Portfolio
Yanting Mo
Education : Northeastern University ,
2013- Present
Boston, MA Candidate for Bachelor for Science Degree in Architecture Minor in Urban Landscape Studies
University of California,
June 2014
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Design & Innovation for Sustainable Cities Summer Program
September-December 2015
Humboldt University of Berlin,
Berlin, Germany
Work Exprience : CCCC Guangzhou Dredging Co.,LTD.
May 2014
Guangzhou, China
Model Builder/CAD Drafter
L+L Space Design,
July-August 2014
Guangzhou, China Model Builder/CAD Drafter
Skills:
Languages:
AutoCAD | ArcGIS | SketchUP | Rhino | Revit | Vary | MaxWell Adobe Illustrator,Photoshop, Indesign | Microsoft Office Model-making | Hand drafting | Photography | Laser cut | CNC Joinery English Mandarin Cantonese French Germany
professional working proficiency native native basic knowledge basic knowledge
Contents Studios & Projects
House Project Library Swimming Pool Performance School “The People’s Module”-Bench Architectonic System Module Models
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Eye Waist Knee
Topography
Wind Direction
The shape of the building orginially come from the Chinese quadrangle. And transformed it into two rotated L-shaped elements to full fill the site. Then,based on the steeptopography on my site, I want to create three height differened landings instead of following the site’s topography. The three levels are entrance level, which is street level; courtyard level, which is the mid-height so that two building can have one floor in the same height; backyard level, which is the highest one for good city view. And the location and geometry of the two buildings help keep privacy for the courtyard and backyard.
Eye Waist Knee
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Single-family House
summer solstice
winter solstice Sun Track
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House I - Photo
Extend Wall and Roof: Keeping Privacy and having Light
Framing Window: ris Framing the sunset and sunrise Glasses Walls: er to the natural(Courtyard) Closer
House II - Axon
Extend Walls: Keeping Privacy and having Light
Houses Aperture Diagram Extend Roof: Keeping Privacy and having Light
House I - Axon House II - Photo
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Ground Floor
Second Floor
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Third Floor
Roof Floor
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Library This library is one of the branches of the Boston Public Library in the South End area of Boston. The site is between two existed buildings. The idea is also started with L-shaped elements. A single element is combined with a square and a cuboid. Rotating one element to get a cube with a atrium in the center, which created a large area for community with large amount of skylight. Extending each element 5 inches horizontally to have a better view and interaction with the street, and then shifting the roofs up or down to create height difference to get more sunlight into the building.
Train StationChinatown
Train StationSouth Station
Bus stop
Site plan & views
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summer
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winter 74
Diagram-circulation Diagram-views
Reading area Atrium
Discussion area
Study area
Solar angle from winter solstice to summer solstice
Diagram-Functions
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Diagram-structure
Exposed Axon
Circulation Axon
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Surface Rd.
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Hudson St. 1.
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Ground Floor
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Second Floor
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Third Floor
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Swimming Pool The site is in the corner of a busy district so I analysis the private and public diagram. And the site is in front of a residential community so the view from the Swimming Pool is focusing on the highway and I want to use the closed space to create a block from the residential side so people in their home or in the gym would not affect each other. Also, the programs that function in the buildings are separate as public spaces: cafe, offices and classoom; mix space: two different-depth swimming pools; private space: membership dive pool. There are two circulation in the building. The circulation on the public side can also see what’s happening in the private side which would encourage people to join us. And because the building occupy the public pavement of the residential buildings. I want to return a green space back to the apartments and also create a public community space for them.
Public Area (Church, University,Park, Playground,Supermarket) T Station Bus Stop Sliver Line
Individual Buildings
Herz Bus stop Bus stop
Bus stop
Bus stop
T Station Bus Stop Sliver Line
Bus stop
Bus stop
Bus stop
Bus stop
Bus stop Bus stop
Relationship with other public
“Block” Diagram
YMCA
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View A
View B
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View D Pedestrian
Relationship to the adjacent buildings & views
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Highway
View C
A B B
Third Floor
Ground Floor
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Second Floor
Views on the Second Floor
B Fourth Floor
Views on the Fourth Floor
Views Design
Structure Diagram
Views Design
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Stairs for swimming pools
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Circulation Diagram 11.
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Plans
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Second Floor
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Third Floor
Fourth Floor
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Performance School The urban analysis is about public transit, access to the green space and the views to the highest buildings in Boston. The school’s main gate is on the most crowed corner of the site. And people can have all direction on the center of the site. The residential building on the left up corner shape a courtyard with the buildings acrossing street. There is a green public plaza on the south side of the site. It’s a continue of the public park and school can also extend their outdoor performance space on it. The shape of the building is following the boundary of the site. And also I want to focus on the auditoriu The shape of the building is following the boundary of the site. And also I want to focus on the auditorium. I put the main entrance on the most popular corner of the site. And the facade mainly made out of glass because I want the interior courtyard and the outdoor performance space have better lighting. The circulation of the school mainly surround the staircase core in the center of the building. People who are walking on the staircase and see what’s happening all around.
Orange Line
Orange Line
Green space
Subway Station
Bus stop
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Two bar-shaped building frame the auditorim in the center of the site
L-shaped Residential building frame the courtyard spaces with the residential buildings across the way Main school entrance at the most popular corner of the site & close to the bus stop
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Pathway to the Auditorium and the Outdoor performance space is next to the Auditorium
Acess to the public park
Site Axon
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City View Boston South End
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Circulation
Daylight
Green Space
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Views
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Serive(elevator,egress stair) Auditorium Common space Common Space
Administration Classroom Theater Dance Music Flexible space
Common Space Double hieght school lobby Access to Auditorium
Program Diagram
Delivery Entrance School Entrance
Acess to outdoor performance space
Circulation
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Mechanical Room
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Recording Studio
Ground Floor
Second Floor
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Instrument Storage
Third Floor
Section B-B
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The People’s Module Our team studied the streetlights and bus stop in Mission Street in San Francisco. Just as crucial, streetlight and poles plague the sidewalk and create uncomfortable and unusable spaces. They were used for one of the most basic needs a moment of pause or rest. We want to provide a customizable design so that people have a closer connection to the multi-seating element that will be placed in their park, sidewalk, or public plaza. Adding multi-functional element to the sidewalk that will increase human interaction within the streets. The flexible design adapt to the different needs of different areas of the city. Each wood module is joined together with uniform rods to create an elegant multi-seating element — organic and comfortable.
Photos from Mission Street Pedestrian Circulation and Bus stops
Anthropometric Analysis of Seating angles and lengths
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Views of Rhino Sketches
Frabrication Process
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Prototypes
Final Model
Proposed Customized Website
Street Rendering
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Architectonic Systems This course introduces the introduces the theory of materials and structures, and examines basic structural elements in wood,masonry, concrete, and steel construction. It uses historical and current building types to explore the relationship between structure, materials, construction process, and architectural space. We were asked to draw detailed section of cavity wall, design a watchtower using lightwood framing with a limited first floor area and certani requirements of the second floor(eg. one non-orthogonal load bearing wall), design a wall made out of the material that learnt at class and explain its structure and also taking care of the secondary problem such as water-proofing, wind and so on.
Elevation
Section
Curtain Wall
Concrete Wall
Plan
Exposed Diagram
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