Renhu Wu 2022 Portfolio (Design, Architecture, Robot)

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PORTFOLIO RENHU (FRANKLIN) WU MSD-RAS, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Email: wurenhu981022@gmail.com
SELECTED WORK 2017 - 2022 CONTENTS 01 Xincheng Community Center Dharavi, Mumbai, India Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 03 02 Home of the Stepwell Ceiling Part Prototype Downtown, Detroit, United States 04 Reindustry Center Xietang Old Street, Suzhou, China Soochow University, Suzhou, China 05 06 Suzhou Art Museum SUDA Gymnasium 07 Other Works Industrial Park, Suzhou, China The renaissance of automotive industry Modern transformaion of tradition building style Tensile membrane structure Religion, life, and epidemic Robot hot-wire cut EPS foam ceiling prototype Child-centered community relationships

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Xincheng Community Centre

Child-centered community relationships

Suzhou, China

2021

Individual Work

The proposed design entails the establishment of a community center, which aims to create a supportive and secure environment for individuals to engage and interact with their surroundings actively. The focus is on providing a platform for individuals to learn and grow from observing and seeking guidance from the wider community.

To create a responsive and conducive environment for exploration and learning, the design utilizes a multi-agent system that simulates how individuals interact with the built environment and respond to different situations. This enables the creation of a space that is customized to the needs and behaviors of its inhabitants, resulting in an environment that supports and fosters learning and growth.

Shuo Feng, Guosheng Chen

Axon View

In this child-centered community center, children are observers and participants. They should be present everywhere, which allows them to interact with different environments.

Using the multi-agent system aims to simulate their trails and figure out an organic way to interact with the built environment.

Agent Settings (Boid)

Attraction

Agents will be attracted to the targets scattered in the buildings.

Velocity Matching

Agents attempt to match velocity with nearby flockmates

Attraction Strength

Attracting Radius

Flock centering

Each agent attempts to stay close to nearby flockmates;

Collision Avoidance

Each agent avoids collisions with nearby flockmates

Wandering Wandering is a type of random steering which has some long term order.

Trail Searching Radius

Repulsion Radius

Searching Angle

Direction

Stigmergy Agents will chase other agents' trails.

Slide "Forest"
50 cycles 100 cycles 200 cycles 300 cycles 400 cycles 500 cycles Trails Simulation Climbing wall Tunnels Cinema Retail Store Elevator Restaurant Community Activity Room
Old Trails New Trails

Based on the multi-agent system's simulation, volumes are generated according to the trails. These volumes provide children with a place to hold various activities and allow them to interact closely with the real world while still under proper protection.

Rendering

Chunk Activity room Open roof
Staircase seating Rope net Floor Entrance Rope net Slope
Glass roof Light
Construction Robotic fabrication Frame construction Assembling Beam
Section A-A 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 5 5 6 6 5 8 8 4 7 7 1 1
1 6 3 3 9 7 10 11 11 3 Legend 1 Retail store 2 Restaurant 3 Shared kitchen 4 Restroom 5 Amusement facility 6 Stairway seating 7 Parking lot 8 Park 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 7 4 50m 20 10 0 5 1 Shared kitchen 2 Stairway seating 3 Corridor 4 Park 5 Rope net 6 Restaurant 7 Roof platform 8 Workshop 9 Activity room 10 Slideway 11 Equipment 2 9 7 9 5 8 8 4 Legend A A ±0.000 -0.200 6.000m 11.000m 13.800m 16.000m 19.600m 23.400m
Master Plan

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Ceiling Part Prototype

Robot hot-wire cut EPS foam ceiling prototype

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 2022

Andrew Saunders, Riley Studebaker, Claire Moriarty

Partner: Shunta Moriuchi, Jingyu Luo, Renhu Wu, Shuoxuan Su

Description:

We proposed a 900 square feet speculative ceiling for the Upper Gallery of Meyerson Hall. The ceiling scape deploys a series of hierarchical variations. The variations in the depths of the lilies and the peaks form different zones under the ceiling that resembles an infinite mushroom forest. Peaks stick out like vines and low plants, and lilies bump up to create circular spots on the ground. Like getting lost in the woods, the ceiling scape stimulates the wanderlust and Deja vu feeling of the person below.

Linear Construction in Space

We chose to study the Linear Construction in Space No. 4 by Gabo in which he created ruled surfaces using bronze wires strung between curved steel rails and Pevsner’s Construction of developable Surface which used bronze, oxidized brass, and a black marble base to construct developable surfaces.

Through a careful analysis of both sculptures, we digitally reproduced the ruled surface forms through which we were able to extract and digitally model specific geometric qualities.We transposed those ruled surfaces into volumetric implications of rulings in space to deconstruct the geometric moves made by the sculptures and to depict the geometry in light and shadow for input into neural networks.

Linear Construction in Space

CUT A. x2 CUT B. x2 CUT C. x2 HOT WIRE DIMENSIONS 24 24 24

CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) Generative Design

We fed the images of these new distinct but identifiable and reproducible elements from our sculptures into the Convolutional Neural Network. Through this process, we were able to generate an outline for us to extract the threedimensional unprecedented geometric ceiling arrangements.

From Image To Production

Although CNN excels at creating two-dimensional novel designs from learned arrangements of embedded information, it lacks the knowledge and struggles to produce perfect 3D outcomes that can be built. To overcome these limitations, we modeled explicitly CNN outcome images of the selected geometry to choreographed paths for multi-axis robotic hotwire cutting routines to be prototyped, using our in-depth understanding of distinct identifiable elements and the geometric hierarchy according to shape, brightness, and stacking relationship.

7 Axis Robot Fabrication

Ceiling Design

We proposed a 900 square feet speculative ceiling for the Upper Gallery of Meyerson Hall. The ceiling scape deploys a series of hierarchical variations. The variations in the depths of the lilies and the peaks form different zones under the ceiling that resembles an infinite mushroom forest. Peaks stick out like vines and low plants, and lilies bump up to create circular spots on the ground. Like getting lost in the woods, the ceiling scape stimulates the wanderlust and Deja vu feeling of the person below.

Ceiling Plan

South Elevation

East Elevation Gallery Rendering

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Home of the Stepwell

Religion, life, and epidemic

Dharavi, Mumbai, India

2020

Zhengwei Xia, Hengliang Tang

Partner: Haoxian Wang

Description:

Popularly known as Asia’s largest slum, Dharavi has active economic activities but poor living conditions. Such a problem is even more evident during the epidemic. People here lack proper medical treatment and a clean housing environment because they cannot protect their interests by speaking with a common voice. Therefore, many of them lost their jobs and struggled to live.

Besides, most residents here have their religious beliefs. Unfortunately they cannot fulfill their rituals because large assemblies are forbidden during the epidemic.

Concept

Based on the local features and slums dwellers' material and spiritual needs, the goal of this design is to improve their current life, maintain their rituals and make the community adaptive to the epidemic.

Lifestyle Analysis

Religious behavior sequence

Pious

Dwellers in Dharavi

Life production

Low shanty towns

Recite Scriptures

Individual Public Group

Private

Living Scaffolding

Large-scale cultural events

Group praying

Playground

Holi Festival

Roof

Commercial Industry

Stepwell: Adaptation Space Transformation

The stepwell is considered an essential monumental structure beyond its functional purpose of the source of water supply.

Besides, people can use it during the dry or rainy season, which shows adaptability due to its vertical stratification.

Commercial Shop Diwali Demostration Bidet Bath Pray ARATI

Space Strategy

Set the center of "stepwell". Split the site by traffic flow. The courtyards. Rectraction for public space. Connections and Platforms. Vertical transportation.

Site Plan

Activity Analysis

Religious Living Community Commercial Production Anti-epidemic

Religious Living Community Commercial Production Anti-epidemic

Behaviors type

Behaviors type

Use time Policies during the pandemic

Religious Living Community Commercial Production Anti-epidemic

Public Space

The basement floor is used for production and storage activities, serving for the stores on the ground floor.

Behaviors type

Use time Policies during the pandemic

People in Dharavi use to stay outside their home and communicate with neighbours or do some work in front of their homes.

New dwellers can buy a container home. Their homes can be installed on the structure by using the tower cranes.

Dewellers can plant vegetables, dry clothes, play, and do some manual work here.

Levels
1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof Pandemic Regular Regular 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h Pandemic
Moving
Roof Dwellers Ground Wide Corridors
in Open Roof
Production and Storage
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1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof Pandemic Regular Regular 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h Pandemic
Levels
1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof Pandemic Regular Regular 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h Pandemic
time
during the pandemic Levels Behaviors type Religious Living Community Commercial Production Anti-epidemic 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof Pandemic Regular Regular 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h Pandemic Use time Policies during the pandemic Levels Behaviors type Religious Living Community Commercial Production Anti-epidemic 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof Pandemic Regular Regular 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h Pandemic Use time Policies during the pandemic Levels Behaviors type
1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 3-6F Roof Pandemic Regular Regular 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h 0 Pandemic
Use
Policies
Religious Living Community Commercial Production Anti-epidemic
Behaviors type
Anti-epidemic 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 2F 3-6F Roof Pandemic Regular Regular 0 24h 0 Pandemic
Policies
the pandemic Levels Behaviors type
1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof Pandemic Regular Regular 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h Pandemic Use time Policies during the pandemic Levels Behaviors type Religious Living Community Commercial Production Anti-epidemic 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof Pandemic Regular Regular 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h Pandemic Use time Policies during the pandemic Levels Behaviors type Religious Living Community Commercial Production Anti-epidemic 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof 1F 2F 3-6F Roof Pandemic Regular Regular 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h 0 24h Pandemic Use time Policies during the pandemic
Use time Policies during the pandemic Levels
Religious Living Community Commercial Production
Use time
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Religious Living Community Commercial Production Anti-epidemic
Space distribution Level 1 Level 3 Level 3 Time distribution Perspective No restriction Plantforms Home N Assembly Courtyard Playground Temple Roof Ritual Staying at home Pandemic policies Pandemic policies Pandemic policies Pandemic policies Regular policies Regular policies Regular policies Regular policies Recreation School Ritual Community service Making handicrafting Planting Water collection Planting Water collection Recreation Recreation Religious Assembly Temporary working area Isolation treatment tents Limitation on visitors Maidir (home temple)
Level 2

Explosive View

In this design, the central plaza is the buttom of the "stepwell". It shares similar spatial sequence with the traditional indian stepwell, arousing residents' emotional resonance.

Roof

Canopy

Fixed roof

Above

Stairs

The 'temple'

Container home

First Floor

The 'temple'

Stairs

School

Ground Floor

The 'temple'

Courtyard

Playground

Retail store

Tower crane Open plantform Community service Production area
Rendering

Container Home

Family members: one pair of parents, three children

Containers used: 6m*2.1m*2.7m*2

Decoration elements

Originated from Hinduism

Family members: one pair of parents, two teenagers, four children

Containers used: 6m*2.1m*2.7m*1, 12m*2.1m*2.7m*2 Center

Section A-A

Storage
Seat modules Shelves Hidden table Hidden beds
home Variable modules
modules
Temple in the
Dining room & living room
Living room & bedroom
space
and tables Storage Personal area Sub center Temple in the home Intensively living Privicy Room for teenagers of different genders Located in the north-east of the home. Room for 4 children 1 Stores 2 Courtyard 3 Playground 4 Corridor 5 School 6 Entrance hall 7 Container home 8 Vacant position 9 Roof 10 Open platform 11 Staircase Legend ±0.000 5.000m -0.200m 9.000m 12.000m 15.000m 18.000m 20.900m 23.600m 1 2 2 3 4 4 6 1 1 1 5 7 7 11 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 7 7 5 5 5
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Reindustry Center

The renaissance of automotive industry

Detroit, United States

2021

In this context, we predict boldly that the model of internal-centralized production will regain its importance in the near future. The Detroit, which was trying hard to return to its roots as a vibrant city center in the past decades, was emptied the streets again by pandemic.

Therefore, we decide to propose our skyscraper design solution in the motor city Detroit, aiming to revive the development and transformation of traditional industrial cities.

Guosheng Chen Yifei Fan, Wenxuan Tang, Yiyue Su

Due to the pandemic, the industrial globalization was impacted heavily. However, the current situation provides an opportunity for those industrial cities which declined under globalization to revive again. In terms of production, the pandemic will certainly not terminate the industrial globalization, but it will help transform the globalization into a new form, a form of regional, limited globalization. Strikes and lockouts happening all around world right now reminds every country that it is important to have its own industrial chain.

During this crisis, however, Tesla, a new giant of car industry emerged. Apart from its main service of electric vehicles showing its concern on the environment, the key factor that contribute Tesla's being a game changer is the Tesla Gigafactory, which is designed to be a net zero energy factory and one of the largest building on earth. The Gigafactory include not only the assembly line, but also the production of batteries and electricity generation. In the Gigafactory, the designing apartment work closely with the producing apartment, which make it easier for new technoloy to put in to use and get the feedback in the first moment. All of these could are good examples for the traditional car makers to imitate.

As one of the biggest cities in the United States, Detroit was the symbol and prize of American industry. However, due to the decline of the motor industry, the factories were discarded, and the population declined rapidly downtown. The once prosperous city was filled with violent crimes, a high unemployment rate and a severe financial crisis. The pandemic made people try so hard to change back to the original point.

Industrial chain process

Considering the current situation, we propose to establish a vertical factory in the form of skyscrapers, which allows for a complete production chain of the automobile. The skyscraper is armed with energy production, raw material transportation, product development, production and assembly, performance testing, tourist etc.

Cost of production Economic level Poverty rate Unemployment rate
Site analysis
Global industry recession
Social changes

In terms of the design, we decide to revive the famous high-tech style after combing the historical facers and industrial background of Detroit. The goal is to change the current situation of the city by emphasizing on the development of science and technology, as well as making it regain its confidence.

The newest fusion generator on the roof will provide clean energy for the operation for the whole skyscraper. The production workshops in the center each have their own responsibilities to produce assembly component for the assembly line.

On both sides of the tower are office area for staff. The side-building also serves the function of transporting people to different higher platform.

The assembled car will be temporarily stored in the cylindrical parking area at the bottom, waiting to be tested and sold.

South Facade
Fission Reactor Office area Container elevator Assembly line Testing Track Car lifter Sales center Cylindrical parking

The main body of the building with the spiral conveyor belt around makes all the steps of production and the assembly more efficient.

At the bottom is a user experience center where the public interact with the product. People can see the testing and professional equipment of the cars. Moreover, they can complete test drive experience on the outdoor runway directly.

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Rooftop Equipment Vertical Parking Ground Floor Testing Track Cylindrical parking

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Suzhou Art Museum

Modern transformaion of tradition building style

Suzhou, China 2020

Guosheng Chen, Zhengwei Xia

Individual Work

Suzhou is a city with profound cultural deposits, including classical gardens, ancient buildings and old streets. And the site is located in Suzhou Industrial Area that has been developing rapidly since 1994.

Next to the site is the Xietang Old Street, a famous antique commercial street that attracts visitors from all over the city. The art museum is designed to respond to the history of the site and combine it with the modern way of design.

Site Analysis

GARDEN

RESIDENTIAL

MUSEUM

XIETANGRIVERHISTORICDISTRICT BIKE PARKING

Space Strategy

Functional arrangement

The museum is located next to the historic district, offering parking lots for this area. The garden plays a transitional role.

RESIDENTIAL

XIETANGRIVERHISTORICDISTRICT

Auxiliary area

The auxiliary area half-encloses the visiting area, allowing more connections.

Main exhibition

The main exhibition room is a spirling linear space. Visitors can enjoy the view of the river and the historic district at the end.

Temporary exhibition

The temporary exhibition room is the reverse extension of the main exibition room, which is semi-underground.

Space optimization

Smooth the surface for the entrance and extrude new volume, a slope, connect the exit of the main exhibition room and the ground level.

The lecture hall

The volume of the lecture hall is extruded near the starting point of the main exhibition. Its roof can be used as a garden for the visitors.

THE SITE is located in Soochow Industrial Area that has been developing rapidly since 1994. Soochow is a city with profound cultural deposits. There are many classical gardens and ancient buildings here.

SURROUNDING the site is Xietang Old Street, which has a history of more than 760 years and has been rebuilt several times. Nowadays, it is an antique commercial street that has been completely rebuilt in the past few years.

THE CONCEPT

The exhibition space is spirling linear space, which reminds the visitors of traditional scroll painting. They can enjoy the art work and the view of Xietang Old Street at the same time.

The new buildings are incompatible with the old street.

Space Evolution

Through addition, overlapping, reduction, and separation, the intersection of two linear spaces, one spirling and one semicircular, generates multiple space types.

We do not want our life to be disturbed by tourists.

Methods

Addition Overlapping

It takes hours to come here.

It is enjoyable to sit by the river.

I feel like I was in a traditional chinese painting.

Prototypes Combination

Exhibition rooms Exhibition rooms Gathering space Exhibition rooms Office rooms

THE BEGINNING THE END SHOW CONTINUES TAKE A BREAK REDISCOVER FULLY REVEALED EMERGE SHOW BEGINS TRANSITION
LINEAR SPACE HORIZONTAL ROTATION VERTICAL STRETCH
CAR PARKING BIKE PARKING GARDEN
MUSEUM BIKE PARKING
MUSEUM RESIDENTIAL XIETANGRIVERHISTORICDISTRICT CAR PARKING
GARDEN
XIETANGRIVER DISTRICT
CAR PARKING
Reduction Seperation

Floor Plan

Explosive View

SECOND FLOOR

GROUND FLOOR

BASEMENT FLOOR

1 Cafe 2 Lobby 3 Tickets 4 Gift Shop 5 Guard 6 Lecture Hall 7 Restroom 8 Long-term Exhibitions 9 Temporary Exhibitions 10 Research Center 11 Over the Atrium 12 Atrium 13 Office 14 Workshop 15 Storage 16 Monitor Room 17 Temporary Storage Room 18 Reception Room 19 Meeting Room 20 Over the Lobby 21 Auxiliary 11 20 18 13 13 13 13 13 7 7 7 7 1 2 3 5 6 9 9 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 5 21 12 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 19 4 19 9 8 11 9 9 9 9
Office corridor Temporary exhibition Transition area Entrance hall Basement Ground Floor Second Floor Collection Cultural center Auxiliary Exhibition Exhibition Exhibition Storage Cataloging room Photo studio Mounting room Repairing room Monitor room Office Library Workshop Digital experience Lecture hall Office Meeting room Reception room Parking lot Temporary exhibition Parking lot Temporary exhibition Long-term exhibition Cafe Gift shop Long-term exhibition A A

Temporary

The Art Museum creates different exhibition spaces. Through penetration and dislocation of different kinds of space, the design breaks the isolation of different rooms. The whole museum is covered by the roof, which inherits traditional Chinese roofs' basic form and structure but differs from that in material and building techniques. So the new roof can be more stable and versatile to provide more possibilities to the space under the roof.

Internal Courtyard

Details

Exhibitions ±0.00m +5.00m -4.00m
Section A-A Construction

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SUDA Gymnasium

Tensile membrane structure

Suzhou, China

2021

The gymnasium is designed for students at Soochow University. In this design, I used the tensile membrane structure to create a natural and organic environment that benefits students physically and mentally.

Apart from holding large sports events, this gymnasium can also be used by every student for everyday exercise and club activities. The running track on the second floor is open to students and also stabilises the whole structure.

Biao Wang, Hengliang Tang Individual Work

Function Analysis Flow Analysis

Structure Analysis

North Elevation
Elevation Audience Athelete Office VIP Media Runner Track Verticle Transport Club VIP Office Media Equipment Audience Athelete Glass panel Cable Membrane Membrane Concrete collumn Steel structure Steel Frame Storage Storage Track Office Checking room Clubs -4.400 -4.400 -1.200 ±0.000 4.560 ±0.000 4.400 8.560 Entrance hall Equipment Tension Analysis Low High Membrane Membrane Steel truss Steel structure VIP room Second floor Track
South

Ground Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Interior Rendering

Construction Details

Basement Plan

Manual Model

±0.000 4.560 -4.400 270 270 270 走道 检录处 检录处 走道 静压箱 静压箱 钢化夹层玻璃 看台栏板 水平承载力≥3KN 静压箱 跑道休息区 跑道 杂物间 钢化夹层玻璃 钢化夹层玻璃 EPDM颗粒面层 全塑缓冲层 底涂 结构层 环屏 棚 看台栏板 水平承载力≥3KN 安检门 棚
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