DESIGN PORTFOLIO For Position in Architecture Selected Works 2012-2020
Siyu Huang Washington University M. Arch II 2020’
Contact siyu@wustl.edu +1-(314)-229-6094
Education Siyu Huang
08.2018-05.2020
Email siyu@wustl.edu
Director’s Scholarship
Tel +1-(314)-229-6094 Address 6040 Westminster Pl,
Washington University in St. Louis Master of Architecture II
09.2012-06.2017
Guangzhou University Bachelor of Architecture (5-year)
Saint Louis, MO, 63112
Reference
Practice
Sung Ho Kim
06.2019-08.2019
WRNS Studio
sungho@wustl.edu
400 Logue Housing, Mountain View, CA
Robert McCarter
South Main Mixed Use, Redwood, CA
rmccarter@wustl.edu
Intern Architect/ Detail design, Rendering, Modeling 08.2017-07.2018
Guangzhou Design Institute GDUFE in Sihui, China Resort in Da nang, Vietnam Xitian Science Park Tower in Guangzhou, China Assistant Architect/ Design development, CD
08.2016-11.2016
Huacheng Design Institute Co., Ltd Jiangsu College of Tourism Biding, China Guangzhou Panyu District Library Biding, China Intern Architect/ Diagram, Detail design
Experience 05.2020-11.2020
Intern Designer/ Axi:Ome Kleptogenic Chamber, Venice, Italy Silverlake High School. Hangzhou, China
01.2020-05.2020
Research Assistant of Prof. Sung Ho Kim
10.2019-12.2019
Exhibition: Seeing Double: Decoys and Depictions
02.2019-12.2019
Publication: 2 works in WashU GSAUD Approach 19-20
11.2017-12.2017
Investigation on Self-built Houses of Urban Village Participated in the 2017 Bi-city Biennial of Architecture
09.2014-02.2015
Publication: The Architect of South China Series Editor Assistant/ Photograph, Interview
Other Language
English (Proficient), Cantonese, Mandarin (Native)
Skills
Rhino, SketchUp, AutoCAD, Revit, Diva, VRay, Enscape, GIS, Adobe Suite, 3D printing, Laser-cutting, Physical modeling, Prototyping
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Silverlake High School
2020
_ Axi:Ome / professional work
Director Program Location Data
_ Heather Woofter, Sung Ho Kim _ Educational _ Hangzhou, China _ Under Construction
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Spatial volume massing
Lift: massing raised
Split: volume divided
Form: pull massing
Detail: raise east/ slope south facade
Connection: exterior bridges
Green space: ground level
Green space: second level
Green space: third level
Pedestrian campus connection
Vehicle circulation
Micro-climate mister locations
Site Strategy and Circulation Due to the sloping nature of the site, the building entrances are split between the lower level and first level. The large open lobby serves as a hub for people visiting from off campus. The lowest level accommodates the parking garage.
South Elevation/ Main Entrance 5
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Study Model, Top view Study Model, Bird’s eye north Study Model, Bird’s eye east
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West Entrance, Pedestrian East Entrance, Vehicle
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West Elevation
Physical model, Main enterance for pedestrain
South Elevation
Physical model, Lighting columns with mistcooling
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Short Section
Physical model, Stairs and ramps
Long Section
Physical model, Connections of two buildings
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Third Floor
Ground Floor
Incorporate Layers and Overlapping Programs The interior of the building is designed to incorporate layers, overlapping areas of program, circulation and common space providing a dimension of transparency throughout the spaces. The connections made here are visual and spatial.
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01 Interior Rendering, Corridor
03 Interior Rendering, Gallery/ Reading Area
02 Interior Rendering, lobby
04 Interior Rendering, Lower Level Stair
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Bridge Detail Section
Window Assembly
Facade Pattern and Tile Accent
Water Diagram Section
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Vivienda en Sevilla
2019
_ Individual work
Instructor Duration Program Location
_ Prof. Sara de Giles _ 3 months _ Coworking and housing _ Casco Antiguo, Seville, Spain
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Physical Massing Model
Street facade
Party wall
Patio/ void
Urban Fabric Casco Antiguo in Sevilla is composed of large city blocks and party wall system, which led to complicated and porous city form to meet the needs of passage, lighting and ventilation.
Party wall system
Maximizing regular space
Optimizing boundaries
Stacking and linking
Site Strategy and Scheme Generation My strategy is to use two totally different elements to coordinate with the site. The regular volumn meets the need of regular space for coworking and housing. The organic volumn is for dealing with ragged boundaries.
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4th floor 1 2 3 4 5
_ Tarrace _ Skybar _ Mechanical _ Single room _ Family room
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2nd floor 1 2 3 4 5 6
_ Coworking space _ Exhibition _ Teahouse _ Lecture hall _ Shared meeting rm. _ Shared reading rm. 23
Residents’ terrace Space of relation Elevated street Coworker and resident
Perforated metal Glazing system
Coworking space Single rooms Single rooms
Family housing
Skybar/ club Roof deck Coworking space
Mechanical Coworking space
Public terrace Resident terrace
Outside lounge
Lecture hall Coworking space Exhibition space
Coworking space
Coworking and Public Space The workspace is connected by public space. Shared meeting rooms and exhibtion area is arranged around the patoio where coworkers can meet their future partners and to present their projects to the public.
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5. 4th Floor
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A2
B1
B2
C1
C2
A2-B1-B2-C1
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1. 3th Floor
1 2 3 4 5
_ Corridor _ Kitchen for four _ Living rm. for four _ Study rm. for two _ Bedroom
Interior elevation/ Section/ Exterior facade
Small-sized Collective Housing The two-story units are designed to give different rooms different levels of privacy. Residents need to share living room and kitchen with other residents, which enhances communication and interaction.
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P1 P2 P3
Wall Section Physical model, Long section Physical model, Roof landscape
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Faux Terrain above City
2018
_ Individual work
Instructor Duration Program Location
_ Prof. Sung Ho Kim _ 3 months _ Autodesk buildspace _ Boylston St, Boston, MA, US
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Boston, like most American cities, inevitably became a city with cars as the main means of transportation when it urbanized. In the site, the PEDESTRIAN GROUND was replaced by the intersecting three-dimensional traffic system. Narrow and winding street are not only unfit for human walking but also cause safety hazards because of the crowds from the metro station and bus stops nearby. Â This project is based on the in-depth studying of the horizontal flow of street level and developing architectural intervention to optimize operations. A light architecture was proposed to create link between pedestrian grounds and expanse urban open space. The mechanized and automated Autodesk's build space is inserted with flexible arrangement of equipment. It not only saves city space, but also play a display role for the company as well as the city. The building itself is like a FAUX TERRAIN above street, which re-establish new order and restore control of the city to pedestrians.
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Physical model with complete topography
P2
Physical model with underground movement
P3 P4
Physical model, The Movement around the Site Physical model, The Movement under the Ground
P1 P2
Physical model “The Art of War� Physical model, Reorganizing movement and generating form
01 Analyzing
02 Articulating
Movement, arrival pattern and dense regions
Directions and density of movement
03 Reorganizating
04 Generating
Reorganized movement and bridge floor
Floors and structure above the bridge
P1 P2 P3
Physical model, Bird’s eye Physical model, Perspective Physical model, Bird’s eye 37
P1 P2 P3
Structure of brideges Geometry generation Upainted site model
P0
Physical model, Looking down from office building
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Second Floor
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Street Level
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100ft 25m
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College of Music Viewing Platform
Physical model, Looking to the Convention Center
Section C-C
Bus Stop
Stage
Bleacher
Public Terrace Parking Lot
Workshop
Dog Park
Bridge
Bi-level Bar
Physical model, View from Boylston St.
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Section A-A
Section B-B
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The Nature of Space
2019
_ Individual work
Instructor Duration Program Location
_ Prof. Robert McCarter _ 3 months _ Archive for Ancient Books _ Old City, Jerusalem, Israel
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[Dialog of making between the light and heavy elements] Kahn proposes that one should begin with an idea about space, as a place of experience, and that this spatial conception then gives direction and meaning to the development of program—the poetics of action, and construction—the poetics of construction. “You plan a library as though no library had ever existed”. This project started from a CUBE.
CUBE: Rooms (exploded)/ Threshold/ Meeting room for two people
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“The room is the beginning of architecture.” “The room should inspire its use without being named.” “The space induces the project. If you have a space, something happens, the program then starts. It does not start before you make the space.” -- Louis I Kahn
Physical model, Dark corridor to the chapel/ View from bench in chapel
Physical model, Chapel for one people 51
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Level 1
Level 2
Section 1-1
Section 2-2
[Space Within - Scared Light for All Religions] Prayers need natural light in the morning, afternoon and at noon. It is important to bring sacred light in to the CUBE when carving the space and chosing appropriate structural materials. In this CUBE, light is an important controlling factor. I create enclosed spaces mainly by thick concrete walls to create a place for the individual, “a zone for oneself within society�. Wood is used to build objects that people will touch and to filter light carefully.
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[Embossings of the Sky / Etchings in the Earth]
“To find a crease, to cut and reshape the land, like an etching. Architecture is connected to the earth, and the land is as important as the building. The surface of the earth is the canvas of the architect.� --Tod Williams and Billie Tsien
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Tectonics/Jerusalem Jerusalem Stone Tectonics/ StoneFaรงade Faรงade
Tectonics/Archive Archive for Tectonics/ forAcient Acientbooks books 57
Chamber Music Hall 2019
_ Group Work
Instructor Duration Location
_ Edward Ford _ 3 Months _ St. Louis, MO, USA
Comcept Sketch/ Rendering
Wall Section
Building Systems/ Sections
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Precast Concrete Study 2020
_ Group Work
Instructor Duration Location
_ Pablo Moyano _ 3 Months _ St. Louis, MO, USA
Interior/ Exterior/ Plan/ Section/ Forming Process
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Logue Avenue Apartment 2019
_ Intern Practical Work
Firm Phase Location
_ WRNS Studio _ SD+DD _ Mountain View, CA, USA
Rendering/ Master Plan/ Apartment plan
South Main Mixed Use 2019
_ Intern Practical Work
Firm Phase Location
_ WRNS Studio _ DD _ Redwood, CA, USA
Renderings/ Facade Study 63
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Oasis in Block
2016
_ Individual work
Instructor Duration Program Location
_ Prof. Xue Li _ 3 months _ Community library _ Nanting village, HEMC, Guangzhou, China
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It is the community library opening to all residents instead of a book room that isolates from its sunroundings. The focus of this project is to combine the spatial experience and site-specific BEHAVIORS. Therefore, the proposal of the building introduces occupying behavior on the site - the behavior of locals who keep occupying outside the edge of the building until they reach the agreed boundary. The four bent load-bearing walls underlying the building are recessed inwards and provides the residents with the possibility of a variety of activities, such as taking advantage of the shadow, setting up stalls or playing chess. Contrary to the ground floor, the reading space on the top supported by the load-bearing walls. And the reading space as function is repose and safe. It is closed around by bookshelves but open to the center. The building itself is like a OASIS in block, with quiet and safe reading space on the top and under-shadowed ground floor space for residents from surrounding.
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Step 1 Transformation into business
Step 2 Blind occupation of the street
Step 3 Establishment of the red line
Bench Induvidual Steps
Presentation
Group Activities
Discussion
Lecture
Marketing Small business Exhibition
Occupation Behavior Study The occupation behavior of the site would grow rudely at first and would form and follow specific rules in the end. The purpose of occupation will also affect the way of occupation.
Typical plan
Inward boundary
Full occupation
7:30 AM Reading newspaper in the morning
11:00 AM Resting in the shadow after buying food
5:00 PM Communicating after work and after school
9:00 PM Selling small goods and snacks at night
Daily Routine and Scheme Generation One aim of the design is to provide shadow for surrounding residents and to be occupied by small shops and other activities at night, which is common in the rensidents’ daily life.
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Shading and Bookshelf
Floor Plate
Structure and Terrace
Breathing space
Plaza
View from square
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2nd floor 1 2
_ Book shelf _ Reading area
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1st floor 1 2
_ Public area _ Community lecture
Centripetal vs. Centrifuge A centrifugal plan on the ground floor attracts surrounding residents, and the reading area on the top is centripetal which give reader a sense of tranquil and stable. And they can aware of each other by void in the middle.
P1 P2
Reading area Community lecture
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Structure The building structure is made up of eight columns connected to the shear wall at the bottom, which make it possible to create a large void in the middle of the building and provide open and quiet environmentin the reading area. Meanwhile the corner of the building can provide shadow to residents outside the building after remove corner columns.
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Roof EL +9.650
3.300
Thrid floor EL +6.350
3.050
Second floor EL +3.050
Entrance EL ±0.000
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Joint of bookshelf and facade
Bookshelf structure Shading board
Books
Bookshelf
Metal panel Glazing system
Facade unit
Facade and Bookshelf The bookshelf and facade of the building are integrated. The aim is to allow readers to use soft external light to pre-read books, and find a comfortable posture close to the surroundings. 77
The Night Life The building at night will illuminate the surrounding environment like a lantern. At the same time through window in the ground floor residents sitting here can feel a sense of peace with soft light from the building. 79
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Rhythm of Street
2015
_ Individual work
Instructor Duration Program Location
_ Prof. Yang Zhao _ 3 months _ Craftsmen studio _ Lizhiwan, Liwan district, Guangzhou, China
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As the industrialization has hit modern craftsmen, craftsmen are forced to move from traditional neighborhoods to suburbs. Accompanied by the disappearance of the sound of knocking copper in the neighborhood, and this skill gradually faded from the eyes of the local people. In the traditional streets, there is an ambigious space between the houses and the street, the each residence presents its own scenes to other people. The street is like a DNA, made up of genes, and finally shows the unique personality as a whole. This is the neighborhood relationship and street atmosphere that belongs to the locals. Since then, I created a new bearing structure after I rethought the thick wall between traditional ‘bamboo houses’ and put the scene of Craftsmen back into the void between the structures. In this project, residents could interact with craftsmen just like they chatted with neighbors. The priority in this project was to make residents and tourists feel the RHYTHM of the street and to make architecture become a part of their LIFE rooted in their memory.
P1 P2
Physical Model, Small public alley with traditional ‘Bamboo Houses’ Master Layout Plan
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1860s Urban construction
1920s Capital growth
1990s Tourism development
History There are two different kinds of buildings in the site, ‘bamboo houses’ and west-style buildings. The starting point of the scheme is to connect the two and integrate into the local context.
Bamboo Houses
Light wells
Semi-pravite space
Semi-public space
Building volume
Private gardens
Artisans’ workrooms
Exhibition and resting area
Bamboo House Study and Scheme Generation Neatly arranged bamboo houses constitute local street’s special atmosphere. In the purpose the scenes of the processes of making copperwares are inserted into the street as a whole.
Axonometric
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2nd floor 1 2 3 4
_ Storeroom _ Private study _ Living room _ Restroom
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Square
Street
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1st floor 1 2 3 4
_ Pre-processing _ Hot-working _ Cold-working _ Post-processing
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Looking to the end of the street
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Bamboo house
Mansion house
Western-style building
Layer 3 Household chores
Layer 2 Rest and refresh
Layer 1 Communication
Layers of Street The artisan studio is conceived by studying the layers receding from the street, to form workrooms with different level of intimacy, and to form a close connection with the local residents.
1 _Pre-processing Designing
2 _Hot-wokring
Cutting
Softening
3 _Cold-working Hammering
Creating texture
Production Process of Copperware The production of copperwares is made up of four processes. In the design they face the streets as their respective scenes and become part of the collective memory of the community.
4 _Post-processing Coloring
Varnishing
01 Pre-processing
02 Hot-working
The uplifting tarrace for quietly thinking
The sinking tarrace for roasting and knocking
03 Cold-working
04 Post-processing
The tarrace facing both streets and garden
The L-shaped tarrace for modulation the pigment
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Structure/ Solid
The Solid
Workroom/ Void
The Void
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Roof membrane
Roof joist Wood panel facade
Glazing system
Concrete structure
01 02 03 04
_ Pre-processing _ Hot-working _ Cold-working _ Post-processing
Solid vs. Void The solid and the void spaces are arranged one by one, the void space is open to the street as workrooms, and the solid space becomes the private space for craftsmen to meditate and refresh.
Workrooms
Corridors
Gardens
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SIYU HUANG siyu@wustl.edu (314)-229-6094