Portfolio

Boyu Li University of mINNESOTA

Portfolio 2009-2013

Table of Content

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Imaginary Architecture

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Legend of Piranesi Kino Eyes

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Geometry Morphology Knot architecture Six Parallel Walls Spice Box Lille Gallery

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Architectural Sensation

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More than Architecture

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20-29

Floating Dress Art of Daylighting

Greenway Economic analysis Travel Sketches Architectural Drawings

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Legend of Piranesi Fall 2011, Prof. Arthur Chen

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This 18”x14” Pen drawing project asked us to select one work from Piranesi’s Carceri d’invenzione collection and expand his imaginary space.

After studying Piranesi’s composition style and purpose, I picked intertwined wood and masonry structure to enlarge the place to an infinite volume.

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Kino eyes

Cinema construction, Spring 2013

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The theory of “Kino eyes� in cinematography is to use the simplest movie shooting techniques to record the world and the way people see their surroundings. The project was based on a short movie shooting including creating storyboards, synthesizing a sound track and collaborating with architecture language, interpreting the given site of Moos Tower at the university campus. Going up and down at the site inspired me to create an Escher twisted feeling, which also shows the architectural features of the site, a complex building group with underground entrance and an elevated terrace place.

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(k)not architecture

Design foundamental 2 Instructor: John Comazzi

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(K)not architecture is an independent project focusing on transforming shapes into different media. I started from a Carrick Bend knot. Based on the knot, I used piano wire, chip board and finally 50 pieces of cardboard to explore the possible geometry solutions for a piece of architecture that ultimately houses human activities.

six parallel wallS

Work within Conceptual frame, fall 2011, Instructor: Mark Tembernino

small spaces

parallel system

conceptual frame medium spaces

large spaces transitional spaces

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hierachy circulation within spaces

This project was to create a dorm space within 6 parallel walls.

The parallel system is continuous yet relatively isolated. I started to break it by making zigzag linear shapes to create a variety of spaces while still maintaining the parallel form. The finished set of study models and diagrams show the importance of hierarchy, circulation and space sequences under spatial restrictions.

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box problem

Spice box design, Prof. Todd Rhodes, Fall 2012

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The design for a box started from observation

of wood structures in everyday life. The idea for a spice box comes from my ultimate afterschool interest: cooking. Through sketches, woodshop practice and selection of wood and spice containers, I developed a different perspective regarding spices, cooking and the ritual aspect of box.

Clear coating and glass bottle

Study sketches and design process

Lille gallery

Gallery Design, Instructor: Leslie Lormie, Spring 2012, Copenhagen, DK

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Lille Gallery is an architecture infill project sitting in the heart of Central Copenhagen, along the street of Lille Kannikestræde between a historical bar and corner store. The gallery is showing two paintings, Vilheim Hammashoi’s Sunbeans or Sunpath and Strandgade 30, one sculpture, Flamming Sørenson’s Brudt Kugle, and one illumination art work, Room of One color

by Olafur Eliasson. Each gallery space and stairwell is designed to give the user a different experience, and uses a different mood to present the art work accordingly. My design process largely focused on geometry composition and transition between each space sequence. The final design of the place achieved the drama of the gallery in the 10x13m2 site yet maintaining the harmony with existing buildings.

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Commercial Building Common Corridor

m 1.5

Residential Building

Corridor

135 E

135 W N

E

W

Jun21 S

Dec 21

45 W

45 E

Site plan and analysis

Commercial Building

Lille gallery Gallery Design, Instructor: Leslie Lormie, Spring 2012, Copenhagen, DK

Sculpture, site and geometry

Sculpture define space

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Void and Volumn

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Lille gallery

Gallery Design, Instructor: Leslie Lormie, Spring 2012, Copenhagen, DK

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1

Roof Top Plan

Olafur Eliasson

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1

2nd Floor

Painting

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Office

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Ground Floor

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1-1 Section

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Floating Dress

Fashion Collective, Instructor: Leslie Lormie, Spring 2012, Copenhagen, DK

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Carlsberg brewery in Copenhagen will be renovated to be a culture complex filled with creative small businesses from different fields, settling on a 10x50 m site with limited exposure north and south. However, the longitudinal elevation and elongated interior space brings real design challenges to maximize the connection between spaces and minimize the dull street level for the public.

The given site is an under used corridor between the future main street and Jacobsen garden on west side, which will be transformed into a fashion collective for local fashion designers. As a symbol of interaction between fashion and architecture design, I used a piece of garment to brand my idea of the building, flowing sequencial space and motional facade design.

The material and shape of the dress is the central concern of the fashion collective; yet at the same time I also incorporated fashion designers’ everyday life on the space arrangement. Overall, the design of the fashion collective successfully demonstrated a busy day of the fashion designer and a lively interface between the east and west façades.

March/September

June

December

Block

Program division Facade design

Space sequence

Circulation

Floating Dress

Fashion Collective, Instructor: Leslie Lormie, Spring 2012, Copenhagen, DK

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1 3rd Floor

2nd Floor

1st Floor

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Roof plan

stair section

Transverse section

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1-1 section

Floating Dress

Fashion Collective, Instructor: Leslie Lormie, Spring 2012, Copenhagen, DK

West Elevation

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ART OF daylighting Case Study, Chapel of St. Lawrence in Finland, Fall 2012, Prof. Mary Guzowski

Physical model in collaboration with Jianing Song

140°East

140°West

B 63°

A

Sun latitude at noon Summer

7°

Sun latitude at noon Winter

A

B June 21

38°East

38°West Dec 21

13.5 o

Dec 21st

Winter Solstice

26 53.5 o

Jun 21st

Summer Solstice

30o

Sep 23rd&Mar 21st

Equinox

The purpose of this case study was to get a thorough understanding of site analysis before doing daylighting design.

The chapel of St. Lawrence was designed by Finnish firm Avanto Architects, located in Vantaa, Finland. The 60 degree latitude and Eurasia N continent’s coastal zone give the building a unique site context and material restriction. The nature of illumination of the earth creates divergent summer and winter daylighting experiences, from sunrise to sunset.

The IES simulation further verifies some preliminary research about the building. Through accurate calculation of foot candle, the understanding of daylighting becomes more than merely an aesthetic issue. The simulated results pushed us to understand the importance and sequence of different illumination techniques. By analyzing both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of daylighting, we came to understand the mechanism of daylighting through studies of materials, structure as well as landscape.

December

June

March

Morning

Afternoon

Noon

Noon

9AM & 3PM

ART OF daylighting Room of Books, dalighting design project, Fall 2012, Prof. Mary Guzowski

Study Model and sketches

Channel Glass

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Clear Glass

Section and lighting techniques

Winter Solstice

Morning

The individual daylighting design project asked us to design a library containing a 36x72x36 space for books. I started the space from a curved window panel, inspired by the shape of a turned page in a book. Two main lighting languages, veil and channel light, were further studied and tested. The final space was combined with both lighting techniques using a large channel window on the south wall and cold skylight on the north way. Together, the library utilized both vibrantly illuminated places as a study lounge and quiet light on private study areas.

Equinox

Noon

Summer Solstice

Afternoon

Midtown greenway economic impact

Urban spatial analysis term project, in collabrative with Steve Gazdik and Joseph Giebel

Greenway

2-Block buffer zone study area

Parcels

Blockgroups

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The Midtown Greenway is approximately 5.5 miles long and is located in South Minneapolis and stretches from Portland Avenue all the way to the Mississippi River. It used to be a trash filled trench and now is a world class biking and walking trail. A unique trait about the Greenway is it is separated from the street grid making it a much faster and safer route for travelers. The Greenway also connects up with multiple trails in Minneapolis making it convenient and easy to access.

The Midtown Greenway project were given to our group by the Midtown Greenway Executive Director. He needed our group to create or show other organizations how the greenway impacts the surrounding area. Other cities around the U.S. spokesmen have come to visit the Midtown Greenway Coalition and have asked Soren Jensen, “If the greenway has a positive impact on the surrounding area? As a group we decided to map out the economic impact the greenway had on the surrounding area in Minneapolis.

Total Parcel Purchased(2002-2009) Apartment/Condominium parcels Average sales prices of parcel Added businesses Subtracted Businesses Average increase of sales taxes Average tax per parcel

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2,522 1,395(45%) $325,063 318 104 150% $6,498

Travel sketches

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1. Hamburg City Hall 2. Stockholm Public Library by Gunnar Asplund 3. Helsinki Cathedral

4. Traditional Danish courtyard house 5. Borneo Sporenburg Masterplan byWest 8 6. Sienna Piazza del Campo

architecture drawings

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18x24 Pencil on newsprint Pillsbury Hall

Christ Church Lutheran designed

by Eero Saarinene

Boyu Li m. ARCH. APPLICANT 12.30.2013