Selected Works by Hanson Cheng

HANSON CHENG

CONTENTS 01

C-Lab

Weather Museum

Charlestown Hub

Where is the Architecture Button?

DEWplex

Illustrations

Studio North

Professional Work

STUDIO

01 C-LAB | CLIMATE LAUNCH MUSEUM New York, New York RISD Advanced Studio Instructor: Anne Tate & Nadine Gerdts Spring 2015 The Climate Museum Launch Project aims to provide a lasting space for imagining a better future together, to serve as a global hub for optimistic climate awareness and initiative, and to put climate at the heart of our culture, ethics, and public life. C-Lab is a museum of solutions. A symbol of redesign, rethinking and innovation. A museum on climate change is not a static display but an ongoing exchange of ideas. Situated in the Tribeca Area of New York City, this proposal for a climate launch museum is a hybrid lab-museum space situated in a redesigned urban â&#x20AC;&#x153;greenâ&#x20AC;? neighborhood.

Historical

Flood Zones

Reconfigure

1. Soil: Plymouth, Deerfield, Windsor | Ecology: oak-tulip, pitch pine

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2. Soil: Plymouth, Pawcatuck | Ecology: high salt marsh, salt shrub

100 year flood

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Maritime climax forest

Transition communities

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High marsh

URBAN WETLAND Based on the historical data provided by Eric Sanderson’s “Mannahatta-Welikia Project” and FEMA Flood Maps, an urban intervention of a wetland was plotted along the Tribecca-Soho area. This intervention ranges from reclaiming unused land for an urban forestry to working with exiting infrastructure to redefine street conditions and hardscapes. The goal of these interventions is to create a series of “sponges” in the neighborhood to mediate rising sea levels.

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Low marsh

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Intertidal zone

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1. Urban Forest 2. Diverse Wetland 3. Salt Garden

4. Greenscape 5. Canal Street 6. Varick Street

Site Plan

Diverse Wetland

Greenscape

Street Condition

UP UP

1. Exhibition Space 2. Restaurant

3. Lobby 4. Outdoor Plaza

Second Floor Plan

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Third Floor Plan

Fourth Floor Plan UP

Fifth Floor Plan

Sixth Floor Plan UP

C-LAB Situated in the back of the site along Grand Street, C-Lab is raised 6 feet above street level with a sloped plaza towards Canal Street. The main building consists of single and double height labs, research facilities and fabrication spaces with circulation running along the southern double skin facade. The auditorium and restaurant are plugged into the main building. The museum runs along the circulation route and is adjacent to each of the lab spaces. Strips of solar panels are hung along the southern and eastern walls. Solar panels and sedum plants are installed and planted on the roof.

Ground Floor Plan

Section A

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Section B

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Site Model

Third and Fourth Floor Lab Space

City

SCALE

TYPE

Parts

SYSTEMS

Car

Vehical

Bike

Sharing

Infrastructure

Power and Energy

Transit

EXHIBITION The purpose of this exhibition is to re-imagine transportation, mobility, systems and their efficiencies. People will engage and physically interact with innovative solutions and technologies- demonstrated through displays and interactions like self-operating vehicles and power sources, to become involved in the making of a sustainable future. This strategy creates a flexible framework to create temporary and ever-changing exhibitions to showcase different and developing systems or technologies. Unlike traditional lab/research spaces that are kept separate, the boundaries between these spaces are blurred, allowing for a hybridization of programs.

Smart Vehicle Exhibition

02 WEATHER MUSEUM Red Hook, Brooklyn RISD Advanced Studio Instructor: Rachely Rotem Fall 2014 Contamination: the presence of two or more systems, the contact between them result in some form of phenomenon with a degree of unpredictability. This proposal of a Weather Museum uses the building as a vessel to hybridize diverging entities of air in a single structure. By allowing air of different temperatures and humidity to interact between layers of glass, phenomena are produced both passively and actively. These phenomena result in a museum that is experienced visually, as well as through touch and smell. The building, porous, living through its performative functions and conditioned spaces becomes the museum.

Project Stormfury (Cloud Seeding), US government, 1963

Dome Over Manhattan, Buckminster Fuller, 1960

Urban Heat Island

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Dome Over Manhattan, 1960

Project Stormfury, 1963-1982

Urban Heat Island

“Some Like it Cold”

Space Suit, 196192 F tem pera ture

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“Some Like it Cold: engineering the ‘personal environment’, David Serlin

Space Suit, 1961

Social, Political & Environmental Relationship

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Project Stormfury was started by the US government in 1963 to weaken tropical cyclones by flying aircrafts into them and seeding it with silver iodine. The frozen super-cooled water disrupts the inner structure (eye) of the hurricane. However this theory was disproved since hurricanes undergo the same structural changes naturally despite seeding.

A geodesic dome spanning 2 miles wide and 1 mile high over midtown of manhattan was proposed by Buckminster fuller in 1960. The geodesic dome would regulate weather control and reduce air pollution inside the dome, and the mirrored exterior will cut sun glare while admitting light.The dome would reduce cooling cost in the summer and heating costs in the winter.

Phenomenon where cities are hotter than surrounding suburbia areas due to an increase of impermeable and dry surfaces. It affect communities by increasing summertime peak energy demands, air conditioning costs, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. A distinct thermal circulation is set up between the city and the surrounding regions, with increase cloudiness and precipitation in the city.

This reading addresses the dynamics of power and control in relation to one’s environment. In a traditional office space, where offices run around the perimeter with cubicles in the center, those in power dictate the environment their employ-

ers are in. Those in control have more access to natural sunlight and natural Social ventilation ocia Effects ec s

Space suit addresses the Idea of a microclimate at the scale of the human. It address the idea of a personal environment, and only made possible through the use of technology. Technology built within the suits regulates this environment, allowing humans to exist in drastic environments.

Social, Political & Enviornmental Relationship

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Social Effects

Political Involvment

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Political Political Involvement Involvment

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Environmental Effect on Population Cuban & Japanese Involvement | 1977 Speculation of Weaponizing Hurricanes

1982 | intended

1982 | actual

Environmental Environmental Effect on Effects onPopulation Population

Scale of Boundaries Scale of Boundaries

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CONCEPTUALIZING WEATHER Social, political and environmental aspects of weather were analyzed through a given set of phenomena, projects, readings and inventions. Ideas of control, personal comfort and boundaries in relation to our immediate environment link these subjects. Questions such as “Who has control over the environment?”, “What is comfort and who determines it?”, “At what cost do humans try to control weather?”, and “How are these boundaries similar or different?” were examined.

1982 | worse case scenario

Water Contamination

Demographics and Crime

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Political Boundaries

Flooding and Infrastructure Boundaries

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Expresses condolences to the victims of Hurricane Sandy.

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Political oundary

SITE ANALYSIS Issues of social, political and environmental boundaries translated into an analysis of Red Hook, Brooklyn. Historically a Dutch colony, Red Hook became one of the busiest freight ports in the world in the 1920s, but this ended in the 1960s with the advent of containerization. The development of I-278 has further segregated Red Hook physically, economically and demographically with the rest of Brooklyn. Despite its abundance of waterfront properties, Red Hook has highly CSO-contaminated water. Today, Red Hook still suffers from the aftermaths of Hurricane Sandy.

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Red Hook, Brooklyn

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Air

Sun

Glass

Insulation

Properties: Temperature, Humidity, Pressure Life, Gas, Wind Case Study: Toledo Glass Pavilion, SANNA

Phenomenon

Extreme Rooms

Possible Programs

Rainbows

Steam

Experiential Space

TOLEDO GLASS PAVILION/ SANNA 400 hrs

glass

3 major components/ zones: 1. Spaces between exterior and inteiror, interior and interior “Buffer zone”

SINGLE PANE GLASS allow most daylight in, let out most heat, less energy efficient

300 hrs

outside

100 hrs

> condensation > ice crystals

inside

outside

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outside

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AIR INSULATION inside/ outside, inside/ inside

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Monthly total sun hours

space between the panels of glass acts as an effective insulator, the sapces between the panels vary within the museum. It collects the heat that penetrates the glass

glass argon gas/ insulation

DOUBLE PANE GLASS -R value: 3.5-4 -50 % more efficient -better insulation -protect items from sun damage

Rain

outside

**this insulation allows for different temperatures and humidity levels in each room

glass argon gas/ insulation

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10 days

Hot air rises due to the movement and expansion of molecules

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argon gas/ insulation

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QUAD PANE GLASS

Cold air sinks or stays at the bottom because the molecules are more dense

-R value: 15 -90% more efficient

outside outside

inside

Average annual precipitation: 42” Average annual snowfall : 25” Mean number of rainy days: 118 Mean number of snow days: 7 glass heat film argon gas/ insulation

Humidity outside

-R Value: 15 -reduce heat gain over 70% -lets light in and film reflects radiant heat in both direction

**During winter months, heat is redirected into other rooms to warm the building Studio

Room

2. heat recovery coils embedded in the floor absorb heat from the furnaces and return it to the radiant heating system

radiant heating panels

inside

condition

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-safety glass (thickness can be added) -storefront, hurricane resistant -blocks 99% of UV radiation

Average monthly humidity Humidty (typical): 30-60% aim for 45% > RH <60: growth of mold and mildew (mites, bacteria, fungi thrive upon humid conditions) > RH >30: occupants might experience eye irritation or stuffy nose, allergies > Low humidity or dry air can lead to static shocks

outside

furnace 2200F-2400F

LAMINATED GLASS

Dec

Studio

air ed

glass PVB film Mar

surface cooling

Sound

Galleries

COOLING EXCHANGE glass studios and exhibition rooms Conditioned air from the galleries is directed into the hot shops to help control temperatures The glass pavilion wiring and HVAC ducts are routed through the floors and ceiling of the building, as well as within opaque dry-walled sections of the first floor.

TYPICAL HVAC SYSTEM (ACTIVE)

>wood >glass

transverse wave- through solids

fog

Condensation COLD

warm damp air comes in contact with a cold, smooth surface. transforming gas to liquid

HOT

COLD

recipricol relationship with outside Red Hoo FREEZER ROOM (ACTIVE) Low temperature High humidity

Mold

Refrigerant flows through the expansion valve (lower pressure) causing it to evaporate causing the pipe to become very cold inside the freezer.

requires moisture for growth, derive energy from organic matter high humidity (moisture)+ surface +normal temperature

20 C

wall

room

WIND CATCHER (PASSIVE)

10 C

Open sides catch the prevailing wind bringing it to the core of the building to maintain air flow, thus cooling the building interior. It relies on the rate of exterior airflow to provide a cooling effect.

insulation

-good insulator (thermal bridges are elimated betwee the cool air outside and warm air inside)

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Average monthly maximum and minimum temperature

outside

inside

fungus that digest moist wood causing it to rot > 19% moisture > 40F-105F prolonged exposure to water (flooding) can result in rotting

wall

Pressure

metal panel

120 km

Metal

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE Thermosphere

Wind

80 km

-good conductor of heat and electricity -bad insulator -prolonged exposure to water/ moisture/ acid can result in corrosian and rusting

Dry rooms

Rotting

>saunas >mold

Temperature (typical) : 20-23C (68-73F) July is the warmest month January is the coolest month

Mesosphere 50 km

Stratosphere 10km Troposphere Earth’s surface

force per unit area exeted on a surface by the weight of air in the atmosphere of Earth.

Corrosian/ Rust

DRY ROOM (ACTIVE) Low temperature Low humidity -Dehumidification dry rooms -Clean environment (for lithium battery industry, medical devices) -Prevent infiltration -24 ga. steel interior panels, strapped cams for added strength, high-temperature gasket sealed door & seams, stainless steel cap covers, 4" foamed in-place urethane R-34 panels

Reaction of iron and oxygen in the presence of water or air moisture

pressure varies smoothly from the Earth’s surface to the top of the mesosphere. As altitude increases, atmospheric pressure decreases. Weather can affect pressure changes

prolonged exposure to water+ moisture

>corrosian/ rust

6 outside

inside

wall

metal panel

Absence of Air

Concrete

SPACE -waterproof -good at absorbing and retaining heat and radiating it out at night when temperature falls. -freezing and thawing of saturated concrete can crack concrete

0 Jan

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Mean monthly wind speed Prevailing winds come from the Southwest towards Northwest Hurricane Season: August through September

wall

>cracks

Cracks

Weather Education Center

Space is a vacuum containing a low density of particles, predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium. Space is a challenging enviornment for humans because of the hazards of vacuum and radiation.

ecessive water content, constant freezing and thawing in concrete can result in cracking

Due to the lack of gas, sound cannot travel in space. metal panel

Diagram: Components

CATALOGUE OF COMPONENTS Contamination happens through permeation, reactions and growth. These exchanges occur between the boundaries of glass, extreme rooms and environment. By embracing ideas such as thermal bridging, the architecture demonstrates that contamination can occur through hard surfaces. The museum presents phenomena that are positive and negative, beautiful and ugly, comfortable and uncomfortable, pushing viewers to be aware of, and to meditate upon their surroundings.

Olafur Eliasson/ the Weather Project, Media Beauty

Refrigerant liquid flows from the Compressor to the Expansion valve, the high pressure stops it evaporating and gives off heat and becomes cooler.

Ventillation: replace and excahnge of air to control temperature, replenish exygen, remove moisture .etc

>saunas >mold

Extreme rooms sets up conditions for each e interaction between these rooms create a se installation.

Freezer temperature and water vapor humidity determine crsytaline forms; solid ice exhibiting atomic orderingon various lengths

hot / cold

relationship?

Weather Related Instalation

single pane glass

Ice crystals

freezer: analysize ice cores

relationship?

Cold (freezer) | Hot (steam, humidity 30-50%) inside / inside inside / outside

Provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality based on the principles of thermodynanics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer.

-fair insulator -prolonged exposure to water (flooding) can result in rotting

inside

ventillation outlet is placed high up, close to the cieling, it can be dischaged outside directyl or through vents and duct.

single pane glass

Wood

outside

mineral woods and tempered safety glass are used to construct the sauna room.

hot (steam/sauna) | COLD (freezer) inside/ outside

Ventilation

30 C

electric heaters are located inside the sauna rooms. pouring water on the heater will cool down the heater, but carry more heat into the air advection, making it warmer

Freezer + Steam

temperature, wind and distance can affect the density, pressure and intensity of sound.

inside

Temperature

Example: Freezer room > Ice Cores > US National Ice SAUNA ROOM (ACTIVE)

sound is a vibration that propagates as a typically audible mechanical wave of pressure and displacement through mediums such as air or water.

outside

80 %

20 %

Suna + Steam + Dry Room

3 components: 1. Storage (semi private) > How can that be e 2. Research+ Laboratories (private) 3. Phenomenon > part of the circulation?

Sauna

outside

heat recovery coils

60 %

Cloudscape

Laboratory anylzes phenomenons, extreme r commonly used for labs for scientific researc

warm air moves horizontally over cool surface, bringing air below dew point, water vapor condenses into fog

section

HEAT EXCHANGE in glass studio “hot zones” 1. Hoods are located around the furnace to direct most of the heat out through the roof (airflow through the hood captues and exhausts the heat)

furnace 2200F-2400F

HEAT MIRROR

100 %

Feb

18 C / 40% RH cool + dry layer

longitudinal wave- through air

Dec

Monthly percipitation rates (rain and snow) Average monthly rainy days

Jan

25 C / 100% RH warm + humid layer

warm air

HOT AIR/ COOL AIR

Feb

37 C/ 60% RH hot + dry layer

Fog

Exchange: Heating and Cooling

12 days

Jan

mass of condensed droplets or frozen crystals floating in the atmosphere. Warm air rises from the ground, cool and condenses into cloud

warm air

inside

glass

By presenting both the positive and negativ ugly, the museum pushes viewers to be awar upon and to challenege their preconcieved surroundings

High Temperature (up to 176F) Low Humidity

14 days

6 days

Museum houses weather phenomena, both negative, beatiful and ugly. These phenome result of contamintion, from exterior elemnts temperature, humidity and interior elements

section

TRIPLE PANE GLASS -R value: 5-9 -80-90 % more efficient -maintian higher indoor RH in cold weather

40 mm

-steam generator: hot or cold water is fed into the water tank > water is boiled > generates steam > pressured steam passes through an output pipe connected to the steam room

Laboratory

section

radiant heating panels are located in the ceiling and ground level in these gaps, collecting the radiant heat from the sun

120 mm

80 mm

High Temperature High Humidity (up to 100%)

Cloud

exterior: 1/2 + 1/2mm low iron laminated glass interor: 3/8 + 3/8 mm low iron lamintaed glass

inside

100 mm

STEAM ROOM (ACTIVE)

Steam + Light (sun)

3. Galleries and exhibition spaces > “Specific temperature and humidity zones”

radiant heating panels

0 hrs

Percent of Possible Sunshine: 55 % Mean Number of Days Clear: 95

reflection and refraction of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light apprearing in the sky

2. Glass studio > “Hot zones”

200 hrs

Simulations of Red Hook extreme conditions

To educate how to react during extreme condition

Diagram: Spatial Configuration, Program, Circulation, Structure

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1. Auditorium 2. Cafe 3. Freezer 4. Cloud Room

5. Foyer 6. Office 7. Dry Room 8. Lobby

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Ground Floor Plan

1 2

1. Auditorium 2. Cafe 3. Freezer

4. Cloud Room 5. Steam Room 6. Lobby

01 2

Upper Level Floor Plan

Section A

01 2

Section B

01 2

1. Sauna Room 2. Dry Room 3. Cloud Room 4. Fog Room

5. Freezer 6. Auditorium 7. Steam Room 8. Office

Cloud Room

03 CHARLESTOWN HUB Charlestown, Massachusetts RISD Urban Design Principles Instructor: Ian Baldwin Fall 2013 Located in the industrial strip of Charlestown, MA, this proposal aims to revitalize the harbour walk along the Mystic River and unify the dense housing typology of Bunker Hill. Analysis, impressions, representation and design operations were used to understand and explore the city as a designed environment, as well as to deal with urban ecological and infrastructure issues. Housing, commercial and brewery program promoted socioeconomic opportunities for the neighborhood. The brewery and residential components were strategically placed to enclose a public square that opens to the water.

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< The 100-year flood indicates an increase of 2.5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; above sea level and the 500-year flood indicates an increase of 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; above sea level. Our site, highlighted in grey, lies in the 100-year and 500-year flood prone zone.

Density Diagrams

CONCEPT DIAGRAMS Two large industrial buildings border the site in the east and west, residential buildings in the south, and the Mystic River in the north. These concept diagrams are graphic studies of the densities in Charlestown, to analyze boundaries (highway, water, main streets), permeable and impermeable surfaces, and to explore graphically how our site can be used to mediate these two zones.

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1. Pub 2. Brewery 3. Parking Structure

4. Residential Block 5. Residential Quad 1 6. Residential Quad 2

Site Plan

SITE PLAN Massing is placed to respond to the different typologies of the surrounding context. A large parking structure and brewery are placed on the east side to respond to the large industrial building. Smaller masses are strategically added to enclose pockets of semi private residential plazas as well as a central public space. The brewery and residential areas are set back from the shoreline to create a harbour plaza. Salt water marshes are grown along the shoreline to filter the water as well as provide habitats for aquatic species.

Ground Floor Plan

Site Model

Residential Floor Plan

1 Bedroom Unit

2 Bedroom Unit

2 Bedroom ADA Unit

38”

Studio Unit

3 Bedroom Unit

4 Bedroom Unit

5’

40”

40” 48”

Unit Plans

Elevation: Enclosure of central public park

Public space model

04 WHERE IS THE ARCHITECTURE BUTTON? Providence, Rhode Island RISD Advanced Studio Instructor: Nathan King Spring 2014 The technology of additive manufacturing, alongside digital computation programs, has allowed for vast opportunities within the design realm. Commonly associated with small scale printing, additive manufacturing has only recently made its way as a viable design and construction solution in architecture. Given the exceptional benefits in the specificity and accuracy within these platforms, this process lends itself to means of production in the context of architectural customization. This project presents integrated computational and digital fabrication processes for a custom high performance ceramic facade system.

Extruder | Final Version

Extruder | Air Preassure

Extruder | Acrylic Pipe

Extruder | Ryobi Electric Caulk Gun

Extruder | 3D Printed Nozzle

EXTRUDER EXPLORATION A series of extruders were developed to eliminate complications as well as optimize the process of extruding clay and production. By rewiring a Ryobi P310 caulking gun to quantify the speed of the motor, accuracy in controlling the bead size was achieved. Unlike conventional 3D printers, the ABB industrial robot can be paired with any tool, maximizing the possibilities of fabrication. The ABB IRB120 robotic arm was used as a 3-axis printer for the printing process.

CLAY EXPLORATION Salt dough, air-dry clay, and porcelain clay were tested based on their consistency and easiness to extrude. The faรงade prototype was extruded with CV90 clay, a mixture of porcelain and coarse sand. The clay fires to a clean white and becomes extremely durable. The self-supporting nature of cones was beneficial to our method of production. By keeping the base and angle consistent, the aperture of each unit varies by adjusting the height. The cones can then be adjusted to tilt within the confines of the base for reasons such as views and glare.

Digital and Physical Prototype

CASE STUDY: MIT MEDIA LAB The MIT Media Lab was chosen as a case study and experiment for the optimized facade due to its variability in office, studio labs, and gallery spaces on different floor levels along the southeastern elevation. Digital simulations were run on DIVA, a plug-in for Rhinoceros, in order to draw conclusions regarding interior lighting conditions, assess required facade conditions and to determine the design parameters. Daylight image visualizations were used to determine how much natural light the building received with and without the faรงade. The faรงade acts as a light filtration system, affecting the interior lighting conditions while reducing glare.

Physical model with facade prototype, 1/8th scale

COMPETITION & ILLUSTRATIONS

05 DEWPLEX eVolo Skyscraper Competition Entry 2015 Desertification occurring in arid regions around the world affects an estimate of one-third of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grasslands. Defined as a process of rapid land degradation in sub-arid, semi-arid and arid regions, desertification plays a critical role in many pressing world issues including climate change, water scarcity and food insecurity. The objectives of this proposal are [1] to create an ideal environment for the generation of restorative agricultures, [2] to produce fresh water using seawater and sunlight as the primary resource, and [3] to abate the process of land degradation. These objectives are achieved by applying the natural environment and seawater greenhouse technologies in a skyscraper, DEWplex. Work completed in collaboration with Angela Hang

DESERTIFICATION AND WATER SCARCITY With the abundant supply of seawater and developing building technologies, using seawater as a resource can serve as a method in replenishing depleting resources of freshwater. 70% of the earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surface is covered in water. Of that amount, only 2.5 percent of that is freshwater. In 2005, USGS reported national water withdrawals of freshwater at 270 billion gallons per day. Of that number, 44 billion gallons were used for human consumption and 128 billion gallons were used for irrigation, while only a fraction of saline water was used.

surface sea water

cool humid air

fresh water storage

deep sea water intake sea water return

cool humid air

fresh water storage

surface sea water intake surface sea water deep sea water intake

deep sea water intake

sea water return

Diagram: Saltwater Greenhouse System, DEWplex System

SYSTEM DEWplex is a modular vertical greenhouse system that uses seawater and sunlight to power and simulate the ideal environment needed for growth, while also producing freshwater. These created climates in the pods stimulate growth in various vegetative plants whilwe also producing freshwater resources to be collected and used throughout DEWplex.

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VISION Our vision of DEWplex imagines a complex of greenhouses that replenishes natural resources and abates the rapidly growing rates of land degradation, while also creating a vertical community for researchers and visitors. As DEWplex further expands cultivation of the surrounding landscapes, it will begin healing and restoring desertifying and degrading landscapes.

06 ILLUSTRATIONS New York, NMH, RISD Selected Works 2010-2015 A selection of illustrations completed between 2010 to 2015 for various courses and in different locations. The contents of these illustrations range from architectural, still life, experimental and Imaginative. Works are completed in pen and ink or graphite pencil.

A Stormy Night | Ink, multimedia

Saunter | Graphite

Brooklyn Bridge | Graphite , Art Purchase Prize 2011

Lady De Lo | Graphite

Auditorium Building | Graphite

Operation: Auditorium Building | Digital

PROFESSIONAL WORK

07 STUDIO NORTH Norwich, Vermont Moskow Linn Architects Summer 2015 Studio North is a six day intensive building workshop to engage with the rural landscape and to imagine, develop and construct a prototype structure. This proposal investigates the idea of a work, play, and lodging area, its relation to each other, the surrounding landscape and the sky. Notched between three trees, the structure integrates itself into the trees. The pavilions pivot and open to different directions depending on the view and sun. The enclosure, a series of slats are stacked differently based on program. The structure sits in the midst of tall swaying trees overlooking beds of fern. The elongated roofs are oculi that frame the sky.

Left (top to bottom): Day 1, Day 2, Day 4 | Right: Day 6

Left: Lodging area | Right: Play area

08 SUZHOU IFS & NEXT NEW YORK New York, New York Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates Summer 2013, 2014 Samples of work completed at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates include design detailing work for Suzhou International Financial Square and visuals created for Next New York. Design detailing for Suzhou IFS includes facade and entrance modulations, metro entrances as well as interior studies. Next New York, published by the Forum for Urban Design, invited civic leaders, developers and designers to pitch visions for a more competitive, liveable and sustainable New York. The 40 proposals range from rebuilt infrastructure, reformed government, to an animated public realm.

Movement Joint Study

Southern Entrance Study

MTR Entrance Studies

Revolving Door, North and South Lobby Studies

Build a Bus Rapid Transit Network, Ben Fried

Affordable Housing for Young New Yorkers, Robert C. Quinlan

Re-Skin Public Housing, Fred Harris

Four Formulas for Sensible Density, Mark Ginsberg

SAADIYAT MARINA Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi UAE Tonkin Liu Architects Summer 2015 Saadiyat Marina is a conceptual design and feasibility study for a new waterfront on Saadiyat Island. The proposed masterplan, inspired by the successful European sea town of Puerto Banus, is composed of a marina, a luxury residential area, and a beach. The masterplan includes extensive commercial and recreational space, and adjoins the proposed new city with a mountain-scape of residential blocks. Saadiyat Marina is stitched together with a series of public parks, which connect different zones and green the seafront.

REINTERPRETATION OF A HILLTOWN Saadiyat Island lies on the coast to the north of Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. The island is currently being developed into a cultural and educational centre for the city. Puerto Banus is a marina on the Costa del Sol, Spain. The waterfront, developed by José Banús in 1970, is a highly popular luxury marina and shopping complex that sees over 5 million annual visitors. Architect Noldi Schreck reinterpreted the traditional hill town, proposing a sophisticated village and marina in the Andalusian style. The architecture is a composition of stepped terraces that offer maximum views out to sea. Owing to its huge commercial success, Puerto Banus is an important case study for the proposed masterplan of Saadiyat’s waterfront. 70

Area of masterplan required for marina

Overlay: Puerto Banus Marina

THE LAGOON

THE MARINA

THE BEACH

Luxury residential area

Residential and commercial area

Recreation, restaurants and bars

OPPORTUNITY This scale comparison between Puerto Banus and the currently proposed Saadiyat Marina illustrates clearly their differing sizes. The number of berths for boats in the Saadiyat marina is similar to that of Puerto Banus, but it is three times the size. Rescaling the marina to match that of Puerto Banus creates two new interesting opportunities for the masterplan. The redesign of the marina, and the proposition of these two new areas (a luxury residential complex and a beach), form the basis of this new design study.

A LANDMARK The new proposition for the marina, Saadiyat Marina, is a great new landmark for Saadiyat Island. A landmark that can be even seen from space. The masterplan is composed of a family of parts assembled to create a series of environmental conditions. The hard form of the square suits the orthogonal storage of boats. The soft form of the circle suits the loose amalgamation of lagoon dwellings. The angular form of the triangle suits a sheltered bay with onlooking beaches.

DESIGN CONCEPT Saadiyat Marina is both ancient and modern. It is a woven carpet of textures, light and activity. It can be read at both the scale of the city and the scale of an individual. It is an intricate composite; like a crafted rug both pixillated and whole. The strong form in plan is tempered by a soft adaptive architecture. It undulates like a mountain-scape, rising and falling to open up to the city blocks beyond. The section is inspired by Puerto Banus, where the scale shifts between the boat, the car, the house, and the apartment block. The buildings become a layered backdrop for the multiple activities that unfold in front of them.

Diagram: (top) Traffic & Permeability, (bottom) Building Use & Green Space

Views of the Park, Streets, Marina & Boulevard

Hanson Cheng | Rhode Island School of Deisgn