DINGWEN SUN
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
CONTACT Dingwen Sun sun4841@vt.edu sun4841.wixsite.com/arch (540)553-6686 527 N Imboden St Apt 401 Alexandria VA 22304
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Ribbon Urban Butcher Perfumery Shell 45° Square Photography Stardust
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
RIBBON
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Site Plan
How many ways can a roof serve a building? Air, light, and water, the ribbon roof system is designed to take care of them all. The gaps between each ribbon allow natural air ventilation by the stack effect. The nature of the saw tooth roof avoids most direct sunlight and unwanted glare, meanwhile the reflected indirect light can enter the room softly.
Gutters are located at the bottom of each ribbon member to collect the rainwater for the interior planters. Finally, the ribbons bend down on the south of the building to become a facade system that can manage the solar radiation while provide enough views to the sides because of the saw tooth shape.
Lobby Classroom Banquet Office
East Wing Section
Egress Section
Lobby Section
CLT Frame Detail
West Wing Section
Urban Butcher Butcher Shop & Steak House
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First Floor Plan
Rustic, Modern, and... Meat? A DC steak house owner wants a new rustic modern restaurant by the DC waterfront. He says its will be a place where fun dinning meets fine dinning, happy hours roll into three course dinners, and vintage champagnes pop just as much as the colors. So we designed a place where aged leather and restored wood meet contemporary
urban touches of metal and stained concrete, where the upbeat sidewalk bar gives a lightness and approachability that beckons passersby, and where an open-air dining room shines up by the restaurant jewel piece, a beautiful inlayed illuminated dry-aging room that becomes the grand chandelier.
Second Floor Plan
PERFUMERY
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STORAGE & MECH
SPICE GARDEN
COOLING STORAGE
LAB
APARTMENT FACTORY RETAIL
Basement Plan Perfume Factory
First Floor Plan Retail & Garden
Second Floor Plan Residence
Grasshopper’s Wing Facade
Residential Air Wall
Himalayan Pink Salt Wall
SECTION
Air Filtration
Windmill Exhausting Wall
Can architecture entice passersby? An organic shaped facade inspired from grasshopper’s wings, makes the perfume store stand out from its neighbors and waves to the passersby. The translucent teflon infills the fore wing metal frame, protects and blurs the private interior. Meanwhile, the two hind
Indentation Base
Front Elevation
Facade fully folded for maximum radiation
wing facades are structured to be foldable, adjusting their shape in response to the light, temperature, and even patrons. LED neon lights glow on the hind wing from behind and change its color regarding the perfume theme, store event, or maybe the owner’s mood.
Hind Wing Facade
Front Elevation
Facade slightly trembles back when door opens
Fore Wing Facade
Front Elevation
Facade fully expanded for minimum radiation
SHELL
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First Floor Plan Boat Storage
Second Floor Plan Gym
Third Floor Plan Lobby/Dinning
Fourth Floor Plan Conference/Party
Can geometries illustrate a boat house? Located near a windy lake in a natural park, the boat house is designed in an oval shape to ease the pressure from wind without obstructing too much air flow. Under the oval shell, waffle slabs are used for each floor to reinforce the interior structure and the exterior oval frame. Taking advantage of the existing slope, the partially
underground boat storage is protect from the sunlight and extreme weather while the upper floor public space is open to natural daylight and fantastic natural park view. A Grasshopper scripted roof allows adequate natural lighting and minimizes the solar heat gain by manipulating the size of openings.
North Elevation
Construction Isometric
East Section
Section Details
45°
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Basement Plan
East Section
First Floor Plan
Can 45째 make a building better? Form follows function. When it comes to a residential design, comfort is the key. Starting from the basement garage, where the 45째 is used to guide the drive direction away from the walk direction, so that safety is ensured. Then, the upper-floor apartment layouts use 45째 again to diverge the space based on the different room functions. Finally, the center lobby sticks out by 45째 to form a pentagon shape, which can provides more views from the left and right, so the natural duck pond scenery is more approachable. Second Floor Plan
SQUARE
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Room Brightness depends on the number of books on the shelf
PHOTOGRAPHY The Art of Observation 2015-2017
STARDUST
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