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Specular Associations| Masters Thesis
TECHNICAL SKILLS | Maya, Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Z brush, 3D Coat, Processing, 3D Print, CNC mill, Vacuum Forming
Long Section
01.
Summer 2015 | Thesis Advisor : Marcelyn Gow | Academic
“If it is possible to make words empty of meaning, I’d like to try ”
-Peter Eisenman
Set on the site of the Kitt Peak Observatory in the Arizona Mountains, the
building acts as an inverse telescope. Conceptually the projects examines
how transparent objects trade clarity for formal pronunciation. This phenomena
parallels the nature of indexical form itself, and the relationship between what
is seen, and what is unseen.
Physical Model

Specular Associations| Masters Thesis
TECHNICAL SKILLS| Maya, Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Z brush, 3D Coat, Processing, 3D Print, CNC mill, Vacuum Forming
01.
Summer 2015 | Thesis Advisor : Marcelyn Gow| Academic
As a form gains articulation and
textural detail, it becomes less
transparent. This is caused by t
the increased of distortions curved
glass creates.
Sectional
Physical Model
Interior viewSpecular distortion diagram

Lower plan cut Upper plan cut
EMBASSY CIRCULATION
PUBLIC CIRCULATION
MECHANICAL ROOM
GALLERY SPACE
GALLERY CAFE
THEATER
THEATER EXIT/ENTRY
THEATER ENTRY
RESTAURANT
tECHNICAL ROOM
OFFICE
SECURITY
EMBASSY LOBBY
/ENTRY 1
BEACH SIDE
STREET SIDE
EMBASSY LOBBY
/ENTRY 2
EMBASSY PUBLIC
EMBASSY PUBLIC
EMBASSY PUBLIC
Cradle
Separate
Bind
MERG confronts the convergence of two opposing
programs, each of which necessitate a different level of
transparency. It is a single building that houses both a US
Embassy, public theater, gallery space, and restaurant.
The structure is divided into two polar building types;
angular concrete shells, and a rounded fiberglass bag.
These types interact seemingly pushing and pulling on
each other to create a formal relationship.
02. MERG | US embassy and cultural center in Brazil, Rio De Janeiro
Group Memeber: Enbo YP Chen
TECHNICAL SKILLS: Maya, Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop , 3D printing Studio Fall 2014 | Instructor: Herwig Baumgartner | Academic
Pysical Section Model

PROGRAMMATIC DIVISION
A. US Embassy: Building 1&2,
Floor 1-10
A) Steal primary structure
B) Reinforced concrete floor plates
C) Fiberglass Aperture and Insulated
exterior envelope
E
C. Theater: Building 3,
Max occupancy 350
C) Fiberglass Aperture and
Insulated exterior
Project Information
Location: Av. Atlamtica,
1782 Copacabana,
Rio de Janeiro, 22041, Brazil
Building Type: Multi Use
Project Area: 182,445 sq-ft
D
B
B1.
A1.
A1 Aperture Detail
A3.1. Black Aperture Skin
A3.2. Steel egg Crate reinforcement
A3.3. Steel Connection Fin
A3.4. L-Bracket Connector
A3.5. Aluminum Gutter
A3.6. Secondary Steel frames
A3.7. Exterior Envelope: GFRC, W.A.P., Rigid
insulation
Primary steel structure, Secondary Steel
structure, Interior wall
A3.8. Glass Insulated Window Panel
A3.1
A3.2
A3.3
A3.4
A3.5
A3.6
A3.7
MERG| DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
Group Memebers: Enbo YP Chen, Kirill Ryadchenko, Sharona Sha, Matt Grossman
TECHNICAL SKILLS: Maya, Rhino, Grasshopper, Revit, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop
B. Public Gallery and Restaurant:
Building 2, Floor 1-4
C) Fiberglass Aperture and Insulated
exterior envelope
D. Foundation and Underground
Parking:
P1-P2 Max occupancy 550 cars
A) Reinforced Concrete floor plates
B) Concrete retaining wall
02.
Spring 2014 | Instructor: Herwig Baumgartner + Scott Urhru | Academic
A2 3D Chunk
A2.1 Large Aperture Rooms: 30-50 ft tall
8” Steel egg crate internal structure
is coated with black fiberglass skin.
Apertures connect to surrounding Primary
structure. Curved glass glazing inserted
into the fiberglass form has 6” steel mullion
reinforcement.
A2.2 Medium Aperture window: 3-8ft dim
4” steel egg crate internal structure is
coated with black fiberglass skin.
A2.3 Small Aperture light holes: 6” dim
A2.4 Envelope: (see A2)
A2.5 Concrete Slab Floors:
Concrete, composite deck reinforcement,
I-beam primary structure
A2.6 Steel Structure
A2.7 HVAC
A2.6
A2.2
A2.4
A2.1
A2.5
A2.7
A2.3
A2.

B1. Fiberglass Envelope Detail
Panels:
D2.1. Fiberglass Panel
D2.2. Secondary Steel Standoffs
D2.3. Secondary Steel
D2.4. Tertiary Steel
Structure:
D2.5. Floor Beam
D2.6. Edge Beam
D2.7. Concrete Floor over composite metal
deck reinforcement
D2.8. Primary Steel Rib
D2.9. Steel Rib braces at intersection with
edge Beam
D2.8
D2.1
D2.7D2.2
D2.3
D2.4
D2.9
D2.6
D2.2D2.5
RAINBOW NATION
ARUP
SIERRA HELVEY
ENBO CHEN
KIRILL RYADCHENKO
MATTHEW GROSSMAN
LIU SHA
MELNYK ENGINEERS
04/07/2014_SH
MATTHEW MELNYK
N.T.S.U.S. EMBASSY
PANEL DETAIL
JEFFEREY LANDRETH,
PE, LEED-AP
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
APRIL 7 2014
U.S. EMBASSY
IN RIO DE JANEIRO
A3.0KSR
900 EAST 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
D3.2
D3.4
D3.1
D3.6
D3.5
D3.7
D3.6
D3.4
D3.5 D3.8
D3.9
Skin Elements:
D3. 2. Intersitial Meatal Cap
D3. 4. Seconday Steel Liniar elemant
Mollion Fixture:
D3. 5. Metal bolt with 1.5’step
D3. 6. Preshure Bar
D3. 7. Under rail gasket
D3. 8. Cap gasket
D3. 9. T-shaped gasket with Fin
B2. Fiberglass Panel Detail
Skin Elements:
D3.2. Interstitial Metal Cap
D3.3. Secondary Steel Branching element
D3.4. Secondary Steel Linear element
Mullion Fixture:
D3.5. Metal bolt with 1.5’ step
D3.6. Pressure Bar
D3.7. Under rail gasket
D3.8. Cap gasket
D3.9. T-shaped gasket with fin
MERG | DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
Group Memebers: Enbo YP Chen, Kirill Ryadchenko, Sharona Sha, Matt Grossman
TECHNICAL SKILLS: Maya, Rhino, Grasshopper, Revit, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop Spring 2014 | Instructor: Herwig Baumgartner + Scott Urhru | Academic
D1. Flexible Circulation Structure
Primary Structure
D1.1 2’x3’ I Profile Ribs
D1.2 Concrete Decks
D1.3 Platform
D1.4 Pylon
Envelope
D1.5 Primary Frame
D1.6 Secondary Frame
D1.7 Tertiary Frame
Mullion Detail for Fiberglass Panel
20GA Galvanized Metal
W.M.P.
Curtain Wall Steel Tube Frame
GFRC
Rigid Insulation
Primary steel structural frame 24"x24"
Secondary steel structural frame 8"x2"
Air space
Metal Bracket INSIDE
OUTSIDE
RAINBOW NATION
ARUP
SIERRA HELVEY
ENBO CHEN
KIRILL RYADCHENKO
MATTHEW GROSSMAN
LIU SHA
MELNYK ENGINEERS
04/07/2014_SH
MATTHEW MELNYK
N.T.S.U.S. EMBASSY
3D CHUNK
JEFFEREY LANDRETH,
PE, LEED-AP
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
APRIL 7 2014
U.S. EMBASSY
IN RIO DE JANEIRO
A3.0
900 EAST 3rd Street
INSIDE
Flexible Waterpoofing
Curtain Wall Tube Frame
GFRC
Rigid Insulation
Metal Bracket
Gutter
Compacted Earth
RAINBOW NATION
ARUP
SIERRA HELVEY
ENBO CHEN
KIRILL RYADCHENKO
MATTHEW GROSSMAN
LIU SHA
MELNYK ENGINEERS
04/07/2014_SH
MATTHEW MELNYK
N.T.S.U.S. EMBASSY
3D CHUNK
JEFFEREY LANDRETH,
PE, LEED-AP
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
APRIL 7 2014
U.S. EMBASSY
IN RIO DE JANEIRO
A3.0
900 EAST 3rd Street
INSIDEOUTSIDE
Composite Metal Deck
C-Chanel Ceiling Frame
Gypsum Ceiling
Concrete Floor Slab
20GA Galvanized Metal
W.M.P.
Curtain Wall Steel Tube Frame
GFRC
Insulated Window System
Rigid Insulation
Steel Gutter
Fiberglass appiture
Gutter frameing support
Aperture frameing
Air space
Metal Bracket
Envelope Details
02.

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5.
BROKEN SPACE | Case Studies of the Snellman house
TECHNICAL SKILLS: Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, Laser cutting, Hand Modeling
Floor 1
Floor 2 Floor 3
Massing Model
03.
Studio Spring 2012| Instructor: Jonah Rowen | Academic
Massing Model & Section Model
Phase 1: Precedent Studies
The Snellman House by Gunner Asplund, was built in
1917-1918 in Djursholm, near Stockholm, Sweden. Its
plans reveal a strange squished relationship of spaces.
Which provide a operational map for the formal design
of a house.
Operations
1. Division: The initial form is broken into parts.
2. Separation
3. Rotation
4. New boundaries established, “flexible” and “rigid”
5. Delete of overlapping space between the two

Drawing from the original Cerda grid typology of Barcelona this housing project
examines formal clash of the unending nature of an open system and the
strict definition of the grid; taking into account the roles of public and private
circulation, interior and exterior space, as key aspects in a housing project.
TYPE A
2 BEDROOM
1300 SF
34 UNITS
TYPE B
2 BEDROOM
1000 SF
47 UNITSTYPE C
STUDIO
400 SF
102 UNITS
TYPE D
1 BEDROOM
400 SF
141 UNITS
TYPE E
1 BEDROOM
800 SF
57 UNITS
TYPEA
2BEDROOM
1300SF
34UNITS
TYPEB
2BEDROOM
1000SF
47UNITSTYPEC
STUDIO
400SF
102UNITS
TYPED
1BEDROOM
400SF
141UNITS
TYPEE
1BEDROOM
800SF
57UNITS
TYPEA
2BEDROOM
1300SF
34UNITS
TYPED
1BEDROOM
400SF
141UNITS
TYPEE
1BEDROOM
800SF
57UNITS
TYPE A
2 BEDROOM
1300 SF
34 UNITS
TYPE B
2 BEDROOM
1000 SF
47 UNITSTYPE C
STUDIO
400 SF
102 UNITS
TYPE D
1 BEDROOM
400 SF
141 UNITS
TYPE E
1 BEDROOM
800 SF
57 UNITS
TYPEA
2BEDROOM
1300SF
34UNITS
TYPEB
2BEDROOM
1000SF
47UNITSTYPEC
STUDIO
400SF
102UNITS
TYPED
1BEDROOM
400SF
141UNITS
TYPEE
1BEDROOM
800SF
57UNITS
Type A
2 Bedroom
1300 SF
34 Units
Type B
1 Bedroom
400 SF
141 Units
Type C
Studio
400 SF
102 Units
Type D
2 Bedroom
1000 SF
47 Units
Type E
1 Bedroom
800 SF
57 Units
Massing Aggregation:
Twisted Typology| Barcelona Housing Project
Group Members: Andrew Adzemovic
TECHNICAL SKILLS: Maya, Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
The Cerda Block
In Cerda’s master plan of Barcelona every city block is given chamfered
corners in order to increase circulation through the city. The chamfer was
dictated by the long turning radius of steam trams, which at the time, were the
modern mode of transportation. Thus the chamfered square, the octagon,
the rounded unit, though defined by the grid, facilitates a culture of continual
burgeoning movement.
Ground Plan
Typical Plan
04.
Studio spring 2014 | Instructor: Eric Carcamo | Academic

Variable Sample Size:
Variable Sample Rate:
Low Resolution Hi Resolution Variable Resolution
D - Form| Spitting Images
Group Members: Mary Franck, Nina Soltani, Yuan Mu
TECHNICAL SKILLS | Maya, Rhino, Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Python , six axis Stäubli robots, CNC milling
05.
Robot House Design Studio Fall 2014 | Instructer : Peter Testa | Academic
Site of Toronto
Dominion after
transformation
“There is no such thing as neutral space. Architecture
does not exist without something that happens in it. Our
perception of architecture depends on the activities that
take place inside. The space is transformed by events. It’s
not quite the same as before.”

D-Form proposes that sight is an
interpretive tool. Comparing the mechanics of both
human and machine vision, the resulting work is the
deformation of the outside world, defined buy the
viewer and his her her gaze as they move though it.
The site is the Toronto-Dominion Centre by Ludwig
Mies van der Rohe. It is deformed by the theoretical
vision of people moving though the complex.
Variable Sample Resolution:

Tumbling Form |Recasting the Rustic
TECHNICAL SKILLS | Rhino, Hand Modeling, Growing Magical Myscelium
Tumbling form is made from the living material inoculated
Myscelium twisted under directional forces. The resulting form
is an object and space, structure and mass, determined but
movable.
The parameters of the project are best understood through the
position of anthropologist Tim Ingolds who states, “in a living
world, the essential relation is not between matter and form but
between materials and forces”
Formal creation is a dance between material and forces.
Day 1: casting Day 7: Myscelium growth Day 14: Myscelium driedDay 2: casting Day 3: casting Day 4: casting Day 10: Myscelium growth Day 16: Fabric cast removed Day 17: Final object Day 17: Final object
design eleactive Fall 2014 | Instructer : Marcleyn Gow| Academic
06.

“Dynamischer Raumplan” is a spatial installation that operates like a machine. Designed to visualize a future
urban vision based on the city as a dynamic and complex adaptive system.
Help Yourself
Role: Project Manager
TECHNICAL SKILLS: Lazer cutting, Rhino
DYNAMISCHE RAUMPLAN
Role: Memebner of construction team
TECHNICAL SKILLS: constuction
Over the course of a day, this model of the Getty was decomposed by museum visitors, revealing a
museum site transformed by millenia of natural phenomena.
07. 08.
| Interactive Installation with LAYER | 2013, The J. Paul Getty Museum | Built Installation with Coop Himmelb(L)au | 2014 SCI-Arc gallery | Built

LIGHT WALL| Ambient lighting surface apart of the remodel of high rise Apartment, San Francisco
Fabricated in collaboration with Jonathan Foot, Revolver Design, and Craig Steely Architecture
TECHNICAL SKILLS: Affter effects, Phtotshop
09.
2008 | Revolver Design | Professional
In the remodel of a high rise corner apartment a floor to ceiling ambient light installation offers a counterpoint to the dynamic
views,. Inspiration came form the mood set by 70’s space rock and ambient music pioneers - like Cluster, Brian Eno, Michael
Rother. A computer shows a variety of video (sunlight sparkling on Lake Merit, cows grazing in a field, fish swimming among
others) The videos are spayed in slow motion. Seen though the low res screen made of LED’s spread 2” apart behind a floor
to celling wall of acid etched glass. Jim Campbell’s low Resolution served as a source of inspiration

Dance| With Phototgrapher David Papas
TECHNICAL SKILLS: Movement 2006 - 2016 | David Papas Photographer | Modern Dance
10.
In conjunction to my Modern dance practice, I’ve
been taking improvisational dance photography.
I’m interested in form, composition and movement,
as an expressive tool.

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