WANG YAAI IRIS PORTFOLIO 2011.9 - 2014.6
Wang Ya’ai
EDUCATION The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
09.2011 - 06.2014
Bachelor of Art (Architectural Study) Pennsylvania State University
09.2009 - 06.2011
Undergraduate in Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
EXPERIENCE Year Out (Architectural Graduate) at AEDAS Ltd.
08.2013 - Present
Assited in mixed-use projects in mainland, China. Assited in design competition. Intern at Another Design, Hong Kong
07.2013 - 08.2013
Assisted in researching and designing for Commercial projects in western south of Chengdu, Sichuan, China Intern at HSBC
05.2011 - 07.2011
Assited in conference and documenting Intern at Sichuan JingYe Engineering Managment Corporation
06.2010 - 08.2010
Assited in producing files and diagrams Assited in physical model making for local projects in Sichuan, China Travelling Experience Aisa: Mainland China, Hong Kong
Europe: France, Italy, Spain, Russia
America: U.S
HONORS AND AWARDS HKU Foundation Scholoarship for Outstanding International Students The President’s Freshman Award
SKILLS AND LANGUAGE Rhinoceros (3D Modeling, V-Ray), Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign), Autocad, Autodesk 3ds Max Chinese (First language), English (Fluent), Cantonese (Fluent)
09.2012 - 2014 09.2011
The University of Hong Kong The Department of Architecture, BA(AS) Address 366(A), 4/F, Chung Ah Mansion, 355 - 362# Des Voeux Road West, Hong Kong Email Iriswangyaai@gmail.com Tel 852-56161862
Contents
PROJECTS 01
Interwove Streets’ Community
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Vertical Garden
Residential Project Revitalization
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Flowing Space
Combination of Pier and Biking, HONG KONG
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Heart of The City
Mixed-use Commercial, SHENYANG
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Elderly Community
Urban Network and Housing, SHANGHAI
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Ladder House
Translation from Verb to House, GUANGZHOU
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Twisting Shelter
Transformation from Body movement to occupying space, HONG KONG
Mixed-use Housing Complex, HONG KONG
01 Housing
Interwove Streets Community Directore: Frankie Lui
In reaction to rapid development, there are some deficit of quality space in Tin Shui Wai. This project is aimed to use the concept of interwove streets to extend space and locate public programs in order to appear local residents to engage into outdoor activities for their better health and living conditions. The project promotes diverse streetscapes on the ground level and connecting vertical streets in the tower to encourage active interactions among residents.
Site model 1:500
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Site Plan
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SITE ANALYSIS Located on Tin Shui Wai New Town. the urban fabric of this site is composed with both traditional and modern elements, including village housing and high-rise public housing. The physical network and social connection of these two living system are analyzed by routes tracing, program locating and alternative means researching. Mapping and analytical drawings are carried in different scale: district, neighborhood and community. Figure Ground Mapping of Site
Public and Private Space on Site
Green Coverage on Site
Major Pedestrians and Cycling Tracks
Traffice Network on Site
Average Monthly Income Distribution
Population Density Distribution
Routes & Stations of Public Transport
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Flanking FLANKING PRIMARY
Parallel PARALEEL TO PRIMARY
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Street Patterns
PARALEEL TO PRIMARY
Orientation to Primary Street
URBAN STRATEGIES: Potential street patterns are proposed through the analysis of wind force during time, which influnces the location of core programs and relatively dynamic area, and the investigation of social factors. Streetscape and hierarchy of circulationn are served as main driven force of further design. Various Street Experience in the Community
VISUAL CHANNEL
low rise village housing middle rise facilities high rise public housing
Penetration
Central gathering
Layers of terraces
Interfaces
Ground network
Elevated streets
Transitional ascending street
Core system
Hierarchy of Circulation/ 4 Typologies of Pedstrian Circulation
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ACCESSIBILITY
a. view of public housing b. view of village housing c. view of streetscape
Wind velocity: 0:00 - 6:00
Wind velocity: 6:00 - 12:30
Wind velocity: 12:30 - 19:30
Wind velocity: 19:30 - 24:00
Wind velocity from Dec to Mar
Wind velocity from Mar to May
Wind velocity from May to Aug
Wind velocity from Aug to Nov
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INTERWOVE STREET COMMUNITY Layers of overlapped streetscape start connecting main roads on the ground, and extending to more private space on higher level. Then it leads to residential tower, where residents havemulti-sided spatial experiences, from communal space with open views and public activites to private personal life. Programming Strategy is based on the dimension and function of different streetscape, from broadest main roads, to secondary streets, alleys, and vertical streets within residential tower.
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Section drawing depicts living situation at different levels. Elevation drawing demonstrates the connection from living clusters to communal public terrace via vertical streets.
Elevation
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UNIT CLUSTER With 0.6-meter height difference, there arE five double-height units with terraces circled around at each floor linked by platforms and ramps. Each type of units is targeted at specific residentS. The deviation of facades of each unit allows them being visually related to the units above and beneath it, presenting a consistent twisting form.
Platform View
There are three-metere height communal decks at the top of one of the five units at each floor. At lower level, communal decks are functioned as public service, such as daycare center, and gym; at higher level, they become more private space shared by adjacet residents as their social activities places.
Typical Floor Communal Deck View Upper Floor
Lower Floor
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TYPE A 130 sqm Duplex Core Family
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Streetscape Perspective I: Transitional Platform
Streetscape Perspective II: Lively Street Corner
View Deck and Site Condition
Communal Deck and Leisure Time
Streetscape Perspective III: Main Road, Secondary Street and Alley
Axonometric View: 1:150 Model
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02 Tower Vertical Garden Directore: Carlow, Jason F.
Without any site context, this project is aimed to use its own quality to provide a good living condition for families. By taking the Immeubles Villa as a precedent, the peoject follows the design concepts of introducing individual garden into residential apartments and creating double height open space for natural light and ventilation penetration. The spirally twising space through the entire tower is also providing smaller open terraces at various level to obscure the inside-outside boundary of each unit.
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CASE STUDY I
Bedroom
Interior Structures
Massing Unit
IMMEUBLES VILLA:
Terrassee-Jardin
1920s, Le corbusier was proposing an effective way to design house due to intensinesly growing population, which is about large blocks of cell-like individual apartments stacked one on top of other, introducing individual garden terrace into each units. The plan is organized in an L-shape around an enclosed garden, creating interlocking space with other functioning area.
Interlocking Volume: greater transparency
Bathroom
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Void space Solid space
Immeubles Villa
Interlocking Volume: ventilation & light penetration
Garden Corridor Living space
Kanchanjunga Apt.
Public space Semi- public Private space
CASE STUDY II KANCHANJUNGA APTS:
Located in Mumbai, the 32 luxury apartments are located south-west of downtown in an upscale suburban. At each level, there are interlock of four different apartment typologies varying from 3 to 6 bedrooms each. This type of arrangement had its precedent in the cross-over units of Le Corbusiers Unite d’Habitation built in Marseilles in 1952, although here in Mumbai the sectional provision was achieved without resorting to the extreme of differentiating between up-and-down going units.
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Static space Dynamic space
Openings allowing air and light
Plans Transforming Process balcony garden aplitude orientation
Foundamental massing
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Floor plan: Variation IV 4 units, lower level
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TRANSFORMED PLANS:
The concept started from the idea of growth: settled on a square-shaped base, then grew into different forms by pulling in and pusing out egds in order to develop a series of organic outline for each “plate”. By altering the aplitude, orientaion and frequency of the outlines, each subtle shift allows its floor plan to have specific open space as terrace or garden; and narrower space as service area, like stroage or restroom.
TWISTING FORMS:
The corresponding relation between transforming plans to the central core provides possible means of interlocking system on both two-dimensional and three-dimensional level. Internally, solid space, also functioned as occupied space, is shifting level by level and interlocking with void space, which can be regared as private open. Externally, the visual effect of gradually varied floor plates integrally display a vertical rhythm of a twisting form.
Processing Model: Plan VS. Facade
Twisting Logic
20*20 base and central core
Stack 4*4 cube as solid space
Twisting for varied plans
Helix circulation
20*20 plates
Inserting plates as void space
Transforming to helixed solid vs. volume
Helix hybridization
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Plan of 24th Floor Four duplex, upper floor
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Plan of 5th Floor One duplex, three singlexes
Plan of 23th Floor Four duplex, lower floor
Plan of 4th Floor One duplex, three singlexes
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Unit Model
Model Details
Conceptual Massing Model
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03 Pier
Flowing Space Directore: Lange, Christiane
This project is aimed to mix one core program realated to waterfront and one public program into a building of total area 2000m2. With emphasis on site strategy, this project is highly connected with existing neighborhood, infrastructure fabric and topography. And the entire project is treated as a flowing space that allows people continuously going throught the whole space following the cycling tracks, which also link other small programs inside the building.
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Model on Site
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SITE ANALYSIS There are wo extreme conditions of the centre and the periphery that coexisting in Yao Tong. In the espcial aspect of building typologies, the industry blocks dominated this area and the transformation of their interior functions can be seen as references of evolution of Hong Kong’s contemporary typologies. Existing Building
This analysis investigated spatial needs of each program. Specific spatial sequence is established in terms of different audiences, including programs, interior and exterior space, private and public space, and site views etc. The spatial sequence of the site indicates various daily life tracks and circulation at different spots. The connection between these places represents a certain type of spatial sequence at site.
Dominant Lines
Natural Topography
Peripheral Condition
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SITE STRATEGY As the location of the pier is intersection of ways from industrial and residential area, it associates with cycling tracks and ferry terminal. Therefore, the main circulation of the project wil demonstrate the interrlation between internal programs in the terminal and the external condition of the pier at Lei Yu Mun.
1. Biking terminal is placed in a side space closed to land that is easy to be reached. 2. Ferry terminal is adjacent to water and locates two floors. Lower platform floats on the sea level for board ing,while higher for waiting lounge. 3. The place is functioned as public space and commercial space, like cafe and restaurants. Site Model
4. Offices and storages are set in a more seduced space for a privacy purpose in order to obatin a better working environment. 5. Public space on the ground is a connecting space between cycling tracks and ferry terminal, which can be used as test tracking for bike sale stores. Site Strategies
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PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION As the intersection space between industrial and residential area, right next to typhoon shelter and the ferry, the pier can take advantage of the multi-connnection with land and water. The main circulation will facilitate the relation between internal programs and external situation. Infrastructure programs are placed along ramps, as both transitional and functional space. It will spread programs from the two ends of the pier, and also flow people along the ramps with specific location of programs.
Site Plan
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Bike parking
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Bike repair
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Lockers
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Bike sale
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Kindergarten
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Waiting lounge
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Storage & office
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Cafe & Restaurant
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LIVELY PIER Public Space + Social Activities Public activities happen at both levels of the pier with various perspective of views, while it also acts as transitional space between water and ground.
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04 MIXED-USE
Heart of The City Directore: Dimi Lee Aedas, Ltd
The project is located in theJida District, one of the many core districts in the city.Currently the Jida District comprises financial, commercial, tourist, leisureand high-end residential developments, forming part of the city centre of Zhuhai. It is mainly focused on developing a multi-functional open space on the basis of site analysis on various perspectives.
Functional DDisposition Model
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Project Overview
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1. Iconic Tower
SITE ANALYSIS
2. SOHO Office 23
3. Apartment
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The project is located at the site surrounds a complex transport system, including existing lightrail and forthcoming underground tunnel at west and east sides; pedestrian plaza and sunken plaza connecting to main roads at south and north sides. On the ground level, the project is functioned as a pedestrian plaza reaching out to the entrance of waterfront park, while leading to the public transport terminal under the ground. It will create complicated but also convinient circulation for tourist to easy access.
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G/F Circulation Analaysis I Hotel Vehicular Circulation Office Vehicular Circulation SA Vehicular Circulation Retail Vehicular Circulation
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Traffic Analysis Light Uncontroll Light Control Pedestrian Road Bus Station
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22. Zhuhai Museum 23. Jingshan Hotel
Pedestrian Acess Pedestrian Tunnel Track Station
Vehicular Circulation
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G/F Pedestrian Ciculation Retail Pedestrian Circulation Hotel Pedestrian Circulation Apartment Pedestrian Circulation Offic Pedestrian Circulation
Pedestrian Access Outdoor Pedestrian Circulation Indoor Pedestrian Circulation
Emergency Vehicular Access EVA Fire Access Surface
Green Analysis Green Roof Green Water Feature Trees
PROGRAM DESIGNING To minimize the impact on the business viability of existing retail, the whole project will be developed in two phases : Sub-lot A and Sub-lot B. The first phase Sub-lot A will comprise of aboveground retail, one 164.2-metre tall apartment tower and 10,000square metres of themed retail street together with ancillary plaza and landscaping; Sub-lot B will include aboveground retail, one 337.5-metre tall iconic tower and one 200.6-metre tall SOHO office. Together they present a multifarious, contemporary and green living, shopping and leisure experience. Overall Perspective Hotel Bank Office Corridor
Phase A Perspective
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SOHO Lobby F&B Core BOH Retail Cinema
Forth Floor Plan
Fifth Floor Plan
Sixth Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Third Floor Plan
Flagship Store Retail Corridor Heart of The City Zhuhai International Hotel Banquet Hall Serviced Apartment
Ground Floor Plan
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04 Urbanism
Elderly Community Directore: Martine Vledder
This project documents and researches the urban condition of Xu hui in Shanghai targeted in groups of elderlies in five urban scales: room, block, district, neighborhood and metropolis. Due to the difficulties elderly encouter, the narrow inhabitation space and limited active space result in their montunous late life. This project is amied to provide them a favourable, convenient life by rearranging housing typologies, specifying use of various space and creating a clear spatical network for their daily activities.
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Site Strategy
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SITE ANALYSIS CURRENT LIVING SITUATION: Experiencing a rapid population growth, China, has an aging population under the one child policy, moreover, more than 30% of the population in China is expected to be age 60 or older in 2050. Shanghai, the largest city by population in China, is in a critical situation to solve its demographic issue. The city now has 3.31 million retirees, making up 24% of the population. As this project documents and researches the urban condition of a site in Shanghai, the research are focused on a one main theme: culture, which means the inhabitation of the city. Jia Shan road, located in the Xuhui district, is located in the geographical centre of the attractive and green district of Xuhui, with a high level of residential program.
Private space Semi-private space Public space
Private and Public Space within Neighborhood
Public green space Semi-private green space Private green space
Inhabitation of Public Space Public Green Space V.S. The Concentration of Elderly
KEYS TO THE ELDERLY: Convinience Healthy Mental Healthy
Public Services Natural Environment Community Centers
Safety
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Density
Daily Activities & Routine
Housing communities formed by walls
Entrances
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Concentration of elderly activities during night
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Day and Night Analysis: Concentration of Elderly
URBAN STRATEGIES: One of difficulites elderly encouter is about narrow inhabitation space and limited active space, which resulted in their montonous “Two first-line “ late-life. Everyday experiencing is constrained in a range of home, markets and sometimes the public space between in the Lilong for just chatting with friends. In district and neighborhood scale, disorganized layouts and incoherent circulation are two main causes of this current situation. Further study will be aimed to provide elderly with a favourable, convinient life by rearranging housing typology, specificing fuction of space and creating an easier-accessed network for them.
Inhabitation of the Room: Daytime
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Inhabitation of the Room: Night
Black: Concentration at Night
Analysis of concentration of elderly within individual housing communities
Inhabiting Contact
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Division
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Floors
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Residential Non-residential
Programmatic Model With FAR 2.65
ELDERLY INHABITATION OF SPACE In every special site, spacial effects and critical issuses work together to shape the condition of the site. How do the block private space related to public space and how people enter and circulate within them become the most siginificant considerations due to Xuhui’s high density of population and space. Connection to and influence from other parts of districts are the key issues that this project will deal with at a massing level.
Original Phase
Inserting Low-rise Residential Buildings
Introducing Public Programs as Social Service Introducing Commercial Programs as Transition
Inserting High-rise Residential Buildings
FinaL Phase
Roof Plan
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Office Service Residential Commercial
Program-specified Model
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Final Model on Site I
Perspective View I
Final Model on Site II
Perspective View II
Residential Non-residential
Model Responding to Site Network
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Conceptual 05 Housing Ladder House Directore: McKee, Daniel Chad This project is started from material exploration, then combining with human movement to tranlslate object into occupying space. The concept of ladder house is coming from the transfoming process between service space to circulation space. So it creates multiple layers of space with multi-function that people can utilize, and maximize the efficency of the house.
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Views of Model
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VERB TO OBJECT MATERIAL EXPLORATION: The translation process from a selected verb, splash, to an action is carried by manipulating and casting concrete models. By making both positive and negative models, it clarifies the spatial relationship between solid and void space: concrete and its mold. Front View
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SPLASH: a. a cause a liquid to spatter about, especiall with forces; b. strike and dash about ina liquid. ACTION: a. a reaction between original space with extrinsic stimulant; b. an interaction between solid and void space. Concrete Model
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Top View
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Concrete Mold I
Inside Detail I
Inside Detail II
Inside Detail III
Positive Model
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Concrete Mold II
Inside Detail I
Inside Detail II
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Negative Model
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OBJECT TO SPACE OCCUPATION With adaption of human scale into space, and adjustment space with body movement, casted concrete block is translated into a scaled inhabitation. Continuous void space is regarded as circulation, which detached solid and void space are taken as structures and occupupation.
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SITE INVESTIGATION
OVERVIEW
The main feature of buildings in these three sub-villages is close connection to their context, both natural and cultural.
Xianniangxi, Yangwei and Changying sub-villages are located at traditional Chinese countryside. Through a field trip, analysis are concentrated on the relationship between local buildings and their context, and their functions, the relationship between private and public spaces, human circulation and space arrangement, as well as the exterior and interior.
Analysis was focused on the relationship between local buildings and context, functions, and between private and public spaces.
SITE CONTEXT Natural Frames constructed by elements of houses.
INSIDE-OUT Hierarchical Difference Between Roof and Ground.
Site Map
HOUSING Function relatively narrow spaces within and between houses.
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Process Model II
Process Model I
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Structural Model: Process model 1&2 are transitional processes from object to house in accordance with its site context, construction materials and human living patterns. Combination of mass and skeleton structures demonstrates the action and reaction relationship between spaces under and above ground, which is modified by human movement. Wood pieces indicates human circulations accesses from underground towards spaces above the house. Detail I
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Axonometric View
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06 OBJECT
Twisting Shelter Directore: Hirabayashi, Miho *
The project demenstrates the transitional design process from body movement towards occupying shelter. As a tree growing on a tall slope of the site of Ladder street, it forms a interesting dent that shapes the shelter. As body attempts to enter and to interact with the site and the tree, it twists and rotates in order to accomodate the dynamic and narrow width. Studies of body movement reveal the body’s position in respect to the tangible boudaries of the site. The final resulting structure is a pronounced memory, the culmination of the twists indicative of the body’s dangerous encounter with the site.
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Model on Site
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Process of Entry and Departure
SITE EXPERIENCE: This series of photographs display the process of climbing up the slope, passing by the narrow wall and entering to the site, which leads to continous spatial flows. 44
Movement Collage
Movement Study
Conceptual Models
Perspective View of Wood Model
TWISTING SHELTER: Photographs of key movement from outline to compliation relate to horizontal and vertical section cuts. The section cuts display detailed spatial changing outline at different direction in order to capture the three-dimensional movement in the site. The series of conceptual model lead to the final wood structural model with twisting skeletons in response to human occupation at different locations.
Section Study I
Top View of Wood Model
Section Study II
Right View of Wood Model
Front View of Wood Model
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