CRYSTAL TZAU
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE SELECTED WORKS
CRYSTAL TZAU SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE SELECTED WORKS cmtzau@syr.edu 339. 970. 1400
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PROFESSIONAL WORK ISGENUITY, LLC | Boston, MA
DRAWING FIELD STUDY SKETCHES
All work done in collaboration with Isgenuity, LLC
East Boston Neighborhood Training Institute:
Wall+ Superoptic
Project Study
Project done in collaboration with Zheheng Lai and Danielle Foisy
Addition Proposal
Syr. Center of Biological Imaging Eco Depot Project done in collaboration with Zachary Harwin
Joslin Diabetes Center:
London Florence
WALL+ | FLORENCE, ITALY Wall+ is located on the southern side of the River Arno and aims to reactivate the existing wall by giving it a new purpose within the site, while resolving the urban residual space that is currently a parking lot. The ramp along the wall creates an urban sequence up to the occupiable city wall as well as residential units and a community center. Below the plinth that the project sits on, are studios/ workspaces and a public covered walkway. The ramp is also suitable as seating for performances held in the outdoor stage, at the base of the ramp.
Bounded even with absence of wall
Renderings: Rhino, Photoshop Diagrams: Sketch, Illustrator Plan and Section: AutoCAD, Illustrator Model: Chipboard, Museumboard
Large void in urban fabric with absence of wall
Voids created against wall are mostly private
Semi- permeability of the wall
THECITY CITY INVESTIGATION OF THE WALL’S INTERVENTION THROUGHOUT THROUGOUT THE
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SUPEROPTIC
SUPEROPTIC | AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
ICONIC BRIDGE COMPETITION COLLABORATORS: Danielle Foisy, Zheheng Lai, Crystal Tzau LOCATION: Amsterdam
Magna Plaza
Royal Palace of Amsterdam
The idea of architectural supergraphics create optical patterning that generates atmosphere through the varied vibration of colors. The ambient surfaces envelope cyclists and pedestrians and their perception of undulating surface patterns changes depending on speed of travel along the bridge, providing dynamic promenades. The superoptic icon acts as a colorful experiential conduit that connects the existing network of historic 17th century canals and the Hermitage Amsterdam Museum with other landmarks throughout the Dutch capital. The SUPEROPTIC pedestrian bridge infuses architectural supergraphics with specific optical effects that are often found in the work of Op Artists such as Bridget Riley. Optical patterning generates atmosphere through the varied vibration of colors, creating continuous ambient surfaces that envelope cyclists and pedestrians. Perception of undulating surface patterns changes depending on speed of travel along the bridge, providing dynamic promenades for trips to the bicycle repair store, lunches at the outdoor cafe, or leisurely strolls through the city. This new SUPEROPTIC icon acts as a colorful experiential conduit that connects the existing network of historic 17th-century canals and the Hermitage Amsterdam Museum with other landmarks throughout the Dutch capital. Approx. Area = 4500 ft
Rembrant House Museum
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Van Gogh Museum
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Cyclist Circulation
New Museum Entrance
Typical Bridge Plane
Renderings: Rhino, Photoshop Diagrams: Sketch, Illustrator All renderings done in collaboration with Zheheng Lai and Danielle Foisy
Graphic Plane
Distortion of Graphic Plane (favors certain views)
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“Non-Vibrating” Color Arrangement
“The matrix of Supergraphic’s capacities - facile alteration, use of ready made conditions, and the expansion of social and signifying missions when placed together, coalesced into an implied technology.”
-John McMorrough “Vibrating” Color Arrangement
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“Non-Vibrating” Color Arrangement
“The matrix of Supergraphic’s capacities - facile alteration, use of ready made conditions, and the expansion of social and signifying missions when placed together, coalesced into an implied technology.”
-John McMorrough “Vibrating” Color Arrangement
SYRACUSE CENTER OF BIOLOGICAL IMAGING | SYRACUSE, NEW YORK The definition of ornament is not only cosmetic, but relating to the structure and form of the building proposal. The transition between thinness (or flatness), and an occupiable thickness is best seen from the highway, which makes the change in perception of the building more evident, as opposed to a more unexpected, sudden change experienced by a cyclist or pedestrian. In plan the ornament seems like thin blades cutting through the ground with a largely orthogonal directionality, which is then broken by the masses of program dictated by the ornamented blades. In the street view, one can see that the blades are quite thick in actuality and constructed of steel plates welded together to result in the structural hollow West Elevation steel blades.
verticality of slicing edges
Rendering: Rhino, Photoshop Diagrams: Sketch, Illustrator Sections and plans: AutoCAD, Illustrator
shearing of slicing edges to inform spaces
noise distorts edges to become occupiable
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Eco Depot | New York, New York The main goal of this project was to show the customer that these technologies and processes are viable and environmentally friendly even for existing Manhattan apartments. The building emphasizes the importance of understanding how alternative building methods like earth bricks are produced and then potentially used in homes and modular architecture.
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Greenhouse wetlands
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Egress Stairs
Horizontal Fire Doors necessary to separate atrium spaces that exceed 3 floors
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Egress Exit access travel distance w/o sprinkler system: (M) 200 ft (F-2) 400 ft
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Water to restrooms and radiant heating/ cooling coils
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Filter
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(F-2) Factory Industrial Low- Hazard
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East Boston Neighborhood Training Institute | BOSTON, MA This study was done to show a possible proposal of a new building for the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center. The building is meant to highlight and show a clear connection with the greenway below.
Rendering and model: Sketchup, XRender
Rendering and model: Revit, Photoshop Plan of Footings: Revit, Illustrator
Joslin Diabetes Center Addition Study | BOSTON, MA This study shows a proposal for an addition to the existing Joslin building. Floor and foundation plans were also created in Revit to further study the possibility of this project. A 8
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