CHIHWEI HSU PORTFOLIO by chihwei hsu

CHIHWEI HSU PORTFOLIO 2007 2012

CONTENTS FRONT THOUGHT

WORKS

thesis 2011

01 HONEYCOMBED TRANSFORMATION The imagination of a future village

other academic projects 2010

02 DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT VIEWS Student hall of residence, ncku

2010

03 SPACE OF REVERSAL First urban sustainable transport center in Barcelona

2009

04 LEAVING POETRY A crematorium at boundary of City

2009

05 SYMBIOSIS Residence of spatial symbiosis

spatial installation 2008

2011

06 SACRIFICE Seven swords, seven forms 07 WAVE UP Liquid perception in Taiwan

APPENDIX ⅰ PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS

ⅱ CURRICULUM VITAE

Architecture exists for people,and for its own value.

HONEYCOMBED TRANSFORMATION The Imagination of a Future Village

*2nd Prize, d3 HOUSING TOMORROW 2012 *2nd Prize, ARRAY International Student Competition 2011 *Honable Mention, New Talent Award 2011

Academic Personal 4th year Graduation Thesis 2011 Adviser_Ming-Hung Wang Type: Housing Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand Area: 10000ă&#x17D;Ą Building Amount: 182 Abstract: Design houses that are friendly and people needs oriented, and further design a dense but changeable village respond to our environment

1. COMPOSE A BUILDING WITH SEPARATE UNITS Using separate units to construct a building allows the building to change easily. People can freely add or subtract their space as their want.

ISSUE INTRODUCTION

The structure of Bail Green School can meet this requirement. its structure enables its inhabitants to be freely add and subtract its units, either in vertically or horizontally. And the logic of construction in this building is friendly to construct by people.

The program initiated from my three observations to modern housing. 1. We are surrounded by several parks, while true nature is far away from us. On the boundary of urban and secondary cities, houses scatter over a big area. Most of people live neither close to nor far from each other, and this kind of household distribution has bad influence on our environment because of increasing the carbon footprint.

added units core

2. Buildings are built because of people’s requirements. They are supposed to be easily to change by their residences. Before, people who require bigger space would enlarge their houses on their own, by adding porches,dormers and new winds. In Nepal, we still can see these kinds of adjusted buildings. However, in most of developed countries, this kind of changeable buildings do not exist due to a different way of construction.

Vertically, doubled or tripled columns enable the structure of each floor in this building to be independent.

Horizontally, the building can gradually add its units from the core to the edge.

+ 3. Buildings are supposed to be built and be deconstructed easily. However, nowadays ordinary houses in our world cannot meet this requirement.

The features—high density, changeable structure, and friendly construction are what I want to present in this design. And these features make me think about honeycomb. The shift from solid and void spaces thoughout time in its cell maybe is an ideal microcosm for future villages.

Bali Green School is consists of a core and other added space

I used this structure system to test the other types of form without a core and also test its structural ability.

X hard to extend in every shape of site O space gradation is distinct

Testing process In the process, I compare Bali Green School’s structure with seperate, combine their advantages together and define its structure layers.

raidal

circle

HONEYCOMBED TRANSFORMATION

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2. DEFINE THREE TYPES OF GROWING RELATIONSHIP These three types of development are suitable for most shapes of the sites. Using the same structural logic to build a separate house, I try to retain the core, define and refine layers of the structure, and finally test the structureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possibility. core

added units

added units core

LINEAR

core-added system

tho original form

transformation

MIX

= Combine both of these advantages together to make my designâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original form.

O easy to extend in every shape of site X lack a center, lacks of spacial gradation

linear

orthotrogonality

interweave

reptant

RING

obliqueness

perpendicular topography

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3. UTILIZE VOID SPACE FROM BOTTOM TO TOP The effective utilization of void space plays a critical role in a highly compact villiage. In orderto plan effectively, I first define each unit in different sizes, and find the most suitable sizes of land.

USE THREE UNIT SCALES TO COMPOSE A HOUSE

4.2-5.4m

LARGE

minimum size of a living space

a sidewalk+a core of the structure+sitting space 4.2m * 4.2m

2.7-3.6m

MIDDLE

minimum size of a room basic type 2.7m * 3m

1.5-2.4m

SMALL

minimum size of a bathroom or others small space basic type 1.5m * 1.8m

type

HONEYCOMBED TRANSFORMATION

type

large

large+small

large+middle

large+small

large+middle

large+middle +small

middle*2

middle*2 +small

middle+ small*2

6m*18m

8m*12m

9m*9m

type

9m*9m

6m*18m

EACH LAND HAS A RELATION WITH EACH OTHER IN SIZE 8m*12m

FIND SUITABLE SIZES OF LAND TO SATISFY DIFFERENT UNITS

4. DIVIDE MAIN VOID SPACE ON EACH LAND In different lands, the position of void space and ways of adding buildings are different from each individual. I define three common positions of void space in each land, and try to build it with the structure system

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5. HIERARCHY OF VOID SPACE: [v1] [v2] [v3]

MAIN VOID SPACE [v1]

Ragulate that each land should provide 30% of its area for public

REMAIN SPACE [v2] PRIVATE CORE [v3]

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The largest/main space in a house

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① 1. Utilize the type which has void space [v1] in the front to make streets { type1,3,5,6,7,8}

7. SITE PLAN DEVELOPMENT .6

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Use lands that have size relations to form a compact block Make more effective use of lands. And it also can be extended to a larger scale

HONEYCOMBED TRANSFORMATION

Separate the blocks from the main roads in a more economicaly way

Transform the blocks to respound to the topography of the original site

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The void space in a land can be devided into three parts, [v1] and [v2] are for public utilization. All void space are for air and light circulation.

Void space[v1] and [v2] are not only connected by roads but also by ground floor which is provided by house uplifts. Both of them can make ground floor much brighter and more friendly to the public.

6. ABOUT THE SITE

The region of the site is located in Bo San, a small town near to Chiang Mai, Thailand. To view fromthe top, pieces of fields and forests are scatter over this surrounding region. My goal is choosing one rural place to be the site, and designing a village to respond to the environment and my issue.

BO SAN

site

2. Use the void space [v1] connect with others to make a larger void space (park) {type1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9}

The distance between the site to Bo San is about 1.5km, and the areaof the site is about 10000ă&#x17D;Ą. It is also a typical rural place in BAN WAN Thailand. Beside the site, there are fields and pieces of forests fragments.

Fill roadside land withe the type which has void space in the front Provide void spaces to the public that forms a comfortable street condition

Utilize the combination of main void space [v1] to make parks

Create streets by main boid space [v1] The street can connect the parks and the main road to every household

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Site plan Parking lots are scattered around the site and are hidden in the forest. Outer public spaces are between the buildings and forests and next to the roads. Because of the dense arrangement, nature is closer to the public.

Outer public space Parking

Road Road for agriculture

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TYPE SAMPLING Choose five types of houses from nine which have distinct position of their void spaces to put them into practice. These houses have independent column systems. Therefore, their elevation and plan can be developed freely. 1F

4 2F 2F

1 In house1, I demo four stages of an enlarging house. At first, they only build the core place and temporary structures which can meet their basic needs. And they enlarge the space gradually. 1F

HONEYCOMBED TRANSFORMATION

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Right Topview of street

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Above Left Model_house 5 Below Left Model_house 8 Above Right Model_house 1 Medium Right Model_house 4 Below Right Model_house 9

HONEYCOMBED TRANSFORMATION

From house8 to house9, I try to demo the requirement change of a family. They can change a part of the structure to reform their living space from house8, house8’to house 9. On right side of the house, the columns and cores are unchangeable. On left side, the family enlarges and changes their space by adding columns.

layer 1

layer 2

front

back HOUSE8

layer 3

HOUSE8’

HOUSE9

layer 4

changed pillar

floor

wall

roof structure

roof

According to the layers which are defined by the test process, layer 1 consists of independent pillars which support different floors and the roof’s structure. Layer 2 are beams which support the floor or is a part of the roof structure. Layer 3 are extended beams which provide the structure to enlarge the floor area or the roof, and layer 4 provides more support for the beams. Because of the fully developed structure system, the plan and elevation can freely express what the users want rather than being limited by the structure. 0

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Structure and Materials People can use different materials, such as local materials like wood and bamboo to build their houses. Also, these houses can be built according to other structures in that the formof the building can be interpreted by most linear structure systems in its own way. I choose light steel structure to demo these houses, and demo different materials and foundation use.

usages of different materials

Extension

usages of different foundations

groundfloor

HONEYCOMBED TRANSFORMATION

private space1

kitchen

IN A SINGLE HOUSE HOUSE4 Core space, roof, floor, wall

a. Core space offers family a place to get together and it is also the center of the structure. b. Breaking a big roof into several pieces, and staggering them with one another in different levels enable fresh air and sunshine into the interior. Also, this responds to the sheet-like fields and forests. c. In order to improve the physical environment in these building, the buildings are raised up to 1.5m above the ground. d. Walls that are separated from the columns, are user friendly and easy to renew.

The void spaces that are divided by personal lands can decrease spatial waste to make a compact village. Moreover, because these void spaces let more sunshine much to the ground floor, the ground floor not only can be a storage space but also a place where residents can do many activities.

core space and staggered roofs

core space in floor one

1. main road 2. main void space 3. entrance 4. core space 5. kitchen 6. private space1 7. private space2 8. private space3 9. ground floor 2011 GRADUATION THESIS

1. Main Road W6m-10m 2. Streets [v1]are created by void space W2m-4m 3. Park [v1] puts void spaces together and can gain larger space for public use A16ă&#x17D;Ą-48ă&#x17D;Ą 0

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4. Private Core[v3] offers a harth-like place for house 5. Private Void Spaces [v1] and [v2] are combined with the original road to offer many pause spaces for people to park their bikes, for venders to trade...etc 6. The Crevice [v2] between two houses creates better physical enviornment

HONEYCOMBED TRANSFORMATION

Left Living situation on the village 2011 GRADUATION THESIS

Academic 3rd year project Personal Adviser_Jhen-Yu Chen Type: Dormitory Location: Tainan, Taiwan Area: 2320ă&#x17D;Ą Building Amount: 1 Abstract: Insert an interface between the public and the private to create different possibilities for studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; social life in their dormitory.

ISSUE INTRODUCTION Dorms are second homes for students when they enter college. Different from residence housing, dorms not only provide student a space to live in, they are also the space where students enlarge their social circle and process good living quality. However, most university’s dorms in Taiwan only respond to students’ most basic needs but neglect the fact that dorms can provide student a new experience of their social life. Usually, school dorms directly connect the public space with the private space. Thus, dorms lack territorial hierarchy and students can hardly find a space that belongs to them except their own rooms. And this phenomenon prevent students from frequently using the public space. In this design, I focus on designing an architectural way that can increase the possibility of social activities in dorms. A new type of dorm can provide new social experience for students but still maintain the sense of security of their private lives.

DESIGN STERAGY a. Inset medium space I try to inset continuous medium space in this design. The medium space provides an interface to allow students have more social activities by connecting different units’ social space together and by being a transition between the private space and the public space.

DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT VIEWS Student hall of residence, NCKU

b. Scatter public spaces Instead of placing different public spaces together, I try to separate them around the medium space. Students can easily use these public spaces because the distance from their living unit to the public spaces decreases.

a. Inset medium space In order to preserve spaces for medium space, I try to eliminate the walkway space and let users directly reach their living units by elevation. The medium space which responds to dwellers’ needs can connect other living units’ medium spaces and be combined into a large social space or can serve this living unit’s single purpose. When dwellers open their medium space to nearby spces, a large corridor is created. The corridor provides a platform for social activities as well as let sunshine and wind circulate.

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Left Isometrical perspective_ medium space

DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT VIEWS

In one living unit, two nearby medium spaces (the entrance of a living unit) share the same elevator. In order to bring users who live in different units closer to others, different living units’ spaces are twisted with each other.

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Conceptual model of medium space In order to make medium spaces accessible to every unit, I try to use tube-like shape to make the medium space. This linking tube not only provides a fluid circulation for users but also for the building’s physical environment. In the ends of the tubes, tubes are just like huge windows that can capture different views: Inside the tubes, students’ activities and their interactions are recorded, while looking outward, students can locate the site’s surrounding views.

Public spaces are connected to the medium space evenly

private space

Medium space

Private spaces which connected with medium take up the leaving spaces

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b. Scatter public spaces Public spaces are scattered on every floor, and students can access these public spaces by their medium space or by taking elevators to the third floor of the living units (4f, 7f, 10f). The separate public spaces connected to each other in a circulation can break the barriers of floors. Students can meet people from different floors or different units in these public spaces.

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Left Isometrical perspective_ public space

DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT VIEWS

a. Public entreance (4F, 7F, 10F) b. Courtyard space on the centre of some floors provide walkway for public space’s circulation c. Every “doors” are connections between private living unit and public space

Organization of public spaces (kitchen, reading space and laundry room) According to the different characteristics of public spaces such as their height and their position, I assign different functions to each of them.

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Connected units Community kitchens are placed on the connecting route or places that can be combined with neighbor spaces. They are open spaces available to everyone. When kitchens are connected with the medium space, students can choose to combine these two spaces together or leave them as they are.

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Separate unit Separate single rooms provide student a quiet space for reading. And study spaces are avoided assigning at main entrance stair(3F, 6F, 9F), are placed on 2F, 4F, 5F, 7F, 8F, 10F where can provide relatively quiet condition. Students in these enclosed spaces would not be interrupted by noise.

③

Double-decked space Laundry rooms are located at the doubledecked space because their height allows the wind and sunshine to flow through easily. Some laundry rooms are enlarged by being combined with neighbor public spaces. All the laundry rooms are located evenly which are accessible to students who live in every unit.

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Relationship between medium spave and private space 28

DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT VIEWS

A living unit spreads through three floors, and it is made of one medium space [p1], one living room [p2], and several private rooms. Students can reach their living units through the main entrance that is on the second floor of a living unit (3F, 6F, 9F). When they enter their units, they would reach the medium space [p1] first. On the first floor of a living unit (2F, 5F, 8F), there is a living room space [p2] which is close to a big window providing sunshine for the whole floor. Two nearby living unitsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; spaces are twisted together. In the medium space [p1] and living room [p2] of two living units, usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; view can penetrate other units, which enhances the possibility of social activities in this building. On the contrary, because of the block of the medium space [p1] and living room [p2], students still can enjoy their private lives, and will not be interrupted by others.

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Relationship between medium space and public space

In one living unit, people can enter the public though the door which is near the medium space [p1] and [p2]. Each public space has its own circulation and it surrounds all living units. 2010 ACADEMIC PROJECT

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tfshc’s swimming pool

SQUARE SPACE

JOINT

student center

multi-function building

About the site The site is located to the south of the campus of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). This campus includes several dorms and a student center. At the same block of the campus, there is a multi-function building which incorporates a hotel, a dinning and shopping center on its northwest side, and private housing on the east side. To the southeast side of this block, the site is near a high school’s swimming pool and sport field (Tainan First Senior High School).

Site observation and Strategy a. The site is surrounded by several dorms and located in a joint place between other dorms and the main road. → Arrange a service space and create a joint for the whole campus

b. In the other side of site, the campus’ wall separates the multi-function building and the high school’s swimming pool, and the traffic circle in front of students and the site is an important image of this campus. However, it is seldom used because of the circulation of this campus. → Break the campus wall and recreate a square space in front of the traffic circle

Design process Site plan

SETP1 Divide the site into two parts: one is for the walkway, while the other is for the ground place

STEP2 Make the volume transparent, and put a access to connect walkway and ground place

STEP3 Insert different directions’ windows to capture all view around the site into the design

DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT VIEWS

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1F 1. Entrance 2. Lobby 3. Coffee 4. Guide Room 5. Storage 6. W.C. 7. Bicycle Store 8. Supermarket 0

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B1 Below Street view 2010 ACADEMIC PROJECT

section of medium space of a living unit

Left above Courtyard space on the centre of the floor Below right The entrance in first floor of a living unit Below left Exterior apperance_ landary room

Plans and Section of a living unit 0

DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT VIEWS

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Right Exterior apperance Below left Section of medium space

10F

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DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT VIEWS

1. kitchen 2. reading space 3. laundary room public space medium space

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Academic/ competition 3rd year project Collaborate with Chin-Yi Cheng Team position_concept thinking, site analyze, plan, rendering Adviser_Yu-Lin Chen Type: Complex Location: Barcelona Area: 3300ă&#x17D;Ą Building Amount: 1 Abstract: Design a new public area by reversing its inner space, allowing people have closer access to this new type of energy usage.

SPACE OF REVERSAL

First Urban Sustainable Transport Center in Barcelona

ISSUE INTRODUCTION The continuous growth in the number of vehicles is leading to a series of serious problems. In most of the big cities, constant traffic jams on the streets cause increasing levels of pollution and decrease peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s living standard. All governments try to solve this serious pollution problem, so some of them try to enact special tax for vehicles that enter the downtown, and some of them try to restrict the speed of vehicles in the cities. However, even though governments can use the tax collected from vehicle users to protect our environment, these problems cannot be eradicated. In recent years, some companies are working hard to look for definitive solutions. And the most probable one is the production of electric cars.

Electric engines do not emit any substance into the atmosphere, and the batteries can be recharged by photovoltaic panels that cause no pollution. In the present day, there are some electric cars available on the market, but driving electric cars still face difficulties such as having trouble recharging. But technology is about to overcome the challenge. Therefore

PROPOSAL

Propose a new complex that symbolizes the end of an era marked by gasoline-fueled vehicles and by having petroleum as the main power source. And the new complex should be appropriate to solve the proposed program with a vehicle dealer, ecological refueling station, offices and a research center

[a] [c] 8.

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About the site The site is located at the Eixample, a district of Barcelona constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This region is characterized by a strict grid pattern and square or triangle blocks with chamfered corners and inner void space. The site is one of the triangular plots of the master plan with an area of 3300 square meters. And this region is a prosperous place near many schools or public buildings. There are currently two buildings on the plot. One is a local gas station, while the other is an exclusive car dealer.

Site observation a. Special shape of block Because of being intersected by an important avenue which directly leads to Les Corts, the site is located at one of the triangular blocks in Barcelona which is an uncommon shape at the region of Eixample (most of the other blocks are square ones). And this interception also makes this location a traffic node of other five intersections. Even though most of the roads in Barcelona are one-way, this traffic node is still busier than other intersections.

b. Multiple usages of inner blocks At the beginning, the inner void space of blocks is designed to let light in and enhance the quality of life. As time goes by, the residences in Barcelona make use of the inner void space in different ways. Some of the spaces are occupied by private users; others are transformed into courts, markets or parking lots. For example, the inner space of block [a] is designed to be a small park. Block [b] is a parking area and block [c] is a court.

MULTIPLE USAGES 1. Industrial School of Barcelona 2. Hospital Clinic Provincial of Barcelona 3. Hospital University Sagrat Cor 4. Tram 5. Avinguda Diagonal 6. Avinguda Josep Tanadellas 7. Carrer del comte d'urgell 8. Avinguda de Sarria

market parking basketball court samll park

It is hard for outsiders to know the inner side of the blocks, unless they know this area well. Therefore, the inner side of the blocks is almost inaccessible to outsiders.

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Concept TURN

OVER

TURN

before

after

Considering the results of these two observation, we try to turn the void space inside out. In this way, it can show its special and symbolic meaning, as well as making people know easily the activities that take place there.

Below Concept drawing Bottom Exterior apperance

We try to use the concept of turning over the vertical part of the building. Before, ground floor is the only floor familiar to the public. Without entering the building, it is hard for people to know the activities inside the building.

ME -en DIA te KN rtain m O -re WL ant ED se a -po rch GE we MA r eff ic -bu RKET enc y a ING y EC nd s -po OLO ell we GY rs up ply

Because of its special location and the symbolic meaning of the project, this design should be distinctive among the surrounding regions.

Design Process Therefore, we try to turn over the solid part of the building to make people experience some important parts of this symbolic building that the public should know.

STEP1 Create a volume which height is similar to surrounding area

STEP2 Create the plaza at ground floor and increase the height of the ground floor

STEP3 Turn over the volume

STEP4 Put structure into volume

SPACE OF REVERSAL

[2] [1]

[1] [2]

outer shell

structure

inner shell

Double-shell structure

The structure is a double shell made by turning over the wall two times. The first time, [1] helps some activities not accessible to the public before can be closer to the public, while the second time[2] is made for structure. Between [1] and [2], there is also a shell connecting [1] and [2] to make this building a whole. Because of turning things over twice, those important information such as the last research and information about electric cars can be shown to the public on the layer between [1] and [2], serving educational purposes.

floors in the tubes

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Design strategy 1. Opening the floor to create skylight for lower floors

2. Uplift the ground floor

In order to block the view of busy traffic from nearby roads, we try to uplift the height of ground floor. When people walk in to the ground floor from the pavement, the slope of the ground would lead them 2 meters higher. There, people would not be interrupted by the busy streets nearby. They can comfortably wait for their recharging cars, and experience the information shown by research centers.

Above Left Ground floor Above Right Interior of the office

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1. cafeteria 2. research center 3. parking 4. recharging space 5. auto care 6. vehicle sale 7. vehicle dealer 8. vehicle dealer’s office 9. offices’ lobby 10. lecture hall 0

SPACE OF REVERSAL

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before

after Ground floor: research center, plaza, offices

2. vehicle dealer

3. Change the recharging space from ground floor to underground

Instead of recharging with gasoline, which can be finished in few minutes, electric recharging needs about twenty minutes. So the electric recharging area needs a big area for electric car users to park about twenty minutes. We try to change the recharging area from ground floor to underground.

1. recharging space

4. Put the sales area on the route from the recharging space to the plaza on ground floor

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2F 2010 ACADEMIC PROJECT/ COMPETITION

Academic 2nd year project Personal Adviser_Shih-Tsung Yeh Type: Ritual space and surrounding landscape Location: Taipei, Taiwan Building Amount: 1 Abstract: Rethink about end-of life ritual, and create different routes with its own spatial characteristic for different participants.

LEAVING POETRY

A Crematorium at the Boundary of a City

ISSUE INTRODUCTION The end-of-life ritual is viewed as the last journey which the deadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friends can accompany the dead. And the ritual is a set of actions which not only symbols a peaceful death but also helps the living ease the pain of loss. However, in Taiwan, the ceremonial place where the end-of-life rituals take place often makes people feel scared and unwilling to get close to. In every city, most people have negative impressions to the region where crematorium is located, so it is harder for those regions to develop or to have other functions.

The crematorium becomes an enclosed machine which only meets the functional demands. But the holy experiences of the space are also important in such a place. As the result, people only become more afraid of the place. In this design, I try to create different spatial experiences which match with the ceremonial place and its process. From the viewpoint of participants, those spatial experiences can make complete the memorial ritual; from the viewpoint of urban planning, this ceremonial place creates a place for the residents who live near to the site to experience the cycle of life.

The bearer (close relatives) The process of cremation

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Worship meeting for the deceased

Cremation

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Waiting for Ashes Retrieving

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Ashes retrieval

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Going to chapel

Burial

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〇 : yes ╳ : usually not ▲ : perhaps

Cremation process analysis In order to create different spatial experiences for participants, I try to divide participants into two groups by Taiwanese cremation custom: one is the bearers who usually are close relatives; the other is the participants who are invited to attend the funeral. And then match the process of cremation for them.

Most participants invited to attend the rituals only attend the worship meeting for the deceased. Only some of them attend the last part of the process, the burial, because they are not so close to the deceased. Because of the different relationships between participants and the deceased, the feeling of the two groups would also be different in the funeral. Therefore, I think that these two groups of people can have different spatial experiences of the ritual.

Further, I find that actually the second group (the other participants) would not need to attend some parts of the cremation process. Design Strategy

Concept The last journey is a process like a road that leads one’s life to an end. So I try to fold and twist this long road, and put different volumes in each node. In each node, people who walk in different roads would meet each other again and again, and then finally their roads would integrate into one.

step1 create a long line

step2 fold and twist it

step2 put the functional spaces in it

decide the section of this volume

separate circulation and functional spaces

Testing Model

Left Model Below Right Concept drawing_ a long path with different entrances

separate the volume into two parts

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Taipei City 3

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About the site With the price of real estate increases and peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s awareness of environmental protection rises, more and more people change the burial way from interment to cremation. The ideal location of a crematorium should not be too far from the city, but it still needs a secluded place to increase a sense of secrecy. And the site I chose is located at Neopu Mountain, the southern side of Daan District, Taipei, which is currently a deserted cemetery plot. Under the mountains, there are residential regions of Taipei City. The location is also closer to some public spaces like schools and public parks.

LEAVING POETRY

Site observation a. Traffic information This convenient location is close to one of the exits of Taipei Expressway which connects the east side of Taipei county to Taipei city. Also, there is Taipei Highway which connects the north and the south of Taipei city, and some bus stops and MRT stations.

b. Mortuary region in Taipei city Muchih Mountain and Neopu Mountain are the biggest mortuary regions in Taipei City. In the past, this region is the border of the city; however, with the expansion of Taipei City, this region gets really close to the center part of Taipei City now. This expansion causes an interesting phenomenon, which is the living and the deceased coexist in the crowded Taipei City. One is by the foot of the mountain and the other is on the mountain. But most people avoid having a walk around this place because of fear.

1. Taipei Expressway 2. Taipei Highway 3. MRT Station 4. Fuxing S. Road 5. Dunhua S. Road 6. Xinhai Road 7. Roosevelt Road 8. Muchih Mountain 9. Neopu Mountain 10. Mortuary region

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Site plan At the entrance of this crematorium area, parking lots are hidden underground. And different paths would lead the bearers (usually the close relatives) and the people who are invited to attend the funeral enter the crematorium area through different paths. The entrance for bearers is a gate which is three meters beneath ground level and which is surrounded first by a forest, and then by a lake; on the other hand, the entrance of other participants is a path which would lead those people from the forest to the walkway above the lake and then to the crematorium. On the east side of the crematorium, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an area for people to bury their dear ones under the trees, a much more environmentally friendly form of burial. It is many peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hope that one day, Neopu Mountain would not only be full of tombs but also a place where city residents can go for a walk.

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node functional spaces 1. oratory 2. retort 3. waiting area

Above Left Entrance of the bearer Above Right Walkway outside the oratory

In the crematorium, I divide this building into two parts: one is the circulation which is a continuing road with two entrances; the other is the node (a functional space). Different entrances lead the bearers and other participants walk on different routes. For the bearers, the route would pass through all functional spaces, while for other participants, the route would avoid passing retort area

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1. entrance for the bearer 2. entrance for other participents 3. lobby 4. oratory 5. retort area 6. animal retort

7. ashes retrieval 8. waiting area 9. prepare room 10. office 11. reception room 12. machine room 13. staff lounge 14. dust collecting room

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Academic 2nd year project Personal Adviser_Hsin-Yi Ho Type: single house Location: Tainan, Taiwan Building Amount: 1 Abstract: Using void spaces connecting to surrounding areas to create solid parts of the building and to present spatial symbiosis

SYMBIOSIS

Residence of Spatial Symbiosis

PART ONE - Symbiosis and Squeeze Symbiosis is a state that in one system, each part cannot be separated from the rest. If some spaces exist in this kind of situation, it can be embarrassing: two different functions do not fit, while they cannot exist without each other. In my imagination, the relationship of symbiosis is like a movement of â&#x20AC;&#x153;squeezeâ&#x20AC;?. When we squeeze an object, this object would be divided into two parts: one is the object itself, the other is the part which is going to be squeezed out. Through squeezing, at that instant, we can tell two distinctive characters of one thing which we cannot usually distinguish.

Concept Drawing of Squeeze

The model is composed of two parts: the solid and the soft. The soft part lives in the solid part, and some of it is about to drop out. SQUEEZE

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PART TWO - Symbiosis of Urban Space A phenomenon related to my urban observation makes me wonder about its connection with squeeze. In Tainan, the oldest city in Taiwan, except the main road which is planned to be orderly, the alleys in most of the blocks grow very organically. When walking into the blocks, we usually feel oppressed because of some illegal buildings protruding. The context of the city and messy electric wires divide the narrow sky into even smaller parts. The experience of walking in those small alleys makes me notice the fact that I am walking in the parts that are squeezed.

We usually focus on the solid things which are the things we make or create. We use every stroke to define solid things such as cells, walls and floors, but we would experience those remaining void spaces eventually. Those remaining void spaces are often where our quality of life comes from. With this observation, I try to convert the two parts of symbiosis into the solid and the void to respond to the oppressive blocks of Tainan City.

Left Exterior appearance and surrounding area Above Right Collage drawing of Tainan city

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About the site The site is near Minsheng Roundabout, Tainan City, which is planned by Japanese Colonial Government. And the block of the site is located at a very old region of Tainan City. Expect the main roads, the buildings built in the blocks of the site grow organically.

DESIGN STRATEGY

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STEP3 Making a group of void space on the site [A] -> [Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;] The group of void space can connect with the void space nearby the site.

Section analyze In each section, different relationships between solid space and void space contribute to different characters of space. And I revise the sections to let each space can be used by users.

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SEPT6 Transformation 2009 ACADEMIC PROJECT

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Site plan The site is located at one of the corners of the blocks where four different alleys converge. Because the void space of this building is made to connect with the void space outside, the view of this place would be more transparent, and users would feel less oppressed than before.

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SACRIFICE

Seven swords, seven forms

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SACRIFICE

Seven swords, seven forms

Spatial installation 2nd year academic project 2008 Instructor_Hsin-yi Ho Tainan, Taiwan Teamwork Team position, design different types of combination of windows, and help to practice

Liquid perception in Taiwan

*Final list, Proposal for“The Venice Biennial 13th International Architecture Exhibition” Taiwan Exhibition Competition 2011

In 2009, NCKU department of architecture held a spatial exhibition called Sacrifice, and the site was located at an old military hospital’s area built by Japanese Colonial Government. In this exhibition, our group was responsible of the entrance of this route. For us, the feelings of those who were going to participate in this ritual were complex, partly because they were eager for peace, and partly because they were scared. Therefore, we tried to represent this kind of feeling by creating a space of suspension. We used the old wooden windows discarded on this site, and identified different types of windows and their meanings, and then put them on this route. On this route, different windows symbolized how people enter and leave the original frame. Some windows were transparent, some were not. By the suspension of groups of windows and their different types, we tried to create the effect of anti-gravity to show this impending feeling. 54

SACRIFICE 2009 ACADAMIC PROJECT

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Liquid Perception in Taiwan

Spatial installation Palazzo delle Prigioni, Venice, Italia Instructor_Cheng-Lun Hsueh Teamwork Team position, define different types of possible interaction between wave, people and space, and put it into design.

In this project, our group tried to create an exhibition which can respond and record special urban and architectural states in Taiwan. With the concept of capturing the movement of Taiwan, this spatial installation represents the experience of movement.

1. entrance 2. exhibition area A 3. exhibition area B. 4. exhibition area C 5. exhibition area D 6. exhibition area E (with order of circulation)

In the first part, we tried to analyze the sensori- motor in Taiwan by geography and scale’s shaking; in the second part, we try to discuss sensori-motor in cities of Taiwan such as movement of vehicles and stream of people. We used linear rods and the skin between each rod to interpret the concept. We created different types of relationship between rods’ wave and people. And by using twists and different material’s characters, we created a swinging movement in this space. With the swinging movement and visualized projection, the space would overlap and create changeable spatial orders.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS

ⅰ PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS Right contrast_02 Singjang, China fuji superia 200, minolta p’s Left contrast_01 Kathmandu, Nepal konica centuria 200 expired, minolta p’s APPENDIX

Architecture exists for people,and for its own value.