LI-AN LAI PORTFOLIO
Index
01 Living Pad Living Pad
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Academic Work | Fall 2012
Versatile Space
In this project,an emphasis is made on building a private space with essential living demand. However in most of times, the base or the environment provided is not usually perfect. Here, the green pepper is used to simulate this situation and 3 cuts are allowed. The living pad is manipulated by triangle and create a micro-scale individual living unit.
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Academic Work | Fall 2012
Installation Art Workshop
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School Event| Spring 2012
Other Works
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Personal Artworks| 2009-2015
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Green Pepper
Randomly selected a green pepper from the market. And we have the decision for the 3 cut and developed the prototype.
Transformation
Build the model by triangles and assumed we have the ability to change 3 points and the lines connected to it.
There are two points(Two red circles) deleted and including the line connected to it(The dash lines), then we get a new version model. The third cut iteration from the side view
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The first and the second cut iteration from the front view A, B, C, D represent views from different angle B C
From Left Top: Top view | Front view | Side view | Back view 3
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Solar Energy
Through out human history, solar energy has been utilized for domextic use in heating and cooking. The ubiquitous nature and ability make solar the popular choice among renewable energy today.
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Pad Design Sunset
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Sunrise
Site (Open glass side facing east)
This side is designed to be installed with glass to let the sunlight in
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W S
N E
The sun’s position in the sky varies from hour to hour, as well as from day to day, as seasons pass.
Fall Summer
Winter Spring
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The yellow lines indicate the direct face towards the sunlight 6
02 Versatile Space A project of exploiting the aspects of space by the construction of the combination of three random elements(goggles, hooks and binder clips) picked from a ten dollar shop. In the process of exploring the probilities developed by these items, some of them are replaced and thus more variation forms are created.
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Prototype
Revolution
From Top: Hook | Hang things up or together Clip | Fix objects without destruction Goggle | Smooth and transparent curve suface The diagram is the result of first combination.
Hook
The characters of hook and clip are kept (fix move and elastic move)but the original items were replaced by two other different items - the screw and the rubber band.
Screw (Fixed move)
Rubber band (Elastic move)
Clip
Goggle
The structure is unstable and has large crack among the goggle glasses. The hooks and the binder clips are also rebundant and make the structure have little variation as well. Therefore, the binders and the hooks are removed, but their characters are kept.
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Variation
Variation factors
Platform
From Top: Goggle inclination angle- 90째, 135째, 75째, 0째 Alignment path-circle, line, square, and triangle
The combinations of different factors provide different space quality. These are the patterns for different space function.
Single unit
The change of the open angle between two goggles combination
Void
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Connect
Platform Void
This system can be extended to very large scale and makes various space changes
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03 Installation Art Workshop This event was held for the 40th anniversay of the Chemical Engineering Department. Me and my groupmembers try to let student in Engineering School know that art is easy to do and they are every where.
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Project A
We collect the flaw product from the toy factories and try to make use of them before its destruction. In first project, a entagon toy can hold each other together from different angles. Some amazing stuctures were developed by the participants.
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Project B We received some colorful transparent plastic lines and these photos show the progress to weave these lines together and make a distinc flag on two sustainable light systems in front fo the Chemical Engineering building.
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Others
We also had some random small quantities of the flaw items such as the glitter panels, plastic disc, cups and so on. Here are the amazing works we had never thought of that we could create.
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04 Other Works Since I was a child, I have been drawing and painting and these travel with me till today. The watercolor is the technic I use for long time, it let me fatch the scenery in very short time. There are some works for the past years.
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The Solitaire Mystery Ink painting 2005
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Getting Lost Color pencil 2006
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School Corner 1 Water color 2006
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School Corner 2 Water color 2006
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Woods Ink 2014
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