Luna Yue Zuo - 2019 Portfolio

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

LUNA YUE ZUO SELECTED WORKS 2012-2018

VERTICAL COURTYARD HOUSE Bronx Housing Course: Core IV Studio, Fall 2018 Instructor: Daisy Ames In order to reduce building cost, provide better living environments to meet needs of different age groups, bring light and nature into urban context, encourage interaction of residents, and promote a sense of community, this housing project utilizes a utility bar and green bar system, which operate on both unit scale and site scale and penetrate the living space. Wrapped by mesh screens, building units are horizontally connected by corridors and vertically connected by light wells, where vegetation weaves with physical and sensual connections.

Academic | Vertical Courtyard House

Academic | Vertical Courtyard House

Academic | Vertical Courtyard House

THE MIX LIBRARY DUMBO Public Library Course: Core II Studio, Spring 2018 Instructor: Benjamin Cadena This library seeks to mix different groups of people, such as artists, start-up people, tourists and residents. Columns wraps around different space volumes yet boundaries among city, reading space, working space and garden become self-dissolving. Visual effects of columns also make space condition even more ambiguous.

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INSIDE

IN BETWEEN

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Academic | The Mix Library

Academic | The Mix Library

RING East River Kayaking Center Course: Core I Studio, Fall 2017 Instructor: Inaqui Carnicero East River has similar climate and water condition and busy transportation to Hudson River. Inspired by Pier 84 boathouse, I designed a safe harbor for kayakers. Two bended linear piers are connected at rooftop to form a ring. Boathouse, gallery and restaurant sit along the ring at different height. The continuous undulating rooftop surface is for park visitors, joggers and bicyclists. Also, two floating platforms are introduced to bring more activities to bay. Floating platforms could be used for kayak polo, smaller concert or major music festivals on water. The round shape of project enables people on the ring have equivalent experience.

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Academic | Ring

Academic | Ring

Second Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan

GOOD FOOD SF SoMa Food Hall Course: Architecture 100B, Spring 2015 Instructor: Legg Yeung The focus of this project is slow and heathy food in South Market community. Main programs sit in three mass bars while two voids generates. One void functions as a street that holds the weekend farmers’ market. The other holds the roof gardens. Connectors not only connect all the circulation, but also hold programs that connect different kinds of programs that sit in three massive bars.

Fourth Floor P

Academic | Good Food

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Ground Floor Plan Ground Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan Second Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan

Fourth Floor Plan

Academic | Good Food

Long Section

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Long Section

Academic | Good Food

MUSIC PARK Berkeley Waterfront Public Space Course: Architecture 100C, Fall 2015 Instructor: Jay Atherson Located on the wasteland in Berkeley waterfront, the music park is a park space open to multiple kinds of music, artists and audiences. The site itself evolves from a traditional Greek theater, while various small music venues seating on the ramp. Bridges above music venues not only connect all these venues which are seperated by retaining walls, but also create hallways and seating with more ways to enjoy the music. The relationship between the stage and audience become exible. People have diverse options to enjoy music: becoming an engaged audience, taking a seat casually, or jogging on hallways and ramps.

Reorganize Reorganize Reorganize

Reorganize Reorganize Reorganize Zoning Zoning Zoning

Deconstruct Deconstruct Deconstruct

Greek Theater Greek Theater Greek Theater Thickening Walls Thickening Walls Thickening Walls

Connection Connection Connection

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Reorganize

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1. Music Venue A 2. Administration Office 3. Common Dinning Center 4. Common Kitchen 5. Music Venue B

1. Gallery

6. Ticket Booth 7. Cafe

2. Classroom Plan

3. Lobby

Academic | Music Park

Plan 2

Academic | Music Park

KOREAN ART COMPLEX SEOUL | KOREA 2017 Firm: AMLGM We create a Library-Museum- Archive hybrid for this Korean Art Complex competition. In order to create connection, openness, and unity between the separate building programs, we combine all of the program into a continuous building. Much of the site located on the south slope is steep and rocky. Our approach was to fit as much program into the flat portion of the site and place the additional program on the adjacent site with bridges connecting them.

Sectionally, the building is arranged into three main zones: The parking garage, the main program platforms, and the closed archive / offices above. The first platform contains the cafe and art & book store. The next platform is the Project Gallery which is highly visible from the open archives, the community platform and the special exhibit gallery. The open archive acts as a connector or programmatic “glue� between the closed archive on the 3 rd floor and the major public programs on the platforms below. The open archive weaves through every public program, creating a cultural ecosystem.

Professional | Korean Art Complex

Professional | Korean Art Complex

Professional | Korean Art Complex

Professional | Korean Art Complex

PEARL MOSQUE DUBAI | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2018 Firm: AMLGM The project site is situated within Dubai Creek Harbour, one of Dubai’s most ambitious mixed use waterfront developments. These cities, and Dubai in particular, have an ancient and rich history of pearl diving dating back as far as seven thousand years. The pearl, a symbol of hope and cultural richness, provided a strong cultural reference from which to shape the design.

The Pearl Mosque is a parametric interpretation of traditional Islamic elements including the dome, the Muqarna, and the Mashrabiya pattern. The base geometry of the Pearl Mosque is a rectangular section of a large sphere. This creates form that is circular in nature, and vaulted off the ground. A series of voids bring in light through a modern interpretation of the traditional Muquarnas, and serve as entrances.

Courtyard ultimately allows the axis from the Dubai Creek Tower to the park run underneath the building, allowing the surrounding context to weave through the Mosque. The exterior dome invites the surrounding community to rest and connect before and after prayers or as they move along the axis

Professional | Pearl Mosque

Professional | Pearl Mosque

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