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an interpretation of adaptive architecture, now possibilities, and new experiments of urbanism, at the mean while serves as an umbrella of the other projects in the porfolio.

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an imagination of metropolis and mobility in 2043

HOUSE IN & OUT a perception of bodily engagement

an architectural communication with human body

CRAFT & MODULE

an academic implantation into the life world

PROFESSIONAL WORKS

BOER DENG Application for MArch 2014

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To approach the subject of architecture, is a process where one opens themselves to a thing, allows a thing to presence itself, view the thing in various contexts within the lifeworld, responses to them and works towards an interpretation. By understanding the thing in all of its contexts and understanding all of its contexts to be connected in the lifeworld, one gains a thorough understanding of the nature of the thing’s being. In other words, they firstly perceives “realities”, rewakes a sense of wonder. Then develop a deeper understanding of both the place, themselves, and the lifeworld.

This portfolio frames a process of perceiving architectural hermeneutics whereby projects are structured by the scale of bodily engagements. The first project features a parametric masterplan aims to accommodate the identification of each unique “place” and the relation to the people. After the studies of bodily perception in a literary centre, within its relation to the context, the third project projects a big picture of mobility revolution in 30 years, which interpret the past inventions, now possibilities, and future urbanism. This process of presenting my selected works also reflects my vision of architecture as the process of revealing the meanings of space, people, the environment, materiality, sense, and time.

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388 WOODBINE ST, APT 3R | BROOKLYN, NY 11237 513.365.5121 | DENGBR@EMAIL.UC.EDU WWW.BOER-DENG.COM EDUCATION

Volunteer Sichuan Archaeological Research Institute, Sichuan China Worked as an part-time assistant for 200 hours. Helped collect, arrange and register seismic data in 2008

University Of Cincinnati | College of DAAP Cincinnati, Ohio BS Architecture 2009-2013

The 29th Beijing Olympic game volunteer family, Beijing China Worked as a first class spectator service volunteer for 2 months during 2008 Beijing Olympic Game. Committed to offer best services to the first class international spectators in Wukesong Basketball Stadium.

GPA: 3.269/ 4.0

University Global Scholarship, Dean’s List, Al Neyer, Inc Scholarship.

Publication

Beijing institute of technology | College of Design & Art Beijing, China Environmental Design 2007-2009

Trans-Versalidades | Journal | Spainish 2014 Participated in the research studies of “Between the Earth and Sky”, authored by Pro, Williamson.

GPA: 3.64/ 4.0

College Honors Scholarship, President of Art Department of Student Union

RAPPORT INTERMEDIAIRE | Oct 15 2012 Charrette “Reading Road of 2043” selected into the publication in French under the supervision of Pro, Williamson.

The 2nd Prize in the 1st Future Cup National Ideas & Designs Competition for Secondary Students | November, 2006 The 1st Prize in the art and style part of the 27th Annual Worldwide “Odyssey of Mind” Contest | Jun, 2006

Parametric Building Design in Autodesk Maya | Book | 2014 Project of “Parametric Urbanism” is selected to be included, authored by Ming Tang.

The 1st Prize in the 27th Annual “Odyssey of Mind” Contest hosted

by Sichuan Province | Mar, 2006 RÉSUMÉ

EXPERIENCES

SKILLS

Computer

Incorporated Architecture & Design

Autodesk Revit, Auto CAD, Maya and Maya Script, Ecotech, 3DS Max, Mudbox, 3DS Max V-Ray

9 East 19th Street, Floor 9, New York, NY 10003

Google Sketchup, Rhino, Grass Hopper, Rhino V-ray Render

Internship (full-time) | September, 2013- Present

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Premiere, After Effects

Primarily worked on modeling in revit, 3DS Max, Construction Documents and design option studies, on high-profile residential, retail and institutional spaces.

MicroStation, GISMap

Building Design Partnership (BDP)

Hand Drawings

Unit A, Floor 17, 45 Nanchang Road, Luwan District, Shanghai 200020 Internship (full-time) | September, 2011- December, 2012; March, 2012 - September, 2012 Independently work on designs, rendering, modeling, presentation documents and presented to clients. Attended design workshops with local and English architects in around China. Involved in many business coordination jobs. Helped build connections with new clients.

Microsoft Word , Powerpoint and Excel

Water color, sketch, charcoal, gouache, traditional Chinese line-drawing

Languages Mandarin, English

Mckean Architecture 225 Broadway, Suite 3005, New York, NY 10007 Internship (full-time) | March, 2011-July, 2011 Mainly committed to modeling, render, sketch design options for reviewing, coordinate with contractors, consultants and clients, produce construction documents.

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Awarded as Intel Genius in the 21st Chengdu Youth Scientific & Technical Innovations Competition | Dec, 2005

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PAR AMETRIC URBANISM Spring 2013 | 4th Year Studio | Instructor : Ming Tang

PARAMETRIC URBANISM

It is widely spread, attempted and explored, at the meanwhile, criticized, but undeniable that contemporary architecture as other fields of humanity discourses like media, entertainment, advertisement, as well as science discourses, is dominated by computers and computation paradigm. While the notion of computerization was first step, digital modelling is now certainly v into the era of computation in the process of calculation and reasoning of information. Contemporary designers are dealing with “genetic algorithms” as an approach of potential new interpretation of architecture. According to Manuel Delanda, demonstrated in his lecture of “Deleuze and the use of the genetic algorithm in architecture”, “genetic algorithm” is simply a set of simulations and rules in evolution of processing data in the computer.

While in conventional design systems, there are various parameters such as topography, programs, facilities, structures, circulations and so on, which are supposed to be considered during the design process. The Algorithmic, and Parametric design is thinking method of transferring all these information and factors into algorithms to generate a logically or mathematical best solution for the design.

As we can see and experienced this whole semester of accomplish what we have in our crazy little brain, I found that design, manipulation and control of geometry of complex objects is very much well-developed and incredible accessible for all designers with different aspects. But unlike the theorist, and thinkers, the design by itself is not what practical architects and designers looking for. It is the building, or the actual space is what makes most of architects devote their life for. We now have witnessed and experienced some of this amazing technological driven approach of architecture design. The question is how practical this kind of design could be.

Is it possible to build these complicated, curvy, blobby objects without costing ten times of the price, which only applicable for signature architects like, Frank Ghery, Zaha Hadid and so forth. And what is the social value, aesthetic value, humanity value of this type of architecture

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besides the exciting form. Is it true we can call this type of architecture adaptive? How about places with deep religious belief and rich historical value? Or, this system of thinking is supposed to adopt historical and religious parameters into the simulation, thus no conflict should be pop up? How about if we interpret this technology thing as a means to create an architecture that adapts to its occupation, on the one side it could mean that design is embodied within our experiences of spaces, places, and the components of design are transparently embedded within the environment; on the other hand it could be depicted as which “society and space are combined as a unitary entity, brought together through a knowledge and understanding of computation as applied to our presence in the world.”(which reconnect me to our experience of parametric urbanism, where the pre-existing factors and artificial manipulations, as well as the our new, proposed parameters are all unioned as one and being processed in the computer through the computation platforms like maya, grasshopper.

It becomes very important to consider all environmental properties and material effects in design, to develop material systems which have the potential to mediate environment. From what I experienced during the process of produce the work with my stubborn mind of reasoning and programming, I also found that this genetic algorithmic think may start from generating forms with interesting looks. As it goes to the urbanism, the analysis factors including human behaviour, economical value and development, larger view of the city political values started to involved into my process of generating the form and pattern. At the same time, all these factors have given me feedbacks I was expecting and they criticized themselves during the process as well.

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Langzhong, is a laid-back and beautiful small town with well preserved section of traditional architectures and cultural heritages. Rich with historical prominence, it is located in between two other major cities in Sichuan Province.

The goal is to redefine the new district from BLVD’s initial proposal and at the same time discover possibilities of new urbanism using the power of computerized technologies. The diagram illustrates process of developing knots from popular attractions and major transportation hubs including a train station and a proposed airport. Frei Otto’s simulation was generated to define the most efficient circulation while creating city blocks. Zoning is defined upon the size of the blocks and relationships with major infrastructures.

Zoning was adjusted step by step that generated smaller parcels or divisions through the simulation of Voronoi.

Parcels were further developed into practical plot sizes for construction as a result.

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Center Park (right) Aerial View of the whole city Modeled in Rhino using Grasshopper Scripting, Generated in Autodesk Maya, rendered in Maya

Train Station

(below) Three potential area plans of the new city celebrating different programmatic focus thus bring in various opportunities resulted in different development strategies.

Mapped in Rhino using Grasshopper Scripting, Colored in Illustrator.

Old Town

Historical Park

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Waterfront CBD

Wetland Park

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Airport

Historical Park

City of commercial focus

City of institutional focus

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Farmland & Residential Residential Institutional Mix-use Commercial Cultural & Entertainment Health Public & Parks

City of tourism focus

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TENSILE STRUCTURE & TYPICAL HOUSING METHOD Typical housing simulation is to apply Frei Otto’s bubbling curve to define the pattern of each plot, and converting them into either a building cluster or individual houses. The tensile structure were tested to furthering more adaptive system to characterize the whole project. (top) Tensile structure studies Modeled in Maya Rendered in Maya

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of the building roof.

Diagrams of the building geometry formation adapting

the overall method of city patterning.

Modeled in Rhino, Rendered in Maya (bottom) Renderings

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building on the site.

Modeled in Maya, Rendered in Maya.

(left) Tensile structure and material experiments, accomplished as a team with Anders Rustin, Andrew Campbell, Diana Chan, Dina Elawad, Guande Wu, Jacob Klapper, Joe Russell, Kate Bogenschutz, Luke Erickson, Regina Stack, Tim Shamblin, Timothy Perkins, Trey Meyer

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FALL 2014 MArch APPLICATION ENTRANCE TO EXPLORING SPACE

ENTRY TOWARDS WRITING SPACE ALONG HALLWAY THROUGH SMALL STUDIOS

VANISHING FLOAT PERFORM INK

FLOOR PLANS

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1 band studio 2 meeting 3 restroom 4 coaches room 5 small aud.

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of Perform Ink, illustrated the concept of transferring the process of helping youth’s voice to be heard into the actual building form of circulation.

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Modeled in Rhino, Revit and Rendered in 3DS Max above

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(up right) Perform Ink Community Performance Center Plans and interior renderings.

Modeled in Autodesk Revit, Rendered using Autodesk 3Ds Max. (above) Diagrams demonstrating the approach to the auditorium at the mean time depicting the process of the organization.

Modeled in Rhino, Revit and illustrated in Illustrator

PERFORM INK A community art centre aim to helping voices to be heard for youth who are in trouble or have no where to go during school hours. The programs are a process of self-exploration, art therapy sessions, group sessions or practise sessions and ultimately to be performed under supervision. The building it self is a Catharsis through Process.

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With the respect to the unique location of the overall site, where the city is built in and upon the dramatic topographic changes along with a river running through the city, I was inspired to create a building originate a sense of movement.

Base on the four major programmatic purposes, dwelling for researchers, parking, administration and museum exhibition spaces, I used four independent tube forms and twist them together at the bottom, which creates a circulation core space as the main access of the building.

Vanishing, the idea of vanishing, or bury the building underneath ground came from the missing history of this culture. The city was established and denominated by differences races throughout Chinese history. However, heritages of the history and culture “vanished” with no irrefutable evidence. I was driven by the history and intentioned to build a “place” for people to memorize and explore without notice from the site – buried.

Modeled in Rhino and Revit, Rendered in Rhino V-Ray and by Photoshop.

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HOUSE IN & OUT

HOUSE IN & OUT

Fall 2010 | Immersion Studio | Instructor : Barry Stedman

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Introduction The Centre for Literary Studies is a place for advanced studies of reading, writing, and performances. It is a place that houses specific book collections and topical exhibits - serving as a place for the public to experience the display, organization, and access of the work of visiting scholars / writers. The Centre is a place for a visiting author to work and interact with the public - enabling visitors to meet and discuss ideas grounded by a temporary genre (theme) in reading and writing.

The Centre located on Ludlow Street, Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. Within the certain environment, which by the side of Burnett Woods, the centre enhances is designed to enhance the site’s natural beauty. The overall concept is “Insideout; Outside-in”, which emphasizes the interaction between people and space, nature and people, nature and spaces. The building’s upper and lower levels have been used to join the Burnett Woods topographic complexity though the medium of green roofs. Light is central to the design; the design featured a collaboration of different light qualities. Several other factors have been employed in my design, which helps me think through form, function and architectural philosophy. This is a process presentation of my literature centre. Everything starts here, will never end.

Climate

HOUSE IN & OUT

Cincinnati gets an average of 40.14 inches of precipitation every year, including 23.9 inches of snow.

This diagram shows the averages for days of fog, rain, thunderstorms, and snow in a given month. The days may overlap (ex: if a day includes fog and a thunderstorm, it is listed under both.)

Thermal Analysis

Sun Effects

(above) The graph shows the lighting level analysis of the southern facade glazing which is the percentage of light the building will get by using different glazing orientation. The southern façade glazing gets less percentage of light than the top glazing. And it is not hard to tell that the average lighting percentage is 75%-85%. That means if I put all my 10% of glazing surface on southern façade, 75%-85% of the whole building will be illuminated by natural light.

Morning twilight begins at 4:16-6:34, over the course of a year, and sunrise occurs at 6:14-8:05. (June has the earliest time, and November has the latest.) Sunset occurs at 5:15-9:08, and evening twilight last until 6:50-11:06. (December has the earliest times, ad July has the latest.)

Credit: Site analysis completed in team work with Shelby Feenick, Katie Heinrich, Andres Lopez.

Analysed in Autodesk EchoTech, Watercolour on watercolour paper.

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Sun Angle The profile angle at winter noon is approximately 73째 and at summer noon it is 26째.

(page to the left) Process models Modeled in Revit, Rendered in Revit & 3DS Max (above) The front view of House In & Out Modeled in Revit, Rendered in Revit & Photoshop (left) Solar and heat gain analysis using of House In & Out Analyzed in Autodesk Ecoteck (below) Axon view of House In & Out Modeled in Revit, Rendered in 3DS Max

Insolation Analysis

Btu 6400+

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Southern Facades Lighting (daylight) Level Analyzed using Autodesk EcoTech.

Southern Facades Isolation Level Analyzed using Autodesk EcoTech.

Northern Facades Lighting (daylight) Level Analyzed using Autodesk EcoTech.

Roof Lighting (daylight) Level Analyzed using Autodesk EcoTech.

Daylight Analysis Daylight Factor

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Conference Room UP

Restroom Inner Access Core Gallery

South Elevation

West Elevation

Library Gallery Staff Flat Self-study Space Private Spaces Public Spaces Greens

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First Floor Plan

(up right) Second floor plan Drafted in Autodesk Revit

Bedroom

(right) Section cut looking west Drafted in Autodesk Revit

Restroom Drawing Room

East Elevation

LEVEL SYSTEM (up left) First floor plan Drafted in Autodesk Revit

Study

North Elevation

The concept of ‘In and Out’ expresses through the level system. The building has two main levels and five sub-levels. Working with all other design factors, it helps create interactions among visitors and between user and the space. The level system makes the space more interesting and full of movement. Level heights were designed based on ergonomics theories.

Advanced Library Library Cafe

Second Floor Plan

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Lighting System

(right) View taken from first floor to second floor inner stair case.

The main entrance to the building is hidden from the street, and behind the stripes. The inspiration is from traditional Chinese residential yards. This intention correspondent to the concept again that there’s no in or out of the building as well. (next page)

(page 26-27) The inner core of the building. The elevators and stairs are built here. Additionally, it serves people a whole view of the building, including level system(7 levels), the use of three visual senses(transparent, opaque and translucent), the vegetated “out and in” spaces, and the light quality of different spaces. rendered by Aotodesk 3D Studio Max

Pews on the right side beside the opening; the splay-wall slides past into the church space.

-- Image from “Church of Light”, Philip Drew, p 45

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View of the entrance in the splay-wall as it penetrates the rear of the church through an opening.

-- Image from “Church of Light”, Philip Drew, p 44

As preference, I use a contemporary work of artful simplicity, that appeals to a love of both pitch blackness and glimmering light together, Church of Light by Tadao Ando.

Light evokes shadows from the background, varies in intensity with the shifting time, and on altered object’s appearance.

However, light does not create an object, and is not self-given form. Ando used the boundary between light and dark creating the individual object is articulated and given shape. Or, we can say that the instant of light create that boundary of form. From my perspective, that is Tadao Ando’s basic idea of generating daylight as a life of buildings and the overwhelming will of architecture.

The idea of using the contrast of light and dark is tested in the project to create a strong sense of shaded feeling. Natural light comes in along the boundary of the building, which responses to the idea of forming exterior from inside. The edge spaces which are illuminated by daylight are used as hall ways or open spaces for reading, sitting, chatting, eating, etc. The contrast feeling of dark and light is generated by using both clerestory and skylight, and light shelf.

To give expression to my own spatial experience and thus to make something of it, I also employed some kind of translucent media to reach my over-all concept of this building which is making the space exterior in, and interior out. The translucent media is made of stripes, the created interesting shadow quality

Plan view diagram shows where the daylight sources coming into the space. Building boundary was weaken by importing natural light from the slim openings.

Free hand sketch, Lead on watercolour paper. (above middle) Skylight and Clerestory are used in my design to get both direct and indirect light sources.

Free hand sketch, Lead on watercolour paper.

The plan view entrance diagram, a developed idea of using contrast between dusky entrance, hall ways along the building boundaries and the bright centred atria area.

Free hand sketch, Lead on watercolour paper.

Inside of the Church of Light, behind the end wall, light flooding through the narrow cross aperture is reflected on the smooth concrete walls and ceiling.

-- Image from ‘Church of Light’, Philip Drew. p 42

Built-in Furnitures The image shows the built-in bookshelf. The bookshelf is built as a stair shape so that readers can climb up to get books and also sit on steps.

The two sides of the bookshelf served as screens and both of them have two layers which readers can get some books in the bookshelf while see the books out of the inner layer of the bookshelf. Every single detail reflected my core concept of “In and Out”. (left) This is the night view of the building.

Lights out of the building are installed on the lumbers. And they are visually hidden in between the spaces of the stripes. Thus, the stripes are “lights” as well.

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Lumber Strips As soon as the inspiration of strips came about, I was too invested to give it up, even though I couldn’t find a strong reason for their presence.

Finally, I brought all the strips into the building form itself, responding to both the original inspiration idea as well as functional needs. They become stairs, built-in furnitures (bookshelves) and screen in my building that satisfy both functional needs and form composition.

(up) Those windows on the facade serves as a connector of outer space and inner space. They follow stair treads but just been pulled up slightly so that allow people to see the movement of circulation in both spaces. What behind the wall is the main stair to private part of the building. It could only be accessed by the author or visitors. Whereas, the outer stair is for the second floor cafe which will be busy and crowed. The contrast between these two stair cases are expressed through the massive or fluent feeling of the two different motivated places bounds back to the circulation diagram.

Screen system Light plays a significant role in the overall design. It has served as a spaces division media, enhancement of architectural boundaries, and of course, as the source of illumination as well.

To achieve all design intentions above, I used lumber strips, monitors, skylights, and windows. In other words, I employed all three visual senses, transparent, translucent and opaque.

Screen system served a translucent sense of the space. It creates amazing shadow effects as well. (shown as left)

Stair System This is a view of the stripes stairs out of the west facade.

Stripes created not only a stair which is a main access to the public area on the second floor, but also created an interesting spatial experience.

They also formed amazing shade and shadow patterns on the other building adjacent and ground.

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Fall 2012 | 4th Year Studio | Instructor : Rebecca Williamson

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Assumptions of Mobility Revolution

Aramis System Aramis aimed to combine the best aspects of both train and car travel, where small, fully automated carriages would operate on a branching network and combine to form a train while in transit for maximum efficiency.

With the rapid increasing number of people live relying on the information-based technology, it is more likely that the way live and survive will be altering towards a totally different presence. Especially in Cincinnati, the special hilly topographic character and an intersectional-city of three states, an efficient infrastructure system/mode is extremely keen on change how people create economical and sociological success.

Based on the scenario above, the assumption of people traveling less but further; city will be built along the highway or major infrastructure which allows the highest efficiency; public services are to be more centralized and goods will be delivered to people instead of people traveling to get them, are the fundamental reasons for my design.

The Utopian dream behind Aramis was that it could be summoned electronically by users who are picked up from their homes by the nearest carriage, which would then rejoin the Aramis train ‘non materially’ (meaning that the individual carriages would not be physically but electronically linked).

This would mean the removal of unnecessary stops or transfers offering users the ease and luxury of conventional cars whilst still remaining a faster, more ecologically sound form of public transport at a time when environmental issues were becoming prominent.

Reading Road in 2043

Proposal Reading road will widen up to three times wider than it is now.

The center track will be used as delivery cable car rail, side tracks will be used as drive ways for private cars.

On both sides of Reading road, public use buildings will be constructed along Reading, including commercials, retails, education, health cares, and so on. Then, it spreads out to winter gardens and four season parks allowing people to use the local nature resources to produce foods and also providing urban green activities encouraging interactions. Residentials will be clustered in neighborhoods, with basic supplying retails and public services facilities. Street cars will be all demanded to be parked under the urban activities area. People would be forced to walk or use public transportation in the residential area.

Logistic | Traffic

Business | Health Care Commercial | Educational

Centralized Urban Activities Winter Garden | Vegetation

Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1908. “Mount Adams Incline.” 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

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Poor Houses

It is a very common phenomenon that occupied houses are poorly maintained.

Paint started to chip, windows and doors remained broken without fix.

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Pedestrian access and houses Buildings were abandoned by

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Vacant apartments sit for long until sold.

Abandoned house in extremely damaged shape.

Abandoned Building

Invasive plants wrap the house around.

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apartments. There is a lack of thoughtful and usable public Places and gathering spaces to encourage interactions.

Religious practice rate in the neighborhood is comparatively high in comparison to other neighborhoods in the greater Cincinnati. Diversities in race, economical class, occupations are appreciated and embraced. It seems to be a very important facts that people live there practice in different faith and appreciate the distinct personal moral values.

After the research we zoomed in to a specific area as our own site to study, which mine is at the center stretch of the whole site. In these blocks around the Avondale Town Centre, there are people living in deep-destitution. The rate of the violence is extremely high, people have no work, they live in bad-quality houses. There are many ghost buildings and vacant lots. Green spaces are mostly rural, and left with no fun. Nearly 70 Populations live in a rented place, either in houses or 32

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Scenarios & Strategies Major Infrastructure Route & Communities Resources Distribution of Cincinnati, Ohio

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Street View at Intersection of Reading Road and Lexington Avenue towards Southwest

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Street View at Intersection of Reading Road and Rockdale Avenue towards Northeast

My aspiration for Avondale Town Centre area is to forge new opportunities for interaction, and to create socially and ecologically sustainable places that attract and generate new communities and people. Integral to this strategy is a commitment to creating a flexible, mixed use, mixed density market development that allows for future growth and encourages innovation and progress. I begin with the premise that the master-plan must address a social as well as a spatial flow of ideas.

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design include spatial experience and sustainability, urban impacts, balancing needs and the reality, and above all delivering a built environment that has premium connectivity and intelligent flexible spatial organization.

The design process is driven by the potential mobility approaches, which challenges the foundation on which any architectural concepts of the design are developed. I take into consideration the magnitude of the development proposed and its impacts on the physical, social and economic environment of the community and the city.

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(above) Reading Road in 2043 Avondale Centre area Underground Plan | Modeled in Rhino, Colored in Illustrator

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(right) Reading Road in 2043 Avondale Centre area plan | Modeled in Rhino, Colored in Illustrator

(left) Sketch of the design process of Reading Road in 2023 (right) Sketch of the design process of Reading Road in 2043

I am picturing a social rehabilitation, by bringing more quality retails, nice share spaces, entertainments, chances to work, convenient urban pocket centers, etc. It is based on a principle that local problems can be resolved by local resources. Using this fundamental concept, local people can be led back to the society, and giving them skills and motivation to work, through making their environment of comfort and safety. At the mean time, the rehabilitation of “Markets”, “Characters” will make Reading Road as a place where outsiders fancy about and residents proud of.

The main approach is to create more semi-public spaces in and surround this residential area, at the mean time to bring in more small business thus create more working opportunities through agricultural rehabilitation. Encouraging residents gardening firstly, flowers and vegetables. Then, preparing other potential vacant fields to start build glass house, winter garden, even home-gardening schools and institutions. Individual residents are to be split up into units for live-work studios along Reading Road.

Through all potential solutions, it is quite positive to double the profit of both ownerships and workers by forum agreements with local shop-owners opening shops employing local labors attract locals/outsiders to the shops. At the same time, educate workers to run their own shops to run their own business for a expansion of positive influence in the neighborhood.

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Projects from Spring 2010 - Winter 2011

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Radial Elementary School

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Winter 2011 | Tectonic Studio | Instructor: Karl Wallick

OBJECTIVE To understand spacial relationship tectonically.

Develop a 2D drawing of a given composition vocabulary to a 3D model. And then develop the 3D model into a real site of elementary school.

CONCEPT To create an school that provide children best opportunities to get to know the real world, to learn from what they see and what they touch. The elementary school should tied the surroundings together to form a centralized community in order to offer best environment for kids.

PROPOSAL My given word was “Radial�. Based on my 2D drawing, the elementary school should has a centre core at the lowest level and all public spaces are exploded as satellites embed into surroundings which located at a higher point.

Four arms of classrooms and hallways create the connection among the big figure ground. In order to give provide best environment and education, surround buildings are supposed to be occupied by instructive institutes, like artist communities. All design elements in this project were considered tectonically, compositionally and spatially.

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These bass wood model are tectonic studies of Cincinnati Performing Art Centre located in downtown Cincinnati. The main entrance (where I cut the section from) was dominated by a tall(vertical) hallway and three deep and wide (horizontal) platforms. The paper were cut to be served as a screen which represent the glazing curtain wall with thick mullions.

This is the first step to learn how to use abstract elements to reflect 3D spaces.

(up) 2D synthesis drawing of radial map.

Lead, charcoal and toner on Bristol Board. (left) Synthesis Plan drawing as final representation. Red represents pathways, blue represents spaces.

Photoshop, Illustrator. (right) Process model top view. MDF based boards are the massive surrounding segments.

MDF, basswood, paper boards, 3D print.

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Modular Benches Spring 2010 | Fundamental Design Studio | Instructor: Vincent Sansalone

Modeled in Google SketchUp Physical Modeled in Bass Wood.

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Bench “Twins” The design assignment was to design a ‘screen’ for the Aronoff Building. The ‘block/screen’ is potentially being used as a system of seating, and screen units, as well as a spatial container. The goal of this work is to understand form, structure/detail and ergonomics. Furthermore, this component must be able to connect with its “twins” and do so in various configurations.

My design intention is to design a spatial seating place for both individuals and couples. Due to the certain circumstances of where these benches are designed to be, the overhanging planes at the top of the overall bench shape seat form an isolated space from the people passing by. The bench is designed to give users an experience of spatial feeling. Users should be able to focus on whatever they are working on while sitting in the bench. And each of the couples of the benches forms a close space for two people, also for individuals to sleep.

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Bench Fluid

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I was mostly focused on the spatial feeling of the bench.

The intention of the design is not only to provide a space for people to sit and use but also to form an interior space. The experience of viewing through outwards and inwards plays an important part of the consideration. Thus, I created the bench out of planar planes and give them a sense of “fluid� movement. The whole process took me 10 days which included idea composing, digital modelling, 2 study models and 2 final models.

Modeled in Google SketchUp Physical Modeled in Bass Wood.

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representation, also the files being sent to RPC. Then we worked on the construction and craft for the following two weeks that ended up with 37 benches.

The final step of this project is to design a module that potentially create space while function as benches, screens and pin-up board.

The studio works as a team to work on design, site sequencing, material research, constructibility, sustainability and cost analysis. Each studio designs a space for occupation; individual as well group occupation, questions of ‘interior’ and ‘exterior’ as well as the relation to and sequencing of other connecting spaces as well as the relation to ‘site’ analysis and sequencing.

Every piece is made by hand. (digital) Modeled in Google SketchUp (model) 1/2” plywood and seat-belt material.

Use finger joint.

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This is a group project that 16 students designed a system of sequential ‘making’ both in spatial occupation and construction. The studio works as a team to work on design, site sequencing, material research, constructibility, sustainability and cost analysis. Each studio designs a space for occupation; individual as well group occupation, questions of ‘interior’ and ‘exterior’ as well as the relation to and sequencing of other connecting spaces as well as the relation to ‘site’ analysis and sequencing. Each construction has a searing aspect to overall design. We also have a 5 minutes video documented the process.

I was in the design team and construction team which dealt with the overall design, digital representation, and the wood cutting and assembling. The overall concept is to create a modular bench which contains movement feeling through a simple geometric shape.

We spent a week working on the design and digital

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PROFESSIONAL WORKS

PARAMETRIC URBANISM

Include selected works accomplished during last 2 internships at BDP & McKean Architecture, with a couple of art works.

“Hallucination” Watercolor interpretation of mental fear of the real world.

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The Bund X-change A life in intersection

外滩汇 - 汇聚新生活

EMPLOYER Building Design Partnership (BDP.)

PROJECT 179 East Nanjing Road Retail Block for Shanghai Bund Investment Group Ltd (Under

LEAD ARCHITECTS Peter Coleman Tim Leach

ROLE Involved in design process through phase one to final presentation. Independently produce conceptual, analysis and process diagrams. Supervised on and was committed to the rendering products. Help with Chinese documentation and presentation.

Renderings of the site, daytime view and night time vies. Modelled in Google SketchUp, rendered by Crystal CG. (right up) Plans of the overall site, generated from Google SketchUp, edit in Microstation and finalized in Adobe Photoshop. (right below) Elevations of the Northside and Westside. Modelled in Google SketchUp, edit in Microstation.

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1.1 Introduction 1.1 Heading Chinese Executive Summary Our aspiration for Hongqiao Business District is to forge new opportunities for interaction, and to create socially and ecologically sustainable places that attract and generate new communities and people. Integral to this strategy is a commitment to creating a flexible, mixed use, mixed density development that allows for future growth and encourages innovation and progress.

We begin with the premise that the master-plan must address a social as well as a spatial flow of ideas. The shape of the built environment impacts upon social connections and vice versa. Our design strategy for HongQaio seeks to link the physical space with human interaction. Key considerations in the overall design include research and sustainability, a strong architectural identity, balancing the requirements of the brief, and above all delivering a built environment that has premium connectivity and intelligent flexible spatial organization.

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The design process is driven by the brief, which provides the foundation on which all the architectural concepts of the design are developed, tested and evaluated. We take into consideration the magnitude of the development proposed and its impacts on the physical, social and economic environment. The environmental issues that emerge from the cities aspirations for the project are valuable design tools.

HONGQIAO BUSINESS DISTRICT

A key driver in the design for HongQiao are the natural and climatic assets of the site and location and how these are optimised for passive and active sustainable design solutions.

HONGQIAO BUSINESS DISTRICT

(left) Renderings of the site, daytime view and night time vies. Modeled in Google SketchUp, rendered by Crystal CG. (right) Diagrams of form shaping process which reflects natural forces such as water, sunlight, people movement, wind etc which have the effect of ‘carving up’ what would otherwise be a single large block of development into a more human scale of architecture, giving views, daylight, ventilation to the heart of the design.

Modeled in Google SketchUp.

1. INTRODUCTION

EMPLOYER Building Design Partnership (BDP)

PROJECT Hongqiao Business District Plot 3, D15 + D21

LEAD ARCHITECTS Tim Williams Stephen Gilham Jeremy Farrington

ROLE Involved in design workshops at Schematic Design Stage. Mainly in charge of producing diagrams, CAD drawings and modelling alterations. Supervised Crystal CG for the renderings on material selections, perspective angles, colour tones and etc.

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179 E 72nd St Townhouse

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Sketch of closet composition.

(below left) Elevation

Pilot pen on sketchbook

os the building north and south view. Drafted in Microstation

(below right) First Schematic design model Laser cut chipboard, basswood and spray painted.

for the use of client presentation.

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McKean Architecture

CLIENT New York based high profile residential

OBJECTIVE Learn quickly, ask questions, make mistakes and improve

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Floor Plans through cellar to fifth floor. Mainly to show the partitions and circulation. Also are used to explain basic spatial compositions to interior decorators and artists.

Modelled in Rhino, rendered by V-ray. (left) South Facade, North Facade and Paper board model south view.

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(left) Goache paintings of Objects (top) Watercolour arts. (above) Watercolour of Porta Potty (below) Free-hand line drawings of Chinese Traditional Pattern.

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