01.BIO-INSPIRED ARCHITECTURE TICKET HUB
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-Project Type: Urban Service Facility -Location: : Prudential Plaza, Chicago, IL, United States -Year: Fall 2019 (UIUC) -Media: Rhino, Grasshopper, Enscape, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Ilustrator -Team Members: Andres Cueva-Robles, Francisco Hernandez, Yadi Xie -The job invloved: Concept Design, Ilumminance Analysis (Ladybug), Rendering Photograph, Physical Model (3D Printing) Design Intention: The primary goal of the project is to interpret biology as design motive through careful investigation and interpretation of selected biology. Through the analysis of the site’s amenities, we saw potential in connecting to the pedway system.The goal is to have the plaza’s development act as a catalyst that would encourage similar systems to spread throughout the pedway systems in Chicago.
Denticles Texture
Dermal Denticles They are as hard aas granite and strong as steel. They can be found all throughtout the shark’s skin. They serve two purposes: protect the skin from predators and tiny parasites + provide a decrease in drag and turbulence. Dermal Denticles & Fluid Dynamics Dermal denticles are set up in a overlapping diamond shape. Because of the shape of the denticles + arrangement, it pulls and fornms grooves and channels. By doing this, it then pushes the water across its body.
One of the problems of urbanization and development of cities is the lack of green space, density problems, overpopulation, and the poor development of open space. A plaza was integrated into the city as a way to improve the psychological safety and deterioration of the physical environment; however, Prudential Plaza does not fulfil the criteria. In an effort to solve the environmental problems and improve the plaza’s current spatial conditions, the site was carefully analyzed to understand which biomimetic system would tackle the problems efficiently. The site currently experiences an immense amount of downdraft, huge fluctuations in temperature, and low amounts of direct sunlight throughout the year.
Sunlight Analysis
Wind Analysis
Exploded View
Lighting Stratergy Baesd on the sunlight analysis, we know the area can not get the sunlight and use the reflection panels to reflect sunlight to trageted area to ensure it get indirect sunlight in a timw through the year. We test it from Janauray to December. The lighting is caculated through whole daytime.
North Elevation
Ventilation Stratergy There are two methods to distract the chill wind in winter. The first one is to make rugged surface of wall and direct the wind away site aree. The second one is interpret termit mound mechanism into the building shape to imrprove the natrueal ventilation of building.
1-1 Section
Surface 3D Printing
02.HIGH SEAS HUDDEL
FLOATING HOUSES IN KIRIBATI
Circulation Formation
The floating community is divided into three sub-communities, and each subcommunity is composed of four triangular pieces of floating decks. The triangle shape idea is inspired form the traditional shape of Kiribati house roof. It is also a stable structure element to resisit storm.
-Project Type: Residential Community -Location: Kiribati -Year: Winter 2020 (UIUC) -Media: Rhino, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop -Team Members: Zhiyu Ma, Jingyi Li, Zhongqiang Chen -The job invloved: Site Plan Design Building Design 192
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Maki Buta Mar Abai Maia Abe Kuria Aran Aran Tabit Beru Niku Tara Tam Aror n ritari akei ang na mam uka uka euea nau wa ana ae a 10
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Medium Community (480 Residences /per community)
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Big Community (800 Residences /per community)
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Small Community (240 Residences /per community) Big Community (800 Residences /per community)
Medium Community (480 Residences /per community)
In terms of architectural design, we also used the triangular structure to meet the requirements of stability and ventilation. We set the minimum living unit size of 16 people as 12m x 12m. The overall combination includes one unit for one 16 people family (12m x 12m), two units for two 16 people families (12m x 12m x 2) and three units for one big family/ multifamily with 54 people (12m x 12m x 3).
Single Unit
Fish ponds and planting spaces will be intergrted with each unit. The material of the house are mainly recycled plastic, and wood, which comes from the sea trash and local material. Double Units
Multiple Units
Deck Transformation
Center Typology
Water Market
Fishing Pond & Planter
Temporary Plaza
03.HENGQIN LIFE INSURANCE AND FINANCE HEADQUARTER TOWER
-Project Type: Highrise Complex -Location: : Zhuhai, China -Year: Summer 2019 (RDC) -Media: Revit, Lumion, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Ilustrator -Team Members: RDC Colleges -The job invloved: Plan Drawing, Core Design, Site Diagram, Doucumentation
Design Intention: The spirit of Hengqin Life Insurance Company's three foundation to earn, invest, and live should be embodied in its Zhuhai Hengqin Headquaters' tower. Hengqin Insurance Company supports intiatives to create heathier individules, familys, and communities. The towe draws upon symnolism to suggest climbing a "ladder of success". It is have a strong vertical emphasis that reach to the sky. It is to represent an insurance business that supports the community and encourage people to earn and live. The tower should be strong, solid and evoke the spirit of stability.
The masterplan is designed to incorporate the following key landscape drives: 1. Maximize softscape and hardscape in public spaces surrounding the main towers. • Outdoor softspace/water featured spaces on podium roof. • Sky garderns/ Terrace in offices and hotel. • Roof gadern on top of the towers. 2. Variation of Spaces: • Gardern spaces. • Water feature. 3. Clear hierarchy of plazas: • Larger hardscape plaza for the main entraces to the south to provide a pedestrain grand entrance. • Smaller sunken plaza to the north for B1retail access.
Master Plan
1F Plan
2F Plan
B1 Floor Service Circulation
Gneral Office Plan
Hotel Office Plan 3F-9F
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Gneral Office Plan 11F-17F
Refuge Level 29F
Business Apartment Plan 30F-44F
04.COMPRHENSICE HIGH-RISE DESIGN– REHABILITATION ABILITY LAB
-Project Type: Hospital -Location: : 355 E Erie St, Chicago, IL, United States -Year: Spring 2019 (UIUC) -Media: Revit Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Ilustrator -Team Members: Aparna Pillai, Eshani Patel, Tianyu Zhou -The job invloved: Concept Design, Oupatient Plan, Stacking Model, Rendering Design Intention: The intergrated design is based on the site of Shirley Ryan Ability. It provides innovative Ability labs, which stimulate interaction between clinical care, research and therapy, allowing better and faster outcomes and highest quality patient care. We want to help patients recover as quickly and efficiently as possible by creatinf a patient-centric environment, and to continue to be a leader in high-quality rehabilitation care.
Mechanical
Hotel
Inpatient
Imaging Outpatient MOB Sky Lobby Material Parking Lobby
Lobby Level
Sky Lobby Level
Parking Level
Outpatient Level
Inpatient Level
Hotel Level
05. LASTING ISLAND- TRANSIT, LIVING, CULTURE, ECONOMY, RESILIENCE ARCHIPELAGO
-Project Type: Urban Land Use Design -Location: : Miami, FL, United States -Year: Winter 2020 (UIUC) -Media: ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Sketchup, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Ilustrator -Team Members: Yutian Wang, Yuanyu Li, Bo Pang, Yuqi Zhang -The job invloved: Concept Design, Map Drawing, Diagram Drawing
Design Intention: Miami is facing the irreversible issue of sea-level rising and climate change. Sea level is rising at the speed of 3.2 cm annually, whichc means after 10 years, Miami will lose the majority of tettitory and tend to be an island. Our big idea is defining storm surged, keep the "last island" to be "lasting" forever.
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