P O R T F O L I O JIAYI YAO 路 SELECTED WORKS 路 2018 - 2020 JIAYI YAO 路 SELECTED WORKS 路 2018 - 2020
WIND Workshop + Housing
Woolstores refurbishment and Dwellings Preserve and refurbish the existing Woolstores building, this new semi-enclosed structure is now becoming a community workshop space for the locals to make their own mini wind turbines and provides them an opportunity to explore different ways of using kinetic energy. New rotatable metal panels have been installed onto the existing building structure, designed to use as either pivot doors, openings or space dividers. A series of courtyard houses have been placed around the WIND workshop, provides 28 new dwellings for the public. By using lightweight steel structure, metal grate screen and sliding glass windows, these houses are able to maximise the use of netural wind flow in case to achieve the goal to be aircon-free.
Courtyard Housing Isometric View
Housing Structure Isometric View
Courtyard Housing Floor Plan 1:400
Site Plan Neighbourhood 1:1000
Courtyard Housing Section 1:400, Perspective Views
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1. Workshop 2. Office 3. Kitchen 4. Storage 5. WC & Showers
~408kWh 105 kW 420 Panels 21 Households daily electricity consumption 17 Pallets
WIND Workshop Floor Plan 1:400, Solar Capacity Study
WIND Workshop Sections 1:400, sectional isometric
Office A working space for the WIND Workshop staff members Full-storey height shelf system for extra storage space
Entrance Keep the identity of the original Woolstore site by maintaining the existing graffitis on the wall
Kitchen A spacious communal kitchen for the locals and visitors to prepare their meal or to make a cup of coffee
Storage Pantry room Storage room for the WIND workshop to keep the tools and wind turbine DIY kits
WC and Showers Open to the locals and visitors during the workshop open hour
WIND Workshop Perspective Views
An Archive for Iron Ore, Tom Price An Architecture of Liquid Memory
Situated on the original site of the Tom Price Village Green, the new archive center seeks to create an architecture to store both physical records for the minidng company and the liquid memory of the mining town and its people by providing an underground data server center and a public sunken garden for the public, suitable got people to gather and enjoy during their leisure time. It also contains a compact living space for the FIFO archivist and visiting scholar, an information lobby and a small coffee shop. Using the concept of a ha-ha garden, a recessed landscape feature originally been used in formal French garden during the early eighteenth century, the project creates the illusion of an unbroken, continuous rolling lawn, whilet providing boundaries to separate the archive center and the surrounding neighbourhood.
Exploded Isometric Room for FIFO archivist, visiting scholar, Info lobby and coffee shop
Exploded Isometric Room for FIFO archivist, visiting scholar, Info lobby and coffee shop
Sections Section 1: 200, Detail 1:40
Sections Section 1: 200, Detail 1:40
Sections Section 1: 200, Detail 1:40
Site Sections 1:1000
Site Plan 1:1000
Floor Plans 1:400
Perspective Views Entrance, Pavilion, Courtyard
Room for FIFO Archivist, visiting scholar peeled isometric view
Drawing Resilience
Hong Kong: Now and then The theme of this series of drawings is to compare and contrast the built environments and living conditions in HK during different time periods, Focuses on showing the differences and similarties between the Kowloon Walled City period in the past and the current living condition on Temple Street. The drawings are intended to capture moments of people’s everyday life and their resilience to the living environment while facking challenges such as air pollutions, over population, mass migration, etc.
The Walled City Base on reliable photographs and researches of the Kowloon Walled City, I was able to replicate a corner view of the original Kowloon Walled City. Different to Temple Street, the buildings in the Walled city are normally over 10 storey height with much more compact living spaces. Due to the lack of regulations and issues of poverty, the structures were filled with both illegal and inappropriate constructions, such as overly narrowed laneways, additional staircases and constant level changes. By using a combination of section views and perspective views, I was able to capture ordinaries’ daily life moments and activities in my drawing. The building is occupied by both commercial uses (the hairdresser, private rubber factory, small restaurants, etc.) and residence uses (compact apartments, cage homes, slum areas on the rooftop/balcony, etc.) The façades are often featured with peeled off walls, decays, and stains along with different window frame designs. Pipes and cables are spreading throughout the surface of the structure connecting different households together. The living environment in the Kowloon Walled City is both messy and lively. The Gateway The second drawing depicts the Gateway of the Temple Street. In here, the purpose of this gateway is to separate Hong Kong into two different time periods, past and present. The left side of the drawing shows the past, which is the Kowloon Walled City and the other half of the drawing shows the present, which is the existing Temple Street. Comparing both sides, the Past is relatively higher and much denser than the Present. The background is filled with dark smog and cloudy sky, shaping the outline of the high-rise buildings from far. The singing bird and the Orchid flower add a taste of the traditional Hong Kong culture to the drawing. Temple Street Base on the research of Both 23 Temple Street and the Mido CafÊ, I was able to depict an imaginary view of the Temple Street in Hong Kong. Different to the old Kowloon Walled City, the buildings on the Temple Street are much lower, around four to five storey height with relatively spacious living area. With more necessary regulations and following the standards, these structures are more appropriate and safer to the public. With the highest level of globalization, the increasing in the number of visitors increases the demand of services and entertainments in Hong Kong, which benefits its local businesses, and creates to more new restaurants and markets. However, due to the rapid growth in population and mass migration, elements such as cage homes, rooftop slums and subdivided apartments still exist in the present Hong Kong. The building is surrounded by smog and vehicle exhaust which is still one of the biggest threats to the Hong Kong public.
Gathering Space
Experimenting with the fundamentals of architecture through physical models and hand drawings The project site is located at the center of Fremantle city. The size of the overall site is around 400m x 120m, includes the Esplanade Reserve, the Arthur Head Reserve, the WA Shipwrecks Museum, the Bathers Beach, etc. The Brief of my gathering space is to create a pocket park for the public and their dogs. The park is located at the existing park site with a size about 20m by 20m big. It is divided into 4 parts, each quarter contains a lap pool for the kids and their pets, a shaded sitting area for the local to gather and communicate and a series of training stairs for the dogs to play and exercise. This new park is designed to be ablbe to merge into the surrounding environments by its recessed landscape feature, which makes the project “disappear� fron the street level view, forms a secret garden for the local residents.
Site Analysis Watercolour drawings of the site
Site Plan Watercolour drawings of the site
Pocket Park Perspective Views
Floor Plan Watercolour drawings of the pocket park 1:200
Sections Watercolour drawings of the pocket park 1:200
Model Study Plan view of the pocket park model 1:500
Model Study Zoom-in view of the pocket park model
80 Dowels
2018 DIA WA Award of Merit (student) Product Design | Furniture Design The 80 Dowels is a wooden lounge chair which its form is inspired by rolling a bamboo sushi mat. The chair can be divided into three main parts: the timber frame, the dowel mat and the chunky yarn blanket. The frame is formed by two identical laminated timber parts, joined together with five oak bracings. The oak dowels have been carefully pollished and round ended, woven together with cotton ribbons. A hand-knitted chunky yarn blanket can be either used accordingly or it can also be rolled into a headrest. The chair can be easily assembled or disassembled which is for small house living. the lime wash pre-finishing increases its level of resistance to dust and stain.
Disco Dog House + Little bird lamp A reading nook and a Ambient light