Qianfan Guo Architecture Portfolio Columbia University by Qianfan Guo

ARCHITECTURE portfolio

Master of Architecture Qianfan Guo Gsapp 2020

Table of Content

ARCHITECTURE 1. SHARING LIVING COMMUNITY 2.LIBRARY EVERYWHERE 3.OPERABLE WALL 4.FLOATING WATER STRUCTURE 5.AXIS TRANSFORMATION 6.GREENPOINT THEATRE 7.LANDSCAPE PENETRATION

URBAN 8.WHERE IS THE IDEAL LIVING PLACE IN MANHATTAN?

WORK 9.JINSHAN SENIOR LIVING COMPLEX

Sharing Living Community 2018.9-2018.12 Four Weeks Project Professor: Galia Solomonoff Team Member: Sanggyu Shin Columbia University

Our site has a high rate of homeless students. twenty percent of them temporarily lose parent guardian and living with other families. We call them independent kids. We proposed a living community design with an enclosed courtyard that is suitable for rearing children as a community out of care and protection. Each unit has a certain level of spatial flexibility to accomondate the temporary need of independent kids. Curtain is also introduced for daily activities and increasing Wprivacy demand as childrne grow up. Children's and parents' bedrooms are separated into two levels. Children have large freedom to hangout with their neighbors. The neighborhood connectivity is enhanced in this way.

Enclosed shape forms a well-protected living community. Trnasparent parts are the Lobby and Children Sharing Space.

The site is located in School District No.9 with hightest rate of homeless student among New York City

One out of five students is homeless

Half of them are primary school student

Fourty percent of them live in double-up with limited space and resource Space for Expand Children' Room

Parents' Room Family Sharing Space FAMILY LIFE CYCLE Children Space and privacy level changes from infant to adult stage with consideration of short-term space for independent kids

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GROUND FL

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LOOR PLAN

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1 Elevated Garden 2 Retail/ Commercial Space 3 Entrance Lobby 4 Parking Lot Entrance 5 Ourtoor Entrance 6 Playground 7 Daycare Center

1 Community Center 2 Daycare Center

BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN

PARENTS LEVEL FLOOR PLAN

1 Lobby 2 Typical Unit Plan 3 Finger Unit Plan 4 Dorm Unit Plan 5 Children activity area

CHILDREN LEVEL FLOOR PLAN

Parent Level

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TYPICAL UNIT PLAN

Family Type

Family Toddler Familywith with a a Toddler

Family twokids kids Family with with two

Family twokids kids Family with with two + Independent Kid +Independent Kid

kids up Family withgrown two teenagers/ Eldery couple with their children

Parent Level

DORM UNIT PLAN

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Children Level

Privacy

Publicity

FINGER UNIT PLAN

Mesh Curtain Half-transparent

Normal Curtain

Normal Curtain Light Proof Sound Proof

SECTION PE

ERSPECTIVE

NORTHWEST FACADE

NORTH FACADE

COURTYARD

CORRIDOR

SHARED CHILDREN SPACE

everywhere library Individual Project 2016.3-2016.5 Ten Weeks Project Professor: Kevin Hinders UIUC

This building is located in the old town of Chicago downtown. It incorporates a railway station, a library and an office. The concept is to make the library an attractive central space that is explosed and open enough to the public . The library enters the life of everyone who simply passes by, while still keeping the closeness of itself. I try to achieve this mainly through various kinds of interactive spaical design.

N Orleans St

W Division St

0'16' 32'

64'

Site Plan

The blue area indicates the railway station and office circulation space. It interfaces with the white library area spatially but still keeps the its functional separateness.

Railway Station

Library

Office

Library

Railway Station

Office, library and railway station are three

seperate individual spaces.

Library extends area into the space below the rail and above the railway station.

opening is cut through the library to let the library exposed to people on roof garden and in the office.

tunnel as a mezzanine level in library. People

Railway station is connected to office by a whose destination is not library can experience what is going on inside library 4

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THIRD FLOOR PL

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

Public Shared Area

Railway Station

Library

01 Entrance Lobby 19 Roof Garden

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01 Entrance Lobby 02 Library Entrance 03 General Collection Area 04 Newspaper and Magazine Area 05 Reading Area 06 Back of the House 12 Children Area 13 Private Study Room 14 Preservation Room 15 Lifelong Study Classroom

Entrance Lobby Station Entrance Platform Office Tunnel

Virtical Circulation and Firestaircase

10 15 Circulation of Railway Station

LAN

FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

Circulation of Library

Office 08 Office Lobby 11 Office Tunnel

Circulation of Office

VIEW INTO THE OFFICE

VIEW FROM THE OFFICE TUNNEL TO THE LIBRARY

Structure Plan

Independent strutural syetems of the railway track and building

Structure Axon

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Detailed Wall Section

First Skin

Second Skin

Double Skin Facade

Various scopes of view created by through overlapping the parallelogram form

North Elevation Perspective

OPERABLE WALL Individual Project 2017.10-2016.11 Four Weeks Project Professor: Inaqui Carnicero Columbia University

The intersction is at 14th st and 1st Ave. It is a renovation of papava dog. It is mainly made of curving surface with planes slicing through. Two main wall standing in the middle serve for structure purposes. It is divided into 4 levels. The level allows people to circulate around freely. The second level is for seating pruposes which provides for individual seating and continuous seating. The third level is to form private space. No matter where the wall rotates it always form an enclosed space. The fourth level is for roof garden, which is for shading the sunshine according to the angle at different day time and raining. It forms a continous but dynamic view throughout the building. Nice contrast is formed between the black rigid and white slice.

Section of second and fourth floor

Overspread Section of first and third floor

Indoor Openness FIRST FLOOR PLAN

Enclosed Space THIRD FLOOR PLAN

Seating Area SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Sun Shading FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

Continuous Seating

Seperate Seating

FLOWING WATER STRUCTURE Individual Project 2017.10-2016.11 Four Weeks Project Professor: Inaqui Carnicero Columbia University

The way we perceive the existence of water is usually through seeing it or physically touching it. In this project, I utilize the floating abiltiy of water to evoke a new way of interaction with water. a series of ribs with different thickness and distance between each piece expands from the water bank into east river. Its original form is a elongated rectangular hollow inside with two levels. The original form is always changing with the water levels and activities during different times of a day, producing potencial space for swimming and curing shape for gathering. Unpredictiblity is expected.

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INTERIOR

EXTERIOR

CHANGING FORMS

MODEL IMAGE

axis transformation Individual Project 2016.8-2016.11 Fifteen Weeks Project Professor: Vidar Lerum UIUC

This building combines the function of a senior activity center, a retail space and an office. The main concept of this design is to boost the intergenerational connections between people of different age groups, while aslo ensure the separateness and independence of different space functions. The lower levels are separated by the elevator and firestaircase cores in the middle. One side is deisnged as a retail space and the other side is senior center. An intergenerational room is placed among the openings between two cores, designed for people of different age groups to interact. The building is also designed from the consideration of sustainability. The change of the building's main axis and other transformations help to increase the amount of sunlight received by the building and natural ventilation reasons. They also help to define spaces of different uses and bring people together.

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Intergenerational Room 07 Consulting Office 08 Art Room 09

Take Out Some Spaces

3rd FLOOR PLAN

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Office 13 Auditorium Room 14 Sky Lit 15 Adapt To The Sunlight Angles At Different Seasons

5th FLOOR PLAN

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Retail Space Entrance 01 Store 02 Office Lobby 03 Multi-purpose Room 04 Senior Center Lobby 05 Senior Center Entrance 06 GROUND FLOOR PLAN

Office

Garden

Cafe

Senior Center Retail Space

SOUTHWEST AXON

VIEW FROM CAFE TO THE SKY LIT

SOUTH ELEVATION

WEST ELEVATION

FACADE MODEL

Central Core

Terminal Unit

Beam

PV Panel

Terminal Unit

Concrete Floor Plate

Sky Lit

HVAC AND ENERGY SECTION A-A'

Heat Pump

GREENPOINT THEATRE Team Member: Christine Shi, Zhiyuan Cheng, Bokang Du 2018.9-2018.12 Thirteen Weeks Project Columbia University

A theatre provided performing service to the public, which should not be enclosed as a private space. This project explores the opportunity of the public space as another performing stage open for everyone. Two huge slopes define one private and one public theatre, the intersection point in beteen become the main entrance to the theater and buffer zone to house back of the house service.

Lobby

2 A302

43'-6"

30'-0"

33'-0"

37'-0"

1 A710

26'-0"

1 A302

Loading Dock

Changing Room

1154 SF

788 SF

Rehearsal Room

Lobby UP

37'-0"

2368 SF Storage

Changing Room

904 SF

682 SF

5611 SF

11'-6"

6'-6"

1 F300

Office

OFFICE

Office

137 SF

192 SF

165 SF

166 SF

Boxing Office 368 SF

Restroom

34'-6"

334 SF

Black Box

Restroom

2347 SF

Stage

Theatre

Mechanical Room

3159 SF

8000 SF

2215 SF

334 SF

Electricity Room 185 SF

35'-6"

Gas Room Mechanical Room

190 SF Water Room

1118 SF

181 SF

2 A302

43'-6"

30'-0"

33'-0"

37'-0"

A302

43'-6"

BALCONY

CAFE

945 SF

1800 SF

30'-0"

BALCONY

CAFE

945 SF

1800 SF

Level 3 26' - 0"

LOBBY 9450 SF

Changing Room 788 SF STORAGE

Level 2 14' - 0"

Rehearsal Room

LOBBY

2368 SF

9450 SF

Changing Room

Rehearsal Room

788 SF

2368 SF

A302

A301

SECTION THROUGH LOBBY A302 1/20”=1’-0”

26'-0"

37'-0"

A302

6'-6"

11'-6"

26'-0"

37'-0"

A301

34'-6"

4 6'-6"

A301

35'-6"

5 11'-6"

6 34'-6"

Roof Level 46' - 0"

35'-6"

Catwalk 38' - 0" LOBBY

Roof Level 46' - 0"

Corridor

9450 SF

Level 3 26' - 0" Theatre Corridor

LOBBY Corridor

6520 SF

9450 SF Changing Room

Changing Room

788 SF

2 A302

Office

682 SF

CROSS SECTION 1/20”=1’-0”

2 A302

CROSS SECTION 1/20”=1’-0”

Level 2 14' - 0"

Catwalk 38' - 0"

Level 3 26' - 0"

Theatre Corridor

137 SF

6520 SF

Changing Room

Office

788 SF

682 SF

137 SF

Level 1 2' - 0" STREET LEVEL -2' - 0"

Catwalk 38' - 0"

Level 3 26' - 0"

Level 2 14' - 0"

Level 1 2' - 0" STREET LEVEL -2' - 0"

SECTION THROUGH LOBBY 1/20”=1’-0”

H Roof Level 46' - 0"37'-0"

Roof Level 46' - 0"

9450 SF

G 33'-0"

Catwalk 38' - 0"

STORAGE

A302

F 30'-0"

Level 1 2' - 0" STREET LEVEL -2' - 0"

Level 2 14' - 0"

Level 1 2' - 0" STREET LEVEL -2' - 0"

STEP 4: STEP 5:

STEP 1: PILES STEP 2: PILE CAPS STEP 3: GRADED BEAMS

LIQUID Qianfan Guo 2178986865 qg2154@columbia.edu Christine Shi 6262510866 ls3391@columbia.edu

Bokang Du 2173773478 bd2502@columbia.edu

STEP 6: BEAM FRAMING

Stone Cheng 9176016084 zc2394@columbia.edu

STEP 1: PILES STEP 2: PILE CAPS

STEP 4: CONCRETE CORES STEP 5: STEEL COLUMN

STEP 3: GRADED BEAMS

Greenpoint Theater 18 Greenpoint Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11222

CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE

STEP 6: BEAM FRAMING

S101

STEP 7: KING POST TRUSS

Construction Sequence

STEP 7:

2173773478 bd2502@columbia.edu

Stone Cheng 9176016084 zc2394@columbia.edu CONCRETE CORES STEEL COLUMN

Greenpoint Theater 18 Greenpoint Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11222

CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE

KING POST TRUSS

S101

Structure Plan First Level

LIQUID Qianfan Guo 2178986865 qg2154@columbia.edu Christine Shi 6262510866 ls3391@columbia.edu

Bokang Du 2173773478 bd2502@columbia.edu

Stone Cheng 9176016084 zc2394@columbia.edu

Structure Plan Second Level

Greenpoint Theater 18 Greenpoint Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11222

STRUCTURE AXON

S100 Structure Plan Third Level

SKYLIGHT

PARAPET

1 A711

ROOF DRAIN 2 A711

KING POST TRUSS

CHANNEL GLASS

CATWALK

3 A711

BRICK VENEER WALL LOBBY

4 A711

DUCTWORK DROP CEILING

BACK OF HOUSE

1 A710

FOH AND BOH WALL SECTION 1’-0”=1/2”

Buffer Zone

12ft

B1 F200

metal louver

metal clip

8ft

B1 F200

Section det 1/2”=1’

B2 F200

Section det 1/2”=1’

B2 F200

B3 F200

A1 F200

A0 F200

System 1 Elevation 1/8”=1’

A1 F200

Scetion 1/8”=1’

B4 F200

B5 F200

A2 F200

System 1 Plan 1 1/8”=1’

A3 F200

System 1 Plan 2 1/8”=1’ gypsum board CMU

I beam

vapor barrier insulation

mullion

GFRC pannel air barrier insulation vapor barrier

glass

metal louver

air barrier GFRC panel

457.2mm

B5 F200

Plan detail 1/2”=1’

B4 F200

Plan detail 1/2”=1’

Facade System

B3 F200

Section de 1/2”=1’

LANDSCAPE PENETRATION Individual Work 2015.10 Four Weeks Project Professor: Annamarie Bliss UIUC

This project is to choose a site and design a small event space among various kinds of landscape. I chosed the sloped mountain area as my site which has a natural bowl shape topography. I made my design a transformed round shape. One side is higher with two floors and the other side is lower with one floor in order to adapt to its sloped surrounding environment. The natural fusion of the interior ceremony space and the exterior space makes the architecture part of the landscape.

Site Plan

Section Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Lift up roof to let sunlight come through

Verical Circulation

Outdoor Gathering Space Auditorium Room

Divide up Indoor and Outdoor Space

Bathroom and Storage Room

Rebuild topography

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Round Shape Building fitting into surrounding topography

Auditorium Room

WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN MANHATTAN? 2017.11-2017.12 Five Weeks Group Project Professor: Grga Basic Team Member: Jemin Kim, Rui Ma Columbia University

This research project is deciding the best place to live in Manhattan. This is a group project that we perform a multicriteria analysis and ultimately assigns suitability score to each block within Manhattan based on the criteria we choose. We first make some practical considerations for apartment location; Then we collect datas for each prerequisite and convert all of them to scored raster layers. Finally, Map Algrebra is used to produce decision maps based on each criteria's weight. Similar method can be applied to other dicision making problems when multiple criterias need to be considered at the same time.

Main Workflow

Assumption

STEP1 Noise complaint Crime complaint .shp .shp

Green Space .shp

Monthly Rent Commuting Time .jpeg .jpeg

Display XY Data

Multiple Ring Buffer: distance is set to 100m, 200m, 300m, 400m

Kernel Density: set cell size to 50 and search radius to 1280 feet

Feature to Raster

Export file as .dxf to Rhino: trace image with polylines in different layers

Reclassify: score 1-5.

Export back to ARCMAP

Reclassify by Quintile: score 1-10.

Georeferencing: match 1983 New York City Long Island Coordinate System

Polygon to Raster: Set value field to Layer and cell size to 50 Reclassify: score 1-3.

Reclassify: score 1-5.

STEP2 Raster Noise level(1-10)

Raster Crime Level(1-10)

Distance to Green Space (1-5)

Monthly Rent (1-5)

Commuting Time (1-3)

A new couple recently moved to NYC. They need our help to find a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan. They list five requirements for us to take into consideration.

1. The husband works in Steven Holl Architects in midtown. The wife works in New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street. Daily one-way subway commuting time should be less than 30 minutes for both people. 2. Monthly apartment rent should be less than 3500 dollars. Cheaper the better. 3. The neighborhood should be relatively safe. 4. The neighborhood should be quiet during the night. 5. A green open space is within 5-minute walking distance.

Map Algebra (Raster Calculator) Ranked (unweighted)

STEP3 Ranked decision map (score9-49)

Map Algebra (Raster Calculator) Ranked (weighted: commuting timex3, monthly rentx2)

Weighted decision map (score14-73) Raster to Point

Select by Attribute: Select points with score>40

Select by Attribute: Select points with score>60

STEP1 Collect source data

New York City Manhattan Census Block.shapefile

Location of Green Open Space .shapefile the location and area of each green open space

NYC Noise Complaint.csv the location where each noise complaint is reported

NYC Crime Complaint.csv the location where each crime complaint is reported

Commuting Time.jpg amount of time from the working place of each person via public transportion

One-bedroom Apartment Monthly Rent.jpg one-bedroom apartment average monthly rent for each NYC larger neighborhood

STEP2 Converting all original files to scored raster layers

Noisy Quiet

Noise Co Dangerous

Long

Safe

Short

Crime Complaint

Daily Comm

Expensive Cheap

One-bedroom Apartment Rent

omplaint

muting Time

Far Close

Distance to Green Open Space

STEP3 Adding up all raster files to one single scored decision map showing the living suitability score for each block. Results vary according to different weight for each criteria.

Not Ideal Ideal place to live

Same weight is given to each criteria

Made by Qianfan

Uneven weight is given to each criteria

jinshan senior living complex 2018.6-2017.7 Summer Group roject, Schemetic Design Team Member: Wen Wang, Susan Lee, Yanyan Xu, Qiong Wen SmithGroup, Washington DC

This senior living complex is located in a small town near Shanghai. Buildings form a dynamic contrast with the organic form of landscape. The arrangement of apartments are carefully sorted by the level of assistence needed by the senior, affliated with public facilities such as the commerical streets, food court, clinics, entertainment center and outdoor activities space.

Overall Plan

Culture and Sports Center

Food Court

Clinic Center

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