SCI-Arc M.Arch 2 Application Portfolio 2021 Fang Shu

Architecture Portfolio Fang Shu

For the Application to SCI-Arc Post-Professional M.Arch 2 Program

“In architecture, narrative prioritizes human experiences and the need to shape them into stories. Rather than reducing architecture to a mere style or an overt emphasis on technology, it foregrounds how buildings are experienced.” — Nigel Coates

CONTENTS 01­ ­­– Campus Theatre

Symbiosis | London, United Kingdom Academic Studio Abroad | Spring 2017

02 – Beyond Walkable Infrastructure

Education

Site Activation | Syracuse, NY Academic Studio | Competiton Entry | Fall 2016

Fashion Symbiosis

Guided by Daylight | Syracuse, NY Academic Studio | Competiton Entry | Spring 2018

Scale

Accompanied Isolation Independent Research | Competiton Entry | Spring 2020

Daylight Structure

Plan, Surface, Volume | Florence, Italy Academic Studio Abroad | Fall 2017

Residential Health

Plan Surface

Morphology Volume

Digital

Weaving

Materiality

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06 – Z House

Architecture Builds Character | Florence, Italy Academic Workshop | Fall 2017

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07 – “Pensare con le mani”

Narration Fabrication

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05 – Three Reminders

Module Interior

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04 – Studio Custom

Context

Simulation

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03 – Shuffle 27

Commercial Urbanism

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Casting

Thinking with your hands | Como, Italy Academic Workshop | Fall 2017

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08 – Web Aurora

Resin and Fiber | Syracuse, NY Professional Elective | Competition Entry | Spring 2018

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09 + Others

Syracuse University Academic Projects Professional Works

By Hand

[Note: Unless clearly stated, all media presented are individual’s work]

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1 Campus Theatre Symbiosis

Course: Academic Studio in London, UK Collaborator: Mingjia Chen and Brian Hurh Instructor: Professor Sacconi Davide Main Roles in Group: Concept Design(60%)/Detail Design(50%)/Representation(50%) Our project aims to create a campus life for the current London College of Fashion students, where they can engage and interact with the public in showcasing their artworks and designs to advertise better and sell their products. By focusing on the entire block as our project design, we want to integrate the present fashion retail stores within the region into our facility as an entire organism rather than the segregated zones in its current condition.

The project takes on a design approach of adaptive morphology where a concept is fused within the designated artifact.

[Collage by Mingjia Chen] Open Facade - Oxford Street View The drawing depicts the openness of the ground floor level. It interacts with the pedestrians on the street with the multiple layers of threshold and program activities happening within.

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Artifact Study

Campus Morphology

Precedent Study:

Location: 20 John Prince’s St, London, W1G 0BJ, UK

Çatalhöyük is a 7000 BC settlement in Turkey that utilized the roofs as streets for social interaction and daily encounters.

columns and grids

The London College of Fashion is in the center of London’s shopping district and surrounded by clothing and other commercial shops.

original segregation Arial View

Original Ground Floor

Rooftop Play Scene

Original North-South Section B-B’

Inspired by Çatalhöyük, we started to envision what our rooftop campus could look like.

proposed symbiosis

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9:00 am - 12:00 pm Workshops

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Theme Room Cat Walk

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch at Courtyard Cafe

6:00 pm -7:00 pm Student’s Fashion Work Tour

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Retail Store Management

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Community Engagements

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Fashion Dress Up

8:30 pm Dormitory Rest

Fashion Theater We incorporated design, manufacturing, trade, and also show hosts on the ground floor level.

Theme rooms wrap around the inner programs and create a threshold between the outer ring of workshop space with the inner ring courtyard café.

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Least Visual Access to Public Restroom Bedroom Individual X Program Communal Space Display Cases Most Visual Access to Public

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Housing Modules

Upper Terrace

Each student will live in an individual room where students can customize based on their own interests. The outdoor communal spaces are shared by its residents in which display boxes are assigned to students, allowing them to decorate their own living space with originative designs.

The upper rooftop terrace housings for the students will be where students live and study, a communal, academic, and leisure environment for them to create and produce design works. Shoppers are also welcomed to go upstairs and take a closer look at their creative works.

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Harmony as a Whole This drawing is cut from the center of the building facing west. By going from the center out, the roof terraces lead to the student dorms and then the corridor inside, which then leads to the studio spaces. Going from below to above, we can see how the central courtyard on the ground floor level transition into open rooftop terraces that are filled with student displays and walkable platforms to tour and engage with. The drawing acts as both a circulation, programmatic, and structure drawing that illustrates the project as an entire entity.

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Fluid Transition With the consideration of layered privacy in the module unit, entering studio space from the roof terrace becomes a smooth experience transitioning from public to private. After sharing design themes with peers in the pocket porch, our designer went back to his room and took a shower. He may want to play the guitar for a while, but he could not wait to test how his pencil strokes transform into delicate wrinkles on the fabric. So he left his room and entered the interior corridor. Through the window, he saw his neighbor weaving something with shiny texture, so he decided to look closer as he was descending down the stairs......

[Collage by Mingjia Chen]

Theater for Showing In contrast to the solid concrete street facade, the exposed roofscape and the display boxes demonstrate a screen of vibrancy towards the middle courtyard, creating a visual connection and communication between the upper-level design environment and the ground-level public participation.

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2 Beyond Walkable Infrastructure Site Activation

Course: Academic Studio Collaborator: Danya Li Instructor: Professor Daekwon Park Competition Entry: 2016-2017 Cote Ten for Students Main Roles in Group: Concept Design(50%)/Detail Design(50%)/Representation(60%)/Physical Modeling(80%) This project aims to encourage the walkability of Downtown Syracuse by renovating the Nynex Tower that has been vacant since 1995. By adding both passive and active sustainable innovations to the building and a variety of programs that are essential to the local people, we can start a chain effect that can revitalize the city and greatly enhance the qualities of Connective Corridor and Downtown Syracuse.

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[Render by Danya Li]

Finding Site

Zooming In

Connective Corridor Bus Route

Zone B Downtown

Parking Lots School Facilities & Bus Routes

300 E Washington St

Zone B Downtown

Zone A Campus

Zone C Site

Comfort Level

Downtown / Campus Disjunction

Downtown / Campus Integration

Bus Transportation from campus to downtown

Art installation throughout the Corridor

Designated bike routes and walkways

Abandoned buildings and a lack of programs in the area dilute urban density

Connecting downtown school facilites

While Route 81 separates downtown Syracuse from the campus, the Corridor provides bus services and bike routes that create a connection between the City and University, making it easier and more feasible for students to access many great downtown activities.

Excessive amounts of parking lots divides and segregates urban zones

Missing walkways that discourage pedestrains in some streets

While the western part of downtown is lively and walkable, the eastern part of downtown next to the highway still remains inactive due to the lack of programs and infrastructure. With these analyses, we believe by activating this part of the downtown, we can bridge the disjunction between campus and downtown, making Syracuse genuinely walkable.

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Zone C Existing Condition

Zone C Proposed Condition Existing Comfort Condition Better Comfort Condition

Scattered Green Space

Increased Green Space

Limited Transportation

Excessive Parking Lots

Additional Transportation

Increased Urban Density

Monotonous Urban Programs

7:00

7:30

Increased Program Diversity

8:00

7:00

9:00

Daily congestion due to parking

7:30

8:00

9:00

Walkable infrastructure saving time of commute 9

Layer A Stress Zones near Memorial Park

Diagramatic Site Model Translucent prints on plexi glass

Based on the site analysis, we made a site model with layers of information regarding the region’s programs and conditions—the orange zones showing un-walkable areas of the original condition. By removing the unnecessary parking lots and adding programs, we hope that the region can become more walk-friendly.

Layer B Terrain formed from comfort levels serve as support for the model

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Present Condition Analysis

Daylighting Analysis

Mar. 21st, 9 am

Mar. 21st, 12pm

Mar. 21st, 3pm

Jun. 21st, 9 am

Jun. 21st, 12pm

Jun. 21st, 3pm

Dec. 21st, 9 am

Dec. 21st, 12pm

Dec. 21st, 3pm

Location: 300 E Washington St, Syracuse, NY 13202 Year Buit: 1970, expanded in 1973, abandoned since 1995 Construction Type: Reinforced concrete, columns, beams, and slabs, live load 100-150 psf

North Elevation

West Elevation

Existing Building Mean Daylight Autonomy: 31.55%

Exploded Axon

Ground Floor Plan

We decided to keep the original column grid to make inner partitions easily removable and rearranged to fit the needs of the office workers and residences for their personal needs. This approach of a free plan celebrates the long-term adaptation and flexibility of the project.

ASHRAE 90.1 Baseline Mean Daylight Autonomy: 27.26%

Window: Wall = 7.6:11.5

Window: Wall = 4.6:11.5

= 66.09%

= 40.0%

From our analysis we can see that the building severly lacks lighting in the center, while having more window coverage on the facade compared to the Ashrae baseline, it does little to improve the overall lighting of the building.

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Massing Study

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B

C

Massing Dissection

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E

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LOBBY 2,000 sf

meeting spaces

1,000 sf

offices/facilities

COMMUNITY SPACES 1,000 sf 8,000 sf 1,000 sf 9,200 sf 14,000 sf 800 sf 3,000 sf

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techonology center/computer clusters learning node/study spots reception + information desk (6) conference rooms GYMNASIUM (locker rooms) cafe auditorium

GROCERY STORE 30,000 sf

(aisles, reception + information desk)

RESIDENTIAL 200,000 sf single-studio apartments two-bedroom apartments

small family apartments

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RETAIL 4,000 sf

(6) storefronts

AMENITIES 200,000sf 900 sf restrooms (each floor) sitting areas

miscellaneous closet space

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CIRCULATION stairs/elevators

TERRACE 3,000 sf

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garden/greenhouse

Detail Configuration

1. Lobby 2. Restrooms 3. Locker Rooms 4. Fitness Center 5. Exterior Atrium 6. Terrace 7. Lockers 8. Daycare 9. Classroom 10. Reading Area 11. Faculty Room 12. Play Area

Third Floor

1. Lobby 2. Restrooms 3. Fitness Center Corridor 4. Dance Studio 5. Exterior Atrium 6. Terrace 7. Office Space 8. Conference Room 9. Learning Center 10. Reading Area 11. Event Space 12. Multi-Purpose Space

The major issue that makes downtown Syracuse not as walkable as it could be is its low urban density caused by the excessive amount of parking lots. What our project does to address this issue is by creating exterior corridors within our own superstructure that acts as four micro blocks on the ground floor and second floor for shopping, restaurants, and entertainment, we made our entire site very pedestrian friendly.

Second Floor 13

[Plans by Danya Li and Fang Shu]

North-South Section B-B’

East-West Section A-A’

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We did many variations of carving studies for the design. The opening in the center helps bring in more sunlight due to nearby high-rises.

We designed a shading device with a rotatable axis that can adjust to the lighting outside for maximum solar comfort.

Before Shading

After Shading

1500 Lux

500 Lux

The Diva analysis shows the dramatic improvement of lighting after the shading devices are implemented, reducing the surplus sunlight and potential glare within the building.

Adaptive Facade A sectional model that shows the adaptable facade system

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Site Model A site model with the Connective Corridor highlighted in black

The building’s commercial area that provides entertainment and shopping convenience for the public can generate funding for the community service programs such as a computer center or a fitness center.

Our goal of the project has always been to create a sustainable future for the local and residence of the Syracuse downtown community, not only environmentally but also financially.

Exterior Render A View From East Fayette and South State Street

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3 Shuffle 27 Guided by Daylight

Course: Composite Studio Collaborator: Shanaya Girdharlal Instructor: Professor Tarek Rakha Competition Entry: 2018 NYS Green Building Conference Main Roles in Group: Concept Design(50%)/Detail Design(50%)/Representation(50%)/Physical Modeling(100%) The project proposes an apartment housing project for a client who wants the complex’s target residence to be for young professionals and university students. Our design philosophy was to create a compact studio unit layout that maximizes open space, using designed movable furniture pieces and a mezzanine to make each unit’s space usage dynamic and versatile. To aid our design, the project also integrates data analysis with digital software simulations. We decided to go with an internet café and small grocery store for the ground floor to provide more convenience to the residence and nearby people. We have a gym, a lounge, a hot spa throughout the apartment floors, and a rooftop bar for night time events.

[Exploded Axon by Shanaya Girdharlal]

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Downtown Syracuse Regional Survey HOUSING REGIONS HOUSING REGIONS

Hanover Square Hanover Square

Clinton Square Clinton Square

Case Studies 22m Apartment Taiwan

AMENITIES AMENITIES Presidential Plaza

Presidential Plaza Cathedral Square Cathedral Square

Armory Square Armory Square

60 to 80$ or not included 60 to 80$ or not included

Heart of Downtown Heart of Downtown 75$ or not included 75$ or not included

20 to 30$ 20 to 30$

This is a renovation project of an old flat which measures 22 sq.m. and 3.3m in height. A mezzanine is added to take advantage of the limited space.

60 to 80 $ or not included 60 to 80 $ or not included 75$ or not included 75$ or not included

Yojigen Poketto Madrid NEW APARTMENTS: NEW APARTMENTS:

EXISTING AGE GROUPS: EXISTING AGE GROUPS: 20 to 28 20 to 28

30 to 38 30 to 38

40 to 48 40 to 48

60 to 68 60 to 68

80 80

One Bedroom One Bedroom

Two Bedrooms Two Bedrooms

Others Others

Parking Parking

Furniture can also serve as storage space or be rearranged to serve multiple functions, optimizing every cubic meter of the house.

Comfort Lighting 300 Lux

Original Condition 3.4% Comfort Lighting 96.6% below 300 Lux

Site Location: 444 East Genesee Street, Syracuse NY 3000 Lux

Full Curtain Wall Glazing 37.2% Comfort Lighting 14.3% above 3000 Lux 48.5% below 300 Lux

<300 Lux Full Curtain Wall Glazing with 6 feet Balcony 39.7% Comfort Lighting 13.3% above 3000 Lux 47% below 300 Lux

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>3000 Lux Optimized Shading with 6 feet Balcony 40.5% Comfort Lighting 4.8% above 3000 Lux 54.7% below 300 Lux

Underground Parking System Due to harsh winter conditions, choosing an indoor automated parking system is essential for our project.

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14’

Design Process

Program Layout

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HVAC Distribution

Rooftop Site Plan

Third Floor

East Section

Ground Floor East Elevation 20

Section Bay

Elevation Bay

Structural Frame

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Balcony Extension Detail

Design A Staircase Drawer

Design B Foldable Dining

Design C Studio Desk

Furniture Details

Unit Section

Unit Plan [Detailed Unit Plan and Section by Shanaya Girdharla and Fang Shu]

Exploded Unit Axon 22

The designed furniture pieces fit nicely under the mezzanine. The furniture can store silverware and, when needed, can be pulled out and used as dinner tables. The stair that leads to the bedroom can also store books or clothing.

A curtain system help bring balance between the openness of the studio space and the privacy of the bedroom space. We also added additional storage space for clothing beneath the study desk.

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4 Studio Custom Accompanied Isolation

Independent Research Competition Entry: Archisearch Pandemic Architecture Collaborator: Xiaobai Zhao, Yunqing Hu, Kaiyuan Chen Team Leader: Fang Shu Main Roles in Group: Concept Design(80%)/Detail Design(70%)/Representation(80%) The COVID-19 pandemic brought a devastating blow to humankind. The world was forced into a new Pandemic Era where people have to learn to co-exist with novel viruses. Airborne viruses like the SARSCoV-2 are highly contagious and transmit through our respiratory system. With the current data, we see that these viruses are easily spread through family members and among local communities, especially apartments that run on central HVAC systems. The Pandemic Era considers the emergence of novel viruses like a recurring natural disaster.

Therefore, cities and residential units in the near future are required to be much more equipped and resilient toward novel viruses.

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Stacking cages at the wet market creates opportunities for virus mutation and cross-species transmission.

Viruses like the SARS-CoV-2 are highly contagious airborne viruses that can transmit through human interaction.

Contaminated fluids from patients can also be transmitted through drainage systems.

The SARS virus that infected hundreds of people in a 33-story Hong Kong apartment tower spread by traveling through bathroom drainpipes.

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Interior space

Dividing space for two isolated users

After preliminary design studies, the interior is modularized based on the programs to ease the intervention of movable partitions to separate user circulation and program sizes

Assigning individual programs to the two interior space

Partitions can move in the vertical axis to adjust user areas

Interior partitions further divide the master bedroom into two separate spaces with access to the living room and garden space

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Introducing a third user through an additional partition

Program size adjustable to user’s need

Bathroom cores are assigned to the bedrooms so, during quarantine times, the three users will each have access to separate bathrooms, living room, and utilities

Studio Custom takes full advantage of movable furniture with the installation of vertical and horizontal sliders that allow beds to be fully automated and glass partitions to be moved on command.

Quarantine Custom: Accompanied Isolation In this new era, our project, Studio Custom, confronts contagious airborne viruses by rethinking the traditional home typology. It allows residents to safely quarantine at home with their loved ones rather than living in designated quarantine stations.

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Each part of the living room is equipped with necessary utensils and cooking stations for each occupant.

[Axon by Xiaobai Zhao and Fang Shu]

By moving the glass partitions, residents can increase their living room space by negotiating with neighboring users who prefer the bedrooms for their main activities.

Open Custom: Live Together On pandemic free seasons, the partitions can be folded together to create an open living room space for maximum view and comfort.

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The hydroponic garden, which has sanitation fixtures, serves as a buffer zone to safely access the elevator area or enter individual quarantine zones.

[Axon by Xiaobai Zhao and Fang Shu]

Lobby

Open Custom: Living Room

Quarantine Custom: Living Room

With the glass partitions, residents can safely dine and chat with their family, even eat at the same table.

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Open Custom: Balcony

Bedroom Interior View 1

Bedroom Bay Window

Quarantine Custom: Master Bedroom During an ongoing pandemic, glass partitions are laid out within the residential unit to divide the programs into three contactless individual quarantine zones.

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Bedroom Interior View 2

5 Three Reminders Plan, Surface, Volume

Course: Academic Studio in Florence, Italy Collaborators: Chia An Mike Liu and Kokeith Perry II Instructor: Professor Kyle Miller Main Roles in Group: Concept Design(40%)/Representation(50%)/Physical Modeling(40%) Found in his 1917 architectural treatise Towards a New Architecture, Le Corbusier produces a collection of essays advocating for modern architecture development. Among those essays exists Corbusier’s Three Reminders, in which he dismisses current trends and demands a rebirth of architecture based on function and a new aesthetic based purely on form. Using Corbusier’s three main points: Volume, Surface, and Plan, to organize around a study of the most significant architecture in Italy. The studies would follow three exercises investigating the projective formal qualities of these projects and how they could be used to determine the form, surface conditions, and internal volume of an object void of pedagogical or aesthetic resemblance to the typologies of today - developing something entirely unique for explore but rooted in a deep understanding of the formal and spatial logics of the great works of the past.

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[Line drawings by Chia An Mike Liu, Kokeith Perry II, and Fang Shu]

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[Rendering by Kokeith Perry II and Fang Shu]

6 Z House Architecture Builds Character

Course: Florence Workshop, Italy Collaborator: Sangha Jung and John Carino Instructor: Jimenez Lai Main Roles in Group: Concept Design(40%)/Representation(40%)/Physical Modeling(40%) The workshop’s objective is to explore architecture that builds character. Through various study models, we created scenes and moods that tell stories of their own, and by combining them together, we formed more prominent entities that become architecture with characters.

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[Physical model by Sangha Jung, John Carino, and Fang Shu]

7 “Pensare con le mani” Thinking with your hands

Course: Como Workshop, Italy Collaborator: Apoorva Rao Instructor: Lorenzo Guzzini Main Roles in Group: Concept Design(80%)/Physical Modeling(50%) “Pensare con le mani” is a workshop that highlights and enacts the dynamic relationship between thinking and making during the development of an architectural project. This workshop seeks to enhance the “creative connection” between our brain and our hands. Between thoughts and crafts, and to study the relationship between mass and space, between solid and void.

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[Physical model by Apoorva Rao and Fang Shu]

8 Web Aurora Resin and Fiber

Course: Professional Elective Collaborators: Brian Hurh, Le Yang, Mingjia Chen Instructor: Professor Daekwon Park Competition Entry: ACMA Composite Material Competition 2018 Main Roles in Group: Concept Design(50%)/Representation(40%)/Physical Modeling(30%) Our project started with the simple idea of weaving fibers together into creating a composite surface that is further altered by external forces and reinforced by resin to create our ideal, interactable pavilion. The use of different physical qualities of fibers will make our pavilion structural stable but also soft and flexible in parts for people to sit or rest upon. The entire form of our pavilion seems to be a surface seated upon the ground. Simultaneously, various locations are strategically lifted upwards to act as entrances, inviting people to explore the space within.

Weaved openings use grasshopper definition to create skylight conditions on the inside, guiding visitors to the center of our pavilion. Our pavilion not only exemplifies the dynamism of space formed by the fibers but with the control of its density, the dynamic qualities of the lighting.

Creating threads of light seeping through some places while rays of light form in others, making it a pavilion of fibers and light.

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[Physical model by Brian Hurh, Le Yang, Mingjia Chen, and Fang Shu]

Concept Using elastic materials, we implemented a form finding strategy using external forces.

Density A frame is used to weave different patterns to inform the location of density (structure) and flexible (interactive) surfaces.

Form Finding After creating multiple weaving patterns within the frame, external forces are applied to manipulate the pattern surface.

Weaving Strategy We prototyped with a basic frame design to weave strings onto it. By using the frame, we created different weaving sequences. The different weaving sequences could be used to identify various components of the object, either structural elements or visual ornaments.

Opening Radius By changing the algorithm, the radius for the pavilion’s openings are easily manipulated. After finding a suitable radius, the physical model was created.

Reinforcement Through simulations, resin are applied to portion of the weaving surface to create structural support. Flexible spaces are formed in between structural units, creating interactive surfaces.

Interactivity Through simulations, a portion of the weaving surface will serve as substantial parts of the structure. Flexible spaces are formed in between structural units, creating interactive surfaces.

Location

Point attractors created in a field of weaving pattern act as locations for structural units and openings for pavilion points placed on the grid to connect to the weaved surface.

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[Line drawings by Brian Hurh and Fang Shu]

9 Object to System System to Ground

Course: Academic Studio, Fall 2015 Collaborator: Daneil Park Instructor: Professor Julie Larsen Main Roles in Group: Concept Design(80%)/Representation(80%)/Physical Modeling(50%) This page presents the first two phases of ARC 207, which explores the transitions from Object to System and System to Ground. The project starts with a fan as our object and ends with a pavilion design that serves as an interactive sauna that uses the upper level for circulation. In contrast, the lower level is used to generate steam from the water collected from the roof panels for atmospheric experiences for the participators.

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[Physical model by Daneil Park and Fang Shu]

10 Into the Ground Ground to Roof

Course: Academic Studio, Fall 2015 Instructor: Professor Julie Larsen Individual Project: Concept Design(100%)/Representation(100%)/Physical Modeling(100%) Located at the New York State Fairgrounds, this project is a hybrid between an indoor show ring and a spa relief leisure destination. The water used in the spas is collected from the environment and heated internally. People can enjoy the events within the show ring either inside the spa areas or on the circular stadium space in the facility’s center.

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11 Internship Countertops and Lighting

Professional Work: Summer 2018 Studio Principal: Clive Lonstein Individual Projects: Concept Design(100%)/Representation(100%) I worked at a private interior design firm over the summer of 2018. While being an interior design firm, many of the projects are grounded on architectural design.

I had the opportunity to work on multiple projects, an airport project in Seattle, a housing project in Aspen, Colorado, a housing project on 69 Bank Street, New York, and an apartment project on 55th street.

I also helped the office design many rug options for a client’s countertop. The images presented are the lighting design I did for the Bank Street project and the countertop rugs.

Final Selected Design

Countertop Rug Designs

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Interior Lighting Design

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Professional Work: Summer 2017 Studio Principal: Yong Zhou Individual Projects: Concept Design(100%)/Representation(100%) During my internship at The China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, I was tasked with designing the Cultural Wall Monument for the Sanjiaochi region in Haikou city. The geometric form of the monument took inspiration from the vessels that carried the first island settlers in the hopes to embody the city’s spirit and its history.

Chuanghai Cultural Wall Design

Sanjiaochi Region Digital Job Posts Interactive Media Historic Film Projection Solar Powered Seats

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13 Amenta Emma Architects Design Precisely

Professional Work: 2019-2020 Studio Principal: Michael Tyre Design Director: Marc Moura Individual Projects: Concept Design(100%)/Representation(100%) This page presents various schematic designs that I have done at Amenta Emma Architects under the supervision of Michael Tyre and Marc Moura.

Rutgers School of Engineering Schematic Design Proposal

525 Main St Plan

Backgammon Quilt

525 Main Street Render

Apella Capital A

IIDA Quilt 2020 Design

165 Capital Avenue 43

HSB BOISE

Apella Capital B

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Competition Entry: Barilla Competition 2018 Collaborators: Le Yang, Mingjia Chen, Yang Song Instructor: Professor Daekwon Park Main Roles in Group: Concept Design(70%)/Representation(30%) We propose a pavilion that we believe captures the essence of the philosophy, brand identity, and products of Barilla. Inspired by the functional and aesthetical beauty of pasta; and branded by the sustainability and quality of the material wood – the proposed Barilla Pavilion strives to not only satisfy the programmatic requirement as a visiting center but also as an architecture that embodies, complements, and disseminates the iconic brand of Barilla.

[Concept Design and Digital Modeling by Fang Shu]

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[Representation by Le Yang, Mingjia Chen, Yang Song, and Fang Shu]

15 Cantilever+

By Hand

Course: ARC 211, Spring 2016 Collaborator: Irving Shen Instructor: Professor Roger Hubeli Teacher Assistant: Kun Lu Selected for NAAB Exhibition 2016 Main Roles in Group: Concept Design(70%)/Representation(50%)/Physical Modeling(50%) Taking the architectural form from the precedent, Showroom H, by Akihisa Hirata, we implemented triangular concrete walls and floor slabs into our design.

Like Showroom H, our project Concrete + is also a space for exhibition. We implanted the right amount of wire meshes, musical steels, and copper rods to support our 40’ cantilever pavilion. These elements act like rebar and reinforce the concrete. The lighting from the roof is imperative to our design. The triangular wall and the top creates an exciting dialogue between material, form, and light.

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[Physical model by Irving Shen and Fang Shu]

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By Hand

Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista, Firenze Course: Architectural Survey in Italy, Fall 2017 Instructor: Professor Luca Ponsi Individual Works: Representation(100%) Sant’ivo Alla Sapienza, Roma

Living in Italy for four months allowed me to have emerged in Renaissance architecture and its rich Roman thought and material culture. Traveling and studying the proportions, form, and style of old masterpieces was invaluable for my growth as an architectural designer.

Palazzo Ducale, Venice

Villa la Rotonda, Vicenza

Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza

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Biblioteca di San Marco, Venice

Fang Shu Education

Competitions 2020.04-2020.06

Archisearch Pandemic Architecture

2020.03-2020.05

Coronavirus Design Competition by Design Class

2018.05-2018.06

Barilla Competition Summer 2018

2018.01-2018.05

ACMA Pavilion

2020.01-2020.03 MIT Media Lab Beyond Smart Cities Online Course by MIT, Cambridge, MA

2014.09-2019.05 Syracuse University School of Architecture Bachelor of Architecture, Syracuse NY

2017.05-2017.06 Study Abroad Program

Syracuse University in Florence

2017.05-2017.06 Summer School

Revit and ABS (Advanced Building System) Courses, Syracuse University

2017.01-2017.05 Study Abroad Program

Entered the competition with my partners Xiaobai Zhao, Yunqing Hu, Kaiyuan Chen, continuing our pandemic housing research.

Entered the competition with my partners Xiaobai Zhao, Yunqing Hu, Kaiyuan Chen to take on COVID-19 pandemic housing designs.

Entered the competition with my partners Le Yang, Mingjia Chen, and Yang Song under the advice of professor Daekwon Park.

Entered the competition with my partners Brain Hurh, Le Yang, and Mingjia Chen under the advice of professor Daekwon Park.

Syracuse University in London

2016.07-2017.08 Summer School

2018.04

Beijing Jiaotong University Global Summer School

2015.06 Summer Abroad Program

Architecture Fabrication Convoy 2.0, Amsterdam, Stuttgart, Zurich

Employments 2019.07.-2020.03 Junior Designer at Amenta Emma Architects

Amenta Emma Architects, 242 Trumbull St Hartford CT Worked on multiple projects, helped the firm issue DD Sets, renders, diagrams, designs, and 3D printing. Took part in the Design and Sustainability Committee.

2018.06.-2018.08 Architectural Intern at Clive Lonstein Clive Lonstein, 611 Broadway, New York

Worked on multiple projects, helped the firm issue DD Sets, renders, and designs.

2016.12-2017.01

Participated in the design and construction of a bookshelf facade for the exhibition of various artist’s work at Impact Hub, Florence, during the semester abroad. Was also responsible for the design of a cosmetic stand for Source.

2014-2019

Participated in Haikou’s urban planning in Hainan Province and was responsible for designing the city’s Urban Cultural Wall, serving the public as urban furniture within the Sanjiaochi region

2016-2017 Cote Ten for Students Entered the competition with my partner Danya Li under the advice of professor Daekwon Park.

Dean’s List 2014-2019 5 Year Dean’s List student, graduating with Cum Laude.

2016-2019

Scholarship In Action Merit Award A scholarship awarded by Syracuse University based on academic merits.

2016.11

Vice President of non-profit charity student organization “FireFly” Founded in GSS, Beijing Jiaotong University.

2016.09

AIAS Member + Participant in Freedom by Design

2016.05

NAAB Exhibition

Participated in student-organized events, raised money for a local project.

ARC 211 structure project with partner Irving Shen was selected for exhibition.

2015.09-2019.05

Member of Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society

2015.01-2019.05

Member of National Society of Collegiate Scholars

2017.07-2017.08 Architectural Intern at CAUPD

CAUPD (China Academy of Urban Planning and Design), Beijing China

Entered the competition with my partner Shanaya Girdharlal under the advice of professor Tarek Rakha.

Awards & Honors

2017.09-2017.12 Architectural Intern at Studio Roberto Rubini Studio Roberto Rubini, Source, Florence Italy

NYS Green Building Conference

Became a member due to academic merits in 2015.

Became a member due to academic merits in 2015.

Extracurricular Activities 2019.09

Closer to Free Ride

2016.05

NAAB Exhibition Volunteer

2015.09-2015.12

New Haven, Connecticut Closer to Free Ride is an annual volunteering and fundraising event that supports Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center in their cancer research. In the Fall of 2019, I helped fundraise and rode my bike with my coworkers from Amenta Emma Architects in honor.

Professor Jonathan Louie, Syracuse, New York Responsible for making display stands for drawings and arranging models.

Peer Advisor, Syracuse School of Architecture Syracuse School of Architecture, New York Assisting freshmen advisees throughout the semester with work that is related to the field of architecture or general academic studies.

2015.10

ACSA Exhibition Volunteer Syracuse, New York Recording lectures and putting up posters in Slocum for the Collegiate Schools of Architecture Exhibition.

2015.06

Collaborative Designer CEMEX, Professor Julie Larsen and Roger Hubeli, Zurich Switzerland Assisting Assisting Professor Jonathan Louie, From engaging in a concrete fabrication project with the company CEMEX in helping them design their company’s garden space in the summer leading to the collaboration of the Tower of Tiles, Slocum Pavilion.

Skills & Interests Digital: AutoCAD, Revit, Rhinoceros 5.0, Grasshopper, V-Ray, T-Spline, DIVA, Rhino Paneling Tools, Rhino Physics, Adobe: Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, 3D-Printing, Lasercutting, Microsoft Office, VR Vive Headset with Unity Manual: Hand drafting, oil and acrylic painting, sketching, concrete casting, hand modeling, woodshop fabrication

Languages: Fluent in both English and Chinese and conversational in Italian

Hobbies: International Chess, Game Development, VR/AR Implementations, Photography, Painting, Sketching, Reading, Swimming, Skiing Travels: Beersheba Israel, Taipei Taiwan, California, London, Edinburgh, Florence, Venice, Bologna, Rome, Milan, Amsterdam, Paris, Budapest, Prague, Vienna, Siena, Switzerland, Frankfurt, Singapore

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