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CHANGXIN LI

SELECTED WORKS

2020-2022

Bachelor of Architecture

Pratt Institute

*Japanese Lantern

2020 SPRING DESIGN STUDIO PROJECT

Renovation project for Japan Society in nyc.

SITE ANALYSIS

HALEN ESTATE

MORIYAMA HOUSE

The additive structure of Japan Soceity is surrounding by skyscrapers, the massing transformation is aiming to gain sunlight for the new constructed building by shifting the vertex of rectangular additive structure.

FORM GEOMETRY STUDY

FORMOLOGY SEQUENCE

Inspired by the enclosed structure of Yokohama International Terminal and combined it with “stacking” strategy, the space for dark program of the new building, including movie theaters and filming studios are eventurally created. The rest of the space will be the light programs including receptions, galleries, and public gathering spaces.

The double facade system consist of a outter fabric mesh layer and a inner glass panel layer. The fabric mesh can prevent the glass from overheat during the summer by enhancing the air flow between two layers

PERSPECTIVE SECTIONS

SPACE + FACADE DESIGN

Double Facade System

without

The 5th Floor Multifunctional Public Space

The 6th Floor City View

moveable panel Movie Watiting room

with moveable panel Discussion Room

EXPLOD SECTIONS

LIGHT AND DARK PROGRAMS

INTERTWINE GARDEN

This is a multi-generational housing project that creates a form of communal living where people of different generations live in the same unit to take care of one another.

2020 FALL SCHOOL WORK GROUP WORK WITH SHUQIN CHEN

PRECEDENT STUDY HALEN ESTATE MORIYAMA HOUSE

UNIT DESIGN

Base on the site study, we are able to list out all the possibilities of occupents and their required room. Then, we finalized them to three most common unit type: 1B1B, 2B1B, and 3B2B.

Inspired by the precedent study, the Halen Estate and Moriyama House, each units have their own garden and livingroom created by shifting and re-arrange the required program.

SITE POLULATION ANALYSIS

Solid wall: private programs

Metal frame public programs

DETAIL SECTION

RAIN WATER HARVESTING

This residential bulding has two layers of facade system: inner facade for the interior unit box, and the outer metal frame for the exterior gardens. Rain water can be collected from each outdoor garden, treated in the basement, and pumped back for irrigation.

FROM RESEARCH TO COCEPT DEVELOP

Current site situation : frequently flood in rainy season

The movement of magnent and string form a dynamic floorplans that can be changed and adapt to the environmental issue occuring on site, including flood issue, acoustic issue, and sunlight harvestment.

The construction detail of roof and facade

BUILDING ENVIRONMENT STRADEGIES

GRAVITY FALL

This is a multi-funtional building design for the Jackson PollockKarsner House and study center. The building is desire to present the gravitiy of paint in Pollock’s Painting.

2021 SUMMER SCHOOL PROJECT ADVANCE DESIGN STUDIO

JACKSON POLLOCK

PAINTING ANALYSIS

CATHEDRAL LAYERS, SPEED, GRAVITY

Learned the relationship between gravities, speed, and performance of paints through reproducing Jackson Pollock’s panting

MATERIAL TRANSLATION

PLASTIC WAX + GRAVITY

3D MODEL SIMULATION SECTION STUDY

Translated 2D painting to 3D spacial condition by melting plastic wrap with melting wax.

ARCHITECTURAL PRESENTATION OF DRIPPING GRAVITY //

The car industry started collapsing gradually after the mid-20th century Detroit due to the fuel crisis. What happened after, the racial crisis and increasing housing loans forced people to leave their houses and the city. From 2010 to 2020, Detroit lost 10.5% of the population, and a finding released by The Blight Removal Task Force in 2014 showed 84641 properties were blighted or vacant. Hence, I aim to design a new community that consists of residential clusters and supporting facilities including schools, farms, and service centers for people to come back and re-settle down in Detroit.

The site is located three blocks adjacent to the Andrew Jackson Intermediate High School, where only around 10% of lands are currently in use. The school was closed in 2007 and has the potential to be re-opened and served this new community in the future.

In Detroit, same as the existing houses on the site, the housing type Detroit bungalow is still in use. Detroit bungalows share a common geometry: a triangular roof attaches to a rectangular house. Compared with the independence of the Detroit bungalows, my new houses are designed for making people re-involve in the community by introducing shared public roof gardens and semi-public terraces with neighbors. The volume inside of the house, which varies in size, not only allows people to wander in and out of houses, but also provides living space for local species.

The four-bedroom unit(1389.2 sq. ft) has four bedrooms, two full bathrooms, a kitchen and dining area, a lounge, and storage.

The two-bedroom unit( 960 sq. ft) has two bedrooms, a full bathroom, a half bathroom, a kitchen and dining area, a lounge, and storage.

The house is designed to be able to 3D print in concrete, and this technique has the potential to print a town within a short amount of time by designing the printer’s set-up sequence.

CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE SIMULATION

A NEW HOME

This is a interior design project located inside a transfer hisgh school, Forsyth Satellite Academy, in NYC. The design for the Forsyth library, “New Home”, is dedicated to providing the Forsyth students a comfortable feeling of being at home, something they expressed interest in having in their school environment.

Concept:

A Comfortable homefor students

PLAN EVOLUTION

Module Design

Nor just Partition

Paper folding workshop

Ceiling Concept the Power of TEXT

*ceiling view inside the hood

Textile Design and Application

Pattern Design

Digital Media Space access to E-material

Pattern Application

Self Checkout System

Interactive Panel

Magnet embedded 3D printed blocks

2020-2022

Bachelor of Architecture Pratt Institute