GSAPP PORTFOLIO by Ivy Wang, Columbia GSAPP

XIAOYAN (IVY) WANG

Columbia GSAPP Master of Architecture Candidate 206-673-7328 | xw2452@columbia.edu

LIBRARY AS A MICRO CITY Xiaoyan (Ivy) Wang Spring, 2017 Studio critic Benjamin Cadena Public Library Program Brooklyn, NYC Location

MODEL 1’=1/8”

A collection of blocks mimicking domestic houses are designed for different programs, such as meeting place, study area, workshop and auditorium.

Large Community Room Large Workroom Open Space

Medium Community Room Medium Workroom Stacks Reading Area

Medium Community Room Medium Workroom Stacks Reading Area Open Space

Small Community Room Small Workroom Stacks Ver�cal Staircase

Stacks Reading Area (grand stairs)

A public library should not be a separate building from surrounding city. People would enter into the space without consciousness, maybe on their way home from work or school.

Stacks Circula�on

The spatial experience is familiar to everyone, just like when you are wandering around the streets, entering into a big plaza , walking along a narrow alley or going back home. Overall, the library is read in two ways, “public + domestic”. Public spaces are defined by the intentional arrangement of domestic blocks. Different blocks are designed to inhabit intimate and private activities. Public spaces in between is functioning as a more open place for public reading and gathering.

Tower

Courtyard

Cross

At some point, the library itself becomes a small city, reflecting the vivid daily lives in Brooklyn.

A public library should not be a separate building from surrounding city. People would enter into the space without consciousness, maybe on their way home from work or school. The spatial experience is familiar to everyone, just like when you are wandering around the streets, entering into a big plaza , walking along a narrow alley or going back home.

Overall, the library is read in two ways, â&#x20AC;&#x153;public + domesticâ&#x20AC;?. Public spaces are defined by the intentional arrangement of domestic blocks. Different blocks are designed to inhabit intimate and private activities. Public space in between is functioning as a more open place for public reading and gathering.

MODEL 1’=1/8”

ONE HOUSE FOR ALL Xiaoyan (Ivy) Wang Fall, 2017 Studio critic Program Location Partner

Eric Bunge Housing Bronx, New York City Yizhou Wang

SITE

HOUSE

The site becomes one single house for everyone, breaking down the traditional way of staggering units

Kitchen Garden

Sleeping Study|work

All residents occupy “one big kitchen”, “one big bedroom” and “one big study room”

Rings have openings that allow free circulation through layers

Flexible units are being created by linking bridges between the rings

The project is challenging the existing housing system by breaking down the traditional way of stacking individual units. The site becomes one single house for everyone. All residents occupy “one big kitchen”, “one big bedroom” and “one big study room” while at the same time owning their private rooms according to individualized needs. The series of rings define where is public, where is private and where is space in-between. The outer ring is for living/kitchen, the middle ring is for sleeping and the inner ring is for quite study/ work activities. Flexible units are being created by linking bridges between the rings.

BIG FAMILY

KITCHEN|LIVINGKITCHEN|LIVING SLEEPING

SLEEPING

GARDEN GARDEN WORK|STUDY WORK|STUDY SMALL FAMILY SMALL FAMILY

BIG FAMILY

KITCHEN|LIVINGKITCHEN|LIVING SLEEPING

SLEEPING

WORK AT HOME STUDENTS

GARDEN BIG FAMILY

SENIORS COUPLES OFFICE WORKERS

BIG FAMILY

SMALL FAMILY

BIG FAMILY

KITCHEN|LIVINGKITCHEN|LIVING SLEEPING WORK AT HOME|STUDENTS WORK AT HOME|STUDENTS

SLEEPING

BIG FAMILY

SLEEPING

The series of rings define where is public, where is private and where is space in-between. The outer ring is for living/kitchen, the middle ring is for sleeping and the inner ring is for quite study/ work activities. Flexible units are being created by linking bridges between the rings. The system allows for more interactions between residents, maximizes the outdoor experience, minimizes the waste of unnecessary space, and simplifies the construction of MEP system(each type of programs belongs to separate rings). The way of living is not restricted by the layout of units any more. Instead, it is defined by activities(living/eating/sleeping/ studying) carried out by different groups of residents.

In-between bridges linking kitchens and bedrooms also function as private living space

Central thick wall which functions both as primary structure and shaft for pipes

Shared kitchen and living spaces in the “kitchen wall”

Thin walls that can be easily moved to meet custom needs

Cozy courtyard being created between “walls”, allowing light to come through

MODEL

1’=1/16” zoom in Bridges in between are of light and porous material, allowing light to penetrate through

MODEL

1’=1/16” Looking from above

MODEL 1’=1/4”

Showing shared living room with light well and exterior stairs

RETHINK PARKING Xiaoyan (Ivy) Wang Spring, 2018 Studio critic Phu Hoang Program PARKING LOT + MIXED USE Location Roosevelt Island, NYC

future city 2050

Parking + City 2025

Parking 2018

What systems do we employ today that are preventing us from doing great things? We are even more dependent today on our systems. Most of these systems we take for granted. With each of these systems we immersed in the use of these systems to a point where we seldom step back and question the reasoning and logic behind them. It is time to challenge the existing system, which is full of friction points, inefficiencies, and flow restrictors that we contend with every day.

I am adapting an existing parking lot to a future city system I am proposing, which would be a more efficient and free-flowing system. The project is challenging the possibility to break down the traditional physical boundaries that have limited the scope of activities, to eventually realize a micro integrated city system that will enhance the interaction between different activities, relying on technical improvement on delivery and distribution system.

WHAT A BORING PARKING LOT!

2020

Stepped up library that allows the free movement through the space but also keeps a sense of subtle privacy.

When the facade stops, you can always find a spot to enjoy the great view of the city in an outdoor space.

Auditorium space that can be open or closed up according to requirements of different events. It can be open when there is a free lecture or free concert performance.

You can always find a place to sit down and have a conversation. You can start your firm here by renting a table.

Bar is always here for you to relax and meet with people you never had a chance to know

IT IS LIKE A MICRO CITY!

I AM WONDERING WHERE NEXT?

2050

Bunch of places to eat when you are starving. You can bring the food to outdoor courtyard spaces when the weather is good

You can bike all the way through the building along the biking ramp, passing by the library, gallery, auditorium and restaurants.

You can even walk your dog and have a run on the roof deck, enjoying the breathtaking view of the city at the same time.

Ask some friends to have basketball match during the lunch break on the outdoor grassland

Or you can do nothing but lying down and enjoy the sunshine.

MODEL 1’=1/8” zoom in Looking through central courtyard

The project is challenging the possibility to break down the traditional physical boundaries that have limited the scope of activities, to eventually realize a micro integrated city system that will enhance the interaction between different activities, relying on technical improvement on delivery and distribution system. Ramps and flat slabs with different scales are organized in an alternating way, providing a variety of spaces for diverse activities.

The continuous ramp derived from parking allows for an integrated experience through the building and creates more opportunities for interactions between different activities. Ramps and flat slabs with different scales are organized in an alternating way, providing a variety of spaces for diverse activities. A continuous facade with changing transparency wraps up corresponding to the shapes of ramps, defining where is interior, where is exterior, as well as where is private, where is public.

YOUTH HOSTEL + Xiaoyan (Ivy) Wang Fall, 2018 Studio critics Mark Rakatansky

Jorge Otero-Pailos

Program Location Partner

Youth Hostel & Public Amenities Mexico City, original US Embassy Wenjing Zhang

Existing arch which is consisted of four columns and two diagonal beams

Push out the top part to make the arch more like a canopy

Drop down walls from the top to enclose the space underneath

Merge the roof, columns and walls together to make it become a dome

Compared to the original arch, the new dome conveys the sense of gathering much stronger

Louvers and curved walls are added to define more private programs like cinema and library

The project aims to reinterpret old US Embassy located in Mexico City. Through transforming existing language of the building, we try to propose a new interactive relationship between the public and the private. A category of arched spaces, which architecturally conveys a sense of gathering, are for different public amenities (gym,cinema,gallery and library). The surrounding orthogonal structure is for more private youth hostel space. In this way, the project breaks the hard boundary between visitors and local residents, and spatially encourages not only visual but also physical interactions.

Ground floor brings the street into the building, inviting people to enter in a natural way.

PLAN Ground floor plan

Swimming pool functions as a shared program between youth hostel and gym space, allowing for dynamic interaction.

PLAN Youth hostel + gym

When you are lying on your capsule bed and reading a book, you can see a little bit of what is going on another side in the public library. Isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it an exciting moment?

PLAN Youth hostel + library

Different arched paces, which architecturally conveys a sense of gathering, are for public amenities (gym,cinema,gallery and library). The surrounding orthogonal structure is for more private youth hostel space. In this way, the project breaks the hard boundary between visitors and local residents, and spatially encourages not only visual but also physical interactions.

Capsule units line up along the windows, allowing daylight coming through

Curved bookshelf walls shared by people living in youth hostel and people in public library

People reading the book in the hostel can look down to the gallery space below

Facade is being pushed back and forward alternatively to create dynamic in-door vs out-door experiences

Capsule units cluster to form semi-private cozy gathering space, where people can seat and enjoy the view

Ground floor is seamlessly connecting with the street that brings in food carts, markets and all different groups of people

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RE-HABITATE THE ABANDONED Xiaoyan (Ivy) Wang Spring, 2019 Studio critic Program Location Partner

Pedro Rivera Master Plan + Housing Sao Paulo, Brazil Yingjun Mou

As one of the most historic places in the city, Parque dom Pedro has been through a long history as a place for bus transit, a park, and a place full of squatters. For a long time, it has been abandoned and overlooked because of flood. In order to reactive such a potential area in the metropolis, and to respond to the housing shortage in Sao Paulo, we propose that Parque dom Pedro will be transformed to an interface bridging the two sides of the Tamaduatei River. A series of pockets of outdoor places are defined as street market plaza, museum plaza, playground, and skateboard parks, which are all linked by a continuous, linear system which contains housing, school, retails and restaurants. As a part of green infrastructure, skateboard park system on the river front serves as a shared leisure space for different classes of local population during the dry seasons, and becomes the potential reservoirs to alleviate flood during the rain seasons.

Courtyards are being created to allow light get through and a more dynamic interaction between different levels. Public Library could only be accessed from ground level, but people living in upper levels have visual connections.

Classrooms of school occupy the lower levels, facing a large playground and waterfront. Food carts and small stores could be found on the ground level.

Double height space is for public events, overlooked from upper levels to build visual connection and a sense of community.

A series of pockets of outdoor places are defined as street market plaza, museum plaza, playground, and skateboard parks, which are all linked by a continuous, linear system which contains housing, school, retails and restaurants. As a part of green infrastructure, skateboard park system on the river front serves as a shared leisure space for different classes of local population during the dry seasons, and becomes the potential reservoirs to alleviate flood during the rain seasons.

RENDERING STANDING ON THE IN-BETWEEN CORRIDOR

RENDERING EXTERIOR FACADE