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YI RE N

2010 - 2011


SANAA and Suitcase

Analysis -- Unequal Distribution Island

Trans formi n g Manhatta n S ubw a y

People

Repair

Oxygen

Uptown

N in

Midtown

Solution connect uptown and downtown

CONTENT

lift balance distance to repair shop

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Shared House

Art & Resume

G lass f or A r tis ts

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ANALYSIS : Unbalanced distribution

train reparishops and parks longitud

Analysis -- Unequal

Island

MANHATTAN SUBWAY TRANSFORMATION TASK: Analyze and transform Manhattan subway. APPROACH:

create space for more connections

Architacture Representation Studio: Abstraction.

SOLUTIONSolution :

Uptown

Columbia College, New York. Fall 2010 Instructor: Madeline Schwartzman

Midtown

Downtown

01 TRANSFORM MANHATTAN SUBWAY


n of population,

dinally.

Distribution People

Repair

Oxygen

Uptown

No subway in parks

Midtown

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

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Connections happens in ...

ons happens 1inD ...

2D

APPROACH: creates space for more connections within folded island, in which vectors represents potential subway lines, to unbalance distributions.

1D

2D

x3

x3 uptown

uptown

downtow

downtown


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3D

3D


S ANAA a nd S UI T CA S E TASK:

1) Analysis SANAA’s work in drawing. 2) Design a Suitcase demonstrating design intent of SANAA.

Seperate

House in the plum groove 03 SANAA and SUITCASE


APPROACH:

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

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Atomizing support system. Countless slim columns holds up the architecture. --Park Cafe

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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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r forms costumized containing spaces

blurry double skin

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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

09 GLASS FOR ARTISTS


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11 GLASS FOR ARTISTS


Reflective glass

Clear glass

1. NEXT TO 2. INSERT INTO 3. STACKING 4. FACING 5. ANGLED II 6. ANGLED I

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View IN--Reflection of the surroundings

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SITE S

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City Hal

ks Par Tourist Sites Quincy Market 13 GLASS FOR ARTISTS

y Ital e l t lit


Quiet Shaded benches Parks

Busy Tourist Sites Subway station Finacial district

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View OUT--Transparency

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Bed R

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Ex Observing Space

Gradient

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.

15 GLASS FOR ARTISTS


Rooms

age

xhibition

Cafe

Figure Drawing

Figure Drawing

Dance

Audience Class Room

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S H A R E D H OU S E

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


Minimize on house level

Minimize on room level

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Complementry Principle Study

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.

Quiet Courtyard

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Bed Living Gallery Busy Street

19 SHARED HOUSE


Privacy Gradient

Complementry Partition

minimize blocking materials and makes each floor ‘one big room’ and still keeps everyone’s privacy.

Relativity Pravicy--height and view

Adult

Kid

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R eco nce i v ed G r ound

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.

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R eco n ce ive d Ground


Paths of movement Space available for sitting

Paths of movement Space available for sitting

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Green Architecture Exhibition Poster Computer Graphic, Spring 2011

23 ART


Professional Work “Water pump house� Designed and rendered as an intern at Bejing Water Institution. Aug. 2010

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