lillian.hou@yale.edu 203-435-7230
YATONG HOU Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut | 2020-2022 Master of Architecture
EDUCATION
Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, Virginia | 2013 - 2018 Bachelor of Architecture Chicago Study and Intern Program | Chicago | 2017 moss Architects Staff Designer 1 Pittsburgh, PA Oct 2018 - Jul 2019
Matouk Residence: member of the team during CD & CA phase • Assisted in producing construction drawing sets including interior elevations, wall details, etc. • Responsible for contacting the client, the material representatives, and contractor on a weekly basis • Produced presentation materials including CAD drawings, renderings, diagrams Mycalia Art Centre: member of the team during SD & DD phase • Produced facade design options and interior renderings for study • Constructed preliminary floor plans and elevations using information collected from the site visit Choolaah Chains: member of the team during DD & CD phase • Assisted in producing DD drawing sets including millwork details
von Weise Associates Architectural Intern Chicago, IL May 2017 - Aug 2017
Chicago Architecture Biennial: member of the team in Between States Competition • Designed and collaborated on schematic design options and revision • Produced competition board and presentation materials
B.L.U.E Architecture Architectural Intern Beijing, China May 2016 - Aug 2016
Beijing Design Week 2016: member of the team from schematic design to CD phase • Assisted with floor plan options for a Hutong adaptive reuse project • Produced 3D models including materials and furniture
EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
HONORS and LEADERSHIP
Digital
Rhino, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Revit, VRay, Lumion Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Microsoft Office
Other
Technical Drafting, Model Making, Pottery, Woodworking, Graphic Design, Watercolor
Restrospectra 44 | Yale University | 2021 Nomination Virginia Tech Architecture Thesis Pella Prize | Virginia Tech | 2018 Semi-Finalist Fourth-Year Architecture Competition | Virginia Tech | 2017 Third Place Dean’s List |Virginia Tech | 2013-2017 aKDPhi International Sorority Inc. | VA, USA | 2014 - 2015 Public Relations and Recruitment Chair
CONTENT
Academic Works Art and Food Cultural Centre Carving as Void Church and Tower Intersectional Theater
Professional Works Choolaah Matouk Residence Mycelia Center
ART & FOOD CULTURAL CENTER : HELIX
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Date: Fall 2021 Instructor: Caroline Bos, Jay Tsai, Violette de la Selle As Koolhaas demonstrated in Delirious New York, Manhattan’s blocks are identical and equivalent in the philosophy of the grid. Each block is alone as an island, fundamentally on its own. There is little room for the uncertainty of chance encounters or the unpredictability of the unplanned. We believe that as a result of large ecological, infrastructural, and economic forces, the city must be understood as a set of networks, flows, and processes rather than static forms. Art and food as the most robust forces that shape the neighborhood. To increase human agency and to encourage all kinds of possibilities, our project proposes a juxtaposition of arts and foods programs to complement Hudson Yard which is a continually rising cultural center in Manhattan.
Site Condition
Site Plan
Program Logics
Program Diagram
Ground Floor Plan
Perspective from Highline Extension
The spatial concept of the project comes from site observation, that we find the contradictions of busy rigid high rise forms and the underground tunnel connecting the site to the W 38th St. that is adventurous and mysterious. Therefore, the design starts with the extension of Highline as the food path and the underground tunnel, starting from the Javits center, as art path that penetrate into our site. The two paths meet at the site to create a mixed vortex.
Lateral Section
As the spiral continues up, food and art programs are two interwoven helix that creates interactions between the programs. A livehouse/bar that is integrated with the greenhouse.
Longitudinal Section
The building has circulation systems for different purposes. Visitors can meander between the alternating art and food programs. Cyclists can bike on the outer bike path up to the bike garage on 4th floor. Food vendors… Service elevator and passengers elevator. Different types of spatial intersecting are proposed in the middle atrium, including "touching", "merging", and "mirroring" to create diverse experience of "seeing and being seen"
CARVING AS URBANISTIC VOID Date: Fall 2020 Instructor: Kyoung Sun Moon The cities are generated by the strategies of governments, corporations, and other instituitional bodies that produce things like maps that describe the city as a unified whole. Therefore, designing the tall building above the New York Plan density matrix should not be a single form but interdisciplinary gestures with envrionmental, social, econom-ical and cultural ideologies. Thus our group is carving out a section of building to create orchestrated forms that encompass collaborative narration. Within the void, interrelated strains can be all kinds of tactics complementing or sabotaging the whole.
urban infill
air right
interaction with MOMA
cut edge for sunlight
social intervention
comprehensive extraction
social intervention
sun light
division
diagrid
structure
Longitudinal Section
Structure and Environmental Concept
Social Space
Residential units
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Residential units
Office
Residential units Residential units
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Co-work space
Art gallery
Parking
3 elevators
Co-working space: Level 8 -17 | 101,227 sqft
2 elevators
Office: Level 11 - 21| 93,846 sqft
3 elevators
Gallery: Level 1- 6 | 73,632 sqft
2 elevators
Service: Level 1- 67 & B
2 service elevators
Office
Section B-B
Section A-A Section A-A Section A-A
Residential units: 120 units
Office
Office
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Total: 12 elevators
Co-work space Co-work space Co-work space
Art gallery Art gallery
Art gallery
Parking Parking
Section B-B Section B-B Section B-B
Parking
Residential units: 120 units units: 120 units Residential Residential units: 120 units Co-working space: Level 8 -17 | 101,227 sqft Co-working 8 -17sq Co-working space: Levelspace: 8 -17 Level | 101,227 Office: Level 11 - 21| 93,846 sqft Level 11 - sqft 21| 93,846 sq Office: LevelOffice: 11 - 21| 93,846 Gallery: Level 1- 6 | 73,632 sqft Gallery: Level 1-sqft 6 | 73,632 sqft Gallery: Level 1- 6 | 73,632 Service: Level 1- 67 & B Service: Service: Level 1- 67 Level & B 1- 67 & B
Elevator Diagram
BLURRING BOUNDARIES: CHURCH AND TOWER Date: Spring 2017 Instructor: Chip von Weise The significant challenge we found is that the church image is so strong that a feeling of not willing to go inside without religious purpose arises. Therefore, even with new adaptive-reuse programs inside, people would still find it difficult to build an emotional connection to this place. The church being a historic landmark can never change its appearance. However, with new programs inside, the question of how to connect people to this church architecturally arises. Thus, our architectural direction is to create a dialogue of all of these elements by blurring the boundaries between them.
** third place, fourth-year achitecture competition | group project of two for chicago studio
Inconsistency in connection of old and new, people and place
green roof yoga room mechanical
bbq and skydeck sky lounge
flat apartments delux apartments
vertical green balcony
lounge gym outdoor terrace
church of epiphany
parking parking
non- traditional bookstore leasing office cafe
site plan | lillian hou
pavillion
mechanical room loading dock lobby bar
existing new program diagram | lillian hou
wonder
sit
interact sectional perspective | lillian hou
diagrams | lillian hou
rendering| lillian hou
Blurring the boundary of street and buiilding A pavillion that serves as an inviting integration of soft enclosure
When people approach the site from the street, the first thing they encounter is the pavilion. It sits in between the old church and new residential building, serving as an inviting integration from the street to the inner part.
The wood slats that are touching the ground are 5 feet apart, allowing people to pass through. Other slats are hung from the ceiling structures, swinging when the wind passes by. The system of the slats allows people to wonder, stay or communicate with others.
assembly detail of swing wood slats
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1.bookstore 2. front desk 3.event space 4. cafe 5. storage 6. pavillion 7. green 8. bar 9. main lobby 10. convinience store 11. laundary 12. leasing office 13. mechanical 14. loading
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ground plan | revit + photoshop
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Blurring the boundary of old and new An entrance that juxtaposes heaviness and lightness
Walking through the pavilion, you can go either to the entrance of the residential building or to the side entrance we propose to substitute the old main entrance of church/ bookstore.
We juxtapose the heavy brick wall of the old facade with a light wood structure, an entrance that is elevated one step above the ground marks the notion of entering into something totally different and new.
entrance detail | autocad + photoshop
rendering | rhino + vray + photoshop | lillian hou
sectional diagram of both entrances | public vs private
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Normal This non-traditional bookstore offers its guests with collections of books that change periodically. Guests can wander around the interior seeking for books they like and start to read at the space created behind the wood slats.
Blurring boundary of perception and reality a non-traditional bookstore in a church
Special Events Writers that write on similar genre or subject such as cooking can come to the space to interact with people. Their works are going to be displayed on the shelves that are supported by wood slats, welcoming guests who are interested in their works.
Serendipity and Strollability Searchablility is a spatial configuration for an efficient access of books. Strollability on the other hand, indicates no articulated route nor rules to obey. “This duality need not to be two antithesis coexisting side by side, it signifies encompassing the vast gradation in between those extremities.” Fujimoto
Blurring the physicality of a wall a wall that not only separates but also connects
The whole space is partitioned by the woodslat walls in a nonhiearchical way. Usually, walls separate, but when we penetrate the walls and make them into the slat walls, they are not only making separation, but also connection.
Blurring boundary of interior and exterior A vertical garden balcony in each apartment Two apartment unit types: vertical and horizontal, are combined to form housing for the hybrid tower. Bringing the idea of blurring into the residential tower, vertical green spaces are provided in horizontal units. To make each garden connect to the exterior, every unit needs to be interlocked. Two horizontal units and one vertical unit are combined as one group - two floors, each group interlocks 6 times, forming 12 levels of residential units.
horizontal unit vertical unit diagram | illustrator + photoshop | lillian hou
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unit3
floor 9,13,17
floor 8,12,16
unit1
floor 6,10,14
unit2
floor 7,11,15
typical unit plan | revit + photoshop
A vertical garden balcony in each apartment | lillian hou
Each horizontal unit will have direct access to its own vertical garden, while the vertical unit will have visual access. A tree will be provided in each vertical garden; irrigation is managed by the tower’s system. When the folding glass door slides aside, the living room and the garden become one space, connecting inside and outside.
c roofing and waterproof system amelanchier, Japanese maple, or cornus as a selection of trees
growing medium with depth of 24’’ minimum
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a ceramic planter sized minimum 5’x5’ protective and drainage layer
wood strips facade
garden balcony area
ceramic planter
25” growing medium drainage layer
pre-function wood paver
drainage path 5” spacer
metal plate machine skrews
filter layer
protection layer
drainage layer
steel angle
protection mat waterproof membrane insulation
anchor bolt
vapor control layer 8’’ concrete slab
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TWO CURVES: INTERSECTIONAL THEATRE Date: Spring 2021 Instructor: Sara Caples, Everardo Jefferson, George Knight An intersectional theatre that seeks for the links between the theatrical space and urban culture - urbaneness of theatre as a place of building social links and community. Two curves that serve multiple functions at the same time: curve in section functions as ceiling and floor; curve in plan function as entry and seatings. By utilizing two curves that serve multiple functions at the same time, the boarders between performace and social events, between audience and performer, and between inside and outside are becoming less restricted.
Core Structure
Site Plan
Core + Truss
Core + Truss + Beam
Site Strategies
In the planner level, the two curves disect the rigid rectangular shaped site into organic forms, inviting fluid circulation coming in and out. In the sectional level, the two curves create a solid and a void space on the ground level, increasing the social interactions through day time and night time. As a result, two theaters are inersecting to create a wholistic experience - a cantilieverd theatre above ground floor connected by two curved escalators, and an outdoor theatre on ground level that serve as an urban incitement.
main theatre
outdoor theatre
Entire Structure
A courtyard space is provided in between the two theatres, allowing daylight and visual connections in sectional level. The outdoor theatre, the restaurant and the front of house supporting programs are arranged around the courtyard space. Diversed social activities thus are generated on the ground level.
Sectional Perspective
A George St.
restaurant kitchen
bar
coffee
lobby prep room
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Orange St. gallary
outdoor theater
ticket
FOH support
stage support
loading
storage
mechanical
workshop
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Ground Plan
+116’
+74’-6”
lounge
upper lobby
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+50’ -6”
+36’
+21’
George St.
indoor
outd
control room
door
back of house
storage
gallery
indoor
Section A-A
+116’
+74’-6”
+50’-6”
+36’
+21’
+0’ -3’-6” new development
outdoor theater -3’-6”
outdoor courtyard -1’-8”
Orange St.
parking
George St.
bar
info desk
main lobby
ticket kiosks
bar
Orange St.
main theater
crew room
dressing room
dressing room
Second Floor Plan
PROFESSIONAL WORKS October 2018 - July 2019
CHOOLAAH CHAIN Date: Jan. 2019 - July 2019 Project Type: Commercial Project Phase: Design Development and Construction Development
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a. Independently produced signage study drawings b. Assisted in producing millwork detail studies and presentations c. Assisted in producing drawing sets including exterior elevations b
retail shelving with glass
Choolaah
View 1 Retail Display option A
Robinson Twp, PA May 17, 2019
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MATOUK RESIDENCE Date: Oct 2018 - 2019 Project Type: Residential, Multi-Family Project Phase: Construction Design and Construction Administration
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a. Assisted in producing DD drawing sets b. Visited construction site bi-weekly; conducted measurements, checkup, and updates c. Assisted in producing CD drawing sets
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Mycelia Arts Center Front Elevation Options 24 October 2018
Scheme A
MYCALIA DEVELOPMENT Date: Oct. 2018 - June 2019 Project Type: Mixed Use, Cultural Project Phase: Schematic Design and Design Development
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a. Assisted in developing facade design options b. Independently built 3D models for design development c. Independently constructed interior views for presentation
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Yatong (Lillian) Hou lillian.hou@yale.edu Yale University M.Arch II