LIFU YAO Work Sample 2013-2015
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Writhing Tower A New Kind Of Sky Condo Design, International Competition
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Transforming Media Center Theater Design and Urban Redevelopment, Undergraduate Thesis
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Matter Programming Natural Organism Inspired, Parametric Design Research, Studio Work
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Future Link Railway Station Concept Design, 2nd Place Prize, SC2011 FUTURE Competition
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Borderwall As Architecture Graduate Student Researcher, 1st Prize, conceptual competition
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Guggenheim Helsinki Guggenheim Helsinki, conceptual competition
Academic Work 2013-2014
01 WRITHING TOWER Location: Lima, Peru|Type: Professional work |Date: 2012.3 -2012.4 Partner: RUAN Hao, Devin, Vedrana|Role: Co-worker Working on all the drawings including plans sections, analysis and Rendering After Effectes.
Writhing Tower, a designed “Sky Condominium � for one of the most beautiful residential zones in Lima, is a global architectural competition initiated by ARQUIA, an international development firm interested in comissioning architecture as art.
Form Syntax Axonometric Each unit is rotated 45 degrees to create a cruciform shape in plan and the appearance of a linear hinged volume. The enables each unit to have uninterrupted views to both the public park in front of the site, and the ocean to the rear of the site.
Plan Drawings one duplex consists of two floors, with a open balcony and swimming pool, offered by the twisted boxes. as for the arrangement of the balcony, the swimming pool would be oriented to facing to the central park and the garden would be the filter of the eyesight from the neighbourhood buildings
Craft Model 1:100 Since the condo is constructed in frame system, with the duplex as a standard modular unit in the building, ready made components is playing an important role in the structure.
Tectonic As we can see from the relationship between the neighboured duplexes, the core would be located in the center of the duplexes, surrounded by other rooms, which act as not only the center of circulation, but also the center of space for the daily behaviors. besides, bedrooms are arranged in the north part while other rooms are facing the south, which follows the rule of sunlight in the southern hemisphere.
Structure The unique structure design. taking the elevator groups as the center of the core for the spaces, circulation and structure frame, the structure system would be designed with the twisting of duplexes. the system, generally consists of the main beams and secondary beams, suspended by the main columns and secondary columns.
Tectonic and Structure Diagram Moreover, since the site is in the souther n hemisphere, the components mostly made of materials such as wood, aluminum, and plywood.
02 TRANSFORMING MEDIA CENTER Type: Undergraduate Thesis |Date: 2013.2 -2013.6|State: Selected Excellent Work
This is a redevelopment design on the traditional district in Beijing, both in urban scale and in building scale. Based on the past one hundred years history of traditional theater and drama rooted in southern Beijing, Goal of redeveloping was a modern renewal of theater district and proceeding into internationally famous Chinese theater district like the Broad Way.
Words Mapping Diagram of Master Plan
Historical city texture
1915
1937
1947
1986
2001
2012
Timeline of city texture The traditional theater district could traced back to the beginning of last century. And most importantly, unnatural changing took placed in 1986. Design Process would be based on city texture of that time.
Perspective View of new Media Center Taking the central group of buldings as the new media center, Building scale development would be focused on space and construction based designing.
Interior Perspective View of renewal showplace Outdoor space was designed to be transformed into avant-grade performing space where more and more modern content would be shown on. The contrast between old city context and new application of space should be emphasized dramaticly.
Top veiw Drawing of the Media Center Based on the original city context, principle of distribution of buildings clusters would keep while relationship between would transformed into a brand renewal showplace
First Floor Plan 1:100 The new media center is distributed into several zones serving as different roles in the process of producing and displaying multiple content.
One-Point Perspective View of renewal Theater Showspace Outdoor space was designed to be transformed into avant-grade performing space where more and more modern content would be shown on. The contrast between old city context and new application of space should be emphasized dramaticly.
One-Point Perspective View of renewal Theater Showspace Motor-driven machine offer the flexibility for moving the platform horizonally
moving support system below the stage platform. A hydropneumatic system
Moving platform of seat modular
Detail Drawings Moving system offer more possibility for different type of performance and give more tolerance for various way of watching performance.
Project Proposal Rendering
03 MATTER PROGRAMMING Type: Graduate Thesis |Date: 2013.9 -2014.6|State: Selected Excellent Work
Inspired by nature’s principles of efficiency, architects are establishing emerging material technologies through pioneering collaborations with scientists which comprise unforeseen scales of investigation. The Studio 1 2014 Symposium will expose the processes, challenges, and contributions of these experimental interdisciplinary research models in which matter is programmed through multiscale design.
Serial of Basic Cell of Organism by Serial of factors
Perspective View of Project (Part) I propose a wall system that is able to transform in response to tidal fluctuations and water flow. By taking advantage of the transforming shape and filtration skin of the wall, both goals of capturing sediments and detoxifying water can be achieved.
Sand dollar Oral Surface Photograph
Site Map Proposal
Tube Concept Proposal
3D Connective Porous Structure Photograph
Fabrication Simulation 3D Print
Hydroponic Plant Factory Proposal
SD Spine Cross Section Photograph
SD Spine Cross Section 3D Prints
Tube Cross Section Proposal
Diagram of form translation from organism basd on the principle of the orgnism
Plant Factory Sections
Latitude Section Section Drawings
Diagrams and Drawings of the Agriculture Infrastructure
Axon Drawings
Sand dollars inhabit these shallow mudflats, and they have developed a unique grain related spinal structure that allows them to maintain their position in the mud despite relentless currents moving water and sediment all around them. In order to stabilize mudflat zones and both decontaminate and convey water from the bay to inland agricultural areas
Upper: Organism Cell Translation. Lower: Project Proposal
Photograph of 3D Prints During the Studio, 3D printing with Plastic Material is an important method to do the research. First, 3D Prints are a visualization of the fabrication and reality checking for the organism.
Timeline of the simulation of Organism of Sand dollar.|3D printing work
04 FUTURE LINK Type: Competition (Rewarded) |Date: 2011.8 -2011.9 Second Honored Prize
The site requires the comprehension of the multiple contexts created by the historical evolution of the city, with an intensive land use and the creation of a sequence of engaging public spaces. The renovation project will create a world class railway station with MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS, DIVERSE PUBLIC SPACES AND LANDSCAPES.
Layers of Circulation Diagram Garden and Departure entrance would co-exist vertically
Form Syntax Diagram The site locates west to the lakeside Tourist and Commercial Zone, and east to the New CBD of Qiangtang Jiang.iThe station interrupts the east-west traffic of the city and is currently negative to the connection of the old downtown and the new area.The proposed scheme bridge the connection between the downtown part and new area, Stimulating the development of promising district.
Future
Gap
? Role that the Station is playing among two district. Linking two district and simulating the new zone in the future.
Bird's eye overview of The Station It will reinforce Hangzhou's "be refined, harmonious and more open to the outside world" identity by demonstrating consistency with the urban landscape as A NEW LANDMARK for the city renewal
South Section 1:150 The 20m high vertical gap between this public space and the station hall is dramatically overlapped by different levels of infrastructural bridges that intensifiy the spatiality of the plaza.
Plan drawings within site context The central plaza, excavated under the train tracks, slopes gently from both sides of the city to create a new set of conditions for a vibrant urban public with accesses to all transportation modes, shopping, markets, leisure and srvices.
East Section 1:150
05 Borderwall As Architecture Type: Competition (1st Prize) |Date: 2013.3 -2013.6
designers were asked to envision a new legacy of publiclysupported infrastructure, projects that explore the value of infrastructure not only as an engineering endeavor but as a robust design opportunity to strengthen communities and revitalize cities. Nearly two hundred teams from 13 countries and 25 US states entered the professional competition.
U.S. and Mexico Border Fence
Fence 3D Model
Labyrinth
Tit Tot
Swing
Library
Walks
Xylophobia
Horse Racing
Baseball
Thearter Wall
Fence Scenario
06 Guggenheim Helsinki Type: Competition (1st Prize) |Date: 2013.3 -2013.6
The Helsinki Guggenheim Museum is a natural extension of the city. Rather than promoting the museum as a stand alone icon, our proposal synthesizes pedestrain flows across the south harbor front area. It cinches together ideas and aspirations from citizens, civic leaders, as well as the artistic community in Helsinki to crate a cohesive and interconnected design strategy
Perspective Section_1
Spiral Atrium
Museum is a transparent and welcoming environment for a non-linear and organic urban experience. Its planning reflects both "Front-of-house" and "Back-of-house" functionality; Achiving flexibility without sacrifacing efficiency. As a high-performance apparatus for Helsinki's south harbor, the museum becomes a site-specific, context-driven hub for dialogue.
Perspective Section_2
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Lincoln Center
Bio-med R&D Campus, Bay Area, On Construction
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Miniature City CEIG center, Shenzhen, China. Complete
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Jiu Wo factory campus Fruniture design and manufacture center, Hanghzou, On Construction
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4th & Harrison St. Boston Property complex, San Francisco, Schematic Design
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Water Front Resort Water Front Resort, Sanya, China, Complete
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SFO T1 SFO terminal 1 renovation, San Francisco, Concept Design
Professional Work 2014-2015
07 Lincoln Center, Bio-med R&D Campus Bay Area, U.S. 2015 On Construction
Bird Eye View, Above Bird Eye View_2, Below
08 Miniature City, CEIG Center Shenzhen, China, 2015 Complete
Perspective View from main avenue, Above View From Terrace , Below
09 Jiu Wo Furniture Design & Manufacture Campus Shanghai, China, 2015 On Construction
Bird Eye View, Above Gallery Perspective & Office Perspective, Below
10 4th & Harrison St. Office Complex San Francisco, U.S. , 2015 Schematic Design
Bird Eye View From Highway, Above View From 4th st., Below
11 Sanya Waterfront Resort Sanya, China, 2014 Complete
Bird Eye View From Ocean, Above Main Entrance Perspective View, Below
12 SFO T1 Competition San Francisco, U.S. , 2015 Concept Design
Departure Hall, Above, Arrival Hall, Below
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Robot as Architecture interactive installation study, San Francisco, Prototype
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Light Gap 2010 Reddot Concept Design Award
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Netopee 2011 Reddot Concept Design Award, Best of Best
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Furniture Design Chinese style Furniture Design Series
Other Works 2010-2015
13 ROBOT AS ARCHITECTURE Location: San Francisco|Type: Interactive Architecture Study |Date: 2014.10 -2015.2 Partner: Justin Kelly|Role: Co-worker Working on unit modelling and coding
Architecture was a term used to describe a group of systems which are always rigid and fixed. By introducing a platform where designers and egineers could program the behaviors of architectural geometries, architecture become an active system, adaptive and transformative, under the built and natural environment.
Cluster Behaviour Test Each unit is controlled by the centric processor and programmed pior to installation. Multiple Sonic sensors work together to retrieve the environmental information as input feed to the centric processor
Robot modelling and prototyping-Foot Unit Motor-driven machine offer the flexibility for moving the curtain shades
Robot modelling and prototyping- Hand Unit Moving system offer more possibility for different type of performance and give more tolerance for various way of watching performance.
14 LIGHT GAP Location: Singapore|Type: Concept Design |Date: 2010.4 -2010.5 Partner: Chengyuan Wei|Role: Co-worker Working on brainstorming and modelling
This is a simple and esthetical design. the clock, with nothing but a gap on the its surface, can be settled on glass window to get solar energy from the clock’s back for driving its rotating.
Product Rendering CONCEPT DESIGN REDDOT DESIGN WINNER 2010
Day Time
Night Time In the day time, sunlight goes through the gap and forms the hour hand to display the time, while in the night, the led in the interlayer illuminates as the hour hand by stored energy in the day. battery is not required, so it's ecofriendly and energy-efficient.
15 NETOPEE Location: San Francisco|Type: Study |Date: 2011.3 -2011.5 Partner: Chengyuan Wei|Role: Co-worker Working on Brainstorming and modelling
African carrying food with their Container/Hat Netopee was designed for people in regions where it is a custom to carry goods on one's head, and where protection from the sun is required.
Detail Drawings The edge of Netopee is made with a deformable and relatively hard material that stretches the rubber and keeps the net in tension. This also helps Netopee to keep its shape when it is used as a hat. The deformable edge also has the function of frapping (binding) the placket of the net when the Netopee is used as a basket.
Detail Drawings Netopee takes its name and its formal basis from the topee ÂŽC a lightweight helmet-shaped hat. Netopee varies from this traditional hat form, however, by way of its ability to be transformed into a functional basket.
16 Furniture Design Location: Shanghai|Type: Commercial Product Design Partner: Kaichuan Wang, Huan Fang|Role: Co-worker Working on Brainstorming, modelling and prototyping
Perspective_Dining Room Dining Room as the mojor space where Chinese people gather to celebrate family life through the year reflects what designers think the essential modern lifestyle is in Chinese family.
Dining Chair Simplified chair frame with special joint and detail encourage the user to appreciate the floating slab and curved back panel.
Dining Table The floating concept is applied in the table as well. Visually and structurally, the table is designed to minimize itself, concentrating the attention on dining activity.
Perspective bookshelves Bookshelves are the center of study room. Minimalism is celebrated by using the least amount of effort and matierial.
Perspective bookshelvies Detail studies are necessary to tell a story about how shelf units could be assembled into a thoughtful cluster.
Study Chair Learning from Chinese traditional furniture principle, the element of frame as an abstract concept is applied in the new study chair design, exhibiting the spirit of Chinese culture
Study Desk the using of tectonic language is the core concept of study desk. At the same time, frame element is again used.
Perspective Sofa_1
Perspective Sofa_2
Perspective Sofa_3 Chinese traditional calligraphy provide a lot lessons of how Chinese people live and behave, especially Song Dynasty. Learning from Song's calligraphy, the design of sofa frame and frabrication is designed to stretch horzontally.
Single Sofa_option_1
Single Sofa_option_2
Single Sofa_option_3
LIFU YAO yaoleaf@gmail.com +1.510.816.1705 EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley Master of Architecture, Studio One|2013.8-2014.5
Zhejiang University, China Bachelor of Architecture|2008.8-2013.6
HONORS AND PUBLICATIONS · ASC International Youth Competition in Architectural Design 2015, China · KMD Architects Prize 2014 for outstanding performance in Studio, U.C.Berkeley. ·Red Dot Concept Award, Germany,2010 ·Red Dot Concept Award “Best of Best”, Germany,2011 ·IF concept design selected 300, Germany,2011 ·SC2011 FUTURE competition second honored prize,Spain ·Selected design work in EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS 2 ·Selected design work in FUTURE architecture competition magazine ·Selected design work in MACHINIC PROCESSES architecture biennial beijing 2010
SOFTWARE ·AutoCAD, Revit(Proficiency) ·Rhino(Proficiency),Sketchup,3D Studio Max ·Grasshopper(Proficiency),Rhinoscript,Processing ·3D Print Software ·Adobe Suite(Proficiency) ·Microsoft Office(Proficiency) ·ArcGIS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
HOK San Francisco San Francisco, CA|Design Professional|2014.9-Present Projects: ·Bio-med Center Campus ·Apple Campus in Sunnyville ·4th & Harrison St. ·SFO T1 competition Reference: Paul Woolford paul.woolford@hok.com
Edwin Chan Studio, EC3 Los Angeles, CA|Architectural Assistant|2014.7-2014.9 Projects: Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki Design Competition Reference: Edwin Chan
RAEL SAN FRATELLO ARCHITECTS Berkeley, CA|Graduate Student Researcher|2014.2-2014.6 Projects: ·US-Mexico Border Research|Borderwallasarchitecture Reference: Ronald L. Rael rrael@berkeley.edu
LYCS Architecture Hangzhou, China|Junior Architect|2012.2-2012.8 Projects: ·Writhing Tower – A New Kind Of Sky Condo ·Hangzhou Lacquer Art Center ·Sanya Conference and Resort Center ·Shenzhen Research Center References: Hao Ruan hao@lycs-arc.com
HUI WANG STUDIO Hangzhou, China|Student Intern|2011.6-2011.12 Projects: ·Junior and senior school capmus design,Hangzhou ·Department of Managerment Building Design,Hangzhou References: Hui Wang wang_hui@zju.edu.cn