PORTFOLIO WIP 2022 by jzlu

portfolio

cornell university b.arch 2023

Janet Zelin Lu

2 0 1 7 - 2 0 2 1

“intersect” .

a cave .

house with a roof .

a hut .

ithaca twelve .

pancake xl .

Table of contents

selected work from

“threshold” x seipp prize 2020 .

b a m b o o

cornell 2072 .

a tent

phi bonsecours 12

h o u s i n g .

ruins of the near future

the-naughty-caterpillar theatre .

“Intersect”

cornell college

summer 2017

Using “intersect” as an operational word to inform design decisions

A close-up shot of the track system. Part C is resting on the stopper before getting pushed over by the right part of the model.

As the door begins to slide, the rightAs part theofdoor begins to slide, the right part of the model, residing on the door's handle, the model, residing on the door's handle, meets the left part, which is suspended meets the left part, which is suspended from the hanger. When the sliding isfrom com-the hanger. When the sliding is complete, the overhanging basswood onplete, both the overhanging basswood on both parts intersects each other, and a vertical parts intersects each other, and a vertical track system is activated as part C istrack pushed system is activated as part C is pushed to the left and falls. to the left and falls. Intersecting & the track system videoIntersecting clips: & the track system video clips:

The model responses to and grows from its site, which is a sliding door, and utilizes the door’s mobility to complete its mutiple interactions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5nPVdKNSV0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5nPVdKNSV0

Intersect

38 X 26 X 6” Basswood, Balsa, Cardboard, and Paper

In order to improve upon the works from the summer program, I reacted to the critiques I received during the pin-up sessions and re-epxlored the operational word "interest" with more hindsight.

4 year 6

1, x

spring 6

2019 cubes

A cave, a hut, a tent

year

spring

2018

Familiarizing the perspectivally foreign experience of curves with the informality of their forms.

Ruins of the near future

House with a roof year

fall

2019

Located on a heavily wooded hillside overlooking Beebe Lake, the house consists of a simple kitchen, a bath, a two-person bedroom and an earthen floor to the east, all of which could be divided into its own space by a set of curtain walls if need be. Following the profile of the slope, the roof is strategically punctuated at three places to best preserve the existing trees.

Ithaca twelve year

spring

2019

A wooden tower standing on the west end of the city, Ithaca Twelve is an artist residency embedded in a forest of cores in their various forms. Using wood as a more sustainable alternative, the project challenges the traditional approach to high rise buildings not only materially but also characteristically, diversifying the idea of core in each of the 12 floors: to house circulation, archives, to erect a gallery wall, a shelf, an attachment of studio, an extension of living space...

ground fl.

3rd fl.

site context

site plan

basement

2nd fl.

4th fl.

5th fl.

6th, 9th fl.

7th, 10th fl.

8th fl.

roof garden

A roof parapet

B ceiling & insulation

C clt. details

1"=1

12 year 1 s t

fall

2020 p l a c e

“What is this threshold/ third place? How might it be architecturally represented? How might it be

perceived?”

Edwin A. Seipp prize 2020

Phi Bonsecours year

fall

2020

A proposal for Phi Bonsecours in Old Montreal, the project, done in collaboration with studio colleague Canna Zhang, explores the fluidity between art and public life in the city. By strategically alternating the old with the new, the proposal then introduces two interstitial spaces sandwiched in between as the third element, opening up the center to the public as much as possible to foster unexpected encounters between artists and audiences. Above the ground, circulatory devices such as the bridges and the plates are scattered across the center to reestablish the similar meandering experience. During the day, the built and the unbuilt spills out into one another, bustling with numerous events and programs; at night, the interstitial spaces become an urban lantern, continuing its dialogue with the city while attracting curious passersby with its digital media display.

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Exhibition Exhibition

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PHI CONTEMPORARY

CENTRE PHI

Screening

Performance, MIXTAPE

Special Event, Yoga Sessions Special Event, Yoga Sessions

Special Event, Yoga Sessions

Public Public Project, Montreal Museums DayProject, Montreal Museums Day

Public Project, Montreal Museums Day Public Project, Montreal Museums Day Public Project, Montreal Museums Day

Art Workshop

Talk, Chery Sim presents RELATIONS Talk, Chery Sim presents RELATIONS

Talk, Chery Sim presents RELATIONS Talk, Chery Sim presents RELATIONS Talk, Chery Sim presents RELATIONS

Panel Discussion, with The Artists Panel Discussion, with The Artists

Panel Discussion, with The Artists

Guided Visit

group collage, phi bonsecours site condition

RAILROAD ROAD COBBLESTONE SIDE WALK SHORT CUT

Guided Visit

_1 exhibition _2 sculpture area _3 gallery _4 auditorium _5 education room _6 workshop _7 exhibition _8 cafe _9 exhibition _10 VR. room

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8 basement

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exhibition gallery VR. room auditorium balcony lounge bar office

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2nd fl.

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5th fl.

1"=1

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1"=1

the -naughtycaterpillar theatre year

1"=1

spring

2021

Made from recycled shipping containers, the naughty caterpillar is an itinerant creature that is constantly navigating through places, occasionally stopping at temporary destinations for carnivalesque purposes. On finer days, a couple of inflatable friends join the show to keep him company and add more excitement to the scene.

hybridity center: PANCAKE XL year

1"=1

spring

2021

Our project is called pancake XL. It is about blending, bubbling and popping. it relates to its site by dripping onto the park and streets nearby. Our hope is to mix all the programmatic ingredients of the urban scene into the pan and we see our creation contributing an upgraded recipe to the context of New Orleans creole culture and a more hybrid lifestyle.

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120

240 1”=1

40 1”=1

cornell 2071

year

fall

2021

Imagining Cornell in 50 years, this project envisions a future in which the campus is not only locally rewilded but also well-integrated with the rest of the Ithacan community. While incrementally reinventing parking lots into pockets of green spaces and implementing a new transportation system that replaces cars with high-speed rail, gondola lifts and electric scooters, the project also proposes to upgrade Schoellkopf field into a food-producing superstadium that would eventually hyperlocalize the whole community.

PHOTOVOLTAIC ROOF

URBAN BEE HIVE

ROOFTOP FARMING

MOSS WALL

CLIMBING WALL

TREE FACADE

PHOTOVOLTAIC ROOF

URBAN BEE HIVE

ROOFTOP FARMING

MOSS WALL

CLIMBING WALL

TREE FACADE

WATERWAY

POND

WETLAND

TREE CANOPY

TALL GRASS

GARDEN

WIND TURBINE

MOBILE GREEN HOUSE

Y X

WATERWAY

POND

WETLAND

TREE CANOPY

TALL GRASS

GARDEN

WIND TURBINE

MOBILE GREEN HOUSE

Y X

Bamboo housing year

1"=1

spring

2022

This project explores the idea of bamboo cantilever. Instead of using traditional cantilever, the project takes advantage of bamboo’s active bending property and its light weight to generate a new cantilever condition where one can start to manipulate the curve to create a variety of spaces, such as a bench to sit on, a roof to linger under ...

Typological Comparison on South Asia Bamboos

Bamboo Tactics: Team 4

Dendrocalamus giganteus Bambusa arundinace

Typological Comparison on South Asia Bamboos

Bamboo Tactics: Team 4

Bambusa balcooa

• Grows up to 20-50 feet tall, and young shoots are eaten as food in some Bambusa arundinace parts of India.

• Known as Female bamboo in northeast India.

• India, Bangladesh, • Origin Varietyinoccupies 15% of all and Sri Lanka. bamboos in India.

• Grows up to 39-73 feet tall and 6-15 cm in diameter.

• Grows up to 20-50 feet tall, and young shoots are eaten as food in some parts of India.

• - Used in bridges and fishing and Bambusa balcooa agriculture implements, woven mats, and • Known as Femaleofbamboo northeast in the formation rikshawin hood frames. India.

35m

• Native to the Indian subcontinent(Also famous as Indian timber or Bengal bamboo)

25m 30m

Bambusa striata

• - Also edible as vegetables and leaves as fodder.

Bambusa nana • - Grows up to 20- 30 feet tall.

Bambusa striata

• Used in the making of furniture, handicrafts, house construction, and landscaping

• - Used in the making of furniture, toys, and construction.

15m 20m

5m 10m

Average Height: 30 ft (9.14m)

Bambusa striata Average Height: 24.5 ft (7.46m)

Human

Average Height: 6 ft (1.82m)

Bambusa striata Average Height: 24.5 ft (7.46m)

• Used for handcrafts.

• Grows mostly as an Ornamental plant.

Dendrocalamus giganteus

• Grows mostly as an Ornamental plant. • Used for construction purposes.

Average Height: 95 ft (28.9m)

Dendrocalamus giganteus Average Height: 95 ft (28.9m)

• - Also have edible shoots.

• - Pevalent decorative plant owing to its appealing foliage.

Bambusa balcooa Average Height: 51 ft (15.5m)

Melocanna baccifera

• - Also have edible shoots.

Average Height: 48.5 ft (14.7m)

Bambusa arundinace Average Height: 35 ft (10.6m)

Average Height: 51 ft (15.5m)

Bambusa tulda Average Height: 20 ft (6.09m)

• Grows to 32-65 feet tall.

Bambusa nana

Bambusa balcooa Bambusa polymorpha

15m 10m

Melocanna baccifera

• Found in Uttaranchal, West Bengal, Sikkim in the northeast, and Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu in South India.

• - Grows up to 20- 30 feet tall.

• Has edible shoots with a sweet taste, grows up to 20-40 feet in height.

• Native to the Indo-china, grows 17-32 feet in height and up to 4-8 centimeters in diameter.

• Grows up to 90-100 feet tall.

• - Pevalent decorative plant owing to its appealing foliage.

Bambusa polymorpha

• Used in the making of furniture, handicrafts, house construction, and landscaping Bambusa polymorpha

• - Used in the making of furniture, toys, and construction.

• Found in Uttaranchal, West Bengal, Sikkim in the northeast, and Kerala, Dendrocalamus giganteus Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu in South India. • Known as Ragon Bamboo or Giant • Bamboo Used for handcrafts.

• Grows to 32-65 feet tall.

• Grows up to a height of 15-25 feet • Has edible shoots with a sweet • Native to the Indo-china, grows and used in the paper pulp taste, grows up to 20-40 feet 17-32 feet in height and up to 4-8 industry. in height. centimeters in diameter.

25m 20m

• Grows up to 90-100 feet tall.

• Used for construction Melocanna purposes. baccifera

• - Used in bridges and fishing and agriculture implements, woven mats, and in the formation of rikshaw hood frames.

• Grows up to a height of 15-25 feet and used in the paper pulp industry. tulda Bambusa • Native to the Indian subcontinent(Also famous as Indian timber or Bengal bamboo)

• Variety occupies 15% of all bamboos in India.

• - Also edible as vegetables and leaves as • Grows fodder.up to 39-73 feet tall and 6-15 cm in diameter.

Bambusa tulda

30m 35m

• Known as Ragon Bamboo or Giant Bamboo

• Origin in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.

Bambusa arundinace Average Height: 35 ft (10.6m)

Bambusa polymorpha Average Height: 30 ft (9.14m)

Melocanna baccifera Average Height: 48.5 ft (14.7m)

Bambusa nana Average Height: 25 ft (7.62m)

Bambusa tulda Average Height: 20 ft (6.09m)

Human

Average Height: 6 ft 5m (1.82m)

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UNIT + MODULE

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N 0cm

resting

HORIZONTAL

DIAGONAL

TWO TO ONE

DOVETAIL

cooking

outdoor + chicken coop

COURTYARD

MODULATE

INTERSECTION

50cm

100cm

CLUSTER STRATEGY

33 UNIT LAYOUT STUDIO

ONE BEDROOM

UNIT LAYOUT STUDIO

ONE BEDROOM

ONE BEDROO

UNIT LAYOUT STUDIO

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UNIT LAYOUT STUDIO

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UNIT LAYOUT STUDIO

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TWO BEDRO

1’/ 8” = 1’-- 0”

3’/ 8” = 1’-- 0”

1. Split bamboo poles to make tiles or strips.

2. Activate the hololens.

5. Fasten tiles to the strip to set the curve, and assemble all the components into a unit.

3. Bend the bamboo strip on the jig based on the holographic projection.

6. Insert each unit into a pre-cut bamboo cylinder holder, and pour in concrete mixture to set it in place.

7. Repeat the process.

4. Cut the bamboo splits into tiles based on the holographic projection.

8. Attach the horizontal stripe to connect all the units together.