Ningxin Rebecca Huang '20 MArch Columbia GSAPP

Conlumbia University GSAPP

Ningxin Rebecca Huang

Architecture Portfolio Selected Works from M.Arch Program 2017 - 2020

Contents

I. ANTI-UNIVERSITY OASIS

URBAN-SCALED ARCHITECTURAL SPECULATION IN TOKYO II. PLAYSCAPE +

COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER III. COLLAGE CITY

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN BRONX

IV. HIGHWAY RESEARCH PARK

RESEARCH COMPLEX IN NEWARK

V. VAULT VIEW GALLERY

A PIER ON EAST RIVER

VI. MEMORY RESERVIOR

AN URBAN SANCTURAY IN DUMBO

VII. CITY ASSEMBLY LINE

AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF CONSTRUCTION

VIII. TRANSITIONAL GEOMETRY

TILING AS SPATIAL EXPERIENCE

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ANTI-UNIVERSITY OASIS —— URBAN-SCALED ARCHITECTURAL SPECULATION IN TOKYO

The studio explores the formal and programmatic possibilities of invented large-scale architecture in Tokyo. Based on the study of key historic projects, the studio aims at developing scenarios that leverage specific qualities of the city, and will seek to mine these schenarios for their formal possibilities.

Anti-university oasis looks into the pressure Janpanese young people bear and how they relax through varies different Japan sub-culture. The proposal recognized the virtue of these subculture. For one, it celebrates modern trends and perceptions of the general populace while staying connected with traditional art forms. It is also so colorful, eclectic, and unique that has attracted a global following and has seeped into other countries’ cultural consciousness.

Anti-univeristy is an oasis for young people to develop their interest in Japan sub-culture while maintaining their ordinary shcool schedule. The mega-structure also looks into the distance that these sub-culture would be the mainstream in the near future.

Instructor Studio Role Program Location

PROJECT I URBAN-SCALED ARCHITECTURAL SPECULATION 01|02

Sarah Dunn & Martin Felsen w George Louras GSAPP Spring 2020 Advanced VI Individual Community Learning Center Tokyo University Hongo Campus, Tokyo, Japan

Lifestyle Research Diagram of Japanese Youth OTAKU

COSPLAY

PASOKON

SUKEBAN

MORI KEI/ LOLITA/ ZENTAI

YANKII/ YAKUZA

J-POP/ WOTAGEI

GEISHA

HIKIKOMORI/ SOSHIKU

Lifestyle/ Janpanese Subculture Personality

Educational Programs Architectural Programs

Japanese term for people with obsessive interests, particularly in anime and manga

a performance art in which participants wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character; role playing

girl power: Their goal was to set out and prove that you could combine femininity and strength

Different dressing styles in Japan Zentai: People wear spandex bodysuits in various colors that cover even their faces. Much of this subculture is unknown but it is speculated that it originates from a strong interest in superheroes.

Mori Kei: Forest Style. According to her, this style is adapted with the impression of a person who lives or aspired to live in an enchanted forest.

Lolita: A fashion subculture from Japan that is highly influenced by Victorian clothing and styles from the Rococo period. 'gothic', 'classic', and 'sweet'.

People who refuse to conform to Japan’s strict societal norms, usually rebelling with brightly dyed hair, customized uniforms, and a willingness to fight.

Many yankiis may evovle into ‘Yakuza’,the Japnaes mafia, a term that refers to both the various gangs and the members of those gangs.

animation; graphic design; art design;

custume design; exhibition design; makeup techniques;

computer science; electrical engineering; information technology;

styling design; taekwondo; art of fencing; film making;

fashion school; makeup techniques; stage design;

martial arts (tameshiwari); judo; parkour; styling design;

small video rooms; theatre; computer labs; classrooms; studios;

stadium for anime expo; big storage rooms; dressing rooms; maker spaces/ shops; exhibition galleries;

computer labs; classrooms;

gymnasium; photostudios (either big or small);

rehearsal rooms; work shops; runways; fashion exhibition;

gymnasium; auditorium; tatoo studios;

XS / S / M

XS classrooms; various kinds of studios; bars; dressing rooms;

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people who are obsessed with computer technology, they study hardware and software specifications in detail.

XS / M / L / XXL

XS / S

S

video rooms; computer labs; social clubs; tea houses; rehearsal rooms;

M / L / XL

M gymnasium; film maker; maker sapces/shops; storage spaces; theatre; rehearsals

XS / M / XL

S/M/L

L exhibition halls; photostudios; runways; art galleries;

Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional Japanese music, but significantly in 1960s pop and rock music

dance training; songwriting; performance; concert hall (for student showcase); rehearsal rooms; recording studios; arena;

XS / M / XXL

XL photostudios; concert hall/ auditorium;

Japanese women who entertain through performing the ancient traditions of art, dance and singing, and are distinctively characterized by their wearing of kimono and oshiroi makeup.

Soshiku descirbes young japanese men who is too shy to move with a girl; Hikikomorori is a kind of complete withdrawal from the society

Geisha training (traditional dance and instruments); performance;

psychology; speech and hearing science; communical skills;

classrooms; rehearsal rooms; stages Geisha houses; Ochaya (tea houses); art galleries;

cafe; social clubs; bars; mental disorder rehabilitation;

XS/ S

XS/ S / L

XXL arena; stadiunm for expo;

What if the young people of Tokyo created an anti-

university on top of Tokyo's campus?

Site Choose & Analysis The Univeristy of Tokyo, Hongo Campus

Then

they could not only share and pursue the creativity and knowledge of their unique lifestyles but also enrich the lives of their peers and the greater Tokyo public.

tennis court

earthquake science

YANKII/ YAKUZA

baseball ground

tennis court

athletic field

food & life science yayoi auditorium annex

agriculture

MORIKEI/ LOLITA/ ZENTAI

engineering takeda bldg.

yayoi auditorium

residential

COSPLAY

information technology

PASOKON

engineering

OTAKU yasuda auditorium

law& letter

science gotenshita memorial arena

OTAKU clinical research

SUKEBAN

sanjo conference hall fukutake hall

Ikutokuen

gotenshita athletic field

general library

akamon

economy

medicine

medical library

clinical research pharmaceutival science medicine

science ucl plaza university museum kaitokukan

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HIKIKOMORI SOSHIKU

gym

education

ito hall

clinical service

GEISHA J-POP

Prototypes & Aggregation

TOPS XS S

M

L

XL

XXL

BOTTOMS

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Anti-University What if... then...

Urban Figure Collage

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Miu miu's Serendipity

Chapter I Miu miu is new to the University of Tokyo, he majors in computer science. He is traditionally an indoor person, a little socially anxious and spends all his time study in classroom and library.

He knows there is another world above the campus. He could sometimes see the people there through the classroom window. They seem very happy and enjoy what they are doing.

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Chapter 2 People from the above oasis are cordial to invite Miu miu to join them, but he hesitates most times. Miu miu thinks they are so weird: wearing special costumes and pretend to be superheroes, doing exaggerated make-ups...

Miu miu actually does not want to be a book worm all the time.

He is just accustomed to be in his zone for sake of his mother's espectation and the overwhelming study pressure.

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Chapter 3 Should I try? Miu miu thinks to himself. He goes up to the roof of the academic building and shouts to the people there.

-Hey, is it fun out there? How can I get to you guys?

-Go into the platform or use the central stairs!

Finally, they meet each other.

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Chapter 4 Miu miu has never regretted his decision to go up to this wonderful world. He loves cartoon from his childhood but neve got much time wantching them since he went to middle school. Here, he could find many people who share his interests and he joined many of the clubs. Miu miu now has a great balance between the university life and the anti- one. He also becomes more and more outgoing and confident due to the social skills he acquired during the different activities. Miu miu is really thankful to this serendipity.

End-

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Section Zoom-in Part A

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Section Zoom-in Part B

Section Zoom-in Part C

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Section Zoom-in Part D

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Precedent Study 01

Mat / Agricultural City, Kisho Kurokawa, 1960

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Precedent Study 02

Wall / Algiers Obus Plan, Le Corbusier, 1931 35|36

Precedent Study 03 Mound / Towel of Babel

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PLAYSCAPE +

—— COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER

The studio aims at exploring the possibility of a new typology of public schools. Starting from the notion of play: 'NON-PRESCRIPTION', we reexamined the relationship between play and education and created an environment that could ensure the efficiency of the both.

Insipred by Isamu Noguchi, we believe that an educational space emphasizes imagination will be of great benefit to the learners, especially children. Playground, as a necessity in the life of children, should instead of telling children what to do (swing here, climb there) but becoming a place of endless exploration, of endless opportunity of changing play.

We started the exploration of the 'nonprescription' from the very basic architectural elements such as slabs, columns, roofs and objects. We extend their definition beyond architectural field, proposing the floor slabs could be the playground, columns could be rooms and the partition walls of the classrooms could be flexible enough for multiple functions. We also intended to combine two different spatial qualities in order to ensure the most activity efficiency.

Instructor Studio Collaborator Program Location

Oana Stănescu GSAPP Fall 2019 Advanced V Qianfan Guo Community Learning Center Lower East Manhattan, NY, USA

Featured in GSAPP selected Student Work

PROJECT 2 COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER 39|40

1/16th Scale Model

Notion of 'Play': Non-Prescriptive Toys

Notion of 'Play': Architectural Elements to be Non-Prescriptive

Column/ Wall

Column/ Wall

Sitting (for kids)

Sitting

Climbing

Climbing

Sitting

Reading Room/ Relaxing

Relaxing

Climbing

Relaxing

Climbing/ Shelf

Floor

Floor

Stepping (Sit)

Stepping

Demo Garden

Crawling

Meeting/ Gathering

Crawling

Skating

Ceiling

Ceiling

Performance

Exhibition

Singing

Objects/ Wall

Objects/ Wall

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10

Reading/ Relaxing

Hide-and-Seek

Discussing

10

Discussing

Labyrinth

Rock-Climbing

ALL PROGRAM

Program Bar

Social Services 40,000

Need of Natural Sunlight/ Ventilation

100 ft

Daytime/ Night-time

Easy Access Public

Loosely defined+Hyper-organized: +

conference 3000

lobby 5000

support/ office/ bathroom 3000

social service 12000

computer lab 3000

community library 5000

cafe/ restaurant 4000

Opt 1

gallery/ exhibition

Opt 2

Opt 3

5000

Adult Education 34,000

Shared 40% classroom (for regular classes) 12000

Opt 2 classroom (for sprecial usage) 8000

Hyper-organized 50%

A

B

C Seperate children from the public

main auditorium 10000

Insert courtyard

portion revised

small auditorium 4000

Middle School 40,000

support/ office/ bathroom 5000

teacher’s cafe

The Hybrid

2000

Child Edu

Adult Edu

Prescriptional + Non-prescriptional We put traditional classrooms in the center to guarantee the practice of the routinely school schedule.

The surrounding is a series of playgrounds with the flexibility to become classrooms for multiple kinds of curriculum. The changing slope indicates 2/3 theMiddle different activities.

School

classroom

small auditorium 4000

10000

computer lab 1500

mini gym

mini gym 4500

special classroom 5000

special classroom

playground

5000

1/3 Middle School

Social Services

gym 7500

main auditorium 10000

playground

gym 7500

cafe + kitchen

community library

4500

Primary School 49,000

special classroom 5000

support/ office /bathroom

1/2 Elementary School +Pre-K

6000

mini gym playground

5000

1/2 Elementary School +Pre-K

5000

special classroom

2000

cafe + kitchen

cafe/ restaurant

4500

playground

Building A

4000

Building B

Separated 60%

children education (55%)

classroom 20000 computer lab 1500

Loosely-defined 50%

special classroom 8000

adults education (20%)

playground 11500

Pre-k+Kindergarten 26,000

support/ office/ bathroom 4000

Teaching gardening, writing, computer skills and etc.

classroom 6500

teacher’s cafe 2000

special classroom

special classroom 5000

cafe + kitchen 2500

social programs (25%)

Including clothing donations, immigration advice, laundry services, daycare, seasonal gifting,etc.

playground 6000

Daycare 10,000

special classroom 5000

special classroom

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199,000 sqft

classroom

199,000 sqft

3000

support/ office 2000

199,000 sqft

special classroom

3000

teacher’s cafe

Including kindergarten, elementary school and middle school

Daycare

HYPER-ORGANIZED

LOOSELY-DEFINED

Massing Model

gallery/ exhibition 5000

lobby 5000

Building C

Opt 4

B

C Seperate children from the public

Insert courtyard

portion revised

GYM

PLAYGROUND PLAYGROUND KITCHEN/ CAFETERIA KITCHEN/ CAFETERIA CAFE

Child Edu

SC

Adult Edu

SC

PLAYGROUND PLAYGROUND KITCHEN/ CAFETERIA KITCHEN/ CAFETERIA GALLERY SC

small auditorium

AB

CAFE

C

CAFE

A

GALLERY

GALLERY

LOBBY B C LOBBY C

AB

GALLERY

SC

SC

1F

1F

LOBBY

5000

2/3 Middle School 7500

GYM

main auditorium 10000

GALLERY

GALLERY

LOBBY

GYM1F

1F

COMMUNITY LIBRARY

COMMUNITY LIBRARY

playground

community library special classroom 5000

1/2 Elementary School +Pre-K

playground

5000

1/2 Elementary School +Pre-K

SC

Daycare

special classroom

SC SC

3000

cafe/ restaurant

4500

playground

Building A

4000

Building B

gallery/ exhibition 5000

lobby

Building C

SC

MEDIA ROOM

SC

A

AB

SC

SC

AUDI B CAUDI

3F

C MEDIA ROOM

3F

AUDI

AUDI

3F

3F

KITCHEN/ PLAYGROUND CAFETERIA PLAYGROUND

COMMUNITY

C LIBRARY

SC

SC

KITCHEN/ PLAYGROUND AB B A PLAYGROUND CAFETERIA

MINI AUDI

SC

SC

AB

2F

SC

ARTS THEATRE

ARTS THEATRE

ARTS THEATRE

ARTS THEATRE

AUDI B CAUDI

SC

2F

AUDI

2F

Program Diagram

B C LIBRARY

SC SC

A

5000

COMMUNITY

GYM AB

SC

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MEDIA ROOM

KITCHEN/ CAFETERIA SC

SC

SC

GYM A

special classroom 5000

cafe + kitchen

SPECIAL

CCLASSROOM

Social Services

gym

mini gym

SPECIAL

MEDIA ROOM

special classroom

1/3 Middle School

B CCLASSROOM

SC

SC

GALLERY

mini gym

playground

GYM A SC

SC

GYM AB

SPECIAL CLASSROOM

SC

GALLERY

SC

SC

4000

B C

SPECIAL CLASSROOM

CAFE

SC

A

GYM

SC

MINI AUDI

SC

SC

A MINI AUDI

AUDI

2F

C

SC

KITCHEN/ C CAFETERIA

SC

MINI AUDI

SC

AB

4F

4F

SC MINI GYM

SC MINI GYM

C

SC

B C

MINI GYM

SC

4F MINI GYM

4F

SC

SC SC

SC

C

SC

SC

"Non-Prescriptive" Slab The curvature of slabs give hint to the potential programs.

There are basiclly two different types of slabs. The normal flat ones are for ordinary prescriptive class such as Math, History, Science, etc. The curvy ones are for non-prescriptive classes such as music, dancing, or playgrounds.

This strategy also works for the parents' school and the social programs.

"Non-Prescriptive" Floor Plate

Concept Model 47|48

Site Model

c u Bar

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r D h

E Houton St r

Dr

r D h c u

nW ald

Ba

Lilia

Plan Level 1

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Plan Level 4

Children Outdoor Playground

Community Library

1/16th Scale Model Demo-garden for the Elderly

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Interior Perspective (in class)

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Interior Perspective (after class)

"Non-Prescriptive" Column 1/4th Scale Partial Model 57|58

In order to introduce new programs (adult school and its affiliation) and provide enough space for necessary programs of the old institution, we are proposing a new building to both satisfy the needs of children and help the parents explore their own career possibilities.

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COLLAGE CITY

—— AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN BRONX

Collage City is a housing project based in the Bronx, New York. The housing complex relies on micro-, local- neighborhoods where residents would not only share objects and experiences, but recycling amenities and facilities.

The project also introduces 3Rs (Reduce, Recycle and Reuse) to its inhabitants and its neighborhood. It is a critique and response to the American hyper-consumerism that gives rise to problems of unsustainability such as material consumption, material excess, exploitation of material and labor, waste disposal and incineration.

Spines consisting of cabinets and shafts face the courtyards, with trash and laundry chutes that are directed into the courtyards. This project aims to create these pools of material goods and labor that answers also issues of maintenance.

The project tackles how owning and getting rid of stuff can enhance public spaces on the ground level. People can aggregate in courtyards in special occasions of bazaars, flea markets, and engage in ceremonies of exchange, purchase, and donations, to honor those materials into better uses.The process of interaction becomes beginnings of conversations between families from different demographic and cultural backgrounds and lifestyles.

Instructor Studio Collaborator Program Location

Hilary Sample GSAPP Fall 2018 Core III Kachun Alex Wong Housing Bronx, NY, USA

Featured in GSAPP selected Student Work Honored as John A.Notaro Memorial Scholarship of 2018, AIA, NY

PROJECT 3 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN BRONX 59|60

1/32nd Scale Massing Model

1879 “Dumbell” tenement plan James E. Ware and others BCR: 85%

1880 Philanthropic tenements for the improved Dwelling Association Vaux and Radford BCR: 70%

1894 Parisian-inspired central courtyard Ernest Flagg BCR: 55%

1924 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Project Andrew Thomas BCR: 50%

1938 Garden Apartment NYCHA BCR: 30%

New York City Block Evolution

Collage City takes a critical look at how perimeter blocks boast high density in housing people in land-scarce environments such as New York City, while throughout history, different courtyard proportions are experimented from historic tenement blocks with narrow air shafts, to Ernest Flagg-type Parisian-inspired courtyards, to luxurious Astor-developed courtyard buildings, to contemporary interpretations such as the VIA 57 West by BIG and Mercedes House by TEN Arquitectos. Courtyards allow for natural light and cross ventilation into each flat as a passive strategy to reduce the energy cost, which seems to be a recurring theme in the city’s residential endeavors.

Collage City proposes multiple courtyards of different shapes and sizes. The courtyards are public spaces that contain civic programs such as ball courts, swimming pool, and recreational amenities, and transparent laundry and garbage facilities. These interventions become the temporary storage space for abandoned household items and furniture, and display them in attracting opportunities for a second life.

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Massing Diagram

Washington Ave

H G

Medical Sharps Recycling F

E

Maintainer’s Apartments H

Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Metal, Plastic & Fabric)

Construction Debris Recycling Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Metal, Plastic & Fabric)

I

F

Community Kitchen Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Metal, Plastic & Fabric)

Pet Accessories Recycling

Food & Organics Recycling

Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Metal, Plastic & Fabric)

Vegetable Garden

A

Food Bank Battery Recycling

1/32nd Scale Massing Model

Claremont Pkwy

Seed Store Garden Waste/ Tools

Children’s Nursery

E 171St St

Clothing & Textiles

Community Library B

E

Adoption Agency

J

Tennis Court

Children’s Playground

Community Laundry

Classroom

Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Timber &Wood)

G

Used Toy Store

Used Book Store Second-hand Bicycles

D

Basketball Court Classroom

Changing Rooms

Clothing & Textiles Used Musical Instruments Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Metal, Plastic & Fabric) Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Metal, Plastic & Fabric)

Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Metal, Plastic & Fabric)

Art Gallery

C J

Thrift Shop I Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Timber &Wood)

Used Electronics Store

Third Ave

A

B

Ground Floor Plan 63|64

C

D

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A. Community farmland

B. Transparent facilities for worn clothes recycle

C. Facilities for furniture recycle

D. Classrooms and library for book recycle

E. Recreational amenities

F. Public kitchen for community use and food bank

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G. Flexible use for the basketball court

H. Daily garbage collection and recycle

I. Interior walls in the apartment as collection shelves

J. Apartment shafts (garbage/ laundry/ furniture)

K. Recycled curtain wall as facade

K. Modular glass panel for easy construction

F

I

Community Kitchen Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Metal, Plastic & Fabric)

Pet Accessories Recycling Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Metal, Plastic & Fabric)

VegetableFGarden

Community Kitchen Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Metal, Plastic & Fabric)

A Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Metal, Plastic & Fabric) Seed Store Garden Waste/ Tools

Pet Accessories Recycling Battery Recycling

Food & Organics Recycling

Vegetable Garden Children’s Nursery Clothing & Textiles

Food Bank Battery Recycling

Community Library Seed Store Garden Waste/ Tools

Claremont Pkwy

E 171St St

A

B

Children’s Nursery Clothing & Textiles

E

Adoption Agency Tennis Court

Community Library

dren’s Playground

Community Laundry

B

E

Adoption Agency Used Toy Store Community Laundry

Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Timber &Wood)

G

J

Cl

Tennis Court Second-hand Bicycles

G

Classroom

Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Timber &Wood)

D

Basketball Court

Clas

nging Rooms Used Toy Store

Used Book Store D

Second-hand Bicycles

Clothing & Textiles Basketball Court

Classroom

Used Musical Instruments

Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Metal, Plastic & Fabric) Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Metal, Plastic & Fabric)

Clothing & Textiles

Art Gallery

C

Used Musical Instruments

J 69|70

Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Metal, Plastic & Fabric)

Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Metal, Plastic & Fabric)

Furniture Recycle & Reuse (Metal, Plastic & Fabric)

I

Typical Unit Design The ‘Thick Wall’ in every apartment creates a space for residence to store their personal stuff as an exhibition shelf as well as a space for the garbage/ laundry/ furniture shafts. There will be exhibition shelves facing each courtyards, so the whole community will become a collection of various races and lifestyles as you see from the courtyards. This kind of architectural design also promotes the sharing between people in one apartment and also sharing between apartments or different groups of people.

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1/4th Scale Unit Model

Interior Rendering (corridor)

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Interior Rendering (apartment)

Section Pespective

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HIGHWAY R RESEARCH PARK

—— A RESEARCH COMPLEX

With the idea to bring students from the local five colleges together to increase the educated rate of Newark and to create a space for people to hang out, the program of our project is a Research Center with a combination of residential, retail, labs and most importantly, an urban park.

Newark is abundant with transportation systems, yet the McCarter Hwy becomes the biggest obstacle in the design. It not only splits the site into two pieces geographically but also largely prevents visitors from gaining access towards the riverside. What we propose here is a building that runs horizontally above the highway with a hill-like roof. The roof serves as a bridge between the city and the river, while helping facilitate the rainwater collection at the same time. The building also helps separate the itineraries of automobile and pedestrian to ensure the safety of both. Therefore, the formal industrial-like site becomes a warm garden and automatically blends into nature. The architecture becomes the landscape.

Instructor Studio Collaborator Program Location

PROJECT 4 URBAN RESEARCH COMPLEX 77|78

Crag Schwitter GSAPP Spring 2019 AT V Qianfan Guo, Cris Liu Urban Research Complex Newark, NY, USA

S M

Floor Area Floor Area= Walkable Roof Area =

Flat Roof Flat Roof

urban s

GRO

qg2154

Walkable Roof Area

nh256

bd250

gl258 Pitch Roof Pitch Roof that that directs water flow directs water flow

1.1-Site A 1.2-Site

xN

2.1-Maste 2.2-Masterplan 2.3-Maste

3.1-Bu 3.2-Building 3.3-Bu

4-Pro

Natural irragation Naturally irragation with accesible roof with accessible roof

PR

H R

DR

House shading and House and social shading plaza social plaza

Sp

S

I

M

S

M E R

M

urban space exploration

urban

GROUP MEMBERS:

GRO

Qianfan Guo qg2154@columbia.edu

qg215

Ningxin Huang nh2561@columbia.edu

nh256

Bokang Du bd2502@columbia.edu

bd250

Guoyu Liu (Cris) gl2587@columbia.edu

gl258

CONTENT: 1.1-Site Analysis-Macro 1.2-Site Analysis-Micro

1.1-Site 1.2-Site

2.1-Masterplan Approach 2.1-Maste 2.2-Masterplan Representation 2.2-Masterplan 2.3-Masterplan Systems 2.3-Mast 3.1-Building Approach 3.2-Building Representation 3.3-Building Systems

3.1-Bu 3.2-Building 3.3-B

4-Project Vignettes

4-Pr

PROJECT NAME:

P

Highway Research Park

R

DRAWING NAME::

D

Mobility

Site Analysis 79|80

Light Rail

Light Rail

Automobile

Automobile

N

N Lane Bike

Bike Lane

Pedestrian path

Pedestrian path

N

N

Master Plan 81|82

Walkable Green Roof Solar Canopy

Residential Social Plaza

Offices Social Plaza Educational

MC Carter HWY Main Research Building Water Collection System Water Park Organic Levees Bicycle Lane Service Parking Passaic River

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Reusable Water to Building Water Treatment

Water Treatment

Building Section Interior Space

Inverter Converts DC Electricity to AC

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Vegetation + Landform

Solar Panels

Electricity to Building

Solar Panels

Electricity to Building Inverter Converts DC Electricity to AC

Building Section Interior Space Vegetation + Landform

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VAULT VIEW GALLERY

—— A PIER ON EAST RIVER

This project is about orientation. It is really amazing that New York City has such a wide view along the East River, compared with the concrete forest in Manhattan city. However, the interaction between the view and people is weak.

The project tries to lead visitors towards it and to truly experience it. Accordingly, the proposal created serious vaults to orient people to certain directions.

There are three different scales of vaults to satisfy varies groups, from children to adults. In addition, these vaults can create different width of views through rotating or intersecting. When touring along the corridor, the vaults will orient the visitors towards nine different views on this big panorama.

Instructor Studio Role Program Location

Josh Uhl GSAPP Fall 2017 Core I Individual Pier & Gallery Lower East Manhattan, NY, USA

Featured in GSAPP selected Student Work

PROJECT 5 VAULT VIEW GALLERY 89|90

Prototype Study

Arch Height Variations

Landscape Cave

Transition between prototypes and the view they create

Openning Opening

Canopy Canopy

Prototype Combinations

Prototype Combination

Space created Space Create Testing

Landscape Cave

Lowest Level: used as floor slab over water, can be changed with water levels.

Lowest Level: used as floor over water, can be changed with water levels.

Opening Openning Medium Level: openings to the different sized views, can be combined or intersected to create various types of views.

Medium Level: opening to the different medium sized views, can be combinated or intersected to create more types of view

Canopy

Canopy

Highest Level: to create the long and wide views, can be combined with medium sized arches.

Hign Level: to create the long and wide views, can be combinated with medium sized arch

Site Mapping on Views

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Geometry Prototype Diagram

N

1 3 2 2

4 2

East River

2

4 5 2 6 7

4 2 8 New York East River Park Track

9

1 Reception 2 Exhibition 3 Vault Cafe

Plan

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4 Courtyard 5 Restaurant 6 Ourdoor Exhibition

6 Outdoor Exhibition 7 Artist Studio 8 Bookstore

Interior Rendering

Vault Analysis When going along the vault corridor, the vaults will orient you towards nine different pieces of views on this big panorama. These views include the Williams burg Bridge, Brooklyn EXPO Center, the old Consolidated Edison Inc, the East River itself and many other typical or important buildings along the riverside.

At the same time, the exhibitions held in each vault room can tell the people the story happened behind each view so as to help visitors get to the know the city more deeply. As people go upstairs and reach the tower part, they can both look back to the whole NYC and the whole panoramatic view of Brooklyn across the river. There are also views towards the sky or the river, and they both add to the perfectness of the overall picture.

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Section

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MEMORY RESERVIOR

—— URBAN SANCTUARY IN DUMBO

Spanning scales from corporeal to urban, work was produced through an iterative process of translation; a feedback loop across analytical drawing and critical material explorations enabling the transformation of concept into organizational, spatial and tectonic systems. Through the filter of death and remembrance in the 21st century metropolis, the studio explored new typologies of scular-sacred space, imagine how our collective mortality may redefine how we build, share and utilize urban public space.

The Library of Liminality is a place of encounter with both the memory of the dead and vibrant gatherings of the living. Thickened spatial pockets archive remains and cultural mementos. This library aims to foster chance encounters by creating space for urban strangers to interact. Pockets contract and dilate to extend people’s relationships with each other and facilitate multi-cultural social-mixing.

Instructor Studio Role Program Location

PROJECT 6 URBAN SANCTURARY IN DUMBO 99|100

1/16th Scale Model

Karla Rothstein GSAPP Spring 2018 Core II Individual Urban Sanctuary Dumbo, Brooklyn, USA

Operative Drawing shows Malleability

Substance: Malleability Haiku: Constraint and dilate, transformation happens in every direction with different scales, all surfaces become the stage.

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Sybolism

Empire Fulton Ferry Park

Brooklyn Bridge Park

Furman St

Old Fulton St

Doughty St

Hope Garden

Everit St

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Brooklyn Bridge Park

Furman St

Furman St

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Doughty St

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Everit St

Everit St

1. Memorial Hall 2. Office 3. Cafe 4. Small Multimedia Center 5. Meeting Room

1. Memorial Hall 2. Memorial Courtyard 3. Cafe 4. Small Multimedia Center

Plan Level 1

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Old Fulton St

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Doughty St

Old Fulton St

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Plan Level 2

Light and Shadow in the Memorial Chamber

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Section A-A

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Memorial Chamber

Garden of Hope (Rookftop)

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CITY ASSEMBLY LINE

—— AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF CONSTRUCTION IN NEWBURGH

Newburgh is a former industrial city, while most of its industry leaving and depopulation happened at the same time in the 1960s. Large amounts of vacant properties were left in the city. With such existing framework of high population capacity and great natural resources, Newburgh has the potential to become a sustainable city with the revitalized Broadway and vibrant waterfront area.

The key word of this project is connectivity. We try to reunite the unused resources and reconnect the vacant properties, the Broadway and the waterfront area to create a campus that provides expertise on building construction.

From the perspective of urban planning, we identified two areas with a high density of vacancy and developed them into two of the new campuses. School bus will help connecting the two campuses in the city with the one on the riverside.

From the program perspective, classrooms and workshops will be inserted into the original vacant buildings, while the waterfront campus will mainly provide construction expertise as well as manufacturing construction products to rebuild the vacancy and infrastructures in the city.

Instructor Studio Collaborator Program Location

PROJECT 7 INSTITUTION OF CONSTRUCTION 113|114

1/16th Scale Model

Adam Frampton GSAPP Spring 2019 Advanced IV Zhibin Li Educational Institution of Construction Newburgh, NY, USA

Master Plan

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Circulation Diagram (three campuses)

1/64th Scale Massing Model

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Axonometric

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Bird-eye View

Partial Plan Level 1

Three Function Zones

LIVING (DORMITORIES)

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LEARNING (CLASSROOMS/ WORKSHOPS)

WORKING (FACTORIES)

Precedent Study

The Free Univerity of Berlin, Candilis, Josic, Woods and Schiedhelm - 1963

1/16th Scale Model 125|126

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TRANSITIONAL GEOMETRY

'Little Rignt Hand' explores tiling principles and develops into its potential spatial experiences. The basic geometry overlaid on each other could be flipped and rotated into forming new spatial relationships. The property of a tile unit is explored with the extention to both structural and spatial qualities.

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Instructor Course Role Program Location

Joshua Jordan Trasnsitional Geometry Fall 2019 Individual Tiling as Spatial Experience New York, NY, USA

Fast Food Restaurant Facede Renovation

Existing Plan

New Plan Version 1 Facade functioning as interior walls.

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New Plan Version 2 Facade functioning as structure and partition walls.

-PortfolioNingxin R Huang