PORTFOLIO EDWARD FANG
Downerwoods, the natural reserved area behind the universty dormitory, had been plan along with university development. The aim was to design a space for various user, including animal and vagetation. Also, create a outdoor classroom space that provides a well-designed experience to the students. The limitation of 5 supporting points can help us define the space without changing the wohle environmental system. The only entrance is the ramp which provide ADA accessibility and within 1:12 standard.
The project aims to provide students an outdoor classroom that they can observe the environment and feel within the nature. The height of space create its own little world and openness of structure allows vegetation and animal to use the space in their own way. Also, the pattern wrapped around the structure allow light to go in and out as well as provide little space for bird to occupy. Students can go up to roof and observe sky and birds.
Pavilion become the party place for people and nature.
Near by highway and Intermodel station, the site is planning to be the Street Car Depot. The whole site is designed so that it can contain 2000 passengers per day. The depot should be able to provide a covered public space and amenities for commuter as well. Its proximity to the Third Ward is expected to introduce redevelopment of the area.
The purpose, program, and use of the depot is manifold. Its primary goal is to provide a gate way to Milwaukee. With liner program toward the designated center, passengers are able to see the whole site, allowing them to go to dierent parts without confusion. The green area can provide storm-water management, which mean it’s designed so that it’s under the lowerest points of roof. Also, the rise of these area create a better position for the food trucks, it introduces food truck into sight of passengers with clarity.
Applying grid and wrapping the structure for daylight and visual security.
The dierent components are required, such as
long-span
roof
structure,
newsstand,
bathroom and coee shop. Also, because of the amount of commuters, the program is very critical.
By
using
grid-system
roof,
it
introduces natural light into the site. The roof is expanded so that passengers can have better experience when entering streetcar.
Stone Creek Coffee
Newsstand
Bathroom
Security Kiosk
Thinking about the structure as a living being that spreading through the space to fill up the infill site. The programs occupy both side of the building and shape the central courtyard space. During the filling up process, the building natural forms the bridges and circulations between two sides for the visitor to active the space. Also, the materialness of space can be fully display as the structure grow.
The project evolve through a series of iterative steps, each focusing on a component of the overall analysis and design: Site, Program, Design Concept, Materials and Tectonics, Facade, and Final Presentation/Production.
This way the structure
of the site can slowly be determined. After a series of analysis and site visit, we start to understand the user and programs, which the families and visitors are the majority group the project try to serve By providing community green space and gallery, the site can be more active for these user.
Book Axon: Unpacking the infill structure to show the connection of the space.
The space-user diagram shows how the structure are used and which parts are most activated.
The ability of successfully represent a complex spatial and visual idea is as essential as being able to come up with that idea. Visualization is an important skill system by which we describe architecture and its concept. The choice that we make in deciding how to visualize an idea or object will have a direct impact upon how a design proposal is perceived, and how that proposal or idea is carried out. Therefore, the purpose of this project is to transform an emotional status into a conceptual idea which we need to perceive it following its own rules. This rules can be defined by geometry, proportion and scale and so on.
By visualization
skill, the atmosphere of such emotion can be concluded and introduced to people’s observation eectively. The architectural perspective of feeling can be apply onto each system in order to create a connection to the fundamental
objectives of architecture itself.
Image source: Roberto Laxtxage, August Sander, Bloober team, Brandon Rechiten, Sally Mann, Micheal Gaida, Larry Fink
Fear grows by its own way. The design language is trying to translate such growth into a visual communication map, and observing the scale, the direction and the impact. Like how river flow
but in opposite direction, fear follow the
same path in order to reach farer into space.
In order to present the architectural realm certain the characteristic, the research
of
of a
specific work is needed. The comprehensive research help the diagramming language to grow and conducting the theory knowledge behind all the visualization presentation. The drawings are not just for inspiration of architectural understanding but also for questioning and creating new interpretation of new architecture.
After a series of researches about variety topics, the spatial purpose of motif space was decided. The space is formed to create the sense of confusion and break down above the users to transform the emotion understanding into realistic structure. The
skinny
structure
but
columns also
perform ground
as
supporting
obstacle,
which
enhance the leitmotif concept of unknown fear.
“Franken Space� should be a unique Architectural space with characteristics that speak directly to the sensational idea.
Bordering the Milwaukee river, Riverwest is known for being one of the most ethnically, culturally, and religiously diverse neighborhoods in Milwaukee. The site is right on Locust, one of busiest street in Riverwest. The project will be a public market and seasonal farmer market to help activating the street block.
The surrounding context of the site includes community house, unique bars, live music and cross street parking. All these contexts help the site response to the need of central gathering and interactive place. The local art culture is routinely used to advance social causes, and a sense of civic celebration. The forms of art are just as diverse as the neighborhood, which bringing more cultural potential into the site.
In order to react to surrounding architectural language, the parti start with forming market stalls blocks to mimic the buildings cross street. The two blocks sharing some degree of materiality, and between them the “bridge“ was formed to allow people from main street to see into the courtyard and act as a breaking space for the visitor by making it coee and seating space. The block close to the alley is higher to introduce more space for program and align with public house on the other side of the alley.
The
context
building
was
built
around
1960-1970.
By
using
red
module
bricks,
the
project
maintains the continuity of the street front. At the mean time, the glass introduces the public feeling into space and help enlarge the space to greet the people entering from the front.
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As a follow up of the last project, this project focus on detail development of the partial wall.
The wall may be change in order to create its own masonry materiality.
By redesigning the corner of th building, the beauty of detail can be fully appreciated and the project can be more developed under the understanding of tectonic aspect.
The
redesigning
process
help
the
understanding of bricks and see the potential of material patterns. The three-stacked brick pattern was introduced to create vertical wave pattern onto the side wall. At the same time, the environmental condition was reconsider. In order to maximum the eďŹƒciency
of the wall and create special
eect, the shear open window pattern was placed so interior can have interesting sun eect in designed time of the day.
CANOPY CABLE ANCHOR TO WALL CANOPY CABLE METAL DECKING STEEL BEAM ANCHORED TO CMU CANOPY CABLE ANCHOR TO CANOPY
METAL ROOF FLASHING TREATED CAP BOARD ROOF MEMBRANE 4” RIGID FOAM INSULATION METAL DECKING INVERTED KING PIN TRUSS
8” CONCRETE BOND BEAM ALUMINIUM WINDOW HEAD DOUBLE PANE LOW-E GLASS ALUMINIUM WINDOW SILL
8” CONCRETE BOND BEAM ALUMINIUM WINDOW HEAD DOUBLE PANE LOW-E GLASS ALUMINIUM WINDOW SILL 4” BRICK VENEER 2” AIR SPACE 3” RIGID FOAM INSULATION AIR MOISTURE/VAPOR BARRIER 8” CMU BACK UP WALL 4” BRICK VENEER
16” CONCRETE BOND BEAM 6“ CONCRETE SLAB 3” RIGID FOAM INSULATION 3/4“ STONE FILL 6 COURSE CMU FOUNDATION WALL 3” RIGID FOAM INSULATION ANCHOR BOLT CONCRETE FOOTING
WALL SECTIO SCALE: 1/2”= 1
BRICK PATTERN 3
STRETCHER STACKED 3 HIGH WYTHE INSET EACH STRECHER
BRICK PATTERN 2
STRETCHER STACKED THREE HIGH SOLDIER BRICK EXTRUDED AT DEPTHS EXTRUSIONS INCREASE FROM RIGHT TO LEFT
BRICK PATTERN 1
STRETCHER STACKED THREE HIGH RUNNING BOND PATTERN
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To solve the freshman retention rate problem, the new school residential hall was proposed. The purpose of building is to help student interact with each other and make them willing to stay after first year of collage. Therefore, the project should provide a good serve program and well-designed public ground space for student to understand the school better. The housing concept of the student hall should also attract students to socialize with each other and make connection for both academical and daily need.
The site is located in front of the fountain between library and English building. The context buildings have some dierent characteristic which create challenge for deciding style of project but also make it potentially fit into the site in its own way. The circulation of site is based on two main axises, the building should be embedded in place to maintain its circulation and help the space configure both inside and outside.
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The student suite are arranged all in one side, which help controlling sunlight and provide more open housing common space.
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The space was visually divide to two for understanding of housing concept.
The learning stair space was placed in each house to help create a comfortable common space and connect two floors together for helping students interact with each other. The
learning stair can also be occupied
as individual area
to group students.
The student suite was arranged to get the most morning sunlight and block-out noon direct light. Each suite provide a small common space for student to prepare before going out to face the world. There are no single-room due to helping student create connection for retention purpose.
Concept model - Concealing
2nd BSAS Project
Streetcar depot schematic design
2nd BSAS Project
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VOLUME . 1 EDWARD FANG