2011/06/06

ABRF Portfolio: Community projects

SAITAMA community project was proposed to the city of Saitama, Japan, in 2005 as a multipurpose community which includes residential, hotel, shopping area, school, nursing facility, hospital, vegetable garden everywhere. Park and vegetable garden are planned on top of underground shopping mall and parking lot in 5000 sq/m piece of land. Every buildings are all connected by criss-crossing sloped ramp made of rammed earth with vegetable garden and self-sustainable power equipments such as solar power panel and wind power poles throughout the community. At center there is a central green house that contains vegetable garden and restaurant, making it the center of the community. My task included: schematic design using AutoCAD, modeling/texturing/rendering by Autodesk MAYA, image enhancement by Photoshop. 







Reversible Destiny Hotel, New York
This was Hotel project proposed in New York, 170 Madison Ave. Arakawa and Gins proposed hotel design that contains critically resembled circulation paterns and designs of each rooms, by which they try to create sense of nostalgia and unity among the residents of the hotel rooms. Circulation patern was taken from DNA, hence the profile of the building resembled its form.  My task included: schematic design using AutoCAD, modeling/texturing/rendering by Autodesk MAYA, image enhancement by Photoshop.





    Hotel variations




SHIDAMI Self Sustainable Community Project
City of Nagoya asked us to develop self-sustainable community design in 2004. We developed Green building design with vegetable gardens and self-sustainable power sources such as solar and wind power. Parking lots underground. My task included: schematic design using AutoCAD, modeling/texturing/rendering by Autodesk MAYA, image enhancement by Photoshop.





Reversible Destiny Town was proposed to the city of Saitama Japan to develop self-sustainable environmental coummunity that creates sense of unity. It is a green design buildings that has vegetable garden, alternative energy resources such as solar/wind power, and other eco-friendly devices. My task included: schematic design using AutoCAD, modeling/texturing/rendering by Autodesk MAYA, image enhancement by Photoshop.