PORTFOLIO of SHANFEI LIANG
Master of Architecture, University of California, Los Angeles
CONTENTS GUADUATE PROJECTS 01
Permeating City Cybervillage in Future Urbanism
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Living Gear Micro Living ( Projection Mapping )
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Ripples,Dunes and Trigons Robotic Cartography - Scale Up!
UNDERGUADUATE PROJECTS 36
Connecting the Villagers Urban Renovation of Beiting Village
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Rebuilding the Bamboo Tube Houses Artists Colony in Historical Blocks of Xiguan
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Embracing the Hall Theater Design in Guangzhou Development District
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Moving the Facade Study of Computer Technology and Mechanical Engineering in Architecture
Permeating City
Cybervillage in Future Urbanism March- Jun 2016 UCLA.AUD Studio ( Winter & Spring Quarter ) Tutor: Craig HODGETTS, Marta NOWAK Partner: Qiyue ZHANG,Yao XIAO, Role: Concept, Diagrams, Models, Renderings In the modern city, the residential part always occupied the largest part of the city. The other part of city are distributed among the residential. Our citizens had to spend plenty of time in traffic. We envision that the master plan for an ideal 21st century community, based on our research of past and present trends. There is no residential area existing in the future city, replacing the outmoded models now employed throughout the world. 1
CONCEPT This project redistributes these residential areas to the whole city, in the form of wall, to fully permeate through the whole city. The permeating progress is not only happened in the residential and the rest of the city, but also the public programs themselves. In this city, the wall combines the residential and main traffic system of the city. People live in the wall and walk on the top of the wall, and finally the wall become the main figure of the city in the future city.
RESIDENTIAL AREA
GRID
PRE-CALCULATION
TRADITIONAL
PERMEATING
PERMEATING
PERMEATING CITY
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CONCEPT MODEL The strings (residential) and staples (public functions) represented the concept of the Premeating City.
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Step 1
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B BC ACD/BCD TRAFFIC LIVING UNITS
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CORE TRAFFIC AND HALL
AB/AC/AD/BC/BD COMPLEX FUNCTIONS PUBLIC FUNCTIONS
When more programs added, more permeating parts are created. And then the permeating parts will have new programs in it. The three permeating part will become the traffic and living part. And the four permeating part will become the core of the grid to serve as the traffic centre
and residential hall. All the programs including the original programs and the new permeating programs are developing around the core ( “ABCD” ), our residents live in the wall can satisfy their need by nearest permeating programs.
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BLOCK OF PERMEATING CITY
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FLOOR PLAN
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VERTICAL GARDEN
STRUCTURE
WATER PIPES PLANT UNITS
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ROOFTOP TRAFFIC
RESIDENTIAL TOWER
EXTENDED GREY SPACE
CORE TOWER
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RESIDENTIAL
SHARE BALCONY
SINGLE UNIT
FAMILY UNIT
FAMILY UNIT
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SINGLE UNIT
PERMEATING
TYPICAL UNIT PLAN 01
PERMEATING
TYPICAL UNIT PLAN 02
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Living Gear MICRO.LIVING ( Projection Mapping) Jan- Mar 2016 UCLA.AUD Tech Seminar ( Winter Quarter ) Tutor: Marta NOWAK Partner: Simon ZHANG,Yao XIAO,Hsiao Chun YANG Role:Diagrams, Models, Renderings, Video The link for the Video: https://vimeo.com/161984059/
The seminar investigates the nature of the micro-living—the interior space of a mobile, singl or a micro apartment with all aspects considered including furniture, lighting, environment, an through a series of full scale immersive environment prototypes. The seminar focuses on the und of architecture as an extension of human body and domestic activities that have an impact configurations, spatial relationships, ergonomics, efficiency of space and atmosphere.
We implemented the three-axis milling machine at IDEAS to build a series of plug-in component their interior proposals within the given envelope. In the second part, through a series of abstract we developed projection techniques and simulations that would allow a viewer to experience t environment of the living space.
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le dwelling nd media— derstanding t on layout
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TECHNIQUE
PROJECTION MAPPING is a projection technology used to turn objects, often irregularly shaped, into a display surface for video projection.
GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATION
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Physical Model
BodyScale Testing 15
1:1 PROJECTION MAPPING MOCK-UP
INTERIOR COMPONENT A&B
Here shows the transformaiton of geometry. Here we designed an sector overlapping system to organize all functions of the micro-living space. By squeezing and extracting all of the sector with furnitures and household appliances filed inside around the center point. The Living Gear could recombine into different spaces to meet the host’s requirement.
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Shrinking Position
Streching Position
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DETAILED SECTION A
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DETAILED SECTION B
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PROGRAMME In order to investigate the possibilities of the nature of the micro-living—the interior space of a mobile, single dwelling including furniture, lighting, environment, we designed a compact space with different programs which can meet the need for the personally living.
Skylig ht
An Inductive Entrance #1 | Stair
A Maltifunctional Machine To Live #3 | Shower
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Skylig ht
A Private Space To Chat#2 | Living
A Design Of Measure For Human Body #4 | Kitchen
THE MOCK-UP LIVE SHOW Here are the screenshots of the final live-show for the Living-gear Porject. In this project, the actress performed on the mock-up to show all the activities played in the living gear. Thanks to the projection mapping technology, the audiences can have a more visual way to feel the project.
An Inductive Entrance #1 | Stair
A Maltifunctional Machine To Live #3 | Shower
A Private Space To Chat#2 | Living
A Design Of Measure For Human Body #4 | Kitchen
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Ripples, Dunes and Trigons ROBOTIC CARTOGRAPHY - SCALE UP!
August- September 2015 UCLA AUD Summer Studio and Technology Seminar Tutor: Julia KOERNER, Marta NOWAK, Natasha BAJC, Eui- Sung YI, Peter VIKAR Partner: Jorel SANCHEZ, Cagdas DELEN, Tsung Yen HSIEH Role: Concept, Diagrams, Models and Renderings* In the Summer Session, Students in the Technology Seminar - Robotic Cartography and the Studio - SCALE UP!,investigate emergent technologies including 3D scanning, robotic video capturing and digital analysis of natural arte\ifacts on a micro and macro scale.
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SYSTEM
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TRIGON SYSTEM INTERFERENCE
Trigons
Growth Step - 01
Growth Step - 02
Growth Step - 03
Growth Step - 04
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System Set 01 Dunes
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System Set 02 Dunes
System
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Trigons
Growth Step - 01
Growth Step - 02
Growth Step - 03
Growth Step - 04
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System Set 03 Dunes
Trigons
System Set 04 Dunes
Trigons
System Set 05 Dunes
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PHASES
PH AS E1
PH AS E2
PH AS E3
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PH AS E4
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VOLUME RESEARCH
TRIGON
TRIGON SYSTEM
SAND MESH
ADAPTATION & VOLUMETRIC INTERFERENCE
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GROWING TRIGON SY
DUNES
ADAPTATION & VOLUM INTERFERENCE 2
YSTEM SECTION A
SECTION B
VOLUMETRIC INNER INTERFERENCE
SECTION C
METRIC SECTION D
VOLUMETRIC INNER TO DUNES
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Connecting the Villagers Urban Renovation of Beiting Village
June- July 2014 Guangzhou University-University of Auckland Joint Urban Design Studio Tutor: Prof.Manfredo MANFREDINI Partner: Weimin CHEN, Suihao ZHEN Role: Concept, Diagrams, Models and Renderings* This project is focusing on some social issues in CHINA and respond to them by using architectural strategies.The rapid development of CHINA has left some urban problem. Urban village is one of them. The “Greening Village� project is an attempt to increasing the communication of urban village by a greening system. Villagers can communicate with each other when they sell the food grown by themselves.
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LOCATION
The site is the Beiting Village, which is situated in Xiaoguwei Island - Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center.
Guangzhou Tower
Site
SITE ANALYSIS OF THE VILLAGE The site is the Beiting Village, which is situated in Xiaoguwei Island - Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center. Beiting Village is one of the historic villages remaining in the island after ten universities moving to Xiaoguwei Island in 1995, Beiting Village became the 4 remaining villages in the island. And it also transforms from the village to “village in city"
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RESIDENCES
COMMERCE
MARKET
CULTURAL RELICS
SERVICE
ROAD
BIG TREES
PARKING LOT
GATERING SPACE
LANDSCAPE
The mountain in the centre of the village, that separate the village into two different part. After the disappearance of the center market in 1995, the locals lacked the gathering space for them the communication, and then acceleratesd the division of the village.
PROBLEM 1 A lot of places are provided for the villagers to rest in the village. But with its poor conditions, they do not want to stay in these places.
PROBLEM 2
Due to the lack of communication activities concerned for the people, most of them can only stay in front of the houses.
PROBLEM 3 What is worse, the mountain in the centre of the village, that separates the village into two different parts, accelerates the division of the village.
STRATEGY
What the village need most is not only to hava a place to chat and take activities but also encourage them to. Our strategy is to redesign a traditional market in the middle of the mountains to connect these two part of the village as the traditional market. Meanwhile, we also create some veritcal farming on the facade of their houses. 39
CONCEPT
To design a Greening System connecting the whole village, it is not only to give the consideration of architecture but also of the economics.
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CONSTRUCTION PROCESS IN THE FUTURE
This greening system is including two important parts: one of it is the center market which will become the biggest gathering space of the village. And the rest of the renovation of the existing residences of the village, will become the important product resource of the center market.
The center market develops based on the original market between two hills
The vertical farming on the facade of residences in the village develops along the main road and spreads to the whole village.
The two parts of the system are relatively independent, which are not synchronous. Their development are depending on the villagers. 41
MARKET BETWEEN THE HILLS
The market is built in the mountain and fit as a part of the mountain scenery.The tunnel underneath links south and north sides, increasing the communication between the two sides, which is a local longterm problem.The resident transporting their home-grown product to the market to sale, increasing the chances for resident to communicate to one another.
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PLANTING IN MARKET
The frame over the market is potentially made for planting such as grape, any kind of melon. Based on such design, this project is not only for selling product but also for planting.
SOILLESS PLANTING
TRADITIONAL PLANTING
SELLING IN MARKET
On one hand, the tunnel underneath links south and north sides, increasing the communication between the two sides, which is a local long-term problem. On the other hand, resident transporting their home-grown product to the market to sale, increasing the chances for resident to communicate to one another.
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Rebuilding the Bamboo Tube Houses Artists Colony in Historical Blocks of Xiguan September - December 2012 Academic Design Work Tutor: Wei WU Independent Work In this studio, all students were required to design a building in historical blocks in Xiguan (literally “West Barrier”) — one of the cradle lands of Lingnan culture. The West Barrier culture is one of the cornerstones of Guangfu culture. Considering the special cultural background, I’d like to appeal to the context of this project. When I analyzed the site and the local life, I found that the Bamboo Tube Houses, as a type of traditional residence, have become a very important part of the locals’ lives. This is where this project started.
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LOCATION
The city of Guangzhou has a history of 2000 years, with its humble beginning as the center of surrounding fishing villages. At the end of 14th AC, Guangzhou started to become the only port from which merchants from all over the world traded with the Chinese.Later in 19th AC, with the British Troops invading the mainland, the role of the port was strengthened. The site of my project is exactly where the port was — Xiguan (literally “West Barrier”) . The residences and the context of the block are the relics of the West Barrier history.
XIGUAN
This project is located on the famous Duobao (literally “many treasures”) Road within “West Barrier” District. The south of the site is the Changhua (literally “Prosperous and Magnificent”) creek, one of the key segments of Lychee Bay River. The Bamboo Tube Houses are buildings indigenous to the surrounding area.
BAMBOO TUBE HOUSES IN XIGUAN Zhu Tong (Bamboo Tube) Houses are traditional houses that are common in Xigaun districts of Guangzhou City. They are relatively cruder and narrower than a West Barrier house. The width of this type of house is short and the depth is long; the W/L ratio varies from 1:4 to 1:8. The rooms are arranged from the front to the back with skylights as intervals and thus resembling the shape of a bamboo tube. Due to the shortage of land, buildings are packed and developed vertically, taking up only small surface area on the streets. The elongated, flat bamboo houses in the West Barrier District linked to the overall layout of the streets, and together they formed a special urban context.
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LIGHT COURT OF BAMBOO TUBE HOUSES The rooms of Bamboo Tube Houses are arranged from the front to the back with skylights as intervals that resembling the shape of a bamboo tube. Ventilation, drainage and traffic are mainly dependent on the skylights and the roadway. Thus, the light court effectively solved the internal ventilation and lighting problems. This is why the Bamboo Tube Houses have become the most common types of residences in Lingnan region. LIGHT COURT
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LIGHT COURT OF BAMBOO TUBE HOUSES
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OPTIMIZATION：STAIR DESIGN IN BAMBOO TUBE HOUSES T R A D I T I O N
Dark Stair In Banboo Tube Houses
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A D VA N TA G E S : S TA I R O U T S I D E B A M B O O T U B E
SPACE
Moving the staircase outside can reduce the traffic area of the Bamboo Tube Houses, increasing the utilization rate of the interiors of the Houses.
CONNECTION
Placing the staircase between two Tube Houses can strengthen the connection between the interiors of the Houses.
SUNLIGHT
The external staircase can fundamentally solve the problem of lacking natural daylight in a vertical space, which has long bothered the Bamboo Tube House residents.
*ORIGINAL photo of LIGHT COURT OF BAMBOO TUBE HOUSE from Internet
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COMMUNICATION
The external staircase can improve the communication among the inhabitants of the two connected Tube Houses.
LIGHT COURT DESIGN OF ARTISTS COLONY 1
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THEATRE of Cantonese Opera
CAFE in bookstore
BOOKSTORE is also Comunity library
of Contemporary Art
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EXBITION of Xianguan Culture and Arts
STUDIOs
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REMAINING BUILDING as part of landscape
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STUDIOs
EXTRUSION
Extrude the module according to the terrain
of Contemporary Art
O P E N - A I R
DECOMPOSITION
Decompose the module into Bamboo Tune House -sized sections
LANE
Divide according to existing streets
COURTYARD
Recede some sections to form courtyards
REIVERBANK STREET
Recede the ground level of the building to form riverside
LIGHT COURT
Add the light courts into building
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1. Two-layers studio 2. Studio of Cantonese Enamel 3. Studio of Cantonese Embroidery 4. Bookstore 5. Exhibition 6. Studio of Cantonese Carving 7. Sunken plaza 8. Cantonese Opera Theatre 9. Souvenir shop 10.-16. Studio 17. Bookstore 18. Cafe 19. Dressing room 20.-21. Rehearsal 21.-24. Studio
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Embracing the Hall Theater Design in Guangzhou Development District March- June 2014 Academic Design Work Tutor: Xue LI, Linqiang GU Partner: Weimin CHEN Role: Concept, Diagrams, Models and Renderings The traditional function of a theater is usually relatively singular, causing high costs of construction and daily operation but low utilization rate. This project attempts to combine various community (or user) activities and theater functions. On one hand it supplements the lack of community services within the district, and on the other hand it draws people to the structure in order to improve community living and increase the utilization rate of the theater.
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LOCATION
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This project is located in Hong Guang Road, the eastern Luo Gang District of Guangzhou City. The current infrastructure within the perimeter lacks community services.
A traditional single-function theater with no other auxiliary functions and fails to attract other users, resulting in high operating costs and low utilization.
THEATRE SPACE
It provides too few service functions of the community to meet the needs of people’s daily and social lives. But adding a social function area that houses activities such as extreme sports, an alfresco cinema, etc., can help enrich lives and provide the community with a recreational venue.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES SPACES
TWO KINDS OF SPACE IN SITE PLAN
Theatre space in site plan
Social activities spaces are distributed in site plan *ORIGINAL photos in this page are all from Internet.The Diagram are done by author.
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THE STRATEGY OF THEATRE
TRADITIONAL THEATRE
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THE CONCEPT OF THEATRE PHASE 1
PHASE 2
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Step3 Producers: Shanfei Liang, Weimin Chen
DIAGRAM OF PROCESSING
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FLOAT
INFLATE
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LIGHT AND SHADOW
PHOTO OF MODEL INDOOR
PHOTO OF MODEL INDOOR
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ROOF GARDEN
DANCE STUDIO
PROJECTION ROOM
GARAGE
Producers: Shanfei Liang, Weimin Chen
SURROUNDINGS
ELEVATION
DISTORTION
Different modules are arranged around the theater to strengthen the connection between the public activities region and the theatre region. 60
An elevated module can provide shade to cool the interior in the hot summer, while helping to gather traffic.
A distorted mo continuous space th levels, increasing p of space.
odule creates a hat flows on different people's experience
DRESSING ROOM
DRESSING ROOM
DIFFERENT PLANES
ROOF GARDEN
The continuity of space is further enhanced to allow people to move freely through different levels.
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CONSTRUCT Different types of truss structures are used in the service function spaces. For example, the gallery uses the traditional truss structure because the linear truss has little impact on the space and it is also economical. While other parts use the hybrid truss structure, reducing the impact of structure on space in order to allow people to move through the structure. 1.I-beam/I-shaped Steel 2.Concrete 3.Cement 4.Insulating Layer 5.Waterproofer Layer 6. Wood Ceiling 7.Tube 8.Traditional Truss 9.Hybrid Truss 62
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ROOF Gallery
FACADE
Dance Studio Chess Room Restaurant
OTHER FUNCTIONAL SPACE
Administration Extreme Sports Cafe Reading Room
SUBSIDIARY FUNCTIONS OF THEATER
THEATRE
Dressing Room
Theatre
A X O N O M E T R I C Through continuous spatial organization of the different modules, different users can freely move in space, creating better opportunities for communication. At the same time the theater closely connect the functional areas together, effectively improving the utilization of the theater.
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Moving the Facade Study of Computer Technology and Mechanical Engineering in Architecture October 2013 SOA Design-Building Contest Partner: Zhoujie CHEN, Zhenhao ZENG, Di HUANG Role: Diagrams, Models I call architecture frozen music. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe We believe that the building has unlimited possibilities. The building is not only concrete and changeless, but it also has the potential to change and be malleable. We hope that through the combination of computer technology and mechanical engineering, we can make architectural elements full of emotion and life.
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AXONOMETRIC LAYERS
Piston Shaft Shaft Support
Servo Back Plate
Servo Piston Arm Piston Mechanism ( 7 Layers )
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Form a (0.00s)
Form b (0.50s)
Form c (1.00s)
Form d (1.50s)
Form e (2.00s)
Form f (2.50s)
MOVEMENT OF PISTON MECHANISM Form g (3.00s)
Form h (3.50s)
Form i (4.50s)
Form a (0.00s)
Form b (0.50s)
Form c (1.00s)
Form d (1.50s)
Form e (2.00s)
Form f (2.50s)
The height of the shaft is determined by the angle of the piston mechanism. As the piston arm turns clockwise, the charge of shaft starts.The zenith of the shaft is 0°, the lowest point of it is 180° clockwise.
MOVEMENT OF FACADE
Form g (3.00s)
Form h (3.50s)
Form i (4.50s)
The movement of the facade is determined by the variation of the four points of it. As the different heights of the four shafts (also the four highest points of the facade) shift, the facade begins to move and change its form. The variations of the facade (on the left) correspond to the movements of the shafts in the various forms (Form a to i) above.
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