A r c h i t e c t u r e P o r t f o l i o
THE “BLANCHE” CHALET, CANADA ARCHITECT: ACDF ARCHITECTURE AXONOMETRIC DRAWING BY ZE MENG SCALE: 3/32’’ = 1’ - 0’’
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Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s
04-11
Studio I
12-19
Studio II
20-21
Design Communication I
22-29
Studio III
30-35
Design Communication II
36-49
Studio IV
Studio I
Continuous Contour & Gesture Drawings Continuous contour drawings aim to visually describe the environment. Completion of freehand, line drawings of various subjects such as the environment and human bodies.
Gesture drawings aim to visually describe movements, weights, and gestures in drawing form. To identify differences between slow and fast-paced drawings. Completing a collection of gesture drawings using charcoal and its related tools.
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Tonal & Time-lapse Drawings Tonal drawings aim to control the charcoal medium and hand pressure to create a variated tonal range drawings.
10:00
Time-lapse drawings aim to observe the environment and identify phenomena related to the passage of time and changes in natural light.
15:00
To visually describe the world as planes without lines. To visually describe depth as a play of tonal values.
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Design of A Personal Folly This design began with a physical model of a nine-square post/column and beam/ lintel system. And then it required some alterations which need to be based specially on client's personality and characteristics.
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Model Drawings & Hand Renderings
Orthographic & Paraline Drawings This project begins by focusing on the three most common ways architects depict their work: the plan, elevation, and section.
A paraline drawing is another type of orthographic drawing. This drawing type is reasonably easy to construct, making it a valuable part of an architect's vocabulary and an important communication tool.
Axonometric Front Elevation
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Side Elevation
A'
Floor Plan
A - A' Section
Isometric
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A New Ceremonial Gateway For KSU The Atrium Gateway has been accidently demolished by the KSU maintenance crew. This project aimed to design and present a new, somewhat functional, decidedly attractive, and architecturally more interesting gateway for campus - one that will serve as a welcoming gesture and symbol.
A
Isometric
A'
Floor Plan
Roof Plan
A - A' Section
Side Elevation
Final Model
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Studio II
Building Envelope In this module, we will observe,document, analyze, and draw a swath of a building at school, focusing on the enclosure. This swath of a building embodies the properties of modularity, repetitions, structural/non-structural elements, and layering.
A
A' Floor Plan
Side Elevation
A - A' Section
Wall Section and Isometric Projection
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Texture Studies In this module, we explored the textural properties of surfaces moving between various mediums and dimensions, and sought formal, spatial, and phenomenal potentials implicit in them.
The wood tile is exploration of the various possibilities offered by the 2D base configuration through drawings.
Actual Texture
Pencil & Pen Drawings
Wood Tiles
9-tile Construction Translation several 2D base configurations into 3D for a 9-tile constructions. The basic idea is to focus on one single tile and make a series of variations.This construction is controlled by two factors which are depth of central brick and variation of sticks. From right to left, the depth of central brick is from farther to near, and the order of sticks is from complexity to simplicity.The central brick not only create a gradual variation on front view but also on back view.
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Onsite Architectural Intervention In this module, we propose an onsite architectural intervention the identifies and further develops the potentials we have found and discovered in last module.
Wood Tile Construction Generated From 9-Tile Construction
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Onsite Architectural Intervention Based on previous studies, I focus on different views in specific point. In others words, I focus on how people experience the building.
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C'
A
A'
On the right, those are visual studies.First view is eye level on the same floor. Second view is from second floor to the outside. Third view is from first floor to gallery.
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B'
A - A' Section View
On the bottom, it's isovist diagram of one repeated unit. One can also think of the isovist as the volume of space illuminated by a point source of light. Those are what I see in the same 45 degree but different specific points both from outside and inside.
C - C' Section View
B - B' Section View
Final Model
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Desigen Communication I
The "Blanche" Chalet, Canada A
B
This project was designed to understand the appropriate use of representational media when diagramming, such as traditional graphic and digital technology skills to convey essential dimensional relationships embedded within the art of building.
B'
A' First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
West Elevation
North Elevation On the right, they are a series of axonometric drawings based on layers.
A - A' Section
B - B' Section
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Studio III
STUDIO 1
KSU
STO 100 SF
U
GALLERY 1
150 SF
25 SF
Niu-metry: Solace Gallery and Studio NIU-METRY OFFICE
185 SF
LOBBY
STUDIO 2
RR
GALLERY 2
100 SF
STUDIO 3
GALLERY 3
BR
SOLACE GALLERY AND STUDIO A DESIGN BY ZE MENG
STUDIO 4
SITE MAP
Niu-metry is a combination term of "geometry" and "niu" which means "twisty" in DIAGRAM gallery and studio in a twisty facade. I proposed to Chinese. This design isADJACENCY a Solace design a place where people can have an unique experience when they are in there. It's STUDIO 1 KSU STO a place which creates several "moments" for people to communicate with people both GALLERY 1 interior and exterior, interact with indoor and outdoor Uenvironment, and so on. 150 SF
150 SF
1100 SF
SCALE: 1’- 0’’= 1/128’’
1200 SF
100 SF
B’
U
150 SF
25 SF
OFFICE 185 SF
RR
STO
(100 SF)
STUDIO 2
D
STUDIO 2 (245 SF)
GAL 1
OFFICE
(400 SF)
(180 SF)
GALLERY 2
(285 SF)
U
(100 SF)
A
RR 100 SF
STUDIO 1
UTL
(27 SF)
STUDIO 3 ELE
ELE
STUDIO 3 (300 SF)
LOBBY 150 SF
GALLERY 3
BR
GAL 2
U
STUDIO 4
LOBBY (150 SF)
SITE MAP
(460 SF)
KSU
(145 SF)
SCALE: 1’- 0’’= 1/128’’
150 SF
1100 SF
B’
1200 SF
U STUDIO 4 (300 SF)
ADJACENCY DIAGRAM
BR
(160 SF)
GAL 3
STUDIO 1 (285 SF)
UTL
A’
D
B
(27 SF)
RR
(100 SF)
STO
D
(200 SF)
U
U
(100 SF)
A STUDIO 2 (245 SF)
GAL 1
OFFICE
(400 SF)
(180 SF)
ELE
ELE
STUDIO 3
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
SCALE: 1’- 0’’= 1/8’’
SCALE: 1’- 0’’= 1/8’’
(300 SF)
GAL 2
U LOBBY (150 SF)
(460 SF)
KSU
(145 SF)
U STUDIO 4 (300 SF)
BR
(160 SF)
D
GAL 3
(200 SF)
A’ B
SITE MAP
SCALE: 1’- 0’’= 1/128’’
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
SCALE: 1’- 0’’= 1/8’’
SCALE: 1’- 0’’= 1/8’’
Site Map
B’ NORTH ELEVATION SCALE: 1’- 0’’= 1/8’’
U
STUDIO 1 (285 SF)
UTL
D
(27 SF)
RR
(100 SF)
STO
U
(100 SF)
A (245 SF)
(400 SF)
(180 SF)
NORTH ELEVATION
North Elevation
STUDIO 2
GAL 1
OFFICE
SCALE: 1’- 0’’= 1/8’’
ELE
EAST ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
South Elevation
East Elevation SCALE: 1’- 0’’= 1/8’’
SCALE: 1’- 0’’= 1/8’’
ELE
STUDIO 3 (300 SF)
GAL 2
U LOBBY (150 SF)
U
(460 SF)
KSU
(145 SF)
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10 Small Scale Concept Models
5 Larger Scale Concept Models
SCALE: 1
SCALE: 1’- 0’’= 1/128’’
B’
B’
U
U UTL
RR
RR U(100 SF)
(100 SF)
(285 SF)
B
(27 SF)
STO
(100 SF)
STUDIO 1
STUDIO 1 UTL
(27 SF)
STO
(285 SF)
D
U
(100 SF)
U
A
A
SIT
SITE MAP
Orthographic Drawings & Mass & Circulation Models
U STUDIO 1 (285 SF)
UTL
(27 SF)
OFFICE RR
GAL 1
OFFICE
STUDIO 2
STUDIO 2
GALSTO 1
(180 SF) (100 SF)
(400 SF)
(180 SF)
(245 SF)
(245 SF)
U
(400(100 SF)SF)
U
STUDIO 2 (245 SF)
ELE
ELE
OFFICE (180 SF)
LOBBY
KSU
(150 SF)
(145 SF)
GAL 1
(300 SF)
GAL 2
KSU
(150 SF)
(145 SF)
A’
ELE
ELE
U
U
U
STUDIO 3 (300 SF)
LOBBY (150 SF)
STUDIO 4
STUDIO 4
KSU
(300 SF)
(300 SF)
(145 SF)
GAL 2
(460 SF)
BR
BR
(160 SF)
(160 SF)
U
GAL 3
(200 SF)
B
STUDIO 3
(300 SF)
(460 SF)
LOBBY
A
ELE
STUDIO 3
(400 SF)
U
U
ELE
B
D
GAL 3
(200 SF)
(300 SF)
A’
A’
BR
STUDIO 4
(160 SF)
D
GAL 3
(200 SF)
B’
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Site Plan ROOF PLAN SCALE:1’- 0’’= 1/32’’
FIRST FLOOR FIRST FLOOR PLAN SCALE: 1’- 0’’= 1/8’’
First Floor Plan FIRST FLOOR PLAN PLAN
SCALE:1’- 0’’= 1/16’’
SCALE: 1’- 0’’= 1/8’’
Second Floor Plan PLAN SECOND SECOND FLO SECOND FLOORFLOOR PLAN SCALE: 1’- 0’’= SCALE:1’1/8’’
NORTH ELEVATION
NORTH ELEVATION
SCALE: 1’- 0’’= 1/8’’
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0’’= 1/16’’
SCA
NORTH E
B - B’ SECTION
SC
Solar Studies of Exsiting Site: Group Work
Marietta Square Site Analysis
SUMMER SOLSTICE
Marietta Square Site Analysis
SPRING EQUINOX
Temperature Range 67° - 85° F | Tim Hardeman || Ze Meng |
Temperature Range 44° - 64° F | Tim Hardeman || Ze Meng |
Spring Equinox
Summer Solstice
Temperature Range 44° - 64° F
Temperature Range 67° - 85° F
Marietta Square Site Analysis
WINTER SOLSTICE
Marietta Square Site Analysis
AUTUMN EQUINOX
Temperature Range 37° - 55° F | Tim Hardeman || Ze Meng |
Temperature Range 63° - 81° F | Tim Hardeman || Ze Meng |
Autumn Equinox
Winter Solstice
Temperature Range 63° - 81° F
Temperature Range 37° - 55° F
Solar Orientation of New Design
Spring Equinox Path
Summer Solstice Path
Autumn Equinox Path
Winter Solstice Path
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Rendering Orthographic & Paraline Drawings
Isometric Plan 1
Isometric Plan 2
B - B' Section
NE Isometry
SW Isometry
A - A' Section
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Design Communication II
DN
Third Floor Plan
UP
DN DN
Second Floor Plan
UP
UP
First Floor Plan
A - A' Section
B - B' Section
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Hand-drawn Pem-and-ink Perspective A practice that encourage students to render one exterior perspective in pen-and-ink. Draw structure with all landscape and environmental elements in pencil. Add entourage, background, sky, people, plants, etc. to illustrate appropriate environment and scale.
Perspective in Photoshop A practice that encourage students to render one exterior perspective in Photoshop. Collect various surface texture and elements of entourage such as sky, grass, people, tree, plants, shrubs, etc. from various sources to be used in this rendering. Use appropriate textures to illustrate architectural surfaces on your drawing.
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Michael Graves Hanselmann House Rendering
Site Plan
A - A' Section
Elevation
Second Floor
Third Floor
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Studio IV
Site Analysis The Art Center MARTA station is located on the red and gold lines of 1255 West Peachtree Street. Next to the Woodruff Art Center, The station is located in the commercial and arts district, office buildings, hotels, performing arts venues and museum.
Program Distribution of Content
Commercial
Residential
Religious
Cultural
Parking
Store & Food
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Site Analysis: Solar & Wind Diagram
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Precedent Studies This precedent study aims to guide students to generate new structure through studying these two precedent studies. I chose Yokohama International Port in Japan because it's unique folding structure which transfers the loads very well and allows to have a giant span. Another one is House NA in Japan because it has strong concept about layers, light, and space arrangement.
Yokohama International Port , Japan
House NA, Japan
Foriegn Office Architects(FOA)
Sou Fujimomo Architects
TTENSION COMPRESSION C
Secondary Structure: Beam
Vertical Structures
TTENSION CCOMPRESSION
Horizontal Structures Steel Plates
Load Analysis Girders Load Analysis Primary Structure: Column
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Steel Panels
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Concrete
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STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS Structure Developments
Variation of Folding
Variation of Folding Providing an opportunity to generate Providing opportunityand to generate different lightan phenomena control phenomena and control thedifferent amountlight of wind by manipulating amount of wind by manipulating thethe gap between two panels. also, it the gap between two panels. also, it allows to change the height of panels. allows to change the height of panels.
Opennings Openings
Possibility create opening Possibility to create either doorseither or windows. framing opening doors t h eor vwindows. i e w o r framing light and wind controls. the view or light and wind controls.
Section drawing shows hierarchy of of panels. Section drawing shows hierarchy panels.
Single Panel Single Panel
Possibility to control the the lightlight andand wind. Possibility to control wind. Providing an opportunity Providing an opportunity to increase to increase the ofstrength of the the strength the structure. structure.
Multiple Panels Multiple Panels Providing an opportunity to generate Providing an opportunity to generate different light phenomena. possibility different light phenomena. possibility to fit different terrains and topography to fit different terrains and topography the flexibility of structure. due todue thetoflexibility of structure.
DESIGN PROCESS
Design Process
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A space protection and A spacefor for wind wind protection entertainment. and entertainment.
Circulation linking linking west towest east of site Circulation by following to easttopography. of site by following topography.
Site orientation protecting people Site orientation protection from thepeople strongest wind flow. from the strongest wind flow.
A combination of tree study models. A combination of tree study models.
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THESIS DRAWINGS
Thesis Drawings
This design will serve for two scale of people which one is human scale, another one is community scale. It promotes sense of community by providing opportunities to have more This will serve for people two scale ofwithin people which oneof is human scale, another one socialdesign interaction between from and ouside is community scale. It promotes sense of community by providing opportunities to have the client groups. more social interaction between people from within and outside of the client groups.
Design Massing DESIGN MASSING
& Gathering PlazaPlaza & Gathering
Green GreenSpace Area
Circulation Circulation
Sitting Area Sitting Area
Hierarchy Hierarchy
Wind Flow On Top Wind Flow On Top
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Orthoraphic Drawings
ORTHOGRAPHIC DRAWINGS
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D
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BUS STATION
PARKING U
TICKTING D
OFF
RR
RR U
STORAGE
SitePlan Plan Site
Front Elevation Front Elevation
BR
U
MR
Ground Level Ground Level
Side Elevation Side Elevation
A RTR
RTR RTR D
RTR
RTR
D
RR
RTR RTR
RTR
RR
B PLAZA
PLAZA D
D
GALLARY
B’ STORE
STORE STORE
STORE
D
STORE
D
STORE STORE
STORE
First Level 2nd Level
A - A' Section A - A’ Section
A’
First Level 3rd Level
B - B' Section B - B’ Section
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