PORTFOLIO Danlu Li | 2008-2016
Index Academic Work
&
Professional Work + Misc.
Workshop + Seminar
SOUND & LIGHT PAVILION
1
BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS
24
THE THINKING EYES
28
DANTEUM REDUX
4
COLLAGE | A PROCESS
26
CIRCOLO ART SHOW
28
KUNSTHALL
8
STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS
27
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 29
THE LOOP | FIRE STATION
10
DIVERCITY
12
HOUSE FOR THREE SISTERS
18
SOUND & LIGHT PAVILION Fall 2008 Prof. Vince Mulcahy + Prof. Alex Mergold site
A found object is given and analyzed through drawing of its parts, and possible operations and functions of the found object is then discovered through this process.
pavilion
vessel
metal tubes
A vessel is created to allow certain manipulation of the found object; specifically, in the project, a vertical board-like vessel, whose surface is penetrated by metal tubes of different dimensions, materialities and solidness, holds the object in place. When each metal tube is pulled out from the board sequentially, gravity forces the found object to rotate, and different sound effects are achieved through encounter of the found object and the metal tubes. Meanwhile, as the metal tubes are pulled out, apertures on the board allow light to shine through. A pavilion is designed to house the vessel and to situate people to observe and experience the found object, thus the operations and functions of the latter could be revealed and comprehended. The pavilion is located on an imaginary cliff and takes the form of a cage, whose structure consists of hollow tubes pinning into the cliff. These hallow tubes, at the same time, serve as pockets and allow the tubes of the vessel to slide in. As a result, the vessel is pinned to the site through the connection of the tubes, as well as grounded. Entering the pavilion from the top of the cliff and sliding the tubes of the vessel into those of the pavilion, people experience the change of intensity of the light, and the different sound effects of the found object hitting the tubes. The vessel becomes an instrument to enable the experience of this “monument�(found object) through elements of light and sound.
apertures for light
Collage Section and Elevation
Axon Showing Relationship of Site, Pavilion and Vessel
1
MOVEMENT The found object is first represented through drawings with its possible functions and operations examined. The most intriguing discovery is that it could rotate about its five nodes and its form is a result of the sum of rotations about each node. If the object is hung and three of its five nodes are fixed (as shown on the left), gravity will force the movable parts of the object to rotate and finally reach equilibrium in the form of a straight line. above:
Movement Diagrams of Found Object middle-left:
Drawing: Plan, Elevations, Sections of the Moving Found Object
diameter d=3/16 in. brass
hollow material
aluminum
solid vs. hollow
d=1/8 in.
d=3/8 in.
SOUND Rotation of the found object forced by gravity could be represented through the element of sound. In the course of rotating, the object is stopped by metal tubes of various diameters, materials and solidness, which are all contributing factors to produce different sound effects when hit by the object. Thus, the movement of the object is expressed through a sequence of sound. middle-right:
solid
Diagram Showing Different Types of Metel Tubes
LIGHT Moreover, rotation of the found object forced by gravity is represented through the element of light. In the course of rotating, the metal tubes are pulled out of the vessel and slid into the site, allowing light to shine in through the apertures. Thus, the movement of the object is expressed through a sequence of light as well.
bottom:
Model Photographs Showing the Apertures and the Sequence of Light Diagram Showing Scale of Brightness in Each Phase of Rotation
2
Site: Rockite
Model Photograph Showing Site, Pavilion, and Vessel
Pavilion: Brass Tubes (hallow), Brass Wires
Vessel: Laminated Wood, Brass Tubes, Aluminum Tubes
Model Photographs Showing Light Effect
Model Photographs Showing Detail of Metal Tubes
3
DANTEUM REDUX Fall 2011 Cornell in Rome Prof. Mark Morris
Inspired by the overlapping continuation of the Divine Comedy and the use of the number three in the text, the project incorporates the three urban axes of Torre Dei Conti, Basillica di Massenzio, and Via Imperiale. The building responds to the excavation sites across the streets by introducing a descending entrance piazza leading the visitors to the level of the current excavation. At the same time, it also completes the back streets by reaching the same height as the residential blocks. Spaces are created according to the characteristics of the Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradiso in the Divine Comedy. A quiet courtyard facing the back streets and occupiable roofs provide visitors with a retreat from Rome’s noisy environment. At night, along with the descending piazza, the separately accessible exhibition space and multipurpose hall support a lively cultural scene.
Model Photographs Showing Ground Manipulation - Built-Up and Excavation
N
Siteplan 0
10
Site Analysis Figures and Axes
20
Descend Inferno
Ascend Purgatory
FlatParadiso
50m
Site Analysis Excavation and Edge of Local Residential Block
Watercolor Entrance Piazza with a View towards the Colosseum
4
N
left:
right:
Second Level Plan Third Level Plan 0
N
20
50m
N
Basement Level Plan 0
10
5
10
Ground Level Plan 25m
0
5
10
25m
5
Sectional Properties: Inferno
Section A 0
Paradiso
Section C 5
10
25m
5
10
25m
Section B 0
Purgatory
0
5
10
25m
5
10
25m
Section D 0
6
Night Rendering
7
KUNSTHALL Fall 2009 Prof. Henry Richardson
As a result, situated to the east of Johnson Park, where systems of grid collide and merge, the art museum aims to reunite the city at an urban scale. The method of transparency is used to determine the relationship of the building to its surroundings, as well as the relationship of floor plates and open atria or courtyards.
Model Photograph
Johnson Park
Niagara Square
SITE
Learning Center Lawn
Days Park
Walking through the city of Buffalo, it is easy to discern the fragmentation of its urban fabrics. Three grid systems juxtapose, with each system occasionally perforated by vacant lots due to economic decline. At the collision and merging zone of those systems, there exist parks and squares to mediate the transition. However, none of the public spaces try to reconcile the rupture of all three systems.
Site Diagram Showing Interstitial Zone among Three Systems of Grid, and Parks and Squares as Mediator among the systems
While approaching from Johnson Park, a view deck on the solid front facade facing the park attracts attention. One goes into the building to access this viewing deck, wonders around galleries, a sculptural garden and an auditorium hall, and finally reaches the platform which provides a nice view towards the park, where he comes from the very beginning.
Longitudinal Section 0
32
64
128ft
8
Circulation
Siteplan
West Elevation
East Elevation
North Elevation
South Elevation
SE Perspective
W Perspective
NE Perspective
Study Models Showing Circulation in Relation to Formation of Sculpture Park and Courtyard
9
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THE LOOP | FIRE STATION Fall 2010 Prof. Vince Mulcahy + Prof. Alex Mergold
Research on fireman training processes is done to determine program adjacencies and ordering system. There are three major parts of fireman’s daily training: quiet study, physical condition and fire rescue and search. Quiet study always happens in quiet area such as dorm rooms and classrooms; physical condition always happens in fitness room; fire rescue and search always happen in the apparatus bay. Thus, by connecting those different programs and spaces in a “&“ loop, sequence of fireman training is created and the fire station itself can act as a training tool - architecture itself becomes an instrument for training.
Site Analysis Showing Two Axes on Site
Additionally, public and private (fireman) circulations follow the axes of the site dorm rooms, apparatus bay located along Pine Tree Road, the north-south axis connecting to Cornell Campus and the gorges, while the exhibition bridge runs next to the existing bridge, the east-west axis connecting to college town, downtown Ithaca and Cayuga Lake. As a result, the building becomes a converging and connecting point for various experiences along the two axes.
N
Siteplan 0
100
Axon 200
400ft
0
50
100
200ft
Renderings Showing Color-Coded Different Building Systems
10
PLAN LEVEL 1 SCALE: 1/8’’=1’-0’’
PLAN LEVEL 2 SCALE: 1/8’’=1’-0’’
N
Ground, First and Second Level Plans 0
64
128
Private (Firemen) Circulation
256ft
Public Circulation
Dorm Rooms Queit Study
Fitness Room Physical Condition
Apparatus Bay Fire Rescue and Search
Admin.
Parti Diagram of the "&" Loop
11
DIVERCITY Undergraduate Thesis Prof. Jenny Sabin + Prof. Mark Cruvellier
Since the very beginning of Chinese history, its land has been treated as a "blank canvas". During Qin Dynasty, the Palace of 'Epang was destroyed in a fire to declare the victory of the new Emperor; during 1940s-1960s, under Mao Zedong and his radical political policy, the Chinese Communist party were against any feudal tradition but embraced the Soviet Architecture; since Deng Xiaoping, under the policy of reforming and opening-up to the western world, traditional and historic districts have been treated by both Chinese developers and Western architects as vacant plots, and out-of-context projects were built for profit. The thesis starts out with the interest in looking at Chinese urbanism in Beijing at its present state. The country's rapid development has altered the city’s landscape on a massive scale; constant demolition and construction continuously erode the delicate urban tissue of old Beijing. Skyscrapers, the representation of corporate economic and political power, are taking over Hutong, the traditional living quarters. The horizontal ground plane of the city is no longer a connected network of living and working scenes; instead, the skyscrapers act as barriers, blocking the interaction between its occupants and the surrounding, as well as interfering the everyday life of the locals. The purpose of the thesis project, is to provide a direction to re-establish the network of the horizontal plane of the city through formal and programmatic transformations. Although due to profit motive the skyscrapers are to be built, can the podium, where the vertical skyscrapers intersect the horizontal urban tissue, act as an epi-center for social and cultural exchanges, to sustain the life of people living in Hutong as well as to provide commercial activities for a profit-driven society? Just like Chinese government’s Open Door Policy, could the skyscrapers in China, open their doors to the city’s old urban fabrics and living tradition? Aerial Photograph of Beijing at Night with Demolished Hutong Area Subtracted
12
SITE
THESIS QUESTION
The thesis is interested in the juxtaposed condition of traditional courtyard houses with newly-constructed object buildings in the city of Beijing at large, and in specific areas within the city at a smaller scale. Beijing could been seen as a stratification of city planning from ancient China to present. Since the founding of P.R China in 1949, massive areas of Hutong has been demolished due to both political and
economical reasons. The connected network of Hutongs is dismantled by the intrusion of out-of-context object buildings. Lin and Liang were two pioneering and influential architects and historians at their time. From September 2011 to January 2012, their former residence from the year 1930 to 1937, #24 Beizongbu Hutong, was destroyed; the government claimed that the demolition
was not awared of, and it was for future renovation and perservation. However, since 2003, the property was acquired by different developers. Up till the time this thesis was proposed, the property was owned by China Resources, one of the largest development company in China, and the site was for the development of China Resources Headquarter Phase II.
TIMELINE OF SITE CURRENT CONDITION: CITY OF BEIJING vs. SITE In 1908
Site Map
Site with Existing Structures and Foundation Walls
Although due to profit motive, China Resources Phase II is to be built, can its podium serve as an epi-center for social and cultural exchanges, to sustain the life of people living in Hutong as well as to provide commercial activities for a profit-driven society?
Currently, the site has been partially demolished, with the presence of several low foundation walls of the pre-existed Courtyard Houses, and two low-rise structures. The site at large could be seen as a hybridized condition of different building typologies from different periods of time: the Courtyard Houses from the empirical City of Beijing, low-rise residential buildings in the period of China’s Open-Door Policy, and office towers from the recent years.
Poly Plaza
In 1928
No.5 Plaza
Site Map
Former Residence of Zhu Qiling
Courtyard Houses Adjacent to Site In 1930 - 1937
CNOOC Tower
SITE
China Resources Headquarter
Lin-Liang Residence
Site Current Condition: Partially Demolished Remaining Low-Rise Structures Left-over Foundation Walls of Pre-existed Courtyard Houses
Kaiheng Center HO
TEL
Chaoyangmen SOHO
OFF
ICE
POD
IUM
Low-Rise Residential Buildings Adjacent to Site
Widen of the Roads; Building of 2nd Ring Road Office Towers and Skyscrapers Adjacent to Site
In 2004
In 2011 - 2012
Densification
Demolition
Additionally, the site is also significant in terms of its relationship to the surroundings. To the west of the site, is the former residence of Zhu Qiling, the urban planner who made the first modern plan for Beijing; directly to the east of and adjacent to the site, is the headquarter of China Resources, the developer who has the property right of the site. Together with China Resources Headquarter, the office towers flanking the 2nd Ring Road, detach from the residential urban fabric and completely block the connections of the horizontal ground plane of the city: their grandiose lobbies facing outward to the ring road, their podiums only serving the needs of their occupants, and the residential area being treated as circulation passageways for their service entrances.
China Resources Proposal of Phase II: Mixed Used Tower Combining the Functions as a Hotel, Offices and Retail at Podium Level; Grouped with Other Towers along 2nd Ring Road
2ND RING ROAD
In 1960
Galaxy SOHO
HO
TEL
OFF
ICE
PO
DIU
Conceptual Collage of Site Showing Hybridization of Different Building Typologies and Major Traffic Road
M
Proposal of this Thesis: A Podium that Connects the Ground Plane of the City through Programmatic and Formal Configurations of the Existing Site
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LOCAL LOCAL OCCUPANCY OCCUPANCY GROUPS GROUPS LOCAL OCCUPANCY GROUPS
Elementary Kindergarten School Kindergarten
30, Restaurant 10, 30,Home Restaurant 30,Home School 10, 30, School 82 82
1,751
66, Basketball / 42 Basketball / Ping-Pong Play-Yard/ Ping-Pong 4274, Basketball Ping-Pong 70, Care 74,52,Child Play-Yard 46, Hutong 87, Hutong 40, Home 70,Subway Child Care 30,30, Home 87, Hutong 30,Other HomeMeans 66, Basketball / 66, Basketball / Ping-Pong 52, 46, Hutong Ping-Pong 52, 40, Subway 46, Home Hutong 30, 40, Home Subway 30, Other Means Other Means
School School School School School
840, Station
52, Restaurant Home Home100,Home
384, Morning Market
200
400 400 70 70
CRCRHotel Retail CR Hotel Employee Employee Employee Retail CRCR Restaurant CREmployee Retail Employee Employee CR RestaurantCR CR Restaurant Employee Employee Employee
200 300 200
56, Station to Hotel 4, Parking to Hotel 10, Other Means to Hotel
56, Station to Hotel 4, Parking to Hotel 56, Station to Hotel 10,Parking Other Means 4, to Hotelto Hotel 10, Other Means to Hotel
300 200 300
200 200
2,660
358, Home / Hutong
65, Station to Hotel 5, ParkingMarket to Hotel 8050, Morning 50, Morning 10, OtherMarket Means to Hotel
80 80
2,660 1,600 2,660
Employee of Adjacent Towers
1,600 3,360 1,600
25, Morning Market 55, Hotel (in)
180, 120,Station Station 180,Other Station 120, 80, OtherMeans Means 120, Other Means
120,100, Morning Morning 120, Morning Market Market Market 180 100 180
120, Station 120,Other Station 80, Means
100, Morning 100, Morning Market Market 100 100
3,360 700 3,360
45, Local Market 45, 105, LocalRestaurant Market 105, Restaurant45, Local Market 45, 105, LocalRestaurant Market 105, Market Restaurant 378, Local
80, Local Market 120 500, Parking
1264, Cafeteria
Local Market 1296, 80, Station 80,120 Local Market 120 500, Parking 864, 500, Parking Other Means
864, 864, Means Other 1018, Other Means Station 680, Other Means 1018, 1018, Station Station 680, Other 680, Other Means Means
1,698
assuming 30% occupancy assuming 30% occupancy 1,698 1,698
65, Hotel to Station 5, Hotel to Parking 10, Hotel to Other Means
50, Local Market 50, Local Market 40, Local Market 30,40,Hotel Local(out) Market 30, Hotel (out) 45, Local Market 105, Restaurant 45, Local Market 105, Restaurant
378,500, Local Market Restaurant 378, Local Market 385, Play-Yard 1264, Cafeteria 1264, Cafeteria
1296, Station 1296, Station
assuming 30% occupancy
381, Community Center 281, Play-Yard 20, Child Care 120, Local Market 481, Home / Hutong 381, Community Center 281, Play-Yard 381, Community Center 20, Child Care 281, Play-Yard 120,Care Local Market 20, Child 481, Home / Hutong 120, Local Market 481, Home / Hutong
20, Canteen for Lunch 120, Community Medical Care Center 120, Restaurant 20, Canteen for Lunch Medical Care Market Center50, Local Market 192, Local 120, Local Market Restaurant 192, Local Market Local Market Home / 120, Hutong Home / Hutong 56, Hotel toHome Station/ Hutong Home / Hutong 40, Local Market 4, Hotel to Parking 30, Hotel (out) 10, Hotel to Other Means
56, Hotel to Station 4, Hotel to Parking 56, Hotel to Station 10,Hotel HoteltotoParking Other Means 4, 120, Morning 10, Hotel to Other Means 25, Market Morning Market Hotel (in) 25,55,Morning Market 180 55, Hotel (in)
65, Station to Hotel 180, Station 5, Parking to Hotel 65, Station to Hotel 10,Parking Other Means to Hotel 120, Other Means 5, to Hotel 10, Other Means to Hotel
80, Other Means
CR CR Employee Employee
Employee ofEmployee Adjacent of Adjacent Towers Towers
281,384, Community Morning Activity Market 50, Morning Market Market 384, Morning 260, Taking Children to School 260, Taking Children to School 358, Home / Hutong
1,283 400 1,283 70
CRCR Hotel Hotel CR Hotel Guest Employee Guest
20, Canteen for Lunch 120, Restaurant 120, Local Market Home / Hutong
260, Taking Children to School 840, Station Home / Hutong 361, Other Means to Work 358, Home / Hutong 361, Other Means 120, to Work Community 281, Community Activity
70
70 70
80, Extra. Training 20, Basketball / Ping-Pong 80, Extra. Training Home / Hutong 20,52, Basketball / Ping-Pong 52, Home / Hutong 350, Local Market
815
Home Home
133, Conference Center
Home Home
30,Other StationMeans 20, 30, 30, Theatre Station / Bookstore 30, Theatre / Bookstore 20, Night School 100, Restaurant 20, Night School 100, Restaurant
150, Night School 680, Theatre / Bookstore / Shops 500, Restaurant
648, Station
150, Night School 680,School Theatre / 150, Night 680, Theatre / Bookstore / Shops Bookstore / Shops 500, Restaurant 500, Restaurant 75, Night School 680, Theatre / Bookstore / Shops
to facilitate interactions
432, Other Means Means 450, station 300, Other Means
12 a.m
There are two major occupancy groups on site: the Locals, people who live in Hutong, and the Non-Locals, the employees of China Resources and of the other office towers adjacent to the site. Those different occupancy groups have distinct daily schedules; as a result, their schedules suggest possible programs for the podium development, as well as a hybridized condition according to time, program and occupancy. At one specific time of a day, the two groups may occupy the same program, wheareas at another time of the day, they may occupy different programs. The intention is to manipulate the program adjacency through architectural means to create maximum interaction between the groups: to let one be aware of the other; to let the tower be aware of its context, and to let the Hutong to adapt to the "indigestible" object.
Occupancy Groups Daily Schedules in Relation to Possible Programs on Site Occupancy of Local Groups (on Site) Occupancy of Local Groups (Not on Site) Occupancy of Non-Local Groups (on Site) Occupancy of Non-Local Groups (Not on Site)
Scale of Occupancy
time
POSSIBLE PROGRAMS POSSIBLE PROGRAMS to facilitate interactions
90, Station 250, Parking 90,Other Station 60, 60, Other Means 648, Station Means 432, Other Means 250, Parking 250, Parking 648, Station 648, Station 432, Other
450, station 450, Other station 300, 300, Other Means Means
75, Night School 680, Theatre / 75, Night School 680, Theatre / Bookstore / Shops Bookstore / Shops
SCALE OF OCCUPANCY
to facilitate interactions
12 12 a.ma.m
56, Hotel to Station 4, Hotel to Parking 10, Hotel to Other Means 60, other means 110, Station 70, Station 110, Theatre / Bookstore 56, Hotel to Station60, Other 30, Night School 4, Hotel to Parking 56, Hotel to StationMeans 10,Hotel HoteltotoParking Other Means 4, 20, other Othermeans Means 60, 10, Hotel to Other Means 30,110, Station Station 60, other means 90, Station 30, Theatre / Bookstore 70, Station 110,110, Theatre / Station Other 70,60, Station 110, Theatre / Bookstore 60, Other Night School 30,20, Night School Means 60, Other Means 100, Restaurant 30, Night School Means 20, Other Means
700 700
SCALE OF OCCUPANCY SCALE OF OCCUPANCY time time POSSIBLE PROGRAMS
11 p.m
40, Local Market 30, Hotel (out)
1330, 1330, Restaurant 448, Other Restaurant Means 500, Station 750, Restaurant 448, Other 448, Other Means Means 500, Station 500, 750, Station 750, Restaurant Restaurant
678
11 p.m 11 p.m
281, CommunityHome / Hutong 281, Community Activity Activity
65, Hotel to Station 150, Restaurant 40, Local Market 5, Hotel to Parking 65, Hotel to Station 30,40, Hotel (out) Local Market 10,Hotel HoteltotoParking Other Means 150, Restaurant 5, 30, Hotel (out) 10, Hotel to Other Means 56, Station to Hotel 4, Parking to Hotel 56, Station to Hotel break 10,Parking Other Means 4, to Hotelto Hotel Local Market / 10, Other Means 120, to Hotel 150, Restaurant Play-Yard 150, Restaurant 150, Restaurant 80 432, Other 150, Restaurant Means break 250, Parking break 120, Local Market / 648, Station 120, Local Market / Play-Yard 80 Play-Yard 432, Other 80 1330, 432, Other Means Restaurant 250, Parking Means 250, 648, Parking Station
170, Conference Center 250, Local Market 170, Conference Center 250, Market 600, Local Restaurant 600, Restaurant 678
203, Local 203, Local Market Market 815 815
350, Home 350, Market Local Home Local Market
525, Restaurant
350, Shops 88, Bookstore 175, Theatre 250, Community Activity 525, Restaurant Home / Hutong 525, Restaurant 350, Shops 281, Community 350, Shops 88, Bookstore Activity 175, Theatre 88, Bookstore 175, Theatre Activity 250, Community 250,Home Community Activity / Hutong
56, Station to Hotel 4, Parking to Hotel 10, Other Means to Hotel
500, Restaurant 500, Restaurant 385, Play-Yard 170, Conference Center 385, Play-Yard 250, Local Market 133, Conference Center 600, Restaurant 133, Conference Center 678
203, Local Market
Home Home
10 p.m
100, 80,Extra. Extra.Training Training 20,20, Basketball Ping-Pong 100, Extra./ Training Basketball / Ping-Pong 183, /Hutong / Home 20, Basketball 52, Home /Ping-Pong Hutong 183, Hutong / Home
52, 52, Restaurant Restaurant 100,Home 100,Home
Home
120, Community 550, Parking Medical Care Center 550, Parking 840, Station 192, Local Market
281, Community Activity
1,751 1,283 1,751
9 p.m
100, Extra. Training 20, Basketball / Ping-Pong 183, Hutong / Home
Home Home Home
361, Other Means to Work
Working Class Retired Working Class
10 10 p.mp.m
Home
9 p.m 9 p.m
8 p.m
7 p.m 7 p.m
8 p.m 8 p.m
7 p.m
6 p.m 6 p.m 6 p.m
5 p.m 5 p.m 5 p.m
4 p.m 4 p.m
42 Basketball 80, Play-Yard / Ping-Pong Play-Yard 82,74,Play-Yard Child Care 80, 70, ChildCare Care 53,82, Home Child 87, Hutong 50, 53, Hutong Home 30, Home 50, Hutong
School
550, Parking
College Working Class 265 College 265
4 p.m
3 p.m
80, Play-Yard 82, Child Care 53, Home 50, Hutong
3 p.m 3 p.m
2 p.m 2 p.m 2 p.m
1 p.m 20, Basketball / 100, Basketball / Ping-Pong 100, Basketball / Ping-Pong 20, Hutong Ping-Pong 100, Hutong 100, Hutong 20, Basketball / 20, Basketball / Ping-Pong 20, Hutong Ping-Pong 20, Hutong
30, Restaurant 150,Home Canteen 10, 30,Home School 150, Canteen 50, 50, 103,Home School 82 103, School
70, Walking to School 25,70, Taking by Parents to School Walking to School 37,Taking Stationby Parents to School 25, 20, 37,Other StationMeans to School 20, Other Means to School
265152 152
1 p.m 1 p.m
12 p.m 12 12 p.mp.m
11 a.m 11 a.m 11 a.m
10 a.m 10 10 a.ma.m
9 a.m 9 a.m 9 a.m
8 a.m 8 a.m 8 a.m
7 a.m 7 a.m 7 a.m
6 a.m 6 a.m 6 a.m
5 a.m 5 a.m 5 a.m
4 a.m 4 a.m 4 a.m
3 a.m 3 a.m 3 a.m
2 a.m
1 a.m
152 303 303
100, Basketball / Ping-Pong 100, Hutong
150, Canteen 50, Home 103, School
Taking by by Parents to School Taking Parents to School Taking by Parents to School
70, Walking to School 25, Taking by Parents to School Taking by Parents to School 37, Station Taking bytoParents 20, Other Means Schoolto School
CR Hotel Retired Guest Retired
NON-LOCAL NON-LOCAL OCCUPANCY OCCUPANCY GROUPS GROUPS NON-LOCAL OCCUPANCY GROUPS
Taking by Parents to School
265 303 265
Elementary Middle School / Elementary School High School School Middle School / College / HighSchool School Middle High School
2 a.m 2 a.m
265
1 a.m 1 a.m
Kindergarten
12 12 a.ma.m
12 a.m
PROCESS | Program
Scale of Occupancy: Local Groups Scale of Occupancy: Non-Local Groups Scale of Occupancy: Site
AM
AM
PM
PM
PM
PM
AM AM
AM AM
PM PM
PM PM
PM PM
PM PM
Morning Commute
AM Community Daily Routine
Lunch Break
Coffee Break PM Communitiy Daily Routine
Evening Commute Dinner
Evening Activities
Morning Market
Local Market
Restaurants Canteen
Cafe Play-Yard
Restaurants
Theatre Play-Yard
Possible High-Occupancy Programs according to Time
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HYBRIDIZATION
PROCESS | Form
Four Typical Conditions of Different Combinations of Enclosures and Programs
To emphasize on the coexistence of the Hutong and the Locals (OLD), and the skyscraper and Non-Locals (NEW), the podium is hybridized through a series of formal transformations. The four typical conditions of combinations of enclosures and programs are populated on site in a way that one condition is never directly adjacent to the same.
(OLD) Envelope + (OLD) Program
(NEW) Envelope + (NEW) Program
(OLD) Envelope + (NEW) Program
(NEW) Envelope + (OLD) Program
Collage Diagram Showing Hybridization on Site
UP
UP
DN UP
UP
(OLD) Envelopes Existing on Site with Core of Skyscraper
Continuation of Circulation of Hutongs on Site; (OLD) Envelopes of FreeStanding Low Foundation Walls Forming a Field and Facilitate Circulation across the Site
Introduction of (NEW) Envelopes to reinforce the Connection to and Extension of Hutongs on Site
Fragmentation of (NEW) Envelopes to Create Cross Circulation on Site
DN DN
DN UP
UP DN
DN DN UP
UP
DN
DN
DN
UP
UP
DN
Hybridization on the Ground Level
Hybridization on the Second Level
Hybridization on the Third Level
UP
DN
Hybridization on the Fifth Level
Sketch Models
Low Foundation Walls Preserved to Facilitate Circulation and to Create Boundaries and Enclosures for Outdoor Programs on Site Existing Low-Rise Structures Preserved and Adapted Sunken Courtyards Modification of Existing Trace of Pre-Existed Courtyards; Using Recycled Brick Found on Site New Structures
N
Ground Level Plan 0
10
20
50m
15
N
Axon 0
10
20
50m
16
Morning Commute Morning Market
Lunch Break Restaurants Canteen
Coffee Break Community Daily Routine Cafe Play-Yard
Evening Activities Theatre Play-Yard
Longitudinal Section through Hutong, Podium and Skyscraper 0
6
12
30m
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HOUSE FOR THREE SISTERS Spring 2011 Prof. Jerry Wells
The project starts out with creating a scenario based on the story of artist Florine Stettheimer (August 29, 1871 - May 11, 1944) and her two sisters, Ettie and Carrie. The Stettheimer sisters had a salon in Upper East Side in New York City, where Florine would display her paintings, Ettie would entertain the guests with conversations, and Carrie would serve food. In the scenario, the house is a retreat house for three sisters, who bear the similarities of characteristics to the Stettheimer sisters. The project is proceeded through two phases. The first phase is “siteless“, and mainly focuses on analysis of relationship between the sisters. And the second phase intends to contextualize the “siteless” and simultaneously to transform the site through the previous analysis. Situated in Vinalhaven, Maine, with each sister has her own house, the project iterates the relationship between the sisters, and its facades are almost like “faces“ of the sisters, showing their emotions towards each other love or hatred, welcoming or withdrawn. When the sky is clear, the sisters have views towards the coastline; however, when the fog of Maine falls in, they only have views towards each other’s houses.
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SCENARIO The Scenario is based on the story of artist Florine Stettheimer and her two sisters.
SITE AND SIGHTS
Once upon a time, there are three sisters...
The project is situated on the water, in Vinalhaven, Maine, and is accessible only by boat.
Florine, the artist, likes art only. She is the middle sister. She is sensitive, introverted, persistent and isolated.
Florine and Ettie dislike each other.
Carrie, the housekeeper, likes interior design and culinary art. She is the oldest. She is nostalgic, meticulous, creative and conventional.
Florine and Carrie decide to move to Maine, but Ettie does not want to.
Florine, Ettie, the writer, artist, the likes only.and likes art fashion She is the middle philosophy. sister. She is the youngest. She is is witty, sensitive, She introverted, extroverted, persistent and popular and isolated. independent.
Since their social life is tied together, Ettie decides to live with them temporarily.
Maine is famous for its foggy weather. The idea of “telescoping“ is enhanced by orienting the facades between the houses perpendicular to the coastlines in plan: the distance of the sisters’ houses to the coastline is further than the distance between each sister’s house; as a result, when the fog falls in, the sisters could only “telescoping“ at each other’s house.
Painting by Florine Stettheimer
Ettie
Carrie
Florine
SITELESS INVESTIGATION The relationship between the sisters are transformed architecturally. The ‘house‘ for the three sisters becomes a complex that consists of three houses, one for each sister. Carrie’s house acts as the lens between the other sisters. The ordering process of the programs in each house is like a matching game: Florine’s house is selectively blocked by Carrie’s so that Ettie is not able to “telescope“ through, and vice versa. As a result, through openings of layers of facades, the architecture itself becomes an expression of the relationship between the sisters.
1st Level
2nd Level
3rd Level
Kitchen Living Special Programs Bedroom Guest Bedroom
1 General Programs
3 "Matching Game" for the Programs Florine
Carrie
Ettie
2 Programs for Each Sister
4 Facades as "Lenses"
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Elevation of Florine's House Facing Carries
Elevation of Carrie's House Facing Florine's
Elevation of Carrie's House Facing Ettie's
Elevation of Ettie's House Facing Carrie's
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Exterior Rendering The Courtyard between Florine's and Carrie's Houses
Exterior Rendering View from Water-Level to Carrie's House
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BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS
Data | Visualisation
Fall 2012 Prof. Jenny Sabin Teamwork with Tzara Peterson and Joon Hyuk Choe
Highfield Extraction: Four Cells Interacting with Pillared Boundary
Cell Conforms and Morphs to Pillared Conditions
Cell conforms & morphs to Pillared Conditions
Differenced Cell Interaction: Frame n = T(n) - T(n-1)
Behavior | Simulation Distance of Inclusion (i)
i=3 d=20 ECM Density Cell Surface Points conform to Pillar Points (d) Pillar Points attract Cell Surface Points
Cell Morphology is Determined by Distance of Inclusion and ECM Density
i=6 d=20
Pillar Points attract Cell Surface Points
Pillar Points Attract Cell Surface Points; Cell Surface Points conform to Pillar Points Cell Surface Points Conform to Pillar Points i=6 d=15
Apply 2D rules to stacked sections
& Cell to determine Cell Morphology Applythrough 2D ECM Rules to Stacked Sections to Determine Cell Morphology
In observing the bio-cellular behavior of smooth muscle cells in varying extracellular matrix conditions, we focus on the boundary conditions between the two ECMs, pillared and non-pillared. The pillared environment consists of various geometries and spacing of pillars, while the non-pillared environment is free of elements that influenced cell behavior. A boundary condition within the context of the ECM is more like a gradient than a hard edge. We propose that the state of a boundary is defined by a change in cell behavior within a given environment. While the DNA of the cell is uncontrollable by us, its motility and morphology will predictably respond to an environment that we have fabricated. In relating this concept to architecture, the “ECM environment” will translate into the eSkin design, whereas the “cell” parallels the passive elements like light, temperature, water, or wind. These elements will behave based on the variable inputs we have determined by our eSkin at the architectural scale. We then have specifically selected water as our macro-scaled “cell”(passive element) to control within our architectural application. Conceptually, water behaves in parallel to the cells seen in the dataset, the surface properties of which allow for fluid dispersion and grouping, determined by its environment. Architecturally, water is an important element both in terms of function and aesthetic. Functionally, it is utilized in the cooling/heating system thus facilitating the exchange between a building’s inside and outside conditions, as well as contributing to the creation and control of its interior micro environment. Aesthetically, due to water’s fluid nature, an architectural ambience is achieved by the changing of transparency, sound and form. Thus, by combining these two aspects, we aim to design a performative and adaptable skin that manipulates water simultaneously as part of a building system and an architectural cosmetic. 24
Material | Translation Various effects of water are created through a set of experimentations by injecting colored water in between two clamped panels, with the interior (up) side of the bottom panel etched with different patterns.
Test No.1: A Radial Gradient Pattern Etched onto the Interior Side of the Bottom Panel
Cell
Water
ECM
Test No.2: A Scattered Gradient Pattern Etched onto the Interior Side of the Bottom Panel
Facade
Panels from the Experimentations 2 x 2 in. Each panel is made out of two pieces of plexi glass, laminated. The interior (up) side of the bottom panel is etched with different patterns.
Water Responds to Pressure Changes Water responds to Pressure changes
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COLLAGE | A PROCESS Spring 2013 Prof. Andrea Simitch
“If one sees two or more figures overlapping one another, and each of them claims for itself the common overlapped part, then one is confronted with a contradiction of spatial dimensions. To resolve this contradiction one must assume the presence of a new optical quality. The figures are endowed with transparency: that is they are able to interpenetrate without an optical destruction of each other. Transparency however implies more than an optical characteristic, it implies a broader spatial order. Transparency means a simultaneous perception of different spatial locations. Space is not only recedes but fluctuates in a continuous activity. The position of the transparent figures has equivocal meaning as one sees each figure now as the closer, now as the further one.”
Collage is used as a process to explore two-dimensional surfaces and to infer three-dimensional spaces. The materials for making the collages are “found“, implying their ability and tendency to be transformed and reiterated. Even though started out with a set of rules and embedded within a rigorous process, collage is never a finished product; it argues for lost of control and emphasizes on the possibilities for reimaginations.
Gyorgy Kepes: Language of Vision, Paul Theobald, Chicago, 1944, p.77 Cited in: Colin Rowe and Robert Slutzky: (1964) Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal, Perspecta 8 Yale Architectural Journal
Step 1: 2D 8 x 8 in.
2D Details
Step 2: 3D 8 x 8 x 8 in.
3D Drawings Plan, Elevation and Axon View
Step 3: 2d 4 x 4 in.
Step 4: 3d 4 x 4 x 1/2 in.
2D_3D_2d_3d Collage as a Process of Transformation between Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Spaces
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STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS
Wood Deck (Upper Level)
Physical Model of Yokohama Terminal by FOA Collaboration with Tintin Wei | Prof. Brett Schneider Truss to Support Folded Steel Plates
Folded Steel Plates (Upper Level)
Wood Deck (Lower Level)
Girders
The sectional model is a 1:200(metric) study of the “rollercoaster� construction of Yokohama Ferry Terminal by FOA architects. Although the structure is not repetitive in section, the model is to show the irregular sectional changes which lies within the regularity of a template constantly shifting its geometry due to spacial, functional and structural requirements. Additionally, the model is also to show how the gravity load transfers from folded plates, girders and piers to the earth.
Folded Steel Plates (Lower Level)
Concrete and Pier Foundation above:
above:
Axon Showing the Structure in General
Model Photograph Showing the Changing Geometries of the Girders
bottom:
bottom:
Model Photograph
Model Photograph from above
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THE THINKING EYES
CIRCOLO ART SHOW
Sketches Italy | New York |China
Photography Exhibition Fall 2011 | Rome, Italy
For me, sketch is a way to record an experience; moreover, it is a way to analyze the experience and to understand the choreography and composition of a space.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Selected Work at Graft as an Architectural Intern Supervisor: Gregor Hoheisel
SANYA DUTY FREE COMMERCIAL PROJECT M a s t e r p l a n
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AREA: 160,000 PROJECT SCOPE:
sqm Masterplan to include a Dutyfree shopping mall, a hotel with villas, and sellable villa properties.
PARTNER: Gregor Hoheisel DESINGER: Tina Troester TEAM: Yuju Lin, Sanming Sun COLLABORATOR: Longlin Jin
TASKS: 3D Modeling of the Entire Complex; Layout for Hotel and Villas; Booklet Design and Translation for Final Submission
Night Rendering of the Whole Complex
HOTEL STUDY
VILLA STUDY
First Level Plan of Hotel Guest Room Multi-purpose Hall Auditorium Restaurant, Bar and Shop Lobby Spa Circulation Service Area
Aerial Rendering of Hotel and Villas
First, Second, Third Level Plan of Villa Bedroom Living Area Back of House
Rendering of a Typical Villa
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Selected Work at KPF as Junior Architectural Designer Supervisor: Jerri Smith
ROSS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS P h a s e I I C o n s t r u c t i o n Pro j e c t AREA: 137,000 ASF PROJECT SCOPE: Full
Service Project Including New Construction Plus Renovation, Reclad and Overclad of Four Existing Buildings
DESIGN PRINCIPAL: Bill Pedersen MANAGING PRINCIPAL: Jill Lerner SENIOR DESIGNER: Jerri Smith PROJECT MANAGER: Phillip White,
Susan Lowance
PHASES
2013.07 | Concept Design
2013.09 | Schematic Design
2014.02 | Design Development
TASKS
Siteplan and Site Design Coordination; Campus Diagrams; Drawings to Produce Physical Models; Booklet Design of Final Concept Design Submission
Overclad Design Studies; Interior Public Spaces Design Studies; Curtain Wall Panel Optimization Design Studies; Drawings of 1/16" Scale Sections and Exterior Elevations; Cost Estimation for Exterior Walls
Exterior Public Spaces Design Studies; Terracotta Profile Design Studies; Revit-Modeling of Exterior Wall Systems; Drawings of 1/8" Scale Sections and Exterior Elevations; Drawings of 1/4" Scale Wall Sections;
Elevations of the New Building (from Schematic Design Set)
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Enlarged Sections and Elevations of the New Building - Partial (from Design Development Set)
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Design Studies of Interior Atria Spaces
Overclad Design Studies: Two typical bays, a hotel room on the upper floors and a group study room on the lower floors, are chosen to study the implications of overclad terracotta fins at different spacing and of different profiles.
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