selected work of architecture 2006- 2012
CONTENTS PORTFOLIO OF YANG YIYI Architecture is a journey and a venture. It is not a religion. Yet you keep faith in it. It is the day-dreaming and explorationof the new. Yet you cherish your memory. It is about the realization and fulfillment. Yet you are always enthusiastic about its being fictional. The distance from the real life. Isn’t this the poetry we are always chasing after? Half-insanity, half rationality, we are living on either side but not in between.
Archeomuseum 2012 / MVRDV Architecture Competition Istanbul, Turkey
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Reclaiming A'dam 2011 / TU Delft Graduation Thesis Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Natural Plaza
2012 / MVRDV Architecture Competition Strasbourg, France
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China Wetland Museum
2007 - 2008 / Arata Isozaki & Associates Competition / Schematic / Development Design Hangzhou, China
Theatrical Space 2010 / TU Delft Studio Design Rotterdam, Netherlands
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New Watertown 2008 / Arata Isozaki & Associates Urban Concept Design Shanghai, China
Natural Plaza 2012 / MVRDV / Architecture Competition / Strasbourg, France
Masterplan
Masterplan Plaza Nature
Located in the center of Strasbourg, the project is a mix of housing, office use and hotels. Based on the various regulations and limits according to the French authority, a series of experiments have been done before we reaches the concept of 'green sofa'. The sofa has a good location, with a canal ending right in front and a big plaza where people meet and relax. The interface of the building withe the city is neutralized with vegetations on the facade and on the plaza: the green curtain and the green carpet. Site location
Site
Extrusion
Rationalization
Height limits
Opening
Site
Balconies
Green Sofa
Concept development
Perspective by RSI
First floor Plaza Nature
Typical floor Combination of hotel, housing and office
The most noticab variety of flower image of the build
The green sofa d also green carpe The green carpe benches, lights a
Elevations Green facade
ble feature of the building is the green facade, where a pots are hanged all over the facade to soften the harsh ding and to provide an intimating indoor atmosphere.
does not only provide a green facade for the eyes but et where all kinds of activites can be activated around. et is composed of different elements such as vegtations, and kiosks, all of which are based on one unified pattern.
Perspective by RSI
Interior perspective by RSI
Archaeo Museum
2012 / MVRDV / Architecture Competition / Istanbul, Turkey
Conceptual Development
The project is part of the big urban planning and architecture competition. Here only the museum part is explained where I am mostly involved. The museum project is considered the opportunity to transform the chaotic local urban condition and to contribute to the public urban life. At the same time, the collections of the museum are mostly from the archaeology excavation done on the same site.
Basement
T h e d e s i g n t r e at s t h e s i te i n t h e s a m e m a n n e r a s t h e archaeologists, the void that is excavated will stay and turned into a public space to provide additional public space to the city. The body of the museum is half floating over the void and a series of domes will grow inside the volume and adapted to the different use of space in the museum. In the end, the roof will provide a spectacular terrace to overlook the beautiful Istanbul harbour. The huge flat roof is also used as the place to collect solar energy.
Ground Floor
Interior perspective by
First Floor
Roof
Section in Detail
Reclaiming Amsterdam 2012 / TU DELFT / Graduation Thesis / Amsterdam, The Netherlands In the recent development, Amsterdam is proud of its historic and low-density urban quality, which has successfully helped the city to build its reputation all over the world. Does it really provide us a perfect model of city development? As is in all other cities, the recent Capitalist urban development in Amsterdam cannot avoid being driven by other movitation than profitablity. In the process of this development, the interests of the opposite side of the developper are largely ignored and what we witness is the ridiculous city slogan: 'I amsterdam', the cunning logic of which conceals its discriminative
nature in favour of the wealth and worst of all, since the city has been for long considered one of the most equalitarian and democratic cities, the problem is hardly raised. My design doesn't aim to provide an ultimate answer but instead want to make obvious this conflict and contrast it with the current attitude of the urban development of the society.
Shifing power in the negotiation
Dialectic reading of the city slogan “I amsterdam�
Bourgeois In-fashion Innovative Intellectual Baroque Modern Business Tourist Employer Landowner Expats Cash
poor conservative nostalgic discriminative repressed homeless students wage-earner protestor squatter provo here
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Excluded
How do we read the contemporary development of Amsterdam?
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Mode of production in different historic periods
Historic monuments
Landmarks
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A neoliberal answer
Modernization
Profitablity Mode of production in contemporary Amsterdam
People’s monument but not another Modernist answer
Site Center and border
Reflection and Operation The Capitalist slogan 'I amsterdam' is converted into an immensive monument and provides the possiblity to be read from both layers of its meanings depending upon the position one takes. It symbolically stands at the border where the morphologic change happens in the city. In fact, it is also where the social composition start to change. A conflict visualized. Simple as Venturi once said, an monument could be merely a decorated shed. By detaching the decoration and the function, the gigantic billboard-like building functions as a place where the excluded could still enjoy their lives.
Green Roof
Mixed Housing
I amsterdam facade Low rise public programs Bridges
Urban fabrics Traffic infrastructure
Explosive Axonometric
Site plan
Section Outstanding in the old city fabrics
Perspective From Jordaan
Interior Shared meeting room
F12 Plan Mixed Housing
Diagram Superposition
Elevation
Interior Shared meeting room
Facade Details The production of spectacle
Theatrical Space 2010 / TU Delft / Studio Design / Rotterdam, Netherlands
Program Two Programs in One
Sequences The action of wrapping
The design explores the possiblity to record our daily experience of the physical environment beyond our human body and to develop it correspondently into a building.
The final result, ‘the theatrical space’, therefore, indicates not only the function of the space but the way how architecture and the space it contains communicate with people.
Unfolded Envelope as a Self-sustain Structure System
Structural System
Major 3-dimensional Steel Structure
Concrete Lower Part as Elevated Foundation
Balcony
Strengthened by Secondary Steel Truss
Restaurant
Exhibition Foyer Auditorium
Lobby / Outdoor Stage 20
Section
Stage
Backstage
Backspace
Perspective Harbour view
China Wetland Museum 2007-2008 / Arata Isozaki & Associates / Competition till Development Design / Hangzhou, China
Observatory tower
Sketch by Isozaki Arata A project that strives to conceal the huge program of the Wetland museum underneath the natural landscape. A series of program and space study have been conducted over the exhibition circulation and its spatial qualtiy. Four key elements are designed in a integrated way to achieve sustainability in the architecture: 1. The solar panels over the observatory tower collects solar energy and powers the water system and the rest of the building. 2. Light wells designed for introducing lights and indoor ventilation. 3. The water treatment equipment powered by the solar energy from the tower will release micro-bubble in the water to improve the quality of the water in the river 4. Green facade and green roof help to save the energy consumption in winter and summer and provide an accomodating atmosphere.
Staircase
Escalator
Green roof
Double helix ramps
Light wells
Programs: Exhibition, Maritime deck, Electro-car Station, Administration offices
Site location
Explosive Axonometrics Composition
Perspective Rendering by Justimage
GF -1.5m
1F +2.7m
2F +6.5m
3F +11.1m
4F +15.3m
RF +29.0m Perspective Rendering by Justimage
1. CV cells for collecting solar energy 2. Lightwells for sunshine and ventilation 3. Water-treament system 4. Green roof and facade
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Section Diagram Sustainablity Design 3
West Elevation
Plan and Section Observatory Tower
Section and roof plan Green roof
Perspective Rendering by Justimage
Schematic Design The project underwent through some major changes due to the change in program and budget. However, the key characteristics of the building have been maintained and developed further: rationalization of the structural system of the observatory tower, diversification of the plants on the green roof and the integration of the different circulation into one big light-well hall.
Perspective Lightwell and traffic core
Axonometric Structural system
Section Green roof
Elevation catalouge Interior details
Development Design The whole project is broken down to different basic aspects in order to examine the details of the project. Structure: the buildings adopts a combination of loadbearing wall system together with beam-colomn system in order to reduce the amount of steel. However, some part of the building requires difficult 3D study due to the complexity of the surface. Green roof: different soil depth in different part according to the height of the vegetations. This in turn affects the design of the structure. Details: staircases, interiors, details of the pavemnt
New Watertown 2007-2008 / Arata Isozaki & Associates / Urban and Architecture Design / Shanghai, China
Traditional watertownship
Recent Development The project is adjacent to the old water township of Zhujiajiao. However, the new masterplan wanted to double the size of the old water township. This means simple mimicking of the old water town without regard to the new scale will definitely fail. The project is an attempt to introduce a new context that is not disconnected from the existing context. From introducing the self-similar Ammann tiling, a series of experiemts have been conducted, aiming at making a modern intepretation of the genius loci of the township with reference to its rich history and tradition. The deisgn of the masterplan is also enhanced by the concrete design of the major structure of the infrastucture as well as the neighbouring landscape.
Concept Sketch by Mr. Arata Isozaki
Concept Ammann Tiling to Commercial Zone
The project provides an alternative way to undertand the vernacular culture and urban expansion. It is also an exercise to innovate without losing the link to the past.
Masterplan Dissovling huge volumes into vernacular scale
Multifunctionality and Structure Study Auditorium Hall
Phase I
Zoning Area I Study Process
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Phase II
Phase III
Traditional Opera
Regular Performance
Landscape Performance
Amphitheatre theatre Possible Forms of Performance Relationship between Activities and Audience
Process Model Phase II
YI-YI YANG Nationality & birthday
Chinese 14/11/1983
EDU
Delft Unversity of Technology Master of Science in Architecture, 2009-11
CATION
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Bachelor of Architecture, 2002-07
WORK
MVRDV, 2012 - China Comic Museum (SD) - Yenikapi Archeopark, Istanbul (Competition) - Danish Rockmuseum (SD) - Strasbourg Natural Plaza (Competition) Arata Isozaki & Associates, 2006-08 - ‘10 Expo Performing Center Competition, China (CO) - China Wetland Museum, China (CO/SD/DD/CD) First Prize and realized in 2009 - Zhenda Xizhen Cultural Area Masterplan, China (SD) - Shanghai Himalaya Center, China (DD) - WCF Gallery and Residence, Japan (SD) - Weihai Resort Hotel, China (SD) CA-group, 2009 - Yuanxiang Lake Bridges, China (SD) - Europan 9 Elmshorn Railway Station competition, Germany (CO) - Assistant Editor at Japanese architecture journal Architecture and Urbanism
Arthur van Schendelplein 55 2628 CR, Delft, NL +31 681 118 521 nigel.yiyi.yang@gmail.com
HON
SJTU 110th Anniversary Pavilion Design Competition
OUR
First Prize, 2006
ACT
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- Post-disaster co-research workshop by TU Delft and SWJTU, Chengdu, China, 2010 - NL to DO workshop, TU Delft 2009 - Shanghai Historical Building Preservation Census, 2005 - 2006 - Research on architectural preservation in undereveloped territories, Hunan, China, 2005
SKILL
Excellent command of Autocad, Rhinoceros, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, Microsoft Office.
LANGUAGE
Native in Mandarin and Shanghaiese Proficient in English
* CO = Competition, SD = Schematic Design, DD = Development Design, CD = Construction Design
May 2012