ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO
Yanan Cheng 2014-2020
[Other works] Construction Handrawing Graphic Design 41-42
[Project_06] Boathouse Bald Eagle State Park, Howard 37-40
[Project_05] Alexander Calder’s Museum Pennsylvania Ave, Philadelphia 31-36
[Project_04] The Watching Tower Museum of Navy Yard History Broad Street Pier, Philadelphia 25-30
[Project_03] The Platform Mid Breton Sound, Louisiana 17-24
[Project_02] Parallel Dimensions Sara D. Roosevelt Park, New York 7-16
[Project_01] The Cultural Nest Downtown, Washington DC 1-6
CONTENTS
THE CULTURAL NEST A community center providing mixed cultural programs for local and visitors
Lifting the volume for the space use. And separate the building from the city by isolate it from the side walk.
Opening the half of volume space for the interior garden for gathering and multiple program.
30’ x 30’ Structure gird to building up the structure of nest and divide the space in the modular way.
The timber face is installed to different face depends on the light control needs. And the moat protects the buildings.
2. Modules
Modules- 1 piece Modules- 2 pieces
1.Variation of Wood Joints
Modules- 3 piece Modules- 4 pieces
Studio Project, Columbia University Date: Jan-May, 2020 Site: Downtown, Washington DC Instructor: Hilary Sample Cooperator: Luyi Huang Introduction: This studio researches, examines, abd designs anew paradigm for social spaces within a proposed mixed-use program of our choice. At the sametime, we also studies the formal physcial qualities of staircases and then reimagine the scope and scale of socializeing 1and rethrought the functions of vertical elements the mixed- use building.
Screen A
Panel A
with 1 layer
Panel B
with 2 layers
Screen B
Screen C
Panel C
with 3 layers
Screen D
Panel D
Screen A
with 4 layers
Soical Space
Education Restaurant
Gallery
with 1 layer
Screen B
with 2 layers
Darker
Screen C
with 3 layers
Screen D
with 4 layers
Lighter
Circulation and program diagram
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STAIR DETAIL
Stair details
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Cooking school
Dancing school
Music studio
Roof garden & meeting
CULTURE COMMUNITY CENTER
DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON D.C.
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Longitudinal section
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Second floor plan
Transverse section
Fourth floor plan
Sixth floor plan
Seventh floor plan
Roof plan
Night View
View to the city
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Parallel Dimensions
We arranged our site research into two Datascape drawings which are the overlay of multiple layers of information.
Modern Cemetery in the Lower Manhattan Studio Project, Columbia University Date: Jun-Aug, 2019 Site: Sara D. Rooselvelt Park, New York
Our first site research studied the number of burials in the major cemeteries in Manhattan from the 1840s to our projection in the 2120s. The circles clearly show the trend of an increasing amount of death in the future.
Instructor: Karla Rothstein Cooperator: Sirenia Kim Introduction: Life and death are parallel experiences, coexisting and influencing one another. This project offers a meeting ground where the living are invited to spiritually interact with the dead. A new form of 21st-century cemetery coexists with a parallel canopy of public space, mediating and enhancing current activities by responding to temporal aspects of the site.
Datascape 1
The second datascape shows the interaction between local climate and onsite activities in the Sara D. Roosevelt Park. The climate condition includes precipitation, temperature, amount of sunlight, and speed of the wind. The activities include basketball, soccer, ice skiing, and children’s playground, etc. 7
Datascape 2
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According to site research, we found the density of activities through the site and applied our cemetery to the areas with lower density. In the section, we extend the density lines to form the “death“ field. The “live“ field is found by vertically and horizontally flip the lines once each. The intersecting spots make the meeting ground on which we will place our cemetery.
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Siteplan
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FUTURE ADDITION
Ceiling plan on the first floor
COVER LIGHT HALO
VESSEL
Aerial view of cemetery
STEEL RING
STEEL MESH
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Swatch Plan
Instead of traditional ground burial, we propose the body vessels in which the body will be stored and decomposed. These vessels are aggregated into flower shapes and connected by steel mesh and eventually become the floor surfaces. The underbelly of vessels has gills for both decoration and structure support. What’s more, the branches at the bottom not only attach the vessels to the pole but also allow the vessels to slide up and down using electricity provided by bio-energy.
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Night view of the corona
Interior view of the ceremonial pavilion
Ceremonial pavilions with a porous skin are softly illuminated by natural light, creating spaces of tranquility and reflection. Ascending pathways facilitate committal and blur the division between life and death experiences. The porous canopy strategically thickens as holistic experiences of life are increasingly valued.
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Through anaerobic bioconversion, the deceased are converted into energy, encircling one in a halo of light. The aggregated corona provides both intimate and collective settings for personal remembrance and collective engagement. The parallel death canopy of public space, mediating and enhancing current activities by responding to temporal aspects of the site.
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Transverse Section through the swatch
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THE PLATFORM A sustainable platform providing human activities that coexist with local species
Studio Project, Columbia University Date: Sep-Dec, 2019 Site: Mid-Breton Sound, Louisiana Instructor: Phu Hoang Cooperator: Shiyin Zeng Introduction: In recent years, sea-level rise quickly because of global warming. Louisiana loses the size of a football field of wetlands every hour on average. The state proposed the sedimental diversion, which diverts sediment from the Mississippi river to marshes, to reduce land loss. The sedimental diversion, however, also brings freshwater to the marsh and threatens the local sea creatures and fishery. In this project, we design a public work following the Green New Deal to deal with the problem and allow humans to coexist with multispecies at the planetary scale.
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We studied mycorrhizal fungi as our multispecies scale. Mycorrhizal fungi can strengthen plant roots by forming symbiotic relationships through their mycelium. Then the plant roots can form an underground “wood wide web“ which holds tightly the soil and creates passways for nutrients to move further. We thus use the fungi to help reduce the negative effect of sediment diversion by solidifying new soil and decreasing the use of sedimental diversion. Our planetary scale is the area where wetland and marsh meet. Here we establish our platform that allows the researchers and fishermen to communicate the latest information on native creatures.
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We bring two major programs to the platform: Research Institute and Market. In between where the two programs meet is the communicational spaces for the two groups of people. Our building will change from a floating building to a grounded building as the new soil piling up. We use the earth ducts and air corridors as our main ways of ventilation. When the building is above water, the huge earth ducts can be used for planting fungi. And after the building is covered under soil, earth ducts would carry cooled air during summer and warm air during winter into the building as a form of natural temperature control. Then we use mycelium bricks as a sustainable material to construct the load-bearing walls since they are very strong with compression, although very lightweight.
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First floor plan
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Hybrid drawing of the programs
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Transverse section
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The programs of the platform could be flexible according to the seasonal operation of the sedimental diversion.
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The Watching Tower Navy Yard History Museum project on Abandoned Pier in the Navy Yard of Philadelphia
Competition, HOK Future Date: Jan-Feb, 2018
Flood Deflection
Parking Lots & Bicycle Accesibility
Green Coverage
Permanent Pier
Site: Broad Street Pier, Philadelphia Cooperator: Rong Chen
S Broad St
S 15ath St
Introduction: Broad Street extends 13 miles and ends at the Delaware River within the Philadelphia Navy Yard. An abandoned pier, previously serving as a parking lot, marks the southern terminus of Broad Street within the Navy Yard. This Design Challenge requires students to propose a structure on this site that would serve as a more fitting end to this important urban axis, while benefiting the rapidly developing Navy Yard campus as major destination for the city of Philadelphia. The pier is within the FEMA 100-year floodplain, thus needs consideration for periodic flooding.
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Flagship Ave
Flagship Ave
Admiral Peary
The two “watching towers” standing on the “ship deck” terminate the Broad Street axis and become a landmark that attracts attention from both the land and the water.
Way
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Copncrete core with circulation
food & dinning 14,000sf event space 10,000sf permanent exhibition 20,000sf
Event Space + Meeting Rooms Temporary Exhibition Welcome Center + CafĂŠ + Bar
temporary exhibition 5,000sf welcome center 4,000sf meeting & classrooms 3,000sf support space 3,000sf administrative offices 1,000sf
Rotatable Restaurant Permanent Exhibition Welcome Center
Fifth Floor Plan
Fourth Floor Plan
Third Floor Plan
Vertical Structural Support
Temporary Exhibition + Administration
Program Area
The major form of the building is derived from an abstraction of the watching tower on the ships. Two concrete cores stand up-right, supporting the three and five circular floors up high in order to insist during flooding. Programs on each floor are arranged so that visitors can always enjoy the best view towards the river. As ocnsideration of the future major destination for visitors, we exspect this building to be a new landmark.
Bicycle Ramp
There is an extension of a bicycle lane wraping and climbing up the two towers in a way like a roller coaster, and returns back to the existing bicycle lane along the river bank. It bridges the ground and the two towers and between the two buildings as well. The ground level of the pier is transformed into a public garden with a reception building for waterfront activities.
Wood-Plank Pavement
Water-front
Grid Parterre Garden
Activity Reception Wood-Plank Bench Boarding Gate
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Second Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
Pier Level Plan
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View from the Delaware River
View from the Broad Street
Longitudinal Section
Rotatble Restaurant on top floor 29
Night view from exhibition space to city center
Bicycle ramp at Daytime Paterre and Ground Detail
Construction Detail
Bicycle ramp at Nighttime 30
Layering the History Crypta Balbi Museum II project in Rome
Studio Project, Pantheon Institute, Rome, Italy Date: Sep-Dec, 2017
The Site
Site: Via Delle Botteghe Obscure, Rome, Italy Instructor: David Sabatello, Simone Bove Introduction: City of Rome has decided to build the Crypta Balbi 2 Museum (CB2), a multifunctional/interactive addition to the Crypta Balbi Museum. The project also include a re-design of Largo di Torre Argentina. The CB2 is to be constructed on an empty space along the Via Delle Botteghe Obscure adjacent to Largo Argentina. The space contains the archaeological remains of the Ancient Roman Temple of the Nymphs which must remain untouched although integrated into the overall design of the building.
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Largo di Torre Argentina The first stage of the project is a re-design of the Largo di Torre Argentina including its surrounding urban area. This stage was done in group pf three people. Our design approach was to take the distance between the site and Largo di Torre Argentina as radius and draw two circles around them. The area inside the circles were re-designed to be an urban garden since we found there is few green space in Rome. The temple remains in Largo di Torre Argentina were changed to CafĂŠ and exterior auditorium.
CRYPTA BALBI CB2
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Present 16-20th Century Modernism Renaissance
Led by professors, we visited historical places from every time period. I found the city of Rome is built on layers of architectural relics. Thus this design of a historical museum is based on the collage of architectural pieces from selected time period, including greek temples, medieval bell towers, renaissance palazzi, 20th century modernism architecture and present works.
Ancient
Medieval
One major feature of this design is the third floor, which is the piano nobile of the “renaissance palazzo.” It contains a modern version of a steel cornice and full glass window. Its geometry is switched toward the Crypta Balbi Museum so to create a reflection of its image onto the window. In this way I created direct visual connection between the new and old Crypta Balbi Museums both inside and out.
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Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana Foro Romano Mercati di Traiano Pantheon Passarelli Studio Parco della Musica Santa Maria in Cosmedin Palazzo Farnese Largo di Torre Argentina Basilica di San Pietro La Rinascente MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts
Elevation from Via delle Botteghe Obscure
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R Fifth Floor Plan
Fourth Floor Plan
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Third Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
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Transverse Section
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Ground Floor Plan
Basement Plan
B: Basement garden and historical exhibition
3: Major exhibition sapce with historical pieces and video
G: Reception and store
4: Temporary exhibition and study rooms
2: Childcare and antique restoration study
5: Library and reading space R: CafĂŠ and Auditorium
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Recreational Facility project in Bald Eagle State Park
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Studio Project, Pennsylvania State University
A road slopes down into the lake and levels up at the opposite where it connects to another piece of land
Cutting along the coastline
Date: Oct-Dec, 2015 Site: Bald Eagle State Park, Howard, Pennsylvania Instructor: Shadi Nazarian Introduction: The Bald Eagle State Park is in the heart of Pennsylvania and has a 1,730-acre lake that laps the Bald Eagle Mountain. It is surrounded by forests, fields, wetlands, and provide people with many recreational facilities. With two campgrounds and Nature Inn, people could enjoyboating, fishing, swimming, and diverse habitats that are excellent for wildlife watching. This project is to design a Boathouse on the lake shoal of the Bald Eagle State Park, so as to provide a facility for people who want to go kayaking on the lake.
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Folding up the land piece that was cut-off
Adjusting the form in accordance to the coastline
FLUX
REFLUX
Dividing interior and exterior spaces
Adding details such as glass and the deck
The CafĂŠ at the tip of the curvature goes into water along with the road it sits on. As the dam nearby controlling water level, visitors can enjoy scenes both underwater and above water surface. 38
A Deck B Lobby C CafĂŠ D Practicing Pool E Kayak Rack F Locker rooms & Restrooms G Kayak Storage
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Walkable Roof The roof is continuous all the way and allows for walking on. Its handrail is specially designed. The edge of the roof plate is folded down and back up so that the top of the handrail levels up with the rooftop and do not block the view. The folded area also provide sitting space for visitors.
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Hand Drawing Oil on Canvas (80cm x 150cm)
Uffizzi
Construction Sketch (A2)
Toy Storage for Hortwood Childcare Center
Graphic Design Leader of the Graphic design group Winning “Graphic Identity Award” in “Villa Adriana International Architecture and Museography Seminar Design Competition ‘Giambattista Piranesi’”
The Ruffer House
Development of Logo
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Application of Logo
Website
Merchandise
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Yanan Cheng Architectural Portfolio 2014-2020 814-8809015 yanan9616@gmail.com