YI TAO
ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO SELECTED WORKS 2012 - 2018
CONTENTS
Compton, CA 2017
Baton Rouge, LA 2014-2017
Yangzhou, China 2013 Shanghai, China 2010-2014
New Orleans, LA 2017
Jiusuo, China 2013
Architecture Projects Landscape Architecture Projects
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PROJECT 1
CROSS-CRUZAR
San Diego-Tijuana, Mexico-United States Border 2018
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PROJECT 2
PROJECT 3
PROJECT 4
AQUA STORIA Rome, Italy 2017
WABASH ART INCUBATOR
Chicago, IL 2015
GROUND UP
Designing Resilience in Asia
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Manila, Philippines 2016
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
PROJECT 4 was a group project, but all graphics shown are solely works of the Author.
PROJECT 1
CROSS-CRUZAR San Diego-Tijuana | 2018
CROSS-CRUZAR A reform strategy is proposed to improve the existing border which is facing humanitarian and environmental crisis. The space now between the two fences on the border is a Buffer Zone that protects both countries from the impact of the other side. But it also increases the impermeability of the border and isolates the two countries. To change the Edge Effect in a positive way, the buffer zone needs to be transferred to a neutral ground that welcomes the entrance of citizens and immigrants and provides the ground for interfacing. The communication among individuals can enhance the understanding of each other and release the fears of the stranger neighbors. Edges between the program thresholds in the neutral ground will stimulate the thought exchange between diverse groups of people. Moreover, the project will be a conjunction of architecture and landscape. All the edges and patterns will be considered and finally achieve an integrated harmony in the neutral ground. It should accommodate the sustainable design strategies to use natural lighting, clean energy, and water recycling systems. The material will be selected to be economical, environmental-friendly and responsive to dynamic circumstances. The building impact on the existing fragile ecosystem will be minimized. Overall, the neutral ground will mediate the separation of the two countries and embrace the positive Edge Effect. It will open to both sides for reunion and celebration, and form cross-border citizenship, coexistence, interrelationships, humanization, and understanding.
SECTION AXON
SOUTH ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION
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SITE PLAN
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WATER SYSTEM SYSTEMS AND SUSTAINABILITY
WATER
ENERGY SYSTEM
Multiple-Effect Distillation Plant (MED) Daily Water Production: 1,973 gallons Daily Electrical Usage: 82 KWh Yearly Water Production: 720,336 gallons Yearly Electrical Usage: 30,038 KWh
Fresh Water Storage Tank: 3,020 Gallons
Rain Catchment Area: 13,595 s.f. Yearly Rainwater Catchment: 81,570 gallons
ENERGY
Daily Building Electrical Usage: 570 KWh Yearly Building Electrical Usage: 178,410 KWh Yearly Seawater Desalination Electrical Usage: 30,038 kWh Total Electrical Usage: 208,448 kWh Solar Panel Area: 6,345 s.f.
WATER SYSTEM
ENERGY SYSTEM GREYWATER SYSTEM
BLACKWATER SYSTEM
The major environmental system of the Cross-Cruzar consist of energy GREYWATER SYSTEM and water. Because of the climate, the building uses passive heating BLACKWATER SYSTEM and cooling as well as a natural ventilation system. The only exception is the Assembly 2, which is below grade with the occupant load of 200, so two exhaust fans are installed to assist air flow. With the installation of only one elevator and minimal lighting, the building’s energy system benefits from the abundant solar radiation in San Diego. The solar panels can fulfill the energy requirement for the building. Additionally, the extra electricity can be used to desalinate the seawater, which will meet the water usage in this building. The greywater and rainwater will be collected and treated in the constructed wetlands on site. Due to the scale and economic factors, the blackwater cannot be processed on this project. They will be stored and processed in a septic tank system under the toilet. Nonetheless, composting toilets are installed in Threshold 1 to decrease the wastewater.
WASTE
Constructed Wetland Area: 457.5 s.f. Daily Greywater Treatment: 457.5 gallons
Composite Restroom for 15 uses/day Composite Tank Dimension: 69” x 26” x 30”
Underground Septic Tank Daily Blackwater Inlet: 2,530 gallons Septic Tank Dimension: 159” x 99” x 51”
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BUILDING MODEL
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PROJECT 2
AQUA STORIA Rome | 2017
SITE ANALYSIS
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CONCEPT DIAGRAM
This stream of water went up and down generates a route meandering between the parts of the project. The distance of the route reflects the time in history. The elevation symbols the volume of water base on its height compared to the existing aqueduct on site – the lower it is, the more water it gets. And the three sources where people got water from, the Tiber River, Aqueducts and Modern Water System, will be applied to the three sections of the architecture that inhabit the characteristics of those three water delivery pattern. Tiber River is a linear center (Visitor center). Aqueducts are multiple canals that end in the fountains in the city and become public space (Museum). What’s more, the Modern Water System is a multilayer that water comes from different sources, the pipes follow the grid of the city to deliver the water to fountains, nasoni and private homes (Residence). Meanwhile, the different sources Romans choose to get water direct the landing point of the route in those three sections of the building.
TIMELINE
The Aqua Storia project is a visitor center for the Aqueduct Park which located in the suburb of Rome city. The concept is developed on the interpretation that history of water in Rome is a dynamic changing complex. It was closely connected to the rise and fall of the city. In the beginning, the Tiber River bred the Rome in 735 B.C. After the first aqueduct was built up in 312 B.C., Romans erected numerous water facilities around the city. Whereas around 537 A.D., Rome was almost abandoned after the Gothic War, and the aqueducts were all out of function, which left the city in water shortage for about 1,000 years. People had to go back to the polluted Tiber River for water. This condition lasted until the Renaissance time when the Popes began to restore aqueducts and the volume of water went into the Rome city increased. At the beginning of 19th century, the modern water system was implemented in Rome thus the population of the city started to rocket.
CIRCULATION & PATTERN
SURFACE WATER
753 B.C. Found of Rome
312 B.C. First Aqueduct
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1453 A.D. Restoration of Acqua Vergine
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1800 A.D. Start of Modern Water System 2017 A.D. Extraordinary Drought
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MASTER PLAN
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C. Visiting Scholar Research Center and Retreat 9. Apartments 10. Common Kitchen 11. Pantry 12. Common Meeting Room
EXPERIENTIAL SECTION
Stone Surface Cement Travertine Slab Pavement Concrete Compacted Soil
Concrete Anchor Strapping
Reinforced Concrete Plywood Stud Roman Brick
Travertine Slab Stainless Steel
Insulation Board Cement
A - Public Visitor’s Center
Concrete Block
A - Public Visitor’s Center B - Exhibition Hall
B - Exhibition Hall
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C - Visiting Scholar Research Center & Retreat
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C - Courtyard
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PROJECT 3
WABASH ART INCUBATOR Chicago | 2015
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
Student’s Dormitory University Facility
Roosevelt University
Art Facility
Robert Morris University
Subway Station
Auditorium Theatre Museum of Contemporatray Photography
Columbia Co
Graffiti
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Columbia College Art Center Jones College Prep DePaul University Theatre East-West University
Elephant Art Gallery
SITE
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Louis Henry Sullivan 1887 1895 Funiture Factory & Office Steak House & 1967 Secretarial College 1983 Fire 2006
Solon S. Beman Office and Warehouse
SOUTH LOOP
WABASH ARTS CORRIDOR
Fire Redevelopment
The Great Fire
Immigrant Housing
CO RR
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Columbia College
Decline National Printing Center
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Fire
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2006 1985
1920 1900s 1874 1871 11 before 1871
WABASH ART INCUBATOR Located at the middle section of Wabash Arts Corridor, which is a recently thriving art program led by the Columbia University in Chicago at South Loop, the project site is surrounded by the circumstance of art related museums and education facilities. At the end of 19th century, the site was the immigrant house. Fortunately, the 1871 Great Fire and 1874 Fire did not catch the site. And in 1887, with the trend of redeveloping Chicago after the disaster, a Louis Henry Sullivan Building was built on this land. The building was used as a furniture factory, office, steakhouse, and then secretarial college before 2006 when the fire from its basement destroyed the whole structure. What remains on the site just gravels and the wild grasses randomly come out from the ash. The ambition of the project is to attract students, community members, and art lovers from other parts of the city. This new art incubator building will, just like the wild grasses come out from the site now, root in the ashes of history, absolve the nutrition from the soil of community and colleges around, and photosynthesize the light of public arts from the corridor. The structure of the building goes all the way down from the roof to basement. The content of each ‘grass’ unit is art space. What’s more, the voids between ‘grasses’ are the open space for public engagement. The building will provide communication and engagement opportunity for public arts. Yet it will unveil the history underground which will recall the sense of community and trigger the inspiration on art.
Wild Grass
flower
leaf
Arts Incubator
apartment
shared studio
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art
root
community & history
Void Space
Public Space
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FLOOR PLAN
Columbia College Arts Center
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1 shared studio 2 auditorium 3 train station 13
MAJOR SECTION
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PROJECT 4
GROUND UP Manila | 2016
Designing Resilience in Asia Competition
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The project site is located at Valenzuela City at North of Manila Metropolitan area which is the capital city of Philippines. This area is suffering from Typhoon, flooding, land subsidence, trash pollution, sea level rise, and saltwater intrusion. The objective of the competition is to promote preventive holistic design paradigms that engender the physical, cultural and social resiliencies of Asian communities in light of natural disasters. The intention of the design scheme is to, in one way, implement stormwater management strategies to mediate the hydrologic problems and recharge the underground aquifer. In the other way, a large amount of trashes on the site will be collected, cleaned, and processed as the ground-fill to rise the land which encounters with the dynamically raising sea level. What’s more, community centers and new housing projects will be built to serve the residents.
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WATER SYSTEM
Sedimentation Pond
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Floating Plant
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Aeration
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Costal Wetland
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CANAL SECTIONS
SECTION A - A’
EXTREME LEVEL
EXTREME LEVEL
NORMAL LEVEL
NORMAL LEVEL
SECTION B - B’
EXTREME LEVEL
NORMAL LEVEL
SECTION C - C’ 18
LAND RISING PHASE PLAN
Phase 1 (2016-2021) · Elevated roads · New houses · Canals · Water sponges
Phase 2 (2021-2026) · Community center · Water treatment wetlands
Phase 3 (2026-2036) · Elevated rest land · Waterfront spaces 19
APPENDIX
HAND DRAWINGS
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GREEN HINGE
New Orleans, LA | 2016 21
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8' - 7" 4' - 8"
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S1S2
S1 34' - 0"
34' - 0" 13' - 3"
13' - 3" 8' - 7"
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34' - 0"
20' - 9"
20' - 9"
13' - 3"
4' - 8"
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13' - 3"
1 S2 20' - 9"
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10' - 4"
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Area 1713 SF 1631 SF 3344 SF
Consultant Address Address Address Phone
Consultant Address Address Address Phone
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Entrance Dining Room Kitchen Pantry Washing Room Bathroom Living Room
FLOOR FOOTAGE FLOOR FOOTAGE
70' - 0"
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Name Area
FLOOR - LEVELFLOOR 2 - LEVEL 2 8 4498SF Master 449 Bedroom SF Master Bedroom 9 61 SF 9 Bath 61 SF Bath 10 75 SF 10 Closet 75 SF Closet 11 40311 SF Library 403 SF Library 12 18912 SF Bedroom 189 SF2 Bedroom 2 13 65 SF 13 Bath 65 SF Bath 14 22514 SF Bedroom 225 SF3 Bedroom 3
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FLOOR - LEVELFLOOR 1 - LEVEL 1 1 1201SF Entrance 120 SF 2 4652SF Dining 465Room SF 3 1793SF Kitchen 179 SF 4 51 SF 4 Pantry 51 SF 5 58 SF 5 Washing 58 SFRoom 6 51 SF 6 Bathroom 51 SF 7 6567SF Living 656Room SF
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EAST ELEVATION
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2nd FLOOR PLAN 1/16” = 1’- 0”
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SECTION S2-1 Scale
Scale
Single House Single House 2016/11/092016/11/09 Yi Tao Yi Tao Marc B Marc B
P1 P1
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Bath
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Exercise Exercise 3 3 Living Room
DETAIL SECTION
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SECTION S1-2
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HONEY ISLAND SWAMP MONSTER TEMPLE Honey Island, LA | 2015
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WANG’S ANCESTRAL TEMPLE Haikou, China | 2016
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GATEWAY TOWNE CENTER Stormwater Management Typologies Compton, CA | 2016 PLAN
DRAINAGE PATTERN
A - FILTER STRIP Regular Parking (Impervious)
Compton Creek Outlet
Bioswale
Detention Pond Underground Water Storage Area
Filter Strip Overflow Parking/Pop-up Parks (Pervious)
PEDESTRIAN E’
Promenade
C Pervious Pavement
B - OVERFLOW PARKING/POP-UP PARK
SITE AXONOMETRIC D
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C - ENTRY AREA Green + Blue Roof
Green Wall
E-E’ LONG SECTION
Bioswale Pervious Paving
SECTION PERSPECTIVE D - D’
Water Storage Area
SECTION E - E’
Bioswale
Temporary Parking/Pop-up Park
Filter Strip
Throughway
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Yi Tao
ytao3@lsu.edu | 225-281-3849 Master of Architecture | School of Architecture Master of Landscape Architecture | Rober Reich School of Landscape Architecture Lousisiana State University