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Featured Projects

0.1HALE PILIHONUA

Team Hawai’i - U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011

0.2HANGZHOU ECO-PARK

Architectural Intern Work - Kohn Peterson Fox (KPF) Associates

UNIVERSITY BIM

Environmental Research & Design Laboratory - University of Hawai’i

0.4HALE PALIKAI

Architecture Student Work - University oh Hawai’i, SoA

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Hale Pilihonua0.1U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 - Team Hawai’i

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Hale Pilihonua Designed to address the needs in Hawaii’s tropical climate, the University of Hawaii’s prefab house is a sustainable and affordable solution to the middle-income home buyers. An undulating tubular section allows for maximum daylight penetration and direct passive ventilation. The occupants are activated with a sense of spatial drama; a feeling of intimacy and an aspiring quality as the interior envelope opens to the exterior. The houses’s exterior superstructure consist of louvers that provide daytime shading, water-cooled photovoltaics that harvest energy and solar thermal collectors for hot water. Additional sustainable innovations featured include phase-change material for thermal storage, intelligent occupancy sensors and energy-conserving lighting controls and entertainment.

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The cylindrical building form is framed by a meshed superstructure of louvered photo voltaic panels. Materiality and form adds to the simplest of sheltered dwelling environments.

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The geometric shape transforms from the norm of a rectangle into evolving curves and warps by undulating in given points of the geometry. A minimalists approach embraces the culture that is micro-architecture.

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Hangzhou Eco-Park0.2Architectural Intern Work

- Kohn Peterson Fox (KPF) Associates

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Hangzhou Eco-Park A core city of the Yangtze River Delta, Hangzhou has been one of the most renowned and prosperous cities of China. In recent years, the city of Hangzhou has see an increase in urban development projects focusing on the design and development of derelict urban spaces. Hangzhou Eco Park is a comprehensive master plan designed to develop the once abandoned shipyards into a popular tourist destination. The project focuses on creating a waterfront development that caters to a broad range of accommodations, a mixed use retail center with an observation tower and fishermans wharf.

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Top: Rendered view down the plaza, the architecture and public realm responds to the culture and climate of Hangzhou.

Right: Proposed schematic plaza circulation plans, identifies adjacencies and pedestrian flow through the park.

LEGEND

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11M SITE PLAN

ROOF PLAN

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LEGEND

OBSERVATION TOWER

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GRAND CANAL

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Hale Palikai0.3Architecture Studio

- University of Hawai’i, SoA

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Hale Palikai Located on the famous hills of North Shore of Oahu, Hale Palikai is a small family residence on a 2 acre lot and offers expansive views of the coastline below. Entering at the upper level of the site, a sloping driveway leads down to an auto court. In the main house, open gathering and dining spaces are connected to the private master bedroom and guest wings, each with its own private courtyard. In addition to the main house, a external guest house is located at the top of the site and serves as a private retreat. Using a limited area of the site, the design embraces open gardens and views of the site.

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Site section through Hale Palikai

LEGEND

MAIN HOUSE

CAR PARK

OPEN COURT

FOREST WALK

GUEST HOUSE

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The theme of the house is catered to outdoor living with its open floor plan, extended lanai and lush tropical gardens that surround the main house.

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University BIM0.4University of Hawai’i at Manoa - Environmental Research & Design Laboratory

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University BIM Establishing a framework for the project, a BIM model allowed the university to digitally record all types of occupied space, including research, office, and instructional classrooms using Revit. The BIM model serves as a basis for embedding material and environmental information, as well as linking unlimited databases, such as class scheduling, equipment, etc. Offering high precision and parametric capabilities, all of this integrated data can then be filtered and graphically visualized through the BIM platform for further analysis–such as understanding adjacencies of departments, querying for room size or function, exploring advanced energy simulation, and much more.

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Database integration allowed for graphical tools offering a critical understanding of various built elements, space adjacencies and campus usage, (i.e building locations, hardscape, landscape, utility infrastructure, accessibility and emergency). Through the creation of this campus database it was possible to integrate multiple databases into a centrally managed source. Revit models of facility space on Manoa’s campus. BIM allows for parametric modeling, high precision, readily produced construction documents, and can accept integrated linked data as a means of managing the life cycle of the building.

There have been three initial phases of this project. Each phase has marked an increased growth in scope of work and added complexity.

Landscaping Plan Water Infrastructure Utility Map Hardscape Plan Building Location

Base MapCentrally located file containing various source data (design, construction, maintenance, spatial data).

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Green Building (gbXML)Facilitates transfer of building properties to allow for environmental analysis.

Industry Foundation ClassProvides model interoperability between varying software.

Filmbox (FBX)Provides digital media capabilities in various applications.

EcotectBasic sustainable design analysis software which offers comprehensive concept-to-detail design features.

Design BuilderOffers advanced and detailed building performance and energy simulation.

ArcGISGeospatial programs to view, edit, create and analyze geo-referenced space data

RevitLeading-industry architectural software which aids in life cycle management (design, construction, maintenance, spatial data).

AutoCAD ArchitectureArchitectural CAD software with tools and functions specifically suited for architectural work.

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Pacific Ocean Sciences & Technology | Bldg 1162 Snyder Hall | Bldg 1177

School of Architecture | Bldg 1016 Hawai’i Hall | Bldg 1002

Sakamaki Hall | Bldg 1047 Bachman Hall | Bldg 1124

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Snyder Hall | Bldg 1177 Kuykendall Hall | Bldg 1192

Hawai’i Hall | Bldg 1002 Keller Hall | Bldg 1158

Bachman Hall | Bldg 1124 Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics | Bldg 1165

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The only way for architects to build a more sustainable future is to understand how the buildings that we populate will perform in terms of climatic conditions and energy. To deal with this, a step by step seamless integration of energy modeling of the entire building is needed. Integrated building energy performance allows for early understanding, comparative results with a quantitative value which can help to predict building compliance issues in actual conditions. Campus BIM has allowed for this energy modeling process to be seamless within its completed building database.Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics | Rendering

Honolulu, Hawai’i | Wind Rose

Solar Rays | Summer 9am Solar Rays |Summer 12pm Solar Rays |Summer 5pm

Honolulu, Hawai’i | Sun Path Diagram

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Computational Fluid Dynamics: Wind study for analyzing natural ventilation and wind velocity around buildings.

Daylighting: The ability to understand the amount of annual daylight penetration to the interior (lux/sf).

Illuminance: Rendering of space for analyzing the amount of annual interior illuminance; to study how much light and heat penetrate into the interior spaces.

Advanced modeling of preliminary environmental information coupled with the use of BIM technology, modeling for future environmental study in a variety of different analysis scale, such as campus, building and specific spaces.

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