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Rongli Chen Interior Design 2015-2019 Pratt Institute

CON TENTS

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Background Push cart Renders

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Innovation Meditation Walk

URBAN DWELLING

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THE MAGIC OFFICE

MOORE STREET MARKET

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Family st

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Research Information level

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Gallery Drawings

SELECTED STUDIES

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PRATT GALLERY

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BEDFORD LIBRARY

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Furniture exhibition Woodworking Orange analysis Working drawing

MOORE STREET MARKET

Entrance render

—— A community center

Background

User groups

Students nearby

New Yorker

Residents in 10 blocks

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Puerto Rican

Moore Street Market is one of Brooklyn’s oldest indoor markets, serving East Williamsburg and the surrounding neighborhoods for close to 70 years. It is also a cultural market, serving the Puerto Rican neighborhood over decades. As one of the most historical public market in New York, Moore street market is a place of interest that attracts visitors all over the world.Under the mission of multipurposes of Moore street market, the renovation takes consider of Moore street market as a local food serving market, a community place, a Puerto Rican cultural sharing place and a highlight of New York.

Site analysis

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NYCHA Buildings

Food court render

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Frame applications

Walk-in system

Food vender system

Theater entrance

Facade window

Facade entrance 2

POP-UP space

1. POP UP SPACE

Community gather space 2. COMMUNITY GATHER SPACE

Vender

3.VENDORS

Facilities

4.FACILITIES

Sitting area

5. SITTING AREA

BUSINESS HELP OFFICE

NYCHA OFFICE

Invited organizations

LATINO FILM FESTIVAL SCREENING

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TEENS CLUBS

WOOD SHOP

Office

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Section A

Section B

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Ground plan

Mezzanine plan

Push cart

Push cart advertisement poster

Back to decades ago, Moore street market origins from the push cart culture on graham avenue. It has been forgotten during the development of the market.

However, it is worth to renovate this unique tradition.

Not only because it is part of Moore’s history, but also it is a good opportunity to help small business, since the cost of a push cart is affordable. By providing a push cart assembled by oneself, Moore street market encourages small entrepreneurs to start their business in the market. At the same time, the pop up push cart market will ev` entually become a highlight and attractions to New Yorkers.

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Push cart advertising poster

Standing at the entrance, here users can have an overall diverse senses of various attractions. Finding good food, shopping pop-up, going to Moore theater, experiencing wood making or even go to office, please start your journey here!

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Interior entrance render

Food vendor

Walking vendor 8

THE MAGIC OFFICE

Walking meditation booth render

—— A mindfullness practice office

core competitiveness：

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prerequisite: GOOD MENTAL CONDITION NO ANXIETY, NO WORRY

MEDITATION prerequisite:

MAGICAL UNNOTICED/ offset work EXPERIENCE /SPACE

INNOVATION

Thesis statement Future office will require a magic design strategy to help emphasize and reveal one’s irreplaceable qualification—innovation. This project supports mindfulness practice that restores one’s mind and inspires innovation through repetitive patterns and spaces to attract one’s observation to present. The magic obscure and distractive moments allow one’s mental calmness and rest, which help them to reorganize from everyday life.

LEVER HOUSE : a rethink of contemporary office

Mental health service

Subway line

Location: 390 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York City.

Trees

Zoning

MINDFULLNESS PRACTICE (MP): MEDITATION Meditation is often known as mindfulness practice, typically defined as nonjudgmental attention to experiences in the present moment.

The patterned, repetitive activity help people to reconstruct and regulater the neural network.

Program sequence diagram

Meditation booth diagram

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PROGRAM: CO-WORKING WORK SPACE

PANTRY

SEAT

MEETING ROOM

OPEN OFFICE

OFFICE

WALKING MEDITATION

CLOSED MEDITATION

OPEN MEDITATION

Open office render

RECEPTION

ANIMATION

Material palette 11

Check out the experimental animation https://youtu.be/pFFrPNVkCng

Plan

Section A

Section B

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Closed meditation booth render

WALKING MEDIATATION

Formal

Casual

Repetitive pattern

Elevation A

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open meditation booth render

CLOSED MEDITATION

OPEN MEDITATION

ZIGZAG

View changes

Elevation C Elevation B

ZIGZAG

View limitation

Elevation C

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URBAN DWELLING

Axonometry

—— A transformable dwelling

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Family story Grandpa: He is retired from Government Officer. He is very strict to his son, when his son is young, which makes estrangement between them. However, he plays a role to weave the family together and make the it cozy and relax to the youth. He is obsessed with cooking after retiring. He travels around the world to collect the kitchenware and learn various cuisines.

Father: A successful lawyer, a well-known person. He is very busy. He spend most of his free time to gardening, which is a way to relax himself from the high-speed and intensive work. Because of his father’s good cooking. He invites his friend to his home on every Saturday night. Friends love the view facing to the brooklyn bridge and his father’s Ukulele.

Wife: She is an illustrator. She works freetime whenever needed. She is quiet most of the time.

However, she will argue with her husband about the cleaning. She is a little bit lazy, on the contrast, her husband has mysophobia.

Child: He is naughty. He is fond of talking and playing outdoor games.

Family dynamic diagram

Cooking (weekend)

Cooking (weekday)

Playing games

Circulation

Sleeping

Concept at a glance WEAVING Grandpa plays a role to weave the family together.

DOUBLE HEIGHT SPACE Through double height space to generate the program weaving and make visual weaving.

SLIDING SYSTEM The system provides a flexible spatial partition, allowing family numbers to open space, at the same time have intimacy.

Concept model

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Dining render

Material palette 1. WALL WITH HAY TEXTURE 2.BLACK METAL FRAME 3.GLASS 4.GRID GLASS 5.CHERRY 6.MARBLE 7.LEATHER 8.STONE 9.OAK

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Family happy hours

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Connected living room and master bedroom

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Close space

Concept

Open space

Spending time and playing with families is significant for both parents and children. However, having a big living room is luxurious in city like New York.

A transformable sliding partition system can solve this challenge. Maximizing usage of each square footage to meet the diverse need of each family member at different time of a day.

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Furniture palette

Living room render

Section C First floor plan Section B

Second floor plan

Vision transition Section A

With multiple double height spaces, those generate a space where allow wider and three-dimensional vision transition throughout the space. Within this design, family members will feel more connected to each other.

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BEDFORD LIBRARY RESEARCH —— Aemature&furniture

Seat position: balance

Movement diagram

Seating movement

Privacy overlap

Groupworl overlap

Initial furniture concept No matter how much the techonology influence the library’s function and new media infux in, Library is a place to read and allows reader a shor while to live in another world. However,The strangers around you and unexpected eye connection make people feel uncomfortable. An appropriate armature could ameliorate the situation, and create their own world.

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Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

The chair To find a way that is most comfortable and feel secure to you is the main goal of the design. With 3 flexible joints, The chair allows user to pick a way to seat on, depending on various needs and mood.

The movement of the chair follows the body construct to make you more relax.

The different statuses also functions as a define of your ownn area, which provided more privacy.

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BEDFORD LIBRARY —— Folding, tilting, interacting

Existing interior

Reading area render

Function

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Material

Neighborhood mapping

Information level & direction

Reading: information absorb

Semi-public

Communicating: information generated Public

Stair render

Private

Circulation moving: information connected

Information level application

Semi reading station

Private reading station

Open conversation table Private reading station Open conversation table

Private reading station

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GALLERY SPACE —— Doppler effect

Inspiration Inspired by an interesting phenomenon of sound: dop¬pler effect, the Pratt studio lobby is divided into four functional areas, each with a sequence. The overall spatial strategy is cohesive, each zone has its unique experience when users enter through. As circulation going on, what happens in the space will subtly change.

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Sound reflection water wave reflection information display experimental seating

Phenomenal diagram

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FURNITURE EXHIBITION —— THEN WHAT?

THEN WHAT WHAT DOES FURNITURE MEAN IN YOUR LIFE?

Elevation A

Elevation B

“A chair is only finished when someone sits in it . ” Why do we always need a new chair?

Spatial diagram

Elevation C

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What is left beyond A furniture ?

WOODWORKING PRACTICE —— CHINESE CABINET

Woodworking Through the woodworking practice, I realize it is more than making a product base on a drawing. Each wood piece has its own identity. How to represent it best is a skill that I’ve never considered. The final piece took more effort than I imagine, however, the effect is better than the initial drawing.

Woodworking is about to make relationship to wood piece and meet surprise through

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In order to understand orange better, I sliced it both longitudinally and latitudinally and at the same time documented them carefully.

After the documentation, I found the centripetal system of orange. The process of studying a fruit helps me understand objects better. It influences me till now and let me know the importance of observation and documentation.

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Study diagram

Orange system

Latitudinal cut

Longitudinal cut

ORANGE ANALYSIS

WORKING DRAWING PRACTICE PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Ceiling details RCP INT415-01 Plumbing diagram Rongli Chen Door types Partition types etc...

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274 36th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232,USA

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REFLECTED CEILING PLAN PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

DATE:

SEAL & SIGNATURE

PROJECT No: DRAWING BY:

Rongli Chen

INDUSTRIAL CITY

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INT415-01 Rongli Chen

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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

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Provide layers each side of 5/8" type 'X' fire resistant gyp.bd. as indicated.

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Partition Type 1 & 1a 3"=1'-0" 1 Provide 2 1/2" metal studs; 16"OC; full height with 5/8" gyp.bd. both sides

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gyp. bd. laminated as req'd to existing structure for alignments indicated.

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Provide full hgt. sound attenuating bats.

Partition Type 3 DRAWING BY: Rongli Chen4 Non- bearing: 2hr rated; insulated 3"=1'-0" CHECKED BY: CL N/A

SCALE: Provide 2hr. rated partition with 2 1/2 " metal studs; 16" OC; full height with 2 layers of 5/8" type "X"(fire resistant) gyp. bd. both sides. Provide full ght. sound attenuating bats, To match bidg standard; aligned to existing as req'd.

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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

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Provide sound batts as noted partition type 1a on plan

Partition Type 2 1 Hr. Rated

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Provide 2 1/2 metal studs; 16" OC; full height with 5/8" TYPE "X". bd. both sides. Typical.

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1a Provide 2 1/2" metal studs; 16"OC; full height with 5/8" gyp.bd. both sides.

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Provide top track for layouts shown. typ

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Provide metal studs as spec'd

Provide metal studs as spec'd Provide bottom track for layouts shown. typ

Provide 2hr. rated partition with 2 1/2 " metal studs; 16" OC; full height with 2 layers of 5/8" type "X"(fire resistant) gyp. bd. both sides. Provide full ght. sound attenuating bats, To match bidg standard; aligned to existing as req'd.

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Provide 1 layer gyp. bd. laminated as req'd to existing structure for alignments indicated.

Provide 1 layer gyp. bd. laminated as req'd to existing structure for alignments indicated.

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Provide new laminated gyp.db. over existing for alignments indicated. Provide structure as required. Provide structure as required. To have smooth and flush surface and match adjacent.

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Partition Type 5 Furred Out

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3"=1'-0"

Provide new one sided partition, with metal studs and 5 8" gyp.bd. one side for alignments indicated.

To be full height. To have smooth and flush surface and match and align with adjacent.

Provide enclosed bottom track as req'd.

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Partition Type 6 Chase

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3"=1'-0"

Provide new one sided partition, with metal studs and 5 8" gyp.bd. one side for alignments indicated.

To be full height. To have smooth and flush surface and match and align with adjacent.

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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

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Partition Type 1 & 1a 3"=1'-0" 1 Provide 2 1/2" metal studs; 16"OC; full height with 5/8" gyp.bd. both sides

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Provide metal studs as spec'd

Partition Type 2 shown

Provide 5 8" gyp.bd.as required

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Partition Type 1a shown

Provide layers each side of 5/8" type 'X' fire resistant gyp.bd. as indicated.

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Partition Type 4 Glass Partition

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Provide new laminated tempered glass partition with 5/8" Type "X" glass panel. To be full hgt. To match bldg standard; aligned to existing as req'd.To match and align with adjacent.

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