2021 PORTFOLIO by Yuting Lu

UTING LU 2019-2021 ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO CLEMSON UNIVERSITY| M. ARCH

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yutingl@clemson.edu Clemson, SC

WORKS

MAXWELL’S JUNCTION

04-11

A DRONE RESEARCH CAMPUS

SYNTHESIS: TESA STRUCTURE

12-19

AIRPORT COMMUNITY COMPLEX

FLYING U

20-25

3D INSTALLATION FROM 2D TILES

CAPTURING LIGHT

26-31

ALL-FAITH CHAPEL

20&21MINI WORKS

32-35

TACTILE & VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

01 MAXWELL’S JUNCTION A DRONE RESEARCH CAMPUS

PROFESSOR Dan Harding, Dustin Albright, Ufuk Ersoy TEAM Dan Kelly, Hayley Miller, Yuting Lu MEDIUM Rhino, Sketchup, Lumion, Enscape, AI, PS

PROJECT BRIEF Tyndall Air Force Base, located east of the Panama City in Florida coast, was hit by hurricane Michael in 2018. For the restoration in 2023, the new plan needs to combat the nature’s humidity, strong winds, heavy rainfall, and solar heat gain. Also, due to the easy accessibility to southern pines, we are searching for the possibility to apply mass timber. Our team selected area 8500, the subscale drone research campus, which supports the base for testing, maintenance, cleaning, and storage. For future expansion, we applied a 20x20 grid and designed a building schedule starting with the UAV hangar. My building is a chute shop, and it is used for wash, check, repair parachutes and test other survival kits. It is the only human scale building in our site. As our team use the wood construction and polycarbonate as our design language, how can we create more varieties for the drone facility? How will our buildings interact with sunlight, wind, water and how will they perform in daily life and in storm condition?

SITE LOCATION

SABRE

FLIGHTLINE SUPPORT

DRONE SILVER FLAG

AREA 8500

4 0

3,625

7,250

14,500

21,750

Feet 29,000

SITE DESIGN PROCESS

ECM MAINTENANCE

ELECTRONIC COUNTER MEASURE POD STORAGE OCC

UAV STORAGE

ALONG SPINE EXPANSION UGV STORAGE

SITE ACCESS

N S IO X PA

L AT

- S IT

UAV MAINTENANCE

C IR

IO N

ENGINE TEST CELL

CHUTE SHOP

FIELD TESTING WASH RACK

PROGRAM ADJANCENCY

diffusive light

focus light

soft artifcial light

CORE SPACE EXPERIENCE

CHUTE SHOP PROGRAM ASSEMBLY

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

LOAD TRACE DIAGRAM

STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM

W-E SECTION

WEST CORNER SECTION DETAIL

DIFFERENT WEATHER DIFFERENT MOOD

WEST BALCONY FACADE

LONG SECTION

02 SYNTHESIS: TESA STRUCTURE

PRECAST PERFORMATIVE MORPHOLOGIES PROFESSOR Michael Carols Barrios Kleiss TEAM Chebiyyam Sai Sreekar, Faequa Uniza Rahman, Yuting Lu MEDIUM Rhino, Grasshopper, Lumion, AI, PS, Sketch, 3D Printer

PROJECT BRIEF The project is a large complex next to the international airport in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. Before this six-week project, we have already explored tessellation and morphing in three other projects. Then here, we collaborated with SOM to design two main structures: a long-span high-canopy and an exterior enclosure wall system. And for the third structure, we designed the exterior walls of the mosque. All three components are inspired by traditional Islamic patterns. And my focus is on the canopy. We found a four-fold traditional pattern-bowtie pattern which images the waves in deserts, the waves in ocean, the moon, and the sun. Can we create our own patterns using the same rules? Yes! We apply our own pattern unit on the 19.2x19.2m(63’x63’) square grid. We also keep in mind that visitors will not only be impressed by the canopy from the bottom but also from the sky. Then we adjust the thickness of the panels and get four basic type bows and ties which can be organized into waves following the same direction as the mosque. Even the solar panels will be parts of the rhythm.

SITE IMAGE-ABU DHABI

AERIAL VIEW

CONCEPT

PATTERN RESEARCH

PANEL ORGANIZATION

PANEL RHYTHM

STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM

LARGE SCALE CONCEPT MOSQUE DIRECTION

ENVELOPE DETAIL

MOSQUE CONCEPT

03 FLYING U PROFESSOR Douglas Hecker MEDIUM Rhino, AI, PS, Laser cutter, Paper Model, Plastic

PROJECT BRIEF How contemporary digital processes can transform our traditional material? In this project, we were exploring a repeatable 2D tile, approximately 3”-4”, which can be joined in a 3D way for maximum variations. I started from an emotional choice: I like the “U” shape, because it repeats a lot in my name. When playing with the tile, I found “U” quite interesting. It has two tactile and a half round ring to change the direction and to have a more flexible opening. Then came the most important part, how to join them. I tried to play with notepad models. By accident, I got the “U+W” way for joints. After that, I improved the basic tile to minimize the waste. And the final shape is close to the boomerang. Surprisingly, the model was welcomed in Halloween and my friends also made Christmas reindeers by the pieces. What else could they become? They are my inspiration puzzles now.

Project 1

Final tile minimizes the waste by adjusting the U between two periodic curves.

Digital Manufacturing Process| Fall 2020 Yu�ng Lu

ject 1

Flying U

lying U

Project 1

Concept: The project starts from an emo�onal choice: Because I like the “U” shape, which is like a paperclip and repeats a lot in my name. When playing with the �le, I found “U” quite interes�ng. It has two tac�le and a half round ring to change the direc�on. And unlike a circle, it is more ﬂexible with an opening.

tal Manufacturing Process| Fall 2020 ng Lu

3” x 4” tile

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LASER CUT PIECE

Basic Unit: U+ W W consists of two U in a 3D way

Basic “U+W” I tried to weave U with notepads. A coincidence happened: I slightly adjust the angle of second line’s U. From the front, it is U + W, but from the side, the W is made ofBasic twoUnit: separated U+ W Us, which are reflected along Z axis. W consists of two Then U in athe basic unit (U+W) 3D way is reflected in the following row and thus, creates a 3D pattern. Photos:

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hanging point structural support cuts randomly developed piece

Paper Model For the paper model, I first develop the “skeleton”, and later can add little “wings”. The symmetrical line cuts are basically for structural support while the dotted cuts are for pieces to grow randomly. Another interesting finding is that the hanging point does not need to be fixed.

when the shadows meet the “reality”

04 CAPTURING LIGHT

ALL-FAITH CHAPEL FOR CLEMSON PROFESSOR Andreea Mihalache, Peter Laurence MEDIUM Rhino, Watercolor, Procreate, Model

PROJECT BRIEF Clemson University is looking for a memorial chapel for decades. Designing an atmospheric space for “all faiths” in the university is a challenge to emphasize qualities of light, space, materials and most importantly, the contextual relationship. Located in the center axis of the campus and at the south corner of Cooper library, how can the chapel respond to the surrounding buildings? What is the spirit of the space and how to make it “non-denominational”? The idea came from a game day when I was sitting in the library and struggling with my sketches. I saw people all in orange and purple, the colors of Clemson and the colors from sky. I was quite moved by the view- everyone was in the same colors, like flashing Clemson fireflies. I need a bottle to collect them! Inspired by Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp, I started to play with colors. The bottle has narrow and wide openings, and when coloring the long edge for the narrow opening and short edge for the wide ones, it would have most natural orange and purple. Then I lift it in a second glass bottle and emphasized the huge stair in the center. So visitors will go through the open bottle, the center stair and up to the color bottle.

SITE LOCATION

SPACE SPIRIT

CONCEPT

COLOR REFLECTION & OVERLAPPING

MASSING DEVELOPMENT

05 MINI WORKS

“TACTILE & VIRTUAL“

MONSTER in LEE HALL We tried to apply VR in construction. We also tested for a low-tech but effiecitent drilling process.

CUTE BOx3

Introduc�on to Cra�| ARCH 6770| Spring 2020 | Yu�ng Lu

CUTE BOX3 Band saw box manual https://issuu.com/163545/docs/woodshop_documentation_yuting_lu

MINI WORKS

“ENVIRONMENT“

2020 SPRING IN CHARLESTON History and Theory Booklet https://issuu.com/163545/docs/lu__booklet

Inspired by Heidegger’s two-fold of world. Early spring in Charleston.

Goodbye! Languishment! Reorganization of our home

Bio

WEST

Arch

Bio

We reorganized our home during the pandemic. Every room has its own emotion. We also made the first floor a flexible place- to work, chat, play together.

Part of presentation to my client’s parents about how to create various layers of light environment.

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