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center for creative arts

tranquil site

solar shelter

bonobos guideshop

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lewisville, texasCENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS

history of old town lewisville

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The Republic of Texas gives a grant to the Texas Emigration and Land Company to bring 600 families to what is now Denton County.

The Wichita Railroad extends to about two miles east of the settle-ment, causing a gradual shifting of the community to the area now known as Old Town.

Lewisville High School opens.

Construction begins on the Denton-Dallas Highway, later named as U.S. Highway 77.

Lewisville High School opens a new campus west of most Lewisville development. population started to shift from east to west.

Lewisville City Hall (now the Municipal Annex) and the new Lewisville Public Library open at 1197 W. Main Street.

Lewisville City Hall opens in Old Town area, at 151 W. Church Street

A city-owned arts center, named Medical Center of Lewisville Grand Theater opens its doors in Old Town Center.

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Lewisville Center for the Creative Arts (MCL Grand) opened its door to the public in January 2011. The city of Lewisville created a master plan to revitalize the old town area, and the art center was one of the key features to that plan. The facility features a 296-seat the-atre with acoustics designed for both speech and music, an art gallery, a dance recital hall, a black box theater, and classrooms. It gives the many arts groups in the Greater Lewisville area a facility to perform and display their works and hosts other regional and national shows and exhibits, events, classes and meetings. What role does an art center plays in terms of reforming a community? Through the research, I realize that art related activities can induce important human values such as empathy, self-awareness, communication, and collabo-ration. These attributes can further develop a sense of community, which foster the creation or recreation of a community to adopt a changing of time. Art centers can also serve as “Safe Havens” for individuals whose talents are devalued, and provide the youth in the community a place which is free of drugs, violence, and other influences.

Theories such as New Urbanism and Placemak-ing indicate that, to form a sense of place a public space needs to have quality and characters. The space also has to provide attractions for the public, so they have a reason to be there. I included the central courtyard into my design, and turned it into a public plaza for people to gather, to play, and to relax. The interior remodeling focused on resolving the issues that the users of the building have encountered as well as the overall performance of the facility.

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Education Wing

Courtyard

Relocate two existing garage doors as interior partitions

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Move storages to the back ,open up studios to sunlight and view of courtyard

Use Panelite glass doors to control natural light

Acoustic isolated prat-ice room for practicing plays and instruments

Add new indoor planter. The existing skylight system provides sunlight to the plantation.

Eliminate existing corridor to make room for reception area and to gain extra space for the gallery.

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Rearranged office allow sunlight to panetrate through the space

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barracuda point, malaysiaTRANQUIL SITE

A Team Room (S)

Our assignment was to create a structure for a sepa-rate conference center on the site of a resort. We were given a program with loose square footage. We individ-ually picked our locations and the rest was fully devel-oped by ourselves.

The project location is set in a scuba diving resort located in Barracuda Point, Malaysia. As form giv-ers, I adopt two main reasons that attracts people to scuba dive. The first reason is to explore the world of unknown.The second one is to simply to embrace the nature; to retreat from the regular life for a while. The circular form is reminiscent of a Blue Hole, a cave (in-land) or underwater sinkhole. Curtain windows on the parameter allow the space to be immersed both in the sunlight and the views of nature surrounding the site.

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SOLAR SHELTER HOMEdallas, texas

bird’s eye view

concept statement

This residential project fits into the small lots

in the suburbs near Uptown area of Dallas,

Texas. The structure itself, occupies roughly

about 800 ft2, is ideal for 1 to 2 residents.

The design focused on lowering the carbon

footprint of the house. The study of sun path

determines the location and proportion of

windows placement. The wooden screen

provides privacy to the house, and controls

the amount of sunlight that goes into the yard.

Technologies such as grey water system and

solar water heater are integrated into the

design. Sustainable materials (reclaimed

or local species wood, EcoRock dry wall, green

wall, etc) are considered to construct the

house.

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living room

kitchen

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BONOBOS GUIDESHOP

BONOBOS GUIDESHOPmanhattan, new york

proposed floor plan

In this assignment, we were challenged to

create a Guideshop* for Bonobos. Bonobos,

founded in 2007 is a clothing company who

specialized in producing men’s outfit, and

was selling online exclusively. In 2012, Bono-

bos’ business model extended offline with

the launch of their e-commerce stores called

“Guideshops”. The concept of this project is to

create a home like environment that is remi-

niscent of an urban loft. The loft-like style

is desirable because it suits the casual but

sophisticated style of Bonobos clothing.

window display

shoes (lounge) area

featured display

wall display fixture

cash wrap

fitting rooms

bird’s-eye view

* The Bonobos Guideshop is an e-commerce store for men to shop the brand in person. Guideshops

display the brand’s full offering of merchandise, with sizing samples available across categories for

men to try on. Customers work individually with a Bonobos “Guide” who serves as a shopping and

styling assistant. After each appointment, visitors receive an email with their fit and style preferences.

store view 1

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DETAILING roanoke, texas

!!Experience Sales Associate, We Are 1976; Dallas TX | Jan 2014—Present Responsibilities include: hosting and guiding customers; using product knowledge to

complete sales; gifting wrapping and framing; receiving and organizing merchandises.! Student Assistant, Auxiliary Service @ UNT; Denton TX | Jan 2013—Jul 2013 Responsibilities include: assisting the manager of construction specialists to create CAD

documents for various projects; Initiating with design solutions for dormitories around the campus. Projects ranges from kitchen remodeling, courtyard design, to lobby remodeling for one of the dormitory; Editing seasonal newsletters for the department.!

System Assembler, Asia Source Inc; Dallas TX | May 2009—Aug 2009 Responsibilities include: assembling computer system for commercial usage in large quantity; monitoring the Þnished product to ensure the system functioned correctly; packing and

preparing computers for shipping. !Education University of North Texas | BFA in Interior Design, 2013 Summa Cum Laude with a 3.5 GPA !Honor Gensler Gallery Talk | Jun 2011 One out of 3 students among 50 others from University of North Texas Interior Design

program selected to showcase architectural model at Gensler’s Dallas office for the course of 3 months during summer of 2011. !Skills AutoCAD, Google SketchUp, Podium, Revit, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Lightroom, Microsoft OfÞce, Hand Sketching, Architectural Modeling,

Photography, Drawing, Painting, Bilingual (Mandarin Chinese, English)!References Nenna Williams

Store Manager We Are 1976 E neena@weare1976.com Jeffery Hilliard Construction Specialist Auxiliary Service @ UNT

T 972.922.9416E jeffery.hilliard@unt.edu

6011 Gaston Ave #207Dallas, TX 75214T 469.734.3152 E howardhwu85@gmail.com

Howard Hwu

!!Experience Sales Associate, We Are 1976; Dallas TX | Jan 2014—Present Responsibilities include: hosting and guiding customers; using product knowledge to

complete sales; gifting wrapping and framing; receiving and organizing merchandises.! Student Assistant, Auxiliary Service @ UNT; Denton TX | Jan 2013—Jul 2013 Responsibilities include: assisting the manager of construction specialists to create CAD

documents for various projects; Initiating with design solutions for dormitories around the campus. Projects ranges from kitchen remodeling, courtyard design, to lobby remodeling for one of the dormitory; Editing seasonal newsletters for the department.!

System Assembler, Asia Source Inc; Dallas TX | May 2009—Aug 2009 Responsibilities include: assembling computer system for commercial usage in large quantity; monitoring the Þnished product to ensure the system functioned correctly; packing and

preparing computers for shipping. !Education University of North Texas | BFA in Interior Design, 2013 Summa Cum Laude with a 3.5 GPA !Honor Gensler Gallery Talk | Jun 2011 One out of 3 students among 50 others from University of North Texas Interior Design

program selected to showcase architectural model at Gensler’s Dallas office for the course of 3 months during summer of 2011. !Skills AutoCAD, Google SketchUp, Podium, Revit, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Lightroom, Microsoft OfÞce, Hand Sketching, Architectural Modeling,

Photography, Drawing, Painting, Bilingual (Mandarin Chinese, English)!References Nenna Williams

Store Manager We Are 1976 E neena@weare1976.com Jeffery Hilliard Construction Specialist Auxiliary Service @ UNT

T 972.922.9416E jeffery.hilliard@unt.edu

6011 Gaston Ave #207Dallas, TX 75214T 469.734.3152 E howardhwu85@gmail.com

Howard Hwu

thank you for your time,howard hwu

interior designer