ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO TSU HSU (BEN) CHENG SELECTED WORK 2014
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Model of Variable Resolution Page 04
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Google Skyscraper Page 10
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Hidden In Plain Sight Page 16
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Monolith Perforation Page 22
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Wrinkle In Time Page 28
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Models of Variable Resolution Copenhagen, Denmark
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Through tracing the city of Copenhagen, the idea is to isolate the built parts from the other objects in the images by reducing them to black and white respectively. Through this process, we were able to obtain an abstract representation of the density of human construction in various locations in the city to form a library. The voxels came into play to blend these two masses together with another layer of multi-resolution data. Then three sets of voxels were applied onto two facades, where the building transitions from low resolution to high resolution as we get from bottom up. Thus, some legibility of the source image was achieved with the smaller voxels.
Video Link: vimeo.com/114751301
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West Side View
South Side View
South West View
East Side View
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West Side Section Cut
Building
South East View
Slit Scan
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Google Skyscraper Grand Central, Manhattan, New York
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The purpose of this project is to design a skyscraper in midtown Manhattan, New York City. The skyscraper will consist of a shopping mall and Google’s new headquarter office. This building not only offers a great potential to enhance both shopping and working experience, but also leaves a distinctive mark on the city’s renowned skyline. First, I referenced different shapes of the Google offices that were listed at their company and tried various arrangements. After outlining the shape of the offices, I stacked each arrangement on top of each other creating a ten floor unite. Each set of ten floor unite rotates by ninety degrees for eight times, forming an eighty-story tall skyscraper. Through the diverse arrangements of the offices, visitors and workers will have a whole new experience inside the building.
10th, 50th floor
20th, 60th floor
30th, 70th floor
40th, 80th floor
5th, 45th floor
15th, 55th floor
25th, 65th floor
35th, 75th floor
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East Elevation
North Elevation
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Lobby
Sections
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Perspective
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Hidden In Plain Sight Seoul, Korea
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The idea is about figure background relationship to visual reading of how simulations are central to the seminar. The main objective is to invite the viewers to question what is real and what is not. Unravel the underpinning strategies used with corn and broccoli painterly approaches to trigger viewers’ simultaneous reading of a figure against its environment. Focusing on the tactical elements that enabled this body of work to create specific optical effects of abstract geometric pop art versus biomorphic realistic expressionism.
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High Resolution Landscape
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Pixels Resolution Landscape
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High Resolution and Pixels Resolution Comparison
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Landscape On Site
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Monolith Perforation
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A research FOA- Ravensbourne College platform and testing ground for the research and exploration of structure, surface tectonics, material assembly and manufacturing in relation to Jean Nouvel- Tokyo Opera House in 1986, a historic precedents and influential contemporary projects. Dedicated to the application of the content of the researched building material, tectonics, construction, use it as a virus (FOARavensbourne College) into a building host (Jean Nouvel- Tokyo Opera House in 1986). Borrowing from Peter Eisenman’s ideas and techniques for material conception and physical realization of buildings, from a formal definition to its material manufacturing, is intricately linked with the conceptual ambition of the architect. To demonstrate that architects can use not only the systems and building technology available to them, but also the innumerable processes associated with the construction of building.
Tiles Module Types 24
Detail Of Tiles Assembly To Panel
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Structure Detail
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Panel And Structure Assembly On Building
Windows And Columns Structure Detail Render
Tiles Types Gradient Layout Proposal
Facade Render
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Wrinkle In Time
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After watching six and a half minutes of constant non-stop choreographed dance that was done by William Forsythe called “Solo,� I was interested in his body movements in relation with time. So I decided to track his body movements throughout the dance by tracing the way he changes and rotates his movements in the performance. Therefore, I was able to reproduce a series of time-lapse analysis that consists of still image drawings to represent his body movements in time.
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One Minutes Torso Movement
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One Minutes Foot Steps Movement
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Two Minutes of Movement
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Three Minutes of Movement