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P O R T F O L I O Selected Works 2014-2019

TING-WEI SHIH

01. Ruinism

Baseball Stadium x Park x Ruin x Community Center

Combining both of the static and dynamic atmospheres to create a mixture downshifting lifestyle.

02. Elevated Village

Atmosphere

Market x Housing x Temple

Recall the memory from the histroy in the site.

03. City Ripple

Theater x Exhibition x Roof Park

The rhythm of the surrounding atmosphere create a place for performers.

04. Rebuild the Bridge

Baseball Experience Space x Tea House x Community Center

The bridge connect the memory between Japanese and American.

Name: Ting-Wei Shih Phone: +15095928234 Email: sniper821018@gmail.com Adress: 2905 N. Grand Ave. Unit 607B Pullman WA 99163

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The image of the existing baseball stadium on the site.

Terrance Garden

Roof Garden

Ruinism Program : Baseball Stadium + Ruin + Community Center Year : 2015 Fall - 2016 Spring Instructor : CJ Wang Location : Taichung, Taiwan

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Ruin Construction Community Center

Baseball Field Park

Taichung is a real "slow city.” Taichung presents two different types of slowness. Historical buildings, which can be found in the Central District and around the railway station, contribute to the “static slowness.” On the other hand, the new government buildings and residential blocks of Xitun District have created a “dynamic slowness.” In this project, I aim to present two different types of slowness. I tried to emphasize Taichung city’s two different atmosphere. One is static ruins; the other is community park. In my opinion, the semi-disused building is shaped into a ruin where people can relax. Moreover, there are new possibilities for repurposing old buildings. Also, transforming the temple form building into an open park and allowing people to enjoy the open expanse of the baseball field. After analyzing how to destroy the original baseball stadium to be a good ruin, I decided to create one community center to the original public area on the site.

Site Surrounding

Ruinism 2016

Ting-Wei Shih

Architectural Elements

Site Image

Street Wall

Ramp

Dugout

Terrance

Sidewalk

Landscape

The Atmosphere of Taichung City

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Taichung City is a down-shifting city in Taiwan. There are two different types of down-shifting lifestyle in Taichung. They are Static Downshifting and Dynamic Downshifting. The static downshifting usually locates at the center of Taichung; also, the dynamic downshifting usually locates at the new Taichung city. In this site, the northside of the existing baseball stadium represents the Static Downshifting like a ruin. On the other hand, the south side of the existing park showcases the feeling of Dynamic Downshifting.

Ruinism 2016

Ting-Wei Shih

Site Ruin Sketch

Wall x Column x Slab x Grid

Column x Beam x Slab x Frame

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Column x Beam x Slab x Cantiliever

Site Ruin Elements

Atmosphere Process

Ruin Drawing In the sketch, In order to study how to destroy the original building, I try to use one-point perspective to explore the possibility of original structures. Then, I combine different ruin elements in the original baseball stadium to finish the art drawing.

Exterior Atmosphere

Interior Facade

Interior Atmosphere

Exterior Facade

Exterior Atmosphere

Ruinism 2016

Ting-Wei Shih

The Ruin Feeling In The Existing Baseball Stadium

Industrial Ruin Study Model

Stadium Ruin Study Model Stairs

Truss Truss

Long Path Metal Solid Mass Hole

Landscape Ruin Study Model

Spiritual Ruin Study Model Grid Climbing Plant

Ruin Typology

Industrial Ruin The Ruin from industrial buildings with steel truss structure.

Open for Light

Stadium Ruin The Ruin from the abandoned stadium with huge stairs and plaza.

Landscape Ruin The Ruin from the abandoned building which is surrounded by green plants.

Spiritual Ruin The Ruin from the church with some left columns, beams, and grid-system structure.

Landscape

Ruinism 2016

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1. Office 2. Counter 3. Shower Room 4. Locker Room 5. Dugout 6. Bullpen 7. Restroom 8. Storage 9. Baseball Field 10. Wiffle Ball Field 11. Lobby 12. Outdoor Auditorium 13. Conference Room 14. Community Kitchen 15. Children Play Area

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Ruinism 2016

Ting-Wei Shih

The image of Hua Guang Community

Elevated Village Program : Market + Housing + Temple Year : 2014 Fall Instructor : En-Yu Huang Location : Taipei, Taiwan Hua Guang is a neighborhood between the borders of Daan District and Zhongzheng District in Taipei City. The neighborhood has recently come into the spotlight due to contestations surrounding the city government’s plans for development. Neighborhood residents were forced to relocate with government assistance. In 2007, city officials revealed a vague plan to transform the neighborhood into Taiwan’s Wall Street. In 2012, the plan morphed into an emulation of Japan’s Roppongi—a cosmopolitan, popular area for nightlife and entertainment—but ultimately this development plan was housed in another district. A whole neighborhood was displaced for a vague vision that was never fully articulated or justified, and the bulldozed neighborhood stands empty and desolate, covered with tall grasses. I wonder if the government has any respect for its citizen’s right to housing.

Traditional Roadside Market

Military Village

Temple

I found there are three important original programs in Hua Guang Community. In this project, I would like to keep these three important programs to make a mix-used social housing.

Elevated Village 2014

Ting-Wei Shih

Mass Process HOUSING MARKET

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OPEN MARKET Separating the function of housing and market to be high and low level in the model.

Elevating the mass to keep a good transparent circulation for the site and great segregation of private and public spaces.

Modify the angle of housing to provide a good view of it and make the market have the feeling of a traditional roadside market.

Program Strategy Housing

The community activity space is located below the residences;also, The elevated living platform separates the market and the residential space.

The residences are angled to avoid unpleasant views.

Temple

The temple and ladder combine to create a series of different spaces.

The temple is in a glass box, which allows for interaction between inside and outside.

Market

The structure of the market uses a truss conversion system; the triangular space creates spatial differentiations.

The market layout is designed to preserve old trees, and the shape follows the curve of these trees.

Elevated Village 2014

Ting-Wei Shih

The transformation core separates social housing and public spaces.

The transformation core separates social housing and public spaces.

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A.Housing Plaza

B.Temple Plaza

1. Lobby 2. Temple 3. Restroom 4. Market 5. Loading Area 6. Street Plaza

C.Market Plaza

I provide three different public spaces to connect three different programs in this project. These plazas make the circulation and the spatial atmosphere more continuous and smoother.

The public plaza in the third floor gives residents better view and a division with the customer in the first and second floor.

Main entrance provides the opportunity to go to market, resturant, and temple.

The truss structure system makes a spatial difference between the market and the restaurant.

Elevated Village 2014

Ting-Wei Shih

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I make an angle to make two towers avoid private space from the other resident. Also, the angle creates the centralization to shoot at the memorial hall around the site.

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The green roof provides some public outdoor spaces for residents.

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B.Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall The angle and shape of these towers are to overcome the local monsoon in Taiwan.

Elevated Village 2014

Ting-Wei Shih

A. The image of the public plaza on the third floor.

B. The shadow space under the housing towers.

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C. The Plaza for the temple on the ground floor.

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The section showcases totally separated program function in this tower building. The low-level floors close the nearby community and create more interaction with these communities.

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Traditional Market Temple Restaurant Social Housing Parking Lots

Elevated Village 2014

Ting-Wei Shih

The photomontage of site

City Ripple Program : Theater + Exhibition + Roof Park Year : 2014 Fall Instructor : Chih-Yung Chiu Location : Taipei, Taiwan Gu-Ling street is located in the Zhongzheng District in Taipei City. It is known for its vintage and rare bookstores, and the lovers of literature that frequent them. In addition, the site is surrounded by various cultural and educational public facilities, which radiate a calm, sophisticated atmosphere. The coming and going of audience members creates an elegant throughout the built environment. I used the beautiful atmosphere to create the best architectural style. In addition, The traditional theaters are usually closed. People cannot really understand and feel the theater building; however, in this project, I want to remove this close atmosphere and try to make this theater to be an open park.

Street View

Gu-Ling Theater

The existing buildings

City Ripple 2014

Ting-Wei Shih

Conceptual Models

Roof Theater

Roof Theater

Theater

Roof Theater

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Outdoor Theater Outdoor Theater

Core Roof Theater Roof Theater Theater

Theater Outdoor Theater

Theater

Outdoor Theater

Rehearsal Section Program 5F Lobby

Stair Theater

4F Lobby

Outdoor Theatre Black Box Theatre

Restroom

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Concept City Ripple

2F Lobby

Office

Outdoor Stair Theatre Performance Suppot

Performance Suppot

Proscenium Theatre

Performance Suppot

Outdoor Stair Theatre

Lobby Restaurant

Outdoor Space

Exhibition

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The atmosphere around the site shows elegant and educated feelings. I would like to emphasize these feelings in my theater design, so I sketched some street views and make them abstract form. The most obvious element in these sketches is the wave line. I refine these lines to create the building’s shape; also, I input different functions to these line shapes.

City Ripple 2014

Ting-Wei Shih

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The section showcases the separation of the performance room and rehearsal room; also, three different theaters provide different functions and programs for various requirements from customers.

1. Outdoor Public Space 2. Theater 3. Black Box Theater 4. Roof Outdoor Theater 5. Rehearsal Room 6. Performance Support 7. Restroom 8. Restaurant

City Ripple 2014

Ting-Wei Shih Existing Japanese Culture Community Center

Batting Practice Room

Tea House

Dojo

The image of Japanese Culture Community Center (JCCCW)

REBUILD THE BRIDGE Program : Baseball Experience Space + Tea House + Community Center Year : 2019 Fall Group : Ting-Wei Shih, Lei Liu Instructor : Taiji Miyasaka

Baseball Museum

Before WWII, the immigrant from Japan started moving in Seattle or some big cities in the USA. Baseball is the main community tool between Japanese and Americans. At that time, many newspapers posted a lot of events about street baseball competition in Seattle.

However, after WWII, Japan lost the war. The “baseball community” disappeared as well. In the project, we wanted to design a Japanese community center in Seattle to reconnect “the bridge” again.

Baseball Experience Room

Rebuild the Bridge 2019

Ting-Wei Shih

Atmosphere Analysis

Baseball Museum Baseball Experience Room Tea House

Outdoor Auditorium

The site locates in the middle of the commercial area and residential area, so the section of the site showcases a process from static to dynamic atmosphere.

Dojo

Conceptual Section

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Engawa In the project, we want to “rebuild the bridge”.

Engawa is a special space in traditional Japanese buildings. In the diagram, the engawa connects the indoor space(static feeling) and outdoor space(dynamic feeling). In an abstract way, engawa is an ideal concept to reconnect “the bridge”.

Rebuild the Bridge 2019

Ting-Wei Shih

Design Process

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A. Making connection with the existing Japanese Culture Community Center in Washington.

B. Creating a huge Engawa(Courtyard) between the existing building and the new project.

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C. Studying the height of the new project to respect the existing building.

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D. Creating different spatial feeling for different programs to integrate different Japanese cultures in this project.

Tea House

In the program of tea-drinking space, we studied the history of tea in Japanese. There are two different types of tea are usually drunk in Japan. In order to create an ideal experience space for these two types of tea. We used “tatami” to be the unit of tea-drinking space; and then, we separate two circulations to make visitors can have enough experience in tea exhibition.

Rebuild the Bridge 2019

Ting-Wei Shih

Courtyard

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Baseball Experience

Engawa/Courtyard

Tea House

Tea House Balcony

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Baseball Experience Space

3F Plan

Tea House Interior

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Outdoor Public Space

The section showcases many engawa spaces inside. Also, these engawas integrate different programs to create a spatial feeling which is between public and private.

1F Plan

Rebuild the Bridge 2019

Ting-Wei Shih

The courtyard between JCCCW and the project.

Existing JCCCW

Courtyard

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Courtyard/Engawa

The south elevation showcases the interior tea house in the project.

Baseball Experience Space

Providing the connection between JCCCW and the project.

Outdoor Public Space

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The section showcases the connection between the existing Japanese Culture Community Center in Washington and the baseball part of the new project. I provide a huge public space to connect two buildings. The host is able to use this big plaza to hold some Japanese cultural ceremonies.

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1. Baseball Experience Space 2. Baseball Museum 3. Engawa 4. Restroom 5. Batting Practice Room 6. Plaza 7. JCCCW

Rebuild the Bridge 2019