architecture portfolio ziling yan
Content OTR Commu n ity Housin g F ifth Amen dmen t C e n ter CR VC Cu ltu r e C e n ter Clifton Bran c h Lib r ar y Project S / Apple store / Nordstrom faca d e s tud y Con stru ction an d Exhib ition
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Over the Rhine Community Residency 4t h y ear stud i o (1 .5 mon th ) 20 st udent t eam, in d ep en d en t d esi gn
As a low income area of the city of Cincinnati, Over the Rhine is a historical district that embraced the development of the city. Due to the large amount of torn down and unuseful buildings, the program intends to create a multi-unit community housing with certain amount of unit and varies design. All unit will harbor one flat and one townhouse, with shared garden and public space in between two rows of apartment. This assignment focuses on apartment design and the maximize use of limited space.
> > S i te A na l y s is
+ building sequence
pulic space
we now have two dominated condition: the existing building sequence and public space force u s to divde our apartment into two row locating on seitz and
mulberry st respectively in order to maximize sunlight. the open space will remain as community courtyard and create alley effect for natural ventilation
> > F orm a t io n
original space: long and linear
cut and divide: served / service
space interlock create extra space
>> T ow n hous e p la n
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5. corridor 6. stair to courtyard 7. study room (spare) 8. bathroom 1. entrance 2. l iving room 9. guest bedroom 3. kitchen and dining 10. master bathroom 4. balcony space 11. master bedroom tonwhouse legend:
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1. entrance 2. l iving room 3. kitchen and dining 4. bathroom 5. l aundry 6. bedroom 7. corridor balcony 8. public corridor
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First Amandment Center th i rd year (1-mo nth )/ i ndi vi du al pro j ec t
first amen dmen t (based on N ashv ille, TN an d D C) is goin g to h ave th e ir multi-s tor y bran ch cen ter in cin cin n ati , an d d e c id e d to occu py certain parts of fifh thir d tow e r as a parasitical h ybridizatio n in d ow n tow n bu sin ess district. It is a organ ization ad dressin g free speech an d wi ll b e ad d r e s s in g th e adaptation of ex istin g ur b an s tr uc tu re du rin g a time of massive d ow n s izin g .
> > S i te / F o r m a t io n
> > pl an 1 / 1 2 8 ” - 1 ’- 0 ” pri vat e
entrance
gallery
exhibition I
research
library i
library ii
entrance
gallery
exhibition I
exhibition ii
s e m i -pu bli c
storage / archive
pu bli c
exhibition ii
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C l i f ton B r a nch L ib rary
sec o nd year (1-month )/ i ndi vi du al pro j ec t
In the era of information explosion, library is not only a place that transfer information through books, but becomes a multi functional space that ties the community together. Clifton area planning to renovate their town center and rebuild the branch library with a goal of turning it into a space that provides diversity and varies access to information, meaning transform from “bookcase� to source of information and venue of communication
>> site a n a lys i s traffi c
plant
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densi ty
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
lec t u r e h all st aff m e e t i n g st aff co m m o n ro o m mec h an i cal at riu m c afe c ompu t e r/ s t u dy s po t ipad an d t able t reading book mu lt ime di a ro o m c h ildre n ’s clas s ro o m c raft an d re adi n g c irc u l at i o n librari an o ffi ce
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lobby
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book & reading
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lobby
multi media
>> ski n energy flo w book & reading
classroom & reading
book & reading
children
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heat preserve - west facade
sec t i o n a a ’
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sec t i o n bb’
04 camo lo t research & visitor cen ter fo u rth year (1-mo nth ) A r ch M e di u m c o mpeti ti on 2013
The plain-looking hill with a flattened peak on the outskirts of Soutyh Cadbury is where the castle of camlot once stood--the dark age legendary castle of king arthur. It is time to build a research and entertainment center where all the great texts paintings and documentries about medieval literature can be preserved, studied and viewed together as one living salute. That is where this visitor center comes in
> > site a n a ly s i s main route town center
relic of castel relic of round table town center
one axis
expand from center
connection
> > c once p t e vo luti on - - f or m at ion
> > p lan reading room LV.2
reading room LV.1
“the legend” museum highest view point
book archive
main building
a 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
a’
> > sec t i o n a a ’
entrance gift shop restrooms reception “South Cadbury” Museum room 6. “The Legend” Museum room 7. “Camelot Today” Museum room 8. cafeteria/restaurant 9. copy rooms 10. administration 11. labs 12. book archive 13. reading room
05 P ro ject S - - Lob b y Sittin g sy stem O f f i ce De si gn and Bu i ld Pro j ec t ( 2 -m o nt h D esi gn+ c o nstru c ti o n)
Project S is a two month company summer design charrett--design and build a seating system for callison seattle in the lobby with a budget of $1500. The seat is going to be used as seating, model display and
short guest meeting. It
should be designed for multi-function office use. After
braintorming
some
sketch
ideass,
the
team decide to go with the direction that allows
flexible
movement
adn
rearrangement
of the furniture piece, meanwhile, emphasize the multi functional characteristic of a seating. We decided that curvature will be the best shape that can be easily extend or compress in order to meet different seating requirement.
> > schem a t i c s k e t c h
> > d esi g n d e v e lo pm ent
> > materi al painted MDF milled plywood industrial felt
> > c onst r u c t i o n p roc ess
06 A p p le Re t a i l St o r e C a lli son Pro jec t ( on -goin g)
I have participated in schematic design of this Apple store in Qingdao , China and currently I’m on the construction documentation phase. Since I joined th e team, I have been involved in its concept design and schematic design phase, which has provide me a thorough precess of architecture practice between client and architect. Similarly, i have been actively involved in several construction document phase of other apple retail store.
<< general plan
<<neutral pier detail
storefront section >>
07 construction and exhibition spri ng 2013 Va u l t : 1 - mo nth desi gn + b u i ld O T R s t o r e r e no va ti o n: 10 day c o nstrc u ti o n
Miami Univrsity has a long term cooporation with over the rhine in cincinnati and has a on-going project of design-build community renovation project. this is a spring corner store renovation project I participated in construction phase for 8 days; also I held an dual exhibition with sunny wang in spring 2013. It is a two week exhibition containing some of our finest watercolor painting
>> Vault design and built studio
<< OTR design-build store renovation spring 2013
>> personal watercolor exhibition spring 2013