PORTFOLIO CHENGHUI NAN
CHENGHUI NAN EDUCATION Washington University in St. Louis | Expected Dec 2017 Master of Architecture Candidate, (March III Program) Tongji University | June 2013 Bachelor of Engineering, (Structure Engineering)
EXPERIENCE INTERNSHIP Reform of the City Pavilion of Shanghai EXPO | 2012.7-2012.8 Construction Assistant Yanbian University Architectural Design Research Institute | 2013.9-2014.2 Assistant Engineer Tongji Architectural Design Group | 2016.6-2016.8 Assistant Architect VOLUNTEER Shanghai EXPO volunteer | 2010.5-2010.10 TEACHING ASSISTANT Teaching Assistant for Structure I & II | 2015.3-Now
SKILLS Adobe CC Photoshop Adobe CC Illustrator Adobe Premier Auto CAD Autodesk Revit Rhino v5 | V-Ray | Grasshopper
MASTERED LANGUAGES Korean, Chinese, English
Basic Construction Basic Structure Digital Photography Fabrication Techniques Digital Rendering | Physical Modeling
TABLE OF CONTENT
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SOULARD MULTIDISCIPLINARY LIBRARY
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ALGORITHMIC ASSEMBLY
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TELESCOPIC SKYSCRAPER
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THE HOUSING PROJECT
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SEOUL BIENNALE PROJECT
SOULARD MULTIDISCIPLINARY LIBRARY
Design Date: Spring 2015 (Pre Stage Design), Fall 2016(Detail Design) Related Course: 318 Core Studio, Advanced Building System Instructor: Sungho Kim, Eric Hoffman Project type: Muti-Story Public Building Design Contributor: Xingguang Li (Section Detail), Shannon Chen (Mechanical Design)
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SOULARD MULTIDISCIPLINARY LIBRARY St. Louis MO
This proposal is located in a historic French neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri. The library intends to serve the community for events, scholastic endeavors and more.
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RENDERING
The four story building is programed according to sights and points of interest. The first floor serves as a welcome space and general event and congregation center. As the user ascends the program for the wing facing different urban context has different book stacks
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DESIGN CONCEPT
Material choice aims for a concrete structure with triple-pane glazing for all apertures.
The library is surrounded with a unique urban context, which served an initial driver for design. Extruded ‘fingers’ in the design point towards these sights of interest as a way to engage the user with the diversity of the surrounding area. 05
OLD Factories
St. Louis, MO
Surrounding old factories are the reminder of St. Louis prosperity from industrial area to 1970
SITE ANALYSIS
SOULARD MULTIDISCIPLINARY LIBRARY The Gateway Arch The Gateway Arch is the world’s tallest arch and landmark of St. Louis.
The MacArthur Bridge The MacArthur Bridge over the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois is a 647-foot long truss bridge.
The Park Ave The park avenue is located center downtown of St. Louis. It will be the main transportation to the library.
The I-55 High Way Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major interstate highway in the central United States.
The St. Louis Downtown Downtown St. Louis is the central business district of St. Louis, Missouri, the hub of tourism and entertainment.
St Vincent Church the St.Vincent de Paul Church is one to the oldest active churches in St. Louis.
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STRUCTURE DIAGRAM
Structure Core Tube
Structure Core Tube
Foundation Box
Structural Line
The structure core tubes are connected by structural lines. Four boundary cores are all connected through the center core. Five structure tubes are the main load bearing component of the building. The four outer cores are designed sufficiently strong to resist all lateral loads on the building, thereby allowing the center core tube to be simply framed for gravity loads.
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Structure Core Tube Internal Force
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MECHANICAL SYSTEMS DIAGRAM ROOFTOP SINGLE PACKAGED UNIT
RETURN AIR PRESSURIZED FLOOR
FIN TUBE RADIATOR
SUPPLY AIR
CONDENSING UNIT
CONDENSING UNIT
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
Condensing Unit Longitudinal Section 1/16’’ = 1’-0’’
Water Pipe/Fin Tube
Tile Grid 08
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PLANS/PROGRAMS
THIRD FLOOR PLAN 0’
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5’
10’
15’
FOURTH FLOOR PLAN SECOND FLOOR PLAN
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5’
10’
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
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5’
10’
5’
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15’
10’
15’
15’
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
0’
5’
10’
15’
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ELEVATION
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Handrail
WALL SECTION
Floor Panel Floor Pedestal Grid Element Concealed Side Mount WaterProofing Membrane Drainage Mat Handrail Base 10” Concrete Slab
1/2” Gypsum Board 2” Rigid Insulation 8” Concrete Wall
Gravel Rigid Insulation
10” Concrete Slab
1/2” Gypsum Board 2” Rigid Insulation 8” Concrete Wall
1/2” Gypsum Board 2” Rigid Insulation 8” Concrete Wall Floor Panel Floor Pedestal Grounding Clamp Still Plate 10” Concrete Slab Reinforcing Bar Concrete Foundation WaterProofing Membrane Drainage Mat
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ALGORITHMIC ASSEMBLY
Design Date: Spring 2016 Related Course: 511 Core Studio Instructor: Lavender Tessemer, Jason Foster Butz Project type: Digital Fabrication Project Design Contributor: Ethan Miller, Tianyi Han
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ALGORITHMIC ASSEMBLIES DIGITAL FABRICATION STUDIO
This Digital Fabrication Studio investigated the construction of rigid, volumetric structures from assemblies that consist of numerous, intricate pieces as well as unique representation Methods that enable assembly communication and fabrication.
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ALGORITHMIC ASSEMBLIES
THE COLLAGES
Three collages are made by Chenghui Nan, Tianyi Han, Ethan Miller. We three were organized into a design teams to finalize our digital fabrication project. We first revisited my Non-Random Voronoi Patterns as modules for the installation. We studied the connection details, materiality, and massing to begin to understand the potential for this system. We quickly realized that we could exploit the various contradictions within the system to create an installation made up of a random constellation of floating objects. At the same time, this system leveraged the voronoi logic to create an easily fabricated system made up of a finite number of components. 16
ALGORITHMIC ASSEMBLIES
Collaborators: Ethan Miller, Tianyi Han
VORONOI MODULE DESIGN CONCEPT
3D VORONOI - The partitioning of a volume with points into convex polyhedra such that each polyhedra contains exactly one generating point and every point in a given polygon is closer to its generating point than to any other.
1 - PASS MODULE
VORONOI - The partitioning of a plane with points into convex polygons such that each polygon contains exactly one generating point and every point in a given polygon is closer to its generating point than to any other. 17
2 - PASS MODULE
3 - PASS MODULE
ALGORITHMIC ASSEMBLIES
Collaborators: Ethan Miller, Tianyi Han
PROTOTYPE VORONOI MODULE
1 - PASS MODULE
1 NODE + 2 EDGE LENGTHS + 1 CORNER
2 - PASS MODULE
2 NODE + 4 EDGE LENGTHS + 1 CORNER
3 - PASS MODULE
4 NODE + 16 EDGE LENGTHS + 1 CORNER
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ALGORITHMIC ASSEMBLIES
PROTOTYPE MODULE PHOTOS
Collaborators: Ethan Miller, Tianyi Han
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Collaborators: Ethan Miller, Tianyi Han
MODULES SERIES
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1-PASS MODULE
2-PASS MODULE
LEAST COMPLEX LOWEST DENSITY WEAKEST STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
MEDIUM COMPLEX MEDIUM DENSITY AVERAGE STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
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3-PASS MODULE GREATEST COMPLEX GREATEST DENSITY MOST MATERIAL USE AVERAGE STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
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MODULE TO MODULE CONNECTION Collaborators: Ethan Miller, Tianyi Han
TIP-TO-TIP CONNECTION INTERSECTION OF 6 MODULES
VERTEX-TO-VERTEX CONNECTION INTERSECTION OF 4 MODULES
2-PASS MODULE
MEDIUM COMPLEX MEDIUM DENSITY AVERAGE STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
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SNIP-FIT CONNECTION DETAIL
CONNECTOR PHOTOS 24
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Collaborators: Ethan Miller, Tianyi Han
NODE FABRICATION PROCESS
3D-PRINT NODE AND CAP MOLD
POUR MOLDS
NODE ORIENTATION DURING PRINTING IS DETERMINED BY LIMITATIONS OF FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING PRINTING I.E. LIMITED OVERHANGS
WE USE A SILICON MOLD-MAKING RUBBER TO CAST A MOLD NEGATIVE OF EACH NODE.
3D-PRINT RUBBER RECEPTORS AND SNAP R
THESE PIECES RECEIVE AND HOLD THE ACRYLIC RO PRECISE ANGLE AND LOCATION. 25
REMOVE MOLDS
POUR CONCRETE AND PLACE CAP
THE RUBBER IS FLEXIBLE, YET STRONG, WHICH EASES THE REMOVAL OF THE MOLD.
THE CAP USES THE ALIGNMENT KEYS TO ENSURE ITS RECEPTOR IS IN THE CORRECT POSITION.
FINISHED NODES THE FINISHED PRODUCT IS A CONCRETE NODE WITH VOIDS AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, READY TO RECEIVE SILICONE TUBING AND ACRYLIC ROD
RECEPTOR DETAIL
THE MOLD CREATES A CAVITY IN THE CONCRETE NODE WHICH RECEIVES THE RUBBER RECEPTOR. THE RUBBER RECEPTOR GIVES THE ACRYLIC ROD A TIGHT FRICTION FIT WHILE ALLOWING SOME TOLERANCE AND REDUCING STRESS ON THE TIP.
RECEPTORS
ODS IN THEIR 26
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PERSPECTIVE ELEVATION Collaborators: Ethan Miller, Tianyi Han
The perspective Elevation shows the structural massing strategies. The higher the interior force, the denser the massing grid.
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ELEVATION
ALGORITHMIC ASSEMBLIES
PERSPECTIVE PLAN
Collaborators: Ethan Miller, Tianyi Han The perspective plan shows the basic massing strategies. The grid is composed by three “clusters” which also works as the structural system.
PLAN
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ALGORITHMIC ASSEMBLIES
Collaborators: Ethan Miller, Tianyi Han
INSTALLATION PHOTOS
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Due to the studio budget, our team cannot build the full design. Although it is a pity not to build the entire project, we three have learned a lot from our design process.
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TELESCOPIC SKYSCRAPER
Design Date: Spring 2011 Related Course: Structural Poetry Instructor: Minjuan He Project type: Multi-Story Building Structure
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TELESCOPIC SKYSCRAPER In this project, I want to explore potentiality of telescopic skyscraper, a building that can rise with sun in the morning and hide to the underground when natural disaster hits.
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TELESCOPIC SKYSCRAPER
TELESCOPIC SKYSCRAPER
DESIGN DIAGRAM
STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM
Single unit
Outer glass Core column
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Inner glass
Main unit
Multiple units
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Attached units
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The basic idea of this project is that using mechanical device to control the altitude of a building. Structural floor Outer column Inner column Core column
Basement
Huge hydraulic pump The building may change her shape according the requirement.
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TELESCOPIC BUILDING
TELESCOPIC BUILDING
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
MORE THINKINGS
The main advantage of this kind of building is that it has ground protection and can resist on natural disasters like earthquake. Close An interesting interchange of the space may possible when two units change their altitude.
Open
In basic seismic design theory, the whole structure could be simplified as a stick with several “mass balls”.
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When an earthquake strikes, “mass balls” are shaken with several modes. At last, it would cause structural failure. People in one unit may travel different floors of other units if those units change their altitude.
If telescopic structure hides into the ground, the outer soil would work as buffer and prevent the structure from damages.
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Pressure added
Buffered
Earth pressure is equilibrium in normal condition. And if there is intense force like earthquake force added, the ground would gradually absorb them and minimize structural damage. 35
TELESCOPIC BUILDING
RENDERING
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THE HOUSING PROJECT
Design Date: Fall 2015, Spring 2015 Related Course: 419 Core Studio, 318 Core Studio Instructor: Freixas Catalina, Sungho Kim Project type: Muti-Story Private Housing, Two Story Private Housing
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THE HOUSING PROJECT Massive Housing
The massive housing project a housing project for fifty families‘ housing, located in the Buenos Aires. The project site is given to a team of three, each work on designated site and three designs are adjacent to each other.
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
SITE PLAN
NORTH ELEVATION
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INNER CORRIDOR
PUBLIC BALCONY PUBLIC BALCONY
The different extrusion of each room make the inner corridor dynamic and complex, which also create so many interesting spaces along side the corridor like inner indoor garden and public balcony. INNER CORRIDOR 41
The east side is the “front” side of my building. Also East side have the strongest sun light. So the design of the east side is fully utilizing the incoming sunlight. The opening of the housing, the orientation of the corridor follow the sunlights.
EAST SIDE HOUSING HOUSING UNITS
CORRIDOR SPACE
EAST SIDE CORRIDOR
EAST SIDE PLAN DETAIL
EAST ELEVATION
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THE HOUSING PROJECT Duplex Housing
The duplex housing project is first year studio project located in St. Louis. The building is located in between two residential buildings, which made the project long and narrow like tunnel.
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MODEL PHOTOS
CONCEPTUAL MODEL 1
CONCEPTUAL MODEL 3
CONCEPTUAL MODEL 2
The inspiration of this project came from telescope. When we see through telescope, light from different direction merge into one point, and same thing happens to my conceptual model 1. Lights from different direction pass through the “tube” and merge and divide at some place.
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CONCEPTUAL MODELS
FIRST FLOOR TUBE SECOND FLOOR TUBE 1 SECOND FLOOR TUBE 2
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SPACE DIAGRAM
FRONT ELEVATION
First floor and second floor follow different “tube” paths. First floor is a linear “tube” and second floor is a more “dynamic tube”.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN 46
SEOUL BIENNALE PROJECT
Design Date: Spring 2017, Fall 2016 Related Course: 611 Core Studio, 512 Core Studio Instructor: Erik L’Heureux, Dongwoo Yim Project type: Urban Public Reconfiguration, Multi-Function Public & Housing Building
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THE MICROPRODUCTION HOUSING SEOUL BIENNALE PROJECT
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SITE MODEL
SEOUL BIENNALE KM2 SITE MODEL INSTRUCTOR: ERIK L HEUREUX TEAM MEMBER: CHENGHUI NAN (DONGDAEMUN SECTION, RENDERING & SHADING) GREGORY BARBER (TEAM LEADER) DING YI WU YANG BIYING LI ZEZONG YU MUHONG ZHANG LIGE TAN SIYANG LIU AMANDA MALONE MENGQIAO SUN XINYI DU
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DESIGN CONCEPT
SPACE FUNCTION DIAGRAM
COMMERCIAL SPACE PUBLIC SPACE
FIRST FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
COMMERCIAL & HOUSING SPACE PUBLIC SPACE
THIRD FLOOR
Site Plan
FOURTH FLOOR
HOUSING SPACE PUBLIC SPACE
Since the housing is a massproduction housing, where the living and production laboring activities are coexsiting, I was trying to create a reverberate space between public space and housing & commercial space. Also, the lower level will be focus on commercial space and higher level will be the housing units.
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FIFTH FLOOR
SIXTH FLOOR
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FLOOR PLANS
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
FIFTH FLOOR PLAN
SIXTH FLOOR PLAN
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SIDE ELEVATION
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FRONT ELEVATION
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SECTION
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SECTION
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CONTACT INFO E-mail: cnan@wustl.edu Phone: +1-3146257432