2014 Fall Studio Portfolio

Portfolio Fall 2014 ARC 107 Shank’s Studio

Xianrui Wang

Contents Assignment 1A PONCHO........................................................1 1B POCHE............................................................3 1C MOVING ON UP...........................................7 Assignment 2A CASE STUDIES..............................................9 2B MANTAGE......................................................11 Assignment 3A TERRITORY....................................................17 3B WORKLIVE.....................................................19 3C FINAL REVIEW..............................................21

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Assignment 1A PONCHO

SPRING

Final Poncho 1

Option1

For the poncho, my partner and I started with the basic units and tried different connections like thread, pins and clips. (the four small images on the right show the process) In the final one, we decided to show the feeling of flowing.

The poncho is made up with three groups of units in the same style but different sizes and colors. The units go from big to small show a tendency direction of flowing and form a shape of “V”. So we named it “Spring” to show its dynamic shape. The connections between the units are safe pins which are not hidden but take parts in the project. And they are less likely to hurt who wearing the poncho.

Option2

Drawing

Final Poncho

Option3 2

Option4

Assignment 1B POCHE

Museum-board Model Final Model

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Four Plans

My partner and I developed the study models based on the curves and the overall outlines of the poncho. The final one is made up with some fanshaped foam, which keeps the idea of using single units to form a whole object in the poncho project. But the blocks of foam were arranged in a disorganized way to keep the similar outline of the original poncho.

Four Interior Perspective Drawings

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Final Study Model

Study Models

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Study Models

Section 1

Section 2 6

Assignment 1C MOVIN ON UP

Circulation Tower In Wood Final Model

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Plan 1

My partner and I decided to build stair in the hollow space that our model already has, so the walls around the stair can keep a more interesting shape.

And some properties of our original poncho can reveal in the space of staircase.

Section Plan 2

Axonometric Drawings 8

Assignment 2A CASE STUDIES

Axonometric Drawing Double House

MVRDV (Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries) Utrecht, Netherlands 1997 9

Program

Double House was built based on the needs of the owners of it. The owners were two families. One family wanted to live above the ground, meanwhile another one wanted to cook and eat on the ground level; One family wanted to have a bedroom under the top level, however, the other family wanted the bedroom place on the same level with the television; and etc. The house was for people with different life styles living together. MVRDV architects didn’t separate the house with a simple vertical line in the middle, but they let the two spaces intersect. The space was divided into two but still connected closely. The walls stopped people from hearing each other or involving in others’ life, but they could feel the existence of the neighbor with the space.

Structure

Circulation

Double House Photo

Wild Card

Grid of the Outside Wall 10

Mass-void

Assignment 2B MONTAGE

30” ×30” ×30” Final Model 11

Added Tower

After deciding where we were placing the tower in Mies Van der Rohe’s Crown Hall, we found it was best to work alongside Mies. In order to not intervene with Crown Hall, the project was designed with the main focus of ‘hiding in plain sight’ . As you view Mies at different perspectives, our tower either comes into exposure or dissapears into the original hall.

Key Plan Hidden Hidden Exposed Exposed Hidden Exposed

Transparent Transparent

Transparent

FirstFirstGlimps Glimpse

First Glimpse First Glimps

Concept Diagram 12

External Monage 1

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External Monage 2

Internal Monage 1

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Internal Monage 2

Cafe Cafe Cafe New Circulation New Circulation New Circulation Storage Area

Storage StorageArea Area

Plan 1

New Walls New Walls New Walls

New Circulation New Circulation

New Circulation

Lecture HallHall Lecture

Lecture Hall

Skylight

Skylight Skylight

Plan 2 15

Storage Storage Storage Coffee Coffee BarBar

Coffee Bar

Seminar Room Seminar Room

Seminar Room

NewNew StairStair

New Stair

Section 1 Storage Storage Coffee Bar Bar Coffee Seminar Room

Seminar Room

New Stair

New Stair

Section 2

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40’-0”(max) 32’-0” 24’-0” 20’-0” 19’-0” 17’-0” 8’-0”(min) 0’-0”

Key Plan Key Plan

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0’-0”

8’-0”(min)

16’-0”

24’-0”

21’-0”

32’-0”

40’-0”(max)

Assignment 3A TERRITORY

Rhino Site Model

100% Coverage Mass Model

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Assignment 3B WORKLIVE

Building Footprint Right of Way

Property Line Major Topography Line (every 1’-0”) Minor Topography Line (every 0’-6”)

Axonometric Drawing

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Living Working

Concept Diagrams

I made this building based on the topography lines. The angles of the roof are just the same as that of the ground, but part of the bottom goes underground to make the building a flat floor. I divided the programs by the topography lines as well.

Generally, the working space is like a ring surround the living space. The two parts are separated but still have connections between each other. For instance, one side of the sitting room, which is in the center of the studio, is consisted by columns, for visitors who are in the sitting room can still have a view of the working place. And wherever the sculpture is working in the studio, he/she can see the living space for relaxing is nearby.

The working space also contains a gallery for the sculptor to show his/her works. And both of the studio and the gallery can get good natural light from the roof which is made by semitransparent glass and the light can go inside through the gaps of the facade too. I set less windows in living space than in the working space, as I think the working space should be active and open to outside and the living space is more private and for resting quietly. Part of the sitting room is in the center of the studio on the ground floor. And another part of it goes up to the first floor. As a private space, the bedroom is on the second floor, far from the working and public space.

Study Model 1

Study Model 1

Study Model 2

Study Model 2 20

Study Model 3

Assignment 3C FINAL REVIEW

Circular House Final Model Facade

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External Rendering

Internal Rendering 22

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1.Studio (Ground floor) 2.Sitting Room (Ground &1st floor) 3.Gallery (Ground floor) 4.Kitchen (1st floor) 5.Bathroom (1st floor) 6.Bedroom (2nd floor) 7.Storage (basement)

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Ground Floor Plan

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First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

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Basement Plan

Eas Elevation

North Elevation

1.Studio (Ground floor) 2.Sitting Room (Ground &1st floor) 3.Gallery (Ground floor) 4.Kitchen (1st floor) 5.Bathroom (1st floor) 6.Bedroom (2nd floor) 7.Storage (basement) 6

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Section 2

Section 1

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