final thesis booklet and video
Final Thesis booklet
PSU Convinient community – movie
Final Midterm Review – Bringing it all together
Final Facade At this point I have finalized my enclosure to be composed of a conventional curtain wall system that ties back to the alternating patterns on the existing roof. The issue of the Northern facade feeling too disconnected is resolved by creating a facade that is the exact negative version of the South facade. […]
Midterm – Finalizing Tectonics and Building Systems
Facade Second Pass During the second midterm review I prepared a couple versions of an enclosure that was essentially a conventional curtain wall set up. The idea was to become more energy efficient while still having some of the feel a perforated screen would: those moments where you could catch glimpses of what is going […]
Final presentation
The final presentation was presented to two groups of reviewers. The first presentation, I became, too nervous and did not go as well as I hoped. But by the second presentation, I had calmed down, and was able to enjoy the critique and interaction with the reviewers. If I had … Continue reading →
Final Review
For my final review I put together three different categories of information. 1. Urban planning decisions, 2040 vision 2. Site plan and user experience through the site 3. building form with plans and sections and many rendered perspectives I also pinned up process work and set out urban, site and tectonic models […]
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My final process post looks at the review we had with PLACE Landscape studio. We brought our work to their studio to receive final feedback and site design and landscaping elements. For this presentation I brought pin-up work and site model. Valuable information I received at this meeting involved the function of living machines as […]
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My second midterm presentation focused mainly on the sustainability which could be implemented and used within the facility. It addressed the type of systems which could be installed to help run and reduce the carbon impact of the building on the environment. Some of the strategies I discussed with my reviewer was: 1. Solar hot […]
1 of 3 Final Spring Term
Midterm 1 | The first midterm focused on the green elements throughout the building. For this I looked at the sun angles and wind patterns using sketchup pro and vasari to map the data. Most of the discussion was given to development of the living machines, outside the facility as an EcoDistrict strategy for the […]
Final Thesis Booklet
http://issuu.com/sallychea/docs/sally_chea_thesis_booklet Above is a digital link to my final thesis booklet. As for my final review, it went very well and I am proud of the work I have done. Some of the reviewers were quite astonished with the amount of work I was able to accomplish with such a large program in a […]