ADAM LIU | PORTFOLIO ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
Syracuse University School of Architecture Class of 2021 Selected Works
CONTENTS 2016
THE APPLICATION OF SCALE AND MOVEMENT TO ABSTRACT FORM
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CASE STUDY ANALYSIS: DIRTY HOUSE BY DAVID ADJAYE | LONDON ENGLAND | 2002
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A PRIVATE AND PUBLIC STUDIO | PHOTOGRAPHY
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CASE STUDY ANALYSIS: THE RHICHARD LOIS ROSENTHAL CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART BY ZAHA HADID | CINNCINATI OHIO | 2003
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URBAN ANYSIS: PUBLIC SPACES | DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE
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PARTS AND WHOLES: DESIGNING AN URBAN BUILDING | CLINTON SQUARE | DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE NY
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URBAN ARCHITECTONICS | THE MODERN PAVILION
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SKIN AND BONES IN THE CITY | 148 WOOSTER STREET | SOHO NEW YORK NY
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2017
INFO
ADAM LIU 41 STONEFIELD RD AVON CT 860-977-7928 ALIU02@SYR.EDU STUDENT AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE CLASS OF 2021
“You employ stone, wood and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces. That is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good, I am happy and I say: “This is beautiful.” That is Architecture. Art enters in.” LE CORBUSIER Towards a New Architecture
INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE OF THE EVERSON MUSUEM | SYRACUSE NY | I.M. PEI | 1968 Drawing used in essay:
Liu, Adam, “Developing New Experience with Formalism,” October 2016
An Analysis of The Everson Musuem | Introduction to Architectural Theory | Assistant Professor Joseph Godlewski
THE APPLICATION OF SCALE AND MOVEMENT TO ABSTRACT FORM AUGUST - OCTOBER 2016
DESIGN PROCESS
FINAL MODEL
ABSTRACT FORM
SCALE / MOVEMENT
GROUND FLOOR
STUDY MODELS
CASE-STUDY ANALYSIS | DIRTY HOUSE BY DAVID ADJAYE | LONDON ENGLAND | 2002 OCTOBER 2016
CONTEXT | RENOVATED WAREHOUSE IN LONDON
MOVEMENT
FRACTURE
A PUBLIC STUDIO / PRIVATE HO
OUSE
ROOF TOP WITH A VIEW OF LONDON
STUDIO PRIVACY
A PRIVATE AND PUBLIC STUDIO | PHOTOGRAPHY NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2016
PARKS AND RECREATION
WASHINGTON PARK
PLAYGROUND
FOUNTAIN SQUARE
REDS HALL OF FAME
PUAL BROWN STADIUM
RIVERFRONT PARK
CASE-STUDY ANALYSIS | THE RHICHARD LOIS ROSENTHAL CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART BY ZAHA HADID | CINCINNATI OHIO JANUARY 2017
MUSIC AND ARTS PENDELTON ART CENTER CINCINNATI MUSIC HALL
WESTON ART GALLERY
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER
TAFT MUSEUM OF ART
| 2003
MOVEMENT IN CONTEXT
SUMMER
WINTER
BLACK SCREEN CONCRETE PANELING
MATERIALITY AND THE FAÇADE
FENESTRATION AND LIGHT PATH
INTERIOR STAIR MOVEMENT
COLUMBUS CIRCLE
URBAN ANALYSIS | PUBLIC SPACES | DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE FEBRUARY 2017
HANOVER
R SQUARE
CLINTON SQUARE
282’
155’
200 ft
60’
2’
28
5’
15
SITE
PARTS AND WHOLES: DESIGNING AN URBAN BUILDING | CLINTON SQUARE | DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE NY FEBRUARY - MARCH 2017
PRECEDENT ANALYSIS DE ROTTERDAM BY OMA | ROTTERDAM NETHERLANDS | 2003 - CONCIEVED AS A VERTICAL CITY - IN 2013 THE FAÇADE WAS USED TO BECOME THE SCREEN FOR THE LARGEST VIDEO _MAPPING PROJECT DISPLAYED IN EUROPE - ATTRACTION MADE FOR THE BUSY NETHERLANDS HIGHWAY
MY PROJECT AIMS TO ATTRACT THE PEOPLE OF CLINTON SQUARE, LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE SITE. THE SCREEN CAN BE USED TO SHOWCASE MOVIES, ART, PRESENTATIONS, ETC. THIS ENABLES CURIOSITY, AND WARRANTS PEOPLE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE MAKERSPACE BELOW, OR EXPLORE THE GALLERIES BY ITS SIDE.
THE CLINTON EXCHANGE
41 COOPER SQUARE BY MORPHOSIS ARCHITECTS | NEW YORK NY | 2006 - HIGH PERFORMANCE EXTERIOR DOUBLE SKIN - PERFORATED STAINLESS STEEL - OFFSET FROM GLASS AND ALUMINUM WINDOW WALL - ALLOWS TRANSPARENCIES TO REVEAL THE WORK WITHIN - ENABLES A CONTROLED ENVIRONMENT OF LIGHT ON THE INSIDE
FOR THE COOPER UNION BUILDING, THE ENVELOPE REVEALS THE ABSTRACT ATRIUM. IN THIS PROJECT, THE PERORATED STAINLESS STEEL COVERS ONLY THE PRIVATE OFFICES. HOWEVER, THE TRANSPARENCY ENABLES A VIEW OUTWARDS TO THE MONUMENTAL CLINTON SQUARE AND ITS EVENTS.
CASA MALAPARTE BY ADALBERTO LIBERA | ISLE OF CAPRI ITALY | 1938 - MODERN ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE - BUILT WITH LOCAL STONE EXTRACTED FROM THE SITE - AS IF TTHE HOUSE HAS EMERGED FROM THE LANDSCAPE - CREATES NEW HEIGHT
THE STEPS LEADING UP TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE SERVE AS AN EXTENTION OF CLINTON SQUARE. IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND IS MEANT TO GUIDE PEOPLE UPWARD INTO THE BUILDING, STARTING WITH A PATH PEOPLE CAN FOLLOW FROM CLINTON SQUARE, THORUGH THE GALLERIES, AND ENDING WITH THE AUDITORIUM TO VIEW SHOWS AND PRESENTATIONS.
STORAGE
SCREEN
AUDITORIUM
GALLERY 3
GALLERY 2
GALLERY 1
RECEPTION
ENTRANCE / LOBBY
MAKER SPACE
THE EVERSON MUESUEM BY I.M. PEI | SYRACUSE NY
PRECEDENT STUDIES THE CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER BY ZAHA HADID | CINCINNATI OHIO
URBAN ARCHITECTONICS | THE MODERN PAVILION MARCH 2017
0’
10’
21’
SCALE: 3/32” = 1’
SKIN AND BONES IN THE CITY | 148 WOOSTER STREET | SOHO NEW YORK NY APRIL 2017
FINAL DESIGN
PROCESS
INITIAL PROPOSAL
SECOND PROPOSAL
THIRD PR
ROPOSAL
FINAL DESIGN
VILLA SAVOYE BY LE CORBUSIER POISSY | FRANCE | 1929
VARIOUS FORMS OF PROGRAM
M. H. DE YOUNG MUSEUM BY HERZOG & DE MEURON SAN FRANCISCO | CALIFORNIA | 2005
PILOTIS FREE PLAN FREE FAÇADE
COPPER SCREEN OXIDATION CAUSES A PATINA OVER TIME BLENDS WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
“Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people’s lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society.” ZAHA HADID