morphology Culinary institute 

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Site

The culinary institute locates at the intersection between Olympic Blvd. and Main St, Angeles, The analysis of the site takes the idea of figure within a figure and reflect back to the city. By mapping out the void space that produced by the perimeter of the surrounding building, a new figure is born. The project now adds on a new layer and become a figure nest inside a figure with in a figure of void.   

Formal study

Formal study

Formal Study

Formal Study

The operation works as research laboratory for exploring programming as a means of generating organizational models and conceptual narratives for architecture. the understanding of how what we do see and determine as architects affects what we done't see or son't determine as architect and vice versa.

Program OrganizationThe institute reconfigure the model of education. Avoiding the conventional style bring produced by recipe, student here will learn the fundamental knowledge about ingredient and the exploration of food pairing. Therefore, the te…

Program Organization

The institute reconfigure the model of education. Avoiding the conventional style bring produced by recipe, student here will learn the fundamental knowledge about ingredient and the exploration of food pairing. Therefore, the test kitchen and storage is highly essential. Though the figure diagram, the program starts to response to the formal composition. The test kitchen and storage will nest in the internal figure which discovered on the formal study.

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Test Kitchen Floor Plan

Test Kitchen Floor Plan

Test Kitchen Cross Section

Test Kitchen Cross Section