Portfolio By Wenjin Cheng M. Arch II
CONTENTS 01. Landscape VS. Building A Research Based Mixed-use Building Design In Paris 02. Creative Playground K-12 Arts Integration Charter School 03. Lattie F. Coor Hall Envelope ReDesign 04. NORMFAB The Center of Integrated Design and Construction Research 05. Office Interior Design for CO-HOOTS Work Enviroment Study and Building Remodel 06. Selected Internship Works
Landscape VS. Building
A Research Based Mixed-use Building Design In Paris DESIGN STATEMENT
The most impressive thing in Paris is the contrast of large scale gardens and the high-density blocks with little or no public green area, especially in the center of the city, which is full of old blocks of historical buildings. Thus, I choose an abandoned train station on the left-bank Paris as my site. It is now in developing and will be a pivot point between old and modern Paris. The scale of old station is not enough for proper utilities, so new additions will be built on top and the station will change to a gallery combines with a coffee shop. Decided by the programs of its neighborhoods, the new building will be a mixed-use construction for indiviual offices and residences. My design research is focus on the relation between landscape and builidng, also find a solution to make landscape thrive in old buildings without demolish them. By searching and studying different cases in and out of Paris, I mapped them on a Matrix to illustrate the relation of the interaction degree between landscape and building and amount of users on landscape. There are four typologies showing great variances on this matrix and to find a midpoint to balance this variance becomes my design impetus. To improve the interaction degree, I decided to stack these four types layer by layer based on the amount of landscape users. A vertical green core forms in the center. And some spaces are lifted up and removed to bring light in and present nature out.
EXISTING BUILDING
"GREEN" DISCONNECTION
A huge terrace is building on top of the train tracks and it will become a landscape boulevard that connect every direction. A new green skin building is underconstruct on the other side of the terrace opposited with my site. So bringing nature back onto my site will repair the disconnection of the landscape system on this area.
STREET ELEVATION
MATRIX ANALYSIS
FLOOR PLANS Residence Residence Office / Studio
SEPARATENESS
LANDSCAPE DOMINANT
AMOUNT OF USERS INTERACTION
CASE STUDIES
100/0
50/50
LANDSCAPE DOMINANT
0/100
BUILDING DOMINANT
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT Clichy-Batignolles Open block
Cité des Fleurs Villa street garden
Palais Royal Inner courtyard
Tuileries Garden Open park
BUILDING DOMINANT
Stack of typology layers
Shift / Present nature out
Remove / Bring light in
RESIDENTIAL UNIT TYPES
SECTION RENDERING
TYP 2 : 3B2B TYP 1 : 2B1B
TYP 3 : 3B2B
TYP 4 : 2B1B
VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL CIRCULATIONS
VIEW TO INDOOR COURTYARD
SUN HOURS ANALYSIS 20% less 60% 20% - 40%
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
VIEW FROM TOP FLOOR CORRIDOR TO THE "VILLA" LEVEL
Creative Playground
K-12 Arts Integration Charter School
PLAYGROUND RENDERING
SITE PLAN
DESIGN STATEMENT Arts Integration School is searching an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form. Students engage in a creative process which connects an art form and another subject area and meets evolving objectives in both. The site is on 28th street and Washington street. The existing building is an "L" shape office structure which has two floors. Started from site analysis, my teammate and I found two absorbing contrasts which are illustrated on the figure maps. The difference of building sizes on both sides of Washington street is one contrast. The other is the empty or negative space compared to buildings in this district. Inspired by the contrasts, our design focused on energizing the vacant place around the existing building and design a "playground" which contains collaborative classrooms as well. By making a series of Folding and physical models, we did a study of the diversified typologies of spaces and use these models to figure out the form and spaces of our playground. The new "playground" will invigorate outside and also change the interior of the oringinal building.
MODELS of PROGRESS
Folding model Idea of playground spaces
Frame model Merging playground into existing structure
Mass model Forming spaces for different utilities
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
DIVERSITIES of SPACE / FRAME MODEL STUDY
1
Legend
Landscape
Interior Room
1.Classrooms 2.Administration 3.Lobby 4.Cafeteria 5.Interior garden 6.Dance room 7.Auditorium 8.Collaborative classrooms 9.Library
Terrace
2
2
1
1
2
2 3
5
4
Partition
Pavilion
1
built on stilts 9
SPACE FORMING
1
1
6
Classrooms
Outdoor coriridor
1 8
1
Vertical circulation
8 7
1
Public rooms
Public square
Administration
Landscape
1
SECTION 1-1
SECTION 2-2
SOUTH ELEVATION
Lattie F. Coor Hall Envelope ReDesign
EXISTING ELEVATION ANALYSIS
ASU
DESIGN STATEMENT As a bridge that connects ASU campus and Tempe city, Coor Hall has some issues. ASU aims to be a New American University, which focuses on developing campus environment, encouraging innovation and fusing intellecture disciplines. But the existing building cannot content all these requirements. The lack of communication and colaboration blocks interactions between disciplines. And although the materials from the outside are glass, the interior environment is not as bright as we thought. The structure of the curtain wall and drywall system also causes super heat gain because of the shadow boxes inbetween. To achieve the goal of New American University, the current situation in Coor Hall should be changed into a more environment responsibly building, which could promote to have more communication and colaboration and also help reduce energy using. Bringing daylight into center space is another challenge should be solved. And a proper curtain wall and shade system can realize energy saving.
DESIGN STRATEGIES Facts
Future Increase more collaborative spaces between room units
Leave voids on perimeter for light punctures to bring in daylight to center
Direct circulation promotes community of each floor
REVISED FLOOR PLAN
Hallway Light Punctures bring daylight to central rooms
WALL SECTION
Legend 1. Existing roof 2. Existing roof isolation 3. Concrete slab 4. Suspended celling structure 5. Lighting Fixture 6. Double layer glass 7. Steel T section 8. Motorised system box 9. Expanded aluminum mesh 10.Metal handraft 11.Concrete/All-steel access floor panel Stringer Existing pedestal assembly floor slab
ANALYTIQUE DRAWING
Top: Physical Model Photos Views from south and north Bottom: Interior Rendering Light puncture brings light in to center area. Change interior concrete walls to glasses doors to make inner rooms more bright.
DESIGN STATEMENT
NORMFAB
The Center of Integrated Design and Construction Research
This project is a new building design for architecture and construction school students. The site is on Tempe campus of Arizona State University, adjacent to a new building for civil engineering school and the Birchett House which is an relic of the historical Hispanic district. By doing a series of research based on the history of this area and the ruins of the old buildings on the site, the design notion aims to bring prosperity back into this place and create a collaborative study and work environment for students. The new structure is designed based on the dimension of the ruins of old buildings. By changing and repeating, some structures group as units that form the main structure of the new building, others become the connection parts that serve as the working spaces. The new building will provide classrooms, lecture hall, studios and other collaboration rooms for students. And a four storeys-high fabrication lab is located in the center part as a big community space. An outdoor park is designed on the west side of the site. It is an important place that links the new building to both downtown Tempe and Birchett House.
DESIGN PROCESSES
2 9
3
8 4
12
6
11
1
7
4
Ruins in different years on the site
3 4
10
Abstract new structures based on the dimension of ruins.
7
5
Legend 1. Entrance/Gallery 2. Administration 3. Retail/Commerical 4. Fabrication Lab 5. Fab Office/Storage 6. Fab Lockers 7. Restrooms 8. Community Room 9. Storage 10. Mechanical Room 11. Lecture Hall 12. Park
Structure Units
Main connection spaces
GROUND FLOOR PLAN WITH SITE
Top left: View from west entrance Top right: A view of the four-storeyshigh Fabrication lab hall Bottom: View from the existing civil engineering school building
Top: View from downtown Tempe to the park on the west Bottom: View from Birchett House to the park and the elevation of the classrooms
DESIGN STATEMENT The client CO-HOOTS is a creative company built for collaboration, coworking and community. It combines traditional office layout, home and a relax space such as coffee shop, aims to create a professional, inspirational and selfsustaining space for people. Therefore, crucial characteristics of its working environment will be open, shared, comfortable and convenient. To achieve all these requirements in one certain space, there should be few fixed walls. And green plants, natural light and wind could make people feel more comfortable. By reconstructing monOrchid, which is using as an art gallery, the first thing I did was changing the west wall to lead in natural light. And using the building language of work environment study, the whole open work space is changable and can be recombined.
WORK SPACE STUDY
Work space Rest area
Conference
Original Work, meeting and rest space are all seperated and far away from each other.
Recombine Recombine pieces of work space with other function,make it easier get to these space.
Add Circulation Add horizontal and vertical circulation road to connect each part.
FLEXIBLE WORK MODULE
Office Interior Design for CO-HOOTS Work Enviroment Study and Building Remodel
Removable Furniture Individual Unit
Shared Unit
FLOOR PLAN
IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY
West wall of the existing building usually exposes to a strong sunlight, especially in summer.So windows on that wall should be small and can not be opened in summer afternoon.Since there is little natural ventilation inside, it is always very hot. In my design, the angle between west wall and south wall are changed from right angle to obtuse angle. And the wall is cut into several parts, windows are installed between each part.Thus, no direct light would irradiate on windows and they can be opened to let cool air in.
NEW PRIVATE RESIDENCE
Selected Internship Works New Building Design for Alongi Residence
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN
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SOUTH ELEVATION
NEW PRIVATE RESIDENCE
SOUTH ELEVATION
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ENLARGED PLAN - TOILET ROOMS
ACCESSIBLE TOILET ROOM DETAILS
New Metal Building and Site Improvements for Semiray NEW PRIVATE RESIDENCE
FLASHING DETAIL SLIP TRACK
FLASHING DETAIL
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