Cinny Zhao.Portfolio Undergraduate

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C INNY Z HAO

CINNY.ZHAO@MAVS.UTA.EDU

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

BACHELORS IN ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON - MAY 2023

CONTENTS

1. MOON TRIP..................................01-06 (UNI.XYZ WINNER 2023)

ROUGERIE, SEA FOCUS PRIX SEA CENTRE “SEA MORPHOSIS” 2022

5G STUDIO COLLABORATIVE DALLAS FOUNDATION JACQUES

2. MOTION IN THE MOORS..............07-12

3. SEA MORPHOSIS.........................13-20 (SEA CENTRE FOCUS PRIZE 2022)

4. AIR ARCHIPELAGO.......................21-24

THE OBJECT OF THE SITE IS TO ESTABLISH A SPACE EDUCATION CENTER TO SERVICE THE OUTSKIRTS OF WASHINGTON D.C.

IN TH HISTORY OF SPACE TRAVEL, KNOTS HAVE BEEN USED AS A QUANTITATIVE COMPONENT . HERE IT IS APPLIED TO THE RELATION SHIP OF SPACE BIFURCATING AND SUSPENDING SPACE TO CREATE NEW RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE GROUND AND CONTENTMENT OF SPACE. KNOTS

TIED KNOTS
STEEL KNOTS

MOTION IN THE MOORS

A PAVILION ON THE MOORS IS A STORY ANALOGOUS TO THE JOURNEY OF THE WEARY VISITORS.

THE STORY IN HAIKU

ELLSWORTH KELLY

USING ABSTRACTION FROM ELSWORTH KELLY’S ART TO CREATE A PLAN FOR THE PAVILION.

WINSLOW HOMER

USING THE SCALE FIGURES FROM THE 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN PAINTER, INSPIRED THE AMBIANCE OF THE STORY BUT THE OCEAN AND FULL OF EXPERIENCE.

CLASHING

WAVES TOWER OVER LAYING CLAIM TO THE SUPPLY RESTLESS EYES LOOK OUT

MOORS LANDING

GLOOM AND FATIGUE

ILLUMINATE THE BREAKERS HAVEN TO SORE EYES

WANDERING

TO AND AMAZEMENT

WONDERS TO EXPLORE FURTHER ONWARDS THEY LED ON

TRANSFORMING

TWIRLING

WINDING

RETURNING AT LAST THE CREW SETTLES FINISHING THE PROCESSING OUT THEY MEET THE SEA AGAIN

RESTED AND RESTORED THE SEA GOERS RETURN WITH HOPE RESTORED

SEA MORPHOSIS

IN THE CLIMATE OF THE POST INDUSTRIALIZATION AND MASS CONSUMERISM ALL OVER THE WORLD THE LARGEST ECOSYSTEM ON EARTH IS IN JEOPARDY.

INTRODUCING A SEA CENTRE FOR RESEARCH BEGINS THE OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE SAKE OF THE OCEAN HABITATS AND EDUCATING RESEARCHERS.

HYDROLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION

USING THE ANALOGOUS TO BOTH FISH AND AMPHIBIOUS CREATURES THE IDEA OF THE VASCULAR STRUCTURE IS FORMED.

SEA CENTRE TRANSFORMATION

TRANSFORMATIVE STRATEGIES

THE VESSELS SPAN A RANGE OF SIZES FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE FUNCTIONS, FROM SMALL TEAMS TO A SEA CENTER. THE DOCKING STRATEGY ARE RESPECTIVE TO ROOTS OF THE MANGROVE TREES AT THE SEA SHELF.

REPRESENTS THE NEED TO RETREAT TO THE OCEAN, ALL THE MORE TO BE AWARE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DESECRATION FROM LAND TO SEA.

AMPHIBIOUS WORLD

MORPHING STRUCTURE

ALLOWS FOR ADAPTATION TO THE SETTINGS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND PRESENTS A PLASTICITY.

DOCKING PLATFORM

ANCHORS TO THE SEASHELF FOR DOCKING AND CONNECTS THE CORE FOR ENERGY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT.

MORPHING VESSELS

SUSTAINING

IN ORDER TO BECOME AUTONOMOUS FROM LAND AND NOT DIMINISH THE OCEAN’S RESOURCES THE CENTER IS SUSTAINED FROM GEOTHERMAL ENERGY AND RECYCLING AND OF THE PLASTIC BY MELTING AND RE PURPOSING.

RECYCLING

TO SUSTAINABILITY TREAT WASTE, NON BIODEGRADABLE SUBSTANCES ARE MELTED AND REPURPOSE FROM THE SEA CENTRE AND DOCKING VESSELS.

TO OPTIMIZE THE INHABITATION OF THE CENTER, PODS RETROFIT FAMILIES OF THE RESEARCHERS WHILE THE SEA CENTER OFFERS SPACE FOR EDUCATION, STORES, AGRICULTURE, ENERGY AND RECREATION.

RESIDENTIAL PODS

CENTRE CORE PROVIDES A VESSEL FORM FOR THE VISITING AND LONGTERM RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS. ANCHORED BUT THE DOCKING SYSTEM, THE VESSELS CAN CONGREGATE TO CREATE DORM, AND COMMUNITY STYLE LIVING.

ACTS AS THE PUBLIC REALM AT THE HEART OF ALL THE ENGAGEMENT OF SHOPS, RESEARCH LABS AGRICULTURE AND RECREATION. ENCAPSULATED BY PERMEABLE SKINS IS A GREEN ATRIUM THAT TIES ALL THE SPACES TOGETHER.

AIR ARCHIPELAGO

WITH THE STORM SURGES AND RISING SEA WATER OF AT RISK AREAS SUCH AS BISCAYNE BAY ON THE FLORIDA PENINSULA, THERE IS A NEED FOR LAND THAT ADAPTS TO THE CONDITIONS. AN ARCHIPELAGO TIES THE LAND TO EXISTING ISLANDS AND CREATE A TECTONIC INTERSECTING LANDSCAPE TO SERVICE THE DISPLACED COMMUNITIES.

LANDSCAPE

USING THE TECTONICS OF A LAYERS MOUNTAINOUS ISLAND, OPENINGS ARE CARVED TO CREATE, ATRIUMS, TIERED VERTICAL FARMING, AND MEETING SPACES.

ACCOMMODATING TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES IMPACTED, SUCH AS THE LITTLE HAITI COMMUNITY, SHARED HOUSING OFFERS AFFORD ABILITY. USING SHARED HOUSING UNITS OFFERS AFFORD-ABILITY TO DISPLACE RESIDENTS, MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSING AND OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPANSION.

IMPERIAL COMPONENTS

A SERIES THAT INVESTIGATES ARCHITECTURAL MANIPULATION OF MATERIALS AND WHAT THEY COULD REPRESENT. THE SLUG

DE-CON WORLDS

ELEMENT ARMATURE

BUILDING LIGHT AND ENERGY INTO AN ENVIRONMENT OF A BRIDGE CITY. EXPLORING CONATINMENT AT DIFFERNT LEVELS AND SPATIAL WAVES.

ARTERIAL RECIPROCATOR

THE LIGHT BUG

INSIPRED BY THE GLOW OF THE LIGHTING BUG. THE ELEMENT OF SUSPENSION AND SKELETON EXPLORE RELATIONSHIP OF HAPTIC AND SPATIAL INTERPETATION.

TENDON AND TISSUE

BREAK DOWN

DECONSTRUCTING, COOP HIMMELBAU’S MUESUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TO INVESTIGATE HIS SENSIBILTY AND CONSTRUCTION OF LIGHT AND SOFT BODIES.

PROFESSIONAL WORKS

THIS IS A SAMPLE OF MY WORK DURING MY INTERNSHIP AT 5G STUDIO COLLABORATIVE IN DALLAS, TEXAS. WITH GUIDANCE FROM MY SUPERVISOR I RE-WORKED EXISTING PROJECTS AND COLLABORATED TO MAKE PORTFOLIO WORKS AND CONCEPTUAL PACKAGES. PRODUCING GRAPHICS, AND REFINING THE DESIGN AND FOR PRESENTATION.

SEMINYAK HOTEL

REDESIGNED THE BELLOW GROUND PAVILION. CREATED ALL THE SCENE SETTING, MATERIALS, VIEWS AND EDITS.

REDESIGNED THE PATHWAYS. SET ALL THE MATERIALS, AND VIEWS. PLACE ALL OF THE SCENE ITEMS AND LIGHTING TO EXPERIMENT WITH NEW RENDERING TECHNIQUES AND DIAGRAMMING.

I REDESIGNED THE FACADES, CREATED THE PEDESTRIAN SUSPENSION BRIDGE. SET THE SCENE, LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING FEATURES AND CONTEXT AND FULLY PRODUCED THE GRAPHICS.

GRAHA TOWERS
TANGERANG TOWERS

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