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Jillian Lin Works | Portfolio 2021 - Present Bachelor of Architecture Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture 6505 Sea Star Ct Goleta, CA 92117 JillianLin1@gmail.com 805.729.6230
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Living With the Unknown
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Folding in the Urban
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Visual Studies
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Critical Cartographies
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Chelsea Public Library
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Living With the Unknown Spring 2022 Architectural Design Studio II Professor: Ryo Imaeda Location: Troy, New York Program: Public Pavilion In today’s architectural landscape, where structures primarily serve functional purposes, this project aims to rekindle a focus on the building itself. Positioned adjacent to a bustling farmer’s market in Troy, this structure evokes a blend of discomfort and warmth through its wrinkled facade. This oddly posed structure amidst the vibrant market fosters a youthful curiosity, drawing individuals to explore the wrinkles. Uncertainty about the firmness, color, and senility of these wrinkles entices visitors to approach the building and gravitate towards the entrances. The internal layout winds continuously, guiding a search for spaces defined by the unique expressions of the wrinkles when viewed from specific angles.
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Choisey | Sections
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Aerial Render
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Folding in the Urban Fall 2022 Architectural Design Studio III Professor: Jillian Crandall Location: Catskill, New York Program: Art Gallery When visiting the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, one is immersed in a calm, naturistic experience forgetting about the urban surroundings just outside. This art gallery proposal folds the surrounding urban characteristics into the secluded naturistic site. Starting at the street grade level, a sequence of ramps gradually circulate the visitor through and up the gallery spaces until they exit at the top of the hill onto the site where they have a panoramic view of the entire field. Visitors are then able to walk onto the roof of the structure which blends into the site for a better view.
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Fins and Planes Spring 2023 Architectural Design Studio IV Professor: Adam Dayem Location: Troy, New York Program: Mixed Use Residential Partners: Aiden Olsted, Parisa Nori The proposed building at the corner of Congress and Third Street integrates retail spaces at street level, parking below, and residential units above, amidst a vibrant neighborhood of walkable boutiques, eateries, and a farmers market. Emphasizing an innovative design, the structure incorporates two angled incisions within a central courtyard, fostering an alternate flow and expanding the area around the bustling bus stop, fostering a seamless connection between the building and its surroundings.To alleviate congestion, the storefronts are repositioned within the courtyard, while an additional slanted void is introduced, creating a private outdoor space for residents. These intentional voids maximize southern exposure, inviting warmth and natural light into the building. An encompassing slanted exoskeleton envelops the structure, serving as both sunshades and design elements. These angular fins not only offer shade but also define interior spaces with slanted walls, enhancing the building’s verticality while breaking it into more human-scale sections.
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4th Floor Plan
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Visual Studies Fall 2021 - Spring 2022 Professors: Adam Dayem The first project shows a series of drawings depicting a set of self designed boxes that are nested, exploded, projected, and transformed. The final drawing is created from a multi-layer compositing of various renderings with different light settings. Viewers are able to interperate the ambiguous drawing in their own way. The second project is based off of transforming a set of stairs. The stairs are exploded, and transformed to create new geometries and drawings. This project incorporated Grasshopper basics and renderings in order to create the final drawing.
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3D Sections to 2D
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Oblique Projection
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Nested Boxes Ambiguity
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Critical Cartographies Spring 2023 Research Project Professor: Jillian Crandall Location: Santa Barbara, CA In December 2017 the Thomas Fire broke out in Ventura County, California. Over the next 40 days, the fire spanned 282,000 acres. Following the fire, the Montecito Mudslides occurred as a result of the dried soil due to the fire. This project is inspired by the devastating magnitude of this fire and seeks to not only show the areas affected by fires but also the frequency and extent of these occurrences. The maps portray the expanse of land scarred by these wildfires, serving as a visual representation of the magnitude of this environmental challenge. Beyond statistics, these representations encapsulate the human stories, resilience, and ongoing struggles of those affected.
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Burn Areas by Year
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Chelsea Public Library Fall 2023 Comprehensive Design Studio I Professor: Stefan Svedberg Location: Chelsea, New York Program: Public Multimedia Library The main massing of the building is made of four main cuts out of a cube: one cutting out more open space on the sidewalk, one moving up to the Highline, one creating more public space at the highline, and one letting more light down to the open space. The facade consists of three layers of striads which follow the direction of the cuts seemingly directing the energy upwards. When first entering, the visitors are greeted with a view down an open auditorium. As they move up each floor, the program of each space becomes quieter and more private. The exterior public stairs to the highline are mirrored by the interior architectural stairs allowing visitors on each stair to have a visual of each other creating the illusion of one large open stair. This space is aimed to provide spaces and activities for all ages and occupations.
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Elevations | Plan
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Parti | Site Plan
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