2024portfolio

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謝宇翔 Yu Hsiang Hsieh

+886 905160476 | harryt511ro@gmail.com | @thoughts_xyx

about me 09.27.2002 Born in Taipei, Taiwan

education 2021.9-now • Architecture Bachelor Degree at National Cheng Kung University

experience 2023.7-2023.8 • internship:April Yang Design Studio 2024.1 • parttime:Kris Yao|Artech

competitions & exhibitions

skills

2023.1 • Yuejin Lantern Festival - selected and Built 2023.7 • Buildner “Portable Reading Rooms edition 2 “ student award + sustainability award

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rhinoceros grasshopper illustrator indesign photoshop Autocad enscape blender python

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CMM 2.0 Reading Craft School X Community The Hill Unleashed Boundry Pixel Moon Something Else...

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CMM 2.0 In an era of information explosion, knowledge no longer needs to be transmitted through physical places. Perhaps the purpose of a museum should prioritize its experience. This does not necessarily mean installing slides, playrooms, and so on within the museum. Instead, it should focus more on liberating people from auditory and visual constraints, returning to simplicity from chaos, and harmonizing the enclosed space with openness.

Chimei Museum, the existing museum, which opened in 2015, currently has one of the largest collections of Western art in Taiwan. Our renovation plan designates Chimei Museum as a landmark in Tainan, enhancing its iconic status with vertical extensions.

Situated within the Tainan Metropolitan Park, our plan will also incorporate more elements of Tainan, ensuring that the museum serves both tourists and the local community.

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As the highest point in the area, the museum offers views of various landscape at different distances.

All exhibition areas share an central path.

The museum follows these axis.

We rotate the axis, and make it the expansions’grid system.

Add the volume on top of the existing museum.

Subtract portions of the volume to create a dialogue with the sorroundings.

Elevate the corners to create floating effect.

we want to adopt an approach that encourages dialogue and conflict to draw people’s attention to this issue. We plan to add a new expansion to the CMM through an “additional rooftop structure” approach.

This approach represents an organic architectural concept and symbolizes the collision of different vocabularies. It is also a form of architecture that was commonly seen in Taiwan.

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/existing Reinforced concrete frame structure.

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In this section, we can observe many details. The skylight is angled to prevent excessive heat while allowing natural light into the gallery space. It is designed to create variations in height within the exhibition hall, offering different perspectives for viewing the exhibits.

Below is the detailed design of the staircase connecting the third and fourth floors. The transition between these floors is significant to us, serving not only as a primary circulation path but also as a bridge between the old and the new. We use changes in materials to subtly suggest the shift between the old and the new.

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The air conditioning system utilizes watercooling, significantly improving energy efficiency. It integrates rainwater and water systems to enhance environmental friendliness.

Additionally, our structural system allows for concealed water pipes, facilitating the recycling of indoor humidity.

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Due to the additional volume added above, we need an intermediary transformation process. We install water pumps on the ground to ensure water can be effectively transported to the upper levels.

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Reading Craft Books are composed of rich inner worlds of human, where boundless imaginations translated into words and projected onto the surface of paper through writing... An bizarre object floating at the end of the street, where the stories within the book unfold in the corners of the city.

The uncommon capsule-shaped object is enveloped by fabric and a rectangular frame. Vague glimpses of activity can be seen through the narrow window, but the exterior of the capsule remains translucent . People can only imagine what is happening inside through the out line.

Buildner“Portable Reading Rooms edition 2“ student award + sustainability award

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The concept oringinated from the essence of a book. Stories got written down on a paper is just like people’s silhouettes casting on a sreen.

During the day, sunlight filtering through the curtains provides sufficient reading light,while at night the overhead lamps on the ceiling illuminated, continuing to provide neccesary lighting for reading

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The strucuture is built with easily-assembled scaffolding, suitable for various. Its double-layered design isolates the indoor and outdoor, providing an excellent reading environment.

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School X Community The two separate yet closely located sites both sit at the interface between the school and the external community. There are long-abandoned school dormitories, many of which have fallen into disrepair inside these sites. If these existing spaces were to undergo renovation,

they could potentially serve new functions and become shared spaces for both the school and nearby residents.

This approach challenges the outdated notion of“Form follows function”, suggesting that with a little touch, a space can be rejuvenated and given new life.

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South Side.

Using new materials to represent old forms, the old house facade and windows are projected onto one surface to create an entirely new boundary. A passageway is generated within the gap of the existing buildings and the new boundary. This passageway serves as a bridge between the two structures and the windows on the new facade to view framed scenery from the past. It is also hoped that this surface, serving as both a wall and a passage, can symbolize the connection between the school and the community.

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North Side.

The design originated from my interest of roof trusses. The wooden components, with openings ranging from approximately 40-120 centimeters, intrigued me as potential elements for children’s game. Consequently, I designated the primary function of the northern site as a children’s playground.

A pathway that traverses the site, gently ascending and gradually rising above the enclosure walls. This pathway allows people’s views to transition slowly from the inside to the outside, ultimately resting at the sloping roof.

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north side plan 1.café 2.sandpit 3.playground 4.swing 5.highwalk

south side 1f plan 1.book store 2.school office 3.auditorium 4.study room 5.highwalk

The northern site is more inclined to respond to the history, giving new life to the three abandoned house frames, and refurbishing the old house into a café suitable for residents. Southern side is like a friendly hand reaching out from the school to the community, primarily for student use, but the bookstore and auditorium are also open to residents.

Orange is the theme color I pick for this project, with its warmth and vitality, symbolizing that these two separate sites bear the same mark, telling everyone that schools and neighborhood around it can operate harmoniously.

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The Hill Amidst boring buildings within the city lies The Hills, naturally extending in all directions.

It climbs onto the ground, into the mass , and grows unrestrainedly. The undulating terrain offers tranquility, hope that people eventually discover their own space within the vast grassland, embracing the grass and the sky. The large cubic structure float upon the meadow, pure white like clouds.

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The site is situated adjacent to our campus,formerly housing faculty dorms, which have since been abandoned. It’s nestled between serene alleyways and bustling streets.

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These iterations show some interesting development in the process and me trying to strike a balance between fuctionalities and ambience of the space.

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Most of the spaces are hidden underground and a long corridor cuts the site in half.

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The ring creates a space for gathering, and the mass are getting moved onto the ground.

3. this time i created an elevated green space,the ground is left for pedestrian access

4. continuing the previous proposal, but add a underground level for gathering

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Back to the first generation, remain the simplicity of the hills is more healing in my opinion.

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Divide the site into four area and elevate each platform to differerent height to create a landscape.

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Add a corridor to the north side of the site and the mass for the hostel.

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Further trimming the enclosed masses by creating addintional openings enhances the building’s transpaency

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The landscape covers the site like a blanket and stairs that allows people to go on top.

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Unleashed Wall Compared to the spatial essence of a building, walls often seem to exist merely as supporting and boundary-defining elements. Therefore, in relation to the space itself, walls are akin to the background of the space, akin to the “backdrop” of the architecture.

Taking this as a starting point, we explore the possibility of reversing this concept and consider the wall itself as the starting point of design, becoming an architecture that originates from the wall. On the other hand, the most essential unit constituting a building is indeed the wall. Walls have the function of delineating the front and back of a space, thereby creating an internal and external division within the space. Hence, we ultimately decide to use walls as the basis and core of the design, attempting to find different results by starting with the wall.

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The site was once a prison, constructed in 1904, covering a total area of 58,752 square meters. Renamed "Taipei Prison" in 1924, it was Taiwan's first modern prison, used at the time for detaining and executing anti-Japanese activists and war prisoners.

Today, only parts of the wall remains, where memorials for war victims and prisoners have been held occsionally.

Although the buildings can be seen from the front of the wall, the entrance is not immediately visible, requiring exploration to discover its location. Access to the interior of the buildings can only be gained by circling around to the rear of the walls.

Additionally, the design also resonates with existing architectural volumes. A semi-circular volume extends through the Chunghwa Telecom Building, aiming to interact with existing volumes and integrate with the surrounding environment, infusing new vitality into the existing modern architecture.

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Methods such as "reversal", "divergence", and "verticality" serve as responses to the walls themselves, extending and amplifying the appearance and characteristics of the walls to create functional spaces.

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1.Remained prison wall 2.Library 3.Memorial 4.Lobby 5.Telecom Store 6.Park

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Memorial is located in the center of the entire building, with the rest of the space radiating outward, just like the layout of the former prison on the site. The positioning of the memorial hall in such a special location is intended to help people remember history and learn from it.

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Pixel Moon PIXEL MOON took the imagery of the moon, partly in homage to the historical evolution of the name of Yuejin Port, extracting the concept of the moon from its old name “Moon Port.” On the other hand, it aims to express the gentle qualities of the moon.

Through the reflection in the water, it creates an image of the moon floating on the river. The intention is for visitors to appreciate the various states of the moon as they stroll through the artwork during their journey. For the construction technique, we employed a method of stacking units to shape the moon, just like pixels. We used small square units to recreate the thickness and curves of the moon. This approach not only gives a simple representation of the moon but also adds a sense of technology, forming a digital pixel effect.

Built / Yuejin Lantern Festival - student group selected

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nique,we employed a method of stacking units to shape the moon, just like pixels. We used small square units to recreate 260cm

the thickness and curves of the moon. This approach not only gives a simple representation of the moon but also adds a sense pixel effect.

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To shape the texture of the moon’s surface, we pour locally abundant coarse salt into water. When light shines through, each piece creates a unique pattern.

epoxy raisin + salt panel

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L-shape stainless steel

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Pixel Moon floating on the water

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With different perspective, comes different view of the Pixel Moon.

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Strange Attractor The goal of the python script is to find a set of initial conditions for (x, y, z) that result in a strange attractor with a Lyapunov exponent exceeding 10.

It generates different strange attractors each time you run the script. The drawing is so unique that each time you run it is the only time you could see the strange attractor because it is almost impossible to regenerate the same strange attractors from its image.

cosmic attractor

Wale attractor

Squid attractor

Python to AI renderings I generated a mesh sculpture using python. Exporting its line work, and with the help of Stable Diffusion, I can make architecture render-like images easily.

44 30 days, 30 projects I think it is useful to learn more rational methods in modeling in the digital world we are in right now.

During my 2024 summer break, I set a goal for myself to create one model everyday. I generate all these projects inside Grasshopper. This helped me improve my understanding of algorithmic modeling.

2021-2024