall Sconce, 2014
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12" 13
16" 716"
3 116"
1'-0 116"
134"
38" 516"3
4"
10"
812"
Section
Axonometric
As outer space stretches endlessly, the Abyss wall sconce filters light selectively through translucent glass to create an illusion of depth.
It is a modular piece that results in different images when the parts are realigned. Several specific configurations result in a reveal of light from an opening at the top.
ExpressionSCENIC DESIGN
ExpressionSCENIC DESIGN
Oedipus at Colonus, 20151/4” scale model of a design for the Theban play.
Left Behind,20151/8” scale concept model for a scenic design course.
Based on the three-line poem With a flourish / the waitress leaves behind / rearranged smears.
Wife for a Life, 2015Perspective from a design for the Eugene O’Neill one-act play.
Kaleidoscope Love, 20141’4” scale model
Based on the three-line poem Kaleidoscope / the little sound
of a star / shattering
In this design, out of scale flowers evoke the play’s theme of nature’s power.
First iterationSketch model
Oedipus The King, 2014From an introductory theater design course
1’8” scale model
