Portfolio lu wei ying 2010-2016

WEIYING LU PORTFOLIO 2010 - 2016

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WEI YING LU 呂 威穎

rarirure.ro@live.jp EDUCATION National Cheng Kung University 2010 - 2015 Bachelor of Architecture

SKILLS Language

Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese( JLPT: N1), Taiwanese, English

Physical skills

Rhino, SketchUp, Auto Cad, V-Ray, Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Indesign, Ableton Live, CNC, 3D printer.

Interests

Music composing, Skateboard, Basketball, Swimming

WORK EXPERIENCE Tokyo, Japan Aug.2013 - Aug.2013

Hitoshi Wakamatsu Architect & Associates Internship Concept design for Soft Bank competition/ Physical modeling for House in Setagaya

Tokyo, Japan Feb.2014 - Jul.2014

Atelier Bow-Wow Internship Concept design & drawing & Physical modeling for Toyoshiki World Apartment, Congregate housing competition in Swissland | Physical modeling for O-zaki house project, Osthang project, Yokohama station project, Okazaki station project, House plateau

ACTIVITIES Hamburg, Germany Jul. 2012

Neuengamme Camp Volunteer Workshop

Tainan, Taiwan Dec. 2014

Exhibited in Maker fair Tainan

Hong Kong Apr. 2014

International Cinemetrics workshop in HongKong Group in Brian McGrath and Victoria Marshall

Taipei, Taiwan Jun. 2015

Graduation Exhibition of NCKU Charged in design group for displays, Plan, Setting

HONORS Second prize 2014

The Taipei Fine Arts Museum X-site competition A member of NCKU R-Studio

First prize 2014

Chi-Sheng Design competition in NCKU Old /new living in koto island, Team work (2 members)

In Top.10 2015

IEAGD Material cycle

Excellence Awards 2015

YTA (Young Talent Award) Material cycle

Published 2015

Vol.241 TA (Taiwan Architecture Magazine) Material cycle

Nominated 2016

NCKU Yearbook (department of architecture) Material cycle 3

PREFACE “Beautiful melodies are always just front of us.”

by Ryuichi Sakamoto Modernity seems to require that people live apart from nature. Consequently, their emotions and humanity gradually fade away. Through observation, I aim to reinvigorate connections between human and environment.

I hope to allow people to feel nature, to feel humanity.

I categorized 5 projects into 3 chapter; these projects are in Taiwan.

Sensation of Material / Sensation of Space / Sensation of Practice

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CONTENT SENSATION OF MATERIAL 01 MATERIAL CYCLE

SENSATION OF SPACE 02 VAGUE SPACE 03 TIME LAYER 04 OCEAN, MOUNTAIN AND HOME REBUILD

SENSATION OF PRACTICE 05 DESK REDESIGN PROJECT

APPENDIX

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01 MATERIAL CYCLE

+ Top.10 in IEAGD + Excellence Awards in YTA

Educational system from 3 heritable concepts : to plant, to shift, to rebuild.

Thesis Design

Dec, 2015 - May, 2015

Location Koto Island, Taiwan Brief Community College Type Individual project Duration 5 months Keywords Natural cycle, Techtonic

+ Published on Vol.241 ta Magazine + Nominated in NCKU Yearbook

4,700 people live on Koto Island in today. Before 1945, Yami people are taught orally by seniors. Ironically, the current educational system is the same as that of Taiwan. Consequently, Yami tribe's knowledge of nature is gradually reducing, thereby diminishing community0 values, 50m traditions, and cultural identity.

Therefore, I propose providing the local people of Koto Island with a school that emphasizes cultural experience. I have chosen a major stream on the island to demonstrate this idea by recounting the spirits of ancestors on Koto Island in increments of 18 years (cycle of tree growth). The purpose of this proposal is to show and experience a natural cycle that has been followed and respected by the people of Koto Island for centuries. For example, they plant one tree and wait for it to grow every time they cut one down. 

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3 APPROACHES FROM ANCESTORS Because of the lifespan of material, Yami people reach a balance between construction and nature through 3 approaches: 1. To Plant: Cut one tree down, then plant one.

2. To Shift: Houses can be easily shifted to another site.

3. To Rebuild: Old wood from demolished houses can be reused in new houses.

Therefore, this project emphasizes these 3 traditional concepts. When materials cannot be used, they will be utilized for other purposes.

Fig.1 Material exchanging Fig.2 To Plant/ to shift/ to rebuild 

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Farmland 6 years/ cycle 1

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Forest 18 years/ cycle

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NATURAL CYCLE The idea is to exploit materials from nature. According to Yami's calendar, 6 years is one farming cycle, and one cycle of tree growth is 18 years. Farmland: In inactive periods, reeds grow in the spring. These can be used for thatched roofs after processing. Forest: After 18 years of growth, unseasoned wood can be used for making boats, while seasoned wood can be used for building materials and firewood.

Fig.1 Farm library Fig.2 Tree library

Fig.3 Natural cycle in Koto Island 

Clay collecting

Wood collecting

Used woods for construction 3

Calla Cultivation

Seasonded woods for construction

Reed collecting Shell collecting Used woods for construction Dried reeds for construction Fish capturing

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Fig.1 Material distribution Fig.2 Educational calendar & Construction Calendar

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NATURAL RESOURCES & RITUALS According to natural resources and rituals, I classify 3 locations in a single stream: 1. Village 2. Farmland 3. Forest 

Seasoning wood

Fig.1 Section 

FOREST | TREE LIBRARY

Fig.1 Tree library Fig.2 Tree library (1/20 model)

Fig.3 Detail 

Participants will learn how to recognize and choose wood in the forest.

In cutting one tree, they must plant a new one to maintain a constant number of trees. The wood will be piled up and seasoned for 2 years in a tree library. Moreover, in October every year, They find clay nearby stream and burn it for making pottery.  

FARMLAND | FARM LIBRARY After 4 years of cultivation, the farmland will become fallow ground. Then, reeds/ miscanthus will grow in the fallow ground for 2 years.

Finally, local people will smoke and dry it in the farm library during the winter.

Fig.1 Farm library 

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Fig.1 Plan Fig.2 Detail

Existing ditch 

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Fig.3 Section 

VILLAGE | VILLAGE LIBRARY The village library will be made of materials from the tree library and farm library. Local people can hold a ceremony and craft Tatalas (boats) here every 9 years, because of their ritual. The building below the road will allow people to see the ocean. The ground level of the building will follow the topography to distinguish the space.

Thatched roof

Fig.1 Detail Fig.3 Section Fig.2 Village Library (underconstruction) 

Fig.1 Village library 

02 VAGUE SPACE

Reconsidering the Possibility of Communal Space

3rd Academic Year's Project Sep, 2013 - Nov, 2013

The site is located in a long park, 1300m x 140m, with a distinct axis and surrounding residential area. Historically, the park has been used as a shooting range and air base for 120 years.

Location Tainan, Taiwan

Locals typically chat on the corner of a tennis court or plant their vegetation on an undefined area, which I have named a "vague field."

This refers to the phenomenon in which space has no particular function.

Such spaces can be used to enable people to get closer to each other.

My concept is to create a space without boundaries or large shifts in scale in this area.

Brief Community College Type Individual project Duration 2 months Keywords Space determining, Urban fabric

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B

Underground floor

Type A Lecture Hall Kindergarten Hostal Office Restaurant

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Ground floor

Type B Lobby Open area Garden Library Gallery

Upper floor

PROGRAM Type A: Unifunctional Space Type B: Multifunctional Space Correlated programs are carefully placed together and share one Type B space. This configuration is intended to break down social barriers between people by designing a continuous space, rather than one that is variegated.

Fig.1 Model(View from south) Fig.2 Process Fig.3 Relation of the space 

Ground floor

Underground floor

01 Lobby 02 Restaurant 03 Library 04 Farmland 05 Office 06 Hostal lobby 07 Kindergarten

08 Gallery 09 lecture hall 10 Parking garage

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Unpper floor 11 Library 12 Hostal 04

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Fig.1 Plan Fig.2 AA' Section(lecture hall, gallery, library) 

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URBAN CONCEPT

Fig.1 View from gallery Fig.2 View from park

The building follows the original axis. The ground floor is a public space, which allows people to easily pass through the building. All programs are perceived as divided, but they are actually connected by a simple "S" shape to embrace the environment. The glass facade and courtyard blur the lines between Indoor and outdoor spaces. 

03 TIME LAYER

Reorganizing the Urban Fabric for a High-traffic Area

Living Level Dormitory

Housing

Lobby

Social Level Housing

Hostel

Shops Gallery

Slow Commercial Level

Lecture Hall

Restaurant

Shops Street Level Shops Book Store Walkway Dommitory Food Plaza Food Street

Fast Commercial Level Parking Motorcycle Lane

National Cheng Kung University

3rd Academic Year's Project

The site is one street across the campus of the National Cheng Kung University, which is located next to a prosperous commercial area and student housing. Over time, different traffic flows occur in varying waves around this block. Scooters, cars, and bikes each travel at a different speed. Walking, shopping, and eating also engender different motion paths. Together, these varied trajectories and temporal flows beget a jumbled urban fabric.

Location Tainan, Taiwan

Many buildings in Tainan seem to be obstacles for people, since the urban fabric are extremely dense. In this project, we propose various layers of vertical programs, depending on particular activities, to match sociocultural and commercial needs and respond to the compression and density of crowds in Tainan.

Jan, 2013 - Mar, 2013

Brief Hybrid building Type Group work (Kuo Jun Chen) Duration 2 months Keywords Time-sharing, Urban fabric

+Contribution: Concept design, site analysis, plan & section design, perspective drawing, rendering, physical modeling & 3D modeling. 

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Dommitory

Traffic Jam 12:00, 18:00 Food Street

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Traffic Jam 12:00, 14:00 Tainan TrainStation NCKU

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STREET LEVEL The height difference solves the traffic problem by cutting two diagonal paths through the Yule block (food street), which used to be closed to the outside. One path cuts into the T-junction traffic jam during meal times, and the other connects the campus to the dormitory. Responding to pedestrian experiences, the building has a courtyard and shops to reconnect people with the built environment.

Fig.1 Site Analysis Fig.2 Plan Fig.3 Model (view from domitory ) 

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UPPER FLOOR

Fig.1 Tube-shape gallery Fig.2 Section

The upper floor of this building separated into two parts of residential massing, community-housing, and student housing mixed with hostels.

These two parts finally connected by a tube-shaped gallery. The gallery does not only provide a decent view of the campus but also respond to the axial of the shortcut down to the ground floor. 

Dormitory (Single)

Dormitory (sharing)

SCALE 1/200

6F PLAN

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DORMITORY PLAN TYPE B SCALE 1/100

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wind

Family housing

FAMILY HOUSING UNIT

Fig.1 Family housing Fig.2 Family Housing plan and its upper floor

Fig.3 Dormitory (sharing) Fig.4 Dormitory (single) 

Taiwan is a tropical island, so the penetrating terrace allows the southern wind to pass through to the center to cool down the center of the courtyard and the building itself. The orientation of the rooms enable them to avoid a western exposure to the hot sun.

04 OCEAN, MOUNTAIN AND HOME REBUILD Rejuvenating the indigenous village

PUBLIC BATH

1966

1980

1994

1 (units) 500 400 300 200 100 0

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Traditional House

Competition

Central Glass--International Architectural Design Competition 2016 House to Live With Fudo Jul, 2016 Location Koto Island, Taiwan Brief Bath, Public library, public kitchen Type Group work (Tsai Han ning, Chung Liang cheng) Duration 1 months Keywords Rebuild, New Program

60%

Taiwan

X366

2010

Koto

Concrete Social Housing

A proposal for rejuvenating the Tao village. The first concrete social housing has been built on Koto island in 1966, yet the constructing quality was lower than modern standard. Until the 1980s, Up to 366 units of concrete housing has replaced the traditional house. A lot of Taos have emigrated to Taiwan, in order to earn money to fix the low-quality concrete housing. Due to the aging Tao societies, the remained traditional houses started to be abandoned.We try to take advantage of the abandoned house, introducing new programs such as public libraries, bath houses, and public kitchens, which does not exist in a traditional house.

+Contribution: Concept design, knowledge of local history, plan and section design, perspective drawing, structure design. 

Preserve the foundation

Unbuild the old structure

Cover with knitted mesh

Consruct new frame work

PUBLIC KITCHEN

PUBLIC LIBRARY

+315

BATH HOUSE +117

+117 +315

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+90

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+235

Fig.1 Abandoned house Fig.2 Bath

+145 +275

Mountain

Mountain

Ocean

Ocean

Fig.3 Rebuilding process Fig.4 Plan

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Mountain

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Ocean

05 MUSIC DESK

+ Exhibited in Maker fair Tainan

A Desk for Composing Music and Performing Routine Tasks

5th Academic Year's Project Sep, 2015 - Dec, 2015

I have designed this desk to perform 2 functions: supporting musical composition and facilitating architectural design. The concept is to switch the table into different configurations within a short period of time.

Site Architecture studio

The existing desk leg is the foundation of the new desk configuration. I have utilized CNC to make a wooden desk without possessing traditional craft skills. Users can easily fabricate this desk via simple wooden joints.

Some parts of the desk use components printed by 3D printers as joints with some metal parts.

Brief Desk Type Individual project Duration 3 months Keywords Music composing, operation

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Power cable Audio cable 0

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USB cable

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SETTING To set up the entire configuration on the existing desk takes 15 to 20 minutes.

However, the new desk can be finished in 1 to 2 minutes.

Fig.1 Plan Fig.2 Opening process 

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01 PC 02 APC 40 (controller) 03 Mouse 04 Keyboard 05 MPK mini (controller) 06 Kaossilator (synthesizer) 07 Volca key (synthesizer) 08 Interface

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Fig.1 Exlposion drawing Fig.2 Parts 

APPENDIX

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THESIS DESIGN EXHIBITION

NCKU Summer Show Jun, 2015

Type Group work Site Songshan Cultural Park, Taipei Specific works Planing / structure design

I was in charge of planning the events and inviting speakers to the NCKU graduate thesis exhibition in 2015. At the same time, I had to complete my graduate thesis. The exhibition was placed in a 100m x 8m historical warehouse. The concept was to take advantage of the character of the warehouse--namely, its long corridor--to enable a spectacular viewing perspective from which to show our models. Models were shown at a height of 120cm. The most arduous work for this was to materialize the physical components from paper works. For example, I had to ensure that all pipes were precisely fitted for the safety of the structure. We enjoyed the process, and the outcome was as favorable as we expected.

Fig.1 Perspective Fig.2 Configuration 

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COMPETITION WITH R-STUDIO

X site

The Taipei Fine Arts Museum X-site competition in 2014 " Meeting point"

Early in Taiwan's history, we used to build temporary roofs and held the "Pen-air Banquet" in the front of our houses for weddings or funerals. We always say "put the oven near the street, and put a table and bottle along the street" in Taiwanese proverbs. The concept was to transform the table legs into a single roof, thereby enabling various activities in front of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.

Type Group work (R-studio) Site Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan Specific works Concept / structure design

+2nd prize in competition

Fig.1 View from Art Museum Fig.2 Structure analysis Fig.3 Structure analysis 

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ABORIGINAL HERITAGE RESEARCH PROJECT

Old/new living in Koto Island Dec, 2014 Chi-Sheng design competition

+1st prize in Chi-Sheng design competition

Through analyzing the nature and typology of Koto island, we took advantage of its composition in our project to demonstrate the possibility of modern housing on Koto island.

Lecture Planing of green building Type Group work (Chung Liang cheng) Specific works Research / Concept design Fig.1 Section Fig.2 View from study Fig.3 Villge in Koto Island 

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INTERNSHIP

Internship in Atelier Bow-Wow Feb.2014 - Jul.2014

Concept design & drawing & Physical modeling| Toyoshiki World Apartment, Competition in Swissland Physical modeling| O-zaki house project, Osthang project, Yokohama station project, Okazaki station project, House Plateau

Fig.1 O-zaki house project (1:20 model) Fig.2 Competition in Swissland Fig.3 Toyoshiki World Apartment (plan) Fig.4 Toyoshiki World Apartment in 1:100 

呂 威穎 _ WEIYING LU

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rarirure.ro@live.jp

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