Zihan Li 2017-2022
Portfolio Architecture
(1)267-918-1712 lizihan@upenn.edu
Contents
01
Layer City
02 Between Mountains and Rivers 03
Space Breeding Machine : Sphereology of Colonialism
01 07 13
04 Woven Perception
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05 Break the Art
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06 Lanterns within the City
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Other Works
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01 LAYER CITY New living stylestyle under under the Covid-19 New living thePainting Covid-19
June - September, 2020 Location: Tokyo, Japan Instructor: Dian Zhang Team Work with Sijia Chi Conceptual Design (50%) Technical Drawing (30%) Rendering Drawing (60%)
Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the way people live.Before the Covid-19, people used to spend more time on outdoors activities, such as shopping, dining and working. But due to the restriction under Covid-19, these activities have to be done indoors.It’s unlikely to keep all kinds of people in the same space and under same level of restriction, which is inefficient in constructing a innovative living space. Here we design a miniature city that can classify and arrange people under their social activity needs. This new design serves as a solution to hold more people under basic social restrictions, and satisfy more people’s needs under pandemic.
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Epidemiological History and Impact
New Social Environment
The Covid-19
Travaux Haussmanniens
removed crowded medieval quarters, construction of spacious streets, parks and new sewers, water channels.
The Cholera
Unsanitary conditions and unclean drinking water has caused a lot of spread.
Public Health Campaign
Social restrictions promote the development of new social methods.
2020s
1850s
has developed promoted sun exposure and ventilation to improve public places.
The Tuberculosis
Renaissance
Industrialization made it very common for workers living in urban slums to get infected.
1810s
Labor shortage stimulated a lot of technological and social innovation.
The Black Death
The Black Death caused tens of millions of deaths and labor shortage.
1350s
New Social Ways after COVID-19
BEFORE
COVID-19
AFTER
Traditional Living Style
During the pandemic
In the Micro city
Before the Covid-19, people used to do outdoors activities, such as shopping, dining and working.
When Covid-19, these activities have to be done indoors. It’s unlikely to keep everyone under same level of restriction.
A miniature city that can classify and arrange people under their social activity needs which serves as a solution in pandemic period.
An experimental location of the layer city
Many subcultures originate from Tokyo, such as Otakuzuku, night club and distancing, which makes Tokyo an avant-grade city. Shinagawa is an emerging region in Tokyo, which contains the most complex transportation in Tokyo, well known IT companies such as Sony and Microsoft. The new living style is a basic condition for the development of new social spaces.
Japan - Tokyo - Shinagawa Culture of Tokyo 02
Define the people in Covid-19 EOAS
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Layer 1 Keep the Social Distance !!!
1m
1. Are you outwardly or inwardly focused? (+4/ -4)
2.What’s your attitude towards the Covid-19? (+3/ -3)
Extraversion / Introversion
Optimistic / Negative
3. How do you prefer to make a decision? (+2/ -2)
4.How do you prefer to live your life?(+1/ -1)
Aggressive / Conservative
Causal / Organized
Party Animal
1m
Hello from the other side ;)
inspired by the 16 personality test from Carl Gustav Jung
Then they get a score, be divided.
16 Kinds of people
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Layer 2
The miniature city mainly targets at two kinds of people, one who wants to be well isolated during the pandemic and one who desires to explore new living styles. In other words, the miniature city provides a new living style, even without pandemic, which condenses many activities into a limited space. Before entering the city, the residents will have a test inspired by Jung’s sixteen personality tests, which serves as a classification.There will be four questions in the test, as can be seen in the diagram. Depending on the choices, people will get scores and divided in groups
Density of Social Space
People Person
Don't touch me. Won't go out. Scared of death!!! +10 +8 EOAS +6 EOAG
+4 EOCS
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-6 INAS -8 INAG -10 INCS
ENCG IOCG -4
ENCS IOCS
+2 ENAS EOCG IOAS ENAG +2 IOAG
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Screw you Covid-19! We are gonna Party all night!
INCG
Lone Wolf IOAS
Attitude towards social under the circumstances of Covid-19
IOCS
Matching People, Activities and Spaces EOAS
According to the sixteen kinds of people based on our test, we further characterize them under multiple daily activity, symbolic phenomena during the pandemic and their space modes. We make a list to illustrate this advanced classification.
EOCG
IOAG
IOCG
EOAG
ENAG
ENCG
INAG
EOCS
IOAS
IOCS
INCS
Party without Protection
Face to Face
Non-compulsory Distancing
Distance Circle
Straight-line Distancing
Half-Physical Barrier
Physical Barrier
Movement Vector
Spatialization
Curtain
Color Changing Floor
Partitions Office
Distancing Gym
Canteen
ENCS
INAS
16 Kinds of People during Covid-19
INCG
One-Way
Physical Protection
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INAG
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Open Classroom
Spiral Way
Layer 4 Hermits
Green Land
Shuttle Tube
Cross Way
Live House
Enclosed Space
Bubble Room
Complete Isolation
Movement During Covid-19
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IOCG
INCS
ENAS
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One-way Passage
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Space Typology Personality-Activity-Space Correspondence
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Inner Structure of Layer City
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Social Space Typology Study - Working - Dining
Shopping - Entertainment
The filling texture of the plane shows the increasing size of the living space for different levels of people from inside to outside and the decreasing size of the social space.
Transportation - Infrastructure
Open
Living
Plan
Closed
Furnitures
Classroom
Walls
Restaurant
Rooms
Curtain Area
House
Office
Flying House
VR Entertainment
Snack Street
Cafe, Office
Club
Cinema
Runway
Metro/ Highways
Infomation Screen
Concert
Sumo Arena
Skate Board Park
One-way Bridge
Solar Panels
Led Floor
One-way Rides
Restaurant
Vertical Museum
One-way Shops
Sightseeing Platform
Red Light Street
Single Pass Bar
Cable Car
Distancing Green Land
Ferris Wheel
Shuttle Elevators
Transportation Track
Green Land
Helicopter
Energy Facilities
Water Storage Device
Hospital
Residence Space Plan We have designed the living space of each floor separately, and laid out according to the living habits and needs of people living in different levels.
Layer 3：" Lone Wolf " Collection of separate rooms
Layer 1：" Party Animal "
Shared Furniture without Seperation
Layer 4：" Hermit " Independent House
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Layer 2：" People Person " Open space divided by walls
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40M
Extremes Isolated Floating Ball 05
Section
Lives in Different Layers
Layer 1：" Party Animal " The first layer is for that who wants a completely open living mode. For example, the Kabukicho Ichibangai in the figure is a place for outdoors entertainment, where Kabuki in a single room gives a performance to the audience in the street.
Layer 2：" People Person " The first layer is for that who wants less completely open living mode. For example, the Kabukicho Ichibangai in the figure is a place for outdoors entertainment, where Kabuki in a single room gives a performance to the audience in the street.
Layer 3：" Lone Wolf " The figure here shows the space for people who want a restriction to some extent. There is also capsule car which can transport only one person at a time, which is a special way of transportation under social restriction.
Layer 4: " Hermit " The fourth level is for those who want complete isolation. They have essentially no direct physical contact with the outside world and are connected to the outside world through pipeline transportation and networks. 06
02 BETWEEN MOUTAINS AND RIVERS Translation of Traditional Chinese Landscape Painting
May - June, 2019 Location: Anhui, China Instructor: Hui Zhao Individual work
The relationship between landscape and architecture is a subtle one. In general, they complement each other, with landscape being the backdrop for architecture and architecture being the reshaping of landscape. So, how to make buildings integrated with the natural environment became my thinking for my undergraduate architectural design project.
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Mapping of Anhui, Jiuhua
Design Concept JIUHUA MOUNTAIN.
Jiuhua Mountain, a realistic mountain, contains many chapters with a sense of rhythm.
When Jiuhua Mountain first comes into view, we can see its clear shape. With its endless peaks, it lives up to the reputation as “the best mountain in Southeast China”. The bronze statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva stands quietly under the peaks, withstanding the test of time together with the mountains, the water, and the villages here. In the Tang Dynasty, Ksitigarbha Jin came to Jiuhua; Water Body over the next 1,600 years, the Ksitigarbha Bodhimanda has Mountain become widely known.
Uphill
Uphill
Water Body Mountain
Nodes
Nodes Sightseeing Line
Sightseeing Line
Topography of Mountains
Topography of Mountains
Downhill
Downhill
Branches
Branches
Jiuhua Mountain Tour Route After researching the actual mountain of Jiuhua Mountain, we discovered the landscape scenery on the tour, and the rhythm of the mountain. On the way up and down the mountain, the mountain and water lines are intertwined, giving a deep impression.
Rhythm of Jiuhua Mountain
Real landscape
Merging
Art reproduction
Traditional Landscape Painting
SITE Analysis
Space
Concretization
After discovering the commonality between architecture and landscape painting, we designed a translation process to translate the landscape into architecture.
Space model
Mountain line
Water line
Reorganization Module
Space Streamline Framing
Basic spatial pattern
Architectural
Architecture
Space unit
Negative space
Nodes
Positive space
Similarities between Landscape Painting and Architecture
Translation Process 08
Composition of Landscape Painting
Composition of Landscape Painting
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After finding the entry point of landscape painting, we analyzed the spatial composition patterns of famous landscape paintings through the ages and abstracted the mountain line, water line, and sightseeing line. The eye of the painting was extracted from the scenery frame as the scene intention. Finally, we conclude the spatial module. Finally, we constructed the landscape pattern model based on all the above analysis.
Seperation
Slide 交
叉
交
叉
Divarication
Cross 渗
穿
渗
穿
Perforation
Permeation
Mountain-Water Relationship
凭台远 凭眺 台远眺
Water line
Accommodation & leisure Accommodation & leisure Sauna & spa
Bathing pool
Sauna & spa
Bathing pool 小桥流水 小桥流水
溯溪戏水 溯溪戏水
参差水岸 参差水岸 凭台远眺 凭台远眺
壁挂空悬 壁挂空悬
别有洞天 别有洞天
溯溪戏 溯水 溪戏水
参差水 参岸 差水岸
Mountain line
峰回路转 峰回路转
壁挂空 壁悬 挂空悬
峡谷傍 峡山 谷傍山
Water line
峡谷傍山 峡谷傍山 云端人家 云端人家
小桥流 小水 桥流水
别有洞 别天 有洞天
凌空飞瀑 凌空飞瀑
凌空飞 凌瀑 空飞瀑
Architectural Process
Locker room
Locker room
Mountain line
Reception room
Reception room
云端人 云家 端人家
峰回路 峰转 回路转
Scenes
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Use the mountain lines, water lines, and flow lines obtained from the analysis to construct a basic model.
Combine the summarized mods with the base model to enrich the space composition.
The height difference is treated into three levels, and the functional partitions are arranged as needed.
Stage 4 Refining the layout of each space, organizing the traffic flow, and architecturalizing the program 09
Scene Sequences
Plan
Second Floor Plan
Third Floor Plan 01 women's dressing room / 02 women's bathroom / 03 men's bathroom / 04 office / 05 staff lounge / 06 material room / 07 treatment rooms / 08 lounge / 09 café / 10 entertainment area / 11 cafeteria / 12 kitchen / 13 linen Room / 14 guest room / 15 equipment room
Ground Floor Plan 01 lobby / 02 back office / 03 men's dressing room / 04 office / 05 manager's office / 06 hot spring bathing pool / 07 treatment rooms / 08 foot therapy room / 09 sauna room / 10 fitness area / 11 cafeteria / 12 kitchen / 13 lounge
We designed each node with a garden-like space, forming a rhythmic sequence of scenes that serve different architectural functions as well as narrative roles.
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Elevation
Applicaiton of Classical Landscape Elements In order to make the building better landscaped, I used the main components of traditional Chinese gardens, d the place where the interior and exterior of the building are combined, with a garden-like composition of rich and varied nodes, scenes focusing on experience, and elegant architectural language, shaping the architectural painting that gives people an experience like traveling in the landscape.
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Platform
Corridor
伍
陸
Moon Gate
Water Pavilion
叁
肆
Pier
Sheet wall
貳
Gallery Bridge
壹
Aisle
Porch
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Models
Constructions Axon View
Dining Hall
Spa Zone Anodized aluminum plate finish
Insulated-glass unit (Extra clean)
Accommodation
Large bath
South view
Exposed Prefabricated Concrete Joist Slab Exposed Concrete Terrace Surface
Section To deal with the vertical height variation of the mountainous area, the building is divided into three levels corresponding to different functional zoning. Force controls: Security entry level
Concrete Sheer Wall
Concrete Columns 600×600
1-1 Section
2-2 Section 12
03 SPACE BREED MACHINE: SPHEREOLOGY OF COLONIALISM The creation of the Crystal Palace inevitably produced its opposite, the exterior of the Crystal Palace, a dark exterior as opposed to a warm interior. —Peter SloterdijkPainting
March - May 2020 Location: Universe Instructor: Shiyang Zhang Team Work with Yingxian Wu, Xiaotian Liu
Today, with the increasing development of science and technology, the method of colonization has gradually changed to space colonization, and an important method of space colonization is to breed the latest generation of colonists through surrogacy. In contrast to contemporary society, the topic of surrogacy and reproductive rights has become increasingly controversial.t
Conceptual Design (60%) Technical Drawing (30%) Rendering Drawing (50%) Comics (100%） 13
Philosophical Model
Social Stuation Mirror S
1. Jacques Lacan ——“Mirror Stage"
In this philosophical model, "s" as the ontology produces a mirror a’ image of "a", and as the object that "s" wants to achieve or have a relationship with, "A" also produces a mirror image of "a'Mirror ". Therefore, the two mirror images are related to each other, and "S" and "A" are always in a state of being close and never reachable.
a
Female
Reproduction Right
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Offspring
Male
Earth
Newborn
Mirror Space Reproduction Right
Space Station S
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Female a’
Baby Male
Offspring
A Mirror
New Colonizer
Space Colonization Newborn
Earth
2. Peter Sloterdijk —— “Spheres Trilogy” Space
Space Station
Spheres deals with "spaces of coexistence", spaces commonly overlooked which conceal information crucial to developing an understanding of humanity. The exploration of these spheres begins with the biological and utopian comfort of the womb, which humans try to recreate through science, ideology, and religion.BabyFrom these Female Peter Sloterdijk —— mother's “Spheres Trilogy” microspheres to macrospher, Sloterdijk analyzes spheres where humans try but fail to dwell and traces a connection Spheres deals with "spaces of coexistence", spaces commonly overlooked or taken for granted which conceal information crucial to developing an understanding of humanity. The exploration of these spheres begins with the basic difference between mammals and between vital crises crises created a science, sphere shatters. other animals: the biological and utopian comfortand of the mother's womb, which humans try towhen recreate through ideology, and religion. From these microspheres to macrospher, Sloterdijk analyzes spheres where humans try but fail to dwell and traces a
Much of the fertility news demonstrates that women's reproductive rights are somehow not fully liberated. At the same time, the process of human colonization is breaking through into the future and the universe. By reading these news stories, we find a correlation between the two.
The Soviet Space program and the Cosmic Oasis 1957-1991 How long can organisms live in space? From Leica, the first dog in space, to the wheat in the space incubator, the search for life in space never stops Virgin Land
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Massive international joint Space Program: The International Space Station is completing one unmanned space mission after another, and due to its outstanding achievements, its recovery time will be considered delayed.
Clone Colonize
Tourism new era ----Trip around the moon 2023--? Elon Musk has unveiled SpaceX's first passenger to orbit the moon, and if it's no surprise that the Japanese billionaire is about to embark on a fabulous journey in 2023, does a new era of tourism really seem to have arrived?
The state of Alabama passed a law requiring women not to have an abortion at the start of pregnancy, even in cases of rape or incest, and only if the pregnancy threatens the woman's life.
Taiwan intends to legalize surrogacy 2020
Womb
The draft of the Artificial Reproduction Law was passed by the Legislative in Taiwan. But people are also concerned about whether the illegal surrogacy market will accelerate the process of capital control of women’s bodies.
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Tool of colonialism
Events about Colonialism
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The strictest abortion law in history 2019
New settlement----International Space Station 1998-2024
Space Colonization
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With the birth of Louise Joy Brown, the world's first test-tube baby, assisted reproduction technology is benefiting more and more families. Now there are 4 million test-tube babies around the world.
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connection between vital crises and crises created when a sphere shatters.
Peter Sloterdijk —— “Spheres Trilogy”
The birth of the first test-tube baby 1978
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3. Jacques Derrida —— “Post Structuralism”
Concept Generation Starting from the basic unit of the sphere, we use the hexagon as a single unit, and after repetition, constitute the outer shell of our space birth station. The inner core is the planet as a new c o lo ny. The inner core and outer shell are connected to the building through colonial facilities.
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Patriarchy Post-structuralism is the literary and philosophical work that both builds upon and rejects ideas within structuralism, the intellectual project that preceded it.Though post-structuralists all present different critiques of structuralism, common themes among them include the rejection of the self-sufficiency of structuralism, as well as an interrogation of the binary oppositions that constitute its structures. Accordingly, post-structuralism discards the idea of interpreting media within pre-established, socially-constructed structures..
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Architecture
Clothes
Post-structuralism is the literary and philosophical work that both builds upon and rejects ideas within structuralism, the intellectual project that preceded it.Though post-structuralists all present different critiques of structuralism, common themes among them include theUterus rejection of the self-sufficiency of structuralism, as well as an Jacques Derrida of ——the “Post Structuralism” interrogation binary oppositions that constitute its structures. Accordingly, post-structuralism discards the idea Individual Country Uterus Clothes Community Architecture Cosmology Globalization of interpreting media within pre-established, socially-constructed structures.. Society Post-structuralism is the literary and philosophical work that both builds upon and rejects ideas within structuralism, the intellectual project that preceded it.Though post-structuralists all present different critiques of structuralism, common themes among them include the rejection of the self-sufficiency of structuralism, as well as an interrogation of the binary oppositions that constitute its structures. Accordingly, post-structuralism discards the idea of interpreting media within pre-established, socially-constructed structures..
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Architecture
Clothes
Uterus
Cosmology
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Clothes
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Globalization
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Process Diagram 14
Duty for tribal expansion
Relaxation in law
it Prim ive
In 1798, the British economist Malthus published "An Essay on the Principle of Population", which clearly opposed the classical view of population under patriarchal politics and proposed methods such as late marriage and abstinence to birth control.
With the end of the two world wars, women's social status has been further improved, and the feminist movement and the movement for the right to reproductive rights have also ushered in a climax.
Freedom of reproduction
With the end of the two world wars, women's social status has been further improved, and the feminist movement and the movement for the right to reproductive rights have also ushered in a climax.
Fight for entire reproductive rights
In 1798, the British economist Malthus published "An Essay on the Principle of Population", which clearly opposed the classical view of population under patriarchal politics and proposed methods such as late marriage and abstinence to birth control.
With the development of society, the status of women is further reduced,and the divine power controlled by patriarchy begins to show the persecution of women.
In 16C, a small town in Boston executed many women under the pretext of "witch hunting".
With the development of society, the status of women is further reduced,and the divine power controlled by patriarchy begins to show the persecution of women.
Tools of the Patriarchal Society
In the Middle Ages, people used a torture instrument called Pear of Anguish to torture women, which would damage the genitalia and even kill them.
Capital
Thanks to the development of space technology, human colonization began to develop into space.
Space colonization
Colonialism in the new era is manifested in the invasion of culture, minds, and ideology.
Postcolonialism
On the basis of the looting of territories, raw material production areas, and labor, the colonies were further subjected to capital invasion by Western powers.
Architecture
With the development of society, the status of women is further reduced,and the divine power controlled by patriarchy begins to show the persecution of women.
Reiligious persecution
In Florence , women often gave birth to 5 to 10 children. Once they were pregnant, they had to write a will.
Maritime hegemony SiAfter Columbus discovered the New World, European countries began to expand overseas colonies, opening the Asia-Africa-Europe portal through ships and artillery.
Colonialism
According to the law of the Roman Republic, when a husband feels that he has a sufficient number of children, he can transfer his wife to others at will. It can be seen that women are only tools for family r eproduction.
For the expansion of early human settlements, reproduction gradually became a task
Theocracy Spreading Since the center of power in this period was concentrated in religious theocracy, the colonial manifestations in this period included religious propaganda in addition to military conquest.
Production Right
Ancient Egyptian women tried contraception with drugs.
In matrilineal societies, the task of reproduction is mainly undertaken by women, which leads to the reproductive worship of women.
Reproductive worship
Feminist
In primitive society, due to the harsh living environment, humans tended to reproduce naturally without restraint.t
Natrural reproduction
Aggression The early forms of colonial expansion in human society manifested itself as simple wars of aggression, with the main purpose of plundering territory.
History Line As mentioned before, reproduction and colonization are inextricably linked, and as a means of colonization, architecture has also left many marks in the history of human colonization. We also listed several landmark colonial buildings in the important colonial stage and used them as the source of our form.
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Formation of the Sphere
Constitute Index
Russian Constructivism and Malevich Constructivist artists take prototypes of objects around them and cut them together like sculpture.As a pioneer of philosophical artistic creation, Malevich also provides a prototype reference for our future space station. Shapes in the Sphere and the Deformation Barrier
Six Perspective of the Station Tower
Transfer
Research
Research
Final Form
Combination & Insertion
3D Derivation
Section Derivation
Plan Derivation
Primitive
Feeding
Colonial Base Plan
Vantican City 1.Check Point 2.Repatriation Grids 3.Waiting Plaza 4.Frisk Hall 5.Registration Platform
Force Controls: Security Entry Level
1.Authority Cathedral 2.St.Colony Plaza 3.Prison 4.Court 5.Residence 6.Dining hall 7.Work Factory
Religious Controls: Administration and Politics Level New Delhi
Kolkata B.B.D.
1.Financial Castle 2.Residence 3.Central Plaza 4.Schools 5.Cenntral Park 6.Experiment Buidings 7.Dining halls
Capitalism Controls: Residence and Feeding Level
1.Launch Platform 2.Preparation Rooms 3.Loading Platform 4.Research Town 5.Factory Area 6.Park Station 7.Supplies Depot
Technology controls: Research and Launch Level
Foxconn Base
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Worldview
Pilgrimage Road
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Kernel
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Comics "History is also not always progressive and can go backwards at any time, while history may be the future again." —— The Handmaid's Tale
A s we can found that there is a new Maternal named Alice in the delivery room. When she heard the
bad news about her baby will be abandoned as it disqualified upon inspection, She decided to set out on her journey to find her child...... What adventures are waiting for her in the station......
What....?
Girls again. We're gonna have a lot to do.
I don't know why but I can still remember everything... I need to protect my girl...
Where is my daughter...
“What enslaves us is actually ourselves.”
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04 WOVEN PERCEPTION HYPERLAPSE CHAMBERS An Installation with Carbon Fiber by the First Year Graduate Architecture Studio
PROJECT WEBSITE https://www.501curiouscabinets.com/projects-2021#/2021-hc-22/
September 2021 - October 2021 Critic: Danielle Willems Teaching Assistant: Shan Li Group Project with Sara Halawani, Danny Jarabek, Clara Shim Conceptual Design (30%) Technical Drawing (50%) Rendering (50%) Model Fabricatioin(20%)
Woven Perception explores the structural properties and fabrication strategies of carbon fiber to engage and interact with the chamber volume. The project extracts its shape from the boundary of the site subtracting double-curved polysurfaces to mold an undulated form. The self-sufficient structure is fabricated from resin-baked carbon fiber tow that is woven in various density patterns through a series of modular bakes to reinforce its lightweight structural capacity. The gradient weaving patterns serve as a physical connection between the woven modules and the user perspective guiding views through materiality and allowing for an interactive visual experience.
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MASSING ITERATIONS
PLAN
EXPLODED AXON
SECTION ELEVATION
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RENDERS
FABRICATION MODULES
FABRICATION MODULES
The digital expansion of the chamber also explores the incorporation of suspended solid between the layers of carbon in order to display the strength of the material as well as the proliferation of undulated formwork.
Since the molding of carbon fiber requires firing, we designed the fabrication module to accommodate the oven size while being more hand-friendly.
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PHYSICAL MODELS
The final solid model took two weeks to make, and we cut the boards and fixed them with iron bars to make the frame. On top of that, we used carbon fiber to wind different densities. After firing each monolith, the carbon fibers cured and we removed the iron rods. Finally we build the base with acrylic and led lights to complete the assembly of each monolith.
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05 BREAK THE ART HYPERLAPSE FINAL, New Art Museum Project Next to Philadelphia Museum of Art
October 2021 - December 2021 Critic: Danielle Willems Teaching Assistant: Shan Li Individual Project
A museum or gallery is an architecture that holds artworks, but the building itself can also be a work of art. It can be a sculpture of light and shadow, a three-dimensional painting. And while a work of art is usually properly placed and well protected, it can also be broken. A Chinese performance artist once took three pictures of himself breaking a piece of a delicate pottery, and the breaking itself became art. Therefore, I use breaking artwork as my concept for this project, to combine my initial ideas of fracture, void, flow. The project is a broken artwork, located on the west side of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in contrast to its elegant and solid form. And the orientation of Facture corresponds to the site strategy, extending into the surrounding landscape. The different pieces formed by the fractures naturally correspond to the different functions and programs. The open-air theater is placed in the excavated fracture, facing the waterworks, and a void in the center of the building provides a public outdoor space. Thus, fracture, void, flow of transportation and function are tied together.
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PRECEDENCE STUDY Void
Fracture
Flow In the begining of the project, we study some precedences to conclude three categories.I choose fracture, void, flow.
CITE STRATEGY&PRE-DESIGN So The project is a broken artwork, located on the west side of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, also making contrast with the classical and solid form of PMA.
Site Analysis
CITE PLAN
To make the form of breaking I start with the site strategy and keep on with geometry grid system. The different pieces formed by the fractures naturally correspond to the different functions, programs and threshold.
Grid System
Program
Concept
MASSING ITERATIONS
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
A museum or gallery is an architecture that holds artworks, but the building itself can also be a work of art. It can be a sculpture of light and shadow, a threedimensional painting. And while a work of art is usually carefully placed and well protected, it can also be broken, and the breaking itself became art. The exhibition space start from this entrance and keep this way and here it combines with the education and public activity space.The open-air theater is placed in the excavated fracture, facing the waterworks, I’m also playing with the scale of carcks. It starts with mass, ground, facade and also into interior space. Interior cracks together with the exterior cracks are making a dynamic space.
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CHUNK AXON
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CHUNCK MODEL
2nd Floor-Gallery
1st Floor-Community Outreach Space
The production of Chunk model took more than a week in total. I chose to combine the Exhibition Space and Community Outreach Space as a piece of architecture. The inner structural layer of the model is made by mdf laser cutting, the outer metal part is made by reflective acrylic laser cutting, and the marble part is made by 3d printing and spray painting. The inner space is all 3d printed. Through the production of the model, the light and shadow effects produced by the cracks are well reproduced.
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RENDERS
Exterior Render: Day
Interior Render
Exterior Render: Night
The interior design of the project extends the concept of cracking. Based on the cracking of the exterior, the interior floor slabs and stairs follow the direction of the cracking extension. The cracked parts of the building are designed as light windows that extend to the ceiling. The building material also adopts cracked marble and metal to create a contrast. The surrounding landscape design also adopts the concept of rupture, dividing into undulating green areas.
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06 LANTERN WITHIN THE CITY Street Eateries Design of Callowhill, Philly; SCHENK WOODMAN 2022 Competion
January 2021 Group Project with Francisco Anaya, Telmen Bayasgalan First Prize of SCHENK-WOODMAN 2022 Competion
This project is set up in a series of modular pieces of pods to create an eatery that is adaptable and multifaceted in order to coexist with its context. Through a system of interchangeable parts the eatery can easily be assembled at any location between the street and sidewalk. The pods are created through a system of origami that will compress within itself when it is not being used. In order to reduce the intertrousion on the sidewalk and the street.
Conceptual Design (60%) Drawings (50%)
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EATERIES PUBS MODULE DIAGRAM
ORIGAMI PATTERN DIAGRAM The pods are created through a system of origami that will compress within itself when it is not being used. In order to reduce the intertrousion on the sidewalk and the street. For times when traffic gets heavy the pods that are located on the street can compress into itself in order to open up another street lane, or open in order to create a parking space. For moments when traffic is light the pods come down in order to provide an eatery for the public.The public is in power to interchange this intervention based on the city's needs.
Fully Folded Private Dining
Half Folded Less Private Dining
Half Folded Out Door Dining
SITE PLAN The pod acts as an extra layer of protection for people. In order to help reduce the spread of this global pandemic, but also creating a space in which people can go outside and enjoy a nice time eating out with loved ones. In terms of materials, the pods will be wrapped with recycled pieces of plastic bags. This allows the pods to be translucent for customers to know which pods are being occupied.
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RENDERS Furthermore, this design decision reduces the carbon footprint of the intervention and saves on materials costs. At the base of the main support pillar there is an open space that will serve as a temporary home for stray cats. Currently in the context there is a plethora of stray cats. The intervention will provide a warm and safe space for those deprived cats. The organic pods are designed in order to create a pleasant eating space all year around. As they are attached to a system of heating and cooling and integrate systems for natural ventilation.
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Street View Render
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Other Works
ART PRISON Refurbishing Circulation of Santa Caterina
BABY UNIVERSE
Roof composition : 1. Roof sealant layer on sarkingmembrane; 2. 2x 80 mm Thermal insulation, to falls; vapour barrier; 3. 12 mm Plywood sheathing wood blocking; 4. 50/140 mm Wood framingsuspended ceiling; 5. 12.5 mm Gypsum boardsteel supporting structure.
Bamboo Pavilion Design Competition Project ( Group Work )
Toughened glass: 6. 8 mm Cavity 20 mm Toughened glass 20 mm in Aluminiumframe.
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Floor composition: 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
2x 12 mm Plywood subfloor; 12 mm Plywood sheathing; 50/140 mm Wood framing; 140 mm Inlaid rigid thermal insulation; 12 mm Plywood sheathing breather membrane; 50/50 mm Wood framing; Sheet metal roofing; Rick wall (existing).
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Into the Nature Interior Rendering
Seeking
Mural Arts Gallery and Artist Residency
Exploring
Plan Living
Looking
Elevation
Exterior Rendering
Baby Universe Wormhloe Begining of universe Tubes connecting universe
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Multiverse Combination
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Other Works PINS DESIGN
DRAWINGS&PAINTINGS
Personal Design of Pins Products
PHOTOGRAPHY Recovery Sketch of Ru Yuan in Old Summer Palace
Portrait Sketch
Atchitecture Ink Drawing
2018 Seoul
2019 Taipei
2019 Beijing
MODELS Church Square Watercolor
Piazza San Marco Watercolor
Hyperlapse: Container
3D Collage
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