Mincui Work Samples

Work Samples of Min Cui 2008-2014 Apply for Junior Architect

Catalogue Name 01 School as Factory 02 Congruence 03 Temporary - Permanent 04 Transparency 05 Time Healer 06 Symphony 07 Curve Follows Function 08 Bridge 09 Internship Works

Type School Culture Center Transformable Architecture Urban Complex Tourist Center Museum Form Study Performance Venue Commercial, Cutural Projects

2008-2014 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 2014-2015 Columbia University, New York, US E-mail: choimin1989@gmail.com Telephone: 917-6906066

01 School as Factory School of School Studio, GSAPP Critic: Mimi Hoang, Eric Bunge, N ARCHITECTS Site: Manhattan, New York Area: 4500 sqm Date: 2014.6-7 Collaborater: Shixiao Zhang

Rethinking New Prototype of Architecture School The development of workshop machines, such as CNC router, 3d printing machine and robot arm, provoke architecture students to combine their theory with practical experiment. In this project, we try to introduce the operation system and spatial prototype that we can learn from the factory into our school design, to create new type of architecture school. With introducing RnD system, we imagine this building can actively respond to the 21st century requirements of architecture school.

Exhibition Production Research

Circulation

Plan

Street View

Site Model

Isometric View

Section

02 Congruence Chinese Culture Center Design Competition

Between Traditional and Modern

Site: Kaifeng, Henan, China Area:8285 sqm Date: 2013.5, Tsinghua Individual Work

The prototype of Chinese traditional theater is a courtyard, whose layout enables audience to enjoy the drama as well as the nature.

While modern theater with its accoustic issue, cannot provide publicity as traditional one. I abstract prototype of each theater, arrange the traditional form above the ground, while the modern one underground, creating interesting dialogue between these two in spatial and structural way.

Outdoor Theater

Handsketch Conceptual Section

Seat Panel 95 x 900mm Bracket Indoor Theater

Cypress Wood 150 x 900 mm

Lug Screw R=18mm

Laminated Wood 300 x 400 mm

Plate 9mm

Plate 12mm

Ď€ Shape Plate 12mm

Glulam Beam Column 95 x 400mm Twin Column 50 x 200mm

150 350

Batten 40 x 40mm

150 400

Hard Wood Section 95 x 200mm

150 450 150 500

Beam 50 x 110mm

150

Grid SupportBeam 32 x 105mm

300 Outdoor

Double-Column Structure Detail

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Wood Step Detail A

1500

1500 Wood Step Detail B

03 Temporary-Permanent Transformable Architecture Studio, GSAPP

Transformable Architecture

Critic: Lise Anne Couture, Asymptote Architecture Site: Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York Area: 8400 sqm Date: 2014.8-12 Individual Work

As a building between temporary and permanent, the architecture is proposed to change according to different programs in different seasons. Through simple movement of architectural element, I try to achieve radical change in hierarchy of space, including proportion of outdoor, semi-outdoor and indoor space. The red parts are moving panels.

Volume 3 Version 3

Z axis Volume 1 Version 3

Volume 2 Version 2

Y axis

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Version 1

Version 2

Centralized Space, Large Span Space

Version 1 + Water Level Low

30'

Version 3

Continuous Space

30'

30'

30'

Floral EXPO

30'

Swimming Pool

Volume 2 Version 1

Maximum Transparency, Separated Interior

30'

30'

Tall Sculpture

30'

30'

Dance Battle

30'

Volume 3 Version 1

30'

Volume 1 Version1

Fashion Show X axis

Volume 2 Version 3

Volume 1 Version 2

Volume 3 Version 2

Isometric View 3 Interlocked Volumes in 3 Versions Version 2 + Water Level Medium

Flea Market

Film on Boat

Car Exhibition

Rooftop Concert

Movie

Version 3 + Water Level High

Ship Exhibition

3 Version Sections

Fabric Installation

Water Show

Bird Expo

Acoustic Music Festival

Winter Version

04 Transparency Bachelor Graduation Design: Urban Complex Studio

Transparency of Chinese Painting

Critic: Rongrui HU(Hotel), Boying LIU(Theater) Team: Min Cui (Theatre), Ruoyun Xu (Hotel) Site: Beijing, China Area: 63582 sqm Date: 2012.2-5, Tsinghua

Traditional Chinese painting creates transparency of space with its elements in different elevation, layer and depth. We try to apply this aesthetic rule to the 3 dimensional layout of function block, so that when people are walking around the mega block, they can feel the poetic atmosphere of Chinese ancient painting.

Roof Structure Detail

Wall Detail

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5

1500

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750

Plan

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Model

1500

1 Main Steel I-Beam 2 Secondary I-Beam 3 150mm Main String 4 10mm Steel Anchor Bolt 5 Stainless plate 6 250mm Clamped Steel Stick

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3000

Beam String Structure

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1500

3

Section Model Section

05 Time Healer Healing the Urban Scar

Critic: Yan Tang Topic: Regeneration of Busan Historical District Date: 2013.8 Collaborator: Bo Zhang

High rising apartments demolished original urban texture and invaded into the site, creating a boundary between two housing area. We create a linear function block that embraces the lower density housing zone.

We called the block Time Healer, which is healing the city scar that resulted from the different time of construction and unreasonable urban design.

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Busan International Architecture Competition, Third Prize

2600

Circulation

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Section H-H

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Section G-G

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Section F-F

6400

500 8220

Section D-D

500

Section C-C

8220

Section B-B

Plan

High-rise residents Emergency

6400

Low-rise residents Emergency

500

Visitors

6150

3880

1880

06 Symphony Light

Korean-Chinese Immigration Museum

Meditation Container

3rd year Design Studio, Tsinghua Critic: Weiguo Xu Site: Yanbian, China Area: 3500 sqm Date: 2010.10 Individual Work

I tried to design a meditation space influenced by the three key elements - light, landscape and water.The void spaces is like containers, they bring peaceful meditation space for people, the remained solid spaces are for permanent exhibition.

Water

Light+Water + Landscape

Landscape

Handsketch 2nd Floor Plan

Handsketch Section C-C

Operation Diagram

Sky Z

Entrance Hall

Z=18

Exhibition Room1 Life in Korean Peninsula Z=14.4

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Exhibition Room2 Immigration

Z=10.8

Exhibition Room3 Early Life in China

Solid-Exhibition Space

X=0

Landscape Y=0

Exhibition Room4 Modern Life in China

X=6

Y=6 X=12 Y=12

Water Space

X=18

X=24 Y=18

Landscape Terrace X=30

Y=30

Skylight Space

Water

Z=3.6

Central Atrium

Void-Meditation Space

Z=7.2 Y=24

Z=0

Elements

Atrium Perspective

07 Curve Follows Function Parametric Form Study Studio Function: Industrial Exhibition Center Team: Min Cui (mainly T-spline, Plan, Section) Nan Lei (mainly Programming) Critic: Weiguo Xu, Weixin Huang, Feng Xu Site: 798 Art District, Beijing Area: 2500 sqm Date: 2011.4

Learning from Lorenz Curve

In 1963, Edward Lorenz developed a simplified mathematical model for atmospheric convection.

We tried to use the function of lorenz curve to simulate the topography of site as well as the circulation of industrial museum.

2nd Floor Plan

Section A-A

Experiment on Site

Tank Exhibition

3rd Floor Plan

Model Photo

Atrium

Supporting Structure

08 Bridge Topography of Nature & Topography of Architecture

Venue for Mining Town

Bridge

GSAPP Spring Studio, Columbia Critic: Antti Nousjoki, ALA Architects Site: Cerro de Pasco, Peru Date: 2015-Present Individual Work

Pit excavation breaks the city into pieces.

I envisaged a bridge between old town and new town, connecting the two towns as well as limiting the expansion of pit.

The Venue will help to introduce tourism into mining town.

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M

Theater Outdoor Exhibition Outdoor Theater

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Indoor Exhibition Restaurant

Roof Removed Isometric

S

Education Multi-function Room

Corridor Lobby

View from Pit

View from Air

Section Lobby Hotel

Tourist Exhibition

Education

Restaurant

Cafe

Library

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60m

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Outdoor Exhibition

120m

150m

Indoor Theater

180m

210m

Outdoor Performance

240m

270m

300m

09 Internship Work CPG Corporation Pte Ltd, Singapore July 2012 - May 2012(3 months), full time

in+of architecture studio, Beijing, China September, 2012 - May, 2014(1 year 9 months), part time

During the internship in CPG, I mainly participated in development design of GEMS Academy Dubai phase 3, also was involved in some commercial buildings' schematic design.

When I started to work in in+of architecture, I combined the research with practice, with the help of the principal architect Lu Wang. My research focused on prototypes of vernacular building in rural areas of China.

Designed Zhangjiatong Visitor Center Design

Penang Hill Commercial Complex, Malaysia Created 3D model Designed Dongwa Traditional Culture Center

Designed Interior of Affordable Housing

APEC Xiamen Revised plan according to Chinese building code

GEMS Academy Dubai Phase 3 Designed plan

Zhangjiatong New Residential Plan

Gali Batu MRT Depot, Singapore Revised construction drawing

Zhangjiatong New Residential Section

Generated New Residential Area Masterplan Design Team Leader