Architecture Portfolio

janice h shinjanice h shin2004-2008 portfolio

sciwallhigh octane studios

electric fieldsphotographer’s residence

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sci wall

The SCI-Wall is a collaborative installation designed and built by the 1A studio in the fall of 2004.

As an experiment of fundamental designs in architecture, the students were asked to submit ideas for an inhabitable space that reflected sensitivity in basic design principles such as pattern and repetition, structural integrity, and an investigation into materials.

The studio was divided into three teams and submitted one design per team for the midterm; our team won the design competition.

The design began with ideas of a space with dynamic walls that could provide the user with a unique experience within the space. The walls could swell and shrink; for example, provide nooks for seating. The shifting of vertical space allowed the redundancy of the repetitive pattern to diminish and gives the space an organic essence.

Fall 2004 SCIArc Studio 1A Instructors: Rob Ley & Heather Flood

Sketches: 3 teams contributed ideas for the final project, ranging from studies of the structural and material elements to design and spatial qualities.

sci wall

The tubes, being easily obtainable and low-cost, became the choice material for the walls. Opacity gave this project its main aesthetic appeal, adding more dimension to the morphing wall. It became a space that pushed one to think of fundamental architectural questions, such as what defines public space from private? It also forced the team to consider structural issues that arise from unusual shapes. Since tubes have no straight edges, it became and extra challenge to figure out how the tubes would connect to each other or to other structural pieces.

First layer laid down after cutting and sanding.

Undulation of wall begins to take shape.

Final stages of construction.

Elevation

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high octane studios

This project takes automobiles and movie production, two major ideologies of Los Angeles, and puts them together to create a space unique to either culture.

The city is a myriad of highways and roads that climb over, under, and through it, from the shore to the mountains and valleys.

Every neighborhood is as different as the multitude of automobile models that can be seen traveling the streets of L.A. You can expect a gang of motorbikes heading to the same hills that the SUVs are destined.

The 405 Fwy is commonly known as “the largest parking lot in the world”, as it is often congested with bumper to bump traffic, creeping at a snail’s pace.

L.A. is also home to the largest conglomeration of movie studios and the man-power behind them. You can gain access to a map of the homes of the biggest film stars on windy Sunset Blvd.

Thanks to celebrity gossip media resources such as TMZ, all you need to do is hop in a rental car and roam the right streets in search of these mega stars, often not in vain.

Downtown L.A. is a common spot for on-location shoots since it is like a ghost-town on nights and weekends (although this fact is slowly changing as the downtown area is seeing a growth in residential projects and entertainment venues.

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The site of the film studio is nestled between the L.A. River and the intersection of 3 major highways (the 5, 10, and 101). The vicinity is highly industrial, with the trains running parallel to the site, across the river. To the west is Downtown Los Angeles. It is also flanked to the north and south by bridges crossing over the river.

This area is often used by Hollywood producers to film automobile-related commercials and film seqences.

high octane studios

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high octane studios

High Octane Studios is a full service movie set and auto maintenance/repair shop. It is also great for on-location shoots as it is in the vicinity of several on-location spots that are frequently used in commercials, tv shows and films. The LA River is an integral part of the studio, as well as the building itself. With ramps serving as roofs and floors, the studio is interchangeable as a both a place to cater to automobiles on camera and to be used as part of the scene. This all blends wonderfully with the dominating car culture and highway infrastructure that is found in the City of Los Angeles.

As a full service shop to automobiles, all maintenance and repair can be done in-house, providing production crews an easy and efficient way to deal with any changes that may happen during filming. When the studio is not being used by a production company, it can stay in business by opening their services to the public.



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Once all charges are applied, a field of lines are computed. Opposite charges will have lines that attract and similar charges will have lines that repel.

How Electric Fields Works: Scripts

electric fields

This Rhino script allows points and lines to receive a negative or positive charge. The numeric value of the charge can also be chosen. For example, you can apply a +5 charge or a -10 charge.

Plan elevation

Study Variations: Points

The script allowed us to make unlimited variations of points with positive and negative charges and lines with positive and negative charges.

These variations are with points and are 3Dimensional. The positive and negative points have been organized radially and computed with a field circle.

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Study Variations: Lines

These variations are with points and are 2Dimensional. The positive and negative points are computed with a field grid

These variations are with lines and are 3Dimensional. The positive and negative points are computed with a field grid

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electric fields

The studies done with the charged lines led to the idea of using lines that were curved, leading to more provocative outputs.

Charged lines and output on the same plane

Charged lines and output on the different planes

The exploration into planar electric fields allowed for a 3 dimensional output to be created; using the produced field of lines from the charged lines (left page), we were able to create a physical model of the output. Using Surfcam, we laser cut the acrylic pieces and assembled them by hand, using basswood pieces to connect them.



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photographer’s residence

Echo Park is a small neighborhood of Los Angeles with a mix of residential areas, a string of mom and pop shops, indie band venues and hipster clubs. It is multi-cultural, close to Dodger Stadium, Downtown LA, Koreatown, and Silver Lake. Echo Lake sits in the center of the neighborhood.

The assignment called for the design and basic development of a vacant plot of land up on a hill on the east side of the lake for an artist. I chose to design a live/work residence for a photographer.

While attempting to maintain an objective to creatively design a space that would be appropriate for the client, it was imperative to keep the project as realistically feasible as possible, keeping in line with city codes for construction and design. Construction of any building often faces tough decisions and unforeseen problems that may negatively alter the time line and cost of the project. As the project developed, these issues were brought to the forefront as it became obvious that what one often wishes to construct is not always as easy, or even possible, as first considered.

The hilly site was built in a foam model and deconstructed to propose different design possibilites for the artist’s residence. Manipulation of the given space allowed for a large variety of outcomes, so the focus for my particular client was the rearrangement of positive and negative space. The blocks of foam that were removed were put back into the site in a different way so that a unique space could be created.


The residence was divided into private and public sections. The private area would consist of typical spaces for a domicile: bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, etc. The public area became a work space and gallery for the photographer. In order to access the public area, there would be no need for guests to walk through any part of the private side of the house due to the spiral shape of the building. The private space starts at grade and descends into the ground, following the downward grade of the site. Natural light only comes through from the ceiling or light wells. The public space is all above ground, and the workspace is cantilevered in an L shape over the site.

The site below the structure is a multi-level garden/landscaped area for leisure activities.

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studio + office

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bedrooms

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bio bike

for the London Olympic Games 2012, students were commissioned to design a structure for a shared bicycle system that would allow tourists and locals to rent a bike, ride to another part of the Olympic village, and park the bike for someone else to use. our team decided to design a modular system that would allow the pieces of the bike storage system to be easily assembled and disassembled during delivery as well as provide a variety of designs for bike storage. the design of the storage system also doubles as an undulating bike path, so bike users can ride on or along the path around the village.

we decided to add a green aspect to the design of the bicycle itself, where the materials that can be designed biodegradably can use materials like corn so that any unused or broken bikes be disassembled and the biodegradeable parts can be safely sent to landfills.



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