Yumeng An Portfolio 2014-2017
Contents Center for Artifact-Based Studies
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Core Studio 1
House in Mount Wutai
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Countryside Accommodation Design
Mini Museum
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Composition Practice
Personal Work Analytical Drawings, Watercolor Painting
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Center for Artifact-Based Studies Core Studio 1, Fall 2017 Instructor: Ron Witte
The Center for Artifact-Based Studies (CABS) will provide a forum in which artifact-based research can be articulated, debated, and publicized. To create a center for both involving and focused activities, technique for connection and partition between public and private zones was instrumentalized by manipulating walls in plan and elevation.
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The programs are categorized as four types - arts, research, education and recreation. They are integrated by two circulation systems - primary stair bridge and secondary circulation core - to address both the public and private characteristics of each type of programs. For the public side, connection between spaces are driven by the construction of the stair bridge; for the private side, different types of programs are seperated by vertical movement between each level.
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Arts Work Education Recreation
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2F Entrance Lobby Reception Artifacts Collection CafĂŠ Restroom
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Artifacts Collection Exhibition Preparation Storage Administrative Reception Director Assistant Director Lounge Conference Room Security Room Restroom
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4F Auditorium Green Room Visitors’ Office Conference Room Lounge Restroom
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Classroom A Classroom B Library Seminar Room A Seminar Room B Terrace
Section A-A
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Section B-B
Section Model (cutting through A-A)
Distributed at corners of the building on different levels, the openings with various sizes not only indicate the sense of publicity/privacy of the space, but also suggest the transitional moments along the circulation path by providing light source as directional guilde. Nothern Faรงade
Entrance of Visitors’ Office | 3F
Entry Lobby | 1F
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Public & Private Connection | 1-3F
House in Mount Wutai Personal, Summer 2016 Instructor: Yanfei Shui
The project called for an accommondation for one or two people living in the mountainous area. Sunlight and wind were of prior concerns in developing the spatial experience, making people's living environment react to nature spontaneously and effectively.
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Mount Wutai is famous for its cooling weather throughout four seasons in a year. In the design process, sunlight and prevailing wind of the site were studied to develop a layout that can let the air and temperature perform well in the living environment.
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Floor Plan
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Living Room Bedroom Restroom Kitchen
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View A | Entrance
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View B | Living Room
View C | Elevated Platform
Mini Museum [IN]ARCH Studio, Summer 2014 Instructor: Ajay Manthripragada
The task was to design a mini version of the Berkeley Art Museum (BAM) by using the strategy derived from a chosen image, which was interpreted as an analog to construct a relationship between solids and voids.
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Blocks of different gray scales in the given image are interpreted as series of columns, subtracting the initial rectangular prism. A construction drawing was derived from the overlapping relicationship. Transformed into architectural interpretation, voids and solids created by the subtraction are occupied with served and service programs respectively.
Given Image
Construction Drawing
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Elevator Restroom Office
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Elevator Gallery Projection Room Restroom
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Store Elevator Gallery CafĂŠ
Office | 2F
Gallery | 2F
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Gallery | 1F
Entry | 1F
Personal Work
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Stereotomy Study Drawing
18"×24" Graphite on Bristol
Construction Model
Orthogonal Drawings
18"Ă—24" Graphite on Bristol
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Composition - Texture Watercolor on Paper
Yumeng AN EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION 2017 - present Rice University, Houston, TX M.Arch. Opt 1 2011 - 2015
Tongji University, Shanghai B.S. in Environmental Engineering
2014 - 2015
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2017
LEED Green Associate
EMPLOYMENT 2015.11 - 2016.04
Natural Build Operation LLC, Shanghai Intern | Model making, diagrams, technical drawings, renders
2014.03 - 2014.06
BIM Research Lab, The Walt Disney Company, Shanghai Intern | Data collection and analysis for the application of BIM in practice
INVOLVEMENT 2015.07 - 2015.08
Marking the City, AA Visiting School, Chengdu Installation design and construction
2014.07 - 2014.08
[IN] ARCH Summer Studio, UC Berkeley, Berkeley Orthographic drawings, composition practice, 3D interpretation
2012.11 - 2014.06
Yangtze Environmental Specimen Bank, Tongji University, Shanghai Team leader | Specimen sampling and pretreatment, database management, equipment maintenance, team coordination
2012.05 - 2014.05
National Innovative Experiment Program, Tongji University, Shanghai Team leader | Absorption material study
2012.09 - 2013.01
UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development, Shanghai Volunteer | Student service, document translation
2011.09 - 2012.06
Student Union, Tongji University, Shanghai Newsletter editor, photo report
AWARDS HU-Jiajun Education Scholarship, Silver Prize, 2014 BUCHI Environmental Specimen Bank Fellowship, 2013 & 2014 Second Prize Scholarship, Tongji University, 2013 HACH Environment Scholarship, 2012 First Prize Scholarship, Tongji University, 2012 SOFTWARE Rhino 5, Vray, Maxwell Render, AutoCAD, Adobe CC, Revit
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