Yao Mi
B. Arch | Cornell University
Gowanus Recovery Center
Studio | Fall 2017 | NYC | Thomas Phifer + Gabriel Smith
Barge + Park | Southwest
Surrounded by industrial manufacturing facilities, warehouses, and home improvement stores, the new building challenges the traditional notion of the large span warehouse or ‘big box’ building by creating luminous day light filled spaces, and a glowing beacon by night.
Site Study Collage
Surface + Light Study
Entrance + Drop-Off Lane | Northeast
Warehouse
Flexible Co-Working Space
Tip Floor Waterproofing Between Pipes Co-Working Sealed Pipe: Air-Tight, Waterproof Heat Insulation
Warehouse
Revolving Window: Ventilation
Large Pipe: Resting Space
Barge Loading
Elevations
Truck Loading
A collection and recycling center for construction waste, the new building is both work space and sanctuary, allowing for sorting and repair but also providing resting areas with views of the canal and surroundings. The program includes tip floor, sorting, repair, shipping, scrapping and barge loading areas.
Sections
Plans
Custom Sofa Design Fall 2017 | NYC | Slade Architecture
BYOA: Bring Your Own Air
Algaeponics | Spring 2017 | Ithaca | Rychiee Espinosa Group Work: 5 Partners BYOA is an indoor shelter erected from thin steel members, 3D printed joints, and suspended algae. A network of tubes and air pumps provide CO2 to the algae, allowing it to be cultivated. Best Student Design-Build Project, ArchDaily, 2017
Internship Work Samples Summer 2017 | NYC | Design Republic
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Star Ferry Terminal Mixed-Use Studio | Spring 2017 | Ithaca | Henry Richardson
1. Preserve original terminal direction
2. Stretch to be parallel to the adjacent Ocean 3. Cut along the water edge respecting the water traffic Terminal
5. Stack floors around the perimeter
6. Introduce water into the courtyard.
Transportation
7. Place residential tower at northeast corner
4. Adjust the angles to maximize the total length of all water-facing facades
Ferry Route
Berth
Residential
Office
Commercial
Ferry Terminal
Exploded Axon
Residential Common Space
Ferry Terminal
Roof Terrace
Tiburtina Infrastructure Studio | Fall 2016 | Rome | John Zissovici
-Motel cabins above the parking lot for long-distance drivers (west). -Intercity bus station (north). -Temporary housing for refugees atop the bus station. -Apartments with shared courtyards and rooftop gardens (center). -Shops underneath the abandoned highway (east). -Abandoned highway as pedestrian bridge and running track. -Abandoned fish farm transformed into an shared farm/garden for the locals and the refugee. -Automobile lanes redesigned for pedestrian safety.
Bus Station + Temporary Refuge Plans
Motel Cabin
Apartment Plans
Structure Model
Structural Systems | Fall 2015 | Ithaca | Mark Cruvellier Group Work: 1 Partner 1:25 Model of Hironaka Ogawa’s Forest Chapel, with structural elements and connection details. Materials include brass, cement, wood, steel, and tin.
Community Boathouse
Studio | Spring 2016 | Ithaca | Luben Dimcheff
Night View Across the River
7 O’Clock in the Boat Shed
Training Cafe Lobby Office Locker Room Boat Repair Shed
Located on the east side of Cayuga Inlet in Ithaca, NY, this boathouse provides training space, rowboat storage, cafe, and a place for events and gathering. Inspired by the condition of the site, the building tapers in height and width toward the northern end. N
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Puffer Fish: a Tool
Studio | Fall 2014 | Ithaca | Jim Williamson + Lorena del Rio
The Observer’s Shelter Studio | Fall 2015 | Ithaca | Val Warke
This Shelter in Serengeti National Park is designed to protect travelers from sun and rain, meanwhile allows them to observe the migration of animals.
House for a Claustrophobic Botanist Studio | Fall 2015 | Ithaca | Val Warke
Thick concrete provides security on the great flat, while numerous window cuts are taken to relief constriction. Wooden rooms0 on the upper 1 6 3 floor intrudes the exterior walls to further open up the view. On the outside is a lightweight greenhouse that responds to the form of the dwelling.
Porto Botanic Museum Studio | Fall 2015 | Ithaca | Val Warke
Visitors enter from the cut-out of the concrete structure. Plants from tropical climate in the triangular greenhouse are juxtaposed with local plants on the slope. On the elevated catwalk, people can observe these plants at an unusual elevated viewpoint.
Precedent Analysis
Studio | Spring 2015 | Ithaca | Jim Williamson + Lorena del Rio
Claybank Brick Plant: Brickwork Production
Marika-Alderton House by Glenn Murcutt: Sliding Walls
Claybank Brick Plant: Circulation
Claybank Brick Plant: Stacking
Claybank Brick Plant: Solid+Void
Family Cemetery
Studio | Spring 2015 | Ithaca | Jim Williamson + Lorena del Rio
This is a hybrid of elements that are found in the brick plant and the house. The half-underground columbarium is dark and heavy; while the cantilevered gathering place is light and bright. These two contrasting spaces are connected by a threshold that recalls both the world of the living and the realm of the dead.
Analysis of Carpenter Center Architectural Analysis | Fall 2015 | Ithaca | Julian Palacio Group Work: 1 Partner
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts in Cambridge, MA Designed by Le Corbusier
Interior Lighting Simulation
Environmental Systems | Spring 2016| Ithaca | Timur Dogan Group Work: 3 Partner
Photograph of the original space, Archdaily
False-colored HDR Benedictine Monastery Chapel in Las Condes, Chile, designed by Gabriel Guarda and Martin Correa. Model is at 1:20 scale. Materials include chip board, wood, steel, foam core, wax, acrylic paint, wax, and polyurethane.
Aura: Wall Sconce
Light InForming Space | Spring 2017| Ithaca | Rhonda Gilmore Warm and Cool -- Fabric and Steel Materials include fabric, steel, white glue, foam, LED