YI'S DRAFT PORTFOLIO

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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.

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Two walls as interior

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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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