P R AT T G A U D 2 0 1 5 - 2 0 1 8 ArchitecturePortfolio Y i x i n X u ; E i l e e n
2015-2018 MasterOfArchitecture P r a t t I n s t i t u t e B r o o k l y n , N Y
2011-2015 B a c h e i n L a n d To n g j i S h a n g
l o r O f E n g . s c a p e A r c h . U n i v e r s i t y h a i , C h i n a
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C o n c e r t H a l l
Elemen S c h o
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G a r d e n o f S o n g
Co n t e m p ArtGal
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F e n ê t r e F e t i s h
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O f f i c e Invasion
A e r i a l Ho u s i n g
N e w Wa r h o l M u s e u m
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2015-2018 MasterOfArchitecture P r a t t I n s t i t u t e B r o o k l y n , N Y
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01 GAUDStudioSP2017 N e w O r l e a n s M u s i c i a n s ’ A g g l o m e r a t i o n Critic:KutanAyata Site:NewOrleans,LA Te a m : Yu k i H e , A y s e I s l i k c i
This concert hall design adapts itself to the traits of New Orleans’ French Quarters by studying its special climate conditions, its tradition of architectural embroideries, and the importance of voids in the event of musical gatherings. Intended to be an agglomeration of musicians with an emphasis on grand theatrical effects, the formation first disperses its volumes only to bring the music itself down as a centerpiece.
auditorium process
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ground floor plan
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ENTRANCE FOYER SHOP AUDITORIUM EXHIBITION SPACE PRACTICE ROOM BREAK AREA PRACTICE ROOM ADMINISTRATION OFFICE MACHINE ROOM
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RANCE ER P TORIUM BITION SPACE CTICE ROOM AK AREA CTICE ROOM INISTRATION CE HINE ROOM
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first floor plan
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First Floor S = 1' : 16"
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roof plan & sections
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short section cut
WATER FLOW
WIND DIRECTION
WATER FLOW
environmental & mechanical systems
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DUCTWORKS
AHU
VAV
ELECTRICAL SERVICE ROOM
FIRE PUMP ROOM
INCOMING WATER ROOM
INCOMING DATA ROOM
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STEEL REI
CONCRET
structural system
METAL PANEL
STEEL TRUSS
CCONCRETE WALL
CONCRETE SLAB
INFORCEMENT RING
TE STRUCTURAL RIB
STEEL COLUMN
physical & digital renditions of edge conditions
ground vitalization
02 GAUDStudioSP2016 ElementarySchoolDesign Critic:TheoharrisDavid S i t e : P i e r 1 4 , N Y
This design for an elementary school takes advantage of the site’s strategic location along the busiest strip of East River waterfront and its historic function of a pier to envision a project that embraces the educational of the
the
opportunites
river,
boundaries
expanding of
an
otherwise anchored school.
wooden pier base
streamlined ‘mothership’ hull
morphology diagram
1 sailing boat (montly excursions)
window ‘sails’
6 water taxis (daily transportation)
kinetic components
roof
2F
1F
morphology diagram plans
the water taxi holds 30 students + 2 supervisors
sections
deck activities room kitchen
the sailing ship has a maximum capacity of 120
section & elevation
in clear weather
when under precipitation
detail section
03 G AU D S t u d i o FA 2 0 1 5 O f f i c e I n v a s i o n Critic:PhilipParker Site:345ParkAve,NY
Through
investigating
impacts
of
water
and
the
forces
the of
temperature
fluctuations on a chunk of ice, an animated digital space of force and motion is produced, in which simulated vectors give form to a multiplicity of
surfaces.
The
surfaces
invade an existing high-rise office building and impose porosity in social context.
sediments water volatile equilibrium stable saf safe
animating
dynamics frame 91 80 frame 124 80 frame 274 80 frame 520 80 rame 609 80 frame 714 80
patching
stalactites-mite
erosions
excavating
surf rface ace quality qualit stacking stacking folding folding gaping
architecturalizations platforms enclosures ventilation passages
an event of forces
erosion, reformation & architecturalization
plans
before
sections
after
integrated plan
04 G AU D S t u d i o FA 2 0 1 6 A e r i a l H o u s i n g Critic:JonasCoersmeier Site:Williamsburg,NY
This urban housing project employs
the
‘bed-sitting’
concept favorable to young, free spirited new arrivals of a community, of which there are many in Williamsburg. Through a
morphology
of
folding
geometry and an interplay of
clusters,
the
of
mixed-use
possibility
and
mixed-
user housing is expanded.
one cluster
cluster analysis
cluster arrayed
bed-sitting apartments
family duplex
housing distribution based on Williamsburg demographics
the movement arts
mixed-use program research
aerial school martial arts school yoga studio Williamsburg is booming with creativity of all kinds and is not lacking in movement-based schools and people interested in it. A public training and exhibition platform would serve well to boost the local community life.
site summer sunlight study
site winter sunlight study
building formation
bed-sitters are never segregated from duplexes due to the inherent circulaton property of the cluster
sightviewing escalator
aerial arts training
vertical courtyard height of 80’ is determined through sunlight studies ensuring that the courtyard receives full sunlight at a moment of winter solstice, and is mostly shaded mid-summer
family duplexes have direct access to courtyard
elevations & plans
80’
elevations & section
circulation diagram
1F unit plan (duplex)
3F unit plan (bed-sitters)
close-ups
vignettes
“I thought that perhaps the way that a picture controls the speed of its observer’s gaze, the course of that gaze’s scan, and the subsequent control of information flow might match well with the artists’ concepts... It was from that hypothesis that my theory of Superflat was born.” -- Takashi Murakami
05 G AU D S t u d i o FA 2 0 1 7 NewWarholMuseum Critic:HinaJamelle S i t e : To k yo, J a p a n
original
artwork:
World of Sphere Takashi Murakami
color tearing technique
unit tear
transformation of tears
programmatic array
formation process
Situated at the heart of Harajuku, one of Tokyo’s most populated
cultural
land-
marks, this museum mirrors the avant-garde of the flamboyant Harajuku fashion statements with its own bold
couture
formation.
program diagram
A continuous spiraling ramp around a sky-lit atrium brings visitors effortlessly through the chronology of Andy Warhol’s life and art.
1F plan
4F plan
elevation
A controled tilt across the sum of evolving, growing tears afford the eye a different composition at every angle while maintaining a forceful skyward direction, engaging the Japanese “Superflat� movement in the form of architecture.
vignette
With an aluminum finish, the building skin reflects its surroundings, absorbing the integral popular culture of Harajuku as well as the dynamic skyline around the site into the museum’s expession.
The spiral offers different moments of fresh air on every floor as visitors are brought out of the loop onto terraces and cafes with views of the city. Structural columns cascade from the sky, and tear open as they flow into the ground, modulating
interior
natu-
ral lighting as gallery spaces up high spiral down into bright
public
spaces.
2011-2015 B a c h e i n L a n d To n g j i S h a n g
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06 CAUPStudioSP2014 ChineseGardenDesign C r i t i c : M i n W a n g Site:CenturyPark,Shanghai trees in Century Park
By designing a Chinese garden
For this project, the focus of
in Shanghai’s Century Park, the
ecology is on bird attrac-
objective was to explore the
tion and habitat creation,
possibilities of merging ecolog-
to return to gardens the
ical bio-design with traditional
sight and sound of birds,
Chinese garden methods, and
which is commonly miss-
to configurate a garden incor-
ing due to the lack of suit-
porating both ecological sci-
able natural bird habitats
ence and traditional aesthetics.
in industrialized Shanghai.
birds in Century Park
Century Park, Shanghai
site plan
detail drawings
07 CAUPStudioSP2012 ContemporaryArtGallery Critic:GuangpingQi Site:WujiaoChang,Shanghai
This art gallery design aims to achieve an unusual user experience through simple, integral structural solutions, as a landmark and celebration of the innovations going on in Shanghai’s university district.
situated within KIC, an up and coming residential area for entrepreneurs
surrounded by universities
conveniently accessible by metro
within 15min walking distance from CBD
designated height: 6 storeys
girder suspension
smaller spaces
ascending open entrance
structural grid
grid to girder
morphology
plans
4F open gallery
suspended spaces
storage
basement
mechanical rooms restrooms
cafe cafe seating reading room
section & vignettes
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08 G AU D E l e c t i v e FA 2 0 1 7 F e n ê t r e F e t i s h Critic:PhilipParker This
is
an
inquisition
into
the transparency of the ‘window’ and the relationship between observer and observee.
Halston, Madison Ave 1975
Warhol called it street theater, New York magazine called it mayhem. Leaned toward the Grand Guignol, this work of brutal eroticism uses mannequins as a site for melodrama and violence, behind a shopwindow that acts as the b
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window as new medium
Save Humanity Assignment on transparency
A gorilla, female by assumption from the baby in its arm, sits behind a frosted glass window pane. Its outreached hand prints against the glass an elegant human hand. The barrier between man and animal has become the m
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of the message, by means of calling attention to what transparencies conceal and reveal.
A glass case stashed with pink plastic ‘female’ objects, this work harnesses the trappings of femininity that have so long defined and confined women. The glass participates in the piece by rendering the c o n f i n e m e n t obvious, verging on the explosive.
"The determining male gaze projects its phantasies on to the female figure which is styled accordingly"
Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema, 1975 Laura Mulvey
a ‘look’ at the ‘female’
Her Coffin, 2016 Portia Munson
Prints of Barbie, 2018 Artist Unknown
Barbie, a plaything usually styled to specific fantasies, is in this case stripped down to the bare figure, an ‘obscene’ state rarely found in the innocent site of children’s playmaking. The i
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of her on transparent membrane is a violent process that yields smooth surfaces displaying the universally mass-fabricated contours and proportions of the ‘ideal’ female figure.
one panel
The
window
pane,
intended
to
be visually nonexistent, is turned into
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volume s
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that s
the gaze instead of disperse it, and commands attention unto itself
instead
of
what’s
beyond.
fenetre fetish
Viewers are invited to see through this pane by peering through the female form, a process which d e - o b j e c t i f i e s this ing
a closer look
heavily sequence
objectifyof
panels.
09 G AU D E l e c t i v e FA 2 0 1 7 C a n y o n P l a y Critic:RobertCerverllione
cutting section
robot setup
design process
organic inspiration
cut lines
cutting result
moments
liquid ingraining
10 HarrisonAtelierSU2017 F o r e s t C r e a t u r e Supervisor:ArianeHarrison S i t e : G o v e r n o r ’s I s l a n d T e a m : S p r i n g W u
There was an
with wild hic
chestnut trees
called Nut Isl
Governor’s Isl
island so dense
Forest Creature is a pavilion
ckory, oak and
that conjures the enchant-
s, that it was
ed landscape of Governor’s
land. That was
Island’s ecological heritage.
land in 1530.
The form of the pavilion begins with the form of rudimentary shelter – the outline of a house—yet curves around itself, recalling a creature curled at the foot of a large tree.
plans & elevations
1. wood frame foundation
construction diagram
2. foundation connection
3. structural ba
amboo frame
4. reeds infill
5. reeds roofing
The reuse of invasive species of reeds such as bamboo and phragmites achieves a net zero construction. These materials also point to humans’ status as the most successful invasive species, and recall the ecological responsibilities we bear as such for preserving other species in our habitats.
reed connection
Forest Creature seeks to provide a space of contemplation for the fragility of our ecological heritage.
It is built from invasive species (bamboo and phragmites) for an invasive species (humans) specifically to highlight the tensions that underlie species co-existence. The non-native form of the reed Phragmites australis displaces native plants and lowers local biodiversity, yet it also provides nesting sites for many wetland birds. Similarly, golden bamboo can form dense monocultural thickets that displace native species, yet it’s a versatile and sustainable material for scaffolding and light construction.
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