A R C H I T E C T U R E P O R T F O L I O 2014 _ 2 017
Y U N
LIAO
CONTENTS
[ CV ] Education & Professional Experience
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[ ACADEMIC WORK ] Occupying Wasteland
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Architectural Association School of Architecture
Reconnect Croydon
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Architectural Association School of Architecture
Vipassana - A Meditative Retreat
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University of Bath
A Flight of Steps
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University of Bath
[ WORK EXPERIENCE ] RCA Battersea South Campus
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Serie Architects
A Second Runway For Gatwick Airport
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Arup Associates
Regenerate Gascoigne Estate Allies and Morrison
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[ ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS ]
Architectural Association School of Architecture
2015 - 2017
Diploma of Architectural Association RIBA Part 2 London
yun
LIAO
University of Bath
2011 - 2015
B.Sc Architecture [ email ]
Yun.Liao@aaschool.ac.uk [ phone ]
07733 592196
RIBA Part 1 Bath, Somerset
Queen Margaret’s School GCE Advanced Level & GCSE Escrick Park, North Yorkshire
[ address ]
Flat 105 10 Weymouth Street London W1W 5BX
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2006 - 2011
[ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ]
[ SKILLS ]
Serie Architects Summer Internship - Part 1 Architectural Assistant
2D Jul - Sep 2016
Auto CAD
London, UK
3D Arup Associates Placement - Part 1 Architectural Assistant
Revit, Sketchup, Rhino Feb - Aug 2014
London, UK
Graphic Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, V-Ray
Allies and Morrison Placement - Part 1 Architectural Assistant
May - Aug 2013
London, UK
aLL Design Placement - Part 1 Architectural Assistant
Feb - May 2013
Summer Internship
Jul - Sep 2012
London, UK
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S E L E C T E D W O R K S 2 017 _ 2014
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O C C U P Y I N G Site: London, UK
W A S T E L A N D
Date: Sep 2015 - Jun 2016
THE BRIEF The writer Iain Sinclair who has spent decades documenting London thinks that the Olympic development in East London has ruined one of the capital’s most magical wildernesses. The promotor of the Olympic project considered there was nothing here before the project – and it was a wasteland. However, this wasteland has held all kinds of human possibilities – industries,
nature, and a wilderness that was once enjoyed by the locals. Moreover, places like Fish Island and its residents are also affected by the Olympic development. My project is to explore the idea of wasteland in the Lower Lea Valley area of East London, and investigates the possibility of occupying existing industrial fabric with a new artistic community.
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Architectural Association School of Architecture
Yun Liao
2016 - 2017
Diploma 1 - Babylon, The New East End
Enfield
Barnet Harrow 2
Haringgey 218
Hillingdon 8
Brent 28 Ealing 59
Camden 14
Islington 66
Westminster 239 Ham.&Ful RBKC 78 29
Houslow 76
Richmond
Kingston 60
Wandsworth 263
Waltham Forest
Redbridge 6
Havering
Hackney 1124
Tower City Halmets
Newham 175
Southwark 756
Lambeth 401
Greenwich 459
Bexley
Lewisham 827
Merton 42
Sutton 12
Croydon 1
Bromley
Geographic Distribution of Artists’ Studios
Creative industries in Hackney Wick and Fish island
By Number of Studios
Artists’ Workspaces Overview
Major Studios in Hackney Wick & Fish Island 0
Less than 10
11 - 50
51 - 100
101 - 500
More than 501
Service Industries in Hackney Wick & Fish Island
FISH ISLAND AND HACKNEY WICK The map of Geographic Distribution of Artists’ Studios shows the distribution of artist’s residency in London. As the map shows, most of the studios based in East London. And Fish Island is part of the densest area.
Olympic Park that has increased the land value of surround area. A study from GLA showing that as many as 3500 artists are likely to lose their places of work in the next 5 years, that’s 30% of the current provision.
Affordable workspace for artist has become a key issue, putting increasing pressure on creative small business, which include independent artists. Especially with the development of
Fish Island was once a largely industrial area, and the disused warehouses had undergone some transformation and being used as workspace. From the above map, we can see there is a
AADipl - Selected Works
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dynamic network between an artist’s studio, home and other places of work that commonly forms a geographical triangle, all impacting on the choices made when seeking a working space. Artists are also reliant on professional networks and dialogue within the creative community, so location can be inextricably linked to career success. Therefore, to relocate the artists not just about finding a space, it also needs a supporting network of resources.
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THE SITE LOW E R L E A VA L L EY Business Park as an Urban Island.
Like Fish Island, there is another industrial park located on the southern part of Lower Lea Valley. It is sitting between Olympic Park and Canary Wharf. I chose it as a site to investigate the possibilities of establishing a new community with existing context.
Olympic Park. This business park mainly constitutes warehouses and building sites under construction. This site accommodates six different business parks, each park offers similar facilities that are mainly warehouses and small office buildings. These buildings are more or less having similar architecture that are light and temporary. Because of the singular use of the site and the light architecture, it gives feeling of a wasteland siting in East London.
Lower Lea Valley Business Park is chosen as a site to investigate the possibilities of establishing a new community, with existing context. This business park is sitting between the well-developed Canary Wharf and 7
Yun Liao
2016 - 2017
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PROPOSED MASTERPLAN
800 m
The initial idea of forming a masterplan is a composition of a central piece and surrounding by supporting facilities. With a new geometry of the placement of the buildings form a new landmark on the wasteland. The centre becomes a place occupied by individuals but the buildings at the perimeter are designed for the public.
Art Galleries & Sale Centres A series of art galleries and sales facilities form the perimeter of the masterplan.
Lower Lea Valley Business Park
Canary Wharf
AADipl - Selected Works
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Central Tower for LiveWork Residency A central tower is the heart of the master plan which accommodates live/work residential units and communal workshops and other supporting facilities.
Education & Public Facilities Facilities such as workshops and schools are also located at the perimeter of the network, which could be accessed by the public outside the business parks.
I N T E G R AT I N G T H E E X I S T I N G & THE NEW Creating a New Artistic Network
This concept model reveals a new vertical network connecting the proposed artists’ studios and existing resources on the industrial parks. Collaborations are encouraged between existing small-scale distribution and manufacturing industries and related urban activities that engage in creating a more productive environment.
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2016 - 2017
AADipl - Selected Works
Yun Liao
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Diploma 1 - Babylon, The New East End
A NEW NETWORK There are six key elements I would like to cultivate for a new artistic community. The first one is a private live-work space for individual artist to form the concepts of their works. Then they could prototype each piece in a communal workshop. So that each prototype will be re-produced in a fabrication facilities and be stored in a warehouse. There will also 11
be galleries for exhibitions and sales where customers could purchase a piece of work and receive them without much waiting. By offering artists a place to work in proximity to fabricators and sales facilities, it creates a more productive network, it also gradually takes the idea of art out of an elite system by encouraging a bigger production and sales.
2016 - 2017
Yun Liao
Diploma 1 - Babylon, The New East End
Live-Work Apartments
Bedroom
Kitchen
Live - Work Apartment
Central Circulation Core
Commimal Workshop for Production
The Communal Space for Production Live-Work Residential Tower AADipl - Selected Works
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2016 - 2017
Diploma 1 - Babylon, The New East End
INDIVIDUAL LIVE-WORK APARTMENT
Workshops
Apartments & Studios
1. Metal & Wood Workshop 2. Bench Space 3. Group Work Space 4. Individual Working Space 5. Storage & Display
AADipl - Selected Works
6. Living Room & Studio 7. Kitchen
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FROM CONCEPTUALIZATION TO PROTOTYPING The section illustrates the live/work apartments on both side of the building are the space for conceptualization, then the artists could make a prototype in the central workshops.
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2016 - 2017
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COMMUNAL PROTOTYPING WORKSHOP
AADipl - Selected Works
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Diploma 1 - Babylon, The New East End
MASS PRODUCTION Production of the art works in an existing warehouse.
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2016 - 2017
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SALES IN THE GALLERIES Art works produced on the site will be displayed in one of the new built art galleries. These proposed galleries will take place right next to an existing warehouse, which would be used to store the products. They share a similar language with the central tower where they also lightly touch the ground and be supported by the circulation to the warehouse. AADipl - Selected Works
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Diploma 1 - Babylon, The New East End
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R E C O N N E C T Site: Croydon, London
C R O Y D O N
Date: Sep 2016 - Jun 2017
Architectural Association School of Architecture
THE BRIEF By “discovering” the grid, cubism, de Stijl, Mondrian, Malevich… landed in a place that was out of reach of everything that went before. Which is to say, they landed in the present, and everything else was declared to be the past. - Grids by Rosalind Krauss
As business boomed through the 1960s, Croydon Council facilitated a vast architectural and infrastructural transformation of the town centre – with five million square feet of office space and major new infrastructural networks. The result of all this development has paradoxically made Croydon much more fragmented on ground level, as the various forms of infrastructural links cut across the town.
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This thesis builds on, but also challenges the recent masterplan, which attempts to address the issue, by providing several solutions including footbridges. My own project explores an alternative idea, which connects Croydon in a more interactive manner – it examines the possibility of occupying infrastructure.
2016 - 2017
Yun Liao
DISCONNECTED BY INFRASTRUCTURE On the ground, Croydon is fragmented by its development of infrastructures. For example, Wellesley Road as dual carriageway is running through city centre. There have been a few proposals to create greater integration between East Croydon station, which lies on one side of the A212, and the town centre of Croydon, which lies on the other side of it. AADipl - Selected Works
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Diploma 1 - Croydon
‘FORM FOLLOWS FINANCE’ When an office is designed with the sole purpose of earning the greatest possible return for its developer owners, it will always result in a building that presents the maximum area of rentable space. The most efficient example of this is the economic design of a single room, repeated to fill one floor plate and then multiplied by the number of required levels to create an office; this has been a recurrent methodology in Croydon.
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2016 - 2017
Yun Liao
FACADES OF CROYDON When Croydon is designed with the principle of ‘form follows finance’, it also creates an interesting backdrop for the town – the grids of façades. The vertical aspect of Croydon forms a contrast to the fragmented ground condition.
AADipl - Selected Works
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Diploma 1 - Croydon
ST GEORGE’S HOUSE
LUNAR HOUSE
STUDIES OF EXISTING FACADES 23
2016 - 2017
Yun Liao
GRID IN ART In Western art history, the grid has been positioned as an emblem of modernism. As Krauss wrote in her essay Grid, the mythology of grids allowed artists landed in the present, and everything else was declared to be the past’. These drawings are visual studies of the hierarchical order of the grids, on St. George’s House. AADipl - Selected Works
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Diploma 1 - Croydon
REIMAGINE FACADES IN CROYDON The essence of this project is to reimagine Croydon’s skyline is composited by layers of grids instead of volumes of skyscrapers.
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2016 - 2017
Yun Liao
INHABITING FACADES AS INFRASTRUCTURE The main concept is to borrow the vertical grids from the existing facades in Croydon, and transform them from a two-dimensional object to a three-dimensional space, where can be inhabited by public activities and functions. AADipl - Selected Works
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Diploma 1 - Croydon
THE SITE ‘BRIDGE TO NOWHERE’ Croydon is a set for major transformation. The major ideas from the masterplan published by Croydon Council are to create a more welcoming public realm; moreover, to coordinate developments around two major transport interchanges. However, the current footbridge at East Croydon Station only connects East and West Croydon in a primary level – it only serves a platform and for crossing the railway tracks. Because of the lack of public realms at both end of the crossing, the current footbridge is often portraited as the ‘bridge to nowhere’.
Current footbridge at East Croydon Station
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2016 - 2017
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INHABITING INFRASTRUCTURE This design option explores the possibility of integrating public realm and circulation across the railway tracks in Croydon – public activities could be inserted into the grids according to the needs of local residents.
AADipl - Selected Works
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Diploma 1 - Croydon
CONNECTING EAST & WEST CROYDON Model shows the insertion of a bridge across the railway tracks – connects East and West Croydon through Ruskin Square.
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2016 - 2017
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STITCH CROYDON TOGETHER The design proposal and its methodologies does not just apply to this particular spot, it can be applied elsewhere in Croydon to weave the fragmented ground. AADipl - Selected Works
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Diploma 1 - Croydon
Temporary Insertations
Circulation & Public Space
Secondary Frame
THE GRIDS The new bridge is composed with layers of primary and secondary grids – both with dimensions taken from the existing building in Croydon. The insertions of public space are flexible, they are constantly changing responding to the demands.
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2016 - 2017
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INSERTION OF THE GRIDS AADipl - Selected Works
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Diploma 1 - Croydon
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2016 - 2017
AADipl - Selected Works
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Diploma 1 - Croydon
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V I P A S S A N A Site: Weston-super-Mare
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Date: Jan - May, 2015
R E T R E A T
University of Bath
THE BRIEF My architectural proposal is to build a meditation retreat that is inspired by the Vipassana model. The word ‘passana’ means seeing in an ordinary way, with one’s eyes open; but ‘Vipassana’ means to see things as they really are. This is one of India’s most ancient techniques of meditation.
Given its unusual location and programmatic intricacy, the retreat will, however need to transcend the traditional monastic typology. The key investigation of the scheme is the value and representation of individuality amongst the collective experience, in a sub-urban context. Traditionally, meditation practices often take
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place in isolated retreats that are far away from urban space. However, I choose the site in the city centre of Weston Super Mare to experiment the idea of retrieving a piece of calmness in the midst of everyday world. This environment implies meditative practice is not self-indulgent, nor socially isolated.
Yun Liao
Feb - May 2015
Final Year Project
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opening of ‘the pool’
rebrand
the closure
abandoned land
SITE & FOUND OBJECTS The Tropicana was built in 1937 as one of the major features and recognisable places on the seafront in Weston-super-Mare. The building, consisting of a two-storey dressed Mendip stone Art Deco architecture at the front was first developed as a 950 square metres swimming pool and included an art deco diving board. The Tropicana had been a popular attraction for many years, but in the latter part of the twentieth century went into decline and was closed in 2000.
CONCRETE PLINTH B.Sc Architecture - Selected Works
By building on an existing site, it is important to acknowledge the history and local residents’ sentimental attachment to the past. Therefore, I have examined a few ‘objects’ on the site that have the representative characters of Tropicana, and incorporate and transform them into part of my design.
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ENTRANCE PAVILION
THE PURIFIED POOL
WORKING WITH EXISTING BUILDING The Tropicana building is recognisable place for the local people since it forms an important visual focal point on the seafront at Weston. The building, whilst not high, is an important visual punctuation point at the south end of the seafront. The preserved existing faรงade is acting as a transitional space between the city and the proposed de-sign on the site.
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Feb - May 2015
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PROPOSED ELEVATION
EXISTING SITE ELEVATION B.Sc Architecture - Selected Works
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Final Year Project
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1 - entrance Hall For Meditation Course Residents 2 - art Space 3 - library Lobby 4 - library 5 - kitchen 6 - refectory 7 - entrance Hall 8 - bathing House 9 - meditation Hall 10 - open Air Pool 11 - dormitories 39
Feb - May 2015
Yun Liao
Final Year Project
BUILDING LAYOUT
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The Space In-Between 40
From Community to Individuals
THE COLLECTIVE SOLITUDE MEDITATION HALL
The meditation hall is designed for the group meditation practice. The circular floor space is on the footprint of the original purified pool which was the focal point of Tropicana. However in this scheme, the circle is hidden in the apparent orthogonal space. In Eastern tradition, the square plinth symbolises the Earth which could be interpreted as the physical confinement. In comparison, the circle has the connotation of sky and infinity. The overlapping of these geometries translates and celebrates the rising of infinity from the physical confinement. It also draws parallel to meditative practice in a metaphorical level.
An early sketch showing the spatial relationship between the individual meditative walk and the group practice within the same space.
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A structural element that forms two types of space, it also connects the ground with the sky.
Yun Liao
Feb - May 2015 [A]
Final Year Project
TECHTONIC DETAIL [A] Roof & Wall Ceiling: 1 Skylight 2 Zinc Roofing 3 OSB 19mm 4 Battens 50*35mm 5 Insulation 6 Exposed timber structure and pine ceiling paneling Wall: 7 Timber louvre with closer board on furring White Oak shingles assembly on furring 8 Breather Membrane on structural sheathing 9 Insulation between timber framing substructure 10 Vapour barrier on plyboard 11 Pine wall paneling
[B] Stacked Glass and wall
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1 Stacked glass 2 Concrete 75mm 3 DPM 3 Rigid Insulation 120mm 4 Concrete 125mm 5 Smooth concrete finish 20mm
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[C] Floor 1 Oak flooring 2 Screed 3 Concrete with heating elements 4 Rigid Insulation 5 DPM 6 Hardcore
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[C] Floor
View of the Skylight Inside the Meditation Hall
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Feb - May 2015
Yun Liao
View inside the Meditation Hall
B.Sc Architecture - Selected Works
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Final Year Project
THE ‘RESTORATIVE NICHE’ ELEMENTAL CELLS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS
The formation of these individual cells is inspired by term ‘restorative niche’, which was first mentioned by psychologist Brian Little. It is a term for the place people go to when they want to return to the true selves. Each cell is elemental – it contains a wet room, a bed, an indoor meditative platform and an recessive balcony. By eliminating the Eastern tradition of hierarchy, all cells are facing the West hence every resident could appreciate the view of sunset and the sea.
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Feb - May 2015
Yun Liao
PROPOSED ELEVATION
EXISTING WEST ELEVATION B.Sc Architecture - Selected Works
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Final Year Project
CARVING THE CELLS
Initial Massing
[A] Roof & Ceiling - Dark grey zinc-coated roof - Single ply with DPM - Battens 50*50mm - OSB 19mm - Rigid Insulation 225mm - OSB 19mm - Battens 35*35mm - Plywood - Ceiling Finish – Grey Oak
The Niche
Circulation
Cleanse and Rest
Meditation Pod
[C] Floor
[B] Facade
-Greenheart timber cladding – splayed checked and chamfered -Supporting timber board -Battens zone 38mm -Breather Membrane -19mm OSB -Rigid Insulation 200mm -Vapour control layer -19mm OSB -Service Void 25mm -Plywood -Wall Finish - Grey Oak 47
- Hardwood flooring – 20*120mm - Heat emission plate - Underfloor heating system - Plywood - Timber joist 225*63mm - Timber battens 25*50mm - Plywood - Ceiling Finishe
Yun Liao
Feb - May 2015
Final Year Project
TECHTONIC DETAIL [A]
[B]
[c]
View of the cell, looking towards the sea
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Rainwater Collection
Refectory
Solar Resource
Hydroponic Station
Heat Storage& Recovery
Ground/Water Source Heat Storage
(Organic Waste) Food Waste
Plant Waste
Anaerobic Digester
Methane
Gas Stockage
REFECTORY & HYDROPONIC GARDEN
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Liquid Residue
Feb - May 2015
Yun Liao
Final Year Project
View Towards Flat Holm
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A Site: Bath, Somerset
F L I G H T Date: Oct - Dec 2014
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THE BRIEF The brief for this project is to prepare a design for a film institute in the City of Bath. Given its programmatic intricacy, considerable scale and prominent location in the city centre, the building will, however need to transcend the standard cinema typology. Breaking out of the blackbox confinement of the commercial cinema-palazzos, the project will propose ways 51
of viewing cinema that are both innovate and traditional at the same time. Crucial to the successful resolution of the scheme will be integration of public realm into the design as its key component. This is particularly pertinent, given the hugely sensitive nature of the proposed location on Parade Gardens in the centre of Bath.
Yun Liao
Oct - Dec 2014
Group Project
A C I N E M AT I C S TA I RC A S E Throughout the history of cinema, staircases have been the key symbolic elements. However, this essential role sometimes can be overlooked, since staircases frequently act as a transitional zone from one space to another and to stitch two events together. Our idea is to lift the staircases back to main stage and celebrate its essence in cinematic history. Eventually the staircases unwind themselves into various social platforms and become the setting for many dramatic and memorable moments to take place.
Staircases as overlooked connections B.Sc Architecture - Selected Works
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Staircases as main event stages
A CITY GARDEN ‘OVERLOOKED’ Despite its central location, Parade Gardens are not as accessible or even popular as one might imagine. The ticketing system and the single point of entry are the main reasons for it. The unexciting, polite landscaping and lack of clearly defined public amenities further cause the park to go mostly unnoticed by residents and tourists alike.
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The principal aspirations of this project is therefore to democratise this up-until-now rather privatised space, enhance the public awareness of the park as well as improve accessibility to it. In some ways it is about tying the two rather disparate worlds together.
Yun Liao
Oct - Dec 2014
Forgotten Geometry Rediscovered B.Sc Architecture - Selected Works
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Group Project
Anticipating a Future Masterplan
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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Constants / Variables
Oct - Dec 2014
Yun Liao
BUILDING FORM In its most distilled form, the building is split into two distinctive elements - a tower housing those elements in the accommodation brief, which are to do with the individual pursuit of knowledge and discovery, and a horizontal component, which gives shelter to all of the communal activities and experiences of cinema.
1 - cinema 1 2 - cinema 2 3 - ticket desk 4 - cafe 5 - office 6 - deliveries 7 - shop 8 - restaurant entrance
B.Sc Architecture - Selected Works
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Group Project
CENTRAL STEPS: A POINT OF GATHERING The central steps, leading from the built-up pavements of Georgian Bath, down to the river, constitute the heart of the scheme. As such, it hasn’t got a specific functioned assigned to it. Instead it can serve a variety of different uses: from a straight-forward sheltered public space it can turn into an outdoor cinema or concert venue. On other days it serves as a market or potentially an outdoor continuation of the exhibition journey.
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PERFORMANCE SPACE
Oct - Dec 2014
Yun Liao
A view of the central space in a market configuration.
A view of the central steps in their cinema configuration.
B.Sc Architecture - Selected Works
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Group Project
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VIEWS OUT
A CINEMATIC STAIRCASE
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LOOKING THROUGH
Oct - Dec 2014
Yun Liao
Group Project
TOWER: A CONVOLUTED JOURNEY Situated in the centre of Bog Island, the tower forms the urban landmark of the scheme. Programme-wise, it houses those elements in the brief, which are to do with the personal and individual exploration of film-making, in addition to the administrative functions. The key element of the tower is the exhibition route, which twists around the core and offers glimpses into the other spaces and functions houses within the building.
B.Sc Architecture - Selected Works
CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF THE TOWER 1:100
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View of the building from across the river.
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Oct - Dec 2014
Yun Liao
Rooftop Bar
Lecture Theater
Exhibition Route
Recording Studio
B.Sc Architecture - Selected Works
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Group Project
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W O R K E X P E R I E N C E 2 017 _ 2013
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R C A Site: Battersea, London
B A T T E R S E A Date: Jul-Aug 2016
THE BRIEF Serie Architects have proposed a design for the Royal College of Art’s new Battersea South Campus. The brief called for a new 15,000 sqm building to house the schools of architecture, material, and fine art alongside specialist research centres and entrepreneurial incubators. Workshops, film studios, and large scale prototyping labs were to be accommodated alongside individual workspaces, seminar rooms, and faculty offices.
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S O U T H
C A M P U S Serie Architects
Jul - Sep 2016
Yun Liao
Serie Architects
THE TABLE The Table defines a clear space but does not have a boundary.
THE SHELVES AS SPINE The shelf acts as a framework providing a base and order to a variety of functions.
THE CONCEPT The critical challenge of this project was the invention of a spatial model that encourages creative collaboration across academic disciplines. Our response is an innovative structural system based on the idea of stacked planes, or ‘tables’. Each table defines a particular space but is not enclosed within a wall. Tables overlap allowing visual connections between activities and the dissemination of ideas. Double and tripleheight spaces allow large-format production and collective discussion. The resulting composition is open and highly visible: a celebration of the creative process in action.
THE LADDER The ladder creates vertical connections and flexible routes between floors.
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GROUND FLOOR Setting back the western faรงade from Battersea Bridge Road allows the creation of a public square. It will also be a moment of dialogue between the RCA and the public.
FIRST FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
Fashion, Interior Design and City Design, Helen Hamlyn Design Centre
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Jul - Sep 2016
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Serie Architects
RESEARCH CENTRE
THIRD FLOOR
FOURTH FLOOR
Textile, Contemporary Art Practice, Intelligent Mobility Research Centre Part II Summer Internship
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TABLES: NEW PLATFORMS FOR MAKING The ‘tables’ for the school programs are placed in a single five storey volume running the length of the site with the tables containing the research programs stacked in a ten storey tower. Between the two volumes runs a narrow, spine like ‘shelves’ containing all the shared programs like classes, faculty rooms, small workshops etc. Connecting all the floors together are a field of ‘ladders’, open stairways that allow for a multitude of paths through the building. 71
Yun Liao
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A DISCURSIVE SPACE The space between the tables, with a ceiling height of nice meters, offers a potential for a new discursive platform within the school. These spaces can be points of display and demonstration that naturally bring together participants from across the three schools.
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Site: London
R U N W A Y
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Date: Mar - Aug 2014
G A T W I C K Arup Associates
T H E B R I EBaggage F IDL
Baggage Transfer
This task was commissioned by Gatwick Airport Limited as part of Transfer developing a designGeneral strategy to publicsupport a second runway at Gatwick. It circulation sets out supporting General analysispublic and evidence of surface access impacts and benefits in terms ofcirculation building a second runway at Gatwick. It supports Departures Gatwick’s submission to the Airports Commission review of airport capacity in the UK.Departures
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IMM. Meet & Greet
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New Terminal - Kerbs and Forecourt
The New Terminal forecourt kerb-space has been planned to accommodate the future demands of a variety of modes of transport. Yun9.18: Liao New Terminal Forecourt Concept Figure Arup
Mar - Aug 2014
Arup Associates
Gatwick Airport R2 Surface Access Surface Access Assessment - Technical Report
local bus services will stop at the Gatwick Gateway (though some local services may also continue to drop-off and pick up from the terminals).
NEW TERMINAL FORECOURT CONCEPT The forecourt design is based on a hierarchy which prioritises public transport in order to meet Gatwick’s sustainable surface transport targets along with targeting a reduction in the number of kiss-and-fly trips to the airport.
A cycle parking hub and pedestrian access will also be key components of the Gatwick Gateway. An important element of the Gatwick Gateway will be fast connections (no more than 2 minutes) to other terminals using the Automated People-Mover (APM). The Gateway and onward APM connections will be the beginning of many passeng and informed transition from passenger access mode to airport terminal and eventually onto a flight. The APM will be integrated with the railway station concourse and bus and coach facility to provide the best possible passenger connectivity as a fundamental design consideration. The Gatwick Gateway concept is illustrated in Figure 11.1. Figure 11.1: Gatwick Gateway concept
GATWICK GATEWAY CONCEPT An important element of the Gatwick Gateway will be fast connections to other terminals using the Automated People-Mover (APM). The APM will be integrated with the railway station concourse and bus and coach facility to provide the best possible passenger connectivity as a fundamental design consideration.
Mode split data, vehicle occupancy and set-down durations have been analysed and applied to the expected volume of arriving and departing passengers at the New Terminal. Analysis of kerb and forecourt requirements at the New Terminal indicates that all the necessary capacity can be provided at-grade and therefore there is no requirement for an elevated kerb. The forecourt design is based on a hierarchy which prioritises public transport in sustainable surface transport targets along with targeting order to meet a reduction in the number of kiss-and-fly trips to the airport. The two roads adjacent to the terminal building will provide kerb-space intended to accommodate the modes listed below, with pedestrian crossings provided at appropriate intervals along the length of the kerb: Local buses; Onenvisaged airport taxi Modes for operator; the Gatwick Gateway include: -staybeparking shuttles; Rail the Gateway will built around the expanded station concourse, which is required to alleviate existing congestion issues, and to create an iconic Valet parking; and arrival point at the airport.
Group Bus and travel. Coach for a range of services this will be the main interchange point, though bus pick-up and drop-off at specific terminals for staff or passengers may continue for certain services. Park and Ride approximately 10% of rail demand to and from Gatwick currently is commuter demand with people making use of the rail connectivity between Gatwick and London to either park and ride, or interchange between rail services or bus and rail. The Gateway will be designed to encourage this interchange.
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THE BRIEF The masterplan devises a framework for the phased redevelopment of the eastern part of the 1960’s Gascoigne Estate in Barking. The proposed neighbourhood reintegrates with the surrounding Edwardian terraces, parks, industrial areas, the River Roding as well as Barking Town centre through a repaired network of streets, landscaped public squares and residential gardens. The densified block structure accommodates a balance of homes, two new schools, a health care centre and community centre that will serve the wider area.
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