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Art Exhibition A tribute to conceptual artist Sol LeWitt

Overview Sol LeWitt: Irrational Art and Rational Mind is a game-like experiential exhibition designed based on artist Sol LeWitt’s ideas and artworks, which pays tribute to his influence in the conceptual art field. There are no actual art pieces from the artist in this exhibition, but by using technology along with environmental graphics, there will be interactives, installations and environments built to showcase the artist, his ideas and his works in game-like experiential ways. By including new interactive activities in an art exhibition, visitors will be able to participate in the creative thinking process in an impressive and fun way.

Experience Diagram

Geometric Shapes • Discover more stories of Geometric Shapes (an interactive piece) • Color-code bands to ensure no two bands of the same color touch (an interactive piece) • Rectangles within rectangles (graphic displays) • Move the waves to get different architectural experiences (an interactive piece)

Infinite Cubes • Learn more about Infinite Cubes (an interactive piece) • Build your own Cubic Structure (an interactive installation) • Serial Project (a display wall)

Continuous Lines • Learn more about Location Drawings (an interactive piece) • Write to change the flow of the Bands on a whiteboard (an interactive installation) • Continuous Lines (graphic displays) • A Summary Look of Sol LeWitt

Audience Description

An Overview Look of Sol LeWitt • Who is Sol LeWitt • What works does he do • What are Sol LeWitt’s theories on conceptual art • What are the key concepts of this exhibition

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Primary Audience: Artists and Art Enthusiasts.

Secondary Audience: Students, Local Residents and International Audience.

Tertiary Audience: Families and Kids Age 8-12. becoming a relaxing place for families and kids.

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Geometric Shapes Sol LeWitt reduced art to a few of the most basic shapes, colors and types of lines, and organized them by guidelines he felt in the end free to bend.

Gallery Geometric Shapes is built based on these drawing ideas and uses a more interactive way for audience to understand his works. Through games, visitors can put their own bodies into the experience, read the artist’s thoughts, or browse his works through their own perspectives.

Wall Drawing 552D is a part of the body of wall drawings presenting a figure the artist described as “not quite a cube.”

Despite their volumetric appearance, these forms adhere as much to the idea of flatness as Sol LeWitt’s linear geometries.

Discover Geometric Shapes

In the early 1990s Sol LeWitt created a series of wall drawings depicting ‘continuous forms.’ By repeatedly rotating the isometric forms, the artist created the planar facets that characterize the ‘continuous forms.’

Architecture & Painting

Elevation: Interactive Projection Interactive 1 Color-coding Bands

Interactive 2 Architecture & Painting

By playing with the interactive game: color-coding the bands to ensure no two bands of the same color touch, visitors will be able experience the process of making wall drawings: the draftsmen color-coded the bands with post-it notes before applying paint to the wall. Despite the color-coding, a few squares of the same color ended up touching and had to be painted over.

By playing with the interactive waves, visitors will be able to create their own paintings inside the building in order to experience LeWitt’s ideas about using decoration drawings to help emphasizing the architectural elements.

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Infinite Cubes LeWitt decided to reduce art to its essentials, “to recreate art, to start from square one”, beginning literally with squares or cubes. He was not interested in materials or forms – the focus was on systems and concepts of volume, transparency, sequences, variations and irregularity, which he expressed in words that might or might not be translated into actual sculptures or photographs or drawings. To him, ideas were what counted.

This gallery allows visitors to test the countless possibilities of using Cubes (the most standard form) as a grammatical device to create other more interesting forms. They are released from the necessity of being significant in themselves, and being better used for creating large-scale forms.

Neutral State During Interaction

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Build Your Own Cubic Structure

Continuous Lines Through his career, LeWitt did many line drawings that followed his own instructions of lines and bands. His drawings utilize lines in four directions (vertical, horizontal, diagonal left, and diagonal right) drawn in limited colors of black, yellow, red, and blue.

Gallery Continuous Lines is designed based on his line drawing instructions and color coding system. This interactives allow visitors to experience the different combinations of the four basic bands and how they can change the way people feel in the space – just like different melodies.

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Change the flow of the Bands

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Visual Identity System Multimedia Device

Interactive Kiosk

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LeWitt reduced art to a few of the most basic shapes, colors and types of lines, and organized them by guidelines he felt in the end free to bend. Gallery GEOMETRIC SHAPES is built based on these guidelines and trying to find an interactive way for audience to understand his works.

The multi-use outdoor space will help express new voices from African Americans, redefine arts to the public, and improve communication in the historical neighborhood.

Outdoor Events For the community of Weeksville Heritage Center

“A Drawer Workshop” The structure of the workshop is inspired by the indoor furniture. It is light, transformable and has a green slope. People are able to work inside the “drawer” or sit on the green slope to enjoy the great views.

Outdoor Seating

Design Process

“A Tent Exhibition Garden�

This exhibit space made from fabric, works great with lighting, and it can be easily moved or restructured. The material is water-proof and strong enough to be used in any weather conditions.

Material

Design Process

Trade Show Derse Ă— Magic Show 2013

Diagram Plan storage living room

storage

bedroom storage

dining room

study room

check-in

Closet 3 Impressions

Women’s Selling Area

Closet Conference

Conference Closet

Men’s Selling Area

Check-in Seating

Seed Idea

“Idealize Your Daily Living” The seed idea of this project is “Idealize Your Daily Living”. Cooking, dining, entertaining, and relaxing are all parts of our daily lives, and Levi Strauss seamlessly fits all these simple activities.

“An Ideal Modern House” The concept of the building structure and internal space is to provide an ideal modern home environment. The house is the container for our daily living experiences. It’s personal, meaningful, and says a lot about you.

Graphic Applications

Perspectives

General Impressions

Men’s Selling Area

Women’s Selling Area

Graphic

“The Art of Donburi” The gallery-like space of Donburi Exhibition is inspired by this smooth cooking process, and the beautiful traditional Japanese tableware.

Logo Design

Helvetica

DONBURI

丼 The Art of Japanese Rice Dish

DONBURI

Staircase: Identifier Sign

Wayfinding Design

2nd Floor: Regulatory Sign

“The Building is a Sign�

The Dome from the building architecture becomes a symbol of science and transfers this idea to every other thing in Liberty Science Center. The design is based on this idea of a symbol and also on the concept of organized, organic, and fun shapes which characterize the architecture to help improve branding.

Design Development Color Palette

Typeface

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Century Gothic

CAFE

SKYLINES

Material

LED sign

Green anodized aluminum

White acrylic

Design Development

Final Signs

Food + Drink

EXHIBITION

Governors Hall | Floor 2 Casual seating in Governors Hall where you may even catch a Live Science presentation while you dine!

I Explore Science Theater IMAX Dome Theater Cafe Skylines Governors Hall Group Dining Restrooms

Cafe Skylines | Floor 2 Nutritious meals and snacks. Open weekdays 10:00 am – 2:30 pm and weekends 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.

Group Dining Events/Birthday party holding, rooms with breathtaking views of lower Manhattan.

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Science Theater IMAX Dome Theater Cafe Skylines Governors Hall

Food + Drink

Group Dining

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Group Dining Events/Birthday party holding, rooms with breathtaking views of lower Manhattan.

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Cafe Skylines | Floor 2 Nutritious meals and snacks. Open weekdays 10:00 am – 2:30 pm and weekends 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.

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Governors Hall | Floor 2 Casual seating in Governors Hall where you may even catch a Live Science presentation while you dine!

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Cafe Skylines Nutritious meals and snacks

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Perspectives

Entrance: Directional Sign

3rd Floor: Directional Sign

Staircase: Identifier Sign

Governors Hall: Regulatory Sign

Governors Hall Proposal

Amenities Wayfinding

LED Signs

The existing second floor dining area is not welcoming or attractive enough for visitors.

So this signage design also focuses on the update of Amenities Wayfinding System.

The LED Moving Letters work well with the building structure, perfectly integrated in the environment. LED Edge-lit Signage and LED Light Box are “suggestions� for the visitor, who becomes the creator of his path through the space, which is a charming place to visit.

Perspectives

LED Light Box Sign

LED Moving Letters Sign

Map Design ROOSEVELT ISLAND

Overview

ROOSEVELT ISLAND Historical Society VISTOR GUIDE & MAP

“Map of the Historical Society”

ROOSEVELT ISLAND

Lighthouse 20 min. walk from tram

Roosevelt Island as an important historical piece of New York City has a distinguished architectural history.

It has several architecturally significant buildings, and has been the site of numerous important architectural competitions and proposals.

Octagon 16 min. walk from tram

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Otterness Sculpture

Based on the historical background, the map design tries to combine handcraft art with modern aesthetic by the use of hand drawing, color palette, and photography.

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12 min. walk from tram

Roosevelt Island Bridge

Chapel of The Good Shepherd

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Blackwell House 7 min. walk from tram

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Strecker Laboration 5 min. walk from tram

Smallpox Hospital 6 min. walk from tram

LEGEND

TRAVEL TIP | Smallpox Hospital

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Architect James Renwick, Jr. designed this building and St. Patrick’s Cathedral.The hospital opened in 1854 to care for people with contagious diseases. Later it housed one of the first nursing schools in the U.S. It was abandoned in the early 1950s. In 2009, exterior stabilization was erected to protect the structure.

Food Court

| Strecker Lab

Playground

This laboratory opened in 1892. A division of City Hospital, it was the nation’s first institution for pathological and bacteriological research. It was closed in the 1950s. It was restored in the 1990s and is now used to house a power substation for the E and M subway lines.

| Blackwell House

Shop Basketball Court Office

The Blackwell family took possession of the island in 1676 and held it for 150 years. They mined its quarries, farmed its fruit trees and, during the post-Revolutionary War era, built the house in the center of the island.

| Chapel of The Good Shepherd The New York Episcopal Mission Society employed Frederick Clark Withers to design the structure. Opened in 1889, the chapel provided a house of worship and comfort for the unwanted poor and sick who were housed on the island. Now as the home to Catholic and Protestant congregations, also serves as meeting hall.

| Octagon The NYC Municipal Lunatic Asylum opened in 1839. After 1895 together with City Hospital, formed two of the world’s largest health care institutions. Restored in 2006 as the central loby of a two-wing apartment building.

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| Lighthouse Park & Lighthouse The lighthouse was built in 1872 to light the way for boats navigating the treacherous Hell Gate waters. The lighthouse park has magnificient views of both Manhattan and Queens.

Interior

Sustainable Office Jazz Ă— EA Gaming Company

Overview This project focuses on an exploration of environmentally sound practices applicable to a highly purposeful space: the office for EA Gaming Company. The idea of this project is to exhibit imaginative ways of extending the usable life of a historical building, interior components and materials. The solutions are developed using as little square footage as demanded for productivity and job satisfaction of the individual employees.

Environmental Happiness Products

Energy Saving Sustainability EA Design

Water Circulation

Customer

Recyclable Content

Circulation

Outdoor Cafe Library

Copy Meeting Area

Dining Area

Administrative Upstairs

Open Office

Support

Executive Office

Assistant

GUEST

Downstairs

Mail/Supply

ARRIVALS

Lead Designer

Reception Area

OFFICERS

Illustrator Graphic Designer

Game Designer

Level Editor Informal Meeting

Design Center GUI

“Jazz” Based on the inspiration from Jazz Music, the design intends to provide a space that exceeds expectations, reflects appropriate HVAC requirements, security, occupancy load, and multi functional work spaces to maximize the work production while allowing for inspirational and peaceful environments.

Smooth Jazz

Freestyle Jazz – Conference Room Color Palette

Freestyle Jazz

Swing Jazz

Blue Jazz

Soul Jazz

Swing Jazz – Reception Area Environmental Fabric

Reused Wood

Recycled Stone

Color Palette

PVC Free Laminate

Reclaimed Pine

Design Development Smooth Jazz – Studio Office

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Use less energy Reduce light bulb changes Save money Reduce greenhouse gas emissions Remove indoor air pollution sources

Soul Jazz – Dining Area

Air Circulation Recycled Stone Wall

Low-E Glass Wall

This is an abstract model of the existing forms out of the architect’s projects, the interior elements are inspired from a specific culture. This space will be used ultimately for an exhibition of the architect’s work.

Exhibition Prototype Color and Culture applied on interiors as inspired

Structure of Herzog & de Meuron • • • • • •

Balance the form Improve the use of natural lighting Use innovated materials Repeat the patterns Simplify the structure Increase transparency and reflectivity

Model

Culture of Ireland • • • • • •

The culture of peace and grace English traditional architecture Use green and white colors for interiors Repeat the patterns and colors Decorate with cumbersome furniture Decorate with small crafts and carpets

Prototype

Healthcare Completed by the team of an architect, a landscape architect and two interior designers.

RIC

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Concept

Project Background

Confluence

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) will serve as the world’s leading scientific hospital for the innovation and application of new and more promising treatments that improve and eliminate the effects of injury, disease and debilitating health conditions.

The uniqueness of Chicago’s river becomes our inspiration.

In this highly urban city, we searched for the relationship between the city and the people who live in it. Confluence means a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point. We believe that patients and doctors in RIC share the same thoughts about the healing process. Also in our design, architecture, landscape and interior are linked together and affected by each other.

Building Model

Inpatient Unit

Ability Lab

Family Lounge

Inpatient Room

Sky Lobby L1

Children’s Play Area

Dining Area

Sky Lobby

Design Ideas

Doorway Design

“The Life Process & DNA”

Paper Structure

“The Tool & Space Container”

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