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The Library Project
Massive Housing Project
The Duplex Housing Project
Projects before the Master Program
All works are solo work. Except the human figures in the Massive Housing Project, all visuals, designs, renderings and concepts in this portfolio are created by Chenghui Nan.
The Library Project The library project is first year studio project based on St. Louis. The building is located in a triangular site, next to the high way, near a church and residencial housings.
The Library Project
Model Photo
Site Plan
The library is four stories building with mutiple function. First floor is for functional use, second floor is for the childrens, and the third floor and fourth floor are for new media.
Model Photo
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Long Elevation
The Library Project
Model Photo
First Floor Plan
Short Section
In my design all the outgoing tubes are facing different direction, towards diffrent surrounding buildings and environments.
Model Photo
Second & Third Floor Plan
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The Library Project
Model Photo
Model Photo Long Section
One of the difficulties of this project is the structural design. The extruded tube space creates many cantilivered comcrete parts which may require careful thought from structural engineer.
Study Models
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Study Models
Massive Housing Project The massive housing project is second year core studio design project. It is a 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.
Floor Plans
Site Plan
Since the house is located in the south hemisphere, the sun is strong at north side. So in my design, I designed large openings on the north sides, which also mediate the lacking of sunlights on the south side due to other students design.
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Inner Corridor
North Facade Inner Corridor Rendering
North Facade Rendering
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.
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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 Interior Rendering Housing Units
Corridor
East Side Corridor Rendering
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East Side Plan Detail
East Elevation
Public Balcony
Public Balconies The public balcony work as community space for the building. Also the public balcony provide sunlights to the inner balcony. More over, the they are the breathing spaces in the narrow inner corridor.
Balcony Space
Short Section
Long Section
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Duplex Housing Project 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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Duplex Housing Project
SITE PLAN
The duplex housing is a project for two family housing. The two families are divided by the floors, at first floor lives older family and at second floor lives younger family.
LONG SECTION
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Duplex Housing Project
Model Photo
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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Duplex Housing Project
Front Elevation
Conceptual Models
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
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Yanbian Building Project Yanbian Building is a imaginary steel structure skyscraper. It would be the land mark architecture in Yanji City, the capital of Yanbian Korean Chinese Autonomic State. The local government wants to build an landmark skyscraper to attract more investors and tourists. So here is my plan. The project used innovative ring structure to construct, the inner ring and outer ring supports the building as well as creating interesting inner space.
Outer Structure
Outer Structure is composed by Huge Ring Beam System and six columns. Inner Structure
Inner Structure is a complex structural system with four columns and some small ring beams. Floors
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Design Details
Structure Details
Top Garden Structural element Top Garden is the best panoramic view place. Visitors could see the whole city on the Top Garden. Positions Atrium Atrium are public spaces shared by two or three floors. Atrium also served as Structural purpose.
Outer Part
Entrance Side View
Entrance design is different from above floor. Space has been cut to impress the coming visitors.
Seismic Design
Front View
Floors
Floor Frames
Inner Part Truss could have seismic reactor (2nd picture), it may deform first under huge earthquake (3rd picture) and consume earthquake energy, so that the whole structure could stand still.
Top View
Front View
Side View
Floors in the project are connection elements between Outer Part and Inner Part. Outer Part, Inner Part and Floors work together as a structural system.
Structure Rendering In my project, Atrium work as seismic reactors.
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Design Concept
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Telescopic Building In this project, I want to explore potentiality of telescopic building, a building that can rise with sun in the morning and hide to the underground when disaster comes. Image a building can change her altitude, image a building can disappear just in front of you. Here is my project.
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The building changes her shape according the requirement.
Structural Analysis
Design Overview
The main advantage of this kind of building is that it has ground protection and can resist on natural disasters like earthquake. Single unit
Outer glass
Core column
Inner glass Main unit
In basic seismic design theory, the whole structure could be simplified as a stick with several “mass balls”. Multiple units
Attached units
When an earthquake strikes, “mass balls” are shaken with several modes. At last, it would cause structural failure.
Structural floor Outer column Inner column If telescopic structure hides into the ground, the outer soil would work as buffer and prevent the structure from damages.
Core column
Basement
Normal
Pressure added
Buffered
Huge hydraulic pump 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.
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Facade of Flaws
Processing Diagram
Modern facade is smooth and perfect, however, in this project, I want to explore potential facade of flaws, facade that is imperfect. Also, through the flawed facade, I want to find out the beauty of flaws. Flaws are normally indicator of old, however, intentional addition of flaws may create unexpected beauty.
Front Surface
Locate cross lines
Continue copying
Continue copying
Back surface
Forming
Arranging flaws according to the back surface
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Splitting via cross lines
Covering the back surface
Copying flawed surface
Rotating copied flaws
Final form of back surface
Further Thinks
Other Explorations
What if the flaws were made by an solid object? Flawed star
Making a flaw in a cube
Copying the flawed cubes
Maybe it could be a symbol of dying communism today? Flawed pyramid composition
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Mirroring flawed pyramid
Flaws matrix
What if the cubes were copied by different angle?
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Chenghui Nan - currently is studying for Master of Architecture degree in Washington University in St. Louis - was an assistant engineer in Architectural Design Research Institute of Yanbian University - Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering,Tongji University - With two ecademic years experience in architectural design four ecadamic years experience in civil engineering and five months working experience in engineering design.
Current Address: Apt 2E, 6324 South Wood St. Louis MO, 63105 Tel: 314-6257432 E-mail: chenghui0709@hotmail.com cnan@wustl.edu