“The Bloom”, Breathing Architecture Installation Made Of 14,000 Pieces

Designed by USC architect professor Doris Kim Sung, the "Bloom" installation is made with 14,000 pieces of thermobimetal -- two thin sheets of metals, each with different expansion rates, laminated together. When the temperature rises, the metal sheets curl up. When it gets cooler, the sheets flatten out.



A sun-tracking instrument indexing time and temperature, with a shape alluding to a woman’s Victorian-era under garment, "Bloom" stitches together material experimentation, structural innovation, and computational form and pattern-making into an environmentally responsive form. Made primarily out of a smart thermobimetal, a sheet metal that curls when heated, the form’s responsive surface shades and ventilates specific areas of the shell as the sun heats up its surface. With the aid of complex digital softwares, the surface, made up of approximately 14,000 lasercut pieces, is designed for peak performance on spring equinox, March 20, 2012.

Composed of 414 hyperbolic paraboloid-shaped stacked panels, the self-supporting structure challenges the capability of the materials to perform as a shell. The panels combine a double-ruled surface of bimetal tiles with an interlocking, folded aluminum frame system. Like the undulation of the surface, the frame, by nature of its folds, is designed to appear on the inner or outer surface at the same cadence of the peaks and valleys.



The final monocoque form, lightweight and flexible, is dependent on the overall geometry and combination of materials to provide comprehensive stability. In some areas of "Bloom", the hypar panels are made stiffer by increasing the number of riveted connections, while, in other areas, the panels are deeper to increase structural capability. The severely twisted panel shapes aid in the performance of the surface and challenge the digital and fabrication capabilities of parametric design. Within a single panel, portions of the surface directly face the sun, while the other side is in the shade and requires no reaction or curling. The result is dramatic variation in tile shapes and function within each panel.

Further material and structural research is being conducted by Wahlroos-Ritter in slumped glass, where the focus of innovation is in the formwork and the shaping process. Here, like in "Bloom", the size of the overall structure will be completely relevant to the structural capability of each hypar panel. Simultaneously, Sung is further developing bris-soleil systems and curtain-wall panels that combine responsive thermobimetal with glass into a passive shading systems.



Team

Principal Investigator: Doris Kim Sung
in collaboration with Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter, Matthew Melnyk
Design Team: Dylan Wood (Project Coordinator), Kristi Butterworth, Ali Chen, Renata Ganis, Derek Greene, Julia Michalski, Sayo Morinaga, Evan Shieh

Construction Team: Dylan Wood, Garrett Helm, Derek Greene, Kelly Wong (Core Contributors), Manual Alcala, Eric Arm, Lily Bakhshi, Amr Basuony, Olivia Burke, Kristi Butterworth, Jesus Cabildo , Shu Cai, Ali Chen, Taylor Cornelson, Erin Cuevas, Matt Evans, Chris Flynn, Renata Ganis, Bryn Garrett, Ana Gharakh, Oliver Hess, David Hoffman, Alice Hovsepian, Casey Hughes, Ross Jeffries, Justin Kang, Syd Kato, Andrew Kim, Glen Kinoshita, Ingrid Lao, Jennifer MacLeod, Max Miller, Mark Montiel, Laura Ng, Robbie Nock, Raynald Pelletier, Elizabeth Perikli, Nelly Paz, Evan Shieh Hector Solis, Raven Weng, Leon Wood, Tyler Zalmanzig

Doris Kim Sung

There is an Egg Chapel being built outside of Seoul in Munho-ri, Yangpyeong on the side of a mountain. It is a small wood chapel for small ceremonies. It is being built by Pastor Song, and The Hi Family.

The Egg Chapel, which they call Capella Ovi, is an ecumenical chapel as part their new W-Zone Park and Campus – a place for all people. The architect of the Egg Chapel is Andrew MacNair who lives and works in New York. The Egg Chapel has been made with a working team of  architects Johanna Post, Lawrence Marek,  Jaesung Jung, Tommy Manuel, Emran Hossein, Zac Kostura (engineer), and Amy Kirk from 2009 to 2012.

The Egg Chapel wood parts were built in the USA by old-school boat builders in Rhode Island – Dan Shea, Will Harmon - and with Michael Capitaine. The chapel was shipped in 12 vertical sections to Inchon by freighter for 5 week passage.

And it is being built in Korea by the local contractor Mr. Young Gil Lee and his crew of Mr. Hong, Back Ja Hyun, Choi Sang Rak, and Seo Kyeong Seok. The Chapel is 30 feet high, 14 feet wide at the floor and 22 feet wide at its maximum girth. It is built on top of a concrete crypt  — a structural foundation and underground quiet room.

Andrew P. MacNair lives and works in New York City since 1971 when he came to the city from Washington and Princeton to study architecture in the graduate school at Columbia University.

Andrew Mcnair

The Daeyang Gallery and House, located in the Sungbuk district of Seoul, celebrated its completion today. Inspired by a 1967 sketch for a music score by composer Istvan Anhalt called "Symphony of Modules," the gallery and house is a composition in sequential movement. Three pavilions - one for entry, one residence, and one event space - appear to push upward from a continuous gallery level below. A reflecting pool, which simultaneously separates and connects the pavilions, establishes the plane of reference from above and below.

After passing through a bamboo formed garden wall at the entry court, ascending steps into the entry pavilion bring the viewer at elbow height with the unifying sheet of water. Here, at the center of this place is an inner feeling with the sky, water, vegetation and the reddened patina of the copper walls all reflected in different ways.

The red and charcoal stained wood interiors of the pavilions are activated by skylight strips of clear glass that are cut into the roof. Sunlight turns and bends around the inner spaces, animating them with the changing light of each season and throughout the day. Like a cesura in music, strips of glass lenses in the base of the pool break through the surface, bringing dappled light to the white plaster walls and white granite floor of the gallery below.

Exteriors are a rain screen of custom patinated copper, which ages naturally within the landscape. The Daeyang Gallery and House is heated and cooled with geothermal wells.



project info:

program: residential and art gallery
project type: direct commission
structural system: RC structural wall and steel
major materials: exposed concrete and copper panel
site area: 5774f/1760m
floor area (square): 10703sf/995sm
client: daeyang shipping co. ltd.
architect: steven holl architects
design architect: steven holl
associate in charge: jongseo lee
project advisor: annette goderbauer, chris mcvoy
project team: francesco bartolozzi, marcus  carter, nick gelpi, jackie luk, fiorenza matteoni, rashid satti, dimitra tsachrelia
local architect: E.rae architects - inho lee, minhee chung, hyoungil kim
structural engineer: SQ engineering
mechanical engineer: buksung hvac+r engineering
lighting consultant: l'observatoire international
general contractor: jehyo

Steven Holl Architects

Lotte Buyeo Resort is centered on a 10-story complex seated on a plot of land measuring 32,000㎡. Accommodations are designed to meet the needs of a variety of guests. There are: 14 Luxury VIP Rooms, 68 Deluxe Rooms geared towards international visitors and small parties, 84 family rooms, and 156 Suites.



Visitors can also expect to find all the luxurious amenities associated with the Lotte, including a 4,000㎡ indoor wave pool, a full-service spa, four reception halls, state-of-the-art conference rooms, and a restaurant with room for up to 330 diners. Other conveniences include business center, coin-operated laundry machines, and Kids’ Club.

One thing that makes this resort unique is the traditional style that pervades the grounds, including numerous design elements that are throwbacks to the Baekje Kingdom.




The Lotte Buyeo Resort was carefully designed to harmonize with the ‘Baekje Cultural Land’ located nearby, a miniature reproduction of landmarks from the Baekje Kingdom, one of the greatest ancient kingdoms of Korea.

KYWC Architect

'White house' is a house built with the concept of nature design by need21. This work won the 2011 Korea space design.

The director of the 'white house' means vividly demonstrate the concept of nature is a part. White house with the emptying and filling, and is characterized by the coexistence.



See anything that can be accepted indefinitely, but everything outside of bag will depend on the movement of water and light. Silent emptiness of space, because the light silently accept the changes it can make the space filled. In addition, towering toward the sky by the light show and also disappears in the skylight. Images of the inside of the building also were given white.

Completed in January 2012, this 1,110 square foot eye-catching home is located in Giheung-Gu, South Korea.

Lollipop House by Moon Hoon:

“A young couple with a beautiful daughter visited my office one day.

They wanted a unique house. Something that they have not seen.

We talked about a house that is made of large steps that keeps on rising.

We also explored spirals. All these talks stopped suddenly when we realized that the client had a tight budget.

The initial idea of house with steps turned into a practical version of skip floor format, with a small atrium in the middle. The half basement is used as a study followed by living room ,kitchen & dinning, master bed, child’s room, attic for the child, and attic AV room. The client was very happy when the design was finished.

They had a seven storey building (half floor difference). Inevitably, the house had dynamic quality, like that of a giant stairwell. The large void in the middle accentuated it even further. The spiraling energy created within was an inspiration for the exterior. The swirling energy was translated into a flat dimension, thus the nickname lollipop house was born…”

Project Info:

Architect: Moon Hoon
Design team: Lee Ju Hee / Kim Dong Won / Park Sang Eun
Client: Kim Dae Sung
Completion date: January 2012
Location: 492-5 Cheongdeok-Dong, Giheung-Gu, Yongin-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea
Total site area: 204.10m2
Total floor area: 102.98m2
Construction: reinforced concrete + wood frame
Exterior materials: metal panel
Interior materials: wood flooring, wall paper

Moon Hoon