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2010 - 2011
SANAA and Suitcase
Analysis -- Unequal Distribution Island
Trans formi n g Manhatta n People S ubw a y
Repair
Oxygen
Uptown
N in
Midtown
Solution connect uptown and downtown
CONTENT
lift balance distance to repair shop
tur
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
3
3
wn
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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Four walls On
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pac
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07 SANAA and SUITCASE
ity
from
cou
ntle
ss
wa
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of f
old
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On
This suitcase is incomplete until people start to interact with it in personalized ways.
ne wall fold inward
Fol
ded
wa
ll a
Two walls as interior
s in
tero
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
E T I
SITE S
l
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
T
View OUT--Transparency
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Bed R
Sta
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
s ee Tr
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.
21 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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