LIN HOU SELECTED WORKS
2013-2016
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES
CONTENTS
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Line-Plane-Volume
Transform two verbs into physical models by interpreting the words. Also, connect the verbs to the architectural form to understand the relationship between abstract human emotion and physical spaces, landscape, and circulation.
Earthquake Resistance Separate the spaces based on the hierarchy of human needs in order to create the diversity of experience in one community.
Post-Industry Fold the contextual map into a transformative form to create a architectural language, showing how strong the visualization can be.
Deconstruction Original idea of “Breaking the Box�. Use the simple method to deconstruct two volumes into a river side retreat.
Profession Internship experience and competition entry, shows the engagement and exploration of architecture is not only limited to the studio work.
Light/Shadow Hand drawings and sculptures show the understanding of the relationship between object and surroundings.
LINE-PLANE-VOLUME
The Last Repose In the Memory of Human Emotions Fall 2015
CONTEXT
Elements
IMPRINT
This project is aimed to design a site that explores the dichotomy of Life and Death. The project will contain space occupied by the dead as well as space occupied by the living. The project challenges ability to identify and react to the complex behavioral, emotional, psychological and social issues that exist within and between the given spaces. Programming including multipurpose, reflection, meditation areas
When a person meet some unique things or people he or she will be attracted by them and at the same time they will leave a long-lasting influence on each other.
DESCRIPTION
It starts with the most basic element of architecture—line, plane and volume to create two system models based on two related verbs. Use the system model to create architectural spaces to express the idea in the program. Integrating the idea of two systems and form, space and landscape creates a unique experience for people to share their memories with their love ones to eternity.
: Individual
:Memory /Impact
STORY OF “IMPRINT”
When two people meet, they stay what they are without any influence on each outer, but attraction
Components
Little Imprint
First time for two people meet, imprint starts.
After a while, two people have a huge impact on their minds, behaviors and lives
First Meet
Peak stage of imprinting, two people’s lives emerges with each other heavily.
Use line, plane, volume—three fundamental elements to create10 components.
First stage of imprinting, sharing memory starts to imprint on each other
Influence starts happen on individual’s life
Heavy Imprint
Whether influence stays stronger or weaker depends on the memories that two people share, and how they think about it (example of the weaker influence)
Levels of “Imprint”
Original model
Transformation model
PALLIATE
Move on from a negative or heavy imprint made on each other to an ideal relationship
Least Heavy Imprint—Easiest to palliate Less Heavy Imprint—Still need some work to reach ideal relationship Heaviest Imprint—Need a lot of transitions to reach ideal relationship
Relationship
Transition
Ideal Relationship
Transformation of components
PROGRAMMING—MEMORY COLLECTIVE Diagrams for interpretation of memories through life to death
Landscape Design ( Imprint+Palliate)
Life
Grass All people memory collective
Happiness
Reunion
Memory ties start to separate Letting Go/Starting point
Separation
Death
Depression
Water know each other
Two people meet
Imprint each other
One people leave/dying Public Separation
Happiness
Reunion
Depression
Before Death
Death
Private
The left people letting go from the imprint
Post Death
Move one with the memory
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Water, Grass and Hardscape “imprint” each other by emerging each other from three larger sections to a combined section.
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Palliate
Imprint
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BERTHA STREET
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Water, Grass and Hardscape remain different sections in order to “palliate” people’s hurt feelings from their lost.
LOBBY ADMINISTRATION
FETZER STREET
STORAGE GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN/SITE PLAN
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SECOND FLOOR PLAN
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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1/16"=1'
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STORAGE CRYPT GARDEN
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN/SITE PLAN
1/16"=1'
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
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MENGPO SOUP RESTROOM
1/16"=1'
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Water
RESTROOM ADMINISTRATION
FETZER STREET A
LOBBY
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Grass
MUD HOT SPRING SPA CRYPT GARDEN (INDOOR) MUD HOT SPRING SPA SOUP MENGPO (OUTDOOR) FUNERAL
MUD HOT SPRING SPA (INDOOR)
MUD HOT SPRING SPA HAPPINESS TEMPLE (OUTDOOR) DEPRESSION FUNERAL TEMPLE TEMPLE SEPARATIONHAPPINESS TEMPLE DEPRESSION TEMPLE REUNION TEMPLE SECTION A-A 1/16"=1'
SECTION B-B
SEPARATION TEMPLE
1/16"=1'
REUNION TEMPLE SECTION A-A
SECTION B-B
Hardscape
Hardscape
Depression
Happiness
Separation
Two people are able to see each other after a while. People can either share their memories about their reunion for meditation or come to the temple as a connecting place that they can reunite with their passing ones
Two people who will not be able to see each other again physically, for a long time based on different reasons that they can not find a compromise
All positive memories includes all feelings that people want to cherish with their love ones. Once People miss their passing ones, they can express in this temple to let the passing ones know and be appeased.
All negative feelings include hate, nervous, fear, regret,etc. Those negative memories can be expressed in this temple as well as be palliating through the experience with graveyard below.
FOUR EMOTION—BASED TEMPLE FOR MEDITATION
Reunion All memories can be summarized into this four emotions. People who lost their love one can go to different temples based on different types of memories that they shared with the passing ones. The design of each temple spaces corresponds to these four emotions by limit the lights, approaches, hight, and other factors.
Depression
Happiness
Landscape Design—Imprinting + Palliating
IMPRINTING PALLIATING
VIEW
Separation
CIRCULATION
Reunion
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FETZER STREET
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 3/32"=1'-0"
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SECTION A-A 3/32"=1'-0"
FIRST FLOOR PLAN/Site Plan N 3/32"=1'-0" B
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1 Administration 2 Lobby 6 3 Before Death Funeral 4 Depression Temple 5 Happiness Temple 6 Separation Temple 7 Reunion Temple 8 Food Offering (Menpo) 9 Hot Spring Mud SPA 10 Men's Changing Room 11 Women's Changing Room 12 Restroom
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Second FLOOR PLAN UP
3/32"=1'-0"
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UP UP
8 11 UP
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FETZER STREET
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 3/32"=1'-0"
SECTION A-A 3/32"=1'-0"
SECTION B-B 3/32"=1'-0"
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UP
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN/Site Plan N 3/32"=1'-0" B
1 Administration 2 Lobby 3 Before Death Funeral 4 Depression Temple 5 Happiness Temple 6 Separation Temple 7 Reunion Temple 8 Food Offering (Menpo) 9 Hot Spring Mud SPA 10 Men's Changing Room 11 Women's Changing Room 12 Restroom
Second FLOOR PLAN 3/32"=1'-0"
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CONTEXT SITE PLAN SCALE 1"=100'-0"
Study Models
“Imprint” Section
“Palliate” Section
EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE
Incremental Housing For Earthquake Resistant In Katmandu Giving People Hierarchy Courtyard Spaces (Group of 3) Spring 2016
CONTEXT
City Climate Analysis Temperature/Humidity
This project focuses on the community and how to engage in public and private spaces. A great deal of planning was put into massing these incremental housing units in order to create a sense of pride in tis owners, and to also limit the amount of construction they will have to put into phase two. A hierarchy of spaces and creating rhythms and continuity all played part in the design process of this community
Cluster Design
Phase I
DESCRIPTION
We starts the climate analysis of Katmandu and design the sustainable and potential units. Duplicate units in to cluster as well as create the community center, gathering space and circulations within the site. Add sustainable operations into the clusters with local materials. Transform the traditional architectural style into more innovative and functional space with local material—bamboo.
Phase II
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Predefined Expansion Units • • • • • •
Sun Path
Individual Courtyard Predefined Expansion Units Walkable Roof Potential Pattern for repeat Redesigned Pitched Roof Same Architectural Language
Trees on 45 degree off south for each family for shading Bamboo trust for the frame of the doors of bamboo expansion units
Shared Outdoor Spaces/ Hierarchy of Spaces
B Cloud Coverage Potential commercial spaces, open both to community and people from outside
Community Bond
Wind Speed
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Phase one and two for differently defined spaces for two families Hierarchy of Spaces Potential to create private courtyard by rotation Redesigned Traditional Pitched Roof Walkable Roof Same Architectural Language
Major entrance for shared outdoor spaces
Hierarchy of Spaces/ Circulation
Shared Pitched roof—providing private entrances to the private courtyard
Unit Design
Shared Outdoor Spaces
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Passive Cooling Horizontal Shading Vertical Opening Heat Gain Pitched Roof Light Shelf
Most private courtyard for community, hierarchy of spaces—giving people choices to socializing
Bamboo beam for not only shading, but also connecting two families
Most open courtyard for community communication
Exploded Axonometric
Cluster A
Cluster B
Site Design
Dense Neighborhood Area
Central Commercial Market
Hinduism Temple Commercial Family Coverage— both for community use and extra profit
Potential Green Space (planned)
Site Analysis
Multifunctional Community Center with open meditation spaces with natural plants
Trees location—45 degree off south for shading; Hierarchy of Courtyard
Closer to the Road—convenient for families want commercial space
Approaches to the site—amount of people depends on levels of privacy
This project contains four major ideas: 1. Hierarchy of courtyards—providing people choices in this special community after earthquake to have different levels of social needs. 2. Innovative pitch roof— based on housing type in Katmandu, we designed the pitch roof by either connect two house units or provide bamboo shading. What’s more, we redesign the construction of the trust to make it to be part of the window frames , door frames, and railings. 3. Sustainable solutions—we put the model in the energy analysis to find best solution for the orientation, horizontal and vertical ventilation, overhang shading for gaining for sun in winter, but less in summer and potential solar chimney. With all that in mind, we still want people stay in comfortable zone. 4. Community Center, a multifunctional meditation space—carefully designed construction comes from the idea of how indifferent people in Katmandu communicate with others, so we made the two “bowing” shapes interact, which represents the hope that people in this community can care about each other more. The symbolic tree in the center penetrates in to the roof, which gives people more opportunities with natural surroundings.
2nd phase construction
Bamboo construction community center
1.5 phase construction
secondary private courtyard
most public courtyard
1st phase construction
personal-based private courtyard
POST-INDUSTRY
Mayor’s Office+Gallery Project Reviving Post Industrial Neighborhood Spring 2015
CONTEXT
This site is on Braddock Ave, Pittsburgh, an industrial neighborhood failed to transform into a modern-fit neighborhood. The programming includes the mayor’s office and a gallery which is aimed to thrive the neighborhood again.
DESCRIPTION
By doing a dense research on the site analysis, we are able to create a conceptual map based on the site facts. Use the site map to fold the architecture as well as meet the required needs for different functional spaces. Landscape design is folded based on site map as well to correspond architectural language.
Conceptual Map based on the site analysis—Braddock Ave, Pittsburgh
Sound Threshold
Midpoints connected to triangles
Building Quality
Create diagonals of each block
Property Value
Line density based on the property value
Building Usage
Create based on different functions
Connect midpoints of triangles
Connect central lines/midpoints based the qualities
Straight lines twisted when the met the circle edges
1850s Midpoints Connected
1900s
Overlap triangles
Midpoints of the overlap
Perpendicular lines of the overlap
1950s
Present
Figure Ground Studies
Site Conceptual Map
PROGRAMMING—CYCLE
(Bring the neighborhood back to the peak of the history)
CYCLE/Diagram CYCLE/Diagram Historic economical condition
Braddock 1900 Massing organization based on historic economical condition
Office /Landscape design based on logic of cycle and hope of revival of neighborhood
Braddock Ave
Administration Gallery
Mayor’s Office
4th floor
4th floor Temporary Gallery Finance Public Work
3rd floor Restroom
Restroom
3rd floor
2nd floor Planning Lobby Lounge
Storage
1st floor
2nd floor
Meeting Storage
1st floor
PAST GALLERY
FUTURE MAYOR’S OFFICE -Expectation of the neighborhood—Mayor put a lot of effort in this potential area, trying to lead it back to the peak
-Current situation of neighborhood—little commercial development compared to other industry neighborhoods
-History of neighborhood —Peak of economy in the industrial period -Illustrating how industry collapsed and the effect on neighborhood PRESENT TRANSITION
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WOODLAWN AVENUE
Second Floor Plan
First Floor Plan/Site Plan
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Fourth Floor Plan
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Storage
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Meeting
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Mayor's office
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Restroom
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Lobby
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Planning
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Lounge
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Temporary Gallery
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Public Work
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Administration
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Finance
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Permanent Gallery
Fourth Floor Plan 1/8"=1'-0"
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Third Floor Plan 1/8"=1'-0"
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1/8"=1'-0"
1/8"=1'-0"
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Section B-B
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1/8"=1'-0"
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Storage
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Meeting
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Mayor's office
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Restroom
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Lobby
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Planning
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Lounge
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Temporary Gallery
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Public Work
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Administration
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Finance
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Permanent Gallery
Window Cutout The window cutout is based on the conceptual map as well. Let the building connected more to the site
12 A
Fold from the conceptual map based on the site . The aim is to make the roof, floor, and wall become more connected
PerformatIve Space 10
DECONSTRUCION
River Side Retreat Understanding of Private and Public Spaces Spring 2014
It is a river side retreat for a family group of 3-5 people to expand their weekend time. Two pavilion, one public and one private, is designed to meet different needs. Some other programming areas includes walking pad, deck and transaction spaces are also designed in the same architectural language.
CONTEXT
Start with two simplest volume. We use the method of “breaking the box” in 5 steps. Because of the limitation, each step is carefully thought of in order to make more private or public by each step.
Site Plan+ Sections + Diagrams
Deconstruction Process
Private
20*20*6 Intention: opening Operation: cut
Intention: opening Operation: rotate
Intention: expansion Operation: move
Intention: entry Operation: cut
Intention: lower ceiling height Operation: move
Public
10*10*20 Intention: opening Operation: cut + rotate
Intention: expansion Operation: cut
Intention: threshold Operation: move
Intention: hierarchy Operation: move
Intention: opening Operation: cut
Study Models
Private
DESCRIPTION
Private
Private
Private
Public
Public
(Hand drafting on vellum)
Open half of the spaces and combine it with the bridge to half transition and half viewing area. Free the roof to make it more public by gaining more sunlight.
Few openings are allowed for people inside to see outside but people outside are blocked by the angles, trees and positions with surrounds. Private Pavilion
Public Pavilion
For this project, I focused creating some architectural languages as well as designing comfortable living spaces. By only 5 steps cutting from a volume, the key is to maximize the understanding of private and public spaces. How we imagine people will interact with others to meet their dierent needs is the essential design strategy.
PROFESSION
1.Internship Project—Section model for Dunmoyle Avenue residence Fisher ARCHitecture: project team member, model coordinator January-August 2016 2. Taiwan EarthGod Temple Competition Entry Protecting and Being Protected
COMPETITION ENTRY
Sustainable Solutions
A competition entry for a traditional earth god temple in Taiwan - A new way to think about tradition and innovation - form is no longer limited to a block - represent the beauty of sustainable tradition
Encompass
Transportation—based on different usages of the exiting buildings which bring people to the site.
Lower entrance to the site represents the easily approachable feature of earth god. Separated entrances to different levels give the hierarchy of spacial privacy. The “People”, “Sustainability “ and “Tradition” protecting the Earth God
Figure Ground Study—extension of the boundary of the exiting buildings
presence of earth god
Original Object Two people are able to see each other after a while. People can either share their memories about their reunion for meditation or come to the temple as a connecting place that they can reunite with their passing ones
encompass
encompass Building Area Study—based on the density of the exiting buildings
high concentration in one area
extend presence
encompass
Temple God
Temple God
Temple God
People
distribution of presence throughout site People
People
Emergence of God and People Map to Existing Temple Location
Site to Existing Temple Locations
Two people are able to see each other after a while. People can either share their memories about their reunion for meditation or come to the temple as a connecting place that they can reunite with their passing ones
Extrapolate Lines on Site
Existing Worship Spaces
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寶覺禪寺- Tourist Attraction No. 140
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Taichung Confuscius Temple
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Hwa Tsang Zen Temple
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菩薩寺- Place of Worship No. 147
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433, Taiwan, Taichung City, Shalu District, 鎮南路二段福嘉巷8號
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505, Taiwan, Changhua County, Lukang Township, 金門巷81號 (Tourist Attraction)
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文武廟停車場-Yuchi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan 555
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Wuchang Temple
Tradition—One entrance
Current Design—Multiple approach for the site
Theme of Red—
Playground for children
LIGHT/SHADOW
All negative feelings include hate, nervous, fear, regret,etc. Those negative memories can be expressed in this temple as well as be palliating through the experience with graveyard below.
All negative feelings include hate, nervous, fear, regret,etc. Those negative memories can be expressed in this temple as well as be palliating through the experience with graveyard below.
All negative feelings include hate, nervous, fear, regret,etc. Those negative memories can be expressed in this temple as well as be palliating through the experience with graveyard below.
Original Object
1.5X of Oil Clay All memories can be summarized into this four emotions. People who lost their love one can go to dierent temples based on dierent types of memories that they shared with the passing ones. The design of each temple spaces corresponds to these four emotions by limit the lights, approaches, hight, and other factors.
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Resume Education 09/2013 -Present
GPA: 3.75
University of Pittsburgh
The Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences, Honors College
Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies (Honor), B.Phil University Honors College Minor in Studio Arts
Experience 09/2016 -12/2016
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant of “Approaches to Build Environment”
01/2016 -08/2016
Intern—Fisher Architecture
05/2016 -08/2016
Fellow of Honor BRACKENRIDGE Summer Research program
Attend all the lectures, help group members to visit the sites, understand the assignments and give advise for projects
Build physical model, attend meetings with clients, undertake administrative tasks, contribute to office review sessions, participate in marketing
What Architecture Contributes to Sustainability: A Comparative Analysis of Beijing and Pittsburgh
Prensenter for HAAAARCH A Showcase of Undergraduate Research, Creative Work and Achievement 03/2016 09/2016 -12/2016
Presenter for Urban Environment Symposium
09/2015 -12/2015
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant of BIM Revit
Honor Studio work—Incremental Nepalese Earthquake Resistant Affordable Housing
Awards 4 times
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Dean’s List, University of Pittsburgh
04/2016
The Award of BRACKENRIDGE Fellowship from University Honor College
04/2016
Summer Undergraduate Research Award