janet chiahua wu ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
contents This portfolio is an amalagamation of selected projects completed at Wentworth Institute of Technology in the Master of Architecture program.
01 City as Playground
02 Rejuvenating Historical Dadocheng
03 Frame and Infill
04 Found Object Iteration
05 Miscellaneous
06 Right The photo collage represnts the way of materials, roof tiles and bricks, stacking into landscape.
Construction Documents
01 01City Cityas asPlayground Playground Fall 2016 & Spring 2017
Fall 2016as Research & Thesis Project Design Professor Ruderman Thesis Prep| Penn | Design as Research Professor | Penn Rudermann
The work proposes a solution for the lack of interactions between people and the city because of the fast-paced urban lifestyles. In order to redevelope the connections between city dwellers and built artifacts, play is the design-centric of this proposal. The project explores the material artifacts and immaterial stimuli. It links people to the complex and systemic features of urban space. The goal is to develop a system of ‘playcode,’ which can be applicable to any urban conditions. It brings people closer through play and interacting with playful and playable urban contexts. Further, it redevelops the image of the city.
Above The diagram of playcode system can be applicable to any urban conditions. Below The banister and staircase study opens up the imagination of these overlooked architecture elements. Staircase can be a place to climb, hide and crawl. Banister becomes a slide. Stairs are connecting not only different elevation but also people.
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Above City as Playground Make city as a playground by implanting playfulness to urban fabrics. City fabrics become playable.The playcode will be applied to any urban conditions and makes play become everyday life.
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Body Movement
Playground Elements
Brick Assembly
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The play system is a kit of part that can be applied and assembled for different scales. The kit of part is the design interventions for streetscape and city block. The design prototype is based on body movement, playground elements and brick assembly. Brick provides a grid modular system for locating and organzing these play interventions.
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Play intervention is derived from playground elements and the body movements as prototype development
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The interconnection and correlation of climbable facade and playable street
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Manipulating the characteristics of the existing condition and materials
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Elements of play should generate collective activities for building social interaction
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The representation needs to be playful and unrealistic.
Above The kit of part design prototype is based on people’s body movement, playground elements and brick assembly.
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Above Perspective of play interventions on Winter street Left Perspective of play interventions on Winter street
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post construction installation
7” / 14” height of steps/ seatings It denotes activities and zone for play
18” height seatings
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Hopscotch
Hopscotch is the most important element of the playable street. Every elements are connected through hopscotch and it also denotes the activities on the street. Hopscotch is like a string that ties every interventions together as a holistic city playground.
See Saw 13’
8’
Walking see saw platform
Seating see saw
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There are two sizes of see saw. The smaller one is similar to the traditional see saw that needs to sit on and generates games. The large one is a walking platform, which changes walking experience on street.
Building code for play
Single Plank Bridge
Small pocket for privacy Balcony walk path
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Big pocket for passive collective activities
The architecture is an iteration of single plank bridge. The wavy form allows interactions from standing at different heights. The sizes of pockets also provides private space and collective space for passive activities.
Perfomative Surface Balcony
Climbable Facade Climbable Surface 30’
Brick Landscape 14’
Utilize brick assembly for creating landscape, which transforms the walking experience on streets. Besides, the brick can also be applied to building surface to create hand holder, foot holder for climbable building surface. This makes the building becomes a parkour for brick climbing.
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Climbable Facade and Landscape
Hopscotch
Veil Light and Shadow
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Spinning Wheel
Merry Go Round
Single Plank Bridge
Above Playable interventions on Winter street, Boston, MA
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02 Rejuvenating Historical Dadocheng Junior Planning Practice 2011-2012 National Chengchi University Professors | Tsung-Yu Lai and Jen-Te Pai Group Project This project is about revitalizing the Dadocheng historical district. Dadocheng is used to be the Central Business District of Taipei city before the government shifted commercial center to the Xinyi district. Preserving the Japanese colonial architectural style and providing extra green space and water access with bicycle path for the community and tourists will regenerate the economy of the historical district.
Above Bicycle Path along Waterfront Right The model represents the Tamsui River waterfront. Along the waterfront, there are bike and pedestrian path, and overhang structure platfrom to the waterfront.
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Greenbelt The overhang structure not only reconnects between the planning district and Tamsui River waterfront but also it is a platfrom for people to view the waterfront.
Tamsui River Waterfront
Urban Renewal For Highrise Residential Releasing More Open Space for The Community Transforming Open Space into Community Park
Tamsui Xinyi Metro Line
Community Green Space Baroque Style Facade For Mixed-Use Housing Yongle Cloth Market Revitalization Performance Stage For The Street Artists Communal Pedestrian Path
Taipei City
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03 Frame and inFill Fall 2016 Shanghai Special Topic Studio Professor | Jennifer Lee Michaliszyn Research Project | Samantha Lane Janet Wu Design Project | Samantha Lane Walter Pond Janet Wu
The project is located at Qing Cun, Shanghai. The Shanghai on site study focuses on zha jian (雜撿), which means material reuse. The design project, Frame and Infill, is based on the material reuse, “Pick and Save” study. Frame and Infill is an incremental housing prototype proposal to the Qing Cun government. The proposal is for providing a flexible and economic expansion for the local residents. The property ownership belongs to the government. This makes people build informal structures for meeting their domestics needs. This proposal is to create a system that allows people to have better housing structure for expansion and better quality of life.
Right The render is the incremental housing prototype proposal that government provides the core unit and dwellers infills their needs.
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FRAME AND INFILL | 13 FRAME AND INFILL | 15
shanghai on stie study | pick and save
"Pick and Save" is part of Chinese culture. Due to the hardships of the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, people abided by the philosophy of wu jin qi yong (waste not). They believed that resources should be squeezed for all their value and nothing be wasted. Besides, the local farmer developed a technique, "wa pan" by reusing these found object for reconstructing structures after natural disasters such as typhoons.
Wa Pan | Local farmers utiliz found materials like roof tiles, bricks for fast reconstruction after typhoons.
Above New Academy of Art in Hangzhou by Chinese Architect, Wang Shu He designed the facade with reuse materials for preserving the traditional building technique, wa pang, in the southeast region. Right Documentations of Qing Cun's reuse materials. Local residents store piles of materials in front of their house for building informal structure.
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eXisting condition Existing Unit Government Row Housing
The majority of the housings in China is provided by the government. The existing housing unit is based on the minimum residential unit. The size is determined by the local wood dimensions. The programs are the basic neccessities, such as kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. People utuilize the reuse materials to build the informal structure to meet their needs.
6.8m ( 22.3 ft )
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Bathroom Kitchen
3.5m ( 11.5 ft ) Unit Area | 23.8 m2 ( 256.45 ft 2 )
Existing Informal Structure
Outdoor Kitchen
Enclosed Kitchen
Boathouse
Balcony
Clothes Hangdry Space
Hanging Garden
Shed for Storage
In Between Space for Storage
Lean-On Structure for Storage
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POPULATION | 1.3 BILLIONS
POPULATION | 1.3 BILLIONS
Kitchen
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UNIT TWO
BEDROOM: 12.25 sq m
BEDROOM: 12.25 sq m
KITCHEN: 12.25 sq m
KITCHEN: 12.25 sq m
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Incremental UnitHOUSING Prototype Diagram INCREMENTAL HOUSING INCREMENTAL
Providing Core And Infill with Person Needs 77 sq m
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Unit Area | Core 24.5 m2 ( 263.35 ft 2 ) / Full Unit 49 m2 ( 527.43 ft 2 ) POPULATION | 0.3 BILLIONS
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Framing System
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3.5 m (11.5 ft )
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Incremental Prototype Diagram
Roof Options
5 sets
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Long Assymetrical Square
Pitched
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L-Turn
Flat
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kit oF part construction The frame and infill developed a system that provide an easy construction and low-cost construction for the local residents. Roof | Metal sheet Wall | Gabion wall and basket Frame | Wood frame system
Roof System | Metal Sheet
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Post and Beam | Wood Frame
Gabion Wall | Material Reuse
Street Condition Section
Courtyard Condition Section
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04 Found Object Iteration Spring 2016 Professor | Jennifer Lee Michaliszyn This project explores the potential of everyday found objects for a screen design. The curvature of a fork allows for sliding and nesting to create a collective module. The screen prototype is applied to the facade of Boston Local Art Gallery. The openness of the facade for peoeple to see through the screen to further develop relationship. The interior of the gallery is inspired by the continuity of the facde pattern through an internal ramp.
Right The screen design with everyday object, forks
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Fork iteration The curvature of a fork allows for sliding and nesting to create a collective module. In order to create continuous pattern, the fork pattern is transformed into the flower budlike shape.
Above Fork iteration diagrams Right 3D prints of the fork iterations
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Transformation from Fork to Prototype
Above Render of the fork iteration
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Boston local art gallery Parti Diagram The screen prototype is applied to the facade of Boston Local Art Gallery. The openness of the facade for peoeple to see through the screen to further develop relationship. The interior of the gallery is inspired by the continuity of the facde pattern through an internal ramp.
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05 Miscellaneous Parklet Design Fall 2015 Professor | Zach Pursely
Above Parklet design located at Troy Boston. Movable foam blocks creates a playful and interactive landscape for kids and adults. The represntation is hand rendering with model collage.
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Material Collaging Fall 2016 Professor | Jennifer Lee Michaliszyn
Left The photo collage represnts the way of materials, roof tiles and bricks, stacking into landscape.
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Formless Vacuum Forming Spring 2016 Professor | Rob Trumbour The project is to experiment PETG and polystyrene through vacuum forming. In order to create various patterns, the project created a formless jig with dowels. Also, the form allows dowels to connect into a screen structure.
Above The formless jig with dowels for the vaccum forming Right The assembly of each panels into a screen. The image is the shadow of the screen.
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City of Skin Spring 2017 Professor | Penn Ruderman
The project is to experiment the materials performance that changes the function of walls. The wall can function differently through the materials. Hot glue and acrylic surface create flexibility that allows space to expand. This skin can not only be used in the interior office space but also to the exterior of the building surface. So with the function of skin, buildings don’t have to limit to the building footprint itself.
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06 Construction Documents 2015 Summer Full Time Intern T.S. Lin & P. Y. Lin Architects and Associates
Right Ground floor plan of the high rise residential building in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Left Sections of the high rise residential building in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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