Out of New York by Vivien Gu

OUT OF NEW YORK

SHENGZI GU

Selected Works 2015-2018 B + C | Architecture

Grid of of Times Square, Perception Studio, Grid Times Square,Collage, Collage, Perception Studio, FallFall 20152015

Out of New York for me represents my basic standpoint of questioning the role of architecture in the contemporary context in the scale of New York. at is, to resist the competition between different mosaics in the medium of grid. To defend for the autonomy of architecture from becoming a tool of capital. To awake the body perception from the media-driven optical stimuli. To undo this ongoing process of denaturalization and urbanization. As an architecture student, I believe in the necessity of interdisciplinary and unnecessity to insist on certain architectural aesthetic. Rather than formalistic play, design for me is a weapon to crit- icize society and declare my resistance. is portfolio selects my four representative works based in New York in the foregoing eld which might indicate the Out of New York discussed above.

ccoNteNtS oNteNtS PPReface: Reface: On “Out “Out of New York” York” On of New HouSe ii. . SSlow low HouSe :

& Move-Net: National Black Theater Performancing National Black Theater &&Holistic School Cart ReSiStaNce: iiii. . llaSt aSt ReSiStaNce :

Sara D. D. Roosevelt Roosevelt Park Sara Park iii.Murban acupuncture: ove-Net: Learning from in Shanghai National Black Urban TheaterVillages Performancing Cart iii.

iv.NNova iSula: ova iSula: Freshkills Park Field Station Station for Freshkills Park Field for Art Artand andEcology Ecology iv.

v.GGaRaGe to GRotto: aRaGe to GRotto: A Study and Intervention of A Study and Intervention of Wuhan’s Wuhan’s Flood Flood Crisis Crisis v.

vi. Chinampa loop: wateR coMMuNity: The Environment as Metrics in San Gregorio, Mexico City San Gregorio Water Management Design vi.

v. Related: GIS: Stop and Frisk in NYC Installation for Water Intervention v. Related: Utopia: Living in the Rain Others International Model Works Student Housing in NYC GIS: Stop and Frisk in NYC Professional Works Utopia: Living in the Rain Art Works & Film Works Others Fashion Design Works

Slow HouSe:

National Black Theater & Holistic School Instructor: Prof. Bradley Samuels deSiGN 2 Spring 2017

Harlem has never been the buildings. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been the pe As those things begin to fade because of gentrification well. National Black Theatre, as a physical gathering pla now facing this transition. In this project, there is no corridors, and all the room rooms to each other, so that one must move through ro that celebrates spatial experiences of gathering, encoun can help Harlem people defend the fear of this â&#x20AC;&#x153;white

View from Lounge to Store, Museum and Toilet (from left to right)

eople, the connection and the relationships. n, the identity of the community is going to fade as

ace and a cultural symbol of Harlem community, is

ms are given more than one door, and open all the ooms to reach other rooms. It presents an architecture ntering, communicating and exploring. Hopefully, it erâ&#x20AC;? community.

3d modeling current National Black Theatre scale 1/32” = 1’-0”

CONCEPT DIAGRAM

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louNGe dReSSiNG Studio lobby

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First Floor Plan 1 Entrance / 2 Lobby / 3 Garden /4 Theatre Store /5 Theatre Museum/ 6 Lounge / 7 Studio / 8 Toilet / 9 Dressing Room / 10 Theatre / 11 Storage

Second Floor Plan 2 Lobby / 3 Garden / 7 Studio /

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/ 8 Toilet / 9 Dressing Room

Third Floor Plan 2 Lobby / 3 Garden / 8 Toilet / 12 Holistic School / 13 Playground / 14 Meeting Room / 15 Shared Workspace

â&#x20AC;&#x153;An architecture arising out of the deep fascination that draws people towards others; an architecture that recognizes passion, carnality and sociality. The matrix of connected rooms might well be an integral feature of such buildings.â&#x20AC;? -Robin Evans

Doors, walls and windows, as the separators of space and individuals, are modern definitions of privacy. Certainly, these items are essential for modern residential and commercial buildings. However, under the current gentrification process, National Black Theatre as a traditional gathering place for both Harlem residents and black artists, needs more intimacy than privacy. To break this privacy and foster an intimacy for this theatre, I eliminate all the doors and windows (except for the bathrooms), and construct one continuous wall looking impregnable from outside. Because of that, there is only one path available for all artists, staffs, students and visitors. This means if a visitor wants to attend plays in the main theatre, he or she needs to walk through the artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dressing room.

Theatre is a container of emotions. To expand National Black Theatre within the Harlem community, I design these three transportable move-nets in order to celebrate their own culture. Every single of them represents a show that was premiered in NBT. The first one is the Womb, it originated and inspired from the beginning of the script of the show “Seed”, which is “Not to meander myself, at present, I will go back to my birth”. The second one is the Mirror, the broken mirror reflects the characters in the show “Dutchman”. The third one is the Bar/Clinic, it assemble the relationship and conflict between two black generations. from the show

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laSt ReSiStaNce:

Sara D. Roosevelt Park Instructor: Prof. Todd Rouhe Studio abStRactioN Spring 2016

In the near future, the last unregulated public space in New York City is a series of green paces and hard scapes between Canal Street and Houston Street in lower Manhattan. The rest of city has become a familiar blur of luxurious condos and iconic buildings. This unregulated space, formerly know at Sara D. Roosevelt Park maintains a social dimension as public space that must be monumentalized in order to resist and counteract real estate as an exclusive domain.

“Last Resistance” is to respond this context. This design is inspired from “Continuous Monuments” by Superstudio. However, instead of emerging horizontally in a continuous way, I design this vertical version of Superstudio’s work. Because the concept of height contains a lot of possibilities. For example, the perspective we perceive on the 10th floor is totally unlike the one on the ground floor.

The base building, the now existing building in Sara D. Roosevelt Park has been abandoned, if it is still existing in the near future, it will be used as administration and reception areas. The top of the roof combined with the upper panel would be formed into a common space, a space for exchange, meeting or even simply people watching.

“Height” as the design concept for this mega structure means to challenge the current technology-wise limitation. This architectural complex is composed by 10 different buildings, all 200 feet tall, 9 of them are residential, one of them is used as the conjunction of transportation. The most basic structure (K3)’s ratio of floor height for their floor area is 1:1. The S6’s ratio of this is even 2:1. Although they are technology-wise unrealistic, but it is very exciting to escape from norm and conventional proportion.

The template, which is the structure A2 here, is talking about how modern social environment and technological landscape together divide residents into 3 separated groups (high, middle and low classes).

All the elements form into a grid. The grid is fundamentally a symbol of fabrication. In this context, it signifies the fabrications of different social systems.

Sometimes she wonders if life seems easier for people who masturbate to FOX news.

Another costly Bordeaux, Perhaps too much; Maybe not enough

She was high class in a low class world, and I wanted to be in her world

Move et: iii. iii U.rban A-N cupuncture : National Performancing Unit LearningBlack from Theater Urban Villages in Shanghai Karen Fairbanks Instructor: Prof. Bradley Samuels DesigN 2Study Independent Spring 2017 2018

Shanghai has undergone a process of urbanization that has reShanghai undergone a process has re- sulted in sulted in has significant urban sprawlofinurbanization the past 30that years. signi cant urban sprawl in the past 30 years. Peng Hu Qu or Urban Village is the bridge between rural areas Peng urban Hu Qu cores, or Urban Village is the bridge between rural areas and urban and balancing between the impoverished populacores,and balancing betweensociety, the impoverished mainstream tion mainstream creating apopulabuffer tion zoneand between the society, creating a bu and er zone between theliving. low-income class and high cost low-income class high cost of Urban villages afford of living. Urban villages a ord economic opportunity to low-income workeconomic opportunity to low-income workers while maintaining ers whileurban maintaining normal functions. It is atounique a certain extent normal functions. It isurban to a certain extent and intel-a uniquelife andstyle intel-developed ligent life style by civilians during urbanization. ligent bydeveloped civilians during urbanization. This project thisthis extraordinary life style and try to This projectwould wouldtry trytotoexamine examine extraordinary life style and learn from it. try to learn from it.

Urban Sprawl in Shnanghai from 1982-2012 by Christian Henriot, URBAN SPRAWL IN SHANGHAI FROM 1982-2012 BY CHRISTIAN HENRIOT, PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2012 Published 1616November 2012 BY VIVIEN GU May 08 MAY 2017 EditedEDITED by Vivien Gu 08 2017

Urban village or Peng Hu Qu (Chinese: 棚户区; literally: “village in city”) are villages that appear on both the outskirts and the downtown Urban villagesegments or Peng Huin Shanghai, China. They are surrounded by skyscrapers, transportation infrastructures, and other modern Qu (Chinese: 棚户区; urban constructions. literally: “village in city”)Peng Hu Qu is a unique phenomenon that formed partthat of Shanghai’s urbanization efforts. Urban villages are are villages appear commonly inhabited by the poor and transient, and as such they on both the outskirts and are downtown associatedsegments with squalor, overcrowding and social problems. the However, areThey also among the liveliest areas in some cities in Shanghai,they China. and are notable for affording economic opportunity to newcomers are surrounded by skyto the city.transportation scrapers, infrastructures, and other modern urban constructions. Peng Hu Qu is a unique phenomenon that formed part of ShangMapping Peng Hu Qu (Urban Villages) in Shanghai in 2018 hai’s urbanization e orts. Created By Vivien Gu 01 May 2018 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Fsr94GPogGJtknM5qj 2psuRrmZZKt-&usp=sharing

Urban villages are commonly inhabited by the poor and transient, and as such they are associated with squalor, overcrowding and social problems. However, they are also among the liveliest areas in some cities and are notable for a ording economic opportunity to newcomers to the city.

an village, which called Xin Du that there is a large proportion es and motorcycles as transme that maybe I can produce e needs of these residents who ve in the future, and also as a n sprawl and housing policies.

Through investing this speci c urban village, which called Xin Du Through investing this specific urban village, which called Xin Du (near Wusong RivKou (near Wusong River), I notice that there is a large proportion er), I notice that there of this population that uses bicycles and motorcycles as transis a large proportion portation methods. of So it occured to me that maybe I can produce this population that uses some houses on wheels to meet the needs of these residents who bicycles and motorcyprobably would lose their land to live in the future, and also as a cles as transportation statement to rebel the current urban sprawl and housing policies. methods. So it occured to me that maybe I can produce some houses on wheels to meet the needs of these residents who probably would lose their land to live in the future, and also as a statement to rebel the current urban sprawl and housing policies.

Inspired from this photo taken in 1910s, I choose to design this adult-size inhabitable house which mimics the design of vintage stroller.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The toiletâ&#x20AC;? house is created for the absence of restrooms in Xin Hu Kou urban village. Like most residents living in other Peng Hu Qu, they need to use bed bottle for personal needs.

Through producing those houses on wheels, I hope to provide a platform for the communities to share this collective lifestyle despite the uncertainty of deandI relocating. In orderatoplatform reproducefor thethe realcommunities and vivid diary of urban Through producing those housesmolishing on wheels, hope to provide village life and subsequently become a part of the collective urban village expeto share this collective lifestyle despite the uncertainty of de- molishing and relocating. In order rience and culture, which could be saved and achieved during this rapid social to reproduce the real and vivid diary of urban village life and subsequently become a part of the transformation in China.

collective urban village expe- rience and culture, which could be saved and achieved during this rapid social transformations in Shanghai, China.

Some residents in Xin Du Kou choose to open up their walls and to transform their rooms into Delis. “The Deli” house would extend this deliciousness to every single corner of this Peng Hu Qu.

This picture was taken in 1920s in Shanghai. During that period, some people travelled through Songhu River to Shanghai, they later transform their little boat into boathouse as shelters. “The Boathouse” learns from the structure of this type boat’s beams and reverses the structure to create another type of “shelter” for residents to gather together.

Clothes on lines or outside-racks is a common sight in Shanghai. There are normally a couple of bars in the balcony, with holes to put clothes hangers, and one can dry his/her clothes there. For some other residents who prefer natural-dry method, they use a di erent system with long bam- boo poles. I create this “Clothing Drying Rack” house to provide residents in Xin Du Kou more space to hang their clothes.

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Nova isula:

Freshkills Park Field Station for Art and Ecology Instructor: Prof. Kadambari Baxi and Prof. Fred Tang DesigN 1 Fall 2016

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Sitting on the southernmost part of the city of New York, Freshkills Park in Staten Island feels a world away from frenzied Manhattan. Freshkills Park Field Station for Art and Ecology encourages interdisciplinary engagements. The center is designed to promote the use of the site a resource for research and initiate various interactions particularly between scientist and artist. This complex serve as an example of the sustainable, responsible, site sensitive, ecological and artistic missions of Freshkills.

CONCEPT DIAGRAM

Building surrounding Garden

flatness encourages communications

Building surrounded by Garden

scientists who have been worked in FRESHKILLS

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oNE scientist One artist

negative space caused by clustering

which becomes their own communal space

ARTISTs who have been worked in FRESHKILLS

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INSTALLATIONS INSPIRED BY WORKS FROM THESE SCIENTISTS

INSTALLATIONS INSPIRED BY WORKS FROM THESE ARTISTS

shkills Park, Staten Island, NY

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science gallery

classroom/playground resting corner art gallery lab A

studio B

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resting corner

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“Social desire for an art that is contemporary and timely, that responds to and reflects its temporal and circumstantial context.”

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Time: 6:00pm, May. 15th, 2020 Location: Studio for Scientists and Artists Area: Freshkills Park, Staten Island, NY Spotlight: Movie Night

Time: 2:00pm, April. 2nd, 2020 Location: Freshkills Gallery Area: Freshkills Park, Staten Island, NY Spotlight: Ballon Chasing

View of Playground

View of Movie Screen

View of 5-feet tall wall

View of Gathering

GaraGe to Grotto:

A Study and Intervention of Wuhan’s Flood Crisis Instructor: Prof. Ignacio G. Galán In collaboration with: Vera Savoy DesiGn 3 Fall 2017

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Water Community:

San Gregorio Water Management Design Instructor: Prof. Ignacio G. Galรกn In collaboration with: Laura Blaszczak DesiGn 3 Fall 2017

Mexico City is facing serious challenges regardi 50

ing its relation with water. Through different mapping methods, we can learn that there is either too much or not enough water in the city. 51

Mapping in collaboration with: Nikolas Tucker

rainwater collection pyramids

rainwater collection canopy

aviary two

reconnecting canal

Architecture might negotiate the preservation of human and natural ecosystems with the operations of the community. Following these intentions, the project here explores punctual interventions as a new paradigm of water management and preservation. Our intervention at the UNESCO World Heritage site in Xochimilco utilizes existing infrastructures that manages water quality and activates the peripheries where the urban fabric interacts with the site. Organized in an incomplete loop, we designed an array of structures to mediate the chinampa zones.

GIS Mapping: Stop and Frisk Shengzi Gu Tel: (917)-526-7987 Email: sg3268@columbia.edu Critic: Kazuki Sakamoto

Stop and Frisk, is a tool to promote police brutality and racial profiling.

My project is a spatial analysis of racial discrepancies to study if different races were being stopped at the same locations and identify areas with especially high amounts of stops and see how these areas changed over time. What is stop and frisk, it is a brief, non-intrusive, police stop of a suspect. The Fourth Amendment requires that the police have a reasonable suspicion that a crime has been, is being, or is about to be committed before stopping a suspect. These data obviously show the use of racial profiling towards minorities. Where there are black and Hispanic majorities, so is there increased stop-and-frisk activity. This map shows the ethnic locations and how they change. The orange dots means decrease and purple means increase. For example, white populations are declining in northeast Queens, where immigrant populations are increasing, and parts of staten island, which are attracting more blacks. And Chinese immigrants are declining in Lower Manhattan, and yielding to Indian and Bangladeshi growth in Jackson Heights and Woodside. But their numbers are rapidly growing in Flushing, Fresh Meadows, Sunset Park and Bensonhurst. These analysis show Stops in 2007 2008 2011 2013 and 2014. Red lines indicate high white stop density areas and blue shades indicate high black stop density areas. High white stop density areas are very different from high black stop density areas. The star in Brooklyn marks the location of officers Liu’s and Ramos’ deaths. The star on Staten Island marks the location of Eric Garner’s death. And Officers Liu and Ramos died in a high black stop density area (location marked with the star in Brooklyn).

Stop and FrISk: SCapegoat Instructor: Prof. Kaz Sakamoto IntroduCtIon to gIS Spring 2016

Mexico City is on its way to become what Octavio Paz describes Mexico City in The Labyrinth of Solitude, “A monstrous inflated head crushing the frail body that holds it up.” This installation uses the materials that local people are familiar with in order to provoke a conversation between people and water and politics of space.

installation for water intervention instructor: prof. ignacio g. galán & prof. loreta castro-reguera in collabration with: laura blaszczak (barnard), keila escamilla, gabriela serna & elizabeth lópez (unam) fall 2017

a girl in red invited me to her city. it is the city that never stops raining. nobody knows when it started. no one knows when it would stop. the province in that city is divided into two parts. one part rains everyday, the other part doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. some inhabitants of the rain part flock to the other part because they hate this endless rain.

living in the rain instructor: prof. ralph ghoche senior seminar: utopia spring 2017

residential building, model, 2018

pumpkin pritzker at the Center for Architectureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event Pumpkin-tecture, 2017

this side up project type: art exhibition location: alden projects, new york

arkansas crossroads lot-ek, spring 2018 design: lot-ek, ada tolla + giuseppe lignano, principals team leader: aaron mark site location: bentonville, arkansas position: junior designer intern phase: schematic design contribution: render

long island city tower madgi, summer 2017 design: montroy andersen demarco | nyc interior design firm team leader: richard cohen site location: long island city, new york position: architectural intern phase: design development contribution: site analysis, design, model & render

文化设施

紫峰大厦

广场街旁绿地

长江

国际健康服务社区 Green Area

老城区

rounding Environment

Site Map

文化区 Cultural Area

Nanjing: situated in the heartland of Yangtze River Delta, having served as the capitals of various Chinese dynasties, kingdoms and republican governments. Jiangbei New District Central Area, leaning the Stone Mountain, facing the Yangtze River, has multiple plazas, green areas and parks, generating into an urban open space system. This project is located in the heartland of CBD area of Jiangbei New District. This project is located in the heartland of CBD area of Jiangbei New District, on the Central Avenue axis and the intersection Dingshan Road and Hengjiang Avenue. Being appreciating from any angle of Nanjing city, this iconic shape is both elegant and forceful. speed composes an elegant “dragon into the cloud” architectural silhouette. The outline accomplishes smoothly and setups are well arranged. Being appreciating from any angle of Nanjing city, this iconic shape is both elegant and forceful.

街道宽度（米） 41-50

中央商务区 CBD

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Street Width Grand Plan Mapping in 2025

Subway Mapping in 2025

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Tel: (917)-526-7987 Email: sg3268@columbia.edu Design Team: ECADI, Shanghai, China Team Leader: Byron Liu Time: June, 2016

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masterplan & architectural design of nanjing pukou skyscraper ecadi, summer 2016 design: ecadi | east china architecture design and research institute team leader: byron liu site location: nanjing, china position: architectural intern phase: schematic design contribution: design, model & floorplans

the narrators (partial), ink on paper, 2015

untitled, découpé(cut-up technique), 2016

traces, oil paint on canvas, 2015

why aren’t they in jail, collage, 2016

harriet pattison, film photo, 2015

church, film photo, 2015

new york express, short experimental movie, 2017 https://youtu.be/vxi4AbklzZ8

burden, short kungfu movie, 2018 https://youtu.be/Gs4UWZFEDXI

make, plant cube, 2017

make, fabric cube, 2017