PORTFOLIO OF CHU LI Master of Science, Architecture and Urban Design GSAPP Columbia University
PREFACE
I joined GSAPP’s Urban Design program in Summer 2016 as it was a perfectly fit for my desire for exploration. It interweaves rigorous theoretical training with intense studio experience, and emphasizes on combining larger systems strategies and built form with interventions that integrate culturally with human scale spaces. During my year in GSAPP, I experienced a whole new way of designing, I began to see the deficiencies in my old planning thinking and start to realize the emotional part of every project is the essence of the design and is what relates your proposal to everyone else. In the theoretical learning aspect , I gained a better insight into the notion of “heterotopia”. Through professor David Shane’s book, I realized that the urban design projects I have the most interest in falls within his categories of the heterotopias of crisis, deviance and illusion. Either it’s the enclave hospital campuses in Poughkeepsie, ot the ethnic cluster settlements in New York, or even the spiritual spaces I wish bring back to Haidian Island, they are all heterotopias, of one kind or another. As professor Shane opines “Urban heterotopias are specials parches, acting as test beds for change.”. It is only through actively engaging in heterotopias that I can care for the marginal urban space and its people and hence progress on my pursuit of “urban inclusion”. I see this program as a milestone in what I intend to be a lifelong urban research journey, and I wish to make a positive difference in the lives of those who feel lost in the urban cultural abyss.
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CONTENTS
URBAN RESEARCH P65
DESIGN STUDIO P5
CINEMATOGRAPHY P91
PHTOGRAPHY P83 3
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DESIGN STUDIO
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HEALTHWAY | HEALWAY Therapeutical Interfaces for Poughkeepsie
GSAPP Urban Design Core Studio 2 Sep 2016- Dec 2016, Poughkeepsie, NY Urban Design & Urban Planning Project Instructors: Lee Altman, Chris Kroner, Micheal Murphy, Justin G. Moore, David Smiley, Pipa Brashear, Sandro Marpillero Team members: Ge Zhao, Yuting Pan, Fu Wang Role in Team: Social, economic research; Data visualization; Marco-scale planning; Micro-scale designing; Digital Modeling; Graphics representation; Video representation
Project Brief The project HealthwayHealway seeks to address the imbalance between healthcare system economic insecurity in the city of Poughkeepsie by proposing distributed healthcare infrastructure and therapeutical landscapes across the neighborhood. The new heath care network intends to make Poughkeepsie a health destination and thus have systemic impact at regional scale. By dispersing the healthcare related programs, we are also trying to address the psychological perspective of user groups. In hope of alleviating negative connotations of centralized the hospitals, we propose designs that can improvise the medical user experience and increase the interaction with the community.
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REGIONAL ANALYSIS
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CITY-SCALE ANALYSIS
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MASTER PLAN
vassr broth
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hers medical center
eye care center
soccer exercise field
skate park parking lot
running track meditation garden
multigeneration playground
SENIOR NEIGHBORHOOD
outdoor cafe
dinning
Intervention Site #1: Healthy Lifestyle Center
CENTRAL CITY
LITTLE ITALY
HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD
Intervention Site #2: Substance Abuse Therapy Center
occupational therapeutic workshop therapeutical horticulture healing ponds
assisted living facility
nursing home
department of community health
assisted housing
Intervention Site #3: Aquatic Therapy Center
inning hall
LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD
HUDSON RIVER
MARIST COLLEGE
facility
mid-hudson regional hospital
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STREET INTERVENTION TYPOLOGIES
Street Fitness Pop-Up Yoga Mural
STREET FINESS PATH
WALL MURAL BY KIDS
Playground
Mile Marker Bike Lane
AUGMENTED BIKE LANES
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RENOVATED PLAYGROUND
Push-up Bars Performing Stage
Body Matrix Running Track
BODY MATRIX & TRACKS
Sitting Stairs
AMPHITHEATER
Mobile Healthcare Truck Pop-up Plaza
Pocket Parking
Corner Plaza
MOBILE HEALTHCARE SERVICE
RECLAIMED PEDESTRIAN SPACE
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STREET AXON VIEW
STREET FITNESS PATH
BIKE LANE
CORNER PLAZA
CROSS-SECTION DESIGN LANDSCAPE RENOVATION
EDGE BENCH
CITY PLAZA
SHUTTLE BUS
RENOVATED BUS STOP
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STREET AXON STREET RENDER
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SITE 1 AXON VIEW
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CAFE & FOOD TRUCK AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
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MULTI-GENERATION PROGRAM
PEDIATRIC CENTER
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THERAPY FOR SENOIRS
CHECK-UP CENTER
SPORTS THERAPY
THERAPEUTIC GARDEN
RCISE PARK
MEDITATION GARDEN
BASEBALL FIELD
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SITE 1 RENDERING
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SITE 2 AXON VIEW
MEDITATION SPACE BEDROOMS
LIBRARY DINNING HALL
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IN MA ST RE ET URGENT CARE
HEALING GARDEN
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SITE 2 RENDERING
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SITE 3 AXON VIEW
THERAPEUTIC SPA
HEALING PON
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
THERAP THERAPEUTIC HORTICULTURE
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SWIMMING POOL
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SITE 3 RENDERING
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32°F ARMATURE Water Urbanism in Post-Colonial Kolkata
GSAPP Urban Design Core Studio 3 Jan 2017- May 2017, Kolkata, India Urban Design & Urban Planning Project Instructors: Kate Orff, Geeta Mehta, Dilip Da Cunha, Julia Watson Team members: Paul Xiaopu Wang, Huaxia Wu Role in Team: Social, economic research; Data visualization; Marco-scale planning; Micro-scale designing; Digital Modeling; Graphics representation; Video representation
Project Brief 32ÂşF Armature reshapes current floriculture and pisciculture practices in Kolkata by literally changing the state of water. It is a sustainable hydro-morphology design project that counters the pressure of urbanization on rural Kolkata and accommodates the growth of grassroots industries benefiting the underprivileged. Our proposal extends ice-making into the process of sewage treatment through the East Kolkata Wetlands and beyond. By making ice of varied qualities of water (black, grey and clean) in this process, our project caters to different needs of environmental cooling, fish/flower transportation and human consumption as well as different programs of human settlement.
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FISH FLOWER & ICE Pisciculture and floriculture play a vital role in Kolkata. The former fulfills the average resident’s need for food; the latter supplies flowers for social and religious practices. Currently, the wetlands east of Kolkata supply 13,000 tons of fish to the city annually while treating 60% of its sewage water. Yet pisciculture is losing people to other industries as fishermen struggle to make a profit as a result of the shallowing up of ponds caused by city pollution. The floriculture industry, on the other hand, which supplies Kolkata with up to 1,500 tons of fresh-cut flowers comes from areas that are 12 travel-hours away. By the time they reach Malik Ghat Market from where they are distributed to retailers and temples, a large portion of flowers are withered and thus wasted. We propose to solve these problems through ice and ice-making. Despite ice-making being a long-existing tradition in Kolkata, the scarcity of ice today constrains the fish and flower industry by limiting the distance they can be transported and the time they can be stored.
REGIONAL CONDITION
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ICE MAEKING FROM THEN TO NOW
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
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FLORICULTURE OVERVIEW
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PISCICULTURE OVERVIEW 35
MASTER PLAN
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SITE 1 FRAMEWORK
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BLACK ICE COOPERATIVE
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SITE 1 RENDERING
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SITE 2 FRAMEWORK
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GREY ICE COOPERATIVE
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SITE 2 RENDERING
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SITE 3 FRAMEWORK
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EDIBLE ICE COOPERATIVE
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SITE 3 RENDERING
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CONNECTING STAPLETON Waterfront Design for Staten Island
GSAPP Urban Design Core Studio 1 Jun 2016- Aug 2016, Staten Island, NY Urban Design & Urban Planning Project Instructors: Ellen Neises, Kaja KĂźhl, James Khamsi, Brian Baldor, David Brown, Thad Pawlowski, Ben Brady Team members: Sreyash Dasgupta, Jiahong Lu, Lavin Zhao Role in Team: Social, economic research; Data visualization; Macro-scale planning; Micro-scale designing; Digital Modeling; Graphics representation; Video representation
Project Brief Apart from the problems related with gentrification and rising rents, the Stapleton waterfront today stands at a risk of getting privatized and disconnected from the existing neighborhood. The Stapleton Water Link is a project that analyses three aspects of the neighborhood of Stapleton in Staten Island: natural processes, social characters and economic situation, and aims to create a revitalized connection from the hill to a more resilient, re-activated and multicultural waterfront, by creating specific design goals and strategies.
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SECTIONAL STRATEGIES HIGH LAND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
IND SHOPS
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22FT
14FT
10FT
RAILWAY BAY STREET
HIGHLIAND RESIDENTIAL
FRONT STREET
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INNER WETLAND
NEW RESIDENTIAL 26FT 22FT
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RAILWAY
NEW FRONT STREET
BAY STREET
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INNER WETLAND
DUSTRIAL BUILDING
12FT (HURRICANE SANDY)
REA
COAST LINE
WETLAND RESTORATION URBY
NEW PUBLIC FACILITY
ABSORPTIVE EDGE TIDAL WETLAND
NEW WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT
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MASTER PLAN
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SCENARIO SIMULATIONS
Low Tide at 0ft
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Mean High Tide at 6ft
Hurricane Sandy Level at 11.5ft
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DRY SEASON VIEW
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WET SEASON VIEW
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URBAN RESEARCH
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GRADIENT KOLKATA Research on the East Kolkata Wetlands
GSAPP Urban Design Core Studio 3 Jan 2016- Feb 2016, Kolkata, India Urban Research Project Instructors: Kate Orff, Geeta Mehta, Dilip Da Cunha, Julia Watson Team members: Huaxia Wu, Xuanchen Zhang Role in Team: Social, economic research; Data visualization; Graphics representation; Video representation
Project Brief During our site visit in India, we mainly focused on three sites. A typical rural wetland village, A cooperative society in the peri urban area, and salt lake city which was an infill of the wetland. Fascinated by how the three sites differ from each other in terms of their relationships towards the water bodies, we continued our research and further extended our scope towards the sundarbans. After identifying the connections on this transection we established, we found that the possibilities are endless, and we as urban designers should contribute to this gradient along the transection that is able to thrive on all levels.
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REGIONAL CONNECTION
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INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS
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BELONGINGNESS Research on Fabrics and Typology
GSAPP Urban Seminar Sep 2016- Dec 2016, Hainan, China Urban Research Project Instructors: Richard Plunz Team members: Yuting Pan Role in Team: Social, economic research; Data visualization; Graphics representation; Modeling; Mapping
Project Brief The Haidian Island in Haikou witnessed a rich history of culture heritage, eradication and gentrification. With the gentrified development in 2009, this entire piece of unique fabric was eradicated. Albeit more density and economic benefit is achieved through the current model, one can barely find any trace of the once rarefied village patterns. Our proposal aims at reclaiming the residue of the traditional pattern but at the same time catering the need of density for a more modern community.
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HISTORICAL IMMIGRATION MAP BOBAI Guangxi
Tang Dynasty
Guangdong
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The Haidian Island in Haikou witnessed a rich history of culture Song Dynasty heritage, eradication and gentriAD1040-1044 Song- Xia war fication.
Separated from the main terrain of China by the Qiongzhou Strait, the tipping Yuan Dynasty point of Hainan Island has always been 17,000 AD1253 An’nan war an ideal place for immigration in periods of war and chaos. Ever since the Qing 47,000 Dynasty, people Ming Dynastyfrom different areas of China settledAD1368-1389 in HaidianMing Island. war Upon their arrival, they resided in clusters and built temples and shrines of their own re217,000 ligion. This kind of religious public space Qing Dynasty tightened the connections between peoAD1840 Opium war ple and provided a spiritual support for 100,000 the neighborhood. Thus the dwellings 1950s on Haidian Island.
FABRIC ERADICATION SINCE 2007 With the gentrified development in 2009, this entire piece of unique fabric was eradicated. Albeit more density and economic benefit is achieved through the current model, one can barely find any trace of the once rarefied village patterns.
URBAN FABRIC IN 2007
Our proposal aims at reclaiming the residue of the traditional pattern but at the same time catering the need of density for a more modern community. We scrutinized the layout of the traditional village, and analyzed its dimensions and functions, and reaching the conclusion that while the dimensions of the traditional are human scale, the functions of old housing types are much outdated. Thus we extracted the dimensions of the traditional housing
URBAN FABRIC IN 2009
and retrofitted into new patterns that bear modern functions. The auxiliary units for each house hold can be shared and enlarged in the contemporary setting, creating more useable and semi-public spaces. The height and the layout of the housing patterns are all centered around an old temple, targeting at bringing back the spiritual space and support that was once and still should be very important to the neighborhood. 72
URBAN FABRIC IN 2015
EXISITING FABRIC IN 2007
EXISITING FABRIC IN 2015
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NEW FABRIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES
IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL SPACES IN MODERN COMMUNITY
IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC SPACE
IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN SCALE DESIGN
CUBICAL BUILDING MASS
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DIVIDING BASED ON HUMAN SCALE
ADDITIONAL TOP TERRACES
PROPOSED URBAN FABRIC TYPOLOGY
SPIRITUAL SPACE
TEMPLE
SPIRITUAL SPACE
ORIGINAL VILLAGE TYPOLOGY
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
SHARED TERRACE
PROPOSED TRANSFORMATION
PUBLIC SPACE
COMMERCIAL SPACE
SPIRITUAL SPACE
PUBLIC SPACE COMMERCIAL SPACE
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THE EXPANDING GAP Research on Boston & the Gateway Cities
GSAPP Urban Design Core Studio 2 Sep 2016- Oct 2016, Boston, MA Urban Research Project Instructors: Lee Altman, Chris Kroner, Micheal Murphy, Justin G. Moore, David Smiley, Pipa Brashear, Sandro Marpillero Team members: Sreyash Dasgupta, Shuman Wu, HuaiKuan Chung Role in Team: Social, economic research; Data visualization; Graphics representation; Mapping
Project Brief The economic gap between the Gateway cities and Boston is ever increasing even though the Gateway city formation policy in 2007 was to bridge this gap between Boston and the Gateway cities. What are Gateway Cities? Massachusetts Gateway cities are midsize urban centers that anchor regional economies around the state. For generations, these communities were home to industries that offered its people good jobs and a “gateway� to the American dream. Over the past several decades, manufacturing jobs slowly disappeared. Lacking resources and capacity to rebuild and reposition, Gateway Cities have been slow to draw new economic investment.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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CITY OF HETEROTOPIAS Selected Photography Works
GSAPP Architecture Photography Elective Sep 2016- Dec 2016, New York, NY Architecture and Landscape Photography Instructor: Chenriette Attali
Project Brief Michel Foucault first coined the term “heterotopia” to illustrate that spaces have multiple layers of meaning and relationships to other places beyond an apparent understanding. Heterotopia was a term derived from medicine, where it originally meant a cell or a group of cells co-existing within a distinct host cell or tissue. By analogize and extending the medical concept, Foucault argues the possibility of this coexistence as heterotopia comprises multiple compartments that are both contradictory and complementary spaces. In succinct, a heterotopia is a “single real place made up of several spaces, several sites that that are themselves in compatible.” New York, with its unraveled complexity of the city’s various autonomous systems, is simply the one of the best examples for postmodern urban hybridization, the city of heterotopias.
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THE HIGH LINE
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THE WHITNEY MUSEUM
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THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
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THE GRACE FARMS
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24 HOUR KOREAN TOWN Video Story Telling on Places New York
GSAPP Reading New York Urbanism Jun 2016- Aug 2016, New York, NY Video Shooting & Animation Project Instructors: Cassim C Shepard, Nans Voron, Grace Mills Team members: Grace Ng, Xuanchen Zhang Role in Team: Footage Shooting, Animation, Screening
Project Brief Koreatown is an ethic enclave located in Midtown Manhattan of New York City, centered on West 32nd Street and Fifth Avenue. The unique intersection of k-town’s spatiality and temporality has given rise to its urban density and perpetual bustle. Our neighborhood portrait is set against backdrop of iconic anthem (“Gee” by Girls Generation) with round-the-clock time-lapse footage presented in parallel with the permanently upbeat k-pop rhythm. We hope to capture the vibrancy and more importantly, diversity of commercial activities located within the space of a single street that never sleeps; that has grown to become a landmark destination for Asian entertainment.
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STORY BOARD
OPENING SCE STREET SCAPE
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FOOD PREPARATION
12:00-1:00PM KOREAN CUSINE
INTERVIEWEE 2
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KOREAN BEAUTY SALO
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4:00-6:00PM NIGHT FALLS UPON KTOWN
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