Gaole Stella Dai Architecture Portfolio
01 Unity House
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Religious Diversity, Building Environment, Architectural Form, Teamwork
02 Brutalism
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Teamwork, Learning from Stealing, Social Condenser, Scale
03 Il Palazzi
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Cubic Study, Palazzo Typology, Logical Alignment, Texture Drawing
04 Qi and the Garden Wall
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Taoism, Environmentalism, Unit Design, Product Book
05 Dong 89 Cafe Complete Interior Design, Material Experiment, Curves, Lighting Mode
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01 Unity House 2020 Spring Collaborative Work w/. Timothy Tamulonis Associated Professor: Macros Parga Site: New York City
Religious Unity
Architecture as the ‘Glue’
Combining six major religions, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Taoism, Baha’i, Hinduism, into one space to live, work, and worship together. The spiritual leaders are brought together o fulfill their own belief that all religions have value and should reconcile with each other to be united as one, as well as suggesting a new way of communicating, interacting, and embracing among world religions.
Using the residential units as the “glue” in which the programs are positioned. The programs interrupt this by pushing out of the glue, creating an interaction with the outside.
The Massiveness
Co-Living
The building is made to be one solid mass of brick, interrupted by shapes carved into the facade. This provides for both the introspective and open environments necessary. The massiveness also introduces a solemn image of religion.
This thickness is defined through material difference as a white CLT in contrast to the otherwise exposed wood. The intention of these spaces is to operate within a range of uses, transforming from a secluded private space to become apart of the public sphere with the opening of the doors.
Form Ins
The primary formal elem pulling from existing h create forms with meani a comfortable and fam removing details and create a more welcoming
Passive
Taking advantage of t utilizes passive strategies through the building. Th use of a convection spa upper floors of the build it upwards.
Gypsum Glass Brick Interior Brick Exterior Brick CLT Concrete Core Embedded Thickness
spiration
ments of this project are historical architecture to ing and history, creating miliar environment but specific symbolism to g form.
System
this form, the building s to move the air upwards his is done through the ace protruding from the ding to heat air and pull
Merge & Carve
The Thickness
The primary formal elements of this project are pulling these forms are then merged together and subtracted from a larger mass to create a unique form that house multiple programs such as the chapel, library, discussion space, and playroom. Also, shapes are oriented into a specific orientation to reach religious traditions.
Using the duality of the material systems, the design also adds another layer to the public and private understanding of the building, private units are conceptually perceived to be apart of the “thickness” embedded into a thick wall system.
Light Structure
Heavy Finishing
The building’s private space, as well as its structure, is made of CLT to create a lighter atmosphere within and also reduce the impact of the building on the environment through the use of sustainable materials. The CLT is used as a load-bearing wall system, carrying the loads from the brick forms and facades as well as from the occupants to the foundations.
On the exterior, to complement the appearance of a massive structure. The building is clad in a brick facade of varied patterns, and the brick also moves inward, enveloping the surface of the interior forms of the public space. The use of traditional materials with contemporary building strategies works to highlight the contrasts within the building “Heavy look with light structure”. 2
Unity House
A Place for Reglious Communications
Perspective from the Cross-road of Lexington Ave and E 102nd St
Schematic Diagram Playroom
Kitchen
Buddhism
Taoism
Hindu
Discussion
Judaism
Islam
Ba’hai
Community Library
Residents Community
Residential Private
0’ - 0’’
Practise
Public
The Public
Form Evolution
Judaism
Chapel
Hindu
Library
Discussion Space
Islam
For Public & Residents
Buddhism
Playroom
For Residential Kids 3
Unity House
The Thickness in Plans
1st Floor
Ground Floor
B1 Floor
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Chapel Extendable Bench Reception Restroom Elevator Cool Air Pumper
7. Archive Storage 8. Reading Area 9. Library 10. Meeting Room 11. Discussion Space 12. Ladder
13. Bedroom 14. Closet 15. Storage 16. Sharing Space 17. Working Space 18. Secret Space
19. Playroom 20. Slide 21. Bunk Beds 22. Breakfast Table 23. Kitchen 24. Terrace
Roof
6th Floor
5th Floor
4th Floor
3rd Floor
2nd Floor
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Unity House
Integrating Architectural Form with Building Environment
Form Evolution
Playroom
For Residential Kids
Section along E 102nd St
Chapel
Library
Discussion Space
For Public & Residents
Environmental Performances during Different Seasons
Cooling System during Summer
Heating System during Winter
Overall Building System
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Solar Panel
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Solar Chimney
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Basement as ‘Chiller’
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Cross Ventilation
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Cool Air
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Hot Air
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Exhaust Air
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Floor Radiato
r
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Unity House
The Massiveness Brick Pattern
The Massive Image
Life in the House 4th Floor Plan w/. Details
Viewpoint 1
Viewpoint 2
Ground Floor Plan w/. Details
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Unity House
Light Structure with Heavy Finishing
Construction Axon
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Wooden Flooring Screed Water Pipe Tacker Clips Thermal Insulation Vapor Barrier Gypsum
8. CLT 9. Insulation 10. Breather Membrane 11. Brick 12. Flashing 13. Rigid Insulation 14. Drainage Mat
15. Concrete 16. Brick Texture Tile 17. Protector 18. Steel Frame 19. Wire Frame 20. Glass Brick 21. Carpet
22. Exhaust Air Duct 23. Brick Wall Tie 24. Wooden Batten 25. Window Frame
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1. Gypsum Finish 2. 3-PLY CLT Structural Wall Panel 3. K8 Insulation 4. Breather Membrane 150mm 5. Continuous Air Gap 6. Brick 7. Raked Mortar Joint 8. Connecting Joint 9. Supporting Wooden Block 10. Aluminium Low-profile Gutter 11. Flashing 12. Waterproofing Membrane 13. Brick Textured Tile
14. Wooden Board 15. Solar Panel Frame 16. Gasket 17. Foam Insulation 18. Foil 19. Water Tube 20. Black Absorber 21. Glass 22. Railing 23. Brick Wall Tie 24. Service Void 25. Grooved Insulation 26. Water Tube 27. Microcement 28. Vapor Barrier
29. Glass 30. Ceramic Tile 31. Lighting 32. Wooden Batten 33. Sloping 34. Sliding Glass Window 35. Wooden Handrail 36. CLT Structure 37. Polycarbonate Sheet 38. Steel Frame 39. Aluminium Railway 40. Interior Brick 41. Wire Frame Structure 42. Glass Brick 43. Drainage Mat
44. Rigid Insulation 45. Wooden Finishing 46. EWP 47. Screws 48. Metal Bracket 49. Anchor Bolt 50. Concrete 51. Steel 52. Bond Break 53. Window 54. Mattress
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02 Brutalism 2019 Fall Collaborative Work Associated Professor: Davide Sacconi Site:London, United Kingdom
The Economics Building
Alexander Rd Estate
By building a model of the Economics Building at 1:50 scale, the site was reconstructed and analyzed by pieces. The increasing privacy and occupancy of the plinth are adopted in the project to form the boundary, as well as a spatial hierarchy.
The repetition feature of Alexander Rd Estate provides the prototype and circulation strategy for mass-producing residentials. The ziggurat form allows each unit to have sunlight and terrace space.
Concave &
Along with the plinth str Building, ziggurat form create concave and conv both strategies has a clea and provide an oppor community events, and r
& Convex
rategy of the Economist ms can be collaged to vex space. The result of ar hierarchy of the space rtunity for public uses, residential activities.
Place for Social Events
Units
Based on the spatial experience created by concave and convex forms, the given programs would be placed accordingly. For example, the concave space on the plinth provides room for ‘loud’ events, such as gathering and protesting, while the convex space underneath the units could be used for ‘quiet’ activities, such as reading and working.
This communal living project aims to push residents to go out so that two-thirds of the unit space is a large individual terrace space. The majority of units are single rooms and the rest are for small families. The community facilities are allocated on the ground floor of the plinth separating from the space for the general public.
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Brutalism
The Economist Building and Plinth Strategy
1:50 Model (by Stella Dai, Lindsey Dierig, Estefany Lona, Kayleen O’Brien, Timothy Tamulonis)
Plinth Dia
Spatial Hi
agram
ierarchy of Plinth
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Brutalism
Alexander Rd Estate and Section Evolution
Ziggart Strategy of Alexander Rd Estate
Traditional
Ziggart
Access
Section Evolution
Section of Alexander Rd Estate
New Section
Centeral Stairs
Concave Space
Terrace
Convex Space
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Brutalism
Concave & Convex Section
Plan
Plan Diagram
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Brutalism
Living On The Plinth Collages
Axon
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Brutalism
Unit Plans
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03 Il Palazzi 2019 Spring Collaborative Work Associated Professor: Luca Ponsi Site: Florence, Italy
Piazza Formation
Palazzo Medici
Division
Monumental Cornice
Cornice
Piazza Formation
Cubic Study
Site Alignment
Production of a 9’’ cube with internal spaces from a choice of any two formal elements ordered by any two operations, shift and overhang.
Inspiring by the typology of the piazza (plaza), a grid that lined up with the context buildings is created to allocate each palazzo and its garden. Palazzo Medici
Division
Contextual Adjustments
Monumental Cornice
Plaster Frame
Shif
Palazzo Base Residu
Sh
The shift of volumes al space and access to natu overlapping space of all the courtyard within eac sourcing light into the g Shift
Horizontal Div
Cornice
Residue
Openings
Contextual Adjustments
Shift
Horizontal Division
Residue
Palazzo Base w/. Garden
ftorizontal Division
ue
Atrium
Shift
Courtyard Vertical Division
Atrium
hift
llows more exterior urral light. The l volumes becomes ch palazzo type, and gallery space.
vision
Residue
Facade Opening To give a hint about the inner activities, the facade system follows the program strategy of palazzo type by having the most public on the ground floor and private studios on the tops. The size and amount gradually vary when it gets higher.
Overhang The overhang gives a sense of space occupancy from the palazzo. The physical model was made out of pink cardboard with translucent sheets attaching on the back to give a diffused lighting condition.
Vertical Division
Residue
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Il Palazzi
Schematic Design
Cubic Study
Advanced Spatial Se
equence
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Site Align
Piazza Formation
Palazzo Medici
Monumental Cornice
Piazza PiazzaFormation Formation
Palazzo Base w/. Garden
Division
Shift
Cornice
Residue
Courtyard
Palazzo PalazzoBase Basew/. w/.Garden Garden
Atrium
Facade Align
Palazzo PalazzoMedici MediciContextual Adjustments Division Division
Plaster Frame MonumentalCornice Cornice Monumental
Atrium & Shift
Openings Cornice Cornice Piazza Formation
ContextualAdjustments Adjustments Contextual Palazzo Medici
PlasterFrame Frame Plaster
Monumental Cornice
Division
Openings Openings
Cornice
Shift Shift Horizontal Division
Courtyard Courtyard Vertical Division
Shift Residue Residue
HorizontalDivision Division Horizontal Shift
Shift Shift
Residue
Residue Palazzo Base w/. Garden
Atrium Atrium
VerticalDivision Division Vertical Courtyard
Residue Residue
Atrium
Program Axon
Library
Study Room Studio
Big Lecture Hall Gallery Small Lecture Hall Gallery
Cafeteria
Kitchen Gallery
Private
Public
Axon
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Il Palazzi
Section
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Il Palazzi
Ground Floor Plans
Cafeteria
Classroom
Library
Classroom
Library
Auditorium
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Il Palazzi
Floor Plans
Ground (1st) Floor
Gallery
Gallery Gallery
3rd Floor
Cafeteria
Study Room
Studio
2nd Floor
Studio
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Il Palazzi
Prespectives & Model
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04 Qi and the Garden Wall 2021 Spring Individual Work Associated Professor: Julia Czerniak, Kristina Borrman, Theodore Brown Site: US Suburbia
Qi
Wall As Medium
Western Feng Shui is an oversimplified design strategy that typically in the form of “tips and tricks” for eliminating clutter in interior spaces. However, traditional Feng Shui is a complex practice that engages the physical construction site orientation, space organization, and material selection - and the conceptual factor - mythical figure, abstraction of the neighborhood, and residents’ fate - to produce good Qi to protect and boost the living comfort.
This project explores traditional Feng Shui through wall design that exploits the potential of common building materials and the phenomenological effects of residential gardens. By involving Feng Shui’s principle in design wall units, these innovative wall designs will contribute to the production of good Qi by managing air quality, ventilation, and temperature control, which build up a microclimate around the house.
Wall U
Brick, metal sheet, cast s are selected as the gener found across the countr Eash wall unit can functio itself to make sure there of bad Feng Shui.
Units
stone, wood, and plaster ric materials that can be ry and fabricated easily. on as a Feng Shui filter in will be no combination
Illustration
Micro-Climate
Four locations representing the most typical US climate conditions are selected as the site to illustrate the space created by these wall units. They are Levittown for humid continental climate; Los Angeles for Mediterranean climate; Phoenix for desert climate; and Miami for tropical climate. Based on the indigenous material supply and various climate conditions across the country, there will be material substitutions and various garden ambiance.
With the help of each wall unit, the assembled walls would create a microclimate around the house to maximize energy efficiency and residents’ living comfort.
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Qi and the Garden Wall
Plaster Unit
Unit Dimension
Material Render
Filtering Diagram
Microclimate Diagram
Qi and the Garden Wall
Plaster Unit
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Qi and the Garden Wall
Wood Unit
Unit Dimension
Material Render
Filtering Diagram
Microclimate Diagram
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Qi and the Garden Wall
Wood Unit
Qi and the Garden Wall
Cast Stone Unit
Unit Dimension
Material Render
Filtering Diagram
Microclimate Diagram
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Qi and the Garden Wall
Cast Stone Unit
Assembly Instruction
Qi and the Garden Wall
Brick Unit & Metal Sheet Unit
Unit Dimension
Material Render
Filtering Diagram
Microclimate Diagram
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Qi and the Garden Wall
Brick Unit & Metal Sheet Unit
Assembly Instruction
05 Dong 89 Cafe 2018 Summer Individual Work Site: Shanghai, China
Dynamic Ceiling In order to design a dynamic lighting and ceiling system, a series of experiments on curves and curved surfaces were conducted in advance to find the most suitable response to the design, and finally the curves of the ceiling pieces echoed the curves of the floor.
Dayligh
This is a completed interior design signer, I completed the entire store owner’s ideas, and followed up the cluding communication with const solving, material selection, furnitur had a limited budget for the full se whole design to be acceptable to m a cafe and a bar atmosphere during morning and evening.
ht Cafe
n project. As an independent dee design based on sorting out the e entire construction process, intruction workers, on-site problem re procurement, etc. The owner et of decoration and wanted the most people and to create both g different business hours in the
Nighttime Bar The cafe is located in a residential area near the city center, so the potential customers are the surrounding residents and the employees working in the nearby office area. The store contains not only two businesses, namely a cafe and a bar, but also a mini-market area (required by the business license). Therefore, the lighting effect became a key means to achieve daytime and evening mode conversion, so that the different light sources serve the corresponding business mode.
04 Dong 89 Cafe 2018 Summer Individual Work Site: Shanghai, China
1. (Flip the analysis model over) Place a piece of fabric over wood sticks
4. After the
2. Pour liquid cement over the piece of fabric
5. Vaccum fo
3. The weight of cement challenges the elasticity of the fabric and form the shape.
cement is dried, peel off the fabric and polish the surface.
orm the cement form and put it up side down on clear acrylic sticks.
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Dong 89 Cafe
Plan
Refrigerator Fire Cabinet
Grocery Area 7.43 m2
Dining Area 64.13 m 2
(Above) Bar Ice Maker
Casher
Beer Blender
Bar & Kitchen Area
Grinder
9.20 m2
Coffee Machine
(Above) Bottle Display (Bottom) Storage
Refrigerator
Refrigerator
Toilet 6.72 m2
Ceiling Plan
Operation During Daytime
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Dong 89 Cafe
Operation During Nighttime
The End. Thank You