Informal ChoreographySpaces of Moving Bodies Part 1, Diploma Thesis YR6 2011-2012
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Thesis builds upon the theoretical context on Spaces of Moving Bodies. In an attempt to understand the spaces we inhabit my investigation focuses on the individual to understand how bodies occupy and produce spaces. Informal Choreography engages with themes of dance - writing and performing spaces through embodied movements - to draw on the discussions of 'the process of embodiment through which everyday life is experienced.' The project sets the foundation of how we understand and think of spaces, fundamentally questioning the potentialities of everyday spaces that we inhabit. (Read more) |
Movement-space: Inter-activitySpaces of Moving Bodies Part 2, Diploma Thesis YR6 2011-2012
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Movement-space: Inter-activity investigates boxing as a way to explore the reciprocal relationship of two human bodies interacting. It engages with the ideas of adaptive bodily behaviour in a given context, how it mutates in response to the external forces that allow reaction and action to occur spontaneously. Inter-activity seeks to understand the qualitative dimensions that the bodies unfold through its production of spaces and in its intersection with other spaces. Throughout the development, the process questions how concepts of Spaces of Moving Bodies can be proposed as an architectural strategy. (Read more) |
British Boxing Board of ControlSpaces of Moving Bodies Part 3, Diploma Thesis YR6 2011-2012
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The project advances from Movement-space: Inter-activity by building upon the analysis of two bodies interacting and referee's movement circling the players. Thesis Part 3 takes on the concept further by investigating how two models or surfaces interact creating spaces in-between as it spirals up. The resulting form, the vortex structure is a ramp system that takes on a journey up through the building. It is a public gallery where one engages with the programmatic functions of the British Boxing Board of Control. The scheme promotes boxing to members of the public by creating opportunities to engage with the boxing community. (Read more) |
Situationist Drawing DeviceArchitecture & Technology Part 1, Diploma YR5 2011
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The Situationist Drawing Device was developed as a desire to extend the capacity of the body to act in the world. It is an extension to our body, we wear it to use the equipment, we navigate through space to experience a new perception of the environment. In connecting various parts of the body, the device records a journey taken in an altered state of perception through drawing. A choreographic notation of vision and movement are interpreted from the markings on the drawing board. (Read more) |
Scrap Metal RefineryArchitecture & Technology Part 2, Diploma YR5 2011
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Situated on the boundary and extending into both sides, the intervention creates a point of connection through the insertion of a Scrap Metal Refinery, an art studio run by two artists who collaborate with both residential and industrial community. The artists work closely with the automobile repair center and Dunkirk's residence to produce art work. Cars are dismantled and elements are extracted for the metal workshop. (Read more) |
A Cultural InterchangeDigital Architecture & Fabrication, Diploma YR5 2010
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Investigation in digital methodologies and the implication of digital technologies for fabrication have informed design development. Digital tools such as Space Syntax and parametric modelling software, Rhino + Grasshopper, were explored as an analytical and logic based form-finding tool in both 2D and 3D form developments. (Read more) |
APAP Open PavilionMass Studies, Seoul, RIBA Part 1 Work Placement 2010
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Open Pavilion was constructed in Hakwoon Park in Anyang, South Korea, along with Lo-Tek's Open School and Raumlabor's Open House as part of the Anyang Public Art Project 2010, run by Artistic Director Kyong Park. The three significantly different structures form a small campus within the city's park, promoting and supporting various community activities. Nestled within the park, the Open Pavilion is a resting place as well as a gathering place. (Read more) |
Cardboard Modular ShelterGlobal, Local, Glocal, BArch YR3 2008
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Modular Shelter developed through series of testing paper/cardboard material then was built at 1:1 scale. Shelter units are constructed from readily available 'off-the-shelf' stock sizes and designed to be easily transported as flat-pack then assembled on site. The modular assembly approach allows flexibility for small to large families. The form was initially adapted from corrugated iron, typically found on the roof of slum houses, then further developed into inverted folding technique for structural stability. (Coming soon) |
PhotographyTokyo 2008, Drag + Enlarge (Flash ActionScript 3.0) |
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Ji Soo Han is an Architectural designer based in the UK. He currently practices as a Part 2 Architectural Assistant at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, London. He graduated from the University of Nottingham, both BArch and Diploma (RIBA Part 2), with Distinction in Diploma Thesis. For more information please contact via email.
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