Rui Song Working Sample

01 JFK Presidential Library

02 Wall Fabrication

03 Researching Paris

06 Community Library

07 Professional Practice _Urban Renovation

08 Representation

04 Residential+Market

05 Culture Center

WORKING SAMPLE RUI SONG â—?

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Master of Architecture(2y)2015-2017 songrui@umich.edu 734-747-4812

JFK PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Academic Work, Individual Location: Cambridge, U.S. Duration: 11-week Studio, 09/2015 Level: First Year Graduate Tutor: Johnathan Rule, Professor of Taubman Colege Architecture Department

Curative Design-12 Exibition Rooms The library is buit to memerize the presidential legacy of John.F.Kennedy. A series of 12 events that mark the importance of JFK presidency is selected to form 12 exhibition rooms. They are seperated into two catergories: a . P o l i t i c a l L e g a c y : C a m p a i g n Tr a i l , C i v i l R i g h t Movement,Nuclear Ban Treaty, Cuban Missile Crisis, Berlin Wall Event, Religion, JFK Image, Space Race. a. Personal Legacy : Victura,Commerative Cup, Jackie Kennedy, Assassination.

Space Race

Victura

Religion JFK Image

Nuclear Ban Treaty Berlin Wall Event

Cuban Missle Crisis First Lady

Civil Right Movement

Commerative Cup

Assassination Presidential Campaign

First Floor

Sceond Floor

Third Floor

Cross Section 1-1/16"

Underground Floor

WALL FABRICATION Academic Work, Group Location: Ann Arbor Duration: 4 week Workshop 11/2015 Level: First Year Graduate Tutor: Sandra Manningger Professor of Taubman Colege Architecture Department

RESEARCHING PARIS Academic Work, Individual Location: Paris, France Duration: 4 week Studio 2/2016 Level: First Year Graduate Tutor: Jono Sturt Professor of Taubman Colege Architecture Department

RESIDENTIAL+MARKET Academic Work, Individual Location: Shanghai, China Duration: 16-week Studio 9/2013 Level: Third Year Undergrad Tutor: Fangji Wang Professor of Architecture Department at Tongji University

Residentials Fence

Market

The typical Chinese blocks are enclosured in a "garden" by the wall that cut them from the public life on the street, restricting the activities inside the community.

a b

Commercial Clusters

Here I propose to connect the community to the street by inserting semi-public layers of shops on "the way back home".

c d

e f Four clusters including various functions are implanted at the main entrances of the community between the ground level and the residential platform to introduce the public life to the community.

Ground Floor

First Floor

Second Floor

Third Floor

Forth Floor

dislocation that enables terraces for each household

original blocks

better lighting

insert commercial clusters

open posture to the city

push the blocks for the entrance of the volid for up-and-down clusters and more interactons communication

+16.500 +13.500

+7.200 +4.200 +3.000 +2.250 +0.000

+4.200

restaruant

toufu shop

wood shop

rice shop

residential

sackerbar

wood shop

residential

wood shop

wood shop

paper shop

wood shop

The building is divided in two volumes connected through a courtyard.

Insert the stage facing the main street.

Main street entrance.

Open posture to the river.

Circulations along the side of the river.

trade center

baber's

salt shop

residential

necessities

groceries

drug store

wreath shop

rice shop

clothing shop

Proper height to incorporate into the sourroundings.

Ground Floor

CUlTURE CENTER Academic Work, Individual Location: Shanghai, China Duration: 8-week Studio 9/2012 Level: Second Year Undergrad Tutor: Bing Hu, Kai Wang Professor of Architecture Department at Tongji University

First Floor

"OPAQUE PRIVACY"| Community Library Academic Work, Individual Location: Shanghai, China Duration: 8-week Studio, Mar~Jun 2014 Level: Second Semester of the Third Year Tutor: Liu Yichun Chief Architect at Atelier Deshaus Email: Nicolas@deshaus.com

Concept& Strategy

Sketches

Low privacy for reading under the high density of people

"Opaque Privacy": Separate the space into small units to provide privacy to individuals, yet allowing communications if necessary.

the main reading space

lift the main space

ventilation

the main entrance

transportation

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Ground Floor

First Floor

Second Floor

Underground Floor

Model 1:100

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE_URBAN RENOVATION Professional Work, Group Location: Shanghai, China Duration: 7 Month Intership 7/2014 Level: Third Year Undergrad Tutor: Yanfei Shui Principal Architect at Naturalbuild Corporations

Public Space

Residential

Listed Architecture Art,Design,Galleries,Museum Cafes, Bars& Restaurants, Retail Stores Offices

Art Offices

Retails

Residentials

25M

50M

JOINERS: Abstraction+Defamiliarization

REPRESENTATION Academic Work, Individual Location: Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A Duration: 3week Representation Class Intership 3/2016 Level: First Year Graduate Tutor: James Tate Lecturer at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Reimagination of Pantheon

Forensic Translation of Delirious New York Frontispiece