Yonghoon SheenWork Samples 2013-2014

In Hanok School Hwacheon, Korea, I took a 6-month course that concentrates on building a traditional interlocking lumber structure. Not only did I learn about the techniques that treat the materials (mostly lumber) with such respect but also the process of construction: from pedestals to rafters.

Connection joint of cross beams, girders, and a column

Framing process

Attachment of a gable

Carving a girder

STEM Elementary SchoolBlacksburg, VAThe STEM(science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) school concentrates on preserving the existing building(closed down elementary school) to exhibit the evolution of the material usage and building techniques by using industrial materials (structural insulated panels). The green house on the south of the structure demonstrates passive heating by providing hot air from the sun for the building to use in the winter.

Elementary School ExpensionPrices Fork Road Blacksburg, VA

The south of the school is a green house specifically designed to provide hot air for the school to use during the winter.

Existing structure First floor Second floor Thrid floor

85 West Main Street Pulaski, VA, 24301

Passive heating/cooling in PulaskiThe town of Pulaski has been adapting to a change of economy and my studio took part in designing/renovating selected buildings on West Main Street, Pulaski.

Stack Vent

2&4 Bedroom residential apartment.Pulaski, Virginia

The idea was to design a residential apartment unit with a multiple stories to incorporate stack ventilation to focus on passive heating/cooling. The layout of the apartment creates a path between the creek behind the building and the street.

A sketch of the path that connects the street and the creek behind the building. (below ground level)

85 West Main Street Pulaski, VA, 24301

A sketch of the path that connects the street (the front facade of the building) and the creek behind the building. (ground level)

First floor Second floor Thrid floor

69 West Main Street Pulaski, VA, 24301

Sun Space

First floor Second floor

Coffee Shop & Residential Pulaski,VA

Section of the cafe’s sunspace on the south of the building

Section of the cafe’s front facade

Stool #12011

Study of joinery, Studio project.The focus was on putting the pieces together without the use of nails which tend to damage the wood over time. The pieces are held by interlocking joints and strings.

Stool #22013

This iteration focuses more on practical issues than being just a study model. The entire structure is held by dove tail joinery and mending plates screws.

Yonghoon Sheenysheen@vt.edu540 818 5423