Portfolio 2021 by yukie

YUKIE TAKASU

lalalayke@icloud.com

+818011308352

Personal Details

Date of Birth

18/10/1993

Nationality

Education

Tokyo, Japan

2017-(2021)

Keio University (Graduating on March 2021)

Master of Engineering - Science and Technology, School of Science for Open and Environmental System

Dedicated student and practitioner of architectural design spetializing in Computational Design, currently working on First-Class Japanese Architect License accreditation.

Studying in Japan and the UK have given me a global and diverse experience. I was involved not only in the architectural design but also in the construction of the built pavilion.

Strong interest in digital fabrication technology and conputation for design at the human scale.

Japanese, American Japanese Native

Urban and Architectural Design and Research in co+labo

Language

London, UK 2018-2020

English Fluent

Architectural Association

Master of Architecture - Emergent Technology and Design Computational Design and Digital Fabrication

Skills

Software

Rhinocerous, Revit, Grasshopper, Python, VRay, Keyshot, Vectorworks, AutoCad, Adobe(Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator After Effects), Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)

Tokyo, Japan

2013-2017

Keio University

Bachelor of Engineering - System Design Engineering

Urban and Architectural Design and Research in co+labo

Award, Competition

Fumiko Yonezawa Scholarchip Award

Shortlist of Quin Fan Dao International Competition

Shortlist of Europan 14

Final 30 works in Sendai Design Legue Best of Geaduation Work in Japan 2017(in 357 works)

Final 5 works in Keio University Thesis Design Competition

Computation and Fabrication skills

Robot Arms(KUKA), 3D printing, Laser cutting, Solar Analysis, CFD, Evolutionaly Optimisation, Agent Based Simulation, Generative Algorithm

Reference

Elif Erdine (EmTech, AA school) elif.erdine@aaschool.ac.uk

Darko Radovic (Keio University) radovic@sd.keio.ac.jp

Experience

June 2018 - August 2018

Internship:Toshimitsu Minami Architects

In charge of physical model making, 3D modeling, and visualization

April 2018 - August 2018

Teaching Assistant: Keio University

Working as an assistant at the architecture design studio in Keio Graduate school in Japan from April 2018

March 2017 - July 2018

Part-time Job: Nihon Sekkei

Physical model making

2-9-14, Higashihara, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

2021 2017 2016 2017 2018

Multi-level Ecology

Project type/ Dissertation

Year/ 2020

Role in the project:

Overall computational experiment setup Management and scheme of project Diagrams and concept visualisation Rendering

Digital tool used:

Rhinocerous, Grasshopper, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign

Multi-level Ecology is an exploration to develop a network of multi-levelled open spaces in highdensity urban environments. The lack of public spaces in contemporary cities is a pressing concern as it correlates to physical and mental illnesses and social isolation. An alternate circulation system at higher levels is proposed to enhance urban connections where the population density increases vertically.

The research aims to incorporate more than the provision of spaces, by enhancing programmatic variation, where once isolated institutions - residential, commercial, office, leisure, now overlap through these spaces, creating multi-layered opportunities in the urban area. Exploring varying sets of urban conditions, this research proposes an integrated response that generates spatially diverse public spaces.

The work is contextualized in the urban area of Sai Ying Pun located in the city of Hong Kong. The high-rise high-density urban fabric of the city is characteristic of the issues of social deprivation. Additionally, the research deals with seasonal climatic conditions and local hydrological problems of self sustainability and flooding that are pertinent to Hong Kong.

A multi-scalar approach incorporated in addressing the problem at the urban as well as the local scale establishes the need to accommodate a layered network of recreation, culture and wellness.

Access Point Types

Market (existing)

Water storage tank location

under the existing open space and the residue space

Post Analysis

+310m +150m +4m -50m Site Section

Algorithm

System

MTR station entrance

Block access point (variable) space point in range no space point in range Connection w/ pass-by point Connection w/ open space points connection constraints activated points connected open space point connected pass-by space point existing building axis created connection Connection constrains Activated point Open space point Pass-by space point Existing axis Created connection 18o 2000 1500 1000 500 100 0 10 60 20 70 30 80 40 90 50 100 130 110 140 120 150 160 200 300 400 600 Area of the Space (m2) Height of the Space (m) 700 800 900 25m

Garden bridge Green roof Cantilever Hybird Proposed Open Space Type

(existing)

Multi-Level Open Space Network Algorithm

Drawing 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1500 2000 Area (m 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 Height (m)

point

Sectional

Connected

becomes starting points

Plant&fixtures

SurfaceMaterials

Tree/shrubsstabilisation

stormSubstrateforplant+ watercontrol Structure Cladding

Plaza Plaza Plaza Park Park Park Park Shop Shop Shop Grid Subdivision Pedestrian Simulation Local Area Zoning Planting & Topological Design

Typical planting structure and their functional layers

Tree Packing Algorithm Topological Design r: Tree spread radius r2 r3 r1 r4 r r6 r 400mm Minimum height change Subdividing Grid Pedestrian Flow Planter Area Lawn Area Designated Programme Pavement Plaza High Low Park Shop Access point Connections b/w spaces Core of the buildings The number of agents pass through Attraction Enter and Exit point Height Grid size 30m-60m 0m-30m 60m3m 6m 4.5m 30°

Local Scale Design Strategy

Planting

NORTH 4m 3.7m 3.7m 3.7m 4m 4m Herbaceous/ groundcover layer A B B C Shrub layer Tree layer summer sun SOUTH 3.5m 3.5m 3.5m 3.2m 3m 3.5m 3.2m winter sun Herbaceous/ groundcover layer Shrub layer Tree layer precipitation green spaces city surface reduce surface runoff excess water precipitation > irrigation demand storage tank existing sewage system sea Precipitation Rainwater run-off from green spaces Excess rainwater Rainwater run-off from city surface Existing sewage system building use Recycled water to building Existing sewage system

Strage

Summer Sun Winter Sun Tree Tree 4m 4m 3.7m 3.5m 3.2m 3.5m Shrub Shrub Groundcover Groundcover

Strategy Water

Strategy

Fromfold

Project type/ Academic built project

Year/ 2020

Role in the project /

A member of the core management team, In charge of Robot arm (KUKA) fabrecation, Scripting for the robot arm fabrication, Construction

Rhinocerous, Grasshopper, Robot arm (KUKA), CNC, Digital tool used /

This construction project is collaboration with BuroHappold Engineering. The research agenda focuses on the sustainability of material economy by devising a lightweight structure from sheet metal that is stiffened via robotic incremental sheet forming and curved folding to cover the terrace skylight of BuroHappold. By utilising these two techniques, triangular connector components from a single sheet of 0.8mm Zinc were fabricated and assembled, with minimal complexity at the joints. The geometric properties of the folds were adjusted to control the degree of curvature and strength of the joints and a robotic arm was then used to progressively dent patterns into the sides and top faces of the components around the base to further stiffen up the areas with the highest stresses. The global geometry was designed to be assembled in sections without formwork.

SPIF (Single Point Incremental Forming)

-Metal Sheet 2019.03 2019.06 2019.09 2019.12 2020.01 2020.02 -Folding -Assembling -SPIF Joint Details Component Design Project Timeline Component Design Global Design Global Design Aggregation Strategy Mock up Construction Preparation Final SPIF Design Joint Detail Construction Site Research Structural Study SPIF Experiment Mockup Structural Study 4.22e +00 4.22e +00 Stress kN/cm2 -1.32e +00 4.22e +00 Depth 3.0 cm Diameter 4 cm Diameter 3 cm No. of SPIF 01 Depth 1.5 cm Diameter 2 cm Diameter 1 cm No. of SPIF 20 Depth 1.5 cm Diameter cm Diameter cm No. of SPIF 30 Stress kN/cm2 -1.32e +00 4.22e +00 Stress kN/cm2 -1.32e +00 4.22e +00 Stress kN/cm2 -1.32e +00 4.22e +00 Stress kN/cm2 -1.32e +00 4.22e +00 Depth 3.0 cm Diameter cm Diameter cm No. of SPIF 01 Depth 1.5 cm Diameter cm Diameter cm No. of SPIF 10 Depth 1.5 cm Diameter cm Diameter cm No. of SPIF 22 Depth 3.0 cm Diameter 1 4 cm Diameter 2 3 cm No. of SPIF 01 Depth 1.5 cm Diameter 1 : 2 cm Diameter 2 : 1 cm No. of SPIF 10 Depth Diameter Diameter No. Depth 3.0 cm Diameter 1 4 cm Diameter 2 3 cm No. of SPIF 01 Depth 1.5 cm Diameter 1 : 2 cm Diameter 2 : 1 cm No. of SPIF 10 Depth 1.5 cm Diameter 1 2 cm Diameter 2 1 cm No. of SPIF 22 Depth 3.0 cm Diameter 1 : 4 cm Diameter 2 : 3 cm No. of SPIF 01 Depth 1.5 cm Diameter 1 2 cm Diameter 2 1 cm No. of SPIF : 10 Depth 1.5 cm Diameter 1 2 cm Diameter 2 1 cm No. of SPIF 22 Original Global Geometry

4800 4800

Ecological Urban Design

Project type/ Academic design studio

Year/ 2019

Role in the project /

Concept making, Overall computational experiment setup, Overall 3D modeling, Overall coding for the simulation, Diagram making

Digital tool used /

The purpose of this project is to develop an integrated urban tissue for an ecologically sensitive site on the Thames Estuary. Regular intertidal flooding on the peninsula protects the mainland from potentially destructive storm surges. Over the next century, however, the site will become increasingly vulnerable to sea-level rise, leading to coastal erosion which can no longer be inhibited strictly by means of hard engineering. In response to this eventuality, the design proposes an adaptive urban strategy for the development of a coastal community consisting of productive landscapes, generating energy systems, infrastructural networks, and residential towers.

Rhinocerous, Grasshopper, GHpython, Revit, 3Dmax, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign

Tidalflowdirectionstudy

Building orientation according to the water direction

Mariculture field in between the buildings and center area

hight < 2m appropriate for mariculture

2.00m-2.00m Meanhighwatersprings5.86mMeanhighwaterneaps4.81mMeanlowwaterneaps-1.55m Tidalmap 5m/s 0m/s Velocitymap Topologymap Site Analysis Velocity A Velocity A Velocity B Projected area A Projected area B Velocity B Velocity C Velocity D Main connection Connection from the main village to all villages Connection within the village

Tidal Flow Analysis 1.0m 6.0m 1 Branch 2 Branches 4 Branches 6 Branches

Ground Floor Plan 4th Floor Plan Aquaphonic Plants Core Mariculture area Walk path Elevated gardens

Building Form Sunlight Analysis

Unit Plan

City of Nostalgia

Project type/ Bachelor Design Thesis

Year/ 2017

Role in the project / All (individual Project)

Rhinocerous, Kensei Analyser(EEG Device), Digital tool used /

This project aims to inherit the historical value of the land by spatializing memories and emotions targeting the highly capitalized and symbolized urban space where people and places are alienated and to develop a method to treat human emotions as a design parameter.

This project is a void as a deep bored hole from the ground to the ground and pulls people who just passed the underground passage into the interior of the building to experience space for the people to recall the history and memories of the site.

Site: Intersection of History and Infrastructure

EEG Experiment

Representing history through space

Sectional Drawing

-1603 1603-1943 Sea 1943-1945 1945-2015 Underground Market Car Pedestrian Metro A A B B B C C C D D D E Like Interest Concentrate Stress Calmness pAZ ApY ApZ pBY pBZ BpY BpZ pCY pCZ CpY CpZ pDY pDZ DpY DpZ pEY pEZ EpY EpZ pAX ApX pBX BpX pCX CpX pDX DpX pEX EpX Plan Video pAX ApX pBX BpX pCX CpX pDX DpX pEX EpX Group X pAY ApY pBY BpY pCY CpY pDY DpY pEY EpY Group Y pAZ ApZ pBZ BpZ pCZ CpZ pDZ DpZ pEZ EpZ Group Z GL GL - 7000 GL - 12000 GL-18000 GL+ 33000 Timescale 1940 1603 World war II River Sea Fear Tension Like & Stress Stress & Concentration Like & Stress Stress & -1603 1869 1945 1949 1952 2014

GL-6200 GL-15000 GL+6700 GL+7200 GL+1500 GL+5000 GL-1500

Other Projects

Emergence & Evolutionary Computation

Year: 2019

Type: Design Studio(EmTech, AA school)

Role of the Project: Overall Computational experiment and 3D modeling, Visualisation, Concept making

Post Anaslysis

Water Flow Analysis

GENE 1 scaling Z direction GENE 2 scaling curves GENE 3 GENE 4 GENE 3 GENE 2 GENE 1 moving curves locations construct voids on control points, scaling in XYZ direction individually moving control points in Z direction twisting scaling body planes FC 2 Minimum length of walkway FC 1 Maximum carved out volume FC 3 Maximum surface area of walkway FC 5 Maximum volume of building blocks FC 4 Minimum shadow on walkway surface throughout year FC 2 Minimum surface area to West FC 1 Minimum footprint FC 3 Maximum Southern projection length Max relative difference of summer and winter selfshading FC 4 FC 5 Maximum selfshading in summer ZONE 4 ZONE 5 ZONE 6 ZONE 1 ZONE 2 ZONE 3 NYC Hurricane Evacuation ZoneElevated Walkway and Tower Design Setup Tower Design Optimisation Criteria Elevated Walkway Design Optimisation Criteria DHAG GECDD FBACCCC HDAHHHH DHAH DHBEEEE FBACCC HHAHH FBDGG EHEAA GEAHH GECCC HDCCCCGGGCG HHAHHHHCCCC GEDGGGC HDDGG GEAHH HDDAHHHC GDACCCCGGGCGGC DHACCCCGG GEAHHHH GEAACC Pareto Front: Generation 00 - 09 FC2: Min walkway length FC1: Max removed volume Gen.92 Ind.04 FC3: Min surface area of walkway Gen.91 Ind.02 FC4: Min shadow on street street 47730.536659 47952.043292 47930.781908 47925.679423 47733.459683 selfshading radiation selfshading radiation selfshading radiation selfshading radiation selfshading radiation Primitive Gen.23 Ind.5 analysis: Wind Speed Length: Width Height Voxe size Velocity (m/s) 900.00(m) 500.00(m) 300.00(m) 3.971(m) 4.028 3.489 2.848 2.014 0 analysis: Wind Speed Length: Width Height Voxe size Velocity (m/s) 900.00(m) 500.00(m) 300.00(m) 3.975(m) 3.760 3.256 2.658 1.880 0 2D 2.700(m/s)

No.1 Gen.101 Ind.8 No.10 No.20 No.30 No.40 Gen.56 Ind.5 Gen.9 Ind.2 Gen.44 Ind.1 Gen.23 Ind.5 Gen.94 Ind.01 Gen.98 Ind.04

Systematic Design Method

Contextualizing Algorithm

Year: 2021

Type: Master Research Thesis (Keio University)

Role of the Project: All (Individual Project)

Site Grid Element distribution Element Arrangement Trees for shading Planter Benches Space for activity Walkway Road Access point Lights People from residential area People from station Site selected Failure Reason for the failure Proposal of Contextualized Pattern Language Lack of Objectivity and Contectualizing Railway Residential Area Site Design System Idea 73m Urban Design (Top down approach) Digital Algorithm Systematic Design Method for Urbanism Systematic Design Method Human Scale Design (Bottom up approach) Jiyugaoka Station 0 10 30 60 100m Residential Commercial

Path and Goals Good Materials Common Land Walkway Seat Spots Street Cafe Tree Places Connected Play Path Shape Activity Pockets Garden Seat Adventure Playground Hierarchy of Open space 5 2 1 1 1 2.7 1 4.6 4 4.6 3 2.6.7 6 6 3 5 4.6 Grid Pattern A Pattern B Pattern B candidate Walkway Relationship Relationship extracted from Pattern Language Relationship from Japanese Litarature A A A A A B B B B B B B B B B 1. Adjacent 2. Close 3. Gathering 4. Edge 5. Inclusion A A B B B B 6. Place along the walkway 7. Avoid continuous adjacency on the edge Seat Spots Seat Spots Street Cafe Street Cafe Tree Places Tree Places Sunny Place Sunny Place 171 171 161 161 88 88 241 241 Translation to GAE

Original Pattern Language Proposed Pattern Language 1. Adjacent 3. Gathering 5. Inclusion 5. Inclusion Extracted Patterns related to the Site Seat Spots Street Cafe Adventure Playground Tree Places Path Shape Activity Pockets 124 176 171 161 88 73 121 241 Garden Seat Sunny Place TOWNS BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTION

Agent Based Repair

Year: 2019

Type: Design Studio(EmTech, AA school)

Role of the Project: Overall Computational experiment and 3D modeling, Vidualization

Bendable MDF Pattern

Year: 2019

Type: Design Studio(EmTech, AA school)

Role of the Project: Overall Computational experiment and 3D modeling, Pattern experiment, Physical model making

Initial energy:100 Initial energy:50 Initial energy:25 Case1 Case2 Case3 agent build within range attractor building material

Alerted breach Alert ends Go to soil source Pick up soil pellet Move in direction of breach Stigmergy Action Attraction to pellet Attraction to soil source Deposit pellet Advance Construction Behavior AlgorithmTermites Nest Repairing Behabior

Based Repairing System Model Material Unit Count Maximum Velocity (m/s) Maximum Pressure (Pa) 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 Surface Pressure Flow Direction Unit Size Radius (mm) 100 150 300 250 200 01 02 05 04 03 Velocity and Pressure Range 19.3 19.7 19.7 15.8 19.1 52.2 69.3 51.1 58.4 50.8 Prototype

Agent

CFD Analysis for the 3D model Pattern 1 (P1) Sructural Test Pattern 3 (P3)

T-Junction

Pattern 2 (P2)

Surface subdivision Pattern Application Curvature analysis Side 2 - 4 pieces Joints 1-4 - 4 pieces of each Side 1 - 4 pieces Central spine - 2 pieces P2 P2 P2 P1 P1