Kun Bi portfolio 2017 by Kun Bi

Kun

Selected works

Content Floating Chapel of Figureheads Investigation of history | Installation Havana Pool Changing Room Architecture triggered by intimacy and interaction | Renovation Bird Feeding Tower Vertical organizations | Monumentality Paradise Garden Illustration of landscape history Helsinki South Harbor Ideas Competition Transportation research | Masterplan 3D Printing Concrete Architecture Circular kiosk | Six section house | Urban greenery bench Preston Bus Station & Youth Centre Sports centre | Public space Hotel

Chengdu Temple House Heritage building renovation

The Rolling Bridge Structure study | Making â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pill Expandaâ&#x20AC;? Narrative image illustration Zoom in / out Sketch | Pen on paper

E d u c a t i o n 08/2015Cornell University, Ithaca, USA Master of Architecture (Professional) 09/2008-06/2012 The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London BSc (Hons) in Architecture

Involvement 2009/2010/2012 The Bartlett School Summer Show UCL, London, UK Fall & Winter 2010 Student mentor in UCL UCL, London, UK

Awards 2016/2017 Mary Lyons Fellowship Cornell AAP, Ithaca 2015/2016 Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Award Cornell AAP, Ithaca 2015/2016/2017 M.ARCH I Tuition Award Cornell AAP, Ithaca

Employment 09/2016-12/2016 HANNAH, Ithaca Part-time architectural designer 3D printing concrete building research and design 07/2016-09/2016 John Puttick Associates, NYC Intern Preston Bus Station & Youth Zone Design development | Preparation for Planning application. 05/2015-09/2012 Make Architects, Beijing, China Junior Architect The Temple House, Hotel & Renovation of heritage buildings, Chengdu, China, Design development | Project coordination Shop drawing review | Site inspection

Floating Chapel of Figureheads Individual work at Bartlett | 2010 | London Tutor: Ana Monrabal-Cook & Luck Pearson This project explores the potential of communicating history through an installation. Consider, the St. Katherine dock In London: centuries ago, it was a small yet busy port for cargo ships, far from being a tourist attraction as it is today. During that time, all ships were outfitted with figureheads represent spirits protecting sailors during long journeys across the world. How might one create a chapel to commemorate these spiritual guards that once existed here? How can one exemplify for the visitors the old experience of sailing at sea? By designing reflections and lights, this small building aims to do exactly that.

Situated next to The Tower of London, and immediately next to the Tower Bridge, this dock area is occupied by waterside restaurants, shops and cafes. Nothing is revealing the historial features to crowded visitors. the program is to create a floating chapel as a museum to bring back the missing historacal context of the site.

St Katharineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dock accommodated about 1,000 vessels and 10,000 lighters everyday in 1841. Figureheads visited the dock area from all over the world as gardians for sailors.

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The arms of the building link the windows with the water. By playing with reflections, an infinite field of figureheads is created within the limited interior space.

Test of reflection and shadow casted by the interior reflective layers.

Havana Pool Changing Room Individual work at Bartlett | 2011 | Cuba Tutor: Julia Backhaus and Pedro Font Alba "A great revolution can only be born from a great feeling of love." This quote is inscribed on a propaganda board near the site. Havana is the center of various revolutions in Cuba; it is a city marked with clear passion. As a testament to Cuban culture, the design of this building emphasize intimacy of couples by inserting and highlighting certain building components with the existing structure. A great revitalization of the abandoned courtyard will be born from a great feeling of love.

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c: "Accordion" (shower cubicles): The partition between adjacent shower rooms is on a sliding track that doubles as a tool with which neighboring patrons can play. The shower heads are easily adjustable.

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Bird Feeding Tower Individual work at Cornell 2015|Ithaca|Advisor: Caroline O'Donnell and Sasa Zivkovic The program of this project is to design a tower for keeping both bird and insects. Tunnels connect the aboveground world of bird together with the underground world of insects. Birds are fed by insects fly/climb up through tunnels. Visitors are the observers of the mingle of these two worlds.

Platforms arranged in various height to feed different birds

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One operation is to cut into the ground to lift up the soil, where insects inhabited, to the upper levels to attract birds into the tower. A series of study models were made to explore design possibilities. Visitor would experience the two individual worlds and the mixture through their journey.

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tempered glass 12mm tempered laminated glass 12mm steel support facade post grill

Sectional detail study 0m 0.5m 1m

Bird feeding platform Observation space & BAR

Integrated grid structure for birds Aviary

Bird feeding platform Auditorium Office

Observation decks Entrance

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Helsinki South Harbor Ideas Competition W a l d a r c h i t e c t s | 2 0 11 Team: Caide Deng, Ping Wang To m a ke it s So ut h h a r b o r a t r u e â&#x20AC;&#x153;living roomâ&#x20AC;? of the city, this proposal res p e ct s t h e ex i s t i n g ch a ra cte r i s t i c nature of the South Harbour area, such as its skyline, the relationship between the sea & the land and the terminal port functions. It offers more effective and efficient terminal functionalities by reo rg a n i z i ng the te r m i na l a rea s.

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Closed port area MARKET CULTURE + ARTS

Market & local traffic center RELAXING + COMMERCE

Makasiini terminal escort traffic TRAFFIC NODE

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Operations : Free part of the Market Square space in o rder to extend the linear green space; relocat part of it i nto the space bet ween and alongside the Ma r ket Ha l l and the sea; Release Kauppatori car park space and to use it as a new “stage” for varies a ct i v it i es s u ch a s p e r fo r m a n ces, sports and open air exhibitions etc. To the west side of the harbour: Demolish the existing Terminal building and build a new one on the south side of its current l o cat i o n. T h i s w i l l p rov i d e a m o re co m pa ct terminal area shared by Satamatalo and Olympic terminals; Build an elevated car-free plaza with 2 bridges connecting the plaza with the Observatory Hill; Create a new branch of tram line into the terminal building area; Cars will access the terminal buildings at the current road level underneath the new build plaza; Reorganized parking spaces are located at the current road level as well; Vertical links between terminal level and plaza level are functioning as cafes and sea-viewing towers; 3 new buildings are also proposed at the west and south sides of the terminal area. One is a youth hostel + sauna; the second is a library book store + café and the last is an art center. To the east side of the harbour: A new building art museum provides two sloping roofs for relaxing and sun bathing purposes. A new bus stop locates under the cantilevered building part. After the demolition of Kanava terminal building, along the newly freed coast a linear“corridor” will link KataJanokka terminal building and the art museum. The “corridor” can provide an all season culture activities and direct link with public transport. As a result, new parking spaces are invreased to meets the requirements of the design assignment. Traffic flow is more clear and organized.

3D Printing Concrete Circular Kiosk Urban Greenery Furniture Six section house HANNAH | Cornell, Ithaca , NY These objects were collaboration with a 3D concrete fabrication factory to investigate the design possibility in small scalle habitable objects. I developed a few products from the conceptual stage to the completion of final documentations. All of these design task have a common goal : By carefully refining the design, make the limitation of concrete printing become the character of the final products.

Thin steel panel curved according the shape, with internal light weight support.

Design Potential and mass study

Door option

Thin steel panel curved according the shape, Rationalized plan

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Window option

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20mm thick round shelf with metal finish x 5 each

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Laminated glass roof window R625mm

steelpanel light weight support Exploded Axonometric

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balcony

bedroom

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Six section house

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Preston Bus Station & Youth Center John Puttick Associates P r e s t o n , U K | 2 0 1 6 Team : John Puttick, Edwin Lau

A visually light pavilion is complementing the strength and weight of the existing Brutalist concrete Bus Station. The building is split into three levels echoing the horizontal emphasis of the listed structure.

The newly created public space will be a major amenity for Preston city centre. The design provides a large, flexible paved square that can be used to hold events. Trees, soft landscaping and benches give a human scale and provide places for people to rest and relax. the double-height main entrance of the Youth Zone offers views of the climbing wall and up to the Sports Hall. The majority of facilities have been located at ground level, including a fitness suite, a performing arts and dance studio, a music room, a boxing and martial arts gym and a variety of arts and workshop rooms. An external kick-pitch and viewing areas are provided at roof level. Placing the kick-pitch on top of the building maximises the available public space at ground level and creates an exciting venue, with impressive views across the Bus Station, the new public space and beyond. Central to the value of the Bus Station to Prestonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cityscape is its striking monumental presence when viewed across the western apron. Gently curving concrete parapets give a powerful horizontal image to the building.

Chengdu Temple House Make Architects | Hotel | Chengdu,China 2012 - 2015 | Team: John Puttick, Jessica Lee, Jana Rock, Kunkun Chen I was involved from the early stages of the design as a key member and fully participated in the development of the project and its realization on site. The contemporary hotel project included radical refurbishment of a series of traditional Chinese buildings. I took the challenges of conducting a very precise understanding of the existing buildings together with creativity in bringing contemporary elements to them. Throughout the process, I made excellent contribution through my communication and technical skills.

"Volcano"

Hotel

Heritage entrance building

Hotel

Existing building: exterior

Proposed treatment of roof & frame Timber on under side of roofing striped back to normal color - exposed to below. Primary structure stripped back and repainted with traditional black finish.

Proposed treatment of floor & walls Strongly colored stone floor brings liveliness to the interior. Pods inserted with existing frame as insulation and integrated storage, air shaft, lighting and sliding pocket doors.

Access to Hotel and lifts

Reception

Luggage Store

Courtyard Garden

Library

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Office

Guest greeting Store

Art gallery

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Main entrance

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Level 1 - Proposed

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Study with structure system Advisor: Mark R. Cruvellier Team : Lingzhe Lu | Cornell 2015 This wproject is aimed to study the rigid structure and the rolling system of the Rolling bridge, which is a perfect example of how structural system has integrated into architectural design. In some aspect, it is the strong feature and cleverness of structure that realize the design concept, which is to fold the bridge mutating rather than fracturing. Therefore, it is quite important for us to achieve the folding process in this model and the biggest challenge for us is to duplicate or replace the hydraulic system in a proper way. Hydraulic System was tranlated into a system drove by transparent wires. The scale of the model is 1:15.

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Narrative image competition 2015 | Team work with Lingzhe Lu This story illustrated a problem caused by urbanization in China. Because of the unbalanced development between cities and countrysides, almost all the younger generation have moved from under-deloped areas to the cities for jobs. Consequestly, their old parents were left in hometowns living a lonly life.

“It’s two dollars fifty-six now.” Grandma Wong flickered her eyes over the meter, muttering to herself. “I miss you so much, Alan, my son.” Located in this remote mountain area, the village was like a lonely island in the middle of the sea. However, even in such inaccessible region, agriculture was no longer the major means of living during the invasion of industrialization. Alan Wong, the only son of the family, like most of the younger generation in the village, moved to the city to earn a better life. However, the big city was too expensive for Grandma Wong to live in. Staying at home alone, she felt her thoughts of her son to be the only crowded part in her peaceful life. She could not remember how long she had been isolated for. Time flies when the family is reunited, while days became longer and longer when she was alone. “It has been 235 days since Alan’s was last here” she told the calendar. Grandma Wong’s home is a small wooden hut and nobody knew the exact time of construction. The last renovation was done by X factory two years ago - they concealed leaks in the window and installed a set of strange device on the top of the roof. Grandma Wong merely knew the machine was used for internal gas collection, but the curiosity was no longer important since it was the only income for this poor family. Looking around the tiny indoor space, a bed, a cooking stove, a small square table and an old wooden cupboard, all the furniture was set up to meet basic daily requirements. Although nothing hadaltered fordecades, Grandma Wong felt the space had started expanding since last renovation. “Maybe it’s only because of my increasing loneliness.” She felt the ten-square meter roomspacewas filled by emptiness and the space seemed to grow as time went by. The cupboard became bigger and bigger - it took her a while these days to figure out where things located. The door rose to an unreachable scale and became farther and farther from the bed. It could be even worse on rainy days; the gloomy weather catalyzed the emptiness and blew up such perceptions to be thousands of times stronger. Fortunately, the considerable growth of the gas meter was able to draw a few crumbs of comfort to the old woman. “Two dollars fifty-seven.” The airbag was inflated again. All the gases would be collected by X factory through an underground pipe network. According to the locals the factory was huge, the cloud-like smoke curling up from chimneys covered half of the sky. People said that all the collected gases from undeveloped regions were processed into pills and sold to city dwellers. That was true. X factory did exist. Remarkable urbanization in the country had broken the balance between urban and rural areas. Overpopulation had squeezed the city and made the struggle for survival even fiercer. People working in tiny cubical offices with machinery stream-lining operations usually suffered “urban overwhelming syndrome (UOS)”, which is a mixture of depression, anxiety and claustrophobia. Pill Expanda from X factory, was specifically made to combat it.

The concept was to create balance. Isolation had enlarged the sensitivity to time and space of old people in countryside so they could perceive slower time and farther distance. Such consciousness had released the element of “Exgyon” in their breath. The lonelier people felt, the higher percentage the substance would be. After processing the collected gases, “Exgyon” could be purified and extracted for medical pills. Once people with UOS had the pill, their symptom would be relieved significantly: the space expanded to an adequate condition and time was no longer so short. X factory had made huge profit from “Expanda” by invading remote villages with gas collection machines and paying old people little money. The rumor also said that the factory had secretly juggled during every device installation to obtain high purity Exgyon. Grandma Wong’s son, Alan, like most of his colleagues working in the internet company, was an UOS patient and an Expanda addict. Under harsh competition and working pressure, his front-line daily life had squeezed his activity scope to its ultimate limitations. Generally in big cities living areas were always proportional to working areas. For migrant workers like Alan Wong, life was not easy. In the cubical office he was buried by screens and thousands of documents, while in the capsule apartment a single bed was the only thing that he could afford to make himself comfortable. Sometimes he felt breathless in such congestion. He dreamed of himself becoming a tiny ant, meandering along the crowded streets with skyscrapers falling down from above. It was then he knew he was caught by UOS and Expanda was the only solution. Although the price was reasonable, the pill still resulted in a strong financial demand as a daily treatment. Every month, his meager salary was split in to several parts. “$200 food, $250 rent, $100 transportation, $40 pill, $80 send to mom, $120 save in bank….” He wrote. The pill did work on him effectively. Sometimes he felt more energetic and positive than ever before, so he spent the whole night in the office to earn more overtime bonus. The date for going back home had been rescheduled again and again, and finally became a part of the indefinite future. One night after taking a pill, he had a strange dream. He dreamt about the small village where he had lived, which was now filled with breath of his mom. Everything was so peaceful and like an image cast from his childhood: farmers were busy in green fields; fisherman worked by the water, the calm river glistened in the sunlight with the background of foggy mountains. Suddenly, the sunshine disappeared. Numerous mechanical airbags dropped from the sky, covering the entire village. He saw his mother’s eyes. He smelt her breath, with cold and sharp despair, burying deep into his heart like a wicked knife. Then he was pulled by another force and started flying, his body torn into thousands parts during the high speed voyage. He felt oblivious to pain but breathless… “Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring…” It was the alarm. He silenced the alarm and looked up the grey sky of the city. “It is time to go to work.”

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Design

Individual work at Cornell 2015|Advisor: George Hascup

The design concept is to treat plywood with 3/4 " thickness as a surface. Througu the carefully design operations of cuting and folding, a chair is made from one sheet of plywood.

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Sketches | pen on note book Sketch inspired by daily memory and spatial perception.

Kun Bi (+1) 607 279 7628 kb622@Cornell.edu Available from late May, 2017