Graduate School Projects
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The Penetrated Gallery Introducing accessibility and lighting through movements of penetration between two subterranean spaces. 1st Academic year in USC, February 2018~March 2018 Academic / Personal project Instructor: Victoria Coaloa Location: Court yard, The Fisher Art Museum, University of Southern California, LA, California, The United States Keywords: Subterranean space, Stairs, Ramps, Controlled Lighting
Fig.1 / Model - section
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Fig.1 / Original Site Fig.2 / Existing Basement & Introduced Basement Fig.3 / Penetration- Links between old and new basement Fig.4 / Penetration- links between ground surface to basement Fig.5 / Circulation route Fig.6 / visibility of landing Fig.7 / Lighting Diagram
Fig.1 / Site plan- Ground level Fig.2 / Section
Fig.1 / Site plan- Basement level Fig.2 / Section
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The Rythmic Facade Trasform a selected pattern to a building facade 1st Academic year in USC, January 2018~February 2018 Academic / Personal project Instructor: Victoria Coaloa Location: Parking Structure X, University of Southern California, LA, California, The United States Keywords: Systematic, Module, Structural grid, Perforation, repetetive paterns
Fig.1 / Model- front
Fig.1 / Selected Pattern
Fig.1 / Site plan of USC Parking Structure X Fig.2 / Pattern study- scaling
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Fig.1 / Elevation- before removing railings and fence Fig.2 / Elevation- after removing railings and fence
Fig.1 / Sructural axis Fig.2 / Designed parttern grid
Fig.1 / Solid and void drawing Fig.2 / Linear Drawing
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Fig.1 / Diagram of quantities Fig.2 / Composit Drawing
Fig.1 / Perspective view Fig.2 / Section perspective
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In Between A study of convex shape and space in between surface 1st Academic year in USC, November 2017~December 2017 Academic / Personal project Instructor: Eric Hass Location: University of Southern California, LA, California, The United States Keywords: Conic shapes, light filteration, Pavilion, circulation
By utilizing the geometry ofconic shapes and the space in between individual shapes, strait foward transit routs were disspersed. It creates a larger possiblity for users to have a more bonding relation ship with the site.
Sitting area follows the geometry of individual conic shapes, it allows more sitting areas without blocking circulation.
Started fron a conic shape. Form the design by trimming, boolean, rotating and gathering individual cones.
Fig.1 / Plan view Fig.2 / Diagram of circulation Fig.2 / Diagram of stop points Fig.2 / Diagram of used shapes
Fig.1 / Plan oblique Fig.2 / Plan Section
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Booleaned Shell House Split a cube in nine chunks, apply one boolean move on each, aggregate them to form a three storage house with legible circulation 1st Academic year in USC, October 2017~November 2017 Academic / Personal project Partner: Instructor: Eric Haas Location: No actual site Keywords: Boolean, Aggregation, Shell structure, Circulation
Fig.1 / Boolean cubes with oval shapes Fig.2 / Boolean cubes with orthogonal shapes Fig.3 / Boolean cubes with conic shapes
Fig.1 / Isometric view with and without hidden lines
Fig.1 / Series of section cut
Undergraduate School Projects
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PROJECT TAO A eco-friendly road, A story in Dongcing Bay, And a sustainable farm * Published in the well-known Taiwanese landscape journal “Landscape” * Award of Excellence, 2015 National Landscape Exhibition * 1st place, 2015 Graduate Design Project (entire class), THU 4thAcademic year’s graduate design, September 2014~May 2015 Academic / Cooperative project Role of design: Leader, site analysing, designer of the ecological road and indigenous culture revitalization area, 3D modeling, rendering, modeling, final presentation Partner: Huang, Shin Yen Instructor: Wu, Pei Ling Location: Orchid Island, Taiwan Keywords: Indigenous people, Depopulation, Grey tsunami, Raodkill, Sustainable agriculture
Orchid Island is home to the Tao, an ethnic minority group who migrated to the island from the Batan Archipelago 800 years ago. The island is known to them as Ponso no Tao “Island of the people” or Irala. Out of a total current population of 4000, approximately 2400 belong to the aboriginal Tao community and the remaining 1600 are mainly Han Chinese. There are multiple controversial issues occurring on Orchid Island: these including conserving the Tao culture, distrust among the Taiwanese government because of several historic facts that slow down the development, young generations continuously migrating to Taiwan to find jobs in order to survive and a serious environmental crisis. All issues are considered during the progress of design. Whether “who will be benefit from the design?” and “how to make this project beneficial to the entire island?” is the central ideology of the whole design process.
“ The whole project’s goal is to revive the Tao people’s culture and create a more pleasant environment for other species on the island. ” We set up a hypothesis before we started the design progress: If the government is willing to remedy all the downsides of Orchid Island, as a landscape architect, I question how to develop a project which is beneficial for not only the aboriginal people on the island, but also the environment? In order to execute the project from the right perspective, we consider our self as designers who are going to present to the Taiwanese Government. To be clear, our main ideology is to attract the young generation back to the Orchid Island by providing proper infrastructure for them to start their new life at their home town; they have been forced to move away in order to survive. Moreover, the design must be respectful to the Tao people’s culture, and have a low impact to the island’s environment. Finally, the whole project’s goal is to revive the Tao people’s culture and create a more pleasant environment for other species on the island.
Fig.1 / Section perspective of site
After investigating and analyzing the island, we found out that the south east part of the island is perfect for fulfilling our project. There were three main issues that we selected to focus on, therefore, the whole project will be combined with three separate designs. Firstly, in order to remedy the road kill problem occurring at the south east part of the island, we designed an ecological path way for both human and other kinds of species. Consequently, we selected a part of the northern side of our chosen site as the base of infrastructure, in order to attract the Tao’s younger generation back to the island. Finally, we utilized the southern part of the selected site as sustainable, ecologically friendly farm.
The selected site includes two Tao villages, I-ranmeylek (Dongqing village) and Ivalino village from north to south respectively. Both villages still keep their traditional underground buildings, but also embrace a modern lifestyle. Modern concrete living houses are ubiquitous. However, the population and the rate of the younger generation here is plummeting dramatically; this has led to a culture heritage crises. Further, because of a lack of labor power, the original public farm no longer a source of food for the island.
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An Eco-Friendly Pathway
Modernizing the concrete roads- this is one of the most notorious killer structures on the island. There are only two main roads on Orchid Island; one of them circles the whole island. The road brings convenience to people but it is a disaster for the original species on the island. The road is sandwiched between the coast and the mountains have blocked some of the species migration paths, even worse, the cars and motorcycles are causing vital issues such as animals being killed by cars; this is widespread across the island. To compound this, some of the species on the island are already endangered, thus it is crucial to reduce the rate of roadkill. The design’s purpose is to create a safe, ecofriendly pathway for all kinds of species.
Fig.1 / Local species migration directions & The victims Fig.2 / Construction details Fig.3 / Before & After design digrams Fig.4 / Cross-section
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A story of Dongcing bay
Indigenous culture revitalization area.
loosing labor power and younger generations are the common issues for indigenous societies around the world, Orchid Island is no exception. The island is currently facing serious decline in the population: a large percentage of younger generations migrate to Taiwan to get a job because the economy on the island is not sustainable. However, during the past, the Tao people actually lived with a self-sufficient economic system but the concept of modern consumption has invaded the island and altered people’s living patterns, sadly, the consequence is unchangeable. The Tao people are used to modernization. They are willing to embrace the convenience of modern technology, but they are also eager to protect their traditional culture. The issue of how to reach a balance between modernization and traditional practices is at issue. The indigenous culture conservation area contains four functions: a public meeting space for the Tao people to discuss important issues, infrastructures for the elder Tao people to pass on their knowledge to the future generations, agriculture fields to produce food for the economy and emergency usage, and job opportunities in order to lure the younger generation back the their homeland.
Fig.1 / Masterplan of the indigenous culture revitalization area Fig.2 / Design process Fig.3 / Flow chart of functionst
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The Warrior’s Gate
Inspired from the Traditional Tao warrior’s helmet, the gate will remind the Tao people never to forget about their roots and culture and create an exotic atmosphere for the visitors. The gate’s roof is the same texture as the traditional helmet- shiny silver colored iron.
“ Besides his canoe, the helmet is the Tao man’s most cherished possession. Covering the entire head, with slits left for the eyes, the helmets were made in days of yore with silver from Spanish and Japanese coins beaten into strips. ” Fig.1 / Snapshot of landforming process Fig.2 / Storm runoff path Fig.3 / Pathways Fig.4 / Cross-section plan & Traditional crops
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Agriculture Fields
Inspired from the traditional Tao agriculture system, the design of the agriculture fields was furnished with traditional functions: wind proof and salt damage proof. However, the original type of agriculture was located on the flat lands; the later designed agricultural style is suitable for the hills. The newly designed field will be utilized for the growth of traditional crops such as sweet potatoes, taro, and wheat. The crops will be used to serve the costumers and also be stored in the warehouse for emergency usage during typhoon days.
Orchid Island has ample rainfall. Moreover, the fields were designed in geographic sequence to keep the storm runoff in the fields, so there is no need to build extra irrigation system. Moreover, the landform of the agricultural fields shaped the path way of the dwelling area. The user will walk on the pathway between the fields that have a picturesque atmosphere during their whole dwelling experience. Fig.1 / Snapshot of landforming process Fig.2 / Storm runoff path Fig.3 / Pathways Fig.4 / Cross-section plan & Traditional crops
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Pulic’s Meeting Building Inspired from the traditional canoe of Tao and the magnificent scenery, We deconstructs the yacht’s form, the image of the ocean’s wave, and utilized the consequence as our concept. There are two rooms in the building, both of them provides necessary equipment, it will be easier for the tao people to get together and discus important issues here. There is actually a former public meeting space on the island, however, it was destroyed. The island lacks a viable space for the villagers to unite, so we thought it would be nice to build one. The reason why we are placing the meeting space here is because by doing so the opportunity for cultural heritage activities will be greater. To illustrate, cultural heritage requires communication between the elder and younger generations. By placing the meeting space which is mostly used by the elder Tao people near the space for younger generations, we can expect that the rate of communication will increase.
Fig.1 / Plan view Fig.2 / Structure details Fig.3 / Cross-section A-A” Fig.4 / Cross-section B-B” Fig.5 / Design concept Fig.6 / Sight before & after design Fig.7 / View of sunroof Fig.8 / View of outdoor space
1.Roof with Tao’s traditioal totem “eye of the canoe”
1. Inner pillars inspired by ocean’s wave
1. Outer pillars inspired by the traditional Tao people’s canoe. 2. Two diverse rooms equiped with equipment for meetings
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Indigenous Culture Heritage Buildings
Using the same design concept as the public meeting building, the indigenous culture heritage building’s design concept also comes from traditional canoes and sea waves. However, there are no separate rooms in the building. The reason there are no separate rooms in the building is that we expect to create a space with maximum freedom. In the building, the Tao people can build their yachts here, teach the younger generation the process of creating traditional daily gears and also, younger generations can stay in the building to participate in traditional culture heritage programs or start their own creative project. The building is open to all people, so it will be a great place for people in all position to communicate creative ideas. The indigenous cultural heritage buildings will become the base for Tao’s culture conservation.
“ Architecture Is Music In Space, As It [Architecture] Were Frozen Music “
Friederich von.Schiller,1759-1805
Fig.1 / View of corridor Fig.2 / Plan view Fig.3 / Front view
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Lobby & Warehouse
Located at the center of the site, the lobby’s primary function is to serve the tourists who dwell in the underground buildings. As the function serves tourists, the building also contains an exhibition and also emergency food supplies. In the middle of the building, the space will be mainly used for serving the art exhibition, and the wing of the building is the warehouse for storage. The design concept of the building comes from the image of sailing a traditional Tao canoe and the traditional canoe house. Staring at the lobby is like watching a canoe being carried out the canoe house, preparing to sail in the sea.
Fig.1 / Design concept diagram Fig.2 / Cross- section A-A” Fig.3 / Cross- section B-B” Fig.4 / Site plan Fig.5 / View of the lobby
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Underground House Unit
Although there are only few Tao people live in the traditional underground buildings now, we found that the traditional buildings are intrinsically superb in their wind proofing, heat proofing and they generates less interference to the environment. Furthermore, the underground building type is better for the scene of the coast line. Inspired from the traditional underground building, we transformed the original building into modern appearance. The difference between them is: there are bathrooms and larger interior spaces in the newly designed dwelling house. We assumed that the tourists from other region will want to take a nice shower after all the activities during daytime. Moreover, the new designed building has a taller ceiling, which makes the dweller more comfortable in the interior space.
Fig.1 / Design concept Fig.2 / View of underground house Fig.3 / Plan (first floor) Fig.4 / Plan (second floor) Fig.5 / Top view Fig.6 / Cross-section
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Outside Performance Plaza The Tao people are well known for their festival dancing so the outside plaza provides a proper space for the Tao people to practice their skills. Located at the center of the site, it is more convenient for the younger generations to reach for guidance whenever they need to. There are plenty of seats surrounding the sides of the plaza, visitors, tourists and villagers can sit down and enjoy a nice performance, or they can just enjoy the breathtaking scenery.
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Public Agriculture Area
The design concept is to re-utilize the original farm at the southern part of the site that is no longer functions since the lack of labor on the island by introducing a new agricultural system that is inspired by the building techniques and traditional Tao agriculture system. The new agricultural system will be less labor consuming and is capable of growing crops that are less likely to grow on the island. Moreover, the harvest of the farm will be shared by both villages; while typhoon approaches, the harvest will be the emergency food for the islanders.
Fig.1 / Agriculture of the original farm (Yong Xin farm) Fig.2 / The process of salt damage Fig.3 / Orchid Island’s farming schedule Fig.4 / After design Fig.5 / Heat proof, wind proof and salt damage proof Fig.6 / Sustainable irrigation system Fig.7 / The circulation of food Fig.8 / Different functions of the agriculture unit Fig.9 / View of public agriculture area
Fig. Model of “A Story of Doncing Bay” (under- study model; top- final model done with CNC)
Fig. Model of “ Underground house unit ” - front view)
Fig. Model of “ Underground house unit ” - front view (without roof)
Fig. Model of “ Underground house unit ” - side view
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参信 TSAN SHIN Reform A Site Full of Historical Relics to A Memorial Plaza * Selected for a journal jointly published by Tunghai University & Chung Yuan University
3rd Academic year’s project, second semester, May 2014 Academic / Personal project Instructor: Li, Feng Shi Location: Taipei, Taiwan Keywords: Conflicted historical issues, Monumental Space, Buddhism, Zen
Taiwan, a nation which is just like other countries on the planet, has a great deal of historical background. The island has been colonized by Spain, Netherlands, the Ching dynasty, Japan and currently the R.O.C government. There are still some historical buildings remains, however, the numbers are decreasing because of varies reasons. For instance, it is until several years ago that the government realizes that the importance of conserving historical buildings, many of them was already destroyed because of the different values of the authority. Another reason is because Taiwan has a high population density country; during modernization, some of the historical buildings ended up being destroyed for more lands to build business dwelling buildings other purposes. During the design progress, I initially focused on the historic facts, trying to present the flow of the history in my design. However, I found out that it is not appropriate to bring up the flow of history in this case because from different position that I view the history, the design that overemphasizes the flow of history might remind people of unpleasant memories because both of Japanese a K.M.T has done terrible things to Taiwanese people but they also contribute a lot to developing Taiwan. If the purpose in to remind the sophisticating history to the people , the better way is to put the information in word wise, which the people can choose to read them in their own will.
Besides emphasizing history, it is more important to let the people know the historical facts but let go the hatred that occurs in the past. The common ground between both authorities is that they believe in general Buddhism, moreover, letting go of the past is one of the concepts of Buddhism. Thus, the design will apply the ideology of Buddhism. The purpose of the design is to create a space where people can still acknowledge about the historic events, experience the process of calm, letting go of not only the unpleasant past but also the daily stress in modern everyday life.
“ Besides emphasizing history, it is more important to let the people know the historical facts but let go the hatred that occurs in the past. ”
Fig.1,2 / Skeches of the main temple’s foundation design Fig.3 / Photo of the site
The history of the design’s site is intriguing. It can date back to the Ching dynasty when it was just a marketing district outside the ancient city wall, after that, the Japanese select the site to build a Japanese temple for political and religious reasons. Then, when the K.M.T colonized Taiwan, they bring millions of soldiers with them. The site then becomes a dwelling and marketplace for the soldiers, however, the original Japanese temple was moderated to the Chinese style temple. It is interesting to note that the religion between two different countries actually comes from the same root- Buddhism. Sadly, the temple was burned down in 1975, and the rest of the buildings on the site were not conserved well either; they are either moderated into unpleasant appearances or just simply prohibited citizens to enter it via sealing the doors and windows with wooden pieces. Although the site is currently rebuilt by the government in 2014, the idea of the concept is at issue; it can be done better. Fig.1,2 / Skeches of the main temple’s foundation design Fig.3 / Photo of the site
R.O.C Government 1945 ~
Recently, Taipei city has become one of the busiest metropolitan areas in Asia; the commercial activity and the population near the site is massive, however, the site no longer has a religious function. After being rebuilt by the government, the site is more like a combination of plaza and park which contains rebuilt historic buildings.
Ching Dynasty 1616 ~ 1895 During the Ching dynasty, the site was a piece of land near the business district linking the ancient gate of Taipei city to the harbor aside Tamsui River.
Japanese Colonization Era 1895 ~ 1945 During the Japanese colonization era, the site was utilized as one of the most important Japanese temples in Taipei city. In this era, the commercial activities and the population started to increase rapidly.
During Japanese colonization era, the main temple is the core of the site, which is visually logical because the building was larger than others on the site. The users will know that after experiencing the bell tower and the visiting pathway, the destination of their purpose is the main building. After the main temple and the building where the monks bodies were burned in 1975, there was no restoration plan from the government. Although the government did rebuild the site in 2014, building wise, they only rebuilt the foundation of the main temple which is visually strange. Even more confusing, they rebuilt the bell tower on a 3.5 meter high artificial hill, changed the floor pattern, making the bell tower more conspicuous. When the users enter the site, the rebuilt foundation of the main temple seems redundant and the most conspicuous structure is at the entrance of the site.
Fig.1 / Histories during different era Fig.2 / The original design by the government & Photo’s of history facts
1. Main temple foundation & Zen guarden 2. Repaired historical building - Lun Fan house 3. Relic of historical building - Yu Miao house 4. Repaired historical building - Shu Xin house 5. Emergency exit of Taipei M.R.T 6. Bell tower 7. Waterscape 8. “Omotesando” the visiting pathway 9. Meditation spot 10. Tree formation 11. Relaxing deck 12. Relaxing grass field
The concept of the design is mainly three parts. First and foremost, I re-utilize the main temple’s foundation which was built by the government, creating a garden for people the stay and enjoy their time. Since the surrounding building is in the Japanese style, I decided to add some Japanese Zen style concept in the design. On the part of the plaza, which was originally just the pavement on the ground, I tried to use modern methods by planting trees in the in the same order as the traditional visiting pathway. Once they have entered the site, the users will be guided by the tree’s formation to their destination. For the bell tower, I lowered the altitude of the tower by reducing the artificial hill, replacing it by a waterscape furnished with Sakura tree. There are 9 special designed seats for meditating near the waterscape and the bell tower, together they formed a space for people who believe in Buddhism to practice and excel their skills of meditation.
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01. “Omotesando” , the root for prayer to enter the temple 02. Make Omotesando the main axis of design 03. Place vertical axis to deside the lacation to plant trees 04. Place outdoor chairs to guide the user’s roots 05. Make each destiny of the roots a space to stay and meditate
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The garden on the foundation of the main temple is designed to be the spot for the people who are willing to stay and relax for a period of time. The Karesansui pattern on the ground represents the stream that is able to bring away people’s stress. When users enter the space they will see the modern style Karesansui, then they can sit down at the platform to enjoy the peaceful view. Moreover, the main temple foundation redesign as whole makes a balance combination with the surrounding landscape.
Meditation is a common activity in Taiwan, the meditation spot not only forms a peaceful and pleasant landscape but also provides a spot for people to do their meditation activity. Furthermore, they can meet others who share common interests.