EDUCATIONs MASTER's DEGREE 08.2019 - 12.2021
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, USA
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology (2.5 years program)
BACHELOR's DEGREE 08.2014 - 06.2019
Central South University
Changsha, Hunan, China
Architectural Sciences (5 years program)
EXPERIENCEs
NAITIAN TIAN
PERSONAL DETAILS WUSTL | M.Arch 1325 Boland Pl, St. Louis, MO, 63117 636-671-4999 tian.n@wustl.edu
ABOUT ME I'm a fresh graduate architect from Washington University in St. Louis who is keen to explore the field of architecture by practical methodology i.e in an organized working ambience and enhance my practical knowledge by learning new themes & concepts. I would like to work on different-challenging tasks which may emerge during the development of a design. l'll never disappoint the team & devote myself wholly to the work assigned and accomplish it successfully. I've a decent experience on working in projects like residential, commercial, instituitional, and so forth. I've learnt as much as possible in the office workflows during my intern career on an well established firms. I've been exposed to client engagements, site visits & co-ordinations. I hope that l'll be a considerable asset and will deliver my responsibilities on time and strive to assist the team with progressive thoughts & ideas for greater outputs.
08-12 2021 Charles E. Peterson Prize: The Heritage Documentation Program | West Lafayette, IN Third Place HABS measured drawings of Samara House by Frank Lloyd Wright 06-08 2021 Lanzhou Engineering and Research Institute of Nonferrous Metallurgy Co., Ltd | Lanzhou, China Architectural Intern Modeling, Interior design of a residentail building, drawings of a commercial complex 08-12 2020 Digital Fabrication of Making Objects Workshop |WUSTL, MO Body as a Site Experiment 3D-Printing, Laser-Cutting, Modeling 03-05 2019 Lanzhou Engineering and Research Institute of Nonferrous Metallurgy Co., Ltd | Lanzhou, China Architectural Intern Modeling, Construction drawings of a hotel 09.18-02.19 Studio Alpha |Shanghai, China Architectural Research Refinement of design 06-10 2017 Tianhua Cup Competition |Changsha, China Architectural Sustainable Development | Prototype Transformation BIM, Vertical Market Design in a small village
SKILLs Computer
Language
Rhino (6years) Autodesk AutoCAD (8years) Autodesk Revit (2years) SketchUp (8years) Photoshop (6years) Indesign (3years) Illustrator (3years) V-Ray (6years) MS Office (4years)
Interest
English Chinese French
Exploring cities all over the world Watching Interviews and speeches from architects Physics, Astronomy, Fashion, Literature Skiing, Swimming, Yoga
C O N T E N T S
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Z e r o D e g r e e : S t e e l C l o u d ··
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A Montessori School
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The Rebirth of Samara House
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I n - B e t w e e n: T h r e s h o l d
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Aqua Mundo
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Other Works
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Residential Complex | Horizontal Skyscraper | Transformative Exploration 02
AASpace and Learning in Contemporary Elementary Education 03
AAPoint Cloud | Rebath, Rebirth | HABS Documentation 04
AAAmalgamated Dwelling| Edges of Privacy | Tropical Context 05
Water Architecture| Natatorium Design | Urban Context 06
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Zero from the Past Knight Templar Jupon Mangrove Rangers' Rec Center A Vertical Market A Radical Nightclub mutated from an Abandoned factory A Commercial Gym House 1014
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Zero Degree: Steel Cloud
Residential Complex | Horizontal Skyscraper | Transformative Exploration Spring 2020 Location: St. Louis, MO
El Lissitzky's visionary design of the horizontal skyscrapers called cloudhangers in 1923 marked the major beginning of rethinking urban design and understanding the high-rise as a building typology. Inspired by this, the residential complex design reinvent the skyscrapers within the third dimension.
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Residential Complex | Horizontal Skyscraper | Transformative Exploration
Zero Degree: Steel Cloud
Conceptual Transformation Phases
Phase 1 2D Explosion Prototype
Phase 2 Extrusion
Before the formal architectural design, a series of conceptual and schematic ideas are built up to form the distinct language for the latter specific skyscraper design. In this process, essential movement and form are extracted from the original hand drawing. Then, more explorations of materials, strucWtures, spaces are applied to the modeling progress. The main objects are changing spatial perspectives of the positive, zero and the negative degrees.
Phase 3 3D Evolvement ZERO DEGREE
Phase 4 Extension & Specification
POSITIVE DEGREE
NEGATIVE DEGREE
Phase 5 Construction
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Zero Degree: Steel Cloud
Residential Complex | Horizontal Skyscraper | Transformative Exploration
Site Analysis The site is located in mid-town St. Louis at 3700 Forest Park Ave in the newly developed City Foundry STL with various local food halls, commercial and event spaces and entertainment facilities. The Horizontal Skyscraper is a destination to new cultural and social scene in St. Louis by becoming an urban regenerator that connects the fragmented city into a dynamic center. This is an urban marker and a threshold to the heart of mid-town St. Louis between Central West End and Grand Center.
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Zero Degree: Steel Cloud
Residential Complex | Horizontal Skyscraper | Transformative Exploration
Conceptual Transformation Phases
A View from the Highway Looking at the Southern Facade
Program Distribution
The Horizontal Skyscraper programs are commercial retailing, communal rec center, parking, condominiums and apartments.
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Residential Complex | Horizontal Skyscraper | Transformative Exploration When people driving on the lifted highway, they experience the transitional perspectives of the complex. At first, they see the shorter facade that contains the four storeys of parking at the bottom, the vertical traffic core, and the lifted residences. Afterwards, they see some diagonal-placed volumes that hold communal spaces and activities, including some exterior ramps and structures. On the Nineth Floor, there are 27 residential units, including 9 studio units, 9 1B1B units, and 9 2B2B units. 5 Atriums are placed through the whole building for natural light and ventilation. Some public spaces, like gym, swimming pools, an outdoor courtyard, lounges, and cafe bars, are surrounding these units for service anytime. Northern Facade
View from a driver on the highway
Ground Floor Plan At the bottom of the residential complex, there are four storeys of parking areas for the residents and the visitors, enclosing a central courtyard. 7 vertical traffic cores going up lead people to the upper programs. There are 135 parking spots on each floor, and 540 in total.
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Residential Complex | Horizontal Skyscraper | Transformative Exploration
Zero Degree: Steel Cloud 1
Art Gallery
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Public Education
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Machinery Room
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Residential units
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Immersive Dining Hall
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Flow Experience Ramp
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Vertical Traffic Core
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Central Open-air Courtyard
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Parking Lot
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Transverse Section
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Zero Degree: Steel Cloud
Residential Complex | Horizontal Skyscraper | Transformative Exploration
View from residents standing by the atrium and looking up to the theater and the steel- mesh structure.
View from visitors standing on the 4th floor of the parking lot and framing the open-air central courtyard.
12th Floor Plan
Longitudinal Section 14
The premise of this project is to produce a cutting-edge complex that break the boundaries of conventional and modern architecture, discovering the constantly evolving spatial logic. Zero Degree: Steel Cloud
Residential Complex | Horizontal Skyscraper | Transformative Exploration
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A Montessori School
Space and Learning in Contemporary Elementary Education Spring 2021 Location: Chicago, IL
The design of a Montessori school focuses on designing the contemporary elementary education where the children learn by doing it themselves. They are guided to learn that is self-chosen and founded upon individual interest [leads to] the development of a complete human being, oriented to the environment, and adapted to his or her time, place and culture. The project is progressing within two phases: the first is the carving the classroom, focusing on the abstract cubical space with greenhouse for kids at various ages. The second phase focuses on the aggregation of the five classrooms with a communal piazza and the topo and layout of the scenery landscape.
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A Montessori School
Space and Learning in Contemporary Elementary Education
Project 1: Carving the Classroom – Abstract CUBE
Final Attempt: Interior
Final Attempt: Exterior
“Learning by doing it oneself, learning that is self-chosen and founded upon individual interest [leads to] the development of a complete human being, oriented to the environment, and adapted to his or her time, place and culture.” – Maria Montessori
Attempt 1
Attempt 2
Attempt 3
The Montessori classroom is constructed by carving and repositioning the given half-cube mass within the given cubic interior void. The classroom is occupied by 24 students, aged 5 to 6, and two teachers. There are six key components of the Montessori classroom or environment, as defined by Maria Montessori,
Freedom, structure and order, reality and nature, beauty, and an atmosphere that encourages a positive and spontaneous response to life, the montessori equipment, community life, the froebel geometries, the primary spatial types.
Starting with Space To begin with, a cubic interior void measuring 33 feet x 33 feet x 33 feet is experimented. The edges of this cubic interior void are to be aligned with the cardinal directions. Sunlight can strike the cubic interior void on its east, south and upper/top surfaces; no sunlight strikes the west, north and lower/bottom surfaces of the cubic interior void. As the interior definition of the program, Adrian Stokes is referenced: When conceiving and designing architectural space, it may be more appropriate to carve (subtractive) than to model (additive).
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Space and Learning in Contemporary Elementary Education
Project 2: Etching the Earth – Concrete DATUM Art + Architecture At its beginning, Modernism was understood by its exponents to span, integrate and engage all the arts. Yet this pattern of relation and influence of painting and architecture was largely lost in both the typical implementations and canonical interpretations of Moder n architecture in the latter half of the 20th centur y, and today this tradition is almost entirely forgotten even as it is being edited out of new histories of Modern architecture. Project 2 is an effort to bring this tradition of the activated planes of painting inspiring the inhabited surfaces of architecture back into focus, and to re-engage the tradition where concepts of space, order and perception originating in Modern painting have been engaged in the design of Modern architecture. Inspired by the painting, the design engages and inhabit the entire surface of the given Datum plane with the given program of the Montessori School.
Northwestern Aeriel View
Linear exterior entry, with benches for rest, leads the kids from the bus station to the communal piazza.
Conceptual Top View Following the original physical condition, the topog raphy of the whole site is a slight slope g oing down from west to east. To be specific, the grassland and playground of each classroom is also gradually lowered so that the water at the southmost can be g athered to the polyporous pond system in the southeaster n cor ner. Meanwhile, because young er kids have the higher grasslands, they can have the same level eye contact with older kids even though they are shorter.
Southeastern Aeriel View
Five classrooms each has its own outdoor grassland where kids take care of their plants and have fun. They have a public pond and a forest.
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Space and Learning in Contemporary Elementary Education
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1 Interior Greenhouse 2 Main Entry 3 Princiipal Office 4 Closet & Restroom 5 Piazza 6 3-4 Year Old Classroom 7 5-6 Year Old Classroom 8 7-8 Year Old Classroom 9 9-10 Year Old Classroom 10 10-11 Year Old Classroom 11 Pond
1 Teachers' Office 2 Lifted Greenhouse 3 Library
Ground Floor Plan 1‘-0" = 1/8"
View from the 5-6-year-Old Kid Classroom There are 12 mats (2' x 4') here and 3 tables (3' x 6') on the upper space.
Second Floor Plan 1‘-0" = 1/8"
View from the Communal Piazza
Each classroom has a front porch for kids to do their own work and be observed by other younger kids coming by.
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Structure Section Perspective 1-1
Classroom View: Looking from Table Space to the Lower Mat Space
Built- in tables and bookshelves provide kids organized study mode while the mat space can be occupied randomly.
Northwestern Aeriel View: Looking at the Piazza
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Structure Section Perspective 2-2
Structure Section Perspective 3-3
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Each classroom is a zig-zag volume in section.The library of each classroom is sitting on the mat room of other ajacent classroom while still leaving some skylight openings.
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The Rebirth of Samara House
Point Cloud| Rebath, Rebirth | Heritage HABS Documentation Fall 2020 Location: Lafayette, In
Samara, also known as the John E. Christian House, is a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The home is an example of the Usonian homes that Wright designed. This project researches and redraws the integral building condition and the details Wright conceived as well. After that, new architectural spaces of new programs are brought up to give Samara rebirth.
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The Rebirth of Samara House: Research Phase
The house was built to entertain the family's college students; the living room was designed for 50 people. It featured a long couch and room for sitting on the stairs.
SAMARA HOUSE PLAN
SITE PLAN
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The Rebirth of Samara House: Research Phase
ENTRANCE GATE
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
UP: ROOF DECORATION (SECTION, ELEVATION, PLAN) DOWN: ENTRANCE GATE (PLAN, AXON) RIGHT: STREET LIGHT (AXON EXPLOTION, AXON)
Chimney
UP: STREET LIGHT (PLAN, BOTTOM PLAN, ELEVATION, SECTION) DOWN: ENTRANCE GATE (ELEVATION A, ELEVATION B)
18*24 Flue Tile
13'-6 3/4"
AC Machine Cabinet
Wood Interior Wall
Flashing
Shower Head
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
Damper Roof Surface
9'-9 1/2"
Top Roof
8'-9 3/4"
Bottom Roof
6'-7 3/4"
Closet
2*2 Tile
Fire Brick
Bathtub
Entrance
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Living Room
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Section A-A Scale: 1/4"=1'
INTERIOR POINT CLOUD MODEL LOOKING TOWARDS THE FIRE PLACE
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SECTION B-B AXON
The color palette of furniture and design details is brighter and more saturated than other examples of Wright's architecture. This was prompted by Kay Christian who requested brighter colors against Wright's wishes. The result was a palette of vibrant lime green, magenta, and purple combined with more subdued shades of orange, yellow, and beige.
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
GUEST BEDROOM
SECTION C-C
2nd ROOF LVL 1st ROOF LVL
INTERIOR MODEL LOOKING FROM THE DINING TABLE TO THE LIVING ROOM
DINING RM LVL PATIO SLAB LVL
TUDENT VERSION
POINT CLOUD MODEL REPRESENTATION
SECTION D-D
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2'
1'-6"
11" SURVEY NO.
IN-247
SURVEY NO.
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HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY SHEET 0 OF 0 SHEETS
HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY SHEET 0 OF 0 SHEETS
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INDEX NUMBER
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1 / 8'' FONTS SACLE
IN-247
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INDEX NUMBER
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
1 / 10 SACLE
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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1'-2''
1301 WOODLAND AVENUE
ROCK BENCH AXON
3"
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ROCK BENCH (PLAN, ELEVATION, AXON) EXTERIOR ELEVATION 4'
2.8"
9.6"
0.08"
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MOTIF LIGHTING
MOTIF WOOD WINDOW
SECTION 1
INTERIOR ELEVATION
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INTERIOR ELEVATION
EXTERIOR ELEVATION
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MOTIF WOOD WINDOW (FRONT, SECTION1, SECTION2)
Grey Gap Red- Color Brick
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White- Color Cement
5'-9" SECTION 2
WALL DETAIL
SECTION 2
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ROCK BENCH POINT CLOUD MODEL - URBAN CONTEXT
MOTIF LIGHTING
MOTIF WINDOW
SAMARA MOTIF: Chevron-shaped Leaves
POINT CLOUD MODEL - ENTRANCE VIEW
The Winged Seed As in many of the homes he designed, Wright specified or designed the entire environment, including the furniture, linens and landscaping. He worked a stylized design of chevron-shaped leaves throughout the design of the home including the clerestory windows, dining chairs and the living room rug. These designs, nicknamed The Winged Seed, are located on the perforated upper windows and were also used on the Bachman-Wilson Usonian home.
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
0.5"
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
5''
DRAWN BY: RUBO SUN
MOTIF LIGHTING
DRAWN BY:
ROCK BENCH ELEVATION
IF REPRODUCED, PLEASE CREDIT THE HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, NAME OF DELINEATOR, DATE OF DRAWING
ROCK BENCH PLAN
10'-9"
SAMARA
SAMARA
1'-11''
8'
1301 WOODLAND AVENUE
11''
5'-7"
TIPPECANOE COUNTY
INDIANA
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IF REPRODUCED, PLEASE CREDIT THE HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, NAME OF DELINEATOR, DATE OF DRAWING
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TIPPECANOE COUNTY
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WEST LAFAYETTE
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SAMARA Motif by Frank Lloyd Wright
WEST LAFAYETTE
'SAMARA' MOTIF DESIGN BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
INDIANA
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Samara House
Rebath, Rebirth
Carpet in Living Room
AXON EXPLOSION
Since people in this area do not have any swimming facilities, the ideas from the local bathing history to set up a small-scale natatorium came up, to attract visitors to stay, observe, and relax around the Samara House. To start with, the concept was originally extracted from the Winged Seed Motif of Samara House. The newly designed buiding is formulated by the direction of the Wright work and also the boundries of the entire site.
Line Drawing of the Carprt Pattern
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The Rebirth of Samara House: Design Phase
SCENERY ORIENTATION
PROGRAM DIAGRAM
VISITING FLOW
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I n - B e t w e e n: T h r e s h o l d
Amalgamated Dwelling| Edges of Privacy | Tropical Context Fall 2019 Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
This project is located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Since the climate there is tropical: hot, oppressive, windy, and partly cloudy, the design of this amalgamated dwelling is focused to decrease the sunlight heat, to allow the maximum ventilation, and to keep the residents' privacy in the meanwhile. Based on that, a new spatial concept: threshold, is created to solve all these problems. The in- between threshold is multiple-layered to prolong the distance for entering the unit, so that direct sunlight to the interior can be reduced, the experiences of the residents can be manifold, and the edges of privacy can be categorized. In this context, the unique units with layered- threshold and patios are amalgamated surrounding a central courtyard. The community then comes into being. 48
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Amalgamated Dwelling| Edges of Privacy | Tropical Context
Threshold Drawing Site Analysis The site is located in San Juan, which is a typical tropical city. The ventilation and sunshade are the considerable design elements. As the direct sunlight may trigger great heat, most residences here have cantilevered patios or roofs for sunshading. Besides, they use louvers instead of glass to prevent greenhouse effect.
To start with, the design is conceived from the threshold scale to the unit scale, and then to the aggregation scale. As for the threshold, an in-between space is called out between the communal walkway to the interior unit. In this image. The foreground is the Livingroom with a cozy couch. since the wood grille panel is closer, people sitting here can observe passersby though the holes of the grating door while hidden under the height of the solid panel. The mid-shot gives to the kitchen and the dining table. The cook can look outside while he is cooking. The background is the half door with sliding panels accumulated in the corners. That's the entry for this unit, which provide security but also invitation to their neighbors. The most far-away wood vertical hanging is defining a private phycological boundary for passersby, which indicates this is someone else's realm. 50
Amalgamated Dwelling| Edges of Privacy | Tropical Context
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View from the Half Wall to the Courtyard Typical Unit The typical unit has a kitchen, a dining room, and a living room in the middle, three bedrooms and a smaller rec room in the four corners. The darker the color of the floor tiles, the more private the space will be. The two rooms close to the walkway have voids in-between, which ensures privacy but also provides visual connection between passersby and residents to some extent. * Two units may share a void for ventilation.
Hidden in the shadows of the walkway, the unit owner readily sits on the half wall talking to their neighbors, watering the plants, and looking at the units on the other side of the courtyard. 52
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Amalgamated Dwelling| Edges of Privacy | Tropical Context
Site Plan
Ground Floor Plan
The programs of the ground floor are communal offices, and a bookstore, which sit in the southwestern and northeastern two corners. The two voids at the other two corners are the freely organized market. The site is located near a sightseeing road with giant trees on the both sides in San Juan. There are some residential , historical, governmental, cultural and commercial buildings in this area. The darker the blocks are, the privater this area will be, vice versa.
Besides, there is a main entry hall on the east side with a leasing office, mail boxes, and bike parking, and another residence entry in the southwestern building. Only residents have the key to these two entrances that allow them to go up. Also, there are two stairs attached to the inner walkways facing the central courtyard. 56
Typical Floor Plan The ground floor of the aggregation is zoned as commercial offices and a bookstore, while the other upper three floors are all zoned as residential. In the typical floor plan, there are 10 units in total, which can be divided into 5 various types. The four in the center share the step-back voids in pairs, while the two regular units in the east and west have their own open- air spaces in- between the walkways and the units themselves.
Layered, In-between Spaces
The four units with diagonal layouts in the corners, they vary from others for the need of ventilation from the courtyard to the outside air. But in general, they still embrace the same design logic as the other typical units, for instance, the central in- between transitional layered- spaces between the kitchen and the living room
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Amalgamated Dwelling| Edges of Privacy | Tropical Context
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Amalgamated Dwelling| Edges of Privacy | Tropical Context
Facade Detail: Layered Depth
Threshold
Stairs facing the inner courtyard leading residents going up Communal walkways with chatting neighbors and tropical plants Vertical elements above passersby demonstrate the edges of others' privacy In- between spaces before entering the unit Half-height walls with half doors and wood louvers for ventilation In- between spaces before the kitchen Grille Panel hides the kitchen, providing more privacy for cooking people
Here is the final threshold model of a typical unit. In the blurred foreground, there is a living room with dispersed couches and chairs. With double- layered screens, the in- between hallway seperates but also connects the living room with the dining room as well as the kitchen, which is shown in the mid-shot. The light penetrates through the louvers of the openings on the half wall and cast shadows on the interior walls and the sink. The half door is open to the walkway where neighbors can have a small chat with the owners. In the blurred background, the units and walkways on the other side of the central courtyard is shown.
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Aqua Mundo
Water Architecture| Natatorium Design | Urban Context Fall 2021 Location: St. Louis, MO
St. Louis has an intriguing history of water architecture. The bathhouse, in response to a lack of indoor plumbing and public health, gradually diminished inpopularity and use. More waterbased architecture springs out afterwards depending on the masses' social need. The history of water-based architecture featured by water associated history in St. Louis and examine the rule of today's aquatic architecture. The citizens in Saint Louis are to be "immersed" physically and mentally in this natatorium. The goal of the project is to engage human with nature through WATER, MATERIAL, and LIGHT. Besides, it is imperative to create such public space based on urban fabrics.
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Aquamundo
Water Architecture| Natatorium Design | Urban Context
World Water Facility Development History Analysis
Water Facility Mapping in St. Louis
St. Louis Water Facility History
Site Selection and Analysis
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LOBBY AND RECEPTION MEDITATION BATH HYDROMASSAGE LOCKERS SHOWERS EXTERIOR THEATER COMPETITION POOL KID POOL REC POOL
Aeriel View
The site is located at Saint Louis University South Campus, it is surrounded by the Chouteau Ave, the Ranken Ave, the Lasalle St, and the Virginia Ave. It is 359' long in the west east orientation and 250" in the north south direction. The entire size of the site is 89750 sqft. Currently it is a vacant grassland. On the west and east area, there are another two tiny green parks, while on the southern side, there lies the SLU Medical Center Stadium which is quite appropriate for swimming programs for general considerations.
Ground Floor Plan
1 ADMINISTRATION(STAFF) 2 KID ACTIVITY 3 CLINIC AND REST LAB 4 LOCKERS 5 STORAGE 6 EXTERIOR PATIO 7 SELF-SERVICE FOOD BAR 8 ATRIUM 9 SAUNA 10 CALDARIUM
Second Floor Plan
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Aquamundo
Water Architecture| Natatorium Design | Urban Context
1 LOCKERS 2 BOXING RING 3 OPEN GYM 4 RUNNING TRACK 5 GAMING CENTER 6 EXTERIOR PATIO BELOW 7 ATIRUM CORRIDOR 8 EXTERIOR GAZEBO 9 HOT BATH 10 THERAPY BATH
Temperature Transformation The swimming area on the lower topo is teeming with cool air, while the bathing area in the spiral circulation warm
Third Floor Plan 1 TABLE TENNIS ROOM 2 OVERHEAD SPACE OF THE BOXING RING 3 YOGA MAT 4 GAMING MACHINE 5 FIT FACILITY 6 WATER BAR 7 ATIRUM CORRIDOR 8 ROOF OF THE SWIMMING POOLS 9 TEPIDARIUM 10 SOLARIUM
Fourth Floor Plan
Interior view from a swimmer
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Aquamundo
Water Architecture| Natatorium Design | Urban Context
Section 2-2
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Aquamundo
In Spiral Circulation
Out of Spiral Circulation
View from the Aerobic Lab on the 4th floor Section 1-1
South Facade
East Facade
North Facade
West Facade
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Other Works 1 Zero from the Past
Fall 2018, Location: Beijing, China
Cities without cultural support are producing homogenous 'glassy boxs' across the whole globe. Since the implementation of reform and open policy, China, requiring rapid urban construction, had to copy western countries" design methodology, scientific techniques, spatial layout Such homogenization triggers a giant gap between architecture and Chinese culture. As the scandal goes, Beijing, teeming with chaotic glassy boxes, has become a capital architecture lab. However, Beijing has formed long-standing city fabric since several thousand years, which loads the masses" original memory. To illustrate, China is looking forward to having a high-rise engaged with its own cultural logic.Therefore, for this high-rise design, I sorted out the logic of Chinese culture in the urban and architectural fields from dynasties to today. I extracted the "nine-rectangle-grid" as the archetype, and under the background of "yin and yang" philosophy which best represents Chinese culture, the different functions of "nine-rectangle-grid" were defined by means of program coding, thus producing a High-rise projected from Chinese original cultural system.
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Other Works 2 Knight Templar Jupon
Fall 2020, Location: St. Louis, MO
3 Mangrove Rangers‘ Rec Center
Fall 2018, Location: Shenzhen, China
Architecture is a kind of creature. Mangrove- a creature needs conservation. Mangrove Guard- A creature devoted all themselves in saving mangrove. How could we manage the relationship among these three creatures? A new system showing the respect to these three creatures needs to be designed.
DIGITAL FABRICATION The Knight Templar Jupon has the concept from the spine of the mysterious dragon. Each unit of the 'spine' is modeled, lasercut, melted, formalized, and then cooled down. The joints between these units are modeled and 3D-print with holes in both ends. Afterwards, these units are connected by transluscent tubes and wires linearly and the linear pieces are connected by the white joints to form the entire system. This design tried to utilize human body as a site and create a unique language across other deciplines.
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Other Works 4 A vertical market GUYU CUP Award：Third Place
Other Works Fall 2018, Location: Changsha, China
5 A Radical Nightclub mutated from an Abandoned factory Winter 2018, Location: Los Angelas, CA
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Other Works
STONE PARAPET CAP ROOF MEBRANE INSULATION ROOF DECKING STAINLESS-STEEL PIN CONNECTION CONTINUES RHS RAILS FOR POLYCARBONATE CLADDING
6 A Commrcial Gymnasium
DLH STRUCTURAL STL JOIST STEEL ANGLE STEEL BEAM COVERED WITH CLT POLYCARBONATE CLADDING
Spring 2021, Location: St. Louis,MO
Advanced Building System
CONTINUOUS ANGLE BRACKET VERTICAL SUN SHADING STEEL FRAMING S275JR GALVANIZED STEEL METAL TUBULAR PROFILE OPERABLE GLASS WINDOW
RUBBER MAT FLOORING CONCRETE GROUND SLAB VAPOR BARRIER LINE OF FINR GRADE, SLOPE TO DRAIN SUBSOIL DRAINAGE PIPE
Years & Semester : 2020Fall
SOLAR ANALYSIS
Sun Path diagram
DEC 10 am
site plan
AXONOMETRIC OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 1/8”=1
FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1/8''=1'
SECOND FLOOR PLAN 1/8''=1'
wall section axo
wall section 3/4”=1’
SITE PLAN
Haokun Wang Yunxi Zhang,Wenfei Gu Naitian Tian ,Di Xiao
JUN 10 am
YearsSHADING & Semester : 2020Fall SOLAR ANALYSISSun Protection East&West
EAST FACADE SUN PROTECTION
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Haokun Wang, Yunxi Zhang,Wenfei Gu, Naitian Tian,Di Xiao
SUN PROTECTION
ROOF PLAN 1/8''=1'
DEC 12 pm
JUN 12 pm
DEC 15 pm
JUN 15 pm
VENTILATION ANALYSIS AND ENERGY SAVING ANALYSIS
Years & Semester : 2020Fall
Vantilation
Haokun Wang , Yunxi Zhang,Wenfei Gu, Naitian Tian ,Di Xiao
Years & Semester : 2020Fall
Active cliamate system
Haokun Wang, Yunxi Zhang,Wenfei Gu, Naitian Tian,Di Xiao
Natural shadow PV panel Motorized vents and skylites Polycarbonate board
Motorized vents
EAST FACADE
Enlarged section
WEST FACADE
Envelop(operable vents) can be used for the active climate system.
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Other Works 7 HOUSE 1014
Fall 2019, Location: Barcelona, Spain
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