Architectural Design Portfolio Gaole Dai 2017 Spring
Syracuse University - School of Architecture Studio Design
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EXERCISE 1 PARTS AND WHOLES: CITIES AND THEIR BUILDINGS
EXERCISE 2 URBAN ARCHITECTONICS
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18 Tectonics As the Relationships Between Enclosure and Structural Frame 20 Skins and Bones in the City
Speculation: Parts and Wholes Architectural + Urban Analysis Part 1 Architectural + Urban Analysis Part 2 Designing An Urban Building
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EXERCISE 1A: SPECULATION PARTS AND WHOLES
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Part to whole
I chose carve, fracture and merge for operations, which created an unbalanced but harmonic figure. Since the length of the edge is not equal to each other, it is hard to have a connecting and smooth rhythm throughout the rotation, so that I decided to experience something differently. I wheeled the figure for 360 degrees, then wheeled back, which turned out to be a series of mirrored figures, and finally wheeled forwards again. In this way, the four aspects of the figure had been mirrored twice. Though the series does not comfortably attach to each other, it gives an interesting “skyline�, which does go through all the connecting space below the heavy blocks.
Whole to part
The reason why I selected these squares was not only they were next to each other, so that better represent the relationship between squares and abstract items; but also they had huge a diversity in themselves, which were mostly determined by how many edges they had. As all the parallel and perpendicular lines divided the inner space in squares and form more independent shapes, I tried to emphasize the ones that either was interesting or worded as “connecting� function. For example, the final three, tones represent where two or more lines with different directions meet; the triangle with curved edges; and the middle parts between two parallel shapes.
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EXERCISE 1B: ARCHITECTURAL + URBAN ANALYSIS PART 1
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Squeezed Alphabet E
The basic shape of the building is like a mirrored alphabet E. Since the three main sources of population are from harbor, neighbor and school, the mirrored E shape is compressed in these directions. Also, one of the corners of E is cut by the road and remove the link between the three boxes, the shape turns out to be three unbalanced fragments.
Outlined Space Division
The concept of the whole design is to get the architecture fit into the city, which means that features of the city have been symbolized and involved into the design. The cracks are carved, inspired by the street edges of Toulouse. What’s more, based on the different audiences’ activity movement, the architecture is cut into two parts from the middle. The front part is directly facing the harbor and the river, and the back one is mainly surrounded by the rest of the university. According to Grafton Architects, the way they split the private and public parts is referenced to Le Corbusier’s Curutchet House.
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Public & Private Movement
As the division of private and public parts is clear, the movements inside the building are separated. Also, when the floor level is getting up, there will be more private space created, which ensure it can handle the density of the students.
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The Bridges: Due to the main concept of the architecture, the links between the three fragments are symbolized by the bridges in Toulouse.
Windows: Windows are designed in the scale of the city. Most of them are facing the canal
and the river, which give people an open view. They also bring the city into the building. Brick: Because of the material that used in other buildings in this city, which is the bricks with the color of roses, this building uses the exact same bricks to maintain the continuous of the city view and fix in the city.
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EXERCISE 1B: ARCHITECTURAL + URBAN ANALYSIS PART 2
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Facade Roofs
[From left to right] 1st Row: Romanesque; Renaissance; Beaux-Arts; Neoclassic 2rd Row: Second Renaissance Revival; High Victorian Gothic; Italian; Art Deco
Facade Windows
[From left to right] 1st Row: Romanesque; Renaissance; Beaux-Arts; Neoclassic 2rd Row: Second Renaissance Revival; High Victorian Gothic; Italian; Art Deco
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Facade Grounds
[From left to right] 1st Row: Romanesque; Renaissance; Beaux-Arts; Neoclassic 2rd Row: Second Renaissance Revival; High Victorian Gothic; Italian; Art Deco
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Architectural Landmarks V.S. Fabric Buildings
Fancy buildings all have facades facing/interacting with clinton square. Fabric buildings are perpendicular to clinton square
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Deformed Buildings by blocks
The deformations of the buildings are mainly caused by the shape of blocksThere are two types of relationships between buildings and block. Most of the shapes of the building are limited and followed by the edges of streets, while the other deformation type has nothing to do with the shape of the block. It just stands there independently, for example, the Armory Square.
Deformed Buildings Cutting Roads
Deformed Buildings Cutting Roads
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Fronts & Backs
Fronts can be related to facades. Contrast between the fronts and the backs. Fronts shape the edges of streets, yet backs are always carved and blank. There was used to be houses in between, yet they had been taken down and formed parking lots, where the backs are facing. This is also the reason why there are fewer decorations on the backs than the fronts, as they were used to be facing another wall, not exposing in air.
Front
Back for Parking Lots Front Parking Lots Back for Parking Lots Front
Parking Lots
Back for Parking Lots Parking Lots
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EXERCISE 1C: DESIGNING AN URBAN BUILDING
Workshop Lecture Hall Exhibition Galleries Materials Archive Reception Area Private Offices Bathrooms Storage Courtyards or Gardens
1,000 sf 500 sf 500 sf 300 sf 100 sf 3*100 sf 300 sf 500 sf 1645 sf
Relationship: There are two paths of movements, one is private and another one is public, yet there is no specific hierarchy between these two paths and they are finally gathered together at the opening area. Deformation: The shapes of buildings in Syracuse are deformed by blocks and I involved this concept -movements carve buildings- into my design. Bridge: In Grafton Architects’s University of Toulouse, places are connected by bridges. I borrowed this idea to have a bridge as the openning area to connect private and public movements.
Reception Area
Exhibition Gallery Bathroom
Bathroom
Material Archive
Courtyards / Gardens
Workshop Lecture Hall
Storage
Private Office
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Private Office
Private Office
Bathroom
Material
I wanted to use the bricks that are used in most of the buildings in Syracuse, which can help my design to better involve into the community.
Facade
Due to the narrow sight that people can get from the main street, it is really important to have an attractive side facing the main street. I lofted my design and made it seem like it was flooding in the air. What’s more, I also use glasses around the gallery space to attract people by the artwork.
State Tower, Syracuse, NY
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Movement: The movements are orientated around the operations and finally the two movements meet at the openning bridge in the middle.
Operation: As there is no specific hierarchy between these two movement, I made them
twist and interlock with each other to create an “overall” feeling. Public V.S. Private: Since the makerspace requires two quite separate movements for visitors, non-member users, and stuffs. The relationship between users and stuffs should be more cooperated and they collaborate with each other to get the final resultants. So “private“ space actually is semi-private, and the most private part in this building is stuffs’ offices. most public
most private
WORKSHOPMATERIMATERIAALLLECTUREHALL GALLERY WORKSHOP
STORAGE
Material Archive Storage Gallery + Lecture Hall
Gallery
Workshop
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Reception + Gallery
North NorthSide Side
GALLERY
OPEN AREA
WORKSHOP
South SouthSide Side
WORKSHOP
GALLERY LECTURE HAL GALLERY OFFICE WORKSHOP RECEPTIONGALLERY OPEN AREA
2rd Floor Plan Plan 2rd Floor
East-West East-West Section Section
1st Plan 1st Floor Floor Plan
North-South Section Section North-South
Ground Plan Ground Floor Floor Plan
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EXERCISE 2A: TECTONICS AS THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ENCLOSURE AND STRUCTURAL FRAME
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Light: I found an interesting thing that there are size differences among columns, major beams and minor beams. Due to these differences, there will be gaps at where the beams and columns joint These gaps also allow light to get through. In & Out: The exterior enclosures are made by chipboard and they cover the whole structure. However, glasses are under the frame.
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EXERCISE 2B: URBAN ARCHITECTONICS SKINS AND BONES IN THE CITY
Modulus
In my facade, flat surface is the most important thing. On it, there are geometric lines that show the relationship between the openning slots, as well as give hints about where the columns and structures are. During the process of creating the modulus, I started with one figure 4 and duplicate it twice and third times. Then, in the next row, I chose the mid-points of the last one and have a new order. When deciding the heights, I used the golden ratio (0.618, 1.618) of 4, rearrange them and sum them up to get the heights.
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Light
Since I found that was interesting to have size differences among columns, major beams and minor beams and create gaps by themselves naturally in exercise 2A. I decided to continue this feature by having the slots on the facade attach to the major beams, as well as create the same system on the roof. Light gets through these slots into the interior and forms beautiful light effects. The slots on the facade are designed to have different directions in order to have dynamics, while all the slots on the roof are facing south.
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