Academic

(No)bsolescence /1

Thermodynamic Laboratories /7

Networked Dormitory /13

Professional

Church of Transfiguration /17

Logan Airport Terminal E /18

CHIEH CHIH CHIANGSelect Works 2014 - 15

Boston

Charlestown

20 min15 min10 min5 min20 min

10 min

5 min

Street View

City View

Public Institutions

Open Spaces

Recreation Facilities

Residential Density

TrafficIntensity

Handball CourtPool

Archery Range

Taekwando Hall

Table Tennis Courts

GymWellness Center

Running Track

Enclosure Surface M

ass Spectator

A

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te

Flexibility

U

ser

Changing Room

Fold Grain Change Split

1. Fixed Bar + Tower 3. Flexible Bar + Fixed Tower2. Flexible Bar + Tower

Site Analysis Program Analysis

Circulation Strategies

Program Massing

Obsolescence plagues the physical traces of mega-events such as the Olympics. Stripped of their congregative qualities, these buildings often fall into disuse as voids in the city.

To preclude such obsolescence, an Olympic building must serve an evergreen civic function.

Sited atop Charlestown, the Neighborhood Olympic Conditioning Complex (NOCC) seperates its programs into a flexible bar that segues into the street and a fixed tower facing Boston.

An iconic presence housing spaces that can host an array of civic functions, the NOCC perpetuates a state of (No)bsolescence well after 2024.

(No)bsolescence

GSD Core I | Spring 2015 | Instructor: Jeffry Burchard

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Boston

Charlestown

20 min15 min10 min5 min20 min

10 min

5 min

Street View

City View

Public Institutions

Open Spaces

Recreation Facilities

Residential Density

TrafficIntensity

Handball CourtPool

Archery Range

Taekwando Hall

Table Tennis Courts

GymWellness Center

Running Track

Enclosure Surface M

ass Spectator

A

thle

te

Flexibility

U

ser

Changing Room

Fold Grain Change Split

1. Fixed Bar + Tower 3. Flexible Bar + Fixed Tower2. Flexible Bar + Tower

Site Analysis Program Analysis

Circulation Strategies

Program Massing

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Circulation

Program

Fixed Flexible

Athlete

Spectator

Mixed

3

4

10’ 50’25’

Basement

Changing RoomSwimmingDivingWater Polo

Ground

Handball

Second

ArcheryTable TennisTaekwando

Roof

RunningWeight & Fitness

Fourth

Spa

Section AA

Section CC

Section CC

Section AA

Section BBSection CC

5

10’ 50’25’

Basement

Changing RoomSwimmingDivingWater Polo

Ground

Handball

Second

ArcheryTable TennisTaekwando

Roof

RunningWeight & Fitness

Fourth

Spa

Section AA

Section CC

Section CC

Section AA

Section BBSection CC

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HotCold

Hot

Cold

Open StateClosed State

Air Flow

Air Flow

Skin

Structure

SpaceHot Laboratories

Cold Storage

Private Circulation

Public Circulation

Emissivity

Ventilation Core

Fenestration

Open StateClosed StateSolar Exposure

Cro

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entil

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n

Geometry Systems

Iterations

Buildings are open systems: No architecture is closed from its thermodynamic milieu. Yet climate conditions and programmatic requirements necessitate different degrees of openess.

A Grasshopper armature provides two types of formal organizations: A Closed and an Open state. These extensive geometries in turn inform intensive thermodynamic conditions: a temperature gradient from hot to cold spaces facilitated by convection and radiation.

The resulting buildings are a product of the interplay between matter, energy, and form.

Thermodynamic Laboratories

GSD Core I | Fall 2014Instructor: Kiel Moe

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HotCold

Hot

Cold

Open StateClosed State

Air Flow

Air Flow

Skin

Structure

SpaceHot Laboratories

Cold Storage

Private Circulation

Public Circulation

Emissivity

Ventilation Core

Fenestration

Open StateClosed StateSolar Exposure

Cro

ss V

entil

ato

n

Geometry Systems

Iterations

8

Exposed Radiant Slab

Solar Chimney

Operable Window (Double Glazing)

Air SpaceLow-E Single Glazing

Closed State Open State

Convection Tunnel

Reflectors

Metal Louvers

Fritted Glass Envelope

Opaque Panel

Opaque Panel

Insulated Slab

Insulated Slab

Exposed Radiant Slab

Convection Tunnel

Solar Chimney

Closed State Open State

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Closed State Open State

10

+130’

100’50’25’

+190’+24’’

+12’’

11

+130’

100’50’25’

+190’+24’’

+12’’

12

Mixed

Loud

Quiet

Stair Core

Vertex A

Edge 1

Vertex A

Vertex B

Edge 2

Edges 3 + 4

Vertex C

Vertex B Vertex C

Network

Bathrooms + Learning Spaces

Rooms

Facade

Networked Dormitory

GSD Core I | Fall 2014Instructor: Kiel Moe

The American college dormitory is a major campus node, midwiving some of the economy’s largest enterprises alongside its traditional functions of socializing and learning.

To create a network of circulation, learning, and living, the geometry of a stair core is juxatposed against a continuous 960’ long facade. The networked dormitory in the interstitial spaces is a 24/7 circuit running through the full spectrum of modern student life.

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Mixed

Loud

Quiet

Stair Core

Vertex A

Edge 1

Vertex A

Vertex B

Edge 2

Edges 3 + 4

Vertex C

Vertex B Vertex C

Network

Bathrooms + Learning Spaces

Rooms

Facade

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+ 6’

Section AA

+ 42’

Section BB

Section AA

Section BB

5’ 10’ 20’ 15

+ 6’

Section AA

+ 42’

Section BB

Section AA

Section BB

5’ 10’ 20’ 16

I developed two different facades for the Church’s classroom block and nave: a perforated metal mesh embedded with subtle Catholic imagery that allows daylighting and natural ventilation for the former and a concrete facade with selective apertures to allow in light during Mass for the latter.

I also prepared renderings, schematic CAD drawings, and 3D models for this project.

Church of Transfiguration

RSP Architects | 2014Team: Lawrence Ler, Denise Tan

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The arrivals hall of Boston’s Logan Airport Terminal E faces two problems: Multiple land-side axes that confuse passengers and a disconnect from the departures hall above.

To centralize the main circulation axis and create a connection to the departures hall, I designed a folded canopy that integrates wayfinding graphics and reaches through the atrium connecting the two levels.

Logan Airport Terminal E

Populous | 2015Team: Derrick Choi, John Shreve

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