Yichi Zhang Architectural Portfolio_Apply for M.Arch by Yichi Zhang

YICHI ZHANG Selected Works 2016-2019

Portfolio Applying for M.Arch Program Georgia Institute of Technology zyichi805@gmail.com | +86 13233740778

Outline I'd like to fathom the true nature of beauty, When I come across something aesthetic, I would unconsciously explore what it is inspired from and how it is created. By pushing my limits in the artistic design of architecture, I want to live my life as Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe once put it: I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.

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Neo-Daoism Refamiliarizing the "Unfamiliar" Religious Temple | ChongQing, China | HUUC Studio V 2019.6

Solo Project | 6 weeks | Instructor: Lei Jiao | +86 185 3759 8963

Duality Gallery Fluctuate Between Order and Chaos Public Gallery | Henan,China | SA Open Project 87 | 2018.8 Chapter I : Symmetry Chapter II : Unpredictable

Solo Project | 8 weeks | Instructor: Baoyue Wang | Brucewby@gmail.com

Com-position Villa& Studio Designed for Music Producer House | Torrance, CA | HUUC Studio III 2017.12

Solo Project | 6 weeks | Instructor: Yuantao Wang | +86 138 3757 9528

Other Works

[Neo-Daoism] Refamiliarizing the "Unfamiliar" Religious Temple | ChongQing, China | HUUC Studio V 2019.6

Today's Taijitu between citizen and daoists is more like a incomplete one - Only two conflicting parts against each other , there is no such thing as harmony in there anymore. This project focused on how to allow two groups of people (Daoists live in this temple and its Visitors) who

were originally separated from each other to contact each other again and regain harmony from each other's ideology . Expected to bring the traditional philosophy of Daoism into the modern society again. And make the Taiji whole again through letting the two parts interact.

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Transformation of Belief of Chinese Citizen -The Decline of Religion

1907 AD. The cultural Revolution

624 AD Religion's Heyday

www

Main Belief

”儒 · 釋 · 道“ ”Daoism · Buddhism · Confucianism“

“一定要将破四 ”Defeat all 'Ghosts

Om Mani Padme Hum，doing good and cultivating myself is the only way that lead me to the Nirvana.

People's Attitude

Reverence For God

Contempt

Cultural Rev

Pre Cultural Revolution Era

1907 AD-

179 BC- 1907 AD

94%

93% 91%

90%

89%

New Culture Movement

43% Tang Dynasty

Amendm

170 BC

620 AD

950

1240

4.8

4.7

4.4

1540

1907

19%

1922

1978 AD Reform and Open Up Policy

? ”一切向錢看“ ”Money · Power · Fame“

四旧进行到底！“ s' and 'Monsters'！“

we have to Abolish feudal superstition , fight against all ghosts and false gods!

Build you a brand new Buddha Hall so you better bless me ture glory for life.

Trade With God

t For God

Post Cultural Revolution Era

evolution Era

1978 AD- NOW

- 1976 AD

9147

Religious Influence among citizen Cultural awareness GDP per capita 4438

874

ment to the Consititution

131

38%

211

181

26%

1978 1950

1960

1970

1981

1999

2019

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Establishment of ShenZhen

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Refamiliarize the "Unfamiliarity"- NeoDaoism

Among Nature

Among concrete

Tranquil

Hustle

Passive

Competetive Current State

Daoists 阴

Citizen 阳

Stillness

Openness

Awareness

Awareness Neo-Daoism

Today's Taijitu between citizen and daoists is more like a incomplete one, -Only two opposing parts against each other , there is no such thing as harmony in there anymore.

STILLNESS

Sitll Mind Get Better Result

OPENNESS

Broadened View

AWARENESS

Discovering True Self

After transformation, the two groups met in a subtle opposite state at the congregation hall to reconsider their behavior and make the change.

Site Plan & Programs

2 1

5 4

7 6

30m

City

Nature

Legend

Among with the transformation of mind state, the religious experience can be sensed through the changing process of connection between religious believers and visitors, they begin their connection at the

waterfall, which can be sensed as metaphor connection. The central idea of Daoism is the passive temperament of water - It benefits all things when passing through and does not compete with them.

1. Daoists' Living Section / 2. Visitor Entrance Section / 3. Watefall / 4. Pond / 5. Corridor connection / 6. Cloister / 7. Congregation Hall / 8. Individual Function Module ( Recitation room; Taiji Studying Room; Choir Practice Room; Prayers' Assembly; )

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SITE PLAN

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Functionalized Partitions | Model& Section Diagram

PHYSICA CHAPTER 3

CHAP

low

or F Visit

AWARENESS

(SENSE THE POWER AND MAKE THE CHANGE)

or Visit

OPEN

(EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC

AL MODEL

PTER 2

NNESS

C OF SANDBOX WORLD)

low

or F Visit

STILLNESS

(REGAIN THE LOST MEMORIES)

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Flow

CHAPTER 1

CHAP

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CHAPTER 1

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders You wanna explore more, right? But I let you hold still for a second. It's sort of purposeful acceptance of the way of the Dao, follow where the water goes. We spend so much time rushing from one place to the next in life, being preoccupied with anxiety and ambition, it's time to slow down and regain moments of the human experience that in our nuture. 12

Strength of the mountains, cheerfulnes

Experiences reconnect us to parts of ourselves, of birds in the morning, the way other people wind against our experience

PTER 2

we better need to be awakened by the sounds e look when they are laughing, the feeling of face, and simply the world.

When I Let go of who I am, I become Who I might be This is where you could sense the sacraedness of the religious power and get the first glance of Daoism's Philosophy. We spend great deal of time worrying about who we outght to become, but we should be instead take time to be who we already are at heart.

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, the resilience of trees, the ss of flowers

13 CHAPTER 3

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The Changing Connection Between Two Social Groups

Congregation Hall

Individual Cell

Corridor Strat Point

Back Entrance (to pulpit) Outer Loop Bookshelves

GROUND LEVEL PLAN

The corridor in the middle is divided into three parts according to the height direction, and their positions leading to the different part of congregation hall.

INTERACTION

( RECITATING | TAIJI STUDYING )

VISUAL & SOUN

1-1 SEC

Vertical Transportation

Daoists' Living Cell Prayers' assembly

Recitation room

SECOND LEVEL PLAN

Visitors move forward in an ascending manner in the road, and their potential energy increases. The Daoists, on the other hand, have increased their kinetic energy, which results

ND CONNECTION

( BY WATERFALL )

Legend

1 Daoists' Living Section / 2 Visitor Entrance Section / 3 Watefall / 4 Book Storage / 5 Individual Function Cells

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METAPHOR CONNECTION

24m

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CONNECTION

Physical Model

View Above Congregation Volume to Cloister

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View From Down Hill

02 [Duality] Gallery Fluctuate Between Order and Chaos

Public Gallery | Henan, CN | Academic Project | 2017.11

Geometry order & chaos have always existed in the architectural and urban sturcture together. But they are never two separate states. Reanalyse order and chaos After taking The Fourth Dimension in architecture - " TIME " into consideration, the perception of these two states is more like a changing process,

the influence of self-organization process, means that the architectur al space in the long run is unforeseable and still changing. in this project i intend to stress the changing process and manipulate the space into moving in N dimensions and surprising the visitors, in other words it should not be predictable.

View From Yuejin Road

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Case Study

Rome, Italy / 1656 Front Square of St. Peter's babasilica

Siena , Italy / 1289 Public Piazza del Campo

Geometric Shape

Natural Shape

Rhythm

Entropy

Symmetric

unpredictable

Order

Chaos

Transformation Between Two States Urban Structure of a Region in Barcelona, Spain

Aerial Photograph

Planning Frame

Analysis Photograph

Planning Frame

Analysis Photograph

A Five Store Tenement's Elevation in Spain

Aerial Photograph

Space in the Long Run is Unpredictable and Still Changing

The evidence of self-organization in the urban structure of Barcelona is visible. Since the 19th century, the new part of the city was composed in identical blocks, but after taking the Fourth Dimension TIME into consideration, that is, after the whole areas were completely developed, all the blocks were developed in their individual ways. Similiarly, The photo of an elevation of tenement in China shows that one state could transform to its opposite state.

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Experiment - Part I

In this part, the embodiment of self-selection& self-influence in this Gallery setting woulds be discussed. The whole visiting process is no longer linear, but full of unpredictability. With the unpredictability, visitors' self-selection disrupts the original planning in the whole process.

Experiment - Part II

Perpendicular

Rotate Tilted

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Project area -Site with homogeneous surroundings

about 480 square meter each 1450 people Per block

about 45 square meter each 1182 people Per block

HIGH RISE APARTMENT

SINGLE HOUSE

about 256 square meter each 1340 people Per block

FIVE STORIED APARTMENT

Site Plan

150m

Shape Generation -recess & rotate

The Site is surrounded by housing apartments and single houses facing North, the entrance of the gallery are designed to fit for the equal access of the surrounding dwellers. They could get into

the gallery from each direction and even just walk pass through the building to the other side. The Inner core of the gallery can be seen as a rotate result of its outter space, it serves as a barrier

City Context

wall to the vision of the visitors who walk into the outer space and divide them to each entrance of the inner core.

Recess

centralization

Rotate volume

Entrance& transportation

Rotate the gallery volume to fit into the surroundings, forming a welcome gesture to the neighbours

The four entrance of inner core against each corner of the gallery

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Equal Entrance

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Polarities of Shape | Program organization

Stairs

OUITER ENVELOPE - PART I

INNER CORE - PART II

Vertical Transportation

Truss with Glass Panel

Double-Height Gallery

Entrance Cutout Part

24 24

25 25

DECONSTRUCT

Entrance to Inner Core

Inner Core

Inner Entrance

Outer Gallery

Entrance

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The Influentce of Self-Organization process, means that the Architectural Space in the Long Run is Unforeseable and still Changing. In this project I intend to address the changing process and Manipulate the space into Moving in N dimensions and Surprising the visitors, in other Words it Should not be Predictable.

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Outter Space | Order Part Plans& Renderings

Entrance at four Corners

Outter Gallery

VERTICAL VIEW

DILEMMA In such a completely symmetrical space, visitors could choose the direction of exploration according to their intuition. The identical entrance brings different internal spaces for visitors to explore. Perspective 1 - Entrance Lobby View

+18.900 12.400

+5.430

+0.000 2

SOUTH-EAST FACADE

18.900 12.600 +6.100 02 X

+0.000 -3.850

1 0

20m

OUTER - BOTTOM

underground gallery

WEST FACADE

INNER - BOTTOM

Storage

OUTER - GROUND

Entrance

In the corner area of the exhibition hall, this is where the combination of art with symmetrical beauty or groups of art in symmetrical space shine. Perspective 2 - Outer Gallery & Core Entrance View

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SYMMETRY

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Inner Core | Chaos Part Plan& Renderings

Stairs to 2F B1

Openings as Connection

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

INTERSECT

Perspective 3 - Inner View From B1 F

The inclined vertical transportation tube links the internal floors, which are intersected to manipulate the possibility of space formation and the staggered floors cut each other to form traffic passages. 28

INNER CORE SECTION COLLAGE

Perspective 4 - Inner Congregate Venue View

The holes in the floor can be used to enhance privacy for certain cases, also a new home for artifact, and as a place for children's entertainment in the community.

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OPENINGS

03 [Com-position] Villa & Studio Designed For a Music Producer

House | Torrance, CA | HUUC Studio III | 2017.12

This project tries to find the balance point between function needed for a house and the ultimate goal of this project music production by studying the whole music production process, which is conducive to musicians' complete music production in the single space. Discuss the possibility of

dwellers' creative mind get inspired by factors of both the external environment and internal space arrangement of music producer's houses, the villa's three parts of the villa respectively serve for the inspiration of music, the creation and the public part needed for cooperation with artists.

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The Whole Process of Music Production

Clap

Melody

Sound Wave

40.0 %

VERSE 1

20.0 %

00.0 %

INTRO

HOOK

Producer Artists Nature Family WRITING

INSPIRATION

COLLABORATION

Program Deduction | inpiration, collaboration& producing

Public Area Activity Room Private Area

The Three Parts that needed in the pro family& nature, the reception area for composing studio

Garden Studio

Family&Friends

Activity Room Public Area Private Area

Studio

Waves

Garden

Collaboration

(Use of Public Space)

Artists along with producer, that is the way the song being made.

Sound In

(Nature&

The outdoor environm to get in

OUTRO

80.0 %

RECORDING

80.0 %

60.0 %

VERSE 2

MASTERING& PRODUCING

Stidio Pit

Ground

oducer's home: the inspiration area with collaborating with other artists and the o underground.

& Motion)

ment is the best place nspiraed.

Recording&Mastering (Underground)

With the state of mind given by the hidden place, the producing process are enhanced.

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nspiration

Trees at Garden

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Building& Rhythm | Integrate Cadence of Music into Architecture

Integrate Building with the code of 4 & 8 Bars in muisc

Keys

Chord

Bars

House With Rhythm

Each part of the house have its Own Melody, and every Cadence of the house can be experienced through Visual and physical interaction.

Visual Inspiration & Programs

House Intro

Upward View (sky& bird)

(Public with Friends)

Forward View (Ocean)

Downward View (Beach & Tree)

Close Oneself for Creation (Underground part)

Open Oneself for inspiration (Private part)

Axonmetric Drawing

Universial Beam 30A:297*126*9 mm *9 Per Side

Batter Brace Beam 12mm *16

Lumber Panel 120*18000*25mm *15

Tempering Glass 10100*6040*30mm

The Half Buried L-Shape forms a entrance at high level used for reception space, and a public space visually oriented at the horizon and the private space with the view toward down to the beach.

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Three Function Levels

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Public Level | Daily Living& Collaboration

5 6

1. Garden 2. Patio 3. Roof Pool 4. Living Room 5. Kitchen 6. Lavatory 7. Platform

Ground Floor Plan The lower private space is hidden under the first floor of the public reception area, the two are separated by a Garden. The pool, the piano platform, and the bedroom are at the same point with different altitude.

Semi Private Studio& Private Space | Bedroom& Living space A

2 1 1

2 6

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Undergound Floor Plan

1. Garden 2. Corridor 3. Piano Platform 4. Producing Studio 5. Recording Room 6. Living Room 7 Badroom Satirs

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Posture of Dependence | Section& Plans

A-A SEC

Private Living Room

Garden

Attic

PLANS & RE

7m 3 1 0

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Public Living Room

Bedroom

Tower

ENDERINGS

CTION

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RECEIVING

Where The Sea Meets The Sky , is Where The Music is Inspired The muted palette of materials is a Canvas for outside-greenery and ocean to be displayed, encouraging life and character within. The three lever- Pool, Bedroom, Platfrom can Simultaneously Take Advantage of this wonderful view.

PRODUCING

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Inspired by nature, at the semi underground studio, this is where Music deing Composed, Sound being Recorded and Achievements being Celebrated.

YICHI ZHANG zyichi805@gmail.com Portfolio Applying for M.Arch Program, School of Architecture,Georgia Institute of Technology