Yan Ding Portfolio by Yan Ding

YAN DING

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MSAAD | GSAPP, Columbia University, US BArch | Southeast University, P. R. China

YAN DING dydingyan@gmail.com Now - May 31, 2016: +1 (347)302-2391 535 W 113th St Apt 21A, New York, NY 10025, The United States From June 1, 2016: +86 15651663732 13-603 RenHengCuiZhuYuan, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210012, China

Academic Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation M.S. Advanced Architectural Design, 06/2015-05/2016 Work selected in GSAPP Abstract 2015-16 (in progress) Southeast University, Nanjing, China Department of Architecture Bachelor of Architecture, 09/2010-06/2015 GPA: 3.82/4, Selected in honored class: Yang Tingbao Class

Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA College of Design, Architecture Exchange student for Architectural Design, 01/2014-05/2014 GPA: 3.73/4, Named to the Dean's List for academic excellence

Work W&R Group, Shanghai, China Architectural Intern, 07/2014-09/2014 Project 1. Paradise Walk Commercial Complex in Northern Shanghai My role: facade design of 50% commercial streets and office towers + 100% 3D model of commercial streets + 30% detail construction drawings of facade and sections Project 2. CFLD industrial park product design manual My role: 30% strategy research + 30% graphic expression of conclusive design principles AZL Architects, Nanjing, China Architectural Intern, 07/2013-08/2013 Project: Industrial Park: West Cloud Valley in Xi'an My role: 100% sunken plaza design + 50% construction drawings of sections and detail nodes

Awards

Extra

Competition Awards: Excellent Work in National Students' Works Exhibition of Architecture Exchange Programs, 2014

Publications: What if Then: Urban-scaled Architectural Speculation in Tokyo, GSAPP, Columbia University, 2016 (in progress), selected work

First Prize of Undergraduates' AutoCAD Application Skills Competition in Eastern China, 2012

Tectonic Timber: Intensive Studio, University of British Columbia, 2013, selected work

Academic Excellence: Merit Student of Southeast University, 2012 & 2014 Excellent Undergraduate Exchange Scholarship from China Scholarship Council, 2014 President Scholarship of Southeast University, 2012 Architecture Course Award, 2011 & 2013

Skills Languages: Chinese (native) English (fluent) Computer Programs: Professional: AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, 3ds Max, ArchiCAD, V-ray Skilled: Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, Revit, Lumion, Ecotect, Vasari, Premiere, Corel Video Studio Pro Other Skills: Model-making: different scaled physical model, lasercutting, 3Dprinting, etc. Hand-drawing: pencil, pen, marker, watercolor, gouache drawings

Quantified Diversity: Community Library Design, Southeast University, 2012, selected work Exhibitions: GSAPP End of Year Show in Columbia University, 2016 (in preparation), selected work: Tokyo Mega Structure Outlaws: Architecture and Its Others in Iowa State University, 2014, selected work: Paper Wall Extra-curricular Practice: Volunteer in Society Research of Gulou Plaza and Aixin Nursing Home, Nanjing, China, 2013 Class Orgnization Secretary, 2011-2012, named as Class Outstanding Individual, 2012 Excellent Member of Publicity Department in Architecture Youth League Committee, 2010-2012 Interests: Photography, selected as Top Ten Works in SEU 110th Anniversary Photography Competition, 2012 Travel, have been to various places in China, the United States, Canada and Japan by myself as a backpacker Cooking, create some new dishes using architectural way of thinking, like material contrast, sequence experience, etc. Playing guitar, still a beginner but will keep practising

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Function Community Library

Structure Civic Center

Year | 2012 Type | education Area | 2,000 m2 Undergraduate

Year | 2013 Type | convention Area | 5,000 m2 Undergraduate

Circulation Cultural Arts Center

Context New Bund

Form Intelligence Enclave

Operation Other Works

Year | 2013 Type | theater Area | 10,000 m2 Undergraduate

Year | 2015 Type | urban design Area | 200,000 m2 Undergraduate

Year | 2015 Type | transportation Area | 400,000 m2 Graduate

Year | 2010-2016 Type | experiment Area | various Undergraduate + Graduate

1 FUNCTION COMMUNITY LIBRARY 8-Week Academic Solo Project, 2012 Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Building Area: 2,000 m2; Site Area: 1,400 m2 Tutor: Prof. Odilo Schoch, BFH + Prof. Zhu Yuan, SEU

DESIGN PROGRESS What is a library? Quantified diversity! Inside-out SURROUNDINGS

Landscape

Height

Outside-in Path

Site: residential community with green space

Trees

North Taiping Road

Books

Transportation

Figure&Ground People

ORGANIZATION

Light

Reading between trees

Abstraction

DETAIL

Window

Furniture

Stairs

Library programming

Function differentiation 04

Com

nity

Ent

ran ce

Main street in Community

Green-BIM

Model-test

Ecotect & Vasari simulation

Diversity in crossing - slabs & boxes

Output energy analysis

Input energy analysis 2

CALCULATION: flat roof size: 530 m ; floor area: 1960 m2 OUTPUT: Average cooling energy demand over 1 year: 236 kWh/m2a total per year: 83 x 530 / 1’960 kWh = 22.44kWh Average heating energy demand over 1 year: 60 kWh/m2a total per year: 128 x 530 / 1’960 kWh = 34.61kWh Sum: 57.05 kWh INPUT: per m2 - solar

per day (December) per day (June) per year 1 kWh/m2d 4 kWh/m2d 1’400 kWh/m2

530 m2 - solar

per day (December) per day (June) per year 530 kWh 2’120 kWh 742’000 kWh

Wind analysis: x-y section

Wind analysis: y-z section

Wind analysis: x-z section

FUNCTION CONCEPT: - start from functions of library (structure support: auxiliary functions occupation; space delimitation: flowing space for main functions) HIGHLIGHTS: - minimal elements but maximal effects - figure & ground relationship between auxiliary & main functions - harmonious relationship with the community Climate boundary - louvres & glass

Boxes - supportive functions

cafe

Slabs - main functions

community center

office

Site - green space

Context

staff entrance

1F Plan: community s

inquiry

main entrance

2F Plan: main entrance hall

space & office

residents entrance

3F Plan: open-shelf reading space

4F Plan: research space

SPACE EXPERIENCE

Short section: shifting slabs 08

Interior perspectives

Long section: supporting boxes 09

DETAIL

Detail Construction: Double Glass Curtain with Lighting & Ventilation & Heating Tube 01 02 03 04 05 06 07

01——Transparent Top Cap 02——Mothproof Net 03——Glass Louvre (Intellectualized) 04——Angle Steel 05——Vertical Frame 06——Reflector Metal Panel 07——Reinforced Concrete 08——Floor Tile 09——Gravel Layer 10——Insulation Layer 11——Waterproof Layer 12——Cement Mortar 13——Reinforced Concrete Roof 14——Flange Beam 15——Suspended Ceiling 16——10mm Tempering Glass 17——Supporting Glue 18——Sealant 19——Beam 20——Alufer Frame

08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15

17 18

19 20

Inside

Outside

sun

Reflected light tube

Summer: ventilation tube

sun

Winter: heat tube

2 STRUCTURE CIVIC CENTER 8-Week Academic Solo Project, 2013 Location: Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China Building Area: 5,000 m2; Site Area: 14,300 m2 Tutor: Dean & Prof. Gong Kai, SEU

STRUCTURE

Precedent study

STRUCTURE RESEARCH

Vertical load

Regular structure

SPACE RESEARCH

Space volume

Space direction

CONCLUSION

Regular strategy

Precedent Study: Showroom H It is a showroom exhibiting small agricultural equipments designed by Akihisa Hirata. By arranging a 5m grid of concrete walls and slicing them diagonally, the designer tried to create a place similar to natural environment in an artificial way: these diagonal openings create a different order from horizontal and vertical. Each inclined line contains infinite degree in between open and close, so we can feel complex effects of 3D combination of these lines, which remind us a forest. People are invited to go deep into the continuity without whole view, where they can find different spread of things in every minute.

Precedent development

Horizontal load

Precedent structure

Proposal 1: extend from the vertical to the horizontal

Space axis

Space border

Proposal 2: change from the flat to the undulate

Precedent strategy

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; From structure to space

Proposal 3 selected: alter the homogeneous with cantilever 15

SITE

I- Apply to the triangle site

II- Open for connection

III- Parallel with the street

bicycle parking

IV- Differentiate: functions

V- Stratify: private space on 2F

Vertical transportation Restrooms Auxiliary rooms main entrance

Courtyard

U EIF

AD RO

parking entrance 04

staff entrance

ground parking

CONCEPT: start from structure study and create civic center space using the conversion of the structure precedent. HIGHLIGHTS: - three structure proposals from one principle of precedent extend the potentials. - the combination and differentiation of structure units fit functions and site.

bicycle parking

09 06

09 10

JIUHUASHAN ROAD

second entrance

04 11

01 inner exhibition street 02 entrance hall 03 VIP room 04 lounge hall 05 consulting center 06 communication center

1F Plan: civic center

07 lecture hall 08 audio control room 09 conference room 10 office 11 administration room 12 archive

2F Plan: office

SPACE Higher level - private

Perspective on 2F

Lower level - public

Perspective on 1F

Space change:

Section A-A

Section B-B

Section C-C

Section D-D

Section-perspective E-E 19

3 CIRCULATION CULTURAL ARTS CENTER 8-Week Academic Solo Project, 2013 Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Building Area: 10,000 m2; Site Area: 12,600 m2 Tutor: Prof. Xu Xiaodong, SEU

SITE SEQUENCE

CHAN

GJIAN

Deji Plaza

Nanjing Art Center

Old National Hall

Old National Gallery

G RO AD

Weaving Museum

1912 Blocks

? Spread Saloon

Center

Slope Platform

Stairs

Connection

Bridge

Square

Gallery

Multi-level Y

Museum

Intersection

Small theater

Mass placement

Covering

Main theater

Y merging

CHAN

Communication around Y

Interaction

Differentiating inside & outside

GJIAN

G RO

CONTEXT: - culture & art sequence in the whole city CONCEPT: - start from the circulation of citizens (complex: multi-functional center; sequence: various experience when walking across the site) SITE

Nanjing Library

HIGHLIGHT: - the multi-level Y-shape connection enriches the experience both inside and outside the cultural arts center.

Citizen Plaza

Presidential Palace

Jiangsu Art Museum

Meiyuan Village Museum

Pilu Temple

Qinhuai River

Coffee shop Restaurant Bar Recreation

BEIT IN

G LA

Residence

TAIPING

R OA D

Art Gallery Exhibition Souvenir

School Museum Sculpture Chinese garden Traditional culture

CIRCULATION 1F Plan

2F Plan

29 staff entrance

31 31 31

01 08

parking entrance

04 05

05 35 35

exhibition entrance

07 23 28 16

main entrance 21

05 22 22

20 31 24

Theater space 24

35 24

05 07

Community space

Office space

3F Plan

31 31

38 38 38

05 11

07 12

13 11 15 14

01 main stage 02 left stage 03 right stage 04 orchestra pit 05 auditorium 06 VIP room 07 lounge hall 08 fore stage 09 baby room 10 deposit 11 shop 12 entrance hall 13 ticket 14 platform

15 cafe 16 open reading 17 gallery

28 bicycle parking 29 ground parking

18 main rehearsal room 19 medium rehearsal room 20 music room 21 small rehearsal room 22 recording studio 23 band room 24 rental classroom

30 stage property storage 31 dressing room 32 stage control room 33 projection room 34 lighting control room 35 equipment room 36 storage 37 fore stage lighting room

25 small theater stage 26 sunken plaza 27 courtyard

38 office 39 administration 40 meeting room 25

SPACE SEQUENCE

Stairs

Platform

Slope 26

Multi-level Y:

corridor

small theater

entrance plaza

Section A-A

stairs

Section B-B

stairs

Section C-C

Section B-B rehearsal room

sunken plaza

Section C-C bridge

Section D-D

Section E-E

open reading

courtyard

platform for activities

entrance hall

Section D-D

slope

C B A

Section E-E 27

TECHNOLOGY

rental classroom

small theater

sunken plaza

courtyard

Small Theater Operation:

Closed curtain: independent space

auditorium

stage

Open curtain: continuous space

indoor auditorium

stage

plaza

courtyard

outdoor auditorium

gallery

entrance hall

main theater

Main Theater sound Analysis:

linked acoustic rays

static rays

animated particles

Optimum RT (500Hz - Speech): 1.09 s Optimum RT (500Hz - Music): 1.79 s Minimum Speech:5.391 m3, Minimum Music:9.170 m3 Most Suitable: Millington-Sette (Widely varying) Selected: Sabine (Uniformly distributed) FREQ. --------- 63Hz: 125Hz: 250Hz: 500Hz: 1kHz: 2kHz: 4kHz: 8kHz: 16kHz:

volume:8882.30m3, surface area:3101.29m2, occupancy:980(95%), volume per seat:9.06m3

TOTAL ABSPT. ---------- 892.446 1069.339 998.160 949.699 916.787 922.914 919.564 916.100 956.767

SABINE NOR-ER MIL-SE RT(60) RT(60) RT(60) ---------- ---------- ---------- 1.42 1.11 1.19 1.20 0.96 0.94 1.11 1.01 0.88 1.13 1.13 0.91 1.17 1.23 0.93 1.12 1.18 0.91 1.17 1.23 0.95 1.17 1.22 0.96 1.13 1.15 0.93

statistical reverberation time calculation

4 CONTEXT NEW BUND 16-Week Academic Collaborative Project, 2015 (partner: Bao Yuzhe) Location: South Bund, Shanghai, China Building Area: 200,000 m2; Site Area: 120,000 m2 Tutor: Chief Architect Yang Ming, ECADI + Prof. Wang Xiaoqian, SEU

History Research

Sequence Context

电车

钱庄

road

bund

1898

近代道路

河岸滩头

dock

water

钱庄

近代道路河岸滩头

钱庄

concen

近代道路

电车

大世界

电车

河岸滩头

optimi

钱庄

上海老沙船上海老沙船

HISTORY

Scenario

沙船

sidewalk

MUSEUM

HISTORY HISTORY

上海老沙船

building

MUSEUM MUSEUM

CONCEPT

1922

1944

近代道路 1990

continu 大世界

电车

大世界

Strategy response Upper level

ization

lifted building with atrium

road

bund

NE BU

Studios

U LT

Bookstores

Exchange halls

ntration

water

Lower level

Conferences

platform

Galleries

Auditoriums

Boutiques

UR IS

Exhibitions

O ST

DIY workshops

Interactive rooms

Theaters

Cafes

Yards

Lanes

Ground level

Blocks

uation

Upper level

Lower level

Ground level

Relationship

o road office green space

URBAN

office+commerce

road

office+commerce

road

office

green space

ARCHITECTURE

4F+

exhibition

seat

shelter

slope

stairs

greyspace

OFFICE TOWER

PUBLIC CORRIDOR

GROUND COMMERCE

NEW COASTLINE 37

DETAIL

Office tower with atrium

Corridor 38

Commercial street

Atrium pulls wind

Riverside view Roof tile Cement mortar layer Waterproof layer Screed Reinforced concrete floor beam Insulation layer Ventilation duct Steel beam Ceiling panels

Air vents

Tower ventilation facade detail 39

5 FORM INTELLIGENCE ENCLAVE 16-Week Academic Collaborative Project, 2015 (partner: Timothy Tse) Location: LaGuardia Airport, New York City, the United States Building Area: 400,000 m2 Tutor: Prof. Markus Dochantschi, Studio MDA, GSAPP

ARGUMENT The 2015 Problems • Difficulty of traveling between countries • Inconvenience of travel documents -retrieve visas and passports, expiration of visas • Travel needs to be planned in a timely manner

Long distance

Too many documents Book in advance

• Border control/wait times • Work becomes digital due to costs/time hassle -stagnates economic growth for countries • Travel increases due to growing population but lack of infrastructure Long wait in queue

• Airport construction costs and timely process

Population growth

Target People Daily Life Cycle

Business people

Tourists

Students

Government officials

Workers

Retired people

45%

30%

work 42

live

10%

commerce

entertain

educate

greenery

support

transit

Limited facilities

The 2100 Solutions Introduce The Intelligence Enclave: a prototype for selffunctioning hub that will optimize the ideas of borders, business, production and transit for the future. • Airports become more than just a “2015 airport” -terminal becomes the city; city becomes terminal

Sustainable

Visa-Free Environment Self-functioning

• “No Man’s Land” airport cities implemented globally -could be adapted to other city’s context easily • Eliminate the idea of boundaries for citizens • Mutual meeting space for locals and foreigners • Self-functioning and autonomous

Role of Efficiency

Center of Intelligence

Transit Hub

The Programmed Airport City

Airport Capsule Garage Hangar Parking

tra

Cargo Administration Distribution Center Storage

wo rk

Commerce Restaurant Retail Supermarket Civic Administration Detention Center Fire Station Hospital Maker Space Morgue Nursing Home Police Station

uca t

ion

support

Educate Auditorium Classroom/Studio Faculty Office Food Court Gym/Stadium Laboratory Library

liv e

t en

inm

ta ter n e commerce

Energy Source Sun Wind Biomass Geothermal Hydroelectric Entertain Amusement Park Bar/Casino/Club Driving Range Gym/Spa Movie Theater Museum/Gallery Outdoor Market Swimming Complex Indoor Music Venue Farm Agricultural Community Livestock Live Condominium Dormitory Hostel/Hotel Transit High-Speed Rail New York City Subway Vehicular Waterfront Ferry/Shipping Dock Recreational/Sports Work Shared Workspace Conference Room Individual Space Open Meeting Space 43

STRATEGY City level

The project is developed according to the wind, water and sun influence: wind determines the direction of runways; waterway determines the position of the mainbody; sunlight determines the direction of three towers. Different programs are located on different levels to improve the idea of efficiency.

Aircraft level Boat level Transit hub

1- Collect areas which would be flooded in 100 years

5- Concentric hub responds to boundary offset

2- Offset enclave boundary from new surroundings

6- Gradual slope shape creates stadium stage setting

3- Wind and waterway determine aircrafts approach directions

7- Carve interior for aircraft circulation

4- Fixate runways into nooks

8- Program the concaved towers

work live play

Vertical strategy

Tower skin:

City floor plates:

Aircraft runways and taxiways:

Enclave base with openings for boats:

Site Periphery

Habitable Water

a ti o n

Aq uac

s ay s

Ai r

irculation: Ta ft C x cra er w ays: Bo iw at re Ve at W lt u g u

SCENARIO

6 OPERATION other works

1 | TIMBER PAVILION

4-Week Academic Collaborative Project, 2013 (partner: Chen Zhuo) Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Building Area: 40 m2 Tutor: Prof. Annalisa Meyboom, UBC + Prof. Zhu Lei, Han Xiaofeng, SEU

MATERIAL CONCEPT: - start from the timber tectonics (diversification: timber research; order: the logic from one unit to the whole construction) HIGHLIGHTS: - an integrated system of structure, space and skin - a rhythmic ambience out of a simple crossing principle of one unit - different views from various directions through changing gaps between timbers - comparison of transparency between two curved walls

Node type

Form reflection

Logic tectonic

Vertical array

Arbitrary curve in space

Changing cross: basic unit

Horizontal array

Gradual curve in surface

Changing angles: different curves

Curve pile

Curve with gradual changing gaps

Overlapping curves: curved walls

Parallel pile

Curve with sudden changing gaps

Curved walls: integrated roof

RESEARCH ON TIMBER

Texture test

Transparency test

Timber of the same size: horizontal + horizontal in one curve

Opaque

Timber of the same size: horizontal + vertical in one curve

Translucent

Timber of different size: flat + high in one curve

Translucent

Timber of different size: small wood between curves

Transparent

DRAWINGS

courtyard N

steps classroom

corridor

Dividing Space

Gathering Space

Leading & Inviting

Blocking & Trans

Space experience The beautiful courtyard inside building is often ignored because it is far away from road. The timber pavilion could attract people into it as this pavilion strengthens the connection between the courtyard and the corridor and then the road.

Serial section I: ABOVE the steps: in the corridor

Serial section II: ON the steps: between the corridor and the courtyard

siting

Serial section III: BELOW the steps: in the courtyard 53

Kiyonori Kikutake: Ocean City

OPERATION other works

2 | WHAT IF...? THEN...

16-Week Academic Solo Project, 2016 Location: Tokyo, Japan Building Area: 3,600,000 m2 Tutor: Prof. Sarah Dunn, UrbanLab, GSAPP

WALL BUILDING

Superstudio: Niagara O L'architettura Riflessa

MOUND BUILDING

Frei Otto and Kenzo Tange: Arctic City

6 OPERATION other works

3 | ADDITIONAL PROJECTS

Academic + Personal Projects, 2010-2016 Location: various Type: photography, painting, model, etc.

LIFE PERCEPTION

PHOTOGRAPHY I think, I feel; therefore, I am. Personal works, 2010-2016

MEDIA

COLOR RESEARCH Combination of different paintings Personal work, 2011

MODELS

BIM

Different scale, different strategy. Academic works, 2013 & 2014

Facade Design Academic work, 2016

PAPER EXPLORATION

PAPER WALL Exhibition: Outlaws: Architecture & Its Others Academic work, 2014 66

Mode

Test I

Test II

Test III

Test IV

SPACE OPERATION Test V

Space cube, cutting & folding Academic work, 2011 67