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China Box
Hotel Montreal ACADEMIC
Floating House
elf Store
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China Box
NYSID
Location: New York, U.S.
Spring 2017
R ETAIL
GA LLE RY
R ES TAU R A N T
This is the the place where you can hangout to explore Chinese food and culture in Mahattan. It combines retail, gallery and restaurant. Inspired by the rice container in Chinese restaurant, “China Box� wants to become an another icon for a place where people can find authentic Chinese food, cooking classes, spices and comtemporary Chinese art.
CONCEPT I CHINA BOX SPACE STUDY Restaurant
Retail Classical Garden
Courtyard
Layered space
Gallery
SITE
PROGRESS
Original solid building block
Chelsea market
Highline
Lifted base
Space connection
Whitney museum
Connect with highline
Add new volume to the building
Floating the volume
Open to street
Add central volume
All volumes connected
Highline Building
The building is located in Chelsea connected with highline and close to Chelsea market, Whitney museum and many other attractions. There’re lots of people around this area. Since its unusual location, I decided to bring the energy of highline into this project.
Section A - A CENTRAL HUB
Inside sheer
Central hub is a transitional “In Between“ space serves as gallery, transport and cultural hub and even a meditation space functions. A mega staircase connected both the building and highline bringing live to this solid brick building and breaking the boundaries between floors and walls.
Lantern Mega stair
Outside sheer Temporary exhibition for food and culture Boxes
A
A
Connect to outside
CHINA BOX I FLOOR PLAN
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Ground Floor
Third Floor
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12
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11 Second Floor
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1. Tea House
13. Restroom
2. Book Store
14. Elevator Lobby
3. Gift Shop
15. Central Gallery
4. Spices Market
16. Shanghai Cuisine
5. Courtyard
17. Shandong Cuisine
6. Restroom
18. Cantonese Cuisine
7. Elevator Lobby
19. Sichuan Hot Pot
8. Equipment Room
20. Elevator Lobby
9. Tea House
21. Restroom
10. Cooking Studio
22. Shared Kitchen
11. Book Store
23. Shared Kitchen
12. Food Court
24. Central Gallery
GROUND FLOOR I CHINA BOX
Inside
Outside
Open to street
Tea house entrance view
From tea house to courtyard
Courtyard
CHINA BOX I 2nd FLOOR
Central stair
Frame of views
From food court to stair
Multi-level experience
Inside
Outside Food booth
Food Court
Food court layout concept
2nd FLOOR I CHINA BOX
The cooking studio Cook
Dining area at cooking studio
Stair entrance on 2nd floor
Eat
Space connection
Tea house
Inspiration
CHINA BOX I 3nd FLOOR
Communal dining
Shanghai restaurant
From stair to restaurant
Shared kitchen
Inside
Outside
Inside
Outside
View on mega stair
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Hotel Montreal
NYSID
Location: Montreal, Canada
Fall 2017
LOBBY I HOTEL MONTREAL SITE AND CONCEPT
Montreal is a city with history and fashion, formal and informal and with old and new. Sometimes people see the historical street with the history of hundreds of years but sometimes the most fashionable things catche your eye. I want to bring this city texture into the hotel. I feel that there are two attributes in the city—‘static’ which means the history and antiquity and ‘dynamic’ which means the fashion and avant-garde. The design language abstracted from the architecture in the city itself. Static includes symmetry, order and verticality from the historical classical architecture while the dynamic includes movement and asymmetry from modern architecture.
IMAGERY
Lobby
Lounge
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Circulation
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1. Lobby
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2. Reception 3. Lounge 4. Elevator lobby 5. Gift shop 6. Rest room
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Floor Plan
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HOTEL MONTREAL I GUESTROOM FLOOR Gusetroom Floor Plan
Axonometric
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B
A
A Typical Suite Plan
FF & E Living Room
Bedroom Materials
Refreshing Room
TYPICAL SUITE I HOTEL MONTREAL
Section A-A
Section B-B
HOTEL MONTREAL I TYPICAL ELEVATOR LOBBY AND CORRIDOR
Elevator lobby
Corridor
Corridor
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Floating House Location: New York, NY
NYSID Spring 2016
CONCEPT I FLOATING HOUSE CASE STUDY
CONCEPT
"Not using the potential underwater space"
"Function and spacial experience are same as buildings on land"
This is a floating house located in the Hudson River in New York. Water has lots of benefits for people’s living. I want to explore the relationship between water and people’s behaviors. There is a big difference between living on water and in water. Sound and light, which define the public and private space, change from above to below. According to the public and private needs, I putted different functions on different water levels. For this project, I want to give my customer an experience of walking into the water so that the space will be very open and boundaryless like water itself.
Experience of water
PROGRESS
Physical study model
Roof Garden
Dining Water Level
Study Activity
Bath
Sleeping
Function arrangement
Residents are able to change the angle and the direction to sun to have a best efficiency of use of light.
FLOATING HOUSE I SECTION
Kitchen
Entrance
Water Level
Bar Bath room
Kid’s room
Water-based ecosystem
SECTION I FLOATING HOUSE
Library Study room
Water Level
Bedroom Water-based ecosystem
FLOATING HOUSE I ENTRY AND KITCHEN
Plan
Axonometric
STUDY AND ACTIVITIES I FLOATING HOUSE
Plan
Axonometric
FLOATING HOUSE I BATH AND SLEEPING
Plan
Axonometric
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elf Store
NYSID
Location: New York, NY
Fall 2016
CONCEPT I elf STORE CONCEPT
INSPIRATION
elf is a very successful cosmetic products E-retailer. This is my design for the brick-and-motar store for the brand. In the store, selling is not the only thing but the experience as well. An exhibition area, bar, salon and beauty lab will be added in since I want to design a space where customer can touch, smell, try the product and even have a seat here during the leisure time. The most obvious feature of elf is the “ play beautifully box” plan, which means elf will send gift boxes including the most current products to their customer. I choose “Box” as my concept and putted different experiences in different boxes. To attract people getting in, I designed the interior in a really quiet and minimal way to show up the products and to have the contrast to its traditional outside space.buildings around.
SKETCH
PROGRESS
Exhibition
Salon
Beauty Lab
elf STORE I PLAN AND ELEVATION
Section A-A
Section A-A
Service
Meet
Ground floor
Try
Learn
Mezzanine
Bar
A
Salon A
Cashier Exhibition Sale
Test
BAR AND TRY BAR I elf STORE
Try bar
Bar
elf STORE I BEAUTY LAB AND SALON
Beauty lab
Salon
WORK Australian Center
Park Hyatt Aviara
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Australian Center HBA Location: Hangzhou, China
Status: In Progress
LOBBY I AUSTRALIAN CENTER MOOD
SITE
The project is located in Hangzhou, China. Australian Center’s Lobby Areas present a luxurious interior aesthetic augmented by the tranquility of being in artistic natural spaces. Limestone clis are inspiration for powerful energetic elements, with the aboriginal Australian art unifying with the strength of the art and nature to create an experience of craftsmanship and serenity .
AUSTRALIAN CENTER I LOBBY FLOOR PLAN
SPACE STUDY
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1. Residential Lobby
3. Residential Library
5. Residential Elevator Lobby
2. Commercial Lobby
4. Mail Room
6. Commercial Elevator Lobby
Add
Symmetry
SECTION
Reduce
Reception Area
Aboriginal art wall
LOBBY I AUSTRALIAN CENTER Residential Elevator Lobby
Residential Lobby
Materials
FF&E SELECTION
Looby Group
Library Group
AUSTRALIAN CENTER I LOBBY Commercial Lobby
Commercial Elevator Lobby
FF&E SELECTION
SKY LOUNGE I AUSTRALIAN CENTER MOOD
CONCEPT Australian Center’s sky lounge is a place for young people where they can work together, share experience, hang out and know each other. The concept for this area is to create a flowing and transitional space.
Meet
Fun
Relax
Work Multi-use
AUSTRALIAN CENTER I SKY LOUNGE
Alternate bed area layout to have extra emergency exit in back.
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4. Gym
1. Living Room
2. Restaurant
3. Corridor
5. Kitchen
6. Terrace
7. Co-Work Place
8. Sun Deck
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5 Rain Solution
Section A - A
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SKY LOUNGE L33 I AUSTRALIAN CENTER
Chair Design
Booth Chair Design
Layout Concept Respect Building Structure Flowing Space Layered Function
Light Circulation
AUSTRALIAN CENTER I SKY LOUNGE L33
SKY LOUNGE L33 I AUSTRALIAN CENTER
AUSTRALIAN CENTER I SKY LOUNGE L33
Co-Work Concept This Co-Work space is designed for young entrepreneurs. It’s inspired by We-Work rental office idea. It’s a place mixed of different people and mixed uses.
Conference Room Casual study
Communal Study
Semi-Private Area
Meet and Learn Group Disscusion
Circular Seating Area
Meet
Separate
SKY LOUNGE L33 I AUSTRALIAN CENTER
AUSTRALIAN CENTER I SKY LOUNGE L34
Inspired by the sun bed on the beach. Take advantage of the sun light and views of the building.
Sun Bed Concept
Layout Concept
Layered Function Light Fire Pit
Dining Table
Multi-function furniture pieces will make people easily meet and communicate.
Circulation
Use lower partitions to create open space doesn’t block the sun light and view.
SKY LOUNGE L34 I AUSTRALIAN CENTER
AUSTRALIAN CENTER I SKY LOUNGE L34
Night time
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Park Hyatt Aviara Location: San Diego
HBA
Status: In Progress
REBIRTH OF AN ICON
Carlsbad is a semi-arid Mediterranean climate which is ideal for rejuvenating the body and mind. Its history as a place of refreshing waters goes back to the 1880s, when a former sailor dug a well in the area and discovered clear crisp water. A second fresh-water well was discovered to contain water chemically similar to some of the most renowned spas in the world and thus town was named after one of these spas; the famed spa of Karlsbad. This rejuvinating terrain serves as the context for this property, inviting guests to slow down and revel in the local landscape. From the moment you enter you know you are somewhere special. Our design is about the connectivity from the landscape to the neighborhood, from nature to business, from the hotel to the ocean and hillside. Local ora and fauna frame the approach from the entry gate to the porte cochere. When the hotel comes into view everything is light and open. Stepping through the doors, the view across the lobby has a strong sightline that opens up to the sky. You are embraced by a comfortable hum of activity from the interconnecting public spaces. Indoor ows to the outdoor in a breezy sequence. We envision this as an opportunity to create a unique identity that could not be duplicated elsewhere, taking the existing Mission Revival style building and modernizing the design to emphasize the easy elegance which is so distinctive to this place and the Park Hyatt brand.
PARK HYATT AVIARA I PUBLIC SPACE
SITE
MOOD
The hotel is located in northen San Diego. It’s been built in 1997. Also, southern California is known throughout the world for its sunny beauty and healthy climate. Within breezy proximity to the beach, the grounds of Park Hyatt Aviara are a lush setting for relaxation or business retreat.
INDOOR- OUTDOOR CONNEC TIVIT Y N AT U R A L A N D R E J U V E N AT I N G
HUMMING WITH LIGHT
W A R M LY I N T E L L I G E N T REFRAC TED WHITES WITH TEX TURED NEUTRALS
PUBLIC SPACE I PARK HAYTT AVIARA
P L A N and P R O G R A M
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Outside
Outside
Outside TERR ACE
Inside
Inside
LOBBY TERR ACE
TERR ACE
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LOBBY BAR B
CORRIDOR
LOBBY BAR
LOBBY LOUNGE F
BAR
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PA NT RY
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R E TA I L MARKETPLACE
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PROMENADE
PROMENADE LOBBY
RECEPTION
CONCIERCE
R E TA I L PRE-FUNCTION
ENTRANCE
MEETING ROOM
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ARCADE
Demolition Plan
PORTE COCHERE
ARCADE
Our approach to lobby programming seeks to create a unified and dynamic space where edges are blurred and guests are drawn to move throughout the space. By opening to the exterior where possible, we bring in light and connect to the surrounding nature. Utilizing scale and heirarchy we will set dif ferent moods throughout the lobby that ser ve to activate the disparate zones - the lobby bar will take on a more formal, sophisticated identity while the lobby lounge provides a energetic and casual contrast. By removing physical and visual barriers we improve the flow and strengthen the connection to the site. SIGHT LINES G U E S T C I R C U L AT I O N A . LOUNGE LIKE OUTDOOR S E AT I N G B . I N T R O D U C E S TA C K E D DOORS C. OPEN UP WA LLS T O C R E AT E A V I S U A L CONNECTION TO THE MARKETPL ACE, ENERGIZING THE LOBBY D. INTRODUCE ICONIC M O M E N T S AT A R R I V A L E . P U L L B AC K FAC A D E , C R E AT I N G I N I N D O O R OUTDOOR LOBBY E XPERIENCE
3D Study Our Approach
F. F I R E E L E M E N T T O P U L L GUESTS INTO THE LOBBY
Existing
G . S O P H I S T I C AT E D L O B B Y BAR ENVIRONMENT PROVIDES A FORMAL SETTING H. MARKETPL ACE SERVES AS A DYN A MIC BACK DROP TO THE CASUAL LOBBY LOUNGE
PARK HYATT AVIARA I PUBLIC SPACE
RECEPTION I PARK HYATT AVIARA
PARK HAYTT AVIARA I CENTRAL LOBBY
BAR I PARK HYATT AVIARA
PARK HAYTT AVIARA I RESTAURANT
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