DESIGN WORK FROM 2009-2015
NAN ZHANG PORTFOLIO
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BRYAN COMMUNITY THEATER Theater Design
2014
FOLK CULTURE MUSEUM OF ZAOZHUANG CITY Museum Design 2012
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UDC OF HOUSTON Museum Design 2014
A SPACE INSTALLATION Space Installation
2009
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MULTICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL School Design 2013
SUPPLEMENT Artwork & Practice From 2009-2014
Cubes of Purity
Bryan Community Theater
Academic Work.2014 Instructor: Professor. Michael O’Brien Mardelle Shepley
The Bryan Performance Center is a facility focusing on the local music and dance community. The architectural program includes spaces that support perceived community needs, in addition to the basic components of a 300 sear theater, 2 dance studios, administrative support space, and several music practice rooms. The downtown area would benefit from a facility that supports the diversity of the community and the performing arts.
The site is in downtown, Bryan. Most of the surrounding buildings are public architecture, including: Bryan’s children’s museum, a public library, and a large parking structure in the north. Across the train track are the commercial distric of downtown Bryan.
commercial district
public facilities
parking structure
Site analysis :
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Dance groups
Visual Diagonal Connection
Local bands in Bryan
Large scales
Music live show on First Fridays
Small scales
Physical diagnoal connection
1. Supporting Community
2. Diagonal Connection
3. Transition in Scales of City Fabric
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Pedestrian walk across train trail
& Three goals
Draft model: I extracted three elements from the draft models.
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1. the public shared space 2. the diagonals 3. two blocks with the proper scale
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element 1: the public space
element 3: two blocks with right scales
element 2: the diagonals
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Site design: DOPPLER SHIFT
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Generating process:
Case study:
Character of the building: The character of the building is simple, pure and ethereal, for it has the concise form and pure interior. Dancers could feel nothing but themselves.The simple,geometric form, and the tactile, raw materia brings the intimacy between visitors andthe building.
Site plan:
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Wall Details:
047200 4'' CAST STONE CAP 075419 PVC MEMBRANE 051223 6'' STEEL STUD 072116 6'' FIBERGLASS INSULATION 071326 1/2'' BITRUMEN ON GYPSUM SHEATHING 07213.13 6'' XPS INSULATION 053123 3'' STEEL ROOF DECKING 092236.23 METAL LATH 092423 1'' STUCCO ON LATH 079123 3/8'' BACKER ROD 079200 JOINT SEALANT 084413 THERMALLY BROKEN ANODIZED ALUM. CURTAIN WALL
088000 1'' INSULATION GLASS WITH MIRROR COATING, LOW-E COATING ARGON GAS FILL 092213.13 2-1/2'' C CHANNEL @ 4'-0'' O.C. 092113 1'' PLASTER CEILING PANNELS 054000 4'' COLD FORMED METAL FRAMING 051213 14'' STEEL BEAM
081416 FLUSH WOOD DOOR
081116 BLACK ANODIZED ALUMINUM DOOR FRAME 081316 BLACK ANODIZED ALUMINUM SWING DOOR 055213 PIPE&TUBE METAL RAILING 035300 1'' CONCRET TOP SLAB 055313 4-1/2'' STEEL FLOOR DECKING WITH CONC. 051213 16'' STEEL BEAM 054000 4'' COLD FORMED METAL FRAMING 092236.23 METAL LATH 092423 1'' STUCCO ON LATH 092213.13 2-1/2'' C CHANNEL @ 4'-0'' O.C.
051223 6'' STEEL STUD 072116 4'' FIBERGLASS INSULATION
096340 1'' STONE FLOORING 1'' MORTAR BASE 053113 5'' STEEL FLOOR DECKING WITH CONC. 051213 14'' STEEL BEAM 054000 4'' COLD FORMED METAL FRAMING 092113 1'' PLASTER CEILING PANNELS
088300 1/4'' SPANDREL GLASS WITH MIRRORED COATING
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079123 3/8'' BACKER ROD 079200 JOINT SEALANT 071326 1/2'' BITRUMEN ON GYPSUM SHEATHING 051223 METAL STUD BRACKETS @8'-0'' O.C.
051223 6'' STEEL STUD 072116 6'' FIBERGLASS INSULATION 092236.23 METAL LATH 092423 1'' STUCCO ON LATH 079123 3/8'' BACKER ROD 079200 JOINT SEALANT
096340 1'' STONE FLOORING 1'' MORTAR BASE 053113 5'' STEEL FLOOR DECKING WITH CONC. 051213 14'' STEEL BEAM 051223 6'' STEEL STUD 072116 6'' FIBERGLASS INSULATION 092236.23 METAL LATH 092423 1'' STUCCO ON LATH
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Urban Design Center of Houston Museum design
Academic Work.2014 Instructor: Professor. Aitani Koichiru
The mission of the Urban Design Center (UDC) is to serve as a museum to display the “investigation, research, proposals, and achievements� of new city development. The goal is achieved by providing flowing and pure exhibition space and different scales of public gather place. The focus of this project is to communicate with the surrounding environment.
Site location --- Houston’s art district
The site is located in Houston’s art district, close to the famous Rafael Moneo’s museum and Mies Van de rohe’s museum. It is a parking lot now with a pretty sculpture garden right beside. The Main street goes past it with huge flow of traffic and people.
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sculpture garden
Mies’ museum
Rafael Moneo’s museum
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UDC fuctions exhibitions lectures workspace for local artists offices for urban planning connecting the surroundings
Show space for city history
smoothing
making ramps
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spliting
Lecture hall
Cafeteria
Generating Process:
public education cafe
Citizen’s activities walking dogs jogging going to galleries seeing exhibitions skating
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Interweaving citizen activities in urban texture
Sculpture Garden
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Site plan & Floor plan (level 1)
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Floor plan - Second level
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Circulation Diagram
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Revoking memories
Lincoln Multiculture High School Design
Academic Work.2013 Instructor: Professor. Mardelle Shepley
The mission of the Lincoln Multi-cultural High School is to draw student and faculty's attention to transitions in time and history. This goal is achieved by providing wandering circulation paths which echo the adjacent meandering stream, and link the contemporary buildings to the historical high school. The walkway will be punctuated by views of walls that provide images related to local history. Enabling people to be aware of their history is important because this allows them to understand the challenges of the future.
History: The former school was built in 1941. an athletic field was added in 1946, and the name of the school changed to lincoln school. The building was expanded in 1948. In 1966, a fire destroyed one of three classrrom buildings, displacing 100 students. The site was restored in 1972. The city bought the land in 1978 and dedicated the lincolncenter in 1980. it is now the home of many community activivies in college station.
Exsisting Conditions: Exsisting structure
Site
Site analysis :
Parti Model
Circulation 1. School bus Visitors Parents & students
Circulation 2. Buildings Circulation Route Stream
Generating Process: Naturally, The stream could be viewed as metaphor of the history and time. The circulation route echoes with this stream. The question turns into how to present people the feeling of transition along this meandering route.
Site plan:
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Zaozhuang History and Culture Museum Museum Design
Academic Work. 2012 Instructor: Tong Zhou
The project is to build a museum for Zaozhuang city to show the local history and folk culture. The questions are: How to present the local culture in a modern way within the urban context? How to make the building live in harmony with the surrounding environment?
History: The site is located in the traditional district in Zaozhuang city. The ancient canal city has a history of more than 2,700 years. The Grand Canal brought the prosperity along it. The culture of Northern part of China and the culture of Southern part blended to each other here and finally became one unique culture. The style of architecture here rooted deep in this culture. Focus: The site is opposite to the historical district of Zaozhuang city. The Grand Canal runs through the two lots. How to create the dialogue between the site and the canal? How to create the dialogue between the site and the historical city?
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The intersection of northern culture and sourthern culture: Architecture in South China: The settlement pattern of architecture in South China are clusters. The spaces are arranged to create the chinese garden. A distinguished feature of the building is the extruding gable.
Space Character: Quiet space with winding circulation
Element: Use thick gable walls to present the appearance of local folk houses.
Architecture in North China: The settlement pattern of architecture in North China are using architecture to create courtyards. The spaces are arranged to create three courtyards along the central axis.
Space Character: Lively gathering space with three courtyards along the central axis
Element: Create Courtyards along the axis to present the courtyard culture of the historical city.
Generating Process:
Create a winding path along the canal to present the characters of southern traditional chinese garden. Create the guidelines parallel to this path.
Slightly tilt the lines and arrange them according to the density of the three masses.
Get the general form of the building complex.
Insert the three courtyards between the masses to present the characters of the northern folkhouses.
The complex consists 6 long masses. Between these masses are the thick walls, which present the “gables� concept. These thick stone walls also divided different functional spaces. To make the circulation as interesting as the traditional chinese garden , the slope bridge, the climbing stairs, the open courtyard and the sunken pool are inserted between these 6 masses. Through these methods, the dialogue between the architecture and the surrounding environment is created.
Floorplan: ground level 1.courtyard 2. pool 3. exhibition 4.exhibition storage 5. adniministration 6.research offices 7.cafe 8.souvenir shop 9. service 10. ticket office 11. bridge 12. checkroom&restroom
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A. offices B. reception C.meeting room D.kitchenet E. security F.curator office
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service & staff parking
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Floorplan: level 2
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1.exhibition 2. courtyard 3. reading space 4. sevice 5. administration 6. bridge 7.bridge
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A. camera room B. duplication room C. staff office D. studio E. meetingroom F. studio G.specimen room H.repair room j. restroom
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East Elevation
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Circulation diagram:
The folk houses in the historical district widely use the grey tiles and stones. Therefore, for this project, thick walls use the same stone materials as the folk houses’ which are produced by local quarry.The exterial walls use the concrete panels with vertical formwork.
level 2
The visiting route starts from the second floor after the bridge.Then visitors go down from the stairs in the reading space to the ground floor.
exhibition space
perspective view of the second bridge
level 1
Space analysis: Second floor: Three theme courtyard: water, stone, bamboo.
“water” courtyard “bamboo” courtyard “stone” courtyard
Perspective of a special exhibition space
level 2
Ground floor: Three courtyard the axis:
The third courtyard. The second courtyard open to the canal.
The first courtyard.
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View through the window to the bamboo courtyard
Before entering into the museum, visitors would first go through a bridge above a pool. Going across the water which is connected to the canal would evoke people’s impression about the canal, which could strengthern the connection between museum and the Grand Canal. Aoso, the long and quiet space above the water would prepare visitors for the successive space.
Another bridge with climbing stairs links the two exhibition halls in different building together.
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TUNNEL
Space Installation
Academic Work.2009 Teammates: Ran Zhuang, Yang Song
Still and close and calmly reared, we are suddenly thrown into the world Around us swell a hundred thousand waves, everything excites us, much appeals to us Much vexes us, and from hour to hour, flucturates a slightly uneasy feeling We feel, and what we felt, washes away the colorful bustle of the world. -----Goethe
The task is to create an emotion sequence by using several panels,18cm* 20cm in area. Enlightened by a poem written by Goethe, we decide to create such sequential space, which could express the experiences througout the whole life. The space starts from birth and ends with death.
From Birth to Adolescence The First Period
The first period of life is from birth to adolescent. The holes in the first three sections have pure and smooth curves, which represent the innocence and purity of childhood. The world in a child’s eyes broad, so the space in the first three sections are broad and tall. These spaces reflects a child’s view towards the world around him. The First Period
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The Third Period Adulthood1 The constant changing of direction represent the confusion of the life stage. The space focuses on unsettling distortion. The indefinite direction lead people to go forward aimlessly.
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The Fourth Period
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The Second Period
The second period of Life is Adolescence. In this period, teenagers are rebel, furious and agitated. The chopped spaces represent the emotional feelings. The spaces experience several sudden distortion and continuous suppression.
The Second Period
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After the distored space, people enter into the fourth period of life.The ups and downs of adult life are presented by such a space, which rises slowly to its acme and then settles down to the normal height.
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The Sixth Period Adulthood4
The space in this period begins to contract in order to create the depressive sense. The minimum space is so narrow that people have to climb over the opprssive space.
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In the final period, the lateral wide space becomes taller and taller gradually. In the tall space, spirit will be pulled up. When it comes to the final stage, the space becomes a thin slot. The slot is like the final curtain of life comeing down. That’s my philosophy of death.
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From Senility to Death The Final Period The Sixth Period
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Supplement
Practice and artwork
Selected work from 2009-2014
Except for architecture, I’m interested in various types of art and design. Digital art, graphic design, drawings, and photography... Design is everywhere. Art comes from the details of Life.
Previous work and intern practice
Solo academic work.2013. Healthcare Facility Design : Bryan Children’s Psychiatric Hospital
Solo academic work.2012. Parametric Design, Museum Design
Solo academic work.2011. High-rise residential design
Intern practice. 2012. MAD Architects. Highrise residential design. Team:Huiying Liu Juan Veleros Nan Zhang Ruoyu Wang Ivy Huang Eva Wang
Take part in:
Section drawing (B Tower) 3D Modeling (D Tower) Rendering (C-4 Tower)
Photography:
Digital Art Design for Valentine’s Day.
Free Hand Drawing. 2011
Digital Artwork: Trangulate Pics using Grasshopper. 2014
Sketch. 2011
Artwork:
Free Hand Drawing. 2011
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