J. Jih

Shortlisted memorial proposal for the 1871 Los Angeles Chinese Massacre.

Hairpin House looks to the undulations of a hairpin turning mountain road as navigational and spatial device within a constrained 19th century domestic interior.

Walls are shifted, drawn, and parted as a series of veils to calibrate light and access.

Facilitating growing density in suburban America through choreographed turns and displacements of circulation and views.

Adapting the visual and geometric language of Basquiat’s crown to generate a new housing typology.

Pivoting new choreographic and perceptual relationships around a curving stair.

Looking to theatrical fly rigging systems, motivated by an architectural envy for the stage and its ease of transformation.

Multiplying faces and frames to order an expansive exterior landscape.

An overloaded brief causes the deck itself to swallow the program, with seated and lounging postures woven in as warp and weft.