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baolin.shen@yale.edu
ATELIER CHO THOMSPON
80 Howe Street, Apt 301 New Haven, Connecticut 06511
Conte nt Pa g e
to design at all scales, from the visionary urban to the practical and aesthetic details
Architectural Intern | New Haven | 2019 - Present
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Worked on the interior renovation of Titus Kaphar’s studio space in New Haven.
Urbanism | Data Analysis & Visualization | Exhibition
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Architectural Designer | Beijing | 2017
Bachelor of Arts Architecture 2013 - 2016
YALE UNIVERSITY
Participated in the design phase of several projects including retail, mixeduse development, and education commercial. As a member of a small team, I was given a range of responsibilities to produce conceptual drawing, schematic drawing and even detail drawings.
Masters of Architecture 2017 - Present
URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE
AutoCAD
Photoshop
Grasshopper
Revit
Illustrator
Rhino
Indesign
Sketchup
OTHER ROLES Head of Public Relation
LIU & WOO ARCHITECTS
Architecture | Community | Modular Construction
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RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CENTER MIDDLETOWN | FEATURED Architecture | Community | Human Dimension
Architectural Intern| Singapore| 2014
COMMUNITY GRAIN HUB
Worked on redevelopment of old historical shop houses and a shopping mall. I was mainly given the tasks of drawing plans and making models.
Architecture | Community | Smooth Transition
Yale US-China Forum 2020
Yale University | 2019
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THE FOOD CANAL | FEATURED
Architecture | Retail | Sustainable Design
HUTONGism - Urban House in Beijing Exhibition
Case Studies in Urban Design: Hudson Yard Yale | Michael Samuelian
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THE GREEN-HOUSE
Publicity Chair
Teaching Assistant
Urbanism | Research | Representation
Participated in a number of urban design plot simulations that help urban designers draft design guidelines for each land plot before release to developers. Workshops were also part of the regular routine that exposed me to various urban design strategies and tools.
EXTRACURRICULAR
Introduction to Planning and Development Yale | Professor Alexander Garvin
HUTONG-ISM RESEARCH
Urban Design Intern| Singapore| 2016
Association for Chinese Students and Scholars at Yale
Teaching Fellow
Architecture | Mixed-use |Vertical Urbanism
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SKILLS
THE CHICAGO GATEWAY | FEATURED
ACHIEVEMENTS
Exhibited at the Yale School of Architecture North Gallery, HUTONGism is a research of the spatial relations of the urban vernacular in Beijing. Through the use of various media and organization of space, we attempt to immerse the visitors in an atmosphere in hutong.
Tsai City Student Innovation Fund Yale University | 2019
David Gardiner Hardie Prize
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BUILDING PROJECT TEAM E | FEATURED Architecture |Residential | Design-build
INTERTWINED HOUSE Architecture |Residential | Micro-housing
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HUTONG-ISM EXHIBITION | FEATURED Exhibition | Flexible Space | Immersive
CONCRETE CONE INSTALLATION Installation | Structural Patterning
University of Edinburgh | 2013
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The Chica g o G a teway [LOCATION] Chicago, United States [TYPE] Architecture [CATEGORY] Mixed Use [GROUP] Serena Ching [KEYWORDS] Mile-high, Vertical Green Space, Community
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Chicago Gateway is a mile-high skyscraper designed along Lake Shore Drive, orientated towards the chicago downtown and lake Michgan axis. The skyscraper starts with two halves on the ground, with the lake shore elevated highway cutting through and gradually merges as it ascends, forming a gateway along one of the most important transport axis of the city.
The site neighbours several existing urban park spaces but is cut off by the chicago river and the highway infrastructure. Together with the tower, the proposal is to convert the top deck of the highway into an elevated linear park to connect these parks and also stringing the vertical green parks of the tower.
Site
Across Highway
Scaled to Context
Green Connection
Building Metrics Building Height: 1615m Number of Floors: 272 Building Footprint: 76,519 sq.m. Gross Floor Area: 2,181,198 sq.m. Net Floor Area: 1,678,211 sq.m. Net to Gross Ratio: 77%
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Current Site Cut by Highway Bridge
Chicago Gateway
Existing Parks
Elevated Park & Transit Proposal
Highway Park
The site consists of several existing urban park spaces that is cut off by the chicago river and the highway. We propose to convert the top deck of the highway into an elevated linear park to connect these parks while adding additional light transit infrastructure to connect to the city centre.
Light Rail Subway
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Tower Section Diagram
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Tower Vertical Transportation Diagram
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Office Space Section
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200' - 6"
200' - 6"
97' - 7"
97' - 7"
102' - 10"
102' - 7"
272' - 11"
FOOD KIOSKS
FOOD KIOSKS
201' - 7"
200' - 5" 103' - 11"
97' - 4"
97' - 4"
46' - 11"
OPEN TO BELOW
27' - 11" 271' - 7"
Office Sky Lobby
102' - 10"
OFFICE
OPEN TO BELOW
Office Floor Plan
271' - 7"
OPEN TO ABOVE
FOOD KIOSKS
102' - 10"
FOOD KIOSKS
102' - 11"
102' - 10"
28' - 0"
103' - 8"
OFFICE
272' - 11"
170' - 1"
170' - 1"
OPEN TO BELOW
168' - 9"
OPEN TO ABOVE
168' - 9"
OPEN TO BELOW
BAR/RESTAURANT
28' - 1"
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Hotel Sky Lobby
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47' - 0"
28' - 8"
Level 5 1" = 50'-0"
Hotel FLoor Plan
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362' - 11" 82' - 8"
104' - 3"
176' - 0"
234' - 8"
246' - 11"
128' - 2"
72' - 11"
102' - 0"
65' - 8"
72' - 0"
103' - 3"
76' - 4"
94' - 1"
FITNESS CENTER
PENTHOUSE 4
FITNESS GYM
POOL
FITNESS CLASSROOMS
103' - 3"
255' - 11"
SUPERMARKET
103' - 3"
292' - 0"
359' - 6"
102' - 9"
POOL
RESTAURANT
PENTHOUSE 3
128' - 7"
94' - 8"
76' - 4"
PENTHOUSE 1
CAFE
RESTAURANT/BAR
Luxury Residential Sky Lobby
LEVEL 198 - PENTHOUSE SKY LOBBY Copy 1 1 1" = 50'-0"
Residential Sky Lobby 1
Level 127 - RESIDENTIAL SKY LOBBY 363' - 0" 1" = 50'-0"
83' - 8"
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LEVEL 226 - PENTHOUSE FLOOR 1" = 50'-0"
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103' - 0"
176' - 6" 234' - 8"
246' - 11" 102' - 0"
65' - 8"
72' - 0"
103' - 3"
65' - 8"
OPEN TO BELOW
76' - 4"
94' - 1"
128' - 2"
72' - 11"
PENTHOUSE 4
35' - 5"
FITNESS GYM
PENTHOUSE 2
103' - 3"
255' - 11"
103' - 3"
FITNESS CLASSROOMS
PENTHOUSE 3
35' - 5"
OPEN TO BELOW
292' - 0"
32' - 9"
103' - 3"
359' - 6"
POOL
POOL
128' - 1"
94' - 8"
76' - 4"
PENTHOUSE 1
CAFE
RESTAURANT/BAR
Typical Luxury Residential Floor Plan 36' - 8"
34' - 8"
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Residential Floor Plan Level Typical 128 - RESIDENTIAL FLOOR PLAN 1" = 50'-0"
LEVEL 198 - PENTHOUSE SKY LOBBY Copy 1 1" = 50'-0"
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LEVEL 226 - PENTHOUSE FLOOR 1" = 50'-0"
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408' - 10" 103' - 1"
26' - 1"
103' - 7"
87' - 11"
140' - 9"
88' - 3"
103' - 3"
OFFICE TOWER 1 LOBBY
SKY PARK LOBBY OFFICE TOWER 2 LOBBY
140' - 8"
RESIDENTIAL LOBBY
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Level 102 - CLOUD FOREST 1" = 50'-0"
Cloud Forest Plan
Public Sky Parks on Levels 2, 44, 126, 254-272
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Horizontal Sun Louvre Steel Strut Exterior Glazing 3’ Air Space
Catwalk System for Maintenance Interior Glazing System with operable blinds Mega Bracing Structure
Double-Skin with Horizontal Sun Louvre System
Exteropr Glazing with 12” vertical Horizontal Bracing
Mega-columns 15” X 15”
Diagonal Bracing
Interior Gravity Columns Mega Bracing Structure
Office Atrium
Tower Structural Diagram
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Vertical Exterior Glazing System
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[LOCATION] New York, United States
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[TYPE] Urbanism
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[CATEGORY] GIS Data 3
[GROUP] Tianyu Guan [KEYWORDS] Data harvest, data analysis, data visualization
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S O F T S U R F AC E
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A S P H A LT CO U RT A S P H A LT F I E L D SYNTHETIC FIELD G RA S S Y F I E L D SHADED AREA P L AY E Q U I P M E N T F O U N TA I N P L A Z A SWIMMING POOL OT H E R S
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F I X E D P RO G RA M
Decoding Quadrant Chart
List of 268 JOPs with different attributes
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Phase 1 Presentation Curation
Interative Set-up
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THE SPINE
Phase 2 Presentation Curation
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T H E B LO C K
THE BASIN
THE WEB
THE CLUSTER
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HUTONG- is m Res ea r c h
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[LOCATION] Beijing, China [TYPE] Urbanism [CATEGORY] Research [GROUP] Jingqiu Zhang [KEYWORDS] Street Observation, representation
HUTONGism is an ongoing research project that collectively explores the potential of the hutong, a type of urban vernacular in Beijing, as a living condition in highly dense environment. The hutong has developed from gridded residential neighborhoods into dynamic mixed-use complexes. Contemporary hutongs contain alleyways, courtyard houses, and service elements such as shops and restaurants. For our research, we imagine the hutong as a collective house: alleyways as living rooms, courtyard houses as bedrooms, shops as pantries, and restaurants as dining rooms. Residents share this house with each other and with visitors. Different from high-rise residences, its collective attributes suggest alternative ways of living in high density. We consider the hutong as an inspiration for vibrant urban community.
Local Restaurant with Eating Steps
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Exhibition Set-up
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Informal Kitchen and Garden
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Hostel with Balcony
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Ty p o l o g y S t u d i e s
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Proposal for Hutong Intervention
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H U TO N G - i s m 1 . 5 Wo r k- i n - p r o g r e s s
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The Fo o d C a n a l [LOCATION] Edinburgh, UK [TYPE] Architecture [CATEGORY] Civic & Commercial [GROUP & INDIVIDUAL] [KEYWORDS] Modular assembly, prefabrication, movable space
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sourced food (farms along the canal) and food related activities (food market). The establishment will contribute to efforts of selfsufficiency addressing pertinent issues of food security due to the domination of the food market by supermarket giants.
FOOD SOURCE
Food Production Network Along Canal
FOOD PROCESS
CRAFT BEER FERMENTATIONMATURATION PRESSURE BRIGHT BEER TANKS (COLD)
BREWHOUSE (HOT)
FILTRATION -BOTTLING
KEG STORAGE
UNION CANAL CRAFT BEER PUB
NATURAL HONEY Bee Farm
HONEY EXTRACTION
ARTISAN CHEESE
CHEESE CAFE
CHEESE STORE
MATURATION
PASTEURIZINGCURDLING-MOLDING
Food Market Structure over Edinburgh Union Canal
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COMMUNITY GARDENS
Inspired by compactness and mobility of food trailers, market stalls and micro-factories are designed into customized modular ISO containers. Not only does it allow the ease of transport to the food market but can be also easily clipped to the super structure or deployed independently on the ground.
BEE FARMS RESTURANTS
F U L LY E N C L O S E D C O N TA I N E R
MICROBREWERY HONEY EXTRACTOR COOKED FOOD MARKET
MICROBREWERY
FRESH FOOD MARKET
F U L LY O P E N E D C O N TA I N E R
P A R T I A L LY E N C L O S E D C O N TA I N E R
CHEESE MAKER
TOILETS (PERMANENT SERVICE)
Food Market Programs
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N A R R OW B OATS F O R F O O D T R A N S PO RTAT I O N
Container
Configurations
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Assembly On-site
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Assembly Sequence
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2. PUSH THE HANDLE FORWARD
3. TWIST THE HANDLE RIGHTWARD TO LOCK INSERTION BRACKET
4. SLOWLY GUIDE THE CORNER BRACKET INTO THE KEY
5. TURN THE HANDLE DOWN TO LOCK THE CORNER BRACKET
6. TIGHTEN THE SCREW
Twist Lock Procedure
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HYGROSCOPIC EXPERIMENT
AS PART OF THE PROJECT WE DESIGNED A 1:1 SCALE PASSIVE FACADE SYSTEM IN A GROUP
1:1 Scale Facade Fabrication
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The Green - Ho u s e [LOCATION] Beijing, China [TYPE] Architecture [CATEGORY] Civic & Retail [OFFICE WORK] CLOU Architects [KEYWORDS] Fun retail, experiential, communal atmosphere
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GREEN = Sustainability, Public Space HOUSE = Community In an attempt to address the issue of both social exclusion and the marginalization of public space, ‘The Greenhouse’ offers a creative solution to a commercial belief. The proposal employs components of an active lifestyle which creates a unique social sustainability to the surrounding community. Located at the south east of Beijing near the Sixth Ring highway, the site is at the center of a newly planned university zone as well as a series of new residential developments. In face of a potential surge of young people and families, the design
concept seeks to create an urban centre that traditionally revolves around a shared civic space. In this proposal, combinations of commercial activities - retail, entertainment and F&B venues - and shared spaces serve as the catalyst for attraction of the surrounding population or people from even further areas. The mall will no longer be a place for shops and retail, but focused more on creating an communal atmosphere that benefits both the patrons as well as the shops,.
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Re stora t ive J u st ice Ce nte r M id d l etow n [LOCATION] Middletown, Connecticut [TYPE] Architecture [CATEGORY] Civic [INDIVIDUAL] [KEYWORDS] Human dimension, variable scales of spaces
The Restorative Justice Centre Middletown provides spaces both for the private restorative justice services and the public activities within the city.
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The project began with an investigation of the human dimension based on Edward Hall’s theory of the degrees of intimacy and distance. The intention is to create a variety of spaces where one can find a space suitable for themselves.
Spatial analysis based on Edward T. Hall “The Hidden Dimension”
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Site Plan
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Ground Floor “Playscape” Plan
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Circle Room
First Floor “Roofscape’” Plan
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“Secret Garden” Beyond Circle Room
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The building consists of two halves, the ‘urban roof’ which house the offices and rooms for restorative circle process and the ‘urban playscape’ which is a landscape of differently-sized pockets spaces with varying height in relation to the streets. The in-between condition of these two generates a variety of spaces with different levels of privacy, open-ness, enclosure and exposure that are suitable for the different needs of the people. The private spaces of the restorative circle and the public spaces of the local activities are intertwined but respected for their required nature.
Sequential sections showing the changing relation of the in-between space
Structural and spatial components
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[LOCATION] New Haven, Connecticut [TYPE] Architecture [CATEGORY] Civic [INDIVIDUAL] [KEYWORDS] Research & social, boundryless transition
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Ground Floor Plan
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Bu ild ing Proje c t Te a m E
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[LOCATION] New Haven, Connecticut [TYPE] Architecture [CATEGORY] Residential [GROUP] Miriam Dreiblatt, Michael Glassman, Xiaohui Wen, Alex Pineda Jongeward, Limy Rocha [KEYWORDS] Design-build, contextual
The design for a two unit house (family and single) is predicated on two simple, yet fundamental char acteristics of a home — ownership and privacy. The two units share a front porch on Button Street and have views of the larger site on the second story. Due to the asym metries in the program and site conditions, we designed the studio and family homes to wrap around each other. The vertical alignment of the two units on the first floor turns into a horizontal alignment on the second, giving both parties access and views of the landscape. The interlocking CLT forms embody our response to cohabitation.
CUMULATIVE SITE ANALYSIS WITH SWOT RATING
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Longitudinal Section
Shared Front Porth
Cross Section
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FOUNDATION + PARTY WALL
CLT STAIRS
1F STUD WALL
2F CLT DECK
2F CLT WALLS
2F STUD WALLS
EXTERIOR ENVELOPE
ROOF + FINISHING
Typical Wall Section Details
Typical Wall Plan Details
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Construction Sequence
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[LOCATION] New Haven, Connecticut [TYPE] Architecture [CATEGORY] Residential [INDIVIDUAL] [KEYWORDS] Micro-housing, urban infill
Third Floor
First Floor
Second Floor
Section Perspective Triptych
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HUTONG- is m E x h ibiti on [LOCATION] New Haven, Connecticut [TYPE] Exhibition [CATEGORY] Research [GROUP] Jingqiu Zhang [KEYWORDS] Immersive, flexible space
“HUTONGism – Urban House in Beijing” is exhibited in Rudolph Hall, Yale University, featuring the current research on the hutongs in Beijing. Besides photos, drawings and models, the transition of the spaces as one walks through also forms part of the experience of the exhibition. With the gallery space limited to 4.3-meters in width, the designers insert a “floating house” into the centre of
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Exhibition Entry
Exhibition Events
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Exhibition Plan
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Upon entering the main exhibition space, a sense of intimacy and closeness is experienced, wrapped by translucent fabric. The translucency not only created a sense of enclosure but also maintains a connection to space outside. Various types of activities can happen within this small space as it reconfigures for different functions. It is an exhibition gallery with pedestals, a lecture space with chairs, and social space with a long table at its centre. The flexibility in its space is reflective of the hutongs where the same space is used for recreation, pop-up retail and restaurant extensions at different times of the day and year. The smoothness and translucency of flex fabric is a distinct contrast to the rough texture of the brutalist architecture of Rudolph Hall. Metaphorically, it is a conversation between the formal, which is the Rudolph Building, and the informal, which is the urban house in Beijing. The materiality is the part of the concept that resonates with the exhibition contents.
Flexible main space that can be reconfigured
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Con crete Co n es
Concrete is monolithic, opaque, and heavy. It is exactly these qualities that we wanted to challenge throughout the course. We explored a wide variety of aggregates to lighten and add texture and porosity to the concrete block. Due to the constraints of the site, we resolved to the conical shape for structural integrity, material economy, and transportability. Various ways of stacking the cones resulted in different visual and lighting effects on all sides. The nature of hand casting 220 cones produced unique characteristics in each.
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Final Installation Set-up
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ECOLOGY NATURAL ECOLOGY Re-introduce natural ecologies back into the dry and barren site through various landscape & water features.
ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE Net Zero Energy, Water and Waste
COMMUNITY
NATURE
Live and have fun with people from all around the world, making new friends.
Live symbolically with nature for personal health and minimal impact on the environment.
COMMUNITY
NATURE
Work together with new friends, or come as team and strengthen your bonds.
REDUCE
RECYCLE
CO-LIVING
Working close promotes better health and productivity.
CO-WORKING
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