What does architecture endow us?
PORTFOLIO LIU MIN MAAD Program Candidate 2020 Carnegie Mellon University
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HIDDEN PARADISE Flamingo observation tower
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ALMOST HOME Home feeling refugee camp
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VITALITY GENERATOR An experimental collective house in Wuhan
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CITY DIGESTER Reconstructed waste gas tank into garbage disposal center with urban muli-purpose garden
We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us. The environment plays a crucial role in our experiences, our memories, and our identities. If autobiographical memories make up our identities, then the environments we inhabit shape who we are. I want to pursue architectural research in areas of material computation, adaptive architecture, and digital fabrication. Two of the most promising technologies are 3D printing and rapid assembly via robotics for the manufacture of individual and continuous component parts. Together, these technologies are geared towards becoming indispensable tools for nonlinear manufacturing and design, automated building construction, as well as complex form-making..
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Noah's Ark Multifunctional dual module system shelter
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Fine Art Watercolor painting, Guiyang / Wuhan
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Wang Yan Mansion Architectural Surveying and Mapping Practice, Wang Yangming Mansion, Xianning City
Architecture endows a sense of nature.
01 HIDDEN PARADISE The Flamingo Attraction is Key Driver and a Mountain-Shaped Space is Designed to Allow Different Activities to Occure.
The design of new viewing tower attempts to rethink the way we observe flamingos. To allow observers to reach a closer distance without disturbing flamingos' habitat. According to that flamingos live by water, the new observation tower provides a roof with a pool of water to attract and allow flimangos to rest upon. The overall design is to integrate the observation tower into the environment of the entire protected area, retaining the original ecological charm. Location:Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Type: Academic/Individual work Architecture Competition: Student Award Supervisor: Manus Leung (mleung1@gsd.harvard.edu) Date: Summer 2019
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Pay attention to the hot climatic condition of Abu Dhabi is also considered in the design of the overal viewing tower; with the extreme sun light and heat temperature in this region of the world. According to the really unique habit that flamingos live by the water, the new flamingos observation tower actually provides a new roof with a pool full of nature water to attract and allow flimangos to rest upon the roof.While flamingo attraction is the key driver of this design, a
mountain-shaped hidden space is designed to allow for various activities to occure. The overall design is intended to integrate the tower into the environment of the entire protected area, retaining the original ecological charm.
Visitors can stand, sit, or even lie down and feel the natural space and surroudning landscape through the compression of a horizontal roof framed view.
Perspective Render
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Site Plan
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glass turss
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Detail A mental sheet water proof bond deck turss
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Ceiling Plan
Board Walk Secton
Even if flamingos do not reach the reserve in time, the tower still provides an excellent experience to observers. They can even lie on the "mountain" and enjoy the landscape.
The large truss structure has a powerful visual impact, and the one-way glass window allows visitors to be close distance to flamingoes without disturbing them. concrete edge water mental sheet bond deck turss
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Visitors are invited to stand, sit down, or even lie down and feel the natural space and surroudning landscape through the compression of a horizontal roof framed view. The large
truss structure has a powerful visual impact, and the oneway glass window allows visitors to come in close distance with the flamingoes without disturbing them.
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Architecture endows a sense of home.
02 ALMOST HOME The Definition of Refugee Camps is No Longer a Temporary Building. It Carries Education and Life of a Generation.
The design is to bring more snese of home to the refugees. The large slope roof is intended to give the refugees a sense of belonging. Inside big roofs, scissor stairs are applied to create the atmosphere where people find their own way home and meet their neighbors. Each room for living is designed with individual doors and balconies to give private space. Location:Reyhanl, Turkey Type: Academic/Indiviual work Supervisor: Manus Leung (mleung1@gsd.harvard.edu) Date: Autumn 2019
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the future park
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the regional hospital the social and intercultural service center
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Governments should stop thinking refugee camps as temporary places.
The average stay time today in a refugee camp is about 17 years. That's a generation.
Number of refugee in Sryria has risen to 5.6 milllion by November 2018.
Almost half(48%) of the Syrian refugees are children who've lost everything.
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When you arrive at a camp you have basically been stripped naked and lost everything that has to do with your identity, so a sign of settling and a sense of identity is vital.
United Nations High Commission for Refugees
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Residential building A-A vertical Section
There are two large scissor stairs inside which set symmetrically on both sides of the core tube which contains normal vertical transport including stairs and an elevator. Interestingly, people could go upstairs by the long and smooth scissor stairs, on which they will pass the living rooms constantly and see other residents on the way. Also, the rooms are
elevated according to the slope of the scissor stairs to make it convenient for people to enter and drop by each other so that they would feel like going back to their own house and living with their neighbors.
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Every room is designed to have windows and a balcony on the other side beneath the outside big roof, and the balconies along the same direction of the middle scissor
stairs are also connected with several stairs respectively to encourage communcation and visiting.
The top mosque provides a religious place for Syrian refugees. The relaxed atmosphere of the scissor stairs eases the grief of the refugees. 08
Residential building A-A horizontal Section
Joint design of glass curtain wall C
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Corridor detail of the model. Aerial view of the model.
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The normal form of local house, sloping roof, to remind poeple of homes. And the gathering of 3 sloping roof buildings with different sloping scale, providing a view of collective houses, also a sense of home and a feeling of living together. Inside the big roof, scissor stairs are applied to create the atmosphere
when people find their own way home and meet their their neighbors and friends. Each room for living is designed with individual doors and balconies to give privacy and personal space. 10
Architecture endows a sense of belonging.
03 VITALITY GENERATOR The Experimental Design Uses a Large Curtain Inside the Room to Weak the Gap Between Private and Public Spaces.
When young people return the rental house, they choose to close the door and not communicate with outside world, resulting in more and more serious loneliness. The design uses a large curtain to weaken the gap between private and public spaces and a number of outdoor platforms to create the possibility of communication for young people. Location: Tanhualin District,Wuhan, China Type: Academic/Individual work Supervisor: Qiaohui Tong (qhtong@whu.edu.com) Date: Autumn 2019
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Present Bad living conditions
1980s The curtain
Frequent communication
No communication Exterior arrangement strategy
Site
Box
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Separated
Twisted and fit in
Outdoor social space
In 1980s, people in courtyards lived harmony with each other. Commonly communications in the central yard also establishes a good trust relationship so that they replace the door with curtains. So the design combines the curtain with cental social spaces inside.
Interior arrangement strategy Site plan
Traditional Sihe yard
Central yard form
New typology with curtain
Tan Hualin's environment is messy with low rents. However, it is close to the city center, which is attracting to young people. Design will not break the atmosphere
inherent. Original bricks will be important elements, which is the unique feature of it.
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The similarity of three different rental space is all the interiors have large curtains to separate the private and public boundaries.Each space has one or two
balconies that connect with outside, increasing the comfort of living with another social place.
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main entrance
Typology A 152 m²
Typology model
This experimental design will boldly remove the door, dividing the private and public spaces through the interlacing of the walls and the huge curtain in the
center of the house. Inside the curtains, it is an indoor social place.
An open curtain creates the possibility of infinite space boundaries, with a amount of grey space, blurring the boundaries of space while maintaining a
good balance. Inside the curtains, it is an indoor social place for residents to meet and talk.
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main entrance
Brick Concrete Water Proof Bond Deck Universal Beam Plaster Finish
Typology B 65 m²
Brick Concrete Water Proof Bond Deck Universal Beam Hollow Steel main entrance Glass Metal Concrete
Typology C 110m²
Outdoor platform Section
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main entrance
Second floor plan
Through the twisting blocks, many outdoor platforms are created while adapting to environment buildings, which are all high-value social spaces. Residents
living on different levels will have the possibility of encounters and communication.
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This experimental residential design will boldly remove the door, dividing the private and public spaces through the interlacing of the walls and the huge curtain in the center of the house.Inside the curtains, it is an indoor social place.
Through the twisting different blocks, a large number of outdoor platforms are created .They are all high-value social spaces, providing tenants with the possibility of encounters and communication. 17
Architecture endows a sense of future.
04 CITY DIGESTER Reconstruced Waste Gas Tank into Garbage Disposal Center with Urban Mult-Purpose Garden.
For the large-scale site, with the plug-in city theory, giant structures are inserted into functional blocks to solve the problem of intensive lack of public space in the surrounding residential areas; gas tanks are used to solve problems of shared waste products in Shanghai. The industrial process in the tank and the frame system outside the tank are unified to serve the surrounding area. Location: HongKou District, Shanghai, China Type: Academic/Individual work Supervisor: LiFeng Lin (lin@lin.archi) Date: Autumn 2019
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A number of shared economy companies went bankrupt in 2018 as a result of vicious competition. So a large amount of shared garbage is produced. In particular, Shared bicycles are representative.
Site analysis
1973 STARTED 1980 PROSPERITY 1999 ENDED
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Shared Umbrellas
Shared Closets
Shared Basketballs
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A Storage Grade the severity Maintenance
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Keep the city changing and updating Function units
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Sports
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Relaxation Entertainment
Multi-functional plug-in system for residents Cars & People
People
Trucks & People
To solve the garbage of shared products by changing the waste gas tanks into recycling center, and cooperate with the exhibition and green park. Through the megastructures and plug-in theory, different functions are provided to facilitate citizens' life and creat lots of social space which can bring relax and comfor for people around, with replaceable units plugged in flexibly.
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Tank A: storage & maintenance Tank B: compression & extraction Tank C: exhibition & sales Tank D: landscape
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Industrial process for the abandoned shared product due to company closure in Tank B
Tank B Section
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100mm cast-in situ concrete orthogonal rebar grid 1.5mm shaped steel plate rectangular steel beam
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1. Profiled steel plate composite slab is applied to maintain large spans with flexibility to be rearranged and disassembled. 2. The steel column foundation adopts embedded rigid column base joint, which makes the main structure more stable.
rib stiffener steel skeleton stud rebar cage
Exterior truss render
Exterior truss render
bottom bearing plate anchor bolt
Typical structure joints
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The urban-scale multi-functional system provided by giant frames is in harmony with the wasted gas tank which reconstructed into factories for recycle discarded shared products, exhibition hall and the green space. The green
plants in the giant structure improve the environment of the entire location, and insert various functional units into the giant structure, providing a space for residents around to relax and make people move from the busy life. 23
Architecture endows a sense of protection.
05 NOAH'S ARK The Foldable Multifunctional Marine Shelter Can Change into Social Space and Offshore Planting Area in Daily Time.
The existing shelters are far from the seafront where disasters occur frequently, and there is not enough land to build shelters. The marine shelters are designed and divided into two modules. The first module is to weaken the waves and bring economic benefits by aquaculture in normal times. The other module is a folding shelter, which provides public space for local residents. Location:New Orleans, Louisiana, the US Type: Academic/Group work Team member: Liu Yan Individual Contribution: Concept Design, structure, digital model, drawings Supervisor: Manus leung (mleung1@gsd.harvard.edu) Date: Winter 2019
Render:Disaster time
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Site analysis
Parti Establish a complete refuge system for New Orleans while weakening the impact of waves on the levees.
over 10 feet 6-10 feet 0-6 feet Breached Compromiseed Levees 2005 hurricane Katrina
The direction of flood
North adding refuges Build refuge system
North lack of refuges Flood direct curren
Adding flood buffer Weaken the intensity of the flood
1965 hurricane Betsy
Module Strategy
Monthly average
Tropical stroms Hurricanes Both
New Orleans Hurricane history 1893 hurricane Cheniere
Tropical storm and hurricane frequency Louisiana landfalling Based on data from 1861-2017 Reinforced levees
mid density
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In New Orleans, facing the lake in the north, 60% of the city is below sea level, and floods are prone to flooding during the hurricane seasonďźŒjeopardizing the whole city.
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High-energy waves break the levee dam and enter inland.
Establish a system to weak the waves‘ energy.
Road System elevated road major road pathway Resident population less than 0 0-250 251-600 600-1000 more than1000
Disaster time
Daily time
shlter
pavilion
park
Reduce wave capacity
Planting edible landscapes
Fish farming
Social activity
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Economic benefits
In New Orleans, the northern part of the city is more vulnerable, but the refuge system within the city is mostly concentrated in the south, and there is no shelter available in the north.
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Module: Multifunctional shelter
Module: Multifunctional blocking Blocking waves in disaster
Diagram
Top View
Water speed
Water speed
Water speed
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Water flow
Water flow
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Wave energy
Wave energy
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Detachable frame unit
Module plan
Breeding module
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Each shelter has 4 toilet Excreta disposal device
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Harvesting edible landscapes Handling storage materials
Each shelter has 10 storages
Gathering refuge module Arranging water retaining module
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Daily time/Disaster time
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Lake Pontchartrain
C-3 Dam
Cross the slope Can't put modules
Rugged land A-3
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Middle slope
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Land use type
Plane generation Step 1
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Modules in daily time can provide different activities, such as large music festival land, open beach, daily park land, water sports venues, fish farming, etc.
bridge module: weaken waves module: refuge
Land-use type
Lake Pontchartrain A-1 A-2
Levee system B-1 B-2
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C-3
C-2
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C-4
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For the northern lakeside area of New Orleans, systematic land use analysis was carried out in 3 units:lake pontchartrain, levee system and the type of land use. Based on these, the placement of modules on the lake surface is derived.
When the disaster comes, the farming modules can slows waves from Puncak Lake and the refuge modules start to provide protection for the escape route is planned with the original road network.
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Render:Daily time Because the existing shelters are far from the seafront where disasters occur frequently, and there is not enough land to establish shelters. The marine shelters are designed, divided into two modules. The first module is to weaken the waves and
bring economic benefits by aquaculture in normal times. The other module is a folding refuge, which provides public space for local residents.
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06 FINE ART Watercolor Painting
Location: Weiming lake, Wuhan University Date: 06/2018, sunny Location: Old library, Wuhan University Date: 05/2018, sunny Location: Qianhu Miao Village, Guiyang Date: 08/2018, rainy Type: Academic/Individual work Supervisor: Xiaoyu Yang (xyyang@whu.edu.cn)
Location:Abu Dhabi Type: Academic/Individual work Architecture Competition: Student Award Supervisor: Manus Leung (manusleung@alumni.harvard.edu) Date: Summer 2019
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WANG YAN MANSION Surveying and Measuring of Ancient Chinese Building
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Location: Wang yan Mansion, Xian ning, Wuhan Type: Academic/Group work Individual Contribution:Measurement, render, taking photos drawings, digital model Supervisor: Pang Hui(pangh@whu.edu.cn) Date: 08/2019
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minliu5577@gmail.com No. 299, Bayi Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan, Hubei, China +86 13277030307 Educational background
Design Competition & Awards
Sept.2015-Now
Sep.2019 Jul.2019 Sep.2019
Wuhan University Wuhan
Professional experience May.2019-Aug.2019
Water Cube Construction Co. Ltd. Fu Jian Intern Architect Concept design and renders for Ci Tong soho building, Quanzhou City, 288, Tongtong Road
Jul.2019
Architectural surveying and Mapping Practice about Chinese ancient architecture Wuhan Measure and record the dimensions of ancient building components, Drawings
Jan.2019-Mar.2019
Xinjiang Kezhou Second Construction Co. Ltd. Xinjiang Intern Architect Cad drawings and renders for Kezhou Aid Xinjiang Cadre Talent Service Center
Jun.2018-Aug.2018
Architecture color painting practice Hunan, Guizhou Site survey, Drawing watercolor paintings
Jan.2017-Mar.2017
Xinjiang Kezhou Second Construction Co. Ltd. Xinjiang Intern Architect Cad drawings and presentation files making
Aug.2016
Architecture and urban cognition practice Wuhan Site survey, conducting interviews
Sep.2018 Aug.2018 May.2018
Guyu National College Students Sustainable Architecture Competition Digital Technology Award International Architecture Competition: ABU DHABI Flamingo Observation Tower Student Award The 4th China "Internet +" college students innovation and entrepreneurship competition of Wuhan University Third Prize Guyu National College Students Sustainable Architecture Competition Finalist Wuhan university 3D printing design competition Honorable mention Wuhan university admission notice design competition Excellent Design Award
Software skills Rhinoceros Sketchup AutoCAD Vary for Rhinoceros Lumion Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Ecotect ArcGIS Grasshopper
Languages Chinese (Mandarin), English: TOEFL: 107, IELTS 7, GRE:317 Academic Honors Nov.2018-Nov.2019 Oct.2019
Excellent student scholarship Wuhan Third Prize Flowing Hotel Gallery Exhibition Shanghai Excellent Design
May.2019
“Evolutionaries” Design Work Shop Wuhan First Prize “Big Roof”, Waste factory renovation design
Jul.2016
Second year Design Studio Wuhan Distinction Light and shadow space design
Workshop May.2019
UAO Urban Architecture, NOAHH Network Oriented Architecture of the Netherlands and the CEFCEC hina-Europe Foundation of Culture and Education “Evolutionaries” Design
Jun.2018-Jul.2018
HongKong University Summer Program CITIES IN ASIA Shanghai, Tokyo
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