Selected Works 2010-2013 Lydia Sifan Cheng B. Arch 2014, RISD
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You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. ------Richard Branson
To my parents, professors, and peers, who have taught me how to learn throughout the years.
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Academic 06 Smart Learning School Sejong City, Korea, March, 2013 20 Travel and Yenikapi Istanbul, Turkey, September, 2012 26 Solar Energy Studio “Playing with Mirrors�, Providence, RI, March, 2012 Nantucket School of Design and Arts, Nantucket, RI, April, 2012 42 Blossom The Chinese Christian Church, Pawtucket, RI, March, 2011 50 Labyrinth Design Principles, September, 2010
Professional
60 Superior Ink Terraces Superior Ink Building, NYC, January, 2013
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Smart Learning School Sejong City, Korea
Advanced Studio, Winter 2013 Instructor: Peter Tagiuri, Stephan Rutz Client: POSCO, Korea Scheme 1: 4-Quadrant School The site is divided into 4 quadrants for learning --Liberal arts, fine arts, sports, and science. The home base as the core is set in the intersection of all circulation paths. The platforms, the superstructure, are cast on site, while the classrooms, the substructure, are prefabricated.
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Home base as connection
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Courtyards
Sub Structure
Super and Sub Structures
Super Structure Scheme 1: 4 Quadrants
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Liberal Art (classroom) Fine Art (classroom)
Homebase
Sports
Library
Homebase
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Smart Learning School Sejong City, Korea
Advanced Studio, Winter 2013 Instructor: Peter Tagiuri, Stephan Rutz Scheme 2: Social Landscape This social landscape is a school that encourages learning not only from a private setting, but also from the community. There are two main courtyards, one which serves as a gathering ground exclusively for students and faculty; and a more open courtyard which is angled to draw the public into the public zone. The homebase serves as a strong connection throughout the site, as it holds the barrier between both public and private programs. In addition to having a public and private area, the roofs and materiality of the buildings tell a story based on where specific programs are placed. For example, the classrooms are made of wood, which create a home-feeling environment for the students; whereas the public spaces are made of metal cladding, and concrete, creating a more social environment.
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Travel and Yenikapi High School and City Archive, at Yenikapi, Istanbul, Turkey Advanced Studio Fall 2012 Critic: Tulay Atak The site Yenikapi is the port city in Istanbul, Turkey. Situated on the European side of the Bosphorus, and the South shore of the historical peninsula, it is a mass transit center for tourists arriving from both Asia and Europe. Being a historical site that is known for its ongoing excavations, Yenikapi is an archaeological and educational ground that dates back to the stone age.
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Commercial
Archeological Dig Site
Waterfront Green Space
Historical Neighborhood Yali
Residential
High density Medium density Low density Religious Green Space
Connectivity with different Speeds Train Tracks (Low Speed Traffic) Primary Rd (High Speed Traffic) Secondary Rd (Medium Speed Traffic) Tertiary Rd (Low Speed Traffic)
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The studio aims to study and propose for the urban infrastructure of the historical Yenikapi District. My proposal emphasizes on city’s Connectivity to Water. A wetland park is proposed to be situated near the Yali neighborhood, and a Mega-form transit station is located by the ocean.
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Plan (+ 14.5 m) 1:1000
Labs
Atrium
Atrium
Atrium Atrium
Exhibition Hall
Plan (+ 10.5 m) 1:1000
Atrium
Atrium Atrium
Atrium
Atrium Atrium
Library
Classrooms
Plan (+ 7.0 m) 1:1000
Offices
Commercial
Student Center and Cafe
Gym
Plan (+ 4.0 m) 1:1000
From the North to the South, there is the train track, the major drive way (Kennedy Avenue), the bike path, the promenade, and seating on water. Programs include the Transit center, and commercial spaces near the train line; institutional programs along the drive way; and pedestrian dominated waterfront by the sea. 7 platforms extend from the existing neighborhood streets onto the water, so that the pedestrians experience speed and activity changes as they travel across the site towards the water.
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Installation- “Playing with Mirrors� Solar Energy Study Advanced Studio Spring 2012 Critic: Laura Briggs Solar Tea Table Constructed with wood, aluminum foil, and chipboard, the solar tea table is installed at Market Square of Providence at 12:30pm, April 5th, 2012. Tea is boiled by directing the cone following the sun movement for 3 hours.
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x-axis
Point Y
Generator
First Solar Generator Pasadena, California Patent drawings by Aubrey Eneas
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Study Model: The generator rotates around the x-axis to follow the sun’s diurnal path, and the point Y to follow the sun’s annual path.
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Solar Tea Table 12:30pm, Apr. 5, 131213:00pm
13:30pm
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14:30pm 15:00pm
Shadow at Market Square, Providence, RI
Solar Tea Table
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Nantucket Island School of Design and Arts Advanced Studio, Spring 2012 Critic: Laura Briggs An energy efficient school campus to serve the art students at Nantucket Island School of Design and Arts. The structure makes full use of the solar energy, and brings the children and adult artists together. Wall sections were designed and heat loss was calculated to better understand how energy flows through the building.
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Sun Shading Chart
Climate Analogical Model The curves--sun’s monthly paths; Length of dowels--elevation of hills in Nantucket.
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Lecture Hall
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Admin office w/ reception area
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1. Admin Office w/ reception 2. Kitchen 3. Researcher’s Office 4. Restroom 5. Studio 6. Lecture Hall 7. Gallery 8. Entrance Hall+Waiting Rm 9. Shop
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Summer Sun
Winter Sun
Passive Solar Heat Gain
Profiled Metal Roof
Vent
Brick masonry
2” Air space
Polyisocyanurate foam board Concrete Fiberglass gypsum board Batt insulation
Structural bracing
Interior plaster wall finish Window assembly
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Passive Solar Heat Gain
Interior plaster finish
Brick masonry mass wall
3” air space
Double glazing glass
Foam Insulation
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Section B-B’
Green House
Double glazing
Thermal decking
Section C-C’
Section C--C’
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South elevation
South Elevation
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East elevation
East Elevation
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North elevation
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Architectural Design 1st Year Studio, Spring 2011 Critic: Jason Wood Blossom The first year RISD architecture students were commissioned to design and build a community garden in Pawtucket, RI. It is designed to meet the needs of 3 groups of people: the Chinese Christian Church, the elderlys at the adjacent Roosevelt Community Housing complex and the children from YMCA.The structure includes two pavilions with butterfly roofs, gutters connecting to water tanks, planting beds, trellis, ADA ramps, and built-in furniture. The garden provides a space for the elderly, the children, and everyone in between to rest and play, live and learn, plant and harvest.
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Site Plan
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Design Build 2011
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01_Design Principles 1st Year Studio, Fall 2010 Critic: Jonathan Knowles Labyrinth From a rope knot, to the paper knot; from aggregation, to massing, and finally to the design of the labyrinth that includes dining, sleeping and bathing spaces, the logic of the knot was studied and carried out throughout the stages and transformations, guiding the design of floor, wall, and roof structures.
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Stage1. Unit
Rope knot-- Triple Crown
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Translated paper knot
The velum knot unit is composed of a cubic structure, and three triangles interlocking each other. The unit can extend in x, y, z directions.
Stage2. Aggregation and Mass
Aggregation
Units were aggregated to form a mass. The
aggregation of my unit formed a mass that could further extend in x, y and z directions. The mass was then suspended with one strand of string.
Plan drawing of mass
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Mass
Stage3. Mass and Ground Integration
Mass Integrated into ground Chipboard Interpretation
Sections
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Stage4. Labyrinth
Short Section
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Plans
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Long Section
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Drafted Perspective
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West Cosmos Penthouse Terraces Superior Ink Building, 400 West 12th Street, NYC Intern Experience, Winter 2013 Firm: Marpillero Pollak Architects, New York City
MPA is commissioned to design the Penthouse and the 5th floor terraces for the Superior Ink Building. The penthouse includes 4 terraces--Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, and Southeast-- that represent the 4 seasons. 2 schemes are developed for the west side of the penthouse that includes 2 terraces and a tea house facing the Hudson River.
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Penthouse
5th Floor
5th Floor
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Penthouse
Scheme 1 0 2 . 0 4 . 2 013
W E ST C O S M O S P E NT H O U S E T E R R AC E S
S C H E M E 2 - B R U TA L I ST
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Alternative: 3 planters
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West Cosmos Penthouse Terraces Axon Looking In
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W E ST C O S M O S P E NT H O U S E T E R R AC E S
SCHEME 1 - TEA HOUSE
MARPILLERO POLLAK ARCHITECTS 1 3 2 D U A N E S T R E E T # 1 N E W Y O R K N E W Y O R K 10 01 3 t 212.619.5560 f 212.619.5561 info@mparchitectsnyc.com
MARPILLERO POLLAK ARCHITECTS
Scheme 2
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Se c t i o n / E l e v a t i o n l o o k i n g E a s t ( B e l o w ) Greenwall
Cabinet
Riverstone under the slate bench
Lattice: Horizontal slats with vertical steel flat support
Wood bench
Planter screen: Wood, teak or similar with vertical steel flat supports
Threshold: Cutouts in cabinetwork for plants
Greenwall: Cut into slate mass of fireplace, sculptural
Cabinet
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Planter: Separated from vertical surface by band of riverstone, flush with floor
Bar
Threshold: Cutouts in cabinetwork for plants
Planter: ‘Abacus Planter’ Powder-coated aluminum blocks of planting, set into wood floor. flush with floor, 8” above floor, 1’-0” above floor
Lattice: Horizontal Slats with vertical steel flat support
Closet
Center planter: Slate or ceramic top, seat and surround, at height of 1’2”
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Plan
West parapet: Wood face with planter liner; to align with interior window wall fascia planter, with riverstone-filled drainage pan below
Wood trellis above SCALE:
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MARPILLERO POLLAK ARCHITECTS
Se c t i o n / E l e v a t i o n l o o k i n g We s t ( B e l o w ) L a n d s c a p e P l a n a n d Lo n g i t u d i n a l Se c t i o n
1 3 2 D U A N E S T R E E T # 1 N E W Y O R K N E W Y O R K 10 01 3 t 212.619.5560 f 212.619.5561 info@mparchitectsnyc.com
West parapet: Wood face with planter liner; to align with interior window wall fascia planter, with riverstone-filled drainage pan below
West window wall: Wood face with linear planter (1’- 4”h x 10”w) with riverstone-filled drainage pan below
Plan
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We s t C o s m o s Pe n t h o u s e Te rr a c e s
We s t C o s m o s Pe n t h o u s e Te rr a c e s L a n d s c a p e P l a n a n d Lo n g i t u d i n a l Se c t i o n
West window wall (north bay): Planter inset below floor, same dimension from window as boxwood planter/ riverstone
Planter: Inset into wood floor (Conjoin with grasses at west window wall and at northwest terrace)
Planter: Berms, wood, emerging (parametrically) from terrace surface
SCALE:
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Scheme 1 plan and section MARPILLERO POLLAK ARCHITECTS 1 3 2 D U A N E S T R E E T # 1 N E W Y O R K N E W Y O R K 10 01 3 t 212.619.5560 f 212.619.5561 info@mparchitectsnyc.com
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Datong Symphony Hall Sectional Model Intern experience, Summer 2012 Firm: Arata Isozaki & Associates, Shanghai, China The entrance lobby of Datong Symphony Hall features free form columns, an artist wall that holds up a second floor balcony, and a cloud that separates the symphony halls from the lobby space.
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Entrance Hall Section Model B(175$1&( +$// 0 3/$7)250 ,167$//$7,21 678'<
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