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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO AN-TAI LU

SELECTED WORKS 2022 - 2023

THE NEW SCHOOL

PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN

BFA ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

AN-TAI LU

ALEX

Contact Information:

atantailu@gmail.com

+1 (732) 519-2883

EDUCATION

The New School, Parsons School of Design

- Major: Bachelor of Fine Arts Architectural Design

- Minor: Creative Entrepreneurship

- Consecutive Dean’s BFA Scholorship

- Honors Graduation

Columbia University, GSAPP (Admitted to Fall 2023)

- Masters of Architecture 1

EXPERIENCE

Royin Studio, Interior Design Intern

- Individual work of apartment interior design. Experiences in on-site investigation, project proposal, designing, construction drawing.

- Individual work of project competition Vale De Moses Yoga Temple.

- Design proposal and field research for Guangzhou Wan Song Yuan wet market renovation.

A.M.Benzing Architects, Part Time Intern

- Architectural Visualization

EXTRA + AWARDS

The Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial - First Prize / Student Award

- Buildner Idea Competition

- Individual

Vale De Moses Project Competition

- Buildner Project Competition

- Individual

Microhouse Competition

- Buildner Idea Competition

- Leading position of members of two.

Art Cathedral Competition

- YAC Idea Competition

- Leading position of members of three.

SKILLS

Software

- Rhinoceros 7 - Sketchup

- AutoCAD

- Adobe Suite

- Microsoft Office Suite - Vray

Fabrication

- Handcraft Model - CNC

- 3D Printing - Wood Work

Other

- Photography

LANGUAGE

Proficient

- English / Chinese / Cantonese

- Twinmotion

- REVIT

- Laser Cut

Aug 2018 - May 2023

Fall 2023

Jul - Nov 2020

June 2023 - Current

June 2022

Dec 2020

May 2022

Dec 2022

PROJECTS

CATALOG

COMMON RECIPE

Parsons Architectural Design Studio

Course: Capstone Design Studio 6

Professor: Alison Mears, Emily Moss

Partner: Kohki Hiramatsu

Location: 11408 Wedgewood Dr, Austin, TX 78753, United States

REVITALIZE RED HOOK

Parsons Architectural Design Studio

Course: Design Studio 4

Instructor: Eva Perez de Vega

Partner: Individual

Site: 270 Richards St, Brooklyn, NY 11231, United States

TRANSLUCENT THRESHOLD

Parsons Architectural Design Studio

Course: Design Studio 5

Instructor: Andrew Bernheimer

Partner: Individual

Site: 375 E 143rd St, Bronx, NY 10454, United States

REMEMBERING

Competition

Recognition: First Prize + Student Award

Competition: The Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial Edition #2

Organizer: Buildner Architecture Competition

Site: New Mexico 87102, United States

COMMON RECIPE ACADEMIC

Course

Capstone Design Studio 6

Professor

Alison Mears, Emily Moss Partner

Kohki Hiramatsu

Location

11408 Wedgewood Dr, Austin, TX 78753, United States

FOOD AS NON-VERBAL LANGUAGE

The recent influx of immigrants at the US-Mexico border has brought a multitude of health concerns due to the difficult journey and harsh conditions in detention facilities. This project introduces new approachs towards immagrants’ settlements, addressing the health and social challenges through welcoming centers, community centers, and housing units. By inheriting Austin’s diverse culture, the program focuses on building a community that is welcoming, inclusive, and supportive through a “Common Recipe“ among all race, language and ethnicity. This “Common Recipe“ recognizes food as one of the essential elements that prospers health, connects communities, and inherits one’s cultural identity. The program puts emphasize on communal cooking, communal dining, food growing, and food sharing among the immigrant and local communities. The experience of food is inseparable from the solution towards health and social issues of the immigrants.

The program guides the immigrants at the moment of arrival, welcoming them, providing food, settling information, walking through communal facilities, supplying basic needs such as healthcare and permanent address etc.

SITE CONTEXT

The site is located in North East Austin, Texas. This existing location is a forested land designated for affordable housing. The North and East side are two stories residential housing, the South and West side are light-use commercial area. Interstate 35 highway connects Austin with the Mexican border, which then is one of the prominent route for immigrants to travel from Latin American countries to United States. The site sits on the East side of Interstate 35, which serves as a first contact point for the immagrants.

WELCOMING CENTER SECTION

WELCOMING CENTER FLOOR PLAN

UPON ARRIVAL

The welcoming center is the first contact point of the immigrants. The welcoming hall is connected to a bus stop which serves the interstate 35 highway. The immigrants who gets off the bus would receive food, water, immediate supplies, and information of settling down.

The welcoming center is a rather public area which includes cafetera, pharmacy, grocery, delivery-pickup spot, tenants and public bathroom. This space is shared between the surrounding neighborhood and the immigrants’ community. The grocery provides dirrect fresh vegetables, meats, and daily essentials which lacked on the site.

1. WELCOMING HALL

2. INFORMATION CENTER

3. PUBLIC BATHROOM

4. CAFETERIA

5. OUTDOOR DINING

6. PHARMACY / MEDICAL CARE

7. WAREHOUSE

8. GROCERY STORE

9. RETAIL STORES / TENANTS

10. BIKE PARKING LOT

1. WELCOMING HALL

2. PUBLIC BATHROOM

3. CAFETERIA

4. PHARMACY

5. GROCERY STORE

FOR THE COMMUNITY

The community center locates in the center of the site. It is a more private area where the programs serves the immigrant community. The emphasis is placed on the central kitchen, which sits next to the farmland, and bridges the childcare center and commal dining hall. The food is being harvested in the local farmland, and the central kitchen is for prepping daily meals for the immigrant community and the children. The kitchen has an open layout which can incorporate cooking lessons.

RESIDENTIAL UNITS

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

The residential units are composed of modular prefabricated units. Due to the changing numbers of immigrants, the prefab system can allow expansion of the affordable apartments in the future. Each residential unit will share a common first floor, with common laundry, kitchen, mailroom etc. There are also storefront layouts for family who wants to start a business.

RESIDENTS’ COURTYARD

RESIDENTS’ HALLWAY

FOOD AND SUSTAINABLE LIVING

The residential buildings include prefabricated storefront, micro-unit, studio, one bedroom, two bedroom, and three bedroom units. Each apartment unit has the layout, with extra seatings for gathering and food sharing among famileis, friends, and neighbors. Besides the emphasis on food, the building also focus the use of cork (insulation/facade) and clt construction for each module, as a net-zero carbon, biogenic, scalable approaches toward future residential buildings.

2BEDROOM MODULE STUDIO MODULE

STUDIO MODULE PLAN

STUDIO MODULE SECTION

2BEDROOM MODULE SECTION

RESIDENTIAL UNIT SECTION MODEL 1/4” = 1’ - 0”

has an open kitchen center of focus on sustainability through buildings.

STUDIO (LEFT) AND 2 BEDROOM (RIGHT) PROTOTYPE 1/8” = 1’ - 0”

2BEDROOM MODULE PLAN

REVITALIZE RED HOOK ACADEMIC

Course

Design Studio 4

Professor

Eva Perez de Vega

Partner

Individual Location

270 Richards St, Brooklyn, NY 11231, United States

TRANSPORTATION AS PROGRESS

The current Red Hook faces two major concerns, the social issues caused by economic decline, and environmental threats of fload and sea level rise.

In the history of New York City, Red Hook’s contribution towards the econimic growth was indespensable. It was once the largest transportation hub for oversea goods and travelers in the world. Today, Red Hook is isolated from the city due to urbanization, unemployment, and crime. The project invisions to create a future transportation hub which includes hydrogen powered hyperloop, electric ferry, and EV bus terminal. The project will go through two phases, in phase one, it will reactivate the economy of local community, in phase two, the hub will withstand the sea level rise and become an isolated transportation hub for future New York City.

While multiple stations are vulnerable to flood, Red Hook suffers the most. It requires a new transportation hub that not only provides better accessibility but also revitalizes it’s economy.

PHYSICAL MODEL MASSING ITERATIONS

STATION TOP FLOOR PLAN

1. PASSENGER POD DOCKING

2. HYPERLOOP BOARDING PLATFORM

3. VERTICAL CIRCULATION

4. ENTRANCE

5. PUBLIC SQUARE

6. OUTDOOR MARKET

7. OYSTER REEF FARM

8. FERRY STATION

9. GREEN PARK

10. PATHWAY TO FERRY STATION

11. PATHWAY TO GARAGE / MAINTENANCE STATION

12. PARKING LOT

13. BIKE LANE

14. CAR DROP-OFF / PICK-UP

STATION LONG SECTION

1. ENTRANCE

2. HYPERLOOP BOARDING PLATFORM

3. CIRCULATION / WAITING PLATFORM

4. LOUNGE

5. ADMINISTRATION OFFICE

6. SHOPS 7. BATHROOMS

8. ENTRANCE HALL / MULTI-PURPOSE SPACE 9. WATER STORAGE 10. COMMUNITY FARM 11. OYSTER REEF FARM 12. GREEN PARK 13. KAYAK STORAGE

MAINTENANCE BUILDING

DETACHABLE HYPERLOOP DESIGN PROPOSAL

Hyperloop’s compact body allows city to city travel in an efficient manner. Due to that the density of city limits the size of a Hyperloop station, an efficient system with dense departure schedule is required for a Hyperloop design. One hyperloop vehicle contains a capsule shell and a passenger pod to maximize efficiency in docking, maintenance, and refuel. This design provides a hydrogen-powered hyperloop that has independent energy sources.

CAPSULE & POD DOCKING SYSTEM

ROOF

PHOTOVALTAIC CELLS WATER COLLECTION SKYLIGHT

HYPERLOOP DOCKING

HYPERLOOP TRACK ARRIVAL / DEPARTURE POD ATTACH / DETACH

CAPSULE POD

PASSENGER SEATS

5 FLOOR PASSENGER BOARDING

POD LIFT POD ASCEND / DESCEND

4 FLOOR PASSENGER CIRCULATION WAITING AREA

POD TRACK POD’S TRACK TO MAINTENANCE BUILDING

STRUCTURE / FACADE STEEL FRAME STRUCTURE GLASS CURTAIN WALL

STATION SECTION MODEL 1/8” = 1’ - 0”

HYPERLOOP STATION AXONMETRIC

ROOF PHOTOVALTAIC PANELS WATER COLLECTING SYSTEM SKYLIGHT

STRUCTURE / FACADE STRUCTURAL STEEL GLASS CURTAIN WALL

5F BOARDING PLATFORM +75’ ABOVE SEA LEVEL

PASSENGER BOARDING CAPSULE DOCKING POD EXTRACTING CIRCULATION

4F CIRCULATION / WAITING AREA +57’ ABOVE SEA LEVEL PASSENGER LOUNGE AREA CIRCULATION

3F ADMINISTRATION

+42’ ABOVE SEA LEVEL ADMIN OFFICES

SERVICES POD TRANSPORTING CIRCULATION

2F SERVICES

+27’ ABOVE SEA LEVEL

SERVICES PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE CIRCULATION

1F ENTRANCE HALL +12’ ABOVE SEA LEVEL ENTRANCE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE CIRCULATION - 1F

SUPPORT REINFORCED CONCRETE

WATER STORAGE

-12’ ABOVE SEA LEVEL

174 240 SQ FT WATER STORAGE

HYDROGEN POWER SUPPLY

WATERWAY PORT 3 STORY FERRY STATION

HYPERLOOP MAINTENANCE BUILDING AXONMETRIC

ROOF PHOTOVALTAIC PANELS WATER COLLECTING SYSTEM SKYLIGHT

STRUCTURE / FACADE STRUCTURAL STEEL GLASS CURTAIN WALL

CAPSULE REVOLVE MECHANISM TRACK TO MAINTENANCE

5F

MAINTENANCE +56’ ABOVE SEA LEVEL CAPSULE STORAGE CAPSULE CHARGING HYDROGEN ENERGY DELIVER CIRCULATION

ELEVATED PATHWAY +21’ ABOVE SEA LEVEL RAISED VEHICLE HIGHWAY ENTRANCE TO PARKING

4F

MAINTENANCE +41’ ABOVE SEA LEVEL POD STORAGE CIRCULATION

POD TRACK STATION TO MAINTENANCE

1F - 3F PARKING GARAGE +31’ ABOVE SEA LEVEL +21’ ABOVE SEA LEVEL +11’ ABOVE SEA LEVEL

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE +21’ ABOVE SEA LEVEL CONNECTION TO STATION

HYDROGEN POWER PLANT +12’ ABOVE SEA LEVEL

2 WATER STORAGES

8 WATER FILTRATION TANKS

7 ELECTROLYSIS POWER PLANT FLOOD PROOF WALL MAINTENANCE ROOM

STATION SHORT SECTION

HYPERLOOP MAINTENANCE BUILDING SHORT SECTION

1. CAPSULE MAINTENANCE / HYDROGEN RECHARGE

2. POD MAINTENANCE

3. ELEVATED PARKING GARAGE

4. GARAGE TO STATION PATHWAY

5. HYDROGEN ENERGY POWER PLANT

6. CAPSULE MAINTENANCE TRACK

7. REVOLVE MECHANISM FOR CAPSULE TRANSPORT

TRANSLUCENT THRESHOLD ACADEMIC

Course

Design Studio 5

Professor

Andrew Bernheimer

Partner

Individual Location

375 E 143rd St, Bronx, NY 10454, United States

SENSITIVITY AS BOUNDARY

Mott Haven, located in South Bronx, has been an area overlooked by the development and planning of New York City. The complex racial, financial, and social issues became so prominent, that the needs of vulnerable LGBQT+ population has been neglected as less important matters. As one of the least LGBTQ+ friendly community in the five boroughs, many vulnerable individuals lack professional support, guidance, and shelter.

This project, “Translucent Threshold“, aims to design a community center that provides therapy sessions, career guidances, basic educations, immediate medical cares, LGBTQ+ advocations, and temporary shelter units. The program supports vulnerable individuals to cross the berriers of descriminations, homelessness, career setbacks, economic vulnerabilities, lack of cares and social resources. On the other hand, the community center also opens partially to the local community, to allow community bonding and acurate understanding of the LGBTQ+ community.

“Translucent Threshold“ serves as both the threshold of improving the lives of vulnerable individuals in the LGBTQ+ community, and a more inclusive community in Mott Haven.

LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY / ACTIVITY / FACILITIES

MANHATTAN SOUTH BRONX

Most designated activitities, organizations, and facilities officially recognized by the LGBTQ+ community are located in Manhattan, New York, which emphasized the inequality in other areas. South Bronx is one of the more isolated area, where vulnerable individuals within the LGBTQ+ community might face difficulties.

ADAPT AND REUSE

This is an adapt and reuse building proposal with aspiration to foster the LGBTQ+ community within Mott Haven, South Bronx, New York. This community center provides help for the vulnerable people through providing career resources, healthcare, consultation, community bonding and sheltering. The building also serves purpose for advocating LGBTQ+ rights and local community bonding.

ORIGINAL BUILDING

1 FLOOR WALL DEMOLISH

2 FLOOR WALL DEMOLISH PUBLIC

SHELTER UNIT SECTION

1. PRIVATE COURTYARD

2. KITCHENETTE

3. PRIVATE ENTRANCE

4. RESIDENTS’ ACTIVITY ROOM

5. UNIT’S PLANTATION

6. PLANTATION [NATURAL BARRIER]

7. IN-UNIT BATHROOM

8. SINGLE’S ROOM

9. ROOF TOP GARDEN

10. SOLAR PANELS

PORTFOLIO

REMEMBERING COMPETITION

Competition

The Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial

Edition #2

Organizer

Buildner Architecture Competitions

Partner

Individual Location

New Mexico 87102, United States

Recognition

First Prize + Student Award

MEMORY AS OBJECT

The victory of war should not be celebrated upon the death of innocent people.

The site is located at Trinity, New Mexico, where the first nuclear bomb “Fat Man“ was tested. It was then immediately sent to Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan. The current trinity site is a tourist spot which celebrates the victory of war, this project turns the existing location into a monument to remember the innocent people who died in war.

The visitors of this memorial will place a rock upon entry. Overtime, the rocks become part of the memorial, representing the ones who passed away from the nuclear bombing, and reminding people the inhuman destructions of nuclear bombs.