Bryan Yang Selected Works
Bryan Yang Harvard University ‘17 M.Arch I Candidate Brown University ‘12 A.B. History of Art and Architecture Byang@gsd.harvard.edu (626) 429-7934 19 Wendell St. Apt 4 Cambridge, MA 02138
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CONTENT This portfolio highlights selected projects that showcase my design process and technical abilities.
Undergraduate Work Underground House
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New York / Paris Screen and Changing Room
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Graduate School of Design Discertized Bacon Science Laboratory MFA Rare Books Library
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Sculpture Tension Blow
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Underground House
2011 Site: East St., Providence, RI Critic: Dietrich Neumann Designed as a home in a larger collection of 14 small houses, Underground House explores the act of directing natural light. The house is restricted on all sides by other small homes, each on a 16'x16' plot. In order to maintain privacy but have better control over the direction of light that pervades the interior spaces, the home is sunken three stories beneath ground level. Light is brought down through the use of specifically directed lightwells. The form of the home allows for two materials to be used in designating private space such as the living area and the bedroom (in warm bamboo) and social spaces such as the kitchen and dining areas (in cold concrete). The curved shape also allows more light in around the edges of each wall, maximizing the amount of light that reaches the lower levels. 4
Above: Model of house Right: Interior shots of model Opposite Model of house
Screen
Changing Rooms
Restricted by the use of 1"x8" photos of the Flatiron, I explored the vertical frame that rendered certain subjects context-less; the objects within a photo lose meaning when its context is cut away by the frame. Reconfiguring panels inspired by Eileen Gray’s Screen, the dynamic screen gives glimpses through slit openings. As the user manipulate the rotating panels, the angle and size of these slits change, producing a range of vertically framed views.
Exploring "Watch this space" and "Lack of Space", both chosen from Georges Perec's Species of Spaces and Other Pieces, I documented the movements of pedestrians as they become drawn towards a static window display and a woman's skirt as she navigates a busy sidewalk. While one phenomena shows a convergence of movement, the other shows a distortion of movement. I combined these two types of movement by weaving twine into the screen from the previous assignment in such a way to produce a changing room space that has strong points of formal convergence while distorting specific areas of the weave itself.
2012 Site: Flatiron Critic: Babak Bryan
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2012 Site: Garment District Critic: Thomas De Monchaux
Top: "Watch this Space" diagram of pedestrian"s movements before and after they make visual contact with the garment in the store window. Bottom: "Lack of Space" diagram of the woman's skirt as she moves through the sidewalk. The lower half of the diagram is a combination of her distance from the sidewalk and the shape of her skirt as diagrammed above. Opposite Top: Photograph collage Bottom: Dynamic model Right: Model detail
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Axonometric of Screen Opposite Elevation with depth gradient shading
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Section and Plan Opposite Top left: Collage of changing room space Top right: Weaving detail of model showing deformation of weave Bottom: Weaving detail of model showing convergence of weave
Discertized Bacon
2013 Studio: Projective Representation Critic: Cameron Wu In order to discertized the hyperboloid surface of crispy bacon, I combined two methods of surface panelization. Using secant plane panelization, I was able to model the flexible meaty portions of the bacon. In order to give the model rigidity, I used folded plane panelization to model the thin strips of fat that connect the secant planes.
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Strip of Raw Bacon
Strip of Raw Bacon
New Isocurves
New Isocurves Operational diagrams Opposite Finished bristol bacon model
Crispy Curves
Combined: Crispy Bacon
Original Isocurves
Crispy Curves
Combined: Crispy Bacon
Original Isocurves
Secant Planes
Secant Meat Panelization
Secant Planes
Secant Meat Panelization
Increase Crispiness (Cage Edit)
Folded Plane Fat Panelization
Folding Plane Fat Panelization
Increase Crispiness
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Final Discertized Bacon
Final Discertized Bacon
Science Laboratory
2013 Site: Columbus Park, Boston, MA Critic: Jeffry Burchard In order to distribute 75 cold labs, 75 hot labs, and public / office space with varying thermodynamic considerations, the proposed building uses an interlocking skewed L-shaped loop system wrapped within a tensile skin. The double-thickness loops allows for alternating floors of compact laboratories within the loops and open office / public atrium spaces outside the loops. A tensile skin wraps the building, creating a large tiered atrium that facilities openness between public spaces while still providing privacy within the exclusive laboratories. Hot laboratories are concentrated within the tower, which allows for increased direct southern sunlight and also allows hot air to naturally rise throughout the space. Cold laboratories are placed along dense corridors within the loops with north-facing glazing and within the basement in order to reduce heating from direct sunlight. 14
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Left: 4th Floor plan Right: 8th - 16th Floor plans Opposite Left: The tight skin around the loops creates a large, south facing atrium space, providing direct sunlight to half of the hot labs while keeping all the cold labs oriented away from direct sunlight. Right: Diagram of the heatstack effect that allows heat to travel up the tower, heat the hot labs, and eventually exit the mechanical space at the top of the tower where it is then dissipated by the wind.
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Top: Formal operations diagram of laboratory loops Middle: Axonometric highlighting private laboratory spaces within the loops Bottom: Axonometric highlighting public office spaces outside the loops Opposite Top: Project development through schematic sections Bottom: Schematic models
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Final 1/8� scale basswood, bristol and piano wire sectional model Opposite Section
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Elevations with Skin
Elevations with Skin
Elevations without Skin
Elevations without Skin
Above: Simple elevations with tensile skin Below: Simple elevations without tensile skin Opposite Final 1/8� scale basswood, bristol and piano wire sectional model
MFA Rare Books Library
2014 Site: Emerald Necklace Conservancy Critic: Renata Sentkiewicz Inspired by a precedent study of Clorindo Testa’s Biblioteca Nacional de la Republica Argentina, this proposal for a rare books library is a systematic attempt in creating programmatically sensitive form through simple formal operations. The library features a large, main reading room volume that is sectionally penetrated by varying program requirements. Working with similar massing divisions from the precedent study, the library uses three key formal operations of elevation, suspension, and a combination of both. The rare books collection is buried while the main collection is elevated in the center of the library; all auxiliary programs are distributed around a grid, categorized and formally manipulated based on lighting requirements, publicness/privacy, and considerations of views towards the MFA across the pond. 22
Raise southern end of main volume
Place special bookstack + core programs within grid
Simplified view for program manipulation
Elevate and suspend combination programs
Formal operation and program manipulation diagrams Opposite Exterior render
Offset grid for program blocks
Elevate programs with skylighting requirements
Place program blocks within offset grid
Suspend programs with view requirements
Primary Formal Operations Primary Formal Primary Operations Formal Operations
Secondary Formal Operations SecondarySecondary Formal Operations Formal Operations Program Distribution
Northern Skylighting
Northern Skylighting Northern Skylighting Gallery
Access to Level 1 Bookstacks
Access to Level 1 Bookstacks
Access to Level 1 Bookstacks
Scanners
Offices Program Distribution
Elevated
Elevated
Elevated
Conservation Facilities Gallery
Scanners
Program Distribution Offices Offices
Indirect Southern Light
Indirect Southern Light Indirect Southern Light
Circulatory Platform Space
Circulatory Platform Space Circulatory Platform Space
South-facing views
South-facing views
South-facing views
Hanging
Multipurpose Room Conservation Facilities Gallery
Access to Level 2 Bookstacks
Access to Level 2 Bookstacks
Access to Level 2 Bookstacks
Access to Hanging Programs
Access to Hanging Programs
Access to Hanging Programs
Hanging
Scanners
Offices Offices Bookshop / Cafe Conservation Facilities Multipurpose Room
Hanging
Computer
Offices
Access to Elevated Programs
Access to Elevated Programs
Access to Elevated Programs
Access to Level 2 Bookstacks
Access to Level 2 Bookstacks
Access to Level 2 Bookstacks
Access to Combination Programs
Access to Combination Access to Combination Programs Programs
Bookshop / Cafe Multipurpose Room
Computer Book stacks
Bookshop / Cafe
Combination
CombinationCombination
Computer Auditorium Book stacks
Auditorium Book stacks
Auditorium
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Left: Site plan Right: Aerial render in relation to the MFA Opposite Formal operation and program categorization diagrams
Large Reading Room Bookstore Offices
Reproduction Facilities
Cafe Conservation Facilities
Small Reading Room
Gallery Multipurpose Rooms
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Computer Room
Basement 1’ = 1/16”
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Ground Floor 1’ = 1/16”
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Floor plans Opposite Top left: Schematic models Middle left: Final 1/32” basswood, plexiglass and chipboard model Bottom left: Detail of final model Right: Axonometric highlighting program placement
Hanging Program Plan 1’ = 1/16”
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Main Floor 1’ = 1/16”
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Second Floor 1’ = 1/16”
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Roof Plan 1’ = 1/16”
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Desired Conceptual Plan
Shared Space Public
Preliminary Conceptual Sections
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Desired Conceptual Section
Desired Conceptual Section
Desired Conceptual Plan
Preliminary Conceptual Sections Shared Space
Shared Space Public
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Stacks
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Desired Conceptual Plan
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Shared Space
Desired Conceptual Section
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Desired Conceptual Section
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Conceptual Precedents
Bryan Yang Sentkiewicz Studio GSD M.Arch I Core Sem. II
Stacks
Stacks Shared Space
Shared Space
MFA Rare Books Library
Public Stacks
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Library
Shared Space
Rare Book Collection - 15,000 sq. ft. Computer Research - 750 sq. ft. Reproduction Facilities - 500 sq. ft. Offices - 500 sq. ft. Conservation Facilities - 1,250 sq. ft.
Large Reading Room - 2,000 sq. ft. Gallery - 500 sq. ft. Small Reading Rooms - 6x 400 sq ft. Plaza + Event Space - 13,350 sq. ft. Multipurpose Rooms - 1,000 sq. ft. Small Auditorium - 2,500 sq. ft. Circulation Bookshop and Cafe - 1,500 sq. ft. Service/Support Areas Lobby - 2x 250 sq. ft.
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Stacks
Programmatic Exploded Axonometric
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Public / Other
Actual Sections Desired Conceptual Section Sections
Preliminary Conceptual Sections
1’ = 1/16” 1/8” = 1’
Large Reading Room Small Reading Rooms - 8,600 sq. ft. Multipurpose Rooms Circulation Service/Support Areas
Gallery - 500 sq. ft.
Plaza + Event Space - 13,350 sq. ft. Offices - 500 sq. ft. Conservation Facilities - 1,250 sq. ft.
Bookshop and Cafe - 1,500 sq. ft.
Small Auditorium - 2,500 sq. ft.
Reproduction Facilities - 500 sq. ft. Computer Research - 750 sq. ft.
Desired Conceptual Section
Actual Sections
Rare Books Collection - 15,000 sq. ft.
1’ = 1/16” Lobby - 2 x 250 sq. ft.
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1/16” = 1’
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Shared Space Public
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Stacks Public
Shared Space
Closed Public
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North South Se 1’ = 1/8”
Section Opposite Project development through schematic sections
Tension
2010 Basswood, tape, elastic string 10 x 10 x 10 inches Tension is an abstract geometric model comprised of 200 tensile modules that aggregate geometrically to form a ribbed dodecahedron. The pieces are placed in further tension as they are held together with elastic string, creating a tensile wooden sculpture with a surprising amount of flexibility.
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Blow
2011 Styrene 4.5 x 4.5 x 4 feet Inspired by a handkerchief, Blow captures a freeze-frame moment in time as it mimics the flow and elegance of fabric. The piece is composed of twelve individually molded styrene sheets which were heated and hand-sculpted over a wooden form. The pieces were then assembled together in an explosive composition, giving the piece energy and vitality. Exhibited in Art//Show Spring 2012
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