Fei Hu Syracuse University School of Architecture
Table of Contents Part and Wholes& Urban Analysis Urban building design
Urban Architectonics I
Urban Architectonics II Urban Architectonics--Thick Facade Design I
Urban Architectonics--Thick Facade Design II
Parts&Wholes
Top to bottom: Oringinal square, extracted shapes, designed patterns
Urban Analysis
Collabrator: Stephen Marinelli
This project is organized as two independent but thematically related parts. The first part deals with the analysis of a group of buildings whose formal strategies are informed (or perhaps deformed) by the external pressures emanating from the city of which they are a part, while the second part deals with the analysis of downtown Syracuse, with the goal of understanding those external pressures in the more comprehensive terms of urban form.
office viewing terraces cafe and atrium
3D model of this project tends to apply the natural light conditions on the project.
The diagrams are tend to show the relations between the interior space and the functions of the space.
Syracuse City Urban Analysis Private Space
1830-1850
1830-1850
1850-1930
1830-1850
Public Space
1850-1930
Private Space
Private Space
1830-1850
Public Space
Public Space
1850-1930
1850-1930 1935-1970
1970-present 1970-present
1935-1970 Columbus Circle at 1895
1970-present Columbus Circle at 1930
Clinton Square at 1895
Hanover Sauqre at 1935
1935-1970
1970-present Clinton Square at 1930
Hanover Square
In this part of this exercise, we were assigned with a topic in downtown, Syracuse; ans the topic we got was the public space. The way we apporached the topic was to focus on three important locations in the area and analysis them. These diagrams here show the historical development in different periods. Collabrators: Adam, Ashley, April, Alven.
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Hanover Square Columbus Circle
Collabrators: Adam, Ashley, April, Alven.
Clinton Square
These diagrams here are tended to show the locations of the analysised areas in downtown, Syracuse. They show the locations and the surroundings conditions.
Urban Building Design In this exercise, we were asked to apply the knowledge learned in Ex. 1B and have a design for a makerspace in downtown, syracuse. The design should connect with the surrounding context and the basic program of the building should also be included in the design.
Pedestrian walkway Delivery driveway
P Diagrams made during the design process
The first original design for this project is to have the building with two main buildings and connected with a channel. This type of design allows the building to use the site area in a maxium amount of space. However, the disadvantage of this project is also obvious. First, the direction of movement is not clear in this design. It does not have a clear path to guide the pedstrain in the building. Second, the massing of this design is too heavy and that does not fit in the surrounding context.
The final design of this project is different from the original design. Compares to the orginal design, this design tends to improve: 1. It reduced some unimportant mass and space in the design, tends to have a clearer view of the design. 2, It left a big atrium at the back of the design, which created a space for the community to use. 3. It brings more context and the historical relations to the development of the Syracuse ciy by the materials.
Axonmetric drawing of the desifn with the site
AA section of the project
First floor plan of the project
1/8 scale model of the project
Urban Architectonic I
In this project, we were assigned with an existed structure and to design the facade on the str ucture in order to explore the relations between structure and facede.
Top left & Top right are the original design that tend to play with the different tectonic between the structure and the facade. Bottom right is the study model that carries this idea with some improvements in the openings.
Compares to the original design, the final design focuses more on the continus of the facade. The facade forms a circulation on the facade and contiunes to the interior space of the project.
Urban Architectonics--Thick Facade Design I
Two intial designs for this project
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The second design focues more on the Roof different layers of EL. 64’-0” the facade and continues to explore on the depth of the facade. More elecemtns like glass and roof design are added into the deign. Third Floor EL. 50’-0”
Second Floor EL. 40’-0”
First Floor EL. 30’-0”
First Floor EL. 20’-0”
First Floor EL. 10’-0”
Ground Floor EL. 0’-0”
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2’
4’
1/8”=1’-0”
basswood&chipboard model
8’
16’
Wooster Street Elevation
Elevation of the project
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Urban Architectonics--Thick Facade Design II
Front, above and axon view of the final model. Compares to the previous design, this design focuses more on the symmertical layout of the volumes and mass on the facade. The structural system is also hided or shown in different relations to the facade.
Photos of the model in the site model in different angles.
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Roof EL. 66’-0”
Fifth Floor EL. 53’-0” Fourth Floor EL. 42’-0”
Third Floor EL. 30’-0”
Second Floor EL. 15’-0”
Ground Floor
Wooster Street Elevation
EL. 0’-0”
Facade Section
Thrid Floor Plan
Third floor plan & the section of the building
HOUSTON ST. Site Plan
WOOSTER ST.
Exterior Perspective