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THE ACTIVE “VOID”
STAGE
Theater & Waterfront Steps With Building Analysis of One New Change & Liverpool One
THE NARROW PLAYGROUND
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2015 FALL
2014 FALL
2014 FALL
ECO-HOUSING
GROW
HOOP HOUSE
2016 FALL
digital photography: eucalyptus SEM image
Hey there! I am Pam Yue Pan, from Hangzhou, China, currently a fourth-year architecture student in the five-year undergraduate program in Carnegie Mellon University. I am enthusiastic about exploring the relationship between architecture, nature and human in urban space through design projects inside and outside school. Also, I am interested in digital modeling, digital rendering, hand drawing, digital photography, creative writing and film studies.
Enviroment, Form & Feedback
2016 SUMMER
2016 SPRING Project-Based Learning Charter School
Baitasi Competition 2016
Urban
Argriculture Center
Greenhouse
THEATER PROGRAM MASSING
ROOF ENVELOPE
CIRCULATION & ACTIVITIES
RENDERING OF GATHERING SPACE
THE ACTIVE “VOID“
THEATRE AND WATERFRONT STEPS WITH BUILDING ANALYSIS OF ONE NEW CHANGE & LIVERPOOL ONE theatre |public space |solid & void | third-year fall studio |AA visiting semester program | 15 weeks studio professor: Niara Vegara & Marie-Isabel de Monseignat-Lavrov individual project
This is a 15-week building study and design project in my study abroad program in Architectural Association in London. The building studies focused on the solid and void space of two large-scale mixed-used commercial buildings, One New Change in London, and Liverpool One in Liverpool. I took a special interest in categorizing and visualizing the activity level within the void space, and I brought this concept into my design project, by designing a theater/public steps on the ruins of Princes Landing Stage to revitalize public gathering space in the waterfront of River Mersey, Liverpool.
VOID: MOST ACTIVE
EXPLODED AXOMETRIC DRAWING /PROGRAM & CIRCULATION/
LEAST ACTIVE
SUPPORTING PROGRAM MASSING
design project: exploded axonomentric drawing & void analysis of public space
model images: combined void space of One New Change
building analysis: void space of One New Change, functional (upper) and experiential (lower)
building analysis: human visual connections in the void space of Liverpool One
design project: site analysis of the pedestrian accessible space and amenities in the waterfront area
design project: plan drawings
5-MINUTE WALKING
PLAN-FIRST FLOOR 10-MINUTE WALKING
20-MINUTE WALKING
Pedestrian Acessible Space by the Waterfront
30-MINUTE WALKING
PLAN-BASEMENT LEVEL 1
SITE PLAZA MARKET PUBLIC GARDEN GREENERY CINEMA THEATER WATER
PLAN-GROUND FLOOR
PLAN-BASEMENT LEVEL 2
SITE ANALYSIS
From the site visit and analysis, it is noticeable that walking experience along River Mersey is linear and lacking stopping points. Also, the amenities for cultural activities including cinemas, theaters and plazas are lacking. Therefore, Princes Landing Stage was chosen as the site to revitalizing the waterfront area. The site is currently ruins of heavy timer structure which was used about a century ago. The site’s industrial feature and its relationship with the water become important elements of the design process.
RESTAURANT
RESTAURANT
GIFT SHOP
BAR & SNACKS
EXHIBITION SPACE
EXHIBITION SPACE
HIGHEST TIDE OF RIVER MERSEY
RENDERING OF THE STREET VIEW
OUTDOOR SEATING AREA
LOBBY & TICKETING AREA
SMALL THEATER MAIN THEATER
FACILITIES OUTDOOR SEATING AREA
BACKSTAGE
N-S SECTION & ELEVATION
RENDERING OF CIRCULATION SPACE
design project: conceptual renderings
design project: elevation and section drawings and program diagrams
exterior rendering of the playground
NARROW PLAYGROUND BAITASI COMPETITION 2016
modular housing| community facility | Beijing hutong | Internship |2 weeks project instructors: Chien-Ho Hsu, Xing Liang (in:Flux Architecture) design team: Pam Pan, Yilin Ma, Yanhang Ren, Liangliang Wang
axonometric drawing of programs and activities This is a two-week competition submission to the international design competition, Baitasi 2016: Reinventing the Beijing Courtyards. The competition proposal was done during my internship in in: Flux Architecture at Beijing in 2016. The design idea is to create public space for local residents in Baitasi hutong area and a hostel for visitors to the hutong culture in Beijing. The design team considers the existing building scale of Beijing hutong should be maintained. The plan of the design proposal is about reversing the existing figure ground in Baitasi Neighborhood, which is congested by dwelling units and unable to provide space for social living.
replaceable cells
tea house cell
n-s section drawing
e-w section drawing
The extra-long treadmill towards the direction of Baitasi Temple and the reflective materials on its side, create a dynamic visual connection and illusion with the cultural and spiritual icon in the neighborhood. The 4.2-meter-by-4.2-meter building unit with replaceable cells could be used for living, barbecue hub, teahouse, offices and etc. The pre-fabricated modules with permanent facilities including bathrooms and enclosures, gives the hutong courtyard unlimited possibilities of social events in the small space.
barbecue hub cell
STAGE
PROJECT-BASED LEARNING CHARTER SCHOOL
education | advanced structure | third-year spring studio | 15 weeks studio professor:Stephen Lee instructor: Jeffrey Davis individual project This is a semester-long project to design a project-based charter school for students from 12 to 14 years old in Hazelwood, Pittsburgh, USA. The building consists of nine studio spaces for all three grades, the common area for meeting and exhibition, and other supporting programs. The design idea is to define the common space as the “stage”, and the studio space as “seating areas“ facing towards the “stage”, to create a multi-level visual connection within the space in order to trigger creativity among students. The project also focused on advanced structural systems. Industrial building elements including big trusses, metal deck ceiling, steel beams and columns are exposed to students, which enables them to have a better understanding of building tectonics. The metal-screen facade is designed with the intention to enhance visual connections from the outside to the inside and vice versa. The size of the punched holes on the screen varies depends on the level of publicness of the programs inside. In addition, the metal screen also allows the yellow-colored trusses being exposed to the pedestrians outside.
exterior rendering
elevation drawings
site plan drawing
interior rendering
plan drawings
wall sections
unfolded envelope diagram
structure diagram
living machine diagram
ECO-HOUSING
ENVIRONMENT, FORM & FEEDBACK
housing & public park | living machine | third-year fall studio | 15 weeks studio professor:Dana Kupcova instructor: Mat Huber, Mat Plecity design team: Nadia Islam, Pam Pan, Annabelle Swain
experiential rendering: inside the indoor wetland park
This is a semester-long project of incorporating eco-machines and housing design to create a riverfront housing plus park in Strip District, Pittsburgh, the US. The project started with a closely study of the ecological systems of the site, including wind, sun, water, traffic, history and etc. Also, we did a close reading and analysis of precedent housing project. For this project, we focused on living machine as a core element that structured the whole design. The living machine would transform waste water into clean water through eight steps including anaerobic reactor, closed aerobic reactor, open aerobic reactor, clarifier, constructed wetland, water re-use holding tank, ultraviolet disinfection and storage tank. The aim of the design is to use open aerobic reactor (vegetation tanks) and constructed wetland as architectural elements in housing units to create interesting interaction between nature and people. The design process is about finding the form that would achieve this goal by using various parametric design tools.
We firstly quantified the relationship between the total volume of apartments, open aerobic reactors and the constructed wetland. Based on this, we mapped the apartment buildings, wetland, open aerobic reactors and trees on the site to test the shadow condition and human experience of the design. (images below) Then we continued our form finding by focusing on one module. We proposed a green roof system to place open aerobic reactors on strips that forms the roof of the module. The position of reactors are determined by solar analysis and parametric tools. In this way, the aerobic reactors as vegetation tanks are introduced inside the building. We also studied the different human interaction on the rooftop strips based on the different slopes of strips. (images on the right side)
shadow analysis
experiential & conceptial rendering
buildings
trees
wetland
living machine diagram
reactors
surface planting diagram
social diagram
We tried stacking the modules to create 12-story apartment buildings, using space in-between the modules as public green space. Therefore, residents in the building would approach and interact with nature easily. Then, when we looked back at our site and reconsidered the social aspect of our design goal, we decided to have lower buildings that are more related to the landscape. We create buildings “growing from the ground“, and having landscape weaving with the buildings. apartment building: section
housing module analysis diagram
experiential rendering: public green space
apartment building: elevation
site design process diagrams
site plan
When we came to the urban design phase, we determined that our proposal for this eco-housing project is to create a housing plus park place for residents of the apartments and for people in Strip District by making living machine as the attraction and the focus of this project. According to the site study, there are two major entrance for residents and people in the neighborhood to enter the site separately. In the middle is the indoor wetland park. Two main streets going through the site with open aerobic tanks placed on them. experiential rendering: housing
As the wetland and the reactors need to be kept indoor, there are a dome and a canopy above them. The structure and shading system of the dome and the canopy is designed by parametric tools and based on the solar analysis of the surface area. Eco-machines are used in this project as visual attractions on site, including green roofs on the housing, living machine (including constructed wetland & open aerobic reactors) in the public space, in order to help visitors and residents to be engaged in the eco-system around them.
site study: shadow & wind
sectional perspective drawing:eco-machines diagram
physical model photo-1
physical model photo-2
GROW
URBAN AGRICULTURE CENTER mixed-use | urban agriculture | second-year fall studio | 7 weeks studio professor: Joshua Bard instructor: Jennifer Lucchino individual project This project is to design an urban agricultural center in Larimer neighborhood, Pittsburgh, PA, US. Facing the reality of Larimer community, with high crime rate and high vacant lot ratio, Larimer is one of the least developed neighborhoods in Pittsburgh. In Larimer, 40% of the residents live alone. To reduce the sense of loneliness and to strengthen the sense of community, with the belief that nature would bring people closer, the design is to create an urban agricultural center, with buildings grow from the ground, making the roof area become walkable and inhabitable.
exterior rendering & diagrams
planting diagrams: indoor & outdoor
Rooftop Planting Diagram
plan drawing
interior rendering
e-w section drawing
n-s section drawing
HOOP HOUSE
design built | urban agriculture | second-year fall studio | 7 weeks studio professor: Joshua Bard instructor: Jennifer Lucchino design team: Kara Gadecki, James Monroe, Jessica Sved, Pam Pan, XIaoyu Jiang
axometric drawing
section drawing
elevation drawing
plan drawing
on-site photo
The hoop house project is a seven-week project to build a greenhouse for the planting bed in Larimer Community Garden in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The design idea is to redefine the phrase “hoop house�. We started with modules made of two hoops and overlapped them to create a new image of traditional hoop house. As the planting bed assigned to us is close to the intersection of the two major roads, we also considered this hoop house to be the visual attraction of the community garden to all community members.
site plan
During the design process, we carefully studied the environmental condition of the site, including plants, wind, sun and rain. We designed the structural frame as a detailed digital model in Rhino and constructed it with conduits, nuts and bolts. To create the accurate curvature of the conduit, we made wooden form-works for each piece. The membrane is made of greenhouse plastic. We used heat-shrinking tools to attach it to the structural frame.
onsite assembly
process model
Joint details
process sketch
construction diagram
Thank you for your time and consideration!