Yao Zheng Collection of works
C.V. EDUCATION 2017
Ohio State University / Columbus, OH / 2014-2017 Master of Architecture 2014 Kent State University / Kent, OH / 2010-2014
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
EXPERIENCE 2016
Teaching Assistant of Prof. Kristy Balliet / Columbus, OH / Jan 11-May 6 Led labs every week for a class of 71 students Taught parametric design/Grasshopper Designed the organization of labs Graded homeworks
2015 Teaching Assistant of Prof. Justin Diles / Columbus, OH / Aug 24-Dec 11 Led labs every week for a class of 25 students Taught Karamba in Grasshopper for truss structural analysis Organized the structure of labs Graded homeworks
2015 Research Assistant of Prof. Andrew Cruse / Columbus, OH / May 11-July 3 Produced environmental analyzing diagrams
Analyzed climate data with Ecotect and Ladybug in Grasshopper Estimated building energy simulation with Honeybee in Grasshopper Composed booklet with Adobe InDesign
2013 North Anhui Architects, Inc. / Huaibei, China / May 27-Aug 2 Edited Renderings with Photoshop, Illustrator
Built Rhinoceros 3D Model Coordinated with consultants Assisted Revit program for construction documents
SKILLS
Proficient in:
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Rhinoceros & Grasshopper Sketch up Pro Autodesk Suite (Revit Architecture Auto CAD Adobe Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Bridge) Environmental softwares (Climate Consultant, Ecotect, Ladybug+Honeybee)
STUDIO PROJECTS
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KENYON ART CENTER GAM BIER , OH
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TONY SMITH ITERATIONS C ON C EPT U AL SIT E
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ILLUSION TOWER C OLU M BU S, OH
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YELLOWSTONE VISITOR CENTER YELLOW STON E N AT ION AL PAR K, W Y
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URBAN CELL C LEVELAN D , OH
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DETROIT PORT D ET R OIT, M I
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KENYON ART CENTER Project type: College Art Center Team: Individual project Location: Gambier, OH Date: Spring 2015 Instructor: Andrew Cruse
The concept of de-lamination in this project is the consideration of de-lamination the people flow, building components, and volume. The process diagrams shows the manipulation of those imaging multiple layers on site and the result can be flexible and complicated. The richness given by the actions of de-lamination helps the project negate the rigidity of the conventional white cubic gallery space, the curvature varied the heights and arching forms being a stimulating setting for artworks. Eventually, the project turns into an elegant way to deliver the meaning of artists engaging space.
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TONY SMITH ITERATIONS Project type: Multiple Team: Individual project Location: Conceptual site Date: Fall 2014 Instructor: Stephen Turk
To memorize the achievements of the minimalism artist Tony Smith, a series of projects from unfolding sculpture to furniture, dwelling, house and eventually a minimalism museum were designed to bliss the Smith family.
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TONY SMITH
TONY SMITH FURNITURE
Inspired by master pieces of sculptures by Tony Smith, the furniture project abstracted the “side-ness” and applied it on its sculpture gesture. By re-orienting the object, it started to show various qualities as need like bench, stair, kitchen, bar, portal, living room entertainment booth.
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TONY SMITH
TONY SMITH DWELLING
Continued from the furniture study, the dwelling project used the unfold figures as “phrases” to develop the potential body envelopes for human daily activities, finally build a 5 feet by 20 feet by 20 feet dwelling envelope for sitting, reading, relaxing, reading, sleeping, etc.
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1. Public Exhibition 2. Tunnel 3. Studio 4. Reading 5. Gallery 6. Family Garden 7. Seton’s Bed
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TONY SMITH
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TONY SMITH HOUSE
The house is designed for the Smith family, which had exhibition garden, living area, studio space, recording studio, performance stage and sleeping areas. The design is based on Tony Smith’s early Usonian house works, used diagrids, squares and hexagons as datum to define the spacial idea behind the sculptural form.
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TONY SMITH
TONY SMITH MUSEUM
A conceptual 240 square feet site was given to design a large museum for celebrating to the life work of the minimalism artists and architects such as Tony Smith. The mass of the building which are intersection of a 72 feet cubic volume and platonic solid geometries implied Smith’s famous sculpture DIE and his later works. The goal is to create a complex internalized volume that differentiates the three distinct phases of his career and yet has strong external figural qualities reminiscent of his sculptural work.
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ILLUSION TOWER
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Project type: Mixed residential Team: Yao Zheng, Liyang Chen Location: Columbus, Ohio Date: Fall 2015 Instructor: Rob Livesey, Bart Overly Studio prize
Located at the conjunction of the Olentangy river and Scioto river, the peninsula site has splendid downtown Columbus view and is able to create unique skyline. The illusion tower is ambitious to define novel material, geometry and concept to standout from the city background.
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The illusion of motion can be found both at plan and elevation from the development of the tower geometry. Consequently, the skinny tower achieved the moving illusive effect and framed the existing city skyline.
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Column
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YELLOWSTONE TREE LODGE Project type: National Park Visitor Center Team: Individual project Location: Yellowstone National Park, WI Date: Fall 2013 Instructor: Charles Harker Studio prize
The concept, inspired by studying physiological mechanism of tree, was spoken up by its Yellowstone National Park location. Tree leaf and trunk were two major building forms of the lodge. Besides morphology bio-mimics approaches, a more complex xylem nutrition system of a typical tree transformed into integrated building mechanical system, including electrical, mechanical, lighting, structure, water and waste, in the zero-emission lodge. The designed integrated system went through tree trunk-like columns, which were dominant attractors that imitated the progress of photosynthesis and phleon-xylem transportation.
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YELLOWSTONE TREE LODGE
The detail model shows the special columns are doing integrated tasks based on day/night and summer/winter, including illumination, radiant cooling heating, PV power generation and rainwater collection. The shapes of roof, floor plate, column are abstracted from the profile of tree and lead, which create natural experience for visitors as walking through. The building integrated system are designed based on the research of physiological mechanism of trees. The electrical, mechanical, and water systems are associated with each other by “re-generating� photosynthesis, xylem nutrition transportation within the project. The fenestration design was inspired by the studying the tree leaf cells, intended to open up during summer and close up in winter. Trees can act appropriately in different times and seasons to respond nature friendly, by doing that in the building, the project is able to achieve sustainable for its environment.
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URBAN CELL Project type: Multi-function Tower Team: Jun Xu, Yao Zheng Location: Cleveland, OH Date: Spring 2013 Instructor: Paola Giaconia
The intent of the project is by activating positive interactions between urban buildings, the city reaches its healthy social mental and physical balance. For people who are living i9n urban area, every element in the city is a different kind of cell in the entire city body. By doing metaphor analogy with human body and city body, every particular activity (like every cell in human body) can do efforts for the city health, either good or ban. The new project in downtown Cleveland will serve as one major healthy cell and activate the positive interactions among buildings, eventually producing a healthy city as a result.
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The Green Cell beneficial: Reducing urban heat island effect. Improving energy efficiency by shading and evaporation. Improving air quality by absorbing CO2 and collecting dust. Vertical farming production can feed the needs for occupants. Increasing biodiversity to provide a better inhabitation. Limiting the noise with natural leaves. Aesthetic improvements for old downtown Cleveland.
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GREEN BENEFICIALS:
1. Reducing Urban Heat Island effect 2. Improving Energy efficiency by shading and evapotranspiration 3. Improving Air quality for both indoor and exterior by absorbing CO2 and collecting dust in air. 4. Vertical farming production can feed the need for each particular zone. 5. Increasing biodiversity to provide a better inhabitation for natural feature and human. 6. Reducing noise with leaves. 7. Aesthetic Improvement
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1. Reducing Urban Hea effect 2. Improving Energy effi shading and evapotrans 3. Improving Air quality indoor and exterior by a CO2 and collecting dus 4. Vertical farming prod feed the need for each zone. 5. Increasing biodiversit vide a better inhabitatio ral feature and human. 6. Reducing noise with 7. Aesthetic Improveme
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DETROIT PORT Project type: Mixed used complex Team: Individual project Location: Detroit, MI Date: Spring 2016 Instructor: Kristy Balliet
The concept of the large footage site can be simplified as four ambitions. a.The initial thought is breaking the existing substantial building and creating multiple view corridors to link the Corktown neighborhood and river front. The corridors naturally became shaping tool for building mass and separated them into multiple pavilion which desirable program are fitted into them. b. The idea of stitching two different edges can merge the site at middle. c.Then the volume in-between pavilions varies in shape, level to give richness to the outdoor program. d.The thick wall became the spatial organizer to guide the circulation and program layout.
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B ui l d i ng vi ew corri do rs to link com m unity and r iver fr ont
Sti tc hi ng the s i te by s hape l ev el c hange and pr ogr am
T h e vo l ume i n-be tw ee n com m unicates pavilions
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LOST SPACE COMPETITION C ALGARY, C AN AD A
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LOST SPACE Project type: Transportation stops Team: Liyang Chen, Yao Zheng Location: Calgary, Canada Date: Spring 2015
The motivation of activating lost spaces on the transit site is generated from the contradictory characteristics of the transit stations—frequently used but under experienced. As shown in the concept diagram, Calgary has developed a highly advanced public transportation network which connects the communities into one. With such an opportunity, it will be more ideal if the transit sites could create a better experience for the passengers. Thus, the idea of creating a transit icon is to redevelop the underused spaced on the transit sites into landmarks which links communication, invites creativity, and adds many vivid colors for the city.
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THE GLASS Project type: Parking facility Team: Liyang Chen, Yao Zheng Location: Tianjin, China Date: Summer 2015
Glass is rarely used as floor plates because of its transparency and fragility. However, these qualities can help to visualize potential social problems. In Tianjin China, 2,600,000 vehicles run on the streets without having enough space or restriction for parking. The citizens are dissatisfied with the chaotic urban environment however the transportation policies cannot catch up with the rapid urban growth. In this proposal, the glass autoparking tower tries to aware people the crisis of unbalanced urban development through its own transparency and fragility.
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透明で脆弱なイメージのあるガラスは建物の床に使われる
足元が見えることが人々の不安を煽るためである。しかし
約260万台の自動車が行き交う中国・天津では、駐車制度
この現状に市民の不満は高まり、都市の環境は乱されるば
ガラス製の駐車場は自動車数を可視化することでこの無秩
本作品は外見の美しい建築というよりも、過剰な都市化に
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透明で脆弱なイメージのあるガラスは建物の床に使われる
足元が見えることが人々の不安を煽るためである。しかし
約260万台の自動車が行き交う中国・天津では、駐車制度
この現状に市民の不満は高まり、都市の環境は乱されるば
ガラス製の駐車場は自動車数を可視化することでこの無秩
本作品は外見の美しい建築というよりも、過剰な都市化に
都市発展の鏡 ガラスの高層立体駐車
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GLASS
ることは滅多にない。
し、このような特質こそ社会に潜む問題を意識させる。
度と施設が充分に整備されないまま車の数だけが増加していく。
ばかりである。
秩序を市民に訴える。
に対する危機感を与えることを目指す。
車場
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATIONS
YAO ZHENG Full Name: JunYao Zheng 330.860.4550 zheng.1004@osu.edu
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