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LU LIU Studio Work 2018-2021 Columbia GSAPP MArch

1. The Festival Street 82nd Street, Queens

Core VI STUDIO 2021 Spring Critics: Jing Liu Partener: Tung Nguyen Audrey Dandenault , Faisal Alohali The Festival Street focuses on objects, deployed along a railing system that weaves through 82nd street in Queens, New York. Our proposal engages with the existing urban fabric, revealing the unspoken social contracts of public space. The Rail frames vernacular interactions on the street, encouraging participation, interaction, and pleasure through leveraging the different systems of sharing already in motion on the site. It situates itself in the tension emerging from the co-existence of the formal protocols of street occupation and the popular adoption and use of the space. Defined as a heightened moment of togetherness, The Rail brings about festivity, while serving as the hyphen of formality.

Our proposal takes the opportunity to reveal the unspoken social contract of public space, envisioning a new collective constitution performing on multiple simultaneous scales: from the body to the urban object, from the building to the streetscape. Our site observations led us to find opportunities to frame vernacular interactions on the street, encouraging participation, interaction, and pleasure.

Our ambition for the project is to engage with the existing urban fabric, embracing the different systems of sharing already in motion on the site. Weaving informal and formal economies, our project situates itself in the tension emerging from the co-existence of the formal protocols of street occupation (regulation, licensing, etc. etc.) and the popular adoption and use of the space (causal street vendors, loitering, etc. etc.).

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Those are the examples of spatial appropriations and negotiations that struck us and informed our direction.

To us, these are examples of events in space that we’re hoping allow us to really unpack these unspoken contracts of our common condition that also kind of reveal our invisible systems of sharing, whether this be policy or capital.

We are interested in the collision of formal and informal uses of our common spaces. Our findings pointed to different overlapping systems of sharing the neighbourhood, and got us curious about how architecture or urban furniture enact the spatial “contracts”.

We also got curious about how our findings revealed shortcomings that may exist within our formal agreed upon collective contract, in other words where there exist gaps between what the street’s amenities and infrastructures offer and how they are used.

We also want to nuance our observations with the fact, of course, we are in pandemic-specific context, and lots of these different observations that we are making may be subject to special exception rules that allow for increased outdoor activity and we are in no way being critical of this, of course.

But if we begin to dissect the relationship between the sidewalk, objects, storefront and human circulation, we can start to see that with the current policy of storefront guideline, there is very little circulation, nor spaces for the local business to occupy the sidewalk.

And our belief, after careful observation, is that the lack of public space offers the potential and responsibility for our proposal to provide leisure.

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The first zone is situated at the triangular park created by the intersection of 82nd and Baxter Avenue. The rail responds to the geometry of the small green space both on the ground and overhead, creating a focal point for the entire system.

The second zone, immediately adjacent to the first, is the only space on the site where we engulf the entire width of the street and convert it to pedestrian purposes. This zone also houses a major circulation component and system, the staircase, and allows access to the neighbouring rooftop.

Zone 3, also connected to the triangular park, includes a “green” leisure space, with permanent amenities that differ from the temporary nature of the clip-on objects.

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We established different rules to preserve certain conditions on the site, particularly to protect the pedestrian experience.

On the pedestrian lane, the rail is never less than 12’ high.

On the bus lane, the rail is never less than 18’.

What’s being shown in these two sections is the allocation of the commercial, pedestrian and bus lanes, and the change in the sharing of these spaces when we cut through the skinniest and largest portions of the new curb we’ve introduced.

Onto this rail can clip-on objects at small scale, transforming the existing condition to better meet the needs of its inhabitants.

The rail’s structure is minimal, but everyone can clip on their own stuff: seating, stands, bicycles, their own awnings or advertisements.

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2. Academy of Healing and Resolution Hawaii

Core V STUDIO 2020 Fall Critics:Dominic Leong Partener: Verris Vanichtantikul Healing Environment - Revitalizing Land and Culture Through the architectural design, the Hale, a Hawaiian indigenous residential architecture, will be reintroduced. The project intends to apply Hale’s culture on an urban scale, accommodating three main design features: the Plinth, the Platform, and the Hale. While the Plinth is designed to deal with the next 100-year flood risk bringing about a resilient future of this project, the Platform and Hale focus on adapting vernacular architectural intelligence by incorporating innovative materials and structural systems. Ash-based geopolymer concrete, photovoltaic, and local materials like Pili grass thatched roof and volcanic rock will be applied to ensure sustainability. Moreover, Ahuakepau, an existing subsurface stream, will be daylighted and integrated into the design as a means to restore the land.

Besides, Loulu palm and Pili grass will also be reintroduced into the design allowing native species and relative non-human actors to return to their properties. In this sense, this academy will be an informal school to explore the native land and culture.

Healing Community - Reestablishing Social Justice With this project’s highest intention to reestablish social justice for the native Hawaiian community, the Platform is designed as a space for collective gathering and social interaction. It will be a gateway to link people from the upland(Makau) and the plain(Kula) to the sea(Makai), and a bridge to connect the people from Waikiki city to the fishponds. This horizontally and vertically cross circulation will allow the native and visitors to connect and exchange knowledge resources. Overall, apart from the programs for solving community conflicts, this project will be a place where the community can keep a memory of the past embracing their culture and history, and exist in the present situating themselves as a part of modern society, while being free to live with health, determination, and resolution into the future.

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3. Adaptability is Empathy Urban Zoo in Newburgh, NY

Core IV STUDIO 2020 Spring Critics: Phu Huang Partener: Jessie Park Obsolescence of the traditional zoo is both an economic and ethical issue. In order to lower cost, provide a comfortable environment for animal guests, and exhibit a realistic picture of the local habitat, zoos must change their focus from entertainment to education. Space issues are a large concern. Compared to other forms of entertainment, the zoo provides a small ratio of exhibition space to audience.

By studying the typology of the zoo against museums, theatres, and jails, we found that the zoo prioritizes the audience rather than the inhabitant.

Animals in the local environment also view human infrastructure as an artificial barrier, further demarcating local habitats. In addition, many zoos host exotic animals not applicable to the local environment, driving up maintenance costs. The future zoo should be based on the education of locals through the organization of open exhibits of local habitats, predator-prey relationships, and required living space of the animal.

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By studying the typology of the zoo against museums, theatres, and jails, we found that the zoo prioritizes the audience rather than the inhabitant.

Animals in the local environment also view human infrastructure as an artificial barrier, further demarcating local habitats. In addition, many zoos host exotic animals not applicable to the local environment, driving up maintenance costs. The future zoo should be based on the education of locals through the organization of open exhibits of local habitats, predatorprey relationships, and required living space of the animal.

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Obsolescence of the traditional zoo is both an economic and ethical issue.

In order to lower cost, provide a comfortable environment for animal guests, and exhibit a realistic picture of the local habitat, zoos must change their focus from entertainment to education. The future zoo should be based on the education of locals through the organization of open exhibits of local habitats, predator-prey relationships, and the required living space of the animal.

The obsolescence of a town comes with losing their identity producing abandoned houses and those of empty lots. When the city loses its identity, we need to find the solution from what they originally have. Newburgh has great accessibility and natural sources but is getting depressed making empty houses. We are suggesting an urban zoo by using natural resources of Newburgh in a way of adapting in the abandoned houses. This zoo would educate people on how to observe animals and nature, enlightening they are our neighbors to respect. Vice versa, Animals could have new opportunities to adapt to the city as a meaning of the third nature. Therefore, this project proposes a hybrid form of habitats for both creatures, humans and animals. In the future, we expect this hybrid habitat would be a great prototype of habitation abandoned houses, drawing people into the city and refreshing it in the end.

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4. Life on TreeTop

South Bronx Affarodable Housing Core III STUDIO 2019 Fall Critics: Hilary Sample Partener: Yaxin Jiang The porject is a 294-unit affordable housing complex in the South Bronx that promotes collaborative production and sustainable living.

The site has great potential to become as a stainable community and our design responds to a lot of local opportunities,including Bronx Documentary Center, a local landmark and cullural center; two educational facilities and two existing neighborhood gardens. The project is designed to createa new neighborhood that can help reshape the public greenspace as well as re-introduce urban density in the South Bronx. Sharing and growing is a theme for our treetop living.

The architectural move is to create the elongated shared balconies that brings people into the center of the courtyard, which is a system allowing collaborative production and sustainable living.

The open terrace on the upper floor is for outdoor gardening, the indoor winter garden is for growing in cold seasons. Food harvest can be cooked in the shared community kitchen. Shared bathrooms are located right below the long balconies, allowing the possibility for waste water recycling. Additional elevated communal rooms can be added according to funding conditions. Public reading rooms and classrooms are on the ground level, where young professionals are invited to live and teach in this community. Experts from GrowNYC are also expected to settle and help residents learn about healthy cooking using goods grown in the garden.

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5. Greenpoint Theatre A Theatre with Open Stage

AT III &IV Integrated Building Design Critics: Joe Hand ,Amy Harrington Partener:Alek Tomich, Eva Jiang Design and Modelled with Revit In this project, we aim to designs and integrates the building systems for a large, versatile theatre space in Brooklyn. The theater demonstrate systems expertise in fire protection, structures, mechanical, electrical and plumbing. In addition, the theater systems are integrated in an innovative way with a large open starge The theater is be presented conceptually, rationally and professionally while retaining creative and aesthetic integrity.

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4. Sounds Moving Library 6.

Sara D. Roosevelt Park, New York Core II STUDIO 2019 Spring Critics: Toshihiro Oki Today, as technology develops ever more quickly, it’s very hard to define the physical boundary between things, books and knowledge. For me, the future library is not a place to storage book, but a place for people to exchange their minds. So according to the different noise levels that people make when exchanging their minds. I create there separate zones in my library.

They are the quiet zone for studying, reading and concentration, middle noise level zone for meeting and conversation and high noise level zone for activity and gathering. The three zones co-exist separately but still occupy the building as one library. Three different zones have different elevator and staircase access.

The individual and separate circulation systems keep people’s purpose to enter the library ‘pure’ in its intent.

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STUDIO OKI Lu Liu

Très Grande Bibliothèque - OMA

8%

Precedent Study

Research library

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Catalog room

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Recent acquisitions library

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Reference library

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Sounds and moving image library

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Entrance Lobby

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Storage

Level 18: Research Library

PRECEDENT ANALYSIS(MICRO)

Level 9: Reference Library

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Level -3: Sound and Moving Imgae Library

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7. Sounds Moving Library Sara D. Roosevelt Park, New York Core I STUDIO 2018 Fall Critics:Emmett Zeifman This is two-level hybrid park, pathway and parking lot for the future.

The hybrid structure is situated at 165 Street, and connects the Hudson River Greenway with the nearby Washington Heights neighborhood. Previously pedestrians were unable to traverse from the Greenway to the city blocks, but the hybrid structure will provide a walkable path between the two.

The entire structure is made of glass, and is accessed via elevators on both ends as well as to the currently unutilized green space between the Hudson River Parkway and Riverside Drive.

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The first level is a high-tech parking space intended for the driver-less cars of the future. Because of future self-parking technology, the structure can take on this unconventional curved shape. The curved shape helps to minimize blockage of sunlight and rain so that vegetation underneath can still flourish. The choice of using glass instead of concrete is to achieve a feeling of levity and uninterrupted transition from the park to the structure.

The first level is a high-tech parking space intended for the driver-less cars of the future. Because of future self-parking technology, the structure can take on this unconventional curved shape. The curved shape helps to minimize blockage of sunlight and rain so that vegetation underneath can still flourish. The choice of using glass instead of concrete is to achieve a feeling of levity and uninterrupted transition from the park to the structure.

This structure is situated on top an existing parking lot, and therefore is an extension of the current function of the site and will utilize the existing entrances of the parking lot. In an addition, cars will also access this new level through a glass elevator.

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8.Responsive and Interactive Topo-canopy Governors Island, New York City Tech selective 2017 Fall Critics: Mark Bearak Partener: Wenmei Zhi, Gil Kang

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LU LIU

LL3095@columbia.edu +1 (929)310-0725 Address: 400 W 113st, New York, NY 10025

EDUCATION Columbia University GSAPP New York,NY Sep 2018- May 2021

Mastert of Architecture

Columbia University GSAPP New York, NY Paris, France Sep 2017 - May 2018

The Shape of Two Cities: New York / Paris Program

Hobart & William Smith Colleges Geneva,NY Sep 2013 - May 2017 London School of Economics and Political Science London, UK Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

SKILLS

Rhino Revit AutoCAD ArchiCAD V-ray Enscape 3DS MAX Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite Free-hand Drafting Woodshop Competence Laser-cutting Microsoft Office Suite Bilingual in Mandarin Chinese & English

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics Minor: Economics /Cognition, Logic and Language Dean’s List (Top 5%) Academic Scholarship (2013-2017) Summer School: Accounting and Statistics

EXPERIENCE Volunteer Sep 2013 – May 2017 Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Geneva, NY

Geneva, NY -Matched children (aged 6-18) with mentors for one-on-one professional support; organized sharing session within community

May 2019-Aug 2019 Real Estate Consultant Shanghai,China Colliers International (Global leading property consultant) -Rent Evaluation: Conducted comparable analysis on the rent and rent-free period based on existing projects and future pipeline, decided rental price by analyzing the supply, operation and performance of each business -Project Analysis: Defined project scope and targets by investigating housings within 2km, customer structure, traffic conditions and accessibility -Mall Planning: Positioned the mall by considering real-life business scenarios and designed layout of different floors in the mall Architectural Design Summer Intern May 2018 – Aug 2018 HIBINOSEKKEI- Youji No Shiro, Kanagawa, Japan Kanagawa, Japan -Created detailed drawings for prefabricated structures, used AutoCAD & ArchiCAD to produce two/three-dimensional structure -Participated in client meetings and took part in internal discussions for design solutions

Case Competition, Team Member October 2016 Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY -Conducted research on a real estate company and drafted analysis report, which was highly recognized by the organizer - Together with other team members, leveraged DCF and comparable company valuation methods to complete the valuation

Jun 2017 – Aug 2017 Real Estate Investment, Intern Shanghai, China Hongan Fortune Investment Co., Ltd -The company’s AUM is c.2 bn USD, focusing on real estate investment -Financial Model Build-up and Research -Managed invested portfolios through property operations research: assisted data collection and research to determine the optimal rental price, which leads to 95% invested properties successfully rented

May 2016 –Aug 2016 Research Intern Geneva, NY Hobart and William Smith Colleges -Assisted in academic research on a facial recognition project which used mathematical model to identify person by imange analyzing

Gallery Curator Spring 2015 -Summer2016 Davis Gallery Geneva, NY -Introduced gallery visitors to the Davis Gallery during various art exhibitions -Recorded and translated the documents in the gallery library and transferred into digital storage

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