Architecture Portfolio Yan Zhuang
Hello!
I’m Yan Zhuang, and I would like to pursue my dream of Architecture. I love a lot of things in general about design. My self-initiative designs with a well-rounded perspective showcase my passion for Architecture, Art and Design.I’m considerate a hard worker, organized, creative, and easy-going person. I love cooking, traveling and making small DIY items.
EDUCATION
Pratt Institute M.S. Architecture and Urban Design 2017-2018
Publication
Fresh from the studios: 10 architectural student projects for your Friday inspiration Jul 20, 2018 Archinect News
New York Institute of Technology Barchelor of Architecture 2011-2016
EXPERIENCES
DoThink Real Estate Group Hangzhou,China 2016-2017 Mastrogiacomo Engineering P.C. New York, U.S. 2016 JianGong Building Design CO.,Ltd HangZhou,China 2013 Summer Intern & 2014 Summer Intern
Honors
LANGUAGES English (Fluent) Mandarin (Native)
Pratt Graduate Scholarship 2017-2018
SKILLS
Publication in InProcess Magazine (Pratt Institute annual Magazine). Summer 2017 & Spring 2018
Revit Rhino AutoCAD Google Sketchup Adobe Creative Suite V-Ray Maya GIS 3D Printing VR CNC
Hello Kongzi Exhibition in New York 2016 Dean’s Honor List at NYIT 2015 NYIT Scholar Incentive Awards 2012-2016
CONTENT The New York Art Center The Iceberg Mountainscape The Reversed Library Upon the Cliff Pixel FAR Maps Moma PS1: Dream Catcher
The New York Art Center
Hyperdense buildings today are discovered to lack of sense of social coherence. They are seen as generic, uniform and disconnected superblocks or high-rise towers. Culture is a connector to make the community closer together in a hyperdense environment. To maximize the urgent need of housing, the exterior of the superblock is all normal housing units. The interior becomes nature landscaped parks, cultural centers, offices, sports fields, and auditoriums. Large void sky openings allow light and air to come through the superblock and enable people to enjoy their lives.
Packing & Layering Process
Section Perspective Rendering
Longitudinal Section
The Iceberg is a contemporary de-
sign process of dealing with flooding, densification, and infrastructure issue in Dumbo, Brooklyn. Starting with material casting, and I use cooking foils, plaster, and pigment to create an urban fabric model. The material gives me intelligence: the cracking effects provide me topological logic. When the material reacts with buildings, the cracking impact becomes finer. It becomes thicker and thicker into the water’s edge.The iceberg islands start from small to large. The flooding islands in the front row are designed as a buffer zone to prevent flooding and rising water. The medium size islands and large island are built for housing towers. A new mode of creating a multi-leveled infrastructure platform is connected between each island. The urban canyon voids allow light and air to penetrate into the underground culture centers.
Urban Chunk Model
Material Casting Models
Working Progress
3D Printed Model
Rubber Mold
Mini Urban Fabric Models
Casting Process
Urban Fabric Model
2050 Dumbo Site Plan
Maya Modeling Diagrams
Presedent Studies
Urban Chunk Cluster Model
Sectional Drawing at Building Scale
Sectional Drawing at Urban Corridor Scale
Urban Chunk Model
Mountainscape In an age of accelerating urbaniza-
tion and extreme resource shortage, cities must grow inward, and the most urgent challenge for urban designers is to develop new models for densification. Mountainscape is a speculative urban design approach for Dumbo Brooklyn. The project tries to deal with rising water, building a serious of water piers. The block is ambitious and will fulfill with a series of humanmade hill and valleys. The vertical terraces are designed for used for farming and social space. The lower podiums are designed for shopping malls. The project includes many green features include, a community greenhouse, eco-friendly housing, and public areas.
Packing & Layering Process Overview Renderings
Conceptual Diagrams
Site Plan
Detailed Section
Longitudinal Section
The Reversed Library
In 1898, Brooklyn became one of five boroughs within the City of Greater New York, and the Williamsburg neighborhood was opened to closer connections with the rest of the new city. The site is located at the corner of Wythe Avenue and North 9th Street in Brooklyn, NY. Even though it iscurrently zoned within the manufacturing district, the site is in the process of adopting to its current surroundings and the existing building on the site will be removed in the near future.This is a small public library to serve the general public and address the needs of the young children, teens and adults. It is expected to be open every day of the week and some late evenings to provide a venue for small gatherings, language classes, child development, yoga instruction, etc., as well as the access to printed and electronic resources and periodicals for the whole community.
Street View
Garden View
Diagrams
Pati Diagram Staff Working Office+Activty Room Audlt Reading Area + Quit Reading Room Staff Working Office+Activty Room
Children Reading Area + PlayRoom Area Staff Working Office+Activty
Audlt Reading Area + Quit Reading Room
Entrance Gates Audlt ReadingLobbies/Security Area + Quit Reading Room Children Reading Area + Play Area
Public Auditorium+Mechanical/Boiler Room Children Reading Area + Play Area Entrance Lobbies/Security Gates Entrance Lobbies/Security Gates
Program Diagram
Public Auditorium+Mechanical/Boiler Room
B
Public Auditorium+Mechanical/Boiler Room
A
Skylight Diagram
B1
A1
Hot
Cold
HVAC Diagram
Site Plan
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Third Floor Plan
Fourth Floor Plan
Reading Space
Studying Room
Reading Space
Communication Space
Garden Entrance
Bird View
Bird View
Overall View
Interor Detail View
Detail View
Front View
Upon the Cliff
Artists have been always inspired by nature. Nature and artists have always became close friends.I like the idea of “ Art Colony”. It motivates artists to move away from urban centers and seek out alternative locations where they would be free to express their creativity. I tried to explore architecturally, the relationship between landscape and buildings. How can architecture integrate with the natural landscape? By investigating various possible generic site types like hill, flatland, valley,island and cliff, each topography has its own characteristic related to architecture. I am specifically interested in groups of buildings in linear formats inspired by Renzo Piano’s Centre Culturel Jean-Marie Tjibaou project.
Painter’s Studio
Artist’s Studio Space Analysis Diagrams
Musician Studio John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Writer Studio Ernest Hemingway
Writer Studio Georgia O’keeff
B1
A1
A
B
Site Plan
Working Space Living Space Outdoor Space Bathroom
Heat & Ventailation Diagram
Program&Form Diagram
Units Plan
1 8
7 6
Bolwer
2 4
5 3
1. 8x4x4 Coping-Section 2. Insulation 3. 5/8� Bolt 4. Concrete Roof Slab 5.Rough Carpentry 6.Roof Flashing 7.Triple Layer 8.Roof Construction(Drainage layer,Roof Resistant) 9.Curtain Wall Mullion 10.Profiled Steel Decking 11.Universal Beam 12.Floor Finish
9
Fan-Coil Unit
Chiller & Boiler System
11 10
Roof Plan
12
Second Floor
First Floor
UP
HVAC System
Wall Detail
A - A1 Section
Entrance Way
B - B1 Section
Communication Space
Writer Entrance
Entrance View
Musician Studio
Roof View
Model Photos
Pixel FAR Maps
By 2050, 66 percent of the world’s population is projected to be urban. New York as the densest city in the U.S., always under the pressure of finding available space to build. With 14 Millions of people will live in the New York City in 2050, the housing crisis is exceptionally urgent to be solved. Pixel FAR Maps collect GIS data to analyze potentially available space in Dumbo, Brooklyn. In the future, sea level rasing will force the new development to move back inland, and the FAR map suggest that building over the existing infrastructure will be one of the solutions.
FAR Dumbo Map
Brooklyn vs Manhattan FAR Analysis
Manhattan and Brooklyn FAR Analysis Map
Less Space
More Space
Max FAR of Residential Max FAR of Comercial Mix Use Area
Current Condition
Current Max FAR
Proposed Max FAR
Current Condition
Current Max FAR
Proposed Max FAR
MOMA PS1: Dream Catcher
The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 jointly present the MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program, an annual series of competitions that gives emerging architects the opportunity to build projects conceived for MoMA PS1’s courtyard facility in Long Island City, Queens. The site is the MoMA PS1 couryard in Long Island City. It inculudes the triangular shaped area and the sculpture garden and are the only areas that may be built upon. The programs should included Dance Zone, Urban Beach , Chill Zone, Concession, Cafe Tables, and Lounge Zones.
Parametric Concept & Progress
Single Cell Module
Double Structural Layer
Plan Configurations
Single Structural Layer
Tripe Structural Layer
Physical Modeling Process
I proposed and tested a structure system, that gradually generated from one basic cell unit. it multiplies grown and become complex into a structural framed system. The principle of this design is based on the concept of gemetric multiply grow, while fully consider the econolgical meaning behind this transformation. Later on, I applied the same ideas and methodology into my design.
Model Photos
Parametric Design Progress
Single Cell
Triple Units
Single Cell Model
Triple Units Model
Multiple Units
Multiple Units Model
Physical Modeling Process
Overall View
Overall View
Entrance Detail
Court Yard Detail
Court Yard Detail
Bar Dance Zone Lounge Zone Urban Beach Concession Programed Drawing
Besides Architecture, I am also a DIY Maker and Cooker. I am passionate about what am I doing, and I want to continue to pursue Architecture dream in New York.
Yan Zhuang (347)-925-4819 Solemnyan@gmail.com