Yiyi Luo
Architecture Portfolio A Series of Urban, Cultural, and Ecological explorations of Architecture Fall 2018 - Fall 2021
Tel: +1 3143096942 Email: yokilyy@upenn.edu
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A Series of Urban, Cultural, and Ecological explorations of Architecture
Studios Flow with the River Philadelphia Bathhouse|Landscape|Water
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Published on Pressing Matters 10 UPenn Weitzman School Architecture Department
The Red Hook Exchange Brooklyn, NY Urban Reuse|Barter System|Hybrid Residence
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Nominated for publication of selected works on Pressing Matters 10 UPenn Weitzman School Architecture Department
Turbulent Knot Governor’s Island, NY Amphibious|Atmospheric|Transformative
Nominated for publication of selected works on Pressing Matters 11 Weitzman School Architecture Department
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Competitions Lightbringer Manhattan, NY
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Cloud Square Philadelphia
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Vertical Cemetery|Healing|eVolo Skyscraper Competition
HOK Competition|Mixed Use|High-Rise
Professional Works Courtyard House Beijing, China
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Chang’an sha Village Renovation New York
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Urban|Commercial|Historic Adaptation
Bidding Project|Landscape|Historic Adaptation
Other Works
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Flow of the River Bathhouse|Landscape|Leisure Location: Philadelphia, PA Spring 2021 Collaborative Work
Interior Render showing the pool and materials selection
Our project begins with the notion of river, and the formation of civilization along the banks of a river. We first took the abstracted form of Schuylkill river as the morphological driver for our bathhouse, which dictates the spatial organization from both the plan and elevation views. Through making the cloth model series, we developed a holistic approach to the interior of the bathhouse that not only re-creates the textural quality of eroded stones in nature, but also bridges the curvy-linear, exterior form with the interior fluid surfaces at openings that embrace sunlight and panoramic views towards the surrounding natural landscape.
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Flow of the River
Spring 2021
Interior Render looking at the central pool from the hot pool 5
Flow of the River Spring 2021
River Typology and Site formal exploration from river typology and erosion landscape
Philadelphia River Typology
Site Topography
River Morphology Diagram
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Erosion and Degradation
Cloth Model Study
Planimetric Massing Study
1. Entry Hall 2. Education Pool 3. Admin Office 4. Women’s Changing Room 5. Men’s Changing Room 6. Paddling Pool 7. Large Pool 8. Warm Pool 9. Cool Pool 10. Sauna Room 11. Massage Room 12. Yoga Room/Relaxation Area 13. Cafe 14. Loading Zone 15. Exterior Pool
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Plan Drawing showing program, topography lines and landscape
Flow of the River
Spring 2021
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Flow of the River Spring 2021
Jogged Sectional Drawing cutting at the entrance, pool, and the cafe
Ramp to the Roof Garden
Warm Pool Back of House
Resting Area
Experience Landscape
Hydration
Flow of the River
Spring 2021
Roof Garden Main Hall with Skylight
Changing Rooms Entrance with Waterfall
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Acoustic
Flow of the River Spring 2021
Materiality and Context The vertical, Corten Steel facade panels add a sense of warmth to the scene, both as a prelude to the experience inside the bathhouse and as a focal point within the natural landscape. At points where the building touches the ground, landscape pavement bleeds into the roofscape. Just as water flows in and out of the building and provides an interface for us to escape from our daily travails and to embrace the beauty of nature that is unseen by the city.
Exterior Render of
Corten Steel Reference
Floor to Wall Materials
the entrance showing facade and the water context
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Facade and Landscape
Flow of the River
Spring 2021
Detail Drawings
Wall Sections of
corner to corner glazing wall and typical wall at the pool
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Flow of the River Spring 2021
Ariel View looking at the roof, skylight, and surroundings
Elevation Render 12
Flow of the River
Spring 2021
Model Image showing path to the roof 13
Flow of the River Spring 2021
Interior Render of
the central pool
Flow of the River
Spring 2021
The Red Hook Exchange Urban Reuse|Barter System|Hybrid Residence Location: Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York Fall 2020 Nominated for publication of selected works on Pressing Matters 10 Weitzman School Architecture Department
A hybrid residency and market project combining domesticity and barter system to enhance community collaboration and resilience under the wave of gentrification at Red Hook Brooklyn.
Perspective Render looking at the entrance and market activities
The adaptive housing project, located at Gowanus Bay Terminal Building (GBX) is a hybrid residency project aims to enhance community collaboration and resilience under the pressure of gentrification. Working with existing silos that have a long history in Red Hook Brooklyn required cautious understanding of the old and new. The added elements defined scale changing spaces served for both unit types and different bartering activities. With a hierarchy of publicity, swapping markets are located along the circulation paths, while workshops and exhibition are programmed within the inserted semi enclosed volumes. Units share a conjunct yet divided circulation to maintain privacy. The goal of this project is to value an exchanging system that can only exists within a strong bounding community with a collaborated configuration of housing project as a way to resist the negative effect of community separation that gentrification is bringing to the Red Hook Community.
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The Red Hook Exchange
Fall 2020
Cutting through the silos, two types of public programs and unit interiors are reveled in the drawing. Artists workshops and exhibitions are programmed inside the intersected volume between existing silos and added structure. Swapping Markets are hosted in open spaces along the circulation paths.
Isometric Chunk Drawing looking at the spatial relation between public and private spaces
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The Red Hook Exchange Fall 2020
Parts to Whole Aggregation
Existing Condition
The “band” defines the boundary of private and public space as well as additive and original of the existing silo structure which forms the transition between publicity and privacy and exterior and interior. Various depth of each incision allows iterated interior condition and build up the catalog of parts to the whole building formation. Programs thus are distributed by the volumes produced from each incision which as a whole become one language.
Analog Model studying the scales, volume and connection
3 Bedrooms Unit
Hybrid Plan showing public and private spaces Artist Workshop Art Materials Recycle
3 Bedroom Unit Upper Level
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The Red Hook Exchange
Fall 2020
Private Units
2 Bedrooms Unit
Studio Unit Lower Level
Public Units
Studio
Swap Market 2
Exhibition
Workshop
2 Bedroom Unit Lower Level
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Library
The Red Hook Exchange Fall 2020
Longitudinal Hybrid Section: a look into domestic activities, public activities and relation with exterior facade
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The Red Hook Exchange
Fall 2020
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Working with existing structures, these industrial remains convey a strong tectonic and material characteristic which I intended to maintain while breaking through. To create a contrasting lightness on the existing heaviness, various scales of voids are carved out by the added ribbons following the diversity and allocation of public and private programs. While maintaining the skeleton of existing steel structure on the rooftop, the mesh surfaces continue the flow of exterior ribbons for a light vibe.
Night View Elevation Render showing the organization of
facade elements
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The Red Hook Exchange
Fall 2020
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The Red Hook Exchange Fall 2020
Cross Section: a look into domestic activities,and public activities
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The Red Hook Exchange
Fall 2020
C. Rooftop Garden, Bee Keeping and Honey Market
B. Typical Lower Level of 3 Bedroom Apartment
A. Swapping Market on First Floor 25
Day Time: Rooftop Bee Keeping
Zoomed In Day & Night View at domesticity and residency spaces (Southeast Facade)
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The Red Hook Exchange
Fall 2020
Night Time: Roof Garden
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Turbulent Knot amphibious|atmospheric|transformative Location: Governor’s Island, NY Fall 2021 Nominated for publication of selected works on Pressing Matters 11 Weitzman School Architecture Department
Collage Diagram layering with urban heat map, greenery and buildings
Our project started with the study of Quasi-Thing and Anni Albers Weaving art pieces. During our selected topic of pain and gaze as one of the key characteristics of quasi-things that their existence is presented by causing a direction or disturbance of attention of the subject of experience. When we encountered the study of work of Anni Albers spade making, we found the similar phenomenon that the spade iterate itself forming a larger field where the edges of the spade, orienting in different directions, constantly direct and redirect the visual attention of the viewer, disturbing and re-constructing the movement of eyesight, forming a turbulent field composed of iterated units. Moving into the site, we developed an overall plan strategy that incorporates the trajectory of locations with ambiguous environmental conditions, between water and land, between land and air. The trajectories are specialized as a straight path of walking, cycling, and potentially water transportation, linking different locations. When approaching these points with ambiguous environmental conditions, they form a knot that allows more transformative experience between environmental conditions within a constructed palpitating environment and cellular conditioned rooms. The other part of our instability quasi concept with the external environment is the amphibious components of the knots. The amphibious part follows the same grid and has the ability to drift, depart and intersect. The ship and building condition of the amphibious part and the knot creates a transformative condition both to the building geometry and the individual experience of horizon, light and distance.
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Turbulent Knot Fall 2021
Model looking from the east knot to the west knot
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Turbulent Knot Fall 2021
Weaving and Datums
Study Model of
weaving units
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Turbulent Knot Fall 2021
Concrete Model of
weaving strategy study
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Turbulent Knot Fall 2021
Drifting and Transformative
Site Plan of
Iterated Grouping Condition of
amphibious units
Physical Model showing the east knot
trajectory knots
Knot and Drifting Components
Plan View of 32
the west knot
Turbulent Knot Fall 2021
Palpitating Field and Unstable Interiority
Three Paths + Amphibious Units
Bike + Edge
Pedestrian + Palpitating Field
Water + Palpitating Field
Amphibious Units
Path Study of
Spatial Sequence of
palpitating field and cellular units 33
paths and palpitating field
Turbulent Knot Fall 2021
Section of
the west knot
Section of
the east knot
Interior View of
Interior View of
the east knot
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the west knot
Turbulent Knot Fall 2021
Physical Model showing the west and east knot
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Competition
The Lightbringer Urban|Cemetery|Healing eVolo Skyscraper Competition Hudson Park, NY Collaborative Work | Spring 2021
A vertical cemetery for healing after loss
Interior Render looking at atrium
Unless the pain is soothed; the memories, stored; and the love, shared, we have no true means of recovering from the loss of our beloved ones. The Lightbringer aims to create a place of healing that brings together everyone to regain the strength and faith that are more-than-ever needed in this difficult time. To address the limited land-use problem, we separated the vertical structure into two major parts. The below-grade part of the structure hosts the circulation, funeral activities, urns storage and cremation, while the above-grade operates in sync with the cremation ceremony. To transform the traditional cremation into a more ceremonial and healing one, the optical fiber shaft is powered by the heat released from the cremation process. This cycle results in a spiritual comforting space to heal the wound of losing and beloved ones and share this heartening strength with the city and project a light of recovery onto the skyline of Manhattan.
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The Lightbringer | eVolo Skyscraper Competition Spring 2021
As the fight for urban land intensifies, building an easily accessible, urban cemetery has become a social and environmental issue of architecture. In places like Manhattan, public green spaces are critically important to the mental and physical health of the citizens. Typical cemeteries are pushed to the periphery, without occupying scarce natural landscape and interrupting the order of urban life.
Ariel View looking at the cemetery and West Waterfront
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The Lightbringer | eVolo Skyscraper Competition Spring 2021
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The Lightbringer | eVolo Skyscraper Competition Spring 2021
Interior Render looking at the entrance and optical fiber
Interior Render viewing at the mourning chamber
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Competition
Cloud Square HOK Design Competition|Mixed Use|High-rise Location: Philadelphia, PA Spring 2020 Collaborative Work
Top View showing the atrium
The project aims to create a window for residents of Philadelphia to experience Market street neighborhood longitudinally and vertically. The idea-cloud square-brings adjacent buildings together by integrating their roof area to gardens or community areas. The cloud bridges, connecting the street, the tower and the rooftops, allow people to experience the roof area as relaxing zones, sightseeing zones, or recreational locations. The tower satisfies the need for residential housing and business use, with separate exits and circulations, allowing the privacy for the tenants. The cloud bridges connects three adjacent roofs. The semi-enclosed stairs connecting two parts of tower, aims to provide interaction between the visitors, residents and office users, while facilitating fresh sightseeing and relaxing zones withing each floor.
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Cloud Square
Spring 2020
Exterior View looking from the Market Street 41
Cloud Square Spring 2020
Plan and Section
Program Diagrams Greenery Diagram
Tower Program
Greenery Diagram
View from the atrium 42
Cloud Square
Spring 2020
Elevation on Market Street
Section View from Market Street 43
Professional Work
Beijing Courtyard House Adaptation Urban|Commercial|Historic Preservation DAGA Architects Summer Internship Beijing, China Internship | Summer 2018
To preserve history with modern domesticity.
Exterior Render looking at courtyard
Located in a Beijing historical hutong neighborhood, this traditional courtyard house has a rich history. The client wanted to give a new life to the house and preserve it in the way of adapting it into a short-term apartment featured with modern facilities for foreign tourists. In order to optimize the beauty of this traditional housing, all the building structures were remained the same. There were two major issues in the project. One was the lacking of natural lighting as it is a common issue for all the Beijing courtyard houses because of a traditional rule that no windows are allowed in the building that facing to the street. The other issue was the space limit since more rooms are required in the project. For the first lighting issue, curtain wall system was applied on the extended roof and doors. In order to provide more space, the back of each apartment has been lowered 2 feet with a loft added above. To optimize the use of space in the courtyard, cubical stands as pavilion has been applied. With no requirement of reception at the entrance, a self-serving bar was designed for better collaboration at the lobby.
My Role: surveyed site | produced floor plan and developed 3D model | produced renderings using Vray and Photoshop | produced and presented schematic design and design development booklet to faculty | selected finishes and cooperated with construction team 44
Beijing Courtyard House Adaptation
Summer 2018
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Beijing Courtyard House Adaptation Summer 2018
Courtyard Render Vray for Rhino +PS
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Beijing Courtyard House Adaptation
Summer 2018
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Professional Work
Chang’an sha Village Renovation Urban|Landscape|Cultural Preservation NO ARCHITECTURE Summer Internship New York, NY Internship | Summer 2021
Program Diagram
FAR Study
Village Typology
Pavilion Typology
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Chang’an sha Village Renovation
Summer2021
Collage for Village Program
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NO ARCHITECTURE Summer2021
Art Villa Render Enscape for Rhino +PS
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NO ARCHITECTURE
Summer2021
Shenzhen Qianhai Competition Collage Enscape for Rhino +PS
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other works 2019 - 2021
Museum
Market
Cultural Embodiment|Modern Monument|Artifact
Urban Ecology|Self-sustaining|Biophilia
Location: Penn Museum, Philadelphia Fall 2019
Location: Callowhill, Philadelphia Spring 2020
History is not linear, can ancient architecture be redefined with modern language?
How to build an effective connection and communication across natural and human world?
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other works
2019 - 2021
Healthcare
Workplace
Community|Street-scape|Redesign
BIM|Documentation|Construction
Location: Cedar Ave, Philadelphia Fall 2021
Location: Philadelphia, PA Spring 2021
How to make HUP-CA become a welcoming place of health for its community? What experience can we bring here?
How to enhance dynamic vertical experience within a high density urban context?
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Tel: +1 3143096942 Email: yokilyy@upenn.edu
Yiyi Luo
Architecture Portfolio A Series of Urban, Cultural, and Ecological explorations of Architecture Fall 2018 - Fall 2021