KWANKU KANG PORTFOLIO 2015

Interior Architecture Design Portfolio 2015
a collection of design and creative works by KWANKU KANG

I’M ON :
INTERIOR & ARCHITECTURE DESIGNER
Was born in 1989
Am
From
South Korea
Live in London
MalePhone. +44 7478 321 040
Email. kokingkwanuk@gmail.com
ONLINE PORTFOLIO
www.behance.net/kwanku
March, 2013 - July, 2014
Assistant Manager
The Space GONGYOU _ Seoul, South Korea
Responsibilities :
September 2014 - July 2015
Middlesex University _ London, UK
Major : Interior Architecture
Degree : BA (Hons)
March 2007 - Feburary 2013
Seoul Institute of the Arts _ Gyungi-do, South Korea
Major : Interior Design
September 2012 - January 2013
Rose Bruford College _ Kent, UK
Major : Scenic Art
Exchange Student
March 2004 - Feburary 2007
Seoul Art High School _ Seoul, South Korea
Major : Design
Prepared design ideas and participated idea meetings
Drew plans and made 3D models
Made design proposals and attented client meetings
July, 2012
Korea Institute of Design Promotion
- Recieve minister prize / Top 0.2%
March, 2012
Merit Scholarship, Seoul Institute of the Arts
- Dean’s scholarship / Top 5%
Design
Graphic Design
Fashion Design
Photography
Croquis
Oil Painting
Video Art
Theatre
AutoCAD
90% 95% 90% 85% 70% 80% 85%
3ds MAX SketchUp Illustrator PowerPoint WordPhotoshop
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CURRICULUM VITAE

contents
the midtown
the hoarder next door
the empty house
addtional unit house
neo noah’s ark
bike station
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THE MIDTOWN
DECEMBER 2013
Shopping Mall Renovation
WORK EXPERIENCE
March 2013 - July 2014
The Space GongYou Seoul, South Korea
Assistant Manager

PROJECT SUMMARY
159, Gumi-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
5 Floors above ground basement
March 28, 2000
Alternation of current facade of subject from 1st to 3rd floor should be considered
㎡ 17,000 ㎡ 23,141 flat
1,560
- Basement 1F : Homeplus
- 1F : Domestic and Foreign well-known Fashion Brands
- 2F : Domestic and Foreign well-known Fashion Brands, Toy Factory
- 3F : Music & Book Store (Young Poong Bookstore), Dining
- 4,5F : Multiplex Cinema (CGV)

DESIGN PROLOGUE
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Into the city moments
Huge christmas tree make you excited,
December when christmas carol reach your ears,
People get bluebird syndrome.
Because they haven’t achieve, and feel dejected.
Desire make you endure to live hard work everyday life.
And the desire get you some new experiences.
“Walk slowly, Eat splendidly, Laugh comfortably.”
Realize the moment of the city in the space.
Street
SHADOW
Firework
TERRACE
Sky
BRIDGE
The
Midtown

Midtown AVENUE
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Performance Draw Lots Art Gallery Sale Event
Promotion
Display
AVENUE

THE HOARDER NEXT DOOR
Middlesex University (Semester2) _ April 2015
Clinic for Compulsive Hoarders

Compulsive hoarders live in terrible conditions. These are
people who have lost their homes and lives to hoarding. I
want hoarders up and down the country to realize that they
are not alone. Hoarding disorder has been recognised as dis-
tinct psychological condition since 2013. Despite the official
recognition, hoarders are still living with the shame and
secrecy of hoarding. According to the Institute of Psychiatry,
up to three million people are suffering. It is approximately
one in 20 people in the United Kingdom a hoarders, and there
are only few places that they can turn for help.
There is 87 years old Olive who has lives in the three bed-
room semi-detached council house in Brighton since 1933.
Her home is so full that she is forced to spend most of her day
outside. The inside of her house is full to the brim with thou-
sands of plastic bags, old furniture, and clothes. And she
thinks that she doesn’t hoard, she just keep stuff which will
be used again. She cannot cook or use the bathroom home,
so she gets her meals from the Community Centre where she
also washes. She has never married nor had children, so she
has no family to support her. She doesn’t want to show her
place to anybody. She has lived in this house virtually all of
her life, but now she is unable to access most of the rooms
due to her hoarding. Each night she climbs the pile of her
hoarding to get to bed. She has recycled since the war and has
been in conflict with the authorities on it for decades. Her
constant recycling is distracting her from clearing. The vast
amount of recycling to sort through is mostly tins and pack-
aging that she picks up from the street. Even she is doing recy-
cling, she still want to keep, and it is the problem. With this
problem, she is having depression and she wants some help
now.
PROLOGUE
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FACADE GROUND FLOOR FROM THE ENTERANCE VOID VIEW FROM SECOND FLOOR
STOUR SPACE / 7 Roach Road, Hackney Wick, London, E3 2PA
SITE
Hackney Wick used to be
an industrial hub which
leds to heavy pollution.
The street was in a mess,
and the buildings were old.
However, factories moved
to another town and it
became clean and attrac-
tive area. The buildings are
coverd in beautiful graffiti
by artists, and there are a
lot art studios.
Stour Space is located in
Hackney Wick, next to the
olympic park. As Hackney
Wick became clean and
beautiful area, the hoard-
ers will escape from the
mess in their house by
hoarding treatment.

CONCEPT MODEL
When there are a straight narrow corridor and people passing, people nomally feel uncomfortable to stop in the middle of the way. The reason is
because there is not enough space. Therefore, by adding gap spaces in the rectillnear corridor, users can stay in that space.
The exhibition space in this project will apply these facts, so the public people pass through the corridor and they can go to the gap space when they
want to stay more time for the exhibition.
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GROUND FLOOR VISUAL LIMIT PLAN
VL
2
PUBLIC VISION & HOARDER’S PERSONAL BOUNDARY
GROUND FLOOR
The wall direction is designed for viewing of the public, and they can see the inside space of hoarder’s therapy ware-
houses through the peepholes. The walls are designed for hoarders’ privacies, and the direction of the peepholes makes
visual limit. Therefore, the public can not see hoarders’ bedrooms and bathrooms.
GROUND FLOOR VISUAL LIMIT PLAN
VL
1

FLOOR PLAN
BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
FL
1
SESE
1
DOCTOR’S OFFICE
STORAGE
RECEPTION
WAITING AREA
STAFF ROOM
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FL
2
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
FL
3
AXONOMETRIC
AX
1
SESE
1
SESE
2
SESE
3
SESE
1
KITCHEN
CAFE
THERAPY WAREHOUSE
THERAPY WAREHOUSE
THERAPY WAREHOUSE
SESE
1
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
FL
4
HOARDER’S LOUNGE
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CAFE
KITCHEN
PUBLIC LOUNGE
DECK
THERAPY WAREHOUSE
EXHIBITION
THERAPY WAREHOUSE
BASEMENT FLOOR CIRCULATION PLAN
FL
1 GROUND FLOOR CIRCULATION PLAN
FL
2
INTERIOR CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
Traffic Flow Sign
This space has territoriality for hoarders, and the circulation of hoarders and the public is
differentiated. As secret doors are installed in each hoarder’s therapy warehouse, the doctor
can visit to check hoarders’ condition and the progress they make.
DOCTOR’S OFFICE
WAITING AREA
STAFF ROOM
RECEPTION
STORAGE

Traffic Flow Sign
HOARDER’S LOUNGE
EXHIBITION PUBLIC LOUNGE
PUBLIC TOILET
THERAPY WAREHOUSE
FIRST FLOOR CIRCULATION PLAN
FL
3 SECOND FLOOR CIRCULATION PLAN
FL
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HOARDER PROGRAM
Warehouse - When hoarders decide to have the cognitive behavior therapy, they move their hoard-
ing items here. They separate their items which they want to keep and which they want to throw
away. The therapy can be seen from public as treatment.
Accomodation - Hoarders stay in the warehouse and it has a bed room and a bathroom. This space
is not seen through the peep holes on the wall.
Doctor’s Office - Hoaders consult their hoarding problem and the doctor charts a programs for the
therapy. Psychotherapy is also given to severe compulive hoarders here.
Hoarders Lounge - This space is for hoarders that they can have a rest without any interference, and
it is possible to meet their visitors here. Hoarders also do discussion therapy here everyday.
PUBLIC PROGRAM
Exhibition - The behavior that hoarders separate their items is open to the public as hoarder’s treat-
ment. There are some spots that the public can stay and see inside of the hoarder’s therapy room
through peep holes. The bedroom and bathroom are not seen for hoarders’ private.
Cafe - The main users of this space is the public, and it is allowed to eat, drink, talk and have a rest
here.
Hoarding Item Shop - The items that hoaders decided to discard during their therapy is displayed on
the corridor walls for the public. Therefore, the public can see and buy the goods in the exhibition
area.
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DETAIL SECTION PLAN
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STAIRCASE DETAIL SECTION
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WALL SHELF DETAIL SECTION
DE
4
SUN TUNNEL DETAIL SECTION
DE
2
SUN TUNNEL DOME DETAIL
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3
SHELF BRACKET DETAIL
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5
STAIRCASE JOINT DETAIL
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There are two different doors.
One is for Hoarders to get treat-
ment and the other one is for the
Public who want to see how
hoarders get the treatment. When
hoarders visit here, they go down-
stairs to consult a doctor and the
doctor will plan the period of
staying. They get treatment as
separating their items to keep and
to discard. Each treatment room
has a secret door and doctors visit
the patients through the door to
check their progress and give
counselling. There is a lounge on
the top floor for hoarders and
they can have a rest here without
any interference. They can also
meet visitors or other hoarders
there to communicate.
My daughter keep saying that i have a problem with full of items at home. I don’t
think i am a hoarder, I will prove that I am not a hoarder with a doctor here.
These people have the same habit as me, and they are haveing hoarding treatment.
I am confused.. I maybe a hoarder.
The doctor said that I start with 2 weeks satying treatment. My daughter will also
visit and help me here, so I decided to have a treatment.
HOARDER STORY GROUND FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
SECOND FLOORSECOND FLOOR
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There is a public lounge and care at the enterance. It is allowed to see how hoarders having their treat-
ment through the peepholes on the wall. On the left side of the building, there is a photo and video exhibi-
tion about hoarding. Moreover, he items which hoarders decide to discard is displayed and the public is
allowed to buy the items during their viewing the exhibition.
Hi, Carlos. This is the place that i told you last time. You collet entiques, so i thought
you will be interested in this place. Let’s have a look.
Have a look. These people are hoarders and that is
how they get treatment. Isn’t that interesting?
Look at this picture. The items they hoard seems rubbish. However,
those items on the shelves are that the hoarders decided to discard.
They are beautiful. You can actually buy those items, if you would like.
PUBLIC STORY
GROUND FLOOR GROUND FLOOR
GROUND FLOOR
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THE EMPTY HOUSE
Middlesex University (Semester1) _ December 2014
Communication Hub
THE EMPTY HOUSE

MANIFESTO
In the future, we will lose communication and people just communicate with their phones and
computers. There will be no more place for communication. This project will show the new Agora
which is communication hub for sharing opinions and skills.
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Forum - Open space that people gathering here for meeting other
people and having conversation.
Speaker’s corner - Public speaking space that speakers can talk
on any subject, debate and discussion are allowed
Search hall - Look for people who want to talk about specific
subject. People can leave a message on the notice board or check if
there is a discussion that people looking for.
Private discussion room - Having a discussion in a group in a
slient space.
Diversity refers to the ways in which people are similar or different
from each other. The space is for people who want to sharing their
opnions and ideas. It does not mind a particular unit such as gender,
race, age, education, or background. The benefit of diversity is
having diverse opinions and ideas.
PROGRAM
DIVERSE DEMOGRAPHIC
FORUM
SPEAKER’S CORNER
SEARCH HALL
PRIVATE DISCUSSION
ROOM
OPEN SPACE
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INTERIOR IDEA SKETCHESFURNITURE IDEA SKETCHES
The old stuff looks better than the one I am using now.
What is there? What are the people seeing?
The guy in speaker’s corner is talking about politics. It is so boring. I will go to upstairs
Oh my god! It is raining here! The people inside doesn’t get any wet!!
TABLE
SOFA
My parents used to use this kind of pens and tellephones. Now i
understand them. It is very interesting!
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ADDITIONAL UNIT HOUSE
Seoul Institute of the Arts (Semester1) _ July 2012
New Housing System and Marketing by Lifestyle

20C
Housing
Shortage
Cost
Reduction
Low
Quality
Consumers’
Developed from Provider-driven market to Consumer-driven market.
21C
Consumers’
High
Quality
Increse of
Housing inventory
Focus on
Consumers
BACKGROUND
Urban Housing Problem
Our lifestyles changes according to the time. Traditional extended families have been
superceded by nuclear families. Moreover, the divorce rate has also climbed, and single
households have been increased. House prices have been perked up rapidly in the last few
years.
We need a solution to overcome these difficult situations. I believe that modular type of
houses will decrease house prices and flexible housing system will give us better life.
Flexible Housing system according to various lifestyles
21c Housing system needs to present many different modular unit house according to various
lifestyles. If there is a man who is single, he can start with small unit house and when he get married,
he can put more units to extend the space. If he gets new hobby or job, he can add a theater unit or
a library unit. Therefore, he doesn’t need to move to a new residence, just add more units or change
them to others.
“New Housing Solution
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NEW HOUSING
DESIGN CONCEPT
EXTENTIONAL HOUSING
BUY & SELL,
NEW MARKET SYSTEM
EXTENTIONAL HOUSING Extentional Space by Adding Units
User-to-User Market
On-line and Off-line Markets
Flexible Housing System
BUY & SELL
NEW MARKET SYSTEM
FUTURE RESIDENCE
We offer Various Unique Modular Unit house to customers and they can make their with the units according to their Lifestyles.
When customer buy the house, they can start with the basic frame unit. This is not the completed house. Each user chooses their own
style of houses, and they can put the units together with the existing frame house. The customers can design their house with units by
their own, or it is possible to buy designed unit houses.
When someone is Single, married couple, gives a birth to a child, has a grown-up child, and the child gets married, etc.
Depending on the life style, it is possible to add or take off the units flexibly.
ADDITIONAL UNIT HOUSE
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Module type of Addtional Unit Housing is reflected in lifesyle of contemporary people.
It also satisfy varying lifestyle in the future as new housing system.
CLASSFICATION BY LIFESTYLE
AIO
ACTIVITY
INTEREST OPINION
Single Couple Family Senior
DEMOGRAPHIC
Recent Life Style Trends
People are lately changing their consumption and decision. The consumers who care their individual value consume on thrift and investment.
As their life style, we suggest variable module for single, couple, family, and senior citizen. Additionally, consumers can buy the module which
depends on their job, or hobby. When they get married and have a baby. When they get new life style, they can buy another module, so they
have additional housing. As they change or add new module, they can have new life style.
Life Style
Classify by Activity, Interest, and Opinion.
How they spend time, what they interested in, what they think about.
Set building system
Consumers can choose the concept of each room. There are various size, shape, so people can make their house easily
with our modules.
Neo-Single
Specific desire
Emphasisoneconomics
Plantostartafamily
More children
Education for child
Aging management
Safe & Convenience
Extentional Space
As consumers change their life style from single to family, they can
extend their module.
They can add or take off their module depends on their life style.
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MARKET SYSTEM
OFF-LINE MARKET Costomers can see real modular unit houses
here. If costomers need any help, designers will helpto explain
and make plans.
ONLINEWEBSITE If costomers go on our website, they will
see our various modular units and Our website will help you
to choose the module from first step to purchase. You can
also share your own designed housing on the website.
First of all, consumers need to choose where they want to live.
On our web site, we put the list of the site, and they choose one.
Secondly, our professional designer has already designed for
Customers who hesitate to choose our goods. We introduce
our basic set, and customers can search on our website for
their ages, and lifestyle. After that, they can choose and pur-
chase only one module in the world for their housing.
Lastly, customers can go to off-line market to see the module
in the real. They can make decision after they experience the
real module, and our professional designer can help customers
to design and purchase their module.
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PACKAGE
COUPLELIFEPACKAGE
6 2 0 0 4 0 4 2 8 7 1
COUPLE LIFE PACKAGE
FAMILYLIFEPACKAGE
6 2 0 0 4 0 4 2 8 7 1
FAMILY LIFE PACKAGE
SENIORLIFEPACKAGE
6 2 0 0 4 0 4 2 8 7 1
SINIOR LIFE PACKAGE
SINGLELIFEPACKAGE
6 2 0 0 4 0 4 2 8 7 1
SINGLE LIFE PACKAGE
Being single means you have more freedom. This package is
for people who is looking for freedom. In each package, you
can choose your interest, the color you like, and interior
design. You can make your new lifestyle with this package.
PACKAGECOUPLELIFEELIFE
COLOR TYPE
MODULE TYPE
COLOR TYPE
COLOR TYPE
COLOR TYPE
MODULE TYPE
MODULE TYPE
MODULE TYPE
SINGLE
FAMILY
COUPLE
SENIOR
DESIGN PACKAGE
This package is for people who would like to make their new life with this single module.
You can choose one of them which are Single, Couple, Family, Senior. In addition, you can choose your job, or lifestyle.
You can purchase it on our website or in off-line market. Certificate of authentication is in this package, and it will help you to sell it and buy another one.
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P
P
P
P
COMMON FACILITY
20% TOTAL AREA
FORMATION OF COMMUNITY CULTURE
CIRCULATION
HOUSING AREA LINE
TRANSFORM MODULE UNIT
GREEN SPACES
60% TOTAL AREA
MAKE YOUR LIFE HEALTHY
SITE
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Burst size of VOC(Volatile Organic
Compounds) is least, and it has no
smell, and no toxic.
It adsorb indoor moisture, so it reduce humidity. However,
when it is dry, it release moisture.
So, it is good for humidity control. It also make an anion
air.
Active carbon makes an acidoid to be alkali, so it keep
mold or cirus down.
FUNCTION
MATARIALS
BASIC UNIT FRAME DETAIL AXONOMETRIC
4 ACOUSTIC CARBON
1 STEEL FRAME
2 WOOD
3 PAINT
Durability is very strong, and semipermanent.
It has well anti-shock in natural disaster.
It has good heat insulation property.
Energy efficiency is continuous.
There is no toxic substance for human.
It is semipermanent.
Modules and town Idea Sketch
Extensible Space
As you change your lifestyle from single to couple, couple to start family,
you can add or remove your block room to design for new house which is fit on your lifestyle.
If you get tired of your house, you could just change the module easily like when you change your clothes.
a. Set a basic module.
b. When you choose the module, we consider human traffic and the direction of design.
c. When you order units, we would build the frame and insert the units.
d. Complete module.
INSTRUCTION
1 2 3
4
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Epilogue
People have different culture, lifestyle, and interests.
We satisfy the conditions, and we expect that our housing culture makes various lifestyle, and it make us happy.
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Seoul Institute of the Arts (Semester1) _ July 2011
Self Defense Building from Natural Disaster
NEO NOAH’S ARK

We sould realize safety precautions against natural
disaster besides the primary damage,
[ Secondary and tertiary are necessary ]
ExpectedEffect
ANALYSIS
Background
The primary damage - Flood
Secondary damage - Loss of lives
Tertiary damage - Economy
No soild foundation work from earthquake
There has been no solution to bulid an
architecture by earthquake.
Natural disaster Earthquake
Architecture B a s e
Site Concerned area from disaster
Earthquake
ProblemPrologue
Even though developing various technol-
ogy, architectures that should protect
people’s lives fell to threaten our lives,
because of architects’s selfishness of
materialism. When earthquake come to
the architecture that wasn’t built solid
enough, the force affect buildings to
damage is on the land, not on water. We
need a solution from natural disaster
immediatly.
In 21century, Modern sociaty has been procceeding a huge economic, social and tech-
nological growth.
Even though growing technology, there is still an issue that we have to think, how to
protect us from natural disaster.
Site
Defence system
+
Complex cultural facilities
Acceptance of
multipupose contents
The area is worried by natural
disaster like earthquake or flood.
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THEME
The fetuses are covered by a thin membrane that is called aminion. There
is water in the aminion that a fetuse is grown in. While a fetus is develop-
ing, the ridges along these patterns are influenced by a number of factors,
including bone growth, pressures within the womb and contact with
amniotic fluid.
The amniotic fluid absorb shock a fetuse from external impact, and it
protect from microbism. It helps to adjust fetuse’s temperature as well.
Third Maternity ProtectionThird Maternity Protection
[Processes define the function]
Belly
Amniotic fluid
Umbilical cord
Pregnant’s comunication with a fetuse
Pregnant’s active way to protect
Pregnant’s floating way to protect
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Communicational protection
Active protection
Floating protection
[ Secondary and tertiary are necessary ]
It accepts shaking of primary earthquake actively, not exclusively. So it is in harmony
with nature, and it takes flexible defensive condition for secondary flooding. Therefore,
it can be motion architecture. And it also communicates with human by exterior and
interior, so the exterior is in harmony with the interior. And it became new concept of
Neo Noah’s Ark.
SELF ACCEPTION
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DESIGN CONCEPT
Starting Point
The cracking shape chop at circle.
Shape
Uniformly makes dynamic shape by cracking accumultaion.
Design Process
Design Process
Earthquake is shaking of the ground caused by
movement of the earth’s crust. The gap which is
after land cracked is covered with something differ-
ent component. Therefore, crack is connecting link
between these two unlike component things. As
the crack became a frame, and imprint the frame
on circle shaped thing. It shows a pile of dynamic
crack, so it generates a new form of design.
EARTHQUAKE
CRACK
The process of cracking = Dynamic
The process of accumulation = Uniformly
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Green belt
Guard net
Hydro power
Steel
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Interior Entrance Hydro power
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BASE STRUCTURE FUNCTION
1. Base
Region Connection Create a Green Belt Range of Motion
Make void between the architecture and land - Prevention of Shock
Prevention of Flood
When there is earthquake, the piston on the bottom absorb the shock - The primary prevention
When there is flood, the architecture float on the water - The secondary prevention
After the flood, it use the water to make Hydropower
Protection Mesh
Earthquake Resistant Process
Buoyancy Process
Hydroelectric Power Process
2. Buoyancy 3. Energy
Piston
Earthquake-proof Structure
Connecting Buttress Hydroelectric Power
Fixture for the architecture to float
when the water come more than enough
Sence earthquake,
and absorb the shock
To get enough space for passage
when the architecture float on the water
When there is flood,
it use the disaster as making Hydropower
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y prevention
Hydropower

BASE STRUCTURE SECTION
AxonometricSection View
protectioThe primary n exterior
protectionSecondary p n exterior
rchitectua ure
Buttreess
Crops arrea
Hydro powwer
Main haall
Main bbuttress
Top View Front View Perspective
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Spreading out flow of people from the central axis that called Core. making four exit for escaping quickly
Diagram
Program Analysis Function / Moving & Traffic Line
Entrance
Program Analysis
When the disaster come, the architecture makes people concentrate to find exit easily by changing angle
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According to Neo Noah’s Ark, the architecture accept natural advantage, and defend against disaster.
Through the re-establishment that is the realationship of human and nature disasters. There is no more
exclusive attitude for disaster, we should aceept the nature, and expect the world in harmony between
Nature and Human.
EPILOGUE
Self Defense Structure + Eco Complex
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BIKE STATION
Seoul Institute of the Arts (Semester2) _ December 2011
New Concept of Bike Convenience Center

BACKGROUND
Environmental problems are caused by car is in
serious condition. And the cars which use of
alternative energy are being developed to solve
the underlying problem. But it is not enough yet.
In addition, the lack of space is serious problem.
Seoul has been being concerned of increased
densely populated, and it makes huge traffic
jam.
Bicycle was the best transportation until the
early 1970s. It has a big merit that it doesn’t
make environmental pollution. The bike is
being receiving attention to be the future trans-
port.
The reasons that Seoul citizens do bicycling are
activities and transportation. The reasons that not do
bicycling is inconvenient and dangerous.
However, they are very positive to use activation of
bicycle.
New Concept Bike Station
For revitalization of riding a bicycle, I suggest a new concept building for bicycle riders. By creating bike convenience
building, people can use bicycle more safely, more conveniently. And it would make vitalization of using bicycle. So
I suggest new concept of bike station for emerging bicycle culture in our lives. People will consume, spend time, and
communicate with other riders. I suggest the interior space for riders to enjoy riding regardless of seasons and climate.
The building need to be in the middle of the city, so anybody can join.
The Mayor of Seoul have made a lot effort people to
use bicycle for transportation or sport. However,
people still don’t use bicycle. As you see the diagram,
bicycle is 2.2%. It is still so low, we can compare with
other countries that there are 6~7%. We need to
realize the present to solove this problem, and make
the plan for awareness of bike culture.
Hold
66%
Not
34%
Leisure,
Sport
35%
Commute
28%
School
28%
Urban Transportation Problem
Current State
Bicycle holding feasibleness Objective of utilization
Transportation Rate (Seoul)
“Suggestion for Revitalization of Riding a Bicycle
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DESIGN RESEARCH
Design Ramp type space by the motional characteristic of bicycle
Facility
Facility
Rotation Ramp
Rotation Ramp
Rest Area
Rest Area
TEST
Ride bicycle with the wet tire, and then it
show the print of it. Study the range of
rotation curve.
TEST RESULT
Comparison of riding bicycle or not
IDEAL ANGLE OF GRADIENT
MINIMUM TURN ANGLE
Need a prop for feet when it stop
According to the motional characteristic
of bicycle, it is designed as rotational
space, and ramp type of structure.
Need a long ramp type structure
By lamp type space of the exist-
ing building facilities and other
features are naturally formed
into the level difference.
There are a lot inclined plan, so
make some rest area between
each floor for users.
The architecture needs to be
divided for long ramp type plan.
The ramp would be connection
between buildings.
3~5cm
Handle position
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DESIGN CONCEPT
FRAME
Internal Frame Structure
External Frame Structure
Angle Study
Angle Study
[ floor ]
[ floor ]
By using frame structure, it
diffuses the force in the angle
and direction, so it maintains the
balance.
Application of the frame angle
It keeps the building’s balance by using the angle of the
main frame. The angle of the force is diffused. The main
frame duffuse the force to sub frame.
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Show case
Bike Holder
At the first you need to put your bicycle on
this facility, and then you can touch the
screen to set your password, and it will make
your bicycle up. So the facility doesn’t need
big space to build.
Bike Bench
Riders can put their bike on this facil-
ity, and the other side they can sit. And
they can touch the wheel of their bike,
so this bench can make disapper the
psychological burden of riders.
Considered of human’s view sight
The view sight of riders rise up from the
ground. So the show case started from the
ground and it is designed by the angle of
human’s view sight.
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Lamp-type construction of space
Cultural energy
+ Electric energy
Using the invention of
bicycle, riders can make
eco-friendly energy by
themselves.
This equipment use the
spin of the wheel, and the
energy can used for bike
station.
Bike furniture
The frame which have sliding desk can install on bycicle’s
frame, so rider can put their feet on the frame and they
can use the desk.
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[SITE] Jongno-gu in Seoul
HIKING ROUTE STAGE ROUTE PARKING ROUTE
Help tourist to visit cultural site
which is not too far, but not so
close by bicycle.
Emerge bicycle culture, and
became new landmark of
touristic place.
Effective spot which is near by
subway line 1, 2, 3, and 5
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kokingkwanuk@gmail.com
+44 7478 321 040

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