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2010 - 2011
SANAA and Suitcase
Shared House
Analysis -- Unequal Distribution Island
Trans formi n g Manhatta n S ubw a y
People
Repair
Oxygen
Uptown
No subway in parks
Art & Re su me
Midtown Glass for Artists
Solution connect uptown and downtown
CONTENT
lift balance distance to repair shop
twist turn ground up-side-down
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ANALYSIS : Unbalanced distribution of population, train reparishop and parks longitudinally.
Analysis -- Unequal Distribution
Island
People
Repair
Oxygen
Uptown
MANHATTAN SUBWAY
No subway in parks
Midtown
TRANSFORMATION TASK: Analysis and transform Manhattan subway. A
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Architacture Representation Studio: Abstraction.
SOLUTIONSolution :
CONNECT Up&down town alleviate crowding midtown
connect uptown and downtown
LIFT half of uptown create more paths to repair shop
lift balance distance to repair shop
TURN UP-SIDE-DOWN in parks allow more O2 into subway
twist turn ground up-side-down
Uptown
Columbia College, New York. Fall 2010 Instructor: Madeline Schwartzman
Midtown
Downtown
01 TRANSFORM MANHATTAN SUBWAY
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1D
2D
3D
x3 APPROACH: creates space for more connections within folded island, in which vectors represents potential subway lines, to unbalance distributions.
ons happens in ...
uptown
1D
uptown
2D
3D
x3
downtown
downtown
S ANAA a nd S UI T CA S E TASK:
APPROACH:
1) Analysis SANAA’s work in drawing. 2) Design a Suitcase demonstrating design intent of SANAA.
Seperate
1) Drawing as transformational act: reduce, translate, discover and isolate information. 2) Versatility of space created by countless paths of folding the suitcase’s wall into interior.
Reduce
Unfold
House in the plum groove 03 SANAA and SUITCASE
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Atomizing support system. Countless slim columns holds up the architecture. --Park Cafe
HOW TO ... Free movement in 3 Space
Clip Tracking= Z axis
Grid Plate= X and Y axis
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This suitcase is incomplete until people start to interact with it in personalized ways.
Four walls On
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One wall fold inward
Two walls as interior
blurry double skin
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wa
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G LA S S FOR ART IS T
TASK: Remix an artist’s cooperative and integrate the building’s urban site -- Boston city hall plaza. APPROACH: Explore various combiantions of transparent and reflective glass, that allows viewing simultaneously in(the building) and around (the site). Visually extends public outdoor space as part of the architecture. Building as a metaphor that artists are to see at different angles, reflect on it and to engage the public. . Career Discovery, Graduate School of Design.
Harvard University, Boston. Summer 2010. Instructor: Sophia Lau
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Reflective glass
Clear glass
1. NEXT TO 2. INSERT INTO 3. STACKING 4. FACING 5. ANGLED II 6. ANGLED I
11 GLASS FOR ARTISTS
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Quiet Shaded benches Parks
Busy Tourist Sites Subway station Finacial district
View IN--Reflection of the surroundings
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City Hal
ks Par Tourist Sites Quincy Market 13 GLASS FOR ARTISTS
y Ital e l t lit
View OUT--Transparency
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Bed Rooms Cafe Stage Exhibition Observing Space
Gradient
Figure Drawing
Figure Drawing
Dance
Audience Class Room
Performing Space
New Observing / Performing relations are generated. Gradient indicates roles changes as one walks through. An observor in Gallery can walk up to Cafe and be watched as a performer by figure drawing artist next door.
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Minimize on house level
S H A R E D H OU S E
Minimize on room level
TASK: Design a shared house for two clients: 1. Family with two kids who desir kid’s playroom and big living room. 2. Single fashion designer who wants a workroom and large gallery. They are willing to share certain space if it need not to compromise privacy.
APPROACH: To create a continueous space by reducing walls to the only ones that are essential to privacy.
Study model of Complementry partition 15 SHARED HOUSE
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Privacy Gradient
Complementry Principle Study
Complementry Partition
FOLD floor into wall and then into ceiling brings free flowing space and orientation. Orientation to the surrounding sites is based on the aesthetics of programs and degrees of privacy on each story.
minimize blocking materials and makes each floor ‘one big room’ and still keeps everyone’s privacy.
Relativity Pravicy--height and view
Adult
Kid
Quiet Courtyard
s ee Tr
Bed Living Gallery Busy Street
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R eco nce i v ed G r ound
Paths of movement Space available for sitting
Construction through subtraction, based on sunlight, paths of movement and ground conditon of Revson Plaza in Columbia University. Reconceived plaza ground initiate connections beteween above and underground and also utilize potential space for recreation.
Paths of movement Space available for sitting
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R eco n ce ive d Ground
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Professional Work Green Architecture Exhibition Poster Computer Graphic, Spring 2011
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“Water pump house� Designed and rendered as an intern at Bejing Water Institution. Aug. 2010
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