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elBULLITRANSHOTEL

LOS ANGELESMEMORIALCOLISEUM

VERMONT SANTA MONICA

TRANSIT HUBLUNAR

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PARACHUTEPAVILION

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0105_LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM_LOS ANGELES, CA|FALL 2011The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is one of the most iconic stadiums in US and Olym-pic history. As site of the 1932 and 1984 Summer games, it is now the home of the USC Trojans NCAA football team. The current capacity is almost 94,000 making it not only one of the largest sports venues in the country, but also one of the most hostile playing environments for visiting teams. However, the current sight lines for many of the seats are based around historic designs for Olympic based competitions. With the stadium in need of general upgrades, this design proposal also increases the �exibility of the Coliseum for future events.

The LA Coliseum is located just south of the USC University Park Campus, in a square mile mixed use site called Exposition Park. Currently, a few museums on the north perim-eter and a sea of paved parking lots is about all that makes up the park. Therefore, the �rst part of this program was to develop a more viable urban plan. My proposal was to make the north half of the park an entertainment district, complete with retail, health centers, and sports �elds mixed in with the existing museums. The south side is a large parkland and water retention pond, while the east and is made up of two hotel towers and commer-cial o�ces.

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SOUTH CENTRAL

EXPO PARK

_aerial view to downtown Los Angeles

_soccer con�guration: bowl roof down - capacity 48,500

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_football con�guration: bowl roof up - capacity 84,500The design proposes that the Coliseum not only be used by the USC football team who already occupies the venue, but also by Chivas USA, a Los Angeles MLS team. However the requirements of each program are signi�cantly di�er-ent. By lowering the roof, the upper deck is covered and the capacity is lowered, making it a viable option for Chivas USA soccer games where attendance is less.

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_model photos

_renderings

_north entertainment corridor

_concessions corridor

roof trusswater storagewaste storage

_skylounge plan _skylounge section

_skylounge perspective inside the stadium

_north 50 yard line sectionTHE

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0202_VERMONT SANTA MONICA TRANSIT HUB_LOS ANGELES, CA|SPRING 2011 The Vermont-Santa Monica transit station is located in the Hollywood neighbor-hood of Los Angeles. It currently serves as a hub for both the underground metro and bus lines, allow-ing transfers to some of the city’s most important routes. This project adds a 150,000 square foot, mixed use station that activates a currently baron site. Included in the program are one and two bedroom residential units, as well as mutli person apartments for students of nearby Los Angeles Community College.

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_site: vermont and santa monica

_massing strategy and program organization

_block wood study models

_program: 150,000 sf mixed use_separate retail (blue) from residential (yellow)

VERMONTSANTA MONICA

_split residential and separate senior housing (orange) from students (red). in retail, push back santa monica facade to create a plaza (dark green)

_push up end of east residential to address corner while indenting the middle to allow for longer perspective views. below, open service area behind retail and break o� santa monica corner to allow access from residential neighborhood. add contaminent program (light green) in middle. _�nal model

ACTIVATE_plaza perspective: information poles peel up from ground

_information pole details _�rst level plan

light �xture

planter

_elevation _section

plaza

information poles

LCD screen to display train/bus schedules, local

news, and information

_residential section and cross ventilation

perforated metal privacy panel

aluminum storefront curtain wall

operable window

balcony

sliding wood plank divider

stucco �nish on metal stud wall

_west elevation _east elevation

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VRMT/SAMO

_view from corner of Santa Monica and Vermont

In the project statement, the contama-nent program was left unde�ned so students could determine what would best suit the location. Based on demo-graphics and surrounding buisinesses, a �tness center, health center and and library open to the public would be most bene�cial. These spaces are formed by two continuous slabs that weave together to make undulating �oors and ceilings. At the plaza, the slabs fray to form the information poles, leading users into the contamination space and underground.

_contaminent perspectives

_library reading space

_sports court on roof

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sports court

�tness center

library reading

entry spaceplaza

parking

cafe lounge

theater

stacks

health center

0404_elBULLI TRANSHOTEL_BARCELONA | SPRING 2006 The elBulli Transhotel was a group project completed while studying abroad in Barcelona, Spain. Kimberly Taylor, Kyle Masters, and I chose a local brand that expli�es Spanish culture and the Barcelona lifestyle. elBulli, the restaurant and company of famed Catalan gastronomer Ferran Adria, brands a structure that serves as a hotel, culinary school, and restaurant. The site is tucked behind Paca Catalunya, a major Barcelona tourism center within walking distance to multiple fresh markets. A meeting with elBulli product developer Luki Huber provided and outline for the program and design process.

_left and below: attempting elBulli dishes and creating original gastronomy_right: Wendy’s restaurant logo with di�erent color combinations. Most food establishments choose red and yellow because of their appetizing e�ects._bottom: actual elBulli dish, Apple Caviar.[see matrix on opposite page]

The matrix logs all research found in relation to cooking a dish and consuming it. It allows our team to catalogue the elBulli menu and understand the necessary dining rooms. Three rooms are designed based on length of consumption, quick, medium, and long. Each incoporates color palettes, sounds, smells, and physical placement to create the appropriate atmosphere.

_hotel rooms and multiuse spaces

_suspended gastronomy labs and kitchens

_restaurant comprised of three dining areas

_exterior cladding to mold into Barcelona street scape

_furniture design study and elBulli logo

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_left: interior perspective of atrium and video cooking lessons projected on core for visual stimulus to students and hotel visitors_below: original facade sketch

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0505_PARACHUTE PAVILIONNEW YORK, NY | FALL 2004 Professor | Chong-Zi Chen The Parachute Pavilion is a design entry for a competi-tion to celebrate an iconic New York amusement ride, the Parachute Jump. Even though the ride is no longer in use, it is the last remaining attraction from the Steeple-chase Amusement Park on Coney Island and serves as a reminder of the tourist destination’s “heyday”. Each entry into the competition was to include a restaurant, o�ces, and restrooms. It also was to include a �exible space for exhibitions and �ea market type retail.

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1. interior restaurant seating2. exterior restaurant seating3. kitchen4. restroom5. open to below6. existing boardwalks7. existing parachute ride

The pavilion is created by a concrete slab suspended between two glass boxes. A core structure houses the o�ce space, kitchen, and restrooms while the remain-der of the building �oor plan is left open for dining and multipurpose activities. The boxes provide shelter from the elements while maintan-ing views of the historic ride adjacent to the site.

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_second �oor plan and site

_section and cones of vision

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core

roof

kitchen and restrooms

concrete �oor

o�ces

_interior rendering, parachute jump beyond _exploded isometric

_model and site photo 05

_current �rst tier plan

0606_FORT SUMTER HISTORIC STRUCTURES REPORT_CHARLESTON, SC | FALL 2008WTS-LIOLLIO ARCHITECTURE Fort Sumter, located in the Charleston Harbor, is one of the most iconic locations of the Civil War. The remains have seen multiple bom-bardments, renovations, and reconstructions over 150 years, creating and obscure mixture of time periods and construction methods. The National Parks Service took ownership in the 1960’s and in 2008 put together a team of architects, historians, and masonry specialists to deci-pher the puzzle and develop a living document called a Historic Structures Report (HSR).

_view A visualization _view A post war historic photo

_1865 �rst tier plan_view B post war historic photo

In order to gain a more thorough understanding of the fort and its many layers, the team decided to use historic plans and photos to recreate each important period in the fort’s history. It was my job to use these piecemeal plans and photos to build in Revit all the periods of relevance, and then render speci�c areas to match materials. Each period unique for it’s construction tactics and meth-ods, the models allowed visualiza-tion that developed into a story-board of events and reconstruc-tion practices. The National Parks Service can now use these BIM models for future reference.

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_current conditions Revit model

_below: left �ank wall detailed wall elevation, showing period bricks and major cracking. sally port highlighted with photo underlay.

_examining conditions on left face wall

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0707_VA HOSPITAL ELECTRIAL VAULT BUILDING_CHARLESTON, SC | SPRING 2008WTS LIOLLIO ARCHITECTURE The Electrical Vault Building (EVB) is a recently completed addition to the Ralph H. John-son Veterans A�air Medical Center in Charleston, SC. It houses electrical generators, elevating them from their current position below the �ood plain. The EVB will add an updated apperance to the south side of the existing build-ing, while tying into the VA standard colors and materials. My involvement with this project included assistance in programming, 3d visualization, and facade design while helping with structural detailing.

_east elevation

_generator exhaust opening detail

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_construction photos

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0808_FURNITURE DESIGN_Furniture design is a non- architectural creative outlet that I enjoy in my free time. On a smaller scale, these projects explore common architectural themes like sustainability and connectivity. The �rst project is a co�ee table that was constructed while at Clemson University. It takes advantage of biscuit joinery, and uses no nails or metal hardware. The second piece is my design with the Architecture for Humanity Charleston Chapters community bench project. It uses all reclaimed materials, like a barrel drum and ironing board. The �nal project is a bar that was built for the Sharpe residence in Pawleys Island, SC. It was designed on wheels to roll in and out of the carport for multiple occasions.

_construction details

Furniture design is a non- architectural creative outlet that I enjoy in my free time. On a smaller scale, these projects explore common architectural themes like sustainability and connectivity. The �rst project is a co�ee table that was constructed while at Clemson University. It takes advantage of biscuit joinery, and uses no nails or metal hardware. The second piece is my design with the Architecture for Humanity Charleston Chapters community bench project. It uses all reclaimed materials, like a barrel drum and ironing board. The �nal project is a bar that was built for the Sharpe residence in Pawleys Island, SC. It was designed on wheels to roll in and out of the carport for multiple occasions.

The Truss Table is a design from my furniture design class at Clemson. The challenge was to express wood joinery techniques that don’t require metal fasciners. Therefor, each of the four trusses are made from biscuit joints, and joined together by lateral bracing with square plugs and 1x1 wood bars. These trusses are cantilevered as well to show structural capacities of wood construction and bracing. The table is topped by a glass rectangle that allows people to see the intri-cate details below.

_table and glass top _truss design

Barrel Bench was an entry into a small competition for the Charleston Chapter of Architec-ture for Humanity. The project was developed to design and build multiple benches that could be dropped o� in parks and communities around Charleston “guerilla” style. My design focuses on the reuse of materials found locally that would normally go to waste. The barrels were carved to create the outer structure, while old ironing boards were hung to make a swing like seating platform. Old rubber bike tire intertubes wrap the outer edge of the seat for protection. Underneath the screen, plants can be grown.

_barrel bench

_costruction and �nal photos

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Bill’s Cabana Bar was a designed and built for the Sharpe residence in Pawleys Island, SC. Like most homes in the storm �ood zones of the Atlantic Ocean, the bottom level garage is left open for car parking and in some cases leisure activities. The Sharpe’s wanted a piece that could easily slide in and out of the garage door, to entertain outside on occassion, so the bar sits on six cast-ers, that can be locked in place. The skeleton was built similar to wood frame home construction with 1x2 members, and then clad with un�n-ished Cedar wood and corrugated metal panels. On top, high quality 1x6 members of White Pine were enlayed with Cedar corner pieces and topped with a resin �nish.

_construction photos

_corner detail with Cedar inlays

_Bill’s Cabana Bar 08