Linhao Luo's Architecture Portofolio - UMich

Linhao Luo

University of Michigan

linhaoluo00@gmail.com

+1 7346041576

1780 Broadway St, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA

FLOWING

Community reactivate through merging flooding into water circulation system, enriching landscape, and building effective units

Jefferson Chalmers, MI, USA | 2022 | Group Work

WUHAN TOURISM & CULTURE CENTER

Waterfront Urban Space and Existing Building

Renovation Design

Wuhan, CN | 2021 | Individual Work

Instructor: Zou Han

MAGIC CUBE

Multi-functional Building integrating the activities of students and residents

Wuhan, CN | 2019 | Individual Work

IMMIGRATION TO MARS

Livable Curved Space Design through 3D Printing on Mars

2018 | Individual Work

"QUARANTINE"

A Isolated Medical Community Planning & Building Design with Cables as Transportation

Wuhan, CN | 2020 | Individual Work

Inter & other works

2021 | 2022

FLOWING

Community reactivate through merging flooding into water circulation system, enriching landscape, and building effective units

Jefferson Chalmers, MI, USA | 2022 | Group Work

Instructor: Craig Borum | Claudia Wigger

Flowing rainwater is collected on the designed double facade, filtered, recycled, and reused in the community; kids flow in the community on various playing areas and landscapes; flowing people hang around on water-penetration pavements to enjoy community lives; flowing public spaces and balconies enable residents to embrace joyful spaces with efficiency simultaneously.

In this project, we're trying to be practical, detailed, researchbased, and considering the most demanded things among the residents also according to the community's natural conditions.

Elevation(ft)

The area's topography is like a bowl.Centuries of sediment deposits from the river have built up the river bank as a natural levee to the same elevation as EJefferson.

City Planning of Site

Flooding- FEMA Floodplain Soils - Hydrological Soil Legend

Vacant church Green space Roads Flooding

-Reused as a public sapce

-Keep the beutiful pointed roof structure, but replace the roof covering with glass, making the interior spaces brighter and more suitable as an event space.

-Bring in activties to re-active the vacant place.

-Add some types of public spaces which residents, such as orchards, rain gardens, playgrounds.

-Expand the existing green space to more vacant lots

-Add water-penetrable walkways on green spaces to make lots more accessible to people.

-Get rid of one of the current road which is right in the middle of the site.

-To improve transportationconvenience, get rid of dead-end roads by connecting them from the back.

-Shape natrual ponds on the terrain of lower lattitude on the site.

-Plant trees and feed creatrues in the ponds to increase eco-diversity and eco-sustainability

-Collect, purify, use, and recycle rain water to the ponds an effective water-uwage resource for the community

The City of Detroit's Planning and Development Department (PDD) is in the process of strategic planning for 10 key areas, including, Jefferson Chalmers, which is our site. All of the neighborhood framework plans are guided by the principle: One City. The Jefferson Chalmers Neighborhood Framework Plan was cocrafted by residents and the City to guide future growth and investment. The Framework Plan will help determine nelghborhood investment strategies to achieve a healthy and beautiful Detroit built on inclusionary growth, economic opportunity, and an atmosphere of trust. PDD worked torether with Jefferson Chalmers residents to develop general goals for the neighborhood.

AGE:The neighborhood is dominated bymiddleagedresidents in families In coming years, many ofthese adults will enter their 60s and 70s, andmany desire to age

3/4 of housing units are single-family homes.

1/2 of single-family homes are owner-occupied.

Much of Jefferson Chalmers lied in a FEMA- designed floodplain. The soils in Jefferson Chalmers can support storage of rain water but not as much infiltration can happen. Evidence of the historic stream channels is alsovisible.

Building Infrastructure Diagram

The infrastructure system consists of energy and water collection and recycling. The infrastructure stands function not only as a shelter, bench, and light but also water and energy recycling system. The smaller versions are assembled on the roof. The water collected by the rain and recycled water from drainage and through the plant tray for irrigation for the vertical plant facade and makeup of a selfsustain system, solar energy provides additional benefits for the whole building and also provides lighting and charging service for either electrical car or devices.

There are three different types of important nodes of detail, including the section details of the roof gardens, wall sections with hanging flower pots and aluminum frames, and also a section of the inner floor. Considering our main material of CLT and the climate in Detroit, we choose to place the insulation layer outside the CLT, and our sections also considered our construction method of prefab boards and easy installation.

water tank

water-penetration walkway River Channel

Ponds

Unit Types

The unit axon drawings showed the uit types and activities in them. Every type of unit are sharing the same "FLOWING PUBLIC SPACE"concepts of setting the public area to one fluid open side, and the private spaces of bedrooms on the same another side. Also, there are balconies with greens and benches for every unit to make use residents can have enjoyable lives as much as possible.

Physical Model

of Unit Type 4B3B

Bedroom & Prefabed Shleves Kitchen

Dinning Room & Open Kitchen & Prefabed Furniture on CLT wall

Living Room

Floor Plan & Seperated two side of spaces Facade with Flower Pots

WUHAN TOURISM & CULTURE CENTER

Waterfront Urban Space and Existing Building Renovation Design

Wuhan, CN | 2021 | Individual Work Instructor: Zou Han

The project, which will be built on the riverbank of Wuhan, China, intends to create a riverfront urban symbol that would serve as a tourism and cultural center. Our strategy was to examine and rehabilitate the wharf building, maintain part of the structures, keep the existing people crossing, and create a significant form and landscape park for flooding on the site, which is built on an existing freight wharf that embodies the city's history.

SITE ANALYSIS

Wuhan, China. The Yangtze River runs through the heart of Wuhan, with multiple bridges and river crossings, and boats are an important form of transit as well as a famous tourist attraction. The property is surrounded by five large green parks, as well as other well-known and representative Wuhan attractions. Furthermore, the property is located near a large historic district. Given the site's abundance of tourism resources, a tourism and culture center should be constructed nearby.

Existing Problems

Natural sightseeing spots

Cutrural sightseeing spots

The building is designed to covered by a light film structure.

ETFE membrane (ethylenetetra-fluoro-ethylene). ETFE membrane is built of artificial high-strength fluoropolymer (ETFE) with a special antiadhesive surface that makes it very stain-resistant and easy to clean. It has excellent durability and fire resistance.

Wuhan Technology Museum

Jianghanguan Museum

Temple Gragon King

Nananzui Park

Wu Chang Riverside Walkways

Yangsigang Bridge

Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge

Yingwuzhou Yangtze River Second Bridge

Wuhan Yangtze River Second Bridge

Zhongshan Park

Han Kou Riverside Walkways

Wuhan Revolutionary Museum Yellow Crane Tower

Wuhan Technology Museum

Wuhan Technology Museum

Guishan Mountain Park

-During the flood season, the water will rise 3 to 4 meters over the chosen site, submerging some of the existing structures.

-The section facing the river is a long bare beach and parking lot, and the lovely scenic playgroup along the river is unused. The existing pier building facades are also in disrepair and unusable.

-The present structures are old, with a tangle of columns that need to be reorganized and restored.The old floodgates are still standing and can be conserved as a historical and cultural landmark.

Platform serves as the site's entryway.

Open space on the lower level

Stairs leading to the water

Ahead of the flood stage

View of river scenery

Multi-layered landscape

Fire compartmentation

Landscape-"River Crossing Festival" Sculpture Array

Landscape - Riverside Walkway

The platform of connecting buildings

The bird view of the continuous buildings and the sail-shape film

The exterior of Tousirm Center

IMMIGRATION TO MARS

Livable Curved Space Design through 3D Printing on Mars

2018 | Individual Work

Building settlements on Mars will be like inventing a new vernacular architecture. Martians will be like ingenious settlers, inventing structures for the first time, and understanding local materials, climate physics, safety, and comfort. Why do people want to immigrate to Mars?

1.The resources on the Earth is continually decreasing with the development of human beings. There probably will be a day when human beings must give up their only habitat because of the exhaustion of resources.

2.The exploration of the universe is a popular topic. The findings and research results encourage people to continually devote themselves to this industry.

3.Mars is the most similar planet to the Earth in the solar system of the universe, especially in temperature, air quality, air pressure, radiation, and daylight.

In these circumstances, immigrating to Mars is proposed. As an architectural student, I want to provide a design proposal regarding living space and environment on Mars integrating the local environment and possible future technologies.

Single living tent

Double living tent

Residents-shared courtyard

Double living tent

Unit Interior

Unit Interior

The rocket core, skeleton, 3D print robotic arm

Public Living Space , The curvlinear Flower Shelves

Public Living Space and Kitchen & Living Unit

MAGIC CUBE

Multi-functional Building integrating the activities of students and residents

Wuhan, CN | 2019 | Individual Work

The relationship between the forms and space is the essence of architectural art and architectural science.

Because of China's large population, there are dense various residential buildings and office buildings, and everyone has to survive in a crowded environment. For a large population of students in China, the campus usually covers a large area, and the facilities are comprehensive, the greening is rich, campus usually covers a large area.

However, the campus is relatively isolated from the city, making it difficult for citizens to share green and some open spaces. Therefore, I use “Magic Cube” as the inspiration, putting various functions into a cube-shaped multi-functional building on campus, providing activity space for both students and residents.

"QUARANTINE"

A Isolated Medical Community Planning & Building Design with Cables as Transportation

To be honest, humans can be never fully ready for pandemics in any period from history to nowness. It always causes horrible effects and panic when it begins, though pandemics might be finally normalized after a while, just like Ebola, COVID-19, SARS, and any other pandemics.

What if we have such a community work isolated as a temporary shelter with medical and living resources prepared for suddenly appeared situations? And to the special community can also be partially used as a normal resort in peacetime.

Wuhan, CN | 2020 | Individual Work

CARTER PARK PRESCHOOL

Intern Project

SIM Architect, San Francisco, CA

STARRY NIGHT

CNC Router Frabrication Project

2022 | Individual Work

DUDERSTADT CENTER

Zund cut model of Duderstadt Center, completely structurally followed the original building and can be disassembled

2021 | ARCH 552 Studio Model

WATER JET CUT JOINT BOX

2021 ARCH 537 Frabrication