En-Ho Chan_Portfolio by enho.chan

EN-HO CHAN Bachelor of Architecture, Iowa State University Master of Science degree in Advanced Architecture, Columbia University (selected works)

01. HETEROGENEOUS TRANSIT - IN THE FORMAL/ INFORMAL: MIGRATING CLIMATE IN THE IMMIGRANT CITY Fall 2020, Studio project, Columbia University Team with: Yuan Liu, Liwei Guo Instructor: Phu Hoang The studio engages with immigrant communities to learn their everyday appropriations and adaptations to formal systems. Looking at informal system into formal system, and thinking different approaches as climate crsis happen especially during Covid period. Design architecture or infrastructure to support and solve the problem that immigrant communities would face during global health crsis, and other social problems. Our project is heterogeneous transit. It starts with the reconstruction of the self and the other, followed by the intrusion of heterogeneous culture in social life. The heterogeneous transit starts with the reconstruction of the immigrant's daily life followed by the intrusion of food culture and knowledge acquisition in social life.

PLANETARY SCALE

As the sea level rises in 2100, some urban road transportation will be cut down. But the current railway system in New york city will be affected less. Facing the potential climate crisis, we are working on designing a community center transit to reconnect the food supply chain, supporting Chinese immigrants with their business and life. We hope to replace the long-distance food source from Miami with new transportation, which will reconnect urban and regional community gardens and greenhouses through railways to form a food supply network. Greenhouses will be created on the top of industrial buildings, factories and shopping malls like auto repair and Macy’s that are next to the railway. And our building will distribute cheap cooked food to the other immigrant communities through the railway network.

HETEROGENEOUS TRANSIT

BUILDING SCALE - PROGRAM & CONVEYOR SYSTEM We start our program with designing a heterogeneous conveyor system which is the anti-type in our program. Compared with general staircase and circulation, our informal convey system could be regarded as a combination of function and transportation. We have two types of conveyor. The purple one is the food conveyor and blue one is the book conveyor. Food conveyor system connects with railway and urban road transportation for food resources loading. The goods from outside of the building will be transported to storage through the food conveyor. For food consumption, the conveyor connects different rooms like cinema, library, language school in the building with food carts and food transportation bents. It is easy to get some snacks and beverages wherever you are. Book conveyor system connects the library, language school, and restaurant on different levels through conveyor and book cart. The horizontal book transportation bent in conveyor will also combine with bookshelves where users can choose what they want to read. Two types of conveyor systems will interact with each other through the food carts, the cart will serve for book delivery which will provide books and foods on the building. And some carts could park in our building during the night. Different types of functions are expressed in different colors, and their functions are permeable to each other. This means that you can not only read books in the fixed library on one floor, you can pick up a book on any floor and read it, and buy fried rice in the Food cart nearby, you can put the book in the conveyor, it will go back to the library by itself. The shuffled column grid will provide signages on the facade several anchor points in different directions.

HETEROGENEOUS TRANSIT

SIGNAGE FACADE & SECTION Sginage Facade: The solid part is made of Polycarbonate envelope with internal CLT panel, while the void part is made of glass with steel structure. In the daytime, the chair and table will be stored away. The food carts will show on the building facade to attract consumers on the street, this activities can be served as a dynamic signage. At night, the signage will be lit up. The faint light will come through the transparent material, and the study Room in the box will provide a small and independent space for language learners.

HETEROGENEOUS TRANSIT

02. CURE

- MIGRATIONS: BODIES IN MOVEMENT

Spring 2021, Studio project, Columbia University Individual work Instructor: Mario Gooden, Torkwase Dyson "Informed by the history of radical thinking about architecture in the 20th century yet look beyond to the manner of space making that Indigenous Peoples and Black bodies throughout the diaspora have creatively appropriated various aspects of the landscape and built environment to invent new uses, programs, and forms of visibility. Out of necessity and due to the fugitive conditions of life, these modalities have always been and remain agile, transformable,and fluid—suggestive of the ways in which such people have moved through space, negotiated the barriers of social, political, and economic landscapes, and reformulated spatial conditions through these very migrations and displacements, improvising new ways of being. Proposed a design intervention at the site of the historic Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey on the escarpment above Paterson's National Historic Great Falls to consider a project for environmental liberation."

DESIGN CONCEPT The site used to be the home of Lenape tribe and has been through protest, strike, contamination by manufacturing mills and still in danger now, bodies that include people who worked here, ground, water and air were injured. Though the labor condition is getting better than before, working still become one of the problems that caused stress today. The proposal aims to provide a space for people who got huge stress or damage to repair and rest physically and mentally through individual and private meditation room, and counseling room to release their stress. To understand the history of the site (manufacturing develop, strike) and Lenape history, culture through different exhibition areas. To experience Lenape cultural practices through several handcraft, music and history workshops and classes, also to purify water by plants and have fish inside both for views and fishing.

A. Ground B. Air C. Water

A+B

B+C

CURE

A+C

B+C

PLANS Man made catastrophe and natural catastrophe increase the great migration and Native American migration. Even in different time period, under race violence and power oppress, African-American start their migration. The contiuning flood, bollwarm catastrophe as a hidden reason that caused the Great migration, the poor living condition forced them to the northern states to find a better job, have higher salary, and higher social level. And northwen industries at a period of lacking labor. Yellow part used to be Native American living area, grey part is factory area that pollutes surrounding and and affect river, also here used to happen strikes. The river flows to surrounding living area so that affect people health.

-28 ft Horizontal Section 0 CURE

-64 ft Horizontal Section 0

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SECTIONS

A: concrete with metal mesh, glaze and stone panel joint

B: water pipes in the concrete with double glaze joint

C: hallway concrete section

D: concrete floor and column section

CURE

03. LOOP - HOUSEFAIL Summer 2021, Studio project, Columbia University Individual work Instructor: Dan Wood, Nuar Alsadir, Maurizio Mattioli Based on 12 rules of manifesto we created in the class to design our own house. "Will utilize techniques of looking inward to unlock creative potential in the design of a private house. It will be an experimental house, on a site of your choosing, that will attempt to move beyond the “dream house” to one that embodies a broader range of subconscious actions, desires, emotions, gestures, elements...Students should be prepared to embark on a journey that may fail. Indeed, we will be embracing failure as a distinct possibility. We will be exploring the essence of the creative act, with its origins in the often hidden 'inner child' who is not afraid to do or say things that might be considered ugly or unconventional or even foolish. As Chekhov wrote, 'Don’t be afraid to show yourself foolish; we must have freedom of thinking, and only he is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write [design] foolish things.'" It is a way to explore myself Backing to the beginning to restart and reflect on self again Looking at my contradictory inside and enlarge them Blending personal, social, and in-between then affect each other Each room has its own emotion Enjoy the contradictory Enjoy the uncomfortable Enjoy the reflection

Housefail Manifesto To unleash new forces and techniques of architectural production To rid architecture of tropes and cliches To recreate the world without by looking within 1. Fail Better Don’t view mistakes as things to correct but opportunities for discovery, new ways of thinking. 2. We are our choices. Make conscious choices rather than acting on autopilot, following protocol. 3. Target the body! Unconscious communication happens outside of language. Focus on how things feel or are experienced physically rather than what they look like from the outside—how they match up to agreed-upon aesthetics.

8. Don’t label rooms with recognizable labels, or, do label rooms with terms from an internal language No “Bedroom” or “Great Room.” Yes “Holding Environment”, “Mixing Chamber”. 9. Make us feel what you feel Don’t design for a generic client. Design for yourself and make the client feel what you feel, expand their horizons of being. 10. Don’t infect the design with answers (Blanchot: “The answer is the disease of the question.”)

4. Keep it bumpy Retain the hooks and snags. Don’t smooth things out, clean up too much.

11. No soundtrack Don’t try to control how other people feel.

5. Don’t get comfortable.

12. Make a cross section of a whisper If a project is too narrative, turn up internal projector. If it is too abstract, turn up the internal projector.

6. Cognize rather than recognize See things anew, defamiliarize. 7. No unified narrative: no recognizable formal structure. No preordained sequence. No symbolism. No trappings of a recognizable kind of house containing a prototypic narrative about the people who live there. No organization based on predicating logic, structure, services as architectural tropes.

SECTION & PLANS

LOOP

DESIGN & PERSPECTIVES

Loop A

LOOP

Loop B

Music Anxious -> Relax soft

Reading, Sleeping Anger -> Calm, Peaceful Rock + Fog

Movie Tired -> Stimulate Natural light + Artificial light

Video Game Released Nature + Technology

04. TRANSITIONAL GEOMETRIES Spring 2021, Elective project, Columbia University Individual work Instructor: Joshua Jordan "Investigating tiling and modular fabrications. To explore the organizational, experiental, and aesthetic performance of units and repetition in architectural composition. Considering the history and application of tiling effects and techniques in the making of architecture, as well as study the geometric principles that lead to existing and potentially new systems of connections of parts. To develop the skill sets involved fabricating the units: through mold-making, casting substances, and other materials and methods. Looking at moldmaking craft as an analog to construction logics writ large, efficiencies and economies of modular fabrication, and the development of fabrication systems in new and innovative ways."

TRANSITIONAL GEOMETRIES

EN-HO CHAN Bachelor of Architecture, Iowa State University (selected works) Master of Science degree in Advanced Architecture, Columbia University

01. VACARE - SCHOOL OF METAPHYSICS AND WAITING ROOM | Fall 2017, Studio project | Team with: Aaron Shadlow, Marco Del Rosario Rivera | Instructor: Peter P. Goché 05. VACARE SITE DEVELOPMENT

- SCHOOL OF METAPHYSICS AND WAITING ROOM

Texture of edge study models

Site study in lines drawings

By making models to find out the texture of edge looks. Using sponge, metal mesh, sand paper, and hand scratching to create different textures.

Our project is Vacare, to "free from", Marco Del Rosario Rivera | Instructor: Peter P. Goche Fall 2017, Studioname project | Teammeaning with: Aaron Shadlow,

Site study from mapping

submerges its users downOF into the landscape, architecture, Rivera | Instructor: Peter P. Goché 01. VACARE - SCHOOL METAPHYSICS AND WAITING ROOM | Fall 2017, Studio project | Team with: Aaron Shadlow, Marco Del Rosario By using concept idea to develop site condition. Through drawing and making model to think the and the ocean, to afford them separation from the surronding world. This allows the building to act as a vessel Our project name is Vacare, tometaphysical "free from", state of for individuals to reachmeaning their own submerges users down the landscape, architecture, being.its The school wasinto inspired by the works of Josef Albers and the to afford them separation from thecells in an andocean, his philosophy on how people see: "the surronding world.eye Thisrespond allows the building to act a vessel individual's no to spots, but to as bars of light for individuals reach theirsmall own region metaphysical state of or dark into a particular of the visual field". It is being.understood The school that was shapes inspiredare bynot the important, works of Josef but Albers rather lines and his philosophy on of how people see: "the cells in an and the absence lines. individual's eye respond no to spots, but to bars of light or dark in mapping a particular small theall visual field". is lines. The and the region design of were formed byItthe understood that shapes not important, but diffusing rather lines Through these linesare and absence of lines, the and the absencebetween of lines. ocean and building is the goal. By boundary making series of models, we work out the edge condition The mapping and theatmosphere design wereinside all formed by the and the certain of school. Bylines. using water Through these and absence of lines, diffusing walls and lines concrete walls to follow the conceptthe inside. And boundary between ocean and building is the goal. By visitors can observe the tidal change from the edge. making series of models, we work out the edge condition and the certain atmosphere inside of school. By using water walls and concrete walls to follow the concept inside. And visitors can observe the tidal change from the edge.

Backing to the beginning of the concept - lines and absence of lines.

possibilities of site. Using paper and CNC to create whole site mass model to step into the next step. Site study from mapping Edge texture study model By using concept idea to develop site condition. Through drawing and making model to think the possibilities of site. Using paper and CNC to create whole site mass model to step into the next step.

Site model

SITE DEVELOPMENT

Site plan

By making models to find out the texture of edge looks. Using sponge, metal mesh, sand paper, and SITE DEVELOPMENT hand scratching to create different textures.

Texture of edge study models

Texture edge models Siteof study in study lines drawings

By making models to find out the texture of edge looks. Using sponge, metal mesh, sand paper, and hand scratching to create different textures.

By making models to find out the texture of edge lo mesh, sand paper, and hand scratching to create diff

Through many interative drawing expressed through lines and absence of lines, the aesthetic aim for this project became clear: diffuse the existing boundry of the island, site and ocean. Using these investigations we began to look at how the ocean's six-foot tidal change could inhabit the diffusion of the island's edge condition. It became apparent that the program should not be constrained by a single building, but also occupy landscape around it.

New Jersey

circulation from Manhattan

Site model Ellis Island

Concept drawing

Physical models

Liberty Island

projected 100-year flood rebuilt typography artificial hills, 42963 shrubs will be planted, 54 spescie.

Site model

Brooklyn

Concept drawing

VACARE

Physical models 02

Concept applying on mapping Concept applying on mapping

Concept applying on mapping Site plan

Site plan

New Jersey

Through many interative drawing expressed throug the aesthetic aim for this project became clear: diffu the island, site and ocean. Using these investigation the ocean's six-foot tidal change could inhabit the d condition. It became apparent that the program sho single building, but also occupy landscape around i

circulation from Manhattan

New Jersey

Ellis Island

Liberty Island

projected 100-year flood rebuilt typography artificial hills, 42963 shrubs will be planted, 54 spescie.

projected 100-year flood

Brooklyn

rebuilt typography artificial hills, 42963 shrubs will be planted, 54 spescie.

VACARE

This premise inspired a series of mappings that abstracted Lower Manhattan and the island through a typography of lines arranged by densities, which were then translated onto a canvas that allowed the data to manifest in a new way. From these drawings, transitions and disffusions of scales became apparent themes, and driving factors in This premise inspired a series of project. mappings abstracted Lower Manhattan the paper the design process for the Bythat using acetone to tranfer from theand printing islandtothrough a typography arranged by densities, which were the strathmore paperoftolines create the atomspere. Combining threethen partstranslated become one onto aconcept, canvas that theand datasite to to manifest a new way. From drawings, Newallowed York map, analysisinsite condition and these design. transitions and disffusions of scales became apparent themes, and driving factors in the design process for the project. By using acetone to tranfer from the printing paper to the strathmore paper to create the atomspere. Combining three parts become one concept, New York map, and site to analysis site condition and design. VACARE

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"ATMOSPHERE" DEVELOPMENT Lightness and darkness

Solid and void

Under water

Tension

Besides the lins and dots, we hope the interior also has a under water feeling. By using the plaster drop to create a water natural characteristic feeling, and have a lighting effect of drop. The light and dark on the model creates a high contrast as well.

By using glue's organic characteristic and plaster's solid to stratch and creates a tension on the model. Tension of the model creates a organic solid and void shapes on the model.

Creek streams

All the space made by plaster in curve to create a close and private atmosphere in the space. It provides a dark space and the curves smooth the edge of the space, and the ceiling has height differences so that people feel more personal in the space.

By contrasting with the ocean around the site, we create creeks in it. By making two layers of plaster to create creek streams in void. The crack between two pieces of plaster create a different depth of void, and emphasizes the void in the model.

Hills

Embrace

Transparence

Following the creek strams, the hill is made. It emphasizes the solid in the model. The shadow of solid strong the void at the same time, and create a strong height differences.

A connection between solid and water, void and water. It embraces both water and plaster, and have various atmospheres at the same time.

Plaster creates the solid feeling and collides with water as void and soft feeling. Metal mesh as a void space and collides with water. From the model, it provides different level of voids and solid at the same time. It creates a transition from solid to void.

VACARE

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- INTERVENTION IN KIGALI, RWANDA

This project studies low income residential neighborhood, urban,urban, Physical site model This project studies low income residential neighborhood, Physical site model Fall 2016, Studio project | Individual work | Instructor: Marwan Ghandour construction, environmental and infrastructure in CityinofCity Kigali. Also studies construction, environmental and infrastructure of Kigali. Also studies 02. COMMUNITY - INTERVENTION IN RWANDA | Fall 2016, Studio project | Individual work | Instructor: Marwan Ghandour in-transition industrial area, namely the Gikondo Industrial Park, which in-transition industrial area, namely the KIGALI, Gikondo Industrial Park, which is destined to be to evacuated to restore the wetlands that itthat wasitbuilt is destined be evacuated to restore the wetlands wason. built on. The objective is to assess the living and spatial conditions of theof site The objective is to assess the living and spatial conditions theinsite in This project studies income residential neighborhood, urban, Physical site model relationship tolow geographical, social,social, economic, ecological and material relationship to geographical, economic, ecological and material construction, environmental and infrastructure in City of Kigali. Also studies particularities of theof place. particularities the place. in-transition industrial area, namely the Gikondo Industrial Park, which is destined to becurrent evacuated tosite restore thedrawings wetlands thatstudy itand wasstudy builtmodels on.and observe Analysing site condition by and models Analysing current condition by drawings and observe The objective issite topolluted assess the and conditions of the sitefrom in the the site byliving grey and chemical substances current thewas was polluted bywater greyspatial water and chemical substances from the current relationship to geographical, social, economic, ecological and material industrial area, the traffic is badisand narrow spacespace cannot allow allow people to to industrial area, the traffic badthe and the narrow cannot people particularities of the place. gathergather around. As theAs result, to solve the polluted wetland and gather spacespace around. the result, to solve the polluted wetland and gather is the is main myof proposal. the goal mainof goal my proposal. Analysing current site condition by drawings and study models and observe the site was polluted by grey water and chemical substances from the current industrial area, the traffic is bad and the narrow space cannot allow people to gather around. As the result, to solve the polluted wetland and gather space is the main goal of my proposal.

Gikondo Industrial Park Site plan Gikondo Industrial Park Site plan Gikondo Industrial Park Site Plan

Gikondo Industrial Park Site plan

02. COMMUNITY - INTERVENTION IN KIGALI, RWANDA | Fall 2016, Studio project | Individual w This project studies low income residential neighborhood, urban, construction, environmental and infrastructure in City of Kigali. Also studies in-transition industrial area, namely the Gikondo Industrial Park, which is destined to be evacuated to restore the wetlands that it was built on. The objective is to assess the living and spatial conditions of the site in relationship to geographical, social, economic, ecological and material particularities of the place.

Physical site model

Analysing current site condition by drawings and study models and observe the site was polluted by grey water and chemical substances from the current industrial area, the traffic is bad and the narrow space cannot allow people to gather around. As the result, to solve the polluted wetland and gather space is the main goal of my proposal.

Gikondo Industrial Park Site plan

Kigali,Kigali, Rwanda is located in EastinAfrica northnorth of Burundi and east Rwanda is located East Africa of Burundi andofeast of Democratic Republic of Congo. Kigali Kigali is splitisup into administrative Democratic Republic of Congo. split upthree into three administrative disticts: Gasabo, Kicukiro, and Nyarugenge. The city grown organically in disticts: Gasabo, Kicukiro, and Nyarugenge. Thehas city has grown organically in a sense that traditional planning measures were not put until the a sense that traditional planning measures were notinto puteffect into effect until the last 10last years. Population has expanded rapidly after the mass in 10 years. Population has expanded rapidly after the genocide mass genocide in Kigali, Rwanda is located in East Africa north of Burundi and east of 1994 which has resulted in a high urbanurban fabric.fabric. Large Large hills overtake 1994 which has resulted in adensity, high density, hills overtake Democratic Republic of Congo. Kigali is split up into three administrative muchmuch of theof topography experience two rainy that attribute to theto the the topography experience two seasons rainy seasons that attribute disticts: Gasabo, Kicukiro, and Nyarugenge. The city has grown organically in lower lower wetland area. This complex infrastructure systems as locals live live wetland area.creates This creates complex infrastructure systems as locals a sense that traditional planning measures were not put into effect until the and travel throughout this environment. and travel throughout this environment. last 10 years. Population has expanded rapidly after the mass genocide in 1994 which has resulted in a high density, urban fabric. Large hills overtake much of the topography experience two rainy seasons that attribute to the lower wetland area. This creates complex infrastructure systems as locals live and travel throughout this environment. COMMUNITY COMMUNITY

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SITE ANALYSIS Axon of kigali, Rwanda

Buildings

Roads

Topography

1475.44 m

Water

Grey water

1477 m

Grey water Drainage water - Connect to about 65000 homes and 280 public taps - In unplanned settlement area, rainwater will mix the street water and household (greywater) together and then flow into wetland directly. COMMUNITY

Water High density house - Irregular - Smaller scale of residentials - Unplanned single unit housings - Right above the wetland boundary - Prevent the flood or muddy - Lowest income. - Smallest: 10 - 15 sqm - on upper hillside - limited access

factory trash, chemical substance Medium density house Umudugudu Industrial district - Longer and larger space - In wetland, the lowest point - Many void space as a parking lot or an extra space for loading and outdoor storage.

Wetland and rain collectable area

Water

- Harvested water (Gal) =593,735,173 ft3 - Kigali water consumption: Annual = 247,202,667 ft3

- Connect to about 65000 homes and 280 public taps

- A collection of housing - Keep private - Grid and contour lines - Better construction and access - Higher income housing 07 19

NOW AND FUTURE Current site

Proposal

By using plaster and colors to create a complex natural typography and land. Our site is an industrial zone located in the Kicukiro district and the site in one of the major wetland and watershed areas. The factories in the site currently pollutes the wetland and the neighbors around. The aims to renovate the industrial zone. There is no proper sewage system to collect grey water. As the result the grey water would just flew into the lower land and contaminate the land, especially the space like Kigali that has huge height differences.

Using an organic form to create an area for farming and connection between two hills. Farmland will replace original industrial area, and provides crops to the market to sell, will also provides job opportunities.At the same time, planting certain plants to restore the polluted wetland, and purify the grey water and protect the wetland. Besides, create a pathway for people will let people has more experience in the wetland. Since the site is one of the biggest wetland in Kigali, people should engage to wetland but reserve the wetland at the same time.

COMMUNITY

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RESTORE WETLAND AND IMPROVE COMMUNITY Section Developed a market and performing area in the wetland to provide space allow people gather together. Made a connection between two hills to solve the traffic problem, and restore wetland by plants like Cyperus , Typha domingensis and waterlily as a filter for grey water. and clean the contaminated soil by industrial factories. The plants will absorb the heavy metal and posion stuff from the soil, and the soil can be healed slowly. Fresh soil will cover on the top of old soil and created farmlands include water farmland that can provide job opportunities, and the food from farmland can sell directly in the market.

Phase 2

Phase 1 Grey water New ground Polluted ground

Path and farmland

Fish farmland

Water and ground purify

Night market

The connection also provides several paths allow passengers walk down but without touching wetland. They can enjoy wetland and view the farmland around them at the same time.

There is also the fish farmland as well, the water are purified by plants. The local fish was fed by the rabbits' excrement.

Grey water from hills flew into wetland and polluted wetland, the chemical waste and substances left from the old industrial zone also polluted old land. Planting filtering plants such as Cyperus Longus, Typha Domingensis as the first phase, can also cure the polluted ground slowly as the same time. And then plant aquatic plants like water lily as the second phase. Then the purify water will flow to the farmland area.

The bridge connecting two hills will also be the night market provides people sell food and other stuff.

COMMUNITY

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Interactive model

Render and section

06. AIR DETAIL -DESIGN AIR INTERACTION WITH HUMAN BODY AND SPACE SpringRender 2017, Studio | Team with: Yidan Guo, Cole Davis | Instructor: Firat Erdim and project section

Interactive model scales requiring different scales of These lungs existthe at act various Through containing, harnessing, and moving air weintervention can establish a set of itself Through of compression we are thus able to transfer our By developing flute idea; the constructed manifests activation insite respect tointo its volume, it hands, arms, or multiple values that move beyond the extents ofwith theintermediate physical body and outward to the This studio creates constructions, and performances that air as matter, medium, and collaborator. Webe start with the twinvibrations air-vessels within as a layered system of pipes,drawings, volumes of airexplore that when physical energy animating the pipes with producing out bodies move outward into theactivating atmosphere, making pneumatic spaces, and aair-bone that resonates engage the currents ofthe air expanse around us. bodies. periphery of ourand actual conscious presence within aand site. compressed move air outward reverberating the objects pipes toand create residualstructures dialogue that throughout of First project,dialogue our goalthrough is inviting people to rngage into the park. The installation is made of PVC pipespipes. and plastic bags, and use flute-system and bellow system to create sound. sound and attract people to come to the park. People can press it and hug it to make sound, and different lengths of PVC pipes can provide various sounds.

Through containing, harnessing, and moving air we can establish a set of values that move beyond the extents of the physical body and outward to the periphery of our actual conscious presence within a site.

These lungs exist at various scales requiring different scales of activation in respect to its volume, be it hands, arms, or multiple bodies.

Through containing, harnessing, and moving air we can establish a set of values that move beyond the extents of the physical body and outward to the DESIGN DETAIL periphery of our actual conscious presence within a site.

These lungs exist at various scales requiring different scales of activation in respect to its volume, be it hands, arms, or multiple bodies.

Interactive model

Render and section

This creates a dialogue between our bodies, spaceand our surroundings that Different sizes of bags provide different movement of human body, By developing flute the constructed intervention act compression are 2017, Studio project | Team with: Yidan Guo, Through Cole Davis for part the of project. Restof of project is individual work. | we Instructor: Firatthus Erdim able to transfer our 03. AIRidea; - AIR INTERACTION WITH HUMAN BODY AND manifests SPACE | Springitself transcends our normal understanding within the built environment. such as hug or just press. as a layered system of pipes, with intermediate volumes of air that when physical energy into animating the pipes with vibrations producing This studio creates constructions, drawings, STUDY I - MAPPING STUDY II - AIR INTERACTS WITH HUMAN BODY performances that explore air as matter, compressed moveand air outward activating and reverberating the pipes to create a residual dialogue that resonates throughout the expanse of Mapping aimed at fabricating a spatial installation that palpably weather patterns. Although we By using the idea of bellow, the wings I made can medium, site, and collaborator. We will start cannot see wind, but we can feel it. We wanted to make wind has weight. As the result, we used one by people's moving. I used plastic as the the twin air-vessels within our bodies AIRthroughwith dialogue sound. pipes. move concrete block to show the wind condition from 2001 to 2016 weekly in Ames. The highest gust of module, and wood stick as the frame to stable whole and move outward into the atmosphere, making pneumatic objects and spaces, and air-borne structures that engage the currents of air around us. First project, our goal is inviting people to engage into the park. The installation is made of PVC pipes and plastic bags, and use flute-system and bellow system to create sound and attract people to come to the park. People can press it and hug it to make sound, and different lengths of PVC pipes can provide various sounds. For the second design, I used kite as the medium to record the air movements, and oberserve different perspectives through the kite. During the test and I observed that the material gave more meaning for the kite.

the week was 78 mph, then the wire angle was 78 degrees. Wind speed is the height of the concrete block. The flag direction was the wind direction.

structure and could stick on people's arm.

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This creates a dialogue between our bodies, spaceand our surroundings that transcends our normal understanding within the built environment.

Different sizes of bags provide different movement of human body, such as hug or just press.

This creates a dialogue between our bodies, spaceand our surroundings that AIR transcends our normal understanding within the built environment.

Different sizes of bags provide different movement of human body, 11 such as hug or just press.

AIR

This creates a dialogue between our bodies, spaceand our surroundings that

Different sizes of bags provide different movement of human body,

05. CULTURE - CHINESE CULTURE SURVIVAL | Spring 2018, Studio project | Team with: Yihe Zhang | Instructor: Mitchell Squire 07. CULTURE

- CHINESE CULTURE SURVIVAL

Background pattern history 2018, Studio project Chinese | Team with: Yihe Zhang | Instructor: Mitchell Squire 05. Spring CULTURE - CHINESE CULTURE | Spring 2018, Studio project | Team with: YiheSURVIVAL Zhang | Instructor: Mitchell Squire Culture grows in the context of needs and demands of people. Background Chinese pattern history Through five thousand years of Chinese history, every hundreds of years regime changes. Tothe setcontext the foundation a new dynasty, the emperors usually despite Culture grows in of needsofand demands of people. the earlier constructions that represents the culture from past generation. Those construction can be living habits, clothing, or architecture. Through five thousand years of Chinese history, every hundreds of years regime 618 - 907 changes. To set the foundation of a new dynasty, the emperors usually despite Tang Dynasty Whenconstructions era changes,that the cultural meanings inside those the earlier represents the culture from pastarchitectural generation.masterpieces Those suddenly a threat the newor regime. Mao once said “without destruction construction canbecame be living habits,toclothing, architecture. there can be no construction”. This idea was not only widely accepted by emperors 618 - 907 ancient time, but also worked with the dictatorship of themasterpieces proletariat. Basically, Tang Dynasty Whenfrom era changes, the cultural meanings inside those architectural everyone was in the same no one rich. People cannot keep those luxury suddenly became a threat to theclass new and regime. Maowas once said “without destruction things them, a delicate nothing more accepted than a cracked bowl. A piece of there can be with no construction”. Thisvase idea worth was not only widely by emperors artworktime, can even bring that person a cruel critic by of thousands of people. from ancient but also worked with the dictatorship the proletariat. Basically, everyone was in the same class and no one was rich. People cannot keep those luxury situations of people the society changes, a once valuable thing imperceptibly thingsWhen with them, a delicate vaseinworth nothing more than a cracked bowl. A piece of 960 - 1279 becomes nothing. Throughout millions of architect, engineers, and even artwork can even bring that person ahistory, cruel critic by thousands of people. Song Dynasty civilians devoted themselves building architectural masterpieces. The modern looks for efficiency, so it is hard to receive the beautiful workmanship of these Whensociety situations of people in the society changes, a once valuable thing imperceptibly traditional pieces becausehistory, it seems unnecessary to putengineers, the amount ofeven effort, time, 960 - 1279 becomes nothing. Throughout millions of architect, and and money themselves spent in those works.architectural After the Cultural Revolution, government had Song Dynasty civilians devoted building masterpieces. Thethe modern donated a lot on historical society looks for efficiency, so it ispreservations. hard to receive the beautiful workmanship of these traditional pieces because it seems unnecessary to put the amount of effort, time, Thinking that thoseAfter valuable works were burnt and always and money spent inmany thoseof works. the Cultural Revolution, thedismantled government had distressed but sometimes tradition has to disappear to make way for new donated a lot onus, historical preservations. possibilities. The most beneficial choices people made in history changes the culture, andthat when the of choices proven to be wrong and leads a culturealways to an end, it Thinking many thosehave valuable works were burnt and dismantled is inevitable. When a new force attack an existing civilization, but sometimes distressed us, but sometimes tradition has toon disappear to make way for new 1271 - 1368 assimilation appears because the existing more powerful. possibilities. The most beneficial choices people culture made inishistory changes the culture, Yuan Dynasty and when the choices have proven to be wrong and leads a culture to an end, it is inevitable. When a new force attack on an existing civilization, but sometimes 1271 - 1368 Drawing of understanding Chinese assimilation appears because the existing culture is more powerful. Yuan Dynasty Drawing of understanding Chinese

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Start of regime Tang Dynasty was an important stage of pattern art development. Before Tand Dynasty, the pattern only based However, Start of regime Tang Dynasty wason anplants. important from Dynasty, not only stage started of pattern artTand development. but also the Beforeplants Tand Dynasty, the animals pattern became the main characters on the patterns. only based on plants. However, started from Tand Dynasty, not only plants but also the animals became the main characters on the patterns. Song Dynasty mostly used lines and images. Green and cyan as the main colors, and red and yellow as secondary colors. By contrast with Song Dynasty mostly used lines Drawing of ancient palace Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty and images. Green and cyan as thedid not useand golden color. SongasDynasty main colors, red and yellow used colors. plenty By of flowers the theme. secondary contrastaswith Drawing of ancient palace Peony presents wealth did and peace, Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty pomegranate not use golden color.means Song children Dynasty and fortune. used plenty of flowers as the theme. Peony presents wealth and peace, pomegranate meanshad children and Yuan Dynasty fast economic fortune. development. Yuan's culture

End of regime

Destruction of palace

includes Arab and Mongolian Ancient drawing of landscape Ancient drawing destruction culture. One of the most important Yuan Dynasty had fast economic patterns Yuan's in Yuanculture is the combination development. of pine, and plum presents includes Arab bamboo and Mongolian Ancient drawing destruction people's PatternAncient drawing of landscape culture. One ofspiritual the mostoutlook. important of dragon phoenix presents patterns in Yuanand is the combination glorious and happy. of pine, bamboo and plum presents people's spiritual outlook. Pattern of dragon and phoenix presents glorious and happy. Qing Dynasty's propitious patern has unique period characteristic. Ancient clay sculpture Ancient sculpture destruction Qing kept developing the pattern from Song, and also combine 1616 - 1912 Qing Dynasty's propitious patern all the ethnic patterns. History culture, Qing Dynasty has unique period characteristic. Ancient sculpture destruction outsides' effect and reasons Ancient clay sculpture Qing kept developing the other pattern all made pattern complicate, from Song, andQing's also combine all 1616 - 1912 and full of humanity. the ethnic patterns. History culture, Qing Dynasty outsides' effect and other reasons all made Qing's pattern complicate, and full of humanity. During the ten years, the Cultural Revolution took place. The working class never had political power soyears, they worship Mao as their Duringbefore, the ten the Cultural People destroyed temple People burned temple 1966 - 1981 leadertook andplace. despite the historical Revolution The working Culture creations those works class never had because political power Revolution social classes. before,represents so they worship Mao asPeople their People destroyed temple People burned temple 1966 - 1981 that time not destroyed leaderatand despite theonly historical Culture antiques, books, they also burnt creations because those works Revolution temples, tear downPeople buildings. represents social classes. at that time not only destroyed Present antiques, books, they also burnt Even through thousand years of ending and restarting, killing and surviving, chinese culture still temples, tear down buildings. remain till now. When a regime ends, the physical culture might disappear. However, the spirital of culture would remain in chinese always, develop and continue in the future. Present Beijing opera Penmanship Even through thousand years of ending and restarting, killing and surviving, chinese culture still remain till now. When a regime ends, the physical culture might disappear. However, the spirital of culture would remain in chinese always, develop and continue in the future. 17 23 Beijing opera Penmanship

Culture creation and destruction

4 in 4 in

5 ft

Used five feet wood and clay to create ancient beam in China. Beam presents "create" culture.

Created model from creation to destruction. A meaning of a regima's fall and start.

4 in 4 in 2.5 ft

Used hand and hammer to destroy the clay decoration on the beam, represents "destruction".

Clay particles on the wood as decoration

Squeezed the particles

Used hammer to destroy the particles

The wood pieces we got from the wood

Cut off all the color left on the wood beam

The clay pieces we got from the clay particles

The beam after we destroying

Burnt the wood beam

The beam after burning

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Used carving tool to cut off leftover color on the wood, and wood back to its original color, represents "descruction".

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Culture renovation

2 in 4 in 2.5 ft

Collected all the pieces from destruction and renovated, and became a new beam. Created a organic shape of plaster as a holder.

Used the paricles we had from the beam and reassemble new beam with resin, represents "renovation".

2 in 4 in

2.5 ft

Collected all the pieces from destruction and renovated, and became a new beam. Created a organic shape of plaster as a holder.

Used the paricles we had from the beam and reassemble new beam with resin, represents "renovation".

Origianl Pattern

Collected all the pieces from destruction and renovated, and became a new beam. Created a organic shape of plaster as a holder.

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Culture rebirth By the time Qing dynasty, the last period of ancient China, facing the new power from the western countries, Chinese society was too settled to embrace new technologies and to assimilate by other culture. To move a five thousand year society to a fresh start, the process need destruction and blood. Dragons is national pattern in ancient China. It presents power, and in order to emphasized power, dragon became the highest emperor's symbol. Through many regimes changes and development, dragons already became a spirital culture in China. Using coloful pieces from the wood beam to create mountains looking with layers of dark colors that shows the history of thousand years.By using leftover materials from the previous beam, and using the same materials to create a new drawing. It includes how Chinese and culture survived under severe conditions, and continue the culture. Approcimately Detail of the new 3x3 beamft resin drawing with the leftover particles to represent as "rebirth".

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Detail of the new beam

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