PORTFOLIO OF LIYUAN GE Master of Architecture (March II) Candidate University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
lge5@illinois.edu
lge5@illinois.edu
1607 E. Florida Ave, Urbana, IL, 61802
[Education]
(GPA-3.72 Grad, GPA-3.48 Undergrad.)
Aug. 2015 - June. 2017
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
+1 2172006604
| Urbana Champaign
Master of Architecture / 2017 Candidate Sept. 2010 - June. 2015
Northeastern University of China
| Shenyang, China
Bachelor of Architecture
[Professional Experience] May. 2016 – Aug. 2016
Antunovich Associates
| Washington DC
Intern architect Aug. 2014 - Dec. 2014
Taiyuan Institute of Architecture Design & Research
| Taiyuan, China
Intern architect
[Research Experience] Nov. 2016 - Present
Automatic Generation & Optimization of Unit’s Layout
| Urbana Champaign
Research Assistant To construct a bridge between CFD software and Rhino, using Grasshopper Python to write this coding bridge & To publish a paper to PLEA 2017
[Academic Honors] Dec. 2016
Earl Prize Nomination + Most Favorite Design by Students
| UIUC
July. 2016
AIA Chicago Award 3 place
| UIUC
Dec. 2015
Earl Prize 2nd Place Recognition - Recipient of 2015 Graduate
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Award of Design Excellence in Architecture May. 2014
| UIUC
Senior Year Design Studio / Urban Design Studio / Distinction | Northeastern University of China
June. 2010 - June. 2015
University Scholarship for Excellent Students | Northeastern University of China
Four times June. 2011
Bayi Steel Scholarship – A Nomination Scholarship of NEU | Northeastern University of China
[Skills] Autodesk Revit
AutoCAD
Rhino
Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator / Indesign
Grasshopper Hand-drawing
[Language] English (Proficient both in writing and speaking) / Mandarin (Native)
Python
SketchUp
Vray Ecotect
CONTENTS
01 UNIT'S LAYOUT GENERATION & OPTIMIZATION Research Project
02 PURI-MEMORIALS Purification Towers & Memorial Park
03 QUARTZ high-rise habitat design
04 TIMBER IN THE CITY Mixed-used Residence Hall In NYC
05 AN OASIS AMID CHAOS Update Design of Traditional Bookstore
06 NEW ORINGIN, NEW START Teaching Complex Design
07 OTHER WORKS
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Unit Layout Generation & Optimization
01 UNIT'S LAYOUT GENERATION & OPTIMIZATION Research Project / Contribution: geometric formation Paper will be submitted to PLEA 2017 Edinburgh Leader: Professor Yi, Kyu yun University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
A program that can automatically generate unit's layout Residential unit's layout always took architects a long time to design and optimize, however, unfortunately, sometimes, these layout can't meet the lighting or ventilation requirements, or worse, both of them. Then architects have to take some more time working on revising that. This is a dilemma that all of us designers have to meet all the time. Then what if we can invent some program that will automatically generate room formation according to daylight and ventilation situations? Assuming that rooms can be described by different circle regions with various radii, then to study meeting occasion of these circles can be helpful for architects to draw a unit's layout sketch with the same space relationship. And sometimes, probably, we could design rooms to be circular, and if we do that, these circles combination can be used as units layout directly. Then the problem is that is there any function already available for us to describe random occassions? There do exists a function called voronoi. The famous facade of Beijing National Aquatics Center is designed by this function. However, there is an obvious flaw for this function, that some of intersection angles are acute angles, which is not suitable for residential budilngs to use. So, although this is a great solution, we still can't use that. Let's go back to nature and find some inspiration. In nature, when foam bubbles meets together, in order to find a balance of surface tension and inner air pressure, these bubles will move to a particular position which can meet this balance. And the interesting thing is, the intersection angles of these bubles will always be 120 degree, and each intersection point can only have three or less bubbles. This is a famous physical as well as math problem, it's call ed Plateau's laws. And by using this great law, we believe that we can come up with a small program, which can properly describle random occassions of circle region combination, then, we could use that as reference of unit's layout, or, directely, itself, to be a layout.
Plateau's Law + Ladybug Analysis
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Unit Layout Generation & Optimization
Geometric and mathatical calculation of plateau's law All of these diagrams are generated based on Plateau's law & Sine rule & Cosine rule
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Python Script Because of the fact that each intersection point can only have three or less bubbles exist, when some other bubbles come in, the basic occassion will show again. So, if we can describe these basic occasions when two bubbles meet together as well as three bubbles, and make it as " function", then, when we have more bubles, we could just go back and invoke this basic function.
no intersection
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Spatial relationship & Iteration diagram After having basic functions to describe basic occasions, more different combinations should be analyse, by doing that, I tried to find an iteration within all these ocassions, which means a group of combination that keeps happening. A.A1.A1.A1.A1 A.A1.A1.A1 A.A1.A1.A2 A.A1.A1
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A.A1.A1.A1.A2 A.A1.A1.A1.A3 A.A1.A1.A1.B
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A.A1.A1.A1.B.A1 A.A1.A1.A1.B.A2 A.A1.A1.A1.B.A3 A.A1.A1.A1.B.B
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Group3 keeps happening
A.A1.A2.A2 A.A1
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A.A1.A2.A3 A.A1.A2.B A.A1.A3.A1 A.A1.A3.A2
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A.A1.B.A3 A.A1.B.B
A.A2.A1.A1 A.A2.A1.A2 A.A2.A1.A3 A.A2.A1
A.A2.A1.B A.A2.A2.A1 A.A2.A2.A2
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A.A2.B.A1 A.A2.B.A2 A.A2.B.A3
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Part of Group2 A.B
Next step go back to Group 1 or Group 2
Next step go back to Group 1 or Group 2 B.A
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Working Flow & Optimization Based on the iteration diagram, I finished all the coding program, which can describe all possible occassions when four different circles in a same plan meet together. After that, my advisor and I connect this form generation program and ASE program together, and used Galapagos(a function in grasshopper) to calculated different combination occasions. From all of these outcomes, we try to find out the best combinations(with highest fitness number) and their form features, we call this process to be optimization.
Generation 01 Bio-Diversity : 0.980
Generation 05 Bio-Diversity : 0.678
Generation 09 Bio-Diversity : 0.500
Generation 15 Bio-Diversity : 0.193
Generation 21 Bio-Diversity : 0.063
Generation 27 Bio-Diversity : 0.024
Generation 33 Bio-Diversity : 0.033
Generation 39 Bio-Diversity : 0.046
Generation 45 Bio-Diversity : 0.020
Fitness = 32.2
Fitness = 22.1
Fitness = 17.5
Fitness = 15.3
Fitness = 10.6
Fitness = 6.2
Fitness = 33.0
Fitness = 32.3
Fitness = 25.5
Fitness = 20.4
Fitness = 18.3
Fitness = 11.3
Fitness = 35.0
Fitness = 33.0
Fitness = 30.6
Fitness = 27.0
Fitness = 24.0
Fitness = 14.7
Fitness = 35.0
Fitness = 32.0
Fitness = 28.9
Fitness = 22.4
Fitness = 19.4
Fitness = 14.4
Fitness = 35.0
Fitness = 30.0
Fitness = 27.0
Fitness = 24.0
Fitness = 20.4
Fitness = 14.9
Fitness = 36.0
Fitness = 33.0
Fitness = 31.0
Fitness = 28.0
Fitness = 23.8
Fitness = 21.0
Fitness = 39.0
Fitness = 36.0
Fitness = 33.0
Fitness = 29.0
Fitness = 24.6
Fitness = 23.1
Fitness = 41.0
Fitness = 36.0
Fitness = 32.0
Fitness = 29.0
Fitness = 25.9
Fitness = 23.8
Fitness = 41.0
Fitness = 35.0
Fitness = 30.6
Fitness = 24.5
Fitness = 20.1
Fitness = 16.2
Fitness = 41.0
Fitness = 35.0
Fitness = 31.4
Fitness = 28.1
Fitness = 23.1
Fitness = 20.7
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02 PURI-MEMORIALS PURIFICATION TOWERS & A MEMORIAL PARK UIUC Studio What If Architecture Could React? Instructor: Erik Hemingway Fall 2015
To react is to response to the surrounding environment. To react is to fulfill the task of different stages. To react is to satisfy peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demands, no matter physical or psychological. Great explosions that killed over one hundred people (most of them were firefighters) and injured hundreds of others occurred at a container storage station at the Port of Tianjin, China on Wednesday, 12 August 2015. A pond created by this explosion also been polluted by chemical remnant NACN. Purification - Since the pond at the center of the explosion had already been polluted, the first thing to do is to purify it. To fulfill this task, I designed configurations have several stacks in it which have purification function, and sink it into the pond then purify water together. I also designed a sophisticated system that will stir the water in this pond and improve the efficiency of assimilation. Memorial â&#x20AC;&#x201C; many fire fighters and civilians were died in this disaster, to mourn them and also give their families encouragement and hope, I designed a changeable light environment which can construct an atmosphere that both pure and holy, let people here to feel quiet and peace, let families of the departed to recall their sons, their dads, or their lovers. Finally, I arrange four towers consist of reaction stacks in the proper positions of the pond, then connecting them with a stone-made bridge, which allows people to get access to these four towers and at the same time, to form a real memorial Park. 11 PURI-MEMORIALS
Events & Timeline
A series of explosions that killed over one hundred people and injured hundreds of others, occurred at a container storage station at the Port of Tianjin China on Wednesday,12 August 2015. The first two explosions occurred within 30 seconds of each other at the facility, which is located in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin, China. Fires caused by the initial explosions continued to burn uncontrolled throughout the weekend, repeatedly causing secondary explosions, with eight additional explosions occurring on Saturday, 15 August 2015. The dead include 94 firefighters, 11 policemen and 53 civilians. The missing include 10 firefighters and 05 civilians.
PHASE 1 Before the explosion here was a warehouse PHASE 2 Great explosion happened
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PHASE 3 Sink purification & Memorial towers into the pond PHASE 4 Become a memorial park after purification process
Two blasts ripped through a warehouse in Tianjin Port where large amounts of toxic chemicals were stored, including around 700 tons of sodium cyanide, at around 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 12.Some of these NACN scattered on the ground which can be directly moved around, but some other NACN (700T) had already dissolved into the water of the explosion-made pond. 12 PURI-MEMORIALS
TIANJIN 39°N 117°E
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Memorial & Purification Task
Fire fighters and civilians were died in this disaster, to mourn them and also give their families encouragement and hope, I designed a changeable light environment emblems throbbing of souls, let families of the departed to recall their sons, their dads, or their loversin. Narrow translucent bans are attached to steel sticks, and by a series of complex mechanism, these bans will continuously open and close. By using the combination of the motion and shaking light, I try to construct an atmosphere that both pure and holy, let people here to feel quiet and peace.
Since the pond had already been polluted, the first thing to do is to purify it and bring it back to normal status. To fulfill this task, I designed a configuration has several stacks in it, on each of these stacks, there are several resin bars made of 201*7 resin (the name of resin) and a cylinder steel filter net. These bars can absorb NACN and give out no negative reactions. Hundreds of resin bars will be sink into the pond and purifying water together. Simultaneously, I also designed a sophisticated system that will stir the water in this pond and improve the efficiency of assimilation.
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Consecutive Spin & Axonometric
STEP 1: Six sticks with the same length are connected to the central shaft. Because the shaft has a fold-line shape(as shown in diagrams), with the rotation of it, pairs forces with opposite nature will be generate. So, when the shaft causes an effect of push in one side,it will also cause an effect of pull in the opposite derection. STEP 2: With sticks moving back and forth, narrow bands will open and close, working as umberellas. STEP 3: The combination of bands with open and close status in the opposite direction will drag water into the system or push water out of the system, thus stirring the whole pond. Then to conduct the purification process. 15 PURI-MEMORIALS
To react is to response to the surrounding environment. To react is to fulfill the task of different stages. To react is to satisfy peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demands, no matter physical or psychological.
WIND PRESSURE help the system to spin
OBSERVATORY
STAIR
PURIFIED WATER (Contain NACN)
PURIFIED WATER
Electricity help the system to spin
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Formation of the Park
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Building Types and Distances
Routes and Main Entrance
Range of Vision and Facades
Buildiins in black stand for residence area, buildings in white are wharehouse and those in hatches are public buildings. The distances from the site to residence and public buildings area are really close, so people living and working here can get an easy access to the park.
The road in the middle of the diagram is a viaduct, and the nearest exit of this highway is in the north of the site. So the routes that can get access to the site are meet at the south side,which should be the main entrance of the whole park.
According to the maily residence and public areas are in the west side of the pond, and because the main entrance of the park is likely to be set at the southern side of the site, so the southern and west elevation of the park should present enough solemnity and attraction.
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Finally, I arrange four towers consist of reaction stacks in the proper positions of the pond, then connecting them with a stone-made bridge, which allows people to get access to these four towers and at the same time, to form a real memorial Park.
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03 QUARTZ HIGH-RISE HABITAT DESIGN Studio Design/Group work Concept, Design, Modelling, drawing, rendering ďź&#x2030; ďź&#x2C6; Instructor: Paul Armstrong University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Fall 2016
Basic concept High-rise buildings are always come with a huge amount of glazing, and quartz is the basic element in it. We find that accidentially, the form of quartz is really elegant and also powerful. Then what if we extract these features from quartz and apply that to our high-rise building, probably we could create a really dynamic and powerful one. Two diagrams on the right top are combinations of real picture of quartz and some structure lines we find, and two sketches on the right bottom, are deisgned according to those features we find.
Chicago,Streeterville, at the cross the columbus drive and water street.
Keywords: Residential & Hotel & Retial & Landscape Site Spot
Residential
Landmarks
Hotels
Retials 21 High-rise habitat
Green Space
Site plan & analysis & form generation Our site is locaed in Chicago, Streeterville, Southwest corner of the cross of Columbus drive and water street. The traffic situation here is really complicated, and this region itself, could be described as the heart of streeterville. So many import builiding are around our site, and lots of visitors would pass by our site everyday. So the site analysis can be really significant at the beginning of our design.
Vision Linkage
River Front Landscape
Parking Ramp
Podium
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Traffic Organization
Traffic Organization
F53- F75
Whole Section and Programe diagram
F39- F52
F10- F38
F1- F9
74(floors) Ă&#x2014; 12(floor height) + Spire = 1000 ft
Mechanical Floor
Mechanical Floor
Mechanical Floor
Mechanical Floor
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West to East
Water Street
Entrance
Parking garage
Restaurant
Retail
Lower Level Plan
City front plaza
Vision 1 Retial Space Hotel Lobby
Administration
Outdoor Mezzanine
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Vision 1
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Vision 2
Vision 2
F20
F31
F50
Typical Floor Plan & Air Water System This Building is separated into two major slots, one on the west side, most of it is used for hotel; the other one on the east side, consists of two different kind of residential units, including long term rent units and regular residential units. Most of our residential units are one bedroom or two bedroom units, only a few of them on the top are three bedroom units. And these units are service by different elevators, which had already shown on last page. Then because most of units are residential function, so the air supply system can be really different from that in office buildings. One possible solution is air water system, which is easy to use, relatively high efficiency and not expensive. Another famous building using this system is trump tower. 26 High-rise habitat
Section for residential floors & Hvac Plan
OAS FCU Return
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Facade System & Sturcture System This buildings is basically covered by glazing system. However, to meet different requirements of atriums and private units, we designed two different type of glazing system. For atriums, which are more public, fixed curtain wall are applied; for private units, operable windows are used to offer more possibilities for residence. In structural aspect, concrete core and mega column - outriggers system is used, this cost-effective combination has been broadly applied and also been proved by so many high-rise builidings all around the world.
Slanted Facade
Glass Panel
Vision 3
Air Supply Air Return
Mega column Stainless Steel Frame
Rigid Insulation
Vision 4
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Facade system diagram 1
Vision 3
Facade system diagram 2
Core
+ Vision 4
Mega Column + Outrigger
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04 TIMBER IN THE CITY MIXED-USED RESIDENCE HALL IN NYC Studio Design/ Group Work (Concept, design, modelling, drawing, rendering) Instructor: Taylor Mark University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Spring 2016 32 Timber in the city
Contradiction & Hysteresis
In the past decades, a huge amount of news about the explosion of population and the lack of land has been reported. It is common sense that living conditions and working opportunities in large cities are better than other places, so more people are moving into these cities and leading to a situation of population aggregation. However, supply always comes later than demand, the developing speed of cities are slower than that of increasing population. When it faces a sudden explosion of population, this hysteresis will become a serious social problem. Considerations about solving this social problem had started a long time ago. The Radiant City (Le Corbusier,1924) and Charter of Athens (1933, Athens) were concentrated on designing a more efficient and organized urban area. Relied on lots of high-rise buildings, more open public spaces were created, thus the living environment could be gradually improved. And since then, the most important role in these plans, high-rise building, has become a popular solution which has been using for so many years. However today, after a long term design practice, the solution transformed into problem.
Disappeared Community Because of the concern of efficiency and structural limitation, in high-rise residential buildings, various functions are layered together vertically, correspondently, people living in the same building don’t know their neighbors because they can hardly see each other, and they don’t usually go to amenity spaces (even within their buildings) because they can’t see them either. Thus, the community is disappearing. We can’t abandon vertical organizations because of structural limitation and efficiency consideration. But if open public places can be appropriately mixed with private living or working spaces, then individuals in these area will have direct visual and acoustical contact with these public spaces so as to their neighbors. Then maybe, they will go out of their home and enter these public space having some relax or meeting with new friends. Within this process, also, the community will be reunion.
In Between Traditional residential buildings in lower east side was really inspirable. Thanks to high density, even if people can't talk to their friends downstairs when they are at home, they can still talk to their firends in another building just next to their windows. Then what if we also insert other functions within this middle space and make them paralled to our building facades? 33 Timber in the city
Delancey Street, New York City
At the beginning, arrange basic functions into the site, including 300+ residentail units, a gallery, and a Market. Gallery in the North because of lighting requirements, market in the middle, because it's the best location which can attract visitors both from Lowline and surrounding blocks. Units on the top from the point of privacy and good lighting conditions.
Separate each of the residential hall into 2 lower segments, in order to create a better connection for people, both in visual and physical distance aspects. Simultaneously, people can also have a direct connection with market and gallery, more important, with their neighbors.
To make layers setback verticallly, trying to cover function underneath residential units, by doing this, three different functions can gradually grow into one integral building.
Raise the North portion of residential units, to generate a portal in the North direction, for all three funtions. At the time, more space can be created for galleries.
In grasshopper, I build a surface which is gradually going down in south direction, and also going down a little bit in east direction for for the right part, going down in the west for the left part. This surface was build based on the analysis above, and in order to influence the combination method of different units, eventually to generate a scientific and dynamic shape for residential buildings.
Each unit has at least two surface exposed to both interior and exterior. Thus, people living in this building can enjoy great sunlight and have a sight of the market at the same time. They can go out of their units to the terrace, then talking to neighbors, or looking into the market from their units.
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Gallery
Vision 1
Resid
Lowline & Gallery entrance for lower level Entrance for Units
Terrace
Vision 2
Courtyard
The South West Corner
Section1
Entrance for Units
Vision 3
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Floor Plan and perspectives
Vision 1
Main Entrance for Market LL Entrance from Lowline
Gallery
dential Lobby
Residential Lobby
Flexible Stall * 4
Entrance for Units
Restroom M/W
Escalator to LL1
Restroom M/W
Courtyard
Terrace
3000mm
Flexible Stall * 4
4800mm Entrance for Market
Vision 3
Main Entrance for Market
3000mm Entrance for Market
Section2
Entrance for Units
Ground floor Plan 37 Timber in the city
CLT structure In this project, to realize the long span, CLT (cross laminated timber) is used. This new material has a great nature of gravity bearing, and it can also minimize the quantity of columns. By doing that, one benefit is the space underneath each units can be used by occupants, because there won't be too many columns; simultaneously, no coloms means no vision barrier between units' windows and the market interior, so people within these units can enjoy a better view of activities happen in the market.
Section1 38 Timber in the city
Cable truss & Curtain wall For the curtain wall structure, in order to hold these glazing panels effiently and aesthetically, steal cables are applied. These cables go through window frames, and hold them together to resist lateral loads, such as winds load. This system has been well used in other projects, for example the curtain wall in the lobby of Blue Cross building in Chicago.
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Units arrangement strategy
In order to meet various living requirements, I designed nine different unit types for this residential builidng. (7 of 9 are shown o different combinations from micro unit to three bedroom, and also, I try to give each unit at least two facades exposed to either sunlight and interesting stories within the gallery and market at the same time. 42 Timber in the city
Gradually changed slope
Units Adaptive Strategy
on the right) Based on a basic module of 10' by 10', I made interior or exterior, so that residence in these units can enjoy
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MIXED-USED RESIDENCE HALL IN NYC Major perspective from Delancey Street
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46 Update Design of Old Bookstore
05 AN OASIS OF AMID CHAOS UPDATE DESIGN OF TRADITIONAL BOOKSTORE IN E-COMMERCE ERA Studio Design/Group work Instructor: Lei Chen Northeastern University of China Spring 2013 This studio task coincided with the explosion of China's E-commercial markets,the confliction between traditional business and this new-born business was becoming more serious day by day.We realized as young architects,we should care more about social problems and try to mitigate these wounds of times. This bookshop, hidden away in a noisy commercial street, has a long history and already updated from two different renovation phases. Its peak business period was in the 1990’s but due to the competition from online book stores, this bookstore’s economic situation is no longer as well as it was. The negative impact of online commerce on physical stores is a common occasion currently, not only restricted in this bookstore. My team hoped to find a solution to revitalize this bookstore and bring it back to its prosperous position, and also offers other physical retails an example. Since this bookstore has a strong cultural background and history, and also because its narrow façade on the street, we wanted to design a quiet place for people to calm down and relax, especially in this crowded commercial district. By designing double envelope system and plant lots of vegetation here, we successfully created a really environmental-friendly and quiet space for readers, just as this design’s title, it’s "an oasis of serenity amid chaos".
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Site zhong avenue
SHENYANG 41°N 123°E
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SOUTHERN WEEKEND
"It has become increasingly difficult for Physical bookstores to survive in the environment that online book stores are becoming prosperous day by day."
SOUHU.COM
"Many physical books stores had been closed recently,the closure f these cultural landmarks had triggered rounds of lament from book lovers." Convenient Fast Cheap
Online book store
... Book store Calm down
Relax
Long history Culture Relax
Lack of space
Recall ...
Noisy
1905
1930
1987
2013
This bookstore is located in a historical commercial district, from 1905 to 2013, this street has already been the most prospective walking commercial avenue in the city even in northeastern China. The picture above in 1930 presents the location of this bookstore, it was built in a narrow space and between two other buildings. After all these decades, this district has already been representative of history and filled been filled with people' s memories. 49 Update Design of Old Bookstore
Based on the analysis of background information,site study,history path as well as the requirements from both readers and shopping people this time,we try to create a brand new architectural strategy to meet demands and find an opportunity for the book store to develop better. Starbuck can be a paradigm for us. Starbuck is one of the most popular coffee house around the world,it alway to try to make people feel like just at home. So,then we have our ideas: 1.Give readers better reading experience.The original function here is reading and also what we should promote primarily. 2.To construct a second living room for citizens where people can find comfort and peace,they can chat or rest in an easy environment. 3.To turn this book store into a cultural landmark.
Urban living room Life style reading Cultural activities Virescence Office area
Section 1-1
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Readers horizontal flow Readers vertical flow office flow
Sunpath
Daylight Factor
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48000
Main Entrance 19200
33000
17700
17400
Secondary Entrance
Office Entrance
33000
Site
District A
19500
9600
District B
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District C
8.70 M Level Floor Plan
2.70 M Level Floor Plan
6.45 M Level Floor Plan
Reconstruction Strategy The former bookstore was consisted of three different structure system,so,we divide the entire bookstore into three parts and research each part's reconstruction strategy. In part A,because of the good condition of the former structure,we want to reserve the original building as much as possible.The block in grey means there was no construction here,the blocks in pink stands for the skylight.Part B was a temporary construction and we decided to dismantled it and rebuild a new building here.In area C,the structure here used to be brick-concrete structure,we thought this part of architecture could be used for Office section. 53 Update Design of Old Bookstore
Interior Design + Detials In order to turn this bookstore into an oasis where you can find peace in the noisy, we used many methods, such as to design an atrium into the building, which can be seen as an ecological equipment that will be helpful to the lighting condition and ventilation of the bookstore, and at the same time, the full-height space can also make people feel broadminded and provide them a chance to communicate; to plant several trees into the crevice between two buildings which can change the former image of dirty and mess; to design colorful and environment-friendly inner space to make readers just like at home; to use a double-envelope which can allow more sunlight into the bookstore and also give the elevation a feeling of modest. Atrium
Double-envelope
Former crevice
E c o l o g i c a l elements
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Outer Layer Concrete+Blocks
Inner Layer GlassCurtain Wall System
Inner Layer Glass Curtain Wall System
Outdoor Space Office Yard
Outdoor Space
Ramp Cultural Activities Lifestyle Reading Urban Living Room Lifestyle Reading
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Studio Design/Individual work Instructor: Sunhe Northeastern University of China Spring 2014 This studio's task was to design a campus complex in our university .Several functional places should be contained in this new architecture,as well as other special spaces that can improve the vitality of campus life.To meet all the demands above and to make the project better,I try to "find out" these buildings not just to design it from no where.I not only got down to read and analysed the whole university and people's needs, but also used architectural elements that can be easily found in our university to help this brand new complex to fit well into old building groups.We can take this design as an origin,various students' activities derive from this point.And also,for the university's history,this design can be seen as a new start.
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OTHER WORKS Planning and Architecture design of hot-spring resort hotel, Benxi, China Studio design/ Individual work Instructor: Sunhe Northeastern University of China Spring 2015
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OTHER WORKS Pago bay serviced apartment in Guam, USA Practical Work Northeastern University of China Spring 2015
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1.Banquet 2.Prepare Region 3.Pastry 4.Kitchen 5.Dishwashing 6.Kitchen(2) 7.Processing Room 8.Staff Lockers 9.Sraff Relax 10.Staff Restaurant 11.Restaurant (Interior and exterior) 12.Tea 13.Terrace 14.Lobby 15.Coffe 16.Bar 17.Hairdressing&Beauty 18.Duty Free Shop 19.Supermarket 20.Warehouse 21.GYM&Sauna
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