01 GEAR | Apartment | M.Arch I 601 Design Studio | 2016 Fall University of Pennsylvania
Gear is an apartment located in Chelsea, New York. It is a gear betwenn “Young” and “Old”, “LOW” and “LUX”. Formally, it is an interlocking system. Each piece is holded by other pieces around it, so that each one is an inseparable part to the whole. From program perspective, the building is designed to be a gear. Young people and the elders usually does not have much common language. However, Gear provides an opportunity for them to contact: one would always find himself in a circumstance that need them to communicate, cooperate, talking with each other. A gear is not only a tool, but also a choice. It is Important for everyone to find his/her own “gear”. An apartment of being with others who are not in same generation with you, or having different social position might be a good way to find your own gear....
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easily get access to books either from library at the first floor or from every public book shelves.
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THEATER PLAN People can get into the lobby of theater from High Line, which is a semi-public space. Residents can also arrive at the theater by dedicated elevator.
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INTERIOR RENDERING Continuous curvature is the main characteristic of the interior space. This characteristic can be observed from handrails, strip-lights, etc. The secondary dark system “invades” into the primary system and becomes cladding and railings.
HIGH LINE ENTRANCE People can get into the lobby from the High Line entrance, which also blurred the threshold between High Line and the building. On the other hand, the lobby is also a semi-public space for both residents and other citizens.
LOBBY & BALCONY Different widths of balconies allow people standing at different floors to see each other, which also promotes the communications and improves the relationships among residents.
02 SUBMERGENCE | Museum | M.Arch I 501 Design Studio | 2015 Fall University of Pennsylvania
Submergence Museum will be constructed near the Yellow River. These years, because of the Soil and Water Conservation Program, flood and soil erosion problem near the site has been partially solved. We can see a lot of newly planted trees near the site, which also create a relatively cozy and suitable natural environment for the new museum. Folds and creases were introduced to give scale and definition to the continuous surface. Sectionally, a relationship is established between oculi, floors, and voids, blurring the ground’s relationship to the exterior walls. The construction of Submergence Museum will definitely promote the further development of community in this area. This building will even be an infrastructure of the local cultural development. On the other hand, the area will be more and more concerned by people and government so that more ecological problems may be solved in the future.
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FORM GENERATION The form concept started from the five locations of skylights. By shearing the locations, five trunks with different directions were created. They have various thicknesses, light effects, and folds on the facades. Moreover, they also created height transition of the whole.
ROOF PLAN The concept of Submergence derived from the feeling of “powerlessness” of architecture compares to nature: architecture needs to show its modesty before nature. That is why some parts of this building “submerged” other parts, and the curves of the profile get inspiration of the mercurial personality of the Yellow river.
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03 BOSSA NOVA | Vertical Theater | M.Arch I 502 Design Studio | 2015 Spring University of Pennsylvania
Mask hides facial characteristics. With mask on face, people cannot recognize each other. Therefore, a relatively free atmosphere which is a basis of carnival is created. An architecture that is “masked”, which means a reduction of its functional and formal identity, can be regarded as a symbol of carnival. This project focuses on the huge tower that is masked by different scaled pedal like fragments. This tower becomes a monumental symbol to encourage people’s carnival. At the same time, all the programs are arranged vertically on the site, so that large outdoor space is achieved. This space provides the place of carnival. City threshold is the most significant connection or joint of two spaces with different properties. In different environments, people have different emotions and act in different ways. To realize carnival, we need to lead people from normal city life into a more uncommitted place by threshold. In this project, artificial landscape is connected with city street. People can be attracted and lead into the grand public space. Moreover, the huge tower advocates the free sprite of place. Atmosphere of carnival then is strengthened by the tower.
3D Printed Model
Round Space
Normative Edge
Space Inbetween
Interaction II
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Facade Effect
FORM GENERATION
“MASKED” THEATER
The tower can be regarded as two parts: the round theater spaces and other spaces around and being influenced by them.
Using the formal manipulations like folding, twisting and punching, wrapped round spaces are created. At the same time, extended flat plates naturally become floor plates that connect with these round spaces.
SECTION & ELEVATION The second system wraps the round theater spaces and is “squeezed” by them. The height and width of the inner spaces are the direct reaction of “squeezing”. Moreover, the gradient of the second system shows the degree of deviation from the city.
TYPICAL PLAN A large area of artificial landscape locates in front of the tower, which offers various outdoor programs. Actually, the landscape can be regarded as a “horizontal� tower, while the tower is also a vertical street.
INTERIOR VIEW The inner space of the theaters keeps the characteristics of exterior form language. Continuous surfaces with twisted features form the apertures and platforms for lights, seats and backstages.
04 THE TERRA CHRONICLES | Jacques Rougerie Foundation Competition - 1st Place | 2016.12
Given the perpetual expansion of human activities, the impact on Earth’s natural ecosystems become increasingly severe and lethal. Progress in construction technologies allow us to build upwards into outer space. The Terra Chronicles proposes a network of vertical monuments for the life on Earth, continuously built up through the decades into the great beyond. The Terra Chronicles archives all living species in its proximity by storing their DNA and data samples of within a fiber unit that reflects the interactions and crisis each species faces through time. The physical relationship between each fiber unit becomes representative of the correlation of the species. The distilled nodes between several fibers are the ecosystems the species are found in. These knots recreate natural environments and provide the opportunity to rehabilitate living and endangered species.
Exterior View from Space
NETWORK MAPPING The Terra Chronicles host seeds of biomes that have the potential be restored or expanded so that one day the Earth or other habitable locations could teem with life. They are also replicas of ecosystems on earth.
STRUCTURE DETAILS The Terra Chronicles is constructed of three distinct structural systems. The primary structure is made from thick bone like branches that support the secondary hair-like fibers that embodies each species and the tertiary system which is composed of soft round membrane capsules extruded from the intersection and nodes of the primary and secondary members.
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TECHNICAL SECTIONS The dristilled nodes odes between several fibres are the ec cosystems the species are found in. The terra chronicles achives all living species by storing their DNA and data samples within a fiber unit that reflects the interactions and crisis each species faces through time.
LEFT: VIEW FROM INTERIOR RIGHT: VIEW INSIDE LIVING-SYSTEM From the distance, each tower reads as a linear timeline, extending into space, embodying the life and death of the organisms on earth that are struggling to change and adapt to their environment. The Terra Chronicles is a tribute to nostalgia but also a potential seed waiting activation into space.