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Trajectory City Park
Urban design next to abandoned rails
3961 Baltimore Garden Modern office tower design
Metabolism Community Adaptive reuse of old UPS building in Newyork
Multipurpose Station Complex conditions within multi-layer
1513-1517 Ridge Avenue Multi-family housing Property Development
Work sample
Work in real design enviornment
Thesis and Study Explore the boundaries and possibilities
Trajectory City Park Urban design next to abandoned rails Manayunk,PA
It is a compound city park. Relying on the special urban geography of Manayunk, this park has built a city park that blends social, market and concerts. City contexts and grids are the most important references to design. As Aldo Rossi said, the city is the trajectory of the collective memory of the people. People's dependence on the city is the same as the dependence of the building on the urban grid. The texture they make is an inherent limitation. For an industrial city such as Manayunk, which is run by railroads, the urban segmentation texture created by the railway Trajectory became the basis of the grid. Trajectory City Park is a further enlargement of the Trajectory, allowing it to reshape the environment around the site, allowing the new building to blend into the original environment and form a dialogue with the old building.
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3961 Baltimore Garden Modern office tower design Philadelphia,PA 3961 Baltimore Ave is a commercial mixed residential project, primarily residential. It is located on a corner on Baltimore Ave near Upenn. Its zoning is RMX 2 standard. It means that the developer can use this plot to a greater extent than the single family housing next to him. RMX 2's zoning also means he can do multi-family housing. Since Baltimore Ave is very close to Upenn hospital and the main camp area, I plan to build 3961 Baltimore Garden into a high end student rental apartment near Upenn. This can take advantage of the school's comprehensive infrastructure including parks, libraries,gyms, and more. These factors make this project more competitive without investing additional costs in the construction of the project.
Metabolism Community Adaptive reuse of old UPS building in Newyork Manhattan,NY The metabolism movement has a very important influence in the history of modern architecture. What kind of spark will this genre collide with the architecture of the new era? At the beginning of the 20th century, New York was the busiest and most crowded metropolis in the world. In such a huge city, the streets are tightly divided and divided into various small squares. This kind of urban planning played an active role in the era when the carriage and subway were mixed with cars. But where will such a mega city go after 100 years? The plot for this design was selected on an old UPS building in downtown Manhattan. Our goal is to destroy as little as possible the original building on the site, and replace it with a part of the function, and add new residential buildings on it to truly activate the old building so that it can better meet the functional needs of the new era. New York buildings are a symbol of typical industrial-era civilization. The futurist represented by the metabolic movement is constantly arguing about the future of architecture. My project is also led by an innovative lifestyle, and advocates a harmonious symbiosis between humans and animals to build an ecological community.
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Kanchanjunga Apartments were built in 1983 by Charles Correa. The 32 apartment complex is located southwest of downtown Mumbai in an upscale urban setting embodying the characteristics of the upper echelon of society within the community. The complex was designed as a direct response to the present culture, the escalating urbanization, and the climatic conditions for the region- paying homage to the vernacular architecture of India. In Mumbai, a building must be oriented east-west to catch prevailing sea breezes and to open up the best views of the city; but these are also the directions of the hot sun and heavy monsoons. Correa’s use of cellular planning, of interlocking 4 different apartment typologies solves the issue of the strong elements.
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Kanchanjunga Apartments were built in 1983 by Charles Correa. The 32 apartment complex is located southwest of downtown Mumbai in an upscale urban setting embodying the characteristics of the upper echelon of society within the community. The complex was designed as a direct response to the present culture, the escalating urbanization, and the climatic conditions for the region- paying homage to the vernacular architecture of India. In Mumbai, a building must be oriented east-west to catch prevailing sea breezes and to open up the best views of the city; but these are also the directions of the hot sun and heavy monsoons. Correa’s use of cellular planning, Besides the notion of creatin of interlocking 4 different apartment typologies solves the issue of the strong elements.
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Robin Hood Gardens were designed by Peter and Alison Smithson in Lonon in 1972 as a social housing complex. The brutalist building stands as an example of the Smithsons theories in pracCritic : Gisela Baurmann TA: Tsui-Lun (Tim) Wang tice- their vision for a new form of social housing. The two structures bend slightly inward, hugging the urban garden in between them. The building is not on a fixed rectilinear grid but on pathways used by the residents, known as streets in the sky. Every 3rd level of the buildings include a wide concrete balcony which juts off towards the center of the site, designed to foster interaction between neighbors.
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Kanchanjunga Apartments were built in 1983 by Charles Correa. The 32 apartment complex is located southwest of downtown Mumbai in an upscale urban setting embodying the characteristics of the upper echelon of society within the community. The complex was designed as a direct response to the present culture, the escalating urbanization, and the climatic conditions for the region- paying homage to the vernacular architecture of India. In Mumbai, a building must be oriented east-west to catch prevailing sea breezes and to open up the best views of the city; but these are also the directions of the hot sun and heavy monsoons. Correa’s use of cellular planning, of interlocking 4 different apartment typologies solves the issue of the strong elements.
The Yerba Buena Lofts, designed by Saitowitz are located in San Francisco. The building has two hundred loft-style residences, parking, and ground floor work space. The project is modeled on the city: a vertical grid is extruded, establishing a series of “lots” for lofts. Within this “crate”, bay windows alternate with balconies to create a synthetization of the industrial and domestic qualities of San Fransico. The façade is divided into 3 main zones; one leading to the lobby, another to the internal parking deck; and the last to an additional entrance for residents.
Generated three different types of unit (Typology) Robin Hood Gardens were designed by Peter and Alison Smithson in Lonon in 1972 as a social housing complex. The brutalist building stands as an example of the Smithsons theories in practice- their vision for a new form of social housing. The two structures bend slightly inward, hugging the urban garden in between them. The building is not on a fixed rectilinear grid but on pathways used by the residents, known as streets in the sky. Every 3rd level of the buildings include a wide concrete balcony which juts off towards the center of the site, designed to foster
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Multipurpose Station Complex conditions within multi-layer Santiago de Compostela,Spain
The project is planning to construct a new intermodal station next to the old decayed station. The new dominant transportation center will become a brand-new gateway welcoming most of the visitors coming to the city. The fictitious proposal intents to introduce new values and tools to reconnect the segmented city and to boost urban development and tourism business in its surrounding area. The station is understood as an extension of the urban fabric, which it can also become part of tourist and community center.
This infrastructure contains three programmatic variables, an urban corridor, hybridizing spaces for visitors and citizens’ leisure and a railway station.
In response to the constant changing society and the demands of various groups of users, the hybrid program and the concept of ‘Open Building’ has been used as an argument to generate architectural spaces, which also helps to eliminate the traditional physical limit between these type of infrastructures and cities.
The infrastructure is divided into three sectors, a service strip emulating the experience of street, a connection strip, and an adaptive station strip open for fillings. Following a growing interest for the users to participate in urban project decisions, the spatial freedom is taken into two degrees. The service strip is represented by fixed and controlled spacial coditions proposed by architect, while the station strip leaves open plan for various infills where the users has an opinion.
1513-1517 Ridge Avenue Multi-family housing Property Development Philadelphia,PA Aiming to develop a residential mixed-use building, this project chooses to assess the housing market near Temple University targeting students who live nearby and young professionals who work in proximity at 1513-1517 Ridge Avenue. As the map of Philadelphia’s job density identifies, the site is located right on the edge of primary job clusters, which means that the project has a great market that opens to professionals in the Center City.
Zooming in, our site is located in the Francisville neighborhood, north of Spring Garden and east of Fairmount. The neighborhood is connected and walkable, with well-furnished streets and amenities. As the map below shows, the site is 3 minutes away from Fairmount Station (Broad Street Line) on foot and 9 minutes’ walk from Girard Station that connects the site with Center City. Within the 8-minute walking distance radius, the site is surrounded by utilities such as a gym (5 minutes’ walk), grocery stores, restaurants, and parking garages (1 minute’s walk). As the neighborhood is in close proximity to Temple University within 16 minutes’ walk, there has been increasing college students coming into the neighborhood. Given that students attending Temple University are only required to live in dormitories for Freshman year, there will be a demand coming from Temple students who hope to live in proximity to campus. Our project, therefore, is a great fit in both location and design.
Besides, young professionals will be attracted to this site because of the colleges and other job oppor tunities in addition to accessible transit options. Furthermore, situated among RM-1 residential zoning, the site sits on the commercial corridor where the zoning code is CMX-2.5. Therefore, the neighborhood includes commercial, offices, convenient transportation options to service the project. For the site, the vacant lot is approximately 2298 square feet and the proposed building size is about 9,988 (1,748+2,060*4) square feet. With the square footage in mind, the FAR of the project is 4.35. The higher density of the project brings more people and foot traffic to the corridor which further benefits the growth of the neighborhood and businesses on the commercial corridor.
Aiming to serve the student and young professional population in the surrounding schools and community, this project proposes an affordable lifestyle with guaranteed residential quality. In modern times, young people prefer places with privacy while still maintaining affordable. However, it is hard to provide a highquality studio with low prices. Until recently, there has been a market trend in favor of mini-suite apartments that allow lower costs on construction and therefore require lower rents. Consequently, in order to access the profitability of the mini-suite model, we develop a basic pencil-out model to compare two scenarios: the first one being the mini-suite apartment, while the second one is a luxury apartment. As the chart below shows, the first scenario not only provides more living space for the market but also generates more revenue than the traditional luxur y housing.
With that in mind, this project is carefully designed and calculated by architects, making the space more efficient and more in line with the lifestyle of modern young people. For example, the living room and kitchen space in the traditional unit would be replaced by large floor-to-ceiling windows with a better view. A roof garden, gym, a mini-supermarket, and a cafe are also included. Everything is designed and developed around the word "convenience". In all, our project is designed to be a mixed-use building with commercial on the ground floor and residential above has 5 floors and 24 units rentable in total. As the elevation below shows, there will be a cafe on the frontage serving as the meeting and relaxing place for the residents and pedestrians on the ground floor. Residents will also be able to enter the reception through the front door as well as through the cafe. The reception in the back welcomes the residents and helps with daily needs. Furthermore, the gym provides space for fitness and allows residents to enjoy the view of the back garden.
To then fulfill the residential needs, the studio units are designed to be well-functioned. Providing two types of floor plans, one being 290 square feet and the other being 330 square feet, the apartments create neat space for singles or couples. As the example layout of one of the rooms shows, the studios provide plenty of space for a bathroom, bed, working space, and a kitchen. Finally, the rooftop is also designed with functions to serve as a roof garden that is eligible to hold events for residents to socialize. The whole development is centered on “convenience� with full services provided to the residents both in the building and in the community.
The site is located on a commercial corridor within Francisville. As the zoning atlas indicates, the zoning code is CMX2.5, which is Neighborhood Commercial M i x e d - Us e . G i v e n t he d ime ns i o nal standard, the building as an intermediate parcel occupies 75% of the lot area. Since the lot has an irregular shape, the backyard that serves as the garden and sitting area leaves enough rear yard space to fulfill the requirement of zoning.
In addition, as the development concept describes, the ground floor will be comprised of a cafe and a lobby for residential use. Zoning requires the bottom floor to include space for non-residential use, including usage for food, beverages, and groceries, and therefore our project not only meets the zoning need but also is able to provide services to residents in the building. As for the floors above, the apartments meet the standard of allowing multi-family residence. In this day and age, the U.S. housing market today is much healthier. Lenders have been providing collateral to less risky buyers, and social media marketing federal agencies have continued to ameliorate regulation of the real estate industry. Oversupply seldom exists as was in the 2000s. Instead, today’s rapid rise in prices can be partly attributed to too few homes on the market. Supply in Philadelphia has been sticking to all-time lows in 2019. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, sales in Philadelphia declined 15.4% compared to the year before. Fortunately, the sales still remain much higher than the historic average. However, this project will be completed in 1-2 years depending on the process of the design development and construction phase. Thus, it will not be severely affected by the downward trend.
Work sample Nansha Science Center, Guangzhou, China Meeting with client from schme competition. Worked with 7 members team and win the two round competition from 20 paticipated companys. Paticipated all SD meeting with client; Proposed new technology solution as VR and AR active design. Conducted research of new meterial and equiment for such design. Contacted with specialized consltant team for new technology and equipment;
Haibin City Plaza, Shenzhen, China Participated in south section develop design. Worked on LED lighting system and public space design. Choosed new materials and model frofiled structure for the plaza as city landmark.
Shuilianshan Park Complex, Dongguan, China Collaborated with a 13 people design team developing site plan, plans elevantions and sustainable solutions in DD phases from computer design to Rhino Model making;Proposed new technology solution and collaborating with structure consultant in order to adapt to the rainy and humid climate of southern China; Carry out a feasibility study of container construction and propose a variety of developing ideas;
American Museum of Tort Law renovation project,Winsted, CT
South wing extension scheme competition.
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Shenzhen Haibin Square
Shuilianshan Park
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Making advertisement for the Museum
Is there someone still a crazy fans about the museum? For me, almost no one around me. We are living in the time period full of Fast consumption culture. In this fast-moving society, everything tends to fit in a higher speed lifestyle, which actually killing people`s mind today. Music, Movie, TV, and App from smartphone occupied the majority of people’s lives. The reason why people tend to avoid museum is that the museum didn`t do enough advertisement for themselves. I supposed that people unlikely to avoid museum but it just not “sexy” enough to attract people`s attention from so many different entertainments. Although the museum is open to the public, people still don`t have a lot of interaction with it. Instead, by exposure the inside of the building to the public, the museum became more transparent and accessible to the building. Architecture is a powerful tool because it influences people`s mind in an invisible way. The meaning of the building is for the development of the museum. The tower itself also a symbol of civilization and history and the defense with capitalism. The museum in ancient time is one of the most luxury and magnificent building types. The museum nowadays should stand up more rather than be compressed by other tall building. It seems like a slogan that museum is coming back. - Dekang Liang
Cory Henry | - Arch. 501
To be continued ... Dekang Liang 2020