Chang Gao - Design Works Portfolio 2019

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CONTENTS PART ONE URBAN LIVING ON DEMAND: A SLOW & FAST CITY

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A MIXED-USE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT ON THE OUTSKIRT OF NYC.

A TOWER ON SPLIT PLINTH

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PLAYING FIELDS AS THE MEDIA OF URBAN CONNECTIONS ON HAMILTON HEIGHTS, MANHATTAN.

CULINARY CORPORATIVE: LIVING on LIVONIA

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A MIXED-USE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT ON THE OUTSKIRT OF NYC.

CYCLING ERIE

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A YOUTH COMMUNITY CENTER WITH INTELLIGENT FACADES ON ERIE BLVD.

HABITABLE BILLBOARD

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A PROPOSED CINEMATHEQUE FOR SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ALONGSIDE I-81 HIGHWAY, NY.

URBAN WASTELAND

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AN URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK.

PART TWO *ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE

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INTERNSHIP WORKS AT UAL STUDIO: A DESIGN PROPOSAL.

CYBER CITY REBUILT

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AN ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING INSPIRED BY A SCI-FI.

CITY ON THE “BRINK”

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A MONOPOLY + SURVIVAL GAME ON THE FLOODED WATERFRONT OF D.C.

FREEHAND RECORDING

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DRAWING DOCUMENTATIONS IN MAJOR CITIES.

PART ONE

ARCHITECTURE / CITIES

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URBAN LIVING ON DEMAND: A SLOW

CUSTOMIZABLE URBAN ROAD NETWORK & HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IN AUTOMATED DRIVING ERA

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LOCATION - MUIDERPOORT, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS TIME - 2018 FALL STU 1304 - HARVARD GSD | ON HEALTH II: AMSTERDAM HEALTH KITCHEN GROUP MEMBER - CHANG GAO (CG), XIN ZHENG (XZ) INSTRUCTOR - BEN VAN BERKEL, CHRISTIAN VEDDELER (UNSTUDIO)

ONE OF THE MOST URGENT URBAN ISSUES THAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED ABOUT AMSTERDAM IS ITS OVERCROWDED CITY CENTER AND URBAN AREAS DUE TO LARGE NUMBER OF VISITORS FROM ABROAD AS WELL AS IMMIGRANTS FROM OTHER DOMESTIC CITIES FLOOD INTO THE COUNTRY’S CAPITAL CITY SINCE LAST DECADE. THEREFORE, THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN URBAN DENSITY AS WELL AS THE SUBSEQUENT TRAFFIC CONGESTIONS AND HOUSING SHORTAGE BECOME INCREASINGLY SERIOUS ISSUES TO THE CITY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, THE EXISTING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CAN BE FURTHER INTEGRATED AND THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURES CAN BEAR MORE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS. THE DESIGN PROPOSAL FEATURES HIGH RISE ON EXISTING RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURES.

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Perspective rendring looking at the residential towers on rail tracks from the adjacent street.

(Rendering made by XZ.)

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URBAN | STREET REORGANIZATION FOR THE EXISTING ROAD SURFACE, WE CREATE A “NETWORK” OF URBAN INFRASTRUCTURES OUT OF THE EXISTING ROAD “GRID” AND REORGANIZE EXISTING ROAD SURFACES ON THE SITE TO INCREASE THE URBAN “DENSITY” BY ENRICHING AND DIVERSIFYING PUBLIC ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS.

Axonometric drawing of the overall urban proposal. (Drawing made by XZ)

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ARCHITECTURE | A NEW HOUSING TYPOLOGY SINCE CITIZENS OF AMSTERDAM HAVE A TRADITION OF TRANSFORMING UNUSED TRANSPORTATION “ROADS” INTO LIVABLE SPACE, SUCH AS THE BOATHOUSES ON THE CANALS IN THE CITY CENTER OF AMSTERDAM, THE NEW BUILDING TYPOLOGY BASED ON THE RAIL TRACK INFRASTRUCTURE RESPECTS SUCH TRADITION.

Model of the residential tower. Model Scale = 1:200. (Model made by CG + XZ)

Model of the overall urban design proposal at Muiderpoort, Amsterdam. (Model made by CG+XZ)

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Landing platforms at the rooftop for people- and cargo-carrying drones. (Model made by CG+XZ)

UP: Facade of the residential tower allows mobile units to change apartment layouts. (Model made by CG+XZ) LEFT: The facade is connected to the road surface.

In this design proposal, we try to exploit the possibilities of autonomous vehicles, not only as a tool of transportation, but also as a mobile and configurable interface that can respond to people’s varying demands and interact with the urban space, providing flexibility to citizens in other aspects of urban life such as living, working and shopping, etc. We hope that by speculating on the fundamental concept of autonomous vehicles and its relationships with people and the cities, such technological advancement in mobility may ultimately help transform people’s lifestyle in the city in the future.

In response to this condition in the near future, the design project consists of two parts: the street re-organization and new housing typology utilizing the space which were previously used for train tracks that cut through the city’s living neighborhoods.

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Site plan drawing of the overall planning proposal. Scale = 1:1250. (Drawing made by CG)

Streets on the site are categorized by varying width from the 10 meters to 25 meters’ interval.

(Diagram: CG) Streets on site categorized by widths from 10 - 25 meters.

Integrating existing streetside plazas as well as other public space on the site. (Diagram: CG) Existing squares / public space on the site.

Creating a continuous urban “linear park” by relating central public space in each “superblock”.

(Diagram: CG) Connecting central plazas / public space in each “superblock”.

Space and lanes for mobile vehicles are reserved while extra pedestrian routes are provided for residents in the neighborhood. (Diagram: CG)

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UP: Exploded axonometric drawing showing programmatic and structural layout of a 25m wide street. (Diagram made by CG) DOWN: The programmatic and structural layout of a 15m wide street.

URBAN | STREET REORGANIZATION Multiple shared and mobile programs are introduced to provide convenient access for the residents of the surrounding neighborhoods. Mobile retail stores and office units (the ‘pods’) can also be fabricated in factories and “drive” to different urban districts according to people’s needs: instead of people doing daily commutes, the workspace and commercial programs will come to people’s neighborhoods.

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14 FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Perspective renderings respectively showing the spatial experience for the pedestrians and cyclists of Muiderpoort respectively in a 15-meter-, a 20-meter- and a 25-meter-wide street after the design reorganization.

(Renderings made by CG.)

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The concepts of “CBD” and “commercial districts” will be replaced by on-demand customizable driving pods in the future city. Additionally, traditional drive lanes will disappear on the road altogether and the road surfaces will be connected linear parks, providing more green and leisure space in urban areas.

Due to the benefits of the development autonomous driving in the city, the pedestrians and cyclists can be give the first order of priority in urban transportation. Furthermore, much of the surface of the urban road network can be released from car traffic and the large amount of freed space can be given back to residents for other dynamic and flexible public uses.

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MOBILE UNIT TYPOLOGIES

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BUILDING STRUCTURAL SYSTEM

ARCHITECTURE | A NEW HOUSING TYPOLOGY The customizable highrise residential tower is also a direct response to the housing shortage issue of Amsterdam. On the site, the new housing complexes are intended to rebuild the connections that were once separated by the sloped foundation of the railways and increase the urban “density” by creating a highly flexible housing layout for the urban residents.

In order to realize such ideal, the facades of the housing tower are directly connected to the roads of the city and prefabricated housing units can drive on urban roads and all the way up to attach to people’s apartments as temporary, interchangeable extensions. Such strategy inspired by autonomous vehicles will not only allow people to customize the programmatic layouts of their homes according to specific needs, but also significantly improve the efficiency and usage of the public domains (social, cooking and working areas) of the living space.

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A SLOW & FAST CITY

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In each tower, the residents are given the basic housing programs such as bedrooms and bathrooms. Other rooms such as living room, study as well as kitchen can be shared with all other residents in the city and called to people’s own apartment on demand for a certain period.

A TOWER SPLIT PLINTHS

PLAYING FIELDS AS THE MEDIA OF URBAN CONNECTIONS ON HAMILTON HEIGHTS, MANHATTAN.

LOCATION - HAMILTON HEIGHTS, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES TIME - 2017 FALL STU 1221 - HARVARD GSD | ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN STUDIO 2017 GROUP MEMBER - CHANG GAO, RENYI ZHANG INSTRUCTOR - PROFESSOR FELIPE CORREA AS THE ONLY CORE DESIGN STUDIO OF THE URBAN DESIGN PROGRAM AT GSD, THIS YEAR’S ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN INVESTIGATES HOUSING, DOMESTIC SPACE AND THE RECASTING OF THE DOMESTIC BLOCK IN UNITED STATES. THE FINAL DESIGN PROJECT IS A HOUSING-BASED MIXED-USE PROJECT LOCATED IN THE HAMILTON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD OF NORTHERN MANHATTAN. THIS GROUP PROJECT RECONCILES EXTREME TOPORAPHICAL DIFFERENCE, RECONNECTS THE PUBLIC SPACE IN SURROUNDING NEIGHTBORHOODS AND REPLACE THE EXISTING PUBLIC SCHOOL STRUCTURE OVER PHASES ON THE SITE WITH THE SIZE OF TWO TYPICAL MANHATTAN BLOCKS.

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Aerial rendring looking at the deisgn project from the south of Hamilton Heights.

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O’HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

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Mapping disgrams studying the urban morphology of the City of Chicago under the topic “Urban Mobility”.

CHAPTER I - CITIES: MORPHOLOGIES ACROSS SCALES In this exercise, the studio is divided into groups and uses synthetic cartographic model as a tool to investigate the spatial and temporal relationships between the representative urban grid planning strategies across three different American cities (Los Angeles, Chicago and New York) and their natural environment, layout of infrastructures as well as social amenities. In the case of Chicago, our group juxtaposes the chicago orthogonal urban grid system with the radial public road network to showcase how the polynucleus, decentralized city with multiple sub-centers is evolved from a concentric city model embeded in the homogeneous grid system.

Mapping diagrams are printed on acetate sheets, laser-cutted on plexiglass and presented in lightbox to reveal multiple layers of analytical information.

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CHAPTER II - BLOCKS: BLOCK INVENTORY In Exercise two, both the spatial potential and programmatic flexibility are tested across all three typical urban blocks from New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. With the assigned typical block which can be found in downtown L.A, I propose three different iterations for one block and then further test each morphological typology with different indicators of “density”, which are defined by FAR (Floor-to-Area-Ratio) and OSR (Open-Space-Ratio). All nine prototypes presented in 3D print models investigate various strategies which the same urban block can have varying spatial organizations to intelligently combine urban residential programs with other social amenities and accommodate future development.

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“Los Angeles (Utopia version)” made out of 3D print urban block models .

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The site plan of the final design project at 137th Street, Manhattan.

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Restoring the two “Manhattan blocks” layout by studying the urban fabrics through plans and sections .

Constructions executed in phased which will eventually replace the existing structures.

CHAPTER III - PROJECT: REFORMATTING THE GRID’S EDGE

Concept of the overall site plan: With the knowledge about urban morphology and patial potential across different scales gained from the first half of the semester, the site for the design project is located in New York City. The representative urban fabrics of Hamilton Heights on the Isle of Manhattan mainly consist of lowrise townhouses and brownstones. Based on the location of the site, the team specifically analyzes the urban morphologies from 110th to 155th Street of West Manhattan. We discover that Modernist high-rise residential communities have broken the connections between different neighborhoods. Therefore, we want to rebuild the site in the way which it not only increases the living density, but also reinforce the existing connections among the surrounding neighborhoods.

Phased construction: In order to maintain the public in operation during the process of new constructions, we also propose a financial mechanism to fund for the phased constructions on the site. The commercial corridor is built first as a funding source Such process will ultimately replace the outdated playing fields as well as the school buidlings.

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Interactions with the surrounding neighborhoods.

Interactions of public domains on the site.

We would like to respond to the existing urban conditions on all four sides of the given two blocks.

The north side tends to be more local and private due to large areas of townhouse neighborhoods. To respond to the booming 125th Street district, the Subway Line 1 from the South and the expanding campus of Columbia University, the south side of the site is designed to face the metropolis and public visitors. With the proximity to the public

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The sectional concept disgram + time of occupancy (Weekdays/weekends) of each program on the site.

park facilities on the waterfront of Hudson River, the west side is the gateway to create accessibility from the inner city to the riverfront amenities.

Lastly, for the City College of New York on the east side, we intended to provide student-oriented programs to better engage the campus.

Density generated from programmatic overlaps: The “living density� of the site should not only be increased by just introducing more programs, but also increase the site usage from a temporal perspective, which means the same space and facilities need to be used by different social groups at different time periods in a day throughout the year. In this project, the playing fields are the key programs of which time of occupancy can be greatly improved and shared by the students both from the public school and the City College as well as the residents living in the surrounding neighborhoods.

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Duplex units wing combined with typical tower floor (Upper floor)

Duplex units wing combined with typical tower floor (Lower floor)

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Tower Floor with city/river-view units

II. The Double-loaded “Bars”

UP: Typical floor plans and unit types of the residential tower.

2-Bd. Unit with Outdoor Terrace

LEFT: Exploded axonometric of the overall program layout.

FAR LEFT: Unit mix and plan layouts of the residential “plinth”.

Single Family Duplex Unit

2-Bd. Unit

Units in the residential plinth have similar square footages to the units in the tower and are scheduled to be constructed initially for the faculty members of the public school and City College after the reorganized playing fields in Phase II. Residents of the “plinth” have an elevated seimi-public space above the commercial corridor which physically connect all residential bars embeded atop the plinth. In the future, these units can also be available for sale in the market to help fund for the residential tower in the latter phase of construction.

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Connecting the public playing fields back to the city: On the ground floor, the new commercial corridor actively engages the Broadway on the west end and the Amsterdam Avenue on the east which have an extreme sectional height difference of 15 meters. Besides from the east-west direction main pedestrian entries which attracts visitors either from Subway Line 1 or the City College, multiple openings are reserved on along the 137th Street to invite people to meander into the corridor behind the street side buildings.

In addition to the increase of physical accessibility on the site, visual corridors is another crucial strategy of building connections between the inner city parks and the Hudson waterfront. A small park with preserved trees guides visitors to the playing fields at the center of the site, which eventually lead people to an open viewing platform that sits on the roof of the new public school buildings, looking west at the Hudson River.

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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Renderings respectively showing the west formal entry way to the commercial pedestrian corridor, multiple levels of playing fields, the residential tower and the semi-public space shared by the residents of the project.

The key concpet of the project origiantes from close analysis of the context and reiterate the spatial and programmatic layout of a typical rectangular Manhattan block based on morphological analysis across different scales in New York City. The design project puts great emphasis on creating a unqiue spatial experience that is able to draw in to the site and maximizes the efficiency of the public playing fields.

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The west entry reconciles the sectional difference between the major avenues on two ends of the block while creating an accessible stepped public space. It leads visitors to the playing fields and landscape at the center and creates entrances to the reail shops on multiple levels at the same tiem.

Meanwhile, the residential “plinth” and “tower” physially distribute and differentiate the playing fields on different height levels according to their main user groups and level of privacy. Therefore, there is also a definite line, both spatially and programmatically, between the public space and domains that are exclusive to the use of the residents of the project.

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CULINARY COOPERATIVE: LIVING on LAVONIA

A MIXED-USE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT ON THE OUTSKIRT OF NYC. LOCATION - EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES TIME - 2015 FALL ARC408 - SYRACUSE ARCHITECTURE NYC PROGRAM GROUP MEMBER - CHANG GAO, CELESTE POMPUTIUS INSTRUCTOR - PROFESSOR ANGELA CO, BRIAN TABOLT, ELIZABETH HODGES THE NYC DESIGN STUDIO PROJECT EXPLORES THE FUTURE POSSIBILITIES OF DENSE, COLLECTIVE LIFESTYLES THROUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN NEW YORK CITY. THE STUDIO ALSO TAKE REALISTIC SITUATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AS MODELS, INCORPORATING DISCIPLINES SUCH AS REAL ESTATES AND URBAN PLANNING INTO DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS. WE PROPOSES A MIXED-USE BUILDING ON LIVONIA AVENUE IN EAST NEW YORK THAT IS BOTH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP--WITH RESIDENCES SOLD BY THE RULES OF THE COOPERATIVE MODEL IN WHICH ALL RESIDENTS BECOME BUILDING STAKEHOLDERS--AND FOR CELEBRATING THE RITUALS OF COOKING AS A SOCIAL ACTIVITY TO BE ENJOYED AS A COMMUNITY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH IS AT HIGH RISK OF EXPERIENCING FOOD POVERTY, OR HAVING LIMITED ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD.

Works produced by Chang Gao are marked in annotations as (CG); Works produced by Celeste Pomputius are marked in annotations as (CP); Works made collectively are marked as (CG+CP).

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PART I - THE ARCHETYPES

The schemes for the design are based on the studies on the spatial and programmatic characteristics of two modernistic housing archetypes: the Narkomfin by Moisei Ginzburg and the Twin Parks Housing by Richard Meier. The community kitchen in the Narkomfin encourages social exchanges and its duplex apartment units provide great spatial efficiency. The maze-like playground of Twin Parks forms invisible boundary lines from the urban context, giving its residents an open yet exclusive public space in between the residential blocks.

RIGHT: The ground landscape design of the Twin Parks Complex. (CG) DOWN: The independent kitchen and duplex unit in Narkomfin. (CP)

Internal Courtyard(S) Enclosed By Apartments

Shared Space Attached Vertically As The Front Facade

UP: Conceptual collages used to test formal strategies. (CG)

PART II - THE SITE

Landscape Elevated Away Form The Site Context

DOWN: Study models on building mass. Model scale: 1/32”=1’0” (CG+CP)

The site is located on Lavonia Av. in East New York next to the Lavonia Av. Station, an elevated subway junction which two subway pass by above grade. Due the megastructure in front of the site above the street, the huge noise from the passing trains and the relatively less developed surrounding urban contexts, plus the poor food qualities and related health issues in the neighborhoods, we push the community kitchen and other culinary training/education programs to the street front as the “moving” signage of the project and as the “sound buffer”.

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PART III THE PROTOTYPES

Apartment Cluster Prototype Study models. Scale: 1/32”=1’0” (CG+CP)

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The Community Kitchen Unit

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Duplex Residences | Through-Apartments | Single-Loaded Corridors

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The living units is a mix of duplex 3-bedroom apartments and 1-bedroom studios. Instead of putting kitchens in each unit, the Community kitchens are designed on every FRESHfood Education CirculationResidences FRESHfood Education 2 floors in each building block, serving 10-12 families.

The FRESHfood market is on the ground floor next to the exits of the subway station. Loading docks are designed for daily food supplies and wider entrances are reserved Education Circulation Residences FRESHfood on the front entrance to allow food trucks to drive into.

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Staircases: The Staircases are inserted in between the community kitchen grid on the front facade, connecting programs for the general public on various levels.

Lifts: Small lifts are provided for food transportation.

Culinary education programs (Auditorium and cooking classrooms) fill in the gaps between the community kitchen untis to attract visitors from the surrounding Circulation neighborhoods.

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PART III - THE SPACE

UP: Section cutting through living units and community space. Original scale: 3/16”=1’0” (CP) LEFT: Typical floor plan .Original scale: 3/32”=1’0” (CG)

Most of the circulations (staircases, ramps and lifts) are located in between the apartments and community kitchens, connecting the corridors of the living units to the shared cooking space while separating the private form the public at the same time.

The public programs are pushed to the streetside so that the noise from the elevated train tracks can be buffered and the living units and internal courtyards behind shall have a relatively quieter environment.

40 RIGHT: Lavonia Avenue streetside (South front facade) Elevation. Original drawing size: 36in x 24in Digital model produced by Chang Gao. Lineworks and Photoshoped by Celeste Pomputius.

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42 RIGHT: Section cutting through community kitchens and public programs.

Drawing size: 36in x 24in Original Scale: 3/16”=1’0” Lineworks and rendered by Chang Gao.

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The model set photo is the production of the workshop of NYC studio led by Architect Julian von der Schulenburg. The photograph is taken in the lobby at the main entrance on Lavonia Avenue, looking at the auditorium and the community kitchen. Original model set scale: 1/4”=1’0” Final model for presentation. Scale: 1/16”=1’0” (CG+CP)

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Perpective rendering form the subway car. (Rendered by CG)

PART IV - THE EXPERIENCE

Being removed from the living space of every household and merged together, the community kitchen unit is the intermediary program(the space of connection and partition) between the public and private space of the project. It reveal the cooking process of the residents to the passers-by on Lavonia Avenue while securing the private life in the residential blocks and courtyards. The only “irregular� elements are the programs open to the surrounding neighborhoods, winding between the kitchens.

Perspective rendering of the courtyard. (CP)

Conceptual image of the lobby. (CP)

Conceptual image of the internal courtyard. (CP)

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THE PROJECT FUNCTIONS AS A COMMUNITY CENTER WHICH MAINLY AIMED AT THE YOUTH VISITORS FROM THE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS. TAKING GAMING AND SPORTS AS THE MAIN PROGRAMS, THE SITE IS REVITALIZED BY ATTRACTING VISITORS OF VARIOUS MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION (CYCLING + DRIVING)TO THE SITE. THE DYNAMIC RESPONSIVE FACADES OF THE BUILDING(S) REVEAL THE INTERIOR SPACE AND INDOOR ACTIVITIES BY UTILIZING THE ENERGY (ELECTRICITY) GENERATED

BY MOVEMENTS OF GAMING AND DANCING ON THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. EACH FACADE PANEL CAN SPIN AND ROTATE TO CERTAIN DEGREES, EITHER VISUALLY REVEAL OR CONCEAL THE INTERNAL SOACE AND MOVEMENTS. THE “INFORMATION” EMITTED

BY THE FACADE PATTERNS CAN BE SEEN BY VISITORS ON THE SITE AS WELL AS DRIVERS PASSING BY THE SITE, CREATING A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE CITY CONTEXT.

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A YOUTH COMMUNITY CENTER WITH INTELLIGENT FACADES ON ERIE BLVD.

ELEVATING ERIE

LOCATION - TOWN OF DEWITT, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES TIME - 2016 SPRING ARC409 - SYRACUSE ARCHITECTURE COMPREHENSICE STUDIO

KING + KING DESIGN COMPETITION 2016 - EXHIBITION ENTRY INSTRUCTOR - PROFESSOR AMBER BARTOSH TEAM MEMBER - CHANG GAO, XIAODAN MA

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Game!

1 Works produced by Chang Gao are marked in annotations as (CG); Works produced by Xiaodan Ma are marked in annotations as (XM); Works made collectively are marked as (CG+XM).

Longitudinal section (B-B) cutting through the connecting truss.

Original scale: 1/4”=1’0” (Lineworks by XM)

48 The project “CYCLING ERIE” is located at the branch site of the “Elevating Erie” competition. The overall form mediates the huge difference in scale between the residential neighborhoods and the stand-alone shopping malls by breaking down a single, large builk into two compartments of two smaller building (four parts in total) on the site.

A new bike route which pass through the safe, quiet residential neighborhoods of Syracuse is proposed to avoid the high-speed traffic on Erie Blvd. One branch of the bike route cuts through the site, encouraging cyclists to bike along the historical trial of the Erie Canal.

PART I - MEDIATING THE SCALES

Site dimensions.

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Site cross-section collage. (CG)

50 The dynamic interactive facade consists of arrays of rotatable translucent glass panel.

The inspiration is taken from the facade panels on the SIT building in Melburm. The more people in the space, the more active the space becomes result in more energy collected from the space. The invreasing energy level makes more panels begin to rotate, the facade to which the program is attached becomes more transparent, thus the indoor conditions are revealed more clearly.

DOWN: Facade system axonometric drawing. (XM)

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1 SYSTEM DESIGN DRAWING SOUTH EAST END - SCALE: 0’ - 1/2” = 1’ - 0”

Facade panel operation mechanism diagrams. (CG)

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1. YOGA STUDIO 2. DANCE STUDIO 3. SHARED VIDEO GAME ROOMS

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WITH PROPOSED LANDSCAPE DESIGN

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HALL/AMPHITHEATRE 4.A/B MALE/FEMALE 7.ASTOP MEN’S LOCKERSHOP ROOMS WITH BATHS SCALE: 0’ - 1/16” = 1’ - 0” 3. CONTROL SEMI-OPENROOM RUNNING/LEISURE AREA 5.6.OPEN WATER FRONT RECREATION 9. SPARE PARTS WAREHOUSE 2.

GYMNASIUM (BOXING + PLAZA CLIMBING) 7.B FEMALE LOCKER ROOMS WITH BATHS 3. MECHANICAL ROOMS

6. BAR + RECEPTION DESK

A 1. YOGA STUDIO 2. BAR DANCE STUDIO 1. + COMPUTER LAB 3. SPORTS SHARED LEISURE VIDEO GAME ROOMS 2.

SPACE

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TOILET + DANCE MACHINE 4. UNISEX BOARD GAMES 5. RESTING + RUNNING EXCERCISES 6. GAME STUDIO WAITING AREA

LEVEL 3 LEVEL 2

7. LIVE GAME STUDIO 8.A/B MALE/FEMALE TOILETS 9. PRIVATE GAME LOUNGES

SCALE: 0’ - 1/16” = 1’ - 0” SCALE: 0’ - 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

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Siteplan. (CG) Zebra-crossing on Erie Blvd. is highlighted to protect the safety of the pedestrians PART II as well as the cyclists. It also mark the entrance of the bike route to the site. On the site, the main bypass the building and link to the backroad alongside the Erie Canal Trail.

CONNECTING route Floor Plans. (CG) The “sport” and “gaming” building compartments are separated on the ground IN AND OUT floor. Starting at level 2, the “truss path” connects the two parts spatially and programmatically.

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52 The “truss path” is an integral element of the building. It physically links the space of the four blocks of the building while mixing the sport and recreational programs located in the two “separated” compartments of the project.

In the “sport” part of the building (as shown in the cross section below), each program is spatially independent from one another. All the programs are partially “attached” to the facades of the building. Therefore, when the degree of activities starts to change within the programs, the facade will be able to rotate and gradually reveal the indoor conditions.

Cross section (A-A) cutting through the sport programs of the project. Original scale: 1/4”=1’0” (Lineworks by CG)

125’ - 6” 30’ - 0”

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1. Glazed parapet 2. Parapet flashing 3. Single ply roofing membrane 4. Tapered roof insulation 4-1/2” 5. Vapour barrier 6. Concrete roof cast in corrugated steel decking 10-1/2” 7. Steel I-beam 8. Sprinkler head 9. Two layers of 1/2 inch plastered ceiling, skimmed and painted 10. Stainless steel rod for pole dancing 11. Low-iron glass Mullion carrier frame for curtain wall 12. Steel glazing mullion 14. Motorized blackout blinds 15. Supplementary luminaire for the dance studio 16. Peforated steel column as supporting structure for the facade panels 17. Motorized rotating rods independently control orientations of each panel 18. The translucent glass facade panel

CALLOUT 1 - DETAILED SECTION THROUGH DANCE STUDIO ROOF SCALE: 0’ -1” = 1’ - 0”

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1. Oak flooring 2. Ground supply air register 3. Cellular beam with space reserved for building services inside the pathway 4. Waterpipe and sprinkler head for the basement below the truss 5. Galvanized steel support for vertical facade members 6. Two layers of 1/3 inchlaminated safety glass 7. 4 x 3/4 inch steel plate 8. Mesh steel catwalk 9. Diagonal steel bars 10. Stell support for the steel truss overhang

CALLOUT 2 - DETAILED SECTION OF THE CONNECTING TRUSS PATHWAY SCALE: 0’ -1” = 1’ - 0”

Section detail drawings. Original scale: 1”=1’0” (Lineworks by CG)

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PART III THE BUILDING SYSTEMS MECHANICAL/HVAC. All mechanical facilities in this building are either installed in the basement or on the rooftop (hidden by facade panels). The ductworks supply and collect return air through shafts located next to the service and elevator cores in the building. The air supply/return ducts of the “truss path� are installed in between the space in the cellular truss. The system will turn on/off according to the intensity of activities as well as the movements of crowds in different space and programs.

EGRESS + FIRE. Roller shutters are installed in multiple places around the triple-height atrium to prevent fire from spreading. An additional underground path is designed on the basement level to provide two means of egress for the people exercising in the underground gym.

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STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS

A. IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE AS MANY NUMBER OF COLUMNS AND BEAMS IN THE DOUBLE-HEIGHT ATRIUM AS POSSIBLE, A GLAZING BARRIER AND SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FRAMING FOR THE CURTAIN WALL AND EXTRA SUPPORT FOR THE EXTERIOR OPERABLE FACADE. THE STRUCTURE CONNECT BACK TO BUILDING COLUMN GRID AT ROOF LEVEL, BY WHICH THE BEAMS PROVIDES ANCHOR POINTS OF THE WIRES THAT SUSPENDS THE STAIRCASES AND LEISURE AREA BELOW ON THE 2ND FLOOR. B. THE TRUSS PATH IS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF THE BUILDING. IT PHYSICALLY LINKSAND MIXES THE SPACES OF THE SPORTSAND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS LOCATED IN THE TWO “SEPARATED” PARTS OF THE PROJECT.

BUILDING MECHANICAL/HVAC, EGRESS AND FIRE ZONING

LEFT: Mechanical/HVAC + Egress + Fireproofing diagram. (CG) MECHANICAL/HAVAC. ALL MECHANICAL FACILITIES IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT: Structure details + model IN documentations.

ARE EITHER INSTALLED THE BASEMENT (CG) OR ON THE ROOFTOP (HIDDEN

BY FACADE PANELS).

THE DUCTWORKS SUPPLY AND COLLECT UP: Structural systems diagram.

(CG) RETURN AIR THROUGH SHAFTS LOCATED NEAR THE SERVICE CORES IN THE BUILDING. THE AIR SUPPLY/RETURN DUCTS OF THE TRUSS PATH ARE INSTALLED IN BETWEEN THE SPACE IN THE CELLULAR TRUSS.

A. In order to eliminate as many number of columns and beams in the double-height atrium as possible, a glazing barrier EGRESS + FIRE. ROLLER SHUTTERS ARE INSTALLED IN MULTIPLE PLACES TRIPLE-HEIGHT ATRIUM TO PREVENT FIREfor FROM SPREADING. AN and steel frame is designed to provide framing AROUND for theTHE curtain wall and extra support the interactive facade. The structure ADDITIONAL UNDERGROUND PATH IS DESIGNED ON THE BASEMENT LEVEL TO connects back to building column grid at roof level, by which the OF beams provides anchor pointsINofTHE the steel wires that suspends PROVIDE TWO MEANS EGRESS FOR THE PEOPLE EXERCISING GYM. the staircases and leisure areas below on the 2nd floor.

B. The truss path is an integral component of the building, with multiple connecting moments to the regular column grid.

STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS

A. IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE AS MANY NUMBER OF COLUMNS AND B IN THE DOUBLE-HEIGHT ATRIUM AS POSSIBLE, A GLAZING BARRIER

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IN THIS PROJECT, STUDENTS ARE ASSIGNED TO DESIGN A MEDIATHEQUE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THE CITY SEVERED BY THE INTERSTATE, RE-CONNECTING THE CITY CENTER TO THE UNIVERSITY. I DESIGNED THE BUILDING AS A “BOX“ COVERED WITH SCREENS AND POSTERS TO ATTRACT CITIZENS’ ATTENTION. INFORMATION POSTED ON THE FACADES EXACTLY SHOW THE ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE INTHE CORRESPONDING PROGRAMS THAT HIDE BEHIND IN THE BUILDING.

HABITABLE BILLBOARD A PROPOSED CINEMATHEQUE FOR SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ALONGSIDE I-81 HIGHWAY, NY LOCATION - SYRACUSE, NY TIME - 2014 SPRING ARC208 - SECOND YEAR DESIGN STUDIO INSTRUCTOR - PROFESSOR ALAN SMART

58 The visual relationships between the building and the city are crutial to the decision-making during the design process.

All the process models as well as the final models are tested on the site model in order to determine the locations of the programs in the building, so that the indoor activities, as well as the signage attached to the facades are able to maximize their visual impacts to the targeted audience.

Final model detail.

Four facades of the final project. Original scale 1/16�=1’0�

Final project looking form the street side.

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Final project looking form the highway side.

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Conceptual collage on the site.

The approach to the design is to attract both of the visual attention of the visitors, students of Syracuse University and the local residents.

Being inspired by the Time Square in New York City, I consider the building as a “habitable billboard”, using large posters, colorful signs and advertisements along with bright neon lights to construct the main body of the architecture. Inside the cinematheque behind signs and screens, are the rooms for the programs corresponding to the contents shown on the outside. In this way, the facade of the building is constantly broadcasting the activities happening from the inside. The impact of the cinematheque can go beyond the architecture itself and the barrier of the heavy infrastructure (the I-81 Interstate), reaching both ends of the city.

Site plan. Original scale 1/32”=1’0”

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LEFT - Exploded axonometric showing the arrangement of the programs in relation to the information posted on the facades of the building.

CITY SKYLINE OBSERVATION

CINEMA FOR THE CITIZENS

LIVE HOUSE CINEMAFOR STUDENTS

INDOOR PLAZA

AUDITORIUM

NORTH ELEVATION WITH CIRCULATION

WEST ELEVATION WITH CIRCULATION

CITY SKYLINE OBSERVATION

CINEMA FOR THE CITIZENS

CITY SKYLINE OBSERVATION

LIVE HOUSE CINEMAFOR STUDENTS

INDOOR PLAZA

AUDITORIUM

NORTH ELEVATION WITH CIRCULATION

WEST ELEVATION WITH CIRCULATION

MUSICALS DIGITALLAB

LIBRARY

WORKSHOPS CINEMA FOR THE CITIZENS

RECORDING STUDIO STUDENT CLASSROOMS CINEMA PUBLIC GALLERY INDOOR PLAZA/PLAYGROUND

AUDITORIUM

CAFETERIA

SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION WITH CIRCULATION

EAST ELEVATION WITH CIRCULATION

UP North elevation: major public spaces connected by staircases.

South elevation: programs connected by elevators.

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UP - Circulation programs (fire stairs and elevators) are grouped and placed on the three corners of the building. The interior is an open floor plan supported by a regular column grid.

RIGHT - Glass Tunnels wrap around and circulate between different floors of the building. People’s movements inside the tunnels also create possibleinteractions with the flashing signs on the exterior.

Floor plans. Original scale 1/16”=1’0”

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LEFT 1 - Street perspective: view from the sidewalk alongside the site of the building in the evening.

This facade has less signs in order to open to the pedestrians and local drivers.

LEFT 2 - Highway perspective: view of the drivers from highway.

This two facades have more signs and screens installed to get the attention of the drivers on the highway and residents in the distence.

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THIS DESIGN STUDIO EXERCISE IS INVOLVED WITH MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN URBAN CONTEXTS. THE MUNICIPAL WASTE IN NEW YORK CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE OF THE CITY DEVELOPMENT AND HAVEN’T BEEN SOLVED PROPERLY. AFTER LOOKING INTO THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES TAKEN IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SUCH AS GERMANY AND AUSTRIA, WE DECIDE TO INTRODUCE THE SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE INTO NEW YORK CITY. THE PROJECT IS LOCATED ON THE MANHATTAN ISLAND. THIS URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE ON WEST UPPER SIDE FUNCTIONS NOT ONLY AS A FACTORY THAT DEALS WITH WASTE MATERIALS FORM THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ALSO WORKS AS A SOCIAL COMMUNITY CENTER TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT MATERIAL RECYCLING. IT HOUSES A FLEA MARKET, GALLERIES AS WELL AS LEARNING CENTER AND RESEARCH LABS. INSTEAD OF HIDING IN SUBURBS AWAY FROM THE CITY, THE URBAN WASTELAND ATTRACTS THE PUBLIC TO THE WASTE PLANT, PROVIDES THE CITIZENS A PLATFORM TO ACTIVELY LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESS OF RECYCLING AND HELP SHAPE THEIR FUTURE LIFESTYLE.

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URBAN WASTELAND: AN URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK. LOCATION - NEW YORK, NY TIME - 2014 FALL ARC307 - THIRD YEAR DESIGN STUDIO (GROUP DESIGN PROJECT) GROUP MEMBERS - CHANG GAO, YIWEI WU INSTRUCTOR - PROFESSOR LORI A. BROWN

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PART I - PERSONAL + NATIONAL: THE EARLY RESEARCHES From the very beginning of the project, I started to record our daily personal waste produced on campus (the ‘waste journals’). By keeping track of our own waste materials, I am able to analyze the hiding patterns about the amount, frequency as well as the locations of people’s waste production. It also helped me estimate the need of waste recycling in New York City, the processing capacity of the waste plant and the necessary size of the waste management programs in my design. The waste journals lasted the entire semester, providing me with rich statistics to study.

Sean’s Waste Journal - Fall 2014

August 28, 2014 Total paper waste

533.00

Total Plastic waste

220.00

Total Glass waste

36.00

Total Duration

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“Waste Journals” and research diagrams.

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Before taking a specific site in New York City, our team looked into the waste management technologies in Germany and Austria, which has fairly high rates of material recycling.

From Germany, I learned about the “Centralized Collection” technology that using a pipeline system to temporarily store municipal waste underground in populated urban areas. From Austria, my partner Yiwei found the strategy of coupling public programs such as flea markets and learning centers with waste processing would greatly imrpove public engament and recycling efficiency. After we paid a visit to Roosevelt Island of New York, we knew about the AVAC vacuum system, which uses pipelines and air pressure to collect recyclable waste in the city.

We decided to introduce and apply these advanced technologies on Manhattan in our design.

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Joe DiMaggio HWY between 59th & 62nd Infrastructure components + Pipeline layout of the neighboring blocks.

Factors to Consider + Transportation

Joe DiMaggio HWY

Lincoln Plaza 62nd Street

+Socioeconomic Status

59nd Street

+Current Landscape

+ Pollution Hell’s Kitchen

Night time rendering of the AVAC collecting system.

The AVAC Pipelines replace the traditional transportation and the pipes are exposed above the ground, functioning as an urban landscape. The pipes come out of the civilian buildings and run alongside the Credit Armandby Damari streets. They aretosupported simple steel trusses, or directly attached to existing infrastructures like street lamp posts and traffic lights. Vegetations and artificial lightings are also installed to create bike lanes underneath the pipelines, providing shading, lighting to bikers while segregating them from the traffic.

In terms of future city planning, we select 20 extra potential sites to build waste plants of the same size as our projects on Manhattan, each covring an area of 30 to 40 urban blocks. In this way it is possible to apply the AVAC system to the entire borough.

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Program layout diagrams + sketches.

Massing diagrams.

PUBLIC SPACE FOR OUTREACH CAFE

KITCHENETTE CONFERENCE ROOMS STAFF OFFICES

BAILING + STORAGE 17,500 sq ft

FLEE MARKET 17,500 sq ft (BELOW THE MRF)

ART STUDIO 2,000 sq ft

RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT

MECHANICAL SERVICE

EDUCATION 2,000 sq ft

EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITION 1,500 sq ft

CAFE

PUBLIC SPACE FOR OUTREACH

RESTROOMS

CONTEXTUAL LANDSCAPE

RESTROOMS

5,000 sq ft

FLEA MARKET THEATRE

COLLECTION 17,500 sq ft TRANSPORTING 17,500 sq ft

SORTING 17,500 sq ft MRF PIPE

MRF FLEA MARKET THEATRE

PART II - ON SITE: A WASTE PLANT IN DOWNTOWN The space for the waste collection and recycling facilities take up more than 60 percent of the total building areas. Since the design is intended to leave the gounrd open for landscape and public uses, most waste processing programs are elevated to the top floor. The AVAC pipelines directly link the city to the inside of the project, stretching over the artificial landscape reserved for pedestrians and visitors to the building. Separate vertical elevator cores of different sizes are provided for the transporation of the waste and public visits to the processing facilities.

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Study and process models.

Site plan. Original scale 1/64”=1’0” 3rd FLOOR PLAN SCALE: 1” = 32’ 0”

2nd FLOOR PLAN SCALE: 1” = 32’ 0”

3rd FLOOR PLAN SCALE: 1” = 32’ 0”

1st FLOOR PLAN SCALE: 1” = 32’ 0”

2nd FLOOR PLAN SCALE: 1” = 32’ 0”

Floor plans. Original scale 1/32”=1’0”

1st FLOOR PLAN SCALE: 1” = 32’ 0”

GROUND FLOOR PLAN SCALE: 1” = 32’ 0”

On the other hand, according to the floor plans, all programs which require public participation are distributed on the ground and first floor of the project. Two walk paths stretch across the landscape plaza alongside the elevated pipelines. One passes through social exchange programs such as the flea market and lecture auditorium. The other bypasses educational programs such as the gallery and bookstore inside the building.

Both walkways finally exit underneath the adjacent highway, connecting the project to the existing riverside runway and piers.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN SCALE: 1” = 32’ 0”

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Structural system diagram.

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PART III - ARCHITECTONICS: ENDOSKELETON + EXOSKELETON The visiting entries to the waste plant and the flea market give way to the pipelines which go straight into the infrastructure. One entry guides visitors around the inside of the waste plant while the other works as a shortcut through the building to the riverside park.

The waste plant is supported by four large-size trusses (32’x200’x5’). The exterior diagrid shell connects to the trusses. The diagonal members function as beam structures between two trusses. The shell also allows daylight getting inside to maximize lighting efficiency.

OUT REACH

STUDIO

EXHIBITION

LIBRARY

TRUCK PASS

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EDUCATION GALLERY

Program exploded axonometric diagram.

STORAGE

MRF OFFICE

OUT REACH

EDUCATION

THEATRE MRF

STORAGE

OFFICE

THEATRE

LAB

FLEA MARKETFLEA MARKET LAB

STUDIO

EXHIBITION

STUDIO

EXHIBITION

LIBRARY

TRUCK PASS

LIBRARY

GALLERY PASS TRUCK

GALLERY OUT REACH

EDUCATION

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OFFICE LAB

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MRF

STORAGE THEATRE FLEA MARKET

STUDIO

EXHIBITION

LIBRARY

TRUCK PASS

GALLERY

Public programs (galleries, auditorium, market) are close to the ground to attract the locals. The waste process facilities are porgrammed on the top floor to make it more significant in the city. The exterior shell not only functions as a formal element but also takes loads of the architecture.

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South-East Elevation

North-West Elevation

PART IV - ON SITE: A WASTE PLANT IN DOWNTOWN The design of the exterior shell hides all waste-processing facilities inside the buidling, making the buidling more appealing and thus easier to be accepted by residents in the surrounding neighborhoods. Inside the building, however, the spatial organization offer the visitors plenty of opportunities to learn about the production, collection and recycling process of urban waste. Though been segregated from the dirty, noisy working space, the users will constantly notice the process of waste recycling.

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Waste plant interior rendering of the central foyer.

Front visiting entry rendering.

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The waste collected by the AVAC system from the surrounding neighborhoods are sent by the pipes into the sorting and packing system in the waste plant. The processed waste materials will be sent back to the ground with a giant elevator and then transported directly to the nearby riverside port on West Manhattan.

The waste materials will finally be sent out of New York by ship for further processings.

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Main circulation Fire stair Shortcut 1 Shortcut 2

UP - Circulation diagram.

LEFT - Sectional prspective rendering.

PART TWO

ARCHITECTURE & BEYOND

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*ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICES

A DESIGN PROPOSAL OF A COMMUNITY CENTER COMPLEX IN NANJING

Street view rendering. Credit to UAL Studio.

TIME - 2014 SUMMER INTERNSHIP - URBAN ARCHITECTURAL LAB STUDIO (UAL) ARCHITECT - LAN ZHANG, YUAN LIU DESIGN TEAM MEMBERS - WENHAO QIU, CHANG GAO, XIAOMAN JI

Predesign research diagrams made by Chang Gao.

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Site analysis diagrams made by Chang Gao.

During my internship at UAL Studio, I participated as a design team member in designing a community center located in Dongshan District in Nanjing. I helped creating analytical diagrams during the predesign research phase and massing models during the schematic design phase. I also asisted the making of the folio for the submission to the public tender of the project.

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LEFT: Aerial rendering process work of the central conference/business district of the planning proposal.

RIGHT: Overall site plan rendering.

(Renderings made by CG.)

TIME - 2018 SUMMER INTERNSHIP - ISA - Internationales Stadtbau Atelier (Beijing) ARCHITECT - YAJING ZHANG, HAIZHOU WANG DESIGN TEAM MEMBERS - XIN ZHAO, CHANG GAO, WANGWANG JI, SHAUNG SHI, During my internship at Internationales Stadtbau Atelier, I participated in the research and schematic design (SD) phase of an international urban design competition on a proposed artificial landfilling new urban district to the north of Bao’An International Airport, between Shenzhen and Dongguan.

I helped creating analytical researches during the predesign research phase and digital urban design proposals during the schematic design phase. I also asisted the making of the folio for the submission to the public tender of the project.

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CYBER CITY REBUILT AN ARCHITECTURAL SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE INSPIRED BY <TRON> (1982)

TIME - 2015 SPRING ARC407 - SYRACUSE ARCHITECTURE LONDON PROGRAM GROUP MEMBER - CHANG GAO, ZHENDONG LONG INSTRUCTORS (SYRACUSE LONDON) PROFESSOR FRANCISCO SANIN, DAVIDE SACCONI

(2A+P/A) GIANFRANCO BOMBACI, MATTEO COSTANZO

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P. 4 Interior tales 2A+P/A

“It’s a world you seem to be familiar with; but, wait, it’s not that familiar to you.”

P. 6 Mon Oncle (1958) Yiwei Wu - Fanyi Pan P. 18 The Great Escape (1963) Ridvan Bruss - Christopher Pitfield P. 24 Playtime (1967) Kolby Forbes - Alec Bliss-Pryor

The spaceship, obviously futurist production, is coming from to us. The world here seems to be an unrealistic world, a cyber-world---landscape are pixelated, buildings are flowing in the air, and people are looking “different”.

This imaginary and imagery city is based on the original movie “Tron” by director Steven Lisberger in 1982.

It’s a very rational grid city laying on very unusually landscape and this city is actually designed by a human.

The core figure, MCP ( Master Control Program ), gets rid of control and becomes the “Black Organization” to rule this city. Then, constantly different warriors made of programs are sent here to fight this big boss. Specifically they are moving around in between different spaces in the drawing. The city is divided by a central tower where the MCP is. The MCP has its favorite hand in the Spaceship, where he is helping ruling the city from the Sky. To its left is the Maze area, just like a castle zone where programs fight with soldiers/machines from MCP. Fighting fields, prisons are there. In the other side, the Town is a place full of “lives”. However, it’s becoming another fighting ground as well. In between those enclosed spaces, the city has its unique and complex condition: cliffs, rivers, pipes.

Tron Joseph Kosinski 1982 Chang Gao - Zhendong Long

P. 30 The Holy Mountain (1973) Karina Roberts - Tiffany Pau P. 38 Tron (1982) Chang Gao - Zhendong Long P. 48 The Truman Show (1988) Bowen Zheng - Taiming Chen

“The result is unknown, you have to wait to see those brave programs.”

P. 56 Anonymous (2001) Taylor Hogan - Dabota Wilcox P. 64 The Dark Knight (2008) Rajkumar Kadam - Sai Deepika Vemulapalli

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<Interior Tales> made by 2A+P/A containing all the students’ works after the workshop.

<Tron> sectional perspective. Made by Chang Gao and Zhendong Long. Original size 2940mm*890mm

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CITY ON THE “BRINK”

A MONOPOLY + SURVIVAL GAME ON THE FLOODED WATERFRONT OF D.C. TIME - 2015 SPRING ARC500 - RESEARCHING RESEARCH GROUP MEMBER - CHANG GAO, BOWEN ZHENG INSTRUCTORS - PROFESSOR JANETTE KIM

Acrylic plates: Indicate the rising sea leve

TESTING OUT STRATEGIES

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RESEARCHES THE CAPITOL COMPLEX: PRESERVED HISTORIC DISTRICTS RESTRICTED ZONING STABLE + RENEWABLE ENERGY

RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS: COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS:

ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION 10249.4M KWH. EXPENDITURE: $1233MILLION

ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION 3238.5M KWH. EXPENDITURE: $444 MILLION

Chang Gao, Xiaobai Zhao, Bowen Zheng THE NATIONAL MALL: PROTECTED HISTORIC DISTRICTS RESTRICTED ZONING POTENTIAL OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

SOUTHWEST WATERFRONT: HIGH LAND PRICES HIGH DENSITY OF POPULATION REZONED DISTRICTS CONVENTIONAL, RESONABLY-PRICED ENERGY

The Quarants: office programs; The Squares: Residential; The Diamonds: Retail; The Cylinders: Basic building structure.

PRESENTATION

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URBAN ARCHITECTURE SURVEY/SKETCHES TIME - 2012 - PRESENT A SERIES OF FREEHAND DRAWING AND SKETCHES IN MAJOR CITIES IN UNITED KINGDOMS, UNITED STATES, FRANCE, SPAIN, CHINA, ETC.

FREEHAND RECORDING

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Sketch taken at 9.11 Memorial Park, New York City.

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