SUNSET PACIFIC MOTEL

Foggy Sunday morning in LA. Me and Brandon Bacall traveled to Silver Lake to check out the Bates Motel – an abandoned building which was completely painted white by French artist Vincent Lamouroux. Even the palm trees nearby are covered in white paint. Looking even more ghostly in such unlikely for SoCal weather, Sunset Pacific Motel seemed like an interesting place for a shoot. Once we arrived, it was also cool to discover how this little area has many colorful graffiti walls. 

'A TREEHOUSE'

Creation of this residence designed for a couple (which many people called 'a treehouse') was honestly a struggle for me: this entire semester was. Finding the optimal intersection of grids and tubes was especially challenging, but when the idea was bound to become an actual creation – everything seemed to start to work out in a manner I really liked.

Personally, this is one of the projects I've done so far at the School of Architecture which I enjoyed to some other level. Through making and developing my treehouse, I prove to myself again that I could not have chosen a better suiting me major.

See it for yourself:

Plan #1 (cut at the underground level)

Plan #2 (cut at the 2nd floor)

Elevations

Section A-A

Section B-B

Midterm version with less tubes

Final version

Top view

NEW GEMS IN A TRAVELER'S COLLECTION

This summer I happened to see three European countries I have never been to before – Greece, Czech Republic, and Norway. Photos were taken many, and I just thought I might as well post them randomly in my blog instead of continuously spamming on my Instagram account. These are just my perception of my journey as well as some sketches I made.



Mykonos, Greece

Praga, Czech Republic

Norway