Portfolio_Jinyu Rao

Portfolio

Rao Jinyu is interested in art, music, and literature. Her father is a literature scholar and her mother is a music teacher. The integration of these three intrigues her and helps her to imagine different potential aspects of probable futures.

She has lived in four cities in China, and her family is now staying in Shanghai. Recently, she moved to Los Angeles for further study. Jinyu graduated from Shanghai University, with a 5-year diploma in architecture. During her undergraduate, she submitted several entries in architectural competitions and has participated in several internships. She has graduated from SCI-Arc, M.Arch II program and start her career in Los Angeles for several years.

Architecture Design and Explore crossover

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Slice It! Visual Study VS4200

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VR Leviathan VS VR FILM SETS III

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Clay Visual Study VS 2633

After Image Design Studio 2GAX

Jiangchuan Libray Uker Intership

R&R PSH Alimo Architects, 2021

On Softness

Graduate Thesis, 2021

Location: Korean town, Los Angeles, US

Instructor: Florencia Pita

Individual work

Video:

https://vimeo.com/560856499

https://vimeo.com/591719281

https://vimeo.com/620312202

Children’s Institute Reconstruction

What is softness? For my thesis, softness means soft contact to create comfort. So, softness is not only looking soft but feeling soft. What is an architecture of softness? In reality, most buildings are hard. What would happen if we replaced traditional hard structures with soft ones. Imagine if the walls were soft, if the door was soft, if the windows were very soft.

This thesis is about architectural softness, which emulates an aesthetic of cuteness, and the project is tested in a courtyard that embraces openness.

Still lifes

Soft materials are too pliable; therefore, they need to be contained. I reference Morandi’s painting to get my containers.

Asset Model

These soft materials support each other, resulting in new density material that doesn’t belong to any particular recognizable construction reference.

Soft Material for Architecture

The object of every day can be the plush toys and some clothes, while the construction part will be the plaster, steel rods, and insulation.

1:1 Wll Detail model

Soft materials are too pliable; therefore, they need to be contained. Such as concrete formwork that needs to coalesce together by casting into a mold. All the hybrid of softness and hardness is plasticity, which means soft in my thesis.

Program

The program is a reconstruction of a children’s institute, a 1900s residence in 701 S. New Hampshire Avenue, Los Angeles. This building has a neoclassic style with a central courtyard.

Vertical Playground

For this project, the container is a series of vertical volumes, thought of as still life objects, parallel to Moradin’s painting of still lifes. This courtyard refers to San Pietro in Montorio, which has a Tempietto within a narrow courtyard.

Elevation

This courtyard refers to San Pietro in Montorio, which has a Tempietto within a narrow courtyard. Softness provides openness for the courtyard, and the original building embraces the soft part inside.

Accordingly, the relationship between the courtyard and the old building is reversed. The courtyard is the central space for the children’s institute, while the perimeter one becomes the circulation and auxiliary space.

Wearable Architecture

Vertical Studio 3GAX, 2020

Instructor: Hernan Diaz-Alonso

Individual work

Video: https://vimeo.com/545903581

Inflatinge & Exhausting Air

The studio aims to use architecture and garment or body architecture as wavs to increase the possibilities for rapid response design, in the current global context. To speculate the speed, scales, traditions of what we consider the habitat, it will allow us to think innovative paces for the body,nature and the city, creating new forms of life, and integration between the home and inhabitants, as new ways of life synthesis. Bringing the architecture of the body and architecture of the habitat together in a very literal manner, not as healing elements, but understanding these operations as opportunities for new individuality ahd a way of self-empowerment.

Garment

About the exhausting, I think it can form beautiful wrinkle patterns if applied to the garment, like the pleated skirt.

Transformation

The balloon is floating to the sky and then would explod.

landscape Art

Because of Covid-19, many public facilities were forced closed. Now each person can come to the park by wearing this garment, which can protect a person from outside.

Urban Evironment

The balloon has a hydroponic system, which explodes with water and spread seeds to make the plants grow up. The balloon can absorb the water vapor in fog, which also can alleviate urban smog.

Renew

While absorbing enough water, the balloon will explode and spread the seeds to the city. And the urban environment will grow up.

The Wearable Architecture can activate abandoned park and polluted city. It will create an opportunity for people to transform their world for enjoyment.

Le Musée Imaginaire

Design Studio 2GBX, 2019

Location: LACAMA, Los Angeles, US

Instructor: Damjan Jovanovic

Partner: Mitsuki Ikeda

Video: https://vimeo.com/545901145

LACAMA Post Digital Museum

Lacma is organized as an encyclopedic museum that includes natural artifacts from Asia, Europe, and the Americas as well as fine art. The objects in the museum are detached from its associated context and framed as art by dominant institutions for the sake of possession, status, wealth, and knowledge in the history of art. Aspired to be an encyclopedia museum in a new era, the project raises a question for this fact, and propose a new concept of the relationship between art and its context. With the progress of visual technology like VR and AR, the value of visiting and physically experiencing arts at the museum is also changing. This project proposes a new value of museums in the digital generation.

Agate

We study from some natural things like crystal and agate to think about the particle of our building.

Section

In this museum, objects in the display are surrounded by the system of amorphous and tangible particles.

VirtualContext

The proposed museum introduces intermediate virtual information layer around the objects. It is an aura emitted from the object itself, showcasing another perspective of the objects in the different media formats. At the same time, it is a partitioning device between spaces dedicated to each object.

Interior

People view in the interior.

Design Development

AS Design Doc GR, 2020

Instructor: Herwig Baumgartner, Brian Zamora

Partner: Shuo Feng, Carnation Kng, Kyle Balster, Zhaogi Zhu, Rene Perez Ignacio, Jordan Scheuermann, Aseel Alamoudi, Ahmad Sultan, Jinyu Rao, Heena Patel, I Hsiang Wang, Misuki Ikeda

Video: https://vimeo.com/546265988

Integrated Design Project

This course investigates issues related to the implementation of design: technology, the use of materials, systems integration, and the archetypal analytical strategies of force, order and character. The course includes a review of basic and advanced construction methods, analysis of building codes, the design of Structural and Mechanical systems, Environmental systems, Buildings service systems, the development of building materials and the integration of building components and systems.

Remaining egg crate structure placed

Remaining ‘gem’ module structure

26 31 00 photovotalic collectors

07 30 10 grace ice & water shield

07 21 13 foam board insulation

05 31 00 steel decking

05 10 00 structure steel frame

09 21 00 gypsum board assemblies

03 31 00 structure concrete

Outline Specification

Titanium Facade

Module connection members

Accent interior ‘gems’

CFRC interior Material

Rigid Insulation

Steel Waterproofing

Menbrane Silicone beading

Envelope

Automated ‘gem’ welding and assembly.

Design

Steel plate support Growing substrate

Steel structure Steel plating

Growing substrate

Filter sheet

Drainage layer

Protection mat

Planter concrete pedestais Root barrier

Waterproofing membrane

Planter level cocrete

Planter level corrugated decking

Solar cell mesh

Steel structure

The 36.5 ℃ Series

X-Zoo, 2022

Location: Shenzhen, China

The Chair & The sofa

Inspired by the body temperature of thermostatic animals, 36.5°C brings you into their embrace. It awaits to bring warmth into your life. Like the soft ground of morning spring or a puppy cuddle through the deepest winter nights. 36.5°C is here with you to rediscover the joy of being with friends and family. This sculptural piece of art blends uplifting collectible with everyday function. It transforms your ordinary into extraordinary moments of life.

Concept

Designed with brilliant rule-breaking concept, 36.5°C collection re-imagines the definition of a chair. The loop-like form twists and turns into a structure that allows comfort and functionality in every position.

Comfort

Dressed with vibrant dessert hue and supported with cantilevering mechanism, the chair is here for you to interact and play with, like a companion. Feel free to treat it like a friend and enjoy the warmth and temperature it brings to your life.

This otherworldly wavelike form is designed just right to be cuddled and played with in all directions. Its hand-stitched fleecy fur, comes in vibrant desert hues, each infused with individual characteristics. These are objects to be cherished, like your pet, your companion that is sharing every moment with you.

Exhibition X-Zoo at ART021.

Grow back to the Eden

Graduation Design of University,2018

Location: Renhuang Moutain, Huzhou, China

Instructor: Li Ling

Individual work

Cultivate Sense of Happiness

The project Grow back to the Eden in my portfolio, a Children’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, was created according to the study of children’s ages and stages of development in psychology, which includes absolute dependence, relative dependence and towards independence. The design addressed the demand for modern early learning spaces in the growing community while being a colorful and memorable civic piece of architecture.

Psychological Characteristics

T h e o r y of Psychology

Complete Dependence (0-2 years old)

Babies and mothers are all in one

Relative Dependence (3-7 years old)

Babies recognize the difference between mother and herself

Psychology Strategy

Maternal Deprivation Experiment

Mother’s love is due to comfortable contact, shaking and playing parent’s room contain children’s

Topography

steep slope

G r o u p Strategy

linear arrangement

G r o u p Arrangement

Each unit is independent

children’s room intersect parent’s

Object Relation Theory

Babies need to replace real mothers with some “transitional objects”

valley

height difference arrangement

Each unit is relatively independent but with eye contact

Towards Independence (8-12 years old)

B a b i e s Separate from their mothers and becoming a “complete object”

Zone of Proximal Development

C h i l d r e n c a n a c h i e v e t h e potential higher level by interaction with higher level people

children’s room disjoint parent’s

The units enclose a sunken square

hillock

viewing platform

Towards Independence

Art Factory

Iuilding Renovation,2017

Location: West of Sicily, Favignana, Italy

Istructor: Wei Qin

Partner: Wu Jingfeng

Contribution: Concept 50%, Model 50%, Drawing 50%

Reveal the Manipulation

On an island, you get permission to turn an abandoned prison into a gallery. But you’re not satisfied with that. In order to operate at maximum efficiency, you want to put the entire ecosystem of the art world in this small building. Namely, the art factory!

The value of art should be affirmed. Most of the time it’s not a The Emperor’s New Clothes. But the sharp rise in art prices in recent years has led us to wonder: Is there a dark secret behind this incredible phenomenon?

Art Factory

Lecture Hall

Hold an art press conference or Lecture

Reception Room

It is used to receive the curator of Art Gallery and other important persons

Library

Historians and critics are invited to give seminars on a regular basis

Editorial Department

The Gallery owns the media and publishes reports and video records of artists and works

Curator Studio

Plan an exhibition for a particular artist or theme

Collection room

For the storage and safekeeping of qualified works of Art

Exibit Room

Open to collectors, occasional salons

Gallerist Office

The selection of works of art, eligible works of art into the next packaging process

Garbage Room

Storge of refuse

Artists studio

More commercial methods such as apprenticeships or assembly-line production produce works of Art

Rough Shop

Preliminary processing of raw materials such as gypsum mixing and metal cutting

Storage of raw materials and tools

Artist: We have new brand cooperation, and work harder.

Workman: Don’t blow it up!

Artist: Let me introduce some new works of this month.

Artist: Ideas come before everything.

Artist:How inefficient is it to do it all by myself.

Artist: Go get three more.

Apprentice: Just a few more drawings and we’ll have my quota.

Scene 2, Artist’s Studio

Art Factory

Collector: We’d like to talk about our next sponsorship deal.

Stayed up writing again last night.

Indi-Curator:Hey dude, have you decided on the theme of the exhibition.

Photographer: Hold it!

Independent CuratorI had to make up the story myself.

Gallerist: balancing q u a l i t y a n d efficiency is also an art. Museum

Curator: That would be an honor!

Museum Curator: Our museum would like to collect three of his works.

Collector: where is lecture room?

Jiangchuan Library

Uker Intership, 2017

Location: Shanghai, China

-Performed planes of Library design with AutoCAD, and Rhino -modeled Library with with computer-aided design software such as Sketch-up

-Prepared blueprints using computer-aided design programs such as V-ray, Photoshop

Landscape Painting Library

In this case, the design of the outer rigid and soft inner shape and an overhead design was adopted to extend the sight of the street to the inner courtyard. The interior created an affinity and open landscape garden with Jiangnan characteristics. Bring people into the library. The open and shared courtyard design provides people with a walking garden experience. The courtyard is used as the core organization space, combined with the retreat to form a multi-level three-dimensional courtyard, maximizing the outdoor activity space, and improving the flexibility and motivation of the space.

Physical Model

Top View

The project has four floors above the ground, and the form of retreat is divided into collection area, borrowing area, consulting service area, public activity and auxiliary service area, business area, administrative office area, technical equipment area and logistics support area. The first floor functions as a parking garage with about 102 parking spaces.

Plane

3 F

R&R PSH

Alimo Architects, 2021

Location: Los Angeles, US

-Performed preliminary designs of 2 ADUs with Revit

-Created and delivered 6 construction documents to city hall and clients

-Edited the website of Company

New Construction for Disabled Veterans

The name R&R is inspired by military slang for rest and recuperation (or rest and relaxation or rest and recreation or rest and rehabilitation), is an acronym used for the free time of a soldier.

The R&R is a 52-unit Permeant Supportive Housing project provides a home, support services and rehabilitation for disabled veterans. It is located in downtown Los Angeles, adjacent to University of Southern California, Exposition Park, LA Memorial Coliseum, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Currently, twenty-five percent of the nation’s total homeless population and almost half of the nation’s unsheltered population reside in California. Los Angeles has one of the highest densities in the USA and Los Angeles is the city with the greatest number of homeless people in this state.

Slice It!

Visual Study VS4200, 2019

Instructor: Cadioli Andrea, Curime Batliner

Partner: Yixuan Cai

Domesticity is more than traditional family life in modern times. In the context of the quarantine, people have slowly adapted to life in isolation. Domesticity is self-sufficient. As our source of inspiration, the household has turned our kitchen into a living studio. We are at home, work, and life alternate, becoming our self-sufficient production line. The kitchen has become the plane of our work and life.

Clay

Visual Study VS 2633, 2021

Instructor: Florencia

Pita

Partner: Yixuan Cai

After Image

After Image

Design Studio 2GAX, 2019

Location: Chinatown, Los Angeles, US

Instructor: Macerlyn Gow

Individual work

Our studio took a lot of photos from China town, and modeledthose image through scan technology. I separated these elements , recombined them.

I use the texture of transparent bubbles to create a lot of interstitial spaces. Then, I put three towers on top of those bubbles. The building appears as if it is suspended, like a floating island.

VS VR FILM SETS III, 2020

Instructor: Alexey Marfin

Partner: Emma Koh, Vivian Charlesworth, Sinew

Zhang, Jinyu Rao, Anqi Wang

VR: https://vimeo.com/493216087

VR Leviathan

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