ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO XIXI HE M.Arch | Washington State University
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PROJECT TIMELINE 2008
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B.Arch Sketch Practice Watercolor Practice Ink Pen Practice Bus Station Design Grocery Store Villa Teahouse Internship: Opera Preschool Gallery Center Community Library Community Center Hotel Elementary School Interior Design for House Residential Building Residential Area Planning Internship: Hospital & Mixed Use Hotel M.Arch
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Sustainable Residential Design Community Center Design & Construction Drawing Backpack Design & Movable House Internship: Hospital & Dormitory STEM University & Mixed Use Urban Planning Topography Research Graduation & Full-time Job: Fire Stations Movie Theaters Bar Lounge Interior Design To Be Continue
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GREEN Sustainable Residential Design
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ORGANIC FARM COMMUNITY CENTER Commercial
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BACKYARD FLEXIBLE HOUSE Movable House
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INCLINED PLANES Urban Planning
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FENG-SHUI: RESIGNE THE CITY OF PULLMAN Topographical Research & Planning
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BRIGHT CALIFORNIA: BAR & LOUNGE Commercial Interior Design
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ART WORK
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GREEN -Sustainable Residential Design Time: 08/2013-12/2013 Type: Residential Location: Spokane, WA, USA Instructor: Bashir Kazimee Individual Work Address: West Main Avenue, Spokane, WA Site Area: 21,000 Square Feet Units: 34 Units Unit Type: 6 Efficient Units (468 SF/ Unit) 12 Two Bedroom Units (648 SF/ Unit) 15 Three Bedroom Units (936 SF/ Unit) Density: 71 Units/ Acre
Unit Sections
2 Bedroom Unit
3 Bedroom Unit
+ + Efficiency Unit 3 Bedroom Unit
Private Space with Interaction Activities
2 Bedroom Unit
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2 Bedroom Unit
Efficiency Unit
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Floor Plan
Unit Plans
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Topography Treatment Keep one of current buildings and take advantage of the original slope on site. Lift up the activity level for community and separate some circulations from public on the street. Plant greens on each floor with trees and garden.
Current Building New Mixed-use Residential Green Space (Handmade Model)
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Section
Existing Bar 9
View from Neighbor
The units and the communal garden interact with each other.
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Process Original
Extend
Break
Adjust
Divide
Grass
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Office
Outdoor Space
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Orchard
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WSU ORGANIC FARM COMMUNITY CENTER Technical Design & Drawing (Not included) Time: 01/2014 - 05/2014 Type: Commercial Design & Construction Drawing Location: Pullman, WA Instructor: Darrin Griechen Team Work
Plan N
Storage Storage
Storage Food Process
Mechanical
Storage Mechanical
Dining
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Advisor
Lab
Class
room
Shopping Dish Commercial Washing Kitchen
Conference
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Office
Connect
Golf Court
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Entrance
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Summer Wind
Outdoor Relaxing Growing Space for Garden Event
Visitor
Site Context Wind Wind
Operable Window
Winter Wind
Summer Wind
Circulation
Green Roof
Thick Roof
Roof Types
Students/ Visitor
Farmers
Outdoor Space
Outdoor Space
Outdoor Relaxing Growing Space for Garden Event
Cooling
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Ventilation
Clerestory
Skylight
s Rain Garden
Garden for Research
Road: Permeable Paver
Soil
Prevailing Wind
Wind Break Trees Medium Dense Evergreen Shrub 15’-20’
Dense Tall Medium Shrub Deciduous Evergreen 15’-20’
20’ min
15’-20’
Dense Shrub 15’-20’
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Green Roof Extension
The green rooves are the part of landscape and activity space.
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Dining and Kitchen Students get to know how the food is processed from the commercial kitchen in this open space.
View from Entry
The units and the communal garden interact with each other
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Hello
Concept
Plan
+ Concept
9’ 4” UP
5’ 1/4”
8’
+ Process
Section For Single
Unit (Core)
Wall
For Family
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1 x 4 Plywood
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4 4
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Steel Frame
Concrete
BACKYARD FLEXIBLE HOUSE Time: 05/2014 - 06/2014 Type: Residential Design for Homeless Location: Seattle, WA, USA Instructor: Rex Hohlbein, Tom Maul Individual Work People without home need safety, warm, comfort and love more eagerly than people with home. While some people try to avoid this issue because of its complication, some people are ready to solve the problem. Based on the former shelters in the backyard of residential houses, this project aims to provide people without home with an advanced “shelter”, which can be set up when they need to rest here, and also can be folded up when they leave and save the space. This flexible house are constituted up with a fixed simple core and the flexible parts. The fixed core are the concrete walls, sitting in the backyard depending on the different yard conditions. And people can enter the core from the back door without opening the flexible parts. The flexible parts are the movable floor and roof which are operated by the wheel, and the six movable walls which can be pulled out to enclose the space. They are light weight and beautiful, with vines growing around. Though some regulationsPRODUCED need toBY beANprovided for homeowners AUTODESK both EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT and people who are goingPRODUCED to live here, there are much chances for them to communicate and know each other. So, standing in the backyard, just say Hello to your neighbor.
Backyard Options? PRODUCED PRODUCED BY BY AN AN AUTODESK AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT PRODUCT
Residential House Garage Flexible House (13’ x 9’)
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
In the alley
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
Close to garage
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
Float in the backyard
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
Between house and garage
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PR
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
Operation Turn
Move
Single House
Regulations • The flexible house must be fold up in the morning during the weekdays, and set up at night. When folded up, put the fold-able walls close to garage, keep the alley clear, keep the garden safe. • The house can keep unfold in the convenient place of the backyard during the weekend. • Keep the house clean and in good condition. • Clean the walls outside and inside, floor, furnitures with the detergent every week. • Clean the toilet everyday. • Smoking, alcohol, drugs are prohibited in all residential area. • Pets can be allowed with the permission of the homeowners. • Be careful with the plants in garden. • Keep the low level of noise and be careful with the time of day when creating noise. • Help the homeowners clean the backyard, mow the lawn, if it is possible. 19
Move
Family House
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Inclined PlanesSTEM University and Mixed Use Proposal Time: 08/2014 - 12/2014 Type: Urban Planning Location: Seattle, WA, USA Instructor: Matthew Cohen Team Work
Proposal Programmatic Thesis: The proposal is to build an educational facility within the context of a greater mixed-use urban intervention that connects with both the vibrancy of Uptown and the pedestrian experience of the Seattle Center. Design Thesis: To allow the possibility for a for a more pedestrian focused view of the urban fabric through urban intervention, in particular exploring ways in which the natural slope of the site can facilitate movement through multiple levels along a network of shallow inclined planes. The STEM University will create the possibility for a range of program that will be accommodate for within the context of redefining the streetscape and expanding the pedestrian experience on the site.
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Process
This step extends the a 1/20� Slope in order to create a building mass with floors extending from one inclined plane in order to expand accessible pedestrian surface area, and provide adequate density for our programmatic prompt.
By shifting the inclined plane we can connect with the main axis that links our site to the Seattle Center. This provides a simple “Loop� for the basis of our design.
Lifting up strategic intersections where the floors and the inclined planes meet, we provide a connection to the inclined planes as a means to incorporate program.
In order to connect the inclined planes to the nodes discovered based on our site analysis, we lower one plane to access the ground on the East facing side of our site. The view to the Space Needle sets the stage for an outdoor auditorium which sits at the center of the original loop.
In order to alloy for greater sidewalk space on the highly active Mercer street, the east facing inclined plane is pushed slightly to the North. Landings are added to create resting areas. A crossing over Mercer to the Opera House is added for further connection to the Seattle Center. On the other side, Roy st. is given larger sidewalks, and a courtyard that leads into the STEM University.
The Program centralizes the Commercial Space (Red) within the two smaller blocks as well as in the larger block that faces Mercer street. The STEM University (Blue) is located within the larger block. The KCTS building could provide residential space to accommodate more students in the future. 22
Site Plan To continue the axial connections to the Seattle Center, our proposal is to lower Mercer Street in order to continue the axes that will allow for connectivity.
Uptown Seattle Center Site
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Entrances & Nodes
Circulation
Project
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(Oil Painting by Author)
FENG-SHUI: REDESIGN THE CITY OF PULLMAN Time: 01/2015 - 05/2015 Type: Urban Planning Location: Pullman, WA, USA Instructor: Paul Hirzel Individual Work
Proposal Often making a site flat can be seen as the most efficient solution for development. But this has its downsides. For example, Pullman is one city that has lost some of its topographical distinctiveness because more and more development flattens its naturally rolling topography. Contemporary site design theory often encourages designers to respect the natural contours of peaks and valleys of the land. Geomancy, or the Chinese practice of feng-shui, can contribute to this body of theory by suggesting another aspect of natural formations, namely, the balancing of natural energies resulting from qi. This paper summarizes feng-shui principles and applies them to analyses of the typical sloping contours of the Pullman landscape. It proposes new ways for development that respects naturally sloping contours.
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Feng-shui Site Principles prefer Continuous Slope
Qi flows Yin White Tiger
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avoid Disrupt Slope
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Green Dragon E
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Qi stops
Best Orientation The best orientation for a site is the south facing with surrounding hills.
Higher Hills
Qi stops
Slope affects Qi Flow Qi with energy flows fluently through the rolling hills, but stops and disappears when meets with the broken slope. Continuous slope is preferred for good Feng-shui.
prefer Round Peak
avoid Sharp Peak
Yang Qi Beneficial Qi
Lower Hills Yin Qi
Protection with Hills The best way for protection is to have the higher hills at back and sides, and the lower hills in front.
prefer Gentle Slope
Destructive Qi
Yang
Yin
Yin & Yang with Peak Round slope has positive energy, which is Yang Qi. It brings good fortunes and life. Sharp slope has negative energy, which is Yin Qi. Harms and bad fortunes come with sharp slope. Round slope is preferred for the good Feng-shui condition.
avoid Steep Slope
Disrupt Hill
Continuous Hill Fill Soil
Sharp Hill
Mimic Natural Slope Fill Soil
Yang
Yin
Yin & Yang with Slope Gentle slope has positive energy, called Yang. It benefits the vegetation and human. Steep slope has negative energy, called Yin. It brings falling rocks and danger. Gentle slope is preferred for the good Feng-shui condition.
Adjust Feng-shui Condition To adjust Feng-shui condition on a negative site, it’s possible to fill the soil the have continuous slope or mimic natural hills.
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Current aerial view of selected site in Pullman
(Color Pencil)
Existing Following modern development Pullman’s rolling hills lost their natural feng-shui. The placement of residential homes and buildings on the Washington State University campus cut into the fluidity of the Qi and therefore removed the positive energy from the area, replacing it with negative yin energy.
Creek Major Road Minor Road Small Building Medium Buildin Big Building Farmland
Non-native Vegetation
Aerial view of current Pullman 27
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Plan view of current Pullman
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Proposed aerial view of selected site in Pullman with feng-shui development
Proposed Either the Chinese geomancy or contemporary topographical theories, whatever the different processes they have, the final results for the slope would all be able to reduce the landscape interruption, prevent topsoil loses, save construction cost, and coexist with natural environment. Dragon Vein Energy Field Creek Major Road Minor Road Small Building Medium Building Big Building Native Vegetation (Trees, shrubs, grasses Farmland
Aerial view of proposed Pullman with feng-shui development
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Plan view of proposed Pullman with feng-shui development 28
BRIGHT CALIFORNIA: BAR & LOUNGE @ MOVIE THEATER Time: 01/2016 - 02/2016 Type: Movie Theater Architectural & Interior Design Location: Mountain View, CA, USA STK Commercial Project
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Theme: BRIGHT California, the Golden State, is famous for its natural elements, like sunshine, beach, ocean, sand, rock and palm trees. Its bright, light and neat style settles the Gray + Blue + Yellow color scheme. Weather washed wood planks, light gray bricks, yellow soft fabric and blue paint metal lights will be implemented into interior design. The sparkling element on the main background wall draws public attention, and the pendant contemporary lighting fixtures spot the focal points for the customers.
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“Room� & Mystery The sequential wood frame portal addresses the entry to the lounge space, and creates the glimpses through the semi-open bar & lounge from the auditorium entries. Other elements, such as wine bottle glass shelves, the lighting sculpture and decorative beads curtain, seperated the lounge space visually from the public space for all ages. Dining, group dining, casual lounge and bar were also grouped seperately using different table sizes and finish materials. Lighted bottle shelves and counter provided more lighting and warm atmosphere.
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Experience in Tent City 3 in Seattle
ART WORK
Express ideas via pencil, oil painting and watercolor.
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THANK YOU
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