Architecture portfolio by Yu He

Yu He Architecture portfolio 2020

Yu He 1609 Hillcreast dr. Manhattan, Kansas USA 785-571-4078 heyu6212@ksu.edu

OBJECTIVE

Obtain a full time architectural designal job within a professional architecture firm

EDUCATION

Kansas State University Manhattan, KS

Aug 2014present

STUDY EXPERIENCE

Kansas state University in Italy Program Orvieto, Italy

Spring 2019

WORK EXPERIENCE

TAOA Design. Beijing,China Summer Intern (1-month)

Summer 2019

ACTIVITIES

Bowman Design Forum (Third year compition) MANKO Design Competition ( Fourth year compition) Design and build studio ( Net positive studio)

Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2019Spring2020

SKILLS

Rhinoceros 5 Sketchup Revit Adobe Illustrater InDesign CAD Microsoft Office Laser Cutting

Master of Architecture College of Architecture, Planning, and Design, 5-year NAAB accredited program

Student Exchange

Hand Modeling Graphic Design

Hand Drafting Photography

Lumion Photoshop Sketching Ink Painting

Chinese English Reference

Dick Hoag

professor

Department of Architecture rhoag@k-state.edu

Chad Schwartz

Assistant professor

Department of Architecture rhoag@k-state.edu

Contents

The Cistercian Monastery Manhattan, KS

Ocean view Hotel Santa Monica, CA

Farming inplement Museum Manhattan, KS

Net Positive studio, design and build Manhattan, KS

Models

Cistercian Monastery Manhattan, Kansas Fall 2018 The main idea for the monastery is to be isolated from the secular world, so without all the distraction monks could be able to learn more about God. Because of the special urban context, it is crucial to containing monks inside the monastery while keeping a connection to the local community. The second idea for the monastery is that it should close to nature, as humble as a monk, they live and work with nature to be close to God.

Located in Manhattan, Kansas. a suburban area with a population of about1,200,000. the site is at the center of the area, surrounded by public buildings, high school on the top left, elementary school on the left side of the site and church on the top. Lots of residential buildings in this area.

The first opportunity is to respect the context, let the conner be a public entry similar to all other three public buildings did. Then establish three front sides of the building and backside of the building.

Entrance view

Public Transition Private

Green area

The monastery divided into three parts, the green one is the public part of the monastery, it contains lobby, office, and classroom. The red one is the chapel which is for both monks and people from this area. It is a transition between public and private. The blue part is private, it is a place for monksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; daily life.

Nature is important for monksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; daily life. The top left is a space for welcoming the public. The second one is the green space viewed by the church and classroom. The one under that is the cloister. The last one is the small garden separates the library and the outside.

The first element of the monastery is a thick wall separate the religious and secular. On the west side of the side is an elementary school, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s typical that parents pick up and sent their children to school. But inside the thick wall, monks have a religious life to dedicate everything that they do to God. It is a strong contrast between this two lifestyle.

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Monks and people from outside share the same wall and natural elements. The roof slope up for welcoming people to site and communicate, the roof on the inside is a plane so space is more contained and private.

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A tall meditation space inside cells. The tall narrow space cut down all the disturbing things so that monks can concentrate more on the spiritual mind.

Green area

Public area

Transition area

DN DN

UP DN

Ground floor plan

Private area

DN DN

Second floor plan

Being connected to nature is very important for monkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daily life, they not only get inspiration from nature, but they also have a strong relation to agriculture such as brewing ales and making wine. The chapel is facing east so that during morning mass, the morning sunlight will penetrate through the tree leaves and bring light and shadow into the inside. The chapel itself has a similar material pallet as the monastery which is simple and clean.

The chapel is the highest building in the monastery and has a different roof to show the important symbol of the chapel The reaching gesture of the roof emphasizes the strong connection between monks and nature.

Public area

Chapel

Meeting room

Being connected to nature is important for monksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; daily live, so a small green space is shared by the chapel, classroom and office. They all have acess to nature visually or physically.

Cloister

Private spaces

Small garden

Pray

Read

Sleep

Clothes

Individual cell has mainly three functions. Sleeping, studying and praying. A tall space designed only for praying.

pray space inside cell

Flashing Rigid Insulation 4’’ CLT Roof Oak finish 4*16 Wood beam

Rigid Insulation

1’’Oak floor Concrete subfloor 4’’ CLT panel Oak finish 4*16 Wood beam

rigid insulation expansion joint

1’’ Oak Floor 2’’ Sleepers 3’’ cast in place concrete 2’’ rigid insulation

6" perforated drain pipe (slope to drain) in gravel base with filter fabric surround

Ground Floor plan 1/16" = 1'-0"

expansion joint

Ocean view hotel Santa Monica, Califonia Spring 2018 The main task of the design is to take advantage of the site to bring ocean view to every hotel room on the front and make a comfortable courtyard for rooms at the back. It also gives back to the community by creating a garden-like walk space between the inner city to the ocean.

The site is in Santa Monica, a coastal city west of downtown Los Angeles. Santa Monica has a coastal Mediterranean climate, enjoying an average of 310 days of sunshine a year. The courtyard design fits in perfectly with this climate. It opens up the inside and connects it with the outside. Because the site is a long narrow rectangular shape, it is divided into two parts. The front part has a direct view of the ocean. The part in the back has a courtyard to enjoy.

Courtyard was designed to let inside connected to the ocaen and nature. To have to the view to ocean, the front part is an L shape.

Beach

Site

City

The site is on the edge of the city so that people staying in the front part of the hotel can enjoy the ocean view. Because of the special condition of the site, the back part of the hotel has an opportunity to be close to the city. A pleasant pathway connects the front and back courtyard. It also connects the city and the ocean.

The first step of the design is to frame the view of each room, all of the room at the front part has the view of the ocean. All the rooms at the back have a view of the garden courtyard.

A pathway connects the ocean and the city through the garden courtyard and the plaza.

Lobby view to the plaza through angled bearing wall

The bearing wall angled to the ocean so rooms on the ocean side have the view of the ocean. These structure walls frame the ocean for residents. Also, it filtered the western sunlight in the afternoon.

Back garden courtyard look

For the back part of the hotel, rooms looking into a garden courtyard. Utilities such as bathroom and storage designed as service bars to create a bigger and free living space. Also, it becomes a sound barrier in between each room.

UP DN

Ground floor plan

Second

floor plan

Second floor plan

Axo drawing of the hotel, showing that rooms face to the open space. All of the service spaces, such as storage and stairs and elevators are on the other side. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening in between each service bar so that the hallway can be lit up by natural daylight. The whole building is narrow so that both sides can get a decent amount of daylight.

Spatially the meeting room is the biggest space so that it can hold events for different purposes. The lobby is the second largest space. On the left side of the lobby is the double-height seating space and a cafe on the mezzanine.

Farming implements museum Manhattan, Kansas Spring 2017

The main idea for this project is to use a structure beam as a lighting device to create beautiful light and shadow. As a farm implements a museum, the ordered beam stand for the efficiency of framing machines to show the beauty of power and utility.

Sketch

The original idea for the natural light. Evenly um space. Natural light is more comfortable fo non-structural beam was placed in between th natural light will be diffused into the museum

Light study model

lit space was the goal of the museor human beings than artificial light. A he structural beams as a light diffuser. So m space.

The museum is separated into two services and served two parts, the green part is a service that contains all the utility rooms, the orange one is the museum that offers a better view to the outside and better natural light.

The Circulation is a simple U-shape, people will see everything only walking oneway. And people would not walk into each other. Truck and cars go to a different entry, so they will not interact with visitors

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Plan

C’

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PLAN 1/16’’=1’

SECTION AA’ 1/16’’=1’

Entrance view

Light through beams

Show room

Net Zero Housing St Johns, Kansas Fall 2019- Spring 2020 Lacking of affordable House is a common issue across the U.S. The Net Zero studio trying to design house with smart way to use material and stratigicly take advantage of the climate to efficiently using energy.

Mass vs. Void

Axo

Housing availability St John currently has a total of 522 homes. From 2016-2019, 16 homes were sold and 10 are currently on the market. Therefore, the current market has only seen 3% of its homes sold to new families in the past 3 years and only 1.5% of homes are available for new families to own today.

Individual Design

Mass vs. Void

Axo

The idea of the design is to use private space such as bedroom, bathroom as the mass, then the void in the center become the public living space. It brings the people together as a family.

Private space/Mass

Public space/Void

Outdoor space

Plan

Light study model

Group Work

Floor Plan

Corner detail

Wall connection detail

Process of detail

Kitchen Furniture Mock Up

Structure Mock up

05 Model making

Yu He 1609 Hillcreast dr. Manhattan, Kansas USA 785-571-4078 heyu6212@ksu.edu