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2014-2020 Portfolio Lana Jiaxin Yuan Rhode Island School of Design BFA Interior Architecture SCI-Arc Master of Architecture
Woven: PTCC Blankets P.6 One long ramp connecting two “woven module� blankets together to weave a Philipino Town Culture Center. SCI-Arc Master of Architecture 1
90s Utopian Town
P.16 Re-thinking contemporary Live-work typology. Re-defining Utopian in architecture and Co-work space for creative young professionals. RISD Interior Architecture
Redefining Coworking Roof P.26
CoWorking Roof Addition in Industry City, NY. RISD Interior Architecture
Play Cook Plant with me! P.36
A pedegogy proposal based on Danish culture house concept, for kids to learn cooking and nature after school. DIS Study Abroad for American Students
Spatial Composition
P.46 First project in Interior Architecture adaptive reuse, pure form
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PTCC Woven Blankets 2019 Fall Los Anngeles, CA Academic
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In this project I am looking at materials, their qualities, and ways they can be assembled(stacking, piling, weaving, etc), their potential and their constrains. I made a material: a woven part that can be piled, stacked, joined or interwoven into many parts. The quality of this woven material module is: soft, flexible, versatile, comes in matte surface finish. How does the weaving modules behaves as assemble parts? How they can be assembled? How they fold and form into a volume?
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FEATURES Woven: PTCC Blankets
P.6 One long ramp connecting two “woven module” blankets together to weave a Philipino Town Culture Center. SCI-Arc Master of Architecture 1
90s Utopian Town P.16
Re-thinking contemporary Live-work typology. Re-defining Utopian in architecture and Co-work space for creative young professionals. RISD Interior Architecture
Redefining Coworking Roof P.26 CoWorking Roof Addition in Industry City, NY. RISD Interior Architecture
Play Cook Plant with me! P.36
A pedegogy proposal based on Danish culture house concept, for kids to learn cooking and nature after school. DIS Study Abroad for American Students
Spatial Composition P.46
First project in Interior Architecture adaptive reuse, pure form manipulation and spatial composition. RISD Interior Architecture
Skills
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VISUAL REPRESENTATION:
Little Knuckle P.42 Collection of architectural digital drawing. SCI-Arc MArch 1
MODEL MAKING & PHOTOGRAPHY: AQUA: Rec-center P.50 RISD Industrial Design Lightroom P. 51 RISD Interior Architecture
DRAFTING & SKETCHES
Converge: Alleyway Redesign RISD interior Architecture
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Drafting & Sketches P.54 RISD Foundation & Experimental
No. Explorer P.48
Weekend project of a travelling cart. RISD Interior Architecture
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PTCC Woven Blankets
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2019 Fall Los Anngeles, CA Academic
Philippine Town Cultural Center(PTCC) is located in Los Angeles. It is known as its town blankets.
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Above: Bottom worm eye axonomitric of PTCC Blankets.
Above: Top bird eye render of PTCC Blankets.
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Front elevations of PTCC Blankets facades details.
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Continuing pursuing previous “woven module� study interest in looking at how a volume and a surface can be joined by multiple woven modules through one construction method in this project. The woven modules which are flexible, versatile, when flew along surfaces or geometries, materiality were challenged, thus bent into different shape and forms. This quality allows them to perform in two different ways: 1 stretched into protection(tucked in of stairs and ramps, as disguis also as way finding) or provide soft supports(drapped to floor from top facade).
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Axonomatric blocking of programms. Textured and contoured to represent different functions that each types of spaces serves: Transparent contoured boxes are exhibitions and info centers(informational; serving outside culture group ppl); Opened boxes are classrooms(educational; serving culture group ppl); Closed boxes are facilities and community office workers(functional; serving ppl).
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Axonomatric blocking of different programms that based on user types and function expactations: Clipping plane transition from top floor to bottom floor revealing textures and materials as well as functions. Colors in this diagram represents different functions and corresponding user groups. Two main masses groups are being simplified and clarified.
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Ideas of how “blankets� get married on top of two main massing groups. Perspectives from different angles to help better understand, organize and refine final design.
Site Plan 1/32
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2019 Fall Los Angeles, CA Individual Academic
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Floor Plan 1/32 2019 Fall Los Angeles, CA Individual Academic
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90s Utopian Town 2018 Fall Boston, MA Academic
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Community Live-Work: Re-Thinking Creative Co-Work Lifestyle. In this major requirement Introduction 3 studio we looked at human factor and needs. Target occupants are group of young professionals who mainly works at home and in creative work studios, thus need community connectedness, potential inter-disciplinary communication, while maintaining respect of various degree of habitat privacy needs. 90s Town aims to bring design solutions to creative
field young professional community live-work lifestyle. 90s “Utopian” aims to introduce the “community live-work” model as improvement to contemporary metropolitan co-work space. Researched on topics/ contemporary/precedents/ social issues/typologies of: Micro-housing, Multi-generational Housing, Live-work space, co-housing, modular housing, pre-manufactured components(flat-pack). Above: Vray on Rhino Perspective render
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Jan 2020, Lana J.Yuan
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Above: Blocking and stacing diagrams to test and figure out programs and placements. Above: Component Development: Unites and Community shared facilities. No given site until this point, so all unites and community facilities are based on user need.
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Second half of design phrase starts with site analysis. The site is located in an office industrial area in south Boston, socioeconomics class are highly diverse.
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Above: Comoponents and units put together into side. Above: Operation diagram Left: Overall site view.
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After studying and visiting the site, the biggest challenges for me is to fit my scattered islands-skybridge prototypes into the long and narrow existing host structure. I thought of connections with neighboring structure, which eventually push the design and lead to the
solution of public-co-working and private-live-work. How much can the existing structure compromise and how flexible can the design concept be for the two to marry together and reach the optimal solution? As a planner I have to make multiples decisions on which part to adaptive reuse and keep, as well as which part to get rid of based on the design rules that was set by user and program.
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In this project I wanted to explore the spatial possibilities and potentials of 2d sheet materials within a bounded constrain. The challenging of this project was make (limited) 4 sheets of bristol papers spatially engaging, breathing, stretching, pulling, interacting while occupying the framework constructed of metal studs. Under concentrated light, shadow reflection of objects was expected to form interchangeable solid and void with complex levels of reflectivity. By investigating the juxtaposition of the physical objects with its projected image through sketches and photographs, I concluded the project by capturing
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Perspective shots from multiple views reveals the experiences looking at and being in the Utopian Town.
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Axonmetric views of different views.
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Site model shows the unit placement. Unit models shows 4 different types of inteior details.
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Jan 2020, Lana J.Yuan
PlayWork: Defining Roof Co-working Space 2019 Spring Providence, RI Academic
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CoWorking Roof Addition in Industry City, NY. Above: Persective drawing. In this project I am proposing a new co-work (playwork) style with adaptations to the existing coworking trend for young creatives in the art and design industry.
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Site Plan 1/8
Roof plan; First floor plan; Second floor plan
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Our site is located in the Industry City in Brooklyn, where lots of rigid geometrically symmetrical blocks take place since pre- WW2. For the whole site to be more alive, I proposed occasionally spreading of curve-shaped light-weight concrete roofs, painted white, with tightly-lined metal columns as support for the 1-2 story roofs. The roof cuts through so that the hight of the ceiling differes throughout the space. (See left section cuts at curve height changes. )
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To show light and shadow travels through out the interior space, I made these series of grey scaled drawings with lighting renders. (See right)
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Right: Main entrance. Left: different interior and exterior views and experiences throuhout the cuts, created by the height differents.
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FInal pin up
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Right: model photos. Above: Long Section cut. Above: Long elevation.
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Plant Cook Play With Me! 2018 Summer Copenhagen, Denmark Travel
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Culture House for Copenhagen. ft. a cooking studio with cooking library and early child development education cente. Above: perspective drawings on model photos.
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Above: Site plan, hand drawn line drawing floor plan, floor plan with material palette.
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In this project I wanted to explore the spatial possibilities and potentials of 2d sheet materials within a bounded constrain. The challenging of this project was make (limited) 4 sheets of bristol papers spatially engaging, breathing, stretching, pulling, interacting while occupying the framework constructed of metal studs. Under concentrated light, shadow reflection of objects was expected to form interchangeable solid and void with complex levels of reflectivity. By investigating the juxtaposition of the physical objects with its projected image through sketches and photographs, I concluded the project by capturing
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Jan 2020, Lana J.Yuan
Spatial Composition 2018 Spring Providence, RI Academic
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In this project I wanted to explore the spatial possibilities and potentials of 2d sheet materials within a bounded constrain. The challenging of this project was make (limited) 4 sheets of bristol papers spatially engaging, breathing, stretching, pulling, interacting while occupying the framework constructed of metal studs. Under concentrated light, shadow reflection of objects was expected to form interchangeable solid and void with complex levels of reflectivity. By investigating the juxtaposition of the physical objects with its projected image through sketches and photographs, I concluded the project by capturing
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In this project I wanted to explore the spatial possibilities and potentials of 2d sheet materials within a bounded constrain. The challenging of this project was make (limited) 4 sheets of bristol papers spatially engaging, breathing, stretching, pulling, interacting while occupying the framework constructed of metal studs. Under concentrated light, shadow reflection of objects was expected to and casted void with complex levels Left: Cannon photosolid of resin 3d print model Visual Representation: form interchangeable Lilttle knuckle of reflectivity. left: line drawings, contours of knuckle cubes Byleft: investigating themanipulation juxtaposition of the physical objects photoshop with its projected imagerecreat throughofsketches Above: Rhino Vrray scene. and photographs, I concluded the project by capturing motion,
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In this project I wanted to explore the spatial possibilities and potentials of 2d sheet materials within a bounded constrain. The challenging of this project was make (limited) 4 sheets of bristol papers spatially engaging, breathing, stretching, pulling, interacting while occupying the framework constructed of metal studs. Under concentrated light, shadow reflection of objects was expected to form interchangeable solid and void with complex levels of reflectivity. By investigating the juxtaposition of the physical Visual Representation: objects with its projected image through sketches and architectural line drawings photographs, I concluded the project by capturing
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Jan 2020, Lana J.Yuan
Spatial Composition 2018 Spring Providence, RI Academic
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In this project I wanted to explore the spatial possibilities and potentials of 2d sheet materials within a bounded constrain. The challenging of this project was make (limited) 4 sheets of bristol papers spatially engaging, breathing, stretching, pulling, interacting while occupying the framework constructed of metal studs. Under concentrated light, shadow reflection of objects was expected to form interchangeable solid and void with complex levels of reflectivity. By investigating the juxtaposition of the physical
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objects with its projected image through sketches and photographs, I concluded the project by capturing motion, pattern and ambience. Above: Sketches and sketch models of folding methods. Above: Spatial arrangement diagram. Left: Final bristel installation.
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Jan 2020, Lana J.Yuan
No. Explorer 2018 Spring Providence, RI Academic
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Short weekend project aims to study inteior elements and human scale. Flexible travelling car to watch the northern light.
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Jan 2020, Lana J.Yuan
Spatial Composition 2018 Spring Providence, RI Academic
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In this project I wanted to explore the spatial possibilities and potentials of 2d sheet materials within a bounded constrain. The challenging of this project was make (limited) 4 sheets of bristol papers spatially engaging, breathing, stretching, pulling, interacting while occupying the framework constructed of metal studs. Under concentrated light, shadow reflection of objects was expected to form interchangeable solid and void with complex levels of reflectivity. By investigating the juxtaposition of the physical objects with its projected image through sketches and photographs, I concluded the project by capturing
Model Making:
Reccreation Center
Left: acrylic model of reccreational jacuzzi center.
2017 Fall Providence, RI Academic Lightroom 2017 Fall Providence, RI Academic
Above: corragated bristol paper of a lightroom architectural model.
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Photography: Sketches:
Alleyway
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2017 Winter Providence, RI Academic
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Lana Yuan
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507, 300 S. Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles 90014 c: 401-612-3187 e: jyuan@alumni.risd.com
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