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Structures of the poetic

A private foundation intends to set up vibrant research and meeting center by transforming a mill building and its adjacent ground facing the Seekonk River in Pawtucket. Individual or group participants will typically spend four weeks removed from the pressures of their professional lives, in rooms and associated private studies, lounges, a small library, meeting rooms, dining facility, or the grounds.

The center’s focus will be inward and on the river as it seeks a tranquil balance between architecture and nature, and both in its building and ground will emphasize dimensions of experience commonly associated with the poetic and spiritual.

The Pine Street Inn is a national leader in the fight to end homelessness.
The project is to design and build pieces of furniture for the common spaces of Pine Street Inn’s “permanent housing”. Each of these pieces will address a specific need, or needs, of the individuals that use it together. Each piece will be constructed at full scale. The final work will be donated to the Pine Street Inn at the completion of the project.

This was a collaborative project with Michell Peckam.

A collection for one person

The site of project is at the RISD facilities building on Benefit Street. The project requires to design a work of interior architecture that can house a collection for scholar to research, a place where a visiting scholar can examine and appreciate a collection of at least 100 objects.

Interior space planning for Korean style house 

Size _394x545mm Kent paper Medium _Pencil, Color pencil, Pastel

Koshino House, Architect   _Tadao Ando

The building was modeled in Vectorworks and rendered in Cinema4D.

The proposed site for the project is the historic Ewing House, the adjacent open space, and a limited portion of Frazier Terrace below at RISD campus. The program will occupy the existing structure and will require the addition of approximately 140-186 square meters of new space.

Light gives us mood and feeling. It greets us, embraces us, welcomes us home, Newly illuminated, civic spaces become outdoor rooms, streets become corridors to Adventure.

In Spring 2008, I was assigned the Assistantship role for Curatorial Assistant. In this position I coordinated with the graduating class and their advisors, to produce a thesis show for the 2008 MIA students. This involved designing, fabricating, installing and de-installing a show at the Providence Convention Center, as well as the generation of supporting materials such as mailers, posters and signage consistent with the design intent.

The department was asked to present the work in a projection ‘room’ instead of the usual poster method of display. We worked with RISD’s contractors at the Convention Center to design cut custom walls that would fit with their construction system. The front wall was designed to display models, portfolio books and feasibility reports in addition to the projected movies of work being shown inside and created an interactive, inviting, room for show visitors to sit for a while. 

Design & Production Credits: Sarah Adeel, Mi-Hyun Kim, Seyoung Lee, Annie Lee, Sang-Uk Ryu, Emre Toner, Naomi Clair