Portfolio 2023_Na Shen

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PORTFOLIO of Na Shen Selected Works 2017-2023

Na Shen

Experience

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Architectural Designer, RIOS, Los Angeles, United States

-Competition Design in US and China, concept design, feasibility plan for high-end apartment, business development brouchure, design development for bio company

Architectural Intern, Hassell, Shanghai, China

-Schematic and Construction Design. Modeling and Rendering w/Rhino & Enscape. Construction drawings w/Revit and AutoCAD.

Architectural Intern, Zaha Hadid Architects, Beijing, China

- International Competition Design. Modeling and Rendering w/ Rhino & Adobe CC; Coodaration with international team and clients.

Architectural Intern, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Paris, France

- Concept and Schematic Design. Modeling and documentation w/ Revit & Enscape; Modeling and rendering w/ Rhino & AutoCAD; Materiel research; Presentation drawing; Coodaration with international team and clients.

Architectural Intern, Isozaki+Huqian Partners, Shanghai, China

- Schematic and Concept Design for international competition projects w/rhino, adobe suite, vray; Physical modeling; Research documentation.

Architectural Intern, AECOM, San Francisco, United States

- Construction Documentations, detailed drawings w/ Revit; Modeling and Rendering w/ Rhino, Vray, Lumion; Material research; Code analysis for the US projects; Physical modeling with hand and 3D-printer.

Architectural Intern, Flying Architecture, Seoul, Korea

Landscape Designer, PARKKIM Landscape and Urban Design, Seoul, Korea Landscape Intern, URI Environment Design Firm, Seoul, Korea

Education

Master of Architecture

Department of Architecture and Urban Design, School of the Arts and Architecture, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Master of Landscape Architecture

Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea

Bachelor of Engineering-Environmental Science

Department of Environmental Science, School of Earth and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China

Licenses & Certifications

LEED AP Building Design + Construction, Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI)

LEED Green Associate, Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI)

Honors & Awards

Continuing Student Award, Department of Architecture and Urban Design, University of California, Los Angeles

James Pettit Fellowship, Department of Architecture and Urban Design, University of California, Los Angeles

Gold Award, International Design Summer School at College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China Global Scholarship, Seoul National University

Outstanding Student Scholarship, Funded by SK. Cop. of Korea for 4 consecutive years

Activities

AA summer school, Shanghai, China. Parametric design studio.

Exhibition for 40th Anniversary of Department of landscape architecture, Seoul National University

Skills

Industry of Knowledge: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, AI Design(Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, ChatGPT with Grasshopper), Entertainment, Film

Softwares: Advanced - Rhino, Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe (PS, AI, ID), Grasshopper, Enscape, Lumion, Unreal Engine, Cinema 4D, Sketchup, Vray Intermediate - Twimmotion, Adobe CC(AE, PR), Octane

Physical Modeling: 3D Powder & Plastic Printing, Shop Tools, CNC, Laser Cutting Hand Drawing & Sketching w/ procreate in iPad

Languages: Engish(Professional), Mandarin(Native), Korean(Native), French(Basic)

Professional Works

MT Headquarters in Shanghai

Professional Practical Projects, Zaha Hadid Architects, 01/2021-03/2021

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LIJIAO Core Area in Haizhu Innnovation Bay

Professional Practical Projects, Zaha Hadid Architects, 01/2021

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Contents Zhoushan Cultural Tourism Financial Complex Project Roles: Concept and Schematic design. Modeling, rendering and documentation w/revit, rhino, enscape, Adobe CC-

Dongguan Garden Museum

Professional Practical Projects, Kengo Kuma & Associates, 07/2021

Park Avenue Central

Professional Practical Projects, Hassell, 04/2021-06-2021

Longgang River Station

Professional Practical Projects, Hassell, 04/2021-06-2021

Zhoushan Cultural Tourism Financial Complex Project

Professional Practical Projects, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, 10/2019-01/2020

Guangzhou Girdear Headquarters and Logements

Professional Practical Projects, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, 01/2020-03/2020

Academic Works - Architecture + Landscape

Twin-Gym in Downtown LA

Building Design Studio, 01/2018-03/2018

Interlacing Apartments

Building Design with Landscape Studio, 09/2018-12/2018

Atmosphere Museum

Studio: Positions- The Fire Station, 03/2019-06/2019

Museum of the 20th Century

Independent competition project, 2016

Functioning Roofscape

Introductory Design Studio, UCLA, 10/2017-12/2017

Pixeled Mountain

Independent project, tools from AA summer school, 2016

Hexagram

Independent project, 2016

Atrium with Urban Curtains

Comprehensive Design Studio, 01/2019-03/2019

Leak & Seek 2020

Entertainment Studio, since 09/2020

A Book about the Journey in Europe

Book writing project, since 10/2019

Toolbox & Joints

Computer studio work, 10/2017-12/2017

Moon City

Fairy tale competition, 2019

09/2022-07/2023 04/2021-06/2021 01/2021-03/2021 10/2019-03/2020 06/2019-09/2019 06/2018-09-2018 04/2017-06/2017 08/2015-09/2016 03/2015-05/2015 07/2022 08/2012-08/2014 08/2008-07/2012 09/2021 08/2021 2020-2021 & 2018-2019 06/2018 08/2013 08/2012 2008-2012
MT Headquarters Shanghai Roles: Competition Design. Modeling, rendering and documentation w/ rhino, Adobe CC
LIJIAO Core Area in Haizhu Innovation Bay
Other Works Dongguan Garden Musuem Kengo Kuma Associates, Professional Design Project, 07/2021 Longgang River Station DesignGuangzhou Girdear Headquarter and Logements Project Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Professional Design Project, 01/2020-03/2020 -

MT Headquarters in Shanghai

Zaha Hadid Architects, Professional Design Project, 01/2021-03/2021

Roles: Competition Design. Modeling, rendering and documentation w/ rhino, Adobe CC

The new MT Headquarters will be a landmark for China and World architecture. As such it shall offer not only state of the art working facilities but also, through the design of its entrances and lobbies, a welcoming and elegant reception to workers and guests alike. The unique series of podiums, bridges and courtyards will provide opportunities to escape summer heat. Acting as urban plateaux, and cooling courtyards, they will be open and shaded, allowing for air circulation and clear views whilst providing opportunities for gathering and rest.

PLANNING DIAGRAMS

Core Industry Positioning Fire Lane Access and Fire Bicycle and Coach Pedestrian Connection Sunken Plazas Green Coverage
L05 Floor Plan L27 Floor Plan
L01 Floor Plan L04 Floor Plan
PODIUM PLANS
SECTION VIEW PLOTS N1 -N2

Zhoushan Cultural Tourism Financial Complex Project

Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Professional Schematic Design Project, 10/2019-01/2020

Roles: Concept and Schematic design. Modeling, rendering and documentation w/revit, rhino, enscape, Adobe CC

The Zhoushan archipelago is in itself a geographic symbolization of our world, and even a cosmological evocation.Each island has its own character, as a planet has its strangeness. The island’s poetic aspect arises from traces, memorial itineraries, from a vanished project, traces swallowed by water, lotus trees and a few recent fragments of sheetpiles and concrete iron bars.

This architectural attitude is a consequence of the realization of the passing of time, of times: times passed, times forgotten, present times and their inventions.The present is at once the threshold and the door to the future, surprises, and new, more and more hedonistic and opti-

Master Plan
Pagoda Village TP S 01 TP S 02 TP M 01 TP M 02 TP XL 01 TP XL 02
Marine Horizon
Marin Horizons
Elevation-Facade Details for The Tower and Marin Horizons

The Tower

Head: Technical Area

area

Helical part: Luxury Housing (Level 16 to Level 19)

Luxury Housing (Level 16 to level 19)

Current part: Housing (Level 2 to Level 15)

Housing (Level 2 to level 15)

(Level 1 and level 2)

Base: Lobby (Level 1 and Level 2)

0.00 T-N02 14.60 T-N05 T-N06 24.20 T-N08 27.40 T-N09 33.80 T-N11 37.00 T-N12 46.60 T-N15 T-N16 56.20 T-N18 T-N19 65.80 T-N21 69.00 T-Roof 76.56 INDICE NIVEAU 29/10/2019 SOUTH ELEVATION T-N01 8.20 11.40 T-N04 21.00 T-N07 24.20 T-N08 30.60 T-N10 33.80 T-N11 40.20 43.40 T-N14 53.00 T-N17 T-N18 62.60 T-N20 65.80 T-N21 T-Roof NORTH ELEVATION 29/10/19 Date :
底座:入口门厅(一层至二层)
标准层:住宅(二层至十五层)
螺旋部分:豪华住宅(十六层至二十一层)
顶部:技术空间

Cascading Gardens in QuZhou, China

RIOS, Professional Comopetition Design Project, 02/2023

Roles: Massing Study of the high-rise buildings, diagram drawing, Modeling & Rendering w/Rhino, Enscape, Adobe CC

This innovative proposal for the Landmark Buildings of Quzhou envisions a vibrant, iconic gateway that embodies harmony between a thriving urban landscape and nature’s dynamism. Drawing on our site’s strategic location as a keystone between Quzhou’s natural and urban systems, our proposal positions itself as a true gateway, inviting a living, dynamic dialogue between vital city life and that of Wenli Lake and the larger Central Eco Valley.

Traditional Tower

Innovative Eco-Tower

Heart of the City

This innovative proposal for the LandApproaching the site as this new hybrid ecology, we propose forwardthinking garden towers that provide a framework for both nature and humans to thrive. Through engagement with nature in a performative landscape, we envision a resilient future for Quzhou that promotes its identity as a destination for ecological and social health and wellbeing.

Tall towers create a gateway to Quzhou Smart New City on Wenli Lake, stepping down at the center to relate to the context of the “City Garden Corridor” buildings.

As part of the “Creative Park Corridor”, the buildings will engage with the waterfront at both podium and tower.

The “Central Eco-Valley” climbs up through the buildings in a series of cascading terraces at different scales.

Architectural Expression

Quzhou is a city formed by natural mountains and rivers passes, where “clean water and lush mountains are invaluable assets”. We believe that Quzhou’s future landmarks should also be born of nature. As a direct response to the city’s proposed urban design, our proposal directly connects the surrounding ecology with the built environment. With towers like mountains rising to connect lake and city, the landmark buildings of Wenli Lake are not only the gateway of the central city of the four provinces, but also the romantic confession of Quzhou’s people to the future city of natural mountains and rivers. Cascading Gardens of Quzhou, heart of the city

Environmental Strategy

The performative components to the facade include: A glazed outer scrim at the atrium to create partial enclosure and protection from wind and rain. A brise soleil optimized for solar shading, to reduce cooling loads in summer months. Operable glass louvers to promote natural ventilation, manage humidity levels within the atrium, and moderate HVAC usage to the office/hotel interiors. Solar reflectors to improve lighting within the atrium.

The gardens throughout the towers and podium will be sustained through the collection and reuse of rainwater by rain gardens at towers and bio-retention areas at plaza level. Rain gardens at terraces and bio-retention tanks at plaza will reduce and slow the discharge of stormwater to the city system.

Cultural and Retail Complex Project in Chengdu, China

RIOS, Professional Competition Project, 05/2023-07/2023

Roles: Roof design for Retail Complex, modeling w/Rhino, rendering w/Enscape, Vision design w/AI, documentation

This project is a commercial and residential complex located in Chengdu. We designed 7 plots. The ground floor of plots 1, 2, and 3 is a commercial street, and the upper floor is residential buildings. The bottom floor of plot 5 is also commercial, with commercial buildings and hotels on the upper floor. Lot 6 has a hotel. There is also an office in plot 7. The commercial design of plots 1, 2, and 3 adopts the traditional Chinese eaves design, and the sculpture-like eaves are integrated with the surrounding cultural circle. Residential and hotel designers use the superposition of blocks, which also comes from traditional Chinese architectural design and the essence of Han culture.

Space Organization Strategies

For the space organization strategies, there are three different situations. For the narrow public spaces, the building mass can be carved to create a connection between different massings. There will be programs such as outdoor dining. For the wide public spaces, there can be food trucks and outdoor dining spaces. Also, bridges and pavilions connect different massings. For the open public spaces, there will be public performance centers for bands and open event centers, and public parks located in the center.

AI inspired images by Midjourney

Overall Sculptural Archtectural Expression

The commercial design of plots 1, 2, and 3 adopts the traditional Chinese eaves design, and the sculpture-like eaves are integrated with the surrounding cultural circle. Residential and hotel designers use the superposition of blocks, which also comes from traditional Chinese architectural design and the essence of Han culture.

Public Space Program Expression

For the narrow public spaces, there will be programs such as outdoor dining. For the wide public spaces, there can be food trucks and outdoor dining spaces. Also, bridges and pavilions connect different massings. For the open public spaces, there will be public performance centers for bands and open event centers, and public parks located in the center.

Park Avenue Central

Hassell, Professional Design Project, 04/2021-06/2021

Roles: Modeling, rendering & documentation w/ Rhino, Revit, Enscape, Adobe CC.

The Park Avenue Central (PAC) development is envisioned to be a Premium Grade A office development with retail amenities of F&B and high rental anchor tenants from financial institutions and flagship showrooms. The supporting retail amenities will create a sense of community for both the office tenants and the surrounding residents within the immediate location. With unimpeded visibility from the surrounding roads, the development has the potential to be a uniquely distinctive landmark identity. The development aims to provide an office environment that is differentiated by new and innovative design solutions for the workplace of the future. It needs to be a forward thinking solution that responds to the market place of the next decade, and beyond. This approach will ensure the commercial viability of the project.

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SECTIONS

Twin-Gym in Downtown LA - Architecture + Landscape

Instructor: Katy Barkan, Building Design Studio, UCLA, 01/2018-03/2018

Skills: concept development, 3d printing, modeling, rhino, vray, autocad, adobe suite

Drawing from the infrastructural nature of downtown LA, my project seeks to intensify this language of overpasses and artificial grounds by considering the structural system of my gym to be made up of 3 infrastructural trusses. The two masses are sheered apart to bring light and views to the deep interior. Each segment houses a distinct set of programs that require large spanning column-free spaces. The forms of the truss allow for large-scale spaces on the interior while making way for my mega program of a public park and community event space on the roof above. The interlaced roofs also provide circulation between the two parts of the gym.

STRUCTUREAL DETAILS

4' 4' 2' 3' 1' 1.5' 12' roof community park
roof section truss and beam details
roof structure floor structure main infrastructral trusses

MODEL PHOTOS

SCALE: 1'=1/32"

Museum of the 20th Century

Independent competition project, 2016

Main Skills: massing, programming, 3d modeling, rendering, rhino, vray, autocad, adobe suite

This museum aims to physically connect two symbolic buildings in this area-Neue Nationalgalerie by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Berliner Philharmonie by Hans Scharounand to create a corridor and make the main transportation convenient. In order to do this, most simple mass are used to shape the new museum. They are rectangle, triangle, stairs and circle, There are only three floors--one base floor, two above ground floors and a rooftop. I emphasize the most basic geometry to symbolize 20th century's most popular esthetic development trendless is more.

FLOOR PLANS Before 1945 1F Others B1 After 1945 2F Outdoor Display RF

DETAIL VIEWS

Core Exhibition Core Circulation

Core stairs are the main circulations. In this space main corridor connected to first floor with glass walls, to the second floor with stairs, to the rooftop with the atrium. And also connected with the base floor with stairs. This space can also be used to display tall exhibitions. People in every floor can communicate each other in this core space.

Entrance Staires

This is a view from the rooftop. The stairs from F1-F2 and F2-RF are exactly matched with each other. The circulation is connected very fluently from the first floor to the second floor and to rooftop. The long stairs can also be used as benches for visitors to have some rest.

Rooftop

The entrance stairs are designed to reflect the main concept of this museum-simple shapes. It has two functions. One is the entrance mark to attract people and offers a cover for the people. The second function is an auditorium in the inner space. In the inner space, the stairs would have the same shape of stairs to offer seats for the audience of the shows. It can also be used as an entrance to the rooftop.

There is a big tree on the site which is reserved in the museum. The tree is tall enough that people can see the tree even at the rooftop. There is a long reflection pond on the rooftop that it reflects both the big tree and a row of emerald greens behind it. People can reach to the rooftop both through the core stairs and entrance stairs. There will be some outdoor bigsize exhibitions on the rooftop.

Atrium with Urban Curtains

Instructor: Kevin Daly, Comprehensive Design Studio, 01/2019-03/2019

Main Skills: atrium design with structure and mechenical systems, plan & section drawings with rhino, revit, photoshop

In the urban scale, different types of building surfaces such as façades and roofs can fuction as urban curtains not only environmently but also socially. In this proposed new CHIRLA(Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles), different urban curtains are introduced to fulfill every needs of diversity group of people. The corner of the façade is lifted by an arch welcoming visitors from every directions. The atrium is mainly a welcoming and waiting spaces for visitors,The atrium is surrounded by these curtans and the atrium itself is an extension of the urban fabric that opens to the public and continues the urban life in a different manner.

Section 11' Section 11' Section Model Scale: 1'=1/8"
22'
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Composition Diagram

Floor Plans

The outer surface of the building is surrounded by two kinds of folded surface system which are composed with panels and glasses. They are blocking the sunlight from southwest and open to the views as well and the portion of glass is bigger in the west part with provides more open view to the Mc Arther park. Roof of the atrium is half glass half open which is for ventilation.

Roof of the interior spaces continues the mechanism of the atrium but the opening turns into panels which block sunlight from west. The office space in the third floor can have better sunlight because of the sawtooth roof system. The interior façade is all glass curtain wall which have the same folded system with the exterior wall. The folded surfaces have individual structure system which can be separated from the steel grid system and they integrated at the same time.

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West Urban Curtain South Urban Curtain massing & floors facade & roof roof panels roof glass folded structure interior facade-glass exterior facade-glass exterior facade-panel columns & beams
First Floor

Morphology & Programs

The atrium is mainly a welcoming and waiting spaces for visitors, and they are secured children’s playground and tree-shaded waiting spaces for parents and other visitors. The playground is also connected with the indoor office and individual restroom. In this 40 feet high atrium space, all kinds of activi ties that need tall heights can happen and also provides vertical landscape for the offices on the second floor and third floor. The double height event hall is located in the entrance which can also integrate activities happen in the atrium spaces. Second floor is teen’s recreation space with education offic es while the third floor is mainly offices and interview rooms which needs more quite and bright environment.

Second Floor Third Floor
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Second Floor View from the Street Coner -Entrance and Facade Design

Interlacing Apartments

Instructor: Greg Kochanowski, Building Design with Landscape Studio, 09/2018-12/2018

Main Skills: concept development, plan & section drawings, rhino, revit, 3d powder printing

Interlacing and floating line building is created to react with ground and roof landscape. The lines are curved horizontally to have connection with other units and roofs; curved vertically to conquer less ground area and have better views for every units. The existing road is buried underground just like other line which connecting directly to the underground parking and separate vehicle circulation totally from pedeastrian circulation above ground. By doing this, there is an intact ground landscape to fully use which are only separated by columns of pilloties.

SITE PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN

VIGNETTES

MASSING MODELS

Materiel: Wood Timbers

Materiel: Powder printing

Ramp Connection L-shape slopes Roof & Floating Landscape Outdoor Auditorium Concept Model 1:1000 Multiple bridges connecting linear apartment units which are placed on the site in angles. Mass Model 1:1000 Final mass model shows the curved apartment units which are also inter connected by other apartment units.

UNITS PLANS

UNITS PLANS SITE PLAN

FINAL MODEL

FINAL MODEL

The topography of the ground follows the condition of the building itself. The landscape becomes outdoor auditorium which also allow views from the adjacent units. There is a detention pond beside the river, which is also a public park connected with the waterfrom park.

The topography of the ground follows the condition of the building itself. The landscape becomes outdoor auditorium which also allow views from the adjacent units. There is a detention pond beside the river, which is also a public park connected with the waterfrom park.

L-shaped slopes connect one bar with another bar and the floors will become double-height space or triple-height space for the communities from two different bars to get together. The terraced balconies and rooftop parks exist in every floor which have access from the corridors or the adjacent bars.

L-shaped slopes connect one bar with another bar and the floors will become double-height space or triple-height space for the communities from two different bars to get together. The terraced balconies and rooftop parks exist in every floor which have access from the corridors or the adjacent bars.

In this mega-structured and monumental apartment, the buildngs are interlacing not only to circulate and create public spaces but also to interact and connect with the landscape.

In this mega-structured and monumental apartment, the buildngs are interlacing not only to circulate and create public spaces but also to interact and connect with the landscape.

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Multipal Corridors

Museum of Atmosphere

Instructor: Gabriel Fries-Briggs, Studio: Positions- The Fire Station, 03/2019-06/2019

Main Skills: concept development, plan & section drawings, rhino, revit, 3d color powder printing

Fire station operates 24 hours. This circular fire station allows to enter and exit from the building at any point. The efficiency of packing programs around a single point and the minimum turning radius of trucks determines the size of the circle. However, the efficiency of setting them up leads to inefficiency of in between spaces where museum goes. The maximum adjacency around a point produces the poche between them.

FORMING PROCESSES

Trucks enter in and out and also turn inside the apparatus bay in different needed radius. The scale of the apparatus bay is decided by the turning radius of different trucks. Fire station boxes are located radical to the center atrium and connected by two slopes that going to the upper floor. The atmospheric shell is created by the fire station massing spots.

The museum is considered as the atmosphere affected by the fire station. And atmospheric features of firestation emit through the thresholds such as windows and entrances. This is firestation masses and the atmosphere museum surrounding in between them.

The section showing the dichroic tunnel for the museum visitors that going into the center of the apparatus bay and there are stairs and slopes that going up to the museum spaces. This elevation shows the exterior materials and the punched windows and entrances with dichroic frames.

SECTION ELEVATIOIN
Apparatus Bay-traces of trucks Emission of atmosphere through opennings Fire station boxes and two slopes Transformed fire station masses Atomospheric shell Dichroic museum

DIAGRAMS & PLANS

The first floor plan. The entrance to the museum is located in the middle with tunnels through the center which connect to the slope circulation leading up to the upper floor. The slopes are surrounding the apparatus bay that museum visitors can have visual connection to the bay area. The poche which is cutted out by the truck traces turned out into useful storage spaces.

The second floor plan. every room is located circular around the center and have vertical access to the apparatus bay. the museums are located in between the firestation and they presents different atmospheric features of the fire.

I started with the consideration of larger effects of fire as atmosphere, and I am interested to produce that experience in the museum. I constructed different conditions of atmosphere in the museum adjacent to different programs in the fire station (the museum concept form)

museum and programs

FIRST FLOOR PLAN apparatus bay SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Material Concepts

In terms of the materials, the exterior façade is horizontally layered concrete with punched windows and entrances with dichroic frames that indicates the dynamic atmosphere of museum inside the mono-tone fire station. Dichroic is the materiel I chose because it changes based on the atmosphere. All the threshold between interior and exterior is become dichroic. Most of the building is non-reactive except the parts of them suddenly changes while the atmosphere changes which also suggests the museum inside.

SMOKE ROOM LIGHT ROOM HEAT ROOM SOUND ROOM SCENT ROOM ATMOSPHERE MUSEUM UNROLLED SECTION Horizontally layered concrete with punched windows and entrances -- FIRE STATION MODEL MOMENTS-3D POWDER PRINTING Dichroic material that changes with the change of atmosphere -- ATMOSPHERE MUSEUM MODEL MOMENTS-3D COLOR PRINTING

Vollywood - the Future Entertainment

Instructor: Natasha Sandmeier & Nathan Su, Entertainment Studio, UCLA AUD MSAUD studio, 01/2022-03/2022

Main Skills: Unreal Engine, Cinema4D, Premier, After Effects, Storytelling. Team: Wangbo Li, Xiangyang Chen

In 2050, people no longer watch traditional forms of movies, they live in them. However, as the new mixed reality become ordinary, people still need dreams. N lives in an ordinary but special home that can operate as an entertainment center. He lives in this new mixed and enriched reality like in a dream. He is sunbathing at the beach, jogging on a cliff, showering on the lake, cooking in a desert, everything goes fine. But when he got used to this daily routine, he wants something more. So he decides to go to Vollywood, a virtual hub where people can buy customized dreams - in this special journey, can he get self-fulfillment?

Future Experiences

Hollywood, as the center of entertainment and media, has a tremendous cultural impact on every corner of the world. And as most famous entertainment industry of Hollywood, movies affect everyone. However, under the dual influence of the Pandemic and the transformation of the film industry. So, what is Future entertainment? It is about customised worlds which makes daily life into dream of reality.

Leak & Seek 2020

Instructor: Natasha Sandmeier & Nathan Su, Entertainment Studio-Earthrise, UCLA AUD MSAUD studio, since 09/2020

Main Skills: Cinema4D, Octane, Premier, After Effects, Storytelling. Team: Xiaoyi Shen, Jianing Gao

Logline: Jill discovers the dangerous side of the Leaky & Seek game as her privacy is gradually leaked. Can she win as the last survivor?

Synopsis: In order to emphasize the seriousness of information leakage, a worldwide TV show called LEAK & SEEK 2020 was created. As long as the contestants did not divulge any information for 72 hours, they could win millions of dollars. Huge bonuses drove fans all over the world crazy, including Jill. Well prepared for the game, she was confident about her victory. However, things went totally out of her control......

The Openning Day Jill and her Room A Crisis in the Rain The Peeper The Winner

World Building

How to organize the world?

The main colors and weathers are related to the level of information leakage. We made color gradience from warm tone red to cold tone blue, the rain to indicate the increasing personal information leakage. The colour accents are a strength in Leak & Seek. They help tell the story. But I do feel that there is a lot of stuff to look at in every shot. As it was said earlier some focus in every shot would help tell the story in a more clear manner.

Jill looks different in many shots so it was hard to believe that it is the same character. The environment design is quite ambitious and for the most part works. Just sometimes a bit less is more. The idea that no matter how hard and innovative one tries to be anonymous there is always technology and other parts of our environment that make it almost impossible to do. This comes across loud and clear.

ELEMENTS CONNECTING EACH SCENES RED ORANGE YELLOW GREEN COLOR NO RAIN NO RAIN LIGHT RAIN LIGHT RAIN WEATHER BLUE HEAVY RAIN LEVEL OF INFORMATION LEAKAGE

Artificial Intellegence Design

Artificial Intellegence Design, Prompt engineer, Python coding, since 2022

Main Skills: Midjourney, ChatGPT with Grasshopper, Stable Diffusion with Controlnet

Artificial intelligence is not a novel thing in our lives; its existence has surrounded us for a while. And now that it’s knocking on the doors of the creative process, it’s of the utmost importance to understand the true powers (and limitations) of these tools as soon they will become to shape our careers as architects and designers.

The AI tools are actively used in the fields such as painting, illustrating even music composition. But in the architecture field, the application is really minor. I think the reason why the it’s more difficult in involve in design is that , architecture design is not only design but 80-90percent of the work are about refining the design.But we can still use that to inspire the creativity in the beginning of the design processes. So, here I tried a couple of architectural study.

These advanced technologies will help us unleash our creativity and create a truly immersive experience. As we embark on this journey, we can leverage AI-driven design websites such as Midjourney and Stable Diffusion. These platforms provide a wealth of inspiration and generate ideal images for the bedroom based on Client’s preferences. We can browse through different color schemes, furniture styles, and decorative elements to create a mood board that captures the essence of the vision. Hopefully, in the future, the AI tools can be also used in the deeper exploration of architectural design processes.

ChatGPT Python coding for Grasshopper Midjourney Bubble Series on the Instagram: Lun_AI_
/imagine: a square freeform organic pattern by William Morris --tile --s 250 --v 5.1 /imagine: https://s.mj.run/5wdNv59jANY a room with sculptural patterns of it in a modern contemporary bedroom --v 5.1 --s /imagine: a square freeform organic pattern by Keith Haring --tile --s 750 --v 5.1 /imagine: https://s.mj.run/4mcfvTJPvPQ a room with sculptural patterns of it in a modern contemporary bedroom --v 5.1 Midjourney
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Midjourney Bedroom Interior Study
Stable Diffusion with Controlnet Bedroom Interior Study
Midjourney Interior Wall Study 02

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