PORTFOLIO Master of Architecture University of Michigan Di Fan
DI FAN
Email: fandi@umich.edu Phone: 734-353 5133 Current Address: 240 Chubb Ave, Apt 362, Lyndhurst, New Jersey
EDUCATION Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, China Bachelor of Architecture GPA:3.5 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Master of Architecture GPA:3.5
2009-2014 2014-2016
WORK EXPERIENCE Intern Myefski Architects Inc, Evanston, IL 2015.5-2015.7 Doing construction documentary work by using Revit Involved in a couple of student housing and multi-family housing projects design Digital Model making & Diagram drawing Intern Suzhou Institute of Architectural Design Co. Ltd, China 2013.7-2013.10 Assisting the instructor to conduct project design and construction documentary with AutoCAD Processed with Design Data and participated in project budgeting Intern Suzhou Electronics Design Institute, China Mapping the sketches of houses of an old village in Shanghai Drawing the sketches with Auto CAD
2012.7
COLLEGE&SOCIAL ACTIVITIES UNCC&USTS Joint Design, Urban Design supervised by Prof. Lin, Zhongjie
2013.6
IFLA Student Volunteer
2010.6
“During his internship, Di worked closely with architects and designers on a variety of project types at various phases of design and construction. The internship allowed Di the opportunity to learn under the guidance of experienced design professionals. The internship program focused on providing Di with practical experience in a professional design firm. Di’s daily collaboration with design professionals provided exposure a variety of design- related tasks. He assisted the studio with early conceptural planning. Di created detail drawings and developed documents for projects currently under construction. During his internship, Di demonstrated good design skills, thoughtfulness, and attention to detail. He exhibited a self-motivating attitude in learning new aspects of the profession. The internship with Di was a positivve experience for our firm as his performance exceeded expectations. We believve Di has a promising future as an Architect.” --John Myefski Principal and President Myefski Architects Inc.
CONTENTS
SUNNYSIDE UP [URBAN DESIGN] MELT POINT [HOUSING] COLLECTIVE XOCHIMILCO[HOUSING] HANSHAN CULTURAL MUSEUM [ARCHITECTUAL DESIGN] HIGHRISE? OR COMMERCIAL STREET? [ATCHITECTUAL DESIGN]
SUNNYSIDE UP
Urban Design 2015.9-2015.12 Instructor: Roy Strickland
Project Summary
[Individual Work] Location: Queens, NYC Site: Sunnyside Yards, AMTRACK Railway Station Area: apprx 2.3 x 0.4 Mile
Project Description
The studio focuses on the urban design for an undeveloped one-half square mile of New York City--Sunnyside Yards. The site is an acive train yard for AMTRAK, the national railroad system, and lies opposite Manhattan on the East River, Subdividing rapidly changing neighborhood in the borough of Queens, it’s one of the largest undeveloped site in one of the world’s most important cities. Given the size and the complexity of the site, the studio does not focus on architecture but on urban scale--the building and special forms, programs and circulation networks that will intergrate Sunnyside Yards with New York and the region.Studio members will develop individual urban design concepts encompassing housing, parks, institutions, schools, sports facilities, transportation hubs or other features of their choosing to give vision to the site’s potential.
New York City
MIXED-USE Queens
INSTITUTION
Sunnyside Yard
TOD & City Public Space
Considering that the site is build above the tran traks, and the very important subway line 7 and N passing through, the concept OPEN SPACE focuses on using a transit hub to connect subway, railway and ground transportation from Manhattan to Long Island. Different type of city public space are well designed in between different land use. The whole project combined commercial, educational, institutional and residential together to create a new CBD in Queens.
COMMERCIAL OPEN SPACE
RESIDENTIAL
OPEN SPACE
MIXED RESIDENTIAL
OPEN SPACE
COMMERCIAL
TRANSIT HUB
EDUCATIONAL
NAL
RESIDENTIAL INDUSTRIAL
Site Plan
Program
Road Hirearchy
FIgure Ground
Green Space
Land Use
Transportation [Bus Line]
FOCUS AREA
MELT POINT
Housing 2015.1-2015.4 Instructor: Julia McMorrough
Project Summary
[Team Work] Location: Ann Arbor, MI Site: Plymouth Rd & Maiden Ln Area: apprx 550 ft * 600 ft
Project Description
This project aims to study from several given precedents by instructor and combine their features to design a new housing project in Ann Arbor. The housing project has some limitations[each group design with different core values] and be related with sustainable design. Our team were given several limitations such as medium density, mid rise, anti balcony and double loaded corridor, etc. Considering the weather in Michigan and people’s needs in the sourrounding area, we designed the project with an open commercial space on the ground floor. Each unit takes 2 floors and the balconies are hidden inside the curtain wall in order to reduce the heat escaping. The interior and exterior environments are well designed to give residents different feelings.
Unit A
Wall Section-Stacked Bedrooms-Steel Screen Facade
Unit B
ARCH 562 · SYSTEMS STUDIO · WINTER 2015
MELTING POINT 1 LAMINATE WOOD SCREEN 2 WOOD STUD 3 POLYSTYRENE 4 GLASS FOAM WITH SLOPE 1:100 5 STEEL I BEAM 6 CONCRETE SLAB 7 DOUBLE GLAZING WINDOW WALL 8 WOOD FLOOR 9 INSULATION 10 IPE 80 11 STEEL SCREEN, LACQUERED AND POST-GALVANIZED 12 FLOOR TILE
Julia McMorrough Jayne Choi, Wenye Zhu, Di Fan
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WALL SECTION - PORCH + LAMINATE WOOD FACADE SCALE 3/4” = 1’-0”
Wall Section-Porch-Laminated Wood Facade
WALL SECTION - PORCH + LAMINATE WOOD FACADE
COLLECTIVE XOCHIMILCO Thesis 2016.1-2016.4 Instructor: Jan Maigret
Project Summary
[Individual Work Location: Xochimilco. Mexico Site: A City Block Area: Approx 430ftx400ft
HOSPITAL CHURCH MALL
Store Store Store
Hospital
DOWNTOWN
Church
Shopping Mall
15 min
Bank
15 m
in TRAJINERA DOCK
Location
Context
Dimension
Project Description In order to improve living conditions for the demographic of Mexican people living under poverty line and create a new sustainable living environment centered on open spaces, this thesis explores an alternate approach to housing in Xochimilco. The project engages three scales of open collective spaces as spatial and programmatic organizers for housing. This approach to shared grounds provides higher a quality of life for all residents as it provides access to a diverse set of amenities and facilitates improved climatic conditions for housing units. Shared thresholds, including corridors and staircases, and functional rooms, including kitchens, dining rooms and laundry rooms, act as extensions of these collective spaces and help build relationships among neighbors. The variety of courtyards establish neighborhoods within the larger block and bring colorful daily activities into the community. Small water infrastructures are organized to collect rain water and further reinforce the social and environmental connections with the city. The project demonstrates how a design approach that organizes housing around outdoor activities, water collection and gardens establishes a model of living built on qualities of openness. In contrast to communities that are separated from the city either physically (gated communities) or geographically (informal settlements), Collective Xochimilco offers a new potential for the connectivity between the city, outdoor activities and the quality of everyday life.
SECTION B
Ground Floor Plan
Threshold-Hybrid Corridor & Porch
THRESHOLD-HYBRID CORRIDOR & PORCH
A A
B
B
Corridor & Inner Courtyard
WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Water Collection System-Dry Pool & Treatment Plant WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
DRY SEASON
DRY SEASON
RAINY SEASON RAINY SEASON
Water Treatment Plant WATER TREATMENT PLANT
WATER TREATMENT PLANT
Group A 1st Floor Plan
COLLECTIVE SPACE
COLLECTIVE SPACE
SHARED KITCHEN&LOUNGE
1ST FLOOR PLAN 5 10 Collective Rooms-Kitchen &0Laundry
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SHARED KITCHEN&LOUNGE
COLLECTIVE SPACE
SHARED LAUNDRY&LOUNGE
PRIVATE & PUBLIC COURTYARD SHARED KITCHEN&LOUNGE
Shared Kitchen SHARED LAUNDRY&LOUNGE
PLAZA Activities Plaza-Multi
PLAZA
TIANGUIS [STREET MARKET]
Courtyard
TIANGUIS [STREET MARKET]
GAZEBO Collective Xochimilco Di Fan In order to improve living conditions for the demographic of Mexican people living under poverty line and create a new sustainable living environment centered on open spaces, this thesis explores an alternate approach to housing in Xochimilco. The project engages three scales of open collective spaces as spatial and programmatic organizers for housing. This approach to shared grounds provides higher a quality of life for all residents as it pr vides access to a diverse set of amenities and facilitates improved climatic conditions for housing units. Shared thresholds, including corridors and staircases, and functional rooms, including kitchens, dining rooms and laundry rooms, act as extensions of these collective spaces and help build relationships among neighbors. The variety of courtyards establish neighborhoods within the larger block and bring colorful daily activities into the community. Small water infrastructures are organized to collect rain water and further reinforce the social and environmental connections with the city. The project demonstrates how a design approach that organizes housing around outdoor activities, water collection and gardens establishes a model of living built on qualities of openness. In contrast to communities that are separated from the city either physically (gated communities) or geographically (informal settlements), Collective Xochimilco offers a new potential for the connectivity between the city, outdoor activities and the quality of everyday life.
Plaza for Street Market
GAZEBO
BOTANICAL GARDEN
Collective Xochimilco
HANSHAN CULTURAL MUSEUM Architectural Design 2012.2-2012.6 Instructor: Dehua Qiu
Project Summary
[Team work] Location: Suzhou, ChinaSite: Area: apprx 2.3 x 0.4 Mile
Project Description
This project is based on students understanding of historial buildings and its cultural, and design a museum about Buddism Temple in China. Students will take some training about museum circultaion, public space, and concept design. Also, they will need to find interraltionships between the museum and its context. In this project, I used an Buddism icon ĺ?? [it stands for auspicious] as the main figure of the building. The configuration also followed the temple by one strong center and a courtyard inside. There are also several axis which followed the context and divided the interior spaces.
Concept
Model in Progress
1st/2nd Floor Plan
HIGH RISE? OR COMMERCIAL STREET? Architectural Design 2013.2-2012.6 Instructor: Dehua Qiu
Project Summary
[Team work] Location: Suzhou, ChinaSite: Area: apprx 2.3 x 0.4 Mile
Project Description
The High Rise Studio aims to training students ability to solve complicated architectural design. The concept design, design development, schematic design and the construction documents need to be well trained. Student will think about the context and the sustainable design as well. My concept is to redefine the ground floor space as an open commercial street--to provide multipal service to the surrounding areas. The tower part also combined several public space for the office staffs. The double layered curtain wall reflected the sunlight in order to cool down the interior temperature.