Yugui Chen
Architecture Portfolio 2014-2018
CONNECTIVE MEDIA New Media Center 2018 Washington University in St Louis Degree Project/Individual Work
Located near a popular commercial street in St. Louis, the project as a new media center addresses the concept that architecture as a traditional public space could connect publics together with the newly developed technology. Although there are some virtual public space appeared such as Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, the real world public space is still needed and could be more attractive if it combined with these technologies. The public space is created by the huge canopy, a sunken plaza and three cylinder-like builidngs. There are several public spaces exist on the site: below the inclined floor, between the two buildings, and on the terrace below the canopy. The site become a organic entity of media center, that people could participated into the broadcast that is worked inside the building.
Concept
Structure Axon EXISTED PUBLICS
Aluminum Plane
ACKERT GREEN WAY
FITZ’S RESTAURANT
Lecture & Exhibition Laboratory
Media Studios
DELMAR LOOP
Metal Space Frame
Stripe Sunshade CREATING NEW PUBLIC SPACES ACKERT GREEN WAY
FITZ’S RESTAURANT
Circular Trusses DELMAR LOOP
Perforated Aluminum Facade
CONNECTING PUBLICS
ACKERT GREEN WAY
FITZ’S RESTAURANT
Columns
DELMAR LOOP
Concrete Cores
Plan - 1st Floor
Library
Lecture Hall
Terrace
Street View
Night View
Section
CITY IN THE CITY Elementary School Design 2017 Washington University in St Louis Individual Work
The project locates in the downtown of Zurich, Switzerland. Near the Metro station on the west and a forest park on east, this "small city" in the city creates a new educational model, that is learning by participating. Students could not only participate in the nature life that brought by the park, but also participate in the social life within the neighborhoods. Four buildings with different function combine to form an atrium. Despite of creating a exterior lobby for students to enter every building, it also plays an important role as a city plaza (in urban scale) that allows neighbors to go through the site from one side to another. Four entrances from every side of the site connects tightly with the neighborhood and maximizes the social life engagement.
Public space Insertion
City Connection
Site Plan
Interior Pattern
The interior material enriches the idea of "City in the City" as well. The differences of material between hallway and classrooms indicates the different role these two spaces play.
Disruption & Sustainability High-rise Farming Apartment Design 2017 Washington University in St Louis Group Work (3)
The project provides a new way to live a healthy and sustainable life by participating in the system of nature. In this disruptive model the high-rise residential building now becomes a big planting garden where residents share the experience of food: from planting to picking, from cooking to eating. In that way, they are not only consumers but also producers of food. Allowing residents to grow their own vegetables and exchange them with other residents, leads to greater health saves energy by reducing the food’s carbon footprint.
UNIT A SERIES
UNIT A
UNIT B SERIES
UNIT B
Between two Bands Herberger Young Scholar Academy Design 2016 Arizona State University Individual Work
The traditional educational space in high school is challenged in this project: classrooms as well as teacher's offices are all unitary defined space where knowledge is only transferred from teacher to students. Here, students could be teachers to each other, and teachers act only as instructor. In that circumstance, the undefined space between traditional classrooms provides all the innovative learning space students need. The drama course plays the role that combine all three kind of education modes together, which is the core of this project.
Axon
NO.9 Fire Station 2015 Arizona State University Group Work (2): Design-Rendering-Plan-Diagram
Located in downtown Phoenix, the No.9 fire station also need to show the strength and braveness of firefighters besides their daily needs. An idea of screen was imported into this project that according to the program private level, the building mass would have different relationship with the screen -- a perforated aluminum plate surrounding the whole building. The most private program, like bedrooms, would hide behind the screen. Some private program, like dining and living room, would be close to the screen, which would provide firefighters a good view to see through the screen but also provides shading from both sunlight and pedestrains' eyesight. The display program, like gym and conference room, can penetrate the screen to attract people's attention.
SECTION
3F PLAN
Hualou Road Housing
2015 Huazhong University of Sci & Tech Individual Work
Affordable Housing Design
PLAN
Hualou road is a historical road in Wuhan, China. Over 60% residents are tenants. Most of these tenants work nearby, or selling foods or vegetable on this street. Different types of apartment accommodate different group of people, like small studio for vegetable merchants, sharing kitchen units for single workers, 3-rooms units for families. First floor could serve as a community center here. During daytime, children's activity and small commercial activity dominate the site, while in evening, residents could watch movie here.
SECTION
Gone with the Wind
2014 Huazhong University of Sci & Tech Group Work(2)
Urban Design according to the micro-climate The site is located near the Yangzi River, Wuhan. In Summer, the main wind direction is Southeast, and secondary wind direction is South. In Winter, the main wind direction is North. According to the analysis diagram, higher buildings are located at the north side of the site to prevent the Winter wind.
Wind Speed Simulation
SE WIND
SOUTH WIND
NORTH WIND
Moreover, there are several wide corridors between linear buildings near the river to conduct summer cool wind from the river to the site. There are some gaps to let the wind settle down to the human height level.