Difan Yang
A journey of space
The Chikalicious dessert bar is not only a restaurant but also a gallery. The chef combines food and art, incorporating the taste of memory into different desserts, thus awakening customers’ memories.
The abstract concept of memory is embodied in the design of the space. When customers walk into different areas of this space, they can feel the changes in taste. In the fine dining area, when customers enter the space for the second course, the taste of the first dessert becomes a memory. Similarly, when
the customer walks out of this space, all the taste becomes the taste in memory.
With locations all around the world, ChikaLicious Dessert Bar offers unique, creative, and delicious individual desserts.
The open kitchen that the chefs and sommeliers use to prepare food and serve guests is the center of the dessert bar. The three-course Prix Fixe menu features American sweets, French presentation, and quantities with a Japanese flavor.
Chika presents her passion for food in the dessert bar where also a space for people to enjoy fabulous desserts while watching both their preparation and plating.
Chika grew up in Tokyo, Japan.
Chika became obsessed with French cuisine when he was six years old.When she was 8 years old, she could prepare a formal dinner by herself.
Chika has always been interested in cooking food.
When she was a banker on Wall Street, she also took time to study classical culinary arts.
In 2003, Chika became the founder and head pastry chef of ChikaLicious Dessert Bar in East Village.She created a 3-course prix fixe menu with wine pairing.
The original location of the restaurant is in East Village, which is small in size and not easy to find. Chika believes that food is art. Therefore, her dessert making can also be called a kind of performance art or performance. Chikalicious dessert bar is not just a restaurant, but also a gallery. There is not only food, but more art.Therefore, the current site is located at 146W 19th St. It has become an emerging global contemporary art center with more than 200 art galleries.
The plot was originally a fire station. The fire station has similarities with the chikalicious dessert bar. For customers who come to Chelsea, chikalicious dessert bar is a new form of restaurant, a gallery with a new experience, which is an indispensable place. The high-rise building of the fire station makes the exhibition space wider.
Traditional fine dining
Main course
Space
There is a lack of partition design between indoor and outdoor. Similarly, there is also a lack of walls in the indoor area to divide the space.
The design space can not be limited by the architecture structure.
Dessert
Taste
It tastes great!
I can see the process of making desserts, this mode of watching-andeating is so cool.
Organic shape
In the architectural square box, the organic form of space continues to develop. The
The furniture in the space is integrated, and the two spaces are connected to form a whole.On the surface, this is a whole space. There is no clear separation in the space, but it gives a feeling of multiple spaces. The combination of slabs constitutes several different spatial atmospheres.
Section A - A' scale 1:400
Section B -B' scale 1:400
In the background of covid -19, outdoor dining is changing from a place to a space. The interior can transcend the architecture that it is within or can exist without architecture altogether.
The city streets are a shared community resource and will explore temporal and shifted occupation of shelter inhabitations. There are plenty of leftover spaces in the city that could turn into an opportunity to benefit communities.
The project function as an outdoor dining space with expanded activities -- exercises. Through the exploration of and control of space, place, light, climatic consideration, materiality, and textural identification design interventions will need to be modular, reconfigurable in additive and subtractive manners, transportable and relocatable.
A café is not only a gathering place for people to grab a quick meal, but everyone in the community also knows it as a place where people can socialize, work or relax and take a break from the stressful hours of the day.
Since Long Island City (LIC) has become the fastest-growing residential and cultural district in New York City. In the last decade alone, nearly 10,000 apartments have been built, and more than 20,000 are planned or under construction. LIC is also a thriving arts community, with large institutions such as MoMA PS1 and dozens of smaller galleries and artist spaces.
The café is located 1816 Dutch Kills St. Long Island City, NY. There are lots of residenial building and offices nearby. The café serves people living within a 5miles radius of the neighborhood, while the area contains the main LIC residents and employees. While the café seats around 20 people and offers a wide range of baked breads, pastries, salads, and sandwiches in limited space.
The venue is located under a bridge, a leftover space. The road ends at a dead end, and cars are parked randomly on both sides of it. The road where the site is located has almost no traffic compared to other roads near it.
There are numerous residential buildings nearby, along with a few offices and restaurants. There aren’t many outdoor recreation available nearby.
In the past decade, LIC residential growth increased more than five times the rate of NYC. LIC has become the fastest-growing residential and cultural district in New York City.
The residents has lead to a boom in new restaurants and bars. And the MOMA’s satellite center PS1 is also located in LIC, offering great cultural experiences.
The Queensboro Bridge and Queens-Midtown Tunnel give LIC direct access to Manhattan by car. The streets are much busier than they once were, particularly during rush hour times.
Due to the location’s mix of residential and commercial structures, including outdoor dining and sports, residents’ activities are considered.
To better fulfill the needs of the local population and various circumstances. While designing a table and chair system for outdoor dining, it is crucial to consider the various heights of each individual and the number of people in each group.
Also, taking into account the desire for exercise, mechanical fitness equipment is simplified and relocated to an outside area along with eating.
Eating
flexible seats arrangement
18" 12"-18"
Seat height varies for people
Area for different functions
Desk
Fixed seats
Movable seats
resistance
pulldowns pull-up
stretching
flexibility
Area for different functions
Street lantern Screen
Pulley machine
Stretch machine
Based on the observation of people’s activities on the streets, it was aggregated into two itineraries, weekdays and weekend.
Based on the site condition, the structure of the bridge gives an opportunity to hang the apparatus.
Since the site is under the bridge, the lighting condition is not well. And based on the sun path analysis, there is only natural light directly illuminating the sidewalk.
Based on the schedules of people in the neighborhood, apparatus can be designed to respond to different time demands. The existing structure of the site is fully utilized. The beams through the bridge body are suspension equipment instead of installed on the ground.
Weekdays
Weekends
There are plenty of abandoned jute bags in the cafe shop. Jute is wonderfully soft, but they're also durable.
By studying different knitting stitches, comparing and finding the most resilient stitches.
Vegetation arrangements vary in seasons.
Durning the weekend, the boxes could take down and put on the other side of the street to redefine the boundary of the system. And also, the plants inside the boxes bring vitality to the street.
When the panel takes down from the hanging rope, it could be rotated through the pivot and become a stool.
When two same modules come together, the panels could be rotated at the same time, the stretch fabric provides flexibility.
part A
pulley A movable
pulley B built-in
pulley C built-in
part B
pulley D movable
connect pulley A and pulley B
connect pulley A and pulley D connect pulley B and pulley D
When people sit on part B and pull the green ropes. And then part B will move up and the red ropes will scroll up. While part A keeps the original height. And there are sensors inside.When part B is rotated along with the pivot, part A will be rotated at the same time.
The luminaries are installed inside the panel. Through rotation, the lighting could illuminate the space.
pulley movable hooks pulley movable pulley movable hooks pivot flip take it off
Workout model on Weekdays
Dining model on Weekdays
On the winter weekdays morning, people come here to do some exercise to start a refreshing day.
During the late-night on weekends, people gather there. They could chat with friends here and have a bite. Parents might teach their children to do exercise. Some people may work out to relax.
On the weekend, some people come here to do some workouts. Some of them with friends to enjoy brunch. They might sightly exercise before or after eating to have a well-being lifestyle.
This project is named unboundary house since it broke boundaries in crucial aspects.
The boundary between the interior and exterior was broken. The interior floor material continues to the exterior yard. The ooutdoor plants extension to the interior.
In this project, the boundary of social complexities was broken. There is a beautiful combination of two families, an African American family with two children and an LGBQ family with a child. So
various lifestyles are going on in this building. The layout of the space is able to serve people’s preferences. Thus, the interaction between the two families could run smoothly in the space.
Furthermore, the boundary between private and public was redefined in this project. Two families living in the same building are more like a community. The limited footprint and the sharedhouse idea brought two families together under the same roof.
The site is located at ( 225 East 21st Street) is located in the Gramercy Park neighborhood in Manhattan, NY.
Gramercy is a secluded, private neighborhood even though it’s located in central Manhattan. The neighborhood is reminiscent of a sprawling, well-groomed park with its clean streets and carefully cultivated greenery.
Large and spacious brownstones are known as being some of the prettiest in the city. Most of the buildings in the Gramercy neighborhood were built in brownstone.
225 East 21st Street was built in 1920 and has 3 stories and 2 units.
There is a nearby park with a playground and a separate dog run.
NYC
Home
Living in several locations & seeking community experience
Trevor is a business consultant and an avid cyclist and runner involved in internet security and occasional app development.
Michael is an art teacher at Stuyvesant High School. His career as an artist transformed from largescale landscapes to small detailed sculptures he makes at home.
They have an adopted daughter Rosaria, age 6.
Mavis,
Mavis is a documentary film maker who works often for public television. She meditates daily and does yoga.
Robert is a chef a with his own restaurant on the Lower Eastside of Manhattan. He is also a very good electric bass guitar player.
They have two children a girl 8 (Kisha) and a boy 5 (Jaden). They are an African American family. They will share some room since the home belonged to two families. In comparison to communal living and apartment-style living arrangements, they will share a portion of the basic living quarters while maintaining personal privacy.
The grownups have identifiable personalities. They enjoy a variety of interests and hobbies. So, it will require a certain amount of room for their occupation, interests, and hobbies. Some of these places may also be useful for other members of the household.
Mavis & Robert family Trevor & Michael family
Accessibility demonstrated by bar length
The two front doors of the house will separate the two families’ access. To accommodate each family’s requirement for privacy, the two families each take up one side of the house.
The cut-off floor, which joins the upper and lower level, maintains the continuity of the individual family spaces. The basement is given natural light thanks to the first level’s cut-off flooring. There is plenty of opportunity for creativity and presentation by situating Michael’s sculpting studio outside. The flooring and plants serve as visual representations of the connections between the inside and outside.
The home will be shared by two families, and the communal areas are designed to accommodate diverse needs. To make it easier for everyone to use the shared space, personal spaces are located all around it. In the house, private and communal spaces can coexist in harmony.
The original structure’s length and width made it challenging for light to penetrate the center. The home includes a sizable outdoor area, which presents a fantastic chance to improve natural lighting and ventilation. An excellent link between inside and outside will be created by pivot doors in place of the existing thick walls, boosting ventilation and lighting.
Communal space
In-between space
Private space
As the gathering place for two families, the living room is made to feel comfortable, warm, and welcome. Instead of sticking to muted or neutral tones, the lighter, earth-pastel-tone colors liven up the space to make it more enjoyable for both kids and adults. The furniture lacks sharp edges or pointed handles because there are children living there. Completely upholstered, the sofa chose the outdoor sofa, which brings the outdoor fabric quality and the comfort that has characterized indoor seating.
The playroom is most clearly visible when the angle is 90 degrees.
The panel might be rotated to allow the parents in the living room to see the kids while they are engaged in other activities.
The kids’ playroom is hidden when the panel falls at the same line, hiding the cluttered toys and blocking the view from the living room when there are guests and parents have limited time for housekeeping.
The screen wall, which connects the first floor and the basement, is made of thin stripes and pivot joints. The underground area is illuminated naturally by the cutout floor. Children’s safety is carefully considered when designing the panel’s dimensions, as they could potentially fall through the opening. The screen displays diverse perspective views of the kids’ playroom as the rotation pivots.
Dining space
The cut-off floor, which joins the upper and lower level, maintains the continuity of the individual family spaces. The basement is given natural light thanks to the first level’s cut-off flooring.
The home will be shared by two families, and the communal areas are designed to accommodate diverse needs. To make it easier for everyone to use the shared space, personal spaces are located all around it. Both families’ requirements for privacy can be satisfied at the same time. In the house, private and communal spaces can coexist in harmony.
The family room designed for Trevor & Michael is simple and neutral overall décor with bold touches of color and with interesting shapes. The floor-toceiling windows make the space filled with natural light, and also open to an outdoor sculpture studio. The high ceiling and that floating staircase also give character to the space. The plants continue from the outdoor courtyard to the interior.
There are relatively few interior walls and an open floor plan in the Trevor and Michael space. The pendant lighting fixture in the opening gives a harmonious ambiance.
Due to the small bedroom, use the back of the closet as the bed’s headboard and the open area as a nightstand in place of the nightstand on the side of the bed.
The storage unit in the space’s wheel shape adds playful aspects and breaks up the rigid linear
setting. The organic shapes of the furniture on the first floor are reminiscent of the curvilinear shape.
The accent wall’s orange color defines a comfortable bed space. The room feels bigger and has more white space when the drapes are drawn all the way up to the ceiling. This rusty orange produces a warm and simple space that is soothing to the eyes when combined with delicate and sharp whites. Consider using a variety of lines and materials while designing. The stone credenza, the nightstands with the stripe pattern, and the hat-shaped lamps draw the eye. These merged materials brighten the area and give it a more vibrant, artistic feel.
Mavis & Robert bedroom
In the family area, personal items belonging to Mavis and Robert are on display. These items convey a lot about their characters. The wall-mounted cookware is included in the design to create a single arrangement that makes a character statement. The upper level is connected by the cut-off flooring, so the parents could see the youngsters without much difficulty.
Kisha and Jaden have their own room. They might feel comfortable in their own space. At the same time, it shows respect for their privacy.
RETI center is a non-profit organization that offers a solution in the face of rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and climate change. Their new office is located on the 8th and 9th floor in the iconic building lever house. The venue lease lasts for two years. RETI center will move back to the red hook area in Brooklyn. The site will house RETI full-time staff as well as rotating project teams working on projects.
In a post-COVID-19 environment, the workplace again shifts to
consider employees will be working in a more ‘hybrid’ manner, with time in the workplace split with time at home, or in a ‘neutral’ space that affords innovation and collaboration.
Based on a donated piece of privately-owned waterfront property in Southwest Brooklyn, RETI Center is establishing a physical space and community support structure.
The midcentury iconic groundbreaking modern office tower, the Lever House on Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan will be the new space for The RETI Center.
RESILIENCE
Workstation
EDUCATION
Classroom
Training area
TRAINING INNOVATION
Laboratory
Faced by the greatest pressures of climate change, the coast can become the focal point and model for innovation in industry, infrastructure, and social justice.
RETI center is to build, train and teach the practices that will help restore our built and natural environment.
The primary focus of the office will be as a center for sustainable strategies, research, and design solutions.
Office layouts were inspired by the factory or production line, with rows of desks crammed tightly together.
The design style placed far more importance on meeting the needs of the workforce with a more fluid design and layout.
This model provided staff the choice and flexibility to work in a position suitable for the task. And also, defined their individual space, which they had the autonomy to personalize.
The cubicle became seen as not only an escape from surveillance, but also as a symbol of equality.
The workplace was on a trajectory toward diversifying experience to match the dynamic nature of work.
There are eight different “vibes” for U.S. office workers to map their ideal workplace experiences.
As technology developed, more flexible ways of working became increasingly popular. Staff could work anywhere and were no longer wed to their desk.
Staff picked an available space to work from. PostCOVID-19, the matter of working from home or working from the office is not binary. Offices shift in the purpose that they serve.
Multiple factors
The office plays a central role in the company culture for informal learning and socialization.
Meeting with cooperators
employeeS & partners people who interested in children who interested in conference
It is possible to create a screen or storage shelf using the same basic module and other accessories to accommodate various space requirements.
Moveable screens are utilized as partitions based on the RETI organization's need for display and educational space. The usage of several layouts enables flexible response to event arrangements. In the basic module's support, screens can be hanged. The screen can be a whiteboard for writing and drawing or an digital screen for display. There are also screens with acoustic panels ability to solve noise issues in open layouts.
A large amount of storage space is essential in the workplace. A mobile storage shelf can be made out of the basic module's support and a fixed horizontal plate. Mobile storage shelves can be used for storage, and by moving the storage shelves, employees can modify the space's configuration to suit a variety of work requirements.
Workstation + Enclave spaces
Workstation
Enclave spaces
File space + Personal’ meeting space
File space
Personal’ meeting space
Exhibition + Education areas
Exhibition
Exhibition + Education space
Education spaces
Different size meeting space
Team rooms
Conference rooms
Board room
The eighth and ninth floors of the Lever House are where the RETI center's new offices are situated. The two levels of space meet the privacy requirements of various initiatives while being well-separated from the company's numerous activities.
The organization's various activities are gathered on the eighth level, which is accessible to the public and also serves to promote the organization. The organization's internal workforce primarily uses the ninth floor.
Given the limited budget and usage period, not many internal walls were constructed for the RETI center, which will be relocated back to Red Hook in two years. Moving furniture is used to create divisions within the room to maintain its adaptability.
A variety of streamlined forms are used to envelop the space, which serves as the RETI center’s primary reception area, to reflect the sensation of waves. With a wooden bench resting on top, the tiny green carpet resembles an island in the ocean.
To adapt to the privacy requirements of various areas, curtains act as a backdrop for the front desk. When closed, the curtains provide a space for education and offer good acoustic and privacy. When the backspace is being utilized as an exhibition, the curtains are opened, allowing visitors to the space to instantly comprehend the work of reti center.
The sofas and stools can be used as a welcoming, informal reception space in addition to serving as an entrance space on the upper level. In this area, the same employees can relax and stretch. This area can be transformed into a conference room using mobile storage shelves. The meeting could be a part of a range of layouts, depending on the number of participants.
Xi’erqi metro station is the most crowded in Beijing, surrounded by new-tech companies. The chaotic space layout here is prone to commuters’ circulation conflicts.
Junk Space is an interpretation of architectural space, and Xi’erqi station could be an indoor junk space. It does not give full play to its potentiality of space design and possible meaning construction.
Through design change the public’s stereotype of the metro station. And the installation design draws
upon Rem Koolhaas’ theory about disorientation to present an individual’s social location. For social advancement, everyone is essential.
Line 13 to Dongzhimem
Line 13 to Xizhimen
Line 3 To changping
Transfer
Traffic comparison between two neighboring metro stations
As the sun moves in the sky, the light and shadow inside the metro station will change, which can serve as time prompts for passengers.
Multiple mirrors in lieu of only one mirror can present a more intriguing visual effect of light and shadow.
The device's outline is like a wavecurved line, formed by connected dots that represent individuals. It is through individuals' strength that the streamline of a whole shape is made.
The device looks now high and now low from the side, meaning that everyone is unique with their thoughts and social location.
With mirror arrangements to reflect sunlight, the interior metro space will be even more enriched. Through light and shadow, people in it will see the space from various angles. By a change of light and shadow, the mirror reflection will lend more interaction between the interior metro space and the external world.
Redesigned Passenger Circulation in the Station
Rum qui dolor aut maio bea ditibusBeatecae volent, cum facero volupta tiosant hicabor erspeliquate sitat et il ipsam eatum est lab inimolor aliciusdam hictate quatur?Aped quat ulparch ictota excessi dem quassento escil inullis escia sandebis siti delluptasit qui omni quia plis doluptatiam et
Line 13 to Dongzhimen
Line 13 to Xizhimen
Line 3 To changping Transfer
Rum qui dolor aut maio bea ditibusBeatecae volent, cum facero volupta tiosant hicabor erspeliquate sitat et il ipsam eatum est lab inimolor aliciusdam hictate quatur?Aped quat ulparch ictota excessi dem quassento escil inullis escia sandebis siti delluptasit qui omni quia plis doluptatiam etUga. Rumqui utet qui ute dolo tem cum que plat et res quos ipsam dolupta veliquo odis reped que nihillaborem simusam quatam veratia volut et dolupta veribus maione conseque dolorem aut velignimpos ero
The journey never ends. Thank you