Generative Concepts Architecture studio projects by Corlandus Lang
Generative Concepts Corlandus lang
B.Arch 2012 - 2019
Academy of Art University Selected Works
School of Architecture
Generative Concepts Selected projects by Corlandus Lang that demonstrate a design quality and process which adheres to generative opportunities in architecture.
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CONTENTS Generative Concepts
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Trail of Recovery (Thesis Project)
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Co-Connection Housing Avenue
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Manifesto 01: Breaking the Norm
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Fast Food Zoning & Architecture
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Pierce Point Visitor Center
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Manifesto 02: Questions on spatial Identities
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Fabricated Skeleton (Information Kiosk)
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San Francisco Museum of Performance & Design
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Manifesto 03: Food for Thought
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NYC Campus-BCOM (Berklee College of Music
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Credits
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Generative Concepts . . . . in design, primarily in architecture, are about understanding design as a spatial form with internal activity, but to also understand this
premise, as an organism that evolves from natural site conditions, evolution and mutations. This condition blends and combines
the programmatic essence into a melting pot of transitions and
circulation. I believe that this design philosophy will have extreme effects on how the body, or should I say, the user forms and maneuvers through space.
This can invoke visual and physical perceptions of internal and external experiences. Nature and evolution generate structure and spatial programs, as human behavior perform censorial
experiences that fuse through spatial fluidity. I believe that this
generative term also gives birth to new experiences and visual
connections that will be established from this generative behavior. Whatever changes occur internally, will have an affect on the external experiences and context.
01 Concept Statment
PROJECT
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Trail of Recovery (Thesis Project)
Type
Research and learning
Location
Richmond, CA
Site
Wildcat Trailhead
Class
ARH 510-550, Final Thesis Project
Semester
Spring 2019
Instructor(s)
Philip Ra, Mini Chu
Healing abandoned post-industrilized communities through Discovery, Research and Learning Cities that were once a symbol of positive
Focus of the efforts have been mostly economic
development in industrial communities,
rather than addressing the direct needs of its
such as Richmond, CA have now become
people and its community. Instead of creating
distressed communities through urban
more shopping centers and “Main Streets”, the
decay, isolation and pollution by the very
new facility attempts to create a place that will
source of its economic growth. Several
house educational and innovative workshops
revitalization measures have been made to
that will contribute to the health and wellness
address these issues by way of breaking
of the community and re-connect society and
barriers, branching communities and re
nature back together.
purposing industrial sites. 02 Project 01
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Aerial view of the site and building
Site context plan
Looking back at the facility from the trail
Building structure and form diagram
Perspective (Transverse) Section
Air pollution issues
Isolation and industrial sprawl issues
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PROJECT
02
Co-Connection Housing Avenue
Type
Mixed-Use, Commercial, Residential
Location
San Francisco, CA
Site
Diamond Heights Community
Class
ARH 450: Housing and Comprehensive
Semester
Fall 2017
Instructor(s)
Goetz Frank, Stewart Green
This new trend of living, known as “Co-living”, introduces shared components within residential projects This new direction reduces the unoccupied
A concept was developed on how the site is
between multiple parties. This type of living,
between the neighborhood and
spaces to a single-shared environment
in the project, manifested itself from the
current demographics of the self-sustained community of Diamond Heights. This
prohibits a thriving environment for its users in a social, economic, and diverse way of
thinking by bringing these types of people together.
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created based on establishing connectivity
community park. The northern buildings are shaped according the city grid following the
diamond heights Blvd. and the southern buildings are wrapped around the topography of the
landscape. The southern buildings are broken into different masses to allow sunlight into the social promenade to become an active space.
Street view looking toward community space enterence and residential units
Walking along community space
View of trail toward community park next to complex
Program diagram
Axon
Site Concept diagram 05 Project 02
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Breaking the Norm “It starts with a straight line, and with that line you are able to
manipulate it into an infinity of possibilities. We are all used to
visualizing perfection; straight lines, perfect angles, and unified
shapes. But, once in a while, it’s good for the human mind to relax and admire a structure that contains none of these standards.”
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PROJECT
03
Fast-Food Zoning & Architecture
Type
Urban Planning
Location
Antioch, CA
Site
City-Wide
Class
LA 449: Urban Design Theory
Semester
Summer 2018
Instructor(s)
Alexandra Neyman
Using editorial data to sequence scenario events that affect the urban fabric
This project aims to uncover urban trends
I wanted to unveil some basic habits of health
information articles. Gathering tangible
eateries in certain city areas and how the basic
that are adapted from local news and
data from media outlets and then applying conditions to extract the intangible results
by way of scenario planning. By using these tactics, the schematic process of urban and Architectural development can proceed.
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issues dealing with the sprawl of fast-food
schemes of architectural planning in an urban setting can change these daily habits.
Catologue of parameters
Axon diagram of city data
Merging Augmentation Blending Folding Permeating
Performative diagram of scenerio
Scenerio diagram
Scenerio generationi
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PROJECT
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Pierce Point Visitor Center
Type
Architecture, social space, learning space
Location
Inverness, CA
Site
Pierce Point Ranch
Class
ARH 350: Site Conditions
Semester
Spring 2015
Instructor(s)
Lise Barriere, Joseph King
To engage park goers in an environment where nature and humans are in harmony
The project proposal will be to create a
I developed an overall physical language of
Ranch at Point Reyes National Seashore
structure, design elements and experience can
Nature Center to the south of Pierce Point near the trail head leading to Tomales Bay. The Center’s program will be to provide interpretive displays and educational programs for day-time visitors to Point Reyes.
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compression and expansion. Within the space, tie within the realm of how objects behave in a
manner of expanding or compressing. Then by
grafting this language to spatial entities that will alter the buildings performance.
View of facility from parking area
Digrams of expansion and contraction generation
Overall floor plan and section
Interior views of facility displays
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Questions on spatial identities How can natural site conditions and evolution, have an effect on the end result of how a structure will finalize its position within the context of an area, and its surroundings? Will it become one with the area, or overtake it?
If I were to take architectural plans, and place them inside of
a piano, would you hear a harmonious sequence, or a sound
of confusion? What is your take on this matter. Is architecture considered a harmony of rhythms based on the experiential design, or does design come before rhythm?
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PROJECT
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Fabricated Skeleton (Information Kiosk)
Type
Architecture, structure
Location
San Francisco, CA
Site
No formal site
Class
ARH 239: Materials & Methods
Semester
Fall 2015
Instructor(s) Francesca Oliveira
Using applied materials in a design formation that will adhere to specific tectonic methods
The project calls to design a semi-enclosed
I thought of a method of fabrication and to use
10’X10’. The structure will consists of slanted
adheres to structural and project specifications.
Info Kiosk for 5 users that covers an area of roofs made of tempered glass. Stainless
steel fabricated structural components and a novel material such as GFRC panels.
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this concept to arrange a cohesive framework that The fabricated parts are made of stainless
aluminum pieces that make up the structure and
are connected by way of steel rods, washers and anchor bolts.
10'-0"
10'-0"
View of structure with operating touch screens
10'-0"
10'-0"
Roof Plan
Floor Plan 3'-1 1/2"
3'-7 1/4"
4'-2"
16'-2 3/4"
S3
14'-5"
13'-5 3/4"
13'-1 1/2"
6'-10 3/4"
S1
10'-10"
11'-9 1/2"
8'-8 1/4"
S2
Section
4"
1'-4 1/4"
2"
1'-2 1/2"
1'-6"
2'-10"
2'-10 3/4"
4'-9"
3 1/2"
3'-5 3/4"
Section detail
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PROJECT
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SF Museum of Performance & Design
Type
Architecture, Assembly space
Location
San Francisco, CA
Site
3rd St & Folsom
Class
ARH 441: Tectonics: Code analysis
Semester
Spring 2018
Instructor(s) Archibald Woo
Properly examining local building codes to fortify a gathering space for the arts
The San Francisco Museum of Performance
My concept was to create curtain walls and
and Folsom, adjacent across from the San
and artistic features on display. The form of
and Design is situated near the corner of 3rd Francisco convention center. The building will contain, exhibits, retail, café, library,
classrooms and auditorium. On a site profile of 38,400 SF, the building will sit 62ft above the busy streets of San Francisco, near the SOMA district.
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windows that will highlight areas if circulation the building relates to the site profile and city ordinances that adhere building code and
program layout. The exterior of the building
will feature GFRC panels that are placed in a
sequence to highlight repetition and verticality.
View of building from enterence area
Long and Tranverse sections
West and South Elevations
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Food for thought “The spatial mind has its way of 3 dimensional influences of
what it wants to become, until the fluidity of its final inhabitants
define what the transitional spaces will be experienced as. The
people are the definition of the space, not what the mind wants it to be. We control the circulation as the space controls our movement and transitions.”
“We bring life to the space as the space introduces the experiences to us. We touch, observe and inhale the
surrounding inner workings as the space reveals its spectrum of asymmetrical voids. Our eyes breathe in each gradient of
detail until the space defines itself as it’s supposed to be, an experiential factor of spatial exploration.”
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PROJECT
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The Berklee College of Music
Type
Architecture, Assembly Space
Location
New York, New York
Site
High Line
Class
ARH 310: Assembly Buildings & Context
Semester
Fall 2014
Instructor(s) Geoffrey Gibson, Ethen Wood
Applying performative typology in response to a urban composition near the High Line
The project is located within the City of New
My main concept was to create a series of plains
School, Museum & Performance Theater.
connections. A formal tectonic is created that will
York. The typology is an Performance Art
The site will surround the refurbished High-
Line promenade that will engage the school and its users to create an atmosphere that
will allow off site visitors to aspire the activity of the High-Line.
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and beams that perform in a manner through
then later influence the process of how certain
programs are created and how the building will perform.
Perspective view of building
Diagram of performative actions
Janitors Closet
Mechanical Room
Security Area BCOM Sound Library Storage/Curatorial
BCOM Lobby
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Outdo
BCOM Theater BCOM Sound Exhibit
Theater Lobby
Site plan diagram
BCOM Sound Store
Floor plan
Perspective Section
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Credits
21 Credits
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God
Parents & Family Beverly Choe
Geoffrey Gibson Doron Serban Braden Engel Lise Barriere Joseph King
Francesca Oliveira Mark Cruz
Laura Brugger Julia Grinkrug Karen Seong
Jennifer Asselstine Goetz Frank Mini Chu
Philip Ra
ABDULRAHMAN ALSHOWAIER Saleh Annaim Jordan Porter Kenta Oye
Ashley Fowler Ann Gaffney
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