Architecture Portfolio by Liangchi Zhang

A RCHITE C T U R E P O R T F O L I O

LI A N G C H I ZHANG

2017

www.lcz.design +01 (267)4966322 lynchzhang2014@gmail.com

LIANGCHI ZHANG +01 2674966322 www.lcz.design lynchzhang2014@gmail.com

CV cURRICULUM VITAE

ABOUT

Born in Canton, China, I arrived in the U.S. 4 years ago seeking fresh opportunities. I am interested in approaching design issues with interdisciplinary skills from digital prowess to physical manipulation. The skillset and mindset I have gained over years have prepared me to handle the most rigorous design process.

E D U CAT I O N

Temple University | 2013-2017 Philadelphia, U.S.A Bachelor of Science in Architecture (GPA 3.82/4, STEM Certified) Temple University Japan Campus | Jun 2016 - May 2016 Tokyo, Japan Study abroad

WORK EXPERIENCE

M O N D U | May 2016 - Aug 2016 Industrial and Graphic Design Intern K M D W Kobayashi Maki Design Workshop | Feb 2016 - May 2016 Architectural Intern Temple University Executive Leadership Education | Oct 2015 - Nov 2015 Interpreter (from English to Chinese) Ming Du Development Co,Ltd | Aug 2013 - May 2012 Project Assistant

ACHIEVEMENTS

2017 The Architecture Capstone Award, Temple University 2017 Latin Honors (magna cum laude), Temple University. 2015 Third place in the Tenth â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chun Huiâ&#x20AC;? Entrepreneurs' Competition.

SKILLS Rhinoceros 3D

(Plug-ins: Vray, Paneling Tool, TSplines)

Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign)

Autocad SketchUp Revit Solidworks Geographic Information System (GIS) Photography Visual Identity Design Wix

LANGUAGES Chinese (native) English (advanced) Japanese (elementary)

cONTENT

THE RITUAL OF LIVING Solitary Residential

C.I.R.P Center for Interdiciplinary Research of the Peloponnese

THE VIADUCT Site Analysis for The Rail Park

MODULAR FABRICATION Fabrication of Visual Perception

THE NEW MUSEUM Urban Intervention

THE ROW HOUSE FOR SCULPTOR Situational-derived Architecture

OTHER WORKS Photography, Industrial Design and Visual Identity Design

THE RITUAL OF LIVING Solitary Residential

The new excavation of an altar at Mt. Lykaion Acadia, Greece shows that Acadia may be the “birthplace” of an ancient god Zeus. Through a series of following research, it is proven that Zeus was originally worshipped as a weather god by the Greek tribes, and the original meaning of the Indo-European word Zeus is related to “bright sky.” Ano Karyes is a village in Mt. Lykaion area. However, the local areas have experienced a devastating decline in population. Once vibrant and self-sufficient communities, these partially abandoned and sometimes deserted villages are in danger of disappearing, taking with them the culture, heritage, and identity that can still be found within the remaining population.

The project was to design a dwelling that is envisioned as a place for complete engagement with the landscape. It will be a place for retreat, reflection, and study. It aims to promote economic and cultural revitalization of the area in responsible, self-sustaining ways that respect the tradition and history.

Site

Heritage Park

Creation of a Heritage Park is underway, which will bring more opportunities to the area. The excavation not only enriches the possible cultural attractions and heritages to local tourism development, but also points out the ritual and ceremony performed to worship ancient gods are the primitive and original way of human communicating with nature. Excavation Site 08

It is a mountainous area with terraces - a series of flat surfaces as a result of cutting into a sloped plane so that the only way to get in and out is via the hill roads. Also, there are threshing floors (circular stone surface) in which the feet of people or oxen separate (winnow) grain from a cereal plant or something similar. The area is of typical Mediterranean weather. It is annually muggy, rainy, with most winds coming from NE during winters and from SW during summers. The perception and interaction of nature here are extremely important. It is beyond the making of a fine building that seeks to meet the basics of a dwelling, as in the process it loses its belonging to the context and fails to feature the uniqueness of the local culture. The form of the dwelling, as a result, should not be only based on its function, but to evoke the sentimental side of us to perceive, to form a comprehensive and through the experience of the architecture. It is more than framing a view or building a view deck but to link the inner world with the eternal environment, making the experience of a space and the events performed within it spiritually ritual and special.

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The openings of the building were designed to highlight the somewhat routinely daily activities like eat, work, sleep and shower by bringing in natural lights and views, making the experience of these activities ritual and meaningful.

The overall shape resembles a series of mountains embracing around, which are inspired by the landscape. Human history has been driven by the cult of nature, and divinities and architecture have been dedicated to it. This architecture aims to enhance the relationship between humans and nature and celebrate the ritual of living.

C.I.R.P Center for Interdiciplinary Research of the Peloponnese

As a result of social and economic factors, villages have gradually lost influence and coherence as a habitational morphology, and there are many villages worldwide, similar to Ano Karyes in Greece, declining and even completely vanishing. However, the fact that cities remain as the major morphology of habitation does not necessarily undermine or reject the value of a village. The overlaying and connecting of the seemingly up-programmed or unplanned public spaces in villages suggest a more intimate and unconstrained relationship between people and nature. Sociologically, village form maintains a stronger mutual dependency for production among families while specifying the freedom for each household. The project was to design a research center to support ongoing activities associated with the creation of the Heritage Park and

promote interaction with existing communities. It requires a cross-disciplinary approach to the study and protection of this area. The Center demands the independence for each discipline while desiring the potential of cooperation. This should not be solved by or interpreted as a programmatic hierarchy with presumed programs. The value of village form lies in that it reveals the close relationship between humans and external world, and that the irregular overlaying and combining of spaces facilitates different types of communication, stimulating interaction at different timeline and events. By activating the use of public spaces and taking climatic factors into account, the intimate small-village-like work environment could achieve a lowenergy-cost green building, while promoting the contact, exchange and collision of different ideas and fields of study. 15

Threshing Floors

Site

Communities in cities tend to be rigid and stiff, sharinglinear public spaces with adjacent houses.

Under the same roof facilitates the integrality of the building as a whole and activates the central space as a mixing and co-working zone where ideas can be exchanged.

Villages are scattered and random that spaces between houses are dynamic and usually combined to provide a larger space for different purposes.

Outdoor spaces are informed by the houses to provide unconstrained accesses and views to nature.

The space between houses promotes interaction and communication while maintaining its independence.

Operable windows on facades increase the air circulation of the building and reduce the dependency on external cooling systems.

Houses are oriented according to climatic factors to accelerate ventilation and avoid the excessive summer heat.

The building is open through a series of dynamic openings with several recesses that allow the natural light come inside, creating a strong relationship between the external natural environment and the interior space. 17

Programs with public function, like library, cafeteria and co-laboratory, are located at each end of the building section, promoting a casual interaction of disciplines. The part where three sections meet is another collaborative area. Rooms are designed with a more transparent and flexible function to accommodate cross-disciplinary cooperation and evolving research methodologies, which is also emphasized by using a warm material of wood for the ceiling. 18

Exploded Diagram

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1. Gallery 2. Library 3. Dining Room& Kitchen 4. Collaboration Lab 5. Photo Room 6. Storage 7. Team Room 8. Laboratory 9. Office 10. Toilet 11. Garden 12. Platia 13. Parking

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Site Plan

1/8â&#x20AC;? Physical Model Material: chip board, museum board, bristol paper, bass wood.

THE VIADUCT

ROW HOUSE Site Analysis for The Rail Park

Row House for Sculptor

INSTRUCTOR | Gabriel Kapielian

| Ga TERM | 2017INSTRUCTOR Spring

TERMPA| 2017 Sp SITE | The Reading Viaduct, Philadelphia,

SITE | The ReadingAREA Viaduct, Philadelphia | N/A

TYPE | Site Research AREA | N TEAMMATES | Issac Howland, Chang Hong, Azra Smith, Najah Yasin.

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PRESENT SITE STUDY

COMBINED MAPPING

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TRACKS

BIKE NETWORKS

Industrial Commercial Mixed Use Industrial Residential Mixed Use Higher Density Residential Community Commercial / Residential Mixed Use

In our viaduct bubble, there are 10% more vacant and unbuilt lots than current existing buildings. More of the vacant lots are near commercial zoning, and unbuilt lots are near on the residential zoning. The different modes of transportation occur throughout the bubble and are mostly spread apart from one another. The transportations include a perpendicular rail track to the West, bike network paths on the east, and traffic along south-center. The historic water stream falls easter-south, overlapping with bike paths.

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HISTORICAL SITE STUDY

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Overall, the additional transportation construction directly correlates to the demolition of the rowhome residential building, and the overlapping of newly constructed transportation tracks to existing non-utilized transportation has resulted in abandoned lots in the Viaduct area.

From 1858 - 1875, the main transportation change was the additional construction of smaller rail tracks that lead to large industrial sites (Knicker Bocker Ice Co and Coal Yard). The additional construction further expands the industrial prominence in the neighborhood.

From 1875 - 1895, the main transportation change was the additional construction of elevated rail tracks, crisscrossing diagonally on Ridge Street ground tracks, which also resulted in the residential buildings underneath to be replaced with the support system for the railway.

From 1895 - 1944, the main transportation changes was the additional rail tracks on the ground floor from south-west to north-east and partial removal of Noble Street (cutting off at Tenth Street). The additional diagonal tracks resulted in the demolition of residential rowhouses. The partial removal resulted to the tracks converted to a road, known as Willow Street.

Residential Industrial Train Rail

Site Model The site study would then be translated into an abstract three-dimensional design response by building off of my Sight/Site Lines geometry with piano wire and museum board. The piano wire and white Museum Board are to create dynamic and representative geometry through lines and planar surface and to inform the design process. The direction of the wire and museum board also represent the vital information of the site that the size and thickness of the material show the hierarchy among them. By manipulating the directionality and hierarchy of the site and sight lines three dimensionally, the site morphology model implies a spacial relationship between the site and future architectural potentials.

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Group Site Model

Site lines are scored on chip board to suggest the making of model.

#7_GROUP SITE MORPHOLOGY GROUP 3

GROUP SITE PROPOSAL

Residential Tower & commercial + parkspace

Hotel & Affordable Housing Animal Shelter & Pet Shop Public space & housing

Affordable Housing & Artist Studio

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September Wind, EW December Sun 4pm June Wind, SW

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GROUP SITE / SIGHT LINES

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Through examining the changes of the residential and industrial spaces based on historical maps, the past, present, future model proposes to revitalise the community by bringing back affordable housings and enhancing the capacity of infrastructure. The base map is a combination of a historical map in 1895 before the construction of the Viaduct and the changes of the zoning overtime. The acrylic base is scored to show the present conditions of the community. The wooden blocks represent the present buildings while the while the 3D-printedmodels are our proposals that suggest the future of the viaduct community. The mixture and overlaying of different mediums and timelines become a representative presentation of our proposal that informs the process and making of our thesis.

MODULAR FABRICATION Fabrication of Visual Perception

Since the natural world (landscape) is fundamental to our perceptions of this spatial world, it requires creative ways of exploring, through drawing and modeling, issues of boundary, edge and threshold as basic attributes of occupying space. This project emphasizes intellectual exploration and realization through a process of making that synthesizes thought and action. Each design process opens specific questions about the physical context and the understanding of the relationships with it. The nature of these architectural spaces is understood through action: pathway, place, space and occasion. The boundaries and edges of spaces that are occupied by human beings do not initially assume pre-established envelopes of space, but rather arrive directly from the actions in space and light of those participating in

those spaces. The project culminates in the design and tectonics of architectural space for people, focusing on the inherent qualities of the landscape as primary motivators for design. Actions undertaken in the measuring or plotting of attributes like ‘qualitative’ and ‘quantitative” of the place involve particular systematic measuring techniques that do not require any measuring instruments but rather use the eye and body only, and continuing to be the base of the architectural design as a process of change.

Path

Through interpolation, the chosen site was reproduced in computer, and then analyzed with the perception of the body and eyes to interpret quantitative and qualitative.

Module Diagram 35

Modular facade on light table

1/4â&#x20AC;? Physical Model Material: chip board, craft paper, bristol paper, bass wood.

THE NEW MUSEUM Urban Intervention

For many reasons, Tokyo in Japan has developed a distinct and intriguing urban morphology, as summarized by Barrie Shelton, the urban planning of Tokyo has a vibrant pattern of “Hard Shells and Soft Yolks”, “Lower buildings and relatively quiet streets commonly lie between high buildings on busy thoroughfares over a wide area. In the Western cities, however, the built skyline has tended to peak around a dominant center.”

The site is located in Roppongi which is known for nightlife and Art Triangle. The rapid manifestation of Art Triangle is made by three museums nearby all funded by giant consortiums with high-end shopping mall and apartment. In 7 Chome of Roppongi, the project was to design a museum with the aim of developing an “artistic atmosphere” within the existing Art Triangle without gentrifying the neighborhood.

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Mori Art Museum

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The National Art Center

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Suntory Museum of Art

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ARTIST RESIDENCY STUDIO Attractions Exhibitions Events Ideas

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GALLERY/POPUP SHOP ARTISTIC BAR/CAFE

COMMERCIAL

In order to sustain the museum in a long term while keeping it more accessible and community-oriented, four major programs were proposed: artist residency, studio, gallery and shop, and artistic bars. The museum offers one to three months’ residency periodically to artists, including spaces for exhibition and retailing. In return, the artists would help to organize events, tutor workshops, and design the theme of the bars. Artworks can also be used to decorate the neighborhoods and promote the participation of local community. In another word, the museum is providing resources to the artists desire, and the artists are to keep the museum “New” with their ideas and events.

RESIDENTIAL

7 Chome

The site is situated between the "soft yolk" and "hard edge" with an extremely narrow access to the major road.

7 Chome

The design intervention is to maintain the greenness of the Chome Park by connecting it to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;hard edge,â&#x20AC;? in a way that opens up the inner neighborhood and blurring the boundary.

Soft Yolk Hard Edge Section Chome Park Site

COMMERCIAL

Traditional Japanese housing has a simple and harmonious philosophy, achieving a balance between human and nature.

Harmony could be conveyed by well-organized rhythm. Simple contrast of black and white is useful in creating the sense of atmosphere.

The concept of “path” was introduced to smooth the abrupt transaction from the “hard edge” to the “soft yolk.”

The presence of the void enriches the architectural experience and is able to bring in natural light and scenery.

Building 1, Perspective 42

Building 1, South

Building 1, North

Building 1, West 43

RESIDENTIAL

BOOK STORE

STUDIO GALLERY

EXHIBITION EXHIBITION

THE ROW HOUSE FOR SCULPTOR Situational-derived Architecture

This project deals with issues of domesticity and how the qualities of “home” are articulated through the program, spatiality, and skin of the final architectural solution. The goal is to display the idea that architecture can reflect and be shaped by analytical, programmatic, site, and client information through formal, spatial, and material conditions. The site, an urban infill, will operate as the “test bed” from which pointed precedence analysis combines with the sense of style to produce the infill.

The project was to accommodate two distinct prominent programs: residential for one family and studio for artist/craftsman. The development and refinement of the programmatic conditions are essential in creating a situational-derived architecture. The program functions as a mode of design inquiry.

The site is located on a big empty lot divided into eighteen portions and shared by twelve students. Each individual needs to design a row house with one household and one artist of chose. Through negotiation and corporation with adjacent neighbors, the class is collectively to consider the coherence of the row houses as a community that facilitates the communication of one another and defines the qualities of home in different measures. The artist for my project is a sculptor who often uses metal to sculpt human figures in varying scales. The family sharing the house with is a young couple with a considerable concern for their own privacy.

South Elevation

North Elevation

East Elevation

Metal Bar Glass

Metal Panel

Panel Diagram

Top View

Second Floor

Ground Floor

As the process of sculpting is an art itself, the sculptor would desire the operable faรงade that has a control of exhibiting as he pleased. The space for the family, on the other hand, is carefully articulated by deliberately specified floor height. Moreover, programs with a more public feature, such as the living room, are placed on the lower level that can be shared by both parties.

Section

Living Room Studio Bedroom Backyard

1/4â&#x20AC;? Physical Model Material: acrylic bass wood.

OTHER WORKS Photography, Industrial Design and Visual Identity Design

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